Gas Station Shatter - LA Confidential

Gas Station makes this shatter in LA Confidential, an indica that our LA Confidential guide credits to DNA Genetics, who crossed OG LA Affie with Afghani. Our guide also records indica-class placings at the 2004 and 2005 High Times Cannabis Cups, and points out that LA Confidential and LA Kush are two separate strains.

Afghani roots and the LA Con nickname

Leafly‘s genetics box shows Afghani as the only parent, while AllBud gives Afghani crossed with California Indica and weighs the strain at 95% indica to 5% sativa. Leafly records Confidential, Confidential OG and LA Con as other names, AllBud adds LA Confidential OG, and King Louis and Jager appear on Leafly as strains bred from it.

Lime-green frost or fat emerald spades

Leafly pictures the strain’s flower as frosty and lime green, with little purple leaves. AllBud’s buds are fat, fluffy and spade-shaped: emerald green with dark olive leaves, thick orange hairs and white trichomes frosting the surface. One AllBud reviewer says purple runs all through the nugs, beyond the fan leaves.

Pine on the first draw, skunk behind it

Pinene leads Leafly’s terpene data for LA Confidential, followed by caryophyllene and myrcene. The taste Leafly describes is smooth and piney, over a classic skunky aroma that fades fairly quickly. AllBud tastes spicy, skunky, woody pine with hints of earth, and finds the skunk in the aroma growing stronger the longer a session goes on. Steven De Guzman, in a tip for the flower in our guide, says a freshly packed bowl should taste of pine on the first draw, with skunk and earth arriving after. A Leafly reviewer calls the flavour deep, “like an old church”.

A fast arrival and a warm, heavy body feel

Leafly calls LA Confidential a well-rounded strain whose effect arrives fast; relaxed and euphoric sit near the top of what its reviewers report. One reviewer there describes an uplifting boost that settles into couch-lock; another, a thoughtful mood with a very strong body high. AllBud likens the strain to lying on a beach in LA, with a high that builds subtly into warm relaxation from head to toe. Leafly’s strain page puts THC at 17%, plus 1% CBG, and calls that above average, while AllBud’s average runs from 26% to 30%. Ratings come to 4.3 from 1,414 on Leafly and 4.6 from 67 votes on AllBud.

Breaking and dabbing the shatter

Translucent and glass-like, a cold piece of shatter breaks into brittle shards that people mostly dab or crumble over flower; our article on how shatter is produced walks through the process. LA Confidential shatter belongs to a set Health Canada flags for high THC (wax, kief and hash are the others), and the agency asks beginners and once-in-a-while users to skip that set. Peak effects from inhaling may lag by as much as 30 minutes, it adds, and the wait of 6 hours or more before driving in its lower-risk guidelines applies to any cannabis.