What percent of THC is Therapeutic?
Texas ‘medical cannabis law’ (Compassionate Use Act) will take effect in 2017. According to current proposals by TX Governor’s office and Department of Public Safety (DPS), only three licenses will be issued and only small number of patients (hundreds) will be allowed to access medical cannabis. [...]
CANNABIS 101
Industrial hemp – Low THC Cannabis Industrial hemp is a type of cannabis sativa l. plant that contains .3% THC or below, the only known psychotropic phytocannabinoid (cannabinoid found in a plant). 0.3% THC is an arbitrary limit set by the regulations. Many hemp strains grown [...]
Endocannabinoid System and Phytocannabinoids
The Endocannabinoid System and Phytocannabinoids In the 1980’s and 90’s scientists discovered that human bodies naturally synthesize chemical transmitters called endocannabinoids and that these molecules have their receptors called cannabinoid receptors 1 and 2, CB1 and CB2. CB1 receptors are highly expressed in the central nervous [...]