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BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION

COMMON NAMES

Marijuana; Marihuana; Pot; Weed; Grass; Mary Jane; ...

EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION

Intoxicant; Stimulant; Psychedelic; Depressant

DESCRIPTION

Cannabis, a fast-growing bushy annual with dense sticky flowers, produces psychoactive cannabinoid chemicals such as THC and CBD. It is the most widely used (still mostly) illegal psychoactive and has a long history of medicinal, recreational, and industrial use. The fibrous stalks of the plant are used to produce clothing and rope. It's legal status is rapidly changing in the US and around the world from top contraband to tolerated mind-alterant along side alcohol and caffeine.

GENERAL INFORMATION#

"The Magickal Oil of Hashish", by Maiden S.

FAQs#

RELATED VAULTS#

HISTORY#

DRUG TESTS#

CULTURE#

The Legal Green Giant - Erowid Extracts, 2014

Marijuana: the law vs. 12 million people - Life, 1969

Cannabis, Forgetting, and the Botany of Desire (PDF) - Michael Pollan

Orgies of the Hemp Eaters - 1895

Artificial Paradises, by Beaudelaire

The Assassins, by Philip K. Hitti

TRADITIONAL USE#

Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church - 60 Minutes, 1979

Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church- Miami Herald

Resurrection of the Higher Self, by Matthew Webb

MEDICAL MARIJUANA#

HEALTH#

MYTHS & URBAN LEGENDS#

Marijuana Myths, by Paul Hager

HASHISH#

Hash OD, by Andrew Weil

ARTICLES & WRITINGS#

The L.E.S.S. Method: A Measured Approach to Oral Cannabis, by Earth & Fire Erowid

Global Cannabis Commission Report (2008), Beckley Foundation

What No One Wants to Know About Marijuana, Andrew Weil

RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES#

"'High' Achievers? Cannabis Access and Academic Performance"Rev Econ Stud. 2017

"An epidemiologic review of marijuana and cancer: an update"Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015

Effects of marijuana smoking on the lung, Tashkin 2013

Cannabis use may lead to later tobacco-cigarette use, Timberlake et al. 2007, Drug Alc Depend

GOVERNMENT RESOURCES#

Swiss Federal Cannabis Report - May 1999

Institute of Medicine (IOM) Review of Medical Marijuana (Full Text)

Canadian Senate Discussion Paper on Cannabis - May 2002

MEDIA COVERAGE#

Belgium Decriminalizes Possession of Cannabis - Jan 2001

America's No. 1 Cash Crop - NY Times, Feb 22 1995

Brain Chemical Works Like Marijuana - Wisconsin State Journal, Aug 1997

High in High Places - Metro, Jan 25 1996

Marijuana and Fertility - New Scientist, Oct 26 1996

U.S. Hypocrisy on Pot - SF Chronicle, Nov 21 1996

Marijuana Safer than Tobacco - Medical Post, Sep 6 1994

CHEMISTRY & PHARMACOLOGY#

An Overview of the Endogenous Cannabinoid System, Neil Goodman

CULTIVATION#

PREPARATION & RECIPES#

HEMP#

HEMP MEDIA COVERAGE#

Vermont Survey Finds Support for Legalization of Hemp - NY Times, Feb 17 1997

Feds Easing Restrictions on Hemp Growing (Canada) - Vancouver Province News, Feb 9 1997

Unraveling Hemp Debate - Denver Post, Feb 4, 1997

Hemp is High Fashion - U.S. News & World Report, Jan 20 1997

A Fashionable Joint Venture - Washington Post, May 31 1995

Reefer Madness - NY Times, Jun 9 1994

No Marihuana, Plenty of Hemp - New Scientist, Feb 1991

EXPERIENCES#

Swimming in Fractalized Spheres of Perception, by Buchumpo

i-LoVE-NBOMe, by cryptix420

Chocolate Death, by Wallace

A Whole New World, by Samowl

Life After Death, by jlim825

BOOKS#

The Cannabible 1, by Robert Connell Clarke

The Science of Marijuana, by Leslie Iversen

Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts, by Zimmer & Morgan

The Great Book of Hemp, by Rowan Robinson

Marijuana Growers Handbook, by Ed Rosenthal

NON-ENGLISH RESOURCES#

OFF-SITE RESOURCES

PRIMARY RESOURCES#

Cannabis Research Library (Schaeffer Library of Drug Policy)

SECONDARY RESOURCES#

What is Cannabis? - DrugScience

Cannabis - Wikipedia.org

Cannabis - TripSit.me

Cannabis - Lycaeum

VAPORIZING#

Vaporizer Information Database (archived at archive.org)

HASHISH#

To Dab Or Not To Dab - High Times, Oct 2012

HEMP#

HEALTH#

A Fresh Approach to Drugs: the final report of the UK Drug Policy Commission - UKDPRC.org, Oct 14 2012

Can Marijuana Ease PTSD? A Debate Brews - NPR, May 19 2010

Marijuana's damaging effects - LA Times, Aug 2008

Marijuana skin cream could help allergies - Nature.com, Jun 2007

Study finds no marijuana-lung cancer link - Washington Post, May 2006

Study: Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer - Jul 2005

Tashkin Interview on Lung Cancer Study (lead researcher on key studies) (video), Oct 2006

HISTORY#

HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL USES OF CANNABIS AND THE CANADIAN "MARIJUANA CLASH" - Spicer L, 2002

