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Wild cannabis: what is ditch weed and can you use it?

The Cannigma

Commercially grown weed plants are grown in a highly controlled environment , where everything from the water to the light is highly controlled and optimized for maximum cannabinoid production. Feral cannabis plants, on the other hand, are left to the whims of nature, so they’re not as heavy in trichomes. Can you smoke ditch weed?

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Minorities in cannabis, with Steven Philpott Jr.

The Cannigma

one of our science reviewers at The Cannigma and a cannabis trichome expert who is getting his master’s in Plant Sciences. As part of his master’s degree, Steve is currently using electron microscopes to take super close-up pictures of trichomes, tiny protrusions on cannabis plants. So, a trichome is what? EG: Super cool.

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Industry Snapshot: Cannabis Plant Patents

Cannabis Law Report

indica) , and Cannabis ruderalis (C. ruderalis) , although there is some debate whether C. ruderalis is a distinct species from or a subspecies of C. The key classes of phytochemicals in a cannabis plant are cannabinoids and terpenes. [iii]. sativa) , Cannabis indica (C. phellandrene , ?-terpineol

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