The Hemp Mine Blog

Read a feature in the September 2022 edition of Cannabis Science and Technology by Allison Justice and Jason Hupp. My name is Allison Justice, PhD, and I am the founder and CEO of The Hemp Mine, a vertical cannabidiol (CBD) company in South Carolina. I am a plant scientist by trade, and no plant has ever amazed me as does the cannabis plant. Years of suppression due to federal illegality has kept the discovery of this plant in all realms (chemistry, horticulture, and medicine) almost in its infancy. Theindustry needs research to grow in legitimacy and efficiency. Due to hemp now...

With the public perception of cannabis rapidly shifting, we are starting to see adults experimenting in different ways of cannabis consumption. One of the most recent trends in cannabis consumption is making your favorite home-made recipes with a twist: infusing your favorite cannabinoids into them.  Typically, if you were to make homemade edibles, you would need to go through the process of decarboxylating your cannabis flower. As we mentioned in a previous blog, CBDA and CBGA: A Potential COVID Killer?, the process of decarboxylation involves heating the cannabis molecules so that the carboxylic acid bond can detach, giving you all...

Now that scientists have a greater ability to study cannabis and its effects, we have just begun to scratch the surface of its therapeutic potential. For instance, the discovery of the endocannabinoid system has enlightened the public about how our bodies produce natural endocannabinoids, and that cannabis can help stimulate our bodies’ endogenous receptors. All of this suggests that nature intended for us to consume cannabis as a way to help better regulate our bodily functions. But did you know that it is not just humans that have an endocannabinoid system? Scientists have recently discovered that in fact nearly all...

Typically, when you ask someone what type of cannabis they prefer, you’ll hear 1 of 3 answers: Indica because of the body high Sativa because of the head high Hybrid because of the balanced high However, with all of the genetic cross breeding, as well as the many different approaches to growing that cultivators have at their disposal, it is nearly impossible to tell what the effects of a cannabis product are solely by the classic Indica, Sativa, and Hybrid nomenclature. So if Indica, Sativa, and Hybrid cannot properly describe the effects of cannabis products, how will consumers know what...