Thursday, July 16, 2015

The Best Marijuana Strains to Start and End Your Day

The Best Marijuana Strains to Start and End Your Day:



Medical marijuana can be very useful in helping relieve and/or treat pain, anxiety, depression, nausea, muscle spasms, ADHD, restless leg syndrome, cancer, glaucoma, etc. But as we discussed here:  Indicas and Sativas and the Importance of Knowing Your Meds, not all medical marijuana strains are created equal, nor do they all address the same medical issues. So, it is important, as a patient in the medical marijuana program, that you do some research in order to find the best strains for you!

We here at Green Leaf Clinic want to keep helping you with your research efforts by putting as much medical marijuana information together that we can for you, here on our blog! We already gave you a great list of strains to medicate with during fireworks displays: 10 Marijuana Strains to Smoke Before a Fireworks Show, but now we want to provide you with a bit more practical information for day to day use. Hence: The Best Marijuana Strains to Start and End Your Day



10 Best Medical Marijuana Strains for Morning:

Morning strains are meant to be a bit more uplifting, cerebral, and energizing. Though they can help with pain, they are not major sedatives, so a patient can still be highly functional on these. Many of these strains ease anxiety, stress, and depression, cultivate focus and clarity, and offer the patient euphoric feelings of well being to help get through the day. Almost all of them will assist with nausea and help patients eat a solid breakfast as well. What a perfect way to start a day!

1. Peacemaker
2. Super Cheese
3. Durban Poison
4. Cinderella 99
5. Power Plant
6. Jack Herer
7. Super Lemon Haze
8. Killer Queen
9. Blueberry Yum Yum
10. Kushage

More great morning strains: Pot of Gold, Kandy Skunk, Super Sour Diesel, Blue Dream, Green Crack, Platinum Bubba Kush, Lemon Drop, AK47xBubblegum, Purple Haze, White Fire, CheeseWreck, White Widow, Headbanger, Emerald Jack, Tangerine Dream, Super Silver Haze, Pineapple Express



10 Best Medical Marijuana Strains for Night:

Night strains are meant to be more relaxing, soothing, and calming than morning strains. Medical marijuana strains that are best used after dark also act more like sedatives, muscle relaxers, and high dose painkillers than the morning strains do.  They also assist with insomnia issues. Many recreational "stoners" will claim that these strains will give you "couch lock," (as if it is a bad thing) and they will actually steer people away from these strains; but as a patient and a budtender I can tell you right now: if you are in massive amounts of pain after a long day of work, "couch locked" is exactly what you need to be - and these strains will help! Offering full body relaxation and with just enough added oomph to happily buzz the brain, these nighttime strains are the perfect end to a long day.

1. Granddaddy Purple
2. Northern Lights
3. Purple Urkle
4. Lavender
5. Grape Ape
6. Blue Cheese
7. G13
8. Blackberry Kush
9. Afghani
10. White Rhino

More great nighttime strains: Dr. Funk, Brand X, Deathstar, Purple Rhino, Critical Kush, Skywalker OG, Purple OG Kush, God's Gift, MK Ultra, Purple Passion, Hindu Kush, God Bud, Blueberry, Bubba OG, Deep Purple, Power Kush, Grunk, Blueberry Skunk, Romulan, Vanilla Kush, Ogre Berry


Saturday, July 4, 2015

10 Marijuana Strains to Smoke Before a Fireworks Show

10 Marijuana Strains to Smoke Before a Fireworks Show


Marijuana is a great medicine. But it's also a lot of fun. 

So why not combine medicating and having fun by finding the very best strains for all your favorite activities? I'll start: with fireworks!

These are (in my humble opinion) the best strains to smoke before a fireworks display because they will heighten the good (the colors, the patterns, the haze) and diminish the bad (the anxiety, the stress of the crowds, the pain). Enjoy!



10 Marijuana Strains to Smoke Before a Fireworks Show

1. LSD

NOT the one you're thinking of...
This hybrid marijuana strain is high in THC, provides intense feelings of euphoria, and is very psychoactive. It is an incredibly powerful strain that could hit beginners a bit too hard, but would be a GREAT hit for experienced smokers about to get their firework watchin' on.

2. OG Kush

This Indica strain is a THC heavy, long lasting smoke. Euphoric effects can be expected as well as possible visuals. It is slightly sedative to the body and provides massive pain relief. But what do you expect? It's an OG, baby!

3. Girl Scout Cookies

With it's sweet taste, high THC content, and silly name, this Indica dominant hybrid is a popular strain - but only smoke it if you want to be "zoned out" for the fireworks as it is a VERY sedative and "body high" strain of marijuana.

4. Satori

This Sativa strain is a great stress reliever; it provides a heady and soaring "high" without sedating the body. This is a particularly great strain for those who like to be active while the fireworks are being displayed.

5. THC Bomb

This Indica (and THC) heavy hybrid calms and sedates the body and provides a highly intellectual and creative "high" to boot. It is great for relaxing and really taking the beauty of the fireworks in.

6. Amnesia Haze

An energizing and highly potent Sativa hybrid that may be so strong that you may actually experience bouts of memory loss while on it? Yup. That's Amnesia Haze!

7. Blue Rhino

The Indica dominant Blue Rhino has a shocking amount of THC for a hybrid of it's kind, not to mention an exotic, fruity flavor that is pure pleasure for the taste buds. It is a rather potent strain, so pain relief and sedation are fully combined with heady, creative, stimulation for great effect!

8. Endless Sky

Just the name of this one seems to qualify it! This Indica dominant hybrid marijuana strain has an Earthy, spicy, yet skunky smell with hints of hash and pine and provides an extra spacey and relaxing "high" which is just too perfect for observing a fireworks display to resist.

9. Emerald Jack

The Sativa dominant hybrid Emerald Jack is a great uplifting strain for those who want to party long after the fireworks are over! It hits slowly, but it provides energy, creative stimulation, euphoria, a feeling of lightness, and even increased sexual desire. Watch out for patients smoking this strain!

10. Green Crack

Not real crack.
Renamed by Snoop Dogg at some point, this popular marijuana strain is an excellent choice to smoke before observing a fireworks display because it provides energy, euphoria, an overwhelming feeling of joy and well-being, as well as creative stimulation.  The THC levels are not as high as in some of the other strains listed here, but this strain is still just such a joy to smoke!

Other Contenders:

White Rhino
White Widow
Cannalope Haze
Dr. Grinspoon
Durban Poison
Golden Haze
Misty
Blue Monster
Hawaiian Snow
Blue Dream
Kali Mist
Mango
Purple Cream
Tangerine Dream
Strawberry Haze
Berry White


Did I forget any of YOUR favorites? If so, let me know in the comments.