Comments on: Marijuana potency surpasses 10 percent, U.S. says

By: If “cops don’t make laws, they just enforce them”, why are police opposing marijuana legalization? | guspini.org

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:53:33 +0000

[...] than the old 1960’s-1980’s available marijuana.” This is in direct contradiction to the DEA’s own figures on marijuana potency which find that today’s average cannabis seizure may have doubled in THC potency (a 100% [...]

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:12:12 +0000

This is very well written, thank you for protesting the nonsense that is this crazy report. Informing people what’s really going on is important, considering the government and media want us to think that marijuana is just as dangerous as heroin.

By: ola

ola — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:54:15 +0000

Thanks Russ,
Check out this, http://tr.im/lnGp
In this article “Potency is expressed as the percentage of THC per dry weight of plant material” However that would depend on which part you select for your “plant material”. Maybe the prohibitionists are just getting better at clipping for their sample. And how can they predict THC concentrations in the future? WTF

By: Radical Russ

Radical Russ — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:35:06 +0000

The way I understand it, the percentage refers to the amount of THC found in the oils produced by a dried sample of cannabis relative to the total of all cannabinoids and inert materials found in the oils. It certainly can’t refer to %THC by weight or volume of the entire plant!

I’ll get a better answer from Dr. Mitch next week.

By: ola

ola — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:46:36 +0000

For the umpteenth time, can somebody intelligently explain the fricking percentage? Percentage of what? Volume? Weight? Heck the percentage of time I get pissed about articles that refer to THC percentages is about 100%.

By: Mr.420

Mr.420 — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:16:15 +0000

@MH:im sayin 1 hitter quitter! SHIT 30%THC id love 2 get my hands on that!

By: Missippi Hippy

Missippi Hippy — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:12:33 +0000

Wow! Look at the bright side… we can get “stoneder” for less.

By: Jillian

Jillian — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:59:28 +0000

In the end it’s all sound bites isn’t it.

..people will remember the words “marijuana potency rising steadily” and scream ‘we must NEVER legalize’!!!

It’s just too hard for them to think about why potency is increasing and whether the increase is a good thing or a bad thing. As my old marketing professor used to say “you either sell the steak or the sizzle”, in this case all that’s being sold is the sizzle.

By: slash5city

slash5city — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:51:55 +0000

Thank you Russ..
It takes sound thinking to debunk all these prohibition propaganda statements.
It is a shame that we here at norml wont get the same kind of coverage as these misleading statements by the prohibitionist people, unless it’s negative…
Your efforts are needed and recognized as top notch..Keep it up !!

By: moldy

moldy — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:47:44 +0000

Typical BS in the story about “treatment” and “potency” but the grow room in Mississippi looked like shit. The leaves looked unhealthy, the pots were too small, and the fucking strain, you could see it on one of the tags,”MX” 08? and then the barrels of “high grade marijuana”? OMG! The crap looked like my shit bag for making hash or shake that I’d normally just throw away. I can’t believe that a college that is teaching horticulture can’t grow a weed correctly.