Teens have access to vastly more potent cannabis than their parents had at their age. Parents need to understand the risks, including psychosis

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    I said it should be tested and labeled properly so consumers can make their own decisions. The article sucks, it’s not “verifiable fact”. Hit me with those peer reviewed studies in a journal worth a shit if it’s such a fact.

    You can’t prevent people from growing it themselves at home no, but selling high grade over the counter? Heeeell no. Not in my country.

    You want people who would like to use strong cannabis have to go to the black market instead of buying something tested and labeled over the counter and making an informed decision.

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      Are you in full honest making the argument equivalent to “people should only drink beer and wine. Even imagining spirits is equivalent to jumping off a bridge”?

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            Allow me to hit back. No. But by that token pure ethanol that can make you go blind should also be sold over the counter, right?

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              Isn’t it most places? You can always drink some gasoline if you’re into that.

              Trying to restrict stuff by law and trying to enforce it with police breaking into people’s homes and frisking them on the street and highway has proven to not achieve anything for many years now.

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                Why are you people so bad at reading, or are you just trying to misdirect?

                You either missed the point entirely - or you’re trying to ignore it. But that’s why we use simple language and conveyance to dismiss such tomfoolery.

                Pure ethanol… right? Pure ethanol is illegal to sell as a beverage. With me so far? But ethanol… is the effective ingredient in alcohol. Understood? Good.

                You keeping a bottle and drinking it… is not the same as distributing it as a beverage in say a store, a bar, your grandma’s house, etc… Yes? We can’t make it illegal for you - that’s you in your private home - to destroy your body by drinking it yourself. Agreed?

                But… if you then… go give that bottle to someone without informing them “hey bro, this is pure ethanol - this shit’ll burn your cornia”, and by neglecting to do so, they go blind when drinking it? That’s what we call wilful negligence - in legal speak.

                If you do that, then you deserve time in prison for wilful negligence and causing bodily harm to someone. Right?

                Or… are you some sort of psychopath? Or perhaps a libertarian? I’m a socialist libertarian, so let me know if you need to learn something about why law is still important and why causing harm to others - be it intentional or not - should be illegal. Here’s a hint: we still need licenses for running major industrial machinery for a reason.

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      They could grow it themselves and not distribute it without telling people what it contained…

      This is why high grade is bad, because it impedes ones reading retention - apparently.

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        Do you realize how complex proper sampling is, or expensive the testing is? Ideally you’re also going to be looking for bacterial and fungal growth as well. I see no reason that high potency cannabis - also the most efficient in terms of energy for light/cooling, water usage, fertilizer usage per quantity THC - shouldn’t be commercially available, tested to pharmaceutical standards, and regulated to permit users to make responsible decisions.

        Arguing for low potency cannabis is forcing others to be wasteful because you can’t regulate your own consumption. I don’t get absolutely stupid with strong weed or extracts, it’s just nice to not have to smoke an entire gram joint before bed. A few hits is all I need.

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          Grow… it… yourself… but do not distribute WITHOUT… informing… of THC content…

          Got that, cookie? Does it enter into your skull? Do you understand why? Of course not.

          Do you ignore the article because it doesn’t suit your agenda? Yes. Are you a licensed neurologist? No. Are you a licensed therapist? No. Do you understand why it’s a problem? No. Do you care? No. Are you a selfish little goblin? Yes…