Marijuana Helps in Medicine :: for use of cannabis

Cannabis Sativa (marijuana) has been horizon tobe an illegal and very harmful medicate for many years. But asyou read this report you will learn that marijuana has beenaround for many years (most years legal) and isnt asharmful as some people may think. Marijuana has beenused for many things in the past, including medicine, hemprope, crude cloth and enjoyment. Now it is mainly used asa narcotic. Marijuana is an illegal weed that grows up toeighteen feet tall with little or no cultivation. The plant hasmany branches that extend with large, hairy, pointed leaveswith saw tooth edges. Marijuana grows chaotic all over theworld and in some states and countries its legal. Cloth andrope are made from the stem which contains a tough fibercalled "hence." The mind-altering drug in marijuana is called"Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannibinol," or tetrahydrocannabinol. The mildest formof marijuana contains between zero to three percent ofTHC. Most of the THC is contained in the resign, which issecreted around the flowers, seeds, and topmast leaves.Until recently it was thought that only the female plantcontained the drug. But it is now known that both thefemale and the male plants contain THC. THC stays in thebody for rough 28 days. Marijuana can be prepared manydifferent ways therefore it has many different ways ofentering the body. When smoked the THC goes into thelungs, directly into the bloodstream and to every cell in yourbody. The effects depend upon the level of potency andhow much is consumed. The main effects of smoking arethe stock ticker rate may increase from 80 beats to 150 beats aminute, the bronchial tubes enlarge and become relaxedallowing extra oxygen to enter the body, expectant a "High" likefeeling. There are no immediate physiological effects. Thefeeling usually lasts from one to three hours. Marijuana can excessively be ingested as a drink, cakes, brownies or many otherfoods. When consumed in foods the effects start after onehalf-ho ur and last from three to iv hours. The potency ofMarijuana has increased at least ten times or 275% sincethe 1960s. Marijuana can be measured by its "therapeuticratio," (the residuum between the size of the dose neededfor the desired effect and the size that producespoisoning). The therapeutic ratio in marijuana has yet to befound. The negative coherent term effects of heavy marijuanause are, possible lung cancer, heart attacks in juveniles,strokes in people under forty, and it depletes the brain ofserotonin and the user may lose his sense of well being ormay become depressed.