I can’t even begin to describe how informative and educational the trichome institute interpening course was! Not only did they host an all-day class in KCMO, but they made it fun and engaging!

Watching Chef Brandon Allen and Max Montrose share their passion for cannabis totally expanded my already positive outlook on this plant. They focused on history of marijuana, terpenes, common misconceptions, and the lack of legitimate quality control in the cannabis industry, among other things.

So, here’s my takeaway from the course (that I passed with flying colors)

1. Strain Names are bogus & in no way accurately describe how a specific plant will effect you.
2. You can learn more about your medicine based on how it looks (inflorescence) and smells (terpenes).
3. Lab Testing doesn’t test for everything that could happen to the plant. (Spider Mites, Mold, Mildew)
4. “OG” doesn’t stand for “ocean grown”, but actually “original gangsters” (original growers who put their necks out growing cannabis during prohibition)
5. The proper way to identify species of cannabis is via the shape of the leaves (broad leaf/narrow leaf)
6. All cannabis in the market is technically a hybrid plant
7. “The Entourage Effect”
8. Extreme or Bright Purple/Blue Cannabis coloring is done with DYE
9. Our Olfactory System is the bees knees.
10. Coughing ≠ better high (In fact, it is indicative in consumption of poor quality cannabis)

The test for certification as a level one interpener was intense, but I really feel like it challenged me in a good way. I’m even more confident with my knowledge of Cannabis now, and I’m hyper-focused on learning as much as I can.

To anyone reading and thinking “hey I wanna learn more about cannabis” or “man this Dani chick is super rad, I should subscribe to her blog” — DO IT!!

I’ll provide a few links below (no, I’m not getting paid to promote, I truly 100% stand behind what they’re doing).

Trichome Institute

MoCannTrade

My Instagram — @cannabisconsortkc

As always, thanks for reading! — CCKC