Strain Guide

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67 Responses to “Strain Guide”

  1. shelley says:

    I am new to marajuana;I have been trying to use if for 1 year now, with very little success. I have suffered from migraines and severe whiplash for 5 years. I’ve tried every modality I can find; every drug offered; nothing works for long.
    I just got a vaporizer; I could not get the hang of smoking.
    I desparately need help on the type I should be using. I have tried several Indica’s; none even touch the pain. They make me have to go to bed, but then I just lay there, I cannot do anything, but…the pain is still very much alive.
    If you cannot give me advice can you lead to someone who can? Our local dispensaries have been very kind, but they don’t seem to get the severe level of pain I am trying to kill.

    thanx shelley

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    Volcanobis Reply:

    Have you tried any very strong indica strains like OG Kush, Bubba Kush, Purple kush anything close to 100% Indica?

    If you have tried some very potent strains with no luck. It sounds like you may want to consider using edibles made with potent indica strains to manage the pain relief. Edibles will work when smoking and vaporizing doesn’t. The only downside with edibles is they take an at least an hour before you start to feel any relief.

    For the migraines you may want to try “simpson oil” or something similar. The simpson oil or similar oil is applied topically. Usually for migraines it only takes a couple drops near the temple area to completely eliminate all the pain.

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    shelley Reply:

    Yes I have triedd Purple Kush, Granddaddy, Blue Dream, all with no successes. They all put me to bed, but give 0 pain relief.

    I have tried edibles: brownies and oil from a dispensary and brownies homemade by my son. Again, the brownies put me to bed but gave 0 pain relief. The oil was GOD awful, I had bad hallucinations, that everyone tells is NOT normal.

    Where might I find Simpson Oil? Is is cannabis based?

    Thanx for the reply, I need all the help I can get. shelley

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    Volcanobis Reply:

    Here’s a link to the simpson oil, this should explain:
    http://www.phoenixtears.ca/

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    smokindaily Reply:

    Have you tried a blueberry or a northern lights they might help get rid of those migraines.

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    Bubba K Reply:

    You need to try what is called Honey Oil or earwax. Butane Honey Oil is about 75% THC.

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    PureLol 1337 Reply:

    hey try strawberry kush I think that will do the trick but be carfull it hits fast and fades slow

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    flowersnbud Reply:

    i have fibromyalgia and ms ive been having a hard time finding the right stuff too, i just tried purple hae with bubba kush a bit more of the latter and it relieved alot of the tension in my muscles and also helped my back to relax plus its a nice calming mental effect

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    Sensi Bill Reply:

    i don’t know where you are located. i, and our collective garden are located in WA State. We have some teas that are doing wonderful things for our ms patients & other patients with both pain & nervous system issues. you may look into different medicated teas.

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    Bob Reply:

    Hi Shelley,

    Kush Creams makes a superb Emergency cream using Emu oil and Kush cannabis oils. They are available at Cannabis Farmers Markets, Mari-Meds (in Belfair) and some dispensaries in TAcoma and Seattle. I have heard excellent reports from migraine sufferers.

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    Sensi Bill Reply:

    we do sell Kush Creams @ Lacey Cross in Lacey, WA. Have had WONDERFUL reviews from our patients.

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    Ganjactivist Reply:

    Have you tried Hindu Kush. Supposedly great for major pain relief.

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    Angel Reply:

    Shelley, what temperature are you vaporizing at, and what kind of vape are you using?

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    smokindaily Reply:

    Try to get something with a 60% sativa – 40% indica that could help a lot with the pain.

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    i like 420 Reply:

    maybe u should take a low dose opiate with a good body high bud.this is what i take for bone spur growths in my back and other joints.

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    sweetleaf sensei Reply:

    I dont know where you are located but I do know a man who can help you. Dr. Alan Shackelford of Denver http://www.amarimed.com 720 532 4744
    Hes a Harvard educated physican an MMJ advocate and healer. His knowledge on the subject is immense. Tell him Jans friend with the (nectarine)sent you- I

    Personally I think you would benefit more from a hybrid strain that is indica dominant but combines enough sativa to create an analgesic effect from just the right combination of cannabinoids . Strong Edibles would be an option for an altrnative way of ingesting the meds. I find they provide more of a body high and last a long time.
    Good luck. Dr Shackelford is a saint. Im going to name a strain after him one day.

