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Wild cannabis: what is ditch weed and can you use it?

The Cannigma

What do wild marijuana plants look like? The main difference between wild-growing marijuana plants and commercially grown cannabis plants is in the smoking experience. Feral cannabis plants, on the other hand, are left to the whims of nature, so they’re not as heavy in trichomes. Related Stories. Can you smoke ditch weed?

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Weed slang – the most common nicknames for cannabis

The Cannigma

After about a century of prohibition, and even longer spent as a subculture of its own on every continent on Earth (even Antarctica, probably), it’s no surprise that there are countless slang words for talking about marijuana. Within the Cannabis genus, we can find the hemp species Cannabis sativa , Cannabis Indica, and Cannabis Ruderalis.

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Minorities in cannabis, with Steven Philpott Jr.

The Cannigma

one of our science reviewers at The Cannigma and a cannabis trichome expert who is getting his master’s in Plant Sciences. As part of his master’s degree, Steve is currently using electron microscopes to take super close-up pictures of trichomes, tiny protrusions on cannabis plants. So, a trichome is what? EG: Super cool.