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curiousAF_ t1_j7z56cb wrote

Reply to comment by A_Swayze in Researchers find that outdoor cannabis can "express more cannabinoids with potentially desirable bioactivity" compared to cannabis cultivated indoors under artificial lights. by OregonTripleBeam

Because in the marijuana world, outdoor vs indoor has a number of advantages and disadvantages. Indoor has become the most well known for high THC product whereas outdoor growers have always argued that they produce plants that are more rich in terpenes and cannabinoids. This study is proving outdoor growers correct (even though the marijuana industry already knows this). Furthermore, terpenes and cannabinoids are arguably more therapeutic than THC alone, and this is something scientists have been studying since the 70s (entourage effect).

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A_Swayze t1_j7zc2fq wrote

Not controlling variables makes them unable to prove anything. How hard would it have been to grow in raised beds indoors to have comparable data points.

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curiousAF_ t1_j7zdxx3 wrote

I understand that, but I think the differences between indoor and outdoor as is, is/was still scientifically questioned.

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