How to Use THC in a Sentence

THC

noun
  • At the same time, more young adults are consuming products with THC.
    Benjamin Adams, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Low levels of delta-9, a more abundant form of THC, were found in the college student's blood, the report shows.
    Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
  • She was barred from the Games after testing positive for THC.
    Christa Sgobba, SELF, 23 June 2024
  • Hemp is a variety of the cannabis plant that has low levels of delta-9 THC, the psychoactive compound that gets people high.
    Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
  • According to the study, scientists don’t yet know how even small amounts of THC could affect infants.
    Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 10 May 2024
  • The bill would have allowed patients to get a prescription for products like edibles and oils, which contain low amounts of THC.
    Irving Mejia-Hilario, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The bars are separated into 10 pieces, with each piece containing 10 mg of THC.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Average patients purchase the equivalent of 206 mg per day of THC, the psychoactive compound in the plant.
    Worth Sparkman, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024
  • All that remained was a standard pre-employment drug test, which came back positive for THC.
    Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination | Zoe Jaeger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Amy Yurkanin, Al.com, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The autopsy report said Knotts had THC, which is found in marijuana, in his system.
    Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Blood drawn from Barrington showed the presence of THC, according to the warrant affidavit.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2024
  • Prosecutors said the teen's blood was tested and only showed trace amounts of THC and marijuana.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 21 June 2024
  • Under the new regulations, hemp products may not have any detectable level of THC.
    Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
  • But she was suspended and missed Tokyo after testing positive for THC, the chemical in cannabis.
    Nick Zaccardi, NBC News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • In this era of legalized THC, there's a ton of beautiful (and, yes, sometimes funny) gifts for stoners that'll make your favorite weed lover truly light up—in more ways than one.
    Malia Griggs, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Obtained from the leaves, flowers, stems and seeds of the cannabis plant, cannabis is a psychoactive or mind-altering drug mainly thanks to one of its constituents, THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol).
    New Atlas, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Urb, the company that makes the product containing both psilocybin and psilocin, also sells Delta 8 THC products.
    Nicholas Florko, STAT, 18 July 2024
  • Cannabis plants that contain high levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, are marijuana and can get users high.
    Julie Creswell, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The regulations, which took effect this week, ban the sale of hemp food, beverage and dietary products containing detectable amounts of THC, a compound found in the cannabis plant that affects how the brain works.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
  • And higher levels of THC, the main psychoactive component in marijuana, are believed to pose more health risks.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
  • Following the human results of the trial, the team observed in mice that THC caused atherosclerosis.
    Ali Finney, SELF, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The plant’s main psychoactive element, THC, produces feelings of euphoria for users.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
  • However, she was suspended from the team for one month after testing positive for THC, a chemical in marijuana, and missed the entire Olympic games.
    Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 23 June 2024
  • Full-spectrum contains multiple cannabinoids and terpenes, including trace amounts of THC.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2023
  • However, she was suspended for one month from the team for testing positive for THC, a chemical in marijuana, and ended up missing the entire Olympics.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Each gummy contains 20 mg of Delta-8 THC, offering users a regular dosage for potential cannabis benefits.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2023
  • Many suspect that the syndrome’s appearance is linked to the overall increase in potency of marijuana sold today, which can contain up to 100 milligrams of THC, cannabis’s main psychoactive substance.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023
  • While many people are familiar with the main psychoactive compound in cannabis — delta-9 THC — there are more than 100 other cannabinoids found within the cannabis and hemp plant, some of which have therapeutic and intoxicating effects.
    Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2023
  • The state’s legislature tried to intervene further this year by imposing stricter limits on who could obtain medical marijuana cards and how much THC, the compound in cannabis that gets you high, could be in each serving sold.
    Guillermo Molero, Fortune, 24 July 2023
  • Reportedly, the late Atlanta rapper had the combination of fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine, and promethazine in his system; THC was also found in his system, but it was not included in the drugs that caused his ultimate demise.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 2 Oct. 2024

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