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Soapbar
- Just Say No to polluted hash
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When
it launched in June 2003, the governments new anti-drug site
"Talk
to Frank" claimed "Cannabis is not something
that dealers mix anything with". We notice this information
has been revised and Frank has now changed his mind.
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The
Frank website seems to be written by people with a very
poor understanding of English and the Soapbar warning
is a good example of this. Frank now says:
"The
most unpure Cannabis is called 'soap bar'. It's contaminated
with all sorts of things. This makes it cheaper but
it's a false economy really as it is often harder to
get stoned. Some users hate it so much they object to
smoking it."
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Franks'
use of the English language is suspect and can really only
be explained because he's not being honest. The word "unpure"
in Franks comments actually means "cut" or "polluted".
This of course is a direct result of prohibition preventing
proper controls and forcing the trade into the hands of organised
crime. Why not tell the truth Frank?
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"Unpure"
Hash
UKCIA
has had this page online since 2001
The
government likes to warn us about the supposed dangers of
cannabis, most of which are downright lies, but it keeps very
quiet about one danger which is both very real and a direct
result of its policies.
Because
it's illegal and so often supplied by profit motivated criminal
networks, cannabis - especially hash - sold in the UK is often
of low quality and contains contaminants.
SOAPBAR
(it's called "soap" because a 250g bar is shaped
like a bar of soap) is perhaps the most common type of hash
in the UK and it is often the most polluted.
Now,
not all soap is bad of course, but some certainly is. At worst
there may only be a tiny amount of low grade hash mixed with
some very strange stuff:
Beeswax,
turpentine, milk powder, ketamine, boot polish, henna, pine
resin, aspirin, animal turds, ground coffee, barbiturates,
glues and dyes plus carcinogenic solvents such as Toluene
and Benzene
This
is what happens under prohibition. If your pint down the pub
contained any of these nasty things wouldn't you complain?
Of course you would, well now its time to complain about polluted
cannabis supplies.
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DON'T
SMOKE SOAP
DON'T BUY SOAP
DON'T SELL SOAP
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The
government is well aware of this situation and seems happy
to expose the millions of cannabis users to dangers which
simple quality controls could eliminate, but of course, that
means accepting they're wrong and legalising cannabis.
Join us in saying "NO" to crap hash, tell your friends, tell
your dealer and ask your MP why they refuse to allow quality
controls for cannabis
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What
to do if all you can get is dodgy soap bar
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Not
all soap is as bad as all that though, so be choosey when buying
it.
Don't
buy rock-hard stuff, or samples that give off a dark acrid smoke
when burned.
Cutting
through a block of resin should expose a brown coloured surface
(including if you have black hash) and it should fluff up when heated
and be easy to powder with just a little flaming.
The
smell of pure hash smoke is also very distinctive in its own right,
learn what to sniff for!
To
be honest, it's best to go without rather than smoke some of the
really bad stuff available out there, but if you really have no
choice, you can try this:
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How
to clean polluted hash
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Well,
it's not that easy, but you can try this if your stash is bad enough:
In
a saucepan, boil up a small amount of water (perhaps to a depth
of 2 cm or so).
Add
your yucky sample of crap soap
Simmer
gently and crush the hash block
The
water will more than likely turn yellow, maybe due to the henna
(or worse) dissolving out.
When
the hash has all powdered up, drain the water off and put the remaining
powder onto kitchen paper towels to dry out.
As
cannabis oils are not soluble in water so the potency of what you
have won't be too badly damaged and given what comes off it's said
to be well worth it (although to be fair this is no way to treat
good hash!). You'll also have a lot smaller stash at the end of
this though. Of course, we can't promise this will always work,
but UKCIA has heard of good results.
Don't
just hope for a change soon, help bring it about.
A
reader suggested this method in 2007
Firstly
use the fine bit on a cheese grater to grate your hash to powder
put this into a large jar with COLD water and shake, then leave
to stand for an hour, then, shake some more...
Filter
this through a couple of coffee filters and throw the juice(note
the nasty colour and scum)
When
filtered scrape it together from the filter and dab out some more
moisture with a couple of filters... put the cleaned hash into the
plastic bottom off a fag packet and seal with sellotape, heat this
gently in microwave until soft then roll with a jar or rollingpin!
Do this a couple of times and it will bind it back together.
There
is an oven method too involving damp newspaper but takes a bit longer:
Open
the parcel, leave this to dry over night in a warm dry and the next
day you will be left with a nice light hash with no acrid smell
or clumpyness.
I
believe that by simmering in a saucepan as shown in the method already
on the site you will lose some thc oil in the hotwater... hope this
helps someone as it does me in emergencies.
Also
just thought id add that i think this is also the way that good
hash is 'cut' and other crap added ie grind it...mix it...heat it...press
it.
However,
in 2008 another reader comments:
"that
guy that told you to grind your soapbar with a small grater then
leave for 1 hr then filter through coffee filter paper forgot to
tell you the f**king filter rips if you put to much water in.
Result
£40 worth of stash down the sink".
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