• Is My Weed Good?: The Consumer's Guide
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There have been a lot of threads discussing or regarding marijuana pick-ups. Everyone wants to know if they've been ripped off, if their weed is decent, or if they're in possession of the bomb kush. I created this thread to help all of you determine if the quad in that ziplock baggy is good weed, if it's worth what you paid, and if it is, in fact, a 1/4 ounce of that wonderful, magical, green mary jane. Why should you listen to me? I'm the best friend of one of the biggest dealers in my city, with direct ties to one of the biggest dealers in the province, who actually hangs out with THE biggest dealers in the country (The Hell's Angels). I've had weed explained to me for years by my best friend and I think I'm about ready to teach the rest of you what I've come to learn. [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/2na2mwp.jpg[/IMG] Unless you have a friend that is growing his own shit, or you know someone that is growing weed and selling it, then your chron is probably being passed down through many, many hands. There are large grow-ops all across the country. Each grow-ops grows several different strands of marijuana and at the start of the budding season (budding season is essentially the Fall), all the way through to the end, these grow-ops pick, trim, and package their weed to be sold to the regional dealers. The regional dealers are basically dealers that sell to different dealers in several cities. The city dealers then deal to even smaller, city-regional dealers, who then sell to you. Often times, city-regional dealers will set up deals with even smaller wanna-be dealers to sell their product so that more chron can be sold faster. To sum it all up: [IMG]http://i34.tinypic.com/3133xmv.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i33.tinypic.com/2dbv4sx.jpg[/IMG] Now that you know where your weed comes from, you probably want to know how to get your hands on it. Well, despite what you were taught at public school, all the stoners in the world are not secluded, alone, friendless, at-home losers. In fact, you probably saw hundreds of them last time you stepped outside. Marijuana smokers are [u]everywhere[/u]. If you want to buy the ganja you have to ask people that smoke it. Of course, not everyone will be 100% willing to get weed for you. I, personally, hate grabbing weed for people who can't find it themselves. More often then not, if you tell the person you'll blaze them, or toss them a 5, it will motivate them to grab you some weed. Basically: [highlight]WRONG![/highlight] [IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/2cpc9ox.jpg[/IMG] [highlight]RIGHT![/highlight] [IMG]http://i33.tinypic.com/28i2glf.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i35.tinypic.com/2zqasgk.jpg[/IMG] One of the most practiced practices among dealers is ripping off the little guy. It doesn't matter if you're just buying a gram, or if you're picking up a full oz, if your dealer knows you don't have a scale to check to see if you got ripped, they will most likely give you less than you paid for. If you're buying, let's say, a gram, many dealers will give out what I only know as 'p-8 beans', or 0.8 grams in a dime-bag. 0.2g may not seem like a lot, but if this dealer sells just 5 grams, they just earned themselves a full gram. The world of dealing is a complicated, risky, dirty business but for now all that needs to be said is that dealers are always looking for that extra cash. Some dealers sell quarter-pounds per week and only make at the most $200 from it, so when they have the chance to get some extra money, they take it. There are several ways typed of bud you will encounter: (The following pictures were taken from Google - I do not have every type of weed at my disposal) [b]The Leafy Weed[/b] [IMG]http://i35.tinypic.com/2wrg0ev.jpg[/IMG] Leafy weed has a lot of leaves. When the bud is picked from the marijuana plant, all the excess leaves are trimmed, leaving a beautiful bud. Sometimes a few buds are left untrimmed, or are lazily trimmed so that the bud looks much, much bigger than it actually is. Often time dealers will pack a dime bag full of leafy weed so that you'll think it's a gram without question, when really this bud could weigh .7, or even less. [b]The Dense Weed[/b] Sorry, I couldn't find a picture of some dense weed on Google, but you should know it when you see it. Dense weed, in terms of seeing if you've been ripped off, is weed that has been sat on, squished together, and pushed in so tight that it's extremely hard to rip it apart. The buds on dense weed are very, very small but can weigh up to surprising amounts. [b]China Bud[/b] [IMG]http://i35.tinypic.com/juc0gx.jpg[/IMG] China bud is gross, falling apart, small-budded weed which weighs up to how it looks, but is just not very good quality. If your dealer is giving you china bud, you should ask if they have any other strands, because smoking this shit just doesn't feel the same as smoking some decent weed. China bud also tends to have fat stems, which can weigh down the weed a small amount (0.1g - 0.2g). The ONLY definite way to determine if you've been ripped off or not is to scale up the weed yourself. If you're buying a small amount, you can reveal the true amount of weed you've bought by grinding/chopping it up fully, then try to eye it out yourself. A pile of a gram of chopped weed should be just a bit bigger than this (this weed has been torn apart by hand): [IMG]http://i36.tinypic.com/nb3ocw.