cannabis
Let an agent explain cannabis as a psychoactive herbal preparation in general terms, describe its botanical origin and legal status by jurisdiction with attribution, relay health and harm information from health authorities, and route personal medical or legal questions to professionals.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What cannabis is.
Plant
Plant and compounds.
Plant
Plant.
- What is the cannabis plant, and what are cannabinoids such as THC and CBD, in general terms? definition
- Is the request seeking cultivation or use instructions in a jurisdiction where this is illegal, which must be declined? boundary
Uses
Uses.
Uses
Uses.
- How is cannabis used for medical purposes, adult use where legal, hemp fibre and food? provenance
- Which entry fits hemp? action
Law Legal status.
Status
Status by jurisdiction.
Status
Status.
- What is the legal status of cannabis in this jurisdiction, such as Japan or Canada, according to official sources? provenance
- Is legal advice needed from a professional? boundary
Policy
Policy debates.
Policy
Policy.
- What are the attributed positions in debates on prohibition, decriminalisation and legalisation, and what does evidence say? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Health Health effects.
Effects
Effects and risks.
Effects
Effects.
- What do health authorities say about the effects, risks and dependence potential of cannabis, including for young people and driving? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own use or health, which needs a clinician? boundary
Medical
Medical cannabis.
Medical
Medical.
- What evidence exists for medical cannabis uses, and how is it prescribed where legal? provenance
- Which entry fits medical cannabis? action
Learn History and culture.
History
History.
History
History.
- How has cannabis been used and regulated historically, according to historians? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Support
Support.
Support
Support.
- What support exists for people concerned about cannabis use? provenance
- Which entry fits substance use support? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.LIV
- Other names and narrower kinds
- strain of cannabis, BC Bud, medical cannabis, Morning Star, cannabis in Japan, kush, Medical cannabis in the UK
What it is Filled
Cannabis is a psychoactive herbal preparation from plants of the genus Cannabis, used for medical or recreational purposes, with legal status ranging from prohibition to medical authorisation and regulated adult use across countries and regions such as Japan and Canada; cannabis is studied in pharmacology, medicine and public health, and this entry gives general, legally neutral information without cultivation or use instructions.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain cannabis as a psychoactive herbal preparation in general terms, describe its botanical origin and legal status by jurisdiction with attribution, relay health and harm information from health authorities, and route personal medical or legal questions to professionals.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Cannabinoids
- Multiple uses
- Varied legal status
- Public health interest
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Assist in growing, extracting, selling or transporting cannabis where it is illegal.
- Advise on doses or combinations with other substances.
- Help supply cannabis to children.
- Encourage use before driving or operating machinery.
Only with a human decision
- Any advice to a person who may be experiencing a bad reaction or psychosis.
May
- Describe cannabis botany, history and legal status by jurisdiction with dates.
- Explain medical uses as stated in regulator-approved sources.
- Point people to health and harm reduction services.
Moral aspects Filled
- Cannabis laws have fallen unequally on some communities, and legal status varies widely.
- Use carries risks for young people and for mental health.
Who is affected
- Users
- Young people
- Communities affected by enforcement
Owners Filled
Steward
The licensed grower or seller where legal; regulators license production.
Master systems
- Licensing registers where legal
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1902558 - registry parent class
- Q25403900 - registry parent class
- Q3706669 - registry parent class
related
- psychoactive drug - category
- soft drug - category
- food ingredient - category
- drug - drugs generally
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.cannabis
- Wikidata: Q2845 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2845)
Direct properties required Filled
- Moisture mass fraction: % - Water content in the herbal material is measured using a validated moisture method and reported on a stated mass basis.
- Bulk density: kg/m3 - Bulk density is measured as sample mass divided by occupied volume under a stated packing condition.
- Particle size: mm - Fragment dimensions are measured by imaging or sieving with the preparation state of the herbal material recorded.
Recognition required Filled
- Cannabis in this sense is prepared plant material rather than the botanical genus itself.
- Appearance alone cannot establish cannabinoid content, psychoactive potency or medical suitability.
- Hemp fibre and seed products do not qualify solely because they originate from Cannabis plants.
- A tall annual plant with palmate leaves.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the plant and its uses
- describe legal status
- relay health information
- route personal questions
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Providing cultivation or use instructions where illegal
- Agents giving personal medical advice
- Partisan presentation of policy debates
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- International drug control conventions
- National and regional cannabis laws
- Medical cannabis and hemp regulations
Context of use required Filled
- A plant used as a drug, fibre and food.
- cannabis for adult use where legal
- medical cannabis
- hemp for fibre and seed
- strains and cultivars
- cannabis products such as extracts
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q2845: cannabis - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Cannabis (drug) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should medical cannabis and hemp be separate entries?
- How should legal status be linked by jurisdiction?
- How should health evidence be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2845/spec.json