Tetrahydrocannabinol

Over the years, many people have been trying to legalize marijuana. Ever since the liberals won in the recent election, legalization of marijuana has become a hot topic due to the promises that Justin Trudeau made. Although many people want marijuana to be legalized, they do not realize what risks it brings. There are many problems that would arise if marijuana becomes a legalized drug because the use of marijuana affects the health of the users in a negative way, it would increase the rate of…

Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Marijuana is most commonly used drug in the United States. Marijuana comes from the Cannabis plant, which is a blend with dried and shredded leaves, seeds, flowers, and stems of the hemp plant (NIDA). Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol also known as THC, is the main chemical in marijuana that is accountable for the psychotropic “high” effect. Marijuana also includes a chemical compound known as cannabinoids. Teenagers are known to use Marijuana. Teenagers tend to think…

There is a period of time in the lives of many people when they have a desire to experience new feelings. For some cultures this desire will be considered acceptable due to the politics of a country while for other cultures this quest for a new temptation will be judged as a crime. Searching for comfort, an emotional release, or just for pleasure, both teenagers and adults start using marijuana. While some people consider marijuana to be a destructive drug that can cause serious health problems…

has been a long issue standing in The US for hundreds of years. The origin of marijuana can date back as far as 6500 years ago. Marijuana is a plant, also known as cannabis, when it’s grown, it produces butt that create a substance known as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Cannabis can also be hemp. So what is hemp? A hemp is the most durable natural soft fiber on the face of this plant. Hemp can be used to produce a rope that is one of the strongest known ropes to the mankind, and can also produce…

removed barriers to its production. Three states have passed bills to research hemp. Nine states have passed hemp resolutions and six states have passed hemp study bills. The way to avoid confusion of hemp and marijuana is to limit the THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) to 0.2% and 0.3% in the hemp flowers. The THC levels in pot are usually between…

A psychedelic drug is a substance with psychoactive properties that targets specific receptors in the brain, altering perception and sometimes causing hallucinations. Most, if not all psychedelic substances are illegal in the United States, and have been presented as dangerous, addictive, and having no medical uses. However, researchers around the world have started studies on the benefits of these drugs in clinical trials. As David Derbyshire says in his article “ Healing Trip,” for people who…

For years the controversy topic of medical marijuana has caught the attention of many Americans; especially in the last couple of years with the few states that voted to make it legal. The majority of people are blind sighted to the facts that society has shaped into the norm. Many categorize this drug as “bad” or “harmful”. Just like there are pros and cons of every controversial topic, medical marijuana has both valid points across the board. Besides the prevalent fact of this drug being…

they have some major issues with it. Especially when the risk that its citizens are taking is also breaking a law the core fundamentals of a country This is the case with the issue of Marijuana a plant in which the active ingredient called tetrahydrocannabinol stimulates the decision making also impairing your judgement and those are just a few side effects of this dangerous drug. Marijuana must remain classified as a Schedule 1 (Reilly) drug so that law enforcement can continue to prevent the…

Chemotherapy is chemical therapy that is a frequently used course of treatment for patients diagnosed with cancer. While this therapy can often improve prognoses, it also causes nausea, a generalized feeling of sickness, and emesis, a vomitus product of nausea. Chemotherapy induced emesis can cause critical manifestations that lead to a substandard patient quality of life and negatively influence his or her ability to comply with the therapy. This can result in patients prematurely discontinuing…

Marijuana is produced from a plant, It is a green, brown, or gray mixture of the dried parts of the cannabis sativa hemp plant.The main active chemical in marijuana is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Which moves quickly through the bloodstream and the brain, causing mild hallucinations. Marijuana, the most often used illegal drug in this country, is a product of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa (www.drugabuse.gov). The main active…