

The color quality of Nederhash varies from blond to almost white.

In Holland, where decriminalizing pot has spawned a very lucrative industry of hash and marijuana cafes, pot professionals make a truly ass-kicking hashish called “Nederhash” from superseding Dutch hydroponic weed. I’m not sure what effect the addition of crystal math has on seeds within a bud, but growers who sow them should probably not get their hopes up.Ī very simple black hash, called “charas,” or “finger hash” is made by kneading soft plant tissues with the fingers (thus heating it) until it is rendered into a tarry mass. Spread the mass out onto a flat surface until it is thoroughly dried and hardened (three or four days, depending on ambient temperature and humidity), and break it into stoning-size chunks before wrapping it in aluminum foil. Those effects could be lethal to an unsuspecting smoker who suffers from hypertension, any cardiac troubles, or diabetes. I’ve smoked ganja laced with meta, and the effect on me and the people I smoked it with was unpleasant, with increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure, and profuse perspiration along with a short-lived speed buzz. This cheap bootleg methamphetamine is not impressive when I recall Christmas parties of the 1970s that had candy bowls filled with multicolored Benzedrine and Dexedrine pills that were more effective and less damaging to their users. If you suspect the hash you’re smoking is doctored with opium, I recommend taking no more than three hits before waiting at least fifteen minutes to see how powerful its effect will be.Īnother, potentially more dangerous, additive that is sometimes found in both black-market hashish and marijuana is crystal meta. Like opium, the smoke of opium-laced hashish seems to continue expanding in your lungs even after you’ve stopped inhaling.

Opium-laced hash can usually be identified as having a pliable and sticky texture it will have a sickly sweet smell before burning that will become stronger when it is burned. The addition of raw opium into the poorest-quality hash turns it into a potent smoke, some- times too potent for casual pot smokers who aren’t prepared for the often nauseating and sometimes paralyzing effects of opium smoke. A flood of opium from Afghanistan in recent years (I can’t help but see images of Air America in Vietnam) has found its way into hash sold on the street, sometimes in ratios as high as 50 percent. “Commercial” black hash often contains opium-something to be aware of before you find yourself waking up in a strange place.
