So what exactly is going on when you get high? Cannabinoids are chemical compounds that interact with receptors in your brain. Hill says. Dopamine is the same chemical your brain releases when you play Call of Duty or bone your Tinder date. It basically gives you a hit of pleasure. But before you equate weed, sex, and CoD , just stop for a minute and appreciate the fact your body is designed to receive molecules from the cannabis plant Fatalities directly attributable to cannabis are rare.
Cannabis oil hash oil is often produced locally from cannabis or cannabis resin by means of solvent extraction. Intensive indoor cultivation has become widespread in Europe and elsewhere. This is based on improved seed varieties and procedures such as artificial heating and lighting, hydroponic cultivation in nutrient solutions and propagation of cuttings of female plants.
As with other naturally occurring drugs of misuse e. Cannabis is usually smoked, often mixed with tobacco or in a smoking device bong. Because THC has a low water solubility, ingestion of cannabis leads to poor absorption.
Cannabis cigarettes may be termed reefers, joints or spliffs. Although the leaves of Cannabis sativa are reasonably characteristic, cannabis and cannabis resin can both be positively identified by low-power microscopy, where the appearance of glandular trichomes and cystolithic hairs is diagnostic.
The Duquenois test is considered to be specific for cannabinols. It is based on the reaction of cannabis extracts with p -dimethylbenzaldehyde. This produces a violet blue coloration that is extractable into chloroform.
Using gas chromatography, the limit of detection of THC in blood is 0. Tinctures of cannabis ethanolic extracts were once common, but were removed from pharmacopoeias many years ago. It is indicated for multiple sclerosis, certain types of pain and other neurological conditions.
An extract of cannabis Sativex has been licensed in Canada. Cannabis: responses miniguide October European Responses Guide October THC attaches to these receptors and activates them and affects a person's memory, pleasure, movements, thinking, concentration, coordination, and sensory and time perception, according to NIDA. THC is one of many compounds found in the resin secreted by glands of the marijuana plant.
More of these glands are found around the reproductive organs of the plant than on any other area of the plant. Other compounds unique to marijuana, called cannabinoids, are present in this resin.
It also interferes with how information is processed in the hippocampus, which is part of the brain responsible for forming new memories. THC can induce hallucinations, change thinking and cause delusions. On average, the effects last about two hours, and kick in 10 to 30 minutes after ingestion. Psychomotor impairment may continue after the perceived high has stopped, however. Fabrizio, a marijuana chemistry expert at Terra Tech Corp, a California agricultural company focused on local farming and medical cannabis.
However, he said, a study in the British Journal of Pharmacology found that other types of cannabinoids, as well as terpenes compounds that produce flavor and fragrance in plants , can modulate and reduce negative effects. The effects of marijuana make it a popular drug. In fact, it is considered one of the most commonly used illicit drugs in the world. These effects depend very much upon the expectations and mood of the user, the quantity taken, and the possible presence of other drugs such as alcohol in the body.
Generally people experience a pleasurable state of relaxation, with heightened sensory experiences of taste, sound and colour. Repeated experiments have failed to show any short term dangers, although it hasn't been proven to be 'safe' in the pharmacological sense either. THC is non-addictive and there are no withdrawal symptoms. However, one of the side-effects of its use is to make the user drowsy, with reduced concentration and short term memory.
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