South Pacific Drug Scene

[jspun]

Bump

 

[jspun]

I'm bumping this thread it light of the relatively recent (9/29/09) earthquake and tsunami which damaged the independent formerly administrated by NZ (and Germany bfore that) nation of Western Samoa (or Commonwealth of Samoa) as I believe it is now officially known. The US territory of American Samoa was also effected including the tragic loss of life. Sadly, news of this got buryed quickly due to natural disasters happening elsewhere right after wards so they were considered more newswarry. The fact that some news filtered in after the tragedy in indonesia on local news probably is because there is a relatively large Samoan population in Oceanside and National City both in the San Diego area. What annoyed me about the lack of coverage is that one of my best friends from highschool's dad lived in Samoa (moved there before super restrictive laws against non Samoan natives), had a few Samoan friends (my home town of San Jose had a big expatriate community), and American Samoan is US soil so people should care enough about what goes on there that there should be more national news coverage when dozens die in a natural disaster that occured within a part of the US, even if a majority of Americans have no clue the American Samoa is part of the US (having the Status of a United States Territory.) Bet yoy that New Zeland did more to help out their former territory or atleast heard more about the day to day situation there in the news.

In honor of the disaster in that part of the South Pacific, I am ressurectibg the thread I started on South Pacific drug scenes. Wonder how the tsunami is going to effect the ice scene. Or the scene for buds. Apparently, a good chunk of Samoan dank was grown in Western Samoa.

Most Samoans I knew growing up were really nice but you never fucked with their families. My best friend in 98' was from American Samoa heart of Gold, but 6'6'', muscles, and loyal, even though he had a heroin/ crack habit, didn't get a scandalous as the average user- I could still trust and he saved my ass one time. Lost touch but his ex girl friend told me he hasn't been doing well.

My white friend brought back some great Samoan Sativa in highschool. Guess there are customs to get in there but not comming back to mainland back then.

So whats the word in the South Pacific. What are your guys story. Stories about North pacific island nations (Guam, micronesia, Marshall Tslands, Palau welcomed too.)

Here's an article written by the feds. I recomend following link- couple of pictures and charts that are so so but interesting.

Office of National Drug Control Policy
Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse
American Samoa
Profile of Drug Indicators
May 2004
ONDCP

