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Cannabis Composition <br />•Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol <br />(THC) is the main psychoactive <br />molecule in the cannabis plant <br />•Delta-9 refers to the location of <br />the double bond on the far left <br />ring in the molecule <br />•Delta-9-THC levels vary in <br />cannabis. Modern growing <br />techniques and hybridization <br />has increased those levels <br />•1980’s –around 1.5%; 2000’s <br />around 13%; now –20 to 30% <br />(6aR,10aR)-6,6,9-trimethyl-3-pentyl- <br />6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro-6H-benzo[c]chromen-1- <br />ol