For now labels such as the ones used for other products (DOP or DOC) do not exist for describing the quality of marijuana, which however is important to know for consumers. No matter how strange it may sound, among the cannabis consumers there are people who demand with good reason the quality of the product. This is because of course marijuana is not the same everywhere and it varies depending on the type of plant, the country of origin, the climate etc. This creates differences that sometimes are quite substantial and that can be immediately be spotted by the habitual consumer. Below we will discover how to distinguish good from bad quality of marijuana.
Check the shape and the appearance
It is good practice to pay attention to what you are buying, therefore check that there are neither branches nor seeds coming with the marijuana. Apart from increasing its weight and automatically the cost, the quality of marijuana will definitely be low and the flavour will be pungent. Check that there are nice green flowers and that the colour tends to a greenish one rather than brown.
If the color is dark and towards brown, it means that the quality is bad. Check also the color of the crystals, that is, the parts where the THC is mostly concentrated: the more these are present the better the quality. Mind though that the crystals need to be opaque rather than transparent because otherwise it means that they are not completely developed and the quality will be lower.
Smell it
The smell of quality marijuana is intense and you feel it very clearly. The stronger and more pleasant it is, the better the marijuana will be and more intense the pleasure in smoking it. You will perceive its quality even from your nose if you are an habitual consumer, and this makes it all easier.
If the smell is neither intense nor pleasant, close to the smell of grass or mould, please avoid it at all costs. It is definitely marijuana of the worst quality and won’t five any pleasure in smoking it. The bad smell indicates cheap production or bad drying; in any case it does not bring any quality.
Density and humidity
These are two methods that allow a good evaluation of the quality of marijuana. Its density, for example when you roll a joint, should not allow it to become too compact, otherwise it is difficult to smoke it. It has to be homogeneous without becoming a unique thing because otherwise it means that it hasn’t been dried or sieved well.
In terms of humidity, it’s important to pay attention because it is needed. However, a high level of humidity will significantly compromise the quality of marijuana and might mean that a part of it will go bad in a short time.
These are the main methods to assess the quality of marijuana, or at least they are the ones that you can use when you are buying it. In any case, they are easy and they give you the chance to assess the quality straight away, and with a little bit of care you will be able to buy and smoke only quality marijuana. This way you will avoid products with an awful taste and that do not bring any pleasure.
How to get rid of the smell of weed, the five easiest tricks
Imagine you are at home with friends smoking a nice joint and you have no idea how to get rid of its smell. This is a recurring situation, and whether you are with your friends or not, the smell is there after you smoke. For this reason it’s important to be ready and have good solutions at hand. Of course this is a problem only if you live with parents who don’t exactly share the same lifestyle. Anyway, even if you take a break when no one is at home you need to know how to get rid of the smell of weed.
There are simple solutions that you can choose and most of the times they are small tricks that remove the smell from the room. Of course, needless to say, the first thing is opening the windows to let some air in. However this solution solves the problem only partially.
Let’s see how to deal with the issue.
Spiritual solution… Have some incense at hand, those that make your lungs numb and give a nice olfactory pleasure. Incense has a strong scent able to cover many types of smell, even the toughest ones. Your mum will be pleasantly impressed and will definitely ask you the reason for the incense. At that point talk about meditation and that will do.
Cinema solution… Maybe you smoke a joint while watching a movie and having some popcorns. Popcorns have a particular smell when cooked, strong enough to cover the smell of weed. Maybe try to burn a small portion so that the smell will cover even more. Of course have a beer with them!
Caffeine solution… The smell of coffee is simply heavenly: it charms and drags you, and above all is able to remove the smell of weed in a very pleasant way. In this case use the moka, the classic espresso coffee machine and make some good coffee. The smell will mix with the one of weed. Besides this, buy some ground coffee or coffee beans and toast them in a pan. The smell will completely cover the one of weed.
Vinegar solution… We know that vinegar is an effective smell-catcher, in fact it is placed in the fridge being off to remove bad smell. To remove the smell of weed, putting it in a glass and waiting for the smell to go away is not enough, therefore put it in a pan and warm it up. The steam will create a strong sour smell that in few seconds will remove any other smell or scent. The problem will be justifying it at home.
Perfumed solution… Definitely this is the least demanding solution: using an air freshener or spraying perfume at home in large quantities. It is a good solution but it has its downsides because you need to spray a lot and it is not sure that it will remove the smell of weed completely. Even more, we are talking about chemicals so be careful not to abuse.
So, these are some of the solutions to remove the smell of weed from your house, but among all of them we would suggest to go for the incense one. Yes, it’s a little “zen” but it does the trick.
Let us know which methods you use apart from these ones.
The cannabis market, swinging across prices and quality
Considering the available data, the volatile situation of the prices in the cannabis market makes us question its quality. In some cases the product, depending on the different regions and countries, has suffered periods of dramatic increase of demand and others of sharp decline. The relevant factor to take into account though is the quality, in fact, regardless of the market price going down in some periods, the demand was static or in decline.
This fact can only be explained with a simple word: quality. The quality of the flowers produced at the end of spring was of low quality and consequently they did not attract the market. From this finding we can understand that yes, the market wants the product, but not at all costs and prefers high quality cannabis. We can assume that a cannabis market in decline that overlooks its quality won’t work and this is definitely good news.
The future of cannabis
The sector will obviously grow a lot in the next years together with the interest of consumers and sellers. The dealers will work as amplifiers of the market and the new openings of coffee shops will fuel the demand, which will definitely focus on quality for the right price, without any competition against low quality products. This is a positive thing given that if demand is higher for quality products, then any bearish competition will be destroyed.
All we can expect from the cannabis market that is currently evolving, is only a constant growth with thousands of new shops in the world, This is a positive sign for the sector that will benefit of the increasing popularity among the non-consumers who will become potential clients. We can also expect governments to favour this change as they will see the promoting the sector as an opportunity of economic growth. Just as cannabis has been banned in the past, in the future it will go back to being a product just like many others with a market regulated by clear and punitive laws.
Investing in the cannabis market
We wrote about this in other occasions, investing in cannabis today means investing in the future and feeling like Bill Gates in the Seventies. There is a whole world to build in this sector and for sure the first “builders” will be the ones taking the biggest advantages. We are clearly talking about the legal market, which hopefully will replace the illegal one with all the imaginable social advantages it entails. There are really many possibilities and it is nor impossible nor complex seizing them, even more if you are a consumer.
After the slowdown in august, the stocks of the major companies linked to cannabis have started again with great gains, something that indicates that the market welcomes the product, the stock market supports it, and investors can count on its future growth without problems. Of course when we say “investing” we do not necessarily mean in the stock market, although you can support the cannabis market and make money also this way!
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