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Coffeeshop
Tour" Strange But True corner: 28 May 2003: New legislation banning smoking in public places means people buying joints from coffeeshops have to go outside to smoke them !! 7 July 2003: New report states that regular users of strong cannabis are 7 times more likely to develop mental illness. General E-mail Replies: "The terminology and construction of Joints/Doobies/Spliffs - call them what you will ! " "America & Britain: 2 nations divided by a common language" (George Bernard Shaw) (liberally quoted !) 1. Method mainly favoured in USA: Take one cigarette paper. (Kingsize in Texas?) Fill with weed, lick, light, inhale deeply. Sorted. (B.Clinton, Washington: Note: You have to inhale - this is why you aint getting stoned) 2.Basic British Joint: Take 3 standard cigarette papers and stick them together like this:
A king-size paper can be used for a smaller joint. Make a roach ** out of thin rolled cardboard, about 1/2 " inch wide and 1" long, insert into"3" -ensuring it connects with the tobacco. Twist off the other end, adjust, light, inhale deeply. Smoke down to about 3/4" of the roach. Sorted. Sometimes, (more usually in Amsterdam !!) the tobacco gets left out and is replaced wholly by Weed - size is retained - and maybe some Hash is aded as well. Known as a "Neat One" or "A wrecker". **In USA, "Roach" in this context usually means the unsmokeable remainder of the single paper joint/doobie. The Dutch have a variation on the above, they insert the "roach" BEFORE rolling the tobacco and hash/weed, their joints are buildt to be coned shape, tapering towards the roach end. (The Euro Joint ?) You can buy pre-rolled Dutch style joints in many Coffeeshops with or without Tobacco -they sometimes even come pre-packaged in little plastic cone shaped tubes or "Bubble Pack" These joints are rolled by machines at a rate of 110 (or more) a minute. Joints in Coffeeshops are shared by groups of friends, they are not generally passed around the room. Many Dutch will roll a joint just for themselves, this lessens the possibility of contracting things like Colds or Influenza. Many staff in coffeeshops do not accept joints for much the same reason - and because they have job to do and wish to remain focussed. YES:You can smoke weed/hash bought elsewhere in any coffeeshop - but you must buy a drink. NO: There is no hard sell, quite apart from advertising in any way being a major breach of the Coffeeshops Licence, selling a bag of weed in a Coffeeshop is much the same as selling cigarettes in a Tobacconist: no need to promote it, it sells itself. YES: Non-Cannabis smokers are welcome in Coffeeshops -everyone is too stoned to notice you are not smoking weed or hash. But you must buy a drink, of course. Smartshop/Headshops: Getting some mail on buying mushrooms "`shrooms". Lots of Smartshops appearing in Amsterdam selling Pipes, Bongs, `shrooms etc. Amsterdam Coffeeshop Directory has a section on these shops. Want to know more about Amsterdammers? Learn some really cool & useful dutch phrases !! Or how about learning to run your own Coffeeshop ?
Please, Don`t send me e-mails asking how much spending money you need to take with you or ask for budgets broken down into accommodation, food, etc. How long is "a piece of string" ? I cant possibly predict how much you are going to spend.My advice is to take as much money as you can in cash & travellers cheques and a Credit or Bank ATM card as backup. I reckon bare minimum for the Budget travellers, prepared to stay in a hostel, €50 a day but it can probably done on less.
 
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Fill across with tobacco from join of "3" with "1" and "2",
up to 1/2" in diameter, (About
the size of a slim Cigar, Bill)
Lick
the whole length of the joint and seal down.