Cannabas is comprised of over 400 compounds, over a hundred of which are pito canavonos. They interact with our own edvi canavonoi stem. Thc is the most common, i think people know the most, the primary psychoactive, or intoxicating constituent from the plan. The interesting thing that we're just starting to find out now is that things like kanabadia, touted for its ther potential, doesn't bind to c b ctes and appears to modulate its effects through different receptor types.
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