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HASHISH! 2nd edition by Rob Clarke $35.95
342 pages, 70 color and 193 B&W photographs,
drawings, maps, charts, graphs and tables.
Includes Appendix, glossary, index, and bibliography
This is the new, updated edition, published in 2010. In this beautiful book, Rob Clarke, author of Marijuana Botany, illuminates the world of hashish. He first covers the history of hashish by describing the manufacture, consumption, and traditions of both ancient and contemporary hashish-making cultures. His serious study demystifies hashish and debunks long-held misconceptions. In clear, understandable terms, he discusses the ingredients that make up hashish, the biochemistry of its psychoactive constituents, and their actions in the body. Recipes for confections and a multitude of old and new smoking and vaporization devices are illustrated and evaluated.
A main thrust of Clarke's work is his introduction of high-tech manufacture via a number of basic to highly innovative sieving techniques for making extremely pure, potent hashish suitable for medicine as well as recreation. Hashish-making for home-growers using everyday kitchenware is illustrated, and this 2nd edition includes water-processing for commercial growers. All hashish-making techniques described are without chemicals. It's all here―everything you need to know to make, buy, or enjoy hashish. Edited by Mel Frank. Highly recommended for all Cannabis enthusiasts with loads of fascinating and useful information.
"Need an exotic hors d' oeuvre for Friends of the Library reception?Nepalese temple balls perhaps, or a delicate majoon ( a cannabis confection)?Just consult this lavishly illustrative compendium of all things hashish. Appealing to illicit substance consumers and history buffs alike, Clarke traces the history story from the earliest times to the present and describes methods of collecting cannabis resin and processing the gooey stuff into hashish." ― American Library Association, Booklist
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ... v
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION... ix
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION... xi
INTRODUCTION ... xv
Excerpt from IHCDR ... xxiv
PART I: HASHISH HISTORY ... 1
Introduction ... 1 ANCIENT HISTORY ... 6
Range of Spontaneous Growth of Cannabis ... 6
Theories of the Geographical Origin of Cannabis ... 8
China ... 9
Central Asia ... 10
South Asia ... 11
Origins Conclusion ... 15
Linguistics ... 15
Discovery of the Euphoric Properties ... 16
Early Cannabis Use for Euphoria ... 18
Scythia ... 18
South Asia—India and Nepal ... 24
Persia ... 26
Sheik Haidar and the Discovery of Hashish ... 28
The Hashishin—Legends of Early Hashish Consumption ... 30
The Mongols ... 33
Middle East and Mediterranean ... 34
Egypt ... 36
Lebanon ... 39
Turkey ... 40
Greece ... 40
Central Asia—Recorded History ... 41
Afghanistan ... 41
Turkestan ... 44
HASHISH AS AN INHALANT ... 49
Incense Makers ... 51
Advent of Hashish Smoking—Tobacco and Hashish ... 53
EARLY HASHISH TRADE ... 54
HASHISH!
MOROCCO ... 57
Politics and Hashish in Morocco ... 57
EARLY WESTERN HASHISH HISTORY ... 58
North America versus Europe—Marijuana versus Hashish ... 58
HISTORY CONCLUSION ... 60
PART II: HASHISH-MAKING ... 61
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS HASHISH? ... 61
HAND-RUBBING ... 62
The Basic Principles of Hand-Rubbing ... 64
Gathering Resin Glands ... 64
Removal of Resin from the Hands ... 67
"Milking" Plants ... 69
Hand-Rubbing Conclusion ... 71
Sieving ... 72
Linguistics and Terminology ... 72
The Basic Principle ... 73
Ancient Methods of Sieved Collection ... 74
Resieving ... 76
Modern Resieving Techniques ... 77
Sieving and Commercial Hashish ... 78
Finer Points of Sieving ... 78
Sieving Conclusion ... 80
PRESSING AND STORING ... 80
Pressing ... 81
Hand-Pressing Versus Mechanical-Pressing ... 81
Pressing with Heat and Moisture ... 84
Storage and Potency ... 86
Decomposition Versus Aging ... 90
Pressing and Storing Conclusion ... 92
HASHISH OIL ... 92
HASHISH-MAKING CONCLUSION ... 94
PART III: HASHISH CULTURES ... 97
OVERVIEW ... 97 SOUTH ASIA ... 98
India ... 100
Himachal Pradesh ... 102
Punjab ... 105
Kerala ... 105
Nepal ... 106
Kashmir ... 111
South Asia Conclusion ... 112
CENTRAL ASIA ... 113
Afghanistan ... 115
Afghan Politics and Hashish ... 117
Afghani Cannabis ... 122
Cultivation ... 127
Harvest ... 128
Afghani Hashish Manufacture ... 128
Modern Versus Traditional Afghani Hashish ... 130
Traditional Afghan Pressing ... 134
Hashish Smoking in Afghanistan ... 139
Price Increases ... 144
Afghanistan Conclusion ... 145
Pakistan ... 146
Pakistani Hashish Manufacture ... 147
Turkestan ... 148
Turkestanian Hashish Manufacture ... 149
Central Asia Conclusion ... 152 MIDDLE EAST ... 152
Lebanon ... 153
Cannabis Cultivation ... 153
Resin Powder Collection ... 156
Lebanese Hashish Manufacture ... 159 Lebanese Hashish Smoking ... 161
Lebanon Conclusion ... 164
Egypt ... 164
Turkey ... 166
Greece ... 169
Iran and Iraq ... 172
Syria ... 173
Balkan States ... 174
Middle East Conclusion ... 174
MOROCCO ... 175
Traditional Kif Smoking ... 176
The Origins of Moroccan Hashish Production ... 179
Modern Moroccan Hashish Production ... 180
Cultivation in Morocco ... 184
Harvest ... 187
Cultivation Influences on Quality ... 190
Commercial Influences on Cultivation ... 193
Hashish Manufacture ... 193
Threshing and Vibration ... 194
Characteristics of Moroccan Resin Powder ... 194
Smoking Moroccan Hashish ... 196 Morocco Conclusion ... 198
HASHISH!
