High strength skunk is a political tool for bashing cannabis.

Thc is a psychotic and cbd is antipsychotic. I think having zero cbd in you cannabis and having an underlying mental health condition isn’t a healthy combination. For everyone else , I doubt we will go nuts;)

Interesting, I've heard this before. I'm sure research is still pretty embryonic but unless we lift prohibition we're unlikely to fully understand why cannabis does what it does.

Studies into mushroom use are becoming all the rage in places like Imperial College at the moment so lets see where that takes us.

Cheers for posting, enjoyed the read :)

That term 'high strength skunk cannabis' grinds my gears.lol. Our press in this country (uk) love this term and have turned it into such a negative phrase! To me though it goes to show how out of touch they are with the current situation!

When it come to psychosis its a touchy subject... Its definitely used by the nay sayers to shit on a potential legal cannabis industry here.. and Ive seen a number of articles who hype this up for their own agenda...

There are people though who do suffer with psychosis which needs to be addressed as well..

I don't know all the facts and figures but I do believe the ratio of who gets some form of serious psychosis to those who don't is very low.

I believe this just provides more evidence that cannabis should be legalised. This is so proper advice can be given to those who suffer with some form of mental illness and the correct dosage can be given if its right for them :)

Yeah well put. There's high risk in all manner of things we take for granted and really its down to the likelihood of risk to users rather than the severity of the worse case scenario.

Less than half a percent of the population suffer from psychosis and even fewer of those numbers are down to cannabis use (not to mention that alcohol-induced psychosis is very much a thing too!)

Under legalisation millions more people would consume cannabis which would inevitably lead to an increase in psychosis *but* the numbers would still likely be lower than most other psychological afflictions + the numbers could be somewhat offset by the benefits of cannabis experienced by many users.

Having an excessively risk averse attitude towards policy-making can actually cause more problems in many cases. The fact that North America has woken up to this before us is hilarious.

GREAT points Sam 👍❤️

Great thread to read, thanks folks and particularly 2outof100 😍👍

It's a media buzzword/phrase, but it's not a myth. It's the inevitable by-product of prohibition.

Since the US stepped up its war on drugs, the old ways of importing outdoor weed (mostly Mexican, for US... hash for Europe) were clamped down on.

When cannabis cultivation got pushed indoors, we effectively had more intensive cultivation - looking to develop as much THC as possible within a small space. Potency became the main objective of seed breeding and the whole thing became more sophisticated.

Similarly, during alcohol prohibition - people were opting for spirits (and moonshine) rather than beers and wine.

It's entirely possible that in a decriminalised or legalised situation, consumers might actually opt for less 'high strength'. But in the meantime it makes better business sense for the black market to offer the highest potency possible - potency is still regarded by most as an indicator of quality.

Funny you should mention prohibition because just as that was coming to an end Harry Jacob Anslinger started running The Bureau of Prohibition. When that disbanded he took over Federal Bureau of Narcotics and set his sights on marijuana. He had Congress make it illegal, his case rested on two fantastical assertions: that the drug caused insanity and that it pushed people toward horrendous acts of criminality. Others at the time argued that it was fiercely addictive. He then started a propaganda campaign using medical Dr's to make the lies 'real'. The real truth was that Mexicans used it so making cannabis illegal made it easier for them to arrested and deport innocent Mexicans. Here's one of the propaganda posters.

I enjoy thinking about cannabis (also tea, coffee for example) from that perspective. We cultivate these plants to suit some form human utility so there is a strong argument that, as you say, prohibition has effectively shaped the evolution of cannabis to make us 'more stoned'.

On the other hand I question what that means. Does a botanist really have access to that information? Surely these things are highly subjective and selecting for them in a plant is extremely difficult? In other words; a grower might smoke one of their plants and think "this is more potent", but does that reflect an objective truth about potency or more about the subjective 'taste' of the grower?

Strange comparison but it reminds me of the eugenics debate that unravelled throughout the 19th & 20th Century - people really believed intelligence was quantifiable in such a way that we could select for it via human breeding. The reality is far more complex! There are different forms of intelligence which are culturally and environmentally specific and don't neatly fit onto a global continuum.

Potency is a product of the user, the environment and the plant working symbiotically. What we consider 'high strength skunk cannabis' (in my opinion) is really a manifestation of American breeding programmes (1960's-) which hybridised a diverse range of plants from around the world with varying 'potency', resin production, resistance to disease etc. As you mentioned, America's political influence has also shaped our perception of the plant as well.

Probably haven't worded myself very well but I did my best lol.

Almost every long term study shows daily users are at an increased risk of psychosis and the stronger the weed the higher the risk. It cannot be ruled out that people at high risk of psychosis are more likely to become daily weed users, but that's a pretty difficult experiment to figure out.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29557759/

Out of interest, what do you mean by 'cleaner' or 'more clinical'?

