{"id":48276,"date":"2019-10-25T21:50:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T21:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/whats-the-difference-between-sativa-and-indica-weed-and-does-it-even-matter\/"},"modified":"2019-10-25T21:50:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T21:50:10","slug":"whats-the-difference-between-sativa-and-indica-weed-and-does-it-even-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/whats-the-difference-between-sativa-and-indica-weed-and-does-it-even-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the Difference Between Sativa and Indica Weed? And Does It Even Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you an \u201cindica\u201d person, the kind who prefers the chiller, sedating effects of <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/what-is-thc-or-tetrahydrocannabinol-and-why-is-it-so-special\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weed<\/a>? Or are you a \u201csativa\u201d person who smokes weed to stay awake during Netflix binges or all-night video game sessions? Or maybe you like to stroll along the middle path by sticking to \u201chybrids?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, I got some bad news for you: You\u2019re using these terms <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/health\/sativa-indica-cannabis-classification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>all wrong<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The history behind how we got to this trio of indica, sativa, and hybrid is long and complicated. So, here are the Cliff Notes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1572040617236_ScreenShot2019-10-25at2.56.31PM.png\" src=\"https:\/\/files.merryjane.com\/uploads\/generic\/1572040617236_ScreenShot2019-10-25at2.56.31PM.png\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 301px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>A Crash Course in Cannabis Classification History<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Way back in the 1700s, a French biologist named Jean-Bapiste Lamarck created a way to categorize every living thing on Earth. Of all the organisms on our planet, Lamarck was the most fascinated by plants. At one point, he traveled the world and collected thousands of plants to study and add to his massive, personal collection back in France. And yes, Lamarck studied cannabis during one of those trips. (Though we have to wonder&#8230; just <em>how much <\/em>studying did he actually do, eh? <em>Eh?<\/em> Are ya with me here?)<\/p>\n<p>Lamarck believed that weed originated in India (which may be incorrect; but more on that later), and the cultivars that spread through Southeast Asia, China, and the Middle East are descendants of the original Indian plant. Hence why he called the weed that got people intoxicated <em>Cannabis indica<\/em> \u2014 \u201cindica\u201d referring to India.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Gallery \u2014 This Is What Reefer Madness Propaganda Looked Like<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/embed\/gallery\/reefer-madness-anti-weed-film-posters\/2\" ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He also identified a second type of cannabis, which he called <em>Cannabis sativa<\/em>. \u201cSativa\u201d generally refers to any plant species that was cultivated and bred by humans for agricultural or industrial purposes. <em>Cannabis sativa<\/em>, Lamarck argued, was bred to produce textiles, ropes, and provide fibers for other uses. But &nbsp;it <em>didn\u2019t get anyone high<\/em>. In other words, what he called <em>Cannabis sativa<\/em> we know by a more common name today: Hemp.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cannabis indica<\/em> and <em>sativa<\/em>, Lamarck showed, could be distinguished by their outward physical traits. Sativas grew long and thin stalks with long, thin leaves. They also didn\u2019t produce as many flowers as the shorter, bushier indica. To Lamarck, the difference in sativa\u2019s height and stature was evidence that <em>Cannabis sativa <\/em>was carefully bred over generations to optimize fiber production.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere between the 1800s and the 1900s, other biologists (and later, underground weed growers) started using \u201csativa\u201d to refer to long, spindly cannabis with <em>incredibly high THC content<\/em>. \u201cIndica\u201d became the common term for the easier-to-grow, higher-yielding weed plants. And at some point, if the two types of weed crossbred, their offspring were dubbed \u201chybrids.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1572040760818_ScreenShot2019-10-25at2.59.03PM.png\" src=\"https:\/\/files.merryjane.com\/uploads\/generic\/1572040760818_ScreenShot2019-10-25at2.59.03PM.png\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 301px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>Our understanding of the cannabis plant proves this isn&#8217;t accurate anymore<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Why These Distinctions Don\u2019t Apply Today<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lamarck\u2019s classification system set the world standard for nearly two centuries. His system was eventually overturned near the end of the 20th century, when scientists could delve deeper into an organism\u2019s origins by studying its genes.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Lamarck\u2019s classifications \u2014 which were based on his incomplete understanding of cannabis\u2019s evolutionary origins \u2014 nor the everyday toker\u2019s vernacular accurately describe today\u2019s weed. For starters, a research team led by Dr. John McPartland at the University of Vermont announced this May that cannabis <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/scientists-now-believe-that-cannabis-evolved-in-tibet-over-28-million-years-ago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>likely originated in Tibet<\/u><\/a>, not India. (To be fair, more studies would be needed to confirm McPartland\u2019s findings.)<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Dr. McPartland has \u2014 since the early 2000s \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=yfokDwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA104#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>proposed entirely new ways<\/u><\/a> to classify cannabis based on the newest and most accurate science. <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondthc.com\/mcpartlands-corrected-vernacular-nomenclature\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Under his latest system<\/u><\/a> (which was developed with the help of other weed taxonomists), what laypersons call \u201csativa\u201d is actually <em>Cannabis indica<\/em>, as these strains can be traced back to India. And what folks call \u201cindica\u201d is actually <em>Cannabis afghanica<\/em>, referring to strains traced back to Central Asia. <em>Cannabis sativa, <\/em>on the other hand, refers to crossbred strains with European or East Asian origins, since these regions imported their weed from India or Central Asia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1572041016947_HISTORY_The_History_of_the_Agriculture_of_Cannabis_4k.