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Basic facts about cannabis and its effects on the mind and human body
cannabis is a family of plants grown all over the worldand is the source of one of the most popular mind altering drug. It is also the source of hemp, a fibrous product that has been used for centuries for making clothes, ropes etc. Hemp is now recognised as a good substitute for oats in the use as animal fodder However, it is more notorious use as a drug that is smoked or eaten(see making hash). The shredded buds of the cannabis plant are known as marijuana. You may hear marijuana called by street names such as pot, herb, weed, grass, boom, Mary Jane, gangster, or chronic. There are more than 200 slang terms for marijuana. Sinsemilla (sin-seh-me-yah; it's a Spanish word), hashish ("hash" for short), and hash oil are stronger forms of marijuana. marijuana and cannabis are names that are interchangable. All forms of cannabis are mind-altering. In other words, they change how the brain works. They all contain THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), the main active chemical in cannabis. They also contain more than 400 other chemicals. cannabis's effects on the user depend on the strength or potency of the THC it contains. THC potency of cannabis has increased since the 1970s but has been about the same since the mid-1980s. Cannabis is usually smoked as a cigarette (called a joint or a nail) or in a pipe or a bong. Recently, it has appeared in cigars called blunts. THC in cannabis is strongly absorbed by fatty tissues in various organs. Generally, traces (metabolites) of THC can be detected by standard urine testing methods several days after a smoking session. However, in heavy chronic users, traces can sometimes be detected for weeks after they have stopped using cannabis. Findings so far show that regular use of cannabis or THC may play a role in some kinds of cancer and in problems with the respiratory, and immune systems. It's hard to know for sure whether regular cannabis use causes cancer. But it is known that cannabis contains some of the same, and sometimes even more, of the cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Studies show that someone who smokes five joints per day may be taking in as many cancer-causing chemicals as someone who smokes a full pack of cigarettes every day. People who smoke cannabis often develop the same kinds of breathing problems that cigarette smokers have: coughing and wheezing. They tend to have more chest colds than nonusers. They are also at greater risk of getting lung infections like pneumonia. Animal studies have found that THC can damage the cells and tissues in the body that help protect people from disease. When the immune cells are weakened, you are more likely to get sick. On the other side, cannabis is now recognised as being a useful drug for reducing the effects of many conditions and hass been show not to be chemically addictive.
References: Growing techniques, cooking with cannabis |
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