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Pot potency climbing rapidly: US officials

Source: Turkish Press

Washington : DC : USA | about 1 year ago

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Marijuana sold in the United States today is on average more than twice as strong as it was 25 years ago, increasing the threat of serious mental impairment in users, US drug policy officials said Thursday. The average level of THC -- marijuana's psychoactive ingredient -- in seized drug samples is 9.6...

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