Marijuana Terms Defined

November 1,1995 Guideline\'s Revision: Terms Defined

Effective November 1, 1995 , the federal guidelines were amended to include definitions of "hashish" and "hashish oil." The definitions rely on a checklist scheme examining which discrete psychoactive constituents are found in the substance under examination and whether it contains "plant material"

As defined under the new provisions, "hashish means:

a resinous substance of Cannabis that includes (i) one or more of the tetrahydrocannabinols . . ., (ii) at least two of the following: cannabinol,cannabidiol,orcannabichromene,and (iii) fragments of plant material (such as cy stolith fibers.) (Sec. 2Dl[c], as revised.)

"Hashish oil," is defined as:

A preparation of the soluble cannabinoids derived from Can-nabis that includes (i) one or more of the tetrahydrocannab­inols . . . and (ii) at least two of the following: cannabinol, cannabidiol, or cannabichromene, and (iii) is essentially free of plant material (e .g., plant fragments.) Typically, hashish oil is viscous, dark colored oil, but it can vary from a dry resin to a colorless liquid. (Sec. 2Dl[c], as revised.)

In short, all other things being equal, the guidelines view hashish oil as a iquid version of hashish, the difference between the two being the absence of plant material in hashish oil.