(n.) A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceae; hemp.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the US where laws over the use of cannabis or possession of class-A drugs can be wildly different between states, it also made it easier to hide from the law.
(2) In Norway, the use of cannabis was introduced by a resourceful group of oppositional middle-class adolescents in the late 1960s.
(3) The Met said officers would be told to focus less on stopping people for small amounts of cannabis, and instead focus on those suspected of violent offences and carrying weapons.
(4) The effects were assessed of delta'THC (the psychoactive component of cannabis) and CBD and DMHP-CBD (the non-psychomimetic components of marijuana derivatives) on 14C labelled serotonin release from normal platelets, when incubated with patient's plasma obtained during migraine attack.
(5) Say Why To Drugs – the highs and lows of cannabis Read more One option the scientists propose is to boost levels of CBD in high potency cannabis, so that users can get their hit without being at such risk of mental harm.
(6) In another example, Colorado legislators this month had to pass a new state law to allow for a cannabis co-operative credit union that would let marijuana businesses open bank accounts and escape the murky world of cash-only transactions.
(7) The popular concept of "marihuana" is actually based on the chemical characteristics of the plant Cannabis, rather than on the taxonomic classification.
(8) The Police Foundation report said that the penalties for possession of cannabis - among the harshest in Europe - do more damage than the drug itself and called for a reclassification of drug offences.
(9) Professor David Nutt, director of the neuropsychopharmacology unit at Imperial College, London, and former chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs , said the report provided strong evidence "that the costs of the current punitive approaches to cannabis control are massively disproportionate to the harms of the drug, and shows that more sensible approaches would provide significant financial benefits to the UK as well as reducing social exclusion and injustice".
(10) The report claims 30,000 people in the UK use cannabis as a medicine, but adds that the figure could be as high as 1 million, according to the campaign group End Our Pain .
(11) Uruguay is trying to bring the cannabis market under state control by undercutting and outlawing the traffickers.
(12) The move has been interpreted as a shift towards the effective decriminalisation of cannabis.
(13) After fronting a piece on a medical marijuana club , she told viewers : “I – the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club – will be dedicating all of my energy for fighting for freedom and fairness, which begins with legalising marijuana here in Alaska.
(14) THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is the main psychoactive ingredient of the cannabis plant.
(15) There is a growing body of research that shows the medical properties of chemical components of cannabis.
(16) They cause an effect similar in some ways to cannabis – but are many times more potent, and the effects are hugely unpredictable.
(17) The reports regarding cannabis dependence among cocaine dependents are few and inconclusive.
(18) Breathes has been smoking cannabis for more than half his life, but he has no nostalgia for the old days, no regrets about the industry becoming commercialised.
(19) Last week the local paper carried stories about a former teacher charged with running a prostitution ring and a house exposed as a major cannabis farm.
(20) At the meeting Hogg confirmed rumours that Durham police were no longer actively working to detect small-scale cannabis growers and users, said John Holiday, a local activist.
Hashish
Definition:
(n.) A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis saltiva), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. See Bhang, and Ganja.
Example Sentences:
(1) India is presently facing the problem of increased trafficking in drugs; heroin and hashish are supplied to the west through the subcontinent.
(2) No differences in incidence of abnormal EEG records were found between long-term heavy hashish users and controls.
(3) The highest numbers of other drug admissions were 98,549 for heroin,84,707 for cocaine, and 63,740 for marijuana!hashish.
(4) Like many in the town who voted FN, he complains about the lack of opportunities, the "little incivilities" he has encountered in the town centre – people throwing rubbish and youths smoking hashish.
(5) Twenty-three (23) of 23 (100 percent) patients who smoked hashish plus cigarettes had one or more histopathologic abnormalities of basal cell hyperplasia, atypical cells, or squamous cell metaplasia.
(6) It compares alcohol drinking frequencies (alcohol drunk on a single occasion) and amounts of these four youth populations, as well as cigarette smoking, and hashish use.
(7) In a deal with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty to murder by an inherently dangerous act, possessing a finger bone from his victim, and smoking hashish.
(8) The killings came to light in May after the army began investigating a brutal assault on a soldier who told superiors that members of his unit were smoking hashish.
(9) Hashish was the most frequently used drug, having been used by 54% of the students who have used narcotics.
(10) Marihuana and hashish were by far the most commonly used drugs (9.6%), the use of these drugs being much less common than at other European universities.
(11) 3) Heroin is the most widely used product (80.5%), often in combination with other drugs like hashish or cocaine.
(12) Subject expectancy on cannabis effects was assessed in a balanced-placebo study in experienced consumers who smoked cigarettes containing hashish (200 mg hashish with 11.5% THC per 1 g tobacco cigarette) (n = 24) or placebo (n = 24).
(13) Hashish smoke can maintain drug responding among THC-trained rats.
(14) Adult male rats were exposed to Hashish smoke for 15 min.
(15) Similarly only few students are narcotic addicts, most frequently occasional hashish smoking or drug taking were reported.
(16) Liquid hashish, in contrast, entered Canada primarily by air, and only 9 per cent by land and 1 per cent by sea.
(17) Watch here Fiona Apple was subject to actions she believes were "inappropriate" and "probably illegal" after being arrested for possession of hashish and marijuana in the Texas border town of Sierra Blanca.
(18) He was a member, along with other influential Parisian authors Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac , of Club des Hachichins (Hashish-Eaters’ Club), which met regularly between 1844 and 1849.
(19) Components in extracts of marihuana and hashish have been identified by a chromatographic technique in which centrifugal force is used to accelerate the migration of samples through columns of densely packed microparticulate gel.
(20) A hashish extract containing 38.6-39.4% delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta 9-THC), 11.6-12.0% cannabinol and 47.7-48.5% cannabidiol was administered orally in all experiments.