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Download or read book Extensive Guide to Cannabis Chemistry written by Danny Thomas M. D. and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant Marijuana sativa. There are over 200 slang terms for marijuana including "pot," "herb," "weed," "boom," "Mary Jane," "gangster," and "chronic." It is usually smoked as a cigarette (called a joint or a nail) or in a pipe or bong. In recent years, it has appeared in blunts. These are cigars that have been emptied of tobacco and re-filled with marijuana, often in combination with another drug, such as crack. Some users also mix marijuana into foods or use it to brew tea. The main active chemical in marijuana is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). In 1988, it was discovered that the membranes of certain nerve cells contain protein receptors that bind THC. Once securely in place, THC kicks off a series of cellular reactions that ultimately lead to the high that users experience when they smoke marijuana.