I have two relatives who suffered from cannabis-induced psychosis. From the outside it looked like any other drug 'addiction' cycle in the sense that they smoked more, their tolerance increased, the drug became associated with almost all aspects of their waking life etc. I personally think their psychosis wasn't caused primarily by the strength of the cannabis per se but with *how* they were using it (method, frequency etc).

sometimes I feel almost lucky that they chose to self-medicate with cannabis rather than heroin or alcohol because, as your second point suggests, I always felt there was always some inevitability about their substance abuse and thankfully both are still with us. On the other hand I have taken a whole load of drugs throughout my life but never abused them - it's the 'abuse' bit that is often ignored with cannabis in my opinion.

Hard to explain the 'clean' and 'clinical' thing. When I smoke some good quality durban poison (for example) the effect reminds me of a low dose of mushrooms - temperamental, psychedelic, pensive and can send you on a bad trip if you're unlucky. Cali packs on the other hand don't alter my perceptions so much as they just sedate me like a valium. I'm massively generalising, but that is probably some way towards explaining what i meant.

I think I get some of your points.
That strength is secondary to frequency is borne out by the evidence (and my experience), but it is still a factor.
Also, I find distilate for instance to be a pretty flat high compared to the weed it came from despite being so much stronger, which I think is kinda what you're saying?

It's a factor that would surely be mitigated by ending prohibition? Better understanding about what constitutes strength (because research would be easier to conduct) + more consumer choice regarding strains etc + new technologies which could enable us to consume cannabis in different ways which may mitigate some of the negative effects (hypothetically!)

'flat' high is an excellent way of describing what i meant, yes.

every study paid for by big pharma or our bought and paid for governments, you mean... who pay the staff then give them the answer they want for their money...then they do 'research' untill they find the answer they just got paid to find...this is not how real science works.

Fair enough.
I've posted my source, what's your evidence for a global conspiracy?

my evidence for the way the entire medical industry is owned and controlled by a criminal cartel ?????
check the biggest movement of wealth in the history of mankind from poor tax payers to billonaires who bribed our government to go along with a man made scam involving a man made 'virus' which only exists in a lab...or did you miss that?
what about the 5 nobel prizes for cancer? that they forget about?
what about the FDA just applying to cover up Pfizers covid vax test results untill 2100?
or did you miss those too?

Sources?

the FDA Pfzer cover up was just last week its on every search engine.
In 90 days they killed 1259 people ,or 1 every 1 hour 50 mins, its on Pfizefrs site.
The Scientist ran the 'man creates cross between coronavirus and sars story in 2015, when he made it with synthetic , recombined DNA, its on the world gene register.
You can check on any financial site to see profits and money moving from us to them. 2020 and 2021 were the largest ever.

You just have to look at the uptake of cannabis users (worldwide since 2000) Vs the rate of people getting psychosis. There are no correlating figures, if it was as bad as 'they' make out, there would be an absurd amount of people with psychosis.

This is an old tale told by the anti weed mob.
In the early days of the great weed experiment that kicked off the genetic manipulation of all the original strains some of the early "skunk" was just evil with high THC levels,it was not a nice smoke and you would cough your lungs out smoking the shit and be lucky not to throw up and whitey on the spot,some of it the unscrupulous had used all sorts of chemicals to grow it.
It was a new thing nobody really knew what we were doing lol but like all things we learned and got better.
So yea there was a period when "skunk" was guilty of messing up people but that was a long time ago and was during a period of really good hash as weed was still rare in the UK.
If i had a modern comparison i would say that evil crap fake weed stuff you can get.

Also a lot of prescribed medicines etc cause psychosis hell even alcohol can and they are all legal drugs. I don't think anyone has ever gone cray cray from just weed alone it usually other factors involved, and if you have smoked that much chances are you're not getting up and mowing people down as you are to baked to move :)

I've had psychosis before and always medicated. About a month ago I got accepted by sapphire medical for medical cannabis Advan flos emt1 it's 19-20% thc I get it every week for a £5 a gram lol.

I'm sure if they thought i was gonna have an episode again they wouldn't of given me a script? My script is 2grams a day vaped.

It's for PTSD too.

I just think some people are always going to loose their minds no matter what. I guess that's why all the new scripts in recent months for the DATA.

