BourbonMac
Bluelighter
Well, I kinda don't feel like watching an 11-minute video, especially being ADHD as hell, but I've already come to understand by now Sativa/Indica doesn't technically matter. I mean, I had been wondering how strains like Sugarcane could be considered Sativa when it's crossed with 2 Indica's (normally), however, the flowering time of roughly 70 days does align with a Sativa plant, even though the OG genetics are two really heavy Indica's.
Anyway, it matters in one way: terps, mainly Terpinolene, the energizing terp, as well as Pinene. All of my favorite Sativa strains are dominant in Terpinolene or Pinene or both, pretty much. Quite literally almost all of them lol. Limonene is also highly stimulating through its euphoria. The other two are more about extreme energy and focus.
Caryophyllene dominant strains can also energize me though, and I don't think this terp is supposed to do that. I guess my endocannabinoid system is why? Some people just say it makes them "feel good." I've found people who disagree with ocimene a lot though and get horrible anxiety, when it's associated with the opposite. Maybe some of these just interact with THC differently depending on the exact terp pairing/dominance.
Indica's primarily are dominant in Myrcene, linalool, ocimene and often some limonene to give it a euphoric stone based on a lot of research I've done lately, but mostly it's the Myrcene dominant in Indica's and that's very sedating. I know Myrcene is technically in all strains to some level but I wouldn't think mostly Indica, it's the dominant terpene
Almost any Indica I smoke or have done research on, Myrcene is the dominant terp or among the 3. I'm asleep within 15 minutes with a lot of these. If I really need to be asleep, sure, but I hate that. The last time I got to spend time with a close cousin of mine before he died 4 years ago at just 35 of an Aortal dissertation (unknown how it even developed). It's so rare they don't even check your aorta until you're in your 50s or something. It sucks knowing I couldn't hangout with him for as long because his weed was simply too sedating. I'm a night owl and I was in bed before 11pm, that's insane.
Anyway... nevermind that. Long and the short here is that I've only found Sativa's to be stimulating because they just happen to pretty much always be dominant in terps you hardly ever find in any Indica's or hybrids, aside from maybe limonene or caryophyllene. Myrcene, linalool, limonene isn't an uncommon combo, but Myrcene is almost always in the top 3 for any Indica.
I used to think it was all the terps, then I didn't, but now again after a lotta research, it's clear Sativa/Indica affect some people different. Some endocannabinoid systems aren't affected by different terps or cannabinoids and all bud gives them the same high (that'd suck). And while there are known to be Sativa's dominant in Myrcene (ex: Super Silver Haze) and Afghani is Terpinolene dominant (probably why it's one of the only Indica's that makes me not sleepy), they're still not common, especially among the Sativa's of my choice.
The other 2 terps are very stimulating with SSH which has always produced one of the most crack weed highs I've ever felt. I don't know a ton about specific cannabinoids though. SSH might only not have a sedative feeling to it because of something like that, but I doubt it.
Afghani aside, there are a few Indica strains I can tolerate without going right to sleep: Grandaddy Purple, Platinum OG Kush, Khalifa Kush (might be Sativa leaning, no one knows the true genes). Kush should be always Indica but they're just names. Silver Kush is Sativa, the original OG Kush was also slightly Sativa (def not true now). I cannot handle OG Kush though at all, yet somehow, I can handle Platinum OG Kush fine. That's an Indica I will simply never pass up because the high is so damn unique, it's nothing like OG Kush.
Anyway, it matters in one way: terps, mainly Terpinolene, the energizing terp, as well as Pinene. All of my favorite Sativa strains are dominant in Terpinolene or Pinene or both, pretty much. Quite literally almost all of them lol. Limonene is also highly stimulating through its euphoria. The other two are more about extreme energy and focus.
Caryophyllene dominant strains can also energize me though, and I don't think this terp is supposed to do that. I guess my endocannabinoid system is why? Some people just say it makes them "feel good." I've found people who disagree with ocimene a lot though and get horrible anxiety, when it's associated with the opposite. Maybe some of these just interact with THC differently depending on the exact terp pairing/dominance.
Indica's primarily are dominant in Myrcene, linalool, ocimene and often some limonene to give it a euphoric stone based on a lot of research I've done lately, but mostly it's the Myrcene dominant in Indica's and that's very sedating. I know Myrcene is technically in all strains to some level but I wouldn't think mostly Indica, it's the dominant terpene
Almost any Indica I smoke or have done research on, Myrcene is the dominant terp or among the 3. I'm asleep within 15 minutes with a lot of these. If I really need to be asleep, sure, but I hate that. The last time I got to spend time with a close cousin of mine before he died 4 years ago at just 35 of an Aortal dissertation (unknown how it even developed). It's so rare they don't even check your aorta until you're in your 50s or something. It sucks knowing I couldn't hangout with him for as long because his weed was simply too sedating. I'm a night owl and I was in bed before 11pm, that's insane.
Anyway... nevermind that. Long and the short here is that I've only found Sativa's to be stimulating because they just happen to pretty much always be dominant in terps you hardly ever find in any Indica's or hybrids, aside from maybe limonene or caryophyllene. Myrcene, linalool, limonene isn't an uncommon combo, but Myrcene is almost always in the top 3 for any Indica.
I used to think it was all the terps, then I didn't, but now again after a lotta research, it's clear Sativa/Indica affect some people different. Some endocannabinoid systems aren't affected by different terps or cannabinoids and all bud gives them the same high (that'd suck). And while there are known to be Sativa's dominant in Myrcene (ex: Super Silver Haze) and Afghani is Terpinolene dominant (probably why it's one of the only Indica's that makes me not sleepy), they're still not common, especially among the Sativa's of my choice.
The other 2 terps are very stimulating with SSH which has always produced one of the most crack weed highs I've ever felt. I don't know a ton about specific cannabinoids though. SSH might only not have a sedative feeling to it because of something like that, but I doubt it.
Afghani aside, there are a few Indica strains I can tolerate without going right to sleep: Grandaddy Purple, Platinum OG Kush, Khalifa Kush (might be Sativa leaning, no one knows the true genes). Kush should be always Indica but they're just names. Silver Kush is Sativa, the original OG Kush was also slightly Sativa (def not true now). I cannot handle OG Kush though at all, yet somehow, I can handle Platinum OG Kush fine. That's an Indica I will simply never pass up because the high is so damn unique, it's nothing like OG Kush.
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