I recently tried flower with the highest THC I’ve ever seen: 37.28 percent. (You rarely see strains higher than 30 percent at dispensaries.) The strain, dubbed Future (#1), was grown by Portland-based 7 Points Oregon and tested by MRX Labs, who tested the sample four times after their initial results to confirm, then posted on Facebook and Instagram a congratulations to 7 Points Oregon for growing the strongest sample they had ever tested.
My reaction was, “Huh. I bet that’s some strong weed. Good for them.”
But there were some people in the comments section of both posts who had different reactions—angry, accusatory reactions, some of them coming from fellow growers whose underpants had gotten painfully twisted. Their carefully thought-out feedback included accusations that the results were doctored by the lab, that it wasn’t physically possible for a strain to have that much THC, and how the highest THC doesn’t mean the best weed. (To be fair, that last point is spot on.)
Future is a strain that was crossbred by Exotic Genetix from Gorilla Glue #4 (or whatever we are legally obligated to call it now) and Starfighter F2. From the initial 12 seeds in the packet, 7 Points found nine females, retaining four different cultivars with distinct growth characteristics, terpenes, aromas, tastes, and potency. They discovered that Future (#1) was the most potent of the four, and it went on to win second place in the category of Most Potent Flower at the 2017 Oregon Dope Cup, with 32.5 percent THC.
So it’s fitting that the reaction to the 37 percent result for their latest harvest ranged from surprised and curious, to skeptical and concerned.
