A post was made here (source: Grand Rapids Press) that says Drug-Free Schools Coalition claims that 28,000 joints can be obtained from one plant each year. I responded with math. They responded by saying that they never made the claim despite this article: Editorial: Medical marijuana proposal needs more safeguards - Grand Rapids Opinion (For the full article, see the next post below)
They responded to me with a new claim, that is STILL wrong. There are multiple holes in their claim, the major one being that they assume that leaves are a product of equal quality to bud, hence the 5lbs avg. plant. More disinformation from "intelligent parents" (that use AOL) :
By the way, you can reverse lookup the phone number for an address and then go to Google Images. The place is a Mansion/Estate. Seems like they would want to put that money into Drug-Free Schools programs instead of their own image and extravagant lifestyle. Be sure to give this guy a call and let him know that using leaves in a calculation demonstrates significant ignorance and misleads the public a la REEFER MADNESS.
Also note how his references contradict one another, and look at the range of numbers he reports - 'one plant can produce 960 to 9,600 joints'. Ignorance makes me sad.
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DrugFreeSC@aol.com
David Evans - tell him the truth
908-284-5080
["We have not claimed that a marijuana plant can make 28,000 joints per year. Who says we have made that claim? Please send me the citation.
How much pot can a plant produce?
The typical marijuana plant produces 1 to 5 pounds of smokeable materials (leaves and buds). Maybe more if grown indoors under the right conditions. [FN1]
How many joints are in 1 to 5 pounds of pot?
According to NORML, a typical marijuana joint is estimated to weigh about 0.4 grams. If a standard joint is 0.4 grams of average-quality 6% marijuana buds, an ounce of "standard pot" equals more than 60 joints. An ounce of more potent 12% sinsemilla is 120 joints. Thus an ounce is from 60 to 120 joints. There are 16 ounces in a pound. A pound of marijuana can thus produce from 960 to 1,920 joints. [FN2]
A plant can produce 1 to 5 pounds. Thus, at a minimum, a plant will produce approximately 960 to 1,920 joints up to 4,800 to 9,600 joints per year.
These are the calculations we have used for quite a while. They seem to be in the ranges mentioned below.
David Evans
908-284-5080
References
[FN1] Drug Identification Bible, third edition, page 606, Tim Marnell editor, Denver, CO, 800-772-2539 (a book for law enforcement, parents and educators)
[FN2] Economics of cannabis legalization, written by Dale Gieringer, Ph.D., coordinator, California NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). Reprinted from Ed Rosenthal, ed., Hemp Today pp. 311-24. (Quick American Archives, Oakland, CA 1994)]"
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They responded to me with a new claim, that is STILL wrong. There are multiple holes in their claim, the major one being that they assume that leaves are a product of equal quality to bud, hence the 5lbs avg. plant. More disinformation from "intelligent parents" (that use AOL) :
By the way, you can reverse lookup the phone number for an address and then go to Google Images. The place is a Mansion/Estate. Seems like they would want to put that money into Drug-Free Schools programs instead of their own image and extravagant lifestyle. Be sure to give this guy a call and let him know that using leaves in a calculation demonstrates significant ignorance and misleads the public a la REEFER MADNESS.
Also note how his references contradict one another, and look at the range of numbers he reports - 'one plant can produce 960 to 9,600 joints'. Ignorance makes me sad.
_____________________________________________
DrugFreeSC@aol.com
David Evans - tell him the truth
908-284-5080
["We have not claimed that a marijuana plant can make 28,000 joints per year. Who says we have made that claim? Please send me the citation.
How much pot can a plant produce?
The typical marijuana plant produces 1 to 5 pounds of smokeable materials (leaves and buds). Maybe more if grown indoors under the right conditions. [FN1]
How many joints are in 1 to 5 pounds of pot?
According to NORML, a typical marijuana joint is estimated to weigh about 0.4 grams. If a standard joint is 0.4 grams of average-quality 6% marijuana buds, an ounce of "standard pot" equals more than 60 joints. An ounce of more potent 12% sinsemilla is 120 joints. Thus an ounce is from 60 to 120 joints. There are 16 ounces in a pound. A pound of marijuana can thus produce from 960 to 1,920 joints. [FN2]
A plant can produce 1 to 5 pounds. Thus, at a minimum, a plant will produce approximately 960 to 1,920 joints up to 4,800 to 9,600 joints per year.
These are the calculations we have used for quite a while. They seem to be in the ranges mentioned below.
David Evans
908-284-5080
References
[FN1] Drug Identification Bible, third edition, page 606, Tim Marnell editor, Denver, CO, 800-772-2539 (a book for law enforcement, parents and educators)
[FN2] Economics of cannabis legalization, written by Dale Gieringer, Ph.D., coordinator, California NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). Reprinted from Ed Rosenthal, ed., Hemp Today pp. 311-24. (Quick American Archives, Oakland, CA 1994)]"
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