Everybody says Indica is rich in CBD, they are just guessing & passing on what they have heard. Only a few sites actually test the product before selling it.

It is, however, interesting what you mentioned about the negative effects of cannabis being countered by some other plant out there… My personal feelings are that as humans, we evolved with drugs, and many (if not most) of the negative effects on our health ’caused’ directly by these drugs are more importantly caused by a psychoactive plant like cannabis being used out of the context of the ecosystem in which we evolved, where there were likely other factors that counteracted or attenuated these negative effects. Specifically, the amounts of the various different substances (psychoactive and non-) that we now consume has been distorted from those of our natural environment.

–I just find this an interesting parallel to how the distortion of the CBD:THC ratio seems to cause negative effects.

This is slightly off topic, but, u know, for my own “research,” are there any simple/inexpensive ways to extract only THC or CBD from herbal weed, that one could do at home?

I agree it is very difficult to believe that there are only 2 ‘primary’ active compounds of Cannabis; but none the less the fact that this study has shown how they counter each other should pave the way for further study into more compounds and their affects to the mix.

It may indeed be that these higher ratio THC to CBD strains are more harmful with prolonged usage but I’m sure that if you ask any experienced Cannabis user you would find the ratio is what makes the high. Some users prefer a more CBD feel whereas others prefer that near all THC hit.

I think that further research should be focusing on the on-going health impact that this ratio of THC/CBD has and what can be done to reverse these effects. Is it just me that thinks if Cannabis is naturally occurring on a plant then there’s almost certainly some other plant growing somewhere that will counter it?

And as for the government, law and prohibition… Personally I have never believed what the government have told me in that regards and recently a lot of the UK’s drug advisory council even stepped down because they did not feel that they where working towards the good of the public health; rather simply furthering the prohibition laws.

Unless we stand up and show our disgust at the way they are running things nothing will change. It’s all good and well to talk about it online and with our friends but there just doesn’t seem to be a massive group standing up to them and fighting for the rights of not just the users but the countries (and possibly world?) as a whole.

Just my 2 cents of course

Bad news, neither is your food supply. While weed may have become more potent, it is still mostly harmless when used appropriately. However, the food supply, especially in America, has changed far more radically than the Marijuana supply. And the food supply can greatly negatively impact us, diabetes, heart disease, removing the market from the farmer. So when people say things aren’t like they used to be, agree with them, then scare them for what they have let one legal thing become. We need pot, it’s far healthier than the booze corroding our livers, and the mass produced beef clogging our hearts.