Health - Quick guide to ... Cannabis use
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
For thousands of years cannabis has been used as a recreational drug because of high levels of tetrahydocannabinol (THC) in its dried flowers, leaves and resin. Consumption is through smoking or mixed with food, and when taken it can cause an increase in heart rate, lower blood pressure, lack of concentration and long-term memory loss
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