Grit Weed in Shanghai, China

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  1. #1 Heypengyou, May 17, 2012
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    SHANGHAI GRIT HASH / CANNABIS / WEED / MARIJUANA WARNING

    Warning to those (expats especially) living in Shanghai, China:

    I'm an American expat living in Shanghai who, for the past three years, has been regularly smoking kief / kif / keef hash coming from random Xinjiang / Uighur / Muslim dealers. Recently, a bowl cashed into my mouth and I was overwhelmed with some gritty sand-like substance. Searching through the internet immediately alarmed me to the grit weed problems in Europe.

    I immediately gained access to a microscope and found huge amounts of beautiful trichomes COMPLETELY SURROUNDED by rounded beads (0.05 - 0.10mm in diameter). I'm fairly certain that these are the silica crystals so dreadfully detailed on several grit weed websites. Grains similar to the ones pictured here (http://www.gritweed.co.uk/gritweed_science.htm).

    Words can't describe the terrified chills that have been going down my spine just thinking about how irresponsible I was to have possibly jeopardized my good health.

    PLEASE, TO ALL THOSE EXPATS AND TRAVELERS IN SHANGHAI, CHINA: STAY AWAY FROM STREET DEALERS. KNOW YOUR DEALER WELL AND DO A TASTE CHECK OF EVERY OUNCE OF WEED YOU CONSIDER BUYING IN THIS CITY. IF YOU FEEL A CRUNCH THROW THE BAG BACK INTO THE DEALERS FACE AND YELL AT HIM.

    I personally doubt the Uighur dealers know the silicosis implications of having silica in the weed. I doubt they even know what silica is in fact...

    More than likely, 90% of the weed in Shanghai is contaminated. I'm pretty sure I've been getting hints of gritty substances in my weed for the past three years. For some reason, I always shrugged it off as ground up seeds or stems (or maybe even random outdoor sand particles blown into the resin while growing). After reading up on grit weed, and considering the desperate profit motives going on in this country, I highly doubt this is the case anymore.

    I'm assuming that the cannabis / weed / marijuana is originally sprayed with glass frosting then later on tumbled or shaken to form the kief hash / soap hash which is so easily found on the streets in Shanghai.

    In terms of grit weed, my research tells me that chances are fairly small that silicosis will develop. The size of the particles are too large to pry their way into the air sacs in the lungs (http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/how_do.html). But still, what a shady circumstance to have to ponder over for the rest of my life.

    TO THE END OF PROHIBITION.

    GRASSCITY, IS THERE ANYWAY THAT I COULD PUBLICIZE THIS BETTER ON YOUR WEBSITE?? MOST PEOPLE ARE TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS TO GRIT WEED IN SHANGHAI. WORD NEEDS TO SPREAD. I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS THE FIRS POST ON THE SITUATION,...
     
  2. definitley had a few friends tell me about this happening over there.
     
  3. That shit sounds gnarly if I had to deal with that I would make hash out of the product your getting. An alcohol extraction or some butain oil would leave you with nothing but thc and good times.
     
  4. i have never heard of this and im quite happy you made a thread about it. they use it to add weight to the plant? i mean common it cant really add that much fucking weight!
     
  5. That was going about the UK a couple of years back, I remember buying a bag off a mate and tasting a bit, crunches in your mouth. I heard they were grit blasting it as it was growing so it is throughout the bud. Some was so bad you would buy a tinth and get .7 of grit.
     

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