Wow this was news to me - seems like a very well kept secret!? Reminds me of the days where my cousin in California was getting a cannabis script for 'glaucoma'... am I wrong in thinking this is quite a big step towards legalisation in the UK? Hope you're doing good.

when they say "skunk" really they mean sinsemillia, fucking idiots. gw pharma grow the skunk strain, they then take that skunk and refine it into super strong oil that they put in a spray bottle, somewhere in their magic they lose the psychosis.

of course its a lie. the entire medical system is owned and bought and paid for by criminals.
It is the heart of the NWO cartel conspiracy.
they have tested plants which have the same genetics from like 2,000 years ago in remote valleys of the hindu kush and found 22% THC so its not a new thing.
as you said, define strength...its impossible.
plus, you dont think that living in a big city, being spied on in every call and email you send, facial recognition on every corner...gang violence, robbery, knife crime ,guns , rape, terrorism....they have no affect on our mental health at all....its just the cannabis...what crock of shit.
the same medical corps with the biggest criminal fines in history for lying and killing people...the same who just made 100 billion of ourr tax for a scam?
i'd steer well clear of that kind of advice bro...
remember, smoking cigarettes was good according to the FDA...dairy caused obesity...and now they just tried to cover up Pfizers first covid vax results For 75 Years ( it killed 1 every hour and 50 mins )...they are the baddies.
and yeah cheers Pistach.

I'm not a particularly conspiratorially minded person but I do think there is some truth in a lot of what you say. The researcher I mentioned in the original post did talk about the link between psychosis and urbanisation and I totally agree with you that the elevated 'social' risks that comes with cities can probably lead to quite specific psychological problems. Cannabis seems like an unnecessary scapegoat when you think about the bigger picture.

who gains? the romans and greeks were taught to ask...it is the essential question of democracy.
ask who gains from this. follow the bottom line and not the front page.
are the 'scientists' paid to find a certain result, or to investigate generally?
it s the first one.
they go to work, the boss says find out why cannabis is bad...so they do, an entire industry grew out of this funding which most governments took part in from the 70s untill now. with OUR TAX they created propaganda.
big pharma has been bank rolling governments to stop cannabis production since it was first banned...by tobacco and paper manufacturers lobbying government so they could make more profit.
It cures so many things that big pharma has reasoned that...if it might cost us say, 10 billion a year, we can spend 1 billion a year bribing governments to keep it illegal.
Cannabis was never dangerous...it was lobbied against by those whose interests would be best served to keep or make it illegal.
Its how governments make decisions, they dont listen to us they take bribes..or lobbying as they term it.
Most scientists have mortgages too...you cant just take a degree and then 'science ' at home. you get a job working where other scientists do...and all those places are paid for by the same people, corporations and governments.
Great topic mate... .

I obviously have skin in the game so my opinion may be biased, but i would be careful what you wish for in terms of legalisation.

In the states in many cases large corporations are squeezing smaller artisan growers out of the business. Once these corporations gain the majority market share inevitably (as always happens in these cases) the price goes up and the quality goes down. Not to mention the taxes the government will put on weed, which will be astronomical.

Eventually a 'grey' market is created where registered growers sell directly to customers rather than to dispensaries, which is essentially what already exists on here. The difference is that sellers on here could easily raise their prices if the 'legal' weed is hyper expensive due to taxes and corporate profits.

If you want to watch a documentary which covers this subject, along with many others, try ‘Murder Mountain’ on Netflix. It’s fantastic. There’s one particular episode that goes into detail about the legalisation process, the beurocracy and red tape that comes with it, how it negatively affects growers in Humbolt County, and eventually negatively impacts consumers.

Bottom line is nothing good ever comes from multinational businesses getting their teeth into things like cannabis, which as sure as the nose on my face they will if it becomes fully legal. Next thing you know people will be buying shitty weed from the Apple Store for £100 a gram.

Just my 2p though, I could be wrong.

Cheers. BB

yep, i went down the rabbit hole of documentaries re the various legal sates in the US and Canada and it looks pretty shit, strangely, especially from a Brit. Tbh as long as RM don't join the striking community I'm good having the postie deliver my illegal weed from here, from 'non apple types' .....

hey i've found apple to be very supportive

I'm sure the inner workings of the US industry are shit, but I personally had a great time going around all the dispensaries in California! It's hard to deny that they're pushing the standard of modern phenotypes to whole new level.

RM preparing to vote for strike action I am afraid! Would be one day only, and you should be supporting striking workers standing up against big business

Enjoyed reading this!

Personally, I think there is plenty of room for dual markets - i.e. artisanal & mass market - like with most consumables. Quality is always going to come at a premium, with or without prohibition. The UK is much smaller & left-leaning than the States so things like grower collectives could be much easier to organise. Tax is one of the best arguments for legalisation in my opinion... imagine modernising the social care system with all that revenue!

I think your point about grey markets is well made, I can imagine a situation where incredibly restrictive laws are put in place to stop grassroots marketplaces like LB existing. That would be something to avoid. Perhaps a more coffee shop style system would be better than dispensaries? i.e. 'from farm-to-table', but for weed?

I watched Murder Mountain a while back; again, I wonder if those American-style problems would find their way here? Jury's out!

I say leave kids to their shitty disposable vapes & let the grown-ups use up all the good stuff! There are big things at stake; standardised dosage (how much is too much?), international trade (Afghanistan can't sell one of their biggest crops!), reducing the prison population overnight etc.

