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What do the Terpenes in Cannabis do?

     Most people tend to think that the only compound that matters in cannabis is THC, but studies have shown over and over again that the cannabinoids in the plant provide a wide range of benefits that are equally important, if not even more so. Because of this, more and more people have been learning about the benefits of CBD and the market for it has exploded in recent years.       Now, researchers and consumers alike are looking deeper than ever into all the ways that cannabis can provide relief from more specific issues like gastric reflux, epilepsy, psychosis, inflammation, etc., and that's how we ended up focusing on something called "terpenes".       Terpenes are molecules that naturally occur in a variety of plants like herbs, citrus rinds, pine needles, and hops. There are more than a hundred known terpenes that can be found in cannabis, and each one can alter the taste and smell of the plant, as well as the way it affects the human body.  Here are a few of th

Hemp Boutique Has the Best Federally Legal Cannabis on the Gulf Coast

    Hemp Boutique is home to the finest federally legal cannabis on the Gulf Coast, and has been proudly helping people find relaxation and relief since 2018 right in Biloxi, Mississippi. How do they have federally legal cannabis if marijuana is illegal? Well, it's not marijuana flower, its hemp/CBD flower, which contains less than 0.3% THC (the psychoactive compound in marijuana that gets you high) so its fully legal.       That doesn't mean you don't feel anything, though. Not by any means. In fact, a huge part of what you feel when smoking cannabis is from the terpenes and other cannabinoids in the flower, not just the THC. Not to mention, all these other compounds in the flower provide a huge host of health benefits that you can't get from THC alone. We had a customer stop by and pick up a pre-roll of our Apple Strudel (a hybrid, indica-dominant strain of hemp flower) and a little while after he left, he called the store saying he had just sat at the stop sign wa