Jungle Fever: Smoking Paraphernalia & Legal Highs

If you are looking for a gift for someone who likes to smoke, there is a range of products and options available to suit everyone’s tastes. There are those that are reliable and affordable, while you can also buy more expensive, top of the range products. 

Stash pots

Stash pots are used to keep tobacco, herbal products or other substances. They keep the product fresh and are usually small and airtight and come in a range of colours.

Smoking pipes

Pipes, which are usually made of glass, wood or metal, come in a variety of shapes and sizes. While you can buy more traditional pipes, there are a number of new, technologically advanced models on the market.

Bongs

A bong is used for smoking cannabis, tobacco or any other herbal substances. Small and portable, bongs are now made from a variety of materials, including ceramic, metal, glass and wood. They are often customised and feature a range of colours and patterns, shapes and sizes.

Glass bongs are probably the commonest and most popular bongs and are considered to be the best on the market, while metal and percolator bongs are also among the favourites.

Digital scales

A digital scale is a great option for a smoking gift. They are often small and can be easily carried, fitting into the pocket and can weigh substances very accurately.

Stash trays

Stash trays are rectangular boxes split into compartments. The trays differ in size, depending on your needs or how much you are prepared to pay. They can be made of materials such as wood and metal, while wooden trays are often carved. They are usually light and easy to carry and transport and keep products fresh and airtight, while looking elegant and classy. They can be used to store smoking accessories, hip flasks, bong cleaners and other products with ease.

There are a lot of different rolling papers available on the market. Many of these are highly processed and contain unpleasant chemical additives like chlorine. Users interested in reducing their exposure to these additives should consider using raw papers when smoking their favourite legal highs.

Chlorine exposure: a real danger

Chlorine is a potentially powerful irritant, and can become quite dangerous when inhaled. Partially for this reason, it was used as a chemical weapon in World War I. While there is not a lot of research on the positive or negative effects of smoking legal substances wrapped in chlorinated rolling paper, it is a good idea to eliminate the use of chlorine altogether when smoking.

Raw papers are vegan

Besides being chlorine free, raw papers are 100% vegan. This means that they are made with no damage to animals and do not contain even minute traces of animal products. While some vegans are unconcerned about the use of products made from animals provided they are not ingested, many are. Vegans can avoid all potential animal-related ethical problems associated with smoking by using raw papers.

Chlorine-treated rolling paper often contains traces of chemicals besides chlorine. This makes it difficult for users to estimate exactly what chemicals they are exposing themselves to. Raw papers are the safest option as far as rolling papers go. Using raw papers helps drug users to avoid having to worry about potential contamination from rolling papers.

Stash trays and stash boxes are both used to store drugs and drug paraphernalia. If you are a casual drug user, you might want to consider getting either a stash tray or a stash box. Both have their advantages and disadvantages – the one you choose is entirely up to you.

Stash boxes

Stash boxes often appeal to more people than stash trays because they tend to be elaborately decorated and often include aesthetically pleasing add-ons like decorative figurines. For this reason, stash boxes tend to be more expensive. If you don’t have a lot of money to spend on storage supplies for your stash, a stash box probably isn’t a good idea for you.

Stash trays

Unlike stash boxes, stash trays tend to be inexpensive. Although they are frequently decorated with artistic patterns, because they usually don’t have elaborate figurines or miniature sculptures built into them, they are almost always less expensive. Unfortunately, in addition to being less expensive than stash boxes, they tend to be less secure.

Security is a real issue with stash trays. If you leave a stash tray out on a table, its contents will be visible to everyone that glances at it. While this is not usually a problem if you have legal drugs and drug paraphernalia on your tray, it can be an issue if people assume you are in possession of illegal drugs.

Ultimately, the choice between a stash tray and a stash box is up to you. Just be cautious if you want to leave your bongs and other drug paraphernalia out in the open on a stash tray. It is always a good idea to be discreet about your drug taking habits – even if you only use legal highs.

There is a range of smoking accessories available for people who like to smoke tobacco, cannabis or other herbal remedies. From bongs, lighters and ashtrays, to smoking pipes and papers, smokers have a wide variety of products to choose from.

