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Cannabis Colloquial

While dispensaries like Sweetspot and others are happy to talk you through the terms, here’s a cheat sheet of the types of cannabis consumption available and other vocabulary you might hear.

FLOWER: The “flower” of the plant is the traditional form of consumption, which is ground and smoked.

DISTILLATE: A pure, distilled extract known for its potency that’s often consumed via a vaporizer.

EDIBLE: In the form of gummies, teas, and more. “Low and slow is the way to go with edibles,” cautions Sweetspot’s Blake Costa.

TOPICAL: These come in the form of lotions or salves and are commonly used by arthritis su erers.

TINCTURE: “A new generation of users aren’t interested in smoking, but they don’t want to wait for an edible’s e ects,” says Costa. “A tincture acts faster. It also won’t upset the stomach of, for example, a cancer patient.” to up-pot and feed the plants. Mid-season, he’ll make new feeding recommendations as the plants mature. And he’ll teach you how to harvest, dry, and store the flower when the season ends.”

STRAINS: A term that refers to the di erent types of cannabis you’ll find that yield di erent e ects, whether relaxing or energizing, including indica, sativa, and hybrids.

CANNABINOIDS: You’ve likely heard THC and CBD used when talking about cannabis – the former is the cannabinoid, or group of compounds, that produce the psychoactive e ects, whereas CBD, when extracted from the plant and used on its own, doesn’t produce a high.

TERPENES: The chemical compound found in cannabis responsible for the aromas and flavors of di erent strains.

The winter skeleton of an accidental cannabis plant rises from the center of Fotiades’ medicinal herb garden, situated in plain sight, next to the road. Cannabis plants are bred not to have seeds, yet improbably, last spring a seed found its way to the carefully tended, fertile soil and sprouted. “She popped up out in the open,” Fotiades says of the plant.

“She wants to be seen.” And Fotiades took its growth as a sign that it was time for her to openly embrace her role as an activist and educator.

In Buddhist tradition, bodhisattvas are enlightened beings who delay their entry into paradise in order to show others the way. And Fotiades sees parallels between that teaching and her own life. She believes, like the bodhisattva, her role is to educate and guide others on their path. “I help people climb the wall and show them the possibilities on the other side,” she says.