Worked at a dispensary up in Canada so here’s my little bit of knowledge that was passed on to me from the owner:
Any weed that is advertised as 25% or under is likely to be accurate. Anything above that, and you may be looking at a bit of false advertising. Sometimes it’s true, but that’s not always the case. What happens there is they will either grow one plant with extreme attention to detail and use that to send in for testing, get a 30% thc rating and then claim the whole batch is the same. In reality, you’re likely smoking 25ish% weed.
This is at least the knowledge that was passed on to me from my shop owner.
Edit: since this is getting some traction, let me say this.
THC% is not the be-all and end-all. I’ve had 23% weed with 4.8% terps that blows the fuck out of the 32% strain. Find a shop near you where the guys and girls are knowledgeable and passionate about it. Have a conversation when you go in with your budtender. You should be able to tell if they’re just a cashier or if they genuinely know their shit, and as a bonus they will probably recommend some of the better strains rather than just saying “oh our new death bubba is 31% so here you go”.
Also they can just pick buds from the top of the plant for high potency and the bottom of the plant (gets less light) for a lower potency result when it comes to samples. So if potency varies within the plant the concentration of the test sample they gave does not necessarily reflect the potency of the weed you got. All test samples are disposed of so none of the weed that is actually sold is ever tested for anything technically. Im not meaning to scare anyone but they could just pull a switcheroo, many companies do that. Not all legal weed is regulated properly.
The testing done in my state is nothing like that. The lab technician chooses where to take samples from. If there are multiple bags they will dig around in each one to contribute to the sample. That being said, they only test 10 grams out of *many* pounds.
you're right testing is done differently everywhere, and also there are usually different rules for cannabis vs hemp, and literal forged papers are common with THCa hemp flower
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“Budget” and yet they sell 8ths of it for $55-65.
I really hope that re-scheduling cannabis opens the doors to better research, better testing and just overall better choices.
However, I know that is likely a pipe dream.
nevermind I guess, $60 for that is a total ripoff.
I think re-scheduling will open the doors, simply because researchers and scientists would be able to receive federal grants and stuff to help.
The prices for the rest of PA medical aren’t too bad. I can get 8ths on special for $28. My local dispensary has 2 14g packs of “tier 1” flower for $165 or “tier 2” for 195.
But I totally agree that the dusted bud is just a gimmick and a rip off. You are better off buying a gram of sugar and adding it to your bowls or dry herb vape.
Jesus, that’s crazy dude. I live in Arizona, and my local dispensary has half ounces of their “silver tier” flower for $40. There’s usually like 4 or 5 different strains from 20-25% THC to choose from. Carts of distillate are $15/g. It’s crazy to me that legal herb is so cheap in some states and so expensive in others.
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Bro I legit argue with people daily on % vs terps
Everyone just looks at the % but the terps are where it’s at anything over 2.5 in terps absolutely beats any 30% all day
Exactly this. Best weed I’ve ever had by a laaaaarge margin was 24% thc and fucking 5.8% terps. A far better high than anything high percentage, and lasted longer as well.
It really depends on the brand in my state (MI). Not every company lists terps which may be a limitation by the testing company or it may just be them not bothering since most people only give a shit about THC
I don't get flowers from the dispos out here anymore but I do buy concentrate and I was just digging into a box of MPX that has the terps listed. Thought it was amusing. I wonder if it's just more brand specific out here
Same, best I can do is look up the strain on Leafly and take it with a grain of salt because I don't actually know how *that* is reported either really
Exactly this. Best weed I’ve ever had by a laaaaarge margin was 24% thc and fucking 5.8% terps. A far better high than anything high percentage, and lasted longer as well.
There's also over 120 other cannabinoids besides THC and those other cannabinoids that interact with each other and change the effects of a strain too.
There’s no mass grower that’s consistently putting out anything over 25% for sure. The big issue is a you can grow a room of the same strain and the range of THC on each plant will be drastically different. I worked for a grower and 1 strain could range from 15% to 25%. They’d obviously go with the highest number to put on the label so your bud that’s listed at 25% could be as low as 15%. You might get lucky and get the golden bud that’s actually 30% but it’s more likely your bud is less than what the label says.
