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Efect O Cannabis
On 'l( The Human Body
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I would like to
ment
express my sincere
gratitude to my Biology teacher, Mrs.
Soma Bhattacharjee and our Principal,
Mrs. Asna Naees who ga!e me the
golden opportunity and !alued support
to do a wonderul project on the topic
"#$ects o %anna&is on the human
&ody'. I would also like to thank my
parents, who sacri(ced their precious
time to help me complete the project in
the gi!en time.
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CO<T
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2 Introd%ction
Cannabinoids
and Cannabinoid receptors
62 Bioche&ical &echanis&s in the
brain
82 *o'icity
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02 Psychoactive e+ects
So&atic e+ects
92 ,e%rological e+ects
:2 Cardiovasc%lar e+ects
;2 -ong ter& e+ects o Cannabis
.-2 $edicinal %se o Cannabis
..2 Bibliography
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#<T=O
known as %>CT#
Cannabis, also
marijuana, and by
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n%&ero%s other
na&es. is a preparation o the Cannabis plant
intended or %se as a psychoactive or dr%g and
as &edicine) Phar&acologically. the principal
psychoactive constit%ent o Cannabis is
tetrahydrocannabinol /*0C12 It is one o 345
known co&po%nds in the plant. incl%ding at least
43 other cannabinoids. s%ch as cannabidiol
/CB#1. cannabinol /CB,1. tetrahydrocannabivarin
/*0C61. and cannabigerol /CB71)
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s and
Canna
binoid
rece! *he cannabinoid receptor is a
typical &e&ber o the largest
tors known a&ily o receptors called
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To?ici
,o atal ty
overdoses with
cannabis %se have been
reported as o >A=A) *0C. the
principal psychoactive constit%ent o the
cannabis plant. has an e'tre&ely low to'icity and
the a&o%nt that can enter the body thro%gh the
cons%&ption o cannabis plants poses no threat
o death) *he ratio o cannabis &aterial reE%ired
to prod%ce a atal overdose to the a&o%nt
reE%ired to sat%rate cannabinoid receptors and
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@ig2 The ratio o atal dose to efective dose or various drugs2
Com!aratively Cannabis Aarijuana reDuires a small dose to be
efective and hence is really atal2
P&CHO'
Lhen *
reaches CT#FE
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0C enters the blood strea& and
the brain. it binds to cannabinoid
receptors) *he endogeno%s
ligand o these receptors is ananda&ide.
the e+ects o which *0C e&%lates)
*his agonis& o the cannabinoid receptors res%lts in changes in
the levels o vario%s ne%rotrans&itters.
especially dopa&ine and norepinephrine2 ne%rotrans&itters
which are closely associated with the ac%te e+ects o cannabis
ingestion. s%ch as e%phoria and an'iety) So&e e+ects &ay
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So&e o
tic the short;ter& physical
e+ects o cannabis %se incl%de
increased
efect heart rate. dry &o%th.
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<euro
logica
*he l areas o the brain where
cannabinoid receptors are &ost
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Cardi
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cannabis)
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<c%te psychosis
bis
Chronic psychosis
&chiGo!hrenia
<&ong people with schi:ophrenia there is ins%Dcient
evidence to deter&ine whether cannabis %se leads to
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#epressive disorder
-ess attention has been given to the association
between cannabis %se and depression. tho%gh
according to the <%stralian ,ational #r%g Q <lcohol
esearch
%sers whoCentre. it is possible
have depression arethis
lessislikely
beca%se cannabis
to access
treat&ent than those with psychosis)
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Cancer
<ccording to a >A=5 literat%re review. &arij%ana co%ld
be carcinogenic.
li&itations b%t there
in st%dies areit ðodological
&aking diDc%lt to establish a
link between &arij%ana %se and cancer risk) *he
a%thors say that bladder cancer does see& to be linked
to habit%al &arij%ana %se. and that there &ay be a risk
or cancers o the head and neck a&ong long;ter&
/&ore than >A years1 %sers) 7ordon and colleag%es
said. Nthere does appear to be an increased risk o
cancer
cancer1/partic%larly head
or those who %seand neck. l%ng.
&arij%ana overand bladder
a period o
ti&e. altho%gh what length o ti&e that this risk
increases is %ncertain)N
=es!iratory efects
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H#FI'#%&
!vidence is lacking or both eDcacy and saety o
cannabis and cannabinoids in treating patients with
0I6M<I#S or or anore'ia associated with <I#S) <s o
>A=5. c%rrent st%dies
s%+er ro& e+ects o bias. s&all sa&ple si:e. and lack
o long;ter& data)
Pain
Cannabis appears to be so&ewhat e+ective or the
treat&ent o chronic pain. incl%ding pain ca%sed
by ne%ropathy and possibly that d%e
to fbro&yalgia and rhe%&atoid arthritis) < >AA review
states it was %nclear i the benefts were greater than
the risks. while a >A== review considered it generally
sae or this %se) In palliative care the %se appears saer
than that o opioids)
ulti!le sclerosis
St%dies o the eDcacy o cannabis or treating &%ltiple
sclerosis have prod%ced varying res%lts) *he
co&bination o R;tetrahydrocannabinol /*0C1 and
cannabidiol /CB#1 e'tracts give s%bjective relie o
spasticity. tho%gh objective post;treat&ent
assess&ents do not reveal signifcant changes)
!vidence also s%ggests that oral cannabis e'tract is
e+ective or red%cing patient;centered &eas%res o
spasticity) < trial o cannabis is dee&ed to be a
reasonable option i other treat&ents have not been
e+ective)
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Biblio
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5) www)dr%greeworld)org
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