Amnesia Haze

This Amnesia Haze flower carries a hybrid label, with 14 g and 28 g as its two sizes. Leafly credits the strain with two first-place Cannabis Cup finishes, in 2004 and in the 2012 Sativa Cup.

Frosty, light green buds

AllBud describes Amnesia Haze buds as light green, with darker brown strands under a blanket of trichomes. One customer wrote of “fresh, frosty buds with that sweet, earthy aroma,” which lines up with AllBud’s smell notes: sweet and earthy, with hints of spicy pepper.

Citrus first, then pepper

Leafly names citrus, lemon and lime as the strain’s top flavours. Its reviewers fill in the rest: one describes a very citrusy first smell that turns peppery and earthy, and another picks up strong lemon with some spice and pepper. Steven De Guzman’s tip in our Amnesia Haze guide is to go slowly on the opening draw of a fresh joint, so the citrus shows before the pepper and incense that reviewers notice on the exhale. Leafly’s terpene data from tested products puts myrcene first, then caryophyllene and limonene.

Lineage and type, by AllBud and Leafly

AllBud calls the strain a sativa-dominant hybrid, roughly 80% sativa and 20% indica, descended from a Jamaican sativa, a Laotian sativa and the indica-dominant Afghan Hawaiian. Leafly classes it as a sativa bred from Haze and Afghani. Leafly reviewers most often report feeling giggly, euphoric and talkative, and AllBud suggests the strain for daytime use.

Strength figures and a two-puff start

On Leafly’s Amnesia Haze page, THC is listed near 19% and CBG near 1%; AllBud’s range for the strain is 20 to 22% THC, with CBD slightly under 1%. Health Canada keeps a first smoke modest: a puff or two, choosing something with 10% THC or lower, which is roughly half of what Leafly and AllBud list for Amnesia Haze. Smoke takes effect within seconds or minutes, it notes, yet the effects may keep building for 30 minutes. Under its lower-risk guidelines, 6 hours or more should separate smoking this Amnesia Haze, or any cannabis, from driving.