HEMP

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HEMP PLANT FOR THE 3RD MILLENNIUM HEMP CAN
SAVE THE PLANET!WATCH JACK HERER AT HEMPSTALK
2009

• Bushka Bryndová
• 2009
• www.bushka.cz

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HEMP Cannabis sativa L.

• Hemp aka cannabis is a dioecious plant probably
  originating in Asia. New archeological findings
  put forward a theory that its first industrial
  use was at the territory of the Czech Republic.
  Dated 26 thousand years ago seem to prove
  presence and use of cannabis in prehistory the
  CR might even be the cradle of cannabis plant
  same as for some of European psylocibe mushrooms
  (Psylocibe bohemica).
• It is grown around the World, due to maritime
  transport it was widely spread and became popular
  for medicinal and industrial purposes.
• Probably one of the oldest plants ever cultivated
  by mankind.

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Classification of cannabis

• Due to massive crossings on the Czech territory
  we find mostly hybrids of original strains,
  therefore is no more valid the former division in
  varieties of Cannabis sativa L. - the sativa
  plant with low level THC for industrial purposes,
  and the indica plant with high level THC for
  medicinal and recreational use.
• At present we divide cannabis to legal industrial
  plants and to illegal natural plants not destined
  to industrial use. Assessing the morphologic
  features of individual plants, we classify the
  strains of natural cannabis as sativa or indica
  prevalent hybrids.

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INDUSTRIAL HEMP

• Plants selected to THC level lower than 0.2,
  obligatory to buy new certified seeds every year
  similarly as in case of GMO crops. I propose to
  bring this limit to 3 and allow for traditional
  growing with seeds from the precedent harvest.
• In the CR cultivation over 10x10 m of surface is
  subjected to a notification to the State
  authorities.
• Stalk and seeds are used industrially, the plant
  for purification of contaminated soils (heavy
  metals are drawn out of the ground and stocked in
  stalks).
• In gardens as phyto-protection and weed control
  in the cultivation of fruit and vegetables.

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INDUSTRIAL HEMPExamples of stalk use

• The stalk is processed to short fiber, tow and
  hurds.
• Fiber and tow paper, pulp, insulation mattings,
  cordages, bio-degradable plastics, fabrics.
• Hurds pellets and briquettes for heating,
  building materials and panels, horticultural
  growth mats, animal bedding.

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INDUSTRIAL HEMPExamples of seed use

• Raw material for industrial purposes, seed grain,
  feedstuff for animals.
• Hemp seeds also as raw material for oil
  production and for human food products.
• Seeds contain up to 30 of oil produced by cold
  pressing or extraction - contains omega 3 and 6
  fatty acids, vitamins and cannabidiol (CBD).
• Use of hempseed oil food products, cosmetics,
  paints, washing powders and detergents, fuel.
• Use of oilcake food products, feedstuff and
  fuel.
• Seeds of ALL cannabis strains are THC free,
  therefore products made of them cant make feel
  high.

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NATURAL HEMP

• In the USA illegal since 1937, 1st US Drug Tsar
  Harry Anslinger put trough in 1961 the UN
  Convention on Narcotics (HQ in Vienna), which was
  followed worldwide. This Convention prohibited
  cannabis and needs to be modified in order to
  legalize it!
• No legalization of cannabis is possible until
  cannabis is taken away from the list of banned
  substances of the Convention. The change may be
  proposed only by the government of a signatory
  country.

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NATURAL HEMP

• Hemp with THC content higher than 0,3 is illegal
  in the Czech Republic, while psychoactive effects
  begin only at 3 THC why?
• Recreational use relaxation, but also if abused
  toxicomany.
• Medicinal use pharmaceutical medicines, in
  self-medication.
• Used non-pollenated (sinsemilla) buds of female
  plants aka marihuana, leaves and roots.

