Weed lecture

Question 1

The Cannabis Genus

Cannabis is a genus within the family Cannabaceae
The family also contains the genus Humulus, or hops

Question 2

Cannabis is _____________ meaning it has distinct male and female parts

Answer 2

dioecious

Question 3

Both male and female plants are required in dioecious species in order for their to be offspring and in order for their to be seeds and for plants to propagate

Question 4

Male have staminate flowers and female have pistillate flowers on two different sexes of plant

Question 5

Cannabis has hermaphroditic meaning one plant can have both boy flowers and girl flowers and therefore they are autopollinating and a lot easier to propagate and make more of

Question 6

Cannabis has highly varied secondary metabolite compostion so things these plants produce because they can not run away. These provide things beyond basic nutrition. Secondary metabolites can have toxic chemicals naturally produced in them to protect them from being eaten by animals. Secondary metabolites can be used in cancer treatment and drugs can be synthesized from secondary metabolites

Question 7

Primary metabolites are the things we think of like contributions to general nutrition so whether they are sugars or carbohydrates,proteins, things that are essential for any sort of living organism to take in so they can survive and keep their metabolic processes going

Question 8

Cannabis has 3 main species:
Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, Cannabis ruderalis

Question 9

_______________:most naturally psychoactive cannabis species

Answer 9

Cannabis sativa

Question 10

Cannabis sativa has HIGH THC and low concentrations of CBD

Question 11

Cannabis sativa creates a “_______” energizes and reduce anxiety

Answer 11

mind high

Question 12

Cannabis sativa is the largest of the cannabis species and it grow up to 12 feet tall

Question 13

Cannabis sativa

Most commonly cultivated for hemp and ____________ use

Answer 13

recreational use

Question 14

Cannabis sativa

Multiple uses depending on strain
- Recreation (smoking, etc.)
- Food
- Seed oil (hemp oil, wood varnish)
- Religious or spiritual significance
- Industrial fiber (hemp)

Question 15

Cannabis ___________

VERY low THC content, low CBD too

Answer 15

ruderalis

Question 16

Lets say I’m a hemp farmer however hemp has to be selectively bred to have a low THC content or else it becomes illegal to grow at least illegal to grow in that quantity because your going to have whole fields of this hemp. If we want farmer to have lower THC levels in his cannabis sativa plants that he’s trying to grow we cross bred cannabis sativa with cannabis ruderalis and the offspring because cannabis ruderalis THC is soooo low versus high THC content of cannabis sativa the offspring is going to be somewhere in the middle and through generation after generation create the perfect hybrid plant with the exact dosing concentrations ratio that your looking for

Question 17

Cannabis ruderalis can grow in really harsh climates which we is great because its hardier in colder conditions….kind has like an antifreeze if u will

Question 18

Cannabis ruderalis
Rarely grown for medicinal or recreational use
Cross-bred with C. sativa and C. indica to create hybrids
with desirable phenotypes and phytochemical profiles
- Faster growing
- Self-pollination and auto-flowering
- Increasing or decreasing CBD content of hybrid
medicinal strains for anxiety or epilepsy

Question 19

___________: has higher CBD content and a lower THC content

Answer 19

cannabis indica

Question 20

Cannabis indica has the inverse phytochemical profiling to cannabis sativa.

Cannabis indica has high CBD and low THC.

Cannabis sativa has high THC and low CBD

Question 21

Because of high CBD contents within cannabis indica users usually experience relaxing effects, _______ relief, decreases nausea, increases _________

Answer 21

pain relief

appetite