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Discussion in 'Apprentice Marijuana Consumption' started by amadues, Jan 17, 2010.

  1. I thought everyone knew what beasters meant. Until I was talking to my friend today, and I was suprised. Are there any other people that don't know what that means?
     
  2. i honestly thing beasters is a stupid name to label dro, but hey it works.

    can't be helped not everybody knows everything about chronic, the only people that usually do are people that either grow, or smoke for a living, and not everybody does that.
     
  3. #3 Anubis578, Jan 17, 2010
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  4. I never heard of beasters until I came to this site. Then I heard that beasters was just bud from British Columbia, but k status said it was hydro, so I guess I was wrong again.
     
  5. oh nono, idon't mean dro as in hydro.

    dro is just another slang where im from for chronic haha, since u can't be like bud, or fire, or grass its fairly common. it is also used for hydro as well, sorry for the bad input.

    beasters is weed from BC, and usually mid to high grade
     
  6. from what i heard beasters is bud from British Columbia but i could be wrong:)
     
  7. #7 Anubis578, Jan 17, 2010
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  8. I was with you up until you called it 'dro'. How can you bash a slang term and then use a less logical one? 'Dro' has got to be the dumbest slang term as of yet, being that it's short for hydroponic, which only makes up a small portion of the market. There's nothing indicating that hydro is any more potent than outdoor, so why is it that people call high quality bud 'dro'?
     
  9. #9 Anubis578, Jan 17, 2010
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  10. #10 abnormldood, Jan 17, 2010
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    From what I've heard, the term 'beasters' was actually originally used to describe high quality BC strains that were grown commercially, which they would use to sell to tourists or export to other regions. They were known to rub the buds on silk screens in order to collect resin and to make them stickier and appear of higher quality. This is why 'beasters' often look like high quality bud to the untrained eye but have a harsher smoke and can be bought cheaper.
     
  11. dro around here is used as compared to hydro.. although sometimes you hear it used as a step up from mids.. kush and haze still top dro as for terminology... i hate when people refer to marijuana in general as dro or haze or kush or beasters or chronic, i think these terms along with some others should only be used for describing the type.. i prefer bud for a general term.
     
  12. #12 Anubis578, Jan 17, 2010
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  13. sorry the reason why i use the term dro is cause the parts where i live around, dro is just used as the term chronic, not hydro, i don't mean to confuse anybody or bash, but its just an easier terminology for me.

    fairly put i just label all chronic dro, mids, dank, w/e, and if it's hydro, then i call it hydro.
     
  14. #14 Anubis578, Jan 17, 2010
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  15. What this guy said. Where I live though what people call beasters is inbetween dro and mids.
     
  16. #16 light green, Jan 18, 2010
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    This dude knows his shit.

    This post is probably too big for this thread, but I'm going to type it directly from the cannabible 3.

    this is what beasters are. don't mind what you think, this is a fact.

    Beasters

    I have spoken with people on all sides of the issue known as "Beasters,"
    which americans call the mass-produced, warehouse-grown, chemically fed schwag that British Columbia exports to the United States by the ton. The funny thing is, when you bring this up to Canadians , they act as if they don't know what you're talking about. They respond with "We don't ever see that" or "The good stuff stays in canada."

    Beasters. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the most often smoked herb in the united states-I see it everywhere i go. It's effects on the American cannabis scene are numerous and far-reaching. Picture, if you will, some of these implications and thoughts:


    -the entire pricing structure of cannabis in the united states has ben turned upside down to the point where, in most places, only select clones get top dollar. as one example, old school organic outdoor west coast growers have had to lower their prices by $1,500 a pound to compete with Beasters, even though their product is of much higher quality.


    -uninformed American smokers buy beasters because they think it looks great; they're full by the white appearance and think that it's actually very resinous. [sparkly resin glands are what get you high, not the white stalks so prevalent on most beasters]


    -buyers go to canada to pick up loads, and they buy Beasters because they think that's what people want. Plus, it's by far the most available herb.


    -Skilled outdoor organic growers in British Columbia have given up, gotten regular jobs, and no longer even grow outdoors because none of the buyers seem to want outdoor herb anymore, and if they do, it's only at a pathetically low price. Others have just jumped on the the bandwagon and started growing chemmy indoor herb.


    -Dealers who are connoisseurs but Beasters dirt cheap, knowing that it's garbage and never smoking a single hit, just to make money. "It's just work, " they rationalize.


    -There are sixteen-year old kids in Alabama who could identify Beasters blindfolded and are totally sick of it, but it's all they can get most of the time.

    Legitimate medical marijuana patients have gotten sick[er] from smoking Beasters because it's loaded with chemicals-nasty fertilizer salts- that were never flushed





    This is a plea to all cannabis smokers, buyers, growers, smugglers, and dealers: Please, no more Beasters! Please stop growing this stuff! Please stp sending this stuff! Please stop buying this stuff! Please stop supporting this stuff! We will gladly pay more for organic herb!

    Next time your supplier offers you Beasters, just say no! How many times do you think that would have to happen before things started changing? Before the love started coming around again? It's the law of supply and demand. If we demand a better herb it will be supplied.

    Every time you buy beasters you're sending a message to the growers, buyers and smugglers: We will buy your chemmy Beasters. [It's the same with anything you support with your money, really.]

    At this point you may be wondering, Why do beasters suck? Read "why most pot sucks" on pg. 145. Your typical Beasters have broken every rule on the list. Plus, the strains commonly grown are chosen strictly for yield, not quality of flavor, or high-not to mention that large portions of beasters are "Kiefed," bounced on screens to remove resin glands [Which they keep!]

    Another thing to consider is that Beasters are mostly grown by organizations with one thing in mind- money. This shows clearly in their end product. Beasters is the Wal*Mart of cannabis: really cheap and really low quality. Organic herb, on the other hand Whether grown indoors or outdoors, is normally produced by people who take pride in growing the finest ganja possible. who do you want to support? You wield much power with your spending dollar. Personally, I want to support the small, organic, family farmers.

    As we approach the end of the era of Cheap fossil fuels which power the lights that grow all this indoor bud [and also supply the petroleum based chemical fertilizers], it is especially important that all enlightened [pardon the pun] cannabis growers go back to their roots and relearn how to grow their crops outdoors and organically, even, biodynamically [biodynamic farming is an invention of Rudolph Steiner that utilizes cosmic forces and special handmade preparations that are highly beneficial to plants and soil.]

    Just say no to Beasters! And if you are a commerical Beasters grower, please, on behalf of all of us, at least switch or organic hydroponics! I highly recommend botanicare's line of products. Just try it- the resulting cannabis tastes so much better! I know you will be pleased!

    I want to again mention that there are incredible organic farmers in BC, though their product is by far the minority, at least in terms of what's exported to the United States, and not what i would call Beasters. these high-quality nugs are usually sold as US grown herb, given that if there's identified as BC product, the value goes down substantially.

    I have seen a t shirt that says "Friends don't let friends smoke beasters!"
     
  17. I didn't mean to make anyone get angry, lol. I always knew beasters as BC bud, dro as anything grown hyrdoponcially(sp), then like Kush and Chronic as just cover terms for good weed.
     

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