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) WAS GIFTED CLONES OF %XODUS 0SYCHOSIS 5+ %XODUS CLONE ONLY #HEESE CROSS FROM AND %XODUS #HEESE ) PUT THE CLONES IN COCO AND STARTED TO FEED #ANNA NUTES AT AN %# OF AND A P( OF WITH ML PER LTR OF 2EGEN A 2OOT ) M USING A 4OPSPIN DRIPPER SYSTEM THIS TIME INSTEAD OF HAND FEEDING ) THEN VEGGED THEM FOR WEEKS AND REPOTTED TO LTR POTS AND RAISED THE %# TO AND P( TO 4HEN AFTER TWO MORE WEEKS ) REPOTTED TO FINAL LTR POTS ) THEN LEFT THEM FOR ONE MORE WEEK AND PUT THEM INTO

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BECAUSE ) DECIDED TO GROW ONLY OF THEM ) DISCARDED ONE AFTER COM PLETING THE ROOTING PHASE WITH THE REGULAR USE OF #ANNA 2YZOTHONIC !T THIS STAGE AFTER DAYS THE ROOTS TOOK POSSESSION OF THE SOIL AND IT WAS REALLY EASY TO MOVE THE WHOLE BLOCK TO LT POTS 4HE VEGETATION PHASE WAS COMPLETED IN DAYS THE PLANTS WERE ALL CM TALL WHEN ) STARTED TO FLOWER THEM !FTER DAYS THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL SHOWS THE SEX IMMEDI ATELY FOLLOWED BY THE OTHER THEY WERE ALL FEMALE BECAUSE ) HAD FEMI NIZED SEEDS 4HE TRUE BUD FORMATION STARTED PRETTY LATE AFTER ALMOST WEEKS BUT THIS STRAIN HAS SHOWN AN EXCEPTIONAL FLOWERING VIGOR DURING THE WEEKS TILL OF FLOWERING !T THE END THE PLANTS WERE ALL ABOUT CM TALL WITH THE BOTTOM PRUNED FOR ABOUT CM %VEN THE LOWER BUDS WERE BIG AND SWOLLEN 4HE MAIN BUD WAS BIG

BUT NOT LIKE OTHER STRAINS THAT ) VE HAD IN THE PAST )N GENERAL THE BUDS ARE WELL DISTRIBUTED INTO THE WHOLE PLANT ) COULD CUT AFTER WEEKS AS THEY SAY BUT ) WANTED TO WAIT A COU PLE OF DAYS MORE !FTER MANICURING

) HANGED THE PLANT UPSIDE DOWN AND

) WENT ON HOLIDAY 4HE TEMPERATURE WAS EXTREMELY LOW DEGREES CEL SIUS BECAUSE OF A FAULTY TIMER 4HEY STAY IN THIS CONDITIONS FOR DAYS 4HIS PROCESS HOWEVER HAS CONTRIBUTE TO GIVE TO THE SMELL AN EXCEPTIONAL CONSISTENCE OF A FRESH FLOWER BOU QUET 4HE AROMA IS REALLY LONG LAST ING IN THE MOUTH RELEASING NOTES OF STRAWBERRY 4HE EFFECT IS RELAXING AND HAPPY FULL BUT NOT OVERPOWERED /VERALL AN EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY STRAIN "RAVO -INISTRY

THE DAYS COULDN T WAIT TO TASTE THIS BAD BOY ) GOT MY LTR POT OUT AND FILLED IT WITH 7ESTLAND S MULTI PUR POSE COMPOST AND PERLITE AND PUT IT INTO A X X GROW TENT UNDER MY W SUNMASTER TO BLOOM

)N THE ND WEEK ) STARTED GETTING WHITE HAIRS SO ) GAVE IT A LITTLE DRINK OF BUD BLOOD TO GET IT READY TO TAKE OFF )N THE RD WEEK ) GAVE IT IONICS

BLOOM )N THE TH WK ) UPPED THE BLOOM TO ML AND UPPED THE BOOST TO ML A LITER 4HE TH WEEK HAD A HUGE GROWTH OF THE BUDS AND THE SMELL WAS VERY STRONG )N THE TH WEEK THE PLANT WAS CHOPPED DOWN TO HANG AND DRY 4HE SCISSOR HASH WAS NICE !FTER DRYING THEN JARRING THE 5+ #HEESE FOR DAYS THE BUDS WERE HARD AND FIRM !LL GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHOM WHO WAIT

7EEK OF THE COLAS STARTED TO FOXTAIL 4HEY ARE BEING FED AN %# OF AND P( WITH ML 2EGEN A 2OOT AND ML (EADMASTA 7EEK THE BUDS WERE ROCK HARD AND SWELLING IT WAS TIME TO START THE FLUSH &IRST WEEK OF FLUSH ) USED #ANNA FLUSH THEN THE ND WEEK JUST PLAIN P( WATER

IT S GOT THE SAME SMELL REAL SKUNKY AND TASTE 'REAT ) M VERY HAPPY WITH THIS STRAIN

(ARVEST TOOK ME HOURS TO DO ALL THE 0SYCHOSIS AND 5+ #HEESE ) DRIED THE BUDS FOR DAYS ON DRYING SCREENS THEN PUT INTO CUR ING JARS 0SYCHOSIS IS GREAT )T S LONGER LASTING THAN 5+ #HEESE

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IMPORTANT TO GET GOOD ADVICE FROM THE SHOP YOU BUY FROM 4HESE SYSTEMS MUST BE BOUGHT FROM SELLERS WHO HAVE TRIED THEM OUT PERSONALLY AND KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING 7ITH THE RIGHT INFORMATION CONSTANCY AND GOOD GENETICS YOU WILL OBTAIN EXCELLENT

RESULTS !NOTHER IMPORTANT POINT TO REMEMBER IS THAT YOU WILL NEED TO BUY ALL THE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION 9OU CANNOT SIMPLY BUY THE GROWING SYSTEM AND THE LIGHT BULBS AND EXPECT TO OBTAIN A BUMPER CROP WITHOUT FIRST HAVING ALSO INVESTED IN OTHER ASPECTS LIKE THE VENTILATION SYSTEM

PUMPS FOR DRAINAGE HUMIDIFIERS AND DEHUMIDIFIERS GOOD FERTILISERS AND OTHER MATERIALS WE WILL COVER HERE

* 3EARCHER WITH THE TECHNICAL ADVICE OF 4RICOMA "LANES AND 0YRAMID 3EEDS

/VER THE LAST FEW MONTHS WE HAVE VISITED SEVERAL VERTICAL GROWTH INSTALLATIONS WITH THE !RENA SYSTEM

AND WILL NOW TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE GROW SYSTEM IN THREE DIFFERENT INSTALLATIONS THAT SHARE A COMMON FEATURE ALL USE 0YRAMID 3EEDS GENETICS 4HE FIRST IS A GROWING .ORTHERN ,IGHT CROP THE SECOND IS ALSO GROWING AND USES 4UTANKHAMON

.EW 9ORK AND 7EMBLEY )N BOTH MACHINES THE GENETICS USED WERE CUTTINGS AS IS MOST COMMONLY THE CASE WITH THIS TYPE OF INSTALLATION

AS CUTTINGS ARE THE SAME AGE AS THEIR MOTHER HENCE CAN FLOWER EARLIER WITH NO NEED FOR GREAT GROWTH 4HE THIRD INSTALLATION WAS COMPLETING ITS FLOWERING PHASE AND HAD A GENETIC BASE OF 3HARK /NE THING THAT DID SURPRISE US ABOUT THIS GROWTH IS THAT IT WAS CREATED FROM SEEDS WHICH IS NOTABLY MORE DIFFICULT AS PLANTS CAN GROW TOO LARGE OR BE VERY IRREGULAR

/ iÊ Ài > 4HE !RENA IS A GROWTH SYSTEM WHEREBY PLANTS ARE ARRANGED AROUND A VERTICALLY POSITIONED @COOL TYPE DEVICE TO EXPLOIT SPACE AND WATTAGE TO A MAXIMUM MEANING THAT EVEN A SMALL GROW CAN YIELD GENEROUS HARVESTS 4HE HEAT RELEASED BY THE LIGHT BULBS IS RELEASED FROM THE TUBE BY MEANS OF AN EXTRACTOR WITH ANOTHER EXTRACTOR USUALLY POSITIONED SEPARATELY TO BRING HEAT CLOSE TO THE PLANTS &OR VENTILATION !RENA INCORPORATES AN UPPER CROWN THROUGH WHICH AIR CAN BE TAKEN OUT OR ADDED 4HIS AIR CAN BE HEATED OR COOLED AS REQUIRED BY THE INSTALLATION !PART FROM EXTRACTORS AND INTAKE FANS STANDARD FANS ARE ALSO USED TO MOVE THE AIR WITHIN THE !RENA AND OTHER ACCESSORIES SUCH AS HUMIDIFIERS OR DEHUMIDIFIERS AND AIR CONDITIONING MAY ALSO BE NEEDED

/VERVIEW OF THE INSTALLATION

!IR CONDITIONING EXTRACTOR AND BOXES

0LANTS ARE POSITIONED ON SHEETS OF ROCK WOOL ARRANGED IN TRAYS STACKED ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER ALL FITTED WITH A DRAINAGE SYSTEM TO ELIMINATE ANY EXCESS 4HE TRAYS ARE HELD IN PLACE WITH A METAL HOOK "Y PRUNING THE LOWER BRANCHES THE PLANT CONCENTRATES ON PRODUCING THE MAIN MARIJUANA CROP

4HREE BALLASTS ATTACHED TO A TABLE AS A SINGLE PIECE 4HE DRIP FEEDERS REACH THE SHELVES FROM THE OUTSIDE

WHICH IS OF COURSE WHAT WE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN 4HIS MACHINE IS THEREFORE BEST USED WITH CUTTINGS ALTHOUGH AS WE WILL SEE SHORTLY IT CAN ALSO WORK WITH SEEDS %ACH PLANT HAS ITS OWN DRIP FEED IN ADDITION TO A SUPPORT 4HIS PREVENTS STEMS FROM BREAKING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE MARIJUANA DURING FLOWERING 4HIS SYSTEM REQUIRES A GREAT QUANTITY OF NUTRITIONAL SOLUTION AND ALSO THEREFORE REQUIRES A COUPLE OF TANKS /NE WILL HOLD THE P( ADJUSTED SOLUTION AND THE OTHER WATER 4HE TANKS MUST BE FITTED WITH A SERIES OF ELEMENTS A PUMP SUPPLYING THE DRIPnFEEDS A PUMP MOVING NUTRIENTS FROM ONE TANK TO ANOTHER AND A THIRD PUMP TO OXYGENISE THE NUTRIENT TANK 4HE NUTRIENT TANK MUST ALSO CONTAIN A CONTINUOUS P( AND %# MONITOR 3EPARATE HEATERS OR COOLERS MAY ALSO BE NECESSARY IN ADDITION TO AN OSMOSIS WATER FILTER IF WATER QUALITY IS NOT APPROPRIATE

