Marijuana's magic bean men - Al Jazeera America
Because almost everyone interviewed for this story is, or has been, a criminal, almost everyone long ago adopted pseudonyms. Since school let out, the boy had been following the band around with his best friend in a GMC Jimmy. So, when some dude called Joebrand walked by and said he had good bud, the boy bought a whole ounce for $500. It was the best damn weed he'd ever smoked. Joebrand told him it was from a bunch of older biker guys in Colorado, and that some people called it Chemweed, but others called it Dogbud. If you are one of the more than 100 million Americans who have ever gotten high, chances are you've smoked a descendant of those lucky 13 seeds. The first one grew into Chemdog 91 (sometimes Chemdawg 91, named for the year of its vintage, and in honor of its ancestor), which is now sold in dispensaries around America. Chemdog 91, in turn, is the mother of Sour Diesel, possibly the most popular marijuana strain in existence. Both Chemdog and Sour Diesel, in turn, have been cross-bred with pretty much every other high-quality strain, to produce an infinite variety of other beloved strains. "Recommending Sour Diesel as a weed critic is like a music writer extolling the virtues of The Beatles," wrote Jake Browne , one of the Denver Post's pot reviewers, "or a. Source: america.aljazeera.com
