[tacticalogic]

Plants with higher levels are selected to create the next crop. The same way farmers select tomato varieties, pot farmers select their crops. A quick google search will provide you with hundreds of sites discussing ways to increase THC levels. Pot is stronger now and it will continue to get stronger.

But does that mean that people who smoke pot will ingest more thc, or does it simply mean that they will smoke less to get the desired effect? If someone goes out to a bar and asks for a beer, and the barkeep says "Sorry, the tap's broken, would you like something else?" he's not going to say "Okay, give me a mug of bourbon".

[jayef]

Exactly. Who wants to sit and smoke schwag all night, when one binger of the chronic will do the job.

[Fry]

There is no potency myth. It's a scientific fact. Pot has been cultivated for increased potency. Does that mean every single joint out there today is stronger than any given joint in 1972? No. Is every single grapefruit at the Safeway bigger, brighter and more flavorful than every grapefruit 30 years ago? No. But on average they are. 30 years of science and R&D has been applied to the pot purchased now vs then. You can argue that potency doesn't matter, but that is very different than saying there has not been an increase in potency.

Why would so much effort go into making it more potent, if it doesn't matter?