THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CANNABIS PLANT

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  1. What is Cannabis

  2. Species of Cannabis

  3. Preparing Cannabis

  4. Method of consuming Cannabis

  5. Effect of Cannabis

  6. Growing Cannabis

  7. Legality of medical Cannabis

  8. Science of Cannabis plant

What is Cannabis?

Cannabis can also be referred to as Marijuana(weed), is a #Psychoactive Drug from the Cannabis Plant that is used for Medical and Recreational purpose. Cannabis plant is the most common drug in the world and people awareness is not complete due to false information.

Legal and public Cannabis Business are already making enormous economic impact.


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This write up is an introduction to anyone trying to know more about the Cannabis Plant(drug). It covers basic information about the Cannabis Plant, the preparation of Cannabis Plant and those new to Cannabis Plant many ways to consume marijuana and much more.

SPECIES OF CANNABIS PLANT

1.Cannabis sativa: it have a strong smell. Drugs like euphoriant are gotten from this specie. People like smoking this strain of Marijuana. Many people grow sativa due to how tall it can grow. It leaves are long, narrow and considering their height. Sativa is mostly found in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Sativa does not give a stoned feeling rather it increases your creativity depending on the person taking it. Artist love Cannabis Sativa due to the vibe they get after consumption.

2.Cannabis Indica: it is more like sativa, but doesn't have the height of sativa. Indica can be influenced easily by controlling the light circle to enhance it phases. It can be found in contries like Nepal, Morocco, and Lebanon.

Indica, is stoners favourite since it is more like a sedative and put your whole body into a state of Relaxation.

3 .Cannabis Ruderalis: you tend to hear little of this plant. Ruderalis is similar to Indica and it have a very thick Foliage. It is mostly found at the Northern part of the World. The major reason you hear little about Ruderalis is because it is not knownto be highly Psycotropic.

PREPARING CANNABIS

Cannabis can be prepared majorly by two ways, including;

1 . Flower : the most common form of preparing cannabis is the use of dried and cured flower of the female cannabis plant. Flowering portion of Cannabis contain the richest concentration of Terpenes and Cannabinoid.

2 . Kief : it carries a gland known as Trichome. This gland are parked with chemicals that give marijuana it flavour and saint. Kief is more potent because it almost consist of Terpenes and Cannabinoid. It majes it suitable as the raw material for producing waxes and other concentrates. This requires more quantity of Kief and more quantity of Marijuana.

METHOD OF CONSUMING CANNABIS

The high demand of marijuana in the market have rapidly generated many ways of consuming Cannabis. Here are brief method for consuming Marijuana;

1 . Smoking: this is the commonest way for consuming Marijuana. It is also the quickest and easiest; a rolling paper and a dried cannabis flower all you need.


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2 . Eating and Drinking. These however does not involve you ingesting raw dried cannabis flower.

Eating cannabis involves you activating and then extracting it while drinking involves the use of oil which are added to the person's beverages choice like coffee or tea.

EFFECT OF CANNABIS USE

These effect are complicated because they are not generally accepted due to the different ways of consuming Marijuana. These effect include;

1 . CARDIOVASCULAR: marijuana increase the heart beat from 20 to 50 beat per minute due to the high level of anxiety and stone feeling.
The use of Marijuana also increase blood pressure and hypertension.

2 . PSYCHIATRIC: Cannabis use contribute to the onset of mental health problems. A Childwhose mother smoke marijuana during pregnancy tend to behavioural problems.

GROWING OF CANNABIS PLANT

Cannabis can grow well both indoors and outdoors. The ideal growing conditions for cannabis depend solely on the specific requirements of strain.

Cannabis Indica, can be grown both indoors and outdoors because the light circulation can be easily influenced and do not grow as tall as the Sativa.

Cannabis sativa is only grown outdoors cause of it height and the time it takes before growing. It cant be easily influenced.

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THE LEGALITY OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA

In the united states, the legality of medical of Marijuana varies from one state to another. There are state with legal medical cannabis laws. In the United States, the cultivation, possession and use of Marijuana in any form is illegal. This is also the same case in some countries like England, Germany and Nigeria.

SCIENCE OF CANNABIS PLANT

Cannabis plant can either be male, female or hermaphrodite just like other plant.

The marijuana flower being consumed by Human is mostly the female plant reason be that the female plant grow more Resin secreting flowers that contain Cannabinoids.

Growers prefer to grow to the grow Female cannabis due to it high demand. The male cannabis is mostly use for pollination.

Female cannabis grow in clusters which is Cola. The main cola is seen ontop of the flower and it contain it genetic material.

The whole marijuana flower structure is filled with Resinous crystal known as Trichomes.

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Wow alot of information at one place. I believe this education will sensitize alot about the usefulness of marijuana and I like your exposing on it effects on it wrong usage. Keep researching and educating the community as a whole about herb usage and I believe you will go far. Your post have received 50%+ upvote from @wafrica.curators and selected as one of the winners curtursey @steemgh curator for @wafrica.

Thanks alot @wafrica am honoured

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