Whats the difference between tobacco and Cannabis?

Question

In class we were learning about drugs and stuff but I still don't understand the difference....please help :)) XDXDXD

Answer 1

I'm not sure if this is real question or not. Tobacco can be bought in the store for people who are 18 and over, and it is highly physically and mentally addictive.  Cannabis, or weed is illegal in most states and when smoked creates a euphoric effect. It kills brain cells amongst other things and is mentally addictive but has not been proven to be physically addictive.

Answer 2

Cannibis is marijuana.  :)

Answer 3

Tobacco has nicotine. A drug and a poison. Also a stimulant. Can kill yourself with nicotine

Cannabis is not poisonous. You would have to smoke like 50lb's in 5 minutes to OD. Got this in the military. Weeds main comound is THC. One of the few chemicals that can pass through the brain barrier. And our brains have receptors for THC.

Hemp is another in the cannabis family. Dirt weed, There are over 25,000 products you can make from hemp.

Tobacco. not as many.

Answer 4

While they are both green leaf plants, I think the biggest difference is that tobacco has nicotine in it and cannabis has what is called THC. (Tetrahydrocannabinols)

Which is what you find in your system during a drug test.

Tobacco, although legal is known for causing cancer and being very annoying. On the other hand cannabis is now known for helping relieve the side effects of cancer treatments.

    Sixty years ago, when Mexican labourers introduced the smoking of Marihuana to the United States, it spread across the south, and by the 1920s, its use was established in New Orleans, confined primarily among the poor and minority groups. The continued spread of the custom in the United States and Europe has resulted in a still unresolved controversy.

        Cannabis sativa was officially in the United States Pharmacopoeia until 1937, recommended for a wide variety of disorders, especially as a mild sedative. It is no longer an official drug, although research in the medical potential of some of the cannabinolic constituents or their semi-synthetic analogues is at present very active, particularly in relation to the side-effects of cancer therapy.

        The psychoactive effects of Cannabis preparations vary widely, depending on dosage, the preparation and the type of plant used, the method of administration, personality of the user, and social and cultural background. Perhaps the most frequent characteristic is a dreamy state. Long forgotten events are often recalled and thoughts occur in unrelated sequences. Perception of time, and occasionally of space, is altered. Visual and auditory hallucinations follow the use of large doses. Euphoria, excitement, inner happiness – often with hilarity and laughter – are typical. In some cases, a final mood of depression may be experienced. While behaviour is sometimes impulsive, violence or aggression is seldom induced.

        In relatively recent years, the use of Cannabis as an intoxicant has spread widely in Western society – especially in the United States and Europe – and has caused apprehension in law-making and law- enforcing circles and has created social and health problems. There is still little, if any, agreement on the magnitude of these problems or on their solution. Opinion appears to be pulled in two directions: that the use of Cannabis is an extreme social, moral, and health danger that must be stamped out, or that it is an innocuous, pleasant pastime that should be legalised. It may be some time before all of the truths concerning the use in our times and society of this ancient drug are fully known. Since an understanding of the history and attitudes of peoples who have long used the plant may play a part in furthering our handling of the situation in modern society, it behooves us to consider the role of Cannabis in man’s past and to learn what lessons it can teach us: whether to maintain wise restraint in our urbanised, industrialised life or to free it for general use. For it appears that Cannabis may be with us for a long time.