Categories: Blog

Why Do Cannabinoids and Terpenes Work So Well Together?

The main difference between cannabinoids and terpenes is how they work. Cannabinoids interact directly with the endocannabinoid system. Terpenes are a little less precise. Interestingly enough, terpenes have been studied far longer than cannabinoids, but the medicinal understanding of cannabinoids are more. Cannabinoids provide their therapeutic benefits by interacting with the CB1 and CB2 receptors. THC binds directly to the CB1 receptors where other nonintoxicating compounds turn receptors on and off through less direct interactions.

Jason

Recent Posts

‘That’s Freedom’: Massive Attack Alum Tricky on Hashish, the Pixies and Albums Without Singles

Six years after his last album, the artist who still can’t understand why anyone calls…

10 hours ago

Puerto Rico Rolls Back Workplace Protections for Medical Cannabis Patients. Who’s Left Out?

Puerto Rico’s new Act 204-2026 creates an exception to workplace protections for registered medical cannabis…

10 hours ago

The Great Outdoors Just Got Higher: One in Three Hikers Has Hit the Trail High on Weed

A new survey conducted in September among 1,008 U.S. adults interested in hiking and camping…

10 hours ago

Jason Silva Made a Psychedelic Film With AI. He’s Asking You to Watch It Before You Hate On It.

“I didn’t invent it. I described it.” Five days, no budget and 26 rounds of…

10 hours ago

Colorado’s Weed Regulator Can Afford 84 of Its 158 Staffers: Four States on What Legalization Left Unfinished.

Legalization was sold as a finish line. Regulators in four states say it was the…

10 hours ago

Why Prisons Should Give Inmates Weed to Stop the K2 Crisis – A Crazy Idea with Sane Numbers

I came into this wanting a world where prisons reform people rather than just punish…

10 hours ago