[jonKranked]

In one of the few scientific developments likely to interest both the Governor of North Dakota and Method Man...

http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/scientists-find-thc-gene-hemp

Will be interesting to see where this goes. One of the strongest arguments I've heard against medicinal use of pot is lack of control of the quantity of psychoactive ingredients. If they refine this to a controllable process, that point essentially becomes moot (THC isn't the only psychoactive compound in pot, but is one of the most prevalent, and is generally attributed to the plants medicinal properties).

 

[dante]

If I were of the tin-foil-hat crowd I'd wonder when the Gov't was going to flood the market with THC-less pot. The overall price of pot would plummet hurting the drug runners/growers/pushers, and would people really spend that $20 or $50 knowing that there was a 50/50 shot they weren't even going to get high?

 

[Pesqueeb]

If I were of the tin-foil-hat crowd I'd wonder when the Gov't was going to flood the market with THC-less pot. The overall price of pot would plummet hurting the drug runners/growers/pushers, and would people really spend that $20 or $50 knowing that there was a 50/50 shot they weren't even going to get high?

Paging RenegadeRick...RenegadeRick to the white courtesy telephone please. You party is waiting in P&WN

 

[jimmydean]

I treat THC like I treat caffeine, no such thing as "too much".

 

[jonKranked]

If I were of the tin-foil-hat crowd I'd wonder when the Gov't was going to flood the market with THC-less pot. The overall price of pot would plummet hurting the drug runners/growers/pushers, and would people really spend that $20 or $50 knowing that there was a 50/50 shot they weren't even going to get high?

That would only last so long, until people realized that their, uh, 'sources' are generally unreliable.

 

[Westy]

They need to plug that gene into the H1N1 virus.

"Dude, I got the pig flu. Flu is such a funny word, flu, flu flu"

 

[jonKranked]

I treat THC like I treat caffeine, no such thing as "too much".

And if you OD, you just take a nap.

 

[Ciaran]

If I were of the tin-foil-hat crowd I'd wonder when the Gov't was going to flood the market with THC-less pot. The overall price of pot would plummet hurting the drug runners/growers/pushers, and would people really spend that $20 or $50 knowing that there was a 50/50 shot they weren't even going to get high?

I wouldn't buy government pot anyway. Do you buy gov't cheese and peanut butter? If it was legal I would grow my own.

 

[jimmydean]

I wouldn't buy government pot anyway. Do you buy gov't cheese and peanut butter? If it was legal I would grow my own.

That's how we do in Oregon. The convenience in California is cool, but like other things from nature, home grown would be best for everyone, I would think.

 

[sanjuro]

I'll have to ask my buddy the cancer researcher using THC...