Michael Hansen - Growing Cannabis: A Guide to Growing Marijuana Indoors and Outdoors for Medical Use

Growing Cannabis

A Guide to Growing Marijuana Indoors and Outdoors for Medical Use

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Y ou have been reading in the news about all the states that are thumbing their noses at the federal government and are legalizing Marijuana and you are at least curious to see if you can make some money by making and selling Marijuana to the folks in need or to those who at least want to get high. Well in many states Medical Marijuana is now legal, and this book is all about how to LEGALLY sell Marijuana.

Now it is time for a huge disclaimer, you and you alone are responsible for determining whether in your state or region if Marijuana can be legally sold and any restrictions on product or use. Also at the time of publication, Federal law prohibits anything period to do with Marijuana and since it is listed as a Schedule 1 drug, (Right up there with Heroin, Crack, and LSD), jail time can be considerable and as it would be a felony conviction would result in the loss of voting rights, ability to own a gun, and will have definite negative effect of future employment or finding a place to live, you, the reader need to determine if you wish to continue.

I n this chapter you will learn:

• What is Marijuana
• How to best grow it
• When to harvest
• What to with the harvested crop

You are interested in growing Marijuana but do not know anything about it, except how to smoke it. In this chapter, we will go into what makes up the plant, how to grow it, when to harvest, and then what in general terms, (Specific ideas will be listed in a further chapter), to do with your harvested crop. Again, you need to make sure that local laws and regulations are obeyed and if you need special permits to grow or sell Marijuana.

Marijuana is the same general class of plants as he Tomato and Potato. Like both of them, the leaves of the plant have some level of hallucinogenic effect when eaten, or smoked, (Bet you didnt know that). Like both of them, the flowers will produce some sort of fruit, (Anything that is the result of a flower as opposed to Celery or Spinach or Lettuce, that come from seed, and the Potato eye is actually a fruit). The difference between Marijuana and the others in this class is that the fruit of the Marijuana, known as a berry is very tiny and very inedible. All parts of the plant with the exceptions of the roots have some amount of THC, (The stuff that gets you high), though the biggest amounts are in the buds and leaves. A close cousin to Marijuana is Jimson Weed, which has been known since Colonial times as a plant to be boiled into a Tea, which causes a person to have a serious hallucinogenic adventure, though Jimson weed has several bad side effects including excessive thirst, raised body temperature and increased heart rate and blood pressure that can lead to death, (Something that Marijuana is proven not to do).

Another related plant is the Hemp plant. While a very close cousin of Marijuana, Hemp contains no THC or anything else that will get you high. Hemp is better known for the shredding of the main stems to make flax for ropes, (Prior to the 1960s it was the main ingredient in most ropes), or clothing.

While in a further chapter there will be a discussion on how to grow Marijuana, there are some simple rules to follow. Marijuana likes a full sun situation, with lots of underground water or at least moist ground. It likes to grow on well-fertilized ground or water, and its roots may grow up to a foot in the soil.

Harvesting occurs when the plant is full grown and the flowers are just starting to bud. In further chapter there will be a discussion of where the THC, (The compound that causes the hallucinogenic effect in Marijuana), is located, all leaves, smaller stems and the flowers are the main parts of the plant to harvest. Remember to keep your crop in airtight containers, and if dried substantially, use a food processor to grind into a loose powders or very small pieces.

Once you have harvested a crop, you need to dry it, not unlike most herbs like dill or sage. Marijuana can be smoked either in a bong. Pipe, cigarette paper, or just in a loose pile. It also can be ingested though it has a very bad aftertaste so normally it is put into a food with strong aromas and taste such as brownies or cookies, or by removing the THC from the leaves by brewing, it can be used in a compound butter. Trying to drink THC tea is an exercise in futility as it is extremely bitter and almost certain to cause the drinker to vomit almost immediately.

I n this chapter you will learn:

• What is the blood/brain barrier
• What is a Lipid
• What does THC do in the brain
• Possible complications

You have decided to grow Marijuana and you are at least curious as to how it makes a person high. Get your notebook as you are about to launch on a college degree in Marijuana and the human. While some people will consider this too technical, (To them you smoke, you get high), it something you need to know in case you are taken to trial as you can try to plead you were trying to cure issues like chronic pain, Epilepsy, and other neurological issues.

To start we need to understand what THC, (Okay to be exact (6aR,10aR)-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) is and what it does not do. THC is not easily soluble in water, (Hence the problem in making Tea with it), but does love lipids which a basic parts of oils such as cooking oil, grease and lard. THC is the reason you get high on Marijuana.

So how does THC get to the brain and get you happy? To answer this we need to look at the human brain. Basically your brain is a collection of cells that generate electrical impulses but are immersed in a bath of fluid that is mostly water, but contains other chemicals. Your brain cells communicate via neurotransmitters that send to each other one of 4 basic chemicals that tells the receiving cell what is going on. These same type of nerve cells are found in your spine, nerves and nerve endings and the electrical joint at the end moves muscles so you do some action. Now to protect the brain from infection and other stuff that could affect it, it is surrounded by Glial cells, (They are also found in the nerves along with a Myelin sheath which is a fatty substance that insulates the nerves). The Glial cells only allow water, simple sugars, lipids, and oxygen in and waste material out. Since the THC binds to the lipids, they pass through the Glial cells and then join in the fluid and the THC forces the nerve cells to then hallucinate and slow down. The hallucination occurs because the THC causes random cells to fire without coordination with their neighboring cells which cause your brain to put different memories together to make the trip.