American Samoa
The following profile contains information on demographics, political figures, programs,
crime, drug use, drug trafficking, and enforcement statistics.
Demographics
�� Population: 57,291 (2000 Census)1; 70,260 (July 2003 estimate)2
�� Ethnicity (2000 Census): 1.1% white, 0.0% black/African American; 2.8% Asian;
91.6% Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander; 0.2% other race; 4.2% two or more
races3
�� Geography: American Samoa is located in Oceania, which is group of islands in the
South Pacific Ocean, halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand.4
Politics
�� Governor: Togiola Tulafono 5
�� Lt. Governor: Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia6
�� Attorney General: Fiti Sunia7
�� U.S. House of Representatives: Eni F.H. Faleomavaega8
�� Capital: Pago Pago9
�� American Samoa is an unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United
States.10
Federal Funding
�� Drug-Free Communities Support Program grantees in American Samoa:11
Since FY 1998 when funding was first available, American Samoa has not received
funding for the Drug-Free Communities Support Program.
�� FY 2003 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Formula and
Discretionary Grant summary for American Samoa:12
• Center for Mental Health Services: $50,000
• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention: $238,224
• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment: $0
�� FY 2004 Byrne Formula Grant Program amount awarded to American Samoa:
$926,72213
�� There were no grant recipients of the FY 2003 Office of Justice Programs Drug Court
Grant in American Samoa.14
�� FY 1996-2002 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners
Formula Grant amount allocated to American Samoa:
• FY 1996: $100,18615
• FY 1997: $111,86216
• FY 1998: $240,41717
• FY 1999: $235,10018
• FY 2000: $235,21019
• FY 2001: $235,72220
• FY 2002: $261,42721
• FY 2003: $240,93022
ONDCP Clearinghouse 3
�� There were no recipients in American Samoa of the FY 2003 Office of Community
Oriented Policing and Services (COPS) Methamphetamine Grant.23
�� There were no recipients in American Samoa of the FY 2001 Housing and Urban
Development Drug Elimination Grant.24
�� Office of Justice Programs and Community Oriented Policing Services total grant
amounts received in American Samoa (by funding category):25
• Communities (discretionary): $0
• Counter-terrorism (discretionary): $1 million
• Juvenile Justice:
�� discretionary: $0.8 million
�� formula: $0.2 million
• Law Enforcement:
�� discretionary: $1.1 million
�� formula: $1.1 million
• Substance Abuse:
�� discretionary: $0
�� formula: $1.1 million
• Victims:
�� discretionary: $0
�� formula: 0.3 million
• Total OJP/COPS funds received in American Samoa in FY 2002: $5.6 million
Crime and Drug-Related Crime
�� Narcotic offenses in American Samoa have increased from 15 during 1996 to 34
during 2000.26
Number of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement, American Samoa, 1996-2000
Selected Offenses 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Arson 13 9 4 3 4
Assault (1st and 2nd ) 389 418 449 381 316
Burglary 255 249 262 251 247
Criminal homicide 4 6 2 4 2
Forcible rape 15 6 12 16 13
Larceny 128 167 157 122 89
Motor vehicle theft 5 12 12 6 4
Robbery 7 6 12 3 2
DUI 188 124 121 158 207
Narcotics 15 15 22 29 34
Total offenses 2,666 3,389 3,428 3,151 2,784
�� Local law enforcement officials attribute a rise in violent crime to the rising
methamphetamine problem.27
�� American Samoan authorities report that cannabis cultivation is a significant local
problem.28
ONDCP Clearinghouse 4
Drugs
�� Marijuana and methamphetamine are the two major drugs of concern in American
Samoa.29
�� While marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug, methamphetamine causes the
most problems in American Samoa.30
�� Most methamphetamine users prefer to smoke the extremely pure (90-100% pure)
crystal methamphetamine form known as “ice”.31
�� The street price of “ice” in American Samoa is five times the price in Honolulu. In
American Samoa, the price can range from $50-75 per one-fifth of a gram, versus $50
for a gram in Honolulu.32
�� A single cigarette (“joint”) of Western Samoan marijuana sold in American Samoa
costs from $25-35. Much of the marijuana found in American Samoa comes from
Western Samoa.33
Juveniles
�� During 2001, 31.8% of American Samoa high school students reported using
marijuana at least once in their lifetime.34
Percent of High School Students Using Selected Drugs, American Samoa, 2001
Male Female Total
Lifetime marijuana use 37.0% 27.1% 31.8%
Current marijuana use 24.2 19.7 21.7
Lifetime cocaine use 5.1 5.1 5.1
Current cocaine use 2.9 3.6 3.2
Lifetime inhalant use 12.0 8.9 10.4
Current inhalant use 6.1 5.5 5.7
Lifetime heroin use 4.1 3.1 3.6
Lifetime methamphetamine use 7.5 6.7 7.1
Lifetime illegal steroid use 9.5 6.6 7.9
Lifetime injection of illegal drug 3.8 3.1 3.4
Tired marijuana before age 13 9.1 5.5 7.2
�� Juvenile narcotic offenses have increased from 1 during 1996 to 7 during 2000.35
Number of Juvenile Offenses Know to Law Enforcement, American Samoa, 1996-2000
Selected Offenses 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Assault 23 8 23 30 20
Auto theft 1 2 - - -
Burglary 27 32 48 45 33
Larceny 14 20 19 26 17
Murder - 1 - - -
Rape 1 - - 1 1
Robbery 1 - 1 3 -
ONDCP Clearinghouse 5
Drugs 1 - 4 7 7
Total 147 192 265 247 221
Enforcement
�� American Samoa Office of Territorial and International Criminal Intelligence and
Drug Enforcement (OTICIDE)36
OTICIDE is responsible for the gathering of intelligence information and
enforcement of laws governing drug trafficking, white-collar crimes and related
criminal activities. OTICIDE also investigates and coordinates the flow of criminal
information with Federal, State, territorial, regional, and international law
enforcement agencies.
�� South Pacific Islands Criminal Intelligence Network (SPICIN)37
SPICIN works to support the member police forces of the South Pacific Chiefs of
Police Conference (SPCPC) in the information gathering, development and
dissemination of crime-related information through the timely analysis and sharing of
intelligence vital to law enforcement within the Pacific region. Members of the
SPICIN include: American Samoa, Australia, the Commonwealth of Northern
Mariana Islands (Saipan), Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji,
French Polynesia (Tahiti), Guam, Kiribati, the Kingdom of Tonga, Marshall Islands,
Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua - New Guinea, Solomon
Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Western Samoa
Trafficking and Seizures38
�� Drug trafficking organizations and criminal groups often use the mail system (the US
Postal Service), commercial airlines, and cargo vessels to smuggle drugs to American
Samoa.
�� According to law enforcement sources, methamphetamine labs may be present on
American Samoa’s islands.
�� Most of the methamphetamine available in American Samoa comes from Hawaii.
�� During FY 2000 (July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000), territorial customs officials
confiscated over 200 pounds of methamphetamine in American Samoa.
�� Aside from local cultivators, much of the marijuana in American Samoa comes from
Western Samoa, a neighboring independent nation.
�� During FY 2000, territorial customs officials seized more than 10,000 pounds of
marijuana in 22 seizures at the airport and ferry terminals.
�� In October 2000, local customs officials seized more than 35 pounds of marijuana
from a Western Samoa government-owned cargo vessel.
Courts
�� In 1999, American Samoa legislature passed laws making the possession of even
small amounts of illegal drugs punishable by long jail terms with no possibility of
parole.39
�� First time offenders who commit a possession offense receive a mandatory five-year
sentence with no possibility of parole.40
�� During 2000, a total of 9,469 cases were filed in the District Court of American
Samoa. About 87 percent were disposed of before the ending of the year.41
ONDCP Clearinghouse 6
�� There were 9,469 district court cases filed and 8,193 cases disposed in American
Samoa during 2000.42
�� Of the 668 cases filed in the High Court of American Samoa, 420 cases were
disposed before the end of the year. About 2,762 cases were pending from the
previous year.43
Corrections
�� During 1999, the average inmate population in the Tafuna Correctional facility was 150 (4)

