Comment by altairprime | Hacker News Reader

Comment by altairprime | Hacker News Reader

A few years ago, someone had found and grown an old 90s strain of 9% weed. They didn’t try to hypermile it, they just sold it as exactly what it was.

It was the weed from my childhood. It was dreamy. It didn’t give me a five minute sky high, it didn’t give me heart palpitations, it didn’t make me nauseous. It was chill and fun and absolutely made my day.

I fucking miss that strain. I’ve had to move to specific edibles where I can very carefully control exactly how little I take (hint: not very much) and I can measure when it kicks in and when it tapers off. I can get a couple hours off and then I’m hungry when it’s over, and I can still function tomorrow? Deal.

It fucking sucks to watch people get pulled into high-dose pot though, for the same reasons that it sucks to watch people get pulled into high-dose alcohol. Fuck. I hope they regulate it soon, and I hope the states carve out more room specifically for microgroweries.

There is serious market potential for “low-dose”/“old school” pot but I wonder if it’s even possible now. Has the plant just been bred beyond that? I’m sure there’s probably some old hippies out there that still have a few personal plants of the same lineage from decades but IDK…

I know guys who grow and breed their own strains, some of them have been doing it since the early 90s. The best weed I've had always grew outdoor. It's kinda sad most people have gone indoor over the years. Anyway, there are strains on the market that are well balanced/easygoing, just look for stuff with as much sativa in the mix as possible, for some strange reason they are harder to find. I personally really like Jack Diesel from Dinafem, even autoflowering works great.

I’ve tried the full spectrum of strains and it makes no difference; the outcome is problematic at modern strengths and is not at decades-ago strengths, regardless of I/S.

I think as someone else pointed out your probably best option is vaping it these days, that way if the first time it hits you too hard you can cut it by 1/2 or more to cut back on the negative experiences.

Tried it. Carts, pods, dry flower. Vape, volcano, oven, pen, bong, pipe. Makes no difference whatsoever; if the THC number is over 12-15% or the non-THC numbers are less than 3-5%, I get a super fast high that spikes and fades after five minutes, no matter how little or how much I dose. Low-dose edibles work, thankfully; 0-5mg THC and 5-10mg non-THC (so, like, THCv or CBD or CBG or CBN) all work predictably in both strength and duration.

My lungs prefer I avoid smoking but it sure would be nice to have a choice to do so occasionally with friends. Oh well.

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