À Ü }Ê ÃÌ> >Ì ÃÊÛ Ã Ìi` )N THESE INSTALLATIONS THE BASIC EQUIPMENT WAS SODIUM TYPES OF SIZES VENTILATION WAS PROVIDED WITH TWO CUBIC METRE INTAKE FANS AND TWO EXTRACTORS ONE CONNECTED TO THE COOL TUBE AND ONE FOR THE PLANTS 4HE AIR SUPPLY ENTERS BY MEANS OF AN INTAKE FAN 4HE AIR IN IS PARTLY RELEASED DIRECTLY TO THE INSTALLATION AND PARTLY REMAINS IN THE UPPER VENTILATION CROWN 4WO EXTRACTORS ARE USED ONE EXTRACTS AIR DIRECTLY FROM THE TUBE WHERE THE LIGHTS ARE LOCATED THE OTHER EXTRACTS AIR DIRECTLY FROM THE INSTALLATION 4HE EXTRACTOR TAKING AIR FROM THE TUBE DOES SO THROUGH AN ODOUR FILTER LOCATED IN THE TUBE BASE 4HERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH EXTRACTING AIR AT THE GROUND AS THE POWER OF THE HOT AIR VENTILATION SYSTEM NEVER STAYS IN THE ROOM BUT IS FORCED TO RISE UP 9OU MUST CONSIDER THAT THE !RENA WAS DESIGNED FOR CLIMATES SIMILAR TO THAT OF (OLLAND WHERE HEATING MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE UPPER VENTILATION RING 6ENTILATION WAS CONNECTED TO A TEST CASE

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&AN AMIDST PLANTS TEMPERATURE CHANGED 4HE AIM WAS TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT TEMPERATURE OF BETWEEN AND DEGREES #ELSIUS 7ATER IS SUPPLIED THROUGH AN OSMOSIS FILTER 4HE MAIN WATER DEPOSIT HAS A CAPACITY OF LITRES AND TO THE SIDE THERE IS ANOTHER DEPOSIT WHERE OSMOSISED WATER MIXES WITH FERTILISERS AND ADDITIVES (ERE THERE IS A PUMP FOR THE MIXING AND ANOTHER TO PUMP OUT THE NUTRIENT SOLUTION TO THE MAIN DEPOSIT /SMOSISED WATER IS RECONSTRUCTED WITH CALCIUM TO AN %# OF AND THEN WITH -AGNESIUM TO $O NOT USE OSMOSISED WATER DIRECTLY ! THERMAL COOLING PUMP KEEPS TEMPERATURE STABLE IN THE TANK 4HE NUTRIENT SOLUTION IS THEN SENT TO THE DRIP FEEDS WITH A LITRE HOUR PUMP 4HE THERMOSTAT IS OUTSIDE THE TANK AND HAS A CAPACITY OF LITRES 4HERE IS ALSO A PUMP INSIDE THE TANK TO MIX THE MIXTURE AND OXYGENATE IT 4HIS PUMP BREAKS THE WATER SURFACE TO RENEW IT 4HE SYSTEM OF USING A PUMP TO BREAK THE WATER SURFACE IS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE THAN OXYGENISING STONES AS THESE ACIDIFY THE SOLUTION 4HE P( AND %# PROBE IS INSIDE THE TANK TO CONSTANTLY CONTROL THESE GAUGES 4HAT S IT 3IMPLY POSITION THE ROCK WOOL SHEETS AND TRANSPLANT USING STEEL PINS TO FASTEN THE SHEETS OF ROCK WOOL TO THE SHELVES 4HE PLANTS ARE THEREFORE LEFT TO DEVELOP FREELY DURING GROWTH AND EARLY FLOWERING 4HE DRIP FEEDER SERVES TO SUPPORT THE CUTTING IN THIS PHASE 3TARTING FROM THE SECOND OR THIRD WEEK OF FLOWERING A SUPPORT

4OP VIEW OF THE CUBE WITH THE PUMP TAKE

"OTTOM VIEW OF THE INSTALLATION WITH THE FILTER PURIFYING THE EXTRACTED AIR AND THE METAL FEET ONTO WHICH THE TRAYS ARE ASSEMBLED

4HE TUBE FEEDING THE DRIP FEEDERS LEAVING THE NUTRIENTS DEPOSIT JOINED TO EACH PLANT STEM IS USED TO ALLOW THEM TO GROW TOWARDS THE LIGHT

WITHOUT GIVING WAY UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE MARIJUANA 4O PREPARE THE ROCK WOOL WATER FROM THE TWO DEPOSITS WITH LOW P( ADJUSTED TO AROUND 4HE SECOND DEPOSIT SHOULD CONTAIN A ROOT STIMULATOR !FTER TRANSPLANT LEAVE THREE DAYS WITHOUT WATERING TO ALLOW THE ROCK WOOL TIME TO DRY OUT 4HEN BEGIN WATERING FROM TO TIMES A DAY FOR ONE MINUTE EACH TIME .UTRINOVA HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS GROW 4HIS IS "IONOVA S NUTRIENT SOLUTION FOR HYDROPONICS AND IS SUPPLIED IN TWO PARTS ! " &OR EXAMPLE WITH THE .ORTHERN ,IGHT A RELIABLE ROUTINE WAS USED WHEREBY FOR LITRES OF SOLUTION ML OF ! WAS ADDED ML OF " ML OF 8#ELL AND ML OF -ISSING ,INK 3TARTING FROM THE SECOND WEEK THE %# WAS DIMINISHED AND 0+ ADDED AT GRADUALLY INCREASING DOSES 4HE .ORTHERN ,IGHT IS A SHORT GROWING PLANT MEANING THAT WE LEAVE %# LOW TO ALLOW THE INTER NODE DISTANCE TO REMAIN WIDE &OR THE SAME REASON HUMIDITY IS ALSO KEPT LOW )N PLANTS RATHER MORE 3ATIVA DOMINATED THE REVERSE IS TRUE

AND HIGH %# AND HUMIDITY ARE NEEDED TO KEEP THE DISTANCE SHORTER 4HE SECOND GROW INVOLVED THE VARIETIES 4UTANKHAMON .EW 9ORK #ITY AND 7EMBLEY %C REACHED n

WHILST P( STARTS FROM n BEFORE REACHING n DURING FLOWERING 7ATER TEMPERATURE IS KEPT AT AROUND DEGREES

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ÃÌ> >Ì ÊÛ Ã Ìi`Ê`ÕÀ }Ê v ÜiÀ } 4O ELIMINATE NOISE AN EXTRACTION BOX HAD BEEN MADE TO MEASURE YIELDING EXCELLENT RESULTS 4HE EXTRACTOR HAD AN AIR CAPACITY OF LITRES WHILST THE FILTER WAS MEANING THAT THE VENTILATION SYSTEM WAS ABLE TO WORK WITHOUT UNDULY PUSHING CAPACITY

THEREBY EMITTING LESS NOISE $URING GROWTH TWO HUMIDIFIERS WERE USED AND THEN ONLY ONE FOR FLOWERING 7HAT WE SHOULD NOTE ABOUT THIS INSTALLATION IS THAT THE GROW WAS CREATED WITH SEEDS YET RESULTS WERE VERY SATISFACTORY INDEED !FTER GERMINATION THE SEEDS HAD BEEN TREATED WITH &ORMULEX A PRODUCT FOR PLANTLET AND CUTTING CARE THAT CAN BE APPLIED IN WATERING OR AS A SPRAY /NCE ROOTED IN THE RESPECTIVE ROCK WOOL CUBES THE PLANTLETS WERE THEN TRANSPLANTED TO THE SHELVES ! MYCORRHIZAS PREPARATION WAS USED AND AFTERWARDS WATERED TO ACTIVATE IT &ROM THE START OF THE GROW -INERAL -AGIC WAS USED WITH THE STEMS !T THE SAME TIME A ROOT STIMULATOR WAS ALSO USED TO CREATE A HEALTH ROOT MASS 7ATER IS RECONSTITUTED WITH CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM 4HE MAIN FERTILISERS USED WERE ONE IN TWO PARTS TYPE ! " AND A FLOWERING STIMULATOR TO WHICH A 0+ WAS LATER ADDED TO GUARANTEE EXPLOSIVE FLOWERING 3PRAY ADDITIVES WERE ALSO USED TO STRENGTHEN THE PLANTS

IN ADDITION TO A FINAL SOLUTION AIMING TO ELIMINATE EXCESS SALT AND IMPROVE

THE FLAVOUR %# BEGAN AT AND GRADUALLY REACHED 7ATERING WAS CARRIED OUT TIMES EVERY SIX HOURS DURING DAYLIGHT AND ONCE FOR HALF AN HOUR BEFORE TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF 7ATERING SESSIONS ARE SHORT AROUND ONE MINUTE BECAUSE THE PLANTS SHOULD NOT BE OVERWATERED "EAR IN MIND THAT THERE IS NO RECIRCULATION UNLESS A RELEVANT COLLECTION SOLUTION IS CHOSEN 4OTAL GROWTH FROM SEED GERMINATION THROUGH TO HARVEST TOOK AROUND FOUR MONTHS DUE TO THE VARIOUS COMPLICATIONS THAT HAD ARISEN BUT APART FROM THE FACT THAT THE PLANTS WERE A LITTLE LARGE THE GROW WAS A GREAT SUCCESS )T IS VERY IMPORTANT IN FACT TO TAKE THE PRECAUTION OF USING LOW %# TO KEEP THE INTER NODE SHORT 4HE PRUNING OF LOW BRANCHES FAVOURED THE FORMATION OF A LARGE CENTRAL MARIJUANA CROP 4HERE WAS A MINOR FLY ATTACK INVOLVING THE SOIL 4O ELIMINATE THIS WORK IS CARRIED OUT THROUGHOUT ALL STAGES OF THE PLAGUE TO MAKE THE REPRODUCTION CYCLE SHORTER 4HE MAIN COMBAT METHOD INVOLVED WATERING THE SUBSTRATE WITH NEMATODES AS THESE ATTACK THE LARVAE PREVENTING REPRODUCTION 4HE ADULTS ARE INTERCEPTED IN FLIGHT WITH ADHESIVE YELLOW STRIPS AND FINALLY THE PLANTS ARE SPRAYED WITH ANTI PLAGUE TREATMENT

V ÕÃ Ã 4HE !RENA IS ACTUALLY FAR LESS COMPLICATED THAN IT MAY AT FIRST SEEM /NCE A GOOD ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN CREATED

IT MERELY REQUIRES CONSTANCY TO MAINTAIN THE PARAMETERS AND A LITTLE WORK )N

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THESE INSTALLATIONS CONSTANT CARE IS IMPORTANT AS SHOULD A PUMP OR OTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FAIL YOU HAVE A REAL DISASTER ON YOUR HANDS

