High-strength cannabis increases risk of mental health problems

theguardian.com

8 pointspseudolus4 comments

"For comparison, the team asked more than 1,200 healthy individuals from across the same areas about their cannabis use. The strength of cannabis was estimated from the name individuals gave to the drug."

Oh yeah, that sounds solid. My dealer gave me "aghani super haze skunkworks MEGA-THCBOMB", therefore it has 13% THC.

As an avid cannabis user, the idea that you can link the "name" of what you bought to any chemical attributes of the substance is laughable. They will tell you whatever they think will sell it best. Weed "names" are entirely marketing.

definitely very true in illicit markets, but in places where its legal generally the genetics match up. that said, getting a certain THC yield relies on more than genetics, such as growth conditions and all the other things that go in to any kind of gardening.

They are not.

I know what I have and than it's accurate or I don't know but than there is also no fake name.

People don't just invent new names, they buy straines and remember those names.

But yes I would appreciate a study with more reliability

A zillion to one the author received generous pharma grants while she was with the chemistry research lab at Oxford.

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