U.S. marijuana even stronger than before: report

Source: REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The marijuana being sold across the United States is stronger than ever, which could explain a growing number of medical emergencies that involve the drug, government drug experts on Wednesday.

Analysis of seized samples of marijuana and hashish showed that more of the cannabis on the market is of the strongest grade, the White House and National Institute for Drug Abuse said.

They cited data from the University of Mississippi's Marijuana Potency Project showing the average levels of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, in the products rose from 7 percent in 2003 to 8.5 percent in 2006.

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"It's really not the same type of marijuana," Volkow said in a telephone interview.

"This could explain why there has been an increase in the number of medical emergencies involving marijuana."

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Now look at the googling of the phrase 'medical emergencies involving marijuana':

http://www.google.com/search?q=medical+emergencies+involving+marijuana&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

Obviously this laughably flimsy argument has been tried in the past. The term actually refers to people who list mj as one of their recently used drugs upon filling out a form in an emergency room. It in NO WAY correlates to the mj actually causing the medical emergency.

Oh, and I now want to move to Oregon.

that medical emergencies involving marijuana on the increase is a bald face lie. Unless of course they've gone to the hospital for a belly ache cause they got the munchies and ate too much.

Granted i'm a lightweight, but I got so stoned a couple of times that I just laid on the floor puking I was so dizzy. I wouldn't necessarily call it a medical emergency, but it was worse than a belly ache.

Honestly, I blame Nascar. I smoked some really powerful stuff and my friend had nascar on, and next thing I know the centrifiugal force pulled me out of the chair onto the floor and I was so dizzy I started vomiting after I had crawled to the bathroom.

cause that will do it every time.

It was just insanely powerfull stuff. Everyone there except the guy who supplied it and was a total pothead were floored by it. Me literally. One of the last times I smoked. Just made me not want to touch it anymore.

I don't know why, but it ALWAYS made me sick if I mixed it like that.

Damn. If I wasn't stoned I could remember it...<g>

There is a name for that kind of nausea. I found that out when I started playing virtual first person shooter type video games and it always made me ill. I would puke my guts out. My doctor told me the name...damn.. For some people, just watching motion can bring on motion sickness. It also tends to be familial. I wish I could remember what it's called. She told me if the games were worth it, just keep playing and the nausea would go away...and it did. It took a while but I can now play my games without getting ill.
Lee

My friend fell off the balcony, only a three foot drop, but we almost died laughing at him. He wanted to go to the hospital, but the word "ambulance" was so funny we all just giggled until he forgot all about it.

or was your friend seriously injured falling 3 feet?

NT!

:)

Some people (unlike us) might be confused, thus the clarification.

:)

Complete bullshit propaganda. You want to go after a harmful substance that really IS destroying communities? Then focus on (the very unnatural) meth. But leave the herb alone.

Just sayin...booze kills alot more people.

:rofl: "Doctor, I tripped and hit my head in my rush to get the refrigerator open!"

research, right?

:smoke: :crazy: :rofl:

I'm not entirely sure, but is that even possible? I've seen nearly pure THC in the form of kif, it seemed just like a sticky, milky white, crystalline material. I find it hard to imagine bud consisting of 1/3rd that stuff. Then again, if that is true, someone has developed one hell of a strand.

where can we find this stuff?

The only way marijuana is more dangerous is if it is cut with bad drugs.
In my many years of nursing--I have NEVER seen anyone come in with marijuana toxicity, overdose, or anything else.

math is NOT all there is, folks

Like a tummy ache from eating too many cookies? Or maybe a 7-8 hour period of unconsciousness followed by a strong desire for a cup of coffee? :donut:
Emergency room staff must be OVERWHELMED by this crisis! :rofl:

Good grass now is the same as good grass in 1977.

Wish these idiots would focus on alcohol abuse, and leave us be.

I wouldn't doubt it if the THC level in bud has increased over the years. With all the new growing techniques and all the time and money invested in proper genetics, I would hope that it would increase. However, what I have yet to hear is why that's a bad thing. People self-titrate with marijuana, so they'll smoke as much as they'd like to get as high as they'd like. If they're smoking more potent bud, that simply means they're smoking less so are inhaling less vegetative matter, and that's a good thing no matter who you ask. So why is stronger bud a bad thing?

I see this all the time in kids who grew up in the 80's with Nancy Regan on their shoulder.



Also, The article is claiming the Hashish is becoming more powerful?

What total bullshit. In India and Morocco, Hashish hasn't changed potency in several generations. Maybe it hasn't gotten more powerful since before the 1800's. All that is happening is that hash is being made properly in America with the silkscreen method and not the improper way of boiling down stems in alcohol.


As for Street pot? Yes that is becoming more powerful, but users also use less and pay MUCH more for good stuff.

In other words the buzz per dollar has not changed and the only thing affected is that pot smokers' lungs aren't exposed to as much toxic smoke.

Or are we talking about the ones involved in selling drugs to fund secret wars around the world? Or the ones who do a bunch a drugs and then talk about how bad drug abuse is?

Fucking lie.

Baldface lie.

Sack of crap lie.

Straight-up lie.

Right Wing lie.

Piece of Junk lie.


Lielielielielielie...

Lee

Total fucking fabrication. What medical emergencies? Marijuana has been shown to medically safe and beneficial by quite a number of recently-released studies.

STOP LYING, ASSHOLES!

and it continues to have no known toxicity.

As usual the major risks identified with the use of this particular illegal drug are all the direct consequences of incarceration. Most other illegal drugs are exactly the same, although some of them add in dosage irregularities and impurity poisonings to incarceration.

...a better mood.
...a sane outlook.
...a bit of happiness.
...some fun.
...a nice time.
...relaxation.
...inspiration.
...attitude adjustment.

...and who would want that?
Lee *lighting her pipe as she posts*

I'm shocked-- SHOCKED!

and must be kept going at all costs. Also it allows the Goodly Government to make criminals out of a large segment of society. Because all land and people inside the US belong to the Federal.

You here at DU better begin to understand that fact.

:hippie:

And... will they accept resumes written on, um, really small thin paper?

THC.

Wouldn't it be better if people could buy pure THC if it were available? After all, that's why people smoke bud, right? If people got to smoke pure THC, they would need to smoke an very small amount, and they wouldn't need to worry about all the tar associated with smoking vegetative matter. If the government regulated THC content, that would just lead to people smoking massive amounts of 1-3% THC bud. That hardly seems like a good thing.

where can I score some of this super bud??

:smoke: :hippie:

;)