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    Denzil Duane Roper Reply:

    Ah-Ha! Good name! “Sweetleaf” by Ozzy with Black Sabeth was the 1st LP i ever bought when i was in 7th grade at Cook Jr. High School in Santa Rosa Calif.where yes weed was a gateway drug for me.But let me post a fact just as true! This gateway to stronger harmful drugs is said too be cause of starting with weed opened the door on the way up too hard drugs! Well let me testify to the fact that weed is also just as much a gateway drug going back the other way. For me Cannabis as a medicine was a very high percentage of in the success of getting off of hard drugs! My cravings & desire too use & relapes after being clean for sometime was Qwelled ; nipped-n-the-Bud & hitt the pipe real fast & that would take away the cravings too the point of nonexsistance.Cannabis helped me kick Heroin about 10 years ago. Medicinal Marijuana was just as much of a help getting off of Heroin as The Methadone i’m prescribed now too help remain too stay off of heroin. But : Yes sir’e that “QUOTE” Gateway sure enough swings both ways! That Gateway too other harder drugs is just as equally a Gateway back out away from the harder drugs through that same Gateway ; only going back out the other direction. Plus that Methadone is pretty hard on stomache! Which Cannabis relieves! Hence : many senerios of needing too detox withdrawl systems can achieve much relief from eating a good portion of edibles or consuming extracts or oils etc.

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    Denzil Duane Roper Reply:

    Or Vaporize or even a joint of “BlueCheese” kills a lot of pain. Probably as well as a Codine #3 !

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    Bob Carr Reply:

    subutex detox for 6 months and that methadone can be gone too.Good luck 4 years w/no pain meds.

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    apatientsperspective Reply:

    Smoking doesn’t help me much with the pain but when I tried edibles, I was amazed to finally get pain relief! I’m on the pain patch and have been for years and using edibles with the patch works wonders. My pain is from losing a limb, a little different from migraines. Good luck, I hope you will find your way!

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    Matt McClusky Reply:

    you want to smoke weed with high cbd which helps relieve pain and harlequin is the best cbd and it has a low thc. most indicas r 1% but harlequin can b up 2 6%

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    Dee Bo Reply:

    I’m a 30 year conisuer user , for that sever pain your experiencing you will still still need medication in conjunction with a very good hybrid sativa for pain. But you should injest it for a more medical effect such as in something baked or a tea.Youll hear them all say Indica for pain but those F1hybrid sativas I’ve found best. 30 years of medical use experimce

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    AGbaby Reply:

    yes dee bo is right brownies are the best its better to use more than a dime cuzz it will have a better effect

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    crean Reply:

    Try a chiropractor also! scull cap tea to drink.

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    Pearl2purl Reply:

    I wner if you are a “backwards reaction’ patient like me? What hppens with us backwardies is that the med has the opposite reaction to what is isted for other normal patients — I like to say “Indica is for insomnia, Sativa for sleep”. So I use my indicas for day-time use, and my sativas for relaxation and for putting me to sleep.

    I alo have migraines every day, all day, and they never quit. It’s been 25 years and they are just a part of life now. My headaches are caused by a weirdly healed skull fracture (from back to front, down the suture in the forehead into the brow-bone, hen south into the jaw joint. sustained in a nasty 18-wheeler accident) I hae found that accident-caused are different from “organic” migraines, and most ‘scrpt meds that work on organic migraines don’t work for accident-related ones. I have found that smoking does help sometimes for true immediate relief, but edibles may be the preferred route of ingestion for you.

    Just for grins, get some really good blueberry, asnd three

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  2. What is the highest THC level in medical marijuana?

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  3. hottpotat0 says:

    i have seen documented 26.72 THC on a CHEMDAWG HAZE strain

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  4. Jamal88 says:

    Hey everyone, my dad just got his cannibus card and hes looking for some need strains to try.(Any ideas) Also my mom is looking for some good sativa strains. All information is appreciated. And I also plan on helping him grow. Any recommendations on certain seeds/plants to buy???

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    Denzil Duane Roper Reply:

    Your Mom must like the upper strains.I myself like & need Indicas & pain killing strains.For outdoor sativas I’d found that “Super Silver Haze” grow good yields ; even multipul harvests in Sept.Oct.,Nov.,cause of how tall they grow outdoors.Indoors I’d go with “Grape Ape” or some beautiful purple strain.Purples don’t remain purple if they’re grow outdoors.After outdoor Purps dry & cure the purple color in them darkens to near blackish green;unlike it’s sister grown indoors remains beautiful bright colors

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  5. Jamal88 says:

    sorry for the typo..

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  6. Joshua says:

    Hey everyone
    So I have been suffering from chronic Insomnia for almost 7 years now and was wondering what strains would help me sleep. (I just got my medical card) I have been prescribed ambien for around 4 years and am sick of having to take it to sleep as well as the awful side effects its giving me. The problem is that whenever I smoke I get really paranoid and almost more depressed. For this reason I honestly hate being “high” but I feel that if this can get me off the ambien it would be a god send. Any help would be much appreciated. :)

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    Denzil Duane Roper Reply:

    BlueCheese ; Qurkel ; Urkel ; Grape Ape ; etc.

