Recent news on Tetrahydrocannabinol

Local Potheads Choke on Unwanted Dutch Treat  -  25 May 2007
Pestiside,...the sprayed-up leftovers can still provide you with your daily recommended allowance of tetrahydrocannabinol, and thus can be easily passed off to local

Marijuana-Like Chemicals Guide Fetal Brain Cells  -  25 May 2007
Scientific AmericanTetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in marijuana, might knock the cell-guiding machinery off course by overstimulating the brain.

Feds seize high-grade Canadian pot in eastern Iowa shed  -  25 May 2007
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier,THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the main active ingredient in cannabis plants like marijuana. Mexican-grown marijuana, which is more common in the United

Stewards Inquiry  -  May 22, 2007
Harness Racing in Australia,...provided by a licensed driver at the Globe Derby Park meeting on April 14 had shown the presence of 11-Nor-A9-Tetrahydrocannabinol-9-Carboxylic Acid.

Ex-student teacher pleads not guilty in drug case  -  May 18, 2007
Orange County Register,Tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC, is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Timothy Charles Murry, 32, is believed to have been inside the

• No blowing smoke: Hemp turns up as healthy, high-protein food  -  May 15, 2007
Syracuse Post Standard,Seed from the cannabis plant, but not the kind high in tetrahydrocannabinol used to make marijuana. One of the most nutritious food sources on the planet,

Tea by the pot  -  May 24, 2007
Comet 24,But the drink does not contain the psychoactive element of cannabis - tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). "The Swiss grow the cannabis plant specifically for the

Assembly OKs hemp cultivation bill  -  May 11, 2007
The Salinas Californian,...the US Drug Enforcement Administration, which are difficult to get. Some object to growing hemp because the plant contains tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.

Compound Present in Plant may Help to Curb Craving for Cannabis  -  May 23, 2007
MedIndia,...of the plant extract, the rodents lose their hankering for a synthetic version of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), an active compound in marijuana.

Science: Reefer madness is real  -  May 1, 2007
Lone Star Times,But even small doses of another component, tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, produced temporary psychotic symptoms in people, including hallucinations and

Smoking hashish or marijuana said to double risk of schizophrenia  -  Apr 30, 2007
Jurnalo,Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive substance in hemp, is said to be responsible for the psychotic effect of cannabis.

Hemp stirs quite a buzz  -  May 23, 2007
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,One ingredient that hemp foods don’t contain is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive ingredient found in marijuana, says Lawrence Kushi,

Plant extract may block cannabis addiction  -  May 22, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),Rodents given a compound derived from a plant in the buttercup family lose their hankering for a synthetic version of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) - the

News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience  -  May 22, 2007
EurekAlert (press release),The authors trained rats to discriminate between vehicle and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in cannabis.

Medical Marijuana Doctor Tells All: Q&A Part 1 (VIDEO)  -  May 4, 2007
Salem-News.Com,And in addition to that particular thing, Marinol is pure synthetic THC, Tetrahydrocannabinol and one of the main adverse side effects of ten milligrams of

More facts needed about marijuana  -  May 18, 2007
Winona Daily News,Marinol only consists of the psychoactive property tetrahydrocannabinol delta 9. The anti-convulsant property, cannabidiol (CBD), is not part of Marinol,

Does your face fit?  -  May 18, 2007
Times Online,...just short of the point of combustion but hot enough to produce fumes of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the active cannabis ingredient.

Drug Czar Says Pot Potency has Doubled in Twenty Years  -  May 16, 2007
Emediawire (press release),THC stands for tetrahydrocannabinol, which is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. The average amount of THC in seized marijuana samples has reached

Vaporisers Make Marijuana Safe for Medicinal Use Compared to Smoking  -  May 14, 2007
MedIndia,...to a temperature between 180 and 200°C so that active ingredients like tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are released from oils on the surface of the leaf.

Vapourising cannabis leaves can prevent side effects  -  May 12, 2007
Hindu,Others have focused on extracting active ingredients such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and delivering them alone in a pill or oral spray.

