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Cannabis, also known as marijuana [2] (sometimes spelled "marihuana" [3]  ) among many other names, a[›]  refers to any number of  preparations  of the  Cannabis plant  intended for use as a  psychoactive drug  or for  medicinal  purposes. The word marijuana comes from the Mexican Spanish  word, marihuana. [4]  According to the United Nations, cannabis "is the most widely used illicit substance in the world." [5]

The typical herbal form of cannabis consists of the flowers and subtending leaves and stalks of mature   pistillate  of female plants. The resinous  form of the drug is known as  hashish  (or merely as 'hash'). [6]

The major psychoactive   chemical compound  in cannabis is  Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol  (commonly abbreviated as THC). Cannabis contains more than 400 different chemical compounds, including at least 66 other cannabinoids  ( cannabidiol  (CBD),  cannabinol  (CBN) and  tetrahydrocannabivarin  (THCV), etc.) which can result in different effects from those of  THC  alone. [7]

Cannabis use has been found to have occurred as long ago as the 3rd millennium BC  [8]  In modern times, the drug has been used for  recreational,  religious  or  spiritual , and  medicinal  purposes. The UN estimated that in 2004 about 4% of the world's adult population  (162 million people) use cannabis annually, and about 0.6% (22.5 million) use it on a daily basis. [9]  The  possession,  use , or sale of cannabis preparations containing psychoactive cannabinoids became  illegal  in most parts of the world in the early 20th century.[ citation needed ]