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You can still find lower THC cannabis at any dispensary. Most carry from 10 to 30%. Most also carry CBD flower and very low dose edibles. I also don’t understa

You can still find lower THC cannabis at any dispensary. Most carry from 10 to 30%. Most also carry CBD flower and very low dose edibles. I also don’t understand this argument because you can just take 1 hit and be done. No one is forcing you to finish a whole joint. Should liquor be outlawed because it is stronger than beer?

standardUser 4y ago
It's really hard to dose "1 hit". It's not like a shot of liquor. And inexperienced users are not experts at hitting pipes or vapes or joints, so that "1 hit" becomes even trickier. And if you fuck up, whoops, now you're uncomfortably high for several hours! Better to have a much wider variety of potencies available, like we have with alcohol. Especially for the casual users who have been ignored by the market because traditional dealers get most of their money from heavy users, and heavy users want the chronic.
- TillE 4y ago
  You can literally just measure the amount of flower you're consuming before you start, either with a precise scale or by pinching out a tiny amount. Use a good vaporizer or a cheap glass pipe.
  - standardUser 4y ago
    Sure, that is something you can say to an experienced marijuana user, but the casual dude who hasn't smoked weed since college and just wants to smoke a joint... that dude just wants to smoke a joint! There is no need for scales or precision to be involved. All that is needed is some low-to-moderate-potency weed, hopefully with some CBD content. "Use a good vaporizer or a cheap glass pipe." You do realize that a lot of people don't really know how to use those devices, right? Why anyone would argue against more variety of weed with better labelling is way beyond my comprehension.
    - johnisgood 4y ago
      So... let them do it. Once. Let us hope they will learn after their uncomfortable high. That might actually deter them from weed. It did work for me. Is it not how both kids and adults learn? If they cannot learn from other people's experiences that is. It does not take a rocket scientists to use those devices, but if the average people is really that dumb, then we should seriously take control of their lives if we want them to be contributing to society (because that's what seems to matter the most, right?). Plus I doubt that many, THAT dumb people who have not touched weed would start doing it out of nowhere.
      - standardUser 4y ago
        Me: We should be able to choose the types and potencies of the substances we put in our bodies. You: HELL NO WTF, really? Not that it matters, recreational stores solve this problem entirely.
        johnisgood 4y ago
        What? You actually replied to a guy who said that people can already choose the potency. I am in agreement with that. If they voluntarily pick the higher potency for their first time, let them experience how shitty it can be.
- WorldMaker 4y ago
  To that second point, edibles are as easy to very specifically dose as your cooking process and ability to follow a recipe allow. Legalization makes it much easier for industrial kitchens with strict quality control to be involved. In the analogy to alcohol there's a huge quality control issue in moonshine, and huge benefits to the law abiding industrial distillers. I've sometimes wondered if legalizing and/or regulating edibles and smoked products separately should be done with THC. No one expects alcohol and tobacco to follow the same rules. It could prevent some issues for casual users. To be fair, in regions that have legalized it the dispensaries seem to have voluntarily organized around the idea naturally anyway: dispensaries I've been to generally are good at explaining the relative safety of edibles to potential casual users and edibles seem to make up a larger portion of their business in general.
chimprich 4y ago
> I also don’t understand this argument because you can just take 1 hit and be done. The increased THC concentration compared to other psychoactive chemicals seems to produce more paranoia and other negative effects in some people, so it's not just a strength issue. The effect is different if the proportion of THC to CBD increases. It's also easier to get more THC than you intended if you're consuming stronger stuff. > Should liquor be outlawed because it is stronger than beer? If spirits are legal then people should at least have the choice of drinking beer.
- peanut_worm 4y ago
  You do have a choice, as I said almost every dispensary carries CBD and low THC flower
- ipaddr 4y ago
  Vaping at 170 will make you freakout where 200-210+ will make you relaxed. Controlling is possible.
Auracle 4y ago
According to the link in the post you’re replying to, it wasn’t all that long ago that it was 2%. 10% is still significantly higher. And for what it’s worth, you can’t get Everclear in my state.
- peanut_worm 4y ago
  CBD flower is usually around 2 or 3 percent and is widely available
WillPostForFood 4y ago
you can just take 1 hit and be done Can you imagine how many problems would be solved if people could stop after 1? But you are fighting evolution, and the compulsion for more is extremely strong in myriad areas.
selfmodruntime 4y ago
No, I disagree immensely and I will explain why. I want 2-5% of THC. A joint should be like drinking a single beer to be perfect in my opinion. If you sit down to relax in the evening you don‘t drown a single shot. The joy is in the process and to feel a light buzz
- peanut_worm 4y ago
  And you can absolutely obtain such a thing. CBD weed is usually 2-3% THC. Almost every dispensary carries it in some form. Also to people with higher tolerance a joint IS like a beer. THC tolerance builds slowly but lasts a very long time unlike alcohol (anecdotally).

standardUser 4y ago

It's really hard to dose "1 hit". It's not like a shot of liquor. And inexperienced users are not experts at hitting pipes or vapes or joints, so that "1 hit" becomes even trickier. And if you fuck up, whoops, now you're uncomfortably high for several hours! Better to have a much wider variety of potencies available, like we have with alcohol. Especially for the casual users who have been ignored by the market because traditional dealers get most of their money from heavy users, and heavy users want the chronic.

