Table 1. Profile of cannabinoid content (w/w%) in n = 206 samples of cannabis seized during the NSW cannabis cautioning program (October 2010–October 2011).

	Range	Mean (95% CI)	Median	Mean (%) USA 20081		Median UK 20052
				marijuana	sinsemilla	herbal	sinsemilla
THC-A	0.18–38.59	14.08 (12.97–15.20)	12.95
THC	0.08–11.98	2.52 (2.18–2.86)	1.45
THCtot	0.94–39.76	14.88 (13.87–15.88)	14.26	5.83	11.5	2.1	13.98
CBD-A	0–4.34	0.10 (0.04–0.16)	0.04
CBD	0–2.69	0.04 (0.01–0.08)	0
CBDtot	0–6.50	0.14 (0.05–0.22)	0.04	0.4	0.2	<0.1	<0.1
CBG-A	0–2.61	0.28 (0.22–0.34)	0.13
CBG	0–14.98	0.93 (0.66–1.20)	0.08
CBGtot	0–15.83	1.18 (0.89–1.47)	0.32	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.4
CBN	0–1.62	0.09 (0.07–0.11)	0.03	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.2
CBC	0–0.34	0.06 (0.05–0.07)	0.03	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2
THC-V	0–1.53	0.04 (0.02–0.06)	0	0.1	0.1	0.2	<0.03

¹Mehmedic et al, J Forensic Sci, 55, 1209–1217, 2011. Marijuana comprises leaves, stems, seeds and flowering tops; sinsemilla defined as flowering tops of unfertilised female plants with no seeds (n = 46,211).

²Potter et al, J Forensic Sci, 53, 90–94, 2008. Herbal cannabis defined as imported cannabis, characteristics as for marijuana (above); sinsemilla defined as above (n = 452).

³For all mean/median USA and UK values of THC, CBD and CBG, it is not known if reported values represent total of THC-A and THC, or simply THC.