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In this week’s segment, join host David as he walks us through a beginner’s guide to smoking cannabis for the first time. Having the right approach, such as taking it slow, can often lead to an enjoyable first time. We go over the do’s and don’ts, along with some personal experience notes from David himself! Thanks for checking out the video and as always stay toasty!

Smoking cannabis for the first time, we got you!

If you haven’t smoked cannabis before and are curious about trying it for the first time, this guide is definitely for you. We’ll cover everything from how to smoke it, how to avoid getting paranoid, what to do when you get the munchies and what to expect. This will be a two-part series, so make sure to subscribe to catch the next one that you don’t want to miss out on.

Preparation is key

Cannabis can be one of the best experiences you’ve ever had or plain and boring. Mine was really confusing, actually. The first four times were really confusing for me. However, that all depends on how you prepare, what kind of cannabis you use, and how much.

Smoke at your own pace

If you want to have an easy, fun and probably one of the best first-time highs ever keep reading and we’ll try and help you have one you’ll never forget. Most people will try to direct you in a way that, in all fairness, seems fun and tailored to THEIR smoking experiences. However, these individuals may have been smoking for years and don’t know that this is your first time.

Smoking for the first time should be fun

Smoking cannabis for the first time should be and is often quite fun. Honestly, I didn’t get high the first time I smoked. I started noticing the effects after about the fourth or fifth time I tried it. The point here is that if you’re scared, you shouldn’t be. I also don’t blame your fear because for as long as cannabis has been cannabis, it’s gotten a bad rap from every single angle and aspect imaginable. But here’s the thing, The cannabis industry is growing faster than any other industry in the world and with that comes the fall of stigmas and myths.

Cannabis is becoming more mainstream

When new advancements in technology comes new evidence that backs up the benefits of cannabis and what it might do for you. So if you’re looking to jump onto the Toasty Express, here are a few tips for you for your first ride.

Tip #1 Start simple

Don’t worry about the bongs, the pipes, the shatters, the oil, all that stuff, you’re going to get confused. All you need is a simple joint. This simple little meager stick of wonders can make your life so much better.

Tip #2 Take your time

You’re going to get people left and right telling you how to hit it, what you should hit it with, how to do it, when to do all this stuff and all that good jazz. That’s all good, however, this is your first go. Find what is right for you and take your time. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t listen to other people in their recommendations, but this is your first go. It should be something that you feel comfortable with. If you feel like one or two hits is more than enough, then that’s what it is.

Tip #3 Choose your strain

Picking a strain in our current environment can be a very daunting task, especially if you know nothing about cannabis, let alone the types there are. You should first know that there are three main types of cannabis indica, sativa and hybrids. Secondly is that there are no bad strains of cannabis. There are, however, some that might not be best for your first time. For example, a high-THC strain may not be the best choice if you want something calming and relaxing. In that case, you should go with a smaller THC percentage or strain with more CBD than THC.

Some great strains for beginners

A few excellent strains for beginners would be blue dream, wedding cake, super lemon haze or sour OG. These strains are viral for a reason. Most veterans in the game of cannabis started out with these strains and they were easy to ride along with, making them making the experience much more enjoyable.

Cannabis shouldn’t be stigmatized

Cannabis shouldn’t be stigmatized, especially in our current environment, and even more now with the amount of evidence that’s coming out every single day. In my personal opinion, it should be seen as an excellent alternative to some modern medicines that do more harm than good. That’s just my opinion. I’m your boy, David, hitting you up from the Grassdoor headquarters saying, I’ll catch you guys later. Grassdoor out.

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What are terpenes and what do they have to do with cannabis and aromatherapy? Join host David as he gives us an introduction to what terpenes are and also how they can be used and enjoyed. Terpenes in cannabis effect flavor and aroma, so understanding what terpenes correspond with what flavor profile can help you find the perfect strain for you! Terpenes + Aromatherapy = Awesome!

Terpenes as aromatherapy?