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NATURAL HEMP Use as a recreational drug
Cannabis and addictionClassification of current
addictive substancessubstance withdrawal
compulsive use tolerance dependence
intoxication
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NATURAL HEMP Use as a recreational drug
Cannabis and addictionClassification of current
addictive substancesscale 1 (the strongest), 6
(the less strong)

• Withdrawal presence and seriousness of
  characteristic withdrawal symptoms
• Compulsive use potential of the substance to
  push the user to repeated use (when effects
  weaken), measured by tests on humans and animals
• Tolerance how much of the substance is necessary
  to satisfy the increasing craving stable level
  compared to the start value
• Dependence combined indicator measure of the
  difficulty for the user to stop with the
  substance use percents of users with developed
  dependence self-evaluation of users regarding
  their substance needs
• Intoxication measure of the modification of
  cognitive and other mental functions

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NATURAL HEMP Use as a recreational drug - risks

• Cannabis smoking harms the respiratory system.
• Long-term heavy abuse in adults might cause
  mental and physical impairment that usually pass
  on after few weeks of abstinence, but in children
  and teenagers might cause irreversible damage.
• If there is a gateway drug, then it is alcohol
  and nicotine at the age of 12 they are much
  more harmful than marihuana used with moderation.
• The greatest risk connected with cannabis is in
  its illegality!

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NATURAL HEMP Medicinal use

• First notions on the medicinal use of cannabis in
  China 4700 years ago.
• Quoted as a medicine in Ancient Egypt papyruses.
• Hindu vedas say that cannabis, protects men of
  diseases and makes our living longer.
• Roman historian Pliny the Elder noticed its use
  against joint pains .

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NATURAL HEMP Medicinal use

• Cannabinoids a discovery of the 2nd half of the
  20th century.
• 1954 Palacky University (CR, Olomouc Alma Mater
  of Dr. Hanus) held a scientific conference Hemp
  as a Medicament, where Prof. Jan Kabelik
  presented his discovery of antibacterial effects
  of the extract of cannabis indica.
• 1964 Raphael Mechoulam described the structure of
  THC.
• 1988 discovery of specific CB1 THC receptors (W.
  Devane).
• 1992 isolation of anandamide, endocannabinoid
  equivalent of THC (by Devane and L. O. Hanus,
  Czech analytic chemist researching in the Hebrew
  University ) called upon its effects on human
  psyche (anandabliss in Sanskrit ).

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NATURAL HEMPMedicinal use

• 1955 - ACTA UNIVERSITATIS PALACKIANAE OLOMUCENSIS
  - TOM. VI.
• Prof. Jan Kabelik The study HEMP AS A
  MEDICAMENT
• The study is divided into the following sections
• History of the medicinal use of hemp.
• Properties of isolated substances.
• Methods and results of the bacteriological
  experiments.
• Survey of clinical experiences.
• Therapeutic results in stomatology.
• Cannabis indica in oto-rhino-laryngology.
• Importance of hemp seeds in the tuberculosis
  therapy.
• References of the study.
• Summary of the study
• http//www.bushka.cz/KabelikEN/index.html

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NATURAL HEMP Medicinal useL. O. Hanus and W.
Devane
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NATURAL HEMPMedicinal use

• Our body produces endocannabinoids activating the
  same receptors as vegetal cannabinoids in
  cannabis plants.
• Endocannabinoid system is present in all
  vertebrate animals works as a global regulator
  of vital systems in our body, i.e.
• food intake, digestion, reproduction, nervous,
  skeleto-muscular, endocrinous systems, metabolism
  of fats and sugars, immunity.
• Helps our organism to cope with physiological,
  biochemical and psychical stress generated by its
  interactions with the environment.
• Dr. Robert Melamede free radicals accumulated in
  our body due to the ageing represent friction,
  while endocannabinoids are the oil.
• Endocannabinoids have a positive influence on our
  ability to learn new things and to cope with
  them, to adapt ourselves to new circumstances in
  our lives.

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NATURAL HEMP Medicinal usePharmaceutical use of
cannabinoids they might replace a great share
of current drugs

• Analgetics
• Antiphlogistics
• Cardiac drugs
• Anihypertensives
• Antiasthmatics
• Antibiotics

• Antiepileptics
• Immunomodulators
• Hypnotics
• Movement disorders drugs
• Alcohol withdrawal syndrome drugs

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NATURAL HEMP Cannabis medicinal effects

• Destroys cancer cells and preserves the healthy
  ones
• Antibacterial effect on Gram microorganisms
  treatment of common inflammations instead of
  antibiotics
• Bronchodilatory effect asthma
• Antiemetic effect chemotherapy
• Food intake stimulator/regulator anorexia, AIDS
  and cancer treatments
• Analgesia (pain relief) arthrosis, cancer,
  post-surgery and phantom pains
• Spasticity relief sclerosis multiplex, palsy,
  muscular weakness
• Lowers intraocular pressure, preventing glaucoma