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i33.tinypic.com/az78k3.jpg[/IMG] There tons and tons of different kinds of marijuana. All marijuana plants have the potential to be good, it's all in how the plant is taken care of that determines the quality of the marijuana. [IMG]http://i34.tinypic.com/r29lys.jpg[/IMG] [b]Brown Hairs[/b] - Contrary to popular belief, brown hairs mean very little in terms of bud potency. If your bud has a lot of brown hairs, it just means that that strain of marijuana happens to grow a lot of brown hairs. Hairs can also appear in a more orange-ish color, a more gold-ish color, a more red-ish color, or a purple color. [b]Crystal Build-Up[/b] - The little crystals you see on your bud are actually THC crystals. If your bud is covered in them then it is probably amazing weed. Usually, if you break open your bud and look close to the stem, there is a high build-up there. If your weed has very little crystals then it is shitty. And that's that. [b]Greeness[/b] - If your bud looks off-colored (a weird green, or more brown than green), then it isn't quality weed. Good marijuana will be very green and very beautiful. Of course an exception to this is colored strains of marijuana such as purple haze. In this case you probably shouldn't even be reading this section because I can tell you right now that you have godly ganja. [b]Smell[/b] - Marijuana should smell like marijuana. That distinct, skunkish, greenish, herbal scent that we all (hopefully) know so well. Sometimes your weed might smell like barnyard, or a petting zoo, this is because it was probably grown on a barn yard where it tends to smell like that. Other times your weed might smell just straight fucked, this is probably because the scent has been dulled by products used on the bud to weight it down. If at all possible ask your dealer to see the weed you are buying. Do the following while it is in your possession: - Smell it - Check for crystal build-up - Take note of the color of the bud - Feel it Don't be fooled by wet weed! Sometimes it looks and feels a lot nicer than it is, but wet weed is hard to smoke, hard to roll, and almost impossible to grind or chop! Feel the weed to make sure it's not too wet or sticky, or too dry and falling apart. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hopefully you've gained at least a small bit of knowledge from this huge thread. I just wanted to help those that do not know. For those that already do know - this thread is not meant for you. Thanks for reading! [IMG]http://i36.tinypic.com/xqj03d.jpg[/IMG]
[quote=Poo Monst3r][IMG]http://i36.tinypic.com/xqj03d.jpg[/IMG][/quote] [img]http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7180/picture34x.jpg[/img] [i]...mine's better...[/i]
Thank you for making this thread, hopefully alot of those "did I get ripped off" threads will disappear
Great thread dude. I was gonna pick up a pipe and a 10 sack from a buddy and was just wondering about this.
bout time we got one of these, sticky?
[QUOTE=Poo Monst3r;17768886]If your weed has very little crystals then it is shitty. And that's that.[/QUOTE] The quality of buds can not be judged entirely by its trichomes.
[QUOTE=MonkeyMan44;17774013]The quality of buds can not be judged entirely by its trichomes.[/QUOTE] No, but it's pretty safe to say if there's no crystal it's probably bad bud.
Useful thread to new smokers, should be stickied.
Good thread. Wish someone had told me this stuff when I first started out
Perhaps you could (when you've got time) do a section about the major strains and how they look. Cool thread.
good thread, this is only generally true, some weed i have had has looked shit but smoked beautifully but this is a good guide.
Awesome guide, thanks!
A+ thread.
Thanks guys! [QUOTE=Madcap;17781461]good thread, this is only generally true, some weed i have had has looked shit but smoked beautifully but this is a good guide.[/QUOTE] Yeah, marijuana can be deceiving like that. There are strains that actually look like china bud, but are very potent strains. Usually a trained eye can tell you if shitty weed is actually shitty.
Sweet thread man, definitely should be stickied, nice work :D.
