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It is generally thought that cannabis originated from the Himalayan Mountain region and refers to the genus of flowering plant. The plant had a very distinctive shape and jagged edges on its leaves. The first known use of cannabis as a drug dates back to the neolithic age, where forms of evidence such as cannabis seeds have been found in ritualized burial sites in present time Romania.

Hemp refers to strains of cannabis plant which are used to manufacture products for non-drug use, items such as rope, clothes and fuel. Cannabis plants produce chemicals call cannabinoids which produce the high effect as well as mental and physical effect when used.

The main psychoactive component of the cannabis plant is Tetrahydrocannabinol, otherwise known as THC. This was first separated from the plant by Raphael Mechoulam and Yechiel Gaoni in Rehovot, Israel in 1964.

When Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is cold in its pure form, it becomes a glassy solid, while when it is warmed, it becomes a really sticky viscous substance which leads to its various varieties.

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Marijuana is the name that refers to the dried flowering clusters (or buds) of the cannabis plant; The name origins from the mexican and latin american language. The name became highly promoted due to the efforts of drug prohibitionists in the USA throughout the 1920’s and 1930’s. Hemp refers to a source of industrial materials for manufacturing, the name cannabis refers to the entire broad category or as the legal term for medical use.