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CANNABIS | CBD
Why Does Cannabis Make You High?
Turns out the plants don’t want to be friends
The Botanical Wonder — Cannabis Sativa
The cannabis plant is a botanical fascination for researchers and connoisseurs, alike. Both want to understand what components in cannabis have psychoactive and intoxicating effects, and which particular compounds deliver improved health.
Whether you’re looking to intensify the effects of cannabis, adjust your high, or maximize cannabis’s health and wellness properties without getting high — it helps to understand what components of cannabis affect us and in what ways. And not just how certain cannabinoids make us feel differently — but why.
Disclaimer: The author of this cannabis for health article and Medium.com do not claim to be medical doctors or claim to present medical advice. This article is meant to be informative and should not take the place of your doctor’s medical advice.
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