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Nature, Chemistry, and Weed: The Perfect Synergy

Introduction Cannabis, commonly known as weed, is a fascinating plant that thrives in nature and carries a complex chemical profile. The connection between nature, chemistry, and weed is deeply rooted in science, offering a blend of medicinal, recreational, and industrial benefits. Over the years, researchers have explored the plant’s chemical composition, its interaction with the human body,…

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Going Beyond The High: Uncovering The Heart Health Risks Of Cannabis Use Disorder

Can cannabis, a substance long associated with relaxation and euphoria, actually pose a threat to your heart health? As the debate surrounding the legalization and recreational use of cannabis continues, it's crucial to delve deeper into its potential risks. In this blog, we'll explore the often-overlooked connection between cannabis use disorder and heart health. Are you ready to uncover the truth about this controversial topic? Let's start by asking the most fundamental question: Can cannabis really harm your heart?

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[alldruginfo]

Sleepy Snacks: The Best Edibles for a Good Night's Rest

In the hustle and bustle of modern life, quality sleep often eludes many of us. Whether it's stress, screens, or simply a busy mind, getting a good night's rest can feel like an elusive dream. But fear not, for nature has provided us with some incredible remedies to help us drift off into the land of dreams. In this guide, we'll explore the best edibles for sleep, natural solutions that can help you relax, unwind, and finally achieve that restful slumber you've been craving.

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Delta 8 Near Me

In the realm of cannabinoids, Delta-8 THC and HHC (Hexahydrocannabinol) stand out as bold and innovative compounds. Let's embark on a journey through the exciting world of these cannabinoids, and discover where you can find them near you.

Delta 8 Near Me: A Local Odyssey

Delta-8 THC: A New Frontier

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Delta-8 THC: Beyond the Basics

Delta 8 THC vs. Delta 9 THC: Delve into the distinctions between Delta-8 and Delta-9 THC. Delta-8 offers a milder psychoactive experience.

Delta 8 Gummies: Indulge in the popular form of Delta-8 consumption – gummies. Experience a tasty and discreet way to enjoy this cannabinoid.

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What is Delta 8 THC: Understand the fundamentals of Delta-8 THC, its properties, and potential benefits.

HHC: A Rising Star in Cannabinoids

What is HHC (Hexahydrocannabinol): Delve into the world of HHC. Learn about its unique properties and effects, contributing to the diverse cannabinoid landscape.

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In conclusion, as you explore the fascinating world of Delta-8 THC and HHC, remember to stay informed and consume responsibly. Happy cannabinoid exploration!

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Scientists have discovered cannabidiol, a compound in cannabis known as CBD, in a common Brazilian plant, opening potential new avenues to produce the increasingly popular substance. The team found CBD in the fruits and flowers of a plant known as Trema micrantha blume, a shrub which grows across much of the South American country and is often considered a weed, molecular biologist Rodrigo Moura Neto of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro told AFP in June 2023. CBD, increasingly used by some to treat conditions including epilepsy, chronic pain and anxiety, is one of the main active compounds in cannabis, along with tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC – the substance that makes users feel high. The compound's effectiveness as a medical treatment is still under research.

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[transmutationisms]

[prefacing by saying I don't know much about drug interactions and have to look this stuff up online if needed] since cbd became a regular drug for me I've noticed this thing when I try to find drug interactions with pharmaceutical drugs, I'll often read through article after article to see if cannabis has interactions with some drug and it feels like the articles are reluctant to ever say 'no', as if it might implicitly "allow" cannabis use. I read a lot of "there may be an unsafe interaction, however this has never been proven" and idk if that's just standard to give with drug interactions, or if that many tests aren't run with cannabis, or if it's just a bias around it? I wondered if you might have some light to shed on this, and on how to actually find reliable information about such things then?

