Video: Know Your Medicine Presents “Terpene Interplay”

Hats off to Weedmaps and SC Laboratories for producing the Know Your Medicine series. Educating the public is the key to legislative victory in the war against marijuana prohibition. This video dives into the importance of terpenes (aka terpenoids) for the look, smell, and interaction with cannanbinoids to produce each unique high.

Here are the highlights:

• The first 45 seconds of this 3 minute video introduces the esteemed panel:
  • Dr. Bonni Goldstein, MD. (CannaCenters Medical Director)
  • Josh Wurzer (Laboratory Director, SC Laboratories)
  • Mike Corral (Co-Founder/Agricultural Director, Women’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana)
  • Michael Backes (Founder/Director, Conerstone Research Collective)
• “Recent science has shown that the terpenes in cannabis may play a part in how it effects you, not just the cannabinoids” [1:04 mark]
• “Terpenes are the molecules for odor that are found in the essential oils of plants” [1:15 mark]
• “Until recently, indica strains have typically been recommended for nighttime use and sativas for daytime use” [1:39 mark]
• “Some terpenes are said to modulate the physiological and psychoactive effects of cannabis” [1:56 mark]