Cannabinoid receptor

Marijuana is America’s most prominent drug. It became entrenched in American culture and became a symbol of the 60s cultural. A brief explanation of the drug itself will help understand the reason for the hype. Marijuana refers is the dried leaves from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, which has the mind-altering chemical know as THC in it. THC can also be broken down a concentrated resin called hashish or hash oil. It is estimated that each year there are 2.6 million new marijuana users. In 2008,…

potentials are generated and the nociceptive signals initiate excitatory neurotransmitters such as glutamate and substance P, neuromodulators including brain-derived neurotrophic factor. These bind with afferent nerves which activate corresponding receptors on the postsynaptic nerve terminals (Fishman et al., p. 29). Superficial lamina (laminae I and II) and deep laminae (lamina V and VI) receive primary afferent fibers in the dorsal horn. Projections from laminae I and V continue ventrally…

Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States and it is known to be green and dried shredded plants called Cannabis sativa also known as a hemp plant (NIDA 2016). The most common user of Marijuana are young adults and adolescents typically in either middle or high school (NIDA 2016). Marijuana is known for many slang terms such as weed, pot, bud, ganja, Mary Jane and can be smoke by rolling it in a cigarette called a joint, smoked through a pipe, bongs, or smoke in a…

As with any medications there are side effects, complications, and possible adverse reactions from medical marijuana. Most symptoms of marijuana are attributed to the THC component and occur due to the presence of cannabinoid receptors in the central nervous system (Cavalet 41). It creates many affects to the body such as dizziness, impaired motor function, perceptual alterations and problems such as these, but because of the part of the body that marijuana affects, it is…

all comes down to its benefits. Marijuana is one of the most widely used products in the world. It has many uses. You can either ingest it by smoking it or eating it. As you take it in, the THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) and other cannabinoids attach themselves to receptors found in the brain and in the body. CB1 is found in the brain and it controls the body, memory, and vomiting (Marijuana as Medicine: Consider the Pros and Cons). CB2 is found in tissue of the immune system. Within minutes,…

People all over the world for hundreds of years have relied on Cannabis to soothe their aches and relieve their pains despite the fact that it is still considered an illegal drug in most places. As the buzz to legalize the ancient miracle herb increases, the louder the conversation becomes about how awesome the benefits are. Believe it or not there are countless ailments that can be treated and sometimes cured simply by enjoying a little marijuana. Here are a few you never thought of: Asthma-…

advised not to take these products however (Drugs.com 2016), in which case a cannabis-based alternative would be preferable. Numerous studies have cited clinically significant differences in nausea & vomiting in favour of synthetic therapeutic cannabinoids(CB) over narcoleptics, as well as an apparent preference for the former (Rocha, et al. 2008). Up to 50% of patients choose, perhaps fatally, to delay or refuse treatment due to apprehension over poor nausea and emesis management following…

Should Marijuana Be Legal? Do you think marijuana should be legal? Many people think it should and some think it shouldn’t and there is states that have it legal like California, Washington, Oregon and much more but there is also some that don’t approve like Texas, Indianna, Utah and much more. In my opinion I think it should for many reasons. In my opinion i think marijuana should be legal for many reasons. One of them is the helps many people that stress a lot if they smoke a little they…

One of the current conflicts in the career of medicine is the debate of whether use of marijuana should be allowed to treat patients. Marijuana has been proven to help with epileptic seizures, side effects of chemotherapy in cancer patients, minimize the pain of multiple sclerosis, and can treat inflammatory bowel diseases. However, there is still an ongoing debate between federal and state levels on whether the good effects outweigh the bad. Some causes for this debate is the unclear effects of…

Lloyd Bitzer states that the rhetorical situation is a context that addresses an issue through exigence, audience and constraints (Bitzer 8). Exigence is best defined as being a change that a certain organization or individuals wants made. The audience are the individuals who can make the change happen. Finally, the constraints have the power to constrain decision and action needed to modify the exigence (Bitzer 8). Counseling and Substance Abuse Services, or CASAS, reported that over seventy…