In the heyday of Vancouver's free market dispensary scene, my wife @MediKatie and I tried out at least 100 strains of cannabis! We kept track of them all in a notebook called the Cannalogue, and included photographs and sometimes even video clips. MediKatie and I had been underground buyers and users of cannabis for years. Then, she got her "card", a few weeks before me - those adventures were recorded here, here, and here. In this latest episode, I want to show you MY first official gray-market dispensary purchase, in May 2015!

https://images.hive.blog/DQmcrS9QBqo3uBqkEpdfkz9JVAHPcc64SbQhgB3MsBsJvZu/disp1.jpg That was a dense quarter-ounce nug of lemon sour diesel, a sativa hybrid popular in Vancouver at the time. We vaped all the other nugs in the bottle, sparing that one until we absolutely needed it! Report: Intense lemon aroma upon cracking the nugs. After grinding, even stronger, plus the characteristic diesel scent wafting through. The flavour was mostly lemon, with a hint of other fruit. And the high came on fast n hard! We found ourselves going back for more rather soon, both because the effect faded, and because the taste was so damn pleasant. https://images.hive.blog/DQmNXt2hcVnifS7KTMJCqPbjkQbncSV5SYUHfb4PmdejEQs/disp2.JPG There's a baggie of our mainstay - Sour Diesel. Less dense nugs, but really well grown and cured. https://images.hive.blog/DQmV6C4L9gJgX2mhGoh5gWMC3Dfb615Ye839SG54p4MZeyD/disp3.JPG Plenty of trichomes! A pleasure to bust and grind. Happy, energetic high and pain control. https://images.hive.blog/DQmcEgwfkR5toysCgySdiMhN2o2LBVHF2KkECsdxx8JdZgA/disp4.JPG Can't tell you what that one was. A really tasty hybrid, that's all I remember! Good thing we kept better records on most other strains. I decided to include this because it's a cool photo of a tasty nug, and it brings back happy memories. MediKatie probably remembers this stuff too. Great medicine. https://images.hive.blog/DQmcYKeAuH9bK3fcM6mZiURwMZMYmCX8pdBrvNG1FRFcwmA/disp5.jpg

Lastly, a trio of strains in medicine bottles!

The CBD Digweed was mellow, and lacked much flavour. We usually mixed that with other strains. The CBD Afghani was delicious and a little stronger, quite good for relaxing in the evening. The Super Silver Haze x Tahoe OG was absolute fire! That photo didn't turn out well, but you get the idea. Very light-coloured, loaded with trichomes, and tons of flavour. Packed a lasting punch, great for lunch-time on a day when you have nothing else to do but listen to music, work in the garden, and stay baked! --- https://images.hive.blog/DQmZdNkhKvjg8Fb5JPmyqYV9por3ovkFnhCr2XvRaAeqFNU/snif.gif (Our 2^nd trip to a dispensary, huge nugs and incredible strains!) These delicious and beneficial strains began a 2+ year nonstop cannabis buying and testing phase, which we documented with notes and photographs. _{(We even loved dispensaries so much, we did a YouTube video teaching other people how to get access to cannabis this way! We also protested dispensary closures, started a 2.5 year cannabis farmers market in downtown Vancouver, and were part of a "Dispensary Safety Squad" which aimed to protect other activists fighting cannabis prohibition.)} https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSPWgixhw9twzRfahhbiqqo6WgLjmoBpHEy9K8qXQkXjL/gifff.gif (Our 1^st dispensary trip, with a very happy MediKatie!) Stay tuned for lots more strains - some of the best genetics and growers in the world. We documented over 100! DRutter https://images.hive.blog/DQmSYrqLN4o2UnygmMxNkxyQdi1TKqGi2Q3tNJbYVWTq1ZR/banner2020.jpg