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I'm not sure why I haven't ever made a video on picking out my strain and what criteria I look at.
I am reviewing AK-1995 from MPX Concentrates. AK-1995 was bred from Afghani #1 and the Hindu Kush. She is a 60 / 40 Indica hybrid with a THC Level between 14-16%. This is a really pretty golden brown concentrate. It's stable, but if she sits out for too long, she gets super sticky. AK-1998 has a short euphoria period followed by "heavy couch-lock" Novice smokers, be warned, the strains that don't contain any CBD will catch up to you pretty quick, CBD sobers you up, and THC is the psychoactive and medicinal parts of the plant.
The effects are euphoria, giggly, relaxing, sociable, and uplifting. Medicinally to help treat appetite loss, depression, fatigue, mood swings, nausea, and anxiety. This concentrate was a treat with, bold herbally sweet citrus taste. The high is almost instantly starting in my throat with a slight swelling feeling followed quickly by the burn in my throat. Still, it only lasts a short time, causing me to re-medicate about every 20 minutes or so, but I'm also battling another kidney infection.
When I first smoked this strain, it motivated me creatively for short spurts at a time. I Listening to music every morning for about 2 hours while I set up for videos, weed review, and cleaning to help get me motivated, warms up my brain for use, get into a fun, happy mood, no matter what's going on. I noticed if I smoked every 20 minutes (micro-dosing), I'm able to ride the euphoria for about 2 hours when I'm just comfortably medicated.
Picking out my Medical Marijuana;
I have 6 rules of thumb when picking out your next Medical Marijuana Strain;
1. Cultivator - crazy, but yes, checking out the cultivators and their growing protocols. What are they feeding the plant, are they flushing the plant well, what pesticides or organic bug repellant are they using. All of these should be considered when picking out Medical Marijuana strains. Are they inside grow or outside grow? Are they actually organic?
As an example of this, I won't buy cannabis from Arizona Organix, and the biggest reason is I'm afraid I have to disagree with their growing protocols and what they are using to feed their plants. I don't see the transparency. To be fair, I have not been to this dispensary or purchased their products in over a year, and things change 2. Name of the Strain - If the strain name isn't researchable (google doesn't give you anything), the strain name has more than likely been changed by either the grow site or the dispensary. This is a big No-No for me if the strain name is changed, patients can't look up what they are using (for example, it's 9 pm, and I have to up at 3 AM, so I'm going to smoke what I think is an Indica Flower to help me sleep but because someone changed the name it has been falsely categorized as an indica when it's really a Sativa and now I'm laying in bed with my mind running a mile a minute...Not Cool!
3. The THC level, what is the actual THC level? is there any CBD? If yes, how much because this will lower the psychoactive effect. Example AK-1995 has a THC level of 14-16%, but she doesn't have any CBD, so let's say it had 2% CBD; each CDB level equals 2 THC percentages. 2 +2=4. So AK-47 is 15% THC minus 4 CBD dropping the psychoactive THC "that gets you high" has now dropped to 11%. The only other things that I can think of that would drop those numbers are; how it's grown, was she harvested on time, not too early, not too late, and packaged correctly.
4. Colors- This one is getting harder to accomplish because everything is moving towards prepackaged flower with packaging completely covered to keep light out
5. Smell - This one is as well getting harder to accomplish with the presorted flower.
6. Indica, Sativa, or hybrid - We all have strains and breeds that I have to buy if I see them at a dispensary. For me, it's Indica's, and for my husband, it's Sativas. That being said, 90% of cannabis grown in Arizona Are hybrids that lean either towards Indica or Sativa. Purebred strains are harder to grow. In the last 10 years, cultivators have been breeding CBD and making it an easier plant to grow with super high THC levels.
My final thoughts, most of the time that I go to a dispensary, there are no issues. I will look up the dispensaries that I want to go to on Leafly or their website and research the strains before I ever leave the house. If you're at the dispensary following, you can always use the dispensaries classifications (Sativa, Indica, hybrid), but don't depend on that. |