Danger of double strength drug.HIGHLY potent skunk cannabis available on Merseyside's streets has doubled in strength in the past 10 years and may be more damaging to health than previously thought, it was revealed yesterday. Two scientific studies have found higher levels of the psychoactive psychoactive /psy·cho·ac·tive/ (-ak´tiv) psychotropic. psy·cho·ac·tive adj. Affecting the mind or mental processes. Used of a drug. agent - THC THC tetrahydrocannabinol. THC n. Tetrahydrocannabinol; a compound that is obtained from cannabis or is made synthetically; it is the primary intoxicant in marijuana and hashish. - in more than 500 samples of skunk confiscated by police across England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. in 2005. Druglink magazine said analysis had shown average content of the active ingredient had risen from 7% in 1995 to 14% in the most recent tests. The research also found that an anti-psychotic chemical found in cannabis - known as cannabidiol cannabidiol a physiologically inactive principle from Cannabis; its tetrahydro derivatives are active. Has been used as an anticonvulsant. or CBD (Component Based Development) Building applications with components (objects). See component software. CBD - component based development - only existed in very small quantities in herbal cannabis such as skunk. Smoking herbal types could, therefore, be more damaging than previously thought, said the magazine, published by charity, DrugScope. Druglink said both studies offered "conclusive evidence" that the drug's strength had rocketed in the past 10 years. The strongest skunk analysed was 24%, but only 4% of the samples examined had a THC level above 20%. |
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