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Cannabis was an important crop in ancient Korea, with samples of hempen fabric discovered dating back as early as 3000 BC. [10] Fourteen percent of Hindu holy men surveyed, and especially those from the Naga sect, believe cannabis to have been used by the Hindu God Shiva. It has been part of Hindu practice and culture. [11]
A leather pouch containing cannabis seed was attached to one pole of the tent. Coriander seeds have also been discovered in this Kurgan. Likely a mixture of cannabis seeds and coriander seeds was vaporized on the hot rocks to create a thick fragrant if not psychoactive smoke for ritual bathing. [2] [4] [5]
Cannabis smoking (known colloquially as smoking weed or smoking pot) is the inhalation of smoke or vapor released by heating the flowers, leaves, or extracts of cannabis and releasing the main psychoactive chemical, Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is absorbed into the bloodstream via the lungs.
Cannabis smoke contains thousands of organic and inorganic chemical compounds. This tar is chemically similar to that found in tobacco smoke, [107] and over fifty known carcinogens have been identified in cannabis smoke, [108] including; nitrosamines, reactive aldehydes, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, including benz[a]pyrene. [109]
Maltos-Cannabis was promoted with text about its content of maltose sugar. [25] An advertisement for cannabis americana distributed by a pharmacist in New York in 1917. Later in the century, researchers investigating methods of detecting cannabis intoxication discovered that smoking the drug reduced intraocular pressure. [26] [unreliable source?
Right now, medical marijuana is commonly used to treat a range of other issues. But that might not be all that the drug can do. Smoking marijuana might have some surprising health benefits
Micah Walter/Reuters. Williams says that since 2012, when the first US states legalized marijuana for recreational use, sugary, weed-laced junk food has dominated dispensaries.
You can smoke weed on private property including your own backyard, according to the California Department of Cannabis Control website. You cannot smoke weed: In public places such as restaurants ...