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    a crime. But why exactly was it criminalized? And what exactly is cannabis? (Cannabis, A, Web; How, Did, Web; Block, Bruce, Web) Cannabis is a dioecious and flowering herb. Within cannabis are four hundred and eighty three known compounds and cannabinoids, but the most essential one of those four hundred and eighty three is tetrahydrocannabinol also known as THC. Tetrahydrocannabinol is the main contributor to…

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    George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew marijuana on their estates. “Make the most of hemp seed, and sow it everywhere,” George Washington encourage his fellow Americans in 1794. As the number of marijuana users expanded, the medical journals began to list cases of “cannabis poisonings.” Doctors began to be alarmed that marijuana was dangerous. By 1890, the widespread prescribing of this drug as a remedy began to decline. Marijuana could not be dissolved and couldn’t be injected into the…

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    If you were depressed, feeling alone, and you wanted to end it all, but a small dose of LSD, or peyote could save your life, would you take it? This is a question many people ponder, and the answer always comes back to ethics. For this reason, psychedelic drugs should be used to treat physical and mental illnesses. What psychedelics are used to treat illnesses? There are many. LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, DMT, or dimethyltryptamine, mescaline, found…

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    Thesis Statement: Medical marijuana has many medical benefits warranting its legalization, which include eliminating visual haloes produced by glaucoma, controlling intraocular pressure, cough suppression, as well as the treatment of asthma, depression, pain, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, peripheral neuropathy and muscle spasticity in conditions such as multiple sclerosis. AIDS, and cancer. I. Background Information- Cannabis sativa, or marijuana as we have come know, has been around for five…

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    extracted and then created from the Cannabis plant intended for medical or recreational use. The main psychoactive part of cannabis is a compound called tetrahydrocannabinol; which is one of 483 known compounds in the plant, including at least 65 other cannabinoids. Marijuana can be ingested or used through smoking, vaporizing, being put inside of food, or can be extracted as an oil. The legality of marijuana can vary from country to country. Possession of marijuana is not legal in most…

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    of specific gastrointestinal disorders. These studies are a good indication of how CBD may also help with issues of a similar nature associated with Parkinson’s disease. Cannabinoids are known to be beneficial in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, such as gastrointestinal pain, gastroenteritis, and diarrhea. Cannabinoids exert their effects on the gastrointestinal tract by activating CB1 and CB2 receptors, located in various areas of the body’s endocannabinoid system. CB1 receptors are…

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    sclerosis, nausea from cancer chemotherapy, multiple different seizure disorders(WebMD) and many more illnesses. Marijuana has an immense amount of names such as weed, pot, loud, cannabis, and many more. Marijuana is basically a plant that contains cannabinoids which extracted from the plant. The ones that are approved…

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    Cbd Research Paper

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    Source http://mentalhealthdaily.com/2016/02/24/cbd-oil-for-anxiety-is-cannabidiol-an-effective-treatment/ This suggests that CBD is likely to provide immediate relief from anxiety after oral administration of CBD. CBD, via cannabinoid receptors, relieves anxiety by calming down the amygdala, the part of your brain that controls fear. In other words, the amygdala is responsible for triggering the body’s fight or flight response, and CBD administration appears to attenuate this…

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    Interesting points discussed in your participation allowed us to understand and conclude that everything in excess it is bad, so Marijuana probably could have beneficial therapeutic but unfortunately not everybody use the drugs for medical treatment and its misuse and abuse could produce lethal consequences in a person life Though studies demonstrated that marijuana have clinical benefits in patients treated with glaucoma, musculoskeletal pain, nauseas, and multiple sclerosis. Russo et al.(2002)…

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    The Truth Behind Caffeine and Marijuana Across America, coffee shops and convenience stores sell millions of cups of caffeine, a legal and seemingly safe stimulant, every day. Marijuana, on the other hand, only recently became legal for four of the fifty states within the country. Most people immediately believe that because these states belong to the minority, they should not have legalized this drug, and because all states consider caffeine a legal, then caffeine must serve as an acceptable…

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