Is there a real concern about the increased levels of THC in pot?

@rojo can you share these studies?

I quit for about 20 years, then smoked some once. It did seem different to me, but I don’t know if that’s because I’d forgotten what it was like, or if it really WAS different.

Everyone is affected differently and there are so many strains that doesn’t seem like it would matter. Plus with higher THC counts people will just end up falling asleep anyway.

Apparently edibles will have to list % because regular smokers are od’ing due to one bite being a joint.

I remember my first hit off a Thai Stick way long ago. My face went numb and I knew I was onto some heavy stuff. Would that be the equivalent strength of today’s more potent cannabis? I’ve been subject to random testing since the mid 80’s so interested to get a frame of reference.

Nobody ODs from marijuana @KNOWITALL regardless of the potency. In the olden days we had Thai Sticks and Maui Wowie. Then came Skunk Bud (from Arkansas and Missouri) and some other strains of high potency pot from Meigs County Ohio.

Now they have figured out how to increase THC in all pot… Yipppeeee!!!!

So, to answer your question, yes, there is real concern about increased levels of THC because not all pot is so good and we need all pot to uniformly have the increased THC!

PS Yes @majorrich. We were getting Thai Sticks from Newport Beach connect back in 73. It is the same!

The term ‘overdose’ is a tricky one. It’s very difficult to die from a THC overdose (to the extent that no one ever has). Technically possible, but very hard; it would take a small person over a gram of THC injected to hit the lethal dose, needless to say edible THC would be a far higher limit, and you’re not adding pure THC to anything, usually.

However, it’s not like there’s not lower ‘overdoses’, which as @majorrich mentioned can lead to side effects like anesthesia and other such as intoxication, and lethargy. However, these are not generally considered very dangerous. But I can also see people wanting to avoid it, potentially, so it would be good to have some sort of labelling.

@Dan I od’d once or twice & I was raised with hippies. Some stuff is not for newbies lol

Back in my college days (fifty years ago) we smoked the leaves. I understand that now only pot buds are sold. Since the potency of buds is significantly stronger than leaves, I would guess one gets ripped more quickly now. As then, when one gets too stoned they fall asleep.

@Bill Some throw up/ dizzy but some get freaked out, almost like acid symptoms.

Remember “sensimilla” or what ever it was called? It was a female marijuana plant that had the buds removed so it just kept growing instead of dying out, which it did after it germinated. At one point people started blathering about second generation “sensimilla.” I finally pointed out the it wasn’t even possible to have second generation sensimillia as the whole point was to stop it from ever germinating.

Sensimilla merely refers to seedless pot @Dutchess_III. It had nothing to do with removing buds and keeping it growing.

Sin semilla is Spanish. The reason the Sensimilla was so potent is that none of her life forces went into (goes into) creating seeds so it all goes into THC production.

Did a little further research. No, they don’t top the plant (as I was told.) They remove the male plants so they can’t pollinate the female.

It isn’t any kind of special strain of marijuana.

My POINT is there can be no such thing as “second generation sensimilla.”

Keerect. How could you have 2nd generation w/out seeds?

As for topping the plant. Topping makes the plant grow back thicker and with twice the buds (ever see a tree which was topped and grew back with two trunks)?

Well they say liquor is quicker so the concept is the same to me concerning this issue. Your body will build a tolerance to any strength of weed though.

@Dutchess_III It’s all about the genetics of any strain. Many growers will save a male plant just to pollinate a female just to have seeds. Since the genetics would be the same you can have many generations of that same strain, whether you decide to grow a sensimilla female or not. You’re correct about sensimilla not being an actual strain though, since it’s simply a growing technique.

@Bill1939 It depends on the strain, growing techniques and curing methods. Cannabis indica strains tend to produce more CBN than THC, which gives you more of a narcotic, euphoric and body type of high. This tends to be the couch lock type of weed. Cannabis sativa produces more THC than CBN, thus giving you more of a dreamy, trippy and energetic type of high. Sativa strains are the ones where one would maybe be motivated to clean their house, walk their dogs or go hiking over vegging out in front of a TV. Most strains are hybrids today though, so most of these have mixtures of each ‘species’ in them, where some are sativa dominant while others are indica dominant.

Curing methods also play a role in how your weed affects you. Freshly dried up bud will naturally have more THC levels than CBN. The longer one allows their buds to cure the more the THC will convert into CBN. There’s a cannabis ruderalis too, which auto flowers due to timing factors. Indica and sativa strains have their flowering stages determined by lighting cycles. I’m not familiar with the effects of ruderalis, though many seed banks sell these seeds.

The science of pot, wow. Boy am I ignorant of today’s weed.

OK but you can’t have a second generation sensimilla, @Paradox25.

You can clone any plant, including a sensimilla, but yes you’re correct.