GIVE ME detailed description about Cannabis?

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don't answer if you have no information!!! this is for an assignment and i need information to guide me along. information needed are uses for cannabis, treatment, case studies, need for help,use as a medicine. Any help would be appreciated.

thank you third person for such detailed information. i really appreciate it and consider you very well. if anyone else likes to comment feel free to.

thanks for the other two who answered. well thought out. well i'm starting now and will use a variety of resources

3, 4 and 5 are really good. can't decide whose is the best answer. anyone want to help me decide?

Answer 1

Cannabis is a natural drug. Numbs pain and if you want more info, just goggle.

Answer 2

At the beginning of the last century cannabis was available legally. But due to the intoxicating effect of the component THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) the plant was taken off the shelves in the 1930s.

THC acts on the cannabinoid receptors, of which there are two types, CB1 and CB2. Both receptors are made such that THC can attach itself to them. In the brain this causes the intoxicating effect of hashish, cannabis and marijuana.

Endocannabinoids play an important part in regulating nflammation. They have also been found to work as a treatment of skin allergies and inflammation and a cream may be developed for this.

Mice without CB1 receptors show psychological abnormalities,and CB2 regulates the growth of bones.

There has been much talk of pain relief but little to back the theory up. The likely reason those using cannabis say it gives pain relief is probably due to it’s relaxing qualities coupled with the anti-inflammatory effect.

But the down sides are far worse than the good.

In only a decade the number of admissions to psychiatric hospital caused by the drug soared by 85 per cent due to the fact that those who smoke the drug regularly are more than twice as likely to suffer illnesses such as schizophrenia, hallucinations and delusions later in life.

As well as psychotic illness cannabis can cause affective disorders such as depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts.

It can also effect physical health. Three to four cannabis cigarettes a day cause the same amount of damage to the lungs as 20 or more tobacco cigarettes a day. Thus there are rising levels of lung diseases such as emphysema.
It can also effect the unborn child. Scientists have identified that endogenous cannabinoids, molecules naturally produced by our brains are functionally similar to THC from cannabis and play significant roles in establishing how certain nerve cells connect to each other. Maternal cannabis use allows THC to travel through the placenta and impair fetal brain development and impose life-long cognitive, social, and motor deficits in affected offspring.

Answer 3

Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants that includes three putative species, Cannabis sativa L., Cannabis indica Lam., and Cannabis ruderalis Janisch. These three taxa are indigenous to central Asia and surrounding regions. Industrial hemp products are made from Cannabis plants selected to produce an abundance of fiber and minimal levels of THC( tetrahydrocannabinol), the psychoactive molecule that produces the "high" associated with marijuana. The drug consists of dried flowers and leaves of plants selected to produce high levels of THC. Various extracts including hashish and hash oil are also produced. The cultivation and possession of Cannabis for recreational use is outlawed in most countries.

Answer 4

Cannabis common uses includes: its fibers made into textiles,its seeds as cage-birds feeds. It flowers (as marijuana), leaves (as hashish), and maybe stems which contain cannabinoids are otherwise utilized for recreational (as psychoactive drug), medicinal (as therapeutic drugs), and spiritual purposes.

Cannabis has been used medically long in the history. Most common knowledge on Cannabis medical uses are its very good effects in diseases with multiple symptoms such as painful conditions (as analgesics) that have an inflammatory origin or those that are accompanied by increased muscle tone such as menstrual cramps, spinal cord injury, or in diseases with nausea and anorexia accompanied by pain, anxiety and depression as in Cancer and HIV patients.It sedative use is also recognized.Recently, its beneficial effects in Alzheimers Disease became strong ground in debate of legalizing its medical use.

Aside from what are commonly known, it has also shown some positive effects on the following conditions: nausea and vomiting,anorexia and cachexia,spasticity,movement disorders,pain ,glaucoma,epilepsy,asthma, dependency and withdrawal ,psychiatric symptoms,autoimmune diseases and inflammation. It also proved good effects as treatment of pruritus, hiccup, attention deficit syndrome, high blood pressure, tinnitus, chronic fatigue syndrome, restless leg syndrome, and many others. Those positive effects are based on the results of different studies as well as various case reports.

Its medical use however remains a big battle in the medical field. Though the positive known effects it can give, the harm it gives still seem to outweigh the benefits it can offer. For the meantime in USA 11 states has approved its marijuana allowing medical prescription. It includes the following states Montana, Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Maine, and Vermont.

On the FDA side however, it has never approve its medical use on the grounds that there is no sound scientific study to supports its medical use.

You might be interested to read these articles:
http://antiquecannabisbook.com/chap11/MedUses.htm
http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/Therapeuticcannabis
http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/patients-use.htm

Answer 5

ALL PLASTIC PRODUCTS SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP SEED OIL. Hempen plastics are biodegradable! Over time, they would break down and not harm the environment. Oil-based plastics, the ones we are very familiar with, help ruin nature; they do not break down and will do great harm in the future. The process to produce the vast array of natural (hempen) plastics will not ruin the rivers as Dupont and other petrochemical companies have done. Ecology does not fit in with the plans of the Oil Industry and the political machine. Hemp products are safe and natural.


