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Hashish is a cannabis concentrate product composed of compressed or purified preparations of stalked resin glands, called trichomes, from the plant. It is defined by the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (Schedule I and IV) as "the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from the cannabis plant".
The UNODC states that cannabis often contains 5% THC content, resin "can contain up to 20% THC content", and that "Cannabis oil may contain more than 60% THC content." [145] Studies have found that the potency of illicit cannabis has greatly increased since the 1970s, with THC levels rising and CBD levels dropping.
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.
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is the part of the cannabis plant that produces a “high” — a key reason marijuana helps with nausea and pain, he added.
Cannabis also has a long history of being used for medicinal purposes, and as a recreational drug known by several slang terms, such as marijuana, pot 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 .
(Effects reminiscent of marijuana) [citation needed] Nicotine [138] Leucas aspera: Nicotine Leonurine. Leonotis nepetifolia. Both leaves and flowers (where most concentrated) contain Leonurine and several compounds. (Effects reminiscent of marijuana) [citation needed] [139] Lobeline. Lobelia inflata. Indian tobacco Unknown Magnolia virginiana [6]
Oral cannabis extract and THC both were rated as possibly effective for improving objective measures of spasticity. [73] [74] Centrally mediated pain and painful spasms. Based on the results of 4 high quality trials and 4 low quality trials, oral cannabis extract was rated as effective, and THC as probably effective in treating central pain and ...
About 380 confirmed and probable cases of severe respiratory problems were reported in 36 states after patients were vaping nicotine or cannabis, The Associated Press reported on Sept. 13, 2019 ...