# Panama red
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{{About|a type of marijuana|the musician|Panama Red (musician)|the song|The Adventures of Panama Red}}
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'''Panama red''', known as '''Panamanian red''',[Dalzell, Tom, and Terry Victor. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&dq=panama.red+marijuana&pg=PA1439 ''The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Volume II: J–Z''.] Taylor & Francis, p. 1439. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.] or '''P.R.'''[Campbell, Reginald L., R. Everett Langford. (1995). [https://books.google.com/books?id=k9gH8DObU2IC&dq=panama.red+marijuana&pg=PA185 ''Substance Abuse in the Workplace''.] CRC Press, p. 185. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.] is a pure [cultivar](/source/cultivar) of ''[Cannabis sativa](/source/Cannabis_sativa)''. It is popular amongst [cannabis](/source/cannabis_(drug)) users of the 1960s and 1970s, and renowned for its potency.[[Keays, Jim](/source/Jim_Keays). (1999). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mgNoWWcBztQC&dq=panama.red+marijuana&pg=PA164 ''His Master's Voice''], Allen & Unwin, p. 164. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.][House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. (1989).
[https://books.google.com/books?id=aUstAAAAMAAJ&q=panama.red+ ''Legalization of Illicit Drugs: Impact and Feasibility, part I; Hearings before the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, House of Representatives''.] U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C., p. 398. Y 4.N16:100-2-10, GPO shipping list no.: 89-266-P (pts. I–II). Retrieved on 2007-10-02.][Geller, Allen, Maxwell Boas. (1969). [https://books.google.com/books?id=W0kZAAAAIAAJ&q=panama.red+ ''The Drug Beat''.] Cowles Book Co., p. xx. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.] The typically high [THC](/source/Tetrahydrocannabinol) levels associated with the variety are thought to be dependent on the particular cultivar, rather than the [Panama](/source/Panama)nian climate.[U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare (1971). [https://books.google.com/books?id=tQcx3hGuRxcC&q=panama.red+marijuana ''Marihuana and Health: A Report to Congress from the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare''.] U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C., p. 14. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.][{{Cite web|url=https://cannasos.com/strains/sativa/panama-red|title=Panama Red strain information|website=CannaSOS|access-date=2016-05-30}}]
In a limited test, an [Auburn University](/source/Auburn_University) researcher reported that "seed of a sample of Panama Red, grown in the very different climates of the [Canal Zone](/source/Canal_Zone), when later cultivated on the Auburn campus and in northern [New Hampshire](/source/New_Hampshire), yielded marijuana with similar THC content."[Doorenbos, Norman J. (April 2004.) "Botanical Note". ''Economic Botany'', vol. 58, no. 2, {{doi|10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0172:BN]2.0.CO;2}}.]
Its name comes from its cultivation in the country of Panama, and its claylike red color.[Girdano, Daniel A., Dorothy Dusek. (1980). [https://books.google.com/books?id=cYK5Qcsv8kwC&q=panama.red+ ''Drugs: A Factual Account''.] Addison-Wesley Longman, Limited, {{ISBN|0-201-02962-6}}, p. 75. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.] Production was common in Panama's sparsely populated [Pearl Islands](/source/Pearl_Islands).[Pardey, Lin and Larry Pardey. (1992). [https://books.google.com/books?id=uQhZBe2R2bMC&dq=panama.red+marijuana&pg=PA82 ''Cruising in Seraffyn''.] Sheridan House, Inc., p. 82. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.]
Cannabis cultivation died off in [Panama](/source/Panama) with the rise of [cocaine](/source/cocaine) [trafficking](/source/Cocaine).
On May 22, 2020, the season 2 of the animated Netflix's series ''[Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series](/source/Trailer_Park_Boys%3A_The_Animated_Series)'' was released. In the 6th episode "The First Time We Smoked Weed" Panama Red is frequently mentioned.
The cultivar is mentioned in the 1999 film ''[Detroit Rock City](/source/Detroit_Rock_City_(film))'' and the 2000 film ''[Meet the Parents](/source/Meet_the_Parents)''.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212338/quotes|title=Quotes from "Meet the Parents"|website=[IMDb](/source/IMDb) }}] "Panama Red" is the name of a song from the album ''[The Yellow Balloon](/source/The_Yellow_Balloon_(album))''[[The Yellow Balloon (band)](/source/The_Yellow_Balloon_(band))] released in 1967 by the [sunshine pop](/source/sunshine_pop) band [The Yellow Balloon](/source/The_Yellow_Balloon_(band)). It is also referenced in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now.
The strain is frequently mentioned in the popular 1970s [stoner](/source/Stoner_(drug_user)) comic [The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers](/source/The_Fabulous_Furry_Freak_Brothers).
[Thomas Pynchon](/source/Thomas_Pynchon) references Panama Red several times throughout his works.
The song "[Panama Red](/source/The_Adventures_of_Panama_Red)" by [Peter Rowan](/source/Peter_Rowan), was partly inspired by the strain; and the song "[Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam_(Van_Halen_song))" by [Van Halen](/source/Van_Halen) refers to picking up Panama Red as a subject of the song.
==References==
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* {{cite web
| title = SongFacts - Panama Red
| url = http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=5700
| accessdate = November 26, 2006 }}
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