Dear Stoner: I saw your profile on Durban Poison and the pure effects of landrace strains. Are there any others to look out for? I like to know what to expect when I smoke. Dear Taylor: Landrace ...

Cannabis was originally a wild plant, growing like a weed in its natural environment. Seeds from these landrace strains traveled with nomadic tribes to new locations where the plant was coveted for ...

Dan Michaels, author of Green: A Field Guide to Marijuana, shares with HIGH TIMES one of the last known interviews with Franco Loja—the late, great Strain Hunter—which first appeared in his book. All ...

We’ve come a long way since the cultivation of cannabis began thousands of years ago. The indica plant is believed to have originated in the Middle East, specifically the Hindu Kush mountain range ...

A long time ago, when only landrace genetics existed in the genus Cannabis, the terms Cannabis sativa L. and Cannabis indica Lam. were created to identify these two species of the Cannabaceae family.

Landrace strains will always be worth trying, even as hybrid genetics move them further and further away from the originals. Afghani and Durban Poison are popular landraces that are usually easy to ...

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, black market cannabis was referred to by where it was grown. In my younger years, this meant that poorly-cured kilos of the entire plant pressed into bricks were just ...

Granddaddy Purple is one of the best indica strains out there. This strain is known for its grape and berry flavored smoke and its purple and lavender-hued buds. Matthew Lawrence / Flickr Indica ...