Dispensary Grade Cannibis?

No one at this time is quantifying weed.All the genetics are in the seeds and its the grower that pulls out the traits in her.All weed has medicinal value,the question is how much.We have considered G noting all the strains we have and determining their THC content level.Technically speaking we could patent strains that others never have.
Be well, Be safe. Herbologist

There is technically no such thing as 'Medical Marijuana' there is 'Medical USE of Marijuana'

Cannabis (the proper name for marijuana) is an herb that contains THC and other cannabinoids unless it is breed specifically to produce <1% THC then it is called Ferrell HEMP. Any use of this herb CAN be medicinal.


High THC content is not alway the most important quality for medical users, it is also found that when a user is given regular access in a legal manner THC content is typically preferred to be a bit lower rather than higher and other things become more important like, flavor, specific characteristic's of relief, is it cerebral or body affecting, ect.

Just Be honest and professional from the beginning. Medical grade to me means great strains grown 100% organically with no pesticides or chemicals. The grower only uses the highest quality strains and maintains a clean and disease free growing environment held within strict standards. Pure clean water and a full 14 day flush followed by a controlled 5 to 7 day dry and a one month in the cure in a 100% glass only jar. Trichomes should be a 50/50 milky white and honey golden amber with all leaf material removed. The buds should have very little handling and an inspection under a scope will reveal little if any tricome degradation or bruising. Great medical marijuana will sell itself for both the grower and the co-op's. This is just my personal opinion.

DIRTHAWKER said:

Here is a somewhat closeup pic of my master kush that i will be showing tomorow, It is a very smooth smoke, body relaxing and heady. The harvest is all golf ball sized buds or bigger. I just dont want to embarass myself if it is just an average home grown. 100% organic

tell me what you guys think.

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Looks nice but hard to tell from a picture---the appearance looks like you might of let it go a little long? You could try to cut the leaves a little closer next time(try to remove all leaf) but all in all from just looking at the pics I'd say nice job.

fdd2blk is right. medical grade = no bugs, good taste, good high, etc... just a quality standard...

DR. VonDankenstine said:

Just Be honest and professional from the beginning. Medical grade to me means great strains grown 100% organically with no pesticides or chemicals. The grower only uses the highest quality strains and maintains a clean and disease free growing environment held within strict standards. Pure clean water and a full 14 day flush followed by a controlled 5 to 7 day dry and a one month in the cure in a 100% glass only jar. Trichomes should be a 50/50 milky white and honey golden amber with all leaf material removed. The buds should have very little handling and an inspection under a scope will reveal little if any tricome degradation or bruising. Great medical marijuana will sell itself for both the grower and the co-op's. This is just my personal opinion.

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Those are some great standards for medical grade cannabis. I agree with them all but the trichomes appearance bit; that all depends on if you harvested them on the early side for a more cerebral high, or on the late side for a more couch-lock stone.

K.J said:

Those are some great standards for medical grade cannabis. I agree with them all but the trichomes appearance bit; that all depends on if you harvested them on the early side for a more cerebral high, or on the late side for a more couch-lock stone.

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I shoot for a balance of both, most med patients look to the specific strains for the effect---i.e.-- sat/ind dom or hybrid crosses. I can see your valid point for personal preference when growing a strain. But Can you imagine???????----med patient----" can I get 1/2 an ounce of the lemonskunk x thai----make it the one that was pulled earlier because I like that version over the lemonskunk x thai that was finished latter---i feel it more in my head and I don't care for the heavy body buzz".---this isn't Starbucks yet!!!----The grower would have to be pulling plants on a daily basis---What a pain in the %$% that would be.

DR. VonDankenstine said:

Just Be honest and professional from the beginning. Medical grade to me means great strains grown 100% organically with no pesticides or chemicals. The grower only uses the highest quality strains and maintains a clean and disease free growing environment held within strict standards. Pure clean water and a full 14 day flush followed by a controlled 5 to 7 day dry and a one month in the cure in a 100% glass only jar. Trichomes should be a 50/50 milky white and honey golden amber with all leaf material removed. The buds should have very little handling and an inspection under a scope will reveal little if any tricome degradation or bruising. Great medical marijuana will sell itself for both the grower and the co-op's. This is just my personal opinion.

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How you describe your opinion of 'Medical Grade' sounds very nice and if given a choice I would pick cannabis grown the way you describe more often than most other methods. Having said that, if big pharma got themselves into this area, do you think that they would have the same views of 'Medical Grade'? I'd bet they would produce 'medical grade' that uses chemical fert's and grown in poor soil like found in places like coal mines (oh wait Canada's MMJ provider DOES this already).


I would say what you describe is more like a: connoisseurs grade, top shelf, head stash, ect.

Once again IMO 'medical grade' doesn't exist. It's just a Kool-Aid slogan meant to distance medical use from recreational use when activists address the public or political heads, that's it.

