News that marijuana potency is at an News that marijuana potency is at an all-time high in the United States prompted hand-wringing by drug officials and hold-ons by drug leniency advocates. But as I started to dig into the competing claims — does extra-strong weed really cause extra-strong mental problems? Do users reduce their dosage accordingly, or just get really, really baked? — I realized that a quick blog post couldn’t do the subject justice.

A quick blog post can, however, do justice to a question I’ve always wanted to ask Wired Science readers: Would you smoke genetically modified marijuana? (Hypothetically, of course! We’re a law-abiding blog.)

And if you’d smoke GM pot but won’t eat GM food, or vice versa, then please explain.

Video: Steve and Brian, the pothead gaybors on The Sarah Silverman Show, assume that medical marijuana must be weak, just like aspirin. Wacky hijinks ensue!

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