And also the fact that THC's brain receptors don't react in an exactly linear way.
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Quote Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
i disagree with nothing said except for this... it may take more, but if you consume just as much active ingredient from the shitty weed, that you do from good weed, you'd be just as high, quality has shit to do with thc/blood content level... therefore this can be nothing else but false. and before anyone says that i'm wrong tell me how the quality of the bud, can possibly have any outcome on the thc/blood content level. it's still the same plant, it's still the same chemicals (couldn't think of a better word, 4 in the morning and about to sleep) in both, they can both get you just as high, the only question is how much it would take.
CBA, CBC, CBD, CBN, and other active and even non-active chemicals affect the end experience by both interfering with THC's absorption and attenuating its high with more sedative effects. Also, since no method of extraction is perfect, any end product will still be somewhat affected by the properties of what you start with.

To use the imperfect comparison of alcohol - beer, wine and liquor will have different effects even given the same mean percentage of alcohol consumed. They'll all get you just as drunk, but a different kind of drunk, because of the other active and inactive chemicals consumed.

However, timing also plays a major factor. The quicker the drinking, the more intense the drunk. And the smaller bulk of liquor gives it a big advantage over beer, although most beer drinkers can certainly compensate if they wish. But say the beer drinker had to have a glass of water and/or eat a plate of food with each beer, while the liquor drinker could just do shot after shot. The food and water handicapped beer drinker could never get as drunk as the pure liquor drinker.

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Of course, alcohol and THC are different, because alcohol depresses the Central Nervous System directly, while THC has it's own receptors in the brain. The cumulative effect of THC is therefore different and doesn't translate as well to a percentage in the blood. Quantity and timing of the exposure of the receptors apparently affects the reaction of other receptors as they are exposed. In fact, after a certain point, the receptors will no longer react to continued exposure, thus why marijuana will only get you so high in general and perhaps somewhat explains the ceiling effect in specific as well.

Marijuana works in complex and mysterious ways.

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At any rate, the ceiling effect, an excellent term btw, is most certainly true.

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Sinsemilla Jones Reviewed by Sinsemilla Jones on . good vs. shitty weed What's the big deal in the difference of the quality of weed? If you have crappy weed, just smoke more and more and get as high as you want. Or does better-quality pot give an inherently better high? If so, how? Rating: 5