05-18-2009, 09:58 AM
Potency is now at 100%! [:0]
Obama says he is against legalization because he thinks the potency will go even higher than that.
What a shmuck! [
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I say the first local grower to exceed the current level of 100% gets a prize.
"Washington, DC:
NORML’s criticism of an Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) report alleging that the average strength of cannabis is now at an all-time high has drawn a heated response from the Drug Czar’s office. NORML’s critique, which appeared in an essay on the HuffingtonPost.com as well as in select newspapers, countered the White House’s claim that today’s marijuana averages 9.6 percent THC (pot’s primary psychoactive component) or is particularly dangerous to health.
Armentano wrote, “[B]y the University of Mississippi’s (which conducted the study) own admission, the average THC in domestically grown marijuana - which comprises the bulk of the US market - is less than five percent, a figure that’s remained unchanged for nearly a decade.” He continued, “THC - regardless of potency - is non-toxic and incapable of causing a fatal overdose.
Currently, doctors may legally prescribe a FDA-approved pill that contains 100 percent THC, and curiously, nobody at the University of Mississippi or at the Drug Czar’s office seems particularly concerned about it....”"
Obama says he is against legalization because he thinks the potency will go even higher than that.
What a shmuck! [
]I say the first local grower to exceed the current level of 100% gets a prize.
"Washington, DC:
NORML’s criticism of an Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) report alleging that the average strength of cannabis is now at an all-time high has drawn a heated response from the Drug Czar’s office. NORML’s critique, which appeared in an essay on the HuffingtonPost.com as well as in select newspapers, countered the White House’s claim that today’s marijuana averages 9.6 percent THC (pot’s primary psychoactive component) or is particularly dangerous to health.
Armentano wrote, “[B]y the University of Mississippi’s (which conducted the study) own admission, the average THC in domestically grown marijuana - which comprises the bulk of the US market - is less than five percent, a figure that’s remained unchanged for nearly a decade.” He continued, “THC - regardless of potency - is non-toxic and incapable of causing a fatal overdose.
Currently, doctors may legally prescribe a FDA-approved pill that contains 100 percent THC, and curiously, nobody at the University of Mississippi or at the Drug Czar’s office seems particularly concerned about it....”"
Lee Eisenstein
http://members.cruzio.com/~lionel/event
"Be kinder than necessary, as everyone you meet is engaged in some kind of strudel."
http://members.cruzio.com/~lionel/event
"Be kinder than necessary, as everyone you meet is engaged in some kind of strudel."