^ Ive sampled the herb here twice now this year, both times it sucked. It may be due to Im still used to getting
blazed from Cali herb. 2.5 years ago, the herb was a lot better than it is now
There's been a decreasing trend in the quality of homegrown Finnish marijuana - a lot of it comes down to greedy motherfuckers that harvest 2-3 weeks too early and
sell it when it's still slightly damp, 'cause desperate kids with money will buy it anyway, or compulsive stoners 'cause availability is a problem. Most growers don't sell, or if they do, only to their close friends in small amounts.
Two is not a very large sample - I'm sure you could score a couple of weak schwaggy bags in California as well if you had bad luck.
I've had plenty of infuriatingly shitty pot deals in Finland, but when I still used to live there, availability and high prices (which, about 3 years ago, were 30-50% lower than today) were the only problems. In terms of quality and potency it stood up to the best coffeeshops in Amsterdam, and it was consistently better, while Amsterdam won by its variety and constant availability. In both places, you need to know people and places to get the goods. Since this is a "drug scene" thread, though, the commercial scene in Finland is growing in size and declining in quality.
I've never been to North America but people I've met say the weed in Cali is stronger than Amsterdam, which I do not doubt. Hawaii is supposed to trump even Cali.