The increased THC concentration compared to other psychoactive chemicals seems to produce more paranoia and other negative effects in some people, so it's not just a strength issue. The effect is different if the proportion of THC to CBD increases.

It's also easier to get more THC than you intended if you're consuming stronger stuff.

> Should liquor be outlawed because it is stronger than beer?

If spirits are legal then people should at least have the choice of drinking beer.

Better to have a much wider variety of potencies available, like we have with alcohol. Especially for the casual users who have been ignored by the market because traditional dealers get most of their money from heavy users, and heavy users want the chronic.

I've sometimes wondered if legalizing and/or regulating edibles and smoked products separately should be done with THC. No one expects alcohol and tobacco to follow the same rules. It could prevent some issues for casual users.

To be fair, in regions that have legalized it the dispensaries seem to have voluntarily organized around the idea naturally anyway: dispensaries I've been to generally are good at explaining the relative safety of edibles to potential casual users and edibles seem to make up a larger portion of their business in general.

Use a good vaporizer or a cheap glass pipe.

"Use a good vaporizer or a cheap glass pipe."

You do realize that a lot of people don't really know how to use those devices, right?

Why anyone would argue against more variety of weed with better labelling is way beyond my comprehension.

It does not take a rocket scientists to use those devices, but if the average people is really that dumb, then we should seriously take control of their lives if we want them to be contributing to society (because that's what seems to matter the most, right?).

Plus I doubt that many, THAT dumb people who have not touched weed would start doing it out of nowhere.

You: HELL NO

WTF, really?

Not that it matters, recreational stores solve this problem entirely.

I am in agreement with that. If they voluntarily pick the higher potency for their first time, let them experience how shitty it can be.

Also to people with higher tolerance a joint IS like a beer. THC tolerance builds slowly but lasts a very long time unlike alcohol (anecdotally).

Can you imagine how many problems would be solved if people could stop after 1? But you are fighting evolution, and the compulsion for more is extremely strong in myriad areas.

And for what it’s worth, you can’t get Everclear in my state.