Talk:Cannabis

Less than helpful illustration subtitle

The illustration in the section "recreational use" has a description reading: "Comparison of physical harm and dependence regarding various drugs". However, the graph there shows active/lethal dose ratio (i.e. how much you'd have to consume for fatal effects, vs how much will do to get you the desired effect) and potential addictive qualities of several "drugs". Meaning that physical harm as such isn't adressed but onyl potential lethality, which obviously can be pre-faced by a lot of physcial harm short of dying. This isn't necessarily the case for Cannabis but as the the section in general could benefit from some more research as to the psycho-social impacts of cannabis consumption, this comes quite close to intentionally confusing the reader. Even reducing the discussion of adverse effect to bodily harm proper is reductive to the point of being apologetic, but boiling it down even further to lethality is flat out denial. Hello people

Semi-protected edit request on 25 July 2024

Please add an image descriptor of the different phenological stages of the Cannabis plant to the "Reproduction" section of the article. This image shows the various growth and development stages of the Cannabis plant. This image can help readers better understand the different growth stages of this plant. It has been published in BMC Plant Biology.

The image can be found at the following link: https://bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12870-024-04841-y/figures/9 Hunter7959 (talk) 20:04, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Please make your request for a new image to be uploaded to Files For Upload. Once the file has been properly uploaded, feel free to reactivate this request to have the new image used. PianoDan (talk) 17:19, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

The image has now been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons:

Phenological stages of Cannabis sativa during vegetative and reproductive development.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cannabis_sativa_phenological_stages.png

It can be added to the Reproduction section. Hunter7959 (talk) 21:23, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 June 2025

The description of the last picture under the paragraph "Sex Determination" reads "Indoor grown Acapulco Gold female plant in final stages of flowering (flushing in amber and gold tones)". "Flushing in amber and gold tones" sounds like these are the colours of the plant, but the colours in this picture are largely caused by the purple lighting commonly used to cultivate Cannabis. Avomecajo (talk) 10:48, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Referentis (talk) 10:56, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

 Done, it is actually pretty clear what change Avomecajo wants to be made, even if it wasn't done in "change X to Y format". I have removed the description of the colors, which really adds nothing important to the caption anyway. Plantdrew (talk) 15:52, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Edit request:Misspelling

The word "the" is misspelled in the final sentence of Etymology, if someone with edit permission can fix it please. Have a nice day :). ~2025-43387-13 (talk) 06:25, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

Long term Sequelae missing

One of the current references mentions cognitive impairment but the lack of it suggests a political skewing.

Similarly, cannabis + cigarette smoking have been associated with inc COPD risk, but not cannabis alone.

Here are some additional references for anyone interested.

1. Crean R, Crane N, Mason B. An Evidence Based Review of Acute and Long-Term Effects of Cannabis Use on Executive Cognitive Functions. J Addict Med. [Internet]. 2011 Mar 1 [cited 2023 Mar 28]; 5(1): 1–8. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037578/.
2. Tan WC, Lo C, Jong A, Xing L, Fitzgerald MJ, Vollmer WM, Buist SA, Sin DD; Vancouver Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) Research Group. Marijuana and chronic obstructive lung disease: a population-based study. CMAJ. 2009 Apr 14;180(8):814-20. Available at: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2665947/

Harlz16 (talk) 08:19, 23 September 2026 (UTC)