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We\u2019re going to be upfront here, this blog will be talking about the green herb, from all aspects. From is geographic origin, its active ingredients, to arts, culture, and laws. But most importantly, the science.  Why? Because it\u2019s interesting as hell. This plant has been known in human history as far back as 2800 BC over in either central Asia or western China. That\u2019s were we come to learn about it for the first time in the historical records. The father of Chinese medicine listed it in his pharmacopoeia. Therapeutic mentions of cannabis are mentioned in the text of the Indian Hindus, the Assyrians, the Greeks and the Romans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Observationally, it\u2019s incredible that this plant has been listed in written <\/em>human history for so long. It makes sense because it\u2019s main uses were to treat a vast array of health problems. And you can bet that if I lived before the advent of the Germ Theory and modern medicine that I would be on the lookout for a plant that could help treat depression, inflammation, pain or a lack of appetite. Things aliments would have a strangle hold on the poor souls who existed before now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This site<\/a> talks about how in Hindu legend Shiva the supreme Godhead was given the title \u201cThe Lord of Bhang\u201d because cannabis was his favourite food. These ancient texts mentioned the onset of fever was attributed to the \u2018hot breath of the gods\u201d who were angered by the afflicted person\u2019s behaviour. Using cannabis in religious rites appeased the gods and hence reduced the fever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The science behind this is that THC or Tetrahydocannabinol acts on the hypothalamus to reduce body temperature. Hopefully Lord Shiva does not become too angry with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I want to be fully up front. I am not a cannabis user. No, for real. I\u2019ve been sober since June of 2018 and I will continue to be sober indefinitely. My main vice was whiskey and not cannabis, but as I\u2019ve matured, I realized that I cannot partake because my brain really wants to be incapacitated. I want to relieve the pressure of existence and due to that feeling, I do not partake of any mood enhancing chemical except for decaf coffee and tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, this blog will be in no way a push to use anything to affect your mood. And hopefully I\u2019ll be able to be a bit more objective when talking about cannabis. So, stay tuned for more cannabis talk, but from a non- user. This should be fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re going to be upfront here, this blog will be talking about the green herb, from all aspects. From is geographic origin, its active ingredients, to arts, culture, and laws. But most importantly, the science.  Why? Because it\u2019s interesting as hell. This plant has been known in human history as far back as 2800 BC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscience.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscience.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscience.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscience.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscience.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mscience.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21,"href":"https:\/\/mscience.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/21"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscience.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscience.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscience.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscience.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}