Terpenes on dutchie
I started using cannabis November of 25’ as medicine. In my younger days, I smoked to get faded and hang out and have fun.
I stopped smoking from 2008-2025. In 2025 I was in a position, because of life happening, I was left with only one option - do I get on medication or not? I decided to get on medication.
When I started investigating, I was presented a decision - try medical cannabis OR go to the doctor and get some anxiety/depression meds. I decided to try cannabis.
It has alleviated my ailments. I have had to LEARN HOW TO USE IT. I tested all types of protocols figuring out how to dose for symptom relief-vs-functionality. I learned something IMMEDIATELY in this process… something maybe all yall already knew?…..
I learned that THC is THC. CBD is CBD. BUT TERPENES!?!?!?! Holy shit - I experience MASSIVELY different effects from an indica that’s Myrcene forward vs an indica that’s Limonene forward! It’s a wildly different experience!
I immediately became interested in terpene profiles and benefits of one vs the other. I experimented and documented. I documented everything through ChatGPT to help me make sense of what works and what doesn’t.
Thanks to my experimenting and research I now know how all types of various terpene profiles will affect me - I essentially now have a “cure for every ailment.”
When I am dosing for acute symptom relief during the day, I take the smallest little bong rip from my mini bong. It doesn’t get me faded, but it will have subtle noticeable effects. My Saturday morning routine is wake up and take a tiny bit of Coka and suddenly I’m locked into house projects and doing yard work…. That’s not my doing, that’s a result of cannabis.
So here’s my gripe - as a legitimate medical cannabis user, not just chasing getting faded, the terpene information on each strain is what dictates the effects of my medicine. They used to list terps. Then they suddenly removed them from dutchie…. And now it seems most strains don’t even show the total terp concentration. WHY have they removed this information? Like, how is it even legal for them to refuse to give it? Can I go to the dispensary and just ask the counter clerk to see the bag of different strains for 30 minutes looking a terps?
Have any of y’all been left in a little bit of a medical bind since the terp info has been removed? I certainly have.
Is there anything I can do as a patient to demand information on my medicine?
Terp trace has been TREMENDOUSLY helpful.
I CANNOT BUY YOUR CANNABIS WITHOUT KNOWING HOW THE HELL ITS GOING TO AFFECT ME!!