Cannabis

Genus of three closely related species, often hybridized.

Cannabis is dioecious, i.e. individual plants are either male or female. The female plant is the more potent, especially when unpollinated (hence sinsemilla = without seed).

The plant has an ancient relationship with humankind, and has long been cultivated as a source of medicine (the buds), fiber (the stalks), and food (the seeds). It has been found in neolithic Chinese archaeological sites, and is mentioned in the earliest Chinese pharmacopoeias. In India it is associated with Shiva and has played an important role in religious life as a sacred inebriant.

Isolated Chemicals:

Preparations:

• Bhang
  A beverage made from the plant material of Cannabis spp.
• Blunts
  Marijuana rolled in tobacco, commonly the wrapping from a cigar.
• Hash Oil
  Oil, often extremely potent, extracted from the psychoactive parts of the cannabis plant by various means.
• Hashish
  The pressed resin glands of Cannabis buds, collected by shaking over a fine screen.
• Marijuana
  The flowering tops (buds) and occasionally leaves of the cannabis plant, commonly smoked.

Documents:

• How to grow Marijuana
• Three Things Marijuana Doesn't Do
  By California NORML, 1992.
• 10 Things Every Parent, Teenager & Teacher Should Know About Marijuana
  Text of a flyer from the Family Council on Drug Awareness.
• Extraction of "THC Oil" from Cannabis
• Hash Oil Extraction With Supercritical Butane
  Instructions on how to extract a potent, high quality "honey oil" from Cannabis. By Indra, 5/1/1999.
• Marijuana and the Bible
  By The Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church (Rastafarians)
• Cannabis Hemp FAQ
  Frequently Asked Questions about Cannabis Hemp by Brian Julin, 1994.
• Preserving Marijuana Potency
  High Times article from 1993 that discusses various biological contaminants.
• Marijuana Butter Recipe
• Fast and Easy Hash Oil Production

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Contacts and URLs:

• Ask Dr. Weil (homepage, more info)
  Dr. Weil usually provides sensible information about drugs.
  • Marijuana and Depression (related items...)
• Cannabis.com (homepage, more info)
  "Quality Marijuana and Hemp Information"
• Carl Olsen's Marijuana Archive (homepage, more info)
  "This noted activist presents information on the Olsen vs. DEA decision, marijuana as medicine, religion and drugs, hemp as an industrial and food resource, and more."
• DanceSafe (homepage, more info)
  "Promoting health and safety within the nightclub community." Offers harm-reduction information on MDMA and other drugs, Ecstasy testing kits, etc.
  • Cannabis
    Basic information page on Cannabis (related items...)
• Erowid (homepage, more info)
  "Documenting the Complex Relationship between Humans and Psychoactives"
  • Cannabis Vault (related items...)
  • Drug Testing Homepage
    Drug testing info for a wide variety of substances (related items...)
• Finnish Cannabis Association (homepage, more info)
• Hedonistic Imperative (homepage, more info)
  Entry point for an eclectic group of sites with information and opinions on many things, including drugs.
  • Cannabis art (related items...)
  • Cannabis, Cannabinoids and the Brain
    Links to various cannabis-related abstracts. (related items...)
• High Times (homepage, more info)
  Magazine devoted to marijuana.
• iToke (homepage, more info)
  Claims to be a legit cannabis delivery service.
• Marijuana News (homepage, more info)
  Pot-related news clippings with opinionated commentary.
• N. P. Kaye's Marijuana Cultivation Archive (homepage, more info)
  the unofficial website of alt.drugs.pot.cultivation
• NORML (homepage, more info)
  National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
• Psychedelic Library (homepage, more info)
  Excellent collection of articles
  • Life Magazine, Oct 31, 1969
    Online version of an issue devoted to marijuana. (related items...)
• Sunny's Seedbank Shortcuts  (homepage, more info)
  "Marijuana Seedbank Ratings by 'green man' from USENET'S A.D.P.C."
• Xenopharmacophilia (homepage, more info)
  • The Necessary Entheogen Explorer Files (related items...)
• YaHooka (homepage, more info)
  "The Guide to Marijuana on the Internet"
• Miscellaneous URLs
  • R. v. Parker, July 2000
    Medical marijuana ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal declaring unconstitutional Canada's law prohibiting marijuana possession. (related items...)

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Images:

• Menu from a Dutch coffeeshop
• Cannabis Specimen
  Top view of dense outdoor garden with many plants.
• Cannabis Specimen
  Top of marijuana plant, showing large cola.
• Cannabis Specimen
  Several plants in small grow room, encased in mylar.
• Cannabis Specimen
  Harvested colas of marijuana, hung up to dry.
• Cannabis Specimen
  Leaf of Maui strain. Indica/sativa hybrid.
• Cannabis Specimen
  Differentiated primordia of female plant.
• Cannabis Specimen
  Leaf of Hindu Kush strain. Indica/sativa hybrid.
• Cannabis Specimen
  Differentiated primordia of male plant.
• Cannabis Specimen
  Leaf of Durban strain. Sativa/indica hybrid.

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Children:

• Cannabis indica
  Distinguished from C. sativa by its shorter stature and broad leaves.
• Cannabis ruderalis
  Only weakly psychoactive
• Cannabis sativa (Hemp)
  Taller than C. indica, with thinner leaves.