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There is a strain today for just about any CBD/THC ratio you could ask for, in legal markets anyway. Black market supply might be warped, I don't have any experience with that though.

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I'm pretty suspicious about most claims about cannibinoid percentages on any cannabis flowers. You could take two buds from the same plant and get different percentages depending on what part of the plant you take it from. That same variation exists across every plant in the room, even if they're clones of the same strain.

I would assume any grower going for high pecentages in tests are going to pick the biggest choicest top buds to have tested.

Meanwhile, you buy some of that weed from the store and you may end up with some lower buds that barely got any light, or some that was in the back corner of the room while drying and didn't finish properly, or that bud the workers kept brushing against while it was growing knocking crystals and resin off, or maybe the grower sold it before curing properly to make a quick buck so every seller that ends up with it ends up either curing it themselves in different ways or just not bothering at all and selling it as is. The seller may just sit on it for a while and let it degrade.

All of those factors, and many more, have an affect on the amount of cannibinoids and terpenes in any specific bud you might end up with.

Just because a specific strain or even crop was tested as one thing doesn't mean the weed you actually buy will be that.

Concentrates tend to have less variation within one batch, but that again depends on how their made.

A lot of it in the end is just marketing. Even most strains you buy are likely not what they're sold as. Even if a grower is able to maintain a stable line, over time after successive generations of clones, genetic defects and other undesirable things begin to occur and the grower needs to introduce fresh genetics, thereby changing the original strain.

Cannabis genetics, breeding and growing is a pretty fascinating subject. There's so many factors that go into the final product and just so much variation and endless new discoveries every day.

Sorry, this isn't true. I work in the industry and know how to talk about product. I have a very, very low THC tolerance, but I appreciate a buzz. I have failed to find a product that suits my preferences for years in a legal market. My preferences are relatively "niche", and the market has no interest in it.

Are you referring to smoking specifically? Edibles with THC content as low as 1mg are readily available at shops, which make it very easy to control a precise dose, so perhaps I'm misunderstanding.

One could also eat half of a 1mg edible, which provides even more precision dosage.

I'm like this as a user too. It's hard to find low potency flower across the USA, there is a big pull from retail stores for flower over 20% (which leads to those bogus test results I mentioned elsewhere).

I know of only a few vendors that sell "medium" flower - and retailers only let them in because they have some hi-test product too.

It's wild to me that of the responses I got, the only one that seemed to understand what I was expressing is the one that appears to have been downvoted, while the others which appear to have ignored the fact that I work in the industry and talk to me like I don't know what I'm talking about haven't.

In any case, thank you, it's nice to know I'm not the only one.

Just take half a hit and inhale air for the rest of your breath. No need to take a four foot bong rip if you just want a smooth mellow high.

Well, duh, if I'm very sensitive to THC I obviously don't take large tokes. But with typical THC content being > 15%, "half" a hit is really hard to nail down. I tend to err on the side of caution because getting too high makes me anxious... and the usual outcome is I don't get any effect at all.

Have you tried edibles? Dose can be controlled and I feel like it’s a much more mellow high that builds slowly over time.

Have you tried cbd flowers?

For anxiety, sure. But CBD doesn't give a light buzz.

Try blending

With respect, maybe you just need to shop around more? In Seattle some shops have a good variety and some do not. I'm looking at the online menus for two local shops right now. One primarily has high THC products while the other has a variety of low-THC high-CBD products, including flower. For example the strain 'Remedy CBD' from Puffin Farm is listed as THC 0.41% CBD 12%.

Their menu lists 9 CBD flower products and 97 CBD edible products, not to mention topicals, concentrates, etc...

Like I said, I work in the industry. I know how to understand product. The high CBD products are almost universally so low in THC that it takes quite a lot to get a small buzz. Which itself isn't necessarily a bad thing (although can be quite expensive), but that also means very large doses of CBD, which tends to make me very sleepy and dopey.

The product I wish I could find is very rare, I've almost never found it. Something more akin to the "dirt weed" I grew up with, THC around 4-5%. There just isn't enough of a market for "I want to get a little high". There's a high THC market, and a high CBD market, with not much in between.

I don’t smoke or live in a country where it’s legal. Can you literally go in and knowingly buy strains tested to be low and high ratio? Is it listed in the product description?

Yep

Yes, they're listed in percentage values on the product labels, and depending on what you're buying, they can come in a variety of combinations.

I live in Las Vegas (where it's recreationally legal), and they break down not only the amount of THC, but by percentage of each terpene in the strain. Nevada's cannabis industry is pretty heavily tested and regulated, definitely moreso than places we like to vacation, such as the PNW. Our last trip to Portland, we stopped by a dispensary to pick up a couple pre-rolls, and probed the bud-tenders about mercene percentage, only to realize later, it's not something regulated by the state. We left with some prerolls they suggested, and probably looking a bit like pretentious tourists.

I'd be interested in a list of all the terpenes, and maybe what they do, or at least how they smell and taste? Is there anything like this?

It's actually quite unbelievable. My local dispensary in CA is like going into a high end health food store where each employee is extremely knowledgable and able to recommend product based on your specific preference. The aesthetic is very clean and minimalist (compared to the head shops I frequented in my youth). Product descriptions have a number of seemingly standardized details listed and the employees will contextualize those for you.

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