“Doctors warn: marijuana is addictive and can do serious harm to one’s health. The article goes on to mention common mis-conceptions about marijuana, such as smokers gaining inspiration from the weed, or that weed is not addictive. “In this month long investigation, the reporter found that social media platforms such as Baidu Tieba, QQ group, and Douban group have become gathering places for users and dealers … dealers contact buyer via Q, buyers order online and the goods delivered by express mail.”
The reporter posed as a buyer and a seller, lurked on forums, and chatted with dealers selling weed for 100RMB/gram plus delivery fee. A WarningĪ Nanfang Daily report on marijuana, “ Investigation on the Internet Marijuana Trade,” details a reporter’s efforts to buy marijuana online, via QQ, Tieba and Douban groups. The Chinese authorities have caught on and in typical fashion, they’ve gone on and labeled weed a dangerous, addictive drug and the dealers that sell it delinquents and a threat to harmonious societies everywhere. Well it looks like those days might be ending too. Even if a cop or a random passerby asked about that smell, you could always brush it off as “American Tabacco” or just “my medicine”. People smoked publicly – within reason – and had little fear of being arrested and thrown in jail. I saw cops light joints at music festivals.
Here in China, we had the hey day of free weed smoking. In the US there is the grey area between legal and illegal that has spawned an ingenious society of growers, sellers, and buyers that have collectively made the weed legal in 14 states and counting. But with good weed and a flourishing community of smokers come other issues.
I take pride in the fact that I witnessed the transition from schwag weed to kind bud both in the US and here in the PRC. Those days of scrimping dust off of the table and rolling lopsided spliffs are over and we are all grateful for the current state of supply. They made enough to buy tickets out of China to San Francisco, where they eventually ended up on weed farms, making that big big weed money. In fact, I remember a group of scallywags rolling up joint after joint and selling them out of cigarette packs at the old Reggae Bar (RIP) just to make rent. Some people made good money, and turned their tax free cash into regular businesses. Selling weed became a business, and not just a luxury to be enjoyed every now and then. Then those hippies turned their friends on to it and we had small time dealers, setting up shops in obscure locations or just sitting at the local joint, waiting for a friend of a friend to sidle up and ask about a gram or three. Marijuana growing wild in South China’s Yunnan province Few people were actually growing their own and those who were did it for personal use only. The supply was sporadic and the quality was always poor. Travelers only, with a smattering of local hippies. It was tough to get that dry sand to burn properly. Then for a while travelers would come up from the Southern Silk Road with a bag of seedy shake and tales of “weed bushes 2 meters tall, growing wild in the streets of Dali…” – even then the smoker’s circle was a confined one. Joints of that stuff made your head ache and provided a dull high.
The light green buds are covered in orange pistils with a white layer of frost in the form of trichome crystals.Does anyone remember when there was no weed to be had in China?įor years the only reliable thing a smoker could get his hands on was the sandy Taklamaklan Tan, served up by your local lamb skewer proprietor. Fruit and berries aromas are abundant and earthy notes can be tasted, especially on exhale. Humulene, caryophyllene, and myrcene are the most prominent terpenes in Bubble Gum weed. Bubble Gum is often described as well-balanced in part because the energy and euphoria last a long time then gives way to a calming, deep relaxation that makes you feel great. Seeds originally came to the states from AmsterdamĪn uplifting euphoria elevates the mind immediately, relieving stress and increasing energy, according to reviewers. A great experience all on its own, Bubble Gum has repeatedly placed for numerous cannabis awards around the world over the years.
Bubble Gum is a classic cannabis strain that has provided the genetic foundation for many popular strains of today.