Im a newb to growing but been smoking 42 years. It is complete Bullshit to claim that leaf's don't get you high or that you can't smoke them. It make's me suspect it is spoiled teenagers making that claim. Most of the pot you buy on the street is leaf's (not talking about the new school legal U.S. stuff). Most growers around the world do not remove the leaf's. Leaf''s are what you are often smoking with Mexican and some get you really high. Pot dint even start smelling like skunk until the 1980"s home grown sinsameilia which was very rare and hard to find.(spelling). Mexican was $17.50 in the 1970's for a packed full sandwhich bag in north U.S. It was mostly leaf's. It took more hits but you still got wasted in the Jr. High parking lot listning to black Sabbath on an 8 track. Back in the day (Columbian gold), the first thing you did with your pot before smoking or rolling was sit down with an album cover and clean out the seeds and stems. Do you think they threw the leafs away or wasted them making some bull shit cookies?