Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emily Earlenbaugh covers cannabis science and culture. Most people use cannabis to improve how they are feeling, but sometimes ...

Terpenes are aromatic compounds found in many plants, though many people commonly associate them with cannabis because cannabis plants contain high concentrations of them. These aromatic compounds ...

When you walk by someone smoking cannabis, the smell is unmistakable. The compounds that produce the potent smell of weed fall under the same class of compounds that produce the citrusy smell of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- For most people, their first experience with marijuana was walking into a high school bathroom and running into that strong "skunk" smell left behind by pot users. In reality, ...

Want to design your own high? Pay attention to the newest area of cannabis research: terpenes. These essential oils give each cannabis strain the unique smell, flavor and taste that you’ve come to ...

Terpenes are aromatic, naturally occurring compounds found in a variety of plants. They're perhaps most famously found in cannabis and some think may enhance the herb's therapeutic benefits. Here's ...

Terpenes, terpenoids, terps. Whatever you call them, these compounds in cannabis that give it distinctive aromas and flavors are popping up in consumer products everywhere. In US states where medical ...

Sitting in front of me is their sturdy and handsomely constructed vape pen. Massive, like a Swiss designed writing device, the warm, color rimmed, one gram of cannabis oil filled 510 cartridge sits ...

It's common knowledge that many use cannabis and natural products to treat pain symptoms, especially as the nation reckons with the deadly consequences of the opioid epidemic. But what if aromatic ...

Fog rolls over the hillsides on an early morning hike. As sunbeams break through the mist, they activate the aromas of the chaparral: the nuanced and layered sweetness of a bay laurel, with its ...