Videos

Dr. Riley Kirk is joined by Jason Wilson, MS on this episode of Bioactive. The two share many interests in self-exploration of the brain with drugs, navigating their own paths in the cannabis industry, thoughts on open access science, and more. Jason is a neurodivergent scientist and excellent science communicator.…

While i'm always very excited to tour grow facilities, I was even MORE excited about this tour because the flower was so beautiful and smoked soooo smoothy. Cadre cannabis is located in California and grows numerous varieties of cannabis, but to me, they're now known for their sunset haze. The…

Riley sits down for the second time with reserach scientist Twinkle Paryani from Abstrax Tech. Twinkle and the rest of the team at Abstrax recently published a paper titled "Nonterpenoid Chemical Diversity of Cannabis Phenotypes Predicts Differentiated Aroma Characteristics" The full paper can be found (open-access) at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsomega.4c03225 This paper…

On this week’s episode, Dr. Riley Kirk discusses microbial testing for cannabis products in the legal industry. This is a different conversation than living soil which will be a future topic. Riley chat with microbiologist and medical patient Morgan Boyle about what tests are being done, what species are being…

Dr. Whiteney Ogle researchers how people are using weed for exercise, she is passionate about this subject because she has found the benefits of medicating before runs, hikes and other forms of exercise. Dr. Riley Kirk and Dr. Whiteney Ogle talk about what reserach is happening, how both of them…

On this week’s episode, Dr. Riley Kirk explores the recent story about illegal pesticides found in legal California cannabis products with Alex Halperin, the founder of WeedWeek and one of the main reporters on this topic. They discuss what pesticides were found, how this investigation started, and where our industry…

In this video Dr. Riley Kirk talks about cannabis and seizures (epilepsy). Dr. Riley Kirk is a Ph.D. Scientist who specializes in researching natural products and how they work in the body. She has also had multiple seizures and uses cannabis daily. Throughout the video Riley will discuss her own…

In this video Dr.Allison Justice, a horticulture scientist and Dr. Riley Kirk, a natural product chemist walk you though the setup for a cannabis smoking experiment. The experiment is part of a large series of smoking experiments called the Science of Smokeability (SOS). The goal of SOS is to look…

Welcome back to another episode of #NAPTIME with Dr.Miyabe Shields and Dr. Riley Kirk (host of Bioactive). On these episodes the two stoner scientists recount cannabis industry events and discuss some of the relevant science. During #naptime we recount some of the events we attend in the cannabis industry and…