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Is ganja a drug

Updated: 9/7/2023
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13y ago

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whether or not marijuana is a drug depends on your definition of a drug.

if the word 'drug' comes from German 'trogen', dried plant material, it is as much a drug as dried grass, or salvia divinorum leaves. it sure is plant material.

if by drug you mean a substance that elicits a (psycho)pharmacological response in man, such as acetaminophen, Tylenol, Ritalin, mdma... yeah it does something to you alright.

if, at last by drug you mean something destructive to the body like as crack cocaine or physiologically addictive like alcohol, then it is not.

everything depends on context.

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Marijuana or the scientific name cannabis, is a plant.

However it does have drugs in it called cannabinoids, The main cannabinoid in marijuana is called tetrahydrocannabinol or THC and is the reason a user would feel euphoria or a "high"

In 1974, there were 37 naturally occurring herbal cannabinoids that were discovered. By 2010, there had been over 80 naturally occurring herbal cannabinoids identified as being produced by the cannabis plant.

There are many other chemicals in it like

CBD (Cannabidiol)

CBC (Cannabichromene)

CBL (Cannabicyclol)

CBN (Cannabinol)

THCV (Tetrahydrocannabivarin)

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13y ago

Ganja is another word for marijuana. Many people dont consider it a drug, but it is technically a drug.

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"Ganja" is another term for cannabis, or marijuana. Other common slang terms to describe this drug are weed, pot, dope, and chronic.

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