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2005-03-14 Great White North

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Posted by tipper 2005-03-14 8:59:54 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Drug dependency? Is that anything like the Money dependency the anti-drug profiteers, the RICO-seizure-fattened police departments and the bloated prison guards unions are addicted to?

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-03-14 9:53:08 AM|| 2005-03-14 9:53:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Anything you want more of make illegal. We learned that in Prohibition. Harry Anslinger I hope you enjoy hell. This fraud of yours has cost more lives and treasure than if we would have just left things alone back then, you lying bastard.

Posted by Sock Puppet Oâ Doom 2005-03-14 9:59:58 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-03-14 9:59:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 marijuana... has gone from one to two per cent to a THC content of eight to nine per cent. THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is the active ingredient in marijuana that creates the "buzz" users seek. Some varieties go up to 14 to 15 per cent THC level and some specially cultivated pot grown in Canada can offer THC levels of 25 to 30 per cent, Walters said.

This sounds to me like a pure, unadulterated bullshit.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-14 10:15:52 AM|| 2005-03-14 10:15:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds to me like we're going to be picking a lot of fights with Kanuckistan.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-03-14 10:24:23 AM|| 2005-03-14 10:24:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 It's not BS Sobiesky, and you may taker that from an expert since 1972. :)

Posted by Half 2005-03-14 12:39:59 PM|| 2005-03-14 12:39:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Half,

#1 1-2% is a rope hemp. It's not pot. From good sources I were told that smokin' that would result in a headache, nothing more. I can't comment on that, because I and pot simply are not on the same page, but I trust my source. This means that the 1-2% figure is used for an effect to make impression that the potency multiplied many times over years. Not true.

#2 From different other sources, I got that average THC content increased since 1970's only marginally. The figures ~9% and ~13% correspond to 2 common varieties. Those are higher quality figures, average stuff is about 4.5% and 8.5%.

#3 Also, from reliable sources, the 25-30% is Walters' fantasy, designed to scare public witless. Like... Boo

I don't dispute that there may be some effects, the term pothead did have a reason to pop into common use, I guess.

What I object to is untruths, unintentional or more likely in this case, deliberate.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-14 1:15:34 PM|| 2005-03-14 1:15:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 This is a geopolitical power struggle that TRANSCENDS truth, Sobiesky. :P[/only half-joking]

Posted by Edward Yee 2005-03-14 1:19:54 PM|| 2005-03-14 1:19:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Gotta disagree with you Sobiesky. The numbers are accurate. And growers in northern California are importing the seeds to increase potency of the stuff grown here, too.

Posted by Unagum Elmang5856 2005-03-14 1:23:57 PM|| 2005-03-14 1:23:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Oh, so you did test it for content, Unagum?

I did check several sampling test comparisons and some stats from different sources.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-14 1:38:54 PM|| 2005-03-14 1:38:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 OTOH, if the figures produce a good placebo effect, by all means, go for it. Am done here.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-14 1:44:02 PM|| 2005-03-14 1:44:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 ima like done all my tests inderpently.

Posted by Half 2005-03-14 2:17:31 PM|| 2005-03-14 2:17:31 PM|| Front Page Top

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