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Jack Herer strain: its lineage and history
Jack Herer is a Sensi Seeds strain, launched in the Netherlands in 1994 and named for the cannabis activist Jack Herer; its parents are usually given as a Haze, Northern Lights #5 and a Skunk. Jack Herer is not on the Las Vegas superstore's shelf at our latest menu update; the live menu shows when a new batch arrives.
What it is
Sensi Seeds bred it in the Netherlands and launched it in 1994, dedicating it to Jack Herer, the activist and author of the 1985 book The Emperor Wears No Clothes. The usual account names a Haze, Northern Lights #5 and Shiva Skunk; another, Sensi's own description as one strain listing quotes it, names Skunk #1 in place of Shiva Skunk. One account credits Alan Dronkers, the son of Sensi's founder, as its breeder.
It won the 1994 High Times Cannabis Cup and took first place among sativas at the 1999 Cup, both entered by Sensi Seeds. Sour Jack, widely told as a Sour Diesel and Jack Herer cross, has its own guide. All of that is the circulated history, not a lab fact.
What is on our shelf now
Jack Herer is not on the Las Vegas superstore's shelf at our latest menu update; the live menu shows when a new batch arrives.
When a batch with a lab panel is on our shelf, this section lists each product with its lab panel and its grade on the five-class spectrum. Search Jack Herer on the live menu.
What that means for you
A name this famous has been grown by many hands for decades, so read a batch's terpenes and its grade on the five-class spectrum rather than the name.
Questions people ask about Jack Herer
Is Jack Herer indica or sativa?
Jack Herer is described as a sativa, a hybrid that leans sativa, or a plain hybrid, depending on the listing. That is its reputation, not a lab fact. Jack Herer is not on the Las Vegas superstore's shelf today, so no current panel of ours grades it.
How strong is Jack Herer?
Jack Herer is not on the Las Vegas superstore's shelf today, so we will not guess; the live menu lists each batch's tested THC.
What does Jack Herer smell and taste like?
Jack Herer is not on the Las Vegas superstore's shelf today, so we have no current panel to read, and we will not describe it from the name alone.
What effects does Jack Herer have?
Effects vary from person to person and from batch to batch, so we do not promise any. What a panel tells you is the chemistry: which terpenes lead, and the grade it earns on the five-class spectrum.
Who is Jack Herer named after?
Jack Herer, the cannabis activist and author of the 1985 book The Emperor Wears No Clothes. Sensi Seeds dedicated the strain to him in 1994; one history of the strain says it was not bred to his specifications.
Where can I buy Jack Herer in Las Vegas?
It is not on the Las Vegas superstore's shelf at our latest menu update. Search the live menu, which shows each new batch as it arrives.
Lab figures, when a batch is on our shelf, come from its panel and change batch to batch; the product page always shows the current panel. Effects vary by person; nothing here is medical advice. For use only by adults 21 and older.