Blunt (drug culture)
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A blunt is a type of inexpensive cigar which is usually machine rolled such as Swisher Sweets, Garcia y Vega, Phillie Blunts, White Owls, or Dutch Masters. These cigars typically consist of two main parts; the inner leaf is similar to a cigarette rolling paper, except it is made of tobacco, and the outer leaf which is rolled around the inner leaf in a spiral. In North America, the UK, and most of Europe, the term blunt refers to a cigar that has been taken apart and re-rolled with marijuana. For most blunt smokers, the nicotine buzz from the tobacco leaf in addition to the marijuana, makes for a more intense 'high'...i.e. "getting blunted."
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History
It has been suggested that blunts arrived in New York City in the 80's when Rastafarians brought this technique with them from Jamaica. They preferred to roll cone-shaped blunts, with the lit end being larger, as opposed to the straight-style preferred by most smokers today.
Recently, a host of Blunt-style rolling papers have appeared on the market. Brands include: Blunt Wrap, E-Z Roll Tube, Tobacones, Haarlem Blunts & Miami Blunt. These are essentially pre-made, 100% cigar rolling papers. All that is needed is to spread marijuana evenly throughout the blunt paper, roll it up and seal it. Most are sealed individually to keep them fresh, moist and flexible, as dry cigar leaves are prone to cracking and breaking. Some brands also include a plastic tube, around which the blunt paper is rolled during manufacturing, and a transparent, plastic sheet wrapped around the blunt paper to give an extra layer of protection. This tube can be used to pack the marijuana down in the burning end once it has been rolled up.
An even more recent innovation is the pre-rolled 'ghost' blunt. This is a blunt that is rolled into a cone shape and sold in a tube. All the user needs to do is break up the marijuana and place it in the cone.
Characteristics
Blunts are generally larger, longer and slower burning than marijuana cigarettes, which are rolled with normal rolling paper. This makes them particularly appealing for large groups of smokers. Blunts are also more common in the younger smoking groups and in heavily populated areas, as it's easy to obtain a single cigar almost anywhere, and there is nothing leftover once it has been smoked. A blunt can also be put out and re-lit, and is less conspicious-looking than a joint, although recently police have been better informed on the use of blunts. Some marijuana smokers rarely use blunts because they claim it is too harsh, tastes bad, or they simply do not like the idea of mixing their marijuana with tobacco. They may also have access to bongs or pipes and prefer them, as these apparatus are seen as less wasteful than the constantly burning blunt. It is also worth mentioning that the cigar cardboard tube and the outer tobacco leaf shell were never intended to be inhaled deep into the lungs, and contain a multitude of toxic carcinogens and therefore may add a greater health risk for the blunt smoker, and their lungs.
Rolling a Blunt
There are two popular methods for rolling a blunt. In leafing, the outer leaf of the cigar is moistened and removed whole. The inner leaf is then folded, filled with ground marijuana, and wrapped in the outer leaf, which must remain moist. Leafing creates a tightly-rolled and durable blunt, providing an even burn.
Another technique, known as "spliffing," involves splitting a cigar lengthways with a razor or a fingernail. The tobacco is then removed ("spilling the guts" or "gutting" as it is sometimes called), replaced with marijuana, and resealed. The outer leaf on some cigars, such as Phillies, is very hard to remove, making leafing hard for these blunts. Therefore, spliffing is the preferred way to roll these blunts.
Colloquialisms
In America it is more common to simply roll the blunt with Marijuana from end to end. In Europe, people tend to break off a piece of cigarette (known as a "Chip" in the UK) and place this in the smoking end, thus allowing all the marijuana in the blunt to be smoked. Some people also use a cardboard filter (known as a "Crutch") although some smokers complain that this makes the blunt harsher by allowing smoke to pass more easily through the filter-end.
A New Yorker or wu-banger is a blunt mixed with cocaine. This combination can also be known as "primo." On the west coast it can also be known as a "chewy," or "p-dog," and in the south as a "dirty" or "chronic" .
A Royal Blunt, like a Royal Spliff, is a Blunt which has Hashish mixed in with the marijuana.
"Blunt" is also a term sometimes used in the UK to denote any marijuana cigarette which is comprised of purely marijuana and no tobacco, as opposed to the more common UK method of smoking, which is a mix of marijuana and tobacco in a large rolling paper, or several small ones spliced together.
A marijuana blunt mixed with cocaine and opium is known as a brass monkey. Recently the outer leaf of the Dutch Master cigar is being cut in half length ways for less paper and more marijuana taste.
See Also
de:Blunt| Cannabis resources |
| Use: recreational drug, pharmaceutical drug, spiritual, culture, health issues, legal issues, cultivation |
| Preparations: bhang, hashish, kief, shake |
| Smoking: blunt, bong, chillum, dugout, hookah, gravity bong, shotgun, smoking pipe, spliff, steamroller |
| Vaporization: vaporizer, knifers |
| Food: cannabutter, dope cake, Ganja goo ball, hash cookie, Green Dragon, Leary biscuit, magic brownies, pot tea |
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