What you need to know about cannabis

 

What you need to know about cannabis.Cannabis became legal one year ago this week (Oct. 17, 2018) is only the cannabis flower, to be broken up or ground and smoked as a joint, in a pipe (or bong, if you want a college flashback) or vaporized in a device, as well as oral sprays and capsules.

Note: As a general rule, smoking or vaping hits fast, and effects last three to four hours; edibles tend to take longer (a half-hour or so) to kick in, but they also metabolize slower and thus stay active in your system longer. As anyone who has accidentally eaten a pot brownie knows, you can redefine a lost weekend.

Cannabis

The proper name for the plant has become the widely accepted way to refer to all cannabis products, a change promoted by both government and the cannabis industry itself to try to elevate the product beyond old-time stigmas and to foster acceptance. The flower of the cannabis plant and its resins are what is utilized for medical and recreational purposes.

Hemp

It’s also cannabis but of a different variety. One of the world’s oldest domesticated crops, it has some 25,000 industrial uses, spun into fibre for rope, textiles or paper as well as processed into such divergent end uses as paint, fuel and animal feed. There is some confusion around hemp, as it was lumped with its psychoactive cousins and banned in the U.S. during the War on Drugs.

Cannabinoids

There are many different cannabinoids in the cannabis plant: the only two you need to know are THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol).

Cannabinoid receptors

Found throughout our bodies, they are in charge of many signalling functions. We have them because we also produce our own cannabinoids (called endocannabinoids) to turn on and off those signals, for everything from the central nervous system to the immune system.

When we introduce external cannabinoids (such as those found in the cannabis plant), they bind to the same signalling systems. Every person has a unique way of processing cannabis, and every plant has its own unique genetic makeup, so effects are different for everybody. One of the most positive benefits of regulation will be to make dependable sources of cannabis for dependably similar experiences. Government-certified producers make the same product over and over, with the same health safeguards as the food and beverage industry. That said – just like with alcohol – sometimes even highly regulated  cannabis products will affect you differently on different days.

CBD

Specific qualities* associated with CBD include: anti-nauseant, analgesic, appetite stimulant, muscular and mental relaxation and anti-inflammatory qualities. This is generally thought of as for nighttime use. CBD tends to blunt the effects of THC, so users can adjust their experience by adding more CBD to the mix to “come down,” as it were.

THC

Specific qualities* associated with THC include euphoria and creativity. This is generally thought of as for daytime or more social use. Sometimes, THC can increase anxiety, that panicky feeling of being “too high” but because the cannabinoid receptors in individuals vary, effects vary, and some people find THC works to control anxiety for them.

*Note that because cannabis has been illegal here and abroad, there are few-to-none controlled scientific studies to prove claims. But some effects are obvious upon use.

Strains

There are three main strains of cannabis – indica, sativa and hybrid versions. The effects vary by the ratio, or interplay, of THC and CBD content. Sativa tends to have more THC (the psychoactive, energizing stuff that can cause anxiety in inexperienced users) than CBD (the pain relief, body relaxation stuff). Indica is the other way around and is CBD-dominant. Hybrids are combinations of the plants bred for specific effects. This is why education and knowledgeable staff at dispensaries are so important. Responsible cannabis experts recommend starting with a low dose and  waiting for effects to settle in before consuming more.

Medical vs. recreational

Most people in the cannabis industry feel that this is solely a regulatory concept; that the millions of people who already use cannabis do so for some combination of these reasons.

Terpenes

These are the aromatic essential oils present in cannabis strains (and other plants, fruits and vegetables), the “flavour” elements. Once you get the effects of a strain down, connoisseurship progresses to these subtler parts of the experience. Terpenes interact with cannabinoids in what is called “the entourage effect” to create different psychological and physical responses. There are hundreds of these terpenes that plant science geniuses explore, but four to look out for are limonene (generally indicated for depression), pinene (memory), linalool (anxiety) and caryophyllene (arthritis).

Education

To create a new generation of cannabis experts, colleges this fall will start offering industry-specific courses! To wit, Commercial Cannabis Production graduate certificate program begins at Niagara College. The online Kwantlen Polytechnic University will offer three different eight-week certification courses. McGill is offering a diploma in cannabis production; and Durham College is testing the waters with intro courses on cannabis marketing, cultivation and quality control.



Cannabis and aging

This powerful excerpt from a New Yorker article published April 2017, explains both the hopes and possibilities of cannabis for seniors and the dearth of scientific proof because it has been illegal (almost) everywhere. It is an interview with, Joseph Cohen, D.O., the founder of Holos Health, an advisory service on medical cannabis: “[Cohen] recommends CBD for age-related diseases, such as Parkinson’s, dementia, osteoarthritis and chronic inflammation.

“CBD has 20 times the anti-inflammatory power of aspirin and two times the power of steroids,’ he said. Since cannabis is federally illegal, none of his claims – or those made by any other clinician – can be supported by double-blind studies on humans, the gold standard in medical science. But in February, a peer-reviewed study of almost 3,000 patients in Israel, the first of its kind, showed that cannabis can be safe and effective for seniors and lead to decreased use of pharmaceuticals, including opioids. 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