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The chemistry of marijuana
Learn about the chemistry of marijuana and how its potency and safety is determined.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Using saliva to test for marijuana use
Saliva testing for cannabis could someday help identify impaired drivers.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Marijuana
Buds and leaves of female marijuana (Cannabis sativa) plants.
Courtesy of Prairie Plant Systems
Delta-8-THC
Bottles of gummies containing delta-8-THC.
© Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun—TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM/Reuters