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Searching for the origin of Blue Dream marijuana strain

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And yet, no one has ever figured out who made the hybrid. It’s a power fueled by the botanists, outlaws, and activists who gave the small, liberal surf city of Santa Cruz, California, an outsize role in shaping the history of cannabis. Sure, the early 21 st century’s great Blue Dream flood has since receded. Until now I hope.

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Beyond Blue Dream: A Haze strain family genealogy

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Its hybrid progeny remains some of the most popular types of marijuana to this day. In another account relayed in Ed Rosenthal’s The Big Book of Buds Volume 1 , the Haze Brothers visited the Netherlands themselves and got the Haze to Schoenmakers directly. We have a whole history of them.”. Think Blue Dream or Super Lemon Haze.)

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Just desserts: The Cookies and Cakes family genealogy

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From 2007 to the present—and emanating out of the San Francisco Bay Area—Cookies’ hard-hitting, hybrid indica power, and its complex, sweet- scrumptious aroma has made fans of elite pot snobs, medical marijuana patients with PTSD, all-star rappers, and now almost everyone who partakes. 2015: Gelato 33 goes into wide production.

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The best strains of all time: 100 top cannabis strains to try

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Under each strain you’ll find info on its lineage, type—indica, sativa, or hybrid—dominant terpene, activities its good for, backstory, why we love it, and where to buy it around you. According to lore, government agencies in the ’60s gathered the best weed strains from all over the world and bred super hybrids at a secret installation.

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Legends of 420: Weed’s top 5 strain families

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If you don’t know your weed history, you don’t know where you’re toking from. So we assembled the best cannabis journalists in the world to interview the most primary sources, and write first drafts of weed history that could credibly sit in the Library of Congress. The book of cannabis—revisions expected. Boom—Forbidden Fruit.

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10 excellent Asian American cannabis products to try today

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It’s been used as medicine in Asia for thousands of years, but that history has been so oppressed in the community.”. Cannabis’ global history doesn’t fully translate to dispensary shelves or the stoner media canon. “We received a lot of aggression, but behind closed doors, people were asking for recommendations. Courtesy Leune).

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15 cannabis strains to take Pride in this year

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An abbreviated cultural history. You can always keep Pride pairings simple—broad, effect-based, pre-made joints in sativa or hybrid are in season this June, from San Francisco to Bangor, Maine. Woman-founded, queer-led Besito also sells sativa or hybrid prerolls. Is weed gay?: Partying and vibing into night.

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