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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

Posted on 03/15/2024 1:30:33 PM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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To: Retrofitted

That too.


21 posted on 03/15/2024 4:17:59 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: caww

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


22 posted on 03/15/2024 4:19:52 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a closed mind will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: RoosterRedux
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.

23 posted on 03/15/2024 4:29:44 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: nickcarraway

Very ineffective

Light buzz

Sleepy

That and Delta 10


24 posted on 03/15/2024 4:30:41 PM PDT by wardaddy (. A disease in the public mind)
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To: Retrofitted
Sounds like hi-tek oregano.

ISWYDT

25 posted on 03/15/2024 6:39:56 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: Trailerpark Badass

My break was over 50 years ago.


26 posted on 03/16/2024 2:15:22 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: higgmeister

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


27 posted on 03/16/2024 9:11:50 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: Trailerpark Badass
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.

28 posted on 03/16/2024 11:37:31 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: higgmeister
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.

29 posted on 03/16/2024 12:04:39 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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