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This was true until modern genetics entered the gene pool, they always mixed and it wasn’t an issue. Smoke some pure Thai and compare it with anything related to og kush or skunk and you’ll see what I mean, there was a massive diversity of cannabinoids available when I discovered the plant that...

@NagemTX That’s the problem, it grows wild everywhere so it’s pretty much impossible to maintain a pure landrace because of all the pollen flying around. If you look at the Phylos galaxy database of genetic diversity you can see that almost all the cannabis on the planet is related to one plant...

@JacinLarkwell The plants people grow these days and the ones you can get on prescription here in the uk do not have the same medicinal properties that the landrace imports had before they were polluted with modern genetics. Thai is probably the last remaining pure landrace left and it’s only...

There were many reasons it was banned and many more reasons it continues to be restricted. It was the British who started it in the colonies. Banning it’s never been especially effective but polluting local landraces has been. It did make me smile recently though when the Thai government...

Yeah, you can’t patent plants but you can patent synthesised copies of them and then ban the plant you copied. Usually less effective with more side effects but there’s money to be made in the treatment those too so win win. I’m interested in all medicinal plants but especially those that have...

Often wondered if witches were named as such because they knew which plants to use as medicine and spells were a reference to the power of literacy in a time when most people couldn’t access knowledge from books? It’s sad the recipes for their potions have been lost, a long history of local...