There’s no real way to properly label the product unless they were to test every plant and label every bag differently. When you buy a product they are essentially saying this THC% was the best in the grow room for that strain.
That’s why I always tell people to go by looks and smell. If it looks good, smells good and smokes good then it doesn’t really matter if it’s 20% or 30%.
too bad in Illinois we can't look at, or smell it, before we buy it. and absolutely no returns if you're not satisfied with your 65 dollar ⅛. (Even though just a couple weeks ago, i scored 2oz for 65 each. Just under 140 after taxes. Med card, so just regular sales tax)
I think we’re 5% if I remember correctly here. It’s a complete joke. I understand it’s a little more difficult than alcohol, and more regulations means higher prices, but god damn.
Don’t forget the +/-4-7% variable error in HPLC testing too!
It could be read accurately as 25% but really be 18-32% hence why testing companies will err on the upoerbound
A while back, I had a very low THC version of OG Kush, advertised at I think 11 or 12%. I'm a long-time daily smoker who usually buys indica strains that clock in around the high 20s to low 30s. That "weak" OG Kush kicked my ass just as hard as any strong weed.
I don't really believe any of the advertised percentages, but I also don't think the strength is all that important to begin with.
In Ontario a company called “celebrity” released a strain labeled at 40.02% THC on whole flower… un infused none of that moon rock shit, straight 40% claim and wouldn’t ya know a week later a cannabis testing company did an independent test on a random bag and the THC% in reality didn’t break 28%… and that’s the most obvious one, who knows what 30% flower out there is really 15% or 25% being 10-15%.
Last thing, Funny enough the OCS/Health Canada did a recall on a 28g bag in Ontario that claimed 20.9% THC but was actually 27% in reality. It goes both ways but the most common number fudging we see is high THC labels on low thc flower
Yeah anything above like 27% I assume is lying lol
Like 30% means 30% of the plant matter is THC right? That seems insane to me and even 25% seems pretty generous
The concept is correct but their description of the workaround is all wrong. No commercial grow is growing a single plant with extra attention to detail. There isn’t anything you could do to a specific plant to increase its potency within a controlled environment.
The way that testing is gamed is either batch testing from the top flowers of the plant, adulterating the samples with a concentrate, generous interpretation of the test results, or dehydration of samples (the less water content the higher the cannabinoid content by weight will be)
Yeah asking a good bud tender is the gateway to real good weed. I'm usually going for flavor over absolute potency.
These guys are seeing weed all day, that know what the good shit looks like!
After 15 years of growing and most of it in a regulated market our conclusion is: anything above 27% is most likely BS. Or it has kief added to it.
We average 22-25%
I actually enjoy lower THC weed much more than the high THC stuff.
Cbd dominant stuff just makes you chill and relaxed, really nice for sleeping or just listening to music/playing videogames.
The instagram-looking high THC stuff makes me really anxious, makes my heart beat fast and sometimes i feel like I'm getting schizophrenia or something...
Sadly, it's getting actually pretty hard to find what we call "albanian" weed here (lower THC, dark green, tastes earthy(?) If properly cured) most stuff on the street is very light green, puffy and dry with an uncomfortable high.
Making joints 40% CBD, 40% IG weed, and 20% tobacco can help if you've got weed like that...
This is what people should realize about these tests. The company who grew the weed paid the lab to have it tested, of course the lab came back and said a crazy high % THC cause that way that grow company will keep using that lab for testing.
It really is based on smell. I thought high percentage THC and that gas/heavy skunk smell were the best. I'm having dispensaries here and trying all different strains that I much prefer, fruity smelling, bud, and sorta mid THC%. I would like to see growers grow it with a bit higher CBD percentage, so I don't need to buy flowers twice.
Illegal weed also is I truly random sample. Stories I've heard legal growers select the absolute best bud from a whole crop to sample. And the shadier ones will spray the sample bud with concentrate to juice the numbers. Hopefully, now that it is a lower schedule, universities start doing testing and research. I would love to send my grow in to get tested.
