Sentences with phrase «producing psychoactive»
Both the low THC content and the high CBD / THC ratio make industrial hemp unsuitable for producing psychoactive effects when smoked or eaten.
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The government's new Psychoactive Substances Act starts from the absurd premise that anything which «is capable of producing a psychoactive effect» will henceforth be banned.
According to the bill, a psychoactive substance is something which «is capable of producing a psychoactive effect in a person who consumes it».
As was much discussed during the Psychoactive Substances Act's progression through Parliament, the government's definition of psychoactivity that «A substance produces a psychoactive effect in a person if, by stimulating or depressing the person's central nervous system, it affects the person's mental functioning or emotional state,» was about as vague as it could possibly be.
The new definition reads: «A substance produces a psychoactive effect in a person if, by stimulating or depressing the person's central nervous system, it affects the person's mental functioning or emotional state; as measured by the production of a pharmacological response on the central nervous system or which produces a response in in - vitro tests qualitatively identical to substances controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, and references to a substance's psychoactive effects are to be read accordingly.»
Not exact matches
The scientists raised the hypothetical example of a researcher who produced a compound with mild psychoactive effects in order to explore a particular pathway associated with depression.
The same problem shows up in the new wave of psychoactive chemicals mass - produced overseas.
The primary psychoactive compound in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), mimics the structure of molecules called endocannabinoids that the human body produces naturally.
While CBD from hemp does not produce a short - term psychoactive high it does tend to induce an overall sense of well being.
Unlike pot plants, which are bred to produce high levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the plant's main psychoactive ingredient, hemp plants are bred for seed, oil, and fiber — for use in consumer and industrial products — from plants that contain no more than 0.03 % THC.