// Definition
Robert Connell Clarke's firsthand account of the cannabis landscape in 1970s America, when nearly all cannabis was imported and domestic cultivation barely existed. The mid-1970s marked a turning point as homegrown began appearing and the scene shifted from imported leaves and stems to cultivated sinsemilla, fundamentally changing cannabis culture and quality expectations.
// From the Episode
During the Rob Clarke Q&A episode, Chimera (Ryan Lee) asks about memorable strains and the smoking experience of the 1970s. Clarke explains there was no homegrown — just import. By mid-70s onward, everything changed. He describes how people were stunned when early testing (by San Francisco NORML chapter) revealed some Afghan hybrids contained CBD alongside THC, at a time when 'everything was just THC.' This CBD awareness eventually led to Charlotte's Web and the entire CBD movement. Clarke also discussed his time at Indiana University with Mahlberg's lab studying trichomes and Hills' terpene chemotaxic work.
// Source
Ep. 222 Zel-SV4rV3Y →