Rolled up a bundle of joy

The skills honed from the practised craft of cigarette-rolling forms the foundation of rolling more intricate funnelled objects commonly known as the ‘joint’ or ‘spliff’. This white, hand-crafted, conical, elongated object is filled with the connoisseur’s choice of herbal bouquet; a mix of carefully prepared and dried fragrant leaf of an exotic, Sativa-Indica plant sometimes with a little tobacco sprinkled in. ‘Sparking up’, involves lighting the tip and slowly dragging the other end by placing the lips on the roach, a paper filter tip, and savouring the sweet smoke, slightly unusual taste of the plant which brings euphoric feelings of a happy high, relaxedness, increased senses and an unhurried perception of time. The consumer will later experience a mellow buzz behind the eyes, the increasingly heavy eyelids causes the eyes to squint under its own weight, and a dry aftertaste is left on the tongue that longs to be slaked with a glass of something juicy. The panging stomach echoes notes of hunger too, the ’munchies’, that is only satiated with something tasty– taste is an altered perception; even the most bland food can make the taste buds dance with joy in the mouth of a ‘stoned’ smoker.

Image source: THCganja

Demonisation of drugs

Starting the research into drugs and looking for journals has proven difficult to find any theories or papers that does not come across as just ‘anti-drugs’. Whether this is simply because people who research into this controversial topic only look at how drugs harm rather than have an ability to aid them in its consumption.  Even a quick search term ‘drug consumption’ on Google returns hits that are mainly about drug addiction, how to reduce drug use and anything negative about drugs.

Dealer or no dealer, Tom? Part 2 of 2

If you read the previous post regarding Tom’s continued search for a higher grade of weed, check after the break as his story is about to get slightly darker and a whole lot weirder, all for the name of dope.

Medical uses of abused drugs (Linked)

I always love stuff in info graphics, here’s one from Medical Billing and Coding Guide

Dealer or no dealer, Tom? Part 1 of 2

Drugs exist within a clandestine environment, you can’t shop for drug dealers as easily as you would for tobacco or alcohol vendors. The ‘Search Theory model’ for drug buying is developed through contacts and is a time consuming process. However, once a reputable drug dealer is found, the relationship between the buyer and seller can last a long time; it would take a long time to find someone new and also the test for quality could potentially be hazardous depending on what you buy.

The cannabis edible delight or case of bad brownie flu?

I was talking to my friend Andrea about this blog and she was telling about her experience with drugs. Now let me explain that Andrea is not what you would even class as light ‘drug’ user – she is what you would class as a very limited, social user. She loves to drink and that is her poison of choice. She explains to me that she has friends within her circle that smoke weed, but she first tried it when her boyfriend passed the glowing, lit end of a doobie to her.

“I don’t even like to smoke,” she ensures me, “but I’ve never actually felt the experience of weed because every time I’ve tried it, I’m usually too drunk to feel the effects.”

One normally questions the mixing of alcohol and effects of marijuana together as a bad combination; so I asked if she has ever had any bad experiences with marijuana.

“There was this one time…” she recalls avidly, “when one of my cousin baked a batch of brownies…”

Dominic’s story of club, cocaine and beautiful women…

My friend Dom was telling me about his crazy night he had over the weekend – what was only supposed to be a few drinks at the club with friends turned out to be a decadent night of expensive champagne, lines and sex.

Their extravagant spending in the VIP section attracted a lot of attention from some of the girls on the dance floor, which turned into a queue as each of them tried to gain access to their cordoned VIP area.

“I swear, all these beautiful women were lining up…

Questioning the legality of marijuana…

Defining the literal meaning of drugs

Drugs

noun /drəg/
drugs, plural

• A substance that has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body, in particular
• A medicine, esp. a pharmaceutical preparation
  • – a new drug aimed at sufferers from Parkinson’s disease
• A substance taken for its narcotic or stimulant effects, often illegally
  • – a drug addict
  • – mass adoration is a highly addictive drug

When people ask the question “Do you take drugs?”. That meaning is instantly imbued with a sense of culpability. Even in the context of being admitted to a hospital, a nurse would question whether you are on any medication. Drugs; even though the literal meaning also means medication, is signified to be interpreted as something of a narcotic in the English-speaking culture.