World Of Weed

Wild dagga (Leonotis leonurus) is traditionally used by the Hottentot tribe to cure many diseases. Its leaves are often used as medicinal tea or remedies for snakebites, insect stings, eczema, boils, itching, muscular cramps, high blood pressure, cold, coughs, headaches, influenza, bronchitis, viral hepatitis and asthma.

A relative of the cannabis species, wild dagga is used in many psychotropic herbal blends, which are marketed as recreational drugs or marijuana alternatives. The psychotropic effects of the plant are attributed to leonurine, a psychoactive alkaloid, which is also present in Lamiaceae and other members of the Leonotis family like Leonotis artemisia and Leonotis nepetifolia.

Dagga has been available for mass consumption for centuries. The US Food and Drug Administration allow the selling and procurement of dagga, though the active ingredient of the herb can be addictive when used regularly. One of the popular ways of smoking dagga is the so-called bottle-neck approach. The common effects of smoking dagga are mild euphoria, giddiness, reduced stress and mild hallucinations. Dagga is usually inhaled and mixed with tobacco because it does not burn easily. The psychotropic effects of dagga are comparable to marihuanilla and opium 8. The herb can be as addictive as nicotine when used frequently.

Just like illegal drugs, legal highs or marijuana alternatives have health implications. The unfiltered toxins caused by the burning of herbs can cause respiratory problems and injuries, like burning of the lungs and inflammation of respiratory tracts. Health risks can be minimised by using a high-tech vaporizer like those found in the Vapir line. The latest range of Vapir vaporizers uses digital technology to control the production of smoke. Rather than burn the herbal powder, Vapir vaporizers heat it to an ideal level, which is enough to cause it to emit aromatic vapour.

Being in a ‘high’ state also means being in ecstasy, which is to be outside of oneself. When people get high, they are partly in a trance, which results in a heightened ability for extraordinary experience and imagination. The monks, shamans and other spiritual guides were the first humans to achieve a high. They took plants to use as drugs and to reach this desired condition. These plants used as drugs are now known as herbal highs.

Today, herbal highs such as marijuana, opiates, and cannabis are used to achieve the state of being high. These household herbal highs are known to be illegal in most countries, yet some people are still producing these kinds of highs. The most commonly used household herbal high today comes from marijuana. It is the earliest known drug used by monks or shamans as household herbal highs to achieve a trancelike state like being in heaven.

Imbibing in household herbal highs can cause slowness, caution, agitation, paranoia, anxiety, and disruption of linear memory. They are also known for physical effects, such as pain relief, reduced nausea, increased appetite, dilation of alveoli, or air sacs, in lungs, dry mouth, and dilation of blood vessels, confusion, headache, and dizziness. However, the general effects of herbal highs include mild euphoria, general change in consciousness, increased appreciation of music and other arts, humour, relaxation, stronger connection of body and mind, lassitude, drowsiness, and physical pleasure. These drugs are also known to cause many harmful effects once an individual becomes addicted to them. These include lowered blood pressure and the precipitation of existing of mental disorders.