Good read

[TheColonel]

Work is really slow today, so i have been surfing around and i came across a pretty all-encompassing read on herb that i figured would be good for both noobs and seasoned tokers alike.

http://www.psychedelic-library.org/high_culture1.htm
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/high_culture2.htm
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/high_culture3.htm
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/high_culture4.htm
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/high_culture5.htm
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/high_culture6.htm
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/high_culture7.htm
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/high_culture8.htm
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/high_culture9.htm
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/high_culture10.htm
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/high_culture11.htm
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/high_culture12.htm
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/high_culture13.htm
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/high_culture14.htm
There are 14 chapters of really good info.

enjoy

Definitely a lot of info.

If you're a seasoned toker reading the first few chapters you may be thinking, "DUH, colonel." But the later chapters have some pretty in-depth stuff.

i love this:

Being High
"Our normal waking consciousness," wrote William James,

is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the flimsiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different. We may go through life without suspecting their existence; but apply the requisite stimulus, and at a touch they are there in all their completeness....[8]


While William James was interested in drugs, he was not thinking of marijuana when he wrote these words. Still, his observation sounds familiar to contemporary marijuana users, for whom the drug's effects represent what is commonly referred to as an altered state of consciousness.

As marijuana smokers are well aware, contemporary Western society operates under a common and convenient myth that holds that there is only one real and operative form of consciousness, variously known as the ego state, rationality, or logic. This, we are told in many ways, is what is known as "reality," while other forms, other states of consciousness, be they dreams, physical sensations, drug-induced states, hypnosis, precognition, or intuition, have been—and for the most part still are—considered to be distortions and aberrations.

Many marijuana users find it difficult to adhere to these beliefs of what constitutes reality. Indeed, for some, marijuana has served as a teacher whose principal lesson has been that life holds multiple forms of reality. "Marijuana has helped me to see the phenomenal power of plural" is how one man puts it, continuing: "There is more than one way to look at something, and marijuana has made me aware that perception and consciousness can come in more than one kind of package." A computer programmer speaks of "getting into another realm, and, when that isn't possible, at least accepting that there is another realm."

It is only in recent years that social scientists and others have begun to pay serious attention to altered states of consciousness, which include such diverse phenomena as parapsychological manifestations, meditation, and prayer. Of those who have investigated states of consciousness resulting from marijuana and other drugs, Andrew Weil has made an especially significant contribution. After completing work on the 1968 marijuana study in Boston, Weil went on to write a book about states of consciousness, with and without drugs. The Natural Mind was published in 1972, and it is something of a classic among marijuana users, being a lively and imaginative theoretical treatment of the marijuana experience.[9]

Weil believes that all people are high all of the time on some level, and that the point of using drugs is not so much getting high as connecting with a high that is already there. And so for most users, Weil writes, smoking marijuana becomes an opportunity, and sometimes an excuse, to experience a mode of consciousness that is actually available to everyone all the time without drugs, even though most people do not know how to get there in other ways. Drugs, Weil insists, do not contain highs; highs are latent in the human nervous system, waiting to be triggered or released by various mechanisms. This is a message that marijuana users hear all the time from opponents of drug use, but coming from Andrew Weil, it carries more credibility and seems far less of a moral prejudice.

In one way or another, many of the people I interviewed for this book made a similar point: "I don't think marijuana really adds anything that isn't there in the first place," I was told repeatedly. "It just enhances and brings out what's inside of you." Again and again, smokers described variations on this basic theme, not casually but thoughtfully, and often after a decade or more of smoking marijuana. Although these various articulations of the same idea mean that it has become part of the conventional wisdom about marijuana, it is interesting that each person came to this realization individually, and nobody seemed aware that many other marijuana users had come to believe the same thing.

http://www.drugtext.org/library/articles/cannabis2.html

http://www.drugtext.org/library/articles/balexander.htm

http://www.drugtext.org/library/articles/five3.html

http://www.drugtext.org/library/articles/ericks7.htm


12 MJ myths
http://www.drugtext.org/library/articles/marmyt1.html





http://www.drugtext.org/library/articles/howmar1.html

http://www.drugtext.org/library/arti...lMcCartny.html

http://www.drugtext.org/library/articles/cannabis3.html

http://www.drugtext.org/library/book...as/default.htm

http://www.drugtext.org/sub/cannabis1.html

Hemp FAQ:
http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=11818

Preserving MJ potency:
http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=12461

Reflections on the use of Marijuana:
http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=15145

The Social Psychology of Cannabis Consumption: Myth, Mystery and Fact:
http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=16557

Interview with a Cambridge Pharmaceutical Lab rep:
http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=12887

An amazing plant:
http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=11828

Cannabis and Amotivational syndrome:
http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=12454

