Jack Haze (Cannabis sativa L. Red No 2): terpinolene in the profile, White Widow in the lineage

What is Red No 2 (Jack Haze) and where does this strain come from?

Red No 2 (Jack Haze) is a sativa strain supplied to Polish pharmacies by a single producer. The lineage is provided by the Polish website of the brand Spectrum Therapeutics: a cross of White Widow and Haze, cultivated under the banner of 7ACRES. The registered name is Cannabis sativa L., Red No 2, while the cultivation name Jack Haze operates alongside it.

Both services that describe this medicinal product in Polish agree on the genetics and classify it as a sativa. For this product, the declared THC content ranges from 17.1% to 20.9%, as the label number must account for an allowable deviation up and down, which is one-tenth of that value. A single number here would be a promise that no batch of raw material must fulfill, and the registered name carries it within, which is why it can be read as the result of testing a specific batch.

The lineage is an exception in the entire overview, as it comes directly from the entity introducing the raw material, not from a breeding service. The statement from the brand's website mentions two parents by name. However, both names represent broad families of style, not specific cultivars that can be pointed out, so the established origin does not translate here into a list of sister strains. I will return to this in the last section, as the same distinction determines what is missing in the origin graph.

Which producers supply Red No 2 to Polish pharmacies?

One. Canopy Growth, a Canadian company that operates in the Polish pharmacy market under the brand Spectrum Therapeutics. In the inventory of this overview, the strain has exactly one medicinal product, so the table below has one row, and this is not a gap in the data, but the entire answer to the question in the header.

The table states as much as the entry in the database, and nothing more. It does not contain a column for price or current stock status, as both change faster than the page can be updated. The current status is maintained at one address, in the list of strains available in Polish pharmacies, and it is this that serves as the reference point, not this description.

The presence of a product in the pharmacy depends on the permit for a given batch, the delivery date, and whether the wholesaler has the goods in that week. The database from which this strain's profile comes marked its market presence as high, but such a label ages along with the stock it referred to. Outside the pharmacy, a completely different product is in circulation: dried flower with low THC content, sold over the counter, and this is a separate category of products, not the same thing under a different name.

One producer has another consequence. When a delivery is delayed, there is no identical strain from another entity that can be substituted. The remaining strains from this producer are collected separately, as they enter the pharmacy under the same brand and share the same documentation path.

What does Red No 2 (Jack Haze) smell and taste like?

Citrusy, piney, and with a hint of camphor: these three descriptions are provided by the database that described the aroma of this product. These are words, not measurement results, so they speak to the impression, not the composition. None of these notes have an assigned intensity or method in the description.

The aroma of the dried flower is taken on by volatile compounds, and these diminish over time. The longer the package remains open and the warmer it has been stored, the less of what smelled during packaging remains. Therefore, two batches of the same strain can smell different, and the discrepancy does not necessarily mean that one is inferior. The description from the database was created at some point for a specific batch, and no one claims it refers to the one the patient is holding.

Two things can easily be confused here. The set of terpenes given for this strain describes its chemical composition, while the aromatic descriptions describe human perception. The pine note and the presence of pinene in the set agree at the level of association, but the aroma description is not proof of the composition, nor vice versa. Databases present both in the same table, making it read like a single measurement taken in one laboratory.

How long does it take for Red No 2 to start working and how long does the effect last?

It is unknown, as no one has measured this for this cultivar. Known ranges describe the method of administration: inhalation acts quickly and briefly, while the oral route is slow and prolonged. This strain does not have a single specific number in this regard, and the databases that describe it do not address the topic at all.

The route of administration determines the course more than the variety itself. After vaporization, the substance passes from the lungs to the blood almost immediately, so the first sensations appear after a few minutes, the intensity increases for another ten to thirty minutes, and the whole effect lasts for two to four hours. After ingestion, the raw material first passes through the intestine and liver, so the first sensations are awaited from half an hour to two hours, and the episode can last six, sometimes eight hours. Hence the most common mistake with oral administration: anyone who thinks nothing is happening after thirty minutes and takes another dose will receive both doses at once. The above ranges describe the route of administration, not this variety; pharmacokinetic studies for a single cultivar have not been published.

The only thing the databases add for this entry is a label of possible stimulating effects. This is a category that organizes the list of strains, not an observation from measurement, and it says nothing about how many minutes it takes for anything to start or how long it lasts. Reading such a label as a given about the experience is often the most common misunderstanding with these tables.

What is known, and what is not known about the effects of Red No 2?

No studies have been published for the strain itself. However, there are two papers on terpinolene, which is part of its profile, and both have a narrow scope: one concerns mice after inhalation, the other human cells in culture. Neither studied a patient taking this raw material or even the whole plant.

The first of them, authored by Ito and Ito (PMID: 23339024), was published in 2013 in the Journal of Natural Medicines and described rodents: Inhaled terpinolene exhibited sedative effects in mice; the effect was also maintained in mice with impaired smell, indicating that the action occurred after the compound was absorbed into the body through the nose, not solely through the perception of smell. The second paper, published in 2012 in Oncology Letters by Okumura's team (PMID: 22740904), was conducted in vitro: Terpinolene reduced the level of AKT1 protein and inhibited the proliferation of human leukemia cells of the K562 line in culture; the study did not address pain, sleep, or anxiety.