State Assembly approves hemp farming bill  -  May 11, 2007
Napa Valley Register,Some object to growing hemp because the plant contains tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the same drug that gives marijuana its intoxicating effect.

Green Myth-Busting: Hemp is Marijuana  -  May 10, 2007
Green Options blog,Of course, the third part of the Cannabis sativa equation is the intoxicating resin, (Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) or THC, secreted by epidermal glands,

Canadian Paralympic Ski Racer Accused of Doping  -  May 10, 2007
First Tracks,Joines, of Edmonton, Alta., tested positive for carboxylic acid metabolite of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (at a concentration greater than 15 ng/ml) at the

International Paralympic Committee  -  May 10, 2007
SFCPressPoint (press release),Joines tested positive for carboxylic acid metabolite of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (at a concentration greater than 15 ng/ml) at the 2007 IPC Alpine

BEST ON TUESDAYS: Why 'pot' makes them potty  -  May 8, 2007
The Nation Newspaper,...'Pot' has an active ingredient called tetrahydrocannabinol, which is conveniently called THC. It is how THC affects the brain that creates the problem,

Mexican abortion docs menaced by the Church  -  May 8, 2007
National Review of Medicine,Using MRI scans of human brains under the influence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), researchers at London's Institute of Psychiatry found that THC produces a

Kline scientist to study pot and birth defects  -  May 7, 2007
Remote Access,Yaragudri will look specifically at how delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol - or THC, a major psychoactive component of marijuana - alters the function of the

Woman, boyfriend charged in drug case  -  May 5, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the active ingredient in marijuana that causes a high when smoked or eaten. The extraction's end product,

Jeffry Gardner: No place for weed  -  May 4, 2007
Albuquerque Tribune,It's this: Scientists at Yale University and at King's College in London have learned that even the tiniest amount of tetrahydrocannabinol - THC - generates

Got milk?  -  May 3, 2007
Scripps News,This is law, even though the seeds and fibers from the industrial plant contain only trace amounts of the psychoactive tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC,

Hemp milk? It's healthy and legal as hemp cereal  -  May 2, 2007
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,This though the seeds and fibers from the industrial plant contain only trace amounts of the psychoactive tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, which is what makes

Hemp Specialist Sativabags.com has a Handle on Eco-Friendly Shopping  -  May 2, 2007
Press Dispensary (press release),However, it contains far lower levels of the chemical tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) than the cannabis plant. A smoker of hemp would not get ‘high’,

Cannabis chemical curbs psychotic symptoms, study finds  -  May 1, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,Most cannabis research focuses on tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient that produces the high. Recent studies have shown THC makes symptoms of

$25000 bond set for teen in drug death  -  May 2, 2007
Green Bay Press Gazette,...at a Superior Street house party allegedly saw Danen sell 17-year-old Corey McNeill methadone and tetrahydrocannabinol, which is found in marijuana.

Reefer Madness (in the Interior Frontal Cortex)  -  Apr 30, 2007
Wired NewsThe Institute of Psychiatry study gave THC [tetrahydrocannabinol, marijuana's primary psychoactive component], CBD [cannabidiol, another pot ingredient] or

Brain scans pinpoint cannabis mental health risk  -  Apr 30, 2007
Reuters India,...or MRI, showed patients given the active cannabis compound tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) had reduced function in the inferior frontal cortex brain region.

Cannabis Chemical May Help Schizophrenia  -  May 1, 2007
Post ChroniclePrevious research found that another main ingredient in the drug, tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, has the opposite effect. Researchers believe THC worsens

Local rapper busted with pot, gun  -  May 1, 2007
The Bay City Times,THC -- tetrahydrocannabinol -- is the active ingredient in marijuana. Bay County District Judge Timothy J. Kelly set bond for Spears at $25000.

New Marijuana Study Discovers What Potheads Have Known for Years  -  May 1, 2007
Associated Content,According to a recent study, fifteen healthy volunteers were given small doses of cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), as well as a placebo.

De Pere teen charged in connection with student's drug death  -  May 1, 2007
Oshkosh Northwestern,...an anti-anxiety medication) and methadone (a powerful pain killer) in his system, along with tetrahydrocannabinol, the active ingredient in marijuana.

