HASHISH

The principal chemical in the hemp plant that acts on the brain and produces a “high” is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, known as THC.  Because THC affects thought processes, it is called psychoactive.

The flowering top of the hemp plant produces a sticky resin called hashish or hash.  This resin contains three times as much THC as the leaves.  The resin is collected and formed into slabs.  It can be smoked, made into a drink, or even eaten.

Unburned marijuana leaves and hashish contain about 400 chemicals.  Sixty of these chemicals are unique to the hemp plant and 150 are known to cause cancer.  Dried marijuana leaves contain 2,000 chemicals, many of which have not been studied and whose properties are not known.

The pictures above show two slabs of hashish and the flowering top of a hemp plant.

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