Ten best marijuana strains

Alaska and Washington DC’s cannabis legalization provisions kick in, a Cannabis Cup in Los Angeles, satisfied voters in Colorado, and more retail stores in Washington. A landmark study re-iterated the facts that cannabis is much safer than any other drug including alcohol. And the weed was pretty good, too. Here’s a short list of our favorites.
BAY AREA Sunset Sherbet A food fight broke out in San Francisco stemming from a rift in the Cookie Fam. Two “Cookie” stores on Mission St. are competing to offer locals the best Girl Scout Cookies-related genetics in the world. Cookies SF’s ‘Original Cookie Fam Sunset Sherbet’ dazzled with a creamy orange dessert smell and maximal, potent indica-dominant effects.
Khalifa Kush – Cookie. Co. 415 now occupies Herbal Mission’s old spot and specializes in KK — Wiz Khalifa’s perfect cut of OG Kush — known for its unbeatable lemon-fuel smell and indica-dominant, sedative effect.
T.I.T.S. CRAFT Collective in Berkeley expanded beyond its own award-winning, top-shelf strains, adding I.C. Collective’s phenomenal T.I.T.S. The strain name stands for “This is the sh*t” and is an early Cookies phenotype, Forum Cookies, crossed to Sour Diesel. Phenomenal Cookies and Diesel aroma, maxed-out THC content. Leaves you mewling for more.
Blue Lightning One of The Barbary Coast SF’s specialties — Blue Lightning is an indica cross of Blueberry from Mendocino county. A massive electric blueberry aroma, 22 percent THC.
LOS ANGELES Mango Tango Elemental Seeds’ Mango Tango took first place in February’s High Times Medical Cannabis Cup – Los Angeles, held in San Bernardino. A cross of the True OG, Tangie and Peaches, expect waves of mango aroma in this maximally potent sativa hybrid.
Clean Green XJ-13 Award-winning Alternative Herbal Health Services showcases the next level in conscious cannabis — 3rd-party certified “clean green” XJ-13. The versatile hybrid combines blockbuster sativa Jack Herer with mystery indica G-13.
Veganic Strawberry Cough Buds & Roses Los Angeles’ sativa-hybrid Strawberry Cough was grown veganically — meaning with no synthetic inputs, or animal-based inputs like fish emulsion or bird guano. You can taste the purity in this strawberry-smelling haze phenotype.
DENVER Gorilla Glue #4 Denver Relief’s members-only cut of Gorilla Glue #4 looks beast. It’s a hybrid strain of Sister, Chocolate Diesel and Sour Dubb that’s taken home top hybrid honors at the 2014 Cannabis Cups in Michigan and Los Angeles.