Hindu Kush (Canopy Growth and Cosma): two entries, one under the name Bakerstreet

• Who supplies. 2 producers (Canopy Growth, Cosma) in 2 entries, which may differ in declaration and origin of the raw material.
• Profile. It leads with myrcene, alongside ocimene, pinene, terpinolene. We do not provide percentage shares, as sources calculate them against different totals.
• Origin. Lineage is unknown. This is a result, not a gap to fill: we do not add parents based on name similarity.
• What is missing. The profile describes one source, so there is nothing to compare it with.

What is known about the origin of the Hindu Kush strain, and what remains a guess?

The lineage is unknown. None of the available sources provide the parental pair of this strain, so in our lineage graph, it stands with the value unknown. However, the classification agrees: both databases describing pharmacy entries assign this material to the indica type. That is all that can be confirmed here without guessing.

Unknown lineage does not mean that the information is lying somewhere and we just haven’t found it. It means that the breeder never revealed the parental pair or that circulating descriptions provide different versions that cannot be resolved. In both cases, an honest record is an empty field, not a probable hypothesis. A guessed ancestor then spreads across subsequent services and begins to live its own life, and it cannot be unwound. The name does refer to a mountain range on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, but that geographical label is not a documented origin.

The name component is sometimes read as evidence of kinship, and this example shows why that fails. The word kush carries ten cultivars in the described set, half of which have a documented parental pair, and half have none. Blood Orange Kush was created from a cross of lemon kush and guava kush, while Afghan Kush has no established origin, even though both names end with the same word. Similarity in sound does not transfer to genetics, in either direction.

Who supplies Hindu Kush to pharmacies in Poland and under what names?

Two producers: Canopy Growth and Cosma. The Canopy Growth entry does not appear in circulation under the strain name, only under the trade name Bakerstreet, making it easy to overlook. Cosma sells its entry under the strain name. The declared potency of both registrations is different, so the range for this strain extends from 18.0-24.2%.

The trade name makes a real practical difference here. Anyone browsing the list under the term Hindu Kush will find the Cosma entry, while the Canopy Growth version will be missed because its description states Bakerstreet. Additionally, in databases describing pharmacy assortments, the same entry is sometimes attributed to Canopy Growth and sometimes to the Spectrum Therapeutics brand, which adds a second reason why two searches for the same item yield different results.

Both registrations differ more than just the name. The declared content of the active substance is different in them, the allowable threshold of the second marked component is also different, and the manufacturer’s tolerance reaches one-tenth of the nominal value and expands each declaration into a range. Hence, we provide potency as a range, never a single number, and hence a portion measured for one registration cannot be directly translated to the other.

The availability of both entries changes from month to month, as it depends on individual deliveries, warehouse stocks, and whether a given batch has passed release. The current assortment along with prices is maintained exclusively in one place, in the overview of strains available in Polish pharmacies. What else both producers supply, we collect separately: Canopy Growth and Cosma.

How is the aroma of both versions of this strain described?

• myrcene myrcene (leading in the pharmacy list)
• ocimene ocimene
• pinene pinene
• terpinolene terpinolene

Differently, and this within one database. Describing two entries with the same strain name, it lists for the Canopy Growth version camphor, lavender, mango, mint, and pepper, while for the Cosma version earthiness, herbs, citrus, and fruity notes. There is no common descriptor in these two sets.

The profile composition describes this strain from one source and only one, so we treat it as a single observation, not as a determination. It lists myrcene, ocimene, pinene, and terpinolene, with myrcene in the first place. We do not transcribe percentage shares, as the databases do not disclose the denominator: summed values given for the same entries yield once about half the total, once about three-quarters, and once over four-fifths. The number placed next to the terpene name does not then refer to anything comparable.

The notes break down roughly like this. Myrcene accounts for the heavy, earthy side of the aroma, also described as musky; pinene brings resin and needles; terpinolene is lighter and associated with fresh wood; ocimene is sometimes described as sweet and green. What each of them does beyond aroma is discussed separately: in the text about myrcene, about ocimene, about pinene, about terpinolene. The descriptions in this paragraph refer to pharmacy raw material, not to entries from the dry category of the store.

How long does it take for effects to begin and how long do they last?

The route of administration determines this, not the choice between one strain and another. Vaporization provides sensations quickly and fades within a few hours, while ingestion delays the onset by tens of minutes and prolongs the entire episode. The strain name on the packaging of these frames does not shift this. Below is a description of the ranges, the same for all hemp dry material.

The route of administration determines the course more than the strain itself, and the ranges below describe just that, not this cultivar, as pharmacokinetic studies for a single cultivar have not been published.

For Hindu Kush, this does not change anything that could be recorded separately. There is no pharmacokinetic study under the registration name of Canopy Growth or under the registration name of Cosma, so any statement that this material acts faster or lasts longer than another would be guessing. The actual course is influenced more by how deeply and how long one inhales, and with oral administration, whether the raw material was taken after a meal.

Which claims about the effects of this strain are supported by research?

None, if we ask about the strain itself. No study has been published on Hindu Kush or on either of the two pharmacy entries. However, individual molecules are sometimes tested, primarily myrcene, and only in animal models, which cannot be directly translated to humans.

Three studies concern myrcene and say things that cannot be summed up in one sentence. Two older studies administered it to mice via injection: in 2002, a decrease in motor activity, prolonged sleep after pentobarbital, and a weak anxiogenic effect were described, while in 1990, a weakening of pain responses blocked by naloxone and yohimbine. The latest, from 2024, administered myrcene via inhalation in short puffs mimicking human intake and observed anxiolytic effects in females.

