Jungle Fever: Smoking Paraphernalia & Legal Highs

A weed grinder, also called a herb grinder, a bud grinder or spice grinder, is a tool that you can use to grind herbs and spices into smaller particles in order for you to either add them to food or to inhale their odours. A weed grinder is indeed inseparable from a vaporizer. After the former has ground the psychedelic plants, the latter heats up the ground up pieces and converts them to vapour ready for inhalation. Weed grinders are considered perfect for grinding tobacco and other herbal highs like the leaves of salvia divinorum.

Weed grinders are typically made up of two or three compartments with a fine screen separating the top from the bottom. The fine screen acts as a sieve that allows only fine particles like ground salvia to pass through but blocks bigger plant particles. Grinders are called either “four-stages” or “five-stages” grinders depending on the number of its various divisions that further reduce in size the particles that have already been ground from the first compartment. The “five-stages” grinder is specially designed for making tobacco snuff.

Tobacco snuff is tobacco finely ground into powder form. Snuff is becoming more and more popular as it can now be used in places where smoking is prohibited such as on aircraft and in restaurants.

After you ground tobacco or salvia divinorum with your weed grinder, you can expect it to burn more evenly after you roll it into a joint. Grinding it exposes more of its surface area to heat and thus it will produce stronger-smelling vapours compared to when it is not ground. Another advantage of finely-ground herbal highs is that you do not expect it to poke holes in rolling paper because of the extremely small size of the particles.

Cacti are another potent example of entheogens, or plants with psychoactive or mind-altering properties. Entheogens are believed to trigger not only euphoria and hallucinations but also a feeling of deep peace and the ability to dream lucid dreams.

The San Pedro cactus is one hallucinogenic plant that is grown and cultivated in the desert regions or the southern United States and northern Mexico. It contains the substance called Mescaline, which produces narcotic euphoria, pleasurable sensations, and intense heart warming hallucinations. The San Pedro cactus is said to have similar effects as those of shrooms (magic mushrooms) or LSD. However, compared to these two, the San Pedro Cactus does not produce an adrenalin controlled high but a unique, enjoyable and tranquil trancelike state similar to that in a dream.

Similar to the San Pedro cactus, the Peyote cactus is a spineless cactus native to Texas and the Chihuahuan desert of Mexico. The Peyote cactus has always been regarded as a religious sacrament and as a medicinal plant. The active ingredient of this variety of cactus is also mescaline and just like in the San Pedro cactus this active substance produces feelings of nausea, followed by several episodes of pleasurable hallucination and heightened states of emotion and sensation. Bodily reactions include increased temperature, sleeplessness and sweating as if you were excited. Long-term effects of Peyote cactus consumption, however, include relapses of hallucination at any moment but positive effects may include an overall feeling of mental well being.

While the San Pedro cactus is sold dried, the Peyote cactus is usually sold as seeds.

Numerous species of so-called psychedelic plants, or entheogens, are being grown all over the world. Shamans and witch doctors, in their healing and divining ceremonies have used these plants. One of such entheogens is Kanna.

Kanna is a herb native to South Africa. It is believed to cause euphoria in higher doses but at lower doses it induces a low trance state. Other effects of Kanna include increased sensitivity to touch, sensual feelings related to or triggered by touch, and numbness to pain. After the first hour, you experience a certain trancelike sedation. The fresh leaves of Kanna are usually reduced to powder and can therefore be used as snuff.

The two primary active components of Kanna are mesembrine and mesembrenine. When taken in small doses these two substances produce narcotic and meditative effects. However, in higher doses they may produce effects similar to those induced by cocaine.

Aside from trance sensations and euphoria, Kanna Snuff can also trigger other feelings such as a feeling of freedom from stress and anxiety. It is also believed to cause a higher sense of consciousness as well as heightened focus and concentration. Perhaps one of the most significant effects of Kanna is its ability to produce vivid dreams that do not only produce warmth of feeling but also remain in the memory for a relatively long time.

When using Kanna Snuff, 20 mg is enough to induce a substantial effect. In other cases, 50 to 150 mg placed under the tongue or mixed with chewing gum can produce a stronger and subtler effect. Kanna can also be combined with cannabis, tea or alcohol to produce a synergistic effect.

Entheogens are amazing plants with psychoactive or mind-altering properties. One of the most prominent of these entheogens is the Banisteriopsis Caapi Vine, or the so-called “Vine of Souls”, which is native to the Amazon rainforest. This vine is ground together with the leaves of the Psychotria shrub to produce a concoction known as Ayahuasca. The South American natives consider Ayahuasca as the Mother of all Healers because it is a centuries old religious symbol in Colombia and Peru.

