What is Weed?
Weed is the street name for marijuana, which can also be called pot, dope, or cannabis, it is the dried flowers and leaves of the cannabis plant. It contains mind-altering (e.g., psychoactive) compounds like tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, Compounds that are structurally similar to THC are referred to as cannabinoids. In addition, a number of recently identified compounds that differ structurally from cannabinoids nevertheless share many of their pharmacological properties.
The Mexican term ‘marijuana’ is frequently used in referring to cannabis leaves or other crude plant material in many countries. The unpollinated female plants are called hashish. Cannabis oil (hashish oil) is a concentrate of cannabinoids obtained by solvent extraction of the crude plant material or of the resin. According to the United Nations, 158.8 million people around the world use marijuana—more than 3.8% of the planet’s population.
What Is The Meaning Of Horny?
The word “horny” is slang or a term for wanting to have sex or being sexually aroused or excited. Having a sex drive, desiring sex, and being turned on are normal parts of sexuality. People have different levels of sex drives — some have higher drives and some have lower. At the beginning of adolescence, sexual desire and sexual arousal may seem a little out of control. But after a while, as people become accustomed to them, they seem less intrusive and more in their control.
Does Weed Make You Horny?
Anecdotal evidence suggests that having sex on a weed high feels so good. This is because our bodies have an endogenous cannabinoid system built-in. Our endogenous cannabinoid system, which is named after the cannabis plant, is an important physiologic system in the body which phytocannabinoids in the cannabis plant, such as THC and CBD, bind to, producing a myriad of experiences. These effects enhance senses, lower inhibitions, and decrease inflammation which can make you horny and make sex much more enjoyable.
Weed has various effects on a person’s sexual wellness, according to multiple sources. The nonprofit advocacy group The Society of Cannabis Clinicians lists a series of benefits of weed as improved sexual function and Increases/decreases in libido and sexual frequency, depending on the dosage.
According to a New York Times article, Pharmacological researchers may have resolved the contradiction between scientific findings that marijuana decreases sexual drive and reports from users who maintain the drug works as an aphrodisiac. In the journal Science, three researchers from the University of Texas suggest that tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, marijuana’s active ingredient, may affect male sexual activity in two phases. In animal tests, they found, it first raises the level of testosterone and other sex hormones but later may lower hormone levels to far below normal.
Previous laboratory studies failed to detect the initial rise in hormone levels because scientists usually do not begin measuring those levels until at least one hour after the drug is administered, said Susan Dalterio, assistant professor of pharmacology, obstetrics, and gynecology at the University of Texas Health Center in San Antonio
What Are The Side Effects Of Weed Use For Sex?
Acute health effects of cannabis use
The acute effects of cannabis use have been recognized for many years, and recent studies have confirmed and extended earlier findings. These may be summarized as follows:
- Cannabis impairs cognitive development (capabilities of learning), including associative processes; free recall of previously learned items is often impaired when cannabis is used both during learning and recall periods;
- Cannabis impairs psychomotor performance in a wide variety of tasks, such as motor coordination, divided attention, and operative tasks of many types; human performance on complex machinery can be impaired for as long as 24 hours after smoking as little as 20 mg of THC in cannabis; there is an increased risk of motor vehicle accidents among persons who drive when intoxicated by cannabis.
Chronic health effects of cannabis use
- selective impairment of cognitive functioning which includes the organization and integration of complex information involving various mechanisms of attention and memory processes;
- prolonged use may lead to greater impairment, which may not recover with cessation of use, and which could affect daily life functions;
- development of a cannabis dependence syndrome characterized by a loss of control over cannabis use is likely in chronic users;
- cannabis use can exacerbate schizophrenia in affected individuals;
- epithelial injury of the trachea and major bronchi is caused by long-term cannabis smoking;
- airway injury, lung inflammation, and impaired pulmonary defense against infection from persistent cannabis consumption over prolonged periods;
- heavy cannabis consumption is associated with a higher prevalence of symptoms of chronic bronchitis and a higher incidence of acute bronchitis than in the non-smoking cohort;
- cannabis used during pregnancy is associated with impairment in fetal development leading to a reduction in birth weight;
- cannabis use during pregnancy may lead to a postnatal risk of rare forms of cancer although more research is needed in this area.
The health consequences of cannabis use in developing countries are largely unknown because of limited and non-systematic research, but there is no reason a priori to expect that biological effects on individuals in these populations would be substantially different from what has been observed in developed countries. However, other consequences might be different given the cultural and social differences between countries. SEE: List of Montana Weed Dispensaries