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NATURAL HEMPCannabis medicinal effects

• Anticonvulsant effect epilepsy
• Treatment of movement disorders dystonia,
  Parkinsons and Huntingtons diseases, Tourette
  syndrome
• Beneficial effect on degenerative illnesses of
  aging arthrosis, diabetes sequels
• Neuroprotective effect Alzheimers disease,
  reduction of damages caused by strokes and after
  head accidents - preventing brain edema if taken
  up to 4 hours since the impact
• Immunity system dysfunctions rheumatoid
  arthritis, sclerosis multiplex, psoriasis,
  allergies and atopic eczemas, Crohns disease,
  diabetes of 1st and 2nd type

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NATURAL HEMP Cannabis medicinal effects

• Anxiolitic effect treatment of anxiety and
  depressions
• Antipruritic effect dermatitis, eczemas
• Emollient effect corns and hard skin.
• Cannabinoids can cure diseases and impairments
  linked to remembering of traumatizing memories
  posttraumatic stress, phobias and certain forms
  of chronic pains.
• Used in detox cures hard drugs and alcohol.

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NATURAL HEMP Medicinal use Self-medicationType
s of cannabis application

• External cannabis extract, ointment, tincture,
  soak, suppository.
• Internal cannabis extract, infusions and
  decoctions (best in milk), tonics, cannabis
  powder in food, cannabis butter, space-cakes.
• Inhalation best through a vaporizer, or in
  pipe, joint cannabis extract or dried buds.

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NATURAL HEMP Medicinal use - Self-medication

• Cannabis in the prevention of diseases hempseed
  oil helps to stimulate immunity system through
  increased production of endocannabinoids.
• When disease is serious or chronic, treatment by
  sufficient intake of cannabinoids under the form
  of cannabis extract (Rick Simpsons hemp-oil,
  http//www.phoenixtears.ca/).
• Other problems treated internally by cannabis
  tincture, milk, butter, or externally by tincture
  and ointment infusions and decoctions externally
  and internally (supporting treatment).
• CB receptors are not present in the areas of
  brain responsible for respiratory and
  cardiovascular functions therefore cannabinoids
  do not cause disorders of these systems, do not
  overburden the liver, and therefore they are
  considered as the safest medication possible.

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NATURAL HEMP Medicinal use Self-medication

• For any treatment of serious diseases consult
  your doctor if possible.
• Information on my natural hemp ointment in
  English
• http//www.bushka.cz/archiv/mastEN.html
• In Czech
• http//www.bushka.cz/Samolecba/index.html
• You can write me and ask bushka_at_volny.cz

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Cannabis prohibition is against the common
interest of all mankind!

• From January 2010 will enter in force new Czech
  Penal Codex allowing the cultivation of 5 plants
  per adult (no more penal offence, but still
  subject to fine by local self-government
  authorities).
• For 3 months of treatment with the hemp-oil are
  necessary 0,5 kg of 20 indoor cannabis or 2 kg
  of buds of common 5 THC outdoor, which is a
  quantity hard to obtain from only 5 plants in our
  climatic conditions.
• Support the creation of a legislation allowing
  for cannabis self-medication without fear of
  persecution.
• Legalization of cannabis will be possible only
  after this plant is eliminated from the UN list
  of narcotics, which can be done only upon the
  proposal made by a government of one of the
  signatory countries. ASK YOUR GOVERNEMENT TO DO
  IT!

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What can you do about it?

• Do not let the BigPharma brainwash you, do not
  believe, that they think only to the well-being
  of their patients. It is not true they are
  interested in the well-being of their large
  shareholders at the first place i.e. you could
  find among them the former US Defense Secretary
  under the 1st GWB mandate Donald Rumsfeld
  (Tamiflu manufacture).
• Ask your politicians to make cannabis extract
  (hemp-oil) treatment widely available also in
  your country. If it is possible for the people in
  Israel, why our governments couldnt do the same
  for us?
• Tell everybody, that HEMP CAN SAVE THE PLANET!