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    Weed
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    Weed

    By Theo de Vries

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    Cannabis (aka weed, marijuana, or ganga) is the product of the cannabis plant, prepared for use as a psychoactive drug and as a medicine. Its use stretches as far back as history itself and is one of the earliest known plants to be domesticated by man. Cannabis, or weed, is the fourth most widely used drug in the world after coffee, alcohol, and tobacco. But unlike coffee, alcohol, and tobacco, weed is illegal in most of the world and is, therefore, the world’s most widely used illicit drug. The complexity of this plant and its relationship with man becomes obvious when it is categorized pharmacologically. Whereas most psychoactive drugs fall clearly into a single category of stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogen, cannabis cannot be so easily constrained, possessing as it does all of these capabilities and more. The difficulty in classifying cannabis is also evidenced in its effects, which can feature elements or symptoms of all other drugs. Sometimes weed can change the user’s mood (for better or worse), and at other times it can magnify the user’s existing mood. Open this book and enter the world of weed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTAJ Books International
    Release dateMar 2, 2013
    ISBN9781844062836
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      Weed - Theo de Vries

      Published by TAJ Books International LLC 2013

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      Copyright © TAJ Books International LLC

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      ISBN 978-1-84406-244-7

      ePub ISBN: 9781844062836

      Printed in China.

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      CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      THE PLANT

      HEMP

      CANNABINOIDS

      HISTORY

      MARIJUANA IN THE U.S.

      MODERN METHODS OF CULTIVATION

      MEDICAL ADVANCES

      LEGALITY IN THE U.S.

      LEGALITY AROUND THE WORLD

      BACK MATTER

      USEFUL WEBSITES/ ADDRESSES

      INDEX

      I N T R O D U C T I O N

      Cannabis (aka weed, marijuana, ganga) is the product of the cannabis plant prepared for use as a psychoactive drug and as a medicine. Its use stretches as far back as history itself. One of the earliest known plants to be domesticated by man, human knowledge of the plant’s practical and recreational uses has developed over many years. This plant has so much potential: it grows easily almost anywhere; from its fibrous stems hemp can be made and thus rope, paper, cloth, and many other products; from its seeds oil is produced with a variety of uses; and from its flowers comes the controversial drug....

      Cannabis, or weed, is the fourth most widely used drug in the world after coffee, alcohol, and tobacco. The United Nations’ estimate for global consumption of cannabis in 2010 was 2.6-5.0% of the adult population— between 119 million and 224 million users— although this statistic does not include all likely users in Asia, the plant’s place of origin and the location of its greatest cultural acceptance.

      But unlike coffee, alcohol, and tobacco, cannabis is illegal in most of the world and is, therefore, the world’s most widely used illicit drug. This has led to the current complex legal position as regards the drug,

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