PT569 – Is Cannabis a Psychedelic? Exploring the Science of Indoles, Interprening, and Intention, with Max Montrose
Psychedelics Today
Psychedelics Today, LLC
4.6 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2024
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Victoria interviews Max Montrose: Founder of the Trichome Institute, a company offering online courses and certifications on cannabis.
Montrose explores the scientific and sensory aspects of cannabis, diving into the role of the aromatic compound, indole, and how the fresher and more aromatic (usually pungent) the flower is, the higher chance for having a more psychedelic experience. He dives into ways to maximize the psychedelic nature of cannabis, largely through "interprening," which is his method for learning about a plant's effects from smelling buds, measuring your sense of sensation and where you feel the smell is hitting you. And he talks a lot about intention and how the power of a cannabis experience can be determined by the reverence you have for the plant and the intention you put behind each inhale: It is a "total reflection of how much you care."
He also discusses:
- The range of cannabis effects: how it can be just weed – something mindlessly smoked all day with a slight numbing effect – or an incredibly powerful, life-changing experience
- The importance of skillset being added to the concept of set and setting: the skills you have (and can practice) for helping you create your own setting to get through a tough time
- Issues with the legal cannabis industry about accuracy of strains, shelf life, and the ability to smell the product
- The lack of money in cannabis research: Why is no one funding research into indole chemistry?
- Why indica and sativa are not accurate terms, and how aroma is more of a factor than we realize
and more!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. Welcome back to Psychedelics Today. I'm Victoria, your host for today's show, |
| 0:17.4 | literally blowing the dust off of my microphone that has accumulated since the last time I |
| 0:22.5 | hosted many months ago. It's very nice to be back with all of you for this episode covering |
| 0:27.8 | cannabis, a plant that I love very, very much. So today we're diving into a topic that has |
| 0:34.7 | sparked a long-standing debate and curiosity across our community. |
| 0:39.2 | Is cannabis truly a psychedelic? Should it be included in the psychedelic conversation alongside |
| 0:45.6 | other substances like psilocybin and LSD? This is a lingering question that has divided |
| 0:51.3 | opinions for some time, and while we've explored cannabis from |
| 0:54.9 | a therapeutic and historic lens before, today we are shifting gears to examine it from a scientific |
| 1:00.4 | standpoint. |
| 1:02.8 | Will our conversation settle the debate, or open up even more questions? We'll find out. |
| 1:08.6 | And what better time to discuss this than right before one of the biggest |
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| 1:18.7 | 3rd. If you're heading there, make sure you don't miss what I consider the best way to start the week, |
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| 1:30.1 | there with me, Kyle, and Joe, hanging around what is truly an incredible lineup of speakers and friends |
| 1:36.2 | of the podcast. If you're passionate about the business side of psychedelics or just dipping your |
| 1:41.6 | toe in, come say hello and dive a little bit deeper with us. |
| 1:46.0 | Plus, you can get 10% off your ticket using the code REM Psych Today 10. That's R-E-M-P-S-Y-C-T-O-D-A-Y and the number 10 |
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| 2:03.0 | before the event, please consider downloading our new free report, Psychedelics at Work. |
| 2:10.3 | This field is evolving really, really quickly, and oftentimes we get asked about the job market, |
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