Find a clear answer.

Flower: consumer guide

Understand buds and pre-rolls: format, condition, labels and what THC cannot tell you.

Edibles: consumer guide

Read THC per serving and per package, check ingredients, and understand delayed effects.

Concentrates: consumer guide

Make sense of concentrated products by separating material, process, texture and intended use.

Vapes: consumer guide

Separate the cannabis contents from the hardware: ingredients, compatibility, labels and device care.

“Solvent-free” on a label

A claim about solvents that needs a clear explanation. It may refer to the process or to a test result.

90u / 90 μm

A micron is a very small length: one millionth of a meter. “90u” usually stands for 90 microns.

BHO (butane hash oil)

A concentrate made with butane as the extraction solvent. Texture names such as shatter, wax or budder do not tell you which solvent was used.

Butane

A flammable gas made of carbon and hydrogen. This entry describes n-butane.

Cannabis storage and aging

Storage can change chemical composition over time.

Cannabis testing in Washington

A lab report describes a tested sample from a batch.

Carbon dioxide / CO₂

Carbon dioxide, also written CO2. It can be used as an extraction solvent.

Caryophyllene

A terpene name worth reading carefully on a lab report.

CBN

CBN is the abbreviation for cannabinol.

Check packaging and labels

Use the product’s actual label and the current rule.

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Close the visit and know your limits

Finish clearly and route questions to the right person.

COA / lab report

Short for Certificate of Analysis: a lab report for a tested sample.

Compare options without pressure

Offer a short, honest comparison that respects the customer.

Comparing myrcene and limonene

Compare the measured compounds without assigning a guaranteed feeling.

Concentrate

A cannabis extract, such as hash, wax, or oil.

CRC (color remediation column)

A filter column some extraction systems use to remove color from solvent-based extracts, often packed with media such as activated carbon or clay.

Describe aroma with care

Build useful sensory language without guessing effects.

Distillate

A concentrate refined by distillation, a process that separates compounds by heating them and condensing the vapor.

ECS

Short for endocannabinoid system: a network the body uses to send and receive chemical signals.

Edibles & drinks

Cannabis in food or a drink.

Ethanol

An alcohol that can serve as an extraction solvent. Also called ethyl alcohol.

Explain the product types

Use plain words to help someone compare forms.

Find the rule before the answer

Find the relevant Washington source and know what a learning badge means.

Five terpene names, clearly spoken

Say five common terpene names and keep aroma descriptions separate from health claims.

Flower

Cannabis bud, sold as loose plant material.

Follow a plant’s records

Learn how records connect an item to its stated origin.

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Hash / ice water hash

Resin glands (trichomes) separated from the plant with screens, ice water or similar physical methods instead of solvents.

Heptane

A liquid made of carbon and hydrogen. Heptane and hexane are different chemicals.

Hexane

A liquid made of carbon and hydrogen. This entry covers n-hexane, a specific form of hexane.

How cannabinoids form and change

Cannabinoids form along branching pathways, rather than one straight chain.

Indica / Sativa / Hybrid

Names often used to group cannabis varieties on a menu. They do not give you the full picture of what is in the product.

Indoor, greenhouse and outdoor

Where the plants were grown: inside a fully enclosed building, in a greenhouse, or outside under the sun.

Infused pre-roll

A pre-roll with cannabis concentrate added.

Isobutane

A flammable gas made of carbon and hydrogen. Its other name is 2-methylpropane.

Keep a clear handoff

Make the next person’s part of the work understandable.

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Keep medical roles clear

Distinguish product standards, education and professional care.

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Kush names and plant lineage

A name can start a history question; it cannot settle one.

Limonene

A terpene associated with citrus aromas.

Limonene: say the name, check the claim

The name is a useful starting point, not a promise about how a product will feel.

Linalool

An aroma compound associated with floral and lavender-like scents.

Live resin

A solvent-based concentrate made from cannabis that was frozen soon after harvest instead of dried and cured.

Live rosin

Rosin pressed from hash that was made from fresh frozen cannabis rather than dried flower.

Medical compliance

In Washington, a DOH compliance logo identifies a product meeting a set of medical cannabis product standards.

Myrcene

A terpene found in cannabis and other plants.

Pinene

A name used for related compounds associated with pine-like aromas.

Pre-roll

Cannabis flower already rolled in paper.

Propane

A flammable gas made of carbon and hydrogen, with a different chemical structure from butane.

Read a lab report

Match the report to the product before relying on it.

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Read beyond THC percentage

A potency number is one detail, not a complete product description.

Read the claim, then the evidence

Learn the difference between a personal story, a lab result and a study in people.

Read the label and check the report

Connect a product to the evidence for its batch.

Residual solvent

Solvent that remains after processing.

Rosin

A cannabis concentrate made using heat and pressure.

Say it slowly: LIN-uh-lool. Linalool.

An aroma description is useful, but it is not a promise about a person’s experience.

Say it slowly: PIE-neen. Pinene.

The name helps you describe a profile; it does not predict exactly how a product will feel.

Separate plant facts from promises

Explain what a finding supports without promising a result.

Solvent

A substance that dissolves another substance. During extraction, a solvent helps separate plant compounds.

Solventless

A cannabis processing term for physical separation without extraction solvents such as butane or ethanol.

Terpenes and the cannabis experience

Use terpene names to ask better questions about a product.

Terroir

A word for the way a place and local practices shape a crop. Soil and climate are part of the idea.

THC

THC is the main intoxicating compound in cannabis.

THC and THCA

Related names, different compounds.

Topical

A cannabis product used on the skin, such as a balm or lotion.

Understand growing and extraction words

Ask what a production claim actually describes.

Understand growing claims

Ask what a claim about place or growing practice means.

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Understand processing records

Keep a process description separate from a quality claim.

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Understanding product formats

A discreet format still needs a clear label.

Welcome the customer

Find out what the customer needs before choosing a product.

Who is responsible for what?

Start with the task, the people responsible and the source they use.

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Why edibles feel different

Eating cannabis and inhaling it are different routes of use.