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The Science of Marijuana

Leslie L. Iversen

Print publication date: 2007

Print ISBN-13: 9780195328240

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2010

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195328240.001.0001

The Pharmacology of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the Psychoactive Ingredient in Cannabis

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(p. 27 ) 2 The Pharmacology of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the Psychoactive Ingredient in Cannabis
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The Science of Marijuana
Author(s):

Leslie L. Iversen

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195328240.003.0002

This chapter discusses the pharmacology of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Topics covered include the isolation of THC from cannabis, man-made cannabinoids, cannabinoid antagonists, elimination of THC from the body, how THC works, and physiological effects of THC.

Keywords:   cannabis, THC, cannabinoids

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