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Cannabis dispensary CEO: Consumers are influencing the potency levels of legal marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 10/22/2015 - 09:52

Is the legal marijuana sold today more potent than the pot your parents or even grandparents smoked?

According to the University of Washington’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI), today’s cannabis is indeed stronger than it used to be, but nowhere near as strong as has been described in some media reports.

ADAI says that, depending on the type of analysis and the samples being analyzed, “marijuana strength has increased by two to seven times since the 1970s, measured by THC levels.”

Another major difference, according to the Institute, is that marijuana users back in the 1960s, 70s and 80s were more likely to be consuming marijuana leaves rather than the more potent flowers, or buds, of the cannabis plant.

Ryan Fox, founder and CEO of the Denver-based Grass Station, notes that the 21 strains of award-winning cannabis he has created for sale at his dispensaries can...

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