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Can smoking weed laced with crushed glass kill you?

Visionary_Kpsycho

Visionary_Kpsycho

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I heard off the news this was happening around were I live, and some people died from it. The thing that confused me is that all glass is, is sand basically, so how could smoking weed laced with glass kill you? Propaganda. Of course I wouldn’t for one accept anything that even look like glass. Has the media gotten out of control with this?
 
Are you from the UK? I hear this happens over there.

Awhile back here on bluelight's CD forum someone posted about how apparently they had smoked some herb that somehow had a small bead of glass or plastic in it and they did not die but they coughed it up and there was blood on it.
 
Smoke it out of a bong. I could imagine you could inhale it if you were smoking it in a pipe, where the velocity of the smoke is high enough that crushed glass would stay entrained, but if you were using a bong, it'd be fine. Would be a miracle if it made it past the surface of the water, and even if it did, it'd fall back down.
Though, imo, as a matter of principle you shouldn't buy when a dealer is offering you grit weed, tell em where to shove it.
 
Thanks for the link, but I bet that guy is lying or something. How could you inhale that and cough it up a few days later.... Shit I inhale a couple drops of water and cough my ass off. Plus the crystals would burn anyway. Well I think the crystals would burn away thats why I made this thread.
 
I wouldn't buy it but if I did get some by accident I'd push it through a strainer/screen to get the glass bits out and smoke it in a bong with a screen.

I have seen glass in herb, not small sand like bits of it but a larger chunk of it that was mixed in with mids a friend got a big quantity of.
 
IMPORTANT- PLEASE READ!!!!


propaganda? no.

it is true, this happens, and yes, it kills.
inhaling microscopic RED HOT beads of glass at 70mph (when you inhale the hit) is not good for you.
holes get burned in your lungs.




do your research, this has been going on for years, and its very real and true.





please, if a dealer offers you it, never speak to them again!!





if you "think" something, you dont know.
thats why BL is here, harm reduction.


the higher up dealers spray big amounts with powderised glass that is mixed in with water in a spray bottle, makes it look crystally and adds weight when the water dries and leaves the glass.



IF YOU PUT IT THROUGH A SCREEN/STRAINER THIS WONT STOP THE GLASS-
IT HAS BEEN CRUSHED TO A FINE POWDER, THE BEADS ARE MICROSCOPIC-
DONT RISK IT AS IT WILL DEFINETELY NOT STOP THE GLASS ENTERING YOUR LUNGS.

BURNING IT DOESNT "MELT" THE GLASS AWAY, NOTHING YOU CAN DO WILL STOP OR GET RID OF THE GLASS.

PLEASE DO NOT SMOKE THIS STUFF, IT WILL SEVERELY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH.

IGNORE PEOPLE TELLING YOU OTHERWISE.






when you inhale it through whatever means, including bong, you will be inhaling the microscopic beads of glass, which are red hot, this will automatically
burn holes in your lungs. you wont notice it at first, but you will.



it is mainly dutch gangs/criminals and unscrupulous dealers.
boycott the fuck outta them
 
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Surely you'd notice microscopic holes being made in your lungs at over 70 mph...surely?
 
when you sneeze its over 70mph dude :P



and you would eventually, but by the time you start coughing blood its too late.

seriously OP, dont listen to idiots who tell you "screen it and do it in a bong itll be fine", they dont know wtf they are talking about.

dont even think of smoking it, throw it away man.


have a serious word with the guy selling this shit. he is putting lives at risk.
 
Sega420 said:
when you sneeze its over 70mph dude :P



and you would eventually, but by the time you start coughing blood its too late.

seriously OP, dont listen to idiots who tell you "screen it and do it in a bong itll be fine", they dont know wtf they are talking about.

dont even think of smoking it, throw it away man.


have a serious word with the guy selling this shit. he is putting lives at risk.
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He never said his dealer was selling him weed laced with glass, he was simply asking a question.
 
^ Yo I ain't bought any of this grim weed, i've heard about it though.

I KNow sneezes are mega fast too, but your just expelling air. You aren't inhaling tiny glass beads which are hot enough to burn through you lungs. You'd notice that, whethe it be a lisghtly harshe hit or your lungs feeling like they are burning. still grim.
 
dude, its been proven, im lazy but google is ur friend.
the ppl smoking this shit have holes burned in their lungs, and they only get bigger over time.


silicosis is very serious.
you arent meant to inhale red hot glass beads.




look into it.







and i never said he bought it, he said it was in his area, i was saying to have a word if he knows whos selling it.


http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4907.html

http://www.ukcia.org/forum/read.php?2,10856

http://420lawyer.com/Grit_Weed.html

http://www.gritweed.co.uk/

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http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?t=454256

NSFW:
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stay safe and dont smoke that shit
 
Sega420 said:
IMPORTANT- PLEASE READ!!!!
IF YOU PUT IT THROUGH A SCREEN/STRAINER THIS WONT STOP THE GLASS-
IT HAS BEEN CRUSHED TO A FINE POWDER, THE BEADS ARE MICROSCOPIC-
DONT RISK IT AS IT WILL DEFINETELY NOT STOP THE GLASS ENTERING YOUR LUNGS.

