AK–47

AK–47 takes its name not from the weapon, but from the rapid onset of this variety’s psychoactivity. AK may also stand for “Afghan Kush.” Ironically, AK–47 rifles flooded Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion in the 1970s, around the same time that the Afghan parent of this variety was brought from its home country to Amsterdam. It is likely that the Afghan wide-leafleted parent was bred into Dutch narrow-leafleted genetics, which explains why AK–47 can produce so many different phenotypes from its seed.

Notes

Simon, the chief breeder of AK–47 and founder of Amsterdam’s Serious Seeds, was a biology teacher before he joined Alan Dronkers, operator of Amsterdam’s Hash, Marihuana, and Hemp Museum and co-owner of Sensi Seeds. Simon did not smoke cannabis until he was 25, because he hated the customary Dutch approach of combining cannabis with tobacco. He wasn’t offered pure cannabis until he was studying in Africa, where he fell in love with the plant.