Decade

Cannabis strains from the 2010s

The 2010s belonged to the Cookies family. Girl Scout Cookies hit Bay Area dispensaries around 2011 as a Berner and Jigga collaboration, and within five years its descendants — Wedding Cake, Sunset Sherbet, Animal Cookies, Do-Si-Dos, GMO Cookies — had displaced OG Kush as the dominant West Coast genetic line. Mr. Sherbinski's Gelato cuts (Gelato #33, Gelato #41) crossed into nearly every modern dessert hybrid, and Joesy Whales' chance pollination of a Chem's Sister produced Gorilla Glue #4, which swept the 2014 Cannabis Cup in both Los Angeles and Michigan. The decade also saw Reserva Privada's Kosher Kush, Barney's Tangerine Dream, and Crockett's Tangie codify modern terpene-loud breeding. By 2019 most new releases on shelves were three- or four-way crosses of GSC, Gelato, Wedding Cake, and OG Kush — the four pillars of the modern dispensary menu.