BIOACTIVE Riley D. Kirk, Ph.D.
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Cannabis, Psychedelics, Toxins, Pharmaceuticals & other Bioactive substances. From current research to community stories.
Hosted by Ph.D. research scientist and educator Dr. Riley Kirk.
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EP 37: An Introduction to Cannabis Nutrients with Tanya Funk
In this week’s episode Dr. Riley Kirk and guest Tanya Funk
dive in to the basics of providing nutrients to cannabis plants. This can look many ways depending on how you like to cultivate. The two discuss organic practices, organic gardening and what to look for to gauge your plants health.
Tanya is co-owner of a nutrient company called Organitek who specializes in nutrients for plants. Check them out at www.organitek.com with some amazing resources on growing plants!
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Ep 36: Cannabis and Oral Health with Stacy Bobak
Todays episode is all about oral health with the talented
educator and communicator Stacy Bobak.
Stacy is a Registered Dental Hygienist and Certified Cannabis Educator in Ontario, Canada. She is the creator and owner of CannaDent - a Cannabis education platform for Dental Professionals and works as a college professor, public speaker, and nonprofit founder.
She is a Breast Cancer survivor and a Medical Cannabis patient advocate and a soon to be a first-time Mom.
Learn more about Stacy on
IG (@cannadent.ca)
or LinkedIN (linkedin.com/in/stacybobak
Tincture of Time Podcast for Cancer and Cannabis Resources
Stacy’s Nonprofit
https://www.educannation.info/
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Ep 35: Standardizing the Cannabis Industry with Darwin Millard
How do we standardize an industry that is known as the wild west?
It's definitely difficult to implement standards in the cannabis industry but people like todays guest, Darwin Millard are working hard to ensure standards are in place to ensure quality and consistent products are on the legal market.
Standards are created to ensure that when you purchase a product there is no mold, pesticides, residual solvent and more. This topic is a little heavy, but very important for any consumer or manufacturer to understand.
If you want to ask guests questions ahead of time, see the plants/strains I'm growing at home, or message me directly, or just support this podcast- join the bioactive Patreon for as little as $1/month. https://www.patreon.com/cannabichem
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Ep 34: #NAPTIME Nova Scotia, Canada with Dr. Miyabe Shields
The Network of Applied Pharmacognosy is a reserach non-profit formed by Dr. Miyabe Shields and Dr. Riley Kirk.
The goal of the nonprofit is to provide a more nuanced and holistic view of cannabis as medicine and emphazie community data and engagement. On this #NAPTIME Riley and Miyabe head to Nova Scotia, Canada for two speaking events: one geared towards industry professionals and another towards consumers.
The two talk about what they discussed during these events as well as shenanigans during packing (Riley accidentally greens out tasting canna-butter pierogies), touring an aquaponics facility, getting detained at customs... and so much more. Sign up for NAP's emails on our website:
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Ep 33: The Lost art of Hashish with Madame Cannoli & Kevin McGovern
Kimberly Hooks, CEO of Frenchy Cannoli Brand and Kevin McGovern owner of First Harvest Hemp join Riley to talk about the history of hashish and the process of making quality product.
Kimberly carries on the legacy of her late husband Frenchy Cannoli, a notorious hash maker by sharing workshops across the world.
Kimberly and Cherryblossom Belle (Frenchy's apprentice) will be teaching a workshop on Saturday April 6th in Westboro, MA. Join Riley and the Hash making legends for an unforgettable experience at First Harvest Hemp!
Resources
Buy tickets to the MA Hash workshop
https://www.purplepass.com/#282953/Frenchy_Cannoli-Lost_Art_-_Westboro,_MA-Lost_Art_-_Westboro,_MA-April-06-2024.html
Learn more about Frenchy (his website)
https://frenchycannoli.com/about
The Darker Side: Decarbing & the Role of Heat
https://thepressclub.co/blogs/tips-tricks/the-darker-side-hashish-why-press-your-resin
Temple ball youtube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCfzTaGmOa8&rco=1
Whitethorn Rose Strain:
https://www.leafly.com/strains/whitethorn-rose
Hashishene (the terpene)
https://www.veriheal.com/blog/terpenes/hashishene/
Thai Stick Book:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0231161344?psc=1&smid=A145U086SR2CTZ&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp
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Ep 32: Cannabis and End-Of-Life Care with Dr. Rasean Hodge, MD
Where does cannabis play a role in end-of-life care? Today
Riley speaks with Dr. Rasean Hodge, MD. Dr. Hodge has worked with a large diversity of patients and is an open consumer of cannabis products.
He has suffered from chronic pain and opiate addiction and helps patients learn from professional and lived experience.
We talk about the role of cannabis in end-of-life care, and
also answer questions from my good friend who is a nurse in a hospice unit and submitted questions from her and the other colleagues in her institution.
Nothing in this podcast is ever medical advice.
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Dr.Rasean’s products:
https://www.raseanhodgemdcbd.com/
Dr. Rasean’s social media:
@raseanhodge.md
@raseanhodgemdcbd
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As a cannabis biology and chemistry student attending university this podcast is extremely inspiring. Hearing what Dr. Kirk has done and continues to do gives me hope that cannabis will become more widely accepted and appreciated for its medicinal values. In addition how she is able to describe everything is chefs kiss, personally i am able to grasp the concepts that she explains… where as in lecture i have to go back watch videos and take extra notes. Plus the other natural products this podcast hits on is eye opening.
6/5 stars for riley!!
Such an interesting podcast with super helpful info, I love the episodes where you really get into the science and biology of how different herbs work in the body! would love to see more in depth episodes about the endocannabinoid system as well as cannabis and autism. Also very interested in the science around other plant medicines and how they interact with the body, as well the best extraction and consumption methods for using them at home. thank you so much for this podcast!!