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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