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Re:Stop Treating Marijuana Like Heroin by forloop on Saturday August 13, 2016 @09:15AM (#12281340)
Please delete. I can't rebut the reply—due to the legal status of cannabis.
Re:Stop Treating Marijuana Like Heroin by snarfy on Saturday August 13, 2016 @09:55AM (#12281500)
Now that it's recreational and all of the THC and CBD percentages are listed on the packages, I've noticed cannabis high in CBD is sticky, much more so than cannabis high in THC.

For the many years it was illegal and I smoked it anyway, sticky cannabis aka 'dank' was always preferred. I believe CBD cannabis is more popular than it seems.

Re:Stop Treating Marijuana Like Heroin by will_brown on Saturday August 13, 2016 @10:54AM (#12281714)
>A "better" ratio of THC:CBD

Here in Florida I think CBD oils were recently legalized and I think a single strain of marijuana (with negligible THC and high CBD) had been permitted for epilepsy patients. To be honest I haven't followed to closely after the last medical marijuana bill didn't pass.

Anyway, is the CBD/THC ratios interdependent? Meaning as one goes up, the others go down? Or are there some strains with significant amounts of each and others with low amounts of each?

Re:Stop Treating Marijuana Like Heroin by forloop on Saturday August 13, 2016 @11:15AM (#12281772)
I just did a little research. It would seem the high THC/low CBD is caused by the farming technique:

"However, modern growing techniques have also affected these chemical levels. For example, illegal growers have turned to indoor marijuana farms to avoid detection. Growing cannabis locally in such farms also circumvents the need to import the drug, and guarantees a more reliable harvest. However, the 24-hour lighting used in these farms inadvertently reduces CBD levels in the plant."[0]

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/jan/17/cannabi...