I don't think you're wrong at all - I think these are the sorts of discussions that need to happen, and LB is the right place for it! 'The Reddit for British cannabis culture': has a ring to it!

All the best!

Im now a legal patient who has THC flower prescribed and it’s fucking brilliant. The flower isn’t best I’ve had but believe me I’ve had a lot worse.

If we were to stand together and legalise then my advice would be to jump through the legal hoops and all become patients, however like BB said, we might ruin everything that we hold dear.

If you would like more info on how to become legal then please feel free to DM at any time.

i respect what you are saying but on a base level it disgusts me that we plead with anyone for what we as human beings wish to do harmlessly, like they own us somehow.

taking real action with like minded people, building a community with better commercial behavior than what the law enforces and controlling my identity and privacy, i'd rather be a bigga than a beggar.

Point very well made. I agree on a personal level, but it's hard to ignore the negative impact prohibition has on wider society. I worked a teaching role a few years ago and sniffer dogs were ready at the entrance to bust kids! Made me so angry. Surely that approach to weed (of all things!) has to end!?

I got sniffed so much - smell clings to leather shoes, phone case etc - that they gave me a sort of amnesty, probably because I was clearly sober at work. The kids thought it was hilarious!

It's not a vote-winner in the UK, unfortunately. There's very little political motivation to legalise. Even though broad sentiment towards cannabis in the UK is tolerant, it might lose some votes for the Tories - and Starmer doesn't support legalisation. Sadiq Khan's the only one taking an interest.

That might be a good thing. If Sadiq Khan pushes for legalisation/liberalisation in London, we could end up with that happy medium of 'official tolerance'. We all want to be able to smoke openly/socially and have nice places to do so.

The only other impetus behind legalisation is economic. And that's something the current Tory lot might be very open to. Sadly, I think that's how it would happen if it does anytime soon. And then, like @British Bulldog says, the whole scene will get whack-a-moled with corporate hammers.

"...we could end up with that happy medium of 'official tolerance'. We all want to be able to smoke openly/socially and have nice places to do so."

Good point well made i agree with that 100%.

Cheers. BB

https://twitter.com/lbc/status/1483006601850236932?lang=en

Even for Starmer this was impressively shit. The caller made an excellent point as well.

This is a market place. Plenty of sites for activists of all types elsewhere
Although,to be honest,there isn't a good legalization organization in the UK.
Hell, weeds virtually de facto decriminalized anyway

I respectfully disagree. There are plenty of marketplaces out there, none of them have an active forum - let alone one as active as this. The userbase on here dwarfs any legalisation group out there.

Agreed there is no coherent legalisation movement in the UK - exactly why I posted this topic!

To me it’s fucking ironic the U.K. is the largest producer of medical cannabis in the world yet it’s not legal, not even decriminalised. I honestly can’t believe the greedy bastards haven’t cottoned onto the tax angle of it yet, seems a total no brainer to me, the police are begging for it, the tax revenue left on the table is ridiculous, the jobs it would create. It’ll happen I have zero doubts but it’s the U.K. everything works at a snails pace in this regard, but I believe it’s happen fast when it does happen, first decriminalisation will suddenly happen then fully legality and weed shops will follow very soon after. Imo it could have been the UK’s real hook but as usual the powers that be miss a trick.

Imo if we all worked together and smoked weed as often as possible outside police stations then they would have to stop arresting people. Otherwise they won’t have time for anything else;)

I had that exact thought last week! Imagine if the millions of cannabis smokers engaged in mass civil disobedience... Kind of like what happens in London every 4/20, except every weekend.

Or every day;)

I see many petitions on direct gov about cannabis legalisation but not many people vote for it?

One of them was 'considered for discussion in Parliament' a while back, but didn't get very far! Most people who use cannabis know where to get their gear and don't feel like petitioning the government, I suppose.

Istanbul is one of the friendliest big cities on earth.

Agreed, I went to Istanbul during Ramadan a few years ago and it was fantastic. Highly recommend that city, just a beautiful place and the food is amazing!

Cheers. BB

My Auntie and her “friend” went to Turkey during Ramadan and she said it was nightmare. Agreed that it was a beautiful place and the food was beyond superb.

Got to love Turkish food 🤌

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Apparently Jordan is quite chill. Haven’t been but have seen a documentary following a guy (Levison Wood) travelling around Arabia and definitely Jordan is more relaxed than some surrounding countries. Also Petra is in Jordan which looks amazing

Egyptians are hard to beat however you slice it.

I dunno, they didn't do too well in the Suez war... And I'm pretty sure the ottomans beat them a couple times too.

My friend went to Iraq before lockdown and had a brilliant time. Iraqis are very friendly and tjough there are issues a well run tour will be worth it. Some of the architecture looks incredible.

