Marijuana Addiction Is Real. Those Struggling Often Face Skepticism

Re:Marijuana Addiction Is Real. Those Struggling Often Face ... by hn_throwaway_99 on Monday July 31, 2023 @06:19PM (#36949655)

I guess the thing that surprised.me is that I thought the majority of THC in "normal" marijuana was in the form of THCA anyway.

I remember reading an article years ago (well before 2018) that basically said "to make the THC in marijuana available in a way that gives pleasurable effects, it must first be decarboxylated, which is why it needs to be heated before being consumed." So from that I thought that most of the stuff that was sold as weed (again, pre 2018) was in the form of THCA anyway.

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Re:Marijuana Addiction Is Real. Those Struggling Often Face ... by tonyarkles on Monday July 31, 2023 @06:49PM (#36949925)

Yeah, having a look at a random bag of legal Canadian weed here, it shows:

- THC 3.1mg/g

- THC Total 229.6 mg/g

- CBD 0 mg/g

- CBD Total: 0.8mg/g

So yeah, I guess if you were to eat the whole bag raw you might get a bit of a buzz from it (1/8oz / 3.5g bag ~= 10mg before decarb)

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