Digital Marijuana Scent? Dude, You’ve Got Mail

If your image of the average stoner resembles any character from any Cheech & Chong movie, you may be underestimating the sophistication of the contemporary cannabis conneseur. A visit to any one of the numerous marijuana social networking sites which have sprung from the advent of the internet indicates a mastery of agricultural theory that would make most farmers stand up and take notice. The discussions on every element of successful cultivation from macro and micro nutrients to hydroponics versus aeroponics to light cycles and spectrums can get technical enough to leave most of us blinking in confusion and re-thinking that notion that these guys’ brains-on-drugs bear any resemblance to the infamous egg in the skillet of the Reagan years.

When it comes to the subject of “odor,” marijuana proponents are generally more interested in concealment than advertisement. But an apparent chance-stumbling upon DigiScent’s excellent Digital Scent Technology Blog has at least one member at weedforums.com thinking outside the ozone-generated-carbon-scrubbed grow-box (I’m not kidding, the technology behind modern marijuana cultivation fairly boggles the mind, and, remember, these guys are stoned!) and contemplating the value of digital scent marketing with respect to his craft.

“Isn’t this incredible?” gushes poster-Pa_kush42. “We need this as a new feature on W-F. ‘Post your bud scent.’”

Member-bakayurei is maybe toking on his paranoid strain–”So like the nose thing in the richie rich movie? i see cops using smell guns in place of dogs in the future”–but gets hold of himself quickly–”no wait that’s not it at all, it’s the other way around.. yea, i really like this idea.”

No such misgivings from Stonergasm. “That is insane ive always wanted to post the smell of weed once i got it especially blueberry for everyone to smell… that would be awesome.”

And, of course, discussion on the actual logistics of digital scent transmission, including this simple but fairly accurate summation by Moth. “That’d be exactly how to do it. Different enamtiomers of all the different compounds that we could smell, in the right proportion, would take a little work, but definitely possible.”

Of course, this is not to suggest that the Cheech Marin School of Thought has vanished completely from current cannabis culture, and I find that somehow inexplicably comforting. “I can’t wait for the day I’m able to electronically send my fart to friends and family,” beams Inschizzo. “‘You’ve just received an E-Fart!’”