Wow as a British Muslim I came here expecting the same regurgitated racist nonsense you see all over Facebook etc. I just want to say it’s a breath of fresh air seeing all these posts. I also wanted to say that first and foremost I would consider myself British, my dad moved to this country 30+ years ago (whether due to prior circumstances or not) and has built an amazing life for us all here in much we certainly wouldn’t have been able to enjoy in his own country.
The problem is you have people coming over nowadays who do not want to intergrate into British society at all, learn the language? No thanks, try some traditional English food? don’t eat that horrible bland food. Claim the benefits? Yes please. I find myself in a situation where I am unable to buy a home, unable to live comfortably while working what I would say is a fairly good job all because 1000+ goes towards deductions and funding these kind of people. These kind of people are the real problem and tarnish the reputation of everyone else.

To the OPs question most countries barring Saudi Arabia are fine for a visit just be sure to obey the local customs. Saudi Arabia is full of bigoted hypocrites so I would steer well clear of there. Some notable examples which are quite liberal are Morocco and Turkey. Istanbul and marrakech are good city breaks and there are also loads of resort towns such as Agadir, Bodrum etc. Further afield you could travel to the northern areas of Pakistan where I am from we have the 2nd tallest mountain K2, hash from the Himalayas beautiful food and beautiful people. It’s an amazing place and it’s safe despite what you hear on the news. Search karakoram tourism if you’re interested

You sounds like you are blaming immigrants for your economic situation. That stuff you don't like seeing on Facebook seems to be seeping in and affecting your views of migrants.

'People coming over nowadays' but not *my* parents - exactly the kind of words we're sick of hearing from Priti and Suella. I promise you, the same will have been said about your dad 30 years ago, I was old enough in the 80s and 90s to remember it.

I think you are confused sir are you for migration or against?
I am talking from first hand experience, I know my dad experienced racism in the 90s and I have experienced it first hand when travelling to more rural parts of the UK. Racists will be racists but I have enough life experience to know not all white people in this country are like that. This is nothing to do with race anyway it’s about British culture and contributing to the society we live in. I have seen myself people come over here, get a council house within 2 months, universal credit, free medical. Add the odd cash in hand job to that and you’re laughing.

We've always had high levels of migration in and out of this country and just to be clear I am more than happy with that, I'm not trying to make some sort of anti-migration point in a weird way.

You sound like you are against migrants being housed, supported by the welfare state, or provided with medical treatment when they're sick. I'd prefer to live in a country that minimises homelessness, poverty, and illness, regardless of the recipient's country of birth. You've painted a picture of migrants 'coming over here', being provided with the bare minimum to integrate into society, and being happy as a result as though it's somehow a bad thing. Would you prefer that they weren't? Do you not think it hinders someone's ability to become a functioning member of society if they're homeless, penniless, and denied medical treatment? How's that going to help with them integrating and contributing to society?

The beef I have with what you're saying about migrants is that it's no different to what your dad will have heard 30 years ago, and probably no different to what you hear directed at yourself when you're out in the sticks. The comparison I made with Priti and Suella was no doubt unfair, you are surely nothing like as abhorrent as those two, but you use the same words. I ask you to reflect on them and how you feel when those same words are directed at you and your family.

So you think the current system where 10-member families can come over here to claim everything when they have a perfectly fine life where they are is ok?
I agree if there is a genuine need for asylum then yes careful support should be provided but also monitored and tapered off when reasonable. The current system can be more profitable than working a 9-5.

I'm sure we're in agreement that we have a crazy economic situation where working 9-5 at minimum wage is often not enough to survive, and I agree that the meagre levels of support that's provided by the welfare state sometimes exceed that. But it's the low wages and high costs that are the problem, the disparities in wealth distribution in the sixth largest economy in the world. It's not the amounts that are received by benefit claimants that causes problems for those in low paid work. Far from it, indeed it makes society worse for everyone to live amongst widespread poverty.

Reducing the support to those in need is not going to help people to be fully functioning members of society, whether they have migrated here recently or can trace their family tree back to the Alfred the Great. You shouldn't blame migrants and benefit claimants for the dire situation the low paid find themselves in in this country these days, you're directing blame downwards rather than upwards where it really lies.

sorry for the downvotes, you 2 arent unthoughtful but this thread is about travel

Fair point, I wish you all the best S12345 if you are reading this!

You too mate all the best stay toking!

the other day i was at a meeting with a young lady from afghanistan, she is becoming a teacher here, she is most welcome.

Most ‘ordinary’ people are friendly and accommodating wherever you go, it’s the extremist hardline cultists in positions of power that are the cancer. Look at the U.K. for a hardline extremist cultist government!
Anyway, the Turkish are generally friendly.
There’s the Maldives and Tunisia which are also relatively safe.

you had a point till you insulted the bigga

The fact you had to stoop to childish insults shows that actually you are the moron. :)
I’m pretty amused that you got so worked up about a bit of sarcasm, your medula oblongata kicked in before you had a chance to think!

