The420TimesStaff | Jan 31, 2011 |
In Search Of The World’s Strongest Weed
From the plains of the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan to the slopes of Vancouver Island in British Columbia to the Emerald Triangle in Northern California, high-quality cannabis abounds on this planet.
By Joe Klare
Many of you know the kind I’m talking about. The kind that you can feel behind your eyes after just one hit. The kind you can smell before you even see it. The kind of marijuana you think of when you hear words like “dank” and “chronic.”
But what is the “best” weed you can smoke – or eat or vaporize? We’ve all asked that question, and many have gone looking for the answer. But when it comes to marijuana, the “best” is very subjective. A strain that a medical cannabis patients finds is the best can be very different from a strain a recreational smoker considers better than all others. Different people look for different effects from weed.
What about the “strongest” weed? This can still be a subjective area, but when considering the strongest weed we are on a more solid footing. Things like THC content can be good indicators as to how “strong” a strain is – meaning how effective is the high it produces.
This is where the subjective part comes in. You can smoke a strain with a 25% THC content, and your buddy smokes one at 23%, and he may “feel” higher than you. It depends on the person, and how the other cannabinoids in the strain interact with the THC. even things like a person’s weight can determine how high they get; obviously the blood of someone who weighs 350 pounds has father to travel than someone who clocks in at 150. Then you have to consider the other chemical levels in their body.
Many cannabis strains have registered over 20% THC content, and therefore have to be considered when talking about the strongest weed in the world.
They include: AK-47, White Russian, Hawaiian Snow, Durban Poison, and G-13. A problem arises though when considering THC content because seed companies and dispensaries alike have reason to fudge the numbers up a little. In fact, there are some who dispute that strains even have 20+% THC (concentrates – like budder or hash – are a different story of course; we are only talking about the cannabis itself).
Mobius Dank ( Subcool ) from TGA Genetics singled out his Vortex strain when we asked him about the world’s strongest weed. “As Cheeky as it is to pick from my own work it would have to absolutely be our Vortex, It tested really high in the mid to low 18’s [%] on THC production; it also has a cbd of .59 and a CBN of .80. Now these results alone don’t tell us about the type of high me and Ed both believe that high type is determined by Terpine profile. Vortex is easily my fav weed to smoke and its extremely potent. I have seen it make moderate users sick and beads of sweat pop out on their foreheads.”
A cross between Apollo-13 and Space Queen, Vortex is a Cannabis Cup award winner. The plant itself yields incredibly sticky buds, known for their unique smell and uplifting high. Here is an excerpt from Mr. Dank’s notes on Vortex: “Very gooey obviously. Definitely more sativa and has a very pungent sour tropical fruit/ammonia smell that no ziplock can confine. Two tokes is all that’s needed for this med user but of course we rarely stop there when it tastes this good. Finger sized joint, inhale … pack the lungs … push it deeper … EARS tingling …. EARS ringing …. exhale and mellow rush comes over the body. Inhale … pack lungs … push it deeper … ears ringing …. eye’s getting floaters and stars … exhale and paterns start to form on the carpet and ceiling if you let your focus fade.
Repeat …. repeat ….. repeat …… testing …. Major Tom to ground control …. its so beautiful up here man!”
