What Qualifies as "Top Shelf" Medical Marijuana?

[starter09]

Kartel, HighPopalorum - thank you, thank you. :jointsmile:

Yes, there is a huge uneducated part of the community, many of them old farts like me who have spent so long buying schwag that good stuff really has to smack us in the nose to get our attention. This kind of info helps, and helping us become better consumers will help you too, as dispensaries adjust.

Handling and trich heads, trich density - what else? Smell matters to me. I read somewhere that hydro will have less/no smell/taste. Doesn't sound right? Anyone know? Does organic smell/taste better as a rule?

DietBlonde, thx for getting this going.

Now I'm digging around looking for my old loupe.

starter09 Reviewed by starter09 on 12-07-2009. What Qualifies as "Top Shelf" Medical Marijuana? Starter09 brought this up in the CO Disp Reviews Thread and suggested someone make this thread. This might help some of us who are aspiring bud snobs to become better shoppers. I'd attempt to answer this question but I'm off to the grocery store. Feel free to chime in! Rating: 5

[Kartel]

Its not good if it doesn't smack you in the nose IMO... its part of what makes it grade A and not grade B.... even if some medicine had every other feature, if you aren't shocked or made euphoric by the smell, then its not legit.

I love strains that seem to have a medicinal effect just by smelling the medicine from a closed jar. Aromatherapy: Don't discount how something like could modify the medicinal effect of the cannabinoids.

There is a lot more to evaluating good medicine than what I posted, I was hoping someone else would chime in with some pointers.... ,

Grown well cured well medicine is often so dense that the small amount of handling that happens between grower to dispensary to customer is fine (maybe some who get the bottom get a worse deal.) However, such a small percentage of medicine is grown well and cured well (less than 5%) that it is much more sensitive to handling.