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For this week’s review I get an opportunity to look at two incredible strains combined into one powerful herb: Northern Lights x Blueberry. Upon sampling, the first thing that struck me was its appearance: big and chunky, with such a good covering of trichomes, it shaded parts more white than green. The bud structure looks more like a big beautiful sativa-heavy hybrid, but any handling of the herb quickly reveals how solid it is. The juxtaposition of size and density intrigues my senses and as ever I must indulge.

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For this weeks review, I get a chance to look at one of my very favorite skunk strains: Island Sweet Skunk. A sativa heavy hybrid, Island Sweet Skunk is most often considered a phenotype of Skunk #1 or a close relative. They certainly share similarities in appearance, displaying the same shade of light green.

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Strain Type: Sativa/Indica Strain Lineage: Skunk #1 x Afghani Kush Medicinal Uses: Pain, Muscle spasms, Nausea, Appetite, MS, AIDS, Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Glaucoma, Migraines, Gastrointestinal Issues, Cancer, Epilepsy, Arthritis, Alcoholism, Anorexia. PCC Report:…

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True Blueberry x OG Kush is the perfect representation of a strain tailoring to the needs of patients. Developed by the CBD Project, True Blueberry x OG Kush has been bred to contain higher percentages of CBD or cannabidiol, the element of cannabis many patients now consider to be most effective for pain-relief, nausea,as an anti-inflammatory, and for other ailments. Cannabis’ myriad of medicinal benefits has long been overlooked because of its oft-considered intoxicating mental effects.

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Chemdawg’s lineage is unknown, reputedly the spawn of seeds someone found in an ounce of high quality cannabis, which ended up producing the four phenotypes that are present today. These phenotypes have been used in a number of very well known crosses: Sour Diesel, Diesel #1, and most notably OG Kush. Chemdawg is more than just a keystone of American medical cannabis breeding, it also offers its own unique benefits to patients.

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If I were to tell you that Poison was going to help you through your day, you may think I am crazy. Like many other strains in the medical community I find Durban Poison to be a misnomer, for harmful it is not. Reputedly originating from South Africa, breeders from Europe recognized the value of a pure sativa and brought it North in order to better stabilize the sativa traits.

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