Cannabinoid receptor

Medical marijuana is being used to treat cancer patients throughout the world. A popular treatment for cancer is chemotherapy. Chemotherapy causes patients to have extreme nausea and vomit often. According to the American Cancer Society, “A number of small studies of smoked marijuana found that it can be helpful in treating nausea and vomiting from cancer chemotherapy.” Legalizing marijuana in the state of Florida will make it easier for cancer patients to purchase it whenever they need to…

The mind of man has an incredible capacity to find justifications for anything, no matter how bad it is. According to the article from the New York Times, “Marijuana: Breaking Down the Buzz” it was discovered in the 1920’s that tobacco cigarettes cause cancer. However, it wasn’t until the 1960’s that smoking levels began to drop. Despite overwhelming evidence, it took 40 years for people to accept the dangers of inhaling cigarette smoke, but millions still smoke today! Now history is repeating…

Kapp, Maurer, Auwärter, Winkelmann, and Hermanns-Clausen (2011) describe a case of a 25-year-old male who developed jaundice and pruritus after ceasing to ingest Kratom. The patient had been using Kratom acquired “via the Internet (www.thai-kratom)” for two weeks (Kapp et al., 2011, para. 3). On the second day after having quit taking the Kratom powder the man began experiencing subjective fever and chills. Restlessness and insomnia was also reported by the patient, possibly signalling…

Whenever the word ‘Marijuana’ appears, it instantly brings negative thoughts. Over decades, the society made marijuana seem as a dangerous and addictive drug that can harm the body such as causing lung cancer. In Canada, the legalization of marijuana can be a controversial topic with many different opinions. However, the truth about the drug is slowly coming out as studies show how it can have a positive impact. Marijuana, also known as ‘weed’, ‘pot’, ‘herb’, ‘dope’ and many other slang terms is…

effects. Marijuana is created by, “The flowering plant, which can grow to 16 feet high, likely originated in the central Asian steppe, near the Altai or Tian Shian mountains, and was first cultivated in China and India, according to cannabis and cannabinoids.” (Tia Ghose) The THC called Tetrahydrocannabinol is the primary intoxicant of marijuana. When decriminalization is being used, is talking about the elimination of criminal penalties for marijuana. Therefore, the possession of marijuana…

medical marijuana’s benefits against anti tumor growth are still uncertain. Due to the findings discussed here, endocannabinoids should be a main focus in further studies involving medical marijuana’s therapeutic effects on cancer. In animal studies, cannabinoids were well tolerated and showed very diminutive signs of detrimental side effects. As stated, medical marijuana has shown promising signs antitumor effects in cancerous cells and should be further…

accessible for those in need. Marijuana helps cancer patients in many ways. Inhaled marijuana can be helpful for neuropathic pain, which is caused by damaged nerves. It can also be helpful in treating nausea and vomiting that comes with chemotherapy. “Cannabinoids stops cancer by turning off a gene called ID-1” (Business Insider). If marijuana was legalized it would help all the citizens with cancer and hopefully reduce the amount of those that are diagnosed with it. Marijuana can also cure and…

author additionally wishes to gain more research about this drug and inform the people that this is a step in the right direction. I have learned that according to the article, our bodies we have cannabinoid receptors that control appetite, mood, memory and pain and the new obesity drug stops these receptors from working which reduces obesity among people who wish to take this new drug. I believe that America has become very lazy and if there is an easy way out of anything, Americas will do…

There are positive and negative things that go along with taking in medical marijuana. In the article “The Truth About Medical Marijuana” by Carrie Shortsleeve, she leaves the readers questioning themselves about this highly liked drug. The people that would be interested in looking over this article would be those that take on the use of medical marijuana and those that could possibly benefit from it. In the past, medical marijuana was just a simple study, that was conducted in Mississippi. The…

and schizophrenia, thus pharmacotherapies play an important role in abstaining from alcohol misuse. Research by McGregor and Gallate (2004) suggests that alcohol craving in rats was suppressed with the application of selected cannabinoid receptor antagonist an opioid receptor antagonist naltrexone. Despite available anticraving treatements, the neurobiological processes that underline repeated drug and alcohol abuse are not fully understood. It is important to continue to conduct experiments to…