MEDICINES SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP. We should go back to the days when the AMA supported cannabis cures. 'Medical Marijuana' is given out legally to only a handful of people while the rest of us are forced into a system that relies on chemicals. Pot is only healthy for the human body.


WORLD HUNGER COULD END. A large variety of food products can be generated from hemp. The seeds contain one of the highest sources of protein in nature. ALSO: They have two essential fatty acids that clean your body of cholesterol. These essential fatty acids are not found anywhere else in nature! Consuming pot seeds is the best thing you could do for your body. Eat uncooked hemp seeds.


CLOTHES SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP. Hemp clothing is extremely strong and durable over time. You could hand clothing, made from pot, down to your grandchildren. Today, there are American companies that make hemp clothing; usually 50% hemp. Hemp fabrics should be everywhere. Instead, they are almost underground. Superior hemp products are not allowed to advertise on fascist television. Kentucky, once the top hemp producing state, made it ILLEGAL TO WEAR hemp clothing! Can you imagine being thrown into jail for wearing quality jeans?


The world is crazy...but that does not mean you have to join the insanity. Get together. Spread the news. Tell people, and that includes your children, the truth. Use hemp products. Eliminate the word 'marijuana.' Realize the history that created it. Make it politically incorrect to say or print the M-word. Fight against the propaganda (designed to favor the agenda of the super rich) and the bullshit. Hemp must be utilized in the future. We need a clean energy source to save our planet. INDUSTRIALIZE HEMP!

The liquor, tobacco and oil companies fund more than a million dollars a day to Partnership for a Drug-Free America and other similar agencies. We have all seen their commercials. Now, their motto is: ‘It's more dangerous than we thought.’ Lies from the powerful corporations, that began with Hearst, are still alive and well today.

The brainwashing continues. Now, the commercials say: If you buy a joint, you contribute to murders and gang wars. The latest anti-pot commercials say: If you buy a joint...you are promoting TERRORISM! The new enemy (terrorism) has paved the road to brainwash you any way THEY see fit.

There is only one enemy; the friendly people you pay your taxes to; the war-makers and nature destroyers. With your funding, they are killing the world right in front of your eyes. HALF A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY TOBACCO. HALF A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY ALCOHOL. NO ONE HAS EVER, EVER DIED FROM SMOKING POT!! In the entire history of the human race, not one death can be attributed to cannabis. Our society has outlawed grass but condones the use of the KILLERS: TOBACCO and ALCOHOL. Hemp should be declassified and placed in DRUG stores to relieve stress. Hardening and constriction of the arteries are bad; but hemp usage actually enlarges the arteries...which is a healthy condition. We have been so conditioned to think that: Smoking is harmful. That is NOT the case for passive pot.

Ingesting THC, hemp's active agent, has a positive effect; relieving asthma and glaucoma. A joint tends to alleviate the nausea caused by chemotherapy. You are able to eat on hemp. This is a healthy state of being.


{One personal note: During the pregnancy of my wife, she was having some difficulty gaining weight. We were in the hospital. A nurse called us to one side and said: ‘Off the record, if you smoke pot...you'd get something called the munchies and you’ll gain weight.' I swear that is a true story}.


The stereotype for a pothead is similar to a drunk, bubble-brain. Yet, the truth is one’s creative abilities can be enhanced under its influence. The perception of time slightly slows and one can become more sensitive. You can more appreciate all arts; be closer to nature and generally FEEL more under the influence of cannabis. It is, in fact, the exact opposite state of mind and body as the drunken state. You can be more aware with pot.


The pot plant is an ALIEN plant. There is physical evidence that cannabis is not like any other plant on this planet. One could conclude that it was brought here for the benefit of humanity. Hemp is the ONLY plant where the males appear one way and the females appear very different, physically! No one ever speaks of males and females in regard to the plant kingdom because plants do not show their sexes; except for cannabis. To determine what sex a certain, normal, Earthly plant is: You have to look internally, at its DNA. A male blade of grass (physically) looks exactly like a female blade of grass. The hemp plant has an intense sexuallity. Growers know to kill the males before they fertilize the females. Yes, folks...the most potent pot comes from 'horny females.'


The reason this amazing, very sophisticated, ET plant from the future is illegal has nothing to do with how it physically affects us…..

…POT IS ILLEGAL BECAUSE BILLIONAIRES WANT TO REMAIN BILLIONAIRES!



ps: I think the word ‘DRUGS’ should not be used as an umbrella-word that covers all chemical agents. Drugs have come to be known as something BAD. Are you aware there are LEGAL drugstores?! Yep, in every city. Unbelievable. Each so-called drug should be considered individually. Cannabis is a medicine and not a drug. We should DARE to speak the TRUTH no matter what the law is.

Answer 6

it.
gets.
you.
high.

leads to other stuff....
ruins your life.

be sure to put that in your report