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Cannabis — An Overview

Drugs... don't do them, kids! But if you find yourself in a position where you need to write about them (or just want to know), then this post a good place to get basic information about marijuana, and a solid jumping off point for more research.

Cannabis and Marijuana — Definitions

Marijuana: dried buds and leaves of Cannabis sativa plant. Anywhere between green, brown, and grey. Contains more than 400 chemicals, including delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the plant's main psychoactive chemical.

Hash: dried resin or tar of the female plant. Dark brown or black chunks, commonly sold in tinfoil packages.

Hash Oil: one of the purest forms of cannabis. Made of cannabis extract, which is a sticky, oily, reddish-brown to green substance.

Cannabis Consumption

Marijuana can be smoked in small pipes, or the more advertised variants, cigarettes called joints. It can also be baked into numerous foods. Hash is usually mixed with marijuana and/or tobacco and smoked. Hash oil is more commonly spread on the rolling paper of a joint, or the end of a lit cigarette.

How Marijuana Affects You

The effects of marijuana are shorter when smoked, from between 2–4 hours, along with the fact that they kick in faster. If eaten, the drug affects the body at a slower pace and for longer.

Marijuana affects everyone differently, and there is no way of predicting the effect of THC from person to person. The effects are dependent on the consumer's mood, environment, age, past or current medical conditions, the presence or lack of other drugs or alcohol in the system (including medication), among other things.

List of Effects

Most people

relaxed

talkative

giggly

increased appetite

distorted sense of time

short term memory impairment

Some People

self-conscious

irritable

anxious

insomnia

depression

paranoia (overly suspicious, feelings of persecution)

decrease in motivation and interest

Few People

flashbacks

delusions (false convictions held contrary to fact)

clouded mental process

impaired thinking

confusion

Young people report that chronic, or daily, use of marijuana can lead a person to experience all of these effects.

How You Get High

The active ingredient of the weed, the THC, binds to the nerve cells and releases dopamine into a part of the brain that controls learning and memory (cerebrum) and integrates the senses with emotions and motivations.

Additional Information and Final Note

Marijuana clashes badly with prescribed drugs, such as anti-depressants

In rare cases, a connection with the onset of serious mental illness such as schizophrenia has occurred

People with schizophrenia have an almost 'allergic' reaction to marijuana, and those with (certain) mental illnesses (commonly) have bad experiences with cannabis

People suffering from certain health problems, side effects of cancer/AIDS, etc. report that marijuana is helpful for controlling pain and other symptoms

This post is by no means claiming to be true for every circumstance. Everyone is different, and I'm sure people have personal stories that prove contrary to the information presented here. That's to be expected, as the effects of drugs on the humans body depend on many variables and are highly unpredictable.

With that said, if anything is wrong, please let me know immediately and keep in mind that my information is directly from Interior Health BC, which has a cannabis fact-sheet compilation that I'll link here.

I hope this helped anyone who needed it, and informed the rest of you. Stay safe :)

~ Nyx

[tjjamess]

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me and gang at the haunted house

[qiinamii]

new guy in the Express

bonus:

adding more to the whimsy

[kottkrig]

People liking your personal OCs is still such a crazy feeling, I've been doing this for years and ppl asking about them still fills my entire heart with warmth and idk how to handle it

You enjoy this fictional guy I made up for fun?? Whose only content is random artwork or writing made by me and a handful of other artists at most? They have no show/book/game with a large fandom, it's just one person with an art blog?? I love u

[whatsorryiwasntlistening]

being a writer is so wild. Like I could make Shrek and Captain America kiss if I wanted

[canonkiller]

but you can't keep holding on like this.

[stealingpotatoes]

the illness post is still getting notes (???!! <3) and that means people are still telling me to get better soon, which is really nice but im gonna be too powerful if i get any better

[egophiliac]

don't think I'm not still obsessing over 7-12

[samgiddings]

@staff @support @engineering @music @books

Have you ever considered this is a really stupid layout to have when there’s no way to easily get your account back if you accidentally hit the wrong button???

[cadriona]

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[lemongogo]

life of regret

[hinamie]

subject, specimen, spectacle;

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[me-beef]

@strangeravatar made a great point

i was gonna focus on the spike-hotboxing-celestia aspect but i got distracted somewhere along the way and i think i forgot what joke i was trying to make

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[fandom-trash-goblin]

this is what english teachers mean by poetry appreciation right?

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