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psychoactive chemical is a substance that can affect the mind and the way a person thinks, feels, or acts. It can alter a person's mood, perception, or consciousness.
Full definition
THC (the primary
psychoactive chemical in cannabis) levels in marijuana tend to be between 10 to 30 percent, while THC levels in hemp tend to be less than 1 percent.
Psychedelic drugs are unique among
other psychoactive chemicals in that users often describe «expanded consciousness,» including enhanced associations, vivid imagination and dream - like states.
Animal studies have shown that
psychoactive chemicals such as cannabis, along with certain neurotransmitters produced naturally in the body, can impair memory and reduce anxiety when they activate CB1 receptors in the brain.
Aside from being a bureaucratic mess, coming up with a standardized blood or breath test is also a really tricky chemistry problem because of the properties of the
main psychoactive chemical in cannabis: delta -9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.
The state's Medical Marijuana Infused Product Manufacturer license allows producers to lace snack and drink products with
the psychoactive chemicals found in cannabis — and those foods, developed by new edible pot brands, are now available to everyone.
But it contains very low levels of
the psychoactive chemical known as THC.
Cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) is the principal target of Δ9 - tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),
a psychoactive chemical from Cannabis sativa with a wide range of therapeutic applications and a long history of recreational use.
We are proud to be building the first homes in Hawaii made of «hemp - crete», an age - old, building / manufacturing material that is derived from a distant cousin of the «cannabis sativa» plant species we all know as marijuana, though with only a negligible amount of tetrahydrocannabinol -
the psychoactive chemical credited for the marijuana high.
He then went on to criticize the government for having outlawed cultivation of this crop, even though «in every other industrialized country, industrial hemp, defined to contain less than 0.3 percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),
the psychoactive chemical found in marijuana, may be legally grown.»
which is
the psychoactive chemical found in the drug marijuana.
A biological cousin of marijuana, hemp contains minute amounts of THC or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),
a psychoactive chemical.
The law classifies hemp as either a fiber or oilseed crop, and must not contain any more than three tenths of one percent THC (
the psychoactive chemical in marijuana).