Government claims of highly potent pot must be taken with a grain of salt. As is the case with any black market commodity, definitive facts are difficult if not impossible to come by.
That said, even by the University of Mississippi's own admission, the average THC in domestically grown marijuana -- which comprises the bulk of the US market -- is less than five percent, a figure that's remained unchanged for nearly a decade.**
By contrast, the average strength of imported cannabis has grown in recent years. Nevertheless, non-domestic marijuana comprises only a small fraction of the domestic market. To imply that this rare, unusually potent cannabis is reflective of what is typically available on the US market is highly (and purposely) misleading.
Furthermore, it must be noted that THC -- regardless of potency -- is non-toxic and incapable of causing a fatal overdose. Currently, doctors may legally prescribe a FDA-approved pill that contains 100 percent THC, and curiously, nobody at the University of Mississippi or at the Drug Czar¹s office seems particularly concerned about it.
It should also be noted that most cannabis consumers actually prefer less potent pot, just as the majority of those who drink alcohol prefer beer or wine over hard liquor. If and when consumers encounter unusually strong varieties of marijuana, they adjust their use accordingly and smoke less.
Of course, if lawmakers and government researchers were really concerned about potential risks posed by potent marijuana, they would support regulating the drug, so that its potency would be known to the consumer.
So if today's pot is essentially the same plant it's always been  with any marginal increase in potency akin to the difference between a cup of tea and an espresso  why is the government claiming otherwise? Mainly to scare parents, particularly those millions of parents who may have, without incident, experimented with marijuana in the 1970s, when they were about the same age as their children are today. Fortunately for them, while the feds' latest "reefer rhetoric" may sound alarming, there's little substance behind the hype.
**(See: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/pdf/FullPotencyReports.pdf, page 12)
Author's note: The author is the Deputy Director for NORML and the NORML Foundation in Washington, DC. He may be contacted at: paul@norml.org.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/Story?id=4249610&page=1
Less tar etc... for the same high.
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They did a bogus fire inspection on his medical office building and found an extensive marijuana plantation in the basement.
Before they could put him on trial he was blown out of the back door of a motorcycle shop he owned, chased by police who shot out the back window of his car.
He was on the lame for several years but picked up on a fugitive warrant in New Mexico. He was littering. Spent some time in Prison, not much must have had a good lawyer, and moved back to SW Colorado.
Some years later someone noticed that the medical office building was once again using an unusual amount of electricity. They did another inspection and guess what?
Found in the basement another pot plantation in the basement.
DEA said it was the best pot ever.
A fact confirmed by some skiing buddies.
Stupidist thing I ever did, twice.
We humans have evolved with cannabinoids and they have enormous health related benefits our bodies.......for mankind. http://www.thc-ministry.net/cannabinoids.html
At a time when Big Pharma pushes their deadly "legal" drugs that cause the deaths of tens of thousands annually and cigarettes kill thousands more, it is an abomination that otherwise law-abiding people are dragged into the criminal "justice" system and have their lives and those of their families ruined by the odious "drug" laws.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-284.html
http://www.votehemp.com/overview.html
http://nynorml.org/news.html
RESIST THE PHONEY "WAR ON DRUGS"! Legalize it!
The "War on Drugs" also extends to other countries and assaults on the cultures of native people who have used "drugs" for centuries, and includes spraying their lands with cancer causing herbicides. The War on Drugs is essentially Fascist in it's nature and another block in the foundation of the Police State and an excuse to expand funding for the police and military.
Consider the DEA spending BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars on "eradication" of ditchweed....feral hemp.....in the midwest and elsewhere. ("In fiscal year 2001, the DEA provided $13.1 million to 102 programs in all 50 states for marijuana eradication. Statistics show 99.42 percent of eradicated marijuana that year was ditchweed. In 2004, the cost to federal taxpayers for marijuana eradication rose to at least $3.67 billion." http://www.haleakalatimes.com/news/story2245.aspx A fraud and obscene waste of resources to justify the salaries of agents and their bloated agency.
RESIST THE PHONEY "WAR ON DRUGS"! Legalize it!
Have always been for womens rights, endorse breaking the glass ceiling. Support marriage rights for all. Support all people no matter what color or shape.
I have always told anyone that would listen that our government lies to us about most things.
I do however have the man breasts that I was warned about.
Uncle Sam should be our supplier so it could be controlled, plus tax the hell out of it, put people top work in all phases of growth and production.
I have not ever tried other drugs except alchohol. I am glad that my family are pot heads. Alchoholics and just plain drunks are out driving around making life dangerous for others in public places with their heavy duty SUV or Mini Van.
My family and I stay home, eat Pizza and M&Ms' and watch Television and read.
DUI would remain the same for both substances. Our tax base would go up, personal taxes would go down and less anti deepressants would be needed.
Just my opinion but my opinnion matters as much as all of yours.
You would never see good pot again.
"Private and government surveys have documented a massive increase in marijuana use, particularly by young people, during the 1960s and '70s, but no corresponding increase in psychosis was ever reported. This strongly suggests that if marijuana use plays any role in triggering psychosis, that effect is weak, rare, or both."
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/21436/
Stanley Zammit, M.D., Ph.D., co-author of the original study stated:
"We can't be sure it is causal, [but] studies find an association rather consistently. It's always possible people who use cannabis may be different [in some way] than those who don't."
That is a vastly different angle than the one hyped by the media and the feds. A little research and an open mind can reveal a lot.
We will put you in prison because someone somewhere might have some kind of bad reaction to marijuana.
We can't document that bad reaction. But it COULD happen.
Therefore you get three to five years in the penitentiary of the governments choice.