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Weed
Chemical properties and Physical properties/ Application of compound

General information: Use as a herb in medical way. Cause addicted and illegal dug.

Physical and Chemical properties.

Chemical: In the medical way, doctor call weed as herb. Each weed will have leaf. For
chemical properties, weed cause toxicity and alkaloid and processes hepatoxic activity, all of
this will cause by burning process. [2]

Physical: Green leaf, green stalk, and seed. Have solid state and flammable substance. Some
type of weeds were oily contain with THC content. In terms of chemistry, scientist call
them tetrahydrocannabinol (9-THC) [1]. Separate into male and female gender; in male
theyll have less THC than female. Can produce up to 250-g blocks. Greenish smell and bitter
taste. Some type of weed can be oily dark color. Boiling point at 315 F. [1]

Purpose of using weed: In medical way, Weed can treat disease and use as herb to improve
symptoms. They can use for reduce nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy. Also to
improve people who have HIV/ AIDS, chronic pain, and muscle spasms. [3,4]
In non-medical way: People usually use weed to become high or stoned. The effect of weeds
are unconscious perception. If use in overdose, it will cause body image and destroy nervous
system; illusion of eyesight. Decrease short term memory and increase heart rate, lower blood
pressure. [1]
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1.Retrieved from: Cannabis (drug). (2017, May 06). Retrieved May 16, 2017, from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)#Uses

2.Related links. (n.d.). Retrieved May 16, 2017, from

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/drug-profiles/cannabis

3.(n.d.). Retrieved May 16, 2017, from

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261219416302551

4.(n.d.). Retrieved May 16, 2017, from

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874116319407