A group of independent studies suggest that labels for dozens of products do not match the reality of the potency stated, often containing 20 per cent less THC than listed
The cannabis industry, legal or otherwise, has always been full of lies and pseudoscience. If it’s not the big business capitalists, it was the small time dealer capitalists.
When asking for suggestions, budtenders still ask me if I want Indica or Sativa. I always answer, “it doesn’t matter.” They should know it doesn’t matter and not be pushing decades-old debunked info.
I worked as a budtender and once I learned the truth I tried to share it with customers, but they don’t care. For some reason, ‘sativa v indica’ is easier than “How much thc will get me high”. Instead I inquired to their tastes and offered… local first 😎 fuck the Californian goons.
I was also only allowed to share my mind at this one place I worked because they don’t give a shit to a different extent. I worked at another company called Inspired and they actively wanted me to peddle product customers didn’t want 🤷 only sales numbers mattered.
Cannabis industry sucks. Not to mention minimum wage, so don’t actually expect much from them.
The “Indica = sleepy/couch-locked; Sativa = energy/head high” belief isn’t true. The effects are caused by a complex mix of chemicals that isn’t fully understood yet, and few producers talk about. Sativa and Indica have very little, if anything, to do with it. It also doesn’t help that the vast majority of strains are hybrids, making the terms even more useless. The terms are just slapped on any strain that is perceived as uplifting or relaxing (edit: or have a genetic mix being majority one or the other).
We, black market edible producers, categorize our caramels by what they are used for. Our customers then name them. Our big ones right now are Nite Nites and Laffy Taffy. I call them sleepy caramels and party caramels. I ask how much people weigh and how experienced they are and tell them how much I weigh and how much I take then suggest a starting dose and tell them how adjust the dose until they find the right amount for them.
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The cannabis industry, legal or otherwise, has always been full of lies and pseudoscience. If it’s not the big business capitalists, it was the small time dealer capitalists.
When asking for suggestions, budtenders still ask me if I want Indica or Sativa. I always answer, “it doesn’t matter.” They should know it doesn’t matter and not be pushing decades-old debunked info.
Lol it does matter. I can tell if there is even a hint of indica in weed, because it affects me different than pure sativa. Night and day difference.
I worked as a budtender and once I learned the truth I tried to share it with customers, but they don’t care. For some reason, ‘sativa v indica’ is easier than “How much thc will get me high”. Instead I inquired to their tastes and offered… local first 😎 fuck the Californian goons.
I was also only allowed to share my mind at this one place I worked because they don’t give a shit to a different extent. I worked at another company called Inspired and they actively wanted me to peddle product customers didn’t want 🤷 only sales numbers mattered.
Cannabis industry sucks. Not to mention minimum wage, so don’t actually expect much from them.
Wait differences in effects between those two strains has been debunked? I had no idea. Time to look up research on it
Nah its more mismanaged, an ‘indica’ strain might not be indica at all.
Its like a bunch of stoners trying to guess what breed a dog is without knowing what a dog is tbh
The “Indica = sleepy/couch-locked; Sativa = energy/head high” belief isn’t true. The effects are caused by a complex mix of chemicals that isn’t fully understood yet, and few producers talk about. Sativa and Indica have very little, if anything, to do with it. It also doesn’t help that the vast majority of strains are hybrids, making the terms even more useless. The terms are just slapped on any strain that is perceived as uplifting or relaxing (edit: or have a genetic mix being majority one or the other).
That which we call Indica, by any other name would smell as sweet is an essay on the origins of indica.
A great example of why appeals to authority have no place in science.
We, black market edible producers, categorize our caramels by what they are used for. Our customers then name them. Our big ones right now are Nite Nites and Laffy Taffy. I call them sleepy caramels and party caramels. I ask how much people weigh and how experienced they are and tell them how much I weigh and how much I take then suggest a starting dose and tell them how adjust the dose until they find the right amount for them.