MINOR PRODUCTION AREAS ... 198 HASHISH CULTURES CONCLUSION ... 199
PART IV: CONSTITUENTS AND QUALITY OF HASHISH ... 201
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS IN HASHISH? ... 201 Hashish Constituents (Ingredients and Contaminants) ... 201 Contaminants and Adulterants ... 209
Contaminants ... 209
Adulterants ... 210
DETERMINING HASHISH QUALITY ... 212 Resin Extraction Ratios and Percentages ... 213 Physical Tests ... 213 Chemical Analysis ... 219
Varietal Differences in Cannabinoid Content ... 219
Hashish Quality Data ... 221
Quality Control During Manufacture ... 221 Moroccan Hashish Quality ... 221 Influences on Moroccan Hashish Quality ... 222 Lebanese Resin Powder Quality ... 224
Afghani Resin Quality ... 225
| Determing Quality Conclusion ... 225 AVAILABILITY OF HIGH-QUALITY HASHISH, PAST AND RECENT ... 226 CONSTITUENTS AND QUALITY CONCLUSION ... 236 PART V: CONSUMPTION OF HASHISH ... 237 INTRODUCTION ... 237 HASHISH HIGHS—EATING, SMOKING, AND VAPORIZING ... 238 What Is High? ... 238 Eating Versus Smoking ... 239 Historical Perspective ... 239 Overview of Cannabinoids —Chemical and Physiological Explanation of Effects ... 241 Efficiency of Eating Versus Smoking ... 249 Introduction to Eating Hashish ... 249 The Effects of Eating Hashish ... 251 Extraction and Activation of THC ... 260 Tinctures ... 260 Recipes and Confections ... 261 Majoon ... 261 No-Bake Fudge and Majoon Recipes ... 263 Introduction to Hashish Smoking ... 264 Effects of Hashish Smoking ... 265 Smoking Hashish Versus Marijuana ... 267 Methods of Smoking Hashish ... 268 Smoking Hashish Blended with Tobacco Versus with Marijuana ... 268 Smoking Efficiency ... 270 Smoking Techniques ... 271 Pipe Smoking ... 271 Pipe Styles Around the World ... 272 Direct Delivery ... 272 Chillums ... 272 Kif Pipes ... 274 Western Low-Volume Pipes ... 275 Water-Cooled Delivery ... 275 Hookahs, Hubble-Bubbles, Chillums, and Narghiles ... 277 Earth Pipes ... 277 Bongs ... 281 Western Water Pipes ... 282 Mixed-Air Delivery ... 282 Carburetor Pipes ... 282 Side-Stream Smoking—Snake and Captive Snake ... 283 Hashish Cigarettes ... 284 Pure Hashish—the Perfect Hashish Joint ... 284 Blending with Tobacco or Marijuana ... 284 Conclusions: Pipe Versus Water Pipe Versus Snake Versus Joint ... 285 Vaporizing Hashish ... 285 Introduction to Hashish Vaporizing ... 285 Innovations in Vaporizing Hashish ... 286 Vaporizing Techniques ... 288 Direct Delivery ... 289 Glass Hash Oil Pipe ... 289 Water-Cooled Delivery of Hashish Vapors ... 290 Steam Pipe ... 290 Paint Stripper with a Water Pipe ... 291 Mixed-Air Delivery and Side-Stream Vaporization ... 291 Hot Knife ... 291 Captured-Vapor Devices ... 292 The Tilt ... 292 The Eagle Bill Vaporizer ... 293 Vaporizing Conclusion ... 293 HASHISH HEALTH AND MEDICAL USE ... 293 Introduction ... 293 Historical Indications and Contemporary Use ... 294 CONCLUSION—SUMMARY OF VARIOUS METHODS OF CONSUMING HASHISH ... 299 PART VI: HIGH-TECH HASHISH-MAKING ... 301 INTRODUCTION ... 301 IMPROVEMENTS ON ANCIENT METHODS AND MODERN INNOVATIONS ... 301 |
