MARIJUANA - CANNABIS DRUG

[PHILOXENIA Admin]

What is Marijuana?

Cannabis, also known as marijuana (marihuana, mariguana) or ganja (from Hindi/Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā, hemp), is a psychoactive product of the plant Cannabis sativa, or more often, Cannabis sativa subsp. indica. The herbal form of the drug consists of dried mature flowers and subtending leaves of pistillate (female) plants. The resinous form, known as hashish, consists primarily of glandular trichomes collected from the same plant material.

It is a dry, shredded green and brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves, stems, seeds and flowers of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. There are over 200 street names for marijuana including pot, herb, dope, reefer, grass, weed, ganja, Mary Jane, boom, gangster and chronic.

Sinsemilla, hashish and hash oil are stronger forms of marijuana. It is usually smoked as a cigarette, called a joint or a nail, or in a pipe or bong. In recent years, marijuana has appeared in blunts, which are cigars that have been emptied of tobacco and refilled with marijuana, often in combination with another drug, such as crack. Some users also mix marijuana into foods or use it to brew tea.

The major biologically active chemical compound in cannabis is Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), commonly referred to as THC. Marijuana's effects on the user depend on the strength or potency of the THC it contains. THC has been used to treat wasting syndrome in AIDS patients.

Humans have been consuming cannabis since prehistory, although in the 20th century there was a rise in its use for recreational, religious or spiritual, and medicinal purposes.

How does marijuana affect the brain?

Scientists have learned a great deal about how THC acts in the brain to produce its many effects. When someone smokes marijuana, THC rapidly passes from the lungs into the bloodstream, which carries the chemical to the brain and other organs throughout the body.

What are the long-term effects of Marijuana use?

People who smoke marijuana often have the same respiratory problems as cigarette smokers. These individuals may have daily cough and phlegm, symptoms of chronic bronchitis, and more frequent chest colds. They are also at greater risk of getting lung infections like pneumonia. Marijuana contains some of the same, and sometimes even more, of the cancer-causing chemicals found in cigarette smoke.

Smoking cannabis is a potentially harmful method of consuming cannabis, yet the most practiced. Joint and smoke may course you cancer.


Philoxenia Admin

[Jan]

Oh dear me... I am thinking there has been no research on this. Let me assist.
Cannabis is a herb of 12,000 year history. It has been grown in most countries in the world for use in (current figures) 75,000 different things. Its is depicted on the ancient scripts of Sumer. It has been found in the burial shrouds of the Egyptians. It was known in China, Japan and Himilayas 10,000 years ago, to make paper, cloth, oil, food, bedding, and sails. It was brought to the shores of the UK in 385BC by Princess Cambria Formosa, who taught local Albions (Brits) to make roofs, oil, rope, bedding, food, fuel and paper. It became so popular the Brits incorporated it into fleets of ships, making sails and ropes, burning oils in lanterns and bedding for sailors, in addition to their uniforms. The Napoleonic war was fought primarily for the control of Russian Hemp, which was indistinguishable from Cannabis - they are one and the same. Henry VIII insisted on all farmers growing this plant and named his palace Hampton Court (Hempton Court, back in his time). Hempstead was a major growing community. Elizabeth I, his daughter, made it law that ALL farmers grew hemp, of which 30% was to be tithed to the church, for robes, burning oil, annointing oil and baptism thru fire as well as make bibles. Da Vinci painted on Canvas (cannabis), as did all the masters of painting, the mona lisa, the laughing cavalier, the girl with the pearl earring, etc, etc. When the Pilgrim fathers left for the new lands of America, they travelled on cannabis- sailed ships, rode in cannabis wagons, carried cannabis bibles, burned cannabis oil and took tincture of cannabis for seasickness. George Washington wrote the draft of the constitution on cannabis paper and grew cannabis, recommending the world to grow it. Fords first car was made of cannabis and ran on cannabis fuel. It was the number one cash crop of the USA, outproducing cotton by a BIG margin. If there is a place name with HEMP in it, its because it once grew Cannabis. Queen Victoria took cannabis for her migraine as well as menstrual cramps, she also had a law to grow it by royal decree or go to jail and be fined. Cannabis was grown by governmental order for both wars.
It was first outlawed by a trio of money mad corporate elitists in 1934 - Dupont, who wanted to cash in on the amazon forest, and thereby took tribes and species to thebrink of extinction. He also used acids to pulp his wood, and polluted waters grounds and anything aquatic, thus affecting anything that fed on those fish. Ecology was not his concern. He was in partnership with the second member of this trio - newspaper magnate Rudolph Randall Hurst, who began a war on cannabis on his friends behest - they used Andrew Mellon, the third stooge, who was nephew to one, son in law to the other, to pass a law in congress, when they were out of session in a case lasting 45 seconds. Hemp was as is a threat to the oil industry, plastics, paint, papers, denim (was Hemp) why else would they declare war on such a thing as a 'weed'?
Medics the world over have advocated that cannabis is a cure for cancer,assists with MS, PMT, Altzheimers, Parkinsons, tumors,etc etc- and they still DO ... I suggest anyone interested see Run From The Cure on Youtube and visit Jackherrer.com for valid and current info on the 75,000 uses of cannabis today.
The content of pure green leaf of Cannabis satvia and Indica is THC. Theres no THC in cigarettes, and nothing of the content of cigarettes in the pure leaf of cannabis. Smoking it is only one way of THC entering the bloodstream.
And just in case you are unaware, Mississippi Uni grow their own for medical/research purposes. US vs Randall 1976 will confirm that the medical use cannabis is supplied by the American Govt.
The info you are using in this debate is inaccurate and sadly misconstrued.
If you ponder how come I know so much, I come from a place in the UK that was famous for its gardens and the soil here is among the best in the world - because it is here that my community grew cannabis for the community and govt (by royal decree) for generations. The crops needed no pesticides, insecticides and no real maintainence. Hemp always gave more to the soil that it took away, fed the local birds, especially the Linnet Bird (look its LATIN name up) and the bees which produced abundant honey. Strange how an important plant of such massive produce has become marginalised and forgotten, when it played such a gigantic part in world history, and could EASILY render fossil fuel redundant, producing ethanol in weeks. No more trees chopped down, no more forests taken to the brink, no impingements on species or their subsequent food chains and.... NO POLLUTIONS!!!!
All because of a silly little weed?

