been posted from a few different sources already...bascically it sounds like a good story to justify more funding for them.
"The weed just keeps getting more and more dank! We need money to fight this potent weed!!!" (insert stoned brad pitt "sheayaaah" after the last line.
Seriously, how do they know this? I though pot research was illegal. Is there some lifelong .gov employee with the job of lighting up and reporting on how buzzed the pot gets him?
Tester: "Man, I am SO wasted!"
Department head: "That's it. This stuff is more potent. Put out a press release and a call for more funding. And bring back some cheetos!"
The only winners in the drug war are the dealers who get higher prices and the authorities who get the tax dollars to spend on their toys.
The BC Bud Advertising Association says thank you to John Walters.
In the 60's and 70's all you got was leaves. $20.00 per ounce.
Now you get buds which have always had a much higher concentration of THC. People pay $75.00 for 1/4 ounce.
I really suspect this has more to do with larger crops and decreased bulk when smuggling the stuff than with a much higher THC content.
My observation is that people who smoke it just don't smoke nearly as much.
I think the difference is like that between beer and distilled spirits.
Just for the record, I do not indulge in either alcohol or pot.
This is a non issue.
This isn't about if you die. We could care less if you die. It's about addiction, and nicoteen is far less addictive than this devil BC bud.
And they wonder why we laugh at their logic.
I dunno, I seem to recall some talk about Panama red, Acapulco gold, and the very rare Hawaiian black. Although I never personally participated, I know a few old hippies that claim that today's brands just don't quite measure up.