« Table of Contents | Introduction | Etymology & Taxonomy » The most useful plant on earth! The devil weed! Cannabis (a.k.a. pot, marijuana, weed, herb, bhang, ganja, grass, dagga, keif, kanabosm, asa, reefer, tai-ma or its innumerable other names) is one of the most charged words in our language for it represents what is arguably the most controversial plant of modern times. The very utterance of its name can arouse a full range of emotion and passion from hate to love, fear to bliss and all points in between. Indeed a visitor to our world might be very confused as to all the fuss over this seemingly benign, spindly and unassuming herb. Yet its physical humbleness masks the great influence this plant has had on human psyche and society - to such a degree that people have even pledged their lives to its propagation or eradication. While an entire encyclopaedia could - and has - been written on the myriad of uses for Cannabis (fuel, fibre, food, etc.), this summary will deal strictly with its mind altering and pharmacological aspects, from a harm reduction perspective for people who are considering or currently consuming it for recreational, medicinal or spiritual purposes. « Table of Contents | Introduction | Etymology & Taxonomy » |
