HEMP VS MARIJUANA Cannabis and its many names are often incorrectly used to describe one another. Cannabis is a genus of plants with 2 primary classifications, Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica. Generally, marijuana is the name given to the type of plant that contains higher amounts of the psychoactive chemical tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Therefore marijuana is the type of Cannabis that gets you high. Marijuana can come from either Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica. Hemp however is a name that refers to a variety of Cannabis sativa. Hemp is actually chemically different than marijuana. https://www.hempednyc.com/blog/hemp-vs-marijuana/