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On July 1, 2021 it became legal to possess up to 1.5 ounces of cannabis in the state of Connecticut — now sales at authorized outlets have begun.
The word “cannabis” refers to all products retrieved from the plant Cannabis sativa. The plant has around 540 chemical constituents, and one of its products is “marijuana,” which contains significant concentrations of cannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol. THC is responsible for creating drug-inducing effects; however, some plants contain lower concentrations of THC and are used for industrial and medicinal purposes instead. There are over 100 types of cannabinoids, including cannabidiol, or CBD, which has much milder effects compared to THC and has anti-epileptic and neuroprotective attributes.
Cannabis can be used in different ways and the effects differ according to the form in which it is consumed. The most common form is smoking using the dried leaves and buds of Cannabis sativa. Another form is hashish, which is a dried plant compound, typically consumed by smoking with tobacco or by adding to foodstuffs. Hash oils and concentrates are liquids and extracts of the plant respectively. The former is smoked and the latter is vaporized in conservative quantities due to high THC concentrations.
“The plant makes chemicals to help itself to survive, not to make people stoned,” Godfrey Pearlson, professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the School of Medicine and
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