Why I built Corpus Cannabis

Corpus Cannabis is my attempt to build careful, evidence-based models of the whole cannabis world: how the plant grows, what it’s made of, how it acts on the body, where it came from and what it has meant to people. Every lab, timeline and article here is a model, and like any good model it’s built to be tested and corrected.

Cannabis has never been short on opinions. Decades of prohibition, marketing claims and confident advice handed down from one grow room to the next have left a lot of what people “know” about this plant resting on hearsay. I wanted something different: a place where claims start from the evidence, and where you can see how strong that evidence actually is.

So the approach is as empirical as I can make it. Claims are checked against published research, sources are cited, and confidence is labelled. When the evidence is strong, the site says so. When it’s thin, mixed or missing, it says that too, rather than filling the gap with what the industry likes to repeat.

It’s also unfinished on purpose. Research keeps moving, and so will this. New studies will change some of what’s here, and I’d rather update a page than defend it. If you find something that doesn’t hold up, that’s the process working.

Most of all, this is a passion project. Cannabis has been a lifelong passion of mine, and I built this to share it with anyone who’s curious: industry professionals, fellow growers, researchers and scientists, and anyone else who finds joy in the plant. Wander through it like a museum. Start anywhere, follow what catches your eye, and go as deep as you like.