"There is, I believe, synthetic THC, but it's not the same as what Nature offers."

You believe correctly and no, it ain't.

Ever since amateur botanists were inspired by the work of Gregor Mendel, the THC content of marijuana has skyrocketed as it were. I suppose Madison Avenue could spin it so that color, hue, odor or lack of, affect the prices people would pay for what I will henceforth call grass becouse marijuana is a pain in the butt to type. But yer basic toker is interested in levels that have been described with precise scientific meanings:

Ranks up there with oregano (very bad)
Change spark plugs on Pluto (very good)

Expressions evolve and come to have meaning within the 'community' of grass smokers, wherever they may be:

One toke shit--which is often dependent for meaning on who says it but if said by a conizur--like wine conizures but different--carries more weight than if said by Shane in Blind River for example

Two toke shit--still good but not primo

Three toke shit--bake with it

Levels of THC in grass have risen in the past fifty/sixty years if the stuff my friends tell me has any truth to it. As a kid the top of the line stuff was Panama Red or Acaupolco Gold (just had to say it, not spell it) which was about 6% THC. Fast forward to these days and the percentage of THC has quadrupled. Using THC for pain management means taking what is 'right' for you and the condition you wish to ameliorate. People are different. However, I see little evidence of 'drug culture' associated with grass other than the aspect brought to it by governments.

There is a concern with which I agree: do not operate heavy machinery while under the influence. If I smoked I would adhere to that warning. For example, a friend told me that he almost starved to death because he didn't want to handle the silver fork to eat the Sara Lee Double Chocolate Pound Cake or something like that.

The misinformation that has been generated to do with grass is massive. Much of it is misinformation. Maybe the 'right' people aren't making a buck off it.

Is grass for everyone? Of course not. My very own mother may she rest in peace split a joint with a girl friend of hers back in 1970 or so. The story I heard was that the sent my brother off to get cigarettes and they ordered two barbecue chickens with all the trimmings from one of Montreal's best restaurants for that sort of thing: St Hubert. An hour later when he returned there was nothing left of the home delivery but chicken bones, clean chicken bones, sparkling clean chicken bones. My dear old mother may she rest in peace weighed 105 pounds when she was carrying a ten-pond bag of potatoes. She claimed the only effect grass had on her was that she got hungry. Her friend was finishing a one-quart strawberry milkshake and her answer was too garbled to print here. Well, maybe not. She said, "Bosherds drub glaxxaw bracklerst."

I find there usually isn't much point talking about it because most people don't want to hear about it. We cannot trust our governments on the issue, they having been complicit in spreading so much false information about it to begin with.

The red herring about needing to control THC content: Why? I know seasoned smokers who take a toke, wait two minutes and assess the situation. If they have forgot about the situation by then, well bingo, that's one toke shit and they don't take any after that. Someone with a higher tolerance might take another but you roll his body out of the way and if you're real nice put a pillow under his head.

From what I know it works for many people who have stresses caused by illness, pain caused by illness, etc. Hell, I recall that acupuncture was one step removed from voodoo only sixty years ago. I don't think they are bad people, and even if I did it's none of my business anyway.