California Officials Award $30 Million In Marijuana Revenue To Support Research On THC Drinks, Terpenes And Tribal Cannabis Sales
California officials have awarded nearly $30 million in grants for marijuana-focused academic research projects. The government-funded studies will focus on issues such as cannabis use by older people, the effects of THC beverages, the therapeutic potential of novel cannabinoids, how compounds like terpenes affect product flavoring, tribal participation in the legal market and the environmental […]
In Praise of Gas and Earth: Afghani, Terpenes, and the Science of Quieting the Noise
There’s a certain hush that lives between the click of the lighter and the first pull. Afghani burns slow—heavy smoke, thick as a sermon—and the room tilts just enough to let gravity sigh. The scent hits first: gas and dirt, diesel wrapped in loam. It smells like the memory of something that used to grow […]


