{"id":524,"date":"2012-08-04T07:48:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T07:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=19425"},"modified":"2012-08-04T07:48:54","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T07:48:54","slug":"marijuana-name-game-still-hazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/marijuana-name-game-still-hazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana Name Game Still Hazy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/marijuana-name-game-still-hazy\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hazy-sky.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"hazy sky\" title=\"hazy sky\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19427\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/marijuana-name-game-still-hazy\/attachment\/hazy-sky\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19427\" title=\"hazy sky\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hazy-sky-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Last year marijuana.net published an article titled \u201cThe Marijuana Name Game.\u201d\u00a0 While the article takes on a light tone in the beginning, it does highlight some big problems with medical marijuana.\u00a0 The article cites a quote from Shakespeare\u2019s Romeo and Juliet (The Balcony Scene Act 2-Scene 2) where Juliet says \u201cWhat\u2019s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although we are proud of our own efforts of The Werc Shop and Marijuana.net in trying to make sense of the name game, there still is so much work to be done.\u00a0 Marijuana is fun, but popular culture typically only focuses on \u201cstoner\u201d humor, forgetting that cannabis is a wonderful medicine providing relief to so many in need.\u00a0 Without a true labeling and classification system set in place by state governments, it can be difficult for patients to know exactly what medicine is ideal for them, especially based on the names alone.\u00a0 What exactly does OG Kush mean to someone with chronic pain.\u00a0 Green Crack actually sounds like it may be more harmful than helpful.<\/p>\n<p>We recently learned that a strain named Elephant Crush was recently created but was initially based on a fictional strain included in the novel &#8220;Baked,&#8221; by Mark Haskell Smith.\u00a0 In the book, the fictional character Miro Basinas, a botanist creates elephant crush and wins the Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam.\u00a0 The character has grown tired of supposed tasteless hybrids and creates Elephant Crush to have a sweet mango taste.\u00a0 Waterfall Wellness now actually is carrying a strain named Elephant Crush and it is said to be based on the strain from \u201cBaked\u201d.\u00a0 Columnist David Downs recently wrote an article titled \u201cSmell the Truth\u201d which describes his trip to Waterfall Wellness.\u00a0 Downs inquires about the genetics of Elephant Crush, but the budtender has no answers and says the genetics are a mystery.\u00a0 We have to ask, would a shrug of the shoulders be considered an acceptable explanation for what is included in conventional medicines?<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time we have seen strains take on names from fictional works.\u00a0 Pineapple Express is one of the most famous examples of this as the strain did not exist before the Seth Rogen and James Franco movie was released.\u00a0 There is nothing wrong with having some fun with medical marijuana but the focus needs to be on genetics and science.\u00a0 With a proper labeling system, silly and fun names could continue to be the norm if the necessary genetic information was included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hazy-sky.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"hazy sky\" title=\"hazy sky\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19427\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/marijuana-name-game-still-hazy\/attachment\/hazy-sky\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19427\" title=\"hazy sky\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/hazy-sky-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Last year marijuana.net published an article titled \u201cThe Marijuana Name Game.\u201d\u00a0 While the article takes on a light tone in the beginning, it does highlight some big problems with medical marijuana.\u00a0 The article cites a quote from Shakespeare\u2019s Romeo and Juliet (The Balcony Scene Act 2-Scene 2) where Juliet says \u201cWhat\u2019s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although we are proud of our own efforts of The Werc Shop and Marijuana.net in trying to make sense of the name game, there still is so much work to be done.\u00a0 Marijuana is fun, but popular culture typically only focuses on \u201cstoner\u201d humor, forgetting that cannabis is a wonderful medicine providing relief to so many in need.\u00a0 Without a true labeling and classification system set in place by state governments, it can be difficult for patients to know exactly what medicine is ideal for them, especially based on the names alone.\u00a0 What exactly does OG Kush mean to someone with chronic pain.\u00a0 Green Crack actually sounds like it may be more harmful than helpful.<\/p>\n<p>We recently learned that a strain named Elephant Crush was recently created but was initially based on a fictional strain included in the novel &#8220;Baked,&#8221; by Mark Haskell Smith.\u00a0 In the book, the fictional character Miro Basinas, a botanist creates elephant crush and wins the Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam.\u00a0 The character has grown tired of supposed tasteless hybrids and creates Elephant Crush to have a sweet mango taste.\u00a0 Waterfall Wellness now actually is carrying a strain named Elephant Crush and it is said to be based on the strain from \u201cBaked\u201d.\u00a0 Columnist David Downs recently wrote an article titled \u201cSmell the Truth\u201d which describes his trip to Waterfall Wellness.\u00a0 Downs inquires about the genetics of Elephant Crush, but the budtender has no answers and says the genetics are a mystery.\u00a0 We have to ask, would a shrug of the shoulders be considered an acceptable explanation for what is included in conventional medicines?<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time we have seen strains take on names from fictional works.\u00a0 Pineapple Express is one of the most famous examples of this as the strain did not exist before the Seth Rogen and James Franco movie was released.\u00a0 There is nothing wrong with having some fun with medical marijuana but the focus needs to be on genetics and science.\u00a0 With a proper labeling system, silly and fun names could continue to be the norm if the necessary genetic information was included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[263,264,265,52,266,267,268,269,270,56,9,271,51,272,273,70,274,275,276,1,3,143,61],"tags":[2841,2842,2843,2632,2844,2845,2846,2847,2848,2636,2849,2631,2850,2851,5,2852,2853,2854,2721,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}