Let's Talk Terpenes - And Get a Little Controversial

Today we’ll be rolling through the topics and facts that stoners try to sweep under the rug. From CHS to drug interactions to the compounds in your concentrates, why do stoners avoid these topics? No cannabis users want to talk badly about cannabis, especially with its historical stigma surrounding the plant. But whether you like it or not, there is more research needed on cannabis, and a good start is being honest about its risks and effects and how we discover them.

Emma Chasen, co-owner and operator of Eminent Consulting, a cannabis consulting business, comes in hot to break the Sativa/Indica binary and some popular myths in cannabis. Backed with years of experience and a degree in Medicinal Plant Research, Emma is passionate about educating others on cannabis. What people don’t know, does hurt them and as advocates, it’s our job to educate those around us. Knowing what is in your cannabis and how these compounds effect you is important, no matter who or where you’re buying from.

After listening, what experiences have you had with different kinds of cannabis? Have you or a friend/ family member ever experienced CHS? How do you feel about the Indica/Sativa binary? Let me know in the comments below!

3 Lessons Learned:

1. RSO is the only concentrate with scientific evidence to backup its medicinal properties in high dosages.
2. Cannabis and hemp are bio-accumulators, meaning that they are a plant that gradually absorbs substances that are in the ground they're growing in at a faster rate than the substance is lost or metabolized by the plant.
3. Because cannabis is not federally legal, there are no set lab procedures in place for analytical testing of cannabis. When Oregon tested the variances of all their labs within the industry, they found a 10% variance across the board, showing the need for consistent regulations for testing in the cannabis industry.

List of Topics/subjects discussed:

• The lack of scientific data backing Indica/ Sativa differences
• The high variability of cannabis between users
• Manipulative marketing within the cannabis industry
• How to find the good companies to support
• How the industry can better predict the effects and experiences of specific strains
• Oklahoma and how their licensing will in turn effect their market
• Craft cannabis and its future
• Concentrates and it’s potency and legitimacy in the medical market
• Personal experiences with concentrates
• Additive terpenes and the effects
• Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome
• Esters: What are they? Where are they?
• Epidiolex Trials
• Lab testing in the cannabis industry and why it differs
• Titration of dosing, macrodosing and their therapeutic value
• Bad drug interactions with CBD and THC
• How to buy cannabis the right way.

Links to Referenced News Articles from interview:

https://www.epidiolex.com/about-epidiolex

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7053164/

https://cbdhealthandwellness.net/2020/08/09/did-cbd-cause-a-case-steven-johnson-syndrome/

Vocabulary:

Bio-accumulation: The gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals, in an organism. Bio-accumulation occurs when an organism absorbs a substance at a rate faster than that at which the substance is lost or eliminate.

Esters: Volatile flavor molecules/ a chemical compound derived from substitution reaction of a carboxylic acid and an alcohol.

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