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"The so-called 'iron law of prohibition' refers to the tendency for drugs to increase in potency and harm the more forcefully they are prohibited, dealers and users unwilling to risk the same potential legal consequences for less potent product - illustrated, too, by the upwards creep of the black market cannabis's [sic.] THC content, and in the Mr Asia gang's move from cannabis to heroin."
#JamesBorrowdale, Weed, 2020
Higher THC isn't a problem ...
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"The so-called 'iron law of prohibition' refers to the tendency for drugs to increase in potency and harm the more forcefully they are prohibited, dealers and users unwilling to risk the same potential legal consequences for less potent product - illustrated, too, by the upwards creep of the black market cannabis's [sic.] THC content, and in the Mr Asia gang's move from cannabis to heroin."
#JamesBorrowdale, Weed, 2020
Higher THC isn't a problem ...
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Looking for an easier read to ease myself back into it, I finally got around to reading my copy of Weed, by James Borrowdale.
So far I've learned that there's no conclusive evidence that Mother Suzanne Aubert - dubbed the patron saint of cannabis by stoners - actually grew or used the plant in her medicines. Although it's not unlikely given the attitudes of the time. Borrowdale wrote about this for Vice in 2017;
https://www.vice.com/en/article/one-of-new-zealands-first-cannabis-growers-could-be-our-first-saint/
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Looking for an easier read to ease myself back into it, I finally got around to reading my copy of Weed, by James Borrowdale.
So far I've learned that there's no conclusive evidence that Mother Suzanne Aubert - dubbed the patron saint of cannabis by stoners - actually grew or used the plant in her medicines. Although it's not unlikely given the attitudes of the time. Borrowdale wrote about this for Vice in 2017;
https://www.vice.com/en/article/one-of-new-zealands-first-cannabis-growers-could-be-our-first-saint/
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