Cooking with Cannabis, A Scientific Take
Cannabis cuisine is much more than space cakes and THC gummies. From THC-infused snacks to full-blown three-course meals, the world of cannabis cooking can be as versatile as creative as you can make it. But it’s not necessarily simple. Flower must be decarboxylated before cooking with it. And then there’s portion size – too little herb in your end result will be disappointing, too much could be quite uncomfortable for hours. In this unique cooking demonstration, we went over how to make cannabis butter, oil, gummies and chocolates – while simultaneously answering questions such as: How can you gauge your tolerance for edibles? What’s the optimal THC:CBD ratio when cooking with cannabis? How do I cook using weed with unknown cannabinoid content? What happens if I don’t decarboxylate? Speakers: Codi Peterson, PharmD - Scientific Advisor, The Cannigma Chelsie Miles - CEO, CannaCook Chris Miles - COO, CannaCook Elana Goldberg - CEO, The Cannigma
A Scientific Look At the Effects of Cannabis and THC on the Body
Cannabis has been used by humans for thousands of years but scientists only recently started to discover how cannabis affects our bodies and why. Here Codi Peterson, PharmD breaks it down. This educational video is sponsored by Tidal Health Solutions - https://tidalhealth.ca/.
Endocannabinoidome and Common Drugs, Preserving Cannabis as Medicine
In this behind-the-scenes episode we are joined with pharmacist Dr. Codi Peterson to talk about how modern insights into the endocannabinoid system and endocannabinoidome are affecting how pharmacists think about modern medicine. Dr. Codi Peterson is a clinical pediatric pharmacist with diverse experiences across the pharmaceutical landscape. A Duquesne University graduate, Codi was trained in an academic teaching hospital where he learned alongside a team of healthcare professionals. Building upon general pediatric hospital experience, Codi advanced to emergency and critical care pharmacy where he found a passion for improving the pharmaceutical care of complex and dynamic patients. Leveraging his hospital experience, Codi has had the opportunity to pursue his passion for educating others. As a staff lecturer at Orange County Emergency Medical Training, Codi teaches paramedics and firefighters the knowledge and skills they need to employ safe drug therapy in the prehospital setting. Codi has an innate ability to translate complex pharmacological information into digestible concepts that are applicable in the field. Codi also lectures to respiratory therapists and pharmacy students in the SoCal area, sharing his knowledge at every possible occasion. Now turning his focus and skills from western medicine to a more functional and holistic [...]
5 Foods That Can Affect Your High
Everyone has a favorite album they like to pair with cannabis, a movie they really love to watch when high, or that special secluded spot in town where the view, the breeze, and the simple tranquility of it all can make it the perfect place to smoke a joint. But along with music and movies, there are also specific foods that can affect your high, and we don’t just mean in terms of the munchies. Certain foods naturally contain chemicals that may be able to affect your high — either by amplifying or tempering it — and can also interact with your body’s endocannabinoid system. “It’s a really nuanced and complicated system and the foods we eat definitely influence it,” explained Dr. Codi Peterson, a clinical pharmacist, cannabis expert, and scientific advisor to The Cannigma. “But it’s not as simple a matter as ‘this food will get you more high.’” The body produces endocannabinoids from the fats we eat, Dr. Peterson explained, and recommends keeping a plant rich, well-balanced diet in order to support a healthy gut microbiome and robust endocannabinoid system. What is the endocannabinoid system? First discovered by scientists in the early 1990s, the endocannabinoid system modulates [...]
