Over-the-Counter ‘Diet Weed’ Is the New Go-To for Teens, Worrying Scientists — and Symptoms Are Hard to Spot

New York Post ^ | March 15, 2024 | Alex Mitchell

[nickcarraway]

New medical research in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that 11% of high school seniors admit to using a prevalent and easily accessible synthetic marijuana, known as delta-8 THC.

That number translates to “at least one or two students in every average-sized high school class,” according to Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

A lack of federal regulation means there’s no age restriction on the over-the-counter product, found readily in gas stations, online and in convenience stores in many states — leaving experts worried.

[SaxxonWoods]

That too.

[RoosterRedux]

Me neither. I even quit drinking about 5 years ago.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Yeah, seems like everyone I know has no trouble getting weed, except me.

And this is after almost 20 years as a bartender/owner, when I could have procured anything you wanted in less than 2 hours.

I guess my break from that lifestyle was too successful.

[wardaddy]

Very ineffective

Light buzz

Sleepy

That and Delta 10

[higgmeister]

Sounds like hi-tek oregano.

ISWYDT

[higgmeister]

My break was over 50 years ago.

[Trailerpark Badass]

More of my friends use cannabis now than did in their 20’s.

[higgmeister]

More of my friends use cannabis now than did in their 20’s.

That's rather terrifying.   I can't imagine getting high in my seventies.   I have no friends but for my wife.   My former co-workers who did get high made me uncomfortable when in situations where they might break it out.

In my running around days I was 500 miles away from where I live now.   It wasn't the same walking out in the pasture and toking alone.   That made it easy to leave it behind.

[Trailerpark Badass]

I'm mid-50's. My friends now are friends from childhood, whom I also went college with. Probably only about 8-10 of them, but they are far more social than I am, so I hear about other acquaintances through them.

I think they have replaced drinking alcohol, in large part, with cannabis, as they've gotten older. I'd like to do the same, but I can't bring myself to ask them to get me some.