Ayahuasca is a well known legal high commonly sold as tea. Its Banisteriopsis caapi component helps to produce hypnotic, sedative and antidepressant effects in the user. 

It is said that the Ayahuasca brew has enlightened numerous hearts and souls through the altering of the mind due to the divine intelligence present in the Banisteriosis Caapi vine. The more potent ingredient of Ayahuasca is the leaf of the Psychotria shrub that are said to contain DMT, a very powerful hallucinogenic compound. It is said that the light brown Ayahuasca powdered brew derived from these two plants will naturally give the user three to four hours of strange music or noises followed by visual hallucinations that seem dreamlike. Some users have said that Ayahuasca produced visions in them but intense levels of euphoria or aggression is still the most common claim. Initially however, Ayahuasca tea may cause vomiting, nausea, and even diarrhoea.

Another plant similar to the Banisteriopsis Caapi vine is the Syrian Rue, whose seeds are believed to produce stronger psychoactive effects than the Banisteriopsis. Good alternatives for the Psychotria shrub include the Mimosa hostiles, which have higher concentrations of DMT, and the Chaliponga, which is a very powerful combination of DMT and 5-MeO-DMT. The latter chemical is considered by South American natives as a spiritual cleanser and remover of emotional blockages in the body.

Legal highs are drugs used legally for spiritual and recreational purposes. The United Kingdom is one of the many countries where many legal highs are sold despite the fact that many of them have already been banned.

One type of legal high is Kratom, a powerful stimulant derived from the South East Asian Mitragyna Speciosa plant. It is native to Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and India. Kratom is taken to significantly lower depression states, anxiety and pain, and to produce feelings of euphoria and relaxation. Other effects of Kratom include treating opiate addiction and increasing a man’s sex drive even by 50%!

This addictive legal high occurs in various forms that include resin, powder, leaves and capsules. The most popular form though is the resin. The strongest is the Kratom Resin Pies that are grown and produced in Bali, Indonesia. Other types of Kratom resins include the 15x extract that has powerful alkaloids and the more potent and longer-lasting original Thailand Kratom strain. The recommended dose for all types of Kratom resins is a minimum of 1.5 grams.

Traditionally, Thai labourers would chew the leaves regularly, and this is practiced even now. Nowadays however, we have Kratom resins for smoking and Kratom extracts are boiled as tea. Kratom leaf, which is the useful part of the plant, are dark green, thick and glossy and these leaves are shed throughout the year, which means that if your decide to grow your own Kratom plant it will be possible for you to harvest regularly all year round.

The popularity of legal highs has been increasing lately as these highs have been cited to cause fewer side effects for users. Since they are legal, they do not have criminal implications, while they still allow the user to reach the same level of high that illegal drugs can give.

Legal highs are created for religious, spiritual, recreational, and medical purposes. These substances are also climbing in popularity on the party scene and in night clubs, because it is legally and socially permissible to use them anywhere.

These substances are manufactured to give the users the same effects that illegal drugs offer. For instance, although the use of cocaine and cannabis is banned, there are some legal highs that were created to produce similar effects, while eliminating the health dangers for the user.

Legal highs are composed of natural elements that do not have toxic chemicals, hence making them safer for consumption.

The market also offers legal alternative highs to aid in a person’s addiction to harmful drugs. One recommended legal alternative high is Red Bliss, which serves as a substitute for illegal pills and eliminates the unpleasant side effects of withdrawal. Legal alternative highs are marketed as effective in minimising the harm caused by the exploitation of illegal drugs.

Some of the substances used to achieve legal highs are Kratom, Kava, Betel Nut, Wormwood, Salvia, Ayahuasca, Hawaiian Baby Woodrose, Lavender, Korean Ginseng, Cayenne, Cola Nut, Trichocereus Cacti, and others that are deemed legal by law.

The increase in the use of these substances has significantly lowered the rate of illegal drug use in most countries.

Unlike the older methods of making honey oil, which could take an hour or more, the Honeybee Extractor will make your life easy and fast as it can produce honey oil in just a few minutes.

Before, the process involved in making honey oil would always include a solvent in order to dissolve the leaves off the plant. After that, you had to separate the resins and the solvent. In this process, the quality of your product depended on the quality of your plant material, the solvent you removed, and the amount of that solvent that was exposed to the plant material. Sounds complicated, yes?

Most of the time, the solvent used in this process is isopropyl alcohol. It is cheap and easy to acquire and it doesn’t make your local druggist suspicious about what you are using it for. The only difficult thing with using isopropyl is that it boils at a relatively high temperature. This characteristic will make the process complicated, as it’s hard to remove all the solvent in the finished product.

