Richmond collective Grand Daddy Purp's winning streak continues this season. On Sunday, judges affiliated with High Times magazine awarded the Richmond dispensary the Highest CBD trophy in the 2013 High Times Medical Cannabis Cup Los Angeles. The winning GDP strain is called Sandman.
Grand Daddy Purp collective has a long history of breeding award-winning plants, as well as growing and selling them in the East Bay.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a non-euphoric, anti-inflammatory, anti-convulsant, anti-psychotic and anti-anxiety molecule in cannabis, that is sought after by people suffering from a variety of conditions for which cannabis is effective, including anxiety, and arthritis pain. The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services tried to patent CBD as a neuroprotectant during stroke.
The 2013 High Times Medical Cannabis Cup Los Angeles went down January 16 and 17 in San Bernardino, after the Los Angeles Police Department made successful, last-minute moves to block the event from coming to L.A. as well as Glendale.