The Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on the Brain & Body | Episode 92 - Huberman Lab  ## Metadata - Author: **Huberman Lab** - Full Title: The Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on the Brain & Body | Episode 92 - Category: #podcasts - URL: https://share.snipd.com/episode/f2803537-7c39-47b3-80fb-6fae18333660 ## Highlights - Cannabis and Its Medicinal Uses Summary: The cannabis plant contains a number of different psychoactive compounds. The most powerful of those compounds is THC. Plants can be hybridized to one another in various ways through grafting or through the use of different types of seed combinations etc. There are also naturally occurring differences in the strains of plants and the cannabis plant is no exception. Transcript: Speaker 1 So just as animals and humans have different genetic backgrounds and they can be crossed to one another to yield further genetic variation in the offspring. Plants can be hybridized to one another in various ways through grafting or through the use of different types of seed combinations etc. In order to generate different strains. There are also naturally occurring differences in the strains of plants and the cannabis plant is no exception. So for instance in the context of a discussion about cannabis and its medicinal uses and recreational uses we need to distinguish between the sativa variety, the indica variety, a variety called ruteralis that's not often discussed and hybrids of sativa indica and ruteralis. Before diving into the different strains of cannabis and how they impact the brain and body both similarly and differently I want to emphasize that the cannabis plant contains a number of different psychoactive compounds. Now the most powerful of those compounds is THC. The technical name for it is Delta 9 tetra hydrokannabenol but THC as I'll refer to it is just one of the psychoactive and biologically active compounds within cannabis plants. ([Time 0:15:24](https://share.snipd.com/snip/5c072f2d-424c-4db6-91ba-a6fc2c4bd1a6))