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Why are there thousands of cannabis strains?

There was a time when cannabis was simply... cannabis. Today, we’re faced with a boatload of options. Blue Dream. Purple Urkle, Pinkman Goo, Thin Mint, Hog’s Breath?! What’s the deal?  Crazy names aside, let’s think back to high school bio class for a minute. You may recall learning about Gregor Mendel, a.k.a. “The father of genetics.” Basically, Mendel grew pea plants. He observed their various traits and experimented with what happened when he hooked them up with each other. Then he studied what happened when he bred the plants’ offspring, aka, their “kids.” In short, Mendel discovered the hereditary patterns in our genes; we call them alleles. He figured out how the alleles, based on their dominant and recessive traits, predicted the probability of the child’s physical characteristics. At the…
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When will recreational marijuana be sold in NY?

Recreational marijuana is legal in New York, but the department created to oversee the program seems to be just smoke and mirrors. Before New Yorkers can walk into a store and buy marijuana, the state first has to set up the Cannabis Control Board. This board will oversee the rollout of what will eventually be one of the country’s largest recreational marijuana programs, including creating regulations and granting licenses to dealers. But farmers anxious to participate in the new industry are starting to get concerned about the slow rollout. “The female plant builds resin and that resin is where all the magic happens, on these leaves and in these flowers, and the terpenes just smell great,” Rich Morris, owner of Toadflax Nursery said, leaning down to sniff the plant’s scent.…
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