I think you're right that cannabis culture is due for a massive change in the way we view and think about using different distributions of cannabinoids and how mode of consumption/particular cannabis preparation alter these distributions. I also agree with you that more balance (i.e. less thc, more of every other active molecule) would produce weed that is better for 99.99% of people's use cases. Also, I think it's easier for people to moderate their thc intake when they're not heavy cannabis users.
There's a place for melting your face off and becoming one with a paranoid blur of parapolitics documentaries, but I don't think it's for every day use. I think what's probably more important than specific thc concentration in the bud is how much thc (relative to other cannabinoids and also absolutely) ends up in the blood. Using a very small amount of a very high thc strain can be moderated so that a person only gets as much thc as they'd pull out of one with a lower strength, and can also be useful in blending with other strains to alter the distribution of cannabinoids more intentionally.
All of this said, those distillate pens have to go. Most of them wick a solution of almost entirely thc (and a small amount of cbd, but almost never terpenes or other cannabinoids, and I've only seen one full spectrum extract pen, which I guess isn't really a distillate cartridge, but I digress) onto a wound metal wire (which I don't think is tested/inspected by a QA system to ensure they don't off-gas heavy metals when oils vaporize on them), whose temperature is usually allowed to increase until the user stops pulling, which can lead to the user combusting the extract on the heating surface.
I also think most of us don't think much about the method we use to consume it. I used to dab a lot, thinking that I was vaporizing and avoiding combustion, but with the temperatures I was using, I was almost certainly combusting something and after a while, my lungs hurt more from dabs than smoking. Then I switched to vaporizing flower and my lungs hurt way less, I sleep better, and my tolerance is more reasonable. At first I couldn't get as high, but a month long break took care of that. Now just 0.125 grams of a strong strain in a dynavap gets me ripped, and I think this is the one saving grace of high thc strains: you don't need to carry as much to get the same magnitude of effect (assuming that you have enough diversity in cannabinoid and terpene production that every other molecule isn't overshadowed completely by thc.
I've stopped buying based on reported strength of any cannabinoids (and I think some of these numbers were inflated anyway) and I follow my nose and my gut. I'm okay with not getting quite as high if it tastes amazing and I can know the plant was grown in living soil without any pesticides/fungicides/otherpoisons.
I think you're right that cannabis culture is due for a massive change in the way we view and think about using different distributions of cannabinoids and how mode of consumption/particular cannabis preparation alter these distributions. I also agree with you that more balance (i.e. less thc, more of every other active molecule) would produce weed that is better for 99.99% of people's use cases. Also, I think it's easier for people to moderate their thc intake when they're not heavy cannabis users.
There's a place for melting your face off and becoming one with a paranoid blur of parapolitics documentaries, but I don't think it's for every day use. I think what's probably more important than specific thc concentration in the bud is how much thc (relative to other cannabinoids and also absolutely) ends up in the blood. Using a very small amount of a very high thc strain can be moderated so that a person only gets as much thc as they'd pull out of one with a lower strength, and can also be useful in blending with other strains to alter the distribution of cannabinoids more intentionally. All of this said, those distillate pens have to go. Most of them wick a solution of almost entirely thc (and a small amount of cbd, but almost never terpenes or other cannabinoids, and I've only seen one full spectrum extract pen, which I guess isn't really a distillate cartridge, but I digress) onto a wound metal wire (which I don't think is tested/inspected by a QA system to ensure they don't off-gas heavy metals when oils vaporize on them), whose temperature is usually allowed to increase until the user stops pulling, which can lead to the user combusting the extract on the heating surface.
I also think most of us don't think much about the method we use to consume it. I used to dab a lot, thinking that I was vaporizing and avoiding combustion, but with the temperatures I was using, I was almost certainly combusting something and after a while, my lungs hurt more from dabs than smoking. Then I switched to vaporizing flower and my lungs hurt way less, I sleep better, and my tolerance is more reasonable. At first I couldn't get as high, but a month long break took care of that. Now just 0.125 grams of a strong strain in a dynavap gets me ripped, and I think this is the one saving grace of high thc strains: you don't need to carry as much to get the same magnitude of effect (assuming that you have enough diversity in cannabinoid and terpene production that every other molecule isn't overshadowed completely by thc.
I've stopped buying based on reported strength of any cannabinoids (and I think some of these numbers were inflated anyway) and I follow my nose and my gut. I'm okay with not getting quite as high if it tastes amazing and I can know the plant was grown in living soil without any pesticides/fungicides/otherpoisons.
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