BIOLOGY OF CANNABIS
BIOLOGY OF CANNABIS A strain is a specific plant genetic family phenotype or group. (Blue Dream, Northern Lights, Purple Urkle, etc.). Different strains of cannabis will contain varying levels of terpenes (organic compounds found in plants similar to essential oils) and cannabinoids. Strains are specific phenotypes of cannabis genetic families, that become known for their […]
EXPERIENCE + EFFECTS
EXPERIENCE + EFFECTS There are many factors that determine how cannabis will affect you – and everyone is different. Things like quantity or dose are important but so are consumption methods… your surrounding environment or culture, intention, and your own unique body chemistry all play a part in your overall experience. WHAT IS IT LIKE […]
HISTORY OF CANNABIS
HISTORY OF CANNABIS CANNABIS An ancient plant, cannabis in its many forms has been used continuously by people the world over for thousands of years. Its evolution stemming from the Tibetan Plateau, cannabis began to find its way to the earliest human civilizations in Asia, Africa, Europe, and all over the ancient world. Prized for […]
HYBRIDIZATION + THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS
HYBRIDIZATION + THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS CANNABIS HYBRIDIZATION It is the radical hybridization of these wide ranging cannabis genetics that has made cannabis consumption so popular today. Through hybridization the most extreme or less desirable traits and effects of the plant can be decreased, while more desirable effects can be increased, making for a more satisfying experience […]
PROHIBITION OF CANNABIS
PROHIBITION OF CANNABIS CANNABIS HISTORY Cannabis was criminalized in America and the West by a long line of American prohibitionists going back to the 1930s. Informed by the biased and admittedly racist mainstream media of the day. (D.W. Griffiths Birth of a Nation was the first Hollywood Blockbuster in 1915, and informed generations of Americans […]
THE CANNABIS AWAKENING
THE CANNABIS AWAKENING The Cannabis Awakening is the socio-cultural phenomenon currently taking place in America and across the world, that is marked by the following factors and behaviors, typically in this order… Increasing cannabis legality and social acceptance, that is soon followed with radical changes in culture. These changes in culture result not only from […]
THE ENTOURAGE EFFECT
THE ENTOURAGE EFFECT Terpenes/terpenoids modify the effect of cannabinoids creating a unique profile of cannabinoid and terpenoid, which we classify into strains. The sum or strength of effects can become greater than the total when mixing cannabinoids and terpenes. The effect of terpenes and other cannabinoids modifying the effect in the human body to create […]
