They always threaten the higher potency of MJ these days, but then frame the issue as an "it's for the children" one---patently forgetting that the high-potency grass is probably out of the typical yute's price range.
“patently forgetting that the high-potency grass is probably out of the typical yute’s price range.”
I’ve been around a bit and the only time I have ever smoked the good stuff was when I was hanging with wealthy adults at some occasion or other. Always preceded by the comment, “I’ve been saving this”, just like one would a good bottle of wide or scotch.
Kids who drink Milwaukee’s Best aren’t likely to buy an $800 oz of weed. Establishing a contact for “the kind” is no easy task in itself. There simply isn’t enough to go around, hence the price.
And when they say "today's marijuana is xx times as strong as it used to be", "marijuana" is some carefully selected, high-thc content parts of some exotic hydroponically grown strains. When they talk about "marijuana posession", or "marijuana seizures", "marijuana" is any and all (root, stalk, stem, and leaves) of anything that belongs to the cannabis genus.
Personally, I fail to see the "threat" that higher potency MJ represents.
If it is more potent, those who smoke it need to smoke less to get the same effect. That means inhaling less crap into their lungs.
I guess it might be more likely that someone might overindulge with more potent pot, but the "threat" of higher potency pot seems like mostly spin to me. It seems like they are trying awfully hard to convince people how bad pot is, but not doing a very good job of coming up with a convincing argument.
I'm not saying that pot use doesn't have the potential to be harmful. However, the arguments that it is somehow worse than alcohol always seem to come up short.