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CANNABIS
• ABBREVIATED TERM FOR THE
HEMP PLANT CANNABIS SATIVA
• DIOECIOUS PLANT
CANNABIS SATIVA
HISTORY
• REFERENCE TO USE OF HEMP
PLANT IN CHINA IN 5000 B.C.
• ORAL
• BAKED INTO COOKIES, CAKE
• DRUNK AS AN EXTRACT (TEA)
• COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF A
SINGLE DOSE: 30 DAYS
• ACTS ON CANNABINOID
RECEPTORS IN THE BRAIN
• CONJUNCTIVAL INJECTION
• DRY MOUTH
• INCREASED APPETITE
• TACHYCARDIA
CANNABIS WITHDRAWAL
• APPEARS WITHIN 10 HOURS OF
LAST USE, PEAKS WITHIN 48
HOURS
• IRRITABILITY, RESTLESSNESS,
ANXIETY, DYSPHORIA, SWEATING,
DIARRHOEA
MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS
• RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
• SAME CONSTITUENTS AS
CIGARETTES (TAR, CO,
CARCINOGENS)
• USUALLY DEEP INHALATION/ NO
FILTER
• CHRONIC BRONCHITIS /
EMPHYSEMA
MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS
• COGNITIVE: IMPAIRMENT IN
MEMORY, CONCENTRATION
• IMMUNOSUPPRESSION
• ANTIANDROGENIC EFFECT:
REVERSIBLE TESTICULAR
SHRINKING, LOW SPERM COUNT,
LOW TESTERONE LEVELS
• FETAL ABNORMALITIES
CANNABIS-INDUCED
DISORDERS
• CANNABIS-INTOXICATION
DELIRIUM
• CANNABIS-INDUCED PSYCHOTIC
DISORDER
• CANNABIS-INDUCED ANXIETY
DISORDER
• AMOTIVATIONAL SYNDROME
THERAPEUTIC USES
• NABILONE – SYNTHETIC THC
ANALOGUE (UK-1983)
• SYNTHETIC THC AVAILABLE BY
PRESCRIPTION IN USA (1985)
• BLACKMARKET EFFECTS
DECRIMINALISATION
• GATEWAY EFFECT
• MEDICAL EFFECTS
• PSYCHIATRIC EFFECTS
(PSYCHOSIS, DEPENDENCE)
• EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION
DECRIMINALISATION
• MEDICAL PURPOSES
• RECREATIONAL PURPOSES