In humans, it has not been shown that myrcene alone alleviates insomnia at doses typical for inhalation of dry material. The direction of the effect in rodents depends on the route of administration and sex: after intraperitoneal injection in 2002, a slightly anxiogenic effect was described, while after vaporization in 2024, an anxiolytic effect was observed in females. These two results do not cancel each other out; they only show that the conclusion depends on conditions that no popular strain database provides.

Separately stands what comes from commercial descriptions and patient reports. The database describing both entries attributes them with relaxing effects, and in colloquial descriptions, Hindu Kush is considered an evening strain. These are labels, not results: no one has measured them in conditions allowing separation of the raw material’s effects from the expectations of a person who knows what they are taking. The sleep thread is discussed separately, in the text about cannabis and sleep.

What to expect in terms of side effects?

It is unknown, if the question concerns this strain specifically. Reports are not collected under the strain name, so there is no separate compilation of symptoms or their frequency for Hindu Kush. What can be reliably described pertains to hemp dry material as a group of raw materials and stands below.

Reports of adverse effects are collected for the medicinal product with a batch number, not for the strain name, so the following pertains to hemp dry material as a group of raw materials. The most commonly reported are dry mouth, red eyes, and increased heart rate. Dizziness upon rapid standing, daytime drowsiness, and transient worsening of short-term memory are less frequently described, as well as anxiety increasing with dosage. A separate issue is medications taken concurrently, especially sedatives and those affecting coagulation: their assessment requires knowledge of the entire list of preparations, not just the description of the plant. We do not provide the frequency of these symptoms numerically, as public compilations for hemp dry material in Poland do not separate them by individual products.

One caveat pertains directly to this strain. Its two registrations have different declared potencies, so a portion measured for the Cosma entry does not correspond to a portion measured for the Canopy Growth entry, even when both carry the same strain name in the background.

How to set the vaporizer for a profile where myrcene leads?

There is no single good number here, and we do not replace that missing number with anything. None of the sources describing these two entries provide a recommended working temperature, so all we have are the boiling points of the pure compounds from the profile: myrcene around 167 degrees Celsius, pinene around 156, caryophyllene above 256. No single setting encompasses this range.

Two things undermine the credibility of tables that circulate online under the heading of terpene temperatures. First, they do not agree with each other, as they transcribe values measured for pure substances under conditions that no one replicates in a vaporizer; we dedicate a separate text to discrepancies between these sets. Second, the number on the display describes the heating element or the air flowing through, not the raw material in the chamber, which can be distinctly cooler than it.

The conclusion is one and it is negative: selecting a setting based on the name of a single terpene has no basis in this data, as the components of this profile boil over a hundred degrees apart. The method of conducting therapy, including the form and route of administration, is determined by the attending physician, not the strain description. Which component evaporates at what setting is described in the text about evaporating terpenes from dry material. The same procedure will work for both pharmacy entries, as they differ in declared potency, not in the method of heating the raw material. Vaporization remains the route for which the course has been described most accurately, as discussed below.

Which strains from Polish pharmacies are related to Hindu Kush?

None, whose kinship could be demonstrated. The lineage graph builds siblings from established parental pairs, and Hindu Kush has no established ones. An empty list is not a gap to fill here, but a consequence of unknown lineage, and it remains recorded as such. We do not add connections that are not in the sources by our own hand.

This is well seen in adjacent entries from the same set. Cataract Kush has a documented pair la confidential and og kush, while Chemango Kush lists og kush among its ancestors. A common ancestor of this kind is, however, a broad family style, not a single, identified strain, so even for these two, it does not create siblings. Hindu Kush does not even have such a weak point of reference, as it has no recorded ancestor.

Strains that share its name component are therefore described as separate entries. Afghan Kush and Master Kush have equally unknown lineage, and Pink Kush is exactly in the same position. Four empty fields next to each other do not add up to a family, and placing them in one branch of the tree would be inventing data that no one has ever collected. If the breeder or producer ever revealed the parental pair, siblings would count themselves from the graph, and then this paragraph would change. The list of entries available in a given month is maintained in the overview of strains from Polish pharmacies.

Frequently asked questions about the Hindu Kush strain

Does Hindu Kush have a known lineage?

No. No available source provides a parental pair, which is why the value unknown stands next to this strain in the lineage graph. A common name component with other cultivars does not replace documented origin.

Why is the Canopy Growth entry called Bakerstreet?

Bakerstreet is the trade name under which this strain is marketed by this producer. The strain name does not appear in the registration description, so searching for Hindu Kush does not find this entry.

How many producers supply this strain to Polish pharmacies?

Two: Canopy Growth and Cosma. The availability of both entries changes from month to month, as it depends on individual deliveries and the release of batches by the producer.

What is the active substance content in this strain?

The declarations of both registrations differ, and the manufacturer’s tolerance reaches one-tenth of the nominal value, so for this strain, we provide a range of 18.0-24.2% instead of a single number.

Which terpene leads in the Hindu Kush profile?

Myrcene. However, the profile composition is described by only one source, and we do not transcribe percentage shares, as the databases do not disclose the denominator to which these shares would relate.

Does Hindu Kush induce sleep?

This has not been demonstrated for this strain. Commercial descriptions attribute it with relaxing effects, but this is a label from the entry description, not a result of a study conducted on this material.

Can this strain be purchased without a prescription?

No. Hemp dry material is a pharmaceutical raw material dispensed by a doctor’s prescription in the Rpw category, and the pharmacy fulfills a prescription issued by a doctor after consultation.

Hemp dry material is a pharmaceutical raw material dispensed by a doctor’s prescription in the Rpw category. This text is for informational purposes, describes the state of evidence, and does not replace medical consultation. Editorial: ubucha.