BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Cough Medicine, Ergotamine, Morphine
6 Mar 2013
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Crime by sailors in new orleans led to marijuana tax act . Became popular again in 1960s (hippies), decline in 1970s (vietnam war), then increase when soldiers came back. Pharmaceutical thc mode from petroleum, used for aids-related anorexia (increased appetite), Sativex for muscular sclerosis: fines, jail time, criminal records, impurity (in the mixture there may be other substances buyer beware) Incensole acetate used for religious purposes (frankincense). Drugs are illegal because they are dangerous: But are also dangerous because they are illegal: Us navy was large grower of hemp. Buds with high thc content are smoked, then resin on leaves are for hashish (brownies, etc. ) Brought to europe from middle east by napolean and to american by mexican workers (legal until. Active ingredient is thc anandamide agonist (implicated in memory, pain-relief, etc. ) Herbal incense: fake pot = leaves spiked with synthetic analgesics/cannabinoids. Jwh-018 (made by john hoffman, more potent than thc) Fine < 15g, criminal record> 15 g.