Lighters

Lighters make great smoking gifts and come in a range of shapes, sizes, colours and patterns. Styles vary, from plastic to metallic and with weak or very powerful flames. People who are looking for a powerful flame should try a turbo or petrol lighter, but if you are happy to have a less-heavy and more easily disposable lighter, then try a clipper lighter.

Grinders

A grinder is a cylindrical shaped pot with two halves that separate and have sharp pegs. When the halves are turned, the material inside is shredded or ground down, making the substance taste less strong. They come in a range of sizes and colours and there are plenty on the market to choose from. 

Ashtrays

Ashtrays are, of course, designed to collect the ash from the substance you smoke and there are many shapes and sizes on the market, in a range of colours and patterns. From metal and ceramic, to push spin ashtrays and beanbag ashtrays, there is a great deal of choice on offer.

Rolling papers

The substance you want to smoke is rolled up in sheets of rolling papers. They are light and easy to fold, but strong enough to ensure a good smoke. Raw papers are available in a range of options.

If you smoke herbal blends, you will know the ritual involved in rolling your own cigarettes. Cigarette rolling looks like a simple process, but learning the art involves a lot of frustration, many bulging, uneven cigarettes and reams of wet and torn papers. Luckily, there are machines on the market that will make rolling quicker and less messy. Cigarette rolling machines also eliminate the steep learning curve which is a big part of rolling by hand.

Rolling cigarettes using a machine is extremely simple. First, you spread the rollers of the machine and insert the herbs. Push the two rollers together and give the roller closest to you a downward turn. Place a paper between the rollers with the gum towards you. Roll the nearest roller down so that the paper starts to slide into the machine. Lastly, moisten the gum and roll the paper all the way in.

Rolling machines have been around for a very long time, but have really come into their own since smoking herbs became a popular pastime. Usually when people think of a rolling machine, Rizla is the brand that comes to mind. 

Rizla rolling machines consist of a belt which holds the smoking mixture between two rollers so that it can be rolled evenly inside the paper. A Rizla rolling machine tin has the added feature of a tidy place to store your herbs ready for rolling. Whenever you need to smoke, you simply roll the cigarettes in the machine. The Rizla rolling machine tin is equally suitable for all kinds of smoking herbs, and you can buy a regular size or roll larger cigarettes with the king size roller.

The Rizla rolling machine is an essential piece of equipment for the serious herb smoker, taking pride of place alongside the Bob Marley tobacco tin and the collection of spinning ashtrays.

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No matter what you are looking for it is almost certain that Shiva has it.  They also carry a great selection of tobacco alternatives as well as detox and testing kits, ashtrays, hip flasks, gadgets, gizmos and of course, the turds, which are wildly popular and highly collectible polyresin figurines. It is also a great place to purchase all your legal highs, incense, cannabis seeds, beer bongs and pongs, rolling papers and cones, and herbal highs.

One of their new and outstanding products is the snuff bullet blizzard.  This fancy new device is available in numerous metallic colours as it allows users to take hits of snuff without making a mess.

This hand-held snuff dispenser will simply blow you away as you enjoy hits of your favourite snuff anytime, any place.  Sitting down to take the hit is not even required!  Fill it up by unscrewing the base.  Holding the bullet upside-down, a quick flick will push snuff into the inside compartment. Twist the bullet right way around while ensuring the sniffing hole remains at the top of the device. To use, simply inhale through your nose.  This product comes complete with two additional rubber o-rings.

Rolling a cigarette by hand is an art that requires long practice. Once you have learned how to do it, you will be able to roll your herbal smoking mixture without resorting to a machine or needing to ask a friend to do it for you.

First, you will require a suitable amount of ground herbs. You can grind your herbs to smokable proportions using a knife, scissors, a coffee grinder or a herb grinder. Herbs need to be free of lumps or sticks before they can be rolled.

Spread the herbs on a cigarette paper which is laid flat on a table in front of you. A common feature of cigarettes rolled by novices is a huge bulge in the middle, so make sure the herbs are spread evenly. The next step is picking up the paper and rolling it between your fingers and thumbs. There is an aim to the rolling, and that is to move the bottom of the cigarette up to the top so you are left holding a paper cylinder with a line of gummed paper visible at the top. This is the stage of cigarette production that requires practice, but it is best to go through the complete process, right up to moistening the gum and rolling the cigarette before you tear it apart and start again.

