As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick

Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by DiggyJohnson on Friday June 24, 2022 @02:39PM (#31867398)

As a heavy stoner in the midst of a quit, I'm very surprised by the numbers you gave. I would characterize 1.5-3g as "heavy smoker", 1/8 oz/day as extremely heavy smoker, and 1/4 oz/day as unbelievable.

To put it in monetary terms (error +/-50%) this is about $20/$40/$80 / day, respectfully.

I don't intend to change your opinion on this, just sharing my perspective.

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Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by civilitty on Friday June 24, 2022 @05:30PM (#31869591)

I think you're just out of your league ;)

I'm also surprised you think 1/4 oz a day is unbelievable. A smoker with a 2 pack a day habit can easily smoke through a 1/4 oz by just replacing half a 0.5g cigarette with cannabis (40 cigs x 0.5 gram => 10g cannabis + 10g tobacco). When I was using concentrates heavily and pressing my own rosin, I was easily using up to an ounce of flower on my worst days (with 15-25% yields by mass).

It's definitely a very fuzzy and subjective scale. Personal experience plays a big part and I suspect heavy smokers anchor around their most common daily average - I suspect you smoked 1.5-3g a day?

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Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by DiggyJohnson on Saturday June 25, 2022 @11:20AM (#31875955)

I smoked more than 3g a day, thats why I’m making these comments.

I don’t really appreciate the outta my league comment, but I’ll take it as a joke. I just am surprised to see these numbers normalized in a discussion. I think we’re just using different definitions. All good,

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