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Originally Posted by transplant99
I think the other factor in this is what pot used to be versus what it has become.
the concentration of THC in todays hydroponic grown stuff is probably about 1000 times more than it once was. Now I agree that restrictions on it should it be legalized would go a long way to controlling what is consumed, but just like you aren't allowed to make 99% alchol content moonshine because it is so potent, then the same would apply to pot or any other drug.
I am all about getting the stuff legalized and the black market getting curbed as it does lead to very very violent things happening. Im not so fond of the gov't getting tax money from it only beause they screw everything up when it comes to that, but I digress. I am merely pointing out that it is not as simple as 'lets make it legal, I can get high, Harper makes money, everybody is happy". There are all kinds of permutations that have to be cosidered.
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A scientific study published in 2000 in the Journal of Forensic Sciences (JFS) found that the potency (THC content) of confiscated cannabis in the United States (US) rose from "approximately 3.3% in 1983 and 1984", to "4.47% in 1997". It also concluded that "other major cannabinoids (i.e.,
CBD,
CBN, and
CBC)" (other chemicals in cannabis) "showed no significant change in their concentration over the years".
[49] More recent research undertaken at the University of Mississippi's Potency Monitoring Project
[50] has found that average THC levels in cannabis samples between 1975 and 2007 have increased from 4% in 1983 to 9.6% in 2007.