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Hashish (/ h ə ˈ ʃ iː ʃ / ⓘ; from Arabic ḥašiš 'hay'), usually abbreviated as hash, is a compressed form of powdered marijuana. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As a psychoactive substance , it is consumed plain or mixed with tobacco .
Charas is a cannabis concentrate made from the resin of a live cannabis plant (Cannabis sativa either Indica subspecies or Sativa subspecies) and is handmade in the Indian subcontinent. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The plant grows wild throughout Northern India [ 3 ] along the stretch of the Himalayas (its putative origin) and is an important cash crop for the ...
It is also illegal to make cannabis hash oil or concentrates using substances like butane, propane, or alcohol with home grown cannabis, state records show. That is because people trying to make ...
Cannabis (/ ˈ k æ n ə b ɪ s /), [2] commonly known as marijuana (/ ˌ m æ r ə ˈ w ɑː n ə /), [3] weed, and pot, 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 ...
Hash oil or cannabis oil is an oleoresin obtained by the extraction of cannabis or hashish. [1] It is a cannabis concentrate containing many of its resins and terpenes – in particular, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD), and other cannabinoids .
Microscopic glass beads: Cannabis buds was found to be contaminated with glass beads in 2007, known as gris weed. [42] [43] Lead: In 2008, 30 German teenagers were hospitalized after the marijuana which they smoked was found to have been contaminated with lead, which was added in order to increase its weight. [44]
The practice originated in the 1970s when drops or dabs of hashish oil were smoked (three dabs of hash oil were considered to be a good standard dose). Generally, the tips of two knife blades are heated, the spot or drop of hash oil, is compressed between the two blades, and the subsequent smoke is inhaled through the nose or mouth.
THC, the main psychoactive component of cannabis, may only be detectable in saliva and oral fluid for 2–24 hours in most cases. [8] [9] The main metabolite excreted in the urine is 11-Nor-9-carboxy-THC, also known as THC-COOH. Most cannabis drug tests yield a positive result when the concentration of THC-COOH in urine exceeds 50 ng/mL. [10]