HANDLED BY A CANNABIS GROWER WHO HAD NEVER EVEN HAD HIS OWN HYDROPONIC GROW BEFORE LET ALONE VERTICAL IN ADDITION TO HAVING HAD TO START FROM SEEDS

!LTHOUGH THIS TYPE OF GROW IS IN FAMOUS FOR BEING DIFFICULT THIS IS ACTUALLY RATHER UNFAIR AND NOR ARE THEY REALLY THAT COMPLICATED 0ROOF OF THIS CAN BE SEEN IN THE FACT THAT OF THE THREE GROWS VISITED

TWO HAD BEEN CREATED BY PEOPLE VERTICAL GROWING FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME )N THE CASE OF THE FLOWERING SYSTEM IT WAS

4HE 0YRAMID GENETICS YIELDED AN EXCELLENT RESULT 4HE .ORTHERN ,IGHT TAKES AT LEAST DAYS TO GROW AS IT HAS A SLOW VEGETATION BUT IT IS HARDWEARING

AND PRODUCES REALLY SOLID MARIJUANA 4HE 4UTANKHAMON PROVIDES EXCELLENT PSYCHO ACTIVITY AND A VAPOROUS MARIJUANA .EW 9ORK WAS THE MOST

7HILST THE OUTSIDE OF THE INSTALLATION IS AT A TEM PERATURE OF THE GROW ZONE IS KEPT AT

PRODUCTIVE AS IT HAD A FEW DAYS LONGER FLOWERING 7EMBLEY FEATURED A VERY SWEET PALATE AND ORANGEY FLORAL CLUSTERS 7ITH REGARDS TO THE 3HARK APART FROM THE GREAT POWER IT ALSO SHOWED EXCELLENT HOMOGENEITY OF 0YRAMID 3EEDS AS THE PLANTS DID NOT GROW VERY DIFFERENTLY SEEDS WERE PLANTED THAT WERE SUPPLIED FREE OF CHARGE WITH THE !RENA /NLY ONE OF THESE WAS THE WRONG SEX n AN TRULY EXCELLENT RESULT !LL FEMALE SEED BANKS HAVE A PERCENTAGE FAILURE WHAT MAKES THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD QUALITY BANKS IS THAT THIS PERCENTAGE SHOULD BE AROUND

INSTEAD OF THE HIGH ERROR RATE SOME HAVE 9OU MUST ALSO CONSIDER THAT INDOOR GROWING AND THE CONDITIONS WITHIN AN !RENA ARE NOT IDEAL FOR FEMALES 4HESE GENETICS GROW MUCH BETTER OUTDOORS WITHOUT TOO MUCH HEAT LACK OF WATERING OR PLAGUES 7E CAN THEREFORE PRESUME THAT WERE THIS GENETIC TO BE GROWN OUTDOORS THE FAILURE RATE WOULD PROBABLY ACTUALLY BE EVEN LOWER THAN THIS WHICH IS VERY GOOD INDEED

6ERY DENSE VEGETATION AT THE END OF FLOWERING

! LOWER PRUNING CONCENTRATES PLANTS ON FORMING UPPER CROPS

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#HEERFUL OPEN AND HYBRID "ARCELONA IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF 3PAIN S HOMES TO CANNABIS ANTI PROHIBITIONISM ! TOLERANT CITY WHERE DIFFERENT CULTURES HAPPILY LIVE SIDE BY SIDE AND FOOD TRADITIONS ARE MIXED

>ÀVi >½ÃÊV> >L ÃÊ«>ÃÌÊ> `Ê «ÀiÃi Ì "ARCELONA HAS PLENTY OF REASONS TO CLAIM THE THRONE AS CANNABIS CAPITAL )TS BUSY INTERNATIONAL PORT PROVIDED A POINT OF ENTRY FOR EXOTIC GRASSES AND HASHISH FROM FAR OFF COUNTRIES 4HIS MARIJUANA BROUGHT SEEDS THAT FORMED THE BASIS FOR SOME LOCAL CROPS AND AS THE EXCELLENT -EDITERRANEAN CLIMATE IS PERFECT FOR GROWING CANNABIS THE IMPORTED GENETICS ADAPTED OVER THE FOLLOWING GENERATIONS 4HE TRANSITION FROM &RANCO S RULE TO DEMOCRACY LED "ARCELONA S GREAT ANARCHIC TRADITION TO GENERATE A WAVE OF UNDERGROUND CULTURE !T THESE REBELLIOUS TIMES WE HAVE THE FIRST PSYCHOACTIVE MAGAZINE IN 3PAIN @%L 'LOBO !CCORDING TO THE REPORTER * # 5SÛ @%L 'LOBO WAS FOUNDED BY THREE ANARCHISTS WHO PAID FOR THE EDITORIAL PROJECT BY ROBBING BANKS 7HEN THE POLICE FOUND THEM OUT THEY ENDED UP IN PRISON AND PUBLICATION CAME TO AN END AFTER JUST THREE ISSUES 9EARS LATER THE BACK ROOM OF THE -AKOKI BOOKSHOP SAW A MEETING OF A GROUP OF CANNABIS SMOKERS WHO

DECIDED TO FORM AN ASSOCIATION TO DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS 4HIS WAS THE START OF !23%# A PIONEER ASSOCIATION IN 3PAIN 4HIS ASSOCIATION GAVE RISE TO A GREAT ACTIVIST ENVIRONMENT THAT GENERATED PUBLICATIONS SHOPS ACTIONS

GROUP GROWS SEED BANKS AND A GREEN WAVE 4HESE ARE THE INGREDIENTS WITH WHICH 3PAIN SAW THE START OF THE SELF GROWING REVOLUTION THAT HAS SURGED FORTH IN RECENT YEARS !T PRESENT USE OF CANNABIS IN PUBLIC PLACES IS SANCTIONED WITH A FINE SO ALTHOUGH PRETTY COMMON IN PRACTICE

REEFER SMOKING IS ALSO FAIRLY DISCREET 4HE MATERIAL ON SALE ON THE STREET IS VERY POOR QUALITY YOU ARE BETTER OFF ASKING A LOCAL FOR HIS CONTACT

>Ê,> L > /NE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PLACES IN "ARCELONA IS ,A 2AMBLA A LARGE STREET CONNECTING THE PORT TO 0LAZA DE #OLÛN AND 0LAZA DE #ATALUNYA 4HERE IS A CONSTANT FLOW OF TOURISTS WITH ,A 2AMBLA BURSTING WITH LIFE AT ALL TIMES )T HAS BECOME A SORT OF HUGE OPEN AIR SHOW +IOSKS PLANT AND ANIMAL SHOPS HAVE FREE OPENING HOURS MEANING YOU CAN BUY INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS OR FLOWERS WHENEVER YOU LIKE DAY OR NIGHT "Y DAY ARTISTS ABOUND WHILST

BY NIGHT ,A 2AMBLA SEES .IGERIANS SELLING CHEAP SEX AS ILLEGAL SELLERS OFFER BEER OR THE POOREST QUALITY HASHISH 7ATCH OUT FOR YOUR WALLET 4HERE ARE PLENTY OF FAST FOOD PLACES FOR TOURISTS IN ,AS 2AMBLAS ALONG WITH PRICY RESTAURANTS BUT YOU CAN ALSO FIND GOOD QUALITY IF YOU TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE "OQUERIA A TRADITIONAL MARKET MIDWAY ALONG ,A 2AMBLA FILLED WITH HIGH QUALITY FRESH PRODUCTS 7ANDER AROUND LETTING INSTINCT PREVAIL .OTE THE RATHER UNUSUAL PARTICULAR FEATURE OF LITTLE RESTAURANTS INSIDE THE MARKET STALLS WHERE YOU CAN SIT OR STAND AT THE BAR AND SAMPLE DISHES CREATED FROM RECENTLY BOUGHT FRESH INGREDIENTS /F ALL THESE RESTAURANTS %L 1UIM STANDS OUT AS AN ABSOLUTE MUST WITH VERY HIGH QUALITY MARKET CUISINE &ISH AND SEAFOOD ARE A SPOTLIGHT FOCUS ALONG WITH FRIED EGGS AND CUTTLEFISH BULL S TAIL AND MOUSSES FOR DESSERT WHISKED UP WITH DIFFERENT INGREDIENTS ! SELECT SMOKING PUBLIC CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN THIS LIMITED SPACE FOR EXAMPLE 3HANTIBABA THE CREATOR OF -R .ICE 3EEDS IS A CONSTANT VISITOR TO %L 1UIM DURING HIS TRIPS TO "ARCELONA .EAR ,A 2AMBLA YOU MAY COME ACROSS , INTERIOR THE FIRST SHOP TO DECLARE TAX ON THE SALE OF CANNABIS SEEDS 4HE SHOP IS STILL OPEN TODAY AND SELLS SEEDS FROM SMALL RARE BANKS IN ADDITION TO SELECT PARAPHERNALIA WITH ALL SORTS OF BLOWN GLASS FROM CHEAP SOUVENIRS TO EXPENSIVE COLLECTORS ITEMS 4HE 3OFT 3ECRETS EDITORIAL OFFICE IS POSITIONED IN THE FAMOUS ROAD OF .OU DE LA 2AMBLA AMONGST THE MANY NIGHTCLUBS AND DISCOS

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&ROM ,A 2AMBLA YOU CAN THREAD THROUGH THE NARROW STREETS OF THE 'OTHIC DISTRICT DOTTED WITH SHOPS LITTLE PLAZAS AND HIDDEN AWAY CORNERS WHERE YOU CAN RELAX 4HE CATHEDRAL AND CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM -ACBA ARE OTHER POPULAR PLACES TO VISIT

>Õ` !NOTHER IMPORTANT REFERENCE FOR "ARCELONA IS THE WORK OF THE ARCHITECT !NTONI 'AUDI ONE OF THE GREATEST ARTISTS IN ALL HISTORY OF HUMANITY (IS COLOURFUL

INNOVATIVE AND AUDACIOUS WORKS REMAIN FOREVER IMPRESSED ON THE EYES OF THOSE LUCKY ENOUGH TO ADMIRE THEM 4HE EXPLOSIVE FORCE OF 'AUDI S CONSTRUCTIONS LOOK AS THOUGH TAKEN FROM A PSYCHEDELIC JOURNEY AND CAN PROVIDE MANY HOURS OF RELAXING SMOKES 3OME BELIEVE THAT 'AUDI SAMPLED THE !MANITA -USCARIDA MUSHROOM THUS GETTING HIS INSPIRATION FOR HIS BOLDNESS 4HIS THEORY IS HOWEVER STRONGLY REFUTED BY OTHER SCHOLARS BUT THE IDEA LINGERS OVER THE POPULAR IMAGE 7E ALSO KNOW THAT THE GREAT MYSTICS OF HUMANITY WERE ABLE TO REACH OTHER STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS WITH NO NEED FOR ANY MIND ALTERING SUBSTANCES AND 'AUDI WITHOUT A DOUBT

