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- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 16:10:33 -0500 (EST)
- From: trent <TTSCHIRG@UMAB.BITNET>
- Subject: blunts, snorting heroin
- Sender: Drug Abuse Education Information and Research <DRUGABUS@UMAB.BITNET>
- Message-id: <01H55GVU9XYQ8WWEX0@YMIR.Claremont.Edu>
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- Blunts
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- What are "blunts?"
-
- The name, "Blunts," is a street name used to describe a
- marijuana and tobacco cigar. Other street names include "el-pees"
- (LP's), According to one source, blunts originated among Jamaicans
- in New York City in the early 1980's.(1) Blunts take their
- name from "Phillies Blunt=FC" brand cigars, although other brands of
- similar make (such as El Producto=FC, White Owl=FC, and Dutch Masters=
- =FC)
- are also used for this purpose.
- (1) Tobacco is removed from the inside of the cigar, and
- replaced with marijuana.
-
- Blunts vs. Joints
- Smoking marijuana inside the leaf or paper wrapper of a
- cigar offers several advantages to the user:
- -The tobacco wrapper slows down the burning rate of the
- joint. This allows a greater number of users to share the same
- joint.(1)
- -A blunt holds more marijuana than a joint, and is
- convenient to use and store. A single user can smoke it,
- extinguish it, and easily relight it. "That's what's so cool about
- a blunt. Just put it out. It fits nicely in the top pocket."(1)
- -It looks like a legal drug. Even though it is illegal for
- adolescents to use tobacco products, blunts appear to be commercial
- tobacco cigars. Policemen, teachers, and parents who ignore
- cigarette possession in minors are likely to ignore blunts as well.
- -Nicotine from the tobacco content may add to the effects of
- the marijuana in a blunt. Nicotine is a stimulant, and marijuana
- is a minor hallucinogen with some depressant properties. Other
- stimulant and depressant combinations include cocaine and heroin,
- cocaine and alcohol, amphetamines and alcohol. At this writing,
- there appears to be no medical literature evaluating the
- psychoactive effects of using marijuana and tobacco together vs.
- individually. However, some of the comments made in one magazine
- interview are intriguing and may indicate synergistic effects:
- "The blunt is more effective =FCthan smoking marijuana
- alone=FC..." "When you smoke a blunt, you get twice as high.
- =2E . ." "At first, I didn't like it, 'cause it made me dizzy. . .
- (1)
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- Why are Phillies Blunt=FC cigars used?
-
- Many other cigar brands are still being used to make blunts.
- Users say that the Phillies Blunt=FC brand produces less harsh-
- tasting or sweeter smoke.(1) The leaf wrapper of a
- Phillies Blunt=FC is strong enough to hold together through the
- manipulations of making a blunt. Other brands fall apart.
-
- Washington DC Area Trends
-
- The emergence of blunts in the Washington D.C. area has been
- associated with an increase in marijuana abuse among both youth and
- adults.(2) The peaks and dips in positive test results for
- marijuana in juvenile arrestees closely resemble increased
- Washington DC area sales of the Havatampa Co.'s large cigars,
- including the Phillies Blunt=FC brand.(2)
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- National Trends
-
- Articles in High Times, a magazine about substance use and
- marijuana farming, give methods for making blunts.
- (2,3) Rap music stars featured in the articles
- suggested a cultural link between blunts use and rap or hip-hop
- music.(2) The appearance of tee shirts and baseball caps
- promoting blunts use in New York, Washington DC, Baltimore, and
- California suggest that blunts use is becoming a national
- phenomenon.
-
- REFERENCES
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- 1. Nixon R. Story of the blunt. High Times 1993 Mar;:40-1.
-
- 2. Mundell C. (1993) The emergence of blunts: A timeline of the
- emergence of marijuana and tobacco cigar use. (Presentation at the
- Center for Substance Abuse Research, College Park, MD, 11/8/93)
-
- 3. Nixon R. Rolling with Redman. High Times 1993 Mar;:38-9.
- =FC
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- From: JUSCOTT@delphi.com
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- Subject: Blunt Instructions!
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 94 00:25:01 EST
- Message-ID: <940107.01501.JUSCOTT@delphi.com>
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- How to Roll a Blunt!
- By: Social Distortion
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- The first thing you have to know to roll a blunt, is Practice,
- Practice, and Practice. It takes several tries before you can get it right.
- Go to your corner store and buy a pack of Tampa Gold Gars. Take a razor
- blade, and cut it open like this.
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- Cut here.
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- Take all the tobacco out. Lick the back of the paper, that is, the
- outside of the gar, thoroughly. You really need to make love to these things
- with your tounge. Next, place a healthy portion of weed in the gar. Roll it
- up, and lick the edge thoroughly. It takes a lot of saliva to make these
- things stick. When you have it closed up, pop it in the microwave for about
- ten seconds, this makes it stick better. The light it up, and smoke it.
-
- The Ethics of Gars
-
- A lot of people think rolling in gars ruins the taste of marijuana. I
- personally think it enhances the taste. You can take mondo hits, and you'll
- definately choke the first time you smoke one. For the ultimate high, let
- someone give you shotgun. It'll knock you on your ass. All the people I
- know now don't even carry skins anymore, only a pack of gars in their pocket.
- It takes longer to roll than a joint, but it's worth the extra effort.
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