Who Masterminded U.S. Pot Prohibition? - Oct 16, 2013 - Alternet.org

LAW#

So Far, So Good: What we know about marijuana legalization in [...] - Oct 13 2016, Drug Policy Alliance

U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Gonzalez v. Raich (ruling against medical necessity defense) (2005)

California rules against warrantless marijuana search - Jan 12 2008, SF Chronicle

Supreme Court refuses to hear case on seized medical marijuana - Dec 2 2008, LA Times

ARTICLES & WRITINGS#

On Being Stoned, by Charles T. Tart

PUBLICATIONS#

RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES#

WHO Cannabis Reports - DrugScience, 2016

Pot Can Trigger Psychotic Symptoms For Some, But Do The Effects Last? - NPR, March 2015

Marijuana-like substance in brain could help treat Parkinson's, researchers say, Feb 2007, SFGate.com

Marijuana Production in the United States (2006) - (PDF), Dec 2006

Study turns pot wisdom on its head - Globe and Mail, Oct 14 2005

Marijuana may block Alzheimer's - BBC, Feb 22 2005

Study relates marijuana and tobacco use - J Gen Intern Med, Jan 2005

Cannabis chemical pregnancy link - BBC, Sep 19 2004

GOVERNMENT RESOURCES#

National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (Australia)

MEDIA COVERAGE#

Outbreak of Lung Illness Associated with Using E-cigarette Products - Investigation Notice, CDC, Sep 6 2019

A Perplexing Marijuana Side Effect Relieved by Hot Showers - New York Times, Apr 2018

Marijuana company buys entire US town to create 'cannabis-friendly municipality' - BBC, Aug 2017

Why WHO needs a radical rethink of its draconian approach to cannabis - The Conversation, Nov 23 2016

Fatal marijuana-related crashes up where drug is legal - CBS News, May 10 2016

Overdoses Fell with Medical Marijuana Legalization - New York Times, Apr 26 2016

The "Seattle Speedball" Is Now Actually a Thing - the Stranger (Seattle), Nov 18 2015

Dr. Lester Grinspoon on David Brooks' "Weed: Been There, Done That" - Mademan, Jan 8 2014

Cannabis 'no worse than junk food', says report - Independent.co.uk, Oct 15 2012

Pat Robertson Says Marijuana Use Should be Legal, Mar 7 2012, New York Times

Oldest Marijuana Stash Found, Dec 3 2008, Discovery News (archive.org)

Research into medicinal marijuana grows up, Nov 6 2008, Slate

Pot-induced psychosis may signal schizophrenia, Nov 3 2008, Reuters

DEA judge says government not growing enough pot, Feb 15 2007, Fresno Bee (archived by ASA)

Allow Athletes to Use Cannabis, says sports minister, Dec 12 2006, thisislondon.co.uk

George Michael says cannabis keeps him "sane and happy", Oct 2006, Guardian.co.uk

Plaintiffs say they won't stop fighting -- or lighting - SF Gate, Jun 7 2005

'Cannabis' may help mentally ill - BBCNews, Jun 3 2005

Free Weeds: The Marijuana Debate - William F Buckley, National Review, Jun 2004

NYTimes Pro-Decrim Editorial - Apr 2004

FDA#

Inter-Agency Advisory Regarding Claims that Smoked Marijuana is a Medicine, Apr 20, 2006 FDA.gov

Puffing is the best medicine, May 5, 2006, Grinspoon L, LATimes.com

Reefer Madness, Apr 27, 2006, Economist.com

Medical Marijuana's Catch-22 Scientific American Blog (archived by ASA)

All Smoke : The FDA's Statement on medical marijuana isn't about science, apr 24, 2006, slate.com

Medical Marijuana Advocates Slam 'Politicized' FDA Report, New Standard, Apr 24, 2006

Politics trump science at the FDA, SignOnSandiego.com, Apr 26, 2006

ANTI-CANNABIS MEDIA#

Marijuana Becomes Focus of Drug War - Washington Post, May 2005

Infrared approved for drug surveillance in Canada - Oct 2004

US Government Warns of Potent Pot - Jul 2004

STATISTICS#

Easy access to cannabis is tempting : Analysis of Dutch Coffee Shops - Oct 12 2013, voxeu.com

MEDICAL#

Deaths from Marijuana v. 17 FDA-Approved Drugs (Jan. 1, 1997 to June 30, 2005), ProCon.org

CHEMISTRY & PHARMACOLOGY#

A Scientific Explanation of How Marijuana Causes the Munchies - SmithsoninanMag, Feb 9 2014

This Changes Everything : Cannabidiol Now! (Subculture Cannabis Analysis) - Fred Gardner, Mar 13 2009

Cannabinoid Study Looks at Medical Uses - Nov 2004

Brain's THC-analogue may be involved in suppressing psychosis - New Scientist, Aug 2004

Lose Weight and Quit Smoking with New Drug - WebMD, Feb 2004

CULTIVATION#

PREPARATION & RECIPES#

Cannabis Brownie Recipe with Photos, by B

LINK COLLECTIONS & FORUMS#

ORGANIZATIONS#

VIDEO#

ANALYSIS & TESTING#

PROHIBITION SITES#

USENET USEGROUPS#

EDIBLE NEWS#

Cannabis-infused fizzy drinks on sale in US (Washington State) - The Telegraph, Aug 26, 2014