Many Dutch coffee shops close as liberal policies change  -  26 Apr 2007
Monsters and Critics.com,The content of tetrahydrocannabinol in the cannabis is critical, 'having risen from 10 to up to 25 per cent,' says Heinrich Rabe, head of the customs

Inside Dope On Cannabis  -  26 Apr 2007
Hartford Courant,...plants with high concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary intoxicant in marijuana and hashish, so they don't need a lot of room.

Delta Tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits growth and metastasis of lung ...  -  Apr 17, 2007
HULIQ,They say this is the first set of experiments to show that the compound, Delta-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), inhibits EGF-induced growth and migration in

Marijuana Compound May Help Treat Lung Cancer  -  Apr 24, 2007
Agoravox,Preliminary studies have shown that a biologically-active compound in cannabis called "9-tetrahydrocannabinol (or tetra-9-hydro-cannabinol,

Marijuana may offer a new road to therapy against lung cancer  -  Apr 21, 2007
TopCancerNews.com,Researchers at Harvard University tested marijuana's main ingredient, delta-tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, in both lab and mouse studies and say their

Marijuana may help fight lung cancer  -  Apr 19, 2007
IndiaEduNews.net,In lab and mouse studies, the compound known as THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) cut lung tumour growth in half and helped prevent the cancer from spreading,

Marijuana Could Cut Tumor Growth in Half  -  Apr 18, 2007
MyFox AustinResearchers say the active ingredient in marijuana delta-tetrahydrocannabinol or THC cuts lung cancer tumor growth in half. The researchers say, it helps

Cannabis as a possible treatment for lung cancer  -  Apr 18, 2007
Ars Technica,Now a team of researchers at Harvard have identified an anti-cancer potential for one of the active ingredients in cannabis, delta-tetrahydrocannabinol

The important, the ironic and, sometimes, the idiotic from around ...  -  Apr 18, 2007
phillyBurbs.com,...“Harvard University researchers have found that, in both laboratory and mouse studies, delta-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) cuts tumor growth in half in common

Reconvening the ganja committee  -  Apr 24, 2007
Jamaica Observer,...resin with a 25-fold increase in the amount of the main psychoactive ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), typically found in the early 1990s.

Senate to vote on hemp  -  Apr 6, 2007
Concord Monitor,Supporters pointed out that hemp, which has a very low content of tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, has unfairly been

High Times editor, former DEA agent debate marijuana use  -  Mar 31, 2007
Sioux City Journal,Stutham said only two of the nearly 500 chemicals in marijuana -- tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol -- have been proven to have health benefits.

Diabetic food is a waste of your money  -  Apr 24, 2007
Daily Mail,However, all hemp used in the production of hemp oil has had the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the ingredient with hallucinogenic properties, removed.

Sylvester Brown Jr.  -  Apr 23, 2007
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,Last week, Harvard University released research that indicated that the active ingredient in marijuana (tetrahydrocannabinol) cuts tumor growth in "common

Gene Therapy, Cancer-Killing Viruses And New Drugs Highlight Novel ...  -  Apr 23, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),They say this is the first set of experiments to show that the compound, Delta-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), inhibits EGF-induced growth and migration in

Study: Marijuana halts growth of lung cancer tumors  -  Apr 22, 2007
Indianapolis Star,The research is the first to show that marijuana's active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, blocks a known cancer-related protein that's already the

Connoisseurs of Cannabis Like fine wine, growing medicinal weed ...  -  Apr 22, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,Sour Diesel or Bubble Berry, grown organically, hydroponically or on Aunt Martha's porch, it's illegal as long at it contains tetrahydrocannabinol,

Marijuana compound slows lung cancer in mice, says study  -  Apr 22, 2007
Hindu,...tumours grew less than half as fast in mice that were injected with moderate doses of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), an active compound in marijuana.

