January/February 2021

A letter from Group Editorial Director, Megan L'Heureux, highlighting COVID-19 research, the announcement of Cannabis Science and Technology®'s partnership with Havas ECS, and the launch of our sister publication, Cannabis Patient Care™.

A discussion on how extractors need to monitor the chemical processes they perform.

Learn the ways cannabis cultivation uses water as a resource, how to measure and benchmark the key performance indicators (KPIs) for water efficiency and productivity, and the benefits of monitoring, quantifying, and ranking KPIs for water.

From simple separations to detailed wavelength analysis, we examine the important concepts and techniques needed to make liquid chromatography work its best in the laboratory.

Here we discuss issues such as how a repeatable outcome is a critical component of developing cannabis as a reliable medicinal treatment, insight into how to work out extraction goals such as quality terpene development, and more.

Soil, water, and nutrient compositions play important roles in one’s quest to produce ultrapremium flower material; but unequivocally, it is lighting spectrum, coverage, and penetration that have the most influence over the terminal outcome, particularly in controlled environment agriculture.

This article explores what we do and don’t know about the origins of Cannabis ssp. from a botanical perspective and outlines some of the hypotheses proposed to explain the “why” of cannabinoid production in plants and the approaches that researchers are taking to try and answer this elusive question.

Dr. Tania Sasaki shares her insights, experiences, challenges, future directions, and advice.

CBD is a growing industry. In this article, topicals and their growing popularity are discussed.