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Marijuana Terpenes: What They Are, Why You Need Them, How To Use Them

Cannabis Cheri

Forget About Indica and Sativa: How Terpenes Affect Your Cannabis. The old school conventional wisdom used to divide cannabis into the broad categories of indica, sativa, and hybrid. And conventional wisdom used to say that indicas were better for relaxing and sleep, while sativas were more energetic and creative.

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Marijuana Terpenes: What They Are, Why You Need Them, How To Use Them

Cannabis Cheri

Forget About Indica and Sativa: How Terpenes Affect Your Cannabis As research into cannabis and terpenes progresses, it is changing a lot of what we used to think we knew about marijuana. The old school conventional wisdom used to divide cannabis into the broad categories of indica, sativa, and hybrid.

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What are cannabis landrace strains?

The Cannigma

If you’ve ever consumed cannabis, you probably already know that the plant has many different varieties, commonly referred to as strains. These “strain hunters,” as they are now commonly referred to, brought landrace indicas back from places like the Himalayas and Kush mountains.

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Indica or Sativa Marijuana – Explained

Cannabis Info

Indica or Sativa Marijuana – Explained. The names we use for describing marijuana such as “indica” and “sativa” were introduced in the 18th century to describe different species of cannabis: Marijuana sativa and Weed indica. But, these narrow- leaf drug (NLD) varieties were originally Weed indica ssp.

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Weed slang – the most common nicknames for cannabis

The Cannigma

Within the Cannabis genus, we can find the hemp species Cannabis sativa , Cannabis Indica, and Cannabis Ruderalis. Indica and Sativa. There is perhaps no more contentious discussion in cannabis than what makes a plant an Indica, and what is a Sativa. Scientifically speaking, that’s simply not the case.

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The Biological and Effective Differences of Sativa and Indica

Otherside Farms

The only challenge you may encounter is choosing between the two main types of marijuana–Sativa, and Indica. Below is a guide to help you know the biological and effective differences between Sativa and Indica. What is Cannabis Indica? Indica refers to the cannabis strains with sedating and relaxing physical effects.

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Discover Your Cannabis Chemotype

Peninsula Alternative Health

When we think of medicating with cannabis for a particular effect, we may often think of the old tale that sativa equals a motivational and energizing feeling, while indica equals a calming, slow, and “in the couch” effect. However, sativa and indica technically each refer to a particular species of cannabis, not a particular strain.

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