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Cannabis
* 'depressant' drug.
* Latin word meaning hemp.
* Most cannabis is cultivated intentionally and can be grown either indoors or out.
* acts chiefly on the central nervous system.
* actually yields more mass per acre than most forests.
* affects almost every bodily system
  - body system
* also grows wild in much of Kyrgyzstan.
* also has immunosuppresant and endocrine effects
  - mild hallucinogenic effects
* appears in different forms
  - to be less of a threat to health and good order than alcohol
* are good
  - located in gardens
  - part of cannabises
  - soft drugs
  - used for pleasure
* belongs to no government or private entity.
* beneficial plant with a wide variety of uses.
* can affect hormone production.
* can also cause poor coordination, a reduced attention span and short term memory loss
  - have mild hallucinogenic effects
  - interfere with ovulation in women
  - be therapeutic
* can cause hallucinations
  - mental illness among some
  - make some users more nervous, dizzy or very upset
  - sometimes induce schizophrenia-like symptoms in people
* causes increased appetite and bloodshot eyes and can affect sensory perception
  - lack of motivation
  - people to be calm and peaceful, unlike alcohol which often causes violence
  - road accidents
* comes in several different forms.
* completely separate drug, used in completely different surroundings.
* contains a chemical that can protect cells by acting as an antioxidant, a new study shows
  - number of identifiable constituents
  - significant amount of tar, and is usually smoked with tobacco
  - chemicals called cannabinoids that are unique to the cannabis plant
* continues to be the drug most commonly abused in Canada, Mexico and the United States
  - most commonly abused drug in the United States, Canada and Mexico
* depressant drug that also has some mild hallucinogenic properties
* dioecious plant.
* drug that comes from the cannabis sativa plant.
* fast-growing bushy annual that sprouts dense, sticky flowers, or what are called buds.
* gateway drug.
* grows over a wide variety of geographic terrains, altitudes and latitudes.
* has few health risks even when used regularly for long periods
  - medicinal effects or can make people high
* has no known toxicity
  - such unpleasant side effects when prescribed in therapeutic doses
  - psychoactive and physiological effects when consumed
* healing herb.
* helps one deal with pain better than opioids.
* is addictive.
* is also effective when administered rectally
  - far less costly than pharmaceutical alternatives
  - illegal as it is considered a gate way drug to harder substances
  - present in Turkmenistan
* is an annual , dioecious , flowering herb
  - antiemetic, a drug that relieves nausea and allows patients to eat and live normally
  - effective medicine for a wide range of conditions
  - herb bearing seed
  - at least as dirty as tobacco smoke, from the point of view of the lungs
  - by far the most common illegal drug found in the bloodstream of road accident victims
  - cultivated in small amounts for local use
  - dioecious, i.e. individual plants are either male or female
  - everywhere
  - food, food is medicine
* is grown in rural areas throughout the country
  - throughout the country, primarily for domestic consumption
  - intermixed with corn and soybean crops, making it visible only from the air
  - legal in Holland
  - less harmful than alcohol
  - mainly smoked and less often inhaled or eaten
* is more carcinogenic than tobacco and is likely to cause more cancer
  - popularly known as marijuana
  - native to the mountainous areas of central and south Asia
  - naturally resistant to most insects and plant diseases
  - necessary for the treatment of the patient's condition
  - nontoxic
  - one of nature's best examples of survival of the fittest
* is one of the few annuals that tends to have separate male and female plants
  - first plants cultivated by man and one of the most versatile
  - presented as marijuana, hashish, or hashish oil
  - probably native to central Asia
  - second only to alcohol for causing impaired driving and motor vehicle accidents
  - similar to tomatoes
* is smoked in 'joints' with or without tobacco
  - or ingested with food
  - still intimately involved in a symbiotic relationship with humans
* is the Latin name for hemp plants
  - best relaxant of muscles short of morphine
  - botanical term for pot
  - hemp plant from which marijuana and hashish are made
  - most abused drug in the United Kingdom
* is the most beneficial and versatile plant known to humanity
  - plant resource known to humanity
  - frequently used illegal drug
  - widely abused drug in France
* is the most widely used illegal psychoactive drug in North America
  - of narcotic drugs
  - only annual with male and female flowers on separate plants
* is the only illicit crop cultivated in Paraguay, and it is harvested throughout the year
  - drug known to be cultivated in Australia
  - principal illicit substance of abuse in Canada
  - technical name for marijuana
  - third most widely used drug after tobacco and alcohol
  - world's most valuable medical and industrial raw material
* is used by a minority, and mostly against the law
  - peoples around the world for sacred and spiritual purposes
  - for a wide variety of purposes
  - mainly as a social drug
  - to make hemp rope and is the oldest cultivated nonfood plant
  - what is known as an annual plant
* leads to hard drugs.
* medicinal herb
  - wild flower
* much less violent provoking substance than alcohol.
* plant that can be reproduced either sexually or asexually.
* plant, given to man, like all plants, for our use and survival.
* popular weed which is smoked or inhaled through the mouth parts by a sucking motion.
* produces a characteristic intoxication pattern in dogs
  - dose-related tachycardia, vasodilation and reddening of the conjunctivae
  - no withdrawal symptoms no matter how heavily it is smoked
* provides pain relief for a number of serious conditions, including multiple sclerosis.
* raises the heart rate and can put pressure on a weak heart.
* reduces alcohol consumption
  - concentration and co-ordination, impairs judgement and causes drowsiness
  - pain and helps cancer patients sleep and rest
* relives the pain, and gives relief from muscle spasm.
* remains illegal in the vast majority of the world's countries.
* remains the most common drug of abuse in Canada, Mexico and the United States
  - commonly abused drug in that country
  - popular drug, followed by powder cocaine and Ecstasy
  - widely trafficked drug
* seems a virtual factory for the production of secondary metabolic compounds.
* slows down reaction time and impairs driving.
* suppresses the immune system of the body causing cancer.
* tall annual plant that needs sunlight or lighting.
* tall, erect, annual herb.
* tends to cause an increase in heart rate, reddening of the eyes, and dryness in the mouth.
* term that refers to marijuana and other drugs made from the plant
  - other drugs made from the same plant
* unique drug.
* usually causes no tolerance or withdrawal symptoms except in heavy users.
* very ancient crop.
* weed in the wild that adapts to many climates.
* well known painkiller.