I travelled around SE Asia for a few months and I loved Lombok in Indonesia. We were stopping at a homestead that a Muslim family owned. They don't drink but were more than happy to get alcohol in for us travellers.

Indonesia in general I really enjoyed as well as Malaysia.

I'll vouch for Morocco. You've got to be streetwise of course, but a beautiful country with kind and generous people. You soon tune out the prayer calls.

As an english guy with a house in morocco, I'd definitely vouch for that - I fell in love with the place. Tangiers in the nprth is perfect if you dont want things too hot and youd like to still see alot of europeans, casablanca or marakech if your looking for the arab vibes with old medinas and lots of tourist activities - Fez if you like leather. There are even a few smaller places i like such as chef chawen - the blue city which have some amazing places to see. You could even visit the jabala and see farming as it was hundreds of years ago - youll never meet nicer or more genuine people

Of course im biased!

On a side note, if you biggas are into your smoke, go to morocco and head to places like al hoceima in the rif mountains - they grow everything up there and would happily sell you a kilo for less than £100 😁

Sign me up!

Luton

Malaysia, lovely people

I'd say pick a muzza country you like a go for it.

Being of Islamic faith I'd say most muslims actually really like modern American and European culture, it fits very well with our cultural structures.

As a non Muslim in an Islamic country, as a guest, you will be treated very well.

Only thing I would suggest is inglis88 mentioned Balsall Heath, cuzi is chatting bubbles. Sounds like a hater, it's just like any other urban area around the world, I should know. I just passed through it.

I'd second Indonesia and Malaysia as being extremely friendly, but the friendliest people I've ever met are from travelling in Kyrgyzstan, where everyone I met wanted you to either stay with them or to take you out for dinner and meet all their family and friends! I've also heard great things about Tajikistan!🙏🏼💚

Morocco ... been there 8 times
Food is terrific, rich culture, wonderful people.
As with other places, beware of scammers, but the public, wow.
I've travelled a lot in my almost 44 years, Morocco is a must see!
Places I would recommend:
Marrakesh, Take a tour to Ourika, beautiful waterfall up there
Casablanca, buzzing city and the largest Mosque in Afrika
PM me for more info if you like ...

Pakistan is very good country to visit, most travel vloggers has said Pakistan is the most hospitable country out of the 44 countries they visited. Personally I'd travel to northern areas of Pakistan and even go to the area near Afgan border if your wanting fresh pure hash

Definitely would recommend Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, Tunisia and Jordan. Malaysia and Indonesia are possibly the friendliest and nicest people I’ve ever met in my life. Also, their food and natural scenery is absolutely top tier. Morocco is a nice place too but I think the others are much better especially for tourism.

All the best,
Tescrow.

Northern Cyprus is good in the summer for a few weeks great food that is inexpensive, for around a tenner you can get a decent 3 couse meal at a nice Chinese for example and really nice backdrops of the sea at most restaurants just don’t upset anyone in the army as they do no fuck about.

I heard a story when I was there about a foreigner who had pissed off one of there neighbours and the neigbour told the army that they had drugs so they got them and held them for 2 days hitting them demanding to know where the stash was buried a proper pistol whipping.

Also be aware if you ever get caught in a Muslim country with narcotics you are on your own no one will risk there reputations to be associated with drugs so no help will be coming anytime soon.

Morocco, Egypt, Turkey and Indonesia are all favourites but a real stand out star for me is Uzbekistan - full of history, especially from the Genghis Khan days as the silk road splits in Uzbekistan where you can go up to Russia/Europe or down to Middle East/Africa, as well as being full of really lovely people. I hope to get back there one day...

I spent 3 years in Indonesia and 3 months in the Philippines with frequent travel to Singapore. Indonesia was like my second home, just stay clear of drugs, which you'll most likely only be offered in bali and the neighbouring islands.
If you don't have an international driving license and shouldn't be on the roads, they'll hand you a piece of paper saying you need to pay £50-100. Don't pay it. Before I lived there and was a tourist I was stupid enough to pay it. You should be paying around £5. Locals pay around £2.
In the 3 years I was there, I only felt unsafe twice. One was on a bus and the people were trying to sell me a fake rolex for an amount of money and they were quite adamant I was gonna pay up. Second time I was out in the sticks with my girlfriend on my vespa and a dodgy couple were following us, clocked them quite early and confirmed relatively soon after they were looking into us. We just headed back to the population. Whether we were somewhere we shouldnt have been and peaked interest, ill never know!

Going back to drugs, my apartment was randomly raided for a drugs test. Not shitting you I open the door to a big team of narco agents and a TV news crew. They were doing random drugs tests in the neighbourhood. Literally take me to my toilet, pass me a plastic cup and watches me with my back turned pee in the cup! Can't make the shit up! Fortunately all was good.

