Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. This week as I mentioned at the end of last weeks mini Macabre I will be doing a two part episode on drugs. I have chosen to first focus on Cannabis. This week I will be focusing on what cannabis is and what components act in our bodies and how it created the reactions it does. Then next week I will provide arguments for and against the use of cannabis.
This week my sources were –
Geoffrey William Guy; Brian Anthony Whittle; Philip Robson (2004). The Medicinal Uses of Cannabis and Cannabinoids. Pharmaceutical Press. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-0-85369-517-2.
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Rudgley, Richard (2005). Prance, Ghillean; Nesbitt, Mark (eds.). The Cultural History of Plants. Routledge. p. 198. ISBN 0415927463.
Block, R (1998). "Sedative, Stimulant, and Other Subjective Effects of Marijuana: Relationships to Smoking Techniques". Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 59 (2): 405–412. doi:10.1016/S0091-3057(97)00453-X. PMID 9476988. S2CID 29421694
Zuardi AW, Shirakawa I, Finkelfarb E, Karniol IG (1982). "Action of cannabidiol on the anxiety and other effects produced by delta 9-THC in normal subjects". Psychopharmacology. 76
Thank you for listening to another episode of Macabre for mortals. Next week I will be covering the two sides of the case for use of cannabis. I have touched on it this week but I will be going into more depth with this.
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