Hand-Rubbed Charas Technique
Hashish produced by rubbing live cannabis flower buds between palms to collect resin.
Hash Rosin
Solventless cannabis concentrate made by pressing hash with heat and pressure.
Head
Three distinct meanings: cannabis user, subjective effect type, and trichome anatomy.
Head High
Mental and emotional effects of cannabis, distinguished from sedative or physical sensations.
Hippie-Era Cannabis Vocabulary
Slang terms cannabis users employed from the 1960s through early 1970s, borrowed largely from Black jazz cultu...
Horizontal Integration
When cannabis companies buy competitors at the same supply-chain level to grow market share.
Internode
The stem segment between leaf and branch nodes; a structural trait shaped by light and genetics.
Internode Spacing
Distance between leaf nodes on the stem; shaped by genetics and light.
Isolate
A single-cannabinoid extract refined to near-total purity, typically 95% or higher.
Joint
A cannabis cigarette rolled in paper, lit and inhaled. Delivers THC quickly but with combustion byproducts.
Kelvin (color temperature)
SI unit measuring light color appearance; used to compare lamp spectra in horticulture.
Kief
Dry-sifted cannabis resin powder rich in cannabinoids and terpenes.
King Size Papers
Extra-long rolling papers for larger joints and group use.
Kush
Cannabis cultivars tracing lineage to Hindu Kush mountain landraces, also used as a dispensary marketing label...
Live Rosin
Solventless concentrate made by pressing fresh-frozen bubble hash between heated plates.
Local Cannabis Tax
Municipal tax on cannabis businesses, separate from state excise and sales taxes.
Lumen
A unit of visible light — useful for your eyes, wrong for measuring plant growth.
Lux
SI unit of illuminance; cheap to measure but spectrum-blind for plant growth.
MAV Glass
American glass brand known for affordable heady-adjacent bongs, rigs, and accessories manufactured largely ove...
Mass Spectrometry for Cannabis
Analytical technique that identifies cannabis compounds by mass-to-charge ratio.
Mental Relaxation
Reduced cognitive arousal and worry; dose-dependent, not strain-predictable, distinct from sedation.
Mid
Subjective market term for mediocre cannabis flower between schwag and top-shelf.
Mighty+
Portable hybrid vaporizer for dry flower and concentrates with clinical-grade dosing consistency.
Mood lift
A mild, short-term improvement in subjective mood, common at low THC doses.