When we talk about cannabis terpenes, myrcene, limonene, pinene and caryophyllene usually steal the spotlight. But cannabis has a much bigger terpene crew hiding in the background. Some of these lesser-known compounds can create surprisingly unique aromas, and researchers are starting to explore their potential properties too. Fenchol: Smells Like Basil? Fenchol is a lesser-known terpene found in cannabis and naturally occurring in plants like basil. It has a fresh, woody, slightly...

It was a perfectly ordinary Saturday, February 22, 2025. The sun was shining, my mother was recovering from knee surgery, I was tidying the house, and my child was downstairs playing PlayStation. Nothing dramatic. Nothing unusual. Until my father walked into the room and said, “Uhhh, Why are the RCMP here?” I looked outside and saw them. They were there for me. The RCMP officer explained that an anonymous report had been made through Crime Stoppers alleging that I was involved in heavy drug...

I’ll admit something that isn’t particularly easy to say out loud: I was a mean girl in the cannabis community. There were group chats. Conversations between women. Opinions about other women. Stories passed around without knowing the whole story. And sometimes, I jumped on the bandwagon too. Someone would be labeled difficult, problematic, fake, toxic, or someone we “shouldn’t support,” and it was surprisingly easy to accept the version of the story being told.