WAS ONE OF THESE 7HAT WE DO KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT THE AUTHOR IS THAT HE WAS A DEVOUT

HARDWORKING FRUGAL MAN (E WAS NEVER GREATLY HONOURED AND SPENT THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE SLEEPING IN THE WORKS OF THE 3AGRADA &AMILIA (E WAS KNOCKED DOWN BY A TRAM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET HIS OLD CLOTHES MEANING HE WAS CONFUSED WITH A TRAMP AND WENT UNNOTICED UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN IT WAS ALREADY TOO LATE AS HE DIED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS #ROWDS FLOCKED TO HIS BURIAL 0ARK 'UELL IS ONE OF HIS MAJOR WORKS

AND WITHOUT DOUBT AN EXPERIENCE TO BE ENJOYED AT LEISURE 4AKE TIME TO ADMIRE THE SUMPTUOUS ENTRANCE THE FORGE GATES

WANDER ALONG THE PATHS FILLED WITH DETAIL AND SEARCH FOR DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THIS IMPRESSIVE OPEN AIR INSTALLATION 4HE 3AGRADA &AMILIA IS THE POSTHUMOUS WORK OF THIS GENIUS A TEMPLE THAT REMAINS UNFINISHED JUST LIKE THE ANCIENT -EDIAEVAL CATHEDRALS THAT WERE BUILT OVER GENERATIONS 4HE DESIGN BASED ON ORGANIC FORMS HERE REACHES ONE OF ITS GREATEST EXPRESSIONS WITH COLUMNS INSPIRED BY TREES AND DETAILS THAT CREATE A HYMN TO THE NATURE OF ITS CREATOR 4HE FIGURES ON THE DOORS AND THE RICH DECORATION ALSO STAND OUT

-ii`ÃÊÌ ÊÌ iÊ«>Ì Ê vÊ >ÀX> 7ITHOUT DOUBT ANOTHER POINT OF REFERENCE OF THE CITY IS %L "ARÎA A TEAM THAT HAS ENJOYED GREAT POPULARITY SINCE ITS TRIPLE TRIUMPH IN THE 3PANISH LEAGUE THE #OPA DEL 2EY AND RECENT VICTORY IN #HAMPIONS LEAGUE $URING

THE ROADSIDE CELEBRATIONS FOR THESE TRIUMPHS REEFERS ABOUND ALTHOUGH WE MUST STRESS THAT THE USE OF DRUGS IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN IN 3PANISH STADIUMS

AND CAN GIVE RISE TO EXPENSIVE FINES 7HEN WALKING TO "ARÎA S STADIUM

YOU MAY COME ACROSS ,A (UERTA DE *UAN 6ALDÏS A GROW SHOP THAT SHARES BARRACKS WITH %VA &EMALE 3EEDS THE FIRST FEMALE CANNABIS SEED BANK IN #ATALONIA )N (UERTA DE *UAN 6ALDÏS

YOU CAN BUY SEEDS FROM A GREAT MANY 3PANISH BANKS WITH THE OLDEST FEMALE OPTIONS INCLUDING $INAFEM %VA 3EEDS AND 3WEET 3EEDS

Ê`Ài> Ê`>ÞÊ Ê >ÀVi > 4O DRAW THIS ARTICLE TO AN APPROPRIATE CONCLUSION WE WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH A MAGICAL TOUR OF "ARCELONA 7AKE EARLY AND HEAD STRAIGHT FOR THE 3AGRADA &AMILIA TO AVOID THE TOURIST QUEUES &ROM THE TOWERS YOU CAN ENJOY A VIEW OVER THE WHOLE OF "ARCELONA AND PREPARE YOUR SPIRIT TO SOAK UP THE CITY !FTER THIS MAGICAL TRIP IT IS TIME TO HEAD FOR ,A 2AMBLA TO STROLL ALONG THE STREET WITH STREET ENTERTAINERS KIOSKS AND SHOPS )N ,A "OQUERIA -ARKET

WAIT FOR 1UIM S BAR TO OPEN GETTING READY FOR A BANQUET OF FRIED EGGS AND CUTTLEFISH BULL S TAIL AND FRESH SEAFOOD -OUSSE COFFEE AND A GLASS OF WHAT YOU FANCY MARK THE END OF THE FEAST 4HEN THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO AID DIGESTION THAN TO WANDER THE STREETS LINED WITH SHOPS AND THE 'OTHIC DISTRICT )N THE HOURS WHEN THE SUN IS AT ITS HOTTEST TAKE A WANDER THROUGH 0ARK 'UELL AN IMPORTANT PATH FOR 'AUDI S IMAGINATION WITH PLENTY OF RESTFUL SPOTS TO ENJOY THE ONSET OF THE EVENING (ERE

YOU CAN ENJOY OTHER ALTERNATIVE VIEWS OF "ARCELONA TO THOSE ADMIRED FROM THE 3AGRADA &AMILIA ! LIVE MATCH AT THE STADIUM OF THE THREE TIMES CHAMPION WILL LEAVE YOU WITH A PRECIOUS MEMORY OF "ARCELONA

WHILST ANOTHER SOUVENIR COULD BE SEEDS FROM A 3PANISH BANK !LTHOUGH EMOTIONS RUN HIGH DURING THE GAME

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3INCE CANNABIS IS ILLEGAL IN &RANCE ) WOULD FIRST SUGGEST THAT YOU TO BE VERY CAREFUL IF YOU WANT TO SCORE ANY WEED OR HASH 4HE BEST WAY IS TO GO TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW LIKE A HOUSE DEALER "UT EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE PERSON VERY WELL IT IS STILL BEST TO BE CAREFUL )F YOU HAVE NO CONNECTIONS TO ANY HOUSE DEALER AT ALL THEN THE ALTERNATIVE WAY IS TO GO ON THE STREETS 3OME PLACES ARE KNOWN FOR DIFFERENT KIND OF DEALING IN SOFT DRUGS HARD DRUGS

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"ARBES 0IGALLE OR LES (ALLES ARE POPULAR PLACES TO TRY TO SCORE !LSO VERY POPULAR PLACES TO SCORE ARE THE BANLIEUES SUBURBS BUT IT CAN BE DANGEROUS TO TRY THEM "UT OF COURSE

ALWAYS BE ALERT BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU WON T EVEN FIND A DEALER YOU ALSO MAY MEET THE POLICE OR EVEN A RIP DEALER /N THE STREET THERE ARE MORE CHANCES THAT YOU WILL ONLY GET HASH

9OU CAN APPROACH ANY PERSON WHO GIVES YOU A FEELING OF BEING RELIABLE BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE IF A PERSON IS THE RIGHT PERSON AT FIRST SIGHT 4HERE IS ONE THING WHICH SHOULD NEVER BE DONE GIVING OVER YOUR MONEY BEFORE GETTING THE WEED OR HASH 4HERE IS A BIG CHANCE THAT YOU WILL NEVER SEE YOUR MONEY BACK OR OF COURSE THE WEED OR HASH AS WELL 4RY TO CHECK THE QUANTITY AND THE QUALITY YOU ARE GOING TO GET BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS THE CHANCE OF A RIP DEAL 4HE BEST WAY TO CHECK THE QUALITY IS TO SMOKE A JOINT BUT IT S POSSIBLE THAT YOU DON T HAVE THE TIME FOR THIS SO LOOK AT THE APPEARANCE AND THE SMELL OF THE PRODUCT )T CAN ALREADY GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE CONTENT #HECKING THE QUANTITY CAN BE DONE WITH A SCALE BUT ON THE STREET THIS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT SO TRY TO ESTIMATE THE QUANTITY AND COMPARE WHAT IS IN YOUR HANDS WITH AN OBJECT LIKE A TELEPHONE MOBILE FOR WHICH YOU ARE SURE OF THE WEIGHT )F YOU OR YOUR DEALER HAS GOOD CONNECTIONS THEN THE CANNABIS CAN

APPROACH THE PRICES YOU CAN HAVE IN A $UTCH COFFEE SHOP AROUND EUROS PER GRAM "UT GENERALLY IT S MORE AROUND EUROS A GRAM 9OU CAN FIND HASH FOR A CHEAPER PRICE ON THE STREET BUT ITS QUALITY CAN BE VERY BAD 9OU MAY FIND HASH FOR THE PRICE OF OR EUROS A GRAM BUT IT MAY BE CUT WITH WIRE FOR INSTANCE &OR PEOPLE WITH GOOD CONNECTIONS THEN THE QUALITY WILL BE OKAY &OR HASH THE QUALITY CAN BE SOMETIMES EVEN BE AS GOOD AS WHAT YOU CAN FIND IN COFFEE SHOPS /N THE STREETS YOU WILL HARDLY FIND GOOD WEED AND HASH CAN ALSO BE DUBIOUS -ORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SCORE WEED GROWN IN &RANCE BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GET IN THIS CASES $ON T EXPECT TO HAVE A CHOICE

BETWEEN OR KINDS OF WEED OR HASH LIKE IN A COFFEE SHOP )F YOU CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN OR DIFFERENT PRODUCTS THEN YOU CAN CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY 4HAT THE WAY PROHIBITION WORKS TO SELL MORE QUANTITIES IT IS VERY OFTEN THAT A DEALER CUTS HIS PRODUCT WITH HENNA OR EVEN WITH SUBSTANCES THAT ARE NOT SMOKEABLE ! PERSON ) KNEW EVEN ONCE GOT A CANDY INSTEAD OF HASH 4HIS PROVES WHAT LENGTHS THE DEALERS CAN GO TO IN &RANCE JUST BECAUSE OF THE PROHIBITION 4ALKING OF WHICH A WORD ABOUT THE POLICE )F YOU ONLY HAVE A JOINT THE BEST ACTION IS TO TRY TO HIDE IT AROUND IN SAFE PLACE 4HE POLICE WILL SEARCH YOU AND IF THEY DON T FIND ANYTHING

THEY WILL LET YOU GO 4HEN EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE QUANTITY THAT YOU CARRY )F YOU DON T HAVE A LOT THEN YOU PROBABLY RISK A FINE IF YOU HAVE A LOT

THEN YOU RISK GOING TO JAIL )F THE DRUGS SQUAD BRINGS YOU TO THE POLICE STATION THEN YOU HAVE TO SIGN A DOCUMENT REGARDING THE PROCEDURE )F THE POLICE TAKES YOUR STASH AND DON T TAKE YOU TO THE STATION THEN IT MEANS THAT THEY WILL SIMPLY STEAL YOUR STUFF /NE THING THAT SHOULDN T BE DONE IS TO GIVE THE NAME OF YOUR DEALER 4HE POLICE WILL ASK FOR IT BUT YOU CAN TELL THEM IN PARTICULAR IF YOU BUY ON THE STREET THAT THE DEALER S NAME IS -OHAMMED FOR INSTANCE 4HERE ARE SO MANY &RENCH PEOPLE WITH THIS NAME THEY WON T BE ABLE TO TRACK HIM )F YOU ARE BUSTED WITH A LARGE QUANTITY

