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The Great Cannabis Genetics Collapse: How Modern Markets are Killing Plant Diversity

While scientists celebrate discovering 33 genetic markers that could revolutionize cannabis breeding, a darker story is unfolding in the background. The same market forces driving cannabis legalization are systematically destroying the plant’s genetic diversity, creating what researchers call “the bottlenecking of cannabis genetics.” We’re witnessing a botanical catastrophe in real time—the homogenization of one of nature’s most diverse and therapeutically complex plants.

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