After a very fun, early morning, caffeine-hyped, carpool drive to Southern Pines (Thanks to JR for not hitting the giant snapping turtle on the road), we had an orientation at Integrated Pain Solutions. We thoroughly enjoyed learning, visualizing, and experiencing how their cannabinoid products are made from the plant to the serum to the bottles to the store within the warehouse. We loved seeing the machines used to bottle and formulate all the products. A highlight of the day was learning about the chemical structures of cannabinoids and how they work in the body to attach to pain receptors; as well, we got to apply some of Mr. Rushin’s Adv Chem curriculum to real-life by analyzing the cannabinoid structures and how the disconnected Oxygen off the Benzene on the THC makes it different than CBD. Shout out to Alekh for helping JR navigate the Chick-fil-a line.