TillE 4y ago
You can literally just measure the amount of flower you're consuming before you start, either with a precise scale or by pinching out a tiny amount. Use a good vaporizer or a cheap glass pipe.
- standardUser 4y ago
  Sure, that is something you can say to an experienced marijuana user, but the casual dude who hasn't smoked weed since college and just wants to smoke a joint... that dude just wants to smoke a joint! There is no need for scales or precision to be involved. All that is needed is some low-to-moderate-potency weed, hopefully with some CBD content. "Use a good vaporizer or a cheap glass pipe." You do realize that a lot of people don't really know how to use those devices, right? Why anyone would argue against more variety of weed with better labelling is way beyond my comprehension.
  - johnisgood 4y ago
    So... let them do it. Once. Let us hope they will learn after their uncomfortable high. That might actually deter them from weed. It did work for me. Is it not how both kids and adults learn? If they cannot learn from other people's experiences that is. It does not take a rocket scientists to use those devices, but if the average people is really that dumb, then we should seriously take control of their lives if we want them to be contributing to society (because that's what seems to matter the most, right?). Plus I doubt that many, THAT dumb people who have not touched weed would start doing it out of nowhere.
    - standardUser 4y ago
      Me: We should be able to choose the types and potencies of the substances we put in our bodies. You: HELL NO WTF, really? Not that it matters, recreational stores solve this problem entirely.
      - johnisgood 4y ago
        What? You actually replied to a guy who said that people can already choose the potency. I am in agreement with that. If they voluntarily pick the higher potency for their first time, let them experience how shitty it can be.
WorldMaker 4y ago
To that second point, edibles are as easy to very specifically dose as your cooking process and ability to follow a recipe allow. Legalization makes it much easier for industrial kitchens with strict quality control to be involved. In the analogy to alcohol there's a huge quality control issue in moonshine, and huge benefits to the law abiding industrial distillers. I've sometimes wondered if legalizing and/or regulating edibles and smoked products separately should be done with THC. No one expects alcohol and tobacco to follow the same rules. It could prevent some issues for casual users. To be fair, in regions that have legalized it the dispensaries seem to have voluntarily organized around the idea naturally anyway: dispensaries I've been to generally are good at explaining the relative safety of edibles to potential casual users and edibles seem to make up a larger portion of their business in general.

chimprich 4y ago

> I also don’t understand this argument because you can just take 1 hit and be done. The increased THC concentration compared to other psychoactive chemicals seems to produce more paranoia and other negative effects in some people, so it's not just a strength issue. The effect is different if the proportion of THC to CBD increases. It's also easier to get more THC than you intended if you're consuming stronger stuff. > Should liquor be outlawed because it is stronger than beer? If spirits are legal then people should at least have the choice of drinking beer.

peanut_worm 4y ago
You do have a choice, as I said almost every dispensary carries CBD and low THC flower
ipaddr 4y ago
Vaping at 170 will make you freakout where 200-210+ will make you relaxed. Controlling is possible.

Auracle 4y ago

According to the link in the post you’re replying to, it wasn’t all that long ago that it was 2%. 10% is still significantly higher. And for what it’s worth, you can’t get Everclear in my state.

peanut_worm 4y ago
CBD flower is usually around 2 or 3 percent and is widely available

WillPostForFood 4y ago

you can just take 1 hit and be done Can you imagine how many problems would be solved if people could stop after 1? But you are fighting evolution, and the compulsion for more is extremely strong in myriad areas.

selfmodruntime 4y ago

No, I disagree immensely and I will explain why. I want 2-5% of THC. A joint should be like drinking a single beer to be perfect in my opinion. If you sit down to relax in the evening you don‘t drown a single shot. The joy is in the process and to feel a light buzz

peanut_worm 4y ago
And you can absolutely obtain such a thing. CBD weed is usually 2-3% THC. Almost every dispensary carries it in some form. Also to people with higher tolerance a joint IS like a beer. THC tolerance builds slowly but lasts a very long time unlike alcohol (anecdotally).