Chronic Cannabis Use
An Examination of Benefits and Adverse Effects of Clinical Cannabis
Ethan Russo
Mary Lynn Mathre
Al Byrne
Robert Velin
Paul J. Bach
Juan Sanchez-Ramos
Kristin A. Kirlin

http://www.maps.org/mmj/russo.4-2001.html
http://www.maps.org/mmj/prelimresults.html

The entire study in PDF form.
http://www.maps.org/mmj/russo2002.pdf






And some other great links:

http://www.parliament.the-stationery.../151/15101.htm
http://www.nih.gov/news/medmarijuana...lMarijuana.htm
http://www.cmcr.ucsd.edu/geninfo/Can...Report2002.pdf
http://newton.nap.edu/html/marimed/es.html
http://www.cmcr.ucsd.edu/geninfo/Grant_CNR.pdf
http://www.cmcr.ucsd.edu/geninfo/macleodLancet.pdf
http://www.cmcr.ucsd.edu/geninfo/Can...ancet11-03.pdf
http://www.cmcr.ucsd.edu/geninfo/Modulation.JAMA.pdf
http://www.cmcr.ucsd.edu/geninfo/Pac...in.comment.pdf
http://www.cmcr.ucsd.edu/geninfo/lancetART2003.pdf
http://www.cmcr.ucsd.edu/geninfo/Iversen.pdf
http://www.cmcr.ucsd.edu/geninfo/cannabis3.pdf

Ganja in Jamaica

Analyses

http://www.rism.org/isg/dlp/ganja/analyses/medical.html





Essays on Marijuana:
http://www.marijuana-uses.com/read.html

Medical Reports Scientific Research Studies
On Medical Marijuana - Cannabis & Illness's

Collection Of:
Medical Marijuana- Cannabis, Research Reports,
Medical Case Studies, Clinical Study's.

http://www.onlinepot.org/medicalreports.htm











Erowid anyone?
http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis.shtml

More in-depth info on each of these components can be found here:
http://www.omma1998.org/McPartland-Russo-JCANT%201(3-4)-2001.pdf

Originally Posted by Summary of the study

SUMMARY.

A central tenet underlying the use of botanical remedies is
that herbs contain many active ingredients. Primary active ingredients
may be enhanced by secondary compounds, which act in beneficial synergy.
Other herbal constituents may mitigate the side effects of dominant
active ingredients. We reviewed the literature concerning medical cannabis
and its primary active ingredient, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
Good evidence shows that secondary compounds in cannabis may enhance
the beneficial effects of THC. Other cannabinoid and non-cannabinoid
compounds in herbal cannabis or its extracts may reduce THC-induced
anxiety, cholinergic deficits, and immunosuppression. Cannabis terpenoids
and flavonoids may also increase cerebral blood flow, enhance cortical
activity, kill respiratory pathogens, and provide anti-inflammatory activity.

Phytocannabinoids, their boiling points, and properties

Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
Boiling point: 157*C / 314.6 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Euphoriant, Analgesic, Antiinflammatory, Antioxidant, Antiemetic

cannabidiol (CBD)
Boiling point: 160-180*C / 320-356 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Anxiolytic, Analgesic, Antipsychotic, Antiinflammatory, Antioxidant, Antispasmodic

Cannabinol (CBN)
Boiling point: 185*C / 365 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Oxidation, breakdown, product, Sedative, Antibiotic

cannabichromene (CBC)
Boiling point: 220*C / 428 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Antiinflammatory, Antibiotic, Antifungal

cannabigerol (CBG)
Boiling point: MP52
Properties: Antiinflammatory, Antibiotic, Antifungal

Δ-8-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ-8-THC)
Boiling point: 175-178*C / 347-352.4 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Resembles Δ-9-THC, Less psychoactive, More stable Antiemetic

tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV)
Boiling point: < 220*C / <428 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Analgesic, Euphoriant





Terpenoid essential oils, their boiling points, and properties

β-myrcene
Boiling point: 166-168*C / 330.8-334.4 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Analgesic. Antiinflammatory, Antibiotic, Antimutagenic

β-caryophyllene
Boiling point: 119*C / 246.2 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Antiinflammatory, Cytoprotective (gastric mucosa), Antimalarial

d-limonene
Boiling point: 177*C / 350.6 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Cannabinoid agonist?, Immune potentiator, Antidepressant, Antimutagenic

linalool
Boiling point: 198*C / 388.4 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Sedative, Antidepressant, Anxiolytic, Immune potentiator

pulegone
Boiling point: 224*C / 435.2 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Memory booster?, AChE inhibitor, Sedative, Antipyretic

1,8-cineole (eucalyptol)
Boiling point: 176*C / 348.8 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: AChE inhibitor, Increases cerebral, blood flow, Stimulant, Antibiotic, Antiviral, Antiinflammatory, Antinociceptive

