Hey papapayne, we haven't formally met but ive seen your work and was recently asked to help a local vet group, i was wondering if you had any advice for someone getting into the volunteer business. Perhaps challenges you have faced, any advice on strains that do well for the people you are helping, anything would be great. Not new to grow just new to providing medicine specifically. Im an organic grower in ammended soil as well. Would love to hear your .02 sorry if this post is unwelcome here.
thanks for stopping in, and by all means, ask away. Anyone helping fellow veterans is aces in my book. Are you prior service?
As far as providing medicine, my challenges are consistency, and meeting every need. I find to provide medicine inevitably means running a large variety of strains, tons of testing with a large pool of people, and an understanding not every strain effects everyone the same.
That said, I have found the following:
Sour cherry - breeders boutique / hemlock is pretty well round for pain killing, anxiety, and panic attacks.
Dog kush - breeders boutique as well - is very good for many for sleep aide, panic attacks, and anxiety, and ADHD
CBD strains seem to be great medicine for many, and then for others do nothing - seems the people that smoke a ton already and then try cbd arent fans, but those that have only dabbled in smoking cannabis find CBD to be highly effective.
That said, I have also heard many reports of CBD use shrinking tumors, and also doing wonders for seizures.
Wet dreams is my go to day smoke, get thru the day without snapping smoke, keeps the mind happy, and the body relaxed but that strain sadly those seeds are as far as i know, not available/ not in existence.
I find sativas are great day smoke, but gotta find the ones that dont cause paranoia which for veterans can be very challenging. However, imo its the missing key that most growers don't cater to that will keep them very very happy. I know I don't know any other local sources for true sativas...c99 is about the closest and I haven't met a vet yet that didnt get paranoid off c99.
Also, my last piece of parting advice, in my experience most the hybrid stuff isn't the most effective for most people. To much to the smokers mindset, and personality comes into play. I find my most requested and raved about stuff is always stuff thats heavy sativa or indica, not hybrid. Also, I truly believe that the full
terpenes are more important then the straight THC rating, and I can't wait till the research catches up to know more about
terpenes and the effects that they have.
I hope that wasnt to much of a rant for ya, and that I possibly answered your questions :)
If not, feel free to ask away!
Stay free, stay high
papa