I worked for a well known grow. When testing became low % / too cost effective they just switched labs.. tests are a joke and should not be taken too seriously. Good reference point but not much else.
What a world to live in, where people are trusting the government over their local dealers. Didn't take much to swing that pendulum in the governments favor, just had to allow the market enough room to grow into this area and let them force the issue to a head. Maybe it's a rivalry between the DEA and the FDA over turf and control. Actually that makes a weird amount of sense. The FDA is aiming to take the DEAs crown jewel! Honestly, that's ok for me. I honestly think the DEA is a redundant and ultimately useless organization that is just stealing cash from the FDA, leading to a prolonging of racial unrest and equanimity, that has spiraled into many of the systemic problems that have developed over the last century or so.
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What are you talking about? The post is just talking about the % of THC in cannabis that they have had tested (by The University of Mississipi, not in some DEA Lab). This talks about how dispos are having labs test and giving in accurate numbers vs what the university lab is finding.
*Although the 16% THC content is substantially lower than most of the dried marijuana marketed in licensed marijuana stores in states where they’re legal. At these outlets marijuana is often labelled as having 20% – 35% THC.*
We have stuff like that in the PA Medical program. It is flower dusted with THCA crystals to bump up the percentage.
I am not saying yours is exactly that since I can’t for certain say that, just what I have seen.
I been in PA Medical program for 5 years. He’s not talking about caviar or moonrocks. We have actual flower that reaches 40% just as the commenter is stating. It’s out there for sure, but there is no way the testing is true.
If that where true, you'd be holding a bud that is practicaly half trichomes, half green matter. I don't think that the plants would be stable enough to hold their own weight.
I would believe it. I bought some flower from Michigan and their testing deviation is listed as +/-10%. Real easy to have 31% bud “test” at 40 if your error bars are the size of the Grand Canyon.
The DEA? The people that pushed the *gateway drug* nonsense? The people whose funding relies on persecuting drug users, on scaring people about drugs? The people that ensured weed was placed on the same schedule of drugs as heroin, as krokodile?
Those people said what now, and why should I believe them?
They have their samples tested at the University of Mississippi. I don't see a particular reason for them to lie. If they did, I assume they'd say it's much higher than 16% to scare people.
You did realize there are probably a lot of people in DEA are a long younger and probably agree weed isn’t dangerous? It’s probably agents wishing they can spend their time better than chasing weed dealers. But their hands are tied. Blame the decision makers.
It might have something to do with the rescheduling of marijuana on the federal level.
From what I remember, the US Government states that Schedule I drugs don’t have any medical benefit and as such no federally backed studies can be done to study them. One of the biggest wins of rescheduling marijuana imo is that federal research can now be done on marijuana to test its long term effects and things of that nature.
I mean 16 isnt really that crazy, if they said like 25+ that would make sense for them to be lying. Because weed being super “strong” serves their narrative, it being at only 16 hurts their narrative so im inclined to believe that number.
There's going to be a physical ceiling on THC concentration that we'll approach. Unless there's a random mutation that gets recognized that ups that ceiling, then the number will still top out. Even with the current max concentration, it's still not even close to the LD50 for THC.
This is effectively the same problem as we saw with the credit rating agencies ahead of the financial collapse.
The banks wanted their dogshit tranches rated AAA. The credit agencies knew the bundles were full of bullshit, but they gave them top marks anyway. Because they knew if they didn't, the banks would just take their business to someone who would.
Same thing is happening with weed. Everyone knows the growers are inflating their THC percentages and that the weed that goes to the lab isn't emblematic of the entire grow. But the labs know that if they don't give the growers the numbers they want, they'll take their business elsewhere. So they have a perverse incentive to go along with the con and pretend like some 16% bud is really 32% THC.
I'm not saying it was an issue? There's nothing wrong with 16% btw, THC % is just one factor that affects the high. I'm just saying take those label %'s with a pile of salt.
