It’s commonly accepted that we get totally different buzzes when we try different forms of alcohol. So when we speak about alcohol does one distinguish beer from wine, or ale from spirits? They say that weed affects everybody in different ways, which certainly makes sense but then appreciating that all strands of canabis can be fundamentally different in effects and be administered completed differently changing almost everything.
Sativa vs Indica
Sativa& Indica are the 2 major types of cannabis which most of the time are mixed together to make the commonly found hybrid strains. Both Sativa & Indica effect the body and mind in loads of different ways, and opens up for a range of medicinal administrations.
Typically Indica plants are fairly short and wide, in comparison to Sativa plants which tend to be very tall and thin.
The effects of Indica is usually assosicated with strong phyicsal body high which is very relaxing, creating a big sense of lethargy. Many describe this as being “sleepy or couch-locked”. This sense of deep relaxation feeling is what many desire after a long days hard slog at work.
Benefits of Indica:
- Relieves body pain
- Relaxes muscles
- Relieves spasms, reduces seizures
- Relieves headaches and migraines
- Relieves anxiety or stress
The effects of Sativa is usually of a brain high which is seen to be more energetic and uplifting creating more conversation between smokers generally. Sativa is seen as a more cerebral creative strain of weed to smoke for this reason as it doesn’t have any of the lethargic properties.
Benefits of Sativa:
- Feelings of well-being and at-ease with life
- Highly cerebral uplifting thoughts
- Stimulating and very energising
- Increases focus
- More creative thoughts
- Medicinally used to fight depression
Popular Indica tend to be Kush, Northern Lights and White Widow, while popular sativa strands are usually Purple Haze, and Mauwie Wauwie.
Methods of Consumption
Now there does seem to be difference on the overall effect of the cannabis depending on how you choose to consume it.
Make a Spliff
Here we roll our finest blend of ganja and mix it with tobacco to create a spliff. The addition of tobacco to the concoction allows the weed to burn at much a hotter temperature burning the weed hotter and producing higher levels of T.C.H. People generally notice that with the addition of smoking unfiltered tobacco with your weed it has more of an relaxing indica-esk feeling. This is generally accredited to the effects of smoking tobacco which alone makes you feel calm and relaxed. The effects are commonly said to be “body highs” as the feeling spreads throughout your body. Many report this is as the feeling of the process of your internal antibodies combating the carcinogens released when you smoke tobacco.
Smoking It Pure
Whether you choose to roll it up for smoke it in a bong or pipe you are now smoking it absolutely pure.. Hooraa… This is really seen to be the proper way to smoke to cannabis as you’re feeling the full effect of the strain without any agents interfering. This type of buzz is always going to be noticeably stronger and more intense as the you’re smoking more ganja!
Run it through the Vapouriser!
So good we had to mention it again. As we discussed in our previous post the magic vapouriser not only removes all the nasty carcinogens from your weed, but ultimately delivers a whip of pure T.H.C in vapour form. Without re-saying it all again, the effects are much more profound as it’s soo pure. The effects are commonly reported as very head highs, compared to body highs associated with smoking with tobacco.
Eating it.
When the weed has been cooked into cake or chocolate form, it’s almost a completely different entity itself. As the weed will be combined with the elements of the cake, when cake are put into the oven the active ingredient THC is ignited and infused directly into the cake. Eating a hash-cake also has a difference in the time it takes to have an effect as the THC is being digested through your stomach first. This process can take in some cases over an hour to take place, and as a result of this the effects can last much longer.
Conclusion
So to answer to the question can we generalise? No, I think is the sensible answer as there are so many variants involved how people choose to consume their weed from the strain to the consumption method