Sorry, I can't figure out how to PM. I don't know why the old thread was closed anyway..
This is a continuation from What is meant by "commercial" weed?
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Originally Posted by redtails
If it's not worth it to you, then don't buy it. Obviously you're a rec user, because regs won't treat anything except maybe lack of appetite and insomnia.
Honestly, this isn't about me. I just can't tolerate the exploitation that capitalism is founded on, and exploitation is beyond out of control in the commercial cannabis business. Not only that, but the naive customers go and spread their ignorance and perpetuate the problem (given that my argument is correct).
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No, I don't agree. It may have been 10% when it was fresh down in Mexico or wherever it came from, but when it comes to you it's more like 3-5% at BEST because of fillers like leaves, sticks, seeds, etc. and severe damage to the trichs from compression, handling, and improper storage techniques. The percentage as I understand it refers to amount of THC in the weed by weight, and heat, light, and oxygen quickly degrade the THC into CBN and other non-psychoactive cannabinoids.
Would you mind citing any sources about the amount of THC in average commercial cannabis post-distribution?
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It's all in the cannabinoid ratios, not sheer percentage of THC alone that dictates type of high and duration. Hence the reason there's thousands of strains all with different effects.
I understand the ratios will affect the type of high, but the duration shouldn't be able to differ as much as RelaxaBIT claimed (15 minutes vs an hour or more). Always correct me if I'm wrong, please.
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Talking never proves anything, you need to set up a blind or double blind trial to prove it. Roll 2 joints, one with chronic and one with dirt weed, mark them and give them to a friend who doesn't smoke much or at all. Tell him to smoke them and rate it based on whatever criteria you want, then see for yourself if he can tell.
If I had the resources to do that, I wouldn't hesitate :). I think I would need to be under the direction of a reputable scientist to give the study any credibility in the eyes of my target audience, unfortunately, as can be seen by the stubbornness of RelaxaBit. And I know talking doesn't prove anything, which is why my arguments are based purely on logic. The placebo effect is powerful enough to convince a novice smoker that he/she is high off of lettuce, that a clubber is rolling off adderall, that a naive customer is tripping from his/her stash that's "laced with LSD;" it's definitely powerful enough to convince a believer that he/she is several times higher off nug than commercial.
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Well let's see, $20 a 1/4 for crap weed (average here for Mexi-brick), and $80-100 a 1/4 for some good nug...See where he got the 75%? I'm sure he meant 4x as much. Quantity dictates price-breaks and difference all depends on how much you buy of each. A pound of Mex is like $400-550 in my area as opposed to $1200 for the kind. On the other hand a gram is more like $2-5 & $20-25. So good weed being 3-10x more expensive, you're assuming the higher end of the spectrum.
I actually just assumed 10x was about average. 10:1 is the ratio where I live, so surely it is more expensive somewhere else.
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I do agree that the prices are way inflated, so grow your own and you'll be spending the same amount on an oz of your own as you would be on buying shwag, assuming you have some skill and know what's necessary to get and what's not in regards to equipment & nutrients & all.
Again, it's not about me ^^; I think growing, smoking, and sharing my own would be infinitely more rewarding than buying from a dealer. Greedy dealers just make me sick when I hang out with them and listen to how bad they rip off their unsuspecting customers. I don't think all dealers are like that. The ones that aren't are certainly just as ignorant as their customers. (As in, they don't realize how bad they're ripping everyone off.)