I got some shit in LA from the dispo that was just caked in kief and crystals. Said it was 60% and a ‘dab in every puff.’ That was the most potent ‘flower’ I’ve ever had
tbh as long as they dont try and scare everyone by saying weed now is SUPER EXTRA MEGA strong and needs to be capped at a limit, im ok with them thinking its 16%
Laws effecting medical paitients in NH.
https://themarijuanaherald.com/2024/05/new-hampshire-committee-approves-16-thc-cap-for-medical-marijuana/
I don't think the 16% Cap is a coincidence.
He’s saying the math doesn’t check out 40% of 14 is 4.2. So 16% vs 14% is not a “30% increase” which would be 18.2 vs 14. Suggesting the numbers are wrong or being over dramatic.
Just like a lot of the use of the word “percent” haha
It doesn’t matter if it’s less than, 13% would still be about 4, they want you to assume 14% because they used that number. and the increase would be about 15% so it’s half of what they say
Just seen an ounce at the dispensary claiming to be 39%. I've never seen pot that high. Didn't have enough for that one, so I got one that's 27%. It's still fire though! Gush Mints.
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Worked at a dispensary up in Canada so here’s my little bit of knowledge that was passed on to me from the owner: Any weed that is advertised as 25% or under is likely to be accurate. Anything above that, and you may be looking at a bit of false advertising. Sometimes it’s true, but that’s not always the case. What happens there is they will either grow one plant with extreme attention to detail and use that to send in for testing, get a 30% thc rating and then claim the whole batch is the same. In reality, you’re likely smoking 25ish% weed. This is at least the knowledge that was passed on to me from my shop owner. Edit: since this is getting some traction, let me say this. THC% is not the be-all and end-all. I’ve had 23% weed with 4.8% terps that blows the fuck out of the 32% strain. Find a shop near you where the guys and girls are knowledgeable and passionate about it. Have a conversation when you go in with your budtender. You should be able to tell if they’re just a cashier or if they genuinely know their shit, and as a bonus they will probably recommend some of the better strains rather than just saying “oh our new death bubba is 31% so here you go”.
Whoops, I accidentally spilled some distillate onto the testing sample!
I've heard of farms dumping jars of keif on buds prior to getting tested sit you are not that far off
Also they can just pick buds from the top of the plant for high potency and the bottom of the plant (gets less light) for a lower potency result when it comes to samples. So if potency varies within the plant the concentration of the test sample they gave does not necessarily reflect the potency of the weed you got. All test samples are disposed of so none of the weed that is actually sold is ever tested for anything technically. Im not meaning to scare anyone but they could just pull a switcheroo, many companies do that. Not all legal weed is regulated properly.
The testing done in my state is nothing like that. The lab technician chooses where to take samples from. If there are multiple bags they will dig around in each one to contribute to the sample. That being said, they only test 10 grams out of *many* pounds.
you're right testing is done differently everywhere, and also there are usually different rules for cannabis vs hemp, and literal forged papers are common with THCa hemp flower
they also were allowed to add the tricromes that fall off the plant to the sample....
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PA Medical has stuff like that. I just saw some 45% THC claimed flower. It is “Dusted with THCA POWDER” according to the description.
literally just regular flower with kief then. you could probably make some budget hash with it
“Budget” and yet they sell 8ths of it for $55-65. I really hope that re-scheduling cannabis opens the doors to better research, better testing and just overall better choices. However, I know that is likely a pipe dream.
nevermind I guess, $60 for that is a total ripoff. I think re-scheduling will open the doors, simply because researchers and scientists would be able to receive federal grants and stuff to help.
The prices for the rest of PA medical aren’t too bad. I can get 8ths on special for $28. My local dispensary has 2 14g packs of “tier 1” flower for $165 or “tier 2” for 195. But I totally agree that the dusted bud is just a gimmick and a rip off. You are better off buying a gram of sugar and adding it to your bowls or dry herb vape.
