I know that this is an old thread, but I think i know what it was or at least two possibilities and either one would be a great grow if you can get the seeds. I have been smoking weed for 40 years, long ago back when I used to have to walk through three feet of snow 10 miles to school and back, uphill in both directions, there were not a lot of different varieties of weed available, most of it was mexican and it came in a kilo brick. But sometimes we would get columbian, and it was brown, and it kicked your ass. that might be it. My other guess would be thai sticks. basically a stick, probably a pot branch or a small bamboo stick that looked like a chop stick, with small brown buds tied to it with a strand of hemp. At the time, say 1978 or so, that was the best(most powerful) weed available that I know of. I have seen columbian crosses on some of the seed sites, also thai sativa should be close. My favorite pot ever was oaxacan( pronounced wohawkin for those who don't know). I used to buy that in Houston back in the late 70s and it was 15 dollars a lid.(just less than an ounce. It was mostly seed, but after you cleaned out the seeds, that pot was some trippy shit. They have a strain at Nirvana called Eldorado that is supposed to be a back cross of oaxacan. If I ever decide to grab some seeds that is what i am going to get. It grows really tall though, so its hard to do indoors. Hope that was entertaining. sns