I have highlighted a few of my bad experiences however it can't replace the 100s of amazing experiences I gained. The people are friendly, the food is good. Number 1 rule when visiting Asian Street food stalls, go where all the locals go, if you don't follow the rule you'll end up code brown.
Stay safe. Stay wise. Be respectful. Carry as little as possible and follow the laws, you'll be safe in almost any country.
Also the dude at the airport literally asked for an underhand of £15 to let me through the gates. Explained i had overstayed by one day. Saved me a huge amount of time with all the paper work and was a fraction less than what I would have had to pay to their government! The hilarious thing was he was sat on a closed gate and I skipped the busy queue 😂

Be prepared for the constant megaphone blasting prayers. Try to get a room as high and soundproofed as possible;)

i actually enjoy the meditation breaks, especially the feeling that people all over the world are sharing the moment. as long as i'm in the right time zone ;)

Even at stupid o’clock in the morning when trying to sleep?;)

I have been to a few Muslim places and am now sick of it. Just like if I see another temple or church;)

I hear Baghdad is nice this time of year.

Saddam Hussein went out shopping one day. Upon his return he was greeted by Uday, who said “what’s in the bag dad?”

your brother, now behave

Turkey & dubai are very welcoming to tourists.

The worst islamic destinations ive been to is tunisia & london.

Heya Muslim here albeit not so much a practising one anymore.

If it’s Muslim history and culture you’re after I would say Istanbul (research Ottoman Empire before you go). Also Jordan has lots of history dating back to the time of the crusaders. Do a bit of research on the crusade and salahuddin ayyubi before you go (he’s a bit of a hero amongst our Kurdish brothers).
Egypt has more history about the ancients than Islamic history. Believe it or not Saudi Arabia has very little. Non Muslims are also forbidden to enter Mecca - the holy capital.
Jerusalem would have been a good shout had it not been for the current conflict.

Please let us know where you decide!

Oman. Friendly not super paced people are chill very beautiful scenery

Savile Town is friendly

So it took a while, but I've gradually updated everything. The grow system, the grow space, the listings, the packaging, the works. Apologies for opening up quietly but I needed to make sure everything didn't just fall over.

Thanks to everyone that's been in touch, new orders and re-orders. If I promised you anything, please come remind me.

Golden Teachers are currently flying out, Koh Samui Super Strain just moved from grain to grow and I'm spawning Penis Envy for some special listings.

That's my update,
MycoMattic.

I just at wanted to thank you for an excellent product and great service. I was previously micro-dosing truffles, your product is so much better! How long until you restock?

Oh wow! Thank you so much.

I'll be honest with you, no way was I coming onto this site with anything but a good product. It's fantastic to know people notice it.

Listings should be back up around 14-18 days from now. Sooner if mushrooms respond to sheer will.

Hello mate, I swear I check lb every night waiting for the reup but looks like I keep on missing it?! When can I catch them again? Date: 4/6

All now sold out, but all listings will return soon.

Hey, just wondering when you were hoping to have more available? Thanks IO

Hi Inkedotter.

2-3 weeks for my listings to come back up.

Hope to see you then.

Look forward to the return of stock. Half way through my pack of 0.15g microdoses and already decided to roll things over for an extra month. Been taking a capsule every Monday / Wednesday / Friday

I think the same could be said of any scientists who are researching into a new area - of course the researchers who are looking into a niche/relatively new field are going to be those with personal interest. I don't think it's at any risk of becoming an issue though. Not one psychedelic treatment is anywhere near being approved for human use as a prescribed medication (as far as I'm aware) and the majority of public and scientific opinion is that psychs should be kept illegal and are not a viable treatment option. I think we're seeing the same effects described in that article apply better to media - we as people with a 'special interest' in these products are seeing the news more often, and these news outlets are reporting on it because it's novel and exciting and 'counterculture'.
But I think yes, skepticism is to be favoured as with literally any new research or use for a compound - we do not have the evidence, we certainly do not have any longitudinal evidence and won't for many many years (decades most likely), and so we should not see these as a 'cure all'. The same can be said for any new trend/gimmick/craze. With that being said, research is promising and despite biases there is a decent amount that seems reliable. It's just something we'll have to keep any eye on for the future; it is far from being a confirmed treatment or something that will end up being rescribed to people in a few years.

The Latest on Ketamine, Psilocybin, and MDMA FDA Approval (and Other Psychedelic Advancements).

How and why we engage with psychedelic compounds is quickly changing, thanks in large part to a plethora of ongoing medicinal research and shifts in policy.

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Products that have been around for a long time hopefully have some medicine that works with out have so many bloody side effect if used properly.

Sorry guys I'm not convinced, traditional nepalise hash is neither bubble hash nor soft...not when it's cold anyway. In addition they don't come wrapped in cling film twisted at the edges like that. Pure marketing my friends...just like another seller selling 'afghan black' at the moment which is neither afghan nor black lol.