I’m gonna let you In on a little secret. Did you know that you can actually use terpenes as aromatherapy? What? You already knew that? In this cannabis environment, you may have heard of the term terpenes and not just THC and CBD. It may seem like terpenes, is just one of those other confusing words that get thrown around while you’re at smoke shops. Terpenes are the indicators of flavors and aromas in the world of cannabis.

Terpenes are found in the oils of plants

Terpenes can actually be used for aromatherapy and not just taste and smells. They are actually a class of organic compounds found in many plants that play a role in determining the plant’s effect on consumers. Giving plants distinctive flavors and smells that are partially responsible for the high we get when we consume them. Found in the oils of plants and trees, terpenes have been used for centuries as natural food additives, flavorings and fragrances. All with unique scents and tastes.

Aromatherapy to help manage stress

With cannabis aromatherapy, you can find many remedies for many ailments. Aromatherapy is a great way to manage stress, anxiety and depression without using pharmaceuticals. Aromatherapy can also help you sleep better at night by helping you relax and unwind after a long day. When inhaled, terpenes can help you open up the airways so more oxygen reaches your bloodstream allowing you to breathe more easily. This can help ease asthma symptoms, allergies, and respiratory distress caused by conditions like COPD.

How to get your Terp on

It is important to note that terpenes are volatile hydrocarbons that evaporate at room temperature. Therefore, they must be inhaled to be effective and to do so, here are a few ways to get your terp on!

Tip #1 Aromatherapy Diffusers

Aromatherapy diffusers are machines use heat to evaporate the essential oils from your favorite cannabis strains so that it can diffuse into the air to be inhaled. You can add a few drops of your favorite terpene oil to these devices for a relaxing effect.

Tip #2 Vaporizers

If you’re looking for a more direct way of inhaling cannabis terpenes, consider using a vaporizer instead of smoking or eating it. This allows you to control how much THC is in your lungs at any given time. Since terpenes aren’t psychoactive like THC, they won’t make you high but was still affect your mood and well being.

Tip #3 Topicals

In case that you have a headache or need some kind of pain relief. Terpenes can be applied topically. Just apply a drop of your favorite strain terpene oil directly onto your temples or your neck where it will be absorbed through the skin. You can also add it under the tongue for a much faster relief effect.

Enjoy Responsibly

The cannabis industry is growing rapidly and with the advent of legal cannabis, and you can now view the entire extraction process. In other words, the use of cannabis is spreading like wildfire in so many ways and there are many ways to enjoy aside from smoking it. I would recommend you taking this knowledge a little further and engaging in your own experimentation to determine what kind of aroma therapy benefits you prefer. With cannabis it is essential to enjoy your products responsibly. With all that being said, I hope you enjoyed today’s segment. I’m your boy, David hitting you up from the Grassdoor headquarters saying, I’ll catch you guys later, Grassdoor … out!

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Join Grassdoor cannabis expert Lindsay Mac Ewan as she takes you on a virtual farm tour of POSIBL Farms. Located in Salinas Valley which is famously known as the Salad Bowl of the World for its food production, and idyllic climate for growing cannabis. Lindsay is joined by CEO Jesús Burrola as he shows us the ins and outs of the POSIBL operation from seed to sale and what makes their operation unique. Learn how the latest agricultural technology meets tried and true farming methods to create truly exceptional cannabis and what it really takes to deliver the goods. The more you know about your cannabis grow, the better!

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Grassdoor Interview – POSIBL

Lindsay:
I’m Lindsay I’m from Grassdoor and today we are here with Jesus from possible we’re in the beautiful county of Salinas California. It’s warm and we’re here in this greenhouse. I see lights, I see these babies are really happy and I feel like we have a lot to talk about.

Jesus:
I can’t wait to show you around some of the cool things we got going on.

