I had Thai sticks in Los Angeles circa 1985-1986... It certainly was 'not my first high but I distinctly remember that zippy Thai-high and flavor.
But, the one that sticks out in my mind as a real "spinner" like Jasper's talking about was a deep red brick weed that my dealers in high school were told was Guatemalan. The brick had a rooster stamped into it. That shit almost wasn't even fun. The high was too much and I remember thinking I was dying because that feeling just didn't want to go away. I'm exaggerating but, it was Tuesday... and then it was Thursday. Lolol!
About the same time though there was this opiated Afghan that surfaced that I later figured out was coming from the family of a kid I went to school with. They were Afghani, they owned 3 Shell gas stations and they were importing.
This would be the one and only time that I'd heard the Hassan name and I would put it in the early 90's. Somebody in LA somewhere had it because I've definitely heard that name before.
So I guess my fave's are Thai stick; Guatemalan and the opiated Afghan for all of the right reasons, of course. ;)