THEN THE POLICE SHOULD ALLOW YOU FIRST TO GET A LAWYER AND THEY HAVE TO PROVE THAT YOU ARE SUSPECTED )F THE COPS DON T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE THEN THEY SHOULD FREE YOU )N ANY CASE IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMAIN VERY CALM AND SELF CONTROLLED AND NOT TO SHOW ANY STRESS AT ALL 4HERE ARE SOME CLUBS RESTAURANTS OR BARS THAT YOU CAN VISIT TO SCORE BUT BECAUSE OF THE LAWS IN &RANCE IT IS BETTER NOT TO GIVE ANY ADDRESS BECAUSE IT COULD LEAD TO A CLOSING OF THESE PLACES AND THAT WOULDN T BE FAIR

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POSSESSION AND GROWING IS ILLEGAL 0OLISH PEOPLE TEND TO KICK BACK AGAINST ABSURD RULES SO THEY SMOKE AND RAISE A LOT OF HEMP 9OU WILL FIND A DEALER IN ALL BIG AND SMALL CITIES ALMOST EVERYWHERE IN FACT 0OLES ARE ALWAYS PLEASED TO WELCOME FOREIGNERS TO THEIR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY WHERE THEY CAN TRY STRONG

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AN IDEOLOGY WHICH WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY #OMMUNIST 0ARTY (IPPIES BROUGHT US DRUGS MOSTLY POT AND HEROIN n OR THE 0OLISH VERSION KOMPOT )N 0OLAND GROWING POT WAS LEGAL UNTIL .OW PEOPLE NUMB THEMSELVES DIFFERENTLY WITH BETTER OR WORSE THINGS 4HE NEXT STAGE IN THE EVOLUTION OF DRUG USE IN 0OLAND WAS THE S !T THIS TIME IT WAS ILLEGAL TO RAISE OR EVEN POSSESS ANY QUANTITY OF DRUGS EVEN FOR PERSONAL USE )T WAS THE YEARS OF A YOUNG REVIVED DEMOCRACY WHERE THE NEW MAFIA AND CORRUPT OFFICERS BROUGHT HUGE QUANTITIES OF DRUGS INTO THE COUNTRY "UT THEY ARE USUALLY IMPURE AND NOT GOOD DRUGS 3O

YOUNG CHEMISTS STARTED TO MAKE THE CLEANEST AMPHETAMINE IN ALL OF %UROPE !T THE SAME TIME MANY DEALERS WERE GOING TO THE (OLLAND AND BRINGING BACK HIGH QUALITY POT AND HASH )T WAS SMALL SCALE

PRIVATE IMPORT AND HAD THE ADVANTAGE THAT THE COMMODITY WAS GOOD QUALITY n AN ADVANTAGE THAT WAS LOST WHEN MASSIVE IMPORTS BEGAN 3INCE POSSESSION OF ANY KIND OF DRUG IS ILLEGAL AND IF THE POLICE FIND DRUGS ON YOU OR IN YOUR THINGS YOU CAN GO TO PRISON FOR YEARS 4ODAY PEOPLE WHOSE LIKE TO SMOKE POT HAVE THE CHOICE BETWEEN POT AND HASH BROUGHT INTO THE COUNTRY IN LARGE QUANTITIES FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES BUT THIS IS OF WORSE QUALITY THAN GROWING IT YOURSELF 7HICH IS A POPULAR SOURCE BECAUSE POT YOU RAISE FOR YOURSELF TENDS TO BE GOOD QUALITY 0EOPLE WHO COME TO SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY DON T HAVE TO WORRY WHERE AND WHEN THEY CAN BUY POT ) HAD SIMILAR WORRIES YEARS AGO WHEN ) WENT ON HOLIDAY ABROAD 4HE ANSWER FROM A COLLEAGUE OF MINE WAS THAT h0EOPLE WHO SMOKE POT RECOGNISE

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HOW DO YOU SMOKE IT SAFELY 4HERE IS SOME ADVICE CONCERNING SMOKING SAFETY IN 0OLAND &IRST DO NOT SMOKE IN PUBLIC PLACES n POLICE CAN BE IN PLAIN CLOTHES

UNDERCOVER ) RECOMMEND GARDENS OR PARKS 9OU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT THE 0OLISH AUTHORITIES PROSCRIBE DRINKING A BEER OR OTHER ALCOHOL IN PUBLIC 9OU CAN GET A TICKET FROM POLICE )F THEY THINK THAT YOU HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME THEY CAN SEARCH YOUR CLOTHES AND BAGS )N CLUBS AND DISCOS SMOKING IS ILLEGAL SO POT SMOKING GOES ON IN THE TOILETS "UT REMEMBER THAT SECURITY

IS NOT NICE OR KIND IF THEY CATCH YOU )N SMALLER PLACES YOU SHOULD ASK THE BARMAN IF YOU CAN SMOKE SOMETIMES THEY WILL ALLOW YOU 0OLAND IS WONDERFUL COUNTRY WHERE THE CANNABIS MARKET IS GROWING UP VERY QUICKLY 4HERE ARE A LOT OF FIRMS SPECIALIZED IN PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY SEEDS AND EQUIPMENT FOR GROWING 7E ANTICIPATE SOME KIND OF DECRIMINALISATION LEGALISATION FOR SMALL AMOUNTS OUT OF NECESSITY FAIRLY SOON 7HEN YOU ARE IN 0OLAND YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR SAFETY IN MIND AND BE CAREFUL

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ÃÌiÀ`> \ÊÃÌ Ê- iÀÃÊ*>À>` ÃiÊ À°Ê£Ê %VER SINCE THE S THE .ETHERLANDS HAS BEEN THE 0ROMISED ,AND FOR LOVERS OF CANNABIS THE WORLD OVER WITH !MSTERDAM AS THE CANNABIS -ECCA &OR THIS WE HAVE THE $UTCH POLICY OF TOLERANCE TO THANK A POLICY THAT SEPARATES HARD AND SOFT DRUGS AND HOW THEY ARE DEALT WITH BY SOCIETY )T S A LEGAL SITUATION THAT IS HARD TO EXPLAIN TO FOREIGNERS n AND EVEN THE MAJORITY OF $UTCH #ANNABIS IS FORBIDDEN BUT IS NOT GIVEN PRIORITY IN PROSECUTION IS PROBABLY THE SIMPLEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT /VER THE COURSE OF THE S AND S THE DRUGS TRADE LOST A LOT OF ITS INNOCENT HIPPIE IMAGE (EAVY CRIMINALS MUSCLED IN ON THE BUSINESS

AND THERE WAS INCREASING RESISTANCE TO THE WHOLE NOTION OF ALLOWING THE SALE OF SOFT DRUGS IN COFFEE SHOPS !T THE MOMENT THE WHOLE CANNABIS BUSINESS IS DRAWING HEAVY FIRE IN THE .ETHERLANDS AND MANY OBSERVERS FEAR THAT THE OLD POLICY OF TOLERANCE IS ON ITS LAST LEGS 4HERE ARE EVEN ADVANCED PLANS TO SHUT MANY !MSTERDAM ESTABLISHMENTS ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE CITY S INFAMOUS RED LIGHT DISTRICT WITH ITS HIGH CONCENTRATION OF COFFEE SHOPS !T PRESENT IT IS STILL BUSINESS AS USUAL BUT FOR HOW MUCH LONGER NOBODY KNOWS )N SHORT ALL GOOD REASONS TO NOT PUT OFF THAT LONG PLANNED VISIT ANY LONGER 7HEN YOU VE JUST ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT OR STEPPED OUT OF #ENTRAL 3TATION INTO THE BUSTLING CITY CENTRE

THE TEMPTATION IS TO DIVE IN TO THE FIRST COFFEE SHOP YOU COME ACROSS AND ROLL A FAT ONE IMMEDIATELY &REE AT LAST )N MANY WAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS APPROACH BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY PRETENSIONS TO BEING ANYTHING OF A CONNOISSEUR THEN IT IS WELL WORTH HOLDING OFF WHILE YOU DO A LITTLE ORIENTATION 4HIS IS IN FACT SOMETHING YOU CAN BEGIN BEFORE YOU EVEN GET HERE SINCE MANY COFFEE SHOPS HAVE A WEB SITE WHILST MANY OF THE INTERNATIONAL FORUMS HAVE REVIEWS YOU CAN LOOK UP OF !MSTERDAM COFFEE SHOPS !MSTERDAM IS A PARTICULARLY COMPACT CITY AND IN AN HOUR OR TWO YOU CAN REALLY GET TO KNOW THE MAJORITY OF THE OLD CITY CENTRE QUITE WELL ON FOOT JUST WANDERING AROUND LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR COFFEE SHOP TO CATCH YOUR FANCY 4HE !MSTERDAM COFFEE SHOPS COME IN ALL TYPES AND SIZES FROM CRAMPED HIPPIE CAVES WITH VERTIGINOUS STAIRS TO GRUBBY 2ASTA CELLARS SIMPLE BARS TO VAST PSYCHEDELIC DESIGNER LOUNGES $ON T FORGET THAT THERE ARE ALSO GREAT PLACES TO FIND OUTSIDE THE IMMEDIATE CENTRE AND WHERE THE PRICES TEND TO BE A BIT LOWER THAN THE INNER CITY ONES 4HE RANGE OF CANNABIS SOLD AS WELL AS THE PRICES CHARGED CAN VARY QUITE A BIT -ANY OF THE COFFEE SHOPS CLOSE TO THE #ENTRAL 3TATION ARE SIMPLY TOURIST TRAPS AND TEND TO HAVE LOWER QUALITY AND HIGHER PRICES 3TILL IF YOU VE JUST ARRIVED FRESH FROM A COUNTRY WHERE JUST GETTING HOLD OF A BIT OF WEED OR HASH IS A PROBLEM EVERY COFFEE SHOP IS PRETTY EASILY GOING TO LOOK LIKE A LITTLE SLICE OF PARADISE )T IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO

SEE OUR GUESTS FROM OVERSEAS BEGIN TO SPONTANEOUSLY DROOL WHEN THEY FIRST CLAP EYES ON A COFFEE SHOP PRICE MENU 4HERE ARE OFTEN DOZENS OF VARIETIES OF HASH AND WEED NOTED ALONG WITH AN EXTENSIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE EFFECT AND WHERE IT COMES FROM

vviiÊÃ «Ã 4HE MAJORITY OF COFFEE SHOPS HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE HASH VARIETIES AND AN EQUAL NUMBER OF WEED VARIETIES ON THEIR MENU BUT THERE ARE ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE THE MENU OFFERS MORE THAN VARIETIES IN TOTAL !S REGARDS THE RANGE OF HASH THE -OROCCAN VARIETIES ARE HEAVILY REPRESENTED WITH THE BEST