We start very few things from seed most of what we start is through cuttings or clones. The reason why we do that is, if we were to start by seed we’d be brothers and sisters. We might have the same mom or dad but my brother might be a foot taller or a foot shot shorter than me, he might have curly hair. What we’re ultimately looking for in large-scale cultivations is consistency. We want every plant to be the same height so we’re actually trying to create something that is identical. Everything about the the plant is about developing the root system. Another way to think about this is how you feed a newborn baby, you can’t hand it a piece of meat and some veggies and expect to eat. The baby doesn’t have teeth. So what do you do? You feed it through a water bottle or you know through a milk bottle. You’re allowing it to feed at the best rate it can.

A farm that runs like a factory

POSIBL basically runs like a factory. It’s all about not having downtime in a greenhouse, so we want to harvest and the next day we want to move in plants. This means we of the clones that we’ve taken we know exactly what route they’re gonna go. Three months from now, if you look at our schedule, we’re basically taking clones every other day. We’re taking cuts from a plant that are ultimately going to end up somewhere along the process in cultivation. A lot of the strains and genetics that are available now is because there’s a breeder community that push those things forward for generations and generations. What this allows us to do is to give back to that community and we’re able to produce some of those genetics at scale and pay a royalty to those Legacy breeders.

Lindsay:
Love that you’re doing that. There’s so much to be said about the legacy of all of the genetics and where all that stems from. Where are we without our genetics? It’s a very important part.

Not like big AG

Jesus:
That is part of what makes cannabis so interesting it’s not like big AG(agriculture). There are maybe three or four strains of tomatoes or grapes that everybody grows. You know what a Gala apple is because everybody grows it and you can find it in every Supermarket. However, with cannabis you’ll find this in our library and we have about 50 different genetics that we will grow along with things that are in R&D. Menus are constantly evolving, there’s really not a lot of things that last in our menu more than a year so.

Lindsay:
Looking throughout the farm I see there’s a lot of different plants that are interwoven. They’re definitely not cannabis. Tell me why you’ve got all these plants in here?

Jesus:
Don’t worry we’re not in the flash pepper business quite yet. This is really has to do with the way we fight pest and diseases. In legal cannabis we don’t have access to traditional pesticides that a lot of big AG would use. In many ways legal cannabis is much cleaner than organic. We get tested for things like pesticides in a parts per billion. Much more stringent than even organic food that you would buy in Whole Foods, per se. That forces us to fight pests and diseases through nature. These are actually banker plants which helps raise colonies of good beneficial insects that will then go attack the pest and diseases that attack cannabis.

Fighting nature with nature

Lindsay:
I love that fighting nature with nature. This is a greenhouse technically right? I think there’s some confusion because I see lights and a lot of people don’t think “lights” when they hear greenhouse. Tell me a little bit about what’s the supplemental lighting all about.

Jesus:
Really it’s about being able to push the plant to its maximum expression. What we’re doing here is taking the best of both worlds. We’re taking the natural elements that you can get out of a great climate zone using available sunlight. Then also adding technology to be able to push the plant to its maximum amount of light that it can absorb.

Processing cannabis

Lindsay:
There’s a lot going on in this room. What what goes on in here?

Jesus:
This is our processing facility. Everything after greenhouse post harvest happens in this room. On any given day we’ll be deleafing plants from a harvest. We have our dry room in the back which is where we’ll immediately put the plants after harvest day. We’re also trimming all the beautiful flower and ultimately we will end up getting packaged into different products for folks. There are a lot of folks that work in this facility. It runs two shifts eight hours each so there’s close to 100 people that work in this facility. uh trimming packaging and harvesting plants.

Lindsay:
This is the last touch the hand trimming.

Jesus thank you so much for the tour today. I can say with certainty that everything I’ve seen and everything you’re doing with so much care to what you’re putting into the plants here. One of our biggest things that we focus on at Grassdoor is ensuring that the quality of what we bring to our customers is the best of the business. I feel so grateful to have seen the POSIBL facility because it solidifies the fact that quality is exactly what we have here.

