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- noun the ability for a substance to be
psychoactive
Etymologies
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Examples
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At the point where people realised that psychoactivity was making as many brain-fried fuck-ups as boddhisatvas, the dream started to crumble from within.
More Aesthetics Hal Duncan 2007
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The paper provides no URL to the i-doser sites allegedly peddling these aural intoxicants, so there's no way for the reader to investigate the psychoactivity of the beats themselves.
Slate Magazine 2010
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However, within a few hours of smoking marijuana, the amount of THC in the brain falls below the concentration required for detectable psychoactivity.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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The most important consequence of marijuana's slow excretion is that it can be detected in blood, urine, and tissue long after it is used, and long after its psychoactivity has ended.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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The delta-9 THC when ingested coverts to 11-hydroxy-THC which is far more psychoactive than smoked cannabis, and unlike smoked cannabis, lacks the cannabidiol that acts as an anti-psychoactive and mitigates the psychoactivity of delta-9 THC.
NORML Blog 2010
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The most important consequence of marijuana's slow excretion is that it can be detected in blood, urine, and tissue long after it is used, and long after its psychoactivity has ended.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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The paper provides no URL to the i-doser sites allegedly peddling these aural intoxicants, so there's no way for the reader to investigate the psychoactivity of the beats themselves.
Slate Magazine 2010
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However, within a few hours of smoking marijuana, the amount of THC in the brain falls below the concentration required for detectable psychoactivity.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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When plants are bred for psychoactivity CBD is replaced by THC because the same gene codes for one or the other cannabinoid.
CounterPunch 2009
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CBD evidently bolsters the pain-killing effects of THC while moderating its psychoactivity.
CounterPunch 2009
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