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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia - Cannabis Drug
The cannabis plant can be dried or otherwise processed to yield products containing large concentrations of compounds that have medicinal...
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Cocaine: Encyclopedia - Cocaine
Cocaine
3-benzoyloxy-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo
[3.2.1]octane-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester
CAS number
50-36-2
ATC code
N01BC01
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Codeine: Encyclopedia - Codeine
Codeine
Codeine (INN) or methylmorphine is an opioid used for its analgesic, antitussive and antidiarrheal properties. It is marketed as...
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - Preparations For Human Consumption
Cannabis is prepared for human consumption in several forms:
Marijuana or buds, the resin gland-rich flowering tops of female plants.
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The Hasheesh Eater: Encyclopedia Ii - The Hasheesh Eater - The Importance Of The Hasheesh Eater
It is Ludlow's remarkable talent to be able to put words to experiences which seem quite beyond the grasp of language. If he resorted to ...
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Shotgun Cannabis: Encyclopedia Ii - Shotgun Cannabis - Form Of Blowback
The blowing of a "shotgun" or "super" is another name for kind of blowback. When smoking a cannabis cigarette of some sort, most typicall...
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Codeine: Encyclopedia Ii - Codeine - Recreational Use
Codeine is often used as a recreational drug. This may be due to its easy availability over-the-counter or on prescription in combination...
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - History
Cannabis has been known as a medicinal and psychoactive compound from very early in history, and has been used continuously throughout th...
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Cocaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocaine - Pharmacology
Cocaine - Appearance.
Cocaine in its purest form is an off-white or pink chunky product. Cocaine appearing in powder form is a salt, ty...
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Cocaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocaine - Pharmacology
Cocaine - Appearance.
Cocaine in its purest form is an off-white or pink chunky product. Cocaine appearing in powder form is a salt, ty...
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Cocaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocaine - Cocaine Addiction
Cocaine addiction is the obsessive or uncontrollable abuse of cocaine. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) shows promising results. Spirit...
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Cocaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocaine - Usage
Cocaine - In the United States.
The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) reported in 1999 that cocaine was used by 3.7 mill...
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Cocaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocaine - History
Cocaine - The coca leaf.
For thousands of years and still today, South American indigenous peoples have chewed the coca leaf (Erythroxy...
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Codeine: Encyclopedia Ii - Codeine - Indications
Approved indications for codeine include:
Cough, though its efficacy has been disputed (Schroeder & Fahey, 2001)
Diarrhea
Mild to mo...
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Cocaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocaine - Works Concerning Cocaine
Cocaine - Books about cocaine.
Cocaine: an unauthorized biography by Dominic Streatfeild
Novel, With Cocaine, by M. Ageyev
Über Coca ...
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Cocaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocaine - Usage
Cocaine - In the United States.
The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) reported in 1999 that cocaine was used by 3.7 mill...
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - History
Cannabis has been known as a medicinal and psychoactive compound from very early in history, and has been used continuously throughout th...
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - Legality
Since the twentieth century, most countries have laws against the cultivation, use, possession, or transfer of cannabis (and, naturally, ...
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Cocaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocaine - Cocaine Addiction
Cocaine addiction is the obsessive or uncontrollable abuse of cocaine. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) shows promising results. Spirit...
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The Hasheesh Eater: Encyclopedia Ii - The Hasheesh Eater - The Effects Of The Hasheesh Eater
Predictably, the popularity of The Hasheesh Eater led to interest in the drug it described. Not long after The Hasheesh Eater hit the she...
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - Spiritual Use
Cannabis has a long history of spiritual use, especially in India, where it has been used by wandering spiritual sadhus for centuries. Th...
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - Medicinal Use
Medically, cannabis is most often used as an appetite stimulant and pain reliever for certain terminal illnesses such as cancer and AIDS....
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - Immediate Effects Of Human Consumption
The nature and intensity of the immediate effects of cannabis consumption vary according to the dose, the species or hybridization of the...
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - Long-term Effects Of Human Consumption
Main article: Health issues and the effects of cannabis
There is little conclusive scientific evidence about the long-term effects of hum...
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - New Breeding And Cultivation Techniques
Advances in breeding and cultivation techniques have increased the diversity and potency of cannabis strains over the last 20 years, and ...
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - Medicinal Use
Medically, cannabis is most often used as an appetite stimulant and pain reliever for certain terminal illnesses such as cancer and AIDS....
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Codeine: Encyclopedia Ii - Codeine - Pharmacokinetics
Codeine is considered a prodrug, since it is metabolised in vivo to the principal active analgesic agent morphine. It is, however, less p...
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Codeine: Encyclopedia Ii - Codeine - Adverse Effects
Common adverse drug reactions (ADRs) associated with the use of codeine include: Itching, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, dry mouth, miosis...
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Codeine: Encyclopedia Ii - Codeine - Controlled Substance
In the United States, codeine is regulated by the Controlled Substances Act. It is a Schedule II controlled substance for pain-relief pro...
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Cocaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocaine - Works Concerning Cocaine
Cocaine - Books about cocaine.
Cocaine: an unauthorized biography by Dominic Streatfeild
Novel, With Cocaine, by M. Ageyev
Über Coca ...
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Cocaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocaine - Legal Status
The production, the distribution and the sales of cocaine products are restricted (and illegal in most contexts) in most countries.
Coca...
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - Immediate Effects Of Human Consumption
The nature and intensity of the immediate effects of cannabis consumption vary according to the dose, the species or hybridization of the...
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - Long-term Effects Of Human Consumption
Main article: Health issues and the effects of cannabis
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - Spiritual Use
Cannabis has a long history of spiritual use, especially in India, where it has been used by wandering spiritual sadhus for centuries. Th...
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - Legality
Since the twentieth century, most countries have laws against the cultivation, use, possession, or transfer of cannabis (and, naturally, ...
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Cannabis Drug: Encyclopedia Ii - Cannabis Drug - Preparations For Human Consumption
Cannabis is prepared for human consumption in several forms:
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Cocaine: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocaine - History
Cocaine - The coca leaf.
For thousands of years and still today, South American indigenous peoples have chewed the coca leaf (Erythroxy...
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