As you can see Gert has been singing this same tune for many years, it is not really that he thinks the analysis tests are bogus anymore, it is that he thinks the labs doing the testing are bogus. Nothing can be done to disprove this as it is like trying to prove to a blind person what color an apple is. Gert knows that most labs use the same or similar protocols, they all use dry material, most use a bud manicured to the level it is consumed at, if it is bud.
If Gert wants to help he could suggest how to tell if the lab you use is giving real numbers. Or he could organize sending the same sample to 5 or 10 labs and see if you get the same results or close to it.
Random moaning about THC testing does not help anyone, if it is true lets fix, it if not then shut-up already...
-SamS
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11-24-2007, 08:48 PM #6
Gert Lush
Join Date: Dec 2005
Look guys and dolls - this isn't the first time I've said this, and something tells me it won't be the last!
Percentages of THC mean absolutely DIDDLY SQUAT, unless you specify percentage of WHAT... and even then it can be pretty meaningless. (Smoke68 put it quite nicely )
The ONLY people who have something to gain from THC %ages are
1) Prohibitionists, who want to scare the hell out of gullible dumbasses with stories of "new" 1000x stronger pot.
2) Seed sellers who rely on hype to boost sales.
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For a THC percentage to mean something, it needs a context:
Is it, say, 27% of the whole plant? - obviously this figure can vary wildly...
Is it 27% of an "average" bud? - who's to say what an average bud is? Two different buds off the same plant can have wildly varying THC levels, based on growth conditions, proximity to light and several other factors... so, we have another meaningless measurement.
Is it 27% of the resin? Well this is the one measurement with some chance of credibitlity, although this too, can vary wildly. Plus, most people don't smoke the resin pure... which in any case is far more likely to give percentages of 35% to 65%. IOW, I could take some really crap bud, and say that it had 30% THC, and I wouldn't be telling a lie!
If Gert wants to help he could suggest how to tell if the lab you use is giving real numbers. Or he could organize sending the same sample to 5 or 10 labs and see if you get the same results or close to it.
Random moaning about THC testing does not help anyone, if it is true lets fix, it if not then shut-up already...
-SamS
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showpost.php?p=1377297&postcount=6
11-24-2007, 08:48 PM #6
Gert Lush
Join Date: Dec 2005
Look guys and dolls - this isn't the first time I've said this, and something tells me it won't be the last!
Percentages of THC mean absolutely DIDDLY SQUAT, unless you specify percentage of WHAT... and even then it can be pretty meaningless. (Smoke68 put it quite nicely )
The ONLY people who have something to gain from THC %ages are
1) Prohibitionists, who want to scare the hell out of gullible dumbasses with stories of "new" 1000x stronger pot.
2) Seed sellers who rely on hype to boost sales.
=====
For a THC percentage to mean something, it needs a context:
Is it, say, 27% of the whole plant? - obviously this figure can vary wildly...
Is it 27% of an "average" bud? - who's to say what an average bud is? Two different buds off the same plant can have wildly varying THC levels, based on growth conditions, proximity to light and several other factors... so, we have another meaningless measurement.
Is it 27% of the resin? Well this is the one measurement with some chance of credibitlity, although this too, can vary wildly. Plus, most people don't smoke the resin pure... which in any case is far more likely to give percentages of 35% to 65%. IOW, I could take some really crap bud, and say that it had 30% THC, and I wouldn't be telling a lie!