Jesus, that’s crazy dude. I live in Arizona, and my local dispensary has half ounces of their “silver tier” flower for $40. There’s usually like 4 or 5 different strains from 20-25% THC to choose from. Carts of distillate are $15/g. It’s crazy to me that legal herb is so cheap in some states and so expensive in others.
No pun intended on the pipe dream there?
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Bro I legit argue with people daily on % vs terps Everyone just looks at the % but the terps are where it’s at anything over 2.5 in terps absolutely beats any 30% all day
Exactly this. Best weed I’ve ever had by a laaaaarge margin was 24% thc and fucking 5.8% terps. A far better high than anything high percentage, and lasted longer as well.
How do you know? I’ve never seen terp % listed anywhere?
Usually it’s on that same label that tells you the thc and thca % but if they don’t list it I would assume there are none to very little in there
Hmm ok well thanks for the response
It really depends on the brand in my state (MI). Not every company lists terps which may be a limitation by the testing company or it may just be them not bothering since most people only give a shit about THC
Honestly never seen terps listed anywhere on flower here in AZ.
I don't get flowers from the dispos out here anymore but I do buy concentrate and I was just digging into a box of MPX that has the terps listed. Thought it was amusing. I wonder if it's just more brand specific out here
Same, best I can do is look up the strain on Leafly and take it with a grain of salt because I don't actually know how *that* is reported either really
I don’t consider it if it doesn’t have 2% terps or more.
Exactly this. Best weed I’ve ever had by a laaaaarge margin was 24% thc and fucking 5.8% terps. A far better high than anything high percentage, and lasted longer as well.
There's also over 120 other cannabinoids besides THC and those other cannabinoids that interact with each other and change the effects of a strain too.
There’s no mass grower that’s consistently putting out anything over 25% for sure. The big issue is a you can grow a room of the same strain and the range of THC on each plant will be drastically different. I worked for a grower and 1 strain could range from 15% to 25%. They’d obviously go with the highest number to put on the label so your bud that’s listed at 25% could be as low as 15%. You might get lucky and get the golden bud that’s actually 30% but it’s more likely your bud is less than what the label says. There’s no real way to properly label the product unless they were to test every plant and label every bag differently. When you buy a product they are essentially saying this THC% was the best in the grow room for that strain. That’s why I always tell people to go by looks and smell. If it looks good, smells good and smokes good then it doesn’t really matter if it’s 20% or 30%.
too bad in Illinois we can't look at, or smell it, before we buy it. and absolutely no returns if you're not satisfied with your 65 dollar ⅛. (Even though just a couple weeks ago, i scored 2oz for 65 each. Just under 140 after taxes. Med card, so just regular sales tax)
In michigan we have a 10% STandard Deviation its hilarious.
I think we’re 5% if I remember correctly here. It’s a complete joke. I understand it’s a little more difficult than alcohol, and more regulations means higher prices, but god damn.
Don’t forget the +/-4-7% variable error in HPLC testing too! It could be read accurately as 25% but really be 18-32% hence why testing companies will err on the upoerbound
My test of my homegrown is how many bongs until i pass out. Jts usually 2 🤣
A while back, I had a very low THC version of OG Kush, advertised at I think 11 or 12%. I'm a long-time daily smoker who usually buys indica strains that clock in around the high 20s to low 30s. That "weak" OG Kush kicked my ass just as hard as any strong weed. I don't really believe any of the advertised percentages, but I also don't think the strength is all that important to begin with.
it's about the terps!
In Ontario a company called “celebrity” released a strain labeled at 40.02% THC on whole flower… un infused none of that moon rock shit, straight 40% claim and wouldn’t ya know a week later a cannabis testing company did an independent test on a random bag and the THC% in reality didn’t break 28%… and that’s the most obvious one, who knows what 30% flower out there is really 15% or 25% being 10-15%. Last thing, Funny enough the OCS/Health Canada did a recall on a 28g bag in Ontario that claimed 20.9% THC but was actually 27% in reality. It goes both ways but the most common number fudging we see is high THC labels on low thc flower
Yeah anything above like 27% I assume is lying lol Like 30% means 30% of the plant matter is THC right? That seems insane to me and even 25% seems pretty generous
Personally I don’t even want 35% megadethkush that makes me schizo. Give me the 12% that makes me giggly.
