Consumption of GMO products is not what scares me. The science has superceded the “ick” factor and determined it safe (barring the results from 50 year longitudinal studies on the effects of consumption).
Could not agree more with everything you said!
While yes, this is very alarmist, can one be blamed for feeling that when when critically examining the effects humans and their actions have had on the natural world. Seems we have a long history of destroying ecosystems and species with our “beneifical” decision-making (usually considered good practice for the time).
I’d rather be alarmist and tread carefully when the consequences can be potentially catastrophic. (Not that I necessarily anticipate free-moving GMO cannabis pollen to be the downfall of the species)
Well i agree in general but not in this scenario. There is no evidence that smoking thcp flower day in and day out (or thcp dabs for that matter) is safe and healthy. I’d be less concerned about the side effects of gmo and more about the intended effects!
You’re absolutely right, especially concerning the concentrated extract of said plant. I can imagine we aren’t too far off from actual (medical definition of) overdose on cannibinoids becoming a real possibility.
Great! Now the one drug that wouldn’t kill me and fights cancer (among other things) can kill me now! Who needs a panacea anyway?!
Hu-210 has already been used during the Spice/K2 craze a few years back.
Potent CB1 agonists lead to overdoses which can lead to hypothermia, seizures and even death. They also show strong withdrawal symptoms not seen with partial agonist like d9thc
The argument was always “weed can’t be bad because people have been smoking it for a million years and no one’s died yet” – and that was a good argument I fully agree with. But now that we’re getting into cannabinoids that have no history of consumption by man, that won’t fly. Say what you will about big pharma at least they are called upon to provide some level of proof of safety before releasing something (though sketchy things still make it through of course).
Meh. Too big a hammer to qualify as genetic manipulation. Same applies to mutagen based breeding.
We didn’t come up with “GMO” till we learned how to splice DNA in the test tube. Those who figured it out sat down in asilomar in 1975 and figured out how to proceed before making mod one.
The argument that gmo is no different from traditional breeding is marketing hogwash too. Simply an earlier attempt to calm the public. Just as disingenuous as “crispr isn’t gmo”.
Agreed, also check out dimethylheptylpyran (DMHP) and Parahexyl. Both are the d6a,10 versions with different tail lengths
Btw, THCp would form a very similar compound to HU-210 when taken orally. Difference is THCp has heptyl tail and hu-210 dimethylheptyl tail. 11-hydroxy-THCp would probably still be very potent
Edit: actually hu-210 is the d8 isomer so a little different there
Has anyone actually bio-assayed either heptyl? It’d be crazy to invest a ton of money time and effort into something for human use, if nobody knows the effect in human. Lab results don’t always translate into human result.
