Degenerate simply means having the same energy. The word is borrowed from mathematics, where it describes, for example, a quadratic equation whose two roots are equal to each other. For example, in an atom, the 2p orbitals are 3-fold degenerate. Valence electrons are not always degenerate with each other.
One of the main reasons people use marijuana is to reduce anxiety and cope with stress, and there is a theory out there that people who use marijuana might have a deficiency of their own marijuana-like chemicals in their brain, Patel told VICE News.
These tactics may improve the anti-anxiety effects of medical marijuana that you grow: 1  Choose to grow a high-CBD strain (options listed below). 2  Harvest buds later (after some THC has turned into CBN) as early harvested buds are more likely to cause anxiety and headaches. 3  Dry and cure buds properly.