what about sativa/indica makes them so?

what about the thc and cannabinoids in sativa give off a head high?

what about "" in indica give off a couchlock body high?

is there a scientific explanation to this as to why the different genetics give off unique highs almost as if the substance being consumed is different in each one?

i always figured weed was weed...except one time way back when i had """purple haze""" and the high was so trip-like and head sensory oriented that im convinced this weed was not weed...ive had so called indica highs so many times i cant count...but what chemically gives a head euphoria trip-like high as compared to a wanna sit down cant open your eyes lax body high?

Short answer: Chemistry, and your body's reactions to it.

Long answer: A whirlwind adventure of chemical reactions, catalytic protein activations via enzyme cofactors and neurons in your brain. So yeah, fuck that.

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Originally Posted by couch-potato

Long answer: A whirlwind adventure of chemical reactions, catalytic protein activations via enzyme cofactors and neurons in your brain. So yeah, fuck that.

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what i dont understand is the cannabinoid receptors in the brain get triggered by thc and thc breakdown rebind products,some of the main cannabinoids which will give similar feelings no matter what type of weed it is, blended into the unique aspects of the high...

so its almost as if being high is universal in terms of little things like getting hungry getting slightly spacey, feeling relaxed but the active ingredient in some weeds goes far beyond just its thc concentration that is essentially the bringer of standard inebriation feelings

i was just wondering if there was a name for a compound thats in a sativa thats not in an indica that produces a super head trip-high and if there is a compound in indica thats not in sativa that produces a pronounced bodylock
couch lock body high....all this aside from the thc...we all want thc consumption when we smoke but perhaps we over simplify it when it comes to the bomb exotics that sometimes feel like completely different drugs in themselves when used...

is it perhaps different types of thc? which is a paradox because thc is thc there are no different types just rebinds and breakdowns

Think of isotopes...

Same molecular structure, but the ions have a negative or positive charge. Because of this, THC can essentially remain the same, but because of it's charge it will have a different effect on your brain, which will have a different effect on you as a whole.

THC = isotopes.

This is a good read, keep going!

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Originally Posted by couch-potato

Think of isotopes...

Same molecular structure, but the ions have a negative or positive charge. Because of this, THC can essentially remain the same, but because of it's charge it will have a different effect on your brain, which will have a different effect on you as a whole.

THC = isotopes.

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Wait, isotopes are variations in atomic mass numbers, not charges of the elements, right?

i can see now...isotope effects slight changes in each thc molecule...

now im wondering if when you blend them while growing them to have say ideally a 5050 sat ind that perhaps the genetics of one would be stronger creating a 3070 effect even though you have a 5050 plant

sativa high ive had only a select number of times...personally im kinda sick of the indica high

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Wait, isotopes are variations in atomic mass numbers, not charges of the elements, right?

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Ooops, this guy's right. But the concept is still the same.


Edit: Ahh, I was thinking about ions.

no but an isotope of a compound makes it a different compound lol
this is getting interesting..extra neutrons usually make isotopes...extra protons
and such a thing can change valence and ionic charge...were all on the right path but are we sure this is what effects sativa and indica to make them different when consumed?

im going to read up on this..

I am glad I have a stash of hybrid sativindica, this shit gets me very very high with my wake and bake.
There is too much information above for me, I am just a smoking stoner.

:stoned: did they start speaking in tongues then ??

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personally im kinda sick of the indica high

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I hate it and don't even wanna call it weed. The weird thing is, I bought 1/8 and I smoked about half the bag and got bodylock and then I smoked it again and I didn't get bodylock even though it was from the same bag. I was told that it was two different buds mixed together so that might be it but I evenly distributed it all through the bag so I don't think that's why. Any explanations for this?