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Legal cannabis labels inflate THC potency contained in products, executives say (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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[–] 57 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Love how legalization just has resulted in yet another field for capitalists to lie about their products...

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't remember a weed dealer not lying about how strong their weed is though, I'd say business as usual

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    The cannabis industry, legal or otherwise, has always been full of lies and pseudoscience. If it's not the big business capitalists, it was the small time dealer capitalists.

    When asking for suggestions, budtenders still ask me if I want Indica or Sativa. I always answer, "it doesn't matter." They should know it doesn't matter and not be pushing decades-old debunked info.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    We, black market edible producers, categorize our caramels by what they are used for. Our customers then name them. Our big ones right now are Nite Nites and Laffy Taffy. I call them sleepy caramels and party caramels. I ask how much people weigh and how experienced they are and tell them how much I weigh and how much I take then suggest a starting dose and tell them how adjust the dose until they find the right amount for them.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I worked as a budtender and once I learned the truth I tried to share it with customers, but they don't care. For some reason, 'sativa v indica' is easier than "How much thc will get me high". Instead I inquired to their tastes and offered... local first 😎 fuck the Californian goons.

    I was also only allowed to share my mind at this one place I worked because they don't give a shit to a different extent. I worked at another company called Inspired and they actively wanted me to peddle product customers didn't want 🤷 only sales numbers mattered.

    Cannabis industry sucks. Not to mention minimum wage, so don't actually expect much from them.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wait differences in effects between those two strains has been debunked? I had no idea. Time to look up research on it

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nah its more mismanaged, an 'indica' strain might not be indica at all.

    Its like a bunch of stoners trying to guess what breed a dog is without knowing what a dog is tbh

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    The "Indica = sleepy/couch-locked; Sativa = energy/head high" belief isn't true. The effects are caused by a complex mix of chemicals that isn't fully understood yet, and few producers talk about. Sativa and Indica have very little, if anything, to do with it. It also doesn't help that the vast majority of strains are hybrids, making the terms even more useless. The terms are just slapped on any strain that is perceived as uplifting or relaxing (edit: or have a genetic mix being majority one or the other).

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