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Where Did Cannabis Come From? New Study Pinpoints East Asia

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They wrote: “As one of the first domesticated plants, it has a long and fluctuating history interwoven with the economic, social, and cultural development of human societies.” They also obtained samples from commercial cannabis growers and botanical collections. The study also pinpoints a place: East Asia.

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Really It’s 2021 – Why Is A Strain Still Called Jack The Ripper? Celebrating Violence Against Women.

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Jack’s Cleaner is a sativa-dominant strain bred by crossing Jack Herer with the Cleaner, and is known for being an energetic, potent strain. . it was named one of the top 10 strains of 2006 by High Times magazine. It toke more than a decade to get its definitive version, but as soon as it was released, it started to collect awards.

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Cannabis Was First Domesticated in East Asia 12,000 Years Ago, New Study Finds

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A global team of researchers spent four years collecting 110 different cannabis varieties from around the world and used them to sequence 82 new cannabis genomes. . Few crops have been under the spotlight of controversy as much as Cannabis sativa ,” the study authors wrote. “As

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Beyond Blue Dream: A Haze strain family genealogy

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Note the thin, sativa-type leaves and tall, airy shape. Either way, when Haze seeds got to two “brothers” in the climate of Santa Cruz—where the sunny weather allows for the outdoor growing season to go late—the long-flowering sativa genetics of the Haze found their ancestral home. We have a whole history of them.”.

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Searching for the origin of Blue Dream marijuana strain

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Producing consistent THC percentages around 18 percent, this mellow strain is energizing, but not like a stress-inducing sativa. 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. Ellen Holland for Leafly).

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California’s best weed drinks of summer 2021

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The Stanley brothers will go down in history for breeding what is life-saving medicine for many children across the U.S. It’s a resilient sativa with depth, and whose flavor can veer from a straight “sour” to gassy, herbaceous and even a little sweet. ReCreate elixir. ReCreate (Courtesy ReCreate). Where to buy: Malus ciders.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

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The Cannabis sativa plant has an incredibly multi-layered, rich, and versatile history of human uses for food and fibre, as well as recreational, and religious and spiritual purposes throughout the world (McPartland and Hegman 2018 ; Aldrich 1997 ; Touw 1981 ; Li 1974 ; Bonini et al. Data collection. AM, 19 April 2016).