skunk is a certain type of narcotics and is so - called because it has a very strongest smell , but these days it has got the standard term for stronger variants of the drug . it is regarded as stronger because it containing no higher quantities of the active ingredient in cannabis , tetrahydrocannabinol ( thc ) . it also contains much lower levels of cannabidiol ( parklands ) , which is an anti - psychotic substance that can moderate the effects of cannabis on the mental disposition of consumers .
The "skunk" cannabis is used to treat mental health problems.