«Many types of important research could potentially be affected by the bill, particularly in the field of neuroscience, where substances
with psychoactive properties are important tools in helping scientists to understand a variety of phenomena, including consciousness, memory, addiction and mental illness,» the letter reads.
However, you can't get «high» from the hemp foods now approved to be sold in Australia as they are too low in the hallucinogenic substance THC (delta 9 - tetrahydrocannabinol), the cannabinoid associated
with the psychoactive properties of marijuana.
Not exact matches
Hemp belongs to the cannabaceae plant family that contains over 270 species and 11 genera and is often confused
with cannabis plants that are uses as a source of the drug, marijuana; however, hemp does not have any
psychoactive or drug
properties and is often identified as an agricultural crop.
Whereas terpenes are generally credited
with giving pot its varied fragrances — limonene, for example, imparts a snappy, citrusy perfume — the cannabis industry and some researchers have espoused the controversial idea that such compounds can enhance or alter THC's
psychoactive and medicinal
properties.
A passionate classifier, Höller reintegrates even the mind - expanding fungal universe into a scholarly order of things, as he demonstrates in Double Mushroom Vitrine (Twenty - Fourfold), a meticulously arranged visual taxonomy
with a twist: Upon closer inspection, each mushroom specimen turns out to be a montage,
with one half representing a variety of wild mushroom and the other the fly agaric known for its poisonous and
psychoactive properties.
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.
Lithium is a
psychoactive agent
with anti-aggressive
properties.