Is Pot Becoming More Potent?
November 24th, 2008 by Perry
Looking purely at the potency of government-seized marijuana over the years, a 2008 study recently looked at the percentage of THC, marijuana’s active ingredient, prevalent in the drug.
The results show an effect less dramatic than you might suspect, but the discussion underneath the article identifies several relative points to remember, not the least of which is the influence of law enforcement on the grow industry.
Since the first legalization 12 years ago in California, the potency of seized cannabis more than doubled, after staying relatively close to four percent for nearly 20 years.
DrugMonkey does an excellent job of mapping data points and correlating them with the looseness of official anti-drug messages – the article is a bit long, but definitely worth the read. Also, DM has a deep look into the efficacy of the war on drugs.
