DIY: Hash/Hashish

Hash is a very potent cannabis product. It is THC in one of its highest concentrated forms and very little is needed to have you feeling its effects. It is made using the pollen or kief or trichromes of the cannabis plant and forming it into a solid mass. It is then easier to burn and a lot more potent than the buds are. There are many, many different ways of making hash, each producing a slightly different type and quality of hash. Today I am just going to go over simple "5-minute hash". Now don't let the name "5-minute hash" fool you. I had someone pass out right after a hit of it and smash right through a glass table. Know your limits and take little bits at a time.

Where do you get the kief? The easiest way is to get a 4 piece grinder with a keif catcher chamber in the very bottom. As you grind your herb and move the contents about, it will naturally lose some of the kief and it will then collect in the bottom chamber. In addition to that, many people add nickels or small items of similar weight and size into the herb chamber of the grinder and shake it up a bit to knock even more kief off.

What you need:

• Kief
• Small pot of water 
• Foil 
• Wax paper or heat resistant plastic baggie
• Hard book or other hard object to press

Step 1: Get the kief collected and put it into a foil/wax pouch Seal well!
Step 2: Bring a pot of water on the stove to a boil.
Step 3: Dip bag into the boiling water( holding it with tongs) for about 7-15 seconds. Then take it out.
Step 4: Immediately after you take the hash out put it under a book and squish it.
Step 5: Repeat this as many times as you want depending on how pressed you want it.
Step 6: Take out the hash from the bag and there you will have a little hash patty :)
Step 7: Waving foil pouch quickly over open flame and repeating steps 4 & 5 until desired consistency is reached

How to Roll a Dutch/Blunt: Intermediate-Advanced Level

You've all probably seen my beginner's guide to rolling a joint so now it's time for me to show you how to roll what is commonly referred to as a blunt or a dutch. This is not for the dexterity challenged. This is a skill that comes with lots and lots of practice. People often buy cheap cigars like Dutch Masters and essentially gut out the tobacco and replace it with cannabis and re-roll it into a cigar. This can also be done with cured cannabis leaves (not the flower part you smoke) as a substitute for the tobacco leaves used in the cigar wraps. I feel the high from these is pretty intense usually and finishing one on your own may take several attempts.

Materials needed:

• Ground cannabis
• Cigar (Dutch Master)
• Scissors (optional)

First start out by thoroughly licking the cigar to loosen the outer leaf. Then find the edge of the tobacco leaf on the outer layer of the cigar. It's usually much easier to find on the round end of the cigar. Once leaf is removed, keep moist and to the side.

Now you remove the "cancer paper," as many refer to it, or in other words, remove the extra piece of paper around the rounded end as seen in the photo.

Now it's time to focus on the rest of the cigar. Locate the seam of the wrap as indicated here and split right down the center. Dispose of tobacco inside the cigar.

Then tear off the overlap of the old seam and tear (or cut with scissors) off that bottom bit that the "cancer paper" was on and you should be left with something similar to the picture to the left.

 Now it's finally time to add your ground cannabis and make sure you spread it evenly.

Grasp the paper in your fingers as pictured (use both hands) and roll the paper (in a motion similar to rubbing your fingers together) a couple times to form the cannabis into a neat cylinder that fits inside the paper. Once you've done that, roll it and tuck the one end of the paper under and continue to roll the paper to the last milimeters of paper. Lick the last bit of paper to help seal the blunt and roll it shut.

Once rolled and sealed in the first layer place it on an angle against the leaf (make sure it is still moist) and simply roll it up.

If the leaf is too moist you can run it under a flame quickly. You may also trim edges to cut excess paper. Most of all, enjoy and smoke responsibly!