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Acapulco Gold is a strain of Cannabis sativa that was popular during the 1960s counterculture movement for its potency, taste, and unique color. It is a landrace cannabis variety that is an 80% sativa and 20% indica hybrid reportedly produced by crossing a native Mexican strain with a Nepalese indica.
The 1980s media public service announcement This Is Your Brain on Drugs is an example of anti-marijuana propaganda. April 20 International day for cannabis pride. Assassin of Youth 1937 American anti-marijuana propaganda film that depicts cannabis use leading to tragedies, and obscene, all-night parties.
Monoterpenes myrcene and sesquiterpenes β-caryophyllene (binds to the human CB2 cannabinoids receptor) and α-humulene are the most common terpene compounds, and are present in most varieties of cannabis strains. The lack of exact standards makes it sometimes difficult for scientists to classify new terpenes.
A spectre is haunting the cannabis industry: strain names.Blue Dream, Sour Diesel, Girl Scout Cookies -- these names came up as informal ways of identifying types of cannabis in the black market ...
All known strains of Cannabis are wind-pollinated [16] and the fruit is an achene. [17] Most strains of Cannabis are short day plants, [16] with the possible exception of C. sativa subsp. sativa var. spontanea (= C. ruderalis), which is commonly described as "auto-flowering" and may be day-neutral.
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Terpenes (98) Vitamins (1) Cannabis also produces numerous volatile sulfur compounds that contribute to the plant's skunk-like aroma, with Prenylthiol (3-methyl-2-butene-1-thiol) identified as the primary odorant. [15] These compounds are found in much lower concentrations than the major terpenes and sesquiterpenes.
A terpene is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon based on combinations of the isoprene unit. Terpenoids are compounds related to terpenes, which may include some oxygen functionality or some rearrangement, however the two terms are often used interchangeably.