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10. 'Skunk' is not an actual strain or type of cannabis, it's just a branding word used to describe the

Mon Feb 16, 2015, 10:17 AM

Feb 2015

nose of the herb. To hear people posturing about science using a term made up by vendors which has no botanical specificity is pretty amusing.

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Smoking skunk cannabis triples risk of serious psychotic episode, says research [View all] Eugene Feb 2015 OP

Guardian of what? vt_native Feb 2015 #1

"clear evidence for a causal link"? Cooley Hurd Feb 2015 #2

My neighbor had an episode where she saw and talked to GreatGazoo Feb 2015 #3

You can't smoke a marketing term. Idiots. tridim Feb 2015 #4

South London, eh? CanSocDem Feb 2015 #5

Every few years fredamae Feb 2015 #6

Good point... Continued reefer madness is the actual psychosis. tridim Feb 2015 #8

OR Rep Blumenauer Last Fri fredamae Feb 2015 #9

I'm not a scientist but Faux pas Feb 2015 #7

Yeah, around here, "skunk weed" is the dregs F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #12

This is so much BS 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #11

Define "skunk" and then I will pay attention Ruby the Liberal Feb 2015 #13