<story><title>Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘domino effect’</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/germanys-move-to-legalise-cannabis-expected-to-create-domino-effect</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>peanut_worm</author><text>You can still find lower THC cannabis at any dispensary. Most carry from 10 to 30%. Most also carry CBD flower and very low dose edibles.&lt;p&gt;I also don’t understand this argument because you can just take 1 hit and be done. No one is forcing you to finish a whole joint. Should liquor be outlawed because it is stronger than beer?</text></item><item><author>j-krieger</author><text>I think the legalization of cannabis in Europe has a lot of potential. I just wish that we would take measures to avoid the ever increasing levels of THC dosage in weed to insane levels, like you see in the US or California specifically. I firmly believe that cannabis can do a lot of good, but the poison is in the dosage. It has been shown in the past that increasing THC while decreasing CBD leads to an increase in negative side effects, some being permanent [1].&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#x27;s see how it&amp;#x27;ll work out. I also think it&amp;#x27;s quite funny that the German meme &amp;quot;Bubatz&amp;quot; has made it into the highest levels of our government.&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;pmc&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;PMC6312155&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;pmc&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;PMC6312155&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>chimprich</author><text>&amp;gt; I also don’t understand this argument because you can just take 1 hit and be done.&lt;p&gt;The increased THC concentration compared to other psychoactive chemicals seems to produce more paranoia and other negative effects in some people, so it&amp;#x27;s not just a strength issue. The effect is different if the proportion of THC to CBD increases.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s also easier to get more THC than you intended if you&amp;#x27;re consuming stronger stuff.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Should liquor be outlawed because it is stronger than beer?&lt;p&gt;If spirits are legal then people should at least have the choice of drinking beer.</text></comment>
<story><title>Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘domino effect’</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/germanys-move-to-legalise-cannabis-expected-to-create-domino-effect</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>peanut_worm</author><text>You can still find lower THC cannabis at any dispensary. Most carry from 10 to 30%. Most also carry CBD flower and very low dose edibles.&lt;p&gt;I also don’t understand this argument because you can just take 1 hit and be done. No one is forcing you to finish a whole joint. Should liquor be outlawed because it is stronger than beer?</text></item><item><author>j-krieger</author><text>I think the legalization of cannabis in Europe has a lot of potential. I just wish that we would take measures to avoid the ever increasing levels of THC dosage in weed to insane levels, like you see in the US or California specifically. I firmly believe that cannabis can do a lot of good, but the poison is in the dosage. It has been shown in the past that increasing THC while decreasing CBD leads to an increase in negative side effects, some being permanent [1].&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#x27;s see how it&amp;#x27;ll work out. I also think it&amp;#x27;s quite funny that the German meme &amp;quot;Bubatz&amp;quot; has made it into the highest levels of our government.&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;pmc&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;PMC6312155&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;pmc&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;PMC6312155&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>standardUser</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s really hard to dose &amp;quot;1 hit&amp;quot;. It&amp;#x27;s not like a shot of liquor. And inexperienced users are not experts at hitting pipes or vapes or joints, so that &amp;quot;1 hit&amp;quot; becomes even trickier. And if you fuck up, whoops, now you&amp;#x27;re uncomfortably high for several hours!&lt;p&gt;Better to have a much wider variety of potencies available, like we have with alcohol. Especially for the casual users who have been ignored by the market because traditional dealers get most of their money from heavy users, and heavy users want the chronic.</text></comment>