Tuesday, 4 January 2011

Legal Weed ? Cannabis Use and Cannabis Substitutes

normally take the form of legal plants with mild psychoactive properties, or plants that produce flowers that look similar to cannabis, which are then infused with synthetic legal highs.

Chief among the legal plants used as a cannabis substitute is Leonotis leonurus, or Lions tail. This plant, which is native to southern Africa, has long been known for its medicinal properties and has been used to treat headaches, fever and snakebite. The plant also has mild sedative properties at low doses, and can produce mild hallucinations and an altering of perception at higher doses.

Also commonly used in legal weed preparations is the common plant Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris). This plant is sometimes called a

View the Original article

0 comments: