Why Stronger Marijuana is Sparking Backlash

Why Stronger Marijuana is Sparking Backlash

The recreational marijuana industry is pouring money into products with high THC levels, and early-to-legalize states are rethinking regulations around it.

High-Potency Pot Market Worth Billions Draws Regulator Scrutiny: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-08-16/marijuana-with-high-thc-levels-draws-scrutiny-in-colorado-washington?srnd=premium

In Pueblo, Colorado, teenager Noah had smoked marijuana before. But most of his friends were using an extra-strong version, known as dabs. Thinking it might help with the insomnia that plagued him in his senior year of high school, Noah picked up a small torch, grabbed the glass smoking device known as a dab rig and heated a yellow, waxy substance into a vapor that he slowly inhaled.

For around two years, Noah, who’s now 24 years old, said the habit made him feel great. The type of marijuana he was loading as many as five times a day into a discreet dab pen — similar in look to a vaping device — was a concentrate, 75% to 98% of which was THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient.

Then Noah, who declined to give his last name due to concerns about discussing drug use, started vomiting a lot and having suicidal thoughts. He lost 30 pounds, had his gallbladder biopsied and was diagnosed with depression. No one could figure out what was wrong. Eventually, after looking up his symptoms online, he thought cannabis might be a possible cause.

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50 Comments

  1. @littlemac8673 on May 24, 2024 at 9:27 am

    Several countries have been using hash (concentrated THC) for thousands of years. Cannabis isn’t for everyone. Folks get addicted to many of things. Be careful. Peace all.



  2. @casper1581 on May 24, 2024 at 9:27 am

    scromiting, lol



  3. @hiroyopoetker on May 24, 2024 at 9:27 am

    I would like to really see how ADDICTED the 7year old it! Thats funny!



  4. @lylerose1018 on May 24, 2024 at 9:29 am

    Please check your facts!



  5. @taylorkirkland3529 on May 24, 2024 at 9:30 am

    Conservative fear mongering is about as trustworthy as the A.T.F at a dog show..



  6. @jerryclark8636 on May 24, 2024 at 9:31 am

    Addicted ? Really ?



  7. @sureshtharakan535 on May 24, 2024 at 9:32 am

    Naturesmarijuanahasathccontentofabout4percentthisshouldbethestandard



  8. @BobLanglar on May 24, 2024 at 9:33 am

    Ok, fair. All drugs can be abused, we get it. Now, let’s compare all of this information with the negative aspects of Alcohol. I’d bet my net worth that alcohol has an astronomically higher count of associated deaths and illness.



  9. @hiroyopoetker on May 24, 2024 at 9:33 am

    FAKE VIDEO !!
    This is propaganda, Refer madness 2023!



  10. @sevans30 on May 24, 2024 at 9:36 am

    Thanks for teaching me the new word for that cough all my friends do, Scromiting! Love it…



  11. @tahjchamberlain6410 on May 24, 2024 at 9:36 am

    Everyone can be okay with no more than 15% on a regular basis. You just have to find the right strains for you, and you will get hit like your cannabis is 30%+. I will take 13% Og kush over 30% gsc



  12. @MK420FIRE on May 24, 2024 at 9:38 am

    Check out the page to learn more about the plant



  13. @WilliamHill-bw2qb on May 24, 2024 at 9:38 am

    Refer madness



  14. @RasKingBoogie on May 24, 2024 at 9:42 am

    Why is it that, all the "anti-marijuana" community. Look/act like they need a joint!?😮😅😂



  15. @ec1866 on May 24, 2024 at 9:42 am

    Sounds like disgusting distillate is the problem.



  16. @stephanreichelt2700 on May 24, 2024 at 9:43 am

    only concentrate I use is hash.



  17. @andrew6780 on May 24, 2024 at 9:47 am

    bro was smoking boof they dont even have 98% in liquid form, that would be a diamond



  18. @20THEPRINCE719 on May 24, 2024 at 9:47 am

    Due do all this insanity a lot of the marijuana industry employees are loosing jobs now due to dispensaries closing over the high testing costs just to prove our products are saferer than most of the fruit and vegetables we buy at the store. Our food we eat has a higher ppm of yeast and mold than the cannabis we smoke and eat, and we are worried about potency?. We should be worried more about the food we are giving our kids nowdays.



  19. @asianamericanadvice6016 on May 24, 2024 at 9:47 am

    Where u get the psychosis stats? Reference?



  20. @EadanTrimble on May 24, 2024 at 9:47 am

    I don’t feel the backlash on alcohol coming in so y’all can smd



  21. @SWED904 on May 24, 2024 at 9:48 am

    Y u sooo weak ?



  22. @AC-te9dr on May 24, 2024 at 9:48 am

    Too much thc and low cbd cuase anxiety for some or paranoia



  23. @juddotto3660 on May 24, 2024 at 9:48 am

    Very interesting.



