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New with All Orders – 12 Johaar Himalayan + 5 Afghan Mix
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All orders of any strain in any quantity receive 17 seeds: 12 Johaar + 5 Afghan Mix Johaar is a pristine Himalayan multipurpose domesticate for seed, fibre, and charas – c. 80% viable seeds Afghan Mix comprises accessions from northern…
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‘Thai Stick’ or ‘Lao Stick’?
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Export ganja fields, Bolikhamsai, Central Laos – crop eradication by the Lao PDR army, who burned about 100 hectares this week, a pointless symbolic gesture that achieved little more than perhaps to increase wholesale prices. * Bolikhamsai is one of…
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Does Cannabis Come from China?
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Belief that “Cannabis comes from China” has rapidly taken root among pot aficionados and the wider public since a new PRC genomics study on the origin of Cannabis. Plants and seeds are increasingly getting coopted by ethnonationalist autocracies to confer…
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What is a Landrace Strain?
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Far too many aficionados still believe that landraces are wild plants – ‘wild’ in the sense of naturally occurring spontaneous creations of nature. This is exactly wrong – in other words, not just inaccurate but the very opposite of the…
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What’s in a Bong?
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Hits from the bong, Tai – yes, Tai – style… ‘Bong’ is a word of Lao and Thai origin – from a length of bamboo pipe – but despite mostly getting used for cannabis in the West, in Southeast Asia…
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New cannabis ramble on CANNAMANtv
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New at CANNAMANtv – enjoyed this and looking forward to the next one on Cannabis & Alchemy. Shown in East London at the Royal Albert Dock working on hemp cordage for rigging are a group of lascars. Lascars were block-hired…
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CANNAMANtv podcast episode incoming…
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About to record an episode for the excellent CANNAMANtv podcast and honoured to join a list of guests that includes Tommy Chong, Roger Pertwee, and among the finest cannabis historians, Professor James Mills. Check out Prof Mills’ book Cannabis Britannica…
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Burmese – a new ‘Tai’ ganja accession
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A new accession direct from Shan State, an ethnically Tai region of Burma. ‘Tai’ refers collectively to Thai, Lao, Shan and many other groups from Southeast Asia, all of who share – to greater or lesser degrees – a tradition…
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Charas or Attar?
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Charas or Hashish?, a piece on misconceptions about traditional cannabis resin, is updated regarding ‘attarchi’ and ‘attari’, names mostly used by old-timers in the Uttarakhand Himalaya and Nepal for chronic charas smokers (‘charsis’) ‘Attar’ is a popular name in these…
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