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Cannabis. Cannabis strains is a popular name to refer to plant varieties of the monospecific genus Cannabis sativa L.. They are either pure or hybrid varieties of the plant, which encompasses various sub-species C. sativa, C. indica, and C. ruderalis. Varieties are developed to intensify specific characteristics of the plant, or to ...
Cannabis indica is an annual plant species in the family Cannabaceae [ 1 ] indigenous to the Hindu Kush mountains of Southern Asia. [ 2 ] The plant produces large amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) [ 3 ][better source needed] and tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), with total cannabinoid levels being as high as 53.7% [scientific citation needed].
Cannabis also has a long history of being used for medicinal purposes, and as a recreational drug known as marijuana or weed. Various cannabis strains have been bred, often selectively to produce high or low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a cannabinoid and the plant's principal psychoactive constituent.
Relieves pain, increases appetite, decreases anxiety and stress. Can help with trouble sleeping, eating, relaxing. Sativa. Results in an active, inquisitive, silly high. More of a head high than a ...
Cannabis, [ b ] also known as marijuana[ c ] or weed, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various traditional medicines for centuries.
A dried cannabis flower. The short-term effects of cannabis are caused by many chemical compounds in the cannabis plant, including 113 [clarification needed] different cannabinoids, such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and 120 terpenes, [1] which allow its drug to have various psychological and physiological effects on the human body.
Kush generally refers to a pure or hybrid Cannabis indica strain. [1] Pure C. indica strains include Afghan Kush, Hindu Kush, Green Kush, and Purple Kush. [1] Hybrid strains of C. indica include Blueberry Kush and Golden Jamaican Kush. [1] The term "kush" is now also used as a slang word for cannabis.
Cannabis sativa is an annual herbaceous flowering plant. The species was first classified by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. [1] The specific epithet sativa means 'cultivated'. Indigenous to Eastern Asia, the plant is now of cosmopolitan distribution due to widespread cultivation. [2]