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cannabis sativa |
The Indian hemp plant popularly known as marijuana; its resin, flowering tops, leaves and stem, contain the plant's psychoactive substances |
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hashish |
a drug produced from the resin that covers the flowers of the cannabis hemp plant. The resin generally contains a greater concentration of the drug's psychoactive properties
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indictable offence |
a more serious offence under the Criminal Code of Canada, punishable under the CDSA, which will result in a criminal record
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narcotic |
a CNS depressant that contains sedative and pain-relieving compounds
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opium poppy |
a plant cultivated for centuries-- primarily in Eurasia-- for opium, a narcotic that acts as a CNS depressant
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patent medicines |
drugs or combination of drugs that were sold, most often in the 19th century, as medicines that would cure a host of illnesses and diseases
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prohibition |
the legislative forbidding of the sale, distribution, or possession of a substance, as in the alcohol Prohibition era in North America during the '20s and '30s
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speakeasies |
a slang expression used to describe saloons operating without a licence, popular during Prohibition
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summary conviction |
a minor offence under the Criminal Code of Canada, punishable under the CDSA, which does not result in a criminal record |
