

11 short reads
Foundations
The vocabulary that makes every label legible.
- 01
What are terpenes in cannabis?
The aroma compounds behind a strain's smell and flavor. - 02
What is the difference between indica and sativa?
What the categories really tell you, and the smarter way to read a label. - 03
Beyond indica and sativa
Why every batch is graded on a five-class spectrum from its own lab results. - 04
Head high vs body high: what the words mean
Shoppers' words, not lab results: what they mean, and what research found about the sativa and indica rule. - 05
What are cannabis genetics?
Genotype, phenotype, lineage and clones: why one strain name can grow into different products. - 06
What is the endocannabinoid system?
The body's own receptors and signals, and why THC and CBD act on them so differently. - 07
What is the entourage effect?
A hypothesis, not an established fact: where the term came from and what the evidence shows. - 08
What are minor cannabinoids?
THCA, CBG, CBN, CBC, THCV and CBDV: the rest of the lab panel, and what total THC means. - 09
What is CBG?
The mother cannabinoid: its acid form, CBGA, is where the plant starts THC and CBD. - 10
What is THCV?
THC's shorter-chained relative, and what animal studies found about its dose. - 11
The history of 4/20
The real origin of 420, traced to five teenagers and a treasure map, and the four myths that are not it.