Yep, I buy almost exclusively from Hashishin and have done since 2019 and have tried just about most of his hashes which are on a different level to much of the hash currently being marketed as ‘Afghan’ ‘Lebanese’ or ‘Moroccan’ on here.
He also had varieties like Egyptian which is pretty rare to come across in the U.K. all artisanal and unique. What I’m seeing on here from quite a few vendors doesn’t look anything like the authentic land race strains I’ve had.
Rant over.

My processed bubble hash looks like this (but stickier).

It's probably still really good!

Hi mate, thanks for sharing. Good is different for diff people.....I don't seek strong ....I seek flavour and smooth, not agressive high...which I usually only get from old world landrace strains...not the Frankenstein buds strains everyone is growing in the west

Yeah, there's a lot of PGR plant growth regulator crap out there.
Can sometimes spot it but not always.

I totally feel what you're saying about flavor and quality of smoke. Things have slipped there now everyone is chasing thc percentages... And the thing is, that stuff doesn't get even me stoned in the same way. Not as 'rounded'. It's 'strong' but something is missing.

This is why I like live resin sometimes. It's not madly strong but it tastes amazing. Again, though, something is often missing.

Still looking for my perfect smoke after all these years

We are absolutely on the same page there buddy, these newer strains are a very 'sharp' buzz for me and as you say, not nearly as well rounded or satisfying. It's the CBD and these other newly discovered cannaboids that are missing in my opinion. I have found the oily black Moroccan that hashishin sometimes has is the best for me. Or if I'm in India then good charas for sure. Most of the Moroccan stuff on here with the cartoon stamps is all made from the newer stuff...smells and acts 'skunky'.. no good for me. There are exceptions here tho, The king hassan stuff is land race and one or two others..but the yellow pollens are still not as full bodied buzz as I get from the thick black oily hash

Thumbs up all the way. In my opinion drying and curing hash can be more complicated than flower. Keeping the oils and avoiding mould is a balancing in the first few weeks. Can spot it a mile away now.

I have a big place in my heart for people like Frenchy Cannoli and those guys that paved the way for good quality, artisan hash at home. It's crazy what you can do these days; full melt dabbable hashes, Charas temple balls, iceolator blonde hash... I love my concentrates but a good hash will have a fuller, deeper stone to it.

Noteworthy that you said proper Charas isn't soft at all at a cool room temp? My stuff is seeming very hard and takes a lot of working but can then sausage. Rattles about in the container. Shatters if you slice it from cold.

Thanks for teaching me about Frenchie canoli...I was not familiar before and now I have a lot of hash porn to look at online lol. I'm not a grower so don't have much experience on the making side. Regarding the room temp comment, I'm refering to UK room temp of course...but a fresh morning in the mountains in India and even the finest first rub, oily hash will be hard until warmednin the hand. The mould story I can add some anecdotes...never ever a problem with Moroccan..or not the traditional stuff anyway..no matter how i store it...do doubt down to the dry sift technique...but iterestingly I got a selection sample pack from a seller here strainsburys with a bunch of stamps like m&m, bitcoin, London poundcake, medical and they ALL went mouldy after a couple of weeks. Makes me think they are all isolator/bubble hash, which as you say is tricky to keep the mould at bay. It's the same problem with charas...because if the moisture content. Me and a bunch of friends always used to have a mission at the end of each season on the beach in South India... how to store our stashes of fine charas until next season (over the monsoon) also that it won't go mouldy. Firstly wrapping it absolutely air tight in cling film (but not Indian that puts a chemical taste into the hash)..sonwebused to bring our own. The mamas up in the Himalaya are really experts at wrapping the hash so that there is no air at all...I've seen it a lot. Anyway, next we would get stainless steel circular containers with a lid, fill them with rice flakes (not rice as I found out one season some vole mites that were microscopic eggs in the grain grew up and made a big mush to suprize me when i came back to open it 6 months later. So rice flakes (it's a processed rice Indian breakfast thing) to absorb moisture, hash inside, then lid on then seal around the edges with epoxy to create a mega seal and keep all moisture out. We would smash it open with a hammer on our return each new winter :)

That looks crazy delicious :P

Doctor Doctor …why do I want this sooooo much?….😳🫣

Argh….perfect thing but wrong time for me I’m off work on paternity leave at the mo!

If you’ve still got some in a few weeks when I’m not quite so skint I’ll give it a whirl!

Looks fantastic!

So Prince Harry revealed in his book he enjoys smoking these. I wonder if these could be put on the Royal approved products list.

Haha no way? At least the posh bastard has decent taste

Looks similar to Hashishin’s Caramello balls. And they were cheaper.
Looks nice but too pricey. I’ll wait for the return of the main man…

Ahhh I love caramello! Have to check him out now