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EVIL WEED EXPLORED

Researchers report on dope data

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delta-9 THC, is the principle active
component responsible for produc-
ing a high. In actuality, w h e n
friends exchange accolades about
their stash, they are unknowingly
rating the delta-9 THC content of
the grass.
Dr. Thomas Dolby, a leading re-
searcher of THC chemistry at the
University, has- collected interest-
ing data accumulated from experi-
ments done on marijuana .1
Though this information has yet
to be published in Consumers' Re-
port, Dolby notes, "high quality
dope, e.g., Columbian Flower Tops,
maximally contains 15 milligrams
delta-9 THC per gram of dupe.
At the other end of the spectrum,
a couple of tokes of the "home
grown" Indiana Green will never
initiate a buzz, packing a meager
0.04 mg. delta-9 THC/gm. dope."
For the hash enthusiast, the
quality of purchase is just as
varied. Depending on the source
and age of the hash, the amount
of T H C will range from 0.1-40
mg. /gram.
On a more specific level, the in-
dividual parts of the marijuana
plant also exhibit this potency var-
iance.
Most desired are the bracts, or
female flowers, which contain the
greatest concentration of sessile
(THC-secreting) glands. This den-
sity progressively decreases in the
leaves, stems, . roots and seeds,
which are all equipotent in males
and females.
"The bracts are .so superior,"
Dolby notes, "that in the produc-
tion of most hash the male plants
are pulled out and destroyed." The
male facilitates this process by
flowering two weeks before the
female. Soon after, it dies and
turns a yellow color. The readily
trecognizable plant is then dis-
carded.
Horticulture hobbyists should ben-
efit from the knowlege that the
dope's potency depends upon the
heredity of the parents, not the
locale in which it's grown. A study
made in the early 1970's revealed
that for, th r ee generations, the F
delta-9 THC content of Panamanian I
weed grown in New Hampshire re-
mained constant and vice versa.
With this useful information, people
in the Boston area will likely plant
things besides beans.
National emergencies are rare,
but if grass ever completely re-
places lager as America's favorite
evil, breweries will be well pre-
pared. The excess hops can be
grafted to the dope bushes, and its
trace cannabinoid content -will in-
crease many fold.
Marijuana conneisseurs will be
the first to sense that delta-9 THC
is not a stable compound. A stash
left at room temperature will lose
approximately 10% of its THC
every month. The guilty culprit is

oxygen, which consumes more THC
than the heartiest of smokers ever
could. The oxidized THC is con-
verted to cannabinol, which is con-
siderably less active.
Dolby, offering alternative solu-
tions to this dilemma, adds, "It is
best to smoke the grass with great
speed or store the goods in your
refrigerator or freezer."
As a public service to j o i n t
smokers, an imaginative Californ-
ian scientist did a study to deter-
mine the fate of delta-9 THC as the
joint is toked.
His dilligence showed that burn-
ing alone destroys half the THC,
4% escapes via the sidestream,
20% is directly consumed, while
over one quarter remains in the
"roach."
Thus, for a guaranteed super
buzz, it is best to save the roaches
and combine their contents into a
"second generation" joint.
There is occasional controversy
as to whether toking up or endulg-
ing in brownie delights produces a
more potent high. "It is quite con-
clusive," explains Dolby, "that a

given quantity of grass is more enzyme reaction has just the op-I
efficient when inhaled rather than posite effect on harder drugs like
ingested. cocaine, morphine and barbituates.
"Taken in hits of sweet air, only In these cases, the enzyme reac-
0.5-3 mg. delta-9 THC will initiate tion renders the narcotic inactive.
a high, while the gastrointestinal First-time smokers require a lot
route demands 5-10 times more to of dope to get high because in-
do the trick." itially only a minimal amount of
Additionally, when g r a s s is the enzyme system is present in
smoked, enough heat energy is the body. However, the introduc-
present to transform two other tion of the THC causes the produc-
minor cannabinoids, tetrahydracan- tion of more enzyme.
nabinolic acid and cannabidiol, to Thus, for frfequent smokers, the
delta-9 THC to supplement the THC more one smokes, the more enzyme
already present. Body heat how- is accumulated in the body pro-
ever, exerted on dope during di- ucing a faster, shorter-lasting high
gestion is insufficient to catalyze each time.
the above side reaction. The delta-9 THC floating in the
Once the THC is inhaled, it passes blood is transported throughout the
to the lungs where part is absorbed body by proteins. Upon arrival at
by lung cells and the rest is trans- the liver, more unreacted delta-9
ported through the blood. The THC is converted to the potent
delta-9 THC in the lung cells is variety.
converted by an enzyme system. Most of the THC continues to cir-
This transformed THC, according culate about the body but a por-
to most recent studies done on tion is excreted, through the urine
mice and man, has been found to and feces. Most recently, experi-
be anywhere from 2-15 times more mentation on rats further revealed
potent than plain delta-9 THC. a minute fraction of the THC was
It is interesting to note that this incorporated into hair protein.

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