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I worry that researchers will use one strain in their studies and incorrectly assume marijuana is not able to produce the desired effect. I don’t use it anymore

• robbedpeter 5y ago
  Indica and Sativa strains aren't different at the molecular level. They produce the same chemicals. Different cultivars of marijuana produce the same chemicals. The differing effects between strains you and many others experience is partly expectation, but mostly the fact that different cultivars produce those same chemicals but in different ratios. The easiest experiment to try for one's self is to include CBD isolate with the next bowl you smoke - it will substantially alter the character of the high, reducing couch lock and making things a little less sedate. There's no clear distinction between sativa and indica as such. Different varieties of plants created by weed farmers aren't identifiable as separate species or so on, it's a consequence of epigenetic diversity within a single species of plant. Paying attention to the different ratios of psychoactives in your favored weed is the information you need to select new varieties. Because of the way breeding products has happened, there's a loose similarity between things marked as one or the other, but sativa and indica strain categories aren't very useful beyond that.