The document discusses how THC levels in cannabis will likely level out over the next 10 years for the following reasons: 1) Most regular cannabis consumers prefer moderate THC levels between 9-20% and find them to produce better effects than high-potency concentrates. 2) While higher THC levels were initially in demand, consumer preferences tend to favor moderation over excess, similar to preferences for beer over hard liquor. 3) The cannabis market will respond to consumer demand, and studies suggest most consumers prefer the effects of moderate THC flower over high-potency concentrates.

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Why THC Levels Will Level Out
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THC Levels will not continue to grow to astronomical levels over the next 10 years
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Why THC levels will level out over the next ten
years
We’ve heard the lies before, “Today’s Marijuana is not your granddads marijuana”. Firstly, my
granddad and probably yours too – didn’t smoke marijuana because they were part of the great
prohibitionist generation so the analogy really doesn’t work.
Secondly – the statement suggests that cannabis is on a perpetual rise in terms of THC. And when
you take a look at modern strains that reach the 30% mark, or the 99% concentrates on the market
– you’d think that they may be right.
But cannabis is like any other good and ultimately must obey the will of the market. While for
some time, cannabis THC levels were selectively targeted to create more potent strains – and with
the rise in prevalence of dabs – these are all industry moves.
In other words – suppliers are guessing that consumers want more potent strains based on past
data. And if they were to base their conclusions they would be right.

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Travel back in time to before 2000…
Pre-2000, the variety of cannabis strains were not as robust as it is today. Sure – there were potent
strains, but back then, cannabis was still very much a “counter-culture” thing. Some medical
patients were using it, but for the most part – the o cial narrative was that cannabis is bad.
The vast majority of the cannabis being consumed in the day came from Mexico. And if you know
anything about “Brick Weed” – potency usually sat somewhere between 5%-10%. Cannabis that
exceeded 10% was considered to be “Dank”.
If you smoked weed that reached the 17%-20% THC, you’d be smoking some of the rarest weed in
the world. It would be like getting oral stimulation from a god.
BACK THEN – people wanted more potent weed. BACK THEN – it was all the rage. AND THEN – it
got legalized.
In comes industry….
When enough states legalized cannabis for medical and recreational purposes – the industry
responded to the underground cry for more potent weed and in turn, there was a signi cant spike
in THC-availability.
Overtime – consumers had access to a wider range of cannabis strains at various potencies. Dabs
became popular and suddenly THC could reach 90%+.
At rst – the consumer market was pleased. They went in and started dabbing, smoking the power
weed, getting shit-faced…

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But the majority of them returned to what they like – good old fashion bud. At least, according to
study published in the journal of Drug & Alcohol Dependence entitled; “A within-person
comparison of the subjective e ects of higher vs lower potency cannabis”
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376871620303902?via%3Dihub).
What Consumers Really Like?
The study sought to ask stoners – people who consume cannabis 5-6 times a week and dabs at
least once a month – their opinion on dabs and bud.
It turns out, most regular consumers tend to like milder cannabis. 77.5% of survey responders said
that they prefer THC levels to sit between 9% - 20%. The majority preferred the e ects of lower
THC and according to them created “greater positive e ects than concentrates”.
“Findings showing that marijuana produces greater positive e ects than concentrates are consistent with
cannabis administration studies documenting that moderate THC doses are preferred to high doses,” the
authors wrote. - SOURCE (https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisroberts/2020/09/03/another-great-
marijuana-lie-dabs-are-bad-and-most-cannabis-consumers-prefer-less-thc-study-
nds/#2f7e7fce7050)
In relation to what could provide negative e ects, concentrates scored higher than cannabis. In
fact, cannabis ower was selected to be the best high by 77.5% of respondents agreeing.
Dabs were viewed as “most likely to get you paranoid” as well as “most likely to cause blackouts”.
It’s important to note that most dabbers are seasoned smokers and this doesn’t occur regularly
within this demographic – however, novice smokers are typically the ones who ‘overconsume’.
“Findings contribute new knowledge by showing that marijuana produces greater positive e ects
(positive a ect and enhanced cognition) than concentrates,” the authors wrote. “In addition, analyses of
each person’s comparative appraisals of marijuana vs. concentrates showed that marijuana was
selected over concentrates for producing the best high and being the preferred type of cannabis.”
The Norms of Consumption
This trend shouldn’t surprise anyone – the vast majority of people prefer moderation over excess.
Most people drink beer and wine as opposed to doing shots of Vodka every day. This doesn’t mean
that on some occasions – people go a bit wild and have a few Tequilas to get a bit tipsy.
Similarly with cannabis – most people prefer ower for a variety of reasons; price, availability and
moderate THC.
For your daily tokes – you want something that will keep you in the zone. If you’re going out with
the purpose of “blazing up” – a-dab-will-do!
However – I do hope that stores begin to realize that there are other factors that would make
cannabis more valuable apart from THC count;

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This includes;
Terpene pro les
Other cannabinoid ratios
Flavor
Nug Density
Etc.
If you’re still using THC as your marker for “good weed” – you need to update your rhetoric. Either
way – I suspect that THC levels will nd a balance over the next ten years.
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