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Can't edit but wanted to ask if my downvoters had anything to say? IMO calling something "indica" or "sativa" or "hybrid" is one-dimensional when trying to desc

by kylek 8y ago

Can't edit but wanted to ask if my downvoters had anything to say? IMO calling something "indica" or "sativa" or "hybrid" is one-dimensional when trying to describe any of the (vast number of) possible subjective effects. (I'm suggesting that a little nuance goes a long ways) Maybe the downvotes were for something else - honestly curious!

mirimir 8y ago
Not a downvoter, but I was surprised to see "indica" and "sativa". I mean, I know that they're species. But most marijuana that people encounter these days is hardly recognizable in those terms. I only know a little about it. But it's my impression that there's been massive breeding, induction of polyploidy, etc, etc. But I do agree totally with this: > The subjective effects are really a matter of the ratios/amounts of cannabinoids and terpenoids and the manner of ingestion There's lots more to marijuana than THC and CBD. Way back in grad school, we had a preparative gas chromatograph (GC). So I created a fat glass U column, and packed it with silica gel plus some retardant specified in a thesis. I extracted some marijuana with acetone, filtered, and then rotovapped to get "hash oil". Then I ran that through the GC. Referring to the thesis, I identified the main THC, CBD, etc peaks. And so I captured fractions, using small glass U tubes in liquid nitrogen. Then a few of us sat around, vaping the various fractions, and comparing experience. It could have made a nice paper, but for the illegality, and the general unpublishablility of subjective experience.
- kylek 8y ago
  >> So I created a fat glass U column, and packed it with silica gel plus some retardant specified in a thesis. I extracted some marijuana with acetone, filtered, and then rotovapped to get "hash oil". Then I ran that through the GC. >> Referring to the thesis, I identified the main THC, CBD, etc peaks. And so I captured fractions, using small glass U tubes in liquid nitrogen. That's pretty fantastic, but I think I'll stick to rollin' j's :)

by kylek 8y ago

mirimir 8y ago

Not a downvoter, but I was surprised to see "indica" and "sativa". I mean, I know that they're species. But most marijuana that people encounter these days is hardly recognizable in those terms. I only know a little about it. But it's my impression that there's been massive breeding, induction of polyploidy, etc, etc. But I do agree totally with this: > The subjective effects are really a matter of the ratios/amounts of cannabinoids and terpenoids and the manner of ingestion There's lots more to marijuana than THC and CBD. Way back in grad school, we had a preparative gas chromatograph (GC). So I created a fat glass U column, and packed it with silica gel plus some retardant specified in a thesis. I extracted some marijuana with acetone, filtered, and then rotovapped to get "hash oil". Then I ran that through the GC. Referring to the thesis, I identified the main THC, CBD, etc peaks. And so I captured fractions, using small glass U tubes in liquid nitrogen. Then a few of us sat around, vaping the various fractions, and comparing experience. It could have made a nice paper, but for the illegality, and the general unpublishablility of subjective experience.

kylek 8y ago
>> So I created a fat glass U column, and packed it with silica gel plus some retardant specified in a thesis. I extracted some marijuana with acetone, filtered, and then rotovapped to get "hash oil". Then I ran that through the GC. >> Referring to the thesis, I identified the main THC, CBD, etc peaks. And so I captured fractions, using small glass U tubes in liquid nitrogen. That's pretty fantastic, but I think I'll stick to rollin' j's :)