The Cannabis Chemistry Collection

Author: Russ Hudson

  • Not All Cannabis Use Is Medical, and That’s Okay

    Not All Cannabis Use Is Medical, and That’s Okay

    Written by: Russ Hudson (Cannabis Chemistry Collection)

    Edited by: Jacqueline Graddon, MBA (CFO, Cannabis Consultants Group)

    Reviewed by: Christianson, Jesse, DNP, APNP, AGPCNP-BC (Founder & Formulator, Dr. Murse LLC | CannabisDNP); Schwabe, Anna, Ph.D. (CSO, True Cut Genomics); Hoyo, Mariana, M.D. (Medicina Integrativa & Endocannabinoide)

    Introduction

    The often-repeated claim that all cannabis use is medical is incorrect, libelous in spirit, and insulting to free-thinking cannabis users everywhere. However, this claim has gained rhetorical appeal in an industry shaped by prohibition, stigma, fragmented regulation, and decades of bad-faith moral panic. The “all use is medical” claim is also scientifically imprecise; cannabis use can be medicinal or therapeutic, but it can also be recreation, ritual, intoxication, pleasure, experimentation, boredom relief, social lubrication, sensory exploration, or simple adult enjoyment. There is nothing wrong with using cannabis solely for the fun or enjoyment of it.

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  • Technical Rebuttal to “Are Cannabis-Derived Terpenes Actually Different from Botanical Terpenes?” (Terpene Belt Farms / Nexus Agriscience White Paper )

    Technical Rebuttal to “Are Cannabis-Derived Terpenes Actually Different from Botanical Terpenes?” (Terpene Belt Farms / Nexus Agriscience White Paper )

    Author: Hudson, Russ (The Cannabis Chemistry Collection)

    Editor: Graddon, Jackie, MBA (Cannabis Consultants Group)

    Reviewers: Schwabe, Anna, Ph.D. (CSO, True Cut Genomics); Ternes, Chad, Ph.D. (CEO Phlo Bio); Mbengue, Megan, MSMCT, RN (Entheacare). 

    One-Paragraph Summary

    The Nexus/Terpene Belt Farms white paper correctly identifies stereochemistry as an important and often overlooked aspect of terpene chemistry, but repeatedly extends limited analytical observations beyond what the data support. The paper demonstrates that selected hemp cultivars possessed different enantiomeric ratios than commercial terpene formulations and botanical essential oils. It does not demonstrate that cannabis-derived terpenes are inherently superior, that botanical terpenes are incapable of reproducing cannabis aroma or effects, that stereochemical differences necessarily produce meaningful biological differences in finished products, or that cannabis-derived terpene fractions constitute complete or authentic representations of cannabis chemistry.

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  • Top Cannabis Scientists and Researchers to Support and Follow

    Top Cannabis Scientists and Researchers to Support and Follow

    This list of 47 of the world’s top cannabis scientists and researchers was inspired by the the life and work of Raphael Mechoulam, who undoubtedly influenced every cannabis scientist detailed here. Supporting those who work in the science of cannabis is critical to overturning decades of stigma, pushing regulators to adopt cannabis science, and helping people understand the experiential and therapeutic value of cannabinoids and other phytochemicals found in cannabis.

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