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Ancient cannabis was nowhere near as potent as what we have today. Even the marijuana in modern times before the widespread use of sensimilla in the 80s was onl
by wayoutthere 5y ago
Ancient cannabis was nowhere near as potent as what we have today. Even the marijuana in modern times before the widespread use of sensimilla in the 80s was only around 3% THC (compared to 15-30% for dispensary-grade flower today).
Estimates I’ve read on potency of wild strains without selective breeding is closer to 1%. These guys weren’t getting mind-meltingly high, likely just a good mellow and probably not daily.
- someonewhocar3s 5y agoI think ~15% must be decently achievable. Also, smoking vastly larger quantities is possible =). And it's often a resin (directly rubbed off the plant, "charras") which is actually smoked. I think saying '1000 y bce, check' is not very impressive given the dating styles the hindu's tend to use, hah. But it's certainly no estimate of a 'first use' date. I keep wondering what plants we're missing in the palette. Are there 'mental states' that we just don't go into, because we're missing something? Food issues that would go away from eating some funky plant, which you'd recognize if you looked? Like, 'hold this to your nose and you'll feel like you're a young child for a while', maybe with a selective olfactory activation rather than a binding chemical. Similarly, how many protein-chain-complexes do we never activate, and is that for good reason?