As you embark on your journey of understanding cannabis, it's time to reconsider everything you've heard about the Indica and Sativa strains. The traditional differentiation that pegs Sativa Strains as…
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The taste of cannabis is definitely most important when it comes to smoking preferences, but you’ve probably noticed that almost everyone who’s looking to purchase it shoves their noses into a storage jar or bag. They’re all looking for that big lungful of aromatic goodness, so the smell of cannabis is not at all less important. There are measures which will ensure the optimum outcome in terms of smell, and they all aim towards one thing - terpene boost.
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Have you ever picked up cannabis that smells damp, grassy, and generally not nice, or dry cannabis that doesn't smell great? Read this article on How to cure cannabis to get the most out of your batch.
Curing is possibly the most overlooked aspect of cannabis production, and until recently was all but ignored within the black market here in the UK. Back in the day, not many people knew how to cure cannabis correctly. Fortunately due to competition and more choice, more producers are paying attention to curing and the quality of cannabis is going up. I wish I'd have known this information when I started smoking weed, because for what seems like years I was picking up foul-tasting or smelling weed, and I never knew that I could make it better by curing it before consumption.05
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There have been various medical studies released recently showing benefits of the cannabis plant. Indeed, Leafly reports that studies done on Cannabis now vastly outnumber those done on other FDA-approved medications.
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You are probably familiar with cannabinoids like THC and CBD - but do you know about Cannabis Terpenes?
Terpenes are chemicals found in cannabis that not only give the plant its taste and aroma, and also deliver some therapeutic effects. There are over 20,000 terpenes in nature, with more than 200 identified as cannabis terpenes (not found exclusively within cannabis, but found in the cannabis plants). It is worth noting that the terpenes in cannabis vary from strain to strain.28
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