Jesus:
No, thank you. It was my pleasure to host Grassdoor. It takes a village and so we can’t put this out without a great partner as well to put in the hands of people. Grassdoor is a company that we are super stoked to be work working with. Thank you.

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This week Grassdoor host David shows us some tips that can possibly bring your high down and help you relax through that “too toasty” cannabis experience. These tips are designed to to set your mind at ease and are simple to remember. Helping you ride it out the experience and bring you back down to Earth.

You’ve gotten too high, now what?

You’ve been out with your friends all night having a great time. You blaze a few joints and you are now toasty living life. About an hour later, you smoke another two joints. Because… Why not? Then you eat half an edible. Forget you ate it. Eat a bit more. Your buddy offers you a dab, you take six. Now you’re so beyond toasty that you are seeing everything in super slo mo. You’re freaking out because bananas are talking to you for some reason and you realize you’re just way too high! It’s one of the worst feelings in the world. Nobody wants to be so high that they feel like they’re losing control are gonna a pass out, or worse, die. But you’re not going to die, nobody ever has.

Do not fear, we’ve got some great tips

But never fear, you can still make it through. There are plenty of ways to sober you up and prevent going too far down the rabbit hole, or in this case, way too far up and bring you back down to earth. In today’s segment, we’re going to share a few tips with you to bring you back down from Mars and hopefully steady you out to have a much more enjoyable ride.

Tip number one, Hydrate

Drinking water is a simple way to bring your body back down to its normal state. If you’re dehydrated and have taken one too many blunts to the head, you’re bound to hit a level 30 on the high Richter scale. You can drink something that has electrolytes. A Gatorade or a smoothie instead of water. The nutrients and minerals in these drinks help replace what’s lost while high like sodium potassium chloride, which help regulate blood pressure and heart rate. You can also drink coconut water, a V8 or a protein shake, which helps keep hunger at bay longer, So you won’t overeat later to compensate for missing calories during your trip or whatever works for you. Just drink something if you don’t want to get super faded.

Tip number two, Take a Nap

When you’re high, the only thing that can seem to make you feel better is taking another hit. Maybe that’s true, but a nap can be just as effective. A nap is awesomely powerful, to level you out a bit. You’ll be sleeping when the effects of cannabis wear off. So hopefully you’ll wake up feeling more clearheaded and nap will let your body rest, which will help your mind relax and make it easier for you to fall asleep later if you didn’t go past 30 minutes. So if you’re super toasty, make sure you get a 30 minute shut eye session.

Tip number three, Eat Something

If you want to sober up from being way too Bob Marley, eat something. The best thing to eat is a sandwich or a salad. Now you could eat anything that you want, but try eating something healthy with like protein, carbs, some fat,, fiber, leafy greens and vitamins. A good rule of thumb is, if the ingredient list doesn’t sound like they’re coming off a bag of chips, it’ll probably make you feel better than eating another bowl of Cheetos.

Tip number four, Go for a Walk

This one is really easy, going for a walk. When you are way beyond toasty, the world can seem much bigger than it is. The rugs get a little longer and more romantic than anyone could ever imagine, or everything in your room seems to be conspiring against you. Fortunately, a few things can help you ease your mind, and they don’t even involve being sober. If you feel like getting up and moving around will help clear some of those hazy thoughts, try taking a walk around your neighborhood or just even stepping outside for a bit. You could also visit someone who isn’t feeling as high as you are at the moment, or vice versa, and spend some time doing something fun with them, like watching an episode of Parks and Rec or taking a stroll to the park.The point is to get your body moving.

We’re here to help

Hopefully these tips help you bring you down from this stratosphere and make you feel a bit better in your high. Remember that this will be a two part series, so make sure you come back for those in which one of those involves sacrificing a goat! And like always, with all that being said, I hope you enjoyed today’s segment, I’m your boy David hitting you up from the Grassdoor headquarters saying, I’ll catch you guys later. Grassdoor… out!

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