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Cannabis sinsemilla () also known as sensimilla, sinse or sensi (can be translated into English as seedless cannabis) is the

female An organism's sex is female ( symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and ...

Cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae that is widely accepted as being indigenous to and originating from the continent of Asia. However, the number of species is disputed, with as many as three species be ...

'' plant that has not been pollinated and therefore does not develop seeds, increasing the concentration of cannabinoids and terpenes. This cultivation technique was developed in

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, in the 1970s, by the drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero and consists of separating male plants as soon as they are known to be male, in order to avoid

pollination Pollination is the transfer of pollen from an anther of a plant to the stigma (botany), stigma of a plant, later enabling fertilisation and the production of seeds. Pollinating agents can be animals such as insects, for example bees, beetles or bu ...

of female

pistils Gynoecium (; ; : gynoecia) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. The gynoecium is the innermost whorl (botany), whorl of a flower; it consists ...

. The seeds are not useful for recreational purposes and require the plant to make a great expenditure of energy that could be invested in increasing the

tetrahydrocannabinol Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is a cannabinoid found in cannabis. It is the principal psychoactive constituent of ''Cannabis'' and one of at least 113 total cannabinoids identified on the plant. Although the chemical formula for THC (C21H30O2) de ...

(THC) of the inflorescences (''buds''). The technique became popular in the

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as ''sinsemilla'', ''sinsemilia'', ''sinse'', or ''sense''. In 1980, an American study indicated that the average THC of street marijuana was 1.8%, while ''sinsemilla'' reached 6%. Sinsemilla cannabis is a cultivation technique, so it should not be confused with ''skunk'', which refers to strains with a high percentage of THC, of up to 34% THC content. The expression ''sinsemilla'' is practically obsolete since feminized seeds emerged in the 1990s, seeds genetically modified to only sprout females.

Health risks

Regular use of high potency cannabis (HPC) has been linked in several studies to an increased likelihood of psychotic disorders. A 2015 study looked at multiple users of ''

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'', sinse or other HPC cannabis strains in

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showed a corresponding relationship with adults presenting with episodes of psychosis similar to schizophrenia. Similar studies have been carried out in

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and the

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. New research, carried out since the liberalisation of the harsh laws prohibiting cannabis, suggest that rather than being a cause of psychotic conditions the non-psychoactive cannabinoid compound, cannabidiol (CBD), may in fact have an anti-psychotic effect.

In popular culture

* referenced in the movie Caddyshack (1980), a hybrid variety of golf turf, composed of Kentucky Blue Grass, Featherbed Bent, and Northern California sinsemilla. * '' Sinsemilla'' (1980), album by the Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru; * '' Sinsemilla Tips'' (1980–1990), magazine founded by Tom Alexander in

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; * '' Sinsemilia'', a French reggae band formed in 1990; * ''Sinsemilla'' (1996), compilation album by the Californian punk band Sublime; * referenced numerous times in the lyrics of

Sleep (band) Sleep is an American stoner/ doom metal band from San Jose, California. Guitarist Matt Pike and bassist and vocalist Al Cisneros have been the only constant members throughout the band's history. Critic Eduardo Rivadavia describes them as "p ...

; * referenced in the lyrics to The Offspring's " Original Prankster," off their 2000 album '' Conspiracy Of One'' * ''Sinsemilla Dreams'' (2006), album by the experimental musician Danny Hyde; * ''Sensimilla'' (2008), reggae track by

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; * ''Sensimilla'' (2020), single of the reggae band The Elovaters; * Sensi Seeds, a major Dutch

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, one of the largest conglomerates in the cannabis market;

References

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