UK Cannabis Contamination

[Alaskan Biker]

Passing this on for all the UK members

currently at the top of the page on the first link is the article "grit weed" warning people in the UK about dealers adding a glass like substance to the cannabis that is small enough to get caught in your lung tissue

I would also recommend reading the post in their form section on this subject concerning some of the private analysis done on this substance by educated readers.............they have links provided on the page

I am sure use of this new contaminate will spread since we have had a decades old problem of dealers lacing the cannabis in the eastern and southern U.S. over here unfortunately laced weed is the dominate form of cannabis in those regions.

http://www.ukcia.org/

http://new.edp24.co.uk/search/story.asp ... ory=search

[philly-Rich]

I am sure use of this new contaminate will spread since we have had a decades old problem of dealers lacing the cannabis in the eastern and southern U.S. over here unfortunately laced weed is the dominate form of cannabis in those regions.

I am a little confused by this statement.What laced weed are you talking about.I've been smoking for 25+ years and have never really seen any except PCP,aka wet,dust,cabbage... .That costs more than pot so you know what your buying.I guess you had bad experiences?

[froggy]

have seen first hand some of the contaminated stuff here, you can tell its dodgy right away as its rare to get any green with crystals over here anyway (at least where i am anyway)

[philly-Rich]

Where are you US or UK.I understand the situation in the UK.He's saying it's everywhere on the east coast , has been for decades.

[Alaskan Biker]

He's saying it's everywhere on the east coast , has been for decades.

Actually I was referring to the fact that adding chemicals to cannabis is unfortunately all to common in the US east and south where I was born and probably well over 75% (guessing) of the people have to deal with that crap all the time while others like you and myself lucked out and either found good hook ups or where related to some.

My added comment about the US was concerning that if one asshole dealer on the planet has thought of this new one just give it time I am sure others will to since we already have dealers over here who add a variety of chemicals and some are far harder than others to detect and others would need a lab analysis.

(1) some add a variety of chemicals to enhance the high of inferior bud

(2) some add chemicals that are addictive to the bud for the obvious financial gain they hope for

(3) the most prevalent lacing (poisoning) of all in the US is currently the Commercial Grade Mexican Weed that is grown outdoors and that one seasonal crop a year that supplies so much of the US south and east is then sprayed down with formalgahyde to prevent molding while being warehoused then to eventually be sent as needed for the next 12 months across the border ..... that is an awful lot of storage for some of that bud and that's why south of the border you will see guys wearing white protective suits and respirators spraying down the already dried and baled weed with a commercial paint sprayer soaking the bud uniformly with formalgahyde before storage.
Also it is not uncommon for some dealers in the US to then add more formalgahyde to the bud as it does pretty well blitz the customers and also has a short term addictive quality that brings them hurrying back.


Anyway to get the thread back on track my main purpose was just to post that link for the good people in the UK so that they can be a little more informed when looking over their purchase and maybe avoid inhaling any of that crap

[froggy]

im in the uk, sorry i havent added it to my profile

but yes its a shame as the weed is generally decent, but that crap totally ruins it

[Kaiser Saucy]

For the non uk members.....what certain gangs are doing is contaminating bud by two main methods. 1) they are spraying it with industrial silicon sealant to make it look like it has more crystals & bump the weight. 2) certain samples have also been analysed under electron microscopes & its been discovered that some bud has been coated with tiny particles of glass dust...small enough to inhale & imbed themselves in your lungs.

These tests were run by a major cannabis activist group in the uk & this bud has been getting reported with increasing regularity all over the uk. It started after a major campaign by the police to shut down growers. It did cause a drought for a few months, but when the supply bounced back this contaminated weed made an appearance.

Whoever is doing it needs to have their balls cut off

[user54321]

Whoever is doing it needs to have their balls cut off

Never a truer word spoken!

It tends to be soap bar mostly here, as much as it is a poor, poor smoke and full of evil shit like vinyl which I try not to think about ('cause it's all i can afford), it does not contain anything which could get imbedded into yer lungs! Lesser of two evils imo...

That's some pretty nasty shit alright!

Balls.... cut right off.

Sinister behaviour like this just goes to show why such laws should be relaxed in other towns too.

[bungle4]

can the problem be overcome (although far from being as good as unspoilt bud) by smoking through filter tips? (as in the pre bought Swan tips for cigarettes)

I know the smoke won't be as good as with a normal roach but from what I understand the silicone/reflective glass/etching solution additive burns at very high temperatures (higher than those found in a spliff) but the problems come from inhaling them into the lungs. The filter tips would surely prevent this?

Possibly make useless bin-bound weed smokable?

[Kaiser Saucy]

People shouldnt buy the stuff at all. I had gone without weed for months then got introduced to someone who tried to sell me this contaminated crap, i refused to pay for it & told him why. The only way the market will go back to the way it was is if people refuse to buy the stuff & tell their dealers why.

Its fairly easy to have a good idea of whether something may be contaminated, just check the UKCIA website. If you already have some i would imagine the melting point of silicone is within the temperature of a joint. The bottom line is, if people keep buying it they will keep contaminating it.

Remember.......Just say NO!!!

[711]

That's right, just say grow.

[Rev]

It is shit, and the stuff tastes horrible, but I do not honestly believe that it is very harmful. Unfortunately certain members of certain activist groups have a long and illustrious history of talking complete and utter bullshit.

I don't care anyway, theres not a lot of it about now, starting to turn back to regular weed again, havn't seen the sandy stuff in ages.

[Matt_B]

Until recently I had been very lucky and not come across any of the nasty sprayed weed, but in the last few weeks here I have seen loads of it. It's hard to believe anyone would want to smoke the stuff to be honest, it just looks plain nasty. Filter tip or not, it seems crazy to willingly inhale glass into your lungs.

The only way to get rid of this problem is for everyone to refuse it. Just don't buy it. It won't take long before the scumbags trying to sell the stuff get the message. It worries me though that there are still people out there who will smoke it because they can't get anything else. Maybe the problem is around to stay? Who knows, it might not be long until the situation with weed in the UK gets like it is with nasty soap bar. I for one hope that the grit weed problem goes away as quickly as it arrived.

[BigRobb]

I haven't bought any locally for a while now, nearly 9 months. The quality I was getting was really bad,.

All the respectable dealers have either been banged up or have moved on and I really don't fancy buying any from some kid in a hoodie...

[axeman9]

Sad to say one of my friends picked a bit up on Saturday. The stuff looks very nice, and smells even better. but when you put a bit in your mouth you can taste the contaminants and feel it crunch up. Just like eating sand!! and it stinks when you burn it. He got an oz. He asked for his money back but the guy said no way. What can ya do!?

Axeman