Opinions - Cannabis sensitive to thoughts/"energy"

[Lethargy]

Now we know much of this runs along completely unscientific, "new-agey" mumbo-jumbo lines, but we got to thinking...

Our various cannabis using friends have dozens of years of experience and dozens of dealers they have used between all of them. A few of them have remarked that certain dealers seem to always sell cannabis with certain effects, no big deal here, just chain of supply, quality cannabis travels among certain lines, some growers prefer certain strains, etc.

However, the point made had to do with how say, a really mellow dealer always deals cannabis that has nice, mellow vibes, and a dealer who also sells coke always had really really intense-feeling cannabis, a low-level dime-bag dealer often sold cannabis that lead to paranoia, etc.

A few friends thought that perhaps cannabis while alive or even after prepared for use can take in the attitude or "energy" (in the new-age sense, not the scientific one) of humans it spends time around. This could mean, for example that a mellow dealer would gravitate to a supplier that always had good mellow "energy" or that all the cannabis that passed through the possession of the dealer would acquire that mellow feeling.

Also, one of our friends smokes infrequently, but swears by using Reiki on her cannabis prior to smoking it. Again, subjective, non-measurable effects, but she says that it definitely seems to change the effects.

Have any others had similar experiences? Does anyone know of any growers that they could ask about this? Our friends hypothesized the "energy" would set in primarily during the growing of the plants, so the grower would have the most influence, but again, they just speculate.

Thanks for sharing.

Reputation Comments on this post:

good thoughtful post

[tryptamaster]

Swim and his friend once grew thier own herb. When swim sold it people thought its potency and high was comparable to that of beasters. But when one of the growers smoked it he thought it was the best weed hed ever had. Swiy defintaly thinks that growers can have almost a "relationship" with thier plants leading them to prefer it over others.

[Humanity]

The more logical way for this to happen imo is that the person buying the weed gets the vibe or energy from the dealer first-hand, not through the drug. Swim can even vaguely remember something similar when he first started using. He had a dealer once who had the kindest face you would ever see. He was always in a good mood, chatty but not imposing. The weed swim got from that guy was the best to date!
More on-topic though... while keeping one's mind REALLY open, you could say that your (or who's ever) theory isn't all that far-fetched. Plants have water in them (dried cannabis not so much, but we'll assume the plants get the "energy" during growth ). AND since water is quite susceptible to deformations caused by emotional energy (read more here), I can't see why this theory wouldn't be legitimate.

In a nutshell.

[Richi]

If you look, you shall find.

By this, I mean that by looking for a certain high from a specific strain of cannabis you are likely to find it. Self-imposed, perhaps, but no less real in the observers mind.

On the other hand, a certain dealer may prefer a certain strain of cannabis with a specific array of effects. The coke seeling dealer may choose to carry intense bud, whereas the mellow dealer enjoyes mellow smoke and carry's that instead.

Very interesting topic.

[fiveleggedrat]

Swim personally believes most of the bad weed tends to come from greedy, money oriented neglectful growers. The kind that don't really take good care of the plants.

Swim has got bomb pot from horrible people (one guy wanted for murder, example) and gotten horrible stuff from good people.

But thank you for posing the question! Swim does wonder if somehow the "vibes" of the environment affect plants. Good question to ask.

On the vibes from dealers, Swim has never had that affect him. Swim has bought from dealers with BAD vibes and had good product. And vice-versa.

[newgrower]

So is my gnome's weed is so mellow because his cat spends all day lazily napping under his plants? Or is it only human energy?

I think the more likely explanation is that the dealers are smoking what they're selling - and a lot of it. So they either choose the type of weed or the weed changes them.

Or it may be passed through the supply chain. A mellow grower chooses to grow mellow strains. He also prefers to deal with mellow people. Who being mellow people also, like to deal with other mellow people.

[ThirdEyeFloond]

Cannabis is a somewhat psychedelic drug that can produce a multitude of different effects in it's users. The same strain, plant and nug may produce euphoria for some, paranoia for others. SWIM doesn't believe the dealers mindset have any influence on this, it depends more on the dealers connections. A bad mofo may sell some really potent stuff while a reincarnation of Jebus may sell bunk. There is some truth in what's already been stated by some, that certain types may choose to sell weed with certain qualities aka the tweaker may likely go for an uplifting sative-high while the smackhead might go for some couchlock indica instead.

@Humanity, I'd be quite cautious before stating Mr. Emoto's water molecule studies as facts, although the idea and photographs are very intriguing (SWIM heard about it through the What the bleep do we know-movie), he seems to have neglegted doing any studies that live up to the standards of the scientific method, as Setchfield concludes in his paper "Review and analysis of Dr. Masaru Emoto’s published work on the effects of external stimuli on the structural formation of ice crystals" :

It is this crucial lack of scientific foundation that prevents Dr. Emoto’s work from attracting interest by widely accepted and respected scientists at long-standing research institutions. This is unfortunate for the world if there is, after all, truth to his claims--as reproduction of his results by any scientist would lend much credence to his work. A little change in Emoto’s experimental design would do great things for the credibility of his claims. I recommend the following to ground his work in sound scientific principle:
Eliminate the possibility of the scientist’s bias affecting the experiment’s results by implementing double blind procedures.
Publish the entire collection of photos for all water sample tests that he has performed, not just the ones that support his claim.
Minimize the sources of possible error in his procedures, such as variation in temperature and humidity between sample.
Pay more attention to the time-tested methods of the scientific community rather than disregarding them. Emoto’s research could go much farther if he could interest scientists around the world in testing his hypothesis.

After the lengthy review of Emoto’s research methods and results, I have come to believe that Dr. Emoto is offering pseudoscience to the masses in the guise of defensible research. Only time and review by others will tell if there is any truth at the heart of Mr. Emoto’s claims, as Emoto himself thoroughly believes in his findings but does not value the scientific method or community. What is truly fearsome is the great numbers of people that accept his words as proven facts without looking deeper to find out if his claims are truly justified. While I respect Dr. Emoto’s desire to save the Earth’s water from contamination and pollution, unless he can produce a scientific paper and get it published in a scientific journal, I believe that he will continue to be ignored by the scientific community, and his claims will never be soundly proved or disproved.

[Junket]

My friend has had many different kinds of highs from many different weeds from many different dealers..

Never been able to distinguish or match a high with a dealer personality..

Interesting theory though nonetheless