The only problem I have with that is that he has been around for a long time and I'm sure he knows the history of these strains.
One would naturally believe that too be likely but do you really believe that ever breeder knows precisely what everyone else, professional breeder or not, always has in their stable and if for sure what they know is there is exactly as they believe it to be or if someone knew they were likely to or going to lose a plant that they made a hybrid first?
That is all part of the sort of thing I was saying before this turned into the Hatfields versus the McCoys feud. There are so many questions about G13, right down to the actual true origin of the 'G' strain and the various different numbered plants and who actually had what and in what form at what time and how long it survived and what all was done with it by various people that I doubt there is anyone, and I mean anyone, who can with absolute certainty and complete accuracy tell the story from origin until today.
Just as a side not to all this, earlier I was researching the University of Mississippi marijuana research program to see if I could find anything out about the original G13 that might be helpful in this discussion. I ran across a video with the man who runs the research center, Mahmoud El-Sohly, director of the University of Mississippi Marijuana Project, and he seems to have a vested interest in marijuana remaining illegal.
He did speak of many possible medicinal uses, including a suppository they created but he said never had caught on because American' are not fond of suppositories, but he also spoke about how if made legal anyone could grow it and then anyone could supply research centers with as cannabis that is as high grade as they produce and there would be no need for the program and it would be shut down. He tossed in that it should not be made legal because it has been proven to be an addictive drug. Unless he only meant psychologically addictive and not physically addictive, though he did seem to at least be inferring physically addictive, he appears willing to lie to protect his position and government grant so the University of Mississippi can remain the only legal supplier of cannabis for research, both there and at other research centers.
The video showed large cardboard drums with what appeared to be large plastic bags in them filled with harvested pot that looked like it had all been put through a grinder, it was very fine, and they are kept in what looked like a somewhat small bank vault. They also showed tall cans that were filled with pre-rolled joints that would be sent for medical testing and to other research facilities.
It was fairly interesting to see some of the place, even though the video was only about 3 or 5 minutes long, but what else was interesting was while he said they grow very high grade herb, all males are removed, they receive samples from busts and some of it is very high grade, close to or equal to what they produce.
Another somewhat interesting thing he mentioned, and I suppose more or less fits with the breeders who have already created some low THC high CBD strains, and others like Shantibaba and Nevil who are also working on higher CBD strains with lower levels of THC, that to get all you need for medicinal purposes is 8% THC. The rest of the medicinal properties are found elsewhere.
Shantibaba and Nevil and Howard Marks, the CBD Team as they are calling themselves on their latest project, are working to create strains that are equal in THC and CBD, both in the same percentages. That would still leave them well over 8%, but it would increase CBD levels considerably. What they come up with might not be as medicinal in nature as most medicinal use researchers would like, but it could fit that middle of the road medicinal user who still wants a little fun with their medication.
One high CBD strain that has been created is about 6% to 7% in THC and averages 10% CBD but one test, that was verified by another lab, found 13.9% CBD. One stain is only 1.2% in THC and 9.7% in CBD. So the true medicinal breeders, plus 'The CBD Team,' are at work creating high CBD and low THC strains and leaving the Mr. Toad's Wild Ride strains to the breeders we know about.
Before long the dispensaries will likely have wider selections of high CBD low THC strains than the other way around since, medicinally speaking, it will be of much greater benefit to far more medicinal users.