neurosynth wrote:
Having said that there is no doubt that weed is incredibly strong now as compared to what it once was. I started smoking pot in the 70's. Back then I could buy an ounce for $15! A few years later it was $30. And then it went up from there. But sitting down with friends and getting from straight to reasonably stoned required about a full (American style) joint per person. Now 3 good hits of typical AMS weed and I'm pretty much there.
In fact there is a real danger (for me) of "overshoot." By that I mean that I can easily ingest too much before it has an effect. So I have to take some in, and then wait and see if it is enough. If I smoke continually until I feel stoned a few minutes later I'm *too* high.
I can attest to the fact that Amsterdam weed is very strong. I used to smoke hash many years ago, but also quitted completely. Sometimes I was with friends that were smoking hash and I could be in the same room and don't feel anything from the second hand smoke. That was like fifteen years ago.
I am in Amsterdam right now and earlier this evening I was crossing the bridge coming from Molensteeg, headed to the right to OZA. As I passed a group of people I accidentaly walked right into a big cloud of smoke, I litterally got someones smoke blown right in my face. As I don't like smoke at all I was closing my mouth and nose, trying not to inhale the smoke. I thought I succeeded doing this and continued a few meters and stopped right there to check out a girl with a nice ass in nr. 56.
Five minutes later I noticed a familiar feeling coming on slowly to me — I was getting stoned! By inhaling something that must have been very little of that second hand smoke I was getting stoned! Ok, not that stoned that I would be from some puffs from a joint, but still. I was getting the effects of a dry mouth and had to buy some water. Feeling a bit groggy walking OZA! After about 40 minutes I was feeling very chilled and just sat down to check out another nice ass girl on OZV.
I think this pretty much say something about the potency of cannabis in Amsterdam. I am wondering what they (those guys that was smoking that joint) were smoking. I didn't feel high, more stoned with body effects. (The overall effects were kind of mild but still very noticeable!)