Skunk strains typically have 10–20% THC and little to no cannabidiol (CBD).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabidiol
Importantly, the skunk strains are also associated strongly with the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited, degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision impairment and often blindness.[
A reporter for the London Times, who suffered from advanced RP, attending a cannabis fest on the continent, was shocked to discover a return of visual acuity and night vision, after smoking skunk.
She then discovered that some 4th world fishermen, who fished at night, used skunk to improve their night vision.
Her write up in the Times led to significant research in the use of skunk marijuana against RP. Faced with almost assured blindness, people because quite desperate.
I know a gentleman, highly educated whose daughter suffered daily convulsions, after trying all the pharma stuff, all the modern meds did was make her a zombie and did not stop the episodes. An oregon mm doctor gave her a script for pot. It cured her. God can do anything and man’s ways are not His.peace in christ