But researchers say natural plants contain many psychoactive agents that are missing from the commercial product.
Cannabis has potential therapeutic use but tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), its main psychoactive component, appears as a risk factor for ischemic stroke in young adults.
Methylphenidate (MPH), a psychoactive agent that acts mainly by blocking the uptake of dopamine, is the main drug used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children and adolescents.
(THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana).
(THC, tetrahydrocannabinol, is the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana).
THC, the main psychoactive ingredient, bonds to fat molecules when heated.
The main psychoactive substance in ayahuasca — N, N-dimethyltryptamine, or DMT — is an amine found in chacruna leaves.
The main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana makes lab rats lazy, according to University of British Columbia researchers.
Ross Rebagliati won the giant-slalom event at the 1998 Winter Olympics, in Nagano, Japan, with THC, pot's main psychoactive molecule, in his blood.
Ms. Bland had 18 micrograms per liter of T.H.C., the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, in her blood, according to a post-mortem report issued Monday.