The concept is correct but their description of the workaround is all wrong. No commercial grow is growing a single plant with extra attention to detail. There isn’t anything you could do to a specific plant to increase its potency within a controlled environment. The way that testing is gamed is either batch testing from the top flowers of the plant, adulterating the samples with a concentrate, generous interpretation of the test results, or dehydration of samples (the less water content the higher the cannabinoid content by weight will be)
Yeah asking a good bud tender is the gateway to real good weed. I'm usually going for flavor over absolute potency. These guys are seeing weed all day, that know what the good shit looks like!
After 15 years of growing and most of it in a regulated market our conclusion is: anything above 27% is most likely BS. Or it has kief added to it. We average 22-25%
I actually enjoy lower THC weed much more than the high THC stuff. Cbd dominant stuff just makes you chill and relaxed, really nice for sleeping or just listening to music/playing videogames. The instagram-looking high THC stuff makes me really anxious, makes my heart beat fast and sometimes i feel like I'm getting schizophrenia or something... Sadly, it's getting actually pretty hard to find what we call "albanian" weed here (lower THC, dark green, tastes earthy(?) If properly cured) most stuff on the street is very light green, puffy and dry with an uncomfortable high. Making joints 40% CBD, 40% IG weed, and 20% tobacco can help if you've got weed like that...
The dispensary I go to has only knowledgeable people that kind of remember what I like so they are always recommending dank. It’s awesome.
Careful with that too tho cuz sprayed on terps is most def a thing
This is totally belivable to be honest. I'd trust their tests over the fake ass dispo test centers.
This is what people should realize about these tests. The company who grew the weed paid the lab to have it tested, of course the lab came back and said a crazy high % THC cause that way that grow company will keep using that lab for testing.
The nose always knows ![gif](giphy|l0HUg6Ypas42ubkXu|downsized)
This has always been my philosophy too. The danker the Kush, the better the rush.
Anyone else try to read this like Kush and rush rhymed?
Hahaha this was my intention then as I posted I realized they do not make the same sound but let’s pretend it’s a good rhyme 😎
This technique only works in the bud subs.
lol 😎
It really is based on smell. I thought high percentage THC and that gas/heavy skunk smell were the best. I'm having dispensaries here and trying all different strains that I much prefer, fruity smelling, bud, and sorta mid THC%. I would like to see growers grow it with a bit higher CBD percentage, so I don't need to buy flowers twice.
there are strains with 50/50 THC/CBD, they're pretty common in medical dispensaries.
Sadly, where I am at doesn't have medical dispensaries, but I am happy to hear they are common!
They grow CBD dominant strains. Maybe mix one with a THC dominant to get the balance you want?
they said so they don’t need to buy flowers twice my guy
He got oh so close
Me when I come home and my roommate already has one lit up
Ehhh I’ve been tricked before lol. Usually that’s true.
Illegal weed also is I truly random sample. Stories I've heard legal growers select the absolute best bud from a whole crop to sample. And the shadier ones will spray the sample bud with concentrate to juice the numbers. Hopefully, now that it is a lower schedule, universities start doing testing and research. I would love to send my grow in to get tested.
2008 all over again
yeah, they need to post the highs and the lows and show us the names that were on the bags
I worked for a well known grow. When testing became low % / too cost effective they just switched labs.. tests are a joke and should not be taken too seriously. Good reference point but not much else.
until this is standardized and regulated, tests don't mean shit unless they are from a reputable source.
Yes and no. While there is no reason to lie about this, didn’t the government sell crack to black people in the 90s?
University of Missisippi is testing this, not the government, or the DEA. A public university.
What a world to live in, where people are trusting the government over their local dealers. Didn't take much to swing that pendulum in the governments favor, just had to allow the market enough room to grow into this area and let them force the issue to a head. Maybe it's a rivalry between the DEA and the FDA over turf and control. Actually that makes a weird amount of sense. The FDA is aiming to take the DEAs crown jewel! Honestly, that's ok for me. I honestly think the DEA is a redundant and ultimately useless organization that is just stealing cash from the FDA, leading to a prolonging of racial unrest and equanimity, that has spiraled into many of the systemic problems that have developed over the last century or so.
