Essays on Tetrahydrocannabinol

Policy Positions Paper: Use of Medical Marijuana in Georgia

The use of marijuana (Cannabis sativa) can be traced back more than 5000 years ago related to medical, recreational, and spiritual reasons (Bostwick, 2012). The United States Pharmacopeia has included it since 1850’s, and until the 1930’s physicians provided prescriptions for it for a number of physical complaints (Narcanon International, 2016). In 1970, the United States Congress determined it had no valid therapeutic value and categorized it as a Schedule I illegal substance. However, a number of sources have stated that marijuana has no addictive properties (Samsha, 2016). The National Institute on Drug Abuse state this is ...

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Recreational adolescent use of marijuana can result in adult cognitive problems including learning, thinking, and memory problems (Crean, Crane, & Mason, 2011). Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is known to humanity for thousands of years. It is obtained from the hemp plant, known as Cannabis sativa. Marijuana is one of the most popular, easily obtained drugs, and controversial drugs. It contains psychoactive chemicals such as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, which was obtained in the mid-1960s. This is the key chemical behind the development of controversies in this and the last century. Certain others aspects of the endocannabinoid system including cannabinoid ...

Federal v. State Law Marijuana Legalization

Can states legalize marijuana while it remains illegal under federal law? Is medical marijuana a loophole to get around the federal law? Marijuana is a hemp plant called Cannabis Sativa. It is available in the forms of dried leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds. The resinous concentrate obtained from the plant is known as Hash Oil. Marijuana is an annual crop plant. It grows from seeds in open areas exposed to sunlight. It germinates within a week and attains its full growth in 4 to 8 months. Marijuana contains medicinally active compounds that act on the brain. The main active compound is ...

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In Jan.1, 1914, Tony Jannus flew an aircraft designer by the name Flying Boat No. 43. He flew the aircraft into the aviation history and across Tampa Bay. The journey took 23 minutes with only one passenger who paid $400. The trip became one of the first scheduled commercial flight in the world. During that day, Fansler told people that the Airport line would be a sign of great activity. In addition, Fansler asserted that the things that were impossible yesterday would be the accomplishments of today. The rickety seaplane struck many people yet it was only powered by 75-horsepower ...

In recent years the perception of the effects of marijuana both positive and negative have been increasingly discussed in the public arena. Many people contest that there are no negative consequences of marijuana use. The fact of the matter is that in order to consider something as having negative consequences, it does not need to directly cause death from an overdose. There are many other avenues, some more direct than others that a drug can cause negative consequences to the user directly in addition to collaterally in the case of family, friends and others in society. It has been proven ...

Abstract

The research paper deals with the problem of whether or not cannabis and cancer are interrelated. There are arguments provided in favor of cannabis stimulating the growth and proliferation of cancer and counterarguments, claiming that not only has marijuana consumption no negative impact on human health, but it also has the potential of being used for medical purposes for treating brain, breast, lung, prostate, blood, oral, liver, and pancreatic cancer inasmuch as it serves as a natural inhibitor of tumor growth as well as providing apoptosis of malign cells. Cannabis treatment may also be used as a legitimate, harmless and far ...

Introduction

Marijuana, also known by different other names in different parts of world, is a plant that contains majorly tetrahydrocannabinol, a psychoactive chemical and several other molecular substances or cannabinoides. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is found in leaves, flowers and buds of this plant. Marijuana is produced at a large scale in some Asian countries but it is found in different parts of the world. This is one of most commonly used drugs around the globe. This paper intends to discuss marijuana, its uses, misuses, medical value and several other related aspects.

History

Marijuana is being used by human beings since time immemorial. We find its ...

Introduction

I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?

The modern pharmaceutical industry has currently developed several medications in an effort to address a wide array of concerns—concerns that they hope could be addressed by medications. However, along with that development is the ever-increasing number of individuals resorting to substance abuse. A number of substances, despite their medical value, are ...

Legalization of marijuana is a controversial subject, which creates a great debate across the globe. There exist a number of myths and misconceptions concerning the use of marijuana. For this reason, many countries the use of marijuana has been banned in most countries. However, some countries have legalized its use or permitted its usage for medicinal purposes. Proponents for its legalization argue that it is useful because of its monetary benefits and its medicinal use. On the other hand, the opponents for the legalization argue that marijuana is detrimental because of its harmful effects on the users. This paper aims at explaining ...

Marijuana or cannabis are currently considered one of the most visible and mostly used illicit drugs recorded in various countries around the globe. Cannabis itself is capable of influencing not just the user’s brain function but also the entire body. Many governments have outlawed the production and distribution of this plant due to the reported cases of crimes and death tolls due to using this plant as a drug. However, many have argued that marijuana or cannabis could be utilized for other uses that do not curtail addiction or criminal activities. This plant, known for its 400 various types ...

Marijuana should Legalized in the United States.

The legalization of marijuana in the United States is a subject that creates a great debate. The subject creates polarization between the American citizens with each side having a prediction of what will happen with the legalization of the drug. The proponents argue that the legalization of the drug has many economic benefits to the country. In addition, Marijuana is not harmful to its users compared to other legal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco. On the other hand, opponents argue that the legalization increases the likelihood of the drug falling into the hands of the underage and the drug can be a ...

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Article Critique The paper presents a statistical analysis of Brisbois, Kock, Watanabe, Mirhosseini, Lamoureux, Chasen, MacDonald, Baracos, and Wisner (2011) article "delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol may palliate altered chemosensory perception in cancer patients: results of a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled pilot trial". The research aimed at determining whether Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) therapy on cancer patients can improve smell and taste perception. This is well outlined in the article. The research was triggered by the effect of anorexia and weight loss on patients with advanced cancer; this results to functional loss, low quality life and low survival chances. Therefore, the research investigated the ...

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Marijuana is scientifically known as Cannabis sativa and has been in use for about 4,000 years. Cannabis sativa belongs to in the Cannabaceae family and is an annual herbaceous plant . However it was not officially analyzed and the active ingredients isolated until 1964 when two Israeli biochemists R. Mechoulam and Y. Gaoni analyzed it. Cannabis contains cannabinoids as the primary chemicals which include cannabichromene,cannabinol, cannabigerol, cannabidiol, cannabinolidic acids and a number of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) isomers. The principal psychoactive ingredient present in marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta-9-THC). It has been traditionally used as a stimulant, a hallucinogen and a depressant for recreational, medicinal ...

The exploit of cannabis as well as its ingredient cannabinoids such as Tetrahydrocannabinol (9-THC) as a physician-recommended form of medicine or herbal therapy is what is known as medical Marijuana (Marmora, 1998). Even though the degree of the medicinal value of cannabis has been debated against widely, it does have numerous well-supported favourable outcomes. Amid these are the reduction of nausea and vomiting and encouragement of hunger in chemotherapy patients. Its efficiency as a pain reliever has also been proposed to be true. Conversely, Marijuana is an illegal drug so this brings about the question of why marijuana should be used ...