There is a big differences in medical and recreational.for one is medical treats a desired illness where as recreational treats you and your desire to get high.

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I would say what you describe is more like a: connoisseurs grade, top shelf, head stash, ect.

Once again IMO 'medical grade' doesn't exist. It's just a Kool-Aid slogan meant to distance medical use from recreational use when activists address the public or political heads, that's it.

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Well, I agree and disagree with you on this one. I certainly think that medical grade could rightly be referred to as connoisseurs grade. But I don't believe that using the term medical grade is nothing more than a way to distance medical use from recreational use (unless of course a dispensary is calling their schwag medical grade, then it most certainly is).

But I don't believe that using the term medical grade is nothing more than a way to distance medical use from recreational use (unless of course a dispensary is calling their schwag medical grade, then it most certainly is).

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Even the worst ditch-weed mexi redhair, CAN treat a patient in need, thus becoming 'medical marijuana' this might be low grade, but still would be LOW GRADE 'medical grade marijuana', right?

Look we can break it down and try to package it any way we want to for the general public, but come on now, good cannabis or bad cannabis it's all still cannabis and has medicinal qualities.

Sometimes all this political correctness gets out of hand. Next thing you know, cops are gonna pull med patients over and start inspecting the so called personal use baggies and having to decide if it is "medical grade" or not, cause if it's ditch weed, they have to confiscate that crap. Even worse, since it's not 'medical grade' the only use for it is, OMG... recreational use!!! So now a patient in possession of recreational use MJ can be arrested because no patient would use such low grade stuff to treat themselves.... So always carry around the medical grade.

Medical Marijuana = high $'s, in high demand, less stigma attached to name
Ditch Weed = bulk pricing, nobody WANTS it, bad reputation


Marketing has paid off, don't believe me? Try this one:

Walk down the street and ask a stranger what their views of marijuana are, whenever you come across a person with a negative view on MJ ask a second question about their views on 'medical marijuana', I am willing to bet right now, right here that you will get more people to backtrack on their negative views than continue on with them:

'Oh medical marijuana is OK, but they shouldn't allow it to be outright legal, no that's bad for you, BUT sick people should be able to get medical marijuana'

Bad for healthy people but ok for sick people....

Although you might make one point you sure missed the bus.You have not ever experienced good medical grade products.There is some strains as chocolate chunk that actually drops blood sugar in diabetics.Or Vortex by Sub cool specifically bred to relieve pain.The difference in particular strains is proven everyday by patients themselves who buy specific strains or types,(Sativas,Idicas)for their illnesses.I would gladly invite you to be educated to specific strains and illnesses.I guess that is the difference between a qualified dispensary and a backyard caregiver. I think you should try pounding the pavement with yourfeet not your head.

Hemp has no THC but is still grown for its fiber.

So, if Jack Daniel's started marketing 'tooth soothing' whiskey would it be medicinal whiskey? Or was it 'medical grade' whiskey every time it was needed to help easy pain when there was no pain meds or anesthesia? They do it all the time in cowboy movies or civil war movies, right?

I know their are strains grown specifically with patients conditions in mind because a strain tends to have specific characteristics, but there is nothing different done when growing it than growing any other strain. Yes, yes, yes if you are growing for patients specifically you use organic this or that but this is NO different than what you would do if it was any other strain you cared about and wanted to be of the highest quality. There is no medical board certification or quality 'standard' set to justify true 'medical grade'. It's also probably best not to create one either, see my post above for a good reason.


High Quality = medical marijuana


Too many people stick 'medical' in the description for one reason only: SO THEY CAN CHARGE MORE, period. This is unfortunate but it is the truth and those that do should be ashamed of themselves. Herb, I understand where you are coming from and based on the previous posts in other forums and topics I have read from you I don't believe this is describing you (maybe I am wrong and you put on a good act, but I do believe you are genuine). No need to start with insults (backyard caregiver) just because I have a different view on the semantics of one issue.

I do care about the community and have plenty of compassion and based on the limited knowledge of your shop would someday like to have a shop set up similar to how you have described, it sounds like a nice place.

I believe in high grade, quality, top shelf, connoisseur grade, mid grade, head stash, dank, diggity, Medical Marijuana, ect but these are all just 'names' for good quality cannabis that's it. ALL MARIJUANA HAS MEDICINAL QUALITIES AND CAN BE USED AS 'MEDICAL MARIJUANA'. One more thing I do believe in is, patients being cared for not taken advantage of, like so many 'so called' professionals do.

my cannabis club sells everything from A+ grade down to E. A+ is 60 an 1/8th, E is 20. now what is "medical grade" again? https://www.rollitup.org/seed-strain-reviews/46319-fdds-flavor-week.html


adding grand daddy purple right now. it will be up in 5 mins.

O"pinons are just that,It is like assuming,Makes an ass of you and Me.

herbologist said:

O"pinons are just that,It is like assuming,Makes an ass of you and Me.

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who are you talking to?