Cannabis sativa

category as alcohol and tobacco: a legal, and regulated intoxicant. Comparisons are almost inevitably drawn to alcohol and tobacco which are potentially dangerous, yet legal (Rich & Stingl, 2015). Marijuana is considered to be any part of the plant cannabis sativa. The history of marijuana has been around since before…

Marijuana is a Serious Problem Cannabis also known as Marijuana is a “ greenish-grey mixture of the dried, shredded leaves and flower of Cannabis Sativa” (NIDA), Many users smoke marijuana “ in hand-rolled cigarettes called joints; many use pipes called bongs” (NIDA). Marijuana is a drug frequently used by teenagers. It is used to relax and it is used as a drug to get away from the user 's problems. Marijuana causes a lot of problems in teenagers brains. Marijuana causes learning problems for…

Stop the Pot Marijuana is a greenish gray mixture of dried cut leaves and flowers Cannabis sativa or also known as the hemp plant. On Foundations for A Drug-Free World states that in the United States today over 94 million people have admitted to at least smoking pot once in their lifetime. DrugWarFacts.com reports that 39.9% of kids from freshman to senior have used or is currently using marijuana. Marijuana has been listed by many different sites like National Institute on Drug Abuse as the…

At which time, marijuana consumption was legal. It wasn’t until 1965 that a chemical called tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) was identified in the flowering head of the cannabis sativa plant. This chemical is considered to be the primary psychoactive component in marijuana (Danovitch). At that time, it was found that tetrahydrocannabinol was the main chemical in marijuana. This chemical stimulates receptors that are inside…

An example of some medicinal uses for marijuana is for cancer patients. When a patient undergo chemotherapy they experience many symptoms like not being able to eat, nausea, vomiting and just pain in general. Using the pure plant cannabis can help control these symptoms. Scientist are currently conducting tests to test if marijuana can help with metal disorders, substance use, how effective it is at relieving pain, and if it can help with autoimmune. Experiments have been tested on…

The Effects of Marijuana on the Human Body Marijuana or cannabis, has been in use by humans since ancient times in China. “Its use spread from China to India and then to N Africa and reached Europe at least as early as A.D. 500.” (History of Marijuana, n.d., para. 1). Historically, marijuana has been used for its medicinal purposes and psychoactive properties. Only recently in the past century has the restriction of marijuana usage been legislated into law. The ongoing debate about marijuana’s…

marijuana include relief of nausea due to cancer chemotherapy.” (Armentano,Paul) “Ground seeds from the cannabis plant contain high and balanced levels of essential amino acids and essential fatty acids and may be baked into a variety of nutritional foodstuffs.” (Armentano, Paul) The essential amino and fatty acids help strengthen the body. “The stalk of the marijuana plant, primarily of the cannabis sativa variety - which can grow as high as 20 feet in height - can also be harvested for bast…

Many people know that George Washington was our first president, but they do not know he also grew hemp. George Washington was a promoter of hemp and has been quoted from his personal diaries “Hemp, Grow it everywhere.”(Callery 2) Hemp is a type of cannabis plant that can grow as tall as wheat and can be used to make many different and useful products. In the United States of America as of now, hemp is illegal to grow. Industrial Hemp should be legal on a federal level in the United States of…

misconceptions, misrepresentations, and misunderstandings. Solomon (1966) says marijuana, or Cannabis sativa, is a plant cultivated for its flowering tops and leaves. Also called hemp, it is a sourceof…

use cannabis during pregnancy” (para. 4). Cannabis is any product that comes from the cannabis sativa plant, which grows in many parts of the world. The cannabis plant contains the chemical delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which is the most active ingredient found in the cannabis plant. The user can mix cannabis in food or beverages, inhale the fumes in a bong or smoke it using a hand rolled cigarette commonly known as a joint. When doing so this exposes the user to the THC in the cannabis,…