What makes cannabis strains different?

[natel628]

How come one strain will make you high for a few hours, and a different one only gets you high for an hour, but they are the same high level?

[Revanche21]

How come one strain will make you high for a few hours, and a different one only gets you high for an hour, but they are the same high level?

look up satvia and indica they are the two prominent types of MJ

[natel628]

look up satvia and indica they are the two prominent types of MJ
I know the difference between them, i mean like how come one sativa high will last 4 hours, and another only 2?

[Revanche21]

I know the difference between them, i mean like how come one sativa high will last 4 hours, and another only 2?

the amount of chemicals usually determine the length of duration

[xcrispi]

Alot of it's how it's handled , dried , cured .

Alot of it's genetics just like us . = It's like diareaha man , it runs in your genes .

Crispi :stoned:

[Coelho]

Well... there is a lot of things involved in the high.
First, there is the amount and concentration of the active substances (usually THC/CBD) in the weed. As larger it it, larger the duration of the high.
The intensity of the high (level of highness) also increases with the amount of THC/CBD, but only until a certain level. Beyond this level, an increase in the amount of THC/CBD wont make you any higher, but will only make the high last longer.
Also, there is the interaction between the cannabinoids in the weed. Some cannabinoids (usually CBN/CBD) can make the THCs effects last longer, so strains rich in CBN (and sometimes CBD) will take longer to kick in ("creeper" weed) but the high will last longer.

[epilepticme]

I dunno if it was here in another thread or another site but I read something about other terpenes having effect on the high as well.Myrcene being one. The chemical in mangos that helps thc get to where it needs to go.

The environment you smoke in and the state of mind you are in also play a huge role in how cannabis effects you.

[natel628]

that answers it pretty well. yea the environment definitely is a big factor

[VapedG13]

heres some info


Indica origins come from countries like Tibet, Afghanistan, Kashmir or Morocco, countries well known for their hash production long time tradition. Indicas are short plants between 3 and 6 feet, have broad leaves, are dense and often grow a darker green sometimes tinged with purple. As the Indica plant matures the leaves may become significantly more purple and the buds will be thick and dense. Indica are strong smelling plants with a "skunky" taste and smell. The smoke from an Indica is generally a body type stone, hypnotic and relaxing. Indicas are the traditional source of hashish. Well known indica strains are: Afghan, Durban Poison, Skunk, Papaya, Hindu Kush.




Sativas are originally from Mexico, Southeast Asia, Thailand and Colombia. Sativa plants are tall and thin, generally between 8 and 12 feet. You can say that a sativa is exactly the opposite of indica. The plant is thin, the leaves are narrower with a lighter green color. A sativa bud will become red as they mature in a warm environment and can turn to purple if they mature in a colder environment. Some sativa varieties can have yellow pigments. Sativa plants smell fresh, sweet and fruity and the smoke will get you cerebral, up and energetic giving a clear, up, cerebral high. Well known sativa strains are: California Orange Bud, Ice, Super Ice, New Purple Power, Swazi, Jock Horror, Maui Waui.

[linearvermin]

heres some info

Couldn't have put it better myself haha. I have to say man, your one of the most helpful new members to cann.com i've met in awhile VapedG13 I'm sure Ill see you around haha.

[IAmKowalski]

This is a really interesting question actually - and I don't think that simple differences in potency really explain it.

I have noticed as well that some weed seems to have a longer lasting effect and some a shorter lasting effect that doesn't seem to be relative to potency.

I can smoke a bowl of some weed and get ridiculously baked and then have the high pretty much dissipate in an hour. Then I've had different weed that I can get slightly buzzed off of a hit or two and notice that that buzz is still around a couple hours later - or get ridiculously baked and still be pretty high a couple hours later and still simi-high an hour after that.... There does seem to be a difference in the rate of effect decay. I have no idea whether this is a product of genes, cure, or what - but I do know that it can't simply be a higher initial THC load.

[linearvermin]

I think it has to do with what your body's used to. If you smoke primarily a indca or hybrid and you get your hands on a good sativa it can change how long you feel it. Tolerance to a certain strain or whatever chemicals in that strain can effect the length of the high. It always happens to me once i get a new bud...I get an oz of bud...,we'll say its indica for this example, smoke it for 2 weeks, and if i get a new oz of a different strain but its still indica...I feel like my tolerence is a lot higher then if i smoked sativa for two weeks and switched it to that indica. I don't know if you guys get it from smoking the same but I.E. smoke today be high for 1 hr smoke same bud tomorrow and be high for 8 but thats never happened to me before. Just a stoned though haha :rastasmoke:.

[IAmKowalski]

That could be part of it, of course. I do know, however, that there is something basically different between different weed that does change how long it takes for the effects to dissapate that still can't be explained that easily though.

I had one plant from my first grow that I miss quite a bit - I had only taken a couple clones and neither survived :-( This plant distinguished itself primarily on having the high that just wouldn't end. Since this was noticed and noted by myself and several others who I smoked with over the next month until the last of it was gone, it seems that there was something different about that particular plant.

Come to think of it, that plant does point to something genetic rather than environmental as it shared the same grow and cure conditions as the rest of the crop. Now, I did have noticeable differences between the plants in regard to the type of high - whether it was more of a Sativa High or an Indica Stone effect. The plant with the never-ending-high was more of an indica body stone effect than any of the others, but my heavily indica afghoo doesn't seem to have nearly as long lasting of a high as it did. Ah I miss that plant :-/