The Effects Of Synthetic Cannabinoids On The World Of...

The world of medicine is getting stronger everyday with fighting of common diseases. However, while this may consider medical drugs with healing abilities, there are drugs that are changing every year to adapt to legal issue. This drug is synthetic cannabinoids or commonly known as spice. Synthetic cannabinoids have many different names based on the strength, but will be referred to as spice in this paper. The research has been lacking in what actually happens under the conditions of spice because of the adaption that happens everyday. Three scholars, Max Spaderna, Peter H. Addy, and Deepak Cyril D’Souza, wrote an article in Psychopharmacology journal indicating everything that we know about synthetic cannabinoids to date. These scholars mostly use Logos as an appeal approach to their paper, but these appeals can be turned into a Pathos perspective with exigence weaved into the paper. Overall, this paper is an informative article about what can happen with the use of cannabino ids. This will explain why, people in general, need to know more about this synthetic drug. In this article, the most used appeal in this would be logos. The main cause of this paper is to show the side effects of this drug which would be, â€Å"Acute psychoactive effects include changed in mood, anxiety, perception, thinking, memory, and attention† (Spaderna, Addy, D’Souza 525). In the abstract, they show what they are trying to prove to the audience of pharmacologist, doctors, and nurses. Afterwards, theShow MoreRelatedShould Marijuana Be Legal?1324 Words   |  6 PagesMedical Marijuana indicates the usage of the plant and its desired contents found in the organism known as cannabinoids. There are hundreds of chemical cannabinoids, but the two main ones are called tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol or CBD. These cannabinoids are used for many serious illnesses and the plant species has been utilized by humans dating back thousands of years in medicine textb ooks and records. 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