Average THC Content in Seized Thai Stick Samples (1972 - 2008)

Thai Stick has traditionally been a scare commodity in the United States, as is reflected here in the low number of samples available for testing in most years. It was a much higher quality product than most of the commercially avaialble cannabis (a market dominated by lower quality "brick" weed). In terms of both quality and potency, thai stick is on par with sinsemilla. It has always been a rare commodity in the US market, and the extremely low number of samples tested reflect its role as a novelty product that was never available in very large quantities. Due to poor handling and an extremely low sample rate, the numbers here likely do not reflect well upon the actual potency levels of the product.

Number of Samples and Average THC Content of Seized Thai Stick Year Samples Avg THC % 1972 -- -- 1973 -- -- 1974 1 0.54 1975 -- -- 1976 -- -- 1977 1 4.91 1978 1 0.82 1979 1 0.13 1980 1 0.05 1981 -- -- 1982 8 4.60 1983 7 4.17 1984 3 5.71 1985 1 6.26 1986 6 3.73 1987 3 4.45 1988 2 3.37 1989 -- -- 1990 1 0.12 1991 -- -- 1992 -- -- 1993 -- -- 1994 -- -- 1995 2 4.52 1996 -- -- 1997 -- -- 1998 -- -- 1999 -- -- 2000 1 3.27 2001 -- -- 2002 -- -- 2003 -- -- 2004 -- -- 2005 -- -- 2006 -- -- 2007 -- -- 2008 -- --

Sources: University of Mississippi, Marijuana Potency Monitoring Project^*

* The Marijuana Potency Monitoring project is sponsored by the US National Institute on Drug Abuse. The sources of the numbers quoted here are as follows: ElSohly, M.A., et al "The Potency of Confiscated Marijuana, Thai Stick, and Thai Stick Over a Ten-Year Period," Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 29, No. 2, April 1984, pp. 500-514 ElSohly, M.A., et al "Potency Trends of delta-9 THC and Other Cannabinoids in Confiscated Marijuana from 1980-1997, Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 45, No. 1, 2000, pp. 24-30 ElSohly, M.A. National Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Quarterly Report, Potency Monitoring Project, Report #104, Dec 16, 2008 - Mar 15, 2009 Definition: (from ElSohly, et al) Thai Stick Cannabis in the form of leafy material tied around a small stem, a classical form produced in Thailand.

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