Tetrahydrocannabinol

than transfers the chemical throughout the brain and organs. This drug consists of seeds from cannabis sativa and cannabis indica, along with their dried leaves, flowers, and stems (SAMHSA). The cannabis plant has a chemical known as tetrahydrocannabinol, THC. THC combines with the cannabinoid receptors, which blocks the action of a neurotransmitter, GABA, which results in increasing dopamine. This also leads into having long term and short term which

When they use medical marijuana for epilepsy medicine they only want the cannabidiol not the tetrahydrocannabinol. Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC is the chemical in marijuana that gives you the “high effect”. So, without being able to get high there are no reasons to get addicted to it. Another argument is that medical marijuana has not been tested long enough to be

Marijuana is a dangerous drug and should not be legalized. Marijuana can damage lungs, it can affect cardiovascular shape and it puts you at higher risk for heart attack or stroke, raises blood pressure and many other harmful effects. You can also end up getting addicted to marijuana (Watson4). All that just to get high? Seems a little risky. It’s a very dangerous drug especially if driving . There are many DUI’s and deadly accidents that are marijuana related each year (gray1). That’s why marijuana

A two year old, named Jaqie Angel Warrior had been suffering from several types of seizures ever since she was five months old. Doctors had tried many medications to control her seizures, such as klonopin , and depakote; but all failed to stop these thousands of seizures, resulting in terrible side effects. Jaqie’s mother, Brittany had been researching other potential cures, when she came across cannabis oil. Soon after, they moved to a motel in Colorado, and began using high-CBD oil, which also

Marijuana, which started as a simple, harmless drug has seen a drastic increase in popularity throughout the past half century. With its newfound home among the popular hallucinogens, this once harmless drug has now evolved into a gateway drug, opening the door to many more harmful and more deadly drugs.Although marijuana has proven to be beneficial towards certain medical conditions such as Glaucoma, the drug’s harmful effects on the human body and its addictive nature serve as good motive for it

compounds which can help fight diseases and health conditions. In Medical Marijuana FAQ also stated that, “marijuana plant contains more than 100 different chemicals called cannabinoids. Each one has a different effect on the body. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) are the main chemicals used in medicine. THC also

helpful than other medicines as well as being much cheaper. Alzheimer’s disease is the biggest cause of memory loss amongst the elderly people and according to Molecular Pharmaceutics, this disease will triple itself over the next 50 years. Tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly known as THC, is the main natural ingredient in the cannabis plant. This substance is proven to help slow down and weaken Alzheimers. Marijuana works better than the other drugs that are recommended to help with this disease. Studies

Paige Figi has to experience that horror. Their baby girl named Charolette, suffered from Dravet Syndrome; which causes seizures in infants. Matt and Paige expended all their traditional medical options. They turned to cannabis with low THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) but high amounts of cannabidiod or CBD. They took the strain of cannabis and got the oil extracted. They gave Charolette the oil and her seizures stopped and continued to stay away while they used the oil (everything about Charolette from

Robert J. DeLorenzo, of Virginia Commonwealth University, gave marijuana extract and synthetic marijuana to epileptic rats. The drugs rid the rats of the seizures for about 10 hours.(Welsh) Cannabinoids like the active ingredients in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (also known as THC), control seizures by binding to the brain cells responsible for controlling excitability and regulating relaxation. Now it doesn’t completely cure the disease, but it does help the symptoms and most of the causes. Even if

Medical uses of cannabis date back to ancient Egypt, China and India. (Marijuana and Cancer para.2) I sit here at my computer desk, wondering where to begin on such a serious debate. I have been researching for this paper for all most a month now. I would like to start with an Irish physician named William Brooke. He popularized Medical marijuana in the west. In, 1830 he was introduced to medicine while abroad in India. Since then cannabis was entered into the United States Pharmacopeia in 1850