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Here’s where science currently stands on the use of marijuana for pain, sleep, anxiety, muscle spasms and other ailments — the results may surprise you. How marijuana impacts pain, sleep ...
In the U.S., the National Institute on Drug Abuse defines medical cannabis as "using the whole, unprocessed marijuana plant or its basic extracts to treat symptoms of illness and other conditions". [14] A cannabis plant includes more than 400 different chemicals, of which about 70 are cannabinoids. [15]
Fungal diseases; Anthracnose Colletotrichum coccodes = Colletotrichum atramentarium = Colletotrichum dematium: Black dot disease Epicoccum nigrum = Epicoccum purpurascens: Black mildew Schiffnerula cannabis: Brown blight Alternaria alternata = Alternaria tenuis: Brown leaf spot and stem canker Ascochyta spp. Ascochyta prasadii Phoma spp ...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) notes that, while some states have legalized marijuana, it is still classified as a Schedule I drug, which makes it difficult to study. This has ...
A 2013 literature review said that exposure to cannabis was "associated with diseases of the liver (particularly with co-existing hepatitis C), lungs, heart, and vasculature". The authors cautioned that "evidence is needed, and further research should be considered, to prove causal associations of marijuana with many physical health conditions ...
Marijuana consumed decades ago had concentrations of THC, the main psychoactive ingredient, of 2 to 3%, but cannabis products today can have THC levels as high as 90%.
A dried cannabis flower. The short-term effects of cannabis are caused by many chemical compounds in the cannabis plant, including 113 [clarification needed] different cannabinoids, such as tetrahydrocannabinol, and 120 terpenes, [1] which allow its drug to have various psychological and physiological effects on the human body.
Marijuana has even been shown in some studies to boost creativity — at least to a degree. British researchers found marijuana increased the verbal fluency of participants who ordinarily tested ...