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In 2022, the federal government reported that, in samples seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration, average levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC—the psychoactive compound in weed that makes you feel high—had more than tripled compared with 25 years earlier, from 5 to 16 percent. That may understate how strong weed has gotten. Walk into any dispensary in the country, legal or not, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find a single product advertising such a low THC level. Most strains claim to be at least 20 to 30 percent THC by weight; concentrated weed products designed for vaping can be labeled as up to 90 percent.

The high that most adult weed smokers remember from their teenage years is most likely one produced by “mids,” as in, middle-tier weed. In the pre-legalization era, unless you had a connection with access to top-shelf strains such as Purple Haze and Sour Diesel, you probably had to settle for mids (or, one step down, “reggie,” as in regular weed) most of the time. Today, mids are hard to come by.

The simplest explanation for this is that the casual smokers who pine for the mids and reggies of their youth aren’t the industry’s top customers. Serious stoners are. According to research by Jonathan P. Caulkins, a public-policy professor at Carnegie Mellon, people who report smoking more than 25 times a month make up about a third of marijuana users but account for about two-thirds of all marijuana consumption. Such regular users tend to develop a high tolerance, and their tastes drive the industry’s cultivation decisions.

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[–] Psythik 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Agree to disagree, especially if you tried the synthetic shit back before the analog law came into effect (don't try the stuff that bypasses the laws; you will have a bad time). It made THC feel like coffee, and permanently wrecked my tolerance. It's been 10 years and I still need 500mg+ of pure THC distillate to feel anything. I need stronger weed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

And those “legal” xHC vape pens just don’t do it for me. Feels way different - not in the good way, though.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The stuff I'm getting on Ontario ain't strong enough. Where can I find this super weed????

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Entropywins 2 points 2 months ago

Always been the spot...I remember when I left the west coast hitchhiking my first time and got to the Midwest and saw my first bag of shwag like pressed brick weed with seeds...oof it was a shock to say the least

[–] niktemadur 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bastards always trying to see "how far can we take this thing?", always "chasing that demon". The same as with spicy food, once they got their hands on ghost peppers, scotch bonnets and moruga scorpions, doing hybrids, looking to break the 2 million Scoville Units barrier and above... for some reason that's beyond my comprehension.

[–] 4lan 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The difference is that using a bunch of weak hot sauces not bad for you, smoking a ton of bad weed is.

People fail to realize that weed has tar if you burn it. The less plant material you smoke the better it is for you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No you just have baby lungs and a low tolerance.

[–] Dkarma 2 points 2 months ago

Iron lung tell u where it's coming from

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No. The explanation is that prohibition makes markets. If you're gonna risk getting caught you might as well hype your shit and turn a higher profit.

Otherwise there'd barely be adulterated weed.

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