Possibly, although it looks like they are using primarily Gas Chromatography as opposed to Liquid Chromatography which is actually more accurate. This is why all their tests have a majority of Delta 9 THC as opposed to THC-A, because it is converted during the flame heating part of Gas Chromatography, whereas Liquid Chromatography results are much heavier in THC-A and return a more accurate breakdown of the cannabinoid profile of the sample because the plant matter is not subjected to heat during testing.
Uncle Ben def. right about lab testing def is a gimmick to create high dollar phenos and premium priced pot. I don't believe In half the results they say these strains yield.
you're probably right about different labs getting significantly different results, I'm sure the thc content varies from leaf to leaf and nug to nug. I'm not sure, however, where you're getting the numbers, normally the bud we get at dispenceries here is labled over 20% thc I can't remember getting any below 20% all year, that being said if you're lookin for high CBD kind its a different story.
It looks like they got one sample that tested 40+% but the way the study is worded, and the fact it was conducted on samples procured by police seizure, doesn't preclude the possibility that hash or wax/oil coated buds (Moon rocks, etc.) were included in the testing. Also, I always have trouble trusting articles that include phrases like "The use of such high levels of THC can force users to suffer serious adverse events. These events include seizures, dependence, and even anxiety. In fact, the use of marijuana with such high THC levels ends up undoing the drug's "therapeutic" effects.... Experts, according to The Sydney Morning Herald, feel that more than 15 percent of THC should be considered an illicit substance as the adverse effects can be likened to the negative effects of controlled and illegal drugs like cocaine." This is the kind of stuff that just screams of anti-legalization propaganda BS. Plus, this little sentence made me sad... "The results, published in the international science journal PLOS ONE, showed over 90 percent of samples contained less than 0.1 percent CBD."
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Growers pick and trim the nug to test. And the majority of the lower ones are 10-30% lower. So no I don't think what they sell to us at club is that high.. That's why I test most of what I grow... Not for bragging rights, but so I know.
The point you just made goes against what you are saying. You are right, 10% is the average for america AS A WHOLE, that includes areas with limited access to quality green that has an even lower average, and areas that are flush with high quality cannabis where the average is much much higher. I have friends in South Carolina that will attest to the fact that the quality of herb available there is DRAMATICALLY worse than the weed available on the west coast, or even in bigger east coast states like NY and FL, and that same dramatically shittier weed is being included in the total. Until you can find % that are done state by state, America's as a whole average potency means literally nothing. Also, I think testing may be done differently where you are, here testing is never done by the dispensaries themselves, they are done at impartial labs that list the results online even if you choose to withhold the results in store because they were sub par. Is there a guarantee that every nug will have the same cannabinoid content as the tested sample? Of course not. But do the numbers come from actual tests that are check-able even to the point of having photographs taken by the lab of the sample prior to testing? Absolutely. You might not be getting the nug that tested above 30%, but there indeed was a nug, from that batch, that tested that high, and you can even see exactly what it looked like, and you can usually tell when they are just cherry picking the very best nugs.