check link for sources



http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/American_Samoa_Profile_of_Drug_Indicators_2004.pdf

Please guys, what more can you guys provide about the drug scenes there. Hungry for stories. As far as the Samoas go, how is life comming along there.

 

[the_ketaman]

I know theres pot in fiji and kava obviously because one of the hotel staff sold weed to my friend. Id say there would be mushies over there and theres over 300 islands that make up Fiji so there'd have to be a few labs of various(MDMA/meth) sorts on a few.

Though the people of fiji dont need drugs to be happy, enlightened or to get anything positive out of drugs, they are some of the happiest people on the planet so I highly doubt natives would use drugs though there are a lot of caucasian non-natives and indian-fijians so there could very well be a drug scene in that community.



EDIT: I didnt read the whole post and saw the drama I caused :/

 

[Luude]

Pretty sad actually, meth should never have reached places like that.

They have busted massive meth factories in places like Fiji, so they're the ones likely spreading it here.

 

[the_ketaman]

^Imho it is pretty ignorant to say "meth should never have reached places like that," why do you believe you should have right to use meth but "big islanders" should not? You are aware that not only "big islanders" can be rapists and plenty of small westerners are rapists too, both on meth and straight.

Sorry, that all came out wrong, and racist which I didnt mean, I apologise...let me explain.

You obviously know who the mongrel mob is right? Well the vast majority of them arent small guys and compared to people in other countries, mauri people are naturally bigger. Thats all I meant by "big mauri men" and they control most of the ice trade I believe as well as them using which leads to rape, murder, assault, insanity and all sorts of gang and ice related things. I didnt mean to offend any native mauri's im really sorry about that.

And what I meant about "Ice should have never reached a place like that" I meant like Australian aboriginals found alcohol and now theres a huge amount of them that are alcoholics, violent, theiving criminals that will do anything for a drink and I find it immensely sad that things like this have happened to the natives of our countries.

Not that im saying us Caucasions are any better, fuck I do it all and ive done plenty of worse things that I wont mention so im not saying were better than anyone but that its sad to see ice has hit the natives of NZ so badly.

Thats all...anyway I hope theres no hard feelings Drug_Mentor

 

[the_ketaman]

Plus my mum was born in Fiji and lived there until she was 18 and though she wasnt native she grew up living a very different lifestyle to most kids these days a very fun, carefree and friendly place to grow up and I think that now some kids are taking drugs in those smaller, culture driven countries is a sad thing to see rather than them continuing their heritage...anyway its not my argue to debate but yeah, my mum was brn in fiji and everyone who has been to fiji immediately can tell that she got all her mannerisms from the women of fiji plus she is the nicest person you will ever meet which most fijian women are, they will do anything to help you. I dont know about other pacific islands but im guessing its similar. I didnt mean to sound like a dickhead, I would have been wasted like I have been most of the time lately.

 

[drug_mentor]

Sorry, that all came out wrong, and racist which I didnt mean, I apologise...let me explain.

