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Comparison

Forum Cookies vs Durban Poison

Durban Poison is a pure sativa from the South African port city of Durban, and by most accounts the Durban half of GSC’s F1 Durb parent, though Mr. Sherbinski told Leafly otherwise.1,2,3,4,5 Leafly rates both mostly energizing, and its users list focused, energetic and uplifted for Durban Poison.1,6 Durban Poison tests about the same in state labs: 19.45% median THC across 528 tests, against 18.75% for Forum Cookies from only 81 tests, a small sample.7

Side by side

Forum CookiesDurban Poison
TypeHybrid per Leafly and Weedmaps; 60% indica per AllBud6,8,9Pure sativa1
OriginSan Francisco Bay Area, late 2000s; a cut of GSC5,6Durban, South Africa1
Median THC (state lab tests)18.75% (81 tests); small sample19.45% (528 tests)
Middle half of THC results15.71%–21.20%17.33%–21.99%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene, Limonene (10 tests); all from NevadaTerpinolene, β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene (235 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsEnergetic, euphoric, happy6Focused, energetic, uplifted1
Flavor (Leafly)Butter, sweet, citrus6Pine, earthy, sage1
FloweringAbout 67 days (SeedFinder)107–9 weeks1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.7

Lab-tested THC: Forum Cookies vs Durban Poison

14% 16% 18% 20% 22% Durban Poison Durban Poison: median 19.45%, middle half 17.33%–21.99%, 528 tests 19.4% n=528 Forum Cookies Forum Cookies: median 18.75%, middle half 15.71%–21.20%, 81 tests 18.8% n=81 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Forum Cookies has only 81 tests.7

Is “Durb” Durban Poison?

Jigga told High Times in 2014 that the Durb in his F1 Durb was Durban Poison; Mr. Sherbinski later told Leafly it was not, and Weedmaps and AllBud list Durban Poison as a parent of Forum Cookies outright (see genetics).2,5,8,9

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 12 stores within 50 miles of Baltimore listed Forum Cookies flower on Weedmaps, against 16 stores for Durban Poison; around Chicago the counts were 10 and 25.11

Its own site

Durban Poison has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at durbanpoisonstrain.com.

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Durban Poison strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. High Times, Inside Girl Scout Cookies (Chris Simunek) (2014-02-18). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Weedmaps, GSC (aka Girl Scout Cookies) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. AllBud, Girl Scout Cookies marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Leafly, Just desserts: the Cookies and Cakes family genealogy (David Downs) (2021-04-15). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Leafly, Forum Cut Cookies strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Weedmaps, Forum Cookies (aka GSC Forum Cut) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. AllBud, Forum Cookies marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  10. SeedFinder, GSC Forum Cut (Clone Only Strains): strain info, lineage and hybrids. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  11. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.