Opioids, prescribed for years by doctors to treat everything from chronic pain to acute pain, surgery or accidents, are killing us. By now we’ve all heard the opioid death statistics and agree, we are in a crisis. According to the CDC, more than 750,000 people in the US have died since 1999 from a drug… Read More »

Cannabis can affect people differently. A small example of this is the experience of a first-time cannabis user who doesn’t feel a psychoactive high when they consume cannabis. Experts speculate the most likely reason for this can be described as a type of ‘cannabis sensitization’. This theory posits your body can become more susceptible to… Read More »

Cannabis + The Endocannabinoid System. These two things go together like chocolate and peanut butter. How might you ask? Well for one thing the “high” you get from cannabis is due to its ability to interact with this physiological system in your body called the endocannabinoid system. What is the endocannabinoid system? The endocannabinoid system… Read More »

Cannabis is just as complex as wine, with its diversity, rich aromas, complex flavors, mind-blowing smells, and overall rich profiles are a creative combination of everything from the flower’s original location, whether it was grown indoors or outside, if and how long it was cured (just to name a few of the components that make… Read More »

You’ve probably heard the term ‘entourage effect’ and wondering, “what is the entourage effect all about?” The pharmacological impacts of cannabis seem to be far-reaching and never-ending. Each cannabinoid alone is being researched for a broad range of ailments, from epilepsy and seizures to tumor reduction and the relief of PTSD symptoms. But what’s most… Read More »

Our body was designed to work with the cannabinoids found in cannabis. Discovered in the last 30 years, our endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a physiological system located through our body and brain. This physiological system interacts with endocannabinoid molecules our body produces; anandamide (AEA) and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) are the most well-known. The main function of… Read More »