Posted by desolationrower on April 24, 2009, at 16:27:02
In reply to Re: cannibus and brain attributes, posted by linkadge on April 24, 2009, at 7:19:49
> It also depends a lot on how the cannabis is grown. THC content has gone up 6 fold since the 60's. THC is what produces the euphoria and the psychotic effects.
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> There are more psychoactive compounds in cannabis than just THC. Cannabidol is a substance that has potent anxiolytic and antipsychotic (believe it or not) effects. When THC and cannabiol ratios are good there is probably less likelyhood of psychotic reactions. If one could get it medicinal that would be good (as it is grown for specific yeilds of these compounds).
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> It is truely unfortunate the way the substance has been grown in recent years. It kind of gives cannabis a worse name than it deserves. If everybody just smoked the stuff from the 60's, there would probably be far fewer adverse reactions.
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> Just my 2 cents.
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> Linkadgeyeah, agree, although there is some very good bud now. but this explains why it can precipitate psychotic symptoms, and also be used to self-medicate psychosis.
i don't know much about how cannibinoid system intereacts with other systems
-d/r
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