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/files.merryjane.com\/uploads\/generic\/1572041016947_HISTORY_The_History_of_the_Agriculture_of_Cannabis_4k.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 301px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If that sounds confusing AF, that\u2019s because it is \u2013 if you\u2019re accustomed to the current sativa\/indica\/hybrid nomenclature. That confusion probably explains why, despite McPartland\u2019s research, his system hasn\u2019t caught on in popular culture or in the weed industry.<\/p>\n<p>Second, although there are some genetic differences between the bushier plants and the taller, thinner ones, these differences are largely morphological. In other words, the differences lie in how we describe these plants\u2019 structures rather than what kinds of psychoactive effects they can produce.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/health\/what-is-endocannabinoid-deficiency-syndrome-and-how-does-weed-treat-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Dr. Ethan Russo<\/u><\/a>, a renowned cannabis doctor and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/228897917_Cannabis_and_cannabis_extracts_Greater_than_the_sum_of_their_parts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>an associate of McPartland\u2019s<\/u><\/a>, described it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leafly.com\/news\/cannabis-101\/sativa-indica-and-hybrid-differences-between-cannabis-types\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em>Leafly<\/em><\/u><\/a> this way: \u201cThe way that the sativa and indica labels are utilized in commerce is nonsense. The clinical effects of the cannabis chemovar have nothing to do with whether the plant is tall and sparse versus short and bushy, or whether the leaflets are narrow or broad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cchemovar\u201d that Russo referred to is a portmanteau of \u201cchemical\u201d and \u201ccultivar,\u201d meaning a plant cultivar identified by its chemical components rather than how it appears to the naked eye <em>or<\/em> where it originated. In fact, this new way of looking at weed \u2014 basing a strain\u2019s identity solely on its cannabinoid and terpene contents \u2014 may soon become the new way of classifying cannabis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1572041087424_eyJidWNrZXQiOiJmaWxlcy5tZXJyeWphbmUuY29tIiwia2V5IjoidXBsb2Fkcy9nZW5lcmljLzE1Njk5Njc0OTU3MzZfejR1ZERGdTUuanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjo2MDAsImhlaWdodCI6MCwiZml0IjoiY292ZXIifX19.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/files.merryjane.com\/uploads\/generic\/1572041087424_eyJidWNrZXQiOiJmaWxlcy5tZXJyeWphbmUuY29tIiwia2V5IjoidXBsb2Fkcy9nZW5lcmljLzE1Njk5Njc0OTU3MzZfejR1ZERGdTUuanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjo2MDAsImhlaWdodCI6MCwiZml0IjoiY292ZXIifX19.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 301px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, <em>Leafly <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/indica-and-sativa-dont-cut-it-a-new-system-for-describing-weed-is-here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>unveiled a color-coded version of this chemovar classification system<\/u><\/a> using years of lab data on various strains collected in legal states. The days of cheeky strain names like \u201cAlaskan Thunderfuck\u201d and \u201cCharlie Sheen\u201d would give way to\u2026 uh\u2026 actually, no one\u2019s really figured out how to rename weed strains\/chemovars. Yet.<\/p>\n<p>Why fix today\u2019s marketing-based indica\/sativa system if it ain\u2019t broke? That\u2019s the thing: It is broken \u2014 and it\u2019s been broken. There are people who get couch-locked from so-called \u201csativas,\u201d and others who get wired when they smoke \u201cindicas.\u201d There are also consumers who become energetic <em>or<\/em> sleepy from <em>the same strain of weed<\/em>, depending on when or where they smoke it. Some folks always feel sedated no matter the product, while others always experience anxiety regardless if they puffed an \u201cindica\u201d or \u201csativa.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Basically, weed can \u2014 and will \u2014 affect everyone differently. Rather than classify weed products based on subjective effects, individuals should determine what works best for them with a combination of strain identity, cultivator source, and cannabinoid and terpene contents for <em>that particular product batch<\/em>. (Chemical contents will always vary among batches.)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Gallery \u2014 The Magic of the Cannabis Plant<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/embed\/gallery\/weed-porn-cannabis-up-close\/weed-porn-cannabis-up-close-1\" ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=yfokDwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA106#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>intense widespread crossbreeding<\/u><\/a> of weed since the \u201860s counterculture revolution, <em>pretty much all of today\u2019s commercial weed are hybrids<\/em>. And if they\u2019re almost all hybrids, the sativa\/indica designations are meaningless.<\/p>\n<p>For many of us, \u201csativa\u201d and \u201cindica\u201d have become mainstays in the cannabis community. But the terms don\u2019t make sense, and they\u2019re not helpful, either. Many cannabis consumers incorrectly assume that a strain\u2019s identity alone determines what kind of high it provides. In reality, a strain\u2019s cultivation conditions (e.g. nutrient feeds, watering strategies, when and how it\u2019s harvested) are just as important \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/thegrowoff.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>if not more important<\/u><\/a> \u2014 than its genetics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Randy Robinson on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RanDieselJay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em>Twitter<\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cannabis consumers today will readily throw around the terms \u201csativa,\u201d \u201cindica,\u201d and \u201chybrid\u201d when discussing a strain\u2019s psychoactive effects. 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