Sentences with phrase «psychoactive ingredient in»

Illinois had adopted a set of roadside tests designed to determine if the driver is impaired by marijuana, as well as threshold limits for blood and saliva levels of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.

Such products were thought not to contain tetrahydrocannabinols (THC), the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, and were made from various fibrous plants, including plants such as Cannabis sativa, banana and jute.

While we don't know for certain if dogs are less able to tolerate the active psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, THC, we do know that the size of the dog plays a big part.

Marjolein Soethoudt, a PhD candidate in Van der Stelt's research group, studied together with 12 international academic groups, the National Institute of Health (US) and pharmaceuticals concern Hoffman - LaRoche (Switzerland), the 18 most commonly used reference substances, including the psychoactive ingredient in marihuana, Δ9 - THC.

A study reported Sept. 5 by neuroscientists at Indiana University finds that a non-psychoactive compound in cannabis called cannabidiol, or CBD, appears to protect against the long - term negative psychiatric effects of THC, the primary psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.

Marjolein Soethoudt, a PhD candidate in Van der Stelt's research group, studied together with 12 international academic groups, the National Institute of Health (US) and pharmaceuticals concern Hoffman - LaRoche (Switzerland), the 18 most commonly used reference substances, including the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, Δ9 - THC.

The PAM used in the IU - led study worked by amplifying two brain compounds — anandamide and 2 - arachidonoylglycerol — commonly called «endocannabinoids» because they act upon the CB1 receptor in the brain that responds to THC, the major psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.

Yet the shroud of negativity lifted under the influence of psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in the hallucinogenic mushrooms used in sacred Native American rituals.

It contains a combination of chemicals made to mimic 9 - tetrahydrocannibinol (THC), the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.

There are about a dozen varieties of hemp plants that are grown for food, and all of them contain about 0.001 percent Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.

Despite their relation to marijuana, hemp seeds contain virtually no trace of the psychoactive ingredient in their controversial cousin.

If you've been on the conscious eating path for any length of time, then you may already know that hemp seeds sold for kitchen use contain a completely insignificant amount of THC (delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol, the primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that gets people «high»)... just in case you wondered.

Not exact matches

«I've wanted to do research into the mechanisms underlying LSD — and also psilocybin [the active ingredient in a kind of psychoactive mushroom] and cannabis, since I set up the foundation,» she says.

Synthetic cannabinoids, similar to tetrahydrocannabinol (the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana), bind to cannabinoid receptors in the human brain, triggering similar neurophysiological effects.

Indeed, in rodents, chronic Δ (9)- tetrahydrocannabinol (THC; the main psychoactive ingredient of marijuana) increased D3 receptors in midbrain (30).

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.

The bill would allow farmers who participate in a pilot program to grow hemp that has less than 0.3 per cent of the psychoactive ingredient, terahydrocannibinol, or THC.

The psychoactive THC ingredient in marijuana ranges from 5 - 25 percent concentration.