I started thinking about the birthplace of cannabis, Kazakhstan, and did a search for any new information on the wild strain that grows there. I'm not talking feral, escapes, heirlooms, landraces.
I did a search here and found I started a thread four years ago. Unfortunately these sort of threads devolve into a discussion of Borat (instead of Gennady Golovkin which is a shame) so I started a new one.
Here's a link that sums things up.
http://ediblesmagazine.com/politics/the-birthplace-of-cannabis-kazakhstans-chuy-valley/
Every half baked or fully baked journalist that does a story like this has to bring up the dumb story of the naked guy on the horse. To me it's interesting because there's similar legends about Nepal. Question: which is older?
I'm 99% certain this area is the origin point of cannabis and all the world's cannabis is descended from the plants growing here. The question is what is phylos up to? Sam the Skunkman? All the money spent on researching medical cannabis? If this is the origin point it wouldn't be hard to prove or disprove and samples would be invaluable.
In 2014 a Kazakh politician expressed an interest in exploiting cannabis for medicine and research. I assume he hasn't heard back from the west.
Another reason this has stuck around in my brain, Kazakhstan is also the birthplace of the apple. There are actual forests of wild apple trees, not feral ones.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-last-wild-apple-forests
If they have reserves for 'the last wild apples' there should be reserves for 'the last wild cannabis'! Instead of a few cops hopelessly trying to exterminate it.
Occasionally Kazakh hashish reaches the west where it is stamped with a camel and proclaimed Pakistani. Reports say it is hopelessly strong but sound like bullshit. The plants have a THC content of 4% which is incredibly high for wild cannabis.
I hear stories of 2 meter tall plants and 10% of the country covered in cannabis but the only pictures I've seen are scraggy ruderalis growing in sand. It looked like it had never rained there yet the plants were living and producing seeds.
Someone, presumably not me, needs to strain hunt, take good pictures, videos. Interview the cops, the local hashish makers, politicians. Take samples of leaves, flowers, seeds for testing. To put my money where my mouth is I will pledge 10 bucks to start the fundraising...
I did a search here and found I started a thread four years ago. Unfortunately these sort of threads devolve into a discussion of Borat (instead of Gennady Golovkin which is a shame) so I started a new one.
Here's a link that sums things up.
http://ediblesmagazine.com/politics/the-birthplace-of-cannabis-kazakhstans-chuy-valley/
Every half baked or fully baked journalist that does a story like this has to bring up the dumb story of the naked guy on the horse. To me it's interesting because there's similar legends about Nepal. Question: which is older?
I'm 99% certain this area is the origin point of cannabis and all the world's cannabis is descended from the plants growing here. The question is what is phylos up to? Sam the Skunkman? All the money spent on researching medical cannabis? If this is the origin point it wouldn't be hard to prove or disprove and samples would be invaluable.
In 2014 a Kazakh politician expressed an interest in exploiting cannabis for medicine and research. I assume he hasn't heard back from the west.
Another reason this has stuck around in my brain, Kazakhstan is also the birthplace of the apple. There are actual forests of wild apple trees, not feral ones.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-last-wild-apple-forests
If they have reserves for 'the last wild apples' there should be reserves for 'the last wild cannabis'! Instead of a few cops hopelessly trying to exterminate it.
Occasionally Kazakh hashish reaches the west where it is stamped with a camel and proclaimed Pakistani. Reports say it is hopelessly strong but sound like bullshit. The plants have a THC content of 4% which is incredibly high for wild cannabis.
I hear stories of 2 meter tall plants and 10% of the country covered in cannabis but the only pictures I've seen are scraggy ruderalis growing in sand. It looked like it had never rained there yet the plants were living and producing seeds.
Someone, presumably not me, needs to strain hunt, take good pictures, videos. Interview the cops, the local hashish makers, politicians. Take samples of leaves, flowers, seeds for testing. To put my money where my mouth is I will pledge 10 bucks to start the fundraising...
