CannaSexual, Ashley Manta, tells us everything we need to know to enhance our sex lives with cannabis: the best strains & dosages for sex, topicals like Foria & other weed lubes, making DIY products at home, how weed affects sexual consent, combining BDSM & pot, the time Sunny ate too many edibles,  & more.  We also talk about living with herpes: myth vs. fact, how it’s transmitted, how to disclose to new partners, & why it’s not included in full panel STD/STI tests.  More at sunnymegatron.com & americansexpodcast.com   Guest Bio Ashley Manta has become a sought-after authority on mindfully combining sex and cannabis as part of her CannaSexual® brand. As a professional sex educator, writer, coach, and facilitator, Ashley helps people navigate these topics to make sure they are interacting, loving, and feeling their best in and out of the bedroom. In March, she moderated a panel at SXSW titled, "The Surprising Health and Sex Benefits of Cannabis." She was a contributing writer to Leafly.com from 2015-2017, and currently writes for Dope Magazine and Culture Magazine. Her work has been featured in Newsweek and LA Weekly. (Episode Art photo credit: Click Save Photo) Episode 18 Topics Living with herpes, stonerific technology, Nina Hartley, dirty is a state of mind, the racist origins of the word marijuana, STD shaming, vaginismus, how to make DIY cannabis products, how being high affects consent, how herpes is transmitted & prevented, sex after sexual trauma, what STI tests are included in a ‘full panel’, the science of cannabis, the best pot strains for sex, clean vs. negative, what happens when you eat too many edibles (Sunny’s personal story), Hellraiser OG, CBD oil, BDSM & Cannabis, painless anal, Mistress Matisse Velvet Swing water based cannabis lube, how to figure out what dosage is best for you Episode 18 Links Ashley’s Website www.cannasexual.com Ashley’s Instagram www.instagram.com/cannasexual Ashley’s Twitter www.twitter.com/ashleymanta Ashley’s Facebook www.facebook.com/ashleymanta Leafly strain finder: https://www.leafly.com/explore American Sex podcast wishlist: http://a.co/axxpCXT Episode 18 Sponsor, Affiliate & Giveaway Info Shop with Amazon & benefit American Sex: http://bit.ly/sunnyamazon (affiliate link) 20% off your order at http://castlemegastore.com when you use code SUNNY at checkout (limited restrictions apply) Shout out to our brand new sponsor, KinkBNB. We love this company and many of our friends use it to find kinky play spaces and travel destinations. We also have a bunch of friends that list their dungeons and play spaces on KinkBNB.  American Sex podcast listeners get 50% off the first six months of a KinkBNB subscription with code SUNNY https://www.kinkbnb.com/wallet/subscribe/   p.s. Please don’t forget to rate us on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and  Stitcher. And if you really dig us, consider contributing to our Patreon page. All Patreon subscribers get our episodes early for as little as $1 per month. Contributors also get brand new, monthly content and full episodes made exclusively for Patreon supporters. Thanks!