BEING THE @FIRST SHAKE VARIETIES SUCH AS +ING (ASSAN 4HE PRICES TEND TO BE ABOUT TO EUROS PER GRAM "LACK HASH IS AVAILABLE IN THE BETTER SHOPS TOO EVEN IF THE AMOUNT AVAILABLE HAS DROPPED SOMEWHAT IN RECENT YEARS BOTH IN TERMS OF VARIETIES OFFERED AND THE QUALITY "LACK VARIETIES TEND TO GO FOR BETWEEN AND EUROS PER GRAM WITH THE OCCASIONAL EXCEPTIONAL VARIETY SUCH AS -ELANA #REAM GOING FOR EVEN MORE ,EBANESE HASH IS READILY AVAILABLE AND TENDS TO BE IN THE MID RANGE FOR PRICE 4HE NATIONAL PRIDE IS LOCAL INDOOR GROWN WEED OF WHICH THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY VARIETIES TO MENTION 4HE PRICES VARY BETWEEN TO WAY OVER EUROS FOR THE MORE EXCLUSIVE VARIETIES USUALLY FROM THE (AZE FAMILY -ANY SHOPS ALSO STOCK A FEW MUCH MILDER FOREIGN WEEDS

USUALLY 4HAI !FRICAN OR *AMAICAN WITH PRICES AROUND EUROS PER GRAM 'ENERALLY OF LESSER QUALITY STILL ARE THE $UTCH OUTDOOR WEEDS WHICH TEND

TO GO FOR AROUND EUROS PER GRAM 3OME SHOPS NOTE WHETHER THE WEED IS @BIOLOGISCH OR ORGANICALLY GROWN IN SOIL OR HYDRO !S WELL AS THIS PRETTY MUCH ALL SHOPS ALSO STOCK PRE ROLLED JOINTS COSTING AROUND EUROS A PIECE 7EIGH FOR WEIGHT THESE ARE OF COURSE SLIGHTLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN BUYING LOOSE WEED TEND TO BE ROLLED FROM BUD TRIMMINGS AND ARE USUALLY AVAILABLE IN A VARIETY OF TASTES 4HE MAXIMUM AMOUNT YOU CAN BUY IN ANY SINGLE VISIT TO A COFFEE SHOP IS GRAMS -OSTLY THE SMOKING MATERIAL IS PRE PACKED IN A PLASTIC ZIP LOCK BAGGIES OF AND EUROS )T IS THEREFORE NOT USUALLY POSSIBLE TO HAVE A SMELL BEFORE YOU BUY THE PRODUCT $ON T FORGET CANNABIS IN THE .ETHERLANDS IS A BUSINESS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER )F YOU SEE LARGE QUEUES WAITING OUTSIDE SOME POPULAR SHOPS THEN YOU KNOW IMMEDIATELY WHY PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN THIS PLACE (APPILY THERE ARE STILL A FEW SHOPS WHERE THEY TRADE @OLD SKOOL IN THAT THE STUFF IS WEIGHED OUT IN FRONT OF YOU SO UPON REQUEST YOU CAN GET A GOOD WHIFF OF THE OPTIONS BEFOREHAND

FREELY AVAILABLE FOR REASONABLE PRICES

THERE ARE STILL STREET DEALERS WANDERING AROUND WHO MIGHT APPROACH YOU

ESPECIALLY IN THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT AND AROUND THE $AM %VEN MORE UNIMAGINABLY IF POSSIBLE THERE ARE STILL TOURISTS WHO MAKE USE OF THESE DODGY SALESMEN WHO PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS HAVE OTHER DRUGS EVEN IF THEY ARE OF DODGY QUALITY ON OFFER !ND SHOULD YOU FEEL LIKE SCORING SOME @OTHER DRUGS

THEN DO NOT ON ANY ACCOUNT ASK IN COFFEE SHOPS BECAUSE IN MOST OF THEM IT IS JUST NOT THE DONE THING TO ASK FOR ECSTASY COKE OR SPEED ! COFFEE SHOP CAN EVEN LOSE ITS LICENSE IF ANYONE IS CAUGHT IN POSSESSION OF HARD DRUGS 3O DON T GO SPOILING IT FOR OTHERS

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)N MANY SHOPS SPACE CAKE OR BONBONS ARE SOLD 5SUALLY THE HOUSE DEALER WILL GIVE YOU ADVICE ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF THIS TREAT 4AKE THE ADVICE SERIOUSLY

BECAUSE IF CANNABIS IS EATEN IT CAN TAKE MORE THAN AN HOUR FOR THE EFFECTS TO BEGIN TO BE NOTICEABLE )F IN THE MEANTIME YOU ALSO START DRINKING ALCOHOL OR PUFFING MERRILY AWAY ON JOINTS THEN THE SURPRISE WHEN THE CAKE KICKS IN CAN BE BOTH SUDDEN AND MOST UNWELCOME 4HE RULE OF THUMB IS IF YOU RE NOT A HEAVY USER IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY STICK TO BONGS AND JOINTS EVERY YEAR TOO MANY TOURISTS DROP LIKE FELLED TREES IN THE STREET THANKS TO SMOKING TOO MUCH STRONG WEED $O NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE STRENGTH OF $UTCH CANNABIS PRODUCTS ESPECIALLY IF YOU COME FROM A COUNTRY WHERE REAL QUALITY IS HARD TO COME ACROSS 4HE ICE HASH IS PARTICULARLY INFAMOUS 4HIS HIGHLY CONCENTRATED HASH UP TO 4(# HAS NOT BEEN FOR SALE IN SO MANY PLACES UNTIL RECENTLY BUT IT IS SO STRONG THAT EVEN HARDENED $UTCH STONERS USUALLY FIND IT TOO MUCH &ORTUNATELY

ICE HASH IS EXPENSIVE &OR THE SAME MONEY YOU CAN EASILY BUY THREE BAGS OF OUTSTANDING WEED OR HASH

)N GENERAL !MSTERDAM IS A SAFE CITY .ONETHELESS TOURISTS n ESPECIALLY ONES WEAVING AROUND STONED AND OR DRUNK

DO REPRESENT AN EASY TO SPOT AND EASY TO ROB PREY FOR PICKPOCKETS WHO ARE ALWAYS ACTIVE ON THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT !ND DESPITE THE ##46 CAMERAS THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT IS ALSO A PLACE TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR STUFF )F YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE THE CITY UNSAFE

BY HIRING A BIKE BE REMINDED THAT ALTHOUGH THROUGH THE EYES OF A STONED TOURIST THE CITY LOOKS LIKE ONE BIG AMUSEMENT PARK IT MOST DEFINITELY IS NOT %VERY YEAR TOO MANY TOURISTS DISCOVER THAT THE CARS AND BIKES OF !MSTERDAM ARE IN FACT MADE OF STEEL

AND THAT THE STREETS OF !MSTERDAM ARE JUST AS HARD IF YOU FALL ON YOUR ASS IN THEM 3O LOOK AROUND WELL BEFORE CROSSING THE ROAD WHETHER YOU ARE WALKING OR ON A BIKE 4HE TRAMS ARE ESPECIALLY FAMOUS YOU WOULD NOT BE THE FIRST TO LOSE AN ARM OR A LEG AFTER MEETING WITH THIS FORM OF TRANSPORT !LTHOUGH IT IS ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE IN A CITY WHERE THE MOST FABULOUS VARIETIES CANNABIS IN THE WORLD ARE

)T SHOULD ALSO BE POINTED OUT THAT MIXING YOUR DRUGS CAN BE RISKY TOO %VERY YEAR A FEW TOURISTS ARE HURT OR WORSE THANKS TO TAKING A COMBINATION OF SUBSTANCES AND FOR EXAMPLE FALLING OUT OF A WINDOW AS JAZZ LEGEND #HET "AKER FAMOUSLY DID IN !MSTERDAM 'ET HIGH BY ALL MEANS BUT KEEP A COOL HEAD THEN IN YEARS MAYBE YOU LL BE ABLE TO FONDLY RECOUNT THAT TIME YOU SPENT IN THE LEGENDARY CITY WHERE n UNTIL AT LEAST n YOU COULD OPENLY WALK AROUND SMOKING A JOINT AND COULD BUY CANNABIS OVER THE COUNTER

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/ iÊ âiV Ê,i«ÕL VÊ 4HE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC HAS A LONG HISTORY -ANY FOREIGNERS STILL REFER TO IT AS #ZECHOSLOVAKIA 7HEN MOST OF THE %UROPEAN COUNTRIES WERE UNITED

#ZECHOSLOVAKIA WAS DIVIDED INTO THE #ZECH AND THE 3LOVAK 2EPUBLIC -OST ORDINARY PEOPLE REGRET THAT UNTIL TODAY BECAUSE THE DECISION TO DIVIDE THE COUNTRY WAS MADE BY POLITICIANS IT WASN T BASED ON A REFERENDUM #ZECH AND 3LOVAK PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN ONE STATE FOR ALMOST YEARS AND APART FROM SPEAKING MUTUALLY INTELLIGIBLE LANGUAGES

THEY STILL HAVE VERY STRONG CONNECTIONS &AMILIES HAVING BOTH #ZECH AND 3LOVAK MEMBERS AREN T UNCOMMON !S REGARDS POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT EACH COUNTRY WENT A DIFFERENT WAY AFTER 4HIS CAN BE SEEN IN THE VARYING APPROACHES OF THESE COUNTRIES TO HARD AND SOFT DRUGS

Õ ÃÌÃÊ vvÊÌ iÊ-Vi iÊqÊ7ii`Ê Ì ÊÌ iÊ-Vi i !FTER THE FALL OF THE #OMMUNIST REGIME GRASS EXPERIENCED A BOOM IN #ZECHOSLOVAKIA OF THAT TIME 4HE NEWLY ACQUIRED FREEDOM WAS SLOWLY GETTING INTO ALL AREAS OF DAILY LIFE !S EARLY AS THE MID S PEOPLE SMOKED GRASS IN VARIOUS TYPES OF CLUBS AND ORDINARY BARS ) D LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS CONCERNS THE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC ONLY 4HE 3LOVAK 2EPUBLIC WENT A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY AFTER THE SPLIT n THEY RESORTED TO REPRESSIONS AND THE hFREEDOM OF THE GREEN LEAVEv IS SIGNIFICANTLY RESTRICTED 4HE REST OF THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH THE SITUATION IN THE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC 4HE GROWING INTEREST IN WEED ALSO MEANT THAT PEOPLE STARTED GROWING IT INDOOR !LMOST ALL EQUIPMENT WAS INITIALLY EXPORTED FROM THE .ETHERLANDS ,AMPS COULD BE BOUGHT IN ELECTRONICS SHOP HERE AS WELL !S GRASS WAS ON DEMAND AND THE #ZECH SOCIETY WAS VERY TOLERANT TOWARDS SMOKING THE FIRST GROWSHOPS APPEARED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY #ZECH PEOPLE ARE REALLY TOLERANT TOWARDS SMOKING GRASS /N BEING ASKED ABOUT hGRASSv A SMILE APPEARED ON MOST INTERVIEWEES FACES