The boundary of this data is sharper than it appears from a distance. Terpinolene's effects on pain, anxiety, or sleep have not been demonstrated in humans or in any animal pain model; available data only includes sedative effects after inhalation in mice and its impact on leukemia cell lines in vitro. Separately from this are the claims made in sales materials and patient reports: the designation sativa and the label of stimulating effects are descriptions of a commercial category repeated from the strain database, not conclusions from measurements on humans.

What side effects have been reported after Red No 2?

None specifically for this strain. The reporting system does not recognize cultivar names, so there is no compilation of events attributed specifically to this entry. Publicly known descriptions refer to dried flower treated as a group of raw materials, not to this one name, and that is all that can be said honestly.

Reports of adverse effects are collected for medicinal products with a batch number, not for the strain name, so the following pertains to hemp dried flower as a group of raw materials. The most frequently reported symptoms are dry mouth, red eyes, and increased heart rate. Dizziness upon rapid standing, daytime drowsiness, and temporary worsening of short-term memory are less frequently described, as well as anxiety that increases 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 dried flower in Poland do not separate them by individual products.

For Red No 2, neither the number of producers nor the fact that there is only one entry in Poland changes this. A report enters the system with a batch number and the name of the medicinal product, and the cultivar name may be an annotation in the documentation. Those looking for statistics for Jack Haze itself are looking for numbers that no one collects in such a breakdown.

At what temperature should Red No 2 be vaporized?

There is no single correct value, as the four terpenes from this strain's profile evaporate at different temperatures. The measured boiling temperatures of pure compounds range from about 156 °C for pinene to about 184 °C for terpinolene, and setting the vaporizer is not the same as the temperature of the dried flower in the chamber.

The set of four terpenes comes from one source: it was described by only one of the two Polish databases, the other has this entry but leaves the terpene column empty. The same source assigns identical weight to all four entries, so it does not indicate which compound predominates. Terpinolene is listed with this strain as the leading one because that is how it was described in the sales catalog of strains, not because it emerged as the most prominent in the measurement of shares.

The numbers from the table describe a pure compound in the laboratory, not plant material in the device chamber. In the dried flower, terpenes are bound to the resin and begin to evaporate below their boiling point, so the value from the table indicates where the process accelerates, not where it starts. The vaporizer sensor usually measures the heater or air before the substrate, not the substrate itself, and the difference can be significant. Why popular temperature tables contradict each other and why the device's reading diverges from the temperature of the material, we break down in separate texts. The state of knowledge about individual compounds is gathered with mircenie, ocymenie, pinenie i terpinolenie.

Which strains are related to Red No 2?

None. The ancestry graph for Red No 2 has an empty list of sibling strains, and this is not due to a lack of data, but rather a result. Both parents belong to broad style families, not individual cultivars that can be identified, so there is nothing to connect this strain at the sibling level.

In the comparison, there are three other entries that share some of the same words in their origins. Delahaze and White Widow X partially derive from white widow, and Jack Herer has haze among its parents. None of them are placed next to Red No 2 in the graph, as a common ancestor at the family level is not sufficient: the name haze encompasses dozens of different hybrids, and under white widow, there are more.

The similarity of names is an even weaker premise than a common family. The term Haze in the trade name may be added due to the character of the plant, not based on documented ancestry, and this also works the other way around: a strain without this word in its name may have exactly the same in its pedigree. Adding siblings based on intuition creates connections that no one has confirmed, and that is why the empty list remains empty here. Such an empty entry appears in this comparison for about half of the strains with established ancestry, not just for this one.

Frequently asked questions about Red No 2 (Jack Haze)

Are Red No 2 and Jack Haze the same strain?

Yes. Red No 2 is the registered name of the pharmaceutical position, while Jack Haze is the breeding name of the same plant. Both Polish databases describing this position list them together.

What is the THC content in this strain?

The declared content is in the range of 17.1-20.9%. We provide it as a range because the value on the label has an allowable deviation both up and down, and it is not the result of testing a specific batch.

How many companies supply this strain to Polish pharmacies?

One. The raw material comes from Canopy Growth and is supplied to pharmacies under the Spectrum Therapeutics brand. With one supplier, a break in supply has no substitute in the form of the same strain from another entity.

Does terpinolene have sedative or pain-relieving effects?

This has not been demonstrated. Available studies include a calming study on mice after inhalation and a study on a human cell line in vitro, neither of which addressed pain or sleep in humans.

Does this strain have siblings among strains from Polish pharmacies?

No. Both parents belong to broad style families, not individual cultivars, so the ancestry graph does not indicate any sibling strain for it.

Where can I find current information about the availability of this strain in pharmacies?

From the current list of strains available in Polish pharmacies, maintained at a single address. Availability depends on the batch and supply, so each strain description becomes outdated faster than such a list.

Dried flower is a pharmaceutical raw material dispensed by prescription in the Rpw category. The material is for informational purposes, describes the state of available data, and does not replace a conversation with a doctor or the documentation attached to the product.

Editorial text: redakcja ubucha.pl.