No way....DEFINITELY more potency in a cured nug. Ever taste your nug few days after cutting, then again after a few weeks of curing? Its a known fact man. You want your nug to be potent as curing right away, you gotta decarbolaxate? it. When doing edibles with fresh nug, I bake it in the oven at 210 deg. for about 30 min. Decarbolaxation occurs, and your nugs are more potent than fresh.