What's the difference between bhang and marijuana?
Bhang
Definition:
(n.) An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh.
Example Sentences:
(1) Librium (chlordiazeproxide), pain killers (minor analgesics such as aspirin, and cannabis (bhang, ganja, and charas).
(2) We will probe [the incident],” the chief medical officer of Bilaspur, RK Bhange, told the newspaper.
(3) It will be performed in a larger-than-life style known as Bhangwadi , which sprang up in the 19th century among the Gujarati-speaking labourers of Mumbai, many of them serving the darkest aspect of British interests, the opium trade ("bhang" is opium).
(4) The purpose of this preliminary investigation is to systematically characterize the signs and symptoms of cannabis psychosis in individuals who presented for psychiatric treatment in Pakistan after ingestion of bhang; a beverage containing cannabis.
(5) Presenting symptoms of bhang-induced psychosis found in patients included grandiosity, excitement, hostility, uncooperativeness, disorientation, hallucinatory behavior and unusual thought content.
(6) Patients differed from controls in that a higher proportion of patients were found to be chronic users of bhang, and had a past history of psychotic episodes.
(7) A key factor is that low potency preparations (bhang, thandai) are available.
(8) Half of these persons were "Charas" smokers, half "Bhang" drinkers.
(9) The presenting symptoms of bhang-induced psychosis are consistent with a brief mania-like disorder with paranoid psychotic features, and cognitive dysfunction.
(10) In order to control for the behavioral effects of cannabis alone, symptoms produced by bhang ingestion among non-patients consuming the same beverage were compared with those symptoms found among psychotic patients.
Marijuana
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Altogether, 29% of the drivers had evidence of alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, prescription or nonprescription stimulants, or some combination of these, in either blood or urine.
(2) "It is very easy to see somebody get killed over this issue," Marijuana Industry Group Director Michael Elliott testified last month.
(3) Several months ago, the man received about $200,000 worth of marijuana from the cartel and delivered it to another dealer, but he could not repay the cartel, according to court papers.
(4) In many cases mental health professionals consulted by a number of the children when they were using drugs were likewise unaware of the marijuana abuse.
(5) Consistent with other researchers' findings, heavy marijuana users were found to differ significantly in living arrangements, job stability, and income.
(6) Drivers with little education and low income, younger drivers, and drivers who drove after heavy drinking or marijuana use, or both, were least likely to wear seatbelts.
(7) The effects were assessed of delta'THC (the psychoactive component of cannabis) and CBD and DMHP-CBD (the non-psychomimetic components of marijuana derivatives) on 14C labelled serotonin release from normal platelets, when incubated with patient's plasma obtained during migraine attack.
(8) Clinical manifestations of pathophysiology due to marijuana smoking are now being reported.
(9) The major issues in the controversy about marijuana and medicine, primarily moral and ethical, are discussed.
(10) A rowdy fringe took to raiding liquor stores, spraying graffiti and flaunting marijuana.
(11) One would be prudent to avoid marijuana during pregnancy, just as one would do with most other drugs not essential to life or well-being.
(12) It was a sunny Friday night by the seaside, and the atmosphere was spicy with sweat, lager and marijuana smoke.
(13) Speech quantity was recorded continuously in seven moderate marijuana users during separate 1 h experimental sessions following the paced smoking of 0, 1.01, 1.84, and 2.84% THC marijuana cigarettes.
(14) The DS effects of marijuana showed a rapid onset, appearing within 90 s from the beginning of smoking.
(15) The marijuana-induced acute memory impairment was assessed in a double-blind, crossover experiment.
(16) Some recent reports implicate marijuana smoking as a cause of cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract, though most of the subjects were exposed to other, possibly confounding, etiologic factors, namely tobacco and alcohol.
(17) While lawmakers debate how much THC (the psychoactive component in marijuana) a person can have in their blood before they're a danger on the road, Colorado's policemen have to rely on field sobriety tests.
(18) In another example, Colorado legislators this month had to pass a new state law to allow for a cannabis co-operative credit union that would let marijuana businesses open bank accounts and escape the murky world of cash-only transactions.
(19) Smoking marijuana can injure mucosal tissue and may have more carcinogenic potential than tobacco.
(20) At the same concentrations, cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabinol, cannabinoids devoid of marijuana-like psychoactivity, had no effect on DPH polarization.