my understanding is a combination of legal restrictions & funding structures favouring topics perceived as prestigious & respectable have resulted in a relative lack of large, well-designed, well-controlled studies about cannabis drug interactions, so a lot of what's trickling down into popular sources is anecdotal or single case-study reportage. in the last few years i have seen some papers on THC interactions with many rx drugs via the CYP enzymes (CYP3A4, CYP2C9, CYP2C19) but a lot of this is still at the stage of 'hypothesis that makes sense & that researchers then try to confirm largely by mining the existing literature and interpreting the same anecdotes & case studies with this theory in mind'. so, although there are definitely some interactions that are well documented (coumadin; many anaesthesia drugs) there are a lot more where the effects are reported or suspected but not well studied. and many of these are further complicated by being relatively commonly rxed drugs that therefore might have a high probability of picking up random adverse events, esp in situstions like acute toxicity presenting to an emergency room, which is where a lot of drug interaction case studies start from -- plus lots of these rx drugs are psychoactive ones that many doctors think patients need to be forced to stay on & that get you a non-compliant label if you quit them or don't like them or ever think about combining them with recreational substance use (eg fluoxetine, olanzapine, etc). so the literature from what i've seen is kind of a shitshow. but this isn't really an area of expertise for me, i mainly just skim around in it when something interesting catches my eye

[ofdreamsanddoodles]

anyway the answer is yes it can stop you from ovulating or delay it & make your cycle shorter. so like. people with periods watch out

was looking up to see if weed effects ur cycle & the second suggested result was like, "does weed effect estrogen?" to which my immediate response was "omg... trans women watch out" as if that was not like. the exact question i was asking myself

[exhuastedpigeon]

Let this be a lesson to all of you on the importance of checking the labels on stuff before eating/drinking it.

I went to make some hot chocolate this afternoon. I remembered that I had CBD hot chocolate and decided to drink that to see if it would maybe help my headache. I made the whole pack (CBD doesn't effect me much so I wasn't worried that it was 100mg).

Only here I am 45 minutes later and I went downstairs for a snack because I was feeling peckish and turns out I made the THC hot chocolate. It's 2:45 in the afternoon. How am I going to get through the rest of the work day????? I am so stoned.

[kaiasky]

ok so here is my best understanding of weed from someone who has never smoked it, except for that one time i smoked it.

weed is apparently a flower not a leaf. the other bits have thc but people are wusses and don't smonk them. EXTREMELY silly since the cannabis leaf shape is so iconic. (the only parallel that even comes close is that the aminita muscaria is the icon of psychedelics despite not being a psyllocybin mushroom.)

i think like only one sex of plant has flowers that are worth smonking and it's a big thing to ensure all your seeds are female.

for some reason chewing it raw doesn't get you high you need to heat it up? (which i learned because i was worried that if i could smell unburnt weed in storage i was getting a contact high)

in general i feel that weed fans are maybe a bit of pussies like idk, simply smoke 3x the weed if it has 3x lower concentration, idgi? skissue.

People have strong opinions on how to get their weed but it seems like generally: in illegal places you talk to the most annoying person you know, and in legal places you go into an app store and place an order on an iPad and if you go to the front desk they say they can't help you, place an order on the ipad. or you order it online with various promises about how fast it'll get there and how little you need to interact with another human being.

there is an item known as a grinder which seems terribly designed and intended to spill as much cannabis on the ground as possible. why does this item look like a petri dish and not have an inbuilt funnel or something? i do not know.

the grinders job is to turn weed, which started life as loose ground up buds and was compacted into brussel sprouts of slightly more compressed ground up buds, into loose ground up buds, so it can be recompacted into slightly more compressed ground up buds in a weed cigarette bunt

the airflow of a joint is a mystery to me because my mental model of it is just you take the rolling paper and roll it up, lick it to seal it shut, and then twist the ends shut like a tootsie roll. which would block you from being able to suck the air in, no? my best guess is it's not entirely airtight and you just draw breath through the paper.

similarly, once you light it i don't understand what prevents the weed from spilling out the open end. if you blew on a joint would it spray everyone with smouldering weed?

i think most joints are unfiltered because idk. in general ig my perception is that cigarette users prize the aesthetics of a manufactured and standardized product while weed users prize the aesthetics of handrolling as a craft.

theres some substance called resin that makes it more thc-y. presumably it's just you blend up the rest of the plant and distill it?

blunts are either cigars with weed in them (do they still have a tobacco leaf as the wrap??) or just a big joint I'm not sure.

you can also, if you're normal, use a pipe or a bubbler or bong. this is very sensible and i understand how these work.

i don't understand why the weed pipe is that particular form and not like a tobacco pipe. or like why are the tobacco pipe, crack pipe, and weed pipe all different??