Marijuana compound slows lung tumor growth  -  Apr 19, 2007
South Asian Women's Forum,Massachusetts, US have revealed that the active compound in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), may slow the growth of lung tumors, and reduce the

The Privileged Planet : How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed ...  -  Apr 18, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Marijuana Use Causes Early Pregnancy Failure (August 4, 2006) -- Vanderbilt University researchers have shown that exposure to tetrahydrocannabinol,

Marijuana Compound May Fight Lung Cancer  -  Apr 18, 2007
DOTmed.com (press release),Harvard University researchers were said to have found that, in both laboratory and mouse studies, delta-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) cuts tumor growth in

Report: Alcohol, drugs hurt memory  -  Apr 18, 2007
Duke Chronicle,Alcohol is broken down into inactive molecules that are expelled within a day, but tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive compound found in marijuana smoke,

Where the heck is hemp?  -  Apr 18, 2007
Canada Agriculture Online,Their efforts led to the legalization of industrial hemp (hemp with only minute amounts of the drug delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol) in Canada and the first

Marijuana May Be an Effective Therapy for Lung Cancer  -  Apr 18, 2007
Associated Content,Delta-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the key hallucinogenic compound in marijuana, was found to inhibit non-small cell lung cancer by targeting and binding to

New Ammunition in the Campaign to Legalize Marijuana  -  Apr 18, 2007
Associated Content,...delta-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) cuts tumor growth in half in common lung cancer while obstructing the cancer's ability to spread.

Pot shrank mouse lung tumors  -  Apr 18, 2007
Denver Post,The research is the first to show that marijuana's active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, blocks a known cancer- related protein that's already

Busting marijuana myths  -  Apr 17, 2007
The Daily Toreador (subscription),Hemp contains negligible amounts of the psychoactive ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannot be used as a recreational drug.

Marijuana Compound May Fight Lung Cancer  -  Apr 17, 2007
CBC News,Harvard University researchers have found that, in both laboratory and mouse studies, delta-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) cuts tumor growth in half in common

Proteins change as pot plants clean up soil  -  Apr 16, 2007
separationsNOW.com (subscription),The pot-smoking species is C. sativa subsp. indica, characterised by relatively large amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive component.

Gene Therapy, Cancer-Killing Viruses and New Drugs Highlight Novel ...  -  Apr 17, 2007
Newswise (press release)They say this is the first set of experiments to show that the compound, Δ-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), inhibits EGF-induced growth and migration in

Orneville bust nets $110000 in drugs  -  Apr 13, 2007
Bangor Daily News,He said the value was so high because the marijuana buds have a high concentration of THC, or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the main active chemical in

Mary Jane is not just Peter Parker’s best friend  -  Apr 11, 2007
ChronicleHerald.ca,Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the most active compound in marijuana, makes the white blood cells 35-40 per cent less effective than normal during

ND man advocates medical marijuana  -  Apr 10, 2007
Minot Daily News,Snavely said marijuana’s active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, can be ingested by various methods. Smoking is most common but it can be cooked

Drug campaigners warn of cannabis threat  -  Apr 10, 2007
East Anglian Daily Times,...“Skunk and home-grown cannabis have a very high THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) content and are much more likely to affect you if you have mental health issues

Forensics expert explains marijuana testing myths  -  Apr 9, 2007
URI The Good 5 Cent Cigar (subscription),Hemp seed and oil contain small amounts of THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, which are responsible for the psychometer effects of marijuana.

Medical News from the Business Pages  -  Apr 7, 2007
CounterPunch,In Cannabis bred for psychoactivity, the predominant active ingredient is delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Another component, cannabidiol (CBD),

Case in Council's court  -  Apr 5, 2007
Colorado Daily,...and the urine test taken after the traffic stop yielded “inactive metabolites� of cannabis but not the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),

DUI, drugs and related incidents  -  Apr 4, 2007
Arizona Silver Belt,6) Cannibis, marijuana, hashish (the compressed leaves of the plant), Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol, which cannot legally be prescribed for medicinal

Cannabis could hold the key to ending multiple sclerosis misery  -  Apr 2, 2007
PhysOrg.com,...found that doses of the active component within cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) could significantly inhibit the development and severity of MS.

Fresh views on why dagga is dangerous  -  Mar 31, 2007
Independent Online,The variety of cannabis now being smoked is called "skunk", and the active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol, is up to 25 times more potent than the stuff

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