cannabis, its properties, affect on human brain and tests of identification in sample

1. CANNABIS A DRUG OF ABUSE

4. HISTORY

5. UN Office On Drugs and Crime WORLD DRUG REPORT 2006 Approximately 4 per cent of the world's adults-some 162 million people-use cannabis every year, making it the world's most widely used illicit drug. “ the annual prevalence of abuse among the age group of 15-64 in India is 3.2 per cent for cannabis, 0.4 per cent for opiates and 0.01 per cent for Ecstasy” i.e. about 2.3 million people are dependent on cannabis in India alone

6. Consumers and Producers - www.unodc.org/world_drug_report.html

7. USE OF CANNABIS 2003-2004 (or latest year available) Source: World Drug Report 2006 - www.unodc.org/world_drug_report.html

18. Receptor sites in brain (movement) ) (Learning,memory) (temp regulation ) (Fear)