  24. @jeremymccoy9516 on May 24, 2024 at 9:50 am

    Oh no the SCROMITING is coming guys!!!! Ahhhhhhhh



  25. @jeremymccoy9516 on May 24, 2024 at 9:51 am

    This video is whack, just spreading fear with bs statistics



  26. @ullscarf on May 24, 2024 at 9:51 am

    In Britain, government policy has created a situation where most cannabis is ridiculously strong, hybrid strains. Twenty years ago, most cannabis in Britain was from natural strains grown outdoors in Morocco and Afghanistan. Now it’s it’s mostly hydroponically grown in Britain and much stronger. The government should have decriminalised possession and turned a blind eye to hashish coming into the country and we probably wouldn’t be in this mess.



  27. @CuriousEarthMan on May 24, 2024 at 9:53 am

    Sounds like the hospitals are despicable bandits, if it costs $6000 "just to see a patient, get IV fluids and some medicine"

    That’s what it costs the patient. It costs the hospital way less. That’s price gouging.



  28. @Six6_Six_6Six6 on May 24, 2024 at 9:54 am

    Lowkey, been smoking since i was 16, i smoke more then a breathe. I reget nothing, to me you pick your vices in life and this one has zero calories, doesnt affects your body as bad as alcohol. If you can drink i should he able to smoke both are potentially life destroying but. Thats up to user. Business regualtion is cringe marry jane in its present form is no way more harmfull then alcohol in its present conditions. If any thing less then or equal to



  29. @Estado_Alterado on May 24, 2024 at 9:58 am

    Propaganda



  30. @ryanp7822 on May 24, 2024 at 9:59 am

    Marijuana in general isn’t the f****** problem. It’s people that can’t eat with it enough to keep them vitamin efficient and bounced. It all depends on people’s lifestyles. My lifestyle is special when I smoke every day. I’m still conscious enough. The thing because I have a bunch of vitamins in me that I need every day to me.



  31. @naju332 on May 24, 2024 at 10:01 am

    cigarette and alcohol is everywhere too



  32. @apefury3929 on May 24, 2024 at 10:01 am

    2 percent thc when was that stone age lol



  33. @dsbllr on May 24, 2024 at 10:03 am

    Isn’t alcohol responsible for multiple deaths a day in the US? Overdose of alcohol kills people. Overdose of cannabis leads to vomiting.

    Please stop pretending marijuana is the culprit. It’s education.



  34. @timothygarner2471 on May 24, 2024 at 10:05 am

    This is definitely a hit piece.



  35. @bobmarshall6688 on May 24, 2024 at 10:05 am

    Dr Jesse looks like he may be addicted to food.



  36. @trentthejeweler on May 24, 2024 at 10:05 am

    Lol all those symptoms are from BHO products bcuz of the butane



  37. @jayman94fly on May 24, 2024 at 10:07 am

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



  38. @ryanp7822 on May 24, 2024 at 10:07 am

    Ppl should eat healthier then they do marijauna



  39. @th3yeti224 on May 24, 2024 at 10:09 am

    And why are these kids calling the hotline it’s cause the voodoo it has had on it for years, how about breathe count to 10 I bet u will feel better, stop listening to these people who haven’t smoked, eat or anything clear ur mind of all the bs the government says about cannabis it’s a medicine not a drug



  40. @your420news on May 24, 2024 at 10:10 am

    Bro greened out and did a docuseries about it



  41. @user-hx2hl1zw3w on May 24, 2024 at 10:10 am

    Problems only started with genz .
    There are no er visits with flower.



  42. @christianwhite1771 on May 24, 2024 at 10:11 am

    Cannabis IS NOT ADDICTIVE



  43. @echofoxtrot2.051 on May 24, 2024 at 10:13 am

    Just because he’s an addict doesn’t mean we all are. One can enjoy lightly. Impulsive teenagers never can handle anything. It’s because they’re still kids. They shouldn’t be smoking.



  44. @lurpo28 on May 24, 2024 at 10:14 am

    I think they’re just mad they used to smoke dirt



  45. @timothyworkman1275 on May 24, 2024 at 10:15 am

    This is totally a bunch of propaganda



  46. @InboundG on May 24, 2024 at 10:16 am

    Um no no no, 3:00 this is blatant false information. Strains ARE NOT flavours. This is a classic case of non educated individuals publishing content to fear monger. Education is key, stop abusing it and start enjoying it.



  47. @StevenSiebern on May 24, 2024 at 10:18 am

    Just get high on the weekend and don’t smoke during the week, problem solved. Don’t do it everyday and you wont have an issue.



  48. @R3DLiFE on May 24, 2024 at 10:18 am

    I haven’t seen Attempted brainwashing and propaganda like this since North Korea yesterday or Russia or the USSR back in the way when



  49. @DerekJeterrl on May 24, 2024 at 10:22 am

    Horrible misinformation propaganda filled nonsense journalism



  50. @Oh-My-Weeds on May 24, 2024 at 10:22 am

    Just greedy people and even interfere with alcohol! from there and nausea and vomiting! just smoke less