7HERE DO YOU MEET THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN 0RAGUE 4HERE ARE COUNTLESS CLUBS WORTH VISITING IN THE CAPITAL OF 0RAGUE DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT YOU PREFER 7E CREATED THE FOLLOWING OVERVIEW FOR YOU 2ADOST &8 4HIS IS THE OLDEST DANCE CLUB IN 0RAGUE LOVED BY MANY 2ADOST &8 RANKED .O IN THE 7ORLD S "EST "ARS CHART OF THE BEST DANCE CLUBS OF THE WORLD )T S A CLUB THAT NEVER STOPS &AMOUS $* S PLAY HOUSE

HIP HOP 2 " SOUL AND TECHNO ALL NIGHT -OREOVER YOU CAN ALWAYS GET SOMETHING TO

EAT UNTIL THE EARLY HOURS AND THERE S MUCH TO CHOOSE FROM INCLUDING VEGETARIANS TITBITS 9OU CAN FIND MORE ON WWW RADOSTFX CZ -ECCA 4HIS IS A NEVER SLEEPING HOUSE CLUB 4HE $* SETS USUALLY START AFTER MIDNIGHT SO YOU DON T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING LATE 4HIS CLUB PREVIOUSLY A STOREROOM SETS NO LIMITS TO SOUND AND LOUDNESS AND THE LOUDSPEAKERS BLAST UNTIL THE MORNING LIGHT )F YOU RE LOOKING FOR A GOOD DANCE VISIT THE -ECCA WWW MECCA CZ 2OXY 4HE EXPERIMENTAL NATURE OF THE 2OXY CLUB WILL SATISFY LOVERS OF HARDCORE DANCE MUSIC $ANCERS WILL MOVE TO THE RHYTHMS OF TECHNO DRUM N BASS AND JUNGLE n ON &RIDAY AND ON 3UNDAY 4HE 2OXY CLUB SPREADS ON FLOORS AND OFFERS TYPES OF ENTERTAINMENT AS IT WERE 4HE GROUND FLOOR IS DOMINATED BY THE DANCEFLOOR THE UPPER FLOOR HAS A THEATRE MOVIES ARE SHOWN HERE AN AVANT GARDE GALLERY AND A CAFETERIA 0ROGRAMMES ON WWW ROXY CZ 4HE !KROPOLIS 0ALACE 4HERE IS A hCULTURAL COMPLEXv NOT VERY FAR FROM THE ?I?KOV TRANSMISSION TOWER AND THIS COMPLEX IS AN IDEAL PLACE FOR CONCERTS

EXHIBITIONS FOOD COFFEE OR A PINT OF BEER 4HE NEVER ENDING %URO#ONNECTIONS SHOULD ALSO BE MENTIONED n THIS IS A FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT MUSIC n AND !KROPOLISMULTIMEDIALE n AN EVENT MIXING ELECTRONIC MUSIC INTERACTIVE ART VIDEO ART ETC )F YOU WANT TO MEET INTERESTING PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCE A MAGNIFICENT ALTERNATIVE CLUB VISIT THE !KROPOLOS 0ALACE 9OU WON T REGRET THAT WWW PALACAKROPOLIS CZ 7ANNA MEET SOMEONE WITH A ROLLED JOINT IN THE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC 'O TO THE NEAREST PARK 'ROUPS OF STONERS PARTICULARLY IN BIGGER CITIES MINGLE WITH SPORTSMEN PENSIONERS AND PET OWNERS AND CREATE AN INTERESTING MIXTURE -OST OF THEM JUST SMILE OR PRETEND THEY DIDN T NOTICE THE SMALL )T S ALSO QUITE COMMON FOR POLICEMEN TO PASS BY WITHOUT NOTICING ANYTHINGx #ZECH PEOPLE ARE SURPRISINGLY TOLERANT TOWARDS WEED !PART FROM BEER AND GANJA CANNABIS SEEMS TO HAVE A LONG TRADITION HERE 4HE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SAW THE DOMINANCE OF INDOOR GROWN PLANTS SKUNK 4HIS IS PROBABLY DUE TO A LARGE NUMBER OF GROWSHOPS AND GROWERS 2ESEARCH DONE IN REVEALED THAT #ZECH CITIZENS AGED SMOKED GRASS AT LEAST ONCE 4HIS RANKS GRASS AMONG THE MOST CONSUMED SOFT DRUGS EXCLUDING ALCOHOLx /THER DRUGS POPULAR IN THE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC INCLUDE EXTASY AND METH TWEAKERS #ZECH PEOPLE ALSO LIKE MAGIC

MUSHROOMS ,3$ COCAINE AND HEROIN !

GRAM OF ,3$ AND EXTASY WOULD COST YOU ABOUT CROWNS A GRAM OF COCAINE

TO .Ê 4HE QUALITY VARIES AND THE PRICE DOESN T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE QUALITY 9OU MIGHT FIND A BIT DIFFICULT TO GET SOME MAGIC MUSHROOMS 4HE PRICE FOR CANNABIS AND HASHISH IS ALMOST THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU DECIDE TO BUY IT ! GRAM MIGHT COST YOU TO

CROWNS R 4HE MORE YOU BUY THE LOWER THE PRICE ! KILO OF GRASS CAN BE OBTAINED FOR TO CROWNS THAT S R "UYING GRAMS IN A BAR OR ON THE STREET WILL COST YOU UP TO

CROWNS R FOR ONE SINGLE GRAM )F YOU BUY IN ONE GRAM AMOUNTS YOU CAN BE SURE YOU LL GET GRAMS 4HIS IS THE RISK YOU LL BEAR WHEN BUYING IN SMALLx

7HERE TO 'ET 'RASS +AREL v4HIS IS UNIVERSAL n IF YOU KNOW THE RIGHT PEOPLE IT S EASY &IND SOME STONERS AND YOU LL ALSO FIND THE DEALERS !SKING WON T COST YOU ANYTHING BUT IT MIGHT HAPPEN THAT PEOPLE WILL SUDDENLY KNOW NOTHING $EALERS CAN EASILY RUN INTO PROBLEMS )T S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING WHEN YOU RE SMOKING GRASS OR WHEN YOU RE GROWING GRASS FOR YOURSELF 3ELLING DRUGS IS SIMPLY ILLEGAL AND YOU MIGHT GET BUSTED )F CERTAIN PEOPLE DISLIKE YOU YOU HAVE TO TRY ELSEWHERE 4HE BEST WAY TO GET GOOD GRASS IS TO GO OUT HAVE A CHAT WITH PEOPLE GET A BEER AND SOMETHING TO SMOKE AND ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION AT THE RIGHT TIME 3OMETIMES YOU CAN GET SOME GRASS FOR FREE AS A BONUS v !S ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD YOU LL DEFINITELY GET SOME WEED ON VARIOUS PARTIES AND CONCERTS PROVIDED YOU RE NOT GOING TO SEE +AREL 'OTT !S +AREL SAID GOING TO THE RIGHT BAR LEADS TO THE DESIRED RESULT !SK SOMEONE AGED

THEY LL CERTAINLY KNOW WHERE TO FIND SOME STONERS -AKE SURE YOU AVOID ASKING DIRECTLY h$O YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND SOMETHING TO SMOKE v !SK THEM RATHER IF HE KNOWS SOME CLUBS WHERE PEOPLE CAN SMOKE 4HE ANSWER TO BOTH QUESTIONS IS ALMOST THE SAME )N CITIES WITH MORE THAN

RESIDENTS YOU LL DEFINITELY FIND A LOT OF SUCH CLUBS 9OU CAN OFTEN FIND THE SYMBOL OF CANNABIS WITH A RED CROSS ON IT IN SOME BARS 4HAT S BECAUSE SOME OWNERS DON T LIKE CLUB GOERS SITTING ON THE SOFA ROLLING ONE SPLIFF AFTER ANOTHER 9OU CAN STILL MEET STONERS IN

THESE CLUBS BUT THEY ROLL THEIR JOINTS INSIDE GO OUT CHOKE AND COME BACK IN JUST THE RIGHT MOOD v

7HAT ABOUT (ASHISH IN THE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC +AREL v9OU CAN GET IT BUT IT S NOT USED AS WIDELY AS GRASS )T MOSTLY HAS TO BE EXPORTED FROM ABROAD ! LOT OF PEOPLE GROW CANNABIS INDOOR SO IT S MAINLY GRASS THAT IT S USED "UT EVERYONE WILL BE PLEASED BY HASHISH !S ) SAID IT S NOT EASY TO OBTAIN IT BUT IF YOU TAKE THE TROUBLE YOU LL BE SUCCESSFUL v (ASHISH IS VERY POPULAR IN THE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC BUT IT S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO GET IT 9OU LL MOSTLY SUCCEED IN BIGGER CITIES (ASHISH IS OF GOOD QUALITY SOMETIMES EXCELLENT -OST OF THE TIME YOU LL PROBABLY GET HASHISH FROM -OROCCO IN SOME CASES FROM !FGHANISTAN 9OU CAN ALSO GET SKUFF OF VERY HIGH QUALITY n THE PRICE MAY BE HIGHER

UP TO CROWS È GRAM AND IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO FIND A DEALER

- }Ê ÊÌ iÊ âiV Ê,i«ÕL V 4HE MAJORITY OF SMOKERS PREFER LONG CIGARETTE PAPERS AND CRUSHED GRASS MIXED WITH TOBACCO /UTDOOR WEED IS SMOKED PURE 4HE YOUNGEST STONERS PREFER GLASS hBONGSv n THIN PIPES MADE OF GLASS 4HEY ARE EITHER CURVED OR STRAIGHT AND ENABLE ONLY A FEW PUFFS n THEY ARE ALSO VERY CHEAP AND CAN BE USED UNTIL THEY GET BROKEN "LUNTS ARE ALSO FAIRLY POPULAR 4HE RECENT TIMES SAW A RISE IN THE NUMBERS OF VAPORIZER LOVERS BUT THESE DEVICES ARE TOO BIG AND VERY EXPENSIVE -ANY STONERS ALSO SAY THAT THEY MISS THE FEELING OF HOLDING A JOINT IN THE HAND WHEN SMOKING FROM A VAPORIZER 7E HOPE YOU LL LIKE THE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC AS WE DID 7E RECOMMEND YOU TO RESERVE AT LEAST ONE WEEK OF YOUR FREE TIME AND VISIT THE CLUBS AND DO SOME SIGHTSEEING THERE ARE PLENTY OF MONUMENTS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY !PART FROM 0RAGUE YOU CAN MAKE A TRIP TO 0ILSEN "UDWEIS "RNO 0ARDUBICE OR /STRAVA %VERYWHERE ON YOUR WAY YOU LL MEET VERY FRIENDLY PEOPLE AND THE GENUINE #ZECH CONTENTMENT #ZECH PEOPLE LIKE TRAVELLING SO YOU LL ALWAYS FIND SOMEONE SPEAKING %NGLISH OR 'ERMAN )F YOU DECIDE TO GO BY CAR BE CAREFUL AND DRIVE AND PARK YOUR CAR ACCORDING TO THE RULES 0OLICE IN THE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC LOVE FINING FOREIGNERS AND YOU WON T FIND IT EASY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM ,OOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC

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AND ITS HISTORIC CENTRE IS LISTED BY 5.%3#/ AS A 7ORLD (ERITAGE 3ITE )TS VIEWS ITS HISTORY AND ALSO ITS PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL

SOME KIND OF LUMINANCE WHICH MAY LEAD YOU TO ANOTHER DIMENSION MADE OF ANCIENT WINDS SIMPLE KINDNESS AND ASTONISHING WONDERS /KAY THIS MAY SOUND A BIT OVER THE TOP BUT HEY ) M )TALIAN n AND CONSEQUENTLY EXCESSIVELY ENTHUSIASTIC !ND ) REALLY LOVE THIS CITY 3O IF YOU LIKE HISTORY GOOD FOOD OR ANY OTHER HOLIDAY ATTRACTION AND YOU DECIDE TO COME TO OUR CAPITAL YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO SOME ADVICES FROM A REAL )TALIAN SURVIVORx ) SAY SURVIVOR BECAUSE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE HAD SOME POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND TO BE HONEST

WE RE STILL HAVING THEMx THAT BROUGHT TO POWER THE RIGHT WING PARTY WHICH IS NOW WELL KNOWN ACROSS %UROPE FOR BEING THE PARAGON OF WHAT ./4 TO DO WITH SOCIAL ISSUES .ARCOTICS BEING ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES IT HAS MESSED UP LOCAL MAFIAS HOLD THE MONOPOLY OF THE WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION BUT )TALIAN LAWS PUNISH SMALL TIME DEALERS CONSUMERS AND GROWERS 4HIS IS THE PARADOX OF OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY 4HE RESULT IS THAT IF YOU ARE A SIMPLE TOURIST YOU SHOULD PAY A BIT MORE ATTENTION TO YOUR MOVEMENTS 5SUALLY YOU CAN BRING SOME OF YOUR PERSONAL

3INCE THE &INI 'IOVANARDI LAW THE CURRENT LAW ON DRUGS PASSED IN 0ARLIAMENT DEALING ZONES HAVE BEEN ALMOST ELIMINATED BY THE LOCAL POLICE AND IF YOU DON T KNOW ANYBODY WHO DEALS YOUR ONLY OPTION IS TO LISTEN TO THE GUYS WHO TRY TO SELL YOU SOMETHING WHILE PASSING BY 0ERSONALLY ) DON T TRUST THIS KIND OF DEALER SINCE YOU ARE IN THE STREET MOVEMENTS MUST BE VERY QUICK AND THEY CAN ALWAYS PALM SOME CRAP OFF ON YOU INSTEAD OF GOOD HASH ) KNOW BECAUSE ) VE BEEN FOOLED THIS WAY MYSELFx "UT IF YOU COME TO 2OME AND YOU ALREADY KNOW SOMEBODY n PREFERABLY A STUDENT n YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND SOME GOOD WEED OR HASH )TALIAN HOSPITALITY IS WELL KNOWN ALL OVER %UROPE AND IF YOU ARE A FRIEND YOU WILL ONLY HAVE TO ASK YOUR )TALIAN HOST WILL HELP YOU TO FIND WHATEVER YOU WANT /BVIOUSLY YOU D BETTER ASK HIM OR HER WHETHER YOUR SMOKING WEED OR HASH IS A PROBLEM THERE S STILL A LARGE CONSERVATIVE ELEMENT THAT CONSIDER SMOKING A BAD DRUG ADDICTION 0RICES DEPEND ENTIRELY ON THE SOURCE )F YOU BUY SOMETHING ON THE STREET IT MAY BE EXPENSIVE AND BAD n THE COSTS CAN FLUCTUATE BETWEEN OR EUROS FOR HASHISH AND BETWEEN AND EUROS FOR WEED n BUT YOU CAN ALSO HAVE A LUCKY STRIKE AND FIND SOMETHING REALLY RARE IN )TALY SUCH AS #HARAS

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THE QUALITY )TALIAN OR 3WISS WEEDS ARE THE CHEAPEST AND YOU CAN EASILY FIND THEM WHILE THE $UTCH VARIETIES ARE FAR MORE EXPENSIVE AND REALLY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN LOW QUANTITIES

BY ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS n SUCH AS MEDICAL CHECKS n WHICH MAY LAST FOR A YEAR "UT SINCERELY BEING ARRESTED FOR BEING CAUGHT SMOKING A SPLIFF IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE SO DON T WORRY

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,AST BUT NOT LEAST IF YOU REALLY WANT TO ENJOY THE REAL ROUGH 2OME AND YOU DON T WANT TO HAVE ANY PROBLEMS SMOKING YOU SHOULD GO TO ONE OF THE SPECIAL NIGHTS AT &ORTE 0RENESTINO VIA &EDERICO $ELPINO n #ENTOCELLE A COMMUNITY SQUAT CENTRE WHICH OFFERS MANY DIFFERENT KIND OF NIGHTS FROM TECHNO RAVES TO POETRY READINGS 4HE AMBIENCE IS REALLY INFORMAL YOU CAN SMOKE WHATEVER YOU WANT AND IF YOU RE LUCKY YOU CAN ALSO FIND SOME TYPICAL )TALIAN SMOKY DELICATESSEN

!NYWAY YOU SHOULD BE REALLY CAREFUL BUYING SOMETHING IN THE OPEN AIR )TALIAN POLICE ARE PRETTY TOLERANT TOWARDS SMOKERS BUT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT WITH THE DEALER YOU RISK THE WITHDRAWAL OF YOUR PASSPORT A HUGE FINE AND IF THE QUANTITY YOU BOUGHT IS MORE THAN GRAMS YOU WILL ALSO RISK A CHARGE FOR DEALING 4HE CURRENT LAW IS REALLY INFLEXIBLE TOWARDS CONSUMERS PERSONAL CONSUMPTION IS PUNISHABLE

!NOTHER PLACE WORTH SEEING IS 6ILLAGGIO 'LOBALE ,UNGOTEVERE 4ESTACCIO ANOTHER SQUAT CENTRE FAMOUS FOR ITS LIVE MUSIC ACTS AND FOR ITS MULTI ETHNIC KITCHEN "UT THE REAL 2OME EXPERIENCE IS ELSEWHERE EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT #ATHOLIC

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#ONSIDER THIS THERE S A PRETTY GOOD PROBABILITY POSSIBILITY THAT THERE WILL BE A SHARP RISE IN ACUTE ADVERSE REACTIONS TO SMOKING POTENT GRASS STRAIGHT 4HIS WILL APPLY PARTICULARLY TO THOSE WHO ARE UNUSED TO QUALITY WEED BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY QUESTION AGAIN THERE S A GOOD ARGUMENT HERE FOR THESE PEOPLE BEING FROM THE 5+ 7HEN ) TALK ABOUT ADVERSE REACTIONS ) MEAN STUFF LIKE DISORIENTATION PARANOIA AND OTHER SYMPTOMS OF EXTREME WEED INTOXICATION !S MOST PEOPLE KNOW NONE OF THIS IS USUALLY ANYTHING APPROACHING FATAL IT S HAPPENED TO MOST PEOPLE AT SOME TIME )T IS HOWEVER PRETTY UNPLEASANT AND THIS WILL BE THE CASE TENFOLD TO THE NOVICE 4HIS IS MAYBE A BIT OF A LEAP IN LOGIC BUT BEAR WITH ME NOVICES ARE USUALLY YOUNG PEOPLE 4HIS OBVIOUSLY ISN T TRUE OF THE TIME BUT IN MOST CASES WHEN WE THINK OF NOVICES WE THINK YOUNG PEOPLE YES /KAY SO NOW CONSIDER THIS ONE 4HERE S A FAIR AMOUNT OF MEDICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC CONCERN AT THE MOMENT AROUND PERCEIVED TEENAGE PSYCHOSIS POSSIBLY TRIGGERED OR EXACERBATED BY CONSUMPTION OF HIGH POTENCY WEED 4HIS IS CERTAINLY TRUE HERE IN THE 5+ 0UTTING ASIDE WHETHER YOU THE READER AGREES WITH THIS OR NOT AS AN INDIVIDUAL

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9OUR BUDS ARE NORMAL BUT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS SUCH AS THE STRAIN @"LUEBERRY

WHICH BEARS DARKER EVEN PURPLISH RESIN GLANDS 9OU ARE SEEING THREE DIFFE RENT LEVELS OF MATURITY IN THE TRICHOMES 4HIS IS QUITE NORMAL IN ALL PLANTS FOR SOME TRICHOMES TO BECOME RIPE BEFORE OTHERS 4HE CLEAR ONES ARE THE MOST IMMATURE THE MILKY ONES ARE MATURE AND THE AMBER WHICH YOU CALL RASPBE RRY TRICHOMES ARE STARTING TO DEGRADE -Y GUESS IS THAT YOUR 3WEET 0URPLE CLONES HAVE BEEN FLOWERING FOR WEEKS 4(# RICH TRICHOMES FOUND ON DRUG CANNABIS ARE GLANDULAR 4HESE STALKED GLANDULAR TRICHOMES ARE COMPRISED OF A STALK WITH A RESIN HEAD 4HEY LOOK LIKE A POST WITH THE KNOB AT THE TOP 4HEY FORM ON BUDS AND SMALL LEAVES 4HE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF 4(# IS LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE RESIN HEAD 4HE BEST TIME TO HARVEST IS WHEN THESE TRICHOMES HAVE DEVELOPED A SPHERICAL HEAD AND ARE TRANSPARENT TO CREAMY WHITE (ARVEST WHEN HALF PERCENT OF THE TRI CHOMES HAVE TURNED A CREAMY TRANSLUCENT COLOR FOR ABSOLUTE PEAK RIPENESS !T THIS POINT THE HIGH WILL BE BOTH CEREBRAL AND PHYSICAL WITH A GOOD HEAD AND BODY STONE (ARVEST WHEN THE MAJORITY OF TRICHOMES HAVE TURNED AMBER FOR A BODY STONE 0URE INDICA AFGHANI AND INDICA DOMINANT STRAINS HARVESTED AT THIS LATE POINT WILL POSSESS A HEAVY BODY OR COUCH LOCK STONE 3ENESCING GLANDS START TO TURN AMBER AND LATER BROWN AND GET SMALLER THEY ARE DECOMPOSING

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