Saturday, September 25, 2010

Science Fair Projects - Synthetic Cannabinoids

Science Fair Projects- Synthetic Cannabinoids

This is a fun little article that's packed with scientific information about our favorite kind of incense...

An Excerpt:

Before the 1980s, it was often speculated that cannabinoids produced their effects through nonspecific interaction with cell membranes, instead of interacting with specific receptors. The discovery of the first cannabinoid receptors in the 1980s helped to resolve this debate. These receptors are common in animals, and have been been found in mammals, birds, fish, and reptiles. There are currently two known types of cannabinoid receptors, called CB1 and CB2.
CB1 receptors are found primarily in the brain, specifically in the basal ganglia and in the limbic system, including the hippocampus

Follow the link to read a whole bunch more...

39 comments:

  1. Looking forward to your future posts... GTL man

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  2. Wow, this blog has more information on cannabis than I would ever care to use. Following and supporting.

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  3. Personally I like it for the smell. Just the smell. yep.

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  4. I honestly dont like the thought of synthetic weed. but nice post anyway dude, keep it up

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  5. my friends girlfriend is a nurse, and she was telling me they give cannibinal to patients, and it always helps em

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  6. love ur blog mate. U keep it daily updated. Thnx for sharing ur daily great posts.

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  7. your post inpresiet me!!

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  8. Tavie: you'd be surprised how much lab-grown meat is out there on the market. spooky, right?

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  9. sadly with the federal drug ratings and what has been giving to cannabis it is very difficult to have legitimate research.

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  10. Very interesting post dude. Look forward to more in the future! Keep in touch.

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  11. Dude that means like... Wait... shit, what are you doing here again?

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  12. Havn't got a clue what that said, gonna look it up!

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  13. Hey! Can you post something about tolerance? Thanks+following.

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  14. in college I did a comparative poster showing the negative effects of alcohol vs MJ use to prove how dumb it is the former is legal and the latter is up. i should look it up for you.
    great stuff.

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  15. This whole "k2 scare" makes me lol. When I slugged jwh018 in Spice shit was fine.

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  16. was hoping to get an update on ur blog.... will return for an update ;)

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  17. mmm, Not really too interested in Cannibinoids, but I'll keep following for some interesting follow up.

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  18. I can't stand incense regardless of whats in them. For some reason they ALL give me a headache.

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