NEUR 3204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cannabis Ruderalis, Harry J. Anslinger, Endocannabinoid System

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Neuroscience
• Course: NEUR 3204
• Professor: Zachery Patterson

Document Summary

America: 1923 marijuana was banned under the opium and drugs act, canada became one of the first countries to outlaw marijuana smoking, 1930 harry anslinger. You smoke a joint and you"re likely to kill your brother . The most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind . Consistently the 2nd most used drug: what is cannabis, there are 3 varieties of the cannabis plant, 1. It can get you high, make you crave sweets, improve sex and creativity; How much thc in comparison to cbd: psychological effects. It is infinetly complicated: the psychological effects of cannabis vary greatly with dose, setting and mental state. Located throughout the entire body: extremely high concentration in the cns, one of the most densely expressed receptors in the brain, abundant in the hippocampus, basal ganglia, cerebellum, and frontal cortex; Leads to clinically insignificant levels of thc in circulation for days/weeks; Inhibition of 2nd order neurons, inhibition of npy neurons promotes satiety;