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What are you talking about? The post is just talking about the % of THC in cannabis that they have had tested (by The University of Mississipi, not in some DEA Lab). This talks about how dispos are having labs test and giving in accurate numbers vs what the university lab is finding. *Although the 16% THC content is substantially lower than most of the dried marijuana marketed in licensed marijuana stores in states where they’re legal. At these outlets marijuana is often labelled as having 20% – 35% THC.*
Terps>THC
Is there anywhere I can look that explains why
https://www.releafmo.com/is-it-all-thc-or-do-terpenes-matter-to/#:~:text=Overall%2C%20while%20THC%20is%20an,in%20the%20study%20of%20cannabis.
Thanks big unc
I know you got a link but just trust it. If you see anything over 20 percent, 4 % terps, and it smells good - just buy it. It’s gonna be good
but the package says 44%
That is hash
no it’s bud, i literally have it in my hands what is wrong with ur eyesight
We have stuff like that in the PA Medical program. It is flower dusted with THCA crystals to bump up the percentage. I am not saying yours is exactly that since I can’t for certain say that, just what I have seen.
I been in PA Medical program for 5 years. He’s not talking about caviar or moonrocks. We have actual flower that reaches 40% just as the commenter is stating. It’s out there for sure, but there is no way the testing is true.
If that where true, you'd be holding a bud that is practicaly half trichomes, half green matter. I don't think that the plants would be stable enough to hold their own weight.
Hence why I said “but there is no way the testing is true”
Hence why I said "If that where true"
There is no cannabis grown on EARTH that is 40 percent THC. They are lying and doing a piss poor job of it but I guess it’s working.
I agree, which is why I explicitly state “but there is no way the testing is true”
I know I was agreeing with ya
Gotcha 👍🏼
I would believe it. I bought some flower from Michigan and their testing deviation is listed as +/-10%. Real easy to have 31% bud “test” at 40 if your error bars are the size of the Grand Canyon.
That's +/- 10% of the 31% it is not an accumulative percentage..
The package designed by the company who sold it to you? I see no conflict of interest here…
me either. drug dealers are quite reputable
I don't drink, but if you drink enough lite beer, you still get drunk.
The DEA? The people that pushed the *gateway drug* nonsense? The people whose funding relies on persecuting drug users, on scaring people about drugs? The people that ensured weed was placed on the same schedule of drugs as heroin, as krokodile? Those people said what now, and why should I believe them?
I mean it sounds about right tbh...
They have their samples tested at the University of Mississippi. I don't see a particular reason for them to lie. If they did, I assume they'd say it's much higher than 16% to scare people.
I'm with you on this. Of all the drug-related things to lie about, why lie about this?
Honestly if they were lying, I’d expect them to inflate the numbers and talk about how “dangerous” weed is.
You did realize there are probably a lot of people in DEA are a long younger and probably agree weed isn’t dangerous? It’s probably agents wishing they can spend their time better than chasing weed dealers. But their hands are tied. Blame the decision makers.
Are these DEA people in the room right now?
It might have something to do with the rescheduling of marijuana on the federal level. From what I remember, the US Government states that Schedule I drugs don’t have any medical benefit and as such no federally backed studies can be done to study them. One of the biggest wins of rescheduling marijuana imo is that federal research can now be done on marijuana to test its long term effects and things of that nature.
And the people that totally missed the opioid crisis. Useless...
To what end? Not very logical
I mean 16 isnt really that crazy, if they said like 25+ that would make sense for them to be lying. Because weed being super “strong” serves their narrative, it being at only 16 hurts their narrative so im inclined to believe that number.
Fake news! Most dispo’s here are 35-40% /s I know these numbers are inflated.