You obviously know who the mongrel mob is right? Well the vast majority of them arent small guys and compared to people in other countries, mauri people are naturally bigger. Thats all I meant by "big mauri men" and they control most of the ice trade I believe as well as them using which leads to rape, murder, assault, insanity and all sorts of gang and ice related things. I didnt mean to offend any native mauri's im really sorry about that.

And what I meant about "Ice should have never reached a place like that" I meant like Australian aboriginals found alcohol and now theres a huge amount of them that are alcoholics, violent, theiving criminals that will do anything for a drink and I find it immensely sad that things like this have happened to the natives of our countries.

Not that im saying us Caucasions are any better, fuck I do it all and ive done plenty of worse things that I wont mention so im not saying were better than anyone but that its sad to see ice has hit the natives of NZ so badly.

Thats all...anyway I hope theres no hard feelings Drug_Mentor

All good man, I know you from your posts and had a fair idea your not a bigot. That statement just came across as kind of ignorant but now you have clarified it I see where you are coming from.

You never offended me personally, I am not an islander of any kind. It just seemed to me like you meant they were uncivilised tribespeople that can't handle meth without going on a rampage or something like that, I now know thats not how you meant for it to come across.

 

[jspun]

Easter Island

In High Times magazine their was an article pertaining to the scene of Easter Island. Easter Island, is a place that I speculated on in terms of growning conditions. Certainly a stoney place. It is the place with the mysterious stone statues that you would see at the beginning of "In Search Of" episodes for those old enough to remember (don't know if the Nat Geo series was ever syndicated down under.) Anyway, it is a Subtropical island with great surf and mysterious prehistoric petroglyfics/ stone staues located in the South Pacific. The native Polynesian Name is Rapa Nui. This is the most isloated inhabited piece of land on the face of the Earth. On the South Eastern Edge of Polynesia and and it is administered by Chile.

Hanga Roa, apparently is the capital. The Rapa version of hippies are called jurgos. At night the smell of gange is thick in the air of the streets. 2 types of weed- pito moke which is (ultra) schwag weed and petardo moke which is translated as good stuff and is a cross between different strains brought since the 60s. Aparentlyscwagy by western standards acording to author. Potential indeterminant but has an energy all its own. The drug scene in Chile suffered under Pinochet although I think this place was always on the fringe of federal control. The people are mostly Polynesian, not spanish/ caucasian. I had a friend that visited that said that mushrooms grow wildly and are very potent. Although, I believe the drug laws in Chile are draconian, I think this might be one of the place in south america were the government's stance on personal drug use are softening. My friend told me that know one cared about buds and that it didn't seem that drugs were an issue. The pharmacies there are probably really lenient- anyway, my friend cut his foot on a reef and he ended up getting an antibiotic and some kind of what sounded like an opiate formulation OTC. Anyway, he said that he took two with beer and he was so snowed he puked all night and he was constipated for 3 days- distinctly remember him saying he gave birth to a baseball. This guy traveled to surf, was not much into opiates but would take 4 with beers and get high but thats it. He had brought his own smoke but he got high on shrooms with the locals - who were very friendly. This was in the early to mid 90s i think. The HT info is from the latest issue dec 09'. So decent swag, tolerance- people just smoke around island, good shrooms for the pickin, and pharms that are hopefully still lenient, friendly people, local version of hippies scene, great waves, and super exotic, vortex type place. Sounds like a epic destination.%)

 

[MyDoorsAreOpen]

petardo moke

I am going to adopt this nomenclature for good marijuana, and spread it far and wide.

 

[jspun]

Figure I'd bump this. If no other reason outdoor harvest season is roughly this time of year in some parts of the Southern Hemisphere. maybe I'll resurrect after the tourist seaon (after the austral summer) maybe there is someone new to BL with new info.

 

[jspun]

Debare of Sale of Cannabis to Tourists Only

Came across this interesting article and though I'd post it:

Oscar Temaru ... cannabis support ruffles Tahitian legislators. Photo: Jason Brown, Avaiki Nius
Pacific Scoop:
By Oceania Flash in Papeete

Former French Polynesian President and now opposition leader Oscar Temaru has this week ignited yet another controversy by suggesting – during a parliamentary debate – that cannabis should be allowed for sale and consumption to visiting tourists.
Speaking during a debate that also heralded more stringent measures against smoking in public places, Temaru said the idea of promoting the cultivation of cannabis could be one way of “canalising” an already flourishing local production while at the same time restricting its use to overseas tourists only.

He said one avenue could be to explore the concept of restricted zones, which would allow for local jobs to be created thanks to the cannabis industry.

