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The Cannabis Dictionary

480+ terms defined — botany, chemistry, products, effects, law, industry, culture, and medicine.

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Budtender

Industry & Commerce

Dispensary retail employee who advises customers on products — the frontline of cannabis retail

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Pod
Proprietary magnetic-connection vape cartridge for brand-specific batteries
Charlotte Figi
Child with Dravet syndrome whose CBD success story launched the cannabidiol movement
Pesticide testing
Lab analysis screening for banned or excess pesticide residues on cannabis products
Tolerance (clinical)
Diminished pharmacological response requiring increased dose — CB1 receptor downregulation
Double-blind
Neither researcher nor participant knows who receives active drug — the gold standard
Prohibition
The legal regime criminalizing cannabis cultivation, distribution, and possession

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