The bottom line is this: The âhempâ proposed as an alternate farm crop is marijuana, the same stuff that is illegal and psychoactive. From a forensic perspective, the problems of legalizing âhempâ while continuing to outlaw âmarijuanaâ would be significant. You would in essence be legalizing marijuana.
Inhaling any kind of smoke or imbibing toxic chemicals begins to kill brain cells. But at the same time, the brain can rewire itself to use up some of the 90% humans don't use.
When they remembered a traumatic event, the left frontal cortex shut down, particularly Broca's area (the center for speech). But areas of the right hemisphere, associated with emotional states and autonomic arousal, lit up, particularly the area around the amygdala, which might be called the brain's smoke detector.