Essays Tagged: "THC"
Marijuana
ers to the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, which contains the non-narcotic chemical THC at various potencies. It is smoked or eaten to produce the feeling of being 'high.' The differen ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Marajuana: effects and after affects
' 'pot,' 'weed,' 'reefer,' 'mj,' 'boo,' 'broccoli,' 'ace'', 'joint,' 'Colombian'Tetrahydrocnnabinal(THC) was not found until the mid 1960's. Marijuana can be used medically or for an intoxicant. Docto ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Marijuana...
na refers to the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant,which contain the narcotic chemical THC at various potencies. It is smoked or eaten toproduce the feeling of being 'high'. Marijuana has ... act it leads to non-violence.There has never been a case that a person died from smoking marijuana. THC isone of the few chemicals that has no known toxic amount. This is amazing, sincetobacco(which i ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Rethinking Marijuana
e wrong way. The chemical in marijuana that has medicinal benifits is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Studies have shown that marijuana can ease pain, relieve nausea, and generally relax a person. ... ding the U.S.There is a simple solution that is not being discussed by the hard-headed bureaucracy. THC is easily removed from the plant and could be administered as medicine in pill form. What a nove ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Marajana
ey have to use more of it to get the high in which they desire. It effects your brain by making the THC disrupt the nerve cells in the part of the brain where memories are formed. This makes it harder ... es Timing, coordination, alertness, and performance to be affected in a negative way. Marijuana has THC in it which is absorbed by fatty tissues in various organs. THC can be detected using urine test ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Marijuana properties.
smoked the marijuana releases about 1,000 different chemicals into the body, the active chemical is THC (Delta9-theta-hydrocannabinol) which causes a state of euphoria, this euphoric state has consequ ... f the hemp plant is used in making other drugs when it is boiled down these drugs contain much more THC than Marijuana.Marijuanna is said to be especially bad for developing teens because their lungs ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
The effects of smoking marijuana, the good and the bad.
st that health risk from occasional use is mild and it might ease certain ills.No one has ever died THC poisoning mostly because a 160 pound person would have to smoke roughly 900 joints in one sittin ... oids is located in immune cells. But the nature of the effect is unclear. A recent study showed the THC inhibits production of immune stimulating substances. But cigarette smokers may do greater harm ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Facts about Marijuana
effects.Marijuana has many effects on the brain. In marijuana the substance that gets you ?high? is THC or Tetrahydocannibol or as said before THC. This substance suppresses the neurons in the informa ... t is crucial for learning, memory, senses, and emotions (Hyde 1986). Chronic abuse of marijuana and THC is also associated with impaired attention and memory in school. THC damages and destroys nerve ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
The effects of marijuana on the Human brain.
e cell to change in some way. The chemical in marijuana that has the biggest impact on the brain is THC (tetrahydrocannabinol).THC receptors are abundant in the brain but they are concentrated in cert ... are abundant in the brain but they are concentrated in certain areas. One region of the brain where THC receptors are highly concentrated is the hippocampus. The hippocampus is the area of the brain t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Marijuana effects of marijuana an dwhat they could do
effects.Marijuana has many effects on the brain. In marijuana the substance that gets you "high" is THC or Tetrahydocannibol or as said before THC. This substance suppresses the neurons in the informa ... t is crucial for learning, memory, senses, and emotions (Hyde 1986). Chronic abuse of marijuana and THC is also associated with impaired attention and memory in school. THC damages and destroys nerve ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Teen Drugs Use.
reason is because their friends pressure them into using drugs most marijuana users are 12-18. The THC in the marijuana makes you experiance the "high" but what really make the THC grow is when this ... up of dried choped leaves, stems, and leaves. In 100 ounces of grass, ther are 1 to 2 ounces of the THC. Sinsemilla is grass made of a plant that has larger amounts of THC than grass. In 100 ounces of ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Why Marijuana should be legalized and also why it shouldn't be.
mposed of dried leaves and flowering tops of the pistillate hemp plant that contains the ingredient THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol). The drug was first banned during the 1930's, after rumor had it that the ... bance, weight loss, aggression, irritability, and restlessness, after they stopped using marijuana. THC also disrupts coordination, balance, posture, reaction time. Many car accidents in the United St ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Benefits of legalizing Marijuana
e effects of chemotherapy. These side effects include nausea and vomiting. Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC (the chemical in marijuana that makes people "high"), reduces this vomiting and nausea, putting ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
The legalization of marijuana.
.:Marijuana:.Effects of Marijuana on the Brain. Researchers have found that THC changes the way in which sensory information gets into and is acted on by the hippocampus. This ... he integration of sensory experiences with emotions and motivations. Investigations have shown that THC suppresses neurons in the information-processing system of the hippocampus. In addition, researc ... causes lung cancer because you are introducing in forgein chemicals to your lungs.Regardless of the THC content, the amount of tar inhaled by marijuana smokers and the level of carbon monoxide absorbe ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Persuasive Essay on the Harmful effects Marijuana has on the Human Body.
lity and extreme mood swings The anxiety can range anywhere from mild anxiety to complete panic.The THC in marijuana is believed to change a psychoactive compound in the liver, which may be the cause ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Marijuana-Essay justifying why marijuana should/shouldn't be legalized. 407 words
g the dried leaves and flowering tops (buds) of the plant. The most potent chemical in marijuana is THC which alters the brains natural state. Marijuana is not as harmful in its pure form as people th ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
The Effects of Cannabis on the Human Reproductive System.
The major source of the psychoactive substance in marijuana is called delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Along with THC, there are over four hundred other chemicals in the plant, all of which have cl ... ut that it does have consequences on males. They found a cellular signaling system that responds to THC as well as to anandamide. Now anandamide is a substance that has been found in human semen and i ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology
This essay is about the effects of drugs and it talks about what each does. It gives facts concerning drugs also.
s Sativa, the hemp plant. Marijuana contains nearly 400 chemicals. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is the "active ingredient" found in the hemp plant that accounts for the psychoactive effects. ... active effects. This is what determines the strength of the drug. Most marijuana contains 3 percent THC, but can be found as high as 24 percent. Oils from female hemp plants can contain as much as 70 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Medicinal Marijuana essay, and sample expiriment using three groups.
al marijuana. Medicinal marijuana consists of a green, sticky, red, and sometimes purple plant. The THC (Tetra-hydrtic-chloride) glands shine and twinkle under the light. Depending on many variables d ... r two will smoke Aloha, very similar in texture, smell, and taste to real marijuana but there is no THC. And last but not least group three and they will be prescribed three grams a day of some standa ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Legalize marijuana use
arijuana has been used for centuries as a pain killer and a remedy for many illnesses and problems. THC or tetrahydrocloride, the active chemical in Marijuana, has recently been discovered to hinder c ... ancer cells from growing. A study by Manuel Guzman of Madrid Spain discovered that Cannabinoids, or THC, has slowed and even stopped tumor growth in lab animals. "Found that THC slowed the growth of l ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol