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You Can Put Your Weed in There
What to do after the last head shop closes
In the unlikely event that the government manages to eliminate the drug paraphernalia market, will everyone stop smoking pot, as U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan maintains? Unfortunately for Buchanan, there are some do-it-yourself alternatives to fancy hand-blown glass pipes and $500 vaporizers. Here are a few.
Foil pipe: Take a piece of aluminum foil, about six inches square, and roll it loosely around a pencil. Remove the pencil. Bend up the last inch or so to form a bowl.
Apple pipe: Core an apple with a knife, being careful not to cut all the way through the bottom. Insert the empty shaft from a disposable, retractable pen into the side of the apple to serve as a mouthpiece, connecting to the bowl you created with the knife. Put a small perforated piece of foil or a metal screen patch over the top of the apple to hold the marijuana.
Pipe pipe: Connect a two-inch-long brass pipe nipple to a female pipe tee of the same diameter (one eighth of an inch works well).
Gravity bong: Cut the bottom off a two-liter plastic bottle. Remove the bottle cap. Fill a bucket with water. Put the bottle into the bucket until the water is near the neck. Trim a screen patch to fit into a five-eighths-inch wrench socket. Place the socket on the top of the bottle. Put marijuana in the socket and light it as you gradually pull the bottle up. The bottle will fill with smoke. Remove the socket/bowl and put your mouth over the opening. Let the bottle fall, which will push the smoke out.
Improvised vaporizer: Attach a one-foot length of garden hose to a half-inch-diameter hose faucet (one that’s not connected to plumbing). Attach a one-gallon plastic bag to the opposite (snipped) end of the hose with a rubber band or elastic hair tie. Holding the faucet by the handle, use a heat gun to vaporize the active ingredients in marijuana placed inside the open end of the faucet. The vapor will blow into the plastic bag. Pinch the hose while unscrewing it to prevent the vapor from escaping. Inhale.
Warty|1.29.09 @ 12:05PM|#
Everybody knows about the apple pipe and the 2-liter bottle gravity bong, but the homemade vaporizer was new to me. Thanks, Jacob!
SpongePaul|1.29.09 @ 12:08PM|#
Yeah lets shut down the pari shops. not like you can make a pipe out of just about anything laying around. Do the feds realize that all you got to do is order form canada europe checz etc, if you really wanted to get around the feds. It is stupid, its like saying lets close down all the auto parts shops because people get into wrecks. Yeah that sounds stupid, but in my mind it is the same thing.
|1.29.09 @ 12:14PM|#
Considering we used to make a hookah out of a gallon milk jug, several rubber tubes, and a kitchen funnel, I wonder how preventing us from having our much more efficient Graffix would have helped. I will admit that the six-chambered bong that got named "The Rocket" was overkill.
another cheapo vaporizer...|1.29.09 @ 12:14PM|#
take an incandescent lightbulb remove the bottom and filament, place your weed inside, somehow suspend the lightbulb over a votive candle, and suck the resulting vapor out with a straw. Also works for a variety of other substances. Not as perfect as the heat-gun approach, but it doesn't require you to have a heat-gun.
|1.29.09 @ 12:14PM|#
Reverse Gravity Bong:
1. Poke a hole in the bottom of a 2 liter Bottle.
2. Cover hole with finger, and fill bottle with water.
3. Put foil bowl over top of bottle.
4. Remove Finger
5. As the water drains, the bottle will fill with very thick
smoke.
6. Remove bowl, inhale from bottle (or tape up hole and screw cap
on - portable smoke!)
7. Get yourself a chilidog.
cmace|1.29.09 @ 12:20PM|#
The aerator screens from faucets are very fine and make good
screens for hash pipes.
For field expedient hash pipe break the body off of a beer bottle
then put a coin with serrated edges in the inside of the neck. Lay
down to inhale.
This is stuff I learned in the army.
Elemenope|1.29.09 @ 12:22PM|#
7. Get yourself a chilidog.
This step is crucial. Those who fail to follow it invariably
suffer.
Derrick|1.29.09 @ 12:26PM|#
IIRC, it's really dangerous to make a pipe out of some metal or another, due to the vapors which are released. I think it's copper? Or maybe brass?
Jeff P|1.29.09 @ 12:26PM|#
Close the headshops?
Where am I supposed to buy my strawberry flavored body oil,
decorative ceiling fishnets, and mirrors with the Led Zeppelin logo
on them?
Oh look, a Spenser's...
|1.29.09 @ 12:28PM|#
IIRC, it's really dangerous to make a pipe out of some metal
or another, due to the vapors which are released. I think it's
copper? Or maybe brass?
You may be thinking of distillation. Copper is safe, as well as
stainless steel and glass. Don't use anything else.
|1.29.09 @ 12:34PM|#
Foil pipe: Take a piece of aluminum foil, about six inches
square, and roll it loosely around a pencil. Remove the pencil.
Bend up the last inch or so to form a bowl.
Probably a bad idea...smoking aluminum is not the best thing in the
world.
Also using pop cans (or beer cans) which have a coating is as bad
if not worse.
Elemenope|1.29.09 @ 12:35PM|#
Copper is safe, as well as stainless steel and
glass.
Actually, depends on the glass. For example, I would not recommend
turning a lead-glass decanter into a gravity bong.
|1.29.09 @ 12:38PM|#
Actually, depends on the glass.
Yes, I should have specified lab-quality glass, including
Pyrex.
T|1.29.09 @ 12:38PM|#
I guess the slightly squashed beer can with appropriate holes punched in it was too declasse for you folks?
Sam Grove|1.29.09 @ 12:45PM|#
If you can't find a screen for your pipe after you've driven out
to the middle of nowhere, look under the seat for the foil wrapper
from an empty pack of Dentyne and poke holes in it with some sharp
pointy thing.
Tobacco pipes are available at any smoke shop.
I once had some hash oil. Dip your battery powered soldering iron
tip in it, then hold it in a tube you can inhale through while the
iron heats up.
|1.29.09 @ 12:45PM|#
"Probably a bad idea...smoking aluminum is not the best
thing in the world. Also using pop cans (or beer cans) which have a
coating is as bad if not worse."
Aluminum doesn't begin to vaporize until well over 1000 degrees. No
butane lighter will get anywhere near that. I suspect smoking temps
are much, much lower. That being said, avoid aluminum foil that has
non-stick coatings, etc. Also, if you use a soda can, don't just
poke holes for the bowl. Cut a square hole and use untreated
aluminum foil for the bowl. Aluminum won't vaporize, but the paint
might.
Shannon Love|1.29.09 @ 12:45PM|#
George Carlin had bit that went something like:
"After you've been smoking dope for a while you start picking
things up and thinking, 'hey, I could make a bong out this!' People
say that dope should be illegal because it leads to the taking of
stronger drugs. In reality, it lead to carpentry."
|1.29.09 @ 12:50PM|#
You forgot about resin knife hits off the stove
burner.
Ahh, Hot Knives. A classic.
I guess the slightly squashed beer can with appropriate holes
punched in it was too declasse for you folks?
Dude, we had a party bowl, a one-hitter, and a timmy for different
situations, several Graffix, competitions over who could roll the
tightest joint, many portable one-hitters, mini water bongs, the
hookah, a gravity bong, and all the "project" bongs that people
would make.
Beer cans are for beer.
Matt J|1.29.09 @ 12:52PM|#
The Pentel Roller ball pen is indispensable. Simply take out the
ink cartridge. Unscrew the metal tip and turn it around. Tape it
air-tight to the tube or better yet use your lighter to melt the
plastic a bit and fuse to the metal. Now you have a one-hitter.
Actually 4-5 hitter because of the size of the bowl.
You can also jam this contraption into a 20oz PET bottle using the
lighter melt technique for an instant, disposable mini-bong. Just
be sure to poke a small carb in the top.
My greatest moment of inspired stoner engineering - Snorkel, Sam's
Club sized Gatorade handle, the reflective bowl of an old-school
flashlight, foil and of course duct tape.
Jerry|1.29.09 @ 12:53PM|#
@Shannon Love
And it taught a whole generation of American kids the metric
system.
|1.29.09 @ 12:56PM|#
I made a very fancy bong in high school pottery glass (part of
our gifted and talented program.) Glazed and everything. I
convinced the teacher is was a bottle rocket launcher. We always
used tequila instead of water and dared a guy to drink the month
old tequila once. He got so fucked up we left him on his front
lawn. The poor bong was broken by this horribly annoying girl that
I eventually hit over the head with an acoustic guitar.
Acoustic Gutiar, how lovely you are
With your inlays of mother of pearl
Be a good guitar and you could go far
Just bring me back my girl
She always said that you were the one
That could make her move her cute little bum
You understand where she's coming from
Which I obviously don't, or she wouldn't be gone
Acoustic guitar, if you think I play hard
Well you could have belonged to Steve Earle
Or Charo or GWAR, I could sell you tomorrow
So bring me back my girl
You'd better bring me back my girl
Elemenope|1.29.09 @ 12:59PM|#
The poor bong was broken by this horribly annoying girl that
I eventually hit over the head with an acoustic guitar.
What a waste of a guitar.
|1.29.09 @ 1:01PM|#
The poor bong was broken by this horribly annoying girl that
I eventually hit over the head with an acoustic guitar.
I always knew you were an abuser. What, she wouldn't get you a
beer? She had two black eyes because you already told her twice?
How's that sleeveless t-shirt fitting nowadays?
Douglas Gray|1.29.09 @ 1:02PM|#
Marijuana is obviously a gateway drug to a much more sinister
practice; becoming a libertarian.
I will talk to the Nanny State about making this site off limits to
those under sixteen.
Sam Grove|1.29.09 @ 1:04PM|#
George Carlin observed that when marijuana became popular, in one semester, the punks in shop went from making zip guns to pot pipes.
|1.29.09 @ 1:06PM|#
Connect a two-inch-long brass pipe nipple to a female pipe
tee of the same diameter
That is so f*cking hot!
This, uh, guy I knew used brass faucet fittings, vinyl tubing, and
a Mickey's Wide Mouth bottle to, uh, hold his bottle rockets.
|1.29.09 @ 1:06PM|#
I didn't hit her that hard. Just sort of bonked her with it. And in my defense, she was slaughtering "Paint It Black." Vicky. She had this really high voice and occasionally affected a British accent for no discernible reason. And she was a fake light-weight, the kind of person who has half-a-beer and acts likes she's drunk off her ass. And she liked to punch you in the arm when drunk as a way to punctuate her sentences. She also was one of those people who cannot tell from non-verbal cues that people don't like her and want her to shut up. Paul even leaned over and got in her face one night and yelled: "No one likes you and you should get the fuck out of here." She laughed it off.
oat willie|1.29.09 @ 1:10PM|#
"The aerator screens from faucets are very fine and make
good screens for hash pipes.
For field expedient hash pipe break the body off of a beer bottle
then put a coin with serrated edges in the inside of the neck. Lay
down to inhale.
This is stuff I learned in the army.
Being all you could be.
When I went to basic training we sang "Jodys" about all manner of
smoking dope and getting high while marching, how times have
changed. That was 1980.
|1.29.09 @ 1:11PM|#
|1.29.09 @ 1:12PM|#
Brass natural gas fittings are a great source of bong parts. In college I built a bowl and carburetor assembly into a standard water bottle screw-top. When the bottle would get scummy or the water would go bad, I could switch it to a new bottle and cap and toss the old one. It also had the virtue of being nearly leak-proof.
|1.29.09 @ 1:12PM|#
Oops. Shold have put a /a in there after acid brush. My apologies to HTML purists.
|1.29.09 @ 1:15PM|#
You forgot about resin knife hits off the stove
burner.
