It's kinda crazy how strains and such influence high, I guess it's something I always took for granted. All my good experiences with ganja have been with hash and dark green/brown varieties, which doesn't necessarily mean they were indica, but as I understand most moroccan hash is made from indica plants.

As far as the actual bud, in Africa most of the stuff I smoked was lower potency compared to hydro/indoor, but it was outdoor skunk. I pondered the possibility of the chemicals and such used in developed countries having a relation with a bad toking experience.

My first `anxiety` high happened in south america with some pressed `brick` bud. In general in south america bud tends to be sativa dominant (as far as some research I did) with exception of the paraguayan buds that are dark and even purple sometimes Lot of times brick buds are laced with some chemicals so they don't smell while being transported, aside from the actual chemicals used to grow it. Whether that has anything to do with my first anxiety attack vs just having smoked way past my tolerance level that was very low at the time, I'm not sure. But if that were the case, when I smoked stuff that I knew for a fact was good bud, why did I still get paranoia? Perhaps my brain associated being high with a bad thing?

On a side note I was wondering that if indeed I could smoke high grade indica strains, and got my tolerance back up without a problem, would that influence
my high when I smoked sativa dominant strains? Or would I be doomed to never touch a sativa strain?

Lastly, is there a way to tell if the bud is predominantly sativa or indica by looking at it? I figured that browner/purple kinda weed would lean towards indica and lime green towards sativa, but is there any other way to tell? Not all of us have the luxury of choosing from a menu of strains and have to settle to what is available.