Hi

In 3 different areas now I have 'come across' skunk which is basically pretty crap, thats had very fine sand (like on a nailfile) added to make it appear crystallic.
After loading up a j if you you lick your finger then bite your teeth together it is like a gritty sandy substance that apparently does not burn (I have tested this...)

WTF!!?!?!?!

Is this a localized thang or widespread? Im guessing this crap is a fine sand, anyone have any other ideas?

I cant believe the some of the shit I see these days...

Any thoughts? (apart from the obvious; dont buy it etc)

Peace

P.S. Enjoy that nice uncontaminated skunk bud while you can!

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i've noticed this worrying trend. does anyone know what this contamination is?

i've looked with a hand microscope to a sample of adulterated skunk for a concerned friend, and there where small transparent spherical beads, and some more irregular reflective objects, larger than the trichomes they are presumably imitating

the sparkle of the irregularly shaped crystals are a givaway sign- no genuine trichomes sparkle like that these could be very fine sand/quartz (SP)
but what are these ominous perfectly spherical beads- they're also crunchy

what the fecks going on?
is skunk going to end up like soapbar?!!?

ditch the dealer - grow your own !

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> ditch the dealer - grow your own !

agreed 100% plus open coffeeshops for variety

winnie

Ive had this crunchy bud you mentioned. Didnt even consider contamination, just assumed it was THC crystals. But it was a pain in the arse, sounded like my teeth were breaking after i rolled. Will be investigating further if i see it about again. Not happy

Leglise it and gain purity IMO... winnie

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Due to contamination,

Winnies advice for 2007..

Only use reputable dealers please!

And/or

Grow your own!

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and learn to put little differences aside and unite to fight for the right to take cannabis!

Hi yes this is widespread and geting worse al the time. The stuf you mention is silica sand. as soon as the plant starts to bud it is poured all over the weed and sticks to the resin that is why its all the way through, it is not for looks more to just blend in, more for weight we think. after extracting all the sand from a 3.5, .5 was sand. Yes 14.2% sand you imagine that on a larger scale. Its free money for nothing. The thing is the places doing this are probably funding terrorists too, are you sure this sand isnt coated with anything? slowly poisoning you. if you want to check for it rub a bud between your fingers you wil easily feel the sand, rough. One things for sure i wont be smoking it. If you cant grow your own then dont buy cheap weed pay that little bit extra, support your local growers. Get some nice Cheese or G-Force or Big bud its worth it. Mass production ends up making everythig badly produced for as cheap as possible. Dont buy that crap spend a couple more £.

so sad that whenever money gets involved some unprincipled ratbag will chance their arm and attempt to rip you off--yup have read about this else where--as someone says about--buds are dipped in fine silica sand while freshly harvested and still sticky--even after drying and curing the bud has a little sparkle to it which convinces the buyer it is crystal thc--and of course adds a bit of weight--we live in a cynical world

NW London almost out of green, and sand for that matter! thats if they keep adding it to the last standing skunk in nw.

this is a beginning of a new phase, when my buds are usually out of buds i have to resort to the hood rats, last week i got a little something of one them that wernt doing as it ought too? so to see what was up i chewed a bit...to my supprise it was sweet. decided to get rid and find enougher bud, his was 100% A OK. finished my consignment and went in search of another those one was also mis behavin so again i decide the proof was in the pudding and decided to tickle the taste buds. This time worse than the last.. Sand. Smoked it anyway. when it cam time to reload i called the same bud, asked whats up with the food? ......He also agreed that something gritty was going on.

So we decide to go somewhere North.... Got what was required without tasting........rrrrr,
returned home to find the same sharp sensation when the food.


Have you been affected?, friends maybe? or even a family member?



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Arrrggghh!!

I got sand weed again! Mofos!

Any ideas how to seperate the silica from the trichomes? There must be a way to do this. I have 6.5 grams to play with...

:-(

I cant tell you how pissed these phucks make me, isnt the idea to chill?

btw - this is cool site. blair/brown should roll a fat one and have a good read...

Just got an oz of this sandy skunk never seen anything like it before here in essex. It does seem to get me very stoned so the quality of the skunk seems ok. If it is sand the only reason for adding must be weight, but smoking bud thats contaminated is not good in my view. Plus there is nothing else around at the mo so its put up with it or cluck and get no sleep. So somthing is better than nothing!

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Plus there is nothing else around at the mo so its put up with it or cluck and get no sleep. So somthing is better than nothing!

I know how you feel bro, but this is what the phucks rely on. If you got an OZ of that crap you shuld check my post on seperating the sand from the trichomes. Maybe somebody will provide us with a answer.

Meanwhile, if you score sand weed; post on this thread, Im still curious to see how widesoread this is....

Wouldnt you love to pour a bag of sand down the throat of the mofo who contaminated your bud!?! I know I would. ;-)

Peace

ya, its tru, the big dealers are puting fine sand in the bud in order to increase weight. its not very good news. either grow ya own or tell supplier that they should not buy this shite.

on the other hand it could be crack crystals, aimed at creating a market of addicted blazers...

dont loose your head, or you will end up like the people who give us a bad name...

respect

Well, this is quite something, isn't it? I came across some of this sandy weed last night (literally a bloke in a pub had some) which had been bought locally.

