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Reported effect22 strains

Strains for feeling creative

Some consumers report freer, more associative thinking at low doses.

Based on what consumers report, not clinical evidence. The same strain can feel different depending on dose, tolerance, setting and batch.

Strongly reported · 3

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Moderately reported · 14

Mildly reported · 5

About “creative”

In 2015 a team led by Mikael Kowal gave 54 regular cannabis users placebo, 5.5 mg or 22 mg of vaporized THC and set a divergent-thinking task, which scores how many varied ideas a person produces. The 22 mg group did worse than both others, and the 5.5 mg group did no better than placebo. Convergent thinking, finding the one right link, moved with neither dose (Psychopharmacology).

The other result

Schafer et al. (Consciousness and Cognition, 2012) tested 160 users sober and after smoking. Verbal fluency rose after smoking only in people who scored low on trait creativity, lifting them to the level of their more creative peers. Those who already scored high showed no comparable boost.

Reading the two together

The sense of ideas linking up feels real to the person having it, while measured output is a different matter. Kowal's authors suggested the impression of extra creativity may be an illusion.

On Verdex profiles

Three of the 74 published profiles rate creative as strong: Jack Herer, Durban Poison and Purple Haze. Jack Herer and Purple Haze both list Haze in their lineage. The 22 mg result is a reminder that a bigger THC number is not a creative upgrade; the THC percentage guide covers what the label figure does and does not tell you.

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