science

What Are Cannabis Chemotypes? A Guide to Hemp’s Five Categories

Hemp is not what it used to be. Once dismissed as rope and rags, the hemp plant is now being…

7 months ago

Weed’s Next Big Secret: Scientists Just Discovered a New Family of Molecules Hiding in Cannabis Leaves

What was discovered?Why it’s exciting79 phenolic compounds (tentative IDs)Reveals chemical complexity beyond cannabinoids25 compounds never before seen in cannabisExpands the…

8 months ago

Cannabis Isn’t The Problem—How We Use It Might Be: What Happens When You Smoke So Much Weed It Makes You Sick

He rolls into the emergency department, gripping his stomach, pale, miserable, and defeated. I recognize him instantly—his fifth visit this…

8 months ago

Japanese Study Busts the ‘Gateway Drug’ Myth, With Gov’t Support

“Cannabis is dangerous.” “Weed leads you to other drugs.” “Marijuana opens the door to harder substances.” How many times have…

9 months ago

Does Weed Make Sex Better? Science Says ‘Ohhhh, Yeah’

Cannabis enhances all sensory perception, and yes, that includes boinking, bumping uglies, knocking boots, or whatever you want to call…

9 months ago

The DNA of Dank

Most of the time, when we hear someone talk about cannabis genetics, the first thing that comes to mind is…

2 years ago

Brand Spotlight: Abstrax

When Abstrax started its recent research project, I doubt anyone could have imagined it would discover a whole new universe…

2 years ago

Orangutan Observed Using Medicinal Herb To Heal Wound

Biologists from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany and Universitas Nasional, Indonesia observed a large male orangutan…

2 years ago