Altitude Control encodes two things every cannabis consumer wants to know before they buy. How will I feel? — answered by a compass quadrant (tree for calm, eye for clarity, hourglass for sustained, strawberry for sensory). How high will I go? — answered by an altitude band (turtle, tree, balloon, airplane, UFO) bracketed by inward arrows on a dashed-horizon axis. Together they specify a coordinate on a 4×5 grid; every credible product on the market lives in one cell.
Altitude — how high you'll go.
The vertical axis stacks five reference scenes, separated by dashed-horizon lines: turtle on the ground, tree among low mountains, hot-air balloon at mid altitude, airplane in clear flight, UFO at the exotic top.
The dashed lines are the system's grammar — they appear on every product card, every product detail page, and as the underlying grid of this page. They encode the idea that altitude is navigable, not vague. Inward-pointing arrows bracket the precise band a product places the consumer in.
Each altitude is anchored in milligrams of THC-equivalent, computed from a product's cannabinoid stack via our published Cannabinoid Pharmacology Framework.
Anchored in milligrams.
The altitude bands are not vibes. They are computable.
The compass — how you'll feel.
The compass anchors four reference icons in a target ring.
Tree — the upper-left quadrant — carries calm: grounded, body-and-mind even. The Balance pillar lives here.
Eye — upper-right — carries clarity: awake, articulate, social. The Clarity pillar lives here.
Hourglass — lower-left — carries sustained: slow, heavy, decompressed. The Decompress pillar lives here.
Strawberry — lower-right — carries sensory: playful, flavor-forward, social-high. The Delight pillar claims this quadrant.
Four altitudes, drawn.
Turtle, kite, airplane, UFO. The four altitude icons in their target rings, drawn from AltControlex1.ai 2022.
Every product, one cell.
The empty cells are intentional. A Decompress-UFO product would conflict with the brand's promise.
| Pillar / Altitude | Turtle < 2.5 mg |
Tree 2.5–5 mg |
Balloon 5–10 mg |
Airplane 10–25 mg |
UFO 25+ mg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance Tree quadrant |
CBD rest CBD + low CBN |
Microdose 4:1 CBD:Δ9 |
★ 1:1 daily Full-spectrum + CBG |
Evening FSO — deeper |
— |
| Clarity Eye quadrant |
CBG focus CBG + Δ9-V trace |
Wake Low THCV |
Social Limonene-led |
★ Δ8 + CBG Cart or gummy |
Articulate-up Δ8 + low THC-P |
| Decompress Hourglass quadrant |
★ HHC + CBN Nightcap |
Settle Linalool-led |
Heavy Indica Δ9 + CBN |
Couch-bound Δ9 + high terps |
— |
| Delight Strawberry quadrant |
— | Sip Beverage / fruit |
Snack Flavor gummy |
Party Δ8/THCp gummy |
★ Δ8/THCp Flavor-forward, UFO |
★ = anchor SKU for that pillar (the first product DankeSuper recommends to a new reader). Filled cells = active product space. Dashed cells (—) = intentionally empty.
How a SKU wears the system.
Four example cards from AltControlex1: dashed horizons, inward arrows, landscape ground-line, altitude icon centered. The same grammar appears on the pack, the product detail page, and the Index card.
Free for editorial use.
Licensed for commercial use.
We believe consumers should be able to recognize altitude across brands. The Altitude Control mark system is downloadable and adoptable. Use it freely in editorial, reporting, and educational contexts. Commercial use on packaging requires the Verified license below.
Altitude icon set
Turtle, kite, airplane, UFO. Inside target rings with the crescent shadow at the appropriate altitudes.
Download · coming soonCompass icon set
Tree, eye, hourglass, strawberry. The four pillar marks for use in editorial and product context.
Download · coming soonBrand-guidelines pack
The dashed-horizon grid, the bracket arrows, type specimen, color specs, do's and don'ts.
Download · coming soonCannabinoid scores
Machine-readable version of our pharmacology framework. Every cannabinoid's altitude/mg and quadrant lean.
Download · coming soonCannabinoid framework
The methodology document, with citations, confidence tiers, and the worked-example computation.
Read on /science →The dose ladder
One-page reference for the five altitudes in mg of THC-equivalent. Printable for dispensary staff.
Download · coming soonApply for placement & certification.
A separate, disclosed program for hemp and cannabis brands whose products faithfully render an altitude band on consumer-facing packaging, declare their cannabinoid stack on a public COA, and submit to periodic editorial review.
Verified certification does not buy you an Index review or score. Editorial coverage is independent. Brands can be Verified-and-unreviewed, or reviewed-and-unverified, or both, or neither.
Submissions open Q3 2026
Altitude Control v1.0 · May 2026 · DankeSuper editorial. Source files in vector at 2022 Fightcontrol/AltControlex1.ai. The system was developed in 2022 and revised for public release in 2026. Cannabinoid scoring derived from the published DankeSuper Cannabinoid Pharmacology Framework v1.