NESC 3227 Lecture Notes - Putamen, Hash Oil, Opiate
17 Apr 2013
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Most commonly used intoxicating substance over alcohol in some parts of the world (middle eastern countries) It has had a gradual shift in public perception of the years: turns you into homicidal maniac in the 50s & 60s. In the netherlands, making it more difficult for non-dutch individuals to buy and use it in the cafes. Pollination of female plant reduces psychoactive properties. So female plants are often isolated to avoid pollination. Potency of marijuana usually measured in psychoactive effects, sometimes for medicinal value: content of thc (ratio of thc to other constituents) and potency of drug usually related. Marijuana: most common preparation, smoking leaves and flowers, or baked into brownies, when you burn marijuana, you create new chemically active constituents, when you ingest it orally, you create different metabolites through the process of metabolism. So different effects produced from different administration methods: potency has increased over time, has to do with people genetically engineering it for greater potency.
