DUSTIN RIVAIT
THE CANNABIS
SCIENCE GUY
Hello, my name Is Dustin Rivait. I have been using cannabis for over 20 years, First recreationally then as I got older and realized more of the benefits of the plant I began to use medically. As I learned more about the many uses of cannabis I became fascinated by the plant knowing that it could be used for so much more than just getting high. Through years of experimenting with all forms of cannabis consumption I learned that this plant goes much deeper then I could have imagined.
In my early days I was just trying every form of cannabis I could get my hands on hash, flower, honey oil etc.. during these times is also when I experimented with all the various ways I could consume such as bongs, hot knifes, dugouts vaporizers, buckets the list goes on.
In my later years and as more information started coming out in the 2000’s I started researching more and slowly started learning about the other compounds that exist in the plant such as mono terpenes and other cannabinoids besides THC.
By 2017 I was struggling with severe neck and shoulder pain and had to give up my full time job as a heavy equipment operator to transfer to another carrier. I was lucky and stubbled across an opening at a bong shop and luckily got hired as the manager. Within a few months of working at the shop I quickly realized how little the average cannabis consumer knows about cannabis. Firstly, most people only know of 1 or 2 ways to consume cannabis and are un aware of all the devices that can be used to smoke. Secondly very few people understand the basic chemistry of cannabis how it works and why it is so beneficial. Once I realized this i wanted to do what I could to help get the average cannabis consumer to grow their knowledge so when they walk into a bong shop or cannabis store they can feel more confident in knowing what they’re looking for.
I began doing educational video and write ups on Instagram and found a fallowing pretty quick. As my fallowing started to grow I realized I needed to be more then someone just talking about cannabis education and felt I needed some credentials to back up my years of research.
I took a 1 year science of cannabis course through mcmaster university where I learned about the many use cases of this plant in more depth as well as learning to read research papers and case studies and assessing them for risk of bias which was a huge help in understanding some of these complex papers in various medical journals. After this course I completed the trichomes institutes interpening course which helped me calibrate my nose to asses cannabis for its potential effects by identifying the dominant terpens within the cannabis.
I learned to how to look more deaply at the cannabis to assess its overall quality by learning to identify molds, trichome ripeness, pistal ripeness and more. I have also taken there concentrate course where I learned in more depth on how all forms of concentrates are produced as well as learning how to assess for quality of the product.
I am still learning everyday as new information comes out about this plant and my goal is to take all this complex information and distill it down in easy to digest and fun content to help new and experienced users take their smoking to the next level. I am so passionate about this plant, and I would like to see everyone smoking safe clean cannabis in a way that works best for you and your lifestyle so we can all enjoy this amazing plant togther.
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