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Androgenic Anabolic Steroids
	Androgenic anabolic steroids (AAS) are defined as natural, synthetic or semi-synthet... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=androgenic-anabolic-steroids

Cannabinoid Receptors
	Cannabinoid receptors are embedded in the cellular membrane in the central nervous and... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=cannabinoid-receptors

Cannabinoids
	Cannabis plants are chemical powerhouses that produce more than 400 different compound... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=cannabinoids

Cannabis
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CBD (Cannabidiol)
	Cannabidiol, or CBD, holds the key to the wide variety of medicinal and therapeutic ef... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=cbd

DEA Schedules
	Drugs, substances, and certain chemicals used to make drugs are classified into five (... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=dea-schedules

Designer Drug
	The term "designer drug" hit the national vocabulary in 1985 when the federal governme... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=designer-drug

Endocannabinoid System
	The Endocannabinoid System is responsible for physiological processes like appetite, p... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=endocannabinoid-system

Hallucinogens
	Hallucinogens are active substances that alter consciousness and affect the human ps... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=hallucinogens

Industrial Hemp
	The term 'industrial hemp' includes the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part or deriv... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=industrial-hemp

Marijuana
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Narcotics
	Also known as "opioids," the term "narcotic" comes from the Greek word for "stupor" an... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=narcotics

Phytocannabinoids
	Phytocannabinoids come from plants. The Greek root 'phyto' means plant. The cannabinoi... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=phytocannabinoids

Psychedelic
	The term 'psychedelic' was coined, in 1954, in response to Aldous Huxley's first mesca... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=psychedelic

Psychotoxic
	Psychotoxic drugs are the ones that get you intoxicated, high, feelings of euphoria, e... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=psychotoxic

Synthetic Cannabinoids
	Synthetic cannabinoids are human-made mind-altering chemicals that are either sprayed ... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=synthetic-cannabinoids

Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
	THC is the most well-known and well-studied chemical compound in marijuana. THC works ... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=thc

Tincture
	Tinctures are liquid concentrates made through alcohol extraction, pulling out many of... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=tinture

Tryptamines
	In the area of psychotropic drugs, tryptamines are known to be a broad class of classi... https://www.nonpsychotoxic.com/definition.php?term=tryptamines

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