Several months back, when I told my sister that one of the reasons I’m planning on moving out of South Carolina is because where I’m moving to (Puerto Rico) has a medical weed program that I’m eligible for since I have Autism and ADHD, she told me that medical weed was laced with fentanyl.

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    I was taught by a police officer in grade 4 that if you try weed, even just once, you will never be happy again. If you score a goal in soccer, you won’t feel good about it. If you do well on a test, you won’t be happy. They straight up told us that weed floods your happiness receptors and burns them all out, leaving you to never feel happy again.

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    Many years ago at a wedding reception someone brought a plate of magic brownies. They were clearly marked, everyone knew what they were.

    An elderly relative who had never smoked in her life got into them. Before she started she was warned what they were. Nobody wanted to be the person who fed straight-laced grandma the weed, right?

    She said, “It’s okay, I don’t do drugs so they won’t affect me.”

    I don’t know what she thought doing drugs looked like, but boy howdy did she learn

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    Some ignorant pastor was raising a fuss about how weed has gotten so much stronger (and thus more dangerous) over the years. Which may be true, to an extent, but his evidence was that pot in the 70s had at most 20% THC, but today’s vapes are close to 90% THC.

    Vapes are concentrated. 1g of vape can last for weeks, while 1g of flower is a good start to the afternoon.

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      It do be strong as fuck tho.

      Even flower is more potent than it was in the 70’s. It’s been widely cultivated specifically for higher THC. I remember when someone bred a 30% THC concentration strain was a big deal when I was still subscribed to High Times in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. Now 35% THC is pretty common in cheap weed at a dispensary.

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        35%? For real? I never see anything higher than 22%ish.

        I have heard of some places fudging the numbers because a lot of people just buy whatever has the highest THC%.

        I’m sure it is getting stronger, because when there’s money to be made, nature, it, uh, finds a way.

        But this pastor was talking like a first timer could die by hitting a 90% vape. Total nonsense.

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      It’s also been bred to be waaay stronger over the last couple decades. I see a fair amount of weed-induced psychosis rolling through inpatient, or at the very least weed-exacerbated psychosis. Way worse than the psychosis is the hyper-emesis syndrome. One of the characteristic symptoms is “scromiting” (Scream-Vomiting).

      It’s better for you than alcohol. That’s not a high bar. A light mauling from a black bear is also better for you than alcohol. It’s waaay better for you than cigarettes but also most brain cancer starts out as lung cancer and I’ll let you follow the rest of that on your own. Most of my substance abuse patients who are hooked on shit like fentanyl and meth also tell me that nicotine is the hardest drug to quit.

      Weed’s not the worst. It’s still drugs though.

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    That tribes in Africa smoke it before a battle because it causes psychosis. My dad used to smoke weed, so you’d think his own experience would have had him think twice about that one. But no, he’s just a fucking idiot.

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    I’ve heard a ton of dumb things about growing it. Everything from Epsom salts to birth control pills and classical music.

    Turns out it actually grows like a weed as long as it gets plenty of sunlight, good quality soil, water, and fertilizer. The only real gotcha is that you need to identify and remove male plants before they release a bunch of pollen.

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    PR’s medical program is kinda shit. Good products but weird rules…

    But to answer your question, the gateway drug thing… or all those movies with reefer madness