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[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 56 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You might like this fun article from The Atlantic last week: Congress Accidentally Legalized Weed Six Years Ago

Here's an archive.is link for those who prefer it.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 37 points 4 months ago

The upshot is that although recreational marijuana use is allowed in only 24 states and Washington, D.C., people anywhere in the U.S. can get intoxicated on hemp-derived THC without breaking federal law. These hemp-based highs are every bit as potent as those derived from the marijuana available in legalization states. I know this because I’ve tried recreational pot in California and Colorado, as well as 11 different hemp-derived intoxicants legally available here in North Carolina. I am not exaggerating when I say that they are indistinguishable in effect. In other words, six years ago, Congress inadvertently legalized weed across the entire United States.

I have to try it now to actually compare.

[-] downdaemon@lemmy.ml 23 points 4 months ago

Delta 8 sucks but THC A is decent

[-] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 27 points 4 months ago

That's because Delta-9 THC, the compound we have always known as plain ol' THC, begins as THC-A.
There are two forms of what is called 'hemp': industrial hemp, which has been bred for things like fibre, and the "legal classification that is hemp".

The legal classification varies depending on region, however it requires the plant to have a very low amount of THC (usually something around 0.2%).

The farm bill added various loopholes, which allowed for high THC-A and low THC samples to pass legally as hemp. Though it is still cannabis and always has been, the plant has just been tested long before the harvest and before the THC-A has had time to convert to THC.
Once the weed packs arrive at the shop, I guarantee to you that enough THC-A has converted to THC that it no longer would be classed as hemp. I love the hilarity of it all.

[-] Breezy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Thca is almost the same as normal weed. It has a slightly different flavor but it is weed, and a lot of the time good weed.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 7 points 4 months ago

These hemp-based highs are every bit as potent as those derived from the marijuana available in legalization states.

How I know the author hasn't tried either product.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

To be fair, if they don't smoke often, it probably hit them pretty hard. I agree that they aren't as potent, but it'll do the job in a pinch.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

I'm just distrustful of any kind of synthetic mj after spice (?) and other synthetic marijuana garbage made people psychotic.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6450675/

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's an isolate, not a synthetic.

JHW 018 was probably the safest synthetic cannibinoid and the person who invented said people were crazy to actually ingest it.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

but why bother with an isolate or a synthetic when THE REAL THING is easily available? it grows like weeds ffs.... but we're doing nobel prize science over here to tip-toe through regulatory bullshit.

Come on Joe, on your way out just legalize the shit nationwide.

[-] Today@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I use eight horses hemp, flow gardens, hoku seed company, holy city hemp, and there are plenty more. I'm in Texas. I have a subscription from hoku that send an ounce to my mailbox every month.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

I wonder how much a cut they're sending abbot and the rest of the conservatives to keep that loophole from closing.

[-] candle_lighter@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

I would recommend THCA over any other legal high because it's just converts to THC when cooked or burned and is literally just normal weed

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

I'm Canadian and live in a city so I have plenty of legal real Cannabis (as well as a variety of grey market). I still would like to try these loophole highs out of curiosity, but it's probably hard to find given legality.

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