Your Weed Isn’t “The Best” — It’s Just Your Preference

Why Cannabis Isn’t a Competition, It’s a Conversation

By OG Strain
Host of Strain’s Strain Reviews (Talk Cannabis)
Writer, The Plug’s Pages Magazine

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Scroll through any cannabis comment section long enough and you’ll see it.

“My shit is the best.”
“No, my shit is the best.”
“Best flower in the state.”
“Best grower.”
“Best strain.”
“Best genetics.”
“Everyone else is wrong.”

Back and forth. Back and forth.
Grower versus grower. Smoker versus smoker. Ego versus ego.

And listen — I get it. I’ve even played that game myself.

I’ve jokingly said I’m the best Cannabis Cup judge out there, and if the other judges don’t agree, then they’re wrong.

But let me be crystal clear before anyone screenshots that sentence out of context:

👉 I’m teasing. I’m busting balls. That’s part of the culture.

Because the truth — the real truth — is this:

When it comes to cannabis strains, “best” is almost always just preference.

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Weed Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All (And It Never Was)

Here’s something a lot of people don’t like to admit:

We are not built the same.

Our bodies are different.
Our brains are different.
Our tolerances are different.
Our medical conditions are different.
Our trauma, stress levels, sleep patterns, pain levels — all different.

So why do we act shocked when people respond differently to the same flower?

I’ll use myself as the example.

I’m someone who loves uplifting, energetic, sativa-leaning hybrids and sativas. I want clarity. I want motivation. I want that “let’s go” feeling.

And according to surveys, experience, and years in this space?

👉 I’m in the minority.

Roughly 70% of consumers prefer indica or indica-leaning effects — relaxation, body melt, stress relief, sleep support. The exact opposite of what I personally look for.

In fact, the very effects I love can trigger anxiety in people who already struggle with anxiety.

So let’s say a flower is my top pick, my go-to, my personal champion.

For someone else?

🚫 “Avoid at all costs.”

Same strain. Same grow. Same batch.
Completely different experience.

That’s not bad weed.
That’s biology.

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Cannabis Is Medicine — Not a Scoreboard

This is the part where people need to slow down and really hear what’s being said.

Cannabis is medicine.

Your ailments are not my ailments.
Your needs are not my needs.
Your relief doesn’t look like my relief.

These strains weren’t created by accident. They exist in different expressions — uplifting, sedating, focused, calming — because different people need different things.

So when we argue endlessly about whose strain is “better,” we’re often missing the point entirely.

👉 Better for who?

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Preference vs. Quality — These Are Not the Same Thing

Now — here’s where I draw a very important line.

While strain preference is subjective, quality is not.

Even if a flower gives me couch-lock — something I personally avoid — I can still tell you if it’s high quality cannabis.

Quality has tells.

You can see it.
You can smell it.
You can feel it.

Things like:
    •    Strong, pungent aroma
    •    Dense trichome coverage
    •    Proper cure
    •    Healthy structure
    •    Multiple color hues
    •    Resin production
    •    Clean burn and smooth smoke

These are universal markers, regardless of whether the strain makes you energized or glued to the couch.

So yes — I might not like the effects.

But I can still respect the craft.

That’s the difference between being opinionated and being informed.

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Less Arguing, More Respect

Cannabis culture doesn’t need more ego battles.

What it needs is more understanding.

More growers recognizing that different consumers want different effects.
More smokers realizing that disliking a strain doesn’t make it “trash.”
More conversations. Less competition.

Because at the end of the day, cannabis isn’t about winning.

It’s about what works for you.

And that’s not something anyone else gets to decide.

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— OG Strain