The cultivation of the illegal substance is a significant economic reality in French Polynesia, with latest estimated placing its “parallel” revenues to millions of US dollars a year.

“I am used to raising the disturbing questions. Have we really looked at the financial impact of such a measure on our country’s fiscal revenues? According to figures provided to me, those revenues are [US$70 million dollars], where those from [cannabis] traffic are estimated at between [US$460 and 695 million],” he told MPs.

Temaru said many overseas tourists visiting French Polynesia were already asking for cannabis supply.

Temaru’s suggestion was met by a barrage of criticism from MPs, including current Health mMnister Jules Ienfa who said in substance that French Polynesia could in no way be likened to the Netherlands.

French Public Prosecutor José Thorel told local newspaper Les Nouvelles de Tahiti that as far as he was concerned, cannabis – locally known as “pakalolo” or “paka” – remained classified as an illegal substance in French jurisdictions, which includes French Polynesia as well.

http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/01/temaru-favours-cannabis-trade-in-tahiti-for-tourists-only/

The laws are strict but not as strict as Indonesia or Singapore for instace. French Polynesia is still part of France and the French can be weenies when it comes to canabis. Its funny they are not too considered about the welfare of tourists (we know paka is safe but he don't)

Another article about the scene there that goes in debth

Tahiti
Updated: 26/05/2009


Smoking tolerance level [1= very illegal 5=virtually legal]: 3


Legislation: Marijuana and Hashish and any related action (buying, selling, growing, smoking), are a criminal offence imposing a penalty of two months to one year in jail in addition to a fine of 56 EUR to 1680 EUR.


Law Enforcement: Keep in mind that the police may arrest you for any soft drug related activity. They may also look away, but there are fair chances of getting into trouble. The courts are a bit more forgiving, and tend to release small amount private users with a warning.

Just don't look obviously stoned or smoking and you'll be cool.


Where to buy Marijuana in TahitiThe best place would be actually not on Tahiti but "Raiatea" on Uturoa's side of the island 40 min by airplane for 130 bucks (good plan if you are staying in a discreet hotel)

Ads by WBH:


Killer Nuggets Buy Legal Bud! click here! Legal Bud Combos Best Selling Legal Buds

and it will take a day on boat for 30 bucks but the trip is not recommended and i mean not recommended (don't do it unless you are only there for this) Here you will get any kind (and I mean any kind: ultrahaze ,bubble, skunk, whitewidow, northernlight, amnesia etc ...) just ask when you get there to young Tahitians (12 to 19 years old) where to find some weed, pakalolo, cannabis.
I can't say any names but there are big producers over there that i know, just ask some fellas with caps, and red eyes are a good sign !
You can deal any quantity and the price is negotiable, when the amount is real high, like a 100gr would be 1000euro...
If you're in TAHITI well there is the
- bridge next to the commercial center "Carrefour" in Punauiaa, also in front of it " Master Price" opposite from Carrefour and a little on the right of the building a lot of kids on bicycle and group of teens just ask them!!

also there's next to the university ,isep, you'll see dark cars circling around: if it those it twice make yourself noticeable or wait a little the dealer may park his car next to you...
-If you're desperate don't worry there is the ultimate spot in faaa next to the airport on the left when you leave it goes from "Pharmacie de Faaa" to "Heirii district", and when you get to the pharmacy which is really close from the airport, start asking teens and kids on bikes and keep asking till you get to heirii " you won't miss, on the way try getting threw weary alleys with teens if you're brave enough and damn desperate (some are racist! IT'S you're play)

you can buy in front of the cxxxxxx sxxxxxx at west coast at the bus stop.



Prices: about 20 Euro a gram

More Information:
The locals smoke something called Pakalolo. It doesn't smell like Marijuana
when you sniff the green herb, but it does get you high. There are joint butts everywhere in the streets.
You will notice many
Tahitians with a slight tinge to the whites of their eyes, so I think they are smoking it a lot.

http://www.webehigh.com/city/detail.php?CITYID=2395

Point excercize extreeme caution here. My friend spent several months in Tahiti and said the locals got buds that were sometimes good but nothing like Hawaiian or good buds from California. Way better than commercial mex on average. Said you had to get in with the locals and they would hook you up- not an easy task. Funny thomg, he said the locals weren't scared of Ice although he rarely to never saw it, but they were irrationally afraid of shrooms, which grew on parts of the Island, and shrooming was cause for ostrasization in some peoples' eyes. Like the PCP of the South Pacific8)

Still lookin for first hand info from those that have it.