α-pinene
Boiling point: 156*C / 312.8 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Antiinflammatory, Bronchodilator, Stimulant, Antibiotic, Antineoplastic, AChE inhibitor

α-terpineol
Boiling point: 217-218*C / 422.6-424.4 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Sedative, Antibiotic, AChE inhibitor, Antioxidant, Antimalarial

terpineol-4-ol
Boiling point: 209*C / 408.2 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: AChE inhibitor. Antibiotic

p-cymene
Boiling point: 177*C / 350.6 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Antibiotic, Anticandidal, AChE inhibitor

borneol
Boiling point: 210*C / 410 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Antibiotic, Δ-3-carene 0.004% 168 Antiinflammatory

Δ-3-carene
Boiling point: 168*C / 334.4 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Antiinflammatory





Flavonoid and phytosterol components, their boiling points, and properties

apigenin
Boiling point: 178*C / 352.4 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Anxiolytic, Antiinflammatory, Estrogenic

quercetin
Boiling point: 250*C / 482 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Antioxidant, Antimutagenic, Antiviral, Antineoplastic

cannflavin A
Boiling point: 182*C / 359.6 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: COX inhibitor, LO inhibitor

β-sitosterol
Boiling point: 134*C / 273.2 degree Fahrenheit
Properties: Antiinflammatory, 5-α-reductase, inhibitor




If any of you vapo heads have a digital temp guage on your devices, do some experimenting

I should have one on the way in the coming months.

[nushaganazad]

haha, Im starting now, in 4 days when im done reading this, i shall post agai lol, good findwhat im going through so far is very interesting its like a fucking timeline type thing of weed, i love it man, nice.

[emagdnim13]

good find.


i'll read them over the next couple days when i get back to work.

[IllegalSmile]

I think I am busy this weekend, but I will give this a read next month when I have a few days to spare. jk, I will gander as this thing periodically... good find.

[emster]

Good read indeed, +rep man. Here's my favorite part

Marijuana is one of the smartest plants in the world. It escapes captivity, adapts quickly to its environment, hides from police and has a lot of sex.

[ReformMaryJaneLaws]

I don't normally promote stickies but if you don't care, I'm going to stick this for a little while. Education can be a good thing!

[TheColonel]

Coolness!

I really like the real world perspective that they have for reefer. They explore the good, the bad, and the weird. I hope everyone gets the opportunity to look through this piece and learn something they didnt know before.

The story is told of three men who were traveling across the desert on their way to the great city. The first was a drinker of wine, the second a user of opium, and the third a smoker of ganja. When they finally arrived at the city, it was midnight, and the gates had been locked. The drinker of wine drank mightily from his sheepskin; he beat against the gates of the city, and finally fell down in a slumber. The man who favored opium smoked some of it, looked up dreamily at the sky, and then fell asleep by the side of the gate. The smoker of ganja inhaled deeply on his pipe, went up to the gate, and put his eye up to the keyhole. "Behold," he cried, "we are already in the city!"

— traditional folk story

[rumandromanism]

This is a stupendous read. Being a jazz saxophone player, I have become attached to this quote:

The first thing I noticed was that I began to hear the saxophone as though it was inside my head.... All the notes came easing out of my horn, like they's already been made up, greased and stuffed into the bell, so all I had to do was blow a little and send them on their way, one right after the other, never missing, never behind time, all without an ounce of effort.

—Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues

[StonedSkunk]

some great info! +rep and im glad its a sticky heh

[infiniteawesome]

WOW! Just . . . WOW! Amazing read man, good find!

[nugulet_777]

"In addition, many users find that abstract ideas and sensations become more concrete"
"the smoker may find himself thinking more imaginatively and perhaps gaining a new perspective on a familiar scene or problem. The new perspective sometimes renders events transcendent; at other times, it illuminates the mundane"

I've never been really able to put that into words and explain it to someone, but thats exactly what happens when I get high and really start to think about shit.

Great find my man.

[sky dog]

Wow...this is incredible

I'm smoking right now and I've only just started reading, but there are so many parts that jump out...so true...

One way that smokers know they are stoned is that they begin to experience a certain distance between themselves and the rest of the world, which they often describe as similar to the relationship between a film or a play and its audience. Some smokers report that they see themselves as the audience; others feel like the actors. "I find myself making dramatic gestures as though somebody's watching me, even though nobody is" is how one woman describes it.

[riverside420]

This is a great post. I have been looking for this very kind of reading for some time.
The different aspects, emotionally,meantally,physically, spiritually of weed, and how it affects others is so great to read. And its fun reading about some peoples experiences and thinking to yourself, 'Ive felt that way before'
Great Great post Colonel

[dirtybongwater]

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Colonel, This is fantastic. I'll be linking people to this thread for years to come! btw, I hope you are doing fantastic! Happy 4th.

[CHRONIKKKK]

delta-9-tetrahydrocannabionl

learnd that word by heart