Now we have the new Honeybee Extractor. It is a product from Canada that makes the creation of oil easy and fast. Plus, if you do not want to spend the money for purchasing this product, you can make your own model using a PVC pipe. The instructions are available on the internet.

The Honeybee Extractor is considered by many to be the most effective way to create oil. Marijuana Man has even said that the best oil he ever tried was created through the Honeybee Extractor.

Getting high is possible without defying the law.

“Party drugs”, as they are commonly known, are considered legal highs, which many people, especially younger ones, consume these days.

Also known as recreational drugs, many people still enjoy them despite the negative impression some people have about these drugs. However, the legal status of these drugs varies from country to country. In the United Kingdom, for instance, these mind-altering substances are openly sold in stores or online.

Ravers, festival goers and new agers, among others, are the typical users of these legal products, which are preferred substitutes for commonly used illegal drugs such as ecstasy and marijuana; these legal highs are natural and do not have effects as severe as the illegal drugs.

Most of these products are natural and herbal and are said to be safe, containing purely organic substances. These drugs aim to provide a euphoric mood to the users, although different effects may occur, such as overstimulation, hallucinations, lassitude, and pain reduction.

Legal high producing products are not prescribed for any particular medical conditions or any specific use. Pregnant women and people suffering from high-blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and those taking antidepressants or other prescription drugs should not use these products.

The most commonly used products for obtaining a legal high includes GBL, which is seen as an alternative for GHB or “liquid ecstasy”, the “date rape” pill. Synthetic cannabinoids and BZP, which is the legal alternative to amphetamine, are also frequently used legal highs.

Marijuana alternatives come in various blends, each having different psychotropic and addictive effects. Legal highs usually contain herbs, and some may include chemicals to enhance the hallucinogenic effects. The U.S. and other countries do not criminalise the sale and consumption of certain marijuana alternatives since they are basically just herbal blends with stimulating effects similar to tobacco or alcohol.

Baybean or canavalia rosea is commonly found in herbal highs. This herb causes mild psychotropic effects, but is proven to be an effective trigger for various other herbs. Baybeans produce an aromatic vapour; their relative, Canavalia maritima, has an aphrodisiac effect.

Amanita muscaria, also known as fly agaric mushroom, causes mild sensations. When taken in medium doses, it can cause a feeling of drunkenness. High intake leads to hallucinations just like most psychotropic herbs. The effects of Amanita muscaria may take an hour to be felt. The peak sensation normally starts 1-3 hours after intake, while the euphoric effects can last as long as 10 hours.

DaZed is an herbal blend comprised of Yi Mu Cao, Clerodendrum paniculatum, Leonotis leonurus, Jiao Gu Lan, Bupleurum and Eurycoma longifolia. The blend is purely herbal with no chemical additives. Soma, another herbal smoke, causes strong and long-lasting psychotropic effects. It is made of organically grown herbs and has no artificial additives. Its potent ingredients include Passiflora incarnate, Amanita muscaria, Turnera diffusa and Eucalyptus globules.

Using digital vaporisers is a nice way to enjoy the aroma of herbal highs. Traditional vaporisers may cause herbs to burn uncontrollably, but digital ones can produce herbal vapour at an ideal temperature. The Volcano Digital Vaporiser from Storz & Bickel comes with an electronic temperature control system and real-time temperature display panel. With these digital features, smokers can easily adjust the temperature of the vaporiser to produce the desired amount and quality of smoke.

Have you or any of your loved ones ever experienced chest congestion? If so, what do you do? Generally, you would use a vaporiser to lessen the difficulty of breathing, but how effective are they in treating illnesses and are they an effective alternative to smoking cigarettes and cigars

In the medical field, a vaporiser is defined as a device used to extract the ingredients of herbs and plants for the patient to inhale. Vaporisation is frequently used in the treatment of patients with sicknesses and lung problems.

There are also people who simply want to inhale tobacco or herbs using a vaporiser and who are prepared to purchase the best products on the market to experience the perfect smoke. Unlike the smoke produced by burning the herb itself, which may contain some carcinogenic substances, the vapour produced by a vaporiser has virtually no particulate matter or tar. The process does not involve combustion, so no smoke is emitted at all.

In addition, vaporisation offers more direct results compared to other drug-delivery methods. The dosage is controlled and not likely to be exceeded, which goes a long way to preventing overdoses. Since the materials used generally herbs and plants known for their medicinal use, such as tobacco, aloe vera, eucalyptus and ginkgo biloba, patients tend to achieve the desired result in a relatively harmless manner.

There are several factors to consider, in order to ensure the correct use of a vaporiser. The correct temperature must be set on the device and the quantity of plant matter, leaves or seeds to be used must be carefully measured. Any variation will directly affect the quality of vapour being produced, so proper settings and procedures must be observed.