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Cannabis   /kˈænəbəs/   Listen
Cannabis

noun
1.
Any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs.  Synonym: hemp.
2.
The most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect.  Synonyms: ganja, marihuana, marijuana.



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"Cannabis" Quotes from Famous Books



... systematic use of galvanic electricity, properly used, is the most valuable means at the physician's disposal, especially in the descending current, beginning with the mild current and gradually increasing in strength. Internally: Arsenic, bromine, ergotinc, aconite, gelsemium, valerian, ether, cannabis indica and quinine are recommended. Opium may be used in the very severe forms, but it must be used with caution, or you will make your patient a drug fiend, and his latter state will be worse than the first condition. Wet compresses, vapor baths, ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

... and now in force throughout the country, requires on the "labels of all proprietary medicines entering into interstate commerce, a statement of the quantity or proportion of any alcohol, morphine, opium, heroin, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilid, or any derivative or preparation of any such substance contained therein; this information must be in type not smaller than eight-point capital letters; also the label shall embody no statement which shall be false or misleading in any particular." ...
— Civics and Health • William H. Allen

... ext. Valerian, twenty grains; ext. Cannabis Indica, five grains; make twenty pills. Dose: One pill after meals. Use the following ointment for the pain in the back: Ext. Hyoscyamus, thirty grains; ext. Belladonna, thirty grains; Adipis, one ounce. Apply locally night ...
— Searchlights on Health - The Science of Eugenics • B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols



Words linked to "Cannabis" :   soft drug, bush, Mexican green, Acapulco gold, shrub, smoke, gage, green goddess, Mary Jane, marijuana cigarette, locoweed, pot, grass, sens, skunk, stick, controlled substance, joint, weed, Indian hemp, sess, spliff, dope, ganja, reefer



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