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. @echofoxtrot2.051 on March 9, 2024 at 3:56 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.



  2. @ryanp7822 on March 9, 2024 at 3:57 am

    Ppl should eat healthier then they do marijauna



  3. @StevenSiebern on March 9, 2024 at 4:01 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.



  4. @your420news on March 9, 2024 at 4:02 am

    Bro greened out and did a docuseries about it



  5. @WilliamHill-bw2qb on March 9, 2024 at 4:02 am

    Refer madness



  6. @MK420FIRE on March 9, 2024 at 4:04 am

    Check out the page to learn more about the plant



  7. @hiroyopoetker on March 9, 2024 at 4:04 am

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



  8. @ullscarf on March 9, 2024 at 4:05 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.



  9. @AC-te9dr on March 9, 2024 at 4:07 am

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



  10. @Six6_Six_6Six6 on March 9, 2024 at 4:07 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



  11. @ryanp7822 on March 9, 2024 at 4:07 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.



  12. @timothyworkman1275 on March 9, 2024 at 4:08 am

    This is totally a bunch of propaganda



  13. @lylerose1018 on March 9, 2024 at 4:08 am

    Please check your facts!



  14. @timothygarner2471 on March 9, 2024 at 4:09 am

    This is definitely a hit piece.



  15. @naju332 on March 9, 2024 at 4:09 am

    cigarette and alcohol is everywhere too



  16. @RasKingBoogie on March 9, 2024 at 4:11 am

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



  17. @R3DLiFE on March 9, 2024 at 4:11 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



  18. @jeremymccoy9516 on March 9, 2024 at 4:15 am

    This video is whack, just spreading fear with bs statistics



  19. @20THEPRINCE719 on March 9, 2024 at 4:15 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.



  20. @sevans30 on March 9, 2024 at 4:19 am

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



  21. @5688gamble on March 9, 2024 at 4:20 am

    I mean vapes and cannabis products are clearly flavored for kids, so oviously we need to ban all flavored alcohol too, clearly marketed at kids!



  22. @th3yeti224 on March 9, 2024 at 4:21 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



  23. @lurpo28 on March 9, 2024 at 4:21 am

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



  24. @jeremymccoy9516 on March 9, 2024 at 4:23 am

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



  25. @dsbllr on March 9, 2024 at 4:26 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.



  26. @casper1581 on March 9, 2024 at 4:28 am

    scromiting, lol



  27. @christianwhite1771 on March 9, 2024 at 4:28 am

    Cannabis IS NOT ADDICTIVE



  28. @jayman94fly on March 9, 2024 at 4:28 am

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



  29. @bobmarshall6688 on March 9, 2024 at 4:29 am

    Dr Jesse looks like he may be addicted to food.



  30. @ec1866 on March 9, 2024 at 4:30 am

    Sounds like disgusting distillate is the problem.



  31. @asianamericanadvice6016 on March 9, 2024 at 4:31 am

    Where u get the psychosis stats? Reference?



  32. @DerekJeterrl on March 9, 2024 at 4:33 am

    Horrible misinformation propaganda filled nonsense journalism



  33. @juddotto3660 on March 9, 2024 at 4:34 am

    Very interesting.



  34. @EadanTrimble on March 9, 2024 at 4:34 am

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



  35. @InboundG on March 9, 2024 at 4:35 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.



  36. @sureshtharakan535 on March 9, 2024 at 4:36 am

    Naturesmarijuanahasathccontentofabout4percentthisshouldbethestandard



  37. @stephanreichelt2700 on March 9, 2024 at 4:37 am

    only concentrate I use is hash.



  38. @andrew6780 on March 9, 2024 at 4:37 am

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



  39. @jerryclark8636 on March 9, 2024 at 4:40 am

    Addicted ? Really ?



  40. @apefury3929 on March 9, 2024 at 4:43 am

    2 percent thc when was that stone age lol



  41. @trentthejeweler on March 9, 2024 at 4:43 am

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



  42. @tahjchamberlain6410 on March 9, 2024 at 4:44 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



  43. @jordenbarfield9187 on March 9, 2024 at 4:45 am

    It’s not as bad as he saying



  44. @Oh-My-Weeds on March 9, 2024 at 4:47 am

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



  45. @littlemac8673 on March 9, 2024 at 4:47 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.



  46. @user-hx2hl1zw3w on March 9, 2024 at 4:48 am

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



  47. @taylorkirkland3529 on March 9, 2024 at 4:49 am

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



  48. @kr0nk on March 9, 2024 at 4:49 am

    25-year flower smoker . dabbing is dumb.



  49. @hiroyopoetker on March 9, 2024 at 4:50 am

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



  50. @BobLanglar on March 9, 2024 at 4:53 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.