Did ‘Thai sticks’ really come from Thailand. Was ‘Acapulco Gold’ really from Acapulco? Did ‘Panama Red’ really originate in Panama?
(Any one else have some other famous names of pot or hashish?)
I always thought that the pot coming to California was all from Mexico (yes, I know Acapulco is in Mexico) and that the fancy names were used to jack up prices.
What gives?
I’d imagine that much, if not most, of the pot consumed in California is grown there, as the northern counties are premier growing areas. Between the inferior potency of Mexican pot, and the increased border security since 9/11, even Mexican suppliers are finding it more profitable to grow in the US. Back in the '60s and '70s, though, it may have been as you say.
As for Thai stick and the classic strains, the most that can be said is that they were produced in the named areas at the time they got named. There first? Who knows? It’s certainly reasonable to speculate that the famous names did get used to market inferior products to the unwary – hell, they do that with Rolexes.
I remember smoking some distinct tasting dope in Massachusetts in the early '70s that the dealer said was from Michocan. I smoked some weed in the UK later that same year and commented that it tasted like the Michocan. The people I was smoking with looked at me in amazement and said that’s what it was.
So, not sure, but there was at least some consistency on the ‘labeling’.
ETA: So much for my chances of being on the Supreme Court.
Anybody else ever encounter Nepalese Temple Finger hash? A college buddy from Hawaii always had trick dope like that when he came back from summer vacation.
No help, but this thread reminds me of Marijuana World Tour by Jah Woosh!
(I bought it decades ago on vinyl, but couldn’t see it on the web anywhere to link to the actual song.)
Maui Wowie.
Matanuska Thunderfuck.
FWIW, in P.J. O’Rourke’s Holidays in Hell, he mentions passing by huge marijuana fields in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon which he says is the source for the famous hash described in the OP.
Damn! Beaten to it. That stuff was awesome weed.
Or so I’m told.
Puna Butter ( from a district on the Big Island ).
I only heard it spoken of in reverent whispers during sessions of fond remembrances.
I’m under the impression that most of the weed smoke in California comes from BC, reputed to grow some of the best weed in the world, and that it is traded pound for pound with cocaine going the other way.
Of course, this could all be old news, urban legend, or both…
Toledo Windowbox!
There’s a term I’ve not heard for a long time. But yes, Thai stick did originally come from Thailand. Specifically, as I recall, the Northeast, although maybe the North. See here.
Palo Verde Green*
Swampweed from the SE US (mostly grown in the Apalachicola National Forest, which is pretty much all swamp).
Kentucky Bluegrass was what we called the stuff that the guy from Kentucky always brought back with him in college. It really was kind of blue-ish.
*this is the name used for weed bought in cheap crappy apartment complexes hehe
In the UK it was known as Lebanese Gold in the 60s and definitely originated from the Lebanese area. (I used to know a guy who imported it). The other great favourite was Moroccan Black, also definitely from Morocco with most bricks bearing a palm tree stamp.
The one I suspect was a misnomer from that period was Tibetan Black, but wherever it was from that was some strong shit. Reportedly mixed with opium.
Nebraska No-High.
Many of these sound familiar but what the hell was the name of the stuff that Bill Clinton didn’t inhale?
Could have been anything. G-town is awash in greenery of varying qualities.
…So I’m told.
Micanopy Madness