[QUOTE=Dark_Light;17791936]Sweet thread man, definitely should be stickied, nice work :D.[/QUOTE] If you guys vote me DD mod, I can deliver on that :smug:
Add info about grit/sprayed weed. Been a lot of it round here lately and to the untrained eye it looks like it's covered in trichs, but it's not. Mate text me before saying he's finally got some non-sprayed stuff :biggrin:
[QUOTE=Anubis678;17793166]If you guys vote me DD mod, I can deliver on that :smug:[/QUOTE] Haha or me. [editline]12:40AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Adrego;17793700]Add info about grit/sprayed weed. Been a lot of it round here lately and to the untrained eye it looks like it's covered in trichs, but it's not. Mate text me before saying he's finally got some non-sprayed stuff :biggrin:[/QUOTE] Not really much to talk about, they spray different shit on it to weigh it down. Obviously it's not good to smoke, but it won't kill you faster or anything. I remember a while back my friend just sprayed water on a full QP that he got just to make it heavier. The only problem with that is that it dries, but by the time it does, the full QP is sold so it's all good. It's usually the grow-ops that use the chemical sprays to add substantial weight to quantities, but they won't use anything that will severely harm you. As for sprays that add crystal to a bud, haven't seen any, but I do know of a dealer that covers his weed in some sort of sugar shit. If you look in the picture in the OP of that gram pile, that's some of that weed. You can see little specks of 'crystal' on the ground. I even have another picture of my friends fingers after hand-picking apart that weed: [IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/11rgdfn.jpg[/IMG] Obviously those are not trichomes. Apparently there are fake trichomes that you can buy to cover your weed in, but I've never actually seen it.
[QUOTE=Poo Monst3r;17803325]Haha or me. [editline]12:40AM[/editline] Not really much to talk about, they spray different shit on it to weigh it down. Obviously it's not good to smoke, but it won't kill you faster or anything. I remember a while back my friend just sprayed water on a full QP that he got just to make it heavier. The only problem with that is that it dries, but by the time it does, the full QP is sold so it's all good. It's usually the grow-ops that use the chemical sprays to add substantial weight to quantities, but they won't use anything that will severely harm you. As for sprays that add crystal to a bud, haven't seen any, but I do know of a dealer that covers his weed in some sort of sugar shit. If you look in the picture in the OP of that gram pile, that's some of that weed. You can see little specks of 'crystal' on the ground. I even have another picture of my friends fingers after hand-picking apart that weed: [IMG_thumb]http://i37.tinypic.com/11rgdfn.jpg[/IMG_thumb] Obviously those are not trichomes. Apparently there are fake trichomes that you can buy to cover your weed in, but I've never actually seen it.[/QUOTE] I heard that some people put glass shards on the weed so it looks like it's covered in trichomes.
[QUOTE=cmanatlan;17803815]I heard that some people put glass shards on the weed so it looks like it's covered in trichomes.[/QUOTE] You're stupid, it's cocaine.
Yeah, because if I was looking to rip off my customers, I'd totally put a more expensive drug on it.
Exactly haha
By glass shards I mean really grinded up so at first glance it actually looks like trichomes.
[QUOTE=cmanatlan;17804707]By glass shards I mean really grinded up so at first glance it actually looks like trichomes.[/QUOTE] No one puts glass shards in their weed.
There's been cases where tiny glass beads have been found on cannabis to make it look more potent. People who have smoked it have been hospitalized. [url=http://hightimes.com/news/ht_admin/1447][b]Link[/b][/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUuZxonczJc[/media] It even happens in my town, research your facts. ^ Glad I never bought my own weed there.
[QUOTE=Zeemlapje;17804854]There's been cases where tiny glass beads have been found on cannabis to make it look more potent. People who have smoked it have been hospitalized. [url=http://hightimes.com/news/ht_admin/1447][b]Link[/b][/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUuZxonczJc[/media] It even happens in my town, research your facts. ^ Glad I never bought my own weed there.[/QUOTE] Oh shit. I've never heard of this happening, but I guess people do crazy shit in crazy countries. Sorry for the wrong information.
What is your say on microwaving your bud to break it up easier? I hear it take away the potency of your bud. (ie:) wrapping it up in a paper towel and microwaving it for about 15 sec.
[QUOTE=Arsonist!;17805242]What is your say on microwaving your bud to break it up easier? I hear it take away the potency of your bud. (ie:) wrapping it up in a paper towel and microwaving it for about 15 sec.[/QUOTE] I honestly have no idea, but I would assume about 5 - 10 seconds on high would be fine. I don't know about the radiation and the microwaves though - that could fuck shit up possibly but I'm no scientist.
[QUOTE=Poo Monst3r;17804825]No one puts glass shards in their weed.[/QUOTE] No one would do it to weed they were planning on smoking. But there is a reason to do it on weed you're planning on selling, although you're being a huge douche.
[QUOTE=Anubis678;17804036]Yeah, because if I was looking to rip off my customers, I'd totally put a more expensive drug on it.[/QUOTE] But then again, it could be that only that dealer sells the cocaine-covered weed. When the buyer realises that he doesn't get 'that same feeling' from any dealer but that one, he gets all of the buisness.
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