How would I know? I kinda just lucked into things because I love weed. That being said, isn\u2019t it amazing how someone can have a career in cannabis<\/a>? Hell, 15 to 20 years ago, the only cannabis gig was \u201cactivist\u201d or \u201cwriter for High Times.\u201d These days, you can be anything from a budtender to an insurance rep\u2026 Even a cannabis advice columnist.<\/p>\n If you are looking for training, there are a few spots that will teach you all you need to know to get started. Oaksterdam University<\/a> is a good one<\/a>. You could also check out The Cannabis University<\/a> or even the Cleveland School of Cannabis<\/a> if you aren\u2019t on the West Coast. But when you say \u201ca career in cannabis,\u201d what do you mean? There are so many niches. Do you want to own a club? Are you launching some sort of weed app? Are you a good grower? Are you good at sales? It\u2019s not even a matter of \u201ca career in cannabis\u201d as much as it is more of a \u201cwhat branch of cannabis do I want to get into?\u201d<\/p>\n My advice: Play to your strengths. Are you good at organizing and motivating? Manage club or a lab. Good at sales? Distribution is probably your thing. There are plenty of job boards on the internet: Vangsters<\/a>, leafbuyer.com<\/a>, et cetera. You don\u2019t even need to do that anymore. You can find job openings in the cannabis industry listed on mainstream job sites like Monster or Indeed. Tighten up your resume, find your nice clothes, and go out and get a job, you stoner. Good luck.<\/p>\n You are in luck. I am also<\/em> a big fan of cooking with cannabis. In fact, please watch my show \u201cCooking on High<\/a>\u201d on Netflix. It\u2019s awesome. As to your question: There are a bunch of good cookbooks. Cheri Sicard has a great one called \u201cThe Easy Cannabis Cookbook<\/a>.\u201d It should help you get started. You can also find some good recipes online. Check out the \u201cCooking on High\u201d website<\/a> for some fancy pants deliciousness.<\/p>\n When you smoke weed, the THCA<\/a> gets metabolized by your lungs and turns into delta-9-THC (this is the ingredient in cannabis that gets you \u201chigh\u201d). When you eat an edible, the THCA is metabolized by your liver before it gets to your bloodstream and becomes a compound called 11-hydroxy-THC, which leads to a stronger and longer-lasting high. The good news is, if you eat too much weed, you will not die. You will just feel weird. Have some water and some CBD and you will be fine. Enjoy yourself.<\/p>\n I wouldn\u2019t say there is no difference. Sativas tend to have long leaves and they get really tall. Indicas tend to be shorter and bushier with fat, wide leaves. They are actually different, even though they are the same species. Also, indicas and sativas need different cultivation techniques. Indicas mature quickly, while sativas can take a long time to reach maturity. It\u2019s an evolution thing. Sativas come from hot places like Africa or Panama (Think Malawi Gold or a really good Michoacan), while indicas started out in colder mountainous regions (think Hindu Kush and Nepal).<\/p>\n Now if you are talking about effects, I kinda agree. We are finding more and more that it\u2019s the terpenes (myrcene<\/a>, pinene<\/a>, limonene<\/a>) rather than the type of plant that create the different effects. The expansion of our terpene knowledge has led to a few growers and breeders trying to do away with strain names completely in favor of a stricter chemical composition nomenclature. It\u2019s kinda silly. Not many people order a beer by asking for a \u201c5 percent ABV with 10 percent hops and a malt finish.\u201d They order a \u201cHeineken\u201d or a \u201cstout.\u201d Pot smokers are the same way. No one asks for \u201csomething with a lot of myrcene,\u201d they ask for a strain with a good \u201ckushy\u201d smell.<\/p>\n Anyway, back to the answer: The line between sativa and indica is getting blurry, what with all the crossbreeding and whatnot. It is possible to grow a short bushy plant that gives you sativa-esque effects. But really, who cares? Find some weed you like and smoke it. Life is too short to argue about sativas and indicas. Weed is weed, love is love and Jeff Sessions is a racist prohibitionist who uses the Bible to justify evil. Stay strong.<\/p>\n TELL US<\/strong>, what\u2019s your dream job in the cannabis industry?<\/p>\n Originally published in Issue 34 of Cannabis Now. LEARN MORE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The post Dear Dabby\u2026 How Do I Work in Weed?<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
What is the best way to start a career in cannabis?\u00a0\u2014 Anita Goodjob How would I know? I kinda just lucked into things because I love weed. That being said, isn\u2019t it amazing how someone can have a career in cannabis? Hell, 15 to 20 years ago, the only cannabisContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50,7273,79,1574,797,1232,85,1811,6599,119,768,4310,1598,1165],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33330,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33329\/revisions\/33330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}I\u2019m interested in learning more about cooking with cannabis. Can you recommend a good cookbook or guide? Also: When I eat an edible, I get way more stoned than when I smoke. Why is this? \u2014 Ed Ibble<\/h4>\n
Why do they keep emphasizing the difference<\/a> between sativa and indica when there really is no difference at all? \u2014 @Highergroundtv (via Twitter)<\/h4>\n
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