I've used that method for hashish.
|1.29.09 @ 1:16PM|#
I didn't hit her that hard. Just sort of bonked her with
it.
But the question is...did you bang her? Because you have no
standards?
|1.29.09 @ 1:20PM|#
For more than 20-years my friend Tom has been using a homemade
one-hitter. It's just a 4 inch piece of 1/4" copper tubing
connected to a 90 degree brass elbow with a brass compression nut.
All parts are available at any hardware store and total cost is
less than $5.00 (a little more at this site):
http://www.fastfittings.com/product/28267
http://www.fastfittings.com/page/1083501
|1.29.09 @ 1:26PM|#
This thread has totally given me the munchies, man. I'm going to go find a sandwich.
|1.29.09 @ 1:29PM|#
If you can get a hold of it, fighter-pilot helmet including O2
mask and hose + acrylic tube with appropriate combustor attached,
that's a good time. Especially when a n00b can't get it off in time
and just gets totally blasted.
We had an old F4 Phantom RIO's helmet available when I was in high
school, and that thing helped people get high in more ways than one
over a long period of time.
|1.29.09 @ 1:33PM|#
This thread got me thinking...
How much of the $819 billion (give or take) dollar stimulus will
end up as a bong, or in a bong? The number I imagine would be a
pretty penny or two. But as they say these days...
Yes we can!
|1.29.09 @ 1:35PM|#
"IIRC, it's really dangerous to make a pipe out of some metal or
another, due to the vapors which are released. I think it's copper?
Or maybe brass?"
My friend Tom -- former welder, now a certified metals expert
overseeing the construction of compressed natural gass tankers in
Yemen -- tells me that's a myth. He says the temperature/heat
produced by a lighter doesn't even begin to come close enough to
what's required to produce metal vapors.
Barry|1.29.09 @ 1:37PM|#
It was at a head-shop where I heard the dumbest thing ever said in my life: a stoner is reading the directions on a box of urine-test cleaner. The directions tell you how many hours prior to the test you should take the cleaner. The stoner looks up and asks: "Prior" means "before", right?
|1.29.09 @ 1:55PM|#
Mary Beth Buchanan should be pilloried, put in stocks, and have rotten fruit and pet feces pelted at her disgusting face.
Gonzo|1.29.09 @ 1:55PM|#
I am surprised no one has commented on how unusual it was for this article to appear in Reason magazine. On the sliding scale between the politics of the legalization movement and outright promotion this article leaned unusually more toward the latter. Anyone know if Reason's lawyers had to ok this before publication? I predict a new exception to the first amendment will be carved out for speech which encourages or aids in the consumption of prohibited substances... And Obama will say it's for the children...
Frank|1.29.09 @ 1:57PM|#
Rolling papers? Certainly there has to be a way to craft homemade rolling papers.
|1.29.09 @ 2:02PM|#
"Rolling papers? Certainly there has to be a way to craft
homemade rolling papers."
Use paper from a bible. Though you have to make sure the bible is
made out of really thin paper, some bibles have thicker paper which
does not burn worth a crap....or...umm...so I have heard
|1.29.09 @ 2:07PM|#
""Rolling papers? Certainly there has to be a way to craft
homemade rolling papers."
"
Tampon wrappers work well.
And we made pipes from 20mm shell casings back in my Navy days. I
hope there weren't remnants from the depleted uranium shells.
Tym|1.29.09 @ 2:25PM|#
Put a pin through an approximately 6" square sheet of cardboard. Put a piece of hash on it, light it and then put an upturned 12 oz+ glass over it. Tip glass slightly near mouth and suck smoke out.
|1.29.09 @ 2:32PM|#
"My friend Tom -- former welder, now a certified metals
expert overseeing the construction of compressed natural gass
tankers in Yemen -- tells me that's a myth. He says the
temperature/heat produced by a lighter doesn't even begin to come
close enough to what's required to produce metal
vapors."
Ahh, sweet validation for 12:45pm. I was sort of winging it. This
sounds official.
|1.29.09 @ 2:45PM|#
Why smoke it in the first place? In ancient civilizations (aka India and Pakistan) the preferred method used to be to pulverize the plant and mix the pulp in milk (COLD milk, never warm) and add sugar, almonds and any other flavoring desired. Then drink on a hot day and lie around waiting for the green goddess to show up (or so I am told). Its a LITTLE slow, but it lasts and lasts and (I am told) its more bang for your buck because you dont exhale 36% of it.
|1.29.09 @ 2:45PM|#
I have a friend who claims to be able to make a bong out of anything. In high school someone challenged him to make a bong out of an empty pack of cigarettes. He placed the plastic wrapper inside and fashioned a bowl w/ a pen, taped the thing up and voila a bong.
erg|1.29.09 @ 2:56PM|#
um... er... why not just by a pipe? on the black market? like... um... the same way you buy pot?
|1.29.09 @ 3:10PM|#
Wow, an entire board of MacGyver stoners. I made my first bong right after I first got stoned. I am definitely a MacGyver stoners.
Rationalitate|1.29.09 @ 3:11PM|#
Ugh, why would you ruin a perfectly good apple pipe by putting
tin foil in it?? The aperture where the stem is is perfectly fit to
hold the weed in place - just try to put a slightly larger nug at
the bottom to keep it from pulling through (which it rarely
does).
Or, here's a better idea: learn how to roll a fucking joint! In my
opinion, half the joy of smoking pot comes in rolling and smoking
the joint - bowls and bongs seriously detract from the magic, in my
opinion.
|1.29.09 @ 3:14PM|#
"Why smoke it in the first place?"
That's what Tom the CNG tanker builder says (he also says it's best
to abstain while in Yemen).
Every once in a while he would put an ounce of exceptional herb and
four sticks of butter into a Crockpot set on low (THC is fat
soluble) for 12 hours or so. Then he'd strain the butter and use it
to make shortbread or whatever.
What a great guy!
Adam|1.29.09 @ 3:19PM|#
Gentlemen, I direct your attention towards this book:
http://www.books-by-isbn.com/0-8118/0811855821-Make-Your-Own-Bong-pb-Randy-Stratton-0-8118-5582-1.html
|1.29.09 @ 3:21PM|#
Omar, you're talking about pulverizing a fresh-from-the-ground plant, right? Like pesto? Or do you mean dried? I've got to make it through 3 miserable Superbowl parties this weekend--complete with clients--and Budweiser just isn't going to cut it...
Citizen Nothing|1.29.09 @ 3:34PM|#
God, I'm glad I'm a Bourbon man. It's legal, and you don't have to be a freakin' pipefitter or Julia Child to enjoy it.
Dangerman|1.29.09 @ 3:44PM|#
Omar:
You really need to bond the THC to a fat or dissolve it with
(into?) alchohol if you are going to injest it. I wonder if there
is enough fat in the milk to make it work? See the crock-pot idea
above...butter is the best.
Dangerman|1.29.09 @ 3:45PM|#
Also, I can't belive that I came back from a six-month reason sabbatical to comment on this thread...
|1.29.09 @ 3:47PM|#
the box that your checks came in! remove the checks and deposit slips, put the top back on and tape it shut all around for a good seal. poke a little hole at one end for you to suck on. cut a 1/2 inch hole on top toward the other end for you to put a small piece of perforated aluminum foil in. you're good to go.
|1.29.09 @ 3:49PM|#
And we made pipes from 20mm shell casings back in my Navy
days. I hope there weren't remnants from the depleted uranium
shells.
Probably not. IIRC, it's the sabots of CIWS rounds that present the
heavy metal poisoning hazard.
|1.29.09 @ 3:52PM|#
@Gonzo
This article appeared in the print magazine - it seemed they were
going to include some rolling papers that said "for marijuana use
only", but their lawyers told them not to. This seemed to be the
consolation prize.
damn it more|1.29.09 @ 4:10PM|#
Making me hungry, and want to go home.
Yeahhh removing MJ drug paraphernalia from American culture is like
trying to pullo the Christian culture out of America. NOT going to
Fucking happen.
Considering 80 million Americans have smoked weed.
Lead to hard drugs? You mean HCTZ from the highblood pressure from
eating crappy food. Maybe.
Like Oxy, and Vicodin are soooo much safer?
Noone has died from too much weed.
Something like 1500lbs in 15 minutes needs to be smoked by a person
before they "OD" from weed.
Anyone else wanna go for a try? 1500 lbs? 15 minutes?
Sounds like a great show for NBC.
LoopFiasco|1.29.09 @ 4:12PM|#
Don't forget the ubiquitous 'earth bong.' Seen a demonstration
live at a rainbow tribe gathering. Not much functionally different
than using an apple, pineapple, or coconut.
And for the commenter above talking bout 1st amendment, how soon
you forget "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" although that ruling was applicable
only during an alleged school function; i could see O Holy Messiah
and Supreme Dear Leader 'bama making it applicable to all of us for
the sake of the childrens. The obamatrons will support it as well
as the lack of change in the drug war in general.
Don't tell the west coast yet, but they were LIED to
repeatedly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvUziSfMwAw
|1.29.09 @ 4:27PM|#
You do realize that you could be charged with possesion of parphenalia if caught with the apple or other silly contraption here. This is like the situation that a crowbar, hammer and screwdriver are all legal, but if you are caught using them in a burglery, you can be charged with posesion of criminal tool for having them, in addition to the burglery.
|1.29.09 @ 4:28PM|#
You all need to be rounded up for some good ole fashioned SEVERE PUNISHMENT cause you are braking the law.
|1.29.09 @ 4:41PM|#
Actually, the US government itself has issued millions of
quality (and completely stealth) uh, "tobacco" pipes: US Army issue
flashlights.
Ya know, the black or green plastic "D" cell flashlights? The ones
with the 90-degree neck at the top and belt clip?
1. Completely remove the lens assembly from the light. You'll be
looking at the electrical contacts in the neck of the light. This
little cavity is also where you store your weed, damn, I mean
tobacco, so go ahead and get that out, too.
2. Remove the bulb from the reflector. Flip the reflector upside
down (so it's now convex) and hold it back on the light where it
would normally go (except now it's upside down). Screw the
outermost threaded plastic flange that you took off it step 1 to
attach the reflector to the light.
3. Unscrew the lens storage area on the other end of the
flashlight, on the end where the batteries come out. You may find a
red or spare lens in this little area. This is where you previously
stored your screen (stored flat between the spare lenses), so go
ahead and take it out, too. Put the screen in the small,
copper-lined hole on the reflector.
4. Unscrew the battery compartment lid and remove the
batteries.
5. I'm sure you can figure out the rest.
6. Reassemble the flashlight.
Bonus! The light actually works, plus it's waterproof!
Gee, thanks Uncle Sam. Regulate that!
Gonzo|1.29.09 @ 4:42PM|#
There is a poignant reference to the earth bong in Dave Mustaine's deleted scene from the Metallica documentary "Some Kind of Monster."
|1.29.09 @ 4:42PM|#
The Tube: 3 feet of 3" glass pipe (sand ends smooth), rubber
stopper fitting one end with hole drilled and sized for short
pipette, second smaller hole for carburet.
Need a friend to hold and control air. Joint goes in pipette. Pull
in smoke, little air, smoke, little air till tube is full. Exhale.
Friend removes stopper, one big inhale. Try not to spew.
