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Low THC Cannabis sativa as used for hemp production
Photo by Natie Ferreira

Hermaphrodite plants contain both male hookahs packed with marijuana. Smoking in people with HIV/AIDS. Common side
and female flowers. Female plants can it is said to help people experience things effects of short-term use include dizziness,
become hermaphrodite if stressed by such as music, art, film and literature fatigue, vomiting and hallucinations, but
light, pollution, drought, heat and other more intensely, or simply to enjoy food the long-term effects are not clear.
factors. Breeders use chemical compounds more. The relaxing and mind-expanding
to stress the plants to produce feminised properties of cannabis are widely known, In the case of industrial use, the term
seed. It is generally not recommended to but it should be used responsibly as hemp refers to the durable, soft fibre
keep hermaphrodite plants. from the plant stem (stalk). Cannabis
addiction is possible.
sativa cultivars are used for fibres due to
Uses their long stems. Hemp can refer to any
Medical cannabis refers to the use of the
The main uses of cannabis are recreational, plant and its constituent cannabinoids to industrial product that is not intended for
medicinal and industrial. treat disease, improve symptoms or relieve use as a drug. For industrial uses, hemp is
valuable for commercial products ranging
As a recreational drug, cannabis is enjoyed pain. It may be used to reduce nausea from paper, construction materials, textiles
as joints, pipes, vaporisers, bongs and during chemotherapy or improve appetite and clothing.

20 Landscape SA • Issue 92 2020