Did the cannabis strain G-13 really come from a DEA/government grow-room?
It has been alleged that G-13 was created by government agencies such as the CIA and the FBI who focused on hybridizing different strands of marijuana at the University of Mississippi in the 1970s. Supposedly, these organizations bred a strain of marjiuana through hybridization that was more potent than any other. It also supposedly has a concentration of THC of 28% by weight, which is almost double the average amount of the chemical in most high-grade sinsemilla grown commercially. One story states that a single cutting of this potent strain was liberated from the government facility in Mississippi. Although the University of Mississippi assembled a world class cannabis collection during the late 1960s and early 1970s, there is no evidence that these researchers were ever involved in breeding high quality marijuana. More accepted stories state that a potent Afghani strain was most likely the basis for these rumors; over time, the potent strand’s qualities were exaggerated into the mod
