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Northern Lights reviews

4.4(3,808)

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Northern Lights strain effects

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Pine

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Northern Lights strain helps with

  • Stress
    39% of people say it helps with Stress
  • Anxiety
    34% of people say it helps with Anxiety
  • Pain
    31% of people say it helps with Pain

Northern Lights reviews

4.4(3,808)
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January 29, 2026
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So, my first time actually grinding up and smoking the infamous Northern Lights! For starters… my 3.5g package was a SINGLE NUG! This bad boy was massive, kief covered, jolly deep green GIANT! I’ve NEVER seen an 8th as one nug! In the grinder, it gets a touch cakey, but nothing too bad, but when handled with your fingers, it gets STICKY as all hell! Lemon, Earth and Pine smell! Strong, but no overpowering. We are off to a HELL of a pre-smoke start! It’s more earthy. I guess woodsy as well. You don’t really get the pepper that you’d expect with beta-caryophylene, but it’s a very muted, smooth smoke. Not too bad on the coughing, but there are a few after smoke coughs. Nothing crazy. Oh… WOW… I’m in the mountains…I’m in a cabin… with a big fire in the hearth. There’s a bear out there somewhere. He’s got him a fish, and a coka-cola. I gotta listen to some music. You should try something like “Stoners” by Berner and B-Real. Really oddly fits the mountain vibe. VERY heady peak high, as I’m sure you’ve already gathered, lol… The body high had me feeling at first like the Michelin man while I was hangin with my bear friend. Then it settles into a nice, warm, hoodie with you favorite jammies. Sipping you’re favorite cold weather beverage next to that awesome ass fire! Just a really cool head trip and then just incredible relaxation. It’s pretty velcroey throughout. Bowl couldn’t have been more than 80ish % full, smallish/standard bowl. Sizable but still not the WHOLE bowl. Also, Helvetia - Stoners has some trippy riffs... but it does kind of overstay it's welcome. Much like my review. NOT a beginner strain... But STILL try if you can!
10 people found this helpful
March 1, 2025
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Picked up an 1/8th of this from the company called Sunnyside because I'd never after 10yrs of smoking tried the famed Northern Lights and had this on my bucket list. I ended up with smalls in a regular container, nbd, the trim job wasn't the best but the buds were still tight (if not overly dried out....)....I still gave it a chance and lit a bowl of this up, immediately coughed out a lung for about 20 minutes, could not clear the tickle in my throat, chugged a ton of water, ate a spoonful of honey, gargled salt....I was so annoyed until the medicine hit. Wheeeeeeewwww. I had to sit down it was so beautiful. Touching, almost. Suddenly the shit trim job did not matter. At all. Neither did the extremely harsh smoke or coughing fit I had for a long time after. All I knew was I wanted nothing more than to smoke on this strain all day every day. This one sets me right every single time. And it is strong. Would not recommend for a beginner. Just picked up another 1/4 of this the other day, also from Sunnyside, and was extremely pleased to find I'd purchased high quality, dense, BIG nugs, they are so nice & frosty and break down beautifully, best of all they smoke waaaaay better than that first batch and I will say the medicine is STRONG. I had a little joint of these and three hours later I was still riding that high slowly down. Unbelievably nice weed. Hoping I can find it regularly available at my dispo because I do NOT want to miss out on having this in my medicine cabinet at all times. It's just so.....pretty. Beautiful. The experience is majestic. And I never wanna be without it. I can see, fully, why this strain is famed. There's just nothing wrong with it!! I can smoke some 3 hours before bed, have a dance party, clean my room, journal a little, have a snack, then wind down and fall asleep with a soft smile on my face. It's that good and the medicine lasts for so long. Thankful I've got this one around!!
17 people found this helpful
January 28, 2026
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This strain takes me to sleepville today on the dry flower vape POTV Lobo train. First stop, around 350 for some brightly flavorful citrusy notes that were so clean. Then small vape clouds with a heavier flavor I can't really recall, but it kept hitting through most of the 4 minute cycle session until it seemed tapped out at about 420 of course. And the n here I lie now, tippy tapping these notes to strange cannabis connoisseurs collectively all over, poring over the matter like it has some urgency, some real useful need. And I hope it does! Listen, this strain is gloobaliciously suprafleshtostic. So yeah you bake bake bake like a couch potato into sleep, and it is fantastic. Especially when you have good music in the headphones. Gosh Northern Lights is a good one when you want to chill well and let sleep take you.
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February 17, 2026
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I tried Northern Lights in a cozy coffeeshop in the Netherlands. It was my first time smoking flower, and I chose it mostly because the name sounded cool. I wasn’t expecting how hard it would hit — it genuinely knocked me out, head‑on‑the‑table style. This strain is definitely best when you intend to relax or go to sleep, ideally at home. It delivers a heavy, full‑body calm that can quickly turn sedating. If you need to be somewhere or feel rushed — like catching a train — it can create a bit of anxiety because the body high is so strong and grounding. Overall, it’s a very solid strain that does exactly what it’s known for: deep relaxation and serious couch‑lock, just make sure you’re on your couch and don’t need to be places.
October 8, 2025
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First review Everrr: For daily smokers: I can see how this strain can be slept on based off smell and taste. It’s an earthy taste but the effects when you smoke your first three pulls starts immediately from the head down. For first time smokers: Good luck really not a strain to play with when rolled the way you like best but, enjoy the high especially if you plan on taking a nap, or unwinding. Don’t smoke if you’re going to try and be energetic. As an energetic person I rather just relax and not let the high blow off. AND WITH THE COTTON MOUTH YOU WILL DEFINITELY GET A SAPPY AFTERTASTE, but for the real smokers who know gas. You might like these northern lights. 🌌 Slater ✌🏾
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February 3, 2026
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Tried this for mental health benefits. It definitely brings the anxiety and pain down. Got a cart, breathes real dry after a few hits, but at the start it was a nice cool herby pine flavor with some bright notes of something mildly fruity like pear or persimmon.
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NL is by far the most effective against pain. I suffer chronic pain and insomnia. Ill take a cartridge over a vicodin prescription any day. NL has been my go-to for decades. This gives you a "wrapped in flannel" feeling, calms your thoughts and it lasts for hours.
September 5, 2025
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A strain that has made me doordash taco bell and has made me so high that watching the eagles football game was kind of hard focusing on what was going on. A great strain to smoke during the evening hours. Im currently high off of this writing this review. It’s such a good strain that it makes me want to write a review about it and i dont do reviews all the time. Its relaxed me enough to the point of relief with my muscles from the gym. All, and all its a strain i would buy and smoke again but i would recommend ha ing something to drink because it gives you cottonmouth and maybe try to have something readily available to eat because this will give you the munchines BIG TIME! 🤣
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