[aussiekeith]

I will add my little bit of sharing here.
First thing is that cannabis does help many people, to relax and sleep and is in many cases, a great pain relief for people with constant pain issues.

On the other side of the coin, it is now often abused at least here in Australia and I personally know people who suffer depression, financial issues, memory loss and other mental health issues, due to smoking this weed, daily for a period of time, also it is proven to cause anxiety as well and paranoia etc.

To be fair and unbiased, I will have to say as for alcohol abuse etc.

If taken socially and in small amounts, then I personally see no problem and those who smoke Cannabis socially from many years, of my observation are generally relaxed, care free and happy as to alcohol, it leads to so often, abusive behavior, violence and nastiness to other people, so often.

[ryolanda]

High there folks;),
As i am from Holland where cannabis is in frequent use and is tolerated ..there are this so called 'coffeeshops' where you can buy you weed or hashis for recreational use, i want to add something to this discussion...Also there is a new (in fact old;) use for cannabis (hemp) again for some young people overhere started to grow hemp again, for clothes and other purposes as mentioned by Ian. Using mariuhana now and then for recreational use (as alcohol by example) is very relaxing and takes me to other realms of conciousness and in fact it sometimes causes me to relax in difficult times and helps me to speak from my heart, even when a situation is very stressfull...Ofcourse you have to watch over yourself to not abuse it..as you have to do with alcohol by example. All we have to do is watch over the content of cannabis..lots of people who earn their money growing cannabis for smoking put in all kinds of chemical stuff so the thc as it is becomes kind of polluted..So i see more advantage in taking control over growing cannabis in a natural way..Lots of people who suffer from ilnesses as mentioned by Ian and by Aussiekeith will agree with me in this matter. I am very pleases to live in a country where a lot of personal freedom is garanteed although things are getting tougher overhere because of a lack of information like you dear administrator..
Much love from a happy smoker!
Ryolanda

[Ahau]

[Ahau]

[edward church]

here it is for me I tried it one day I was with my 3rd cousins boy friend aw yes I had a bad migraine " her boyfriend who I was with had some good stuff. I was taught it was a bad drug when I was growing up, like I said so I tried it cause of a headache ..I still had a headache but I felt I drank a six pack of beer when it took affect . for me I see nothing happening there to stop my headache I still took ibuprofen from some one I saw I still carried it for the rest of the day.

I smoke it for a few times when her boyfriend was there..staying with us . I thought to me it was addictive ,cause my cousin would say when he ran out of it ... it made him depressive" and I felt if I did not stop it I would of been that way. But my uncle who is older then me use to smoke it too.

I wounder ed what got him to stop since he is now older and still smokes cigarettes"

I believe it could help produce the worlds best fuel and make paper products and all of its resources, it is those who as other people from the likes from our self that abuses it. and have others makes the laws from not produce it. I know it is a good drug for medical use.

if it was not outlawed most of the young people would be growing for most of there use and not use it but abuse it. so it is nice to have others to be straight out and make a law to not have every one grow it.

there is so many recreational drugs now people are abusing there body's with .I wounder how many of the percentage were back in those early times how many people used it as well as to get relaxed by ..." what was the affects of them dying with lung cancer?

[Catherine Mascrès]

No matter what is smoked, inhaled directly, will affect all of the respiratory track, which also includes the throat.. The more one smokes whatever, can ,if more prone than others, developp a cancer. When smokes are inhaled indirecltly, risks are also there. Ami. Cath

[PHILOXENIA Admin]

Hello Jan, Keith, Ryolanda, Ahau!

Thank you for the informative inputs. I started this forum topic to give start to a discussion. It would be different if I made this in Amsterdam Netherlands, Christiania Copenhagen, Myconos Greece or know places where people are liberated to do more than what is allowed in other places.

I started this topic because I know that you would never go and buy some grams stuff to give it to your 12-15 years old kids.

I work with people having many kind of social problems. I am not glad seeing all those young teenages hanging here and there, in toilets, being offended, abused and even raped after using some kind of drugs. It starts with a tobaco cigarrette and God knows where it stops.

Heroine and morphine are the best mecical drugs at ones end of life, but they cause many deaths to those who aren't in need of it taking wrong doses. Curiousity may cause death. I am not against nature and what nature creates. The ancients said everything in right moment and right measurement,

I agree with you that there must be more research on cannabis and similar products. If cananbis did not cause any problems you would have it without a reciepe in the drugstores.

Lets say there are some good sides and some bad sides using cannabis. For me the good sides are only for medical use and the bad sides are when somebody tryes to be his own doctor.

In Greece there is a tense to let marijuana free. An absolute majority of the p[eople are against it.

Georgios

[jeff spiderz]