Andy|1.29.09 @ 4:45PM|#
Umm, can't you just bake the shit into brownies? I know it isn't
as fun, but it's better for your lungs, and you don't have to worry
about making (read: get to invent ways of making) a bong.
Seriously, i've never gotten high from brownies, is there anything
special you have to do, or just throw it in?
|1.29.09 @ 4:45PM|#
ok you can tell i've never smoked pot, but one thing I always wondered, can't you use a regular tobacco pipe? I always assumed peopel just wanted cooler looking pipes.
|1.29.09 @ 4:59PM|#
The funny thing about pot is how marginalized it's rec users
would be if pot were legal (it should be), and few of them even
realize it.
You think cig smokers are treated badly? That's baby shit compared
to how pot smokers would be treated.
|1.29.09 @ 5:00PM|#
can't you use a regular tobacco pipe?
Of course you can. A, um, friend of mine, did for years. You need a
screen (er, I'm told), and you don't get the cooling benefits of
bong, but if you're smoking the good stuff, you won't miss it (at
least, that's what he said).
|1.29.09 @ 5:22PM|#
I always assumed peopel just wanted cooler looking
pipes.
Exactly. Unless you have some totally awesome meerschaum pipe, you
look like a dink using a pipe, as if you were Hef or your
grandfather.
On the other hand, a molded plastic Graffix with a solid base and
the carb stem molded into the body looks pretty fucking cool.
|1.29.09 @ 9:22PM|#
@ Omar and Dangerman:
For the THC to work, it has to be heated up. This means that in any
recipe it has to be cooked. In most Indian recipes, it calls for
the pot to be fried in ghee first.
Don't eat raw pot folks, it's a waste.
|1.29.09 @ 10:49PM|#
"If you can get a hold of it, fighter-pilot helmet including O2
mask and hose + acrylic tube with appropriate combustor attached,
that's a good time."
While everyone should have a fighter pilot helmet, they can be
difficult to find and very expensive. An excellent, and cheap,
alternative is:
https://www.mainemilitary.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=226&idproduct=522
Hook it to a gravity bong, have a friend blow through a length of
garden hose, the sky is the limit my friend.
|1.30.09 @ 12:30AM|#
When I was a pot-head, we had these things called E-Z
Wider's.
God! I'm so fuckin' hill-billy!
Kant feel Pietzsche|1.30.09 @ 2:49AM|#
I got bitch-slapped by a watermelon bong many moons ago at a music festival. Same concept as the apple. Bore a 1 to 1 1/2" hole in side to center, a hole in one end to intersect. Make a screen from perforated foil for the side hole. Load with your largest bud, have a friend light. OMFG!
Kant feel Pietzsche|1.30.09 @ 2:50AM|#
As an added bonus, you WILL want to eat the watermelon when you are done. :)
Tym|1.30.09 @ 9:08AM|#
Of course you can. A, um, friend of mine, did for years. You
need a screen (er, I'm told), and you don't get the cooling
benefits of bong, but if you're smoking the good stuff, you won't
miss it (at least, that's what he said).
I did it many times without the screen, it has the added benefit
that the tobacco residues in the pipe (I used it for that too)
added a nice flavor and a bit of a nicotine head rush.
Sir Meatgoggles|1.30.09 @ 8:22PM|#
Am I one of the only people here who believes this article is
completely inappropriate for a respectable political magazine? I
mean - perfectly appropriate for "High Times" but seems pretty
gratuitous, even for "Reason." I respect Mr. Sullum and believe is
is one of the most vital voices against the war on drugs, but
articles like this, in the eyes of non-users, undercut the moral
case against the drug war.
I dislike drugs (including legal ones like smoking and alcohol),
but though I believe they should be legal and to each his own. I
understand completely the horrible violations of rights and the
idiocy of trying to stop victimless crimes. Mr. Radley Balko
certainly makes the most compelling case for a massive scale-back
of the drug war. Mr. Sullum likewise makes the compelling case that
drugs are not what everyone fears they are and that they can be
used responsibly depending on the mindset of the user. This is an
important point that complements the rest of the arguments against
the drug war.