If you're a wuss, you can eat a gummy, either the thc kind that does something or the cbd kind that does nothing. you eat this and "nothing happens" and you have 4 more and then you explode, and apparently this happens to everybody. skissue.

the primary effect of weed is that you feel uncomfortable and want to eat food except ur mouth feels bad when it eats food. secondarily time goes slower (which, by the time-flies principle, implies you're not having fun?)

theres sativa which is if you want to have a fun joyous intriguing time, and indica which is boring. People make a lot of this difference and it's always like "there's two types of cowstuff, prime rib and literal cowpies"

if you smoke weed you get a tolerance and if you stop smoking you get less tolerance. so theres a ritual of taking a break to reset the tolerance. i find this oddly charming.

[opalsiren]

for folks with chronic pain who have tried smoking weed to treat their pain:

please interpret 'side effects' in the broadest possible sense (e.g maybe smoking helps your pain but makes you paranoid, exacerbates your other symptoms etc.). feel free to vote with the applicable answer if you have tried edibles, rather than smoking. please refrain from voting if you have only used cbd to treat chronic pain, as weed contains both cbd AND thc. if weed has only helped your chronic pain once, or only helps sometimes, please answer in the affirmative. dog bless

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Lesser-Known Cannabis Component CBG Linked To Improved Memory And Reduced Anxiety, First-Ever Human Trial Finds

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A lesser-known cannabinoid known as CBG has surprised scientists after a first-ever human clinical trial found that it appears to improve memory while also “significantly” reducing anxiety and stress.

The non-intoxicating cannabinoid might not be as well-known as THC and CBD, for example, but as it's grown in popularity, researchers at Washington State University (WSU) and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) set out to investigate its therapeutic potential amid anecdotal, survey-based reports about its therapeutic potential.

The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports this month, found that cannabigerol, or CBG, caused “significant overall reductions in anxiety as well as reductions in stress” among study participants compared to the placebo. “CBG also enhanced verbal memory relative to placebo,” with “no evidence of subjective drug effects or impairment.”

That finding about CBG's effects on memory took the research team by surprise.

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No idea if any of you have guinea pig experience, but if you do: thoughts on the newer recommendations to rub cbd cream on the ears to treat longer-term pain? Example: just had a cyst removed and the site is still sore.

Obvious qualifications that the owner buys thc-free cream as instructed and doesn’t have to break laws to do so apply here. Also obviously you’d still be giving antibiotics and stuff, this is just for pain.

I’ve been super curious about this one, as someone with a ton of guinea pig experience from the non-medical professional side (is this a good sound/what sex is my pig/is this food safe are the kinds of questions I’m willing to answer, I stay in my lane). Hopefully it isn’t problematic, since I know a lot of piggies with truly terrible reactions to syringes that would vastly prefer having cream rubbed on their ears if at all possible. Thanks!

vet-and-wild here.

As a whole we (veterinary professionals) aren't necessarily at the point where we are recommending CBD products for regular use. The research is lacking and the regulations for what is sold for pets is all over the place. There's just too much variation now and not enough solid evidence for how it should be used, particularly for different species. I would be especially wary of using CBD products for exotics. They are smaller, so dosing may be an issue, and do tend to be more sensitive. And even if the CBD itself doesn't cause an issue, I'd worry about additives in the products as well.

More anecdotally, I do have a fair amount of owners that have tried CBD products for their animals (generally cats and dogs) and the results are mixed. I don't necessarily tell my clients they can't use it, but I tell them basically what I talked about above. Some owners feel like these products have greatly improved their pet's quality of life. Others don't feel like they did anything.

I would honestly love to see more research about how to safely and effectively use CBD for pets, especially exotics. If we have a product that is easy to apply/administer, doesn't cause significant side effects, is affordable, and genuinely helps the animal, I'm all for it! Given the success humans have had it will probably trickle down to vet med eventually but we're not quite there. Maybe in the next 5-10 years.

[wormworker]

Why Autistic people need sitters when experimenting with drugs, even marijuana, in short:

I was prescribed lithium in 2020. It gave me temporal lobe seizures. Nowhere online, nor with my psychiatrist, was that listed as something that could happen with lithium.

This is far from the only time that kind of thing happened to me. CBD was also terrifying, even in a 10mg dose, and when I tried to research what was happening to me I found nothing.

I had to go to the emergency room. Showed them the box. Still NOTHING. No answers whatsoever.

I think it could be the case with neurodivergent people in general. You can take a prescription drug or something like THC or CBD and have effects from it that you have NO ONE to confide in about because they won't understand or accept the effects you're having.

You're ND. Your brain is literally wired differently. There is no way of predicting how you will respond to certain chemicals because "visibly" ND people are very likely excluded from the studies.

