Call it what you will: cannabis, pot, marijuana, ganja, along with two or three hundred other names, has been growing naturally from the soil of the earth since approximately 8 million years ago. Cannabis is an ordinary herbal plant that produces leaves and buds or flowers. The flowers of the cannabis are truly unique varying in shapes, textures, colors, and trichome patterns. Colors of the plant can vary but are typically green or brown. This plant also has a distinct, bitter-sweet smell that can only be described as the smell of marijuana. This simple plant contains over four hundred natural chemicals, sixty six of them being cannabinoids, and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) being the major psychoactive cannabinoid.
It is believed that cannabis is a native plant to India, located approximately in a region not too far north of the Himalayas. Although cannabis can be a naturally occurring substance found all over the world, it has been domesticated and grown to meet specific standards and qualities. Just like other domesticated plants, cannabis needs much tending to in areas such as lighting, water and food, climate, etc. Domesticated marijuana is usually grown in a very controlled environment with precise lighting, water, food, climate, plant treatment, and fertilization.
When marijuana is consumed, the chemicals are absorbed into the bloodstream. From the bloodstream, the chemicals make their way to the brain and the rest of the body. Once these Cannabinoids reach the brain, they react with the cannabinoid receptors, and from this point the cannabinoids bind to the CB1 and CB2 receptors. Three areas of the brain that have the highest concentration of these receptors are the cerebellum, the basal ganglia and the hippocampus. By reacting with these parts of the brain, the “high” is obtained which leads to a very calm mellow state where creativity and emotion has risen as well as a sensational body feeling. These cannabinoid receptors also...