Let's Nerd Out About Weed

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

From terpenes to THC, the biochemistry of the cannabis plant is endlessly fascinating. So get yourself rolled up and ready to delve into "the weeds" with someone who's seen and smoked as much cannabis as anyone on Earth. As co-founder of SC Labs—one of the first cannabis analytical laboratories—Alec Dixon helped pioneer the use of scientific assessment to increase our understanding of cannabis, while providing the public with third-party verification that their stash is free of potentially dangerous contaminants. From how cannabis labs helped identify the first high CBD strains, to the shift in focus from potency to terp profile as the standard of quality, it's an episode for full-on weed nerds and newbies alike to learn more about our favorite plant. Help Make This Podcast Possible! Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to a video version of the show and extra seshes, plus access to cool rewards like a signed book. And it truly helps us make the best show possible. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our Great Moments in Weed History podcast feed for 90+ episodes of our classic format, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every other Weednesday.

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0:00.0	Hi everybody. It's Bean and welcome to an all-new, great moments in weed history.
0:07.0	Finally, after nearly 100 episodes of this program, we are about to fully and unabashedly nerd the fuck out about weed.
0:18.0	From terpenes to THC, I find the biochemistry of the cannabis plant to be
0:23.4	endlessly fascinating. And our guest this week, Alec Dixon is the absolute perfect person
0:30.3	to take us into all the details of what makes this plant so special. In 2010, Alec was one of the co-founders of SC Labs,
0:40.5	one of the earliest cannabis analytics laboratories out there.
0:45.0	Quick shout out to Steep Hill Lab for being the first.
0:48.7	In this episode, we're gonna hear about
0:51.1	how cannabis labs were integral to identifying the first high-cbd strains out there,
0:58.7	which spread that important cannabinoid to people in need, and how they have since led a huge
1:05.5	cultural shift in our focus from THC potency to terpen profile as the standard of cannabis quality.
1:14.3	So this is an episode for full-on weed nerds and also for you newbies out there who want to
1:20.3	learn more about our favorite plant and how to fully appreciate it.
1:25.6	I've known Alec for a really long time, and I'm so excited to have him
1:29.6	as a guest on this podcast because he's somebody who really, for me, combines a deep scientific
1:36.7	knowledge of cannabis with a real heartfelt respect for its place as a sacred plant medicine and as a spiritual aid.
1:46.0	Alex just has a truly encyclopedic knowledge of this plant at the chemical level,
1:53.0	and he is great at explaining some of the really subtle nuances of connoisseurship, of cultivation, of how to, in essence, get the
2:07.1	most out of this plant, and to bring it into the mainstream of our culture through the kind
2:16.9	of third-party verification of safety and efficacy that cannabis
2:23.1	labs can bring to the conversation scientifically without losing sight of what attracts us to this
2:31.7	plant to begin with,
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