English-Spanish translations for cannabis

• cannabis
  Ahora se encuentra en todas las ciudades, pueblos y aldeas: heroína, cannabis, cocaína. Now it is in every city, town and village: heroin, cannabis, cocaine.
  No es de extrañar que la mayoría de los padres estén en contra de la legalización del cannabis. It is no wonder that most parents are opposed to the legalisation of cannabis.
  Debido en parte a esta creencia, el consumo de cannabis ha aumentado mucho. It is partly on account of this belief that the use of cannabis has increased enormously.
• cáñamo
• mariguana
• marihuana
  El tráfico ilegal de hachís y marihuana está creciendo en todo el mundo: en 1990 se incautaron 211 toneladas respecto de las 160 de 1989 y de las 242 de 1992. The illegal trade in cannabis and marijuana is increasing throughout the world: in 1990 211 tonnes were seized as compared with 160 in 1989 and 242 in 1992.
• marijuana

Definition of cannabis

• A tall annual dioecious plant , native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers
• A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant
• The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects

Related words

• cannabinoid
• tetrahydrocannabinol
• cannabidiol
• cannabinol
• cannabism
• cannabicyclol
• cannabichromene
• cannabigerol
• cannabinoid receptor