BURNING IT DOESNT "MELT" THE GLASS AWAY, NOTHING YOU CAN DO WILL STOP OR GET RID OF THE GLASS.

PLEASE DO NOT SMOKE THIS STUFF, IT WILL SEVERELY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH.

IGNORE PEOPLE TELLING YOU OTHERWISE.
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You could probably vape it... especially if its water filtered after. The glass isn't microscopic, its crushed into very small but visible pieces.
 
Yeah man I heard it's true that in the uk, weed at the moment isn't at it's best ....


I have loads of friends accross the pond in London and it is happening .
They are either growing their own personal plants or buying off direct off growers they know well .....




I'm in Canada though :) and we are knwn for amazing gd quality bud ...


but Are we really ? there's no guarantee eh !?

Shit this is scary ...., anyone heard of this happening in Canada ?
 
As long as enough of the people who grow and sell pot smoke it too, we all have nothing to worry about. Its crack dealers not smoking crack that makes them a threat too haha.
 
jamesmartin said:
Yeah man I heard it's true that in the uk, weed at the moment isn't at it's best ....


I have loads of friends accross the pond in London and it is happening .
They are either growing their own personal plants or buying off direct off growers they know well .....




I'm in Canada though :) and we are knwn for amazing gd quality bud ...


but Are we really ? there's no guarantee eh !?

Shit this is scary ...., anyone heard of this happening in Canada ?
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I use to live in ontario, canada, and the bud there is good, never had a problem. I moved to nova scotia, and thats were i started to hear about the glass in the weed.
 
^ yeah like we don't beleive in strain names here :P
if the bud looks good and we get niceley baked it's good weed.

And also my dealer who also grows I smoke with quite alot so I'm guessing it probably isn't laced?
 
and the glass beads you inhale are microscopic, some, due to the powderisation of the glass for spraying.

naturally occuring sand-
Sand_under_electron_microscope.jpg


grit weed beads-
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"Analysis

At present there seems to be very little official regulated research analysing the chemical composition of this new wave of contaminated cannabis. To compound matters further, there appears to be a variety of contaminant types.

The following scientific data and analysis is largely unofficial / unregulated and has been collated from a variety of online sources - where possible we have tried to acknowledge the original authors / contributors.

The French Observatory of Drugs and Drug Addiction carried out an analysis of the contaminated cannabis (we suspect it was the large glass contaminant type). They found that the leaves contained glass particles between 0.02 and 0.3 millimetres across. However, Dr Russell (Imperial College, London) claims that if the particles are above 0.015 millimetres then they would be too big to pass into the lungs and it is more likely that they would drop into the users’ mouth and/or throat, although using a filter could prevent them from entering the mouth.

An anonymous scientist has analysed and posted their findings of the contaminated cannabis (the industrial etchant contaminant) on the UKCIA website and stated that the granules are actually small beads (50-120 micrometers diameter) “made of some non-soluble high melting point glass like substance” and if smoked could pass into the lungs causing devastating results.

Here is a brief summary of these unregulated findings:

Under a microscope at 50x magnification, contaminants appear
as very small (50-120 um) beads, with regular circular shape
and small pores/ single holes present.

Beads do not dissolve in non polar solvents (pet ether) or polar
solvents (ethanol, acetone).

Beads are insoluble in conc NaOH solution, conc H2SO4.

Melting point is above 400C, but cannot perform TG, DTG
analysis at the moment so cannot specify any transition
temperatures or accurate melting points.

The beads have a significant sodium and silicon content,
suggesting that the comments previously about silicates
are correct.

Reliable sources say that this contaminant is industrial etchant
spray used for glass frosting, It is a high pressure aerosol of
propellant, lubricant and silicate abrasives. This accounts for the
high permeation levels displayed in all 3 samples, with
particulates presents inside even 'tight' buds all the way into the
stems. This also may account for the non plany oils present in
the bud which have been previously described as a 'glue'.

More recent reports have surfaced concerning a new style of contamination relating to micro particles that are infinitely harder to detect. Presently there seems to be no scientific analysis available for this variety of contamination however we did come across the following footage showing a microscopic analysis of this new form of contaminated 'skunk' weed.
 
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