 

[TripppAR]

Dude grog does way more damage and on a way bigger scale EVERY WEEKEND!

Let the islanders have a lil sheeba every now and then!


Look at westerners and their filthy habbits of smoking cigi after cigi and drinking hard every week. But to each their own..

 

[jspun]

I agree, let all the Islanders have buds @ least legally, and don't throw them in jail for other drugs like ice, ect...As far as buds g o in French Polynesia, the leader of the opposition party and former president wants buds, already a flourising tourist industry which doesn't suprise me wants restricted zones for tourists that smoke ganje, to reap the profits and keep the herb out of the hands of Tahitians and other French Polynesians. Parallel to California, a vote like this passsed would probably be killed by the French Parliament analogous to med MJ dispensaries being closed by the feds in California. Although their relationship (Tahiti, ect...) is losser than the tie between CA and the USA. They use a different currency than the Euro (The French Pacific Franc).

The laws vary through the South Pacific pertaining to cannabis. French Polynesia has serious laws and gendamaries from mailamnd france to enforce them, Actually they are middle of the road. Apparently some people trip on smoking but most are lais back especially if you get in with one of the locals.

Where to buy Marijuana in TahitiThe best place would be actually not on Tahiti but "Raiatea" on Uturoa's side of the island 40 min by airplane for 130 bucks

The courts are usually lenient for simple possession but bringing buds with you might cause trouble. American Samoa and to a lesser extent Western Samoa are also not places you want to get caught. Fiji, I have no idea about (but Ketamen mentions it in a previous post. Probably smoking is tolerated at the surf camps and The Solomon Islands seems tolerant. Bali is in Indo which bringing or buying wed is a bad idea in general.

However, New Guinea has alot of tolerated smoking (like 40% of the population is some areas) and Palau, and independent country in free association with the USA is a bud smokers paradise. Raratonga and the cook Islands I don't know about. But with its ties to New Zeland, I'm sure P is a problem, and it sounds like buds might be around. Nice to get some info from someone who is familiar with the area.

 

[puckboy]

Though the people of Earth dont need drugs to be happy, enlightened

fixed

 

[mind_faIl]

bump- dak is deffinatly around in the cook islands, just a case of knowing someone in the know?? (isnt it always) gram-ish bout $[snip]nzd. last i was there.- know the guy who is said too have planted marijuana first there.

p is not there- god i hope it never makes it there..im sure locals are happy not knowing anything about it.

chur bolos.

 

[TripppAR]

I just got back from FIJI a few weeks ago

amazing place

the best!


I got heaps of kava got well high all the time

also managed to get buds!

so yeh..thats the scene haha

 

[bobbydarren]

fiji - weed and kava

 

[ShitKebab]

I know about Fiji just a little as a friend goes there often.
Weed is everywhere and they are not afraid to smoke it openly at resorts or even sell it to westerners visiting popular resorts. Kava is used a lot for tradition, ceremonys and shows, which they like when westerners join in. Too bad Kava doesn't do anything but numb your mouth and taste like mud but it still looks fun jumping around yelling BULLA!

 

[bobbydarren]

Too bad Kava doesn't do anything but numb your mouth and taste like mud but it still looks fun jumping around yelling BULLA!

Because their rum and vodka is cheap (or was, i hear dictator guy put up taxes on everything) I was drinking a fair bit of that, in combination with kava.
I found the mix had speed like effects as far as making me much more talkative and sociable, and how words (shit?) just flowed from my mouth with such ease, never having to pause to think of the right word or what to say.

It was really easy to chat up hot backpacking chicks who I had just met. Alcohol alone doesnt' give me such confidence, so I really do think its' the mix. But perhaps it's just my brain that it works on like that.

 

[ShitKebab]

Also the more public ceremony/traditional shows they put on at resort areas, where they invite westerners to drink Kava they make from the roots and process into drinking sludge.. I am pretty sure they're using the crap that wasn't cultivated properly.

They banned kava kava here because of Aboriginal areas that didn't have access to hard liquor were using it to get off their heads. So obviously there must be doses which do something, but even my Nanna had Kava kava at Fiji and said it didn't do anything just tasted like crap and she gets fully pissed off half a glass of wine.

Every time I tried it it was placebo + numbing, and I tried various shops online and head shops and other sources. Never got anywhere, neither did anyone ever at any time get effects in our "drug crew" or whatever back then, and yes we prepared it all right.

Guess some people just get off on these mild legal herbs, they must or they wouldnt be for sale right?