REAL ES 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Monoamine Oxidase, Reticular Formation, Motor System
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Against pain and spasm: three lives: as a fibre (hemp- plant with many usage), as a medicine (cannabis indica- relieves pain and spasm) and as a pleasurable drug ( ganja , weed or skunk ) Cannabis as hemp: the stem of the plant can be used to make hemp. Making ropes in seafaring societies: nowadays hemp: special paper, banknotes, bible etc. Cannabis as a drug: the psychoactive parts of cannabis are. Buds and resin of the female plant: routes of use: Smoked combined with tobacco spliff or joint : hash = resin (harz, weed = buds (knospe, marijuana = the whole plant, doesn"t dissolve in water, so it cannot be injected, to complex to make tablets. Psychoactive ingredient in cannabis: thc = tetrahydrocannabinol, the receptors it acts on in the brain = cannabis receptors, the endocannabinoid system = control system of appetite, pain, mood and memory.
