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lol that trope is about 50 years old as well and it just means you need less to get high (self-titration). https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/weed-limit-pot-p
by riffic 3y ago
lol that trope is about 50 years old as well and it just means you need less to get high (self-titration).
https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/weed-limit-pot-prohibitionists-regurgitate-tired-tropes-from-the-bygone-days-of-the-war-on-drugs/Content?oid=30642122 https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/weed-limit-pot-prohibiti...
> Bowers' claims of higher THC content in what is available now compared to the good old days is a refrain that prohibitionists have used for decades, according to Paul Armentano, deputy director of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
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> Likewise in the 1960s and '70s, public officials claimed "Woodstock weed" was so uniquely powerful that smoking it would permanently damage brain cells and mere possession needed to be heavily criminalized to protect public health.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/08/15/armentano-marijuana-potency-warrants-more-education-regulation/ https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/08/15/armentano-marijuana-...
> Looking back, it is apparent that each of these previous generations’ claims was nothing more than hyperbole. Nonetheless, these sensational claims had a lasting influence on marijuana policy. The latest recycling of the “It’s not your parents’ pot” claim is a little different.
- Georgelemental 3y agoThe "trope" has been around for 50 years because selective breeding has been around for 50 years, so THC content had been going up constantly throughout that period. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6312155/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6312155/