You know about cannabis. There are three kinds: Indica, Sativa and Hybrid, right?
Well, not exactly.
Almost everything you’ll get is a hybrid. In dispensaries, we kind of use these as cannabis code words.
Code words? Seems rather strange, doesn’t it? But it’s true. Indica is cannabis code for chill, relaxing, being one with your couch and a bag of chips. Sativa is cannabis code for active, energy and focus.
Except that you probably won’t find true Indicas and Sativas. These pure ones are called “landraces” and there are very few available. A “landrace” is the original and unhybridized plant. To get technical, Cannabis has a couple of species: Cannabis Sativa and Cannabis Indica are the two main ones. Those original plants, before they were crossed with other plants, were pure Indica and pure Sativa. You’ve probably heard of Acapulco God, Hindu Kush and Pure Afghan – these were the originals, 100% pure DNA.
Here’s the thing – Landraces aren’t better or superior, they’re just the original indigenous plants.
With all the variety of plants we have now, it’s more of a spectrum, ranging from Indica to Sativa. The awesome variety and varied effects we have from using them are a result of breeding and hybridizing those plants to create the new. Some of the hybrids are very balanced, others lean towards one end of the spectrum – a Sativa-dominant or an Indica-dominant, which is most of what you’ll find on the menu of most dispensaries.
You can come in and ask us for Sativa, Indica or Hybrid and we’ll totally know what you mean – we broke that cannabis code. But we prefer to ask what you want to do or how you want to feel because it’s not a one-flower-fits-all the way the dealers of old used to do it.
The great thing about the licensed cannabis market is that everything is tested and we know what’s in the jars and pouches. We know the traits of each plant and product we stock.
Tell us you want to sit at the computer and jam through a bunch of work and we’ll set you up with some Blue Dream. Tell us you want to clean the house and we’ll show you our finest Critical Kali Mist. Tell us you want to melt onto the couch and we’ll bring out the Pink Kush and the Kalifornia. Walking and talking? White Widow, of course. And for those silly stoner laughs and hang-outs, we’ve got some Cherry Jam and some LA Kush Cake.
Oh, for sure we’ve got lots more in store. We can get into flavours and smells – the citrus, the berries, the gas and cheese. We can talk about what you’ve had that you’ve liked and not liked to narrow down some specifics. The daytime chill, the nighttime pick-up and anything in between.
Some find the choices can be a bit overwhelming, others have the gleeful kid-in-a-candy-store kind of reaction when we pull out the Big Book. But That’s what we’re here for. Budtenders aren’t just slinging weed with a side of edibles, we pride ourselves on our cannabis knowledge and breaking the code so that you can get the most out of your visit to our shop.
The one thing we don’t know, though, is how your body will react. Each person is different – exactly why there are perfumes and colognes that appeal to some and detested by others; some flavours thrill some and disgust others and thats why Baskin Robbins has 31 flavours at any given time. But with weed, trial and error is half the fun!