But while this article may have had the intention of proving that
bans on head shops are a futile measure, it unfortunately lacks Mr.
Sullum's typical eloquence and persuasive argumentation. Mr.
Sullum's problem occasionally is in not recognizing that unless his
readers are sympathetic drug users or at least fully versed in Mr.
Sullum's criticisms of the "drugs are bad" mentality, explicit
advocacy for taking drugs will rub even some people who agree with
his political opinions on drugs and the drug war the wrong
way.
I guess I'm just a grouch, but I just wish that Reason, my favorite
magazine, and libertarians in general would give a little more of a
shit about being taken seriously and articles like this roll back
the progress that has been made. That doesn't mean that Reason
needs to become Catoesque eggheads or lose their sense of edge and
humor; but articles like this are more fitting for recreational
magazines explicitly advocating for drug use instead of political
magazines advocating for more responsible drug policies. There are
plenty of eloquent arguments that could be made against cracking
down on head shops, but this was pretty crude in my humble
opinion...
|1.31.09 @ 8:32AM|#
Guess I'm gonna have to show my age. No one's mentioned the
first "carburetor." Roll a number, take an empty toilet paper
cardboard roll. Poke an ink pen into the roll about 1.5" from one
end and put a lit number in the hole (the number will be standing
upright). Cover one end with one hand and draw from the other end.
Half way through the draw, start releasing the other covering
hand.
But, to show I'm not TOO old, go into any Rx area and get a little
finger pump bottle of any sort of spray bottle remedy, empty it and
wash it out. Next, take an oz and run it through a coffee grinder
really good. Put it into a small jar. Add your favorite liquid that
contains alcohol until you just get the material to float. Seal
tightly! Shake it up really good and put it in the back of a drawer
that's not used and forget it for a week or so. Retrieve, finely
strain and pour liquid into small pump bottle that can be carried
in your shirt pocket. Whenever you want a buzz, just take it and
shoot a spray or two inside each cheek. Works great but has a slow
come on. And totally unnoticeable to outsiders!
Elizabeth|2.1.09 @ 12:42PM|#
There's also the baby carrot chillum. Works like a charm without the juice of an apple. Just poke a whole straight through and form a bowl on one end. Ta da!
Elizabeth|2.1.09 @ 12:48PM|#
Oh and ANDY... you sure can bake the shit in brownies. But don't
just dump it in and stir it up... it's best to use clippings from
the most chronic nuggets around.
Simmer in a crock pot with tons of butter and tons of greens for a
very long time. (If you have a really high end crock pot it could
be over night on low). Then, use some cheese cloth and strain the
butter into a container, so you don't have the unneeded exhausted
leaf anymore. Put your melted butter in the refrigerator and let it
solidify. Your butter should be bright green, and you can use it on
anything... even with your morning toast!!
|2.3.09 @ 1:05PM|#
Take a chemistry class, steal as much glassware as you can, and you're good to go. Made some very nice bongs and hookahs with stuff I appropriated from organic chemistry class. Outlawing smoking accessories is the perfect drug war tactic. It makes it look like they're doing something, so they can keep the money coming in.
|2.5.09 @ 9:47AM|#
Why not just roll a joint? Hand rolled cigarettes are perfectly legal, highly enjoyable, and cut down on the do-I-have-paraphenalia anxiety.
Dude|2.6.09 @ 5:38PM|#
Coke Can Pipe:
Drink the Coke (or flush the Diet Coke - yecch!!). Pinch a small
dent about 1/4" deep into one side of the can, about an inch from
the bottom. Take a needle or straight pin and poke a few holes in
the bottom of the dent. Turn the can on its side, fill the dent
with dope, and smoke where you drank.
It doesn't get any easier or cheaper!
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