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By The Associated Press

A new study says marijuana potency has increased to its highest level in more than 30 years! Pot Reaches New High

Published: Thu, June 12, 2008 - 9:20 am Last Updated: Thu, June 12, 2008 - 9:52 am

WASHINGTON (AP) - Marijuana isn't what it used to be. It's way
more than before.
A White House report says pot potency increased last year to the
highest level in more than 30 years, thanks to more sophisticated
growing techniques. The report says that means greater health risks
to people who may view the drug as harmless. It also increases the
potential for dependence on stronger drugs such as cocaine and
heroin.
The main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana is THC. And since
1983, the percentage of THC has more than doubled from four percent
to nine-point-six percent. The analysis from the University of
Mississippi used samples seized by law enforcement.
But a professor at State University of New York at Albany
disputes the added danger factor. He says marijuana users generally
adjust to the level of potency by inhaling less. The professor
serves as an advisor to pro-marijuana activists.

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barefootangel Says:

Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 4:31 pm

Carl, I am so sorry about your son. I know the heart ache of the loss of a child. My daughter, the light of my life, was killed in a car wreck 99 days before her 17th birthday, two weeks before Mother’s Day. I have three sons, 5 grandsons, but my heart aches still for my daughter. (all my children light up my life)

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carl Says:

Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 4:30 pm

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carl Says:

Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 4:23 pm

when you finish typeing end it with what ever needed such as a period or question mark then(:roll:).

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barefootangel Says:

Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 4:23 pm

When I left the hospital, the doctor told me there was no medical reason I was alive, I told him Someone wanted me alive. I was a normal person before, now I have have pain so bad that if I owned a gun I would blow my brains out, I have seizures, but I was there when my last three grandson were born and on good days I thank God that I don’t own a gun. My sons got me this laptop cause I don’t get out. I make quilts. Slowly but they get made. I have a good life, guess it beats being dead, would’ve missed a lot!

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rosepetal Says:

Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 4:20 pm

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carl Says:

Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 4:19 pm

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rosepetal Says:

Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 4:18 pm

carl, i am so sorry, the loss of a child is the biggest heart break. i will never learn how to do what you just said to do for a smiley face i will just have to type smiley face.

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carl Says:

Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 4:18 pm

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carl Says:

Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 4:17 pm

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carl Says:

Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 4:14 pm

That’s what my youngest son died of.I have a limited knowledge of the smiley faces but I know how to use the smiling one. After you finish and end. try holding the shift key down and hit the colon then release and hit the short dash,then hold the shift key again and hit the right hand parenthesis. then post. there are more.

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