If you decide that rolling herbal cigarettes by hand is too much trouble, rolling machines can be bought from a head shop which will also sell you a special grinder for your herbs along with glass ashtrays and collectible cannabis seeds.

The Rizla rolling machine tin is an item that was released a short time ago, and is promoted as something of an improvement over Rizla’s classic rolling machine. One of the reasons why this machine may be seen as an improvement over the classic rolling machine design is that it has a wider belt. This design helps to make the rolling process smoother, thereby creating a better final product. Although there are notable differences between the products, the process of rolling with the tin is the same as rolling with the classic version of the rolling machine.  

One of the upsides of using this machine is that it provides a compartment where tobacco or other legal herbs can be stored, as well as the rolling papers themselves. Although it contains its own storage unit, the tin is still quite small and easy to travel with. As such, the rolling machine becomes an all-in-one carrying case.

Just like the classic Rizla rolling machine, the Rizla rolling machine tin may be used to roll tobacco, as well as other smoking herbs such as kanna or wild dagga. This machine can be found in both a regular size and a king size, for those who want larger cigarettes. There are several designs available for this product, as well as various colours. For example, a version with a picture of Bob Marley on it is available for purchase.

The rolling machine Rizla manufactures has long been a popular item for smokers in the UK. In fact, this company released one of the first cigarette rolling machines in the early twentieth century. The primary purpose of these rolling machines is to make tobacco cigarettes, but other legal herbs may also be rolled with the aid of this machine as well.

One of the reasons why the Rizla rolling machine has been such a long-term success is its ease of use. To roll a cigarette with a Rizla machine, the first step is to open up the roller so that there is something of a pocket in the centre. Next, the amount of tobacco that the smoker wants in their cigarette should be carefully placed into the pocket. At this point, the roller should be closed up so that the tobacco can be moulded into the shape of a cigarette, which occurs by pulling down on one side of the roller with the thumbs. People rolling should be careful not to work it too much at this point, as this will make the tobacco too tight. Packing the tobacco too tight will make the cigarette difficult to drag from. Once the tobacco is ready to go in the roller, the rolling paper must be put into the top of the machine after the glue on the paper has been moistened. Then the person rolling must work the machine with their thumbs again, and once the paper has gone all the way into the machine the cigarette should be ready to go.   

The rolling machines from Rizla come in various different sizes, so that users can roll anything from a small cigarette to an oversized one. To create an oversized cigarette, multiple papers can be put together. 

Switching to roll ups can be an easy way to save money. Yet choosing the right rolling paper can seem bewildering as it can have a significant impact on the smoking experience, and several factors should be kept in mind.

Size is an obvious criterion. The regular Rizla paper is 70mm, with Kingsize papers coming in at 100mm.  However, for when you want a really big cigarette you can use Rips – these come in rolls of up to 7 metres.

The thickness of the paper is also important. Medium weight paper, like Rizla green, burns easily, and they are less fiddly to roll. However, the paper will have a greater impact on the flavour that can detract from the tobacco. These smokers may prefer thinner papers like Rizla blue, or even thinner paper like Rizla silver or OCB No. 4. The less dexterous may want help from a device like a Rizla rolling machine tin. These are cheap and widely available and make working with fragile thin paper far easier.

The paper’s material will also have an influence. For example flax has a neutral flavour, while wood pulp cellulose can have a harsher taste. Rice paper, as used by Rizla, is often bleached with chlorine. Organic papers are available for smokers who want to avoid such chemicals. Raw is a brand that only produces pure hemp paper and most of the major manufacturers have a chlorine free paper in their range, such as Rizla white and OCB organic slims. Far from minimising the interference of the paper some smokers seek out flavoured paper. Rizla orange imparts a liquorice taste to the smoke for example. Smaller brands such as Tops have an even wider range of available flavours such as sunrise strawberry and velvet peach.

Choosing a rolling paper is ultimately a matter of personal preference. The roll up smoker is blessed with choice and much to consider, but a little experimentation will help them find their ideal paper.