This is in Norwich.

So whatever is happening is country wide, it's no small scale contamination.

Derek

Webteam UKCIA

At last some normal bud is about here in essex, no more smoking sandy shit that doesnt burn! My bro has lost his voice and he has been smoking sand to, i wonder if this has anything to do with it maybe, maybe not. Anyway mellow times are here again so happy smoking and keep those joints puffing :)

All I can find is this damn sand weed. Im seriously contemplating giving up smoking weed now due to this sand bullshit. Whats the point in smoking/drinking/eating anythin you know is contaminated? I would carry on buying budweiser if Iknew it had been contaminated. Would you? Its just plain stupid. Who knows what this sand really is and what it might do to us?

I think this situation is a joke. A sick fucking joke that ruins something I have enjoyed for years, just so some dodgy immigrant scum ratbag fuck drug dealer can make a few more £. Perhaps this epitimises how england and english people are percieved by others? (you saw that stonned in surburbia with Mr Marks - he was saying how shitty bag hash is mixed up 'specifically' for the english). Well if bud is going the same way as hash - i.e un-smokable I might as well stop smokeing now. What can we have done to offend/upset to the extent where contaminated cannabis is sold he length an breadth of the UK? (ok, so the obvious answer is the illegal war in iraq and afganistan, but for fucks sake...

I started this thread in july and though it was a localized thang. Apparently not! Im so glad that I found this forum in which other people from accross the uk have been able to share their thoughts, I just wish it was under better curcumstances!

If this sand wank is nationwide then I guess it's here to stay. I havent been able to get any decent weed in months and Im really starting to get fed up.

Anyone in the bucks area that wans to meet up for a 'drink' pls PM me.

Hey ihateshitskunk

Buying from the illegal market is always going to be risky. Sure, we know about contaminated soap bar, now we have seandy weed.

But there's a potential - well it's more than a "potential" - for a much more serious problem than a bit of sand. Assuming you don't know the grower as soeone you can trust, the chances are you buy you weed from rather dodgey people.

We don't know how the cannabis is grown in these large scale intensive cannabis farms. Well, we do know for sure it's not organically grown - chemicals are used to control infestation. Some of these chemicals, if used wrongly, can be very dangerous.

When the pressure is on to get a high yeild that looks good, who cares if there's a bit of OP pesticide left in the weed? And look good the weed will, free of pest infestation it'll be nice and juicey and covered in sticky THC crystals, but who knows what residual insectacide deposites do when you smoke them? These are chemicals derived from nerve gas after all.

Just to rub salt into the wound, all that money goes to organised crime.

There are only three ways to avoid the danger of the illegal cananbis trade - give up, know a grower or grow your own. Growing your own is, of course, illegal, but it's the only way to be really sure that you're getting a pure unadulterated product - and it's virtually free.

As long as prohibition continues, anyone buying cannabis from commercial dealers is taking an unknown risk by using bootleg supplies. Ditch the dealer is the best advice.

Derek

Webteam UKCIA

Hi Derek

I feel ihateshitskunk is a bit of a naf way to be refered to. My name is Dave.

Thanks for your post, I totally agree. Unfortunatley I dont know any growers and I cant grow myself. My girlfriend and my my mum wont let me! (haha) So I guess my only option is to stop doing something that I truly enjoy. That sucks! BIG TIME!

OK I know that commercial groweres and street dealers are not the ppl to be buyin from but 12 months ago it wasnt hard for me to find ok buds. 24 months ago the average bud was pretty good and 36 months ago decent bud was the norm. Now as you will know from my rants thats impossible for me to scored shit bud with no sand. I wonder if I should channel my anger and hatred for theses dodgy dealers into activism....

Derek what are your thoughts about this sand nonsense? Have you ever heard of anything quite like this before?

Hi Dave

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So I guess my only option is to stop doing something that I truly enjoy. That sucks! BIG TIME!
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Well, that is what the government wants to happen.

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I wonder if I should channel my anger and hatred for theses dodgy dealers into activism....
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I wish more people like you would do that. But to be honest, it's really time for a new approach to campaigning for law reform regarding cannabis. Have a look at this thread.

It's a simple fact that most people can't grow or don't want to, so there will always be a commercial cannabis supply - we either leave it in the hands of crims or we demand a properly regulated supply. Or, of course, give into the prohibitionist mindset of worthless people like Tony Blair.

Derek

Webteam UKCIA

WOOHOO!! I am so glad that other people have come across this disgusting new blag!!
Everyone I know is sick and tired of it, ive almost broken teeth on that familiar 'crunch' many times now.
Now I just flat refuse to buy it and have urged EVERYONE I know to do the same, its the only way it will stop happening.
I am in the south east.
On another note: WHEN WILL THIS DROUGHT END??????? Its the worst ive known in 12 years of smoking!! Help

***Be warned people, this 'sand weed' is THE NEW SOAPBAR***