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The street name in Russia for homemade desomorphine is krokodil (Russian: крокодил, crocodile), possibly related to the chemical name of the precursor α-chlorocodide, or the resemblance of the skin damage caused by the drug to a crocodile's leather. [14]
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.
We go deep into the cannabis industry to find out how weed names are created—and how you know if this bud’s for you. How Weed Strains Get Their (Amusing, Provocative, Downright Wacky) Names ...
Pot, a common slang name for cannabis, on a sign at a 2012 cannabis rights demonstration in New York City. More than 1,200 slang names have been identified for the dried leaves and flowers harvested from the cannabis plant for drug use. [1] This list is not exhaustive; it includes well-attested expressions.
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 ...
Industry trade name for cannabis strain. [63] Extract English. Wax product. [79] Feral cannabis or feral hemp Wild cannabis strain. [80] Flower English. Part of a cannabis plant. [21] Girl Scout Cookies Industry trade name for cannabis strain. [63] [73] Gorilla Glue Industry trade name for cannabis strain. [59] Grape Ape Industry trade name for ...
Traditional heirloom strains of cannabis and contemporary hybrid varieties vary broadly because terpenes in the essential oils of the flowers, which give the buds their fragrance, and the ratio of cannabinoids, the more than 100 different therapeutically-active compounds, are infinitely variable.
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, and 120 terpenes, [1] which allow its drug to have various psychological and physiological effects on the human body.