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- 2/28/94 hAk/d
- 11:32 pm phile #3
- Marijuana
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- THE ANCIENT DRUG CANNABIS
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- The ancient drug has the properties of sedative, euphoriant, and
- hallucinogen. The hemp plant called "Cannibis Sativa" grows throughout the
- world and flourishes most temperate and tropical regions. One of humanity's
- oldest cultivated nonfood plants, it appears to have orginated in Asia. The
- earliest written Cannibis sativa dates from approximately 2700 b.c. The
- active compound, THC, is most concentrated in the resin obtained from the
- flowers of the female plant.
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- The substance called "marijuana" can be made up of any part of the
- plant, but is generally a mixture of the crushed leaves, flowers, and even
- small branches of both the male and female plants. Its potency varies from
- 0 to 5 percent, depending on the plant strain, growth conditions, and parts
- of the plant included. "Hashish" or "Hash oil" are the most potent
- preperations, usually containing primarily the actaul resinous exudate of
- the female flowers: their THC concentrations range from 5 to 20 percent and
- 20 to 70 percent, respectively. THC is the active ingredient in all
- preperations, only its purity varies.
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- Over the past 20 years, there has been much controversy regarding the
- toxicity of marijuana and the effects of its widespread use on public health
- and social welfare. Several governmet reports have addressed the concerns,
- and additional reports are certain to follow.
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- THC is a difficult compound to classify. At low moderate doses, THC is
- a mile sedative-hypnotic agent resembling alcohol and the antianxienty agents
- in its pharmacological effects. Unlike the sedative-hypnotics, however,
- higher doses of THC may produce euphoria, hallucinations, and heightened
- sensation, effects similar to a mild LSD experience. Also, unlike the
- sedatives, high doses of THC do no produce anesthesia, coma, or death.
- Similarily, there appears to be a little cross tolerance between THC and LSD
- on one hand or between THC and the sedative-hypnotic compounds on the other.
- Thus, the THC contained in the various preperations of "Cannabis" is only
- superficially related to either the sedatives or the psychedelics.
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- The courts often classified the products from "Cannabis sativa" with
- the opiates as narcotics. As well known and appreciated today, marijuana
- and hashish are not narcotics and are pharmacologically quite distinct from
- them. Cannabis products are currently used in the U.S. chiefly in the form
- of marijuana, which is approximately 1 to 5 percent concentration of THC.
- Potent Cannabis products are not as frequently encountered, and, even when
- they are, are normally used is small quantities. It is only in high doses
- of THC that Cannabis resembles that psychedelics in its pharmacological
- effects. Thus, at least for the present discussion, THC will be classified as
- a unique psychoactive drug. The structure of THC does not resemble that of
- any known or suspected chemical transmitter, and its mechanism of action
- remains unknown.
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- 12:09 am By: circle jerk
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- *this was a paper that I wrote for my Health class my senior year.
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