Health Sciences 3400A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Endocannabinoid System, Terpene, Essential Oil

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 3400A/B
• Professor: Melanie McPhail

Document Summary

Health policy lecture 20: cannabis legalization and non-traffic accidents and injuries. Have an intermediate understanding of what cannabis is, how it works, and why it is hard to regulate. Understand how cannabis legalization will affect various non- traffic accidents and injuries, and how this might affect policy. Be able to list several risks and benefits associated with recreational cannabis use. Be a(cid:271)le to arti(cid:272)ulate the i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t (cid:373)ilesto(cid:374)es i(cid:374) ca(cid:374)ada(cid:859)s history of (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)a(cid:271)is regulatio(cid:374) Cbd does(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e psy(cid:272)hoa(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e properties, (cid:271)ut has (cid:373)edi(cid:272)al properties. Essential oil compounds: where different strains of cannabis come from. Important because they are found in a wide variety of plants and some insects. The way the components interact: medical application, mixing two different terpenes with a specific cannabinoid, it can treat mrsa. Important implication: very difficult to look at cannabis as one product because they all have different components. Indica shorter, bushier, wider: more equal thc to cbd ratio.