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Is Cannabis Bad For You?

Is Cannabis Bad For You? Marijuana, otherwise known as weed or cannabis, has a pretty bad rep. You can thank the war on drugs of the 1980’s for that. Much of what the general public knows about weed comes from flawed studies published by big news outlets, who have pushed propaganda instead of truth

The effect of weed on the brain of teenagers

When a person smokes cannabis, one of the plant's chemicals, THC, passes from the lungs into the bloodstream and then into the brain. If the brain is exposed to a large amount of THC but is still immature, the part responsible for controlling emotions can never reach its full potential. This can hav

The history of hemp

The history of hemp began with cannabis as a medicine. In 2700 BC it was first recorded. Long controversial and banned, today one country after another around the world is loosening its restrictive cannabis legislation. Author: ZDF/Terra X/J. v. Kalkreuth/D. da Cruz/Maximilian Mohr Translation and

How cannabinoids affect us

Not only the cannabis plant contains them, but our body produces cannabinoids as well and has its own cannabinoid system. It is part of our nervous system and influences just about all bodily functions. Author: 3sat/nano, medi cine, Christian Stracke+Anna-Lisa Gasteier, Jan Sindel, Anke Schönebeck