You need a sitter. Preferably an ND one, who can also drive you to a hospital.

[enbycarp]

People keep recommending cbd oil to me to help with Darling's (a dog) anxiety. I'm pretty sure it's bullshit, but the vet said it couldnt hurt, so i picked some up from a pet store to try. It did nothing. I kept trying until the bottle was gone and it never had an effect.

Then some folks were like, no, you gotta get human grade stuff. We tried the pet store stuff and it didn't work, then pur vet recommended this human grade stuff and it worked like magic.

So i went to a dispensary and picked up what they got. Then looked at it more closely. It has a very small amount of thc in it. I'm like, thc is toxic to dogs. And they're like, oh no, it's just a tiny amount and it's just to "activate" the cbd.

Well, there are like two studies apparently that show that thc in small amounts might be ok. But the overwhelming evidence is that it's fucking poison to dogs.

So guess what flavor of cbd oil i get to try on myself?

[budandtender]

Cannabis: A Multifaceted Plant for a Multitude of Uses

Introduction

Cannabis, a plant that has been a part of human history for thousands of years, is experiencing a resurgence in popularity as its myriad of uses become increasingly recognised. From its strong fibres used in textiles and paper to its nutritional and medicinal properties, cannabis has proven itself to be a truly multipurpose plant. This article will delve into the various aspects of this versatile plant and explore how it has been utilised throughout history and across cultures.

The History of Hemp: A Material with Unmatched Strength

One of the most well-known uses of cannabis is in the production of hemp, a material derived from the plant's strong fibres. These fibres have been used for millennia to create durable cloth, rope, and paper. The Vikings, known for their seafaring prowess, utilised hemp to construct sails for their ships, enabling them to voyage from Scandinavia to Nova Scotia. In the United States, Betsy Ross sewed the first flag from hempen cloth, and the Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. Even the now obsolete German currency, Deutsche Mark, were once printed on hemp paper.

The use of hemp extended beyond these applications, as seen in the Netherlands, where windmills were built specifically to crush hemp stalks. This demonstrates the importance of hemp in various industries and highlights the plant's incredible versatility.

Cannabis as a Nutritional Powerhouse

While the strength of its fibres may have initially attracted humans to the cannabis plant, its potential as a food source likely played a significant role in its widespread cultivation. Cannabis seeds, or hempseeds, are packed with essential nutrients such as polyunsaturated fats, essential fatty acids, and proteins. These qualities qualify hempseed as a functional food, meaning it provides health benefits beyond basic nutrition.

For over three thousand years, Asian cultures have utilised hempseed as both a food and a medicine. Despite the prohibition of cannabis products in the United States, hempseed has been allowed for use in food over the last two decades. This highlights the recognition of its nutritional value and potential health benefits.

Cannabis Resin: A Source of Medicinal and Psychoactive Compounds

The resin produced by the cannabis plant is another aspect that has garnered significant attention due to its medicinal and psychoactive properties. The compounds found in cannabis resin, such as THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol), have been the focus of breeding efforts to increase their production. These efforts have led to the development of various cannabis drug chemotypes around the world, with some cultivars producing only THC, others producing both THC and CBD, and a few expressing propyl THCV (tetrahydrocannabivarin) and/or CBDV (cannabidivarin).

The medicinal uses of cannabis resin have been widely researched, with evidence suggesting its effectiveness in treating conditions such as chronic pain, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and more. The psychoactive effects of THC have also led to the recreational use of cannabis, which has sparked debates surrounding its legalisation and regulation.

Environmental Benefits of Cannabis Cultivation

In addition to its myriad uses, cannabis cultivation offers several environmental benefits. Hemp plants are known to absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide, making them an effective tool in combating climate change. Furthermore, hemp requires fewer pesticides and herbicides than many other crops, reducing the environmental impact of agriculture.

Cannabis can also be used as a source of biofuel, offering a renewable and eco-friendly alternative to fossil fuels. Additionally, the fast growth rate and low water requirements of hemp make it a sustainable crop, capable of providing resources without causing significant strain on natural resources.

Conclusion

Cannabis is a truly remarkable plant, with applications ranging from textiles and paper to nutrition and medicine. As society continues to recognise its numerous benefits, it is likely that the cultivation and use of cannabis will only continue to grow. By embracing this versatile plant, we can harness its potential to improve our health, industries, and environment for generations to come.