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    Denzil Duane Roper Reply:

    Especially “BlueCheese” I have Disc Lumbar Disease which gives me extreem agony at times like walking or chores remaining in the same position standing & BlueCheese kills more pain than any other strain i’ve ever tried.And i’ve been Club Hoppin’ since i used ta go with “Tammy” i met at Denis Perons’ house in SF in 1998.BlueCheese gets HUGE in Outdoors Shasta County Ca. And i love Grape Ape for nearly as good pain relief ; but mostly for it’s beauty & taist.Taist like Grape Kool-Aid & grown outdoors still turns purple in mid Oct. in Northern Calif.

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  7. Sr says:

    Joshua,
    Look for marijuana that is high indica because indica makes you tired. Sativa makes you more alert.

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  8. Gurthmaeg says:

    I have back issues and have undergone 3 discectomies/ laminectomies and a multilevel fusion. I can’t continue the morphine and percocet. I am sucessful at school working toward a degree so I cannot be blown out but I need non-opiate pain relief. Any suggestions?

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    Denzil Duane Roper Reply:

    I just last week came accrossed this “BlueCheese” that actually relieved my Disc Lumbar Disease pain! I’d never gotton enough pain relief from weed for my back before.But this BlueCheese relieved & put me too sleep.

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  9. 101North says:

    My members with recent knee and back surgerys find great success with edibles. because they affect the body differently than smoking. Excellent for sleeping thru the night and pain control. Look for places that specialize in low to no canna flavor treats.

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    Denzil Duane Roper Reply:

    I Second that 101North. I Egg’Grease.

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  10. carissa says:

    you need a strong sativa. Hazy mazy/sou diesel/apollo 13/lemon skunk/ gracie slick. They all have their time of day they are good for. Gracie is a very mobil med. I sufferd from halo migranes that caused vomiting n partial blindness a good diet n these have save my sanity. You should also see a nrt doctor

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  11. deanna says:

    i want to get ogg viks an go to medical marijuna but i dont want to end up big as a house from the muchies i need pain control only ,what strain would you recomend?

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  12. outspokentoker says:

    @Shelley: you might actually want to try a Sativa stain. I have chronic pain in my hip due to muscle damage and I realy enjoy using Sativa dominant strains. My favorite one that is out right now is called “Blue Dream.” “Sour Apple” and “Blackberry” have also proved effective.

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  13. outspokentoker says:

    @deanna: I would recommend that you try eating “medibles” also called “medicated” foods. There are some that are strong and some that are less powerful. These usually serve to give you a nice body high but leave you clear headed enough to function and generally (from my personal use) they do not produce that intense “munchies” feeling.

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  14. paint says:

    maybe your trying the wrong drug, try acid.
    I know what Im talking about

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    outspokentoker Reply:

    Acid makes pain waaaaaaay worse when you come down… but it is great for spiritual enlightenment :)

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  15. Medicalbud says:

    First off, blackberry is an indica. Elephant is an amazing sativa

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  16. chukky says:

    The answer for the first question try green crack in a white owl a blunt delivers the blast instead of the smooth light vaporisers

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    Denzil Duane Roper Reply:

    Ah Yes! But Ya get NO Cancer from a Volcano Vapor! A Blunt i feel is a waist & more! I like too taste & feel my Medicine not a Cigar paper! Yuck!

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  18. jens says:

    i have a new plant with yellow leaves. only a few days old. and ive read somewhere yellow plants cant grow . but this one grows just fine? .
    so it is a strain . or malnutrition. cuz it gets fed the same as the others. and theyre all green.

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  21. Dean says:

    for fibromyalgia you should try “Jean Guy” (jan – gee) strain. its ment for that….

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  22. rabbit says:

    Try to find a grower and get some fresh leaves, about a 2 cups, and juice them, drink it down like wheatgrass, works for me.

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  25. david says:

    Hey Everyone I’ve been a medical patient for a year now been off all my narcotics i can’t find the right strain for my ADD/ADHD , depression/anxiety, joint pain, headaches, insomnia but i want a sativa hybrid for the daytime and an indica for the evening night time use got any recommendations anyone please?

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    david Reply:

    P.S. I’m prone to Anxiety and looking for clear head strains.

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    Jarhead Reply:

    Stay away from hashes and find a flower with good cbd and low thc should avoid the anxiety and is a less head affecting way of smoking

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  26. Nelson says:

    I am new to the medical scene and i am wonderingif it is illegal to terminate someone for useing medical marijuana? Just wonder since it would not be considered illegal substance it would go along the same lines as other pain meds and muscle relaxers i assume correct?

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    rubes024 Reply:

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