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Cannabis. Cannabis, [a] also known as marijuana [b] or weed among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various traditional medicines for centuries.
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Male Cannabis sativa in flower. Cannabis sativa is an annual...
- Glossary of Cannabis Terms
Cannabis used as a drug for medical or personal reasons,...
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Cannabis has many different names, including more than 1,200...
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Drug overdoses and intoxication can also cause indirect deaths. For example, while marijuana does not cause fatal overdoses, being intoxicated by it can increase the chance of fatal traffic collisions. Drug use and overdoses increased significantly in the 1800s due to the commercialization and availability of certain drugs.
Other drugs and $45 million cash seized. Federal/local: Houston: 2007: 19,000 pounds: Seized drugs were being transported in school buses. Norwegian cannabis raids: National Criminal Investigation Service: Norway: 2007–2008: 500 cannabis plants on a single farm, over 40 individual raids: One of Norway's largest narcotics cases.
Aug 10, 2022 · The cannabis plant (Cannabis sativa L.) contains more than 60 ligands which bind to the cannabinoid receptors type 1 (CB1) and type 2 (CB2) (Dale and Haylett, 2009).The main intoxicating component of cannabis, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), is a partial agonist of the CB1 receptor and mediates most of the central nervous system (CNS) effects observed following cannabis use (Kendall and ...
Cannabis is a Class A drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act, making it illegal to cultivate, sell, or possess. Those who are caught with 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) of cannabis or more are considered drug traffickers and are punished with a possible death penalty.
Jul 22, 2013 · Sailors and West Indian immigrants brought the practice of smoking marijuana to port cities along the Gulf of Mexico. In New Orleans newspaper articles associated the drug with African-Americans ...
Cannabis (drug) Cannabis, also known as marijuana, weed, sativa, and indica (as well as other names) [a] is a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant used for medical or recreational purposes. [18] [19] [20] (in legalized states). The main psychoactive part of cannabis is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), one of the 483 known compounds in the plant ...
