Cannabis drug - New breeding and cultivation techniques

Cannabis drug - New breeding and cultivation techniques: Encyclopedia - Cannabis drug

The cannabis plant can be dried or otherwise processed to yield products containing large concentrations of compounds that have medicinal and psychoactive effects when consumed, usually by smoking or eating. Cannabis has been used for medical and psychoactive effects for thousands of years. Throughout the 20th century there was a massive upswing in the use of cannabis as a psychoactive substance, mostly for recreational purposes but to some extent for religious purposes. The possession, use, or sale of psychoactive cannabis pro ...

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Cannabis drug - New breeding and cultivation techniques: Encyclopedia - Cannabis cultivation Cannabis cultivation is the cultivation of the cannabis plant. Species of cannabis include C. Sativa, C. Indica, C. Ruderalis, and "C. Hybrids". Cannabis is grown for a variety of purposes, including as a source of materials for use in various products, such as food, clothing, cosmetics and fuel and for the production of cannabis (drug) material (sometimes known as marijuana). This article concentrates however on cultivation for the the latter, and cultivation techniq ...

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Cannabis drug - New breeding and cultivation techniques: 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 these strains are now widely smoked all over the world. These advances- the sinsemilla technique, breeding, seed banks, hydroponics, cloning, lighting techniques, sea of green, etc— have been in part a response to prohibition enforcement efforts which have made outdoor cultivation more risky, and so efficient indoor cultivation more common. The increases in potency - and ramifications thereo ...

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Cannabis drug - New breeding and cultivation techniques: Encyclopedia - Cannabis sativa

Cannabis sativa, also known as hemp, is a species of Cannabis. It is a dioecious, annual herb. It has been used by humans throughout recorded history for its fiber, for its psychological and physiological potential as a source of drug material, and for the nourishment and oil of its seeds. Different parts of the herb have different uses and different varieties are cultivated in different ways, and harvested at different times, depending on the purpose for which the herb is grown. Cannabis sativa - Co ...

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Cannabis drug - New breeding and cultivation techniques: Encyclopedia - Cannabis reclassification in the United Kingdom

Cannabis reclassification in the United Kingdom refers to the transfer of cannabis[1] to a different Class of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Then Home Secretary David Blunkett announced in 2001 that cannabis would be transferred from Class B of the Act to Class C, removing the threat of arrest for possession. Arrest would still be possible for distribution, however[1]. The transfer eventually ...

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Cannabis drug - New breeding and cultivation techniques: Encyclopedia - Breed

See Breed (song) for the song of the same name by Nirvana. A breed is a domesticated subspecies or infrasubspecies of an animal. A breed has no close analogy for domesticated plants. An important difference is that plants are commonly propagated by striking or grafting cuttings: there is no corresponding technique for animals. Cloning may change this if it becomes more available. A breed should also be distinguished from a strain, which is simply the descendants of a single significant individual, an ...

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Cannabis drug - New breeding and cultivation techniques: Encyclopedia - Cannabis rescheduling in the United States

Examples: Heroin, LSD, marijuana, MDMA (Ecstasy), methaqualone (Quaalude). Cannabis rescheduling in the United States - Schedule II. The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions. Abuse of the drug or other substances may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence. Examples: Cocaine, ...

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Cannabis drug - New breeding and cultivation techniques: Encyclopedia - Cannabis indica

Cannabis indica Lam. (sometimes classified Cannabis sativa spp. indica) is a putative species of Cannabis, although not all botanists agree that it should be treated as separate from Cannabis sativa L. ([1]). Schultes described C. indica as relatively short, conical, and densely branched, whereas C. sativa was described as tall and laxly branched ([2]). According to Anderson, C. indica has short, broad leaflets whereas those of C. sativa are relatively long and narrow ([3]). Cannabis indica ...

Cannabis drug - New breeding and cultivation techniques: Encyclopedia - 420 cannabis culture

The number 420 (pronounced four-twenty) is a euphemism for the consumption of cannabis and elements of its associated culture. The exact origin of the term is unknown. It is most commonly explained as police code to refer to one or more individuals being in the act of consuming (esp. smoking) cannabis, although local coding systems vary and no locality has ever been identified as using that code. 420 cannabis culture - Origin theories. Snopes.com, High Times Magazine, and The Straight Dope ...

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Cannabis drug - New breeding and cultivation techniques: Encyclopedia - Cannabis spiritual use

Cannabis has a long history of spiritual use, especially in India, where it has been used by wandering spiritual sadhus for centuries. The most famous religious group in the West to use cannabis in a spiritual context are the Rastafari movement, though they are by no means the only group. Some historians and etymologists have claimed that cannabis was used by ancient Jews, early Christians and Muslims of the Sufi order. Cannabis spiritual use - Rastafari use. It is not known when the Rastafari first made cannabis ...

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The term cannabis culture can connote different meanings to different people, and many would argue that the diverse cultures and ages of the millions of people throughout the world who use cannabis makes it impossible to define a cannabis culture outside the act of consumption, and for the vast majority the act of illegal purchase. Those who believe in the existence of a specific culture centered around cannabis cite the uniting powers of its illegality (us against the world mentality), music, and customs around the consumtion ...

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Cannabis drug - New breeding and cultivation techniques: Encyclopedia - War on Drugs

The War on Drugs is an initiative undertaken in the United States to carry out an "all-out offensive" (as President Nixon described it) against the non-medical use of certain prohibited drugs. The Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress noted in a 1989 report that the nation's war on drugs could be considered to have started in public policy dating to November 1880, when the U.S. and China completed an agreement which prohibited the shipment of opium between the two countries. By February 1887, the 49th Congress enacted legislation making it a misdemeanor for anyone on Amer ...

Cannabis drug - New breeding and cultivation techniques: Encyclopedia - Breeding

Breeding has several meanings related to procreation: In animal husbandry and in horticulture the selection of stock for propagation and the act of insemination by natural or artificial means is called breeding. See Selective breeding, artificial selection, and plant breeding. The act of copulation in animals is sometimes called breeding. Breeding refers to the vocation of propagating a particular breed in the hobby of animal fancy. Socially, one is said to have "good breeding" if one observes a ...

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Cannabis drug - New breeding and cultivation techniques: Encyclopedia II - Cannabis cultivation - Genetics and breeding

An important factor in extreme efficiency cannabis cultivation is selecting the best genetics for one's crop. This is frequently done by selecting one or more known strains, or strains with preferred genetics (in the case of marijuana, one might use seeds from a batch that was particularly enjoyed), and then growing a number of the seeds to find out which exhibit the characteristics most desirable to the cultivator. Plant characteristics which are generally selected for include: Overall yield Time to frui ...

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