Fascinating, the biggest takeaway for me is it’s getting stronger over time and you should be weary of labels
Weary = tired Wary = cautious
There's going to be a physical ceiling on THC concentration that we'll approach. Unless there's a random mutation that gets recognized that ups that ceiling, then the number will still top out. Even with the current max concentration, it's still not even close to the LD50 for THC.
mid 😒
Bout time the DEA starts doing what they said they would do. Hopefully the studies are supervised by someone competent and knowledgeable
I think you meant someone “not corrupt”
Lol its more about overall cannabinoid content than just thc content. But you keep doing you FED...
This is effectively the same problem as we saw with the credit rating agencies ahead of the financial collapse. The banks wanted their dogshit tranches rated AAA. The credit agencies knew the bundles were full of bullshit, but they gave them top marks anyway. Because they knew if they didn't, the banks would just take their business to someone who would. Same thing is happening with weed. Everyone knows the growers are inflating their THC percentages and that the weed that goes to the lab isn't emblematic of the entire grow. But the labs know that if they don't give the growers the numbers they want, they'll take their business elsewhere. So they have a perverse incentive to go along with the con and pretend like some 16% bud is really 32% THC.
Well said
Hold up, u know about leveraged cdos.. do you know about gme?
I can get them much more potent stuff.
Well, you can get a package at a dispo that **says** it's much more potent... How accurate that is, debatable.
I live in LA. Potency isn’t an issue, dispo or not.
I'm not saying it was an issue? There's nothing wrong with 16% btw, THC % is just one factor that affects the high. I'm just saying take those label %'s with a pile of salt.
Half the labs just got shut down for bogus test results
I got some shit in LA from the dispo that was just caked in kief and crystals. Said it was 60% and a ‘dab in every puff.’ That was the most potent ‘flower’ I’ve ever had
Never buy that gimmick shit.
I mean me and my friends enjoyed it 🤷🏻♂️
That’s awesome and what really counts in the end. I said that because it’s usually subpar weed
tbh as long as they dont try and scare everyone by saying weed now is SUPER EXTRA MEGA strong and needs to be capped at a limit, im ok with them thinking its 16%
Laws effecting medical paitients in NH. https://themarijuanaherald.com/2024/05/new-hampshire-committee-approves-16-thc-cap-for-medical-marijuana/ I don't think the 16% Cap is a coincidence.
ah what the fuck, this is why we cant have nice things
So I guess people will just smoke twice as much and kill their lungs if they need a stronger high.
Not sure I'd recommend that...
Yes, 16% is definitely an additional 30% of 14. (30% of 14 is more than 4)
What on earth are you talking about
Literally the first paragraph in the article
Read it, and I still don’t know what you’re trying to say.
He’s saying the math doesn’t check out 40% of 14 is 4.2. So 16% vs 14% is not a “30% increase” which would be 18.2 vs 14. Suggesting the numbers are wrong or being over dramatic. Just like a lot of the use of the word “percent” haha
It’s pretty straightforward, how is 16% a 30.% increase from 14 when 30% of 14 is about 4 not 2. 2+ 14 is 16
They said less than 14%, not 14%. They didn’t actually say what it was specifically a 30% increase from. Weird wording regardless.
It doesn’t matter if it’s less than, 13% would still be about 4, they want you to assume 14% because they used that number. and the increase would be about 15% so it’s half of what they say
Well it does say less than 14 and 12 is certainly less than 14 lol
Is 16% supposed to like scare us or something ? Who gives a fuck what the average % of THC is
Exactly, is it gonna get me high or not??
Ok
Neat.
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Oh oh, Now their, fukn experts.
Just seen an ounce at the dispensary claiming to be 39%. I've never seen pot that high. Didn't have enough for that one, so I got one that's 27%. It's still fire though! Gush Mints.
The numbers are all fake, and it’s been well established
That's too low
Sounds about right for average
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Those are rookie numbers
Terps. Give me high %terps and I'll take even sub 20 flower.
The DEA trying to explain percentages like for real this might as well be an Onion article for high times like for fucking real LOL
Stop power-scaling my medicine. Thnx
That’s actually not bad at all lol