JAPAN 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pharmacology, Euphoria, Time Perception
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5 cannabis, and why did victoria take it: cannabis plant had three lives: as a fibre, as a medicine, and as a pleasure drug. Cannabis as hemp: stem of cannabis is used for making the hemp (= haschisch, nowadays, used for special paper like banknotes and bibles. Deeper breaths: smoking cannabis with tobacco in cigarettes, puts smokers at risk of the same problems that smoking tobacco alone does. Reduction of these risks by smoking cannabis (but no complete removal) Housekeeping functions like memory, self-reflection and sense of the own body space) Causes disruption of the sense of self . What are the benefits of psychedelics: may be useful in treating addiction to other drugs => drug can give takers a new perspective of their lives, helping them to face up to the damage they"re causing. Lsd and magic mushrooms restricts blood vessels in the head, interrupting the severe pain caused by cluster headaches.
