Why this cannabis scientist thinks strain names are helpful – Meet Dr. Anna Schwabe

In this interview, you’ll meet Dr. Anna Schwabe. I was so excited for this one because Dr. Schwabe says that she’ll die on the hill screaming that STRAIN NAMES MATTER. And, she should know! She has her Ph.D. in this exact topic. So, cozy in and learn from an expert in the field about cannabis strain names and more!
All the topics we covered are listed below.

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Find Dr. Anna Schwabe here:
https://www.annaschwabe.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-schwabe-phd/
www.instagram.com/anna.the.cannabis.geneticist
twitter @Anna_Schwabe

A note from Anna: I wanted to share this with you since one of our talking points was putting emphasis on abundant THC/CBD and terpenes as the cause for effect (at least in terms of marketing), when we really dont actually know the whole picture!!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9414986/

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0:30 Why Andrea Thinks Strain Names Are Worthless
2:24 Who is Dr. Anna Schawbe and Why is She The Lady to Tell Us About Strain Names?
4:15 Why Does this Ph.D. Scientist Love Strain Names?
6:44 Think of Strains like Types of Grapes
7:34 Are Lab Tests Measuring What We Need?
9:15 Dr. Schawbe is a Scientist Looking Out for the End Consumer
10:08 How Did Dr. Schawbe Get Into Cannabis? (Especially as a barrier-breaking badass woman!)
12:30 How Did Dr. Schawbe Get Permission to Study THC-Rich Cannabis?
15:03 The Big Question: When you go to different dispensaries and you purchase the same thing, are you actually getting the same thing?
16:38 Think Of Strain Names Like Apple Names
18:57 Do We Need to Lab Test AND Genetically Test Our Cannabis To Know What We’re Getting?
19:53 Genetic Testing Isn’t New – Other Industries Are Already Doing This
22:00 But Genetically Identical Clones Can Still Turn Out Vastly Different From Each Other
22:59Can People Detect Genetically Different Strains With Our Noses?
25:41 Does Lab Testing Even Mean Anything By The Time it Gets to the End Consumer?
26:24 Is Terpene Research Even Valid in Cannabis?
27:57 Is THC Even The Driver Of Experience? What are We Missing?
30:14 Dr. Schawbe Had to be Scrappy to Do this Research
32:43 What kind of problems and implications does genetic testing open up in the cannabis industry specifically?
36:14 Genetic Testing Isn’t Free From Manipulation Either!
38:10 We Owe So Much To Legacy Cannabis Breeders
39:52 Is There Such Thing as Sativa and Indica? (Dr. Schawbe is Taking on ALL the Fights!)
46:17 How Using Cannabis is Similar To Using Prescriptions
48:18 Why Using Cannabis Is Medicine Is The Best
50:59 Can We Trust the Numbers on Lab Tests?
52:33 Dr. Schwabe Weighs in on Synthetic Cannabinoids like Delta-8 THC
55:11 Why Andrea Thinks Vaping and Smoking Delta-8 is So Scary
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