Tetrahydrocannabinol

There are references towards marijuana all around us. Try re-watching Scooby Doo. Shaggy always had the munchies and even had a love interest named Mary Jane. I mean what do you think Shaggy and Scooby were always doing in the back of that van! Look at That 70s Show, that’s not a cigarette they’re passing around. Give Black Sabbath’s “Sweet Leaf” a listen; they don’t even hide their reference. Cannabis has been referenced and mentioned for years and it’s use even dates back to 8000 BCE when hemp…

Around the world children and adults that suffer from severe seizure disorders are finding relief with the use of cannabis oils. The use of medical cannabis oil is becoming increasingly popular amongst chronic seizure patients; however, its healing potential and effectiveness are still investigated, especially in pediatric patients due to lack of knowledge and testing. Cannabis or cannabidiol (CBD), use among children and adults suffering from epilepsy, have yet to be clinically assessed due to…

A man walks into the hospital for an x-ray. A week late he gets a phone call letting him know he is diagnosed with cancer. His life is changed forever. From then on he is left knowing that he is soon to die and there is nothing to help, but he is not held back by what the doctor says; he does not give up. He walks into a specialist’s office, and another and another and another, with no luck. He has one more possible option, but it is against the law. He has two choices to treat himself: break…

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…

The legalisation of Marijuana has been a hotly debated topic for decades. In the eyes of many Marijuana is believed to be the weed from the devil’s garden, while others believe it is completely harmless. Marijuana should be legalised for medical purposes and remain illegal for recreational use. Medical Marijuana should be legal because of its power to act as an effective painkiller and can greatly assist with mitigating the effects of many diseases. Marijuana should remain illegal for…

Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in marijuana causes its users to become ‘high’ (Iversen 167). It affects different parts of the brain to produce the feeling of pleasure or euphoria, stimulate sleep and appetite, and enhance one’s temperature, smell and taste sensations…

A recent 2014 study has linked positive medical qualities in, “tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, may help to slow or halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, which causes memory loss... low doses of the compound can inhibit the accumulation of proteins thought to cause Alzheimer’s”…

In 1944 a Viennese pediatrician named Hans Asperger conducted a clinical research trial involving 200 children in which four boys manifested traits associated with autism but had normal cognitive functions and language development, yet significantly lacked interpersonal skills. He had classified their behavior as autistic psychopathy and detailed that it was responsible for their idiosyncrasies such as unreciprocated nonverbal communication, self-imposed isolation, and specialized…

The Legalization of Marijuana Primarily, marijuana should be legalized since it is used for medication, and its legalization could mean better and higher quality health standards. Even though the medical benefits of marijuana can assist patients who suffer from cancer, HIV, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other severe illnesses, there still continues to be a relevant controversial issue in society today. By not legalizing marijuana it can hinder medical, social and scientific…

plant has a medicinal value of a psychoactive drug. Reports and statistics have shown that marijuana is the commonest illicit drug among drug users in the United States of America. The plant Cannabis Sativa has over 483 known compounds with tetrahydrocannabinol (TCH) compound being the commonly known of all the compounds. The plant Cannabis Sativa has found its modern use as a medicinal or recreational drug in the form of marijuana. The psychoactive and psychological are the attributions that…