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Cannabis (drug)

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For the plant, seeCannabis.
Cannabis
Close-up of flowering cannabis plant
Product nameCannabis
Pronunciation
Source plant(s)Cannabis sativa,Cannabis indica,Cannabis ruderalis
Part(s) of plantFlowerandfruit
Geographic originCentral AsiaandIndian subcontinent[2]
Active ingredientsTetrahydrocannabinol,cannabidiol,cannabinol,tetrahydrocannabivarin
Main producersAfghanistan,[3]Canada,[4]China, Colombia,[5]India,[3]Jamaica,[3]Lebanon,[6]Mexico,[7]Morocco,[3]Netherlands, Pakistan, Paraguay,[7]Spain,[3]Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom,[8]United States[3]
Legal status
  • AU:S9(Prohibited substance)
  • CA:Unscheduled
  • DE:Medical cannabis from state-controlled production:Anlage III,other cannabis:I
  • UK:Class B
  • US:Schedule I (legal recreationally in 11 states & DC; medically legal in 33 states)
  • UN:Narcotic Schedule I

Cannabis,also known asmarijuana,weed,sativa,andindica(as well as other names)[a]is apsychoactive drugfrom theCannabisplantused formedicalorrecreationalpurposes.[18][19][20](in legalized states). The main psychoactive part of cannabis istetrahydrocannabinol(THC), one of the 483 known compounds in the plant,[21]including at least 65 othercannabinoids,which are chemicals only found in Cannabis.[22]Cannabis can be used by smoking,vaporizing,within food,oras an extract.

Cannabis is mostly used recreationally or medically although like other psychoactive drugs it may also be used forspiritual purposes.In 2013, between 128 and 232 million people used cannabis (2.7% to 4.9% of the global population between the ages of 15 and 65).[23]It is the most commonly used illegal drug in the world,[23][24]though it is legal in some jurisdictions, with the highest use among adults (as of 2018) in Zambia, the United States, Canada, and Nigeria.[source?]Recently many states have begun to legalize cannabis for recreational use. Marijuana is becoming more widely used.

Marijuana plants are grouped into 3 categories:Sativa,Indica,andHybrid.A hybrid is a combination of Sativa and Indica. Sativa is an upper strand whilst indica is a downer. These 3 categories are then divided and categorized more into differentstrains.Strains are minor differences in how you feel when you use Cannabis. Some of the most famous and well-known strains of marijuana are: Acapulco Gold, Gelato, Grape Ape, White Widow, Purple Haze, Skunk and G13.

Notes

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  1. ↑Also referred to asmarihuana,pot,weed,dope,andganja/ˈɡɑːndʒə/,[9][10][11][12]among many other nicknames (grass,herb,skunk,Mary Jane,etc.).[13][14][15][16][17]

References

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  1. ↑"marijuana noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com".www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com.Retrieved18 April2019.
  2. ↑ElSohly MA (2007).Marijuana and the Cannabinoids.Springer. p. 8.ISBN978-1-59259-947-9.
  3. ↑3.03.13.23.33.43.5United Nations."World Drug Report 2013"(PDF).United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.Retrieved13 December2014.
  4. ↑"Medical Use of Marijuana".Health Canada.Retrieved12 January2015.
  5. ↑"New Colombia Resources Inc Subsidiary, Sannabis, Produces First Batch of Medical Marijuana Based Products in Colombia to Fill Back Orders".prnewswire.com(Press release). PR Newswire.Retrieved12 January2015.
  6. ↑Moussaoui R (Nov 25, 2013)."Lebanon cannabis trade thrives in shadow of Syrian war".AFP.
  7. ↑7.07.1Garelli SL (25 November 2008)."Mexico, Paraguay top pot producers, U.N. report says".CNN International.Retrieved28 September2013.
  8. ↑"Homegrown Industry".
  9. ↑"Pot".Merriam-Webster Dictionary.Retrieved9 October2012.
  10. ↑"Weed".Merriam-Webster Dictionary.Retrieved9 October2012.
  11. ↑"Dope".Merriam-Webster Dictionary.Retrieved17 July2017.
  12. ↑"Ganja".Merriam-Webster Dictionary.Retrieved17 July2017.
  13. ↑Ruiz P, Strain EC (2011).Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 214.ISBN978-1-60547-277-5.
  14. ↑"Grass".Merriam-Webster Dictionary.Retrieved9 October2012.
  15. ↑"Herb".Merriam-Webster Dictionary.Retrieved9 October2012.
  16. ↑"Skunk".The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language(5th ed.). Boston:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
  17. ↑"Mary Jane".Merriam-Webster Dictionary.Retrieved17 July2017.
  18. ↑Vij (2012).Textbook Of Forensic Medicine And Toxicology: Principles And Practice.Elsevier India. p. 672.ISBN978-81-312-1129-8.See also article onMarijuanaas a word.
  19. ↑Shorter Oxford English Dictionary(6th ed.), Oxford University Press, 2007,ISBN978-0-19-920687-2
  20. ↑Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries (2007).Spanish Word Histories and Mysteries: English Words That Come From Spanish.Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 142.ISBN978-0-547-35021-9.
  21. ↑Russo EB (2013).Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential.Routledge. p. 28.ISBN978-1-136-61493-4.
  22. ↑Newton DE (2013).Marijuana: a reference handbook.Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 7.ISBN9781610691499.
  23. ↑23.023.1"Status and Trend Analysis of Illict [sic] Drug Markets "(PDF).World Drug Report 2015.p. 23.Retrieved26 June2015.
  24. ↑"DrugFacts: Marijuana".National Institute on Drug Abuse, US National Institutes of Health. 1 December 2019.Retrieved20 January2020.


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