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• The origin of cannabis are not entirely clear, but biologist and cannabis researchers generally agree that the plant first took root somewhere in the HIMALAYAS. • Cannabis can be grown nearly anywhere as long as the temperature is not consistently cold and there is enough sunlight and food. 強可連 見路 大邊 麻都 的可 適以 應亂 性長 有 多 •Seed-only the female plant produces seeds. •Bud-mostly used to make joint and hashish. Hashish 大麻球 Joint 大麻菸捲 • Cannabis plants produces psychoactive ingredients called cannabinoids. The main ingredient within it is called THC, 四氫大麻酚 which make user high. • THC can be extracted out of the buds. • The LEVEL of THC is determined genetically, which cannot be influenced by growers. But the QUANTITY of THC can be varied from 20% to 70% per bud under grower’s control. •換句話說 若是種植技術越高 所得到的 THC濃度就愈高 • 根據歷史學家的研究，人類和大麻的淵 源可以追溯到遠古時代的中國。早在數 千年前，中國人已經懂得食用大麻籽並 且利用大麻作為衣服的原料，《神農本 草經》是目前發現最早記載大麻具有醫 療效果的藥典，最初的造紙技術也是以 大麻為主要原料；不單是中國，世界其 他民族也都記錄著大麻的栽種及使用。 • Cannabis sativa在拉丁文的含義代表 「有用的大麻」（useful hemp） • Hemp material is more durable than the one made from cotton. (a pair of jeans made from hemp will stand longer than cotton) • Paper industry: Trees need to be grown at least 50 years, but hemps need only 3 months. • Researches have revealed that cannabis contain the ingredients possible to cure cancers (eliminating the growth of cancer cells) • Cannabis oil can also be extracted as burning fuel, which is far superior to fossil fuel. 釋迦牟尼佛並不禁止祂的 弟子抽大麻，因為在印度 瘴癘之氣很重，對不對？ 潮溼、悶熱，瘴癘之氣很 重，所以很多弟子都抽大 麻。 Is it so bad as evil to be forbidden? 可能出現症狀 比平時愛說話、表現興高采烈 個人主觀感受 有迷幻的感覺 即時出現的症狀 對聲音及光線特別敏感 反應 易哭易笑 精神鬆弛，舉止緩慢、遲鈍 平衡及動作協調有困難 眼紅、頭痛、出汗、目光迷惘而呆滯 感官扭曲，對時間、空間、距離等感覺很混亂，判斷力 下降 可能出現的症狀 食慾增加並飽餓不分，容易導致胃病 後遺症 妄想或猜疑心極重 脾氣暴躁，情緒不穩定 抑鬱、緊張、激動 長期使用症狀 記憶、學習以及認知能力減退，體重增加，免疫力降低， 不孕症以及動機缺乏症候群。 資料來源:管制藥品管理局 •大麻受體的發現對於大麻醫療方面的研究 具有革命性的影響，同時也間接肯定了幾 千年來人類使用大麻的醫療價值。不可否 認的，大麻的確含有某些具有毒性的物質， 以THC為例，其吸入性半數致死劑量在大老 鼠為42 mg/kg ，然而毒物學裡有一句名言： 「所有的物質都有毒性，差別只是在劑量 的多寡。」因此有關當局應該以客觀的角 度評估大麻，在毒性和醫療之間取得平衡 點。 • US government incorrectly classed cannabis as an opiate during opium wars. • Cotton industries wanted to see an end to cannabis hemp industries. And the cotton industry financially backed politicians. • Shortly after WW2, cannabis was prohibited because it was claimed that it would make men docile and unable to fight the communists. • The press media generally promote the negative respects of marihuana, which is supposed to be a type of soft drug, but people are made to believe cannabis are the equivalence of evil. • Questionable sources- Most researchers use doctors as the only authority for their cannabis research, which relate mostly in medicine, but cannabis has other uses besides being a medicine. WHY? The pharmaceutical industries should be the one to blame. Deaths recorded in the US in any typical year Tobacco deaths Alcohol deaths 職業意外致死 車禍致死 Cocaine deaths Heroin deaths Aspirin deaths Cannabis deaths 400,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 2,200 2,000 2,000 0 National Institute on Drug Abuse. NIDA 每一項藥物都具有其毒性 就算感冒葯也不例外 而大麻在藥物運用的歷史洪流中被冠上的罪名 或許太過沉重了 除了種種pleasure hating culture的影響 還有政治經濟等種種利益的糾葛 大麻成為了代罪羔羊 被列為萬惡的毒品之列 然而 也就是因為政府對於大麻的種種限制 造成了黑市大麻的急速氾濫 使得一般大麻使用者在獲取大麻之時 完全沒有任何保障 例如品質、來源、價格 所以 若是政府能夠正視大麻的醫療價值 進而將大麻合法化 將能夠化阻力為助力 不但爲有需要的人開出一條新路 同時也將能化解當前因為黑市大麻交易所衍生的社會問題 So...Now you know something indepth about POTS