[rhombus]

"Marijuana is a much more serious drug than most Americans realize. It's a more potent drug than it was in the past."

This is a pure BS talking point.

[proxy_user]

If I may put on my serious hat for a moment, let me reply to that.

Whisky is much stronger than beer. However, it is customary to drink whisky out of tiny shot glasses, while beer is consumed in giant mugs.

Moreover, drugs like marijuana and hash are self-limiting compared to alcohol. No matter if the stuff is weak or strong, at a certain point the user loses interest in having any more, and becomes distracted by other pursuits (or falls asleep on the floor).

[april15Bendovr]

"Marijuana is a much more serious drug than most Americans realize. It's a more potent drug than it was in the past."

"This is a pure BS talking point." Only for the ignorant.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

This is a pure BS talking point.

Yep. Typical knee-jerk, irrational statement from a chair-warmer who otherwise couldn't get a job cleaning toilets in some cheap motel.

The office of drug policy or drug czar or whatever it's called should be abolished immediately. Nothing but a waste of taxpayers dollars.

[goldstategop]

So is alcohol. I don't see any of the drug warriors advocating the mass arrests of citizens for the sin of being "wet." Come to think of it, that's exactly what happened once upon a time in America. It was called Prohibition.

("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")

[HiTech RedNeck]

"Marijuana is a much more serious drug than most Americans realize. It's a more potent drug than it was in the past."

Yes the street is seeing more potent varieties of pot than in the past. This is an expected outcome of any prohibition: push up the potency of what's on the (now black) market. Ya know, during the roaring 20s they had no bathtub WINE nor was BEER served in speakeasies and blind tigers.