The BudGenius Marijuana Testing Philosophy

Marijuana comes in many different flavors

Each strain has a unique genetic potential. The grower's expertise determines how close to the plant comes to reaching that potential. Every harvest is often slightly different due to subtle changes in the environment

There are 100+ chemicals It's not just about THC

Marijuana is a mix of many different compounds. Most of them fall into three categories: cannabinoids, terpenoids, and flavanoids. Each of these compounds can significantly modify the therapeutic benefits of the plant. There are hundreds of different chemical combinations each producing a different effect. Some of these effects and interactions still have yet to be discovered!

It could take decades to figure all this out

Traditional medical research is often performed by isolating unknown compounds and then figuring out what their individual effects are. However many of the compounds in marijuana work best when they *interact* with each other. Considering the multitude of compounds within marijuana, this presents a very complex puzzle that could take decades to unravel by following a traditional research path.

Science meets Social Networking!

By combining these two unlikely bedfellows we begin to break down the walls of previous limitations!

Science provides BudGenius™ two things:

An exact chemical breakdown of what's inside each marijuana strain cultivated by each grower.
Specific scientific trial data on how patients reacted to general marijuana.

Social networking provides BudGenius™ two things:

Access to a LOT of medical marijuana patients!
General experiences on how patients react to specific marijuana.

Next we added some brainiac engineers that we knew of that were hiding out in a distant block of old soviet Russia. We commissioned them to build an intelligent "brain" to analyze emerging patterns in all of the above.

(Ok, they're not really Russians. They are from Ukraine... and they've been a great part of our staff for many years. It just sounds more "James Bond" to tell the story the other way.)

The result is BudGenius™ - an artificially intelligent "brain" that learns more about marijuana every day.

Each time a new scientific trial is released about medical marijuana, BudGenius™ gets smarter. Each time a patient submits a marijuana review, BudGenius™ gets smarter. Thanks to you, we've developed a unique medical marijuana rating system that can calculate more efficient strains for pain relief, sleep aids, and other effects. With your continued help, in the next year we plan to be calculating which strains are more efficient at treating critical illnesses such as cancer, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's.