HASHISH! THE BASICS OF HIGH-TECH RESIN SEPARATION ... 302 CHARACTERISTICS OF RESIN FROM OUTDOORS, GLASSHOUSES, AND GROW-ROOMS ... 303 REMOVAL OF RESIN GLANDS BY VIBRATION ... 304 Threshing with Vibrating and Rotating Sieves ... 306 Sonication ... 306 SEPARATION BY SIEVING ... 307 Cleaning the Starting Material ... 307 "Dust 'n' Dirt"—Archenemies of Hashish Makers ... 307 Fastest Sieving Technique ... 308 Bulk Sieving Versus Selective Sieving ... 309 Resieving—Removing Small Debris ... 311 Bulk and Selective Resieving ... 311 Soft Sieving—Removing Similar-Sized Debris ... 313 Making the Best Possible Sieved Hashish ... 313 Sieving in Humid Conditions ... 316 Making High-Quality Moroccan ... 317 Sieve Types ... 318 The Resin Heaven ... 319 Screen Printing Sieves ... 319 Ultimate Sieving Equipment ... 320 Precision Sizing Sieves ... 320 Ultrasonic Sieves ... 327 HOLLAND'S HIGH-TECH HASHISH ... 329 SIEVING EFFICIENCY ... 331 Concentration of THC in Hashish ... 334 SEPARATION BY DENSITY ... 334 Water Extraction ... 334 Sadu Sam's Secret ... 334 Baba Bob's Aqua-X-tractor ... 337 CONCLUSION ... 338 Water Extraction for Home and Bulk Production AFTERWORD ... 342 APPENDIX ... 343 GLOSSARY ... 367 BIBLIOGRAPHY—REFERENCES ... 375 INDEX ... 381 |
Marijuana Grower's Guide Deluxe, by Mel Frank $19.95
352 pages, 64 color and 160 B&W photographs,
charts, drawings, graphs, and maps.
Index and bibliography
This classic treatise, revered as the most comprehensive work ever published on marijuana, explains Cannabis botany, chemistry, history, and both indoor and outdoor growing. The clear, concise text and high-quality photographs, drawings, and color plates have appeared in college textbooks, slide lectures, and educational film. The Deluxe is the first book every gardener should read for getting to know the Cannabis plant. Understanding marijuana's life cycle, growing requirements, and environmental influences such as the photoperiod are the keys to successful growing by anyone, anywhere, anytime.
"... an extremely clear and interesting essay in practical horticulture, as accessible a study of a single plant, at this high level of seriousness as one is likely to find." ―New York Times Book Review
"This is a very wise and masterful book about marijuana as a plant which needs attention. If it wasn't marijuana the book would find a welcome place on a flower-fern grower's shelf and most certainly will
appeal to professional and amateur botanists."
―West Coast Review of Books
Foreword
Preface
Part I. General Information about Cannabis
Chapter 1. History and Taxonomy of Cannabis
Cannabis and Ancient History
Cannabis and American History
Cannabis: Species or Varieties
Chapter 2. Cannabinoids: The Active Ingredients of Marijuana
Cannabinoids and the High
Resin and Resin Glands
Production of Cannabinoids by Cannabis
Cannabis Chemotypes
Chapter 3. Before Cultivation Begins
Choosing Seeds
Cannabis Life Cycle
Photoperiod and Flowering
Inherent Variations in Potency
Cultivation: Indoors or Outdoors?
Part II. Indoor Gardening
Chapter 4. Introduction
Chapter 5. Artificial Light
Fixtures
Sources
Setting Up the Garden
Electricity
Chapter 6. Soil and Containers for It
Pots and Other Containers
Properties of Soil Preparing Commercial Soils and Mixes
Buying Soil Components
Digging Soil
Growing Methods
Chapter 7. Maintaing the Correct Environment
Requirements for Germination
Light Cycle and Distance of Lights from Plants
Water
Air
Humidity, CO2
Chapter 8. Gardening Techniques
Thinning
Transplanting
Supports for Plants
Uniform Growth
Pruning
Training
Chapter 9. Nutrients and Fertilizing
Nutrients
Application: Fertilizing
Nutrient Deficiencies
Soilless Mixtures
Chapter 10. Diseases and Plant Pests
Mirobial Diseases
Nutrient Diseases
Plant Pets
Chapter 11. Maintenance and Restarting
Part III. Outdoor Cultivation
Chapter 12. Choosing a Site
Where to Grow
Light
Chapter 13. Soil
Types of Soil
Humus and Composts
Texture pH Fertilizers
Techniques for Preparing Soils
Guerilla Farming
Chapter 14. Planting and Transplanting
When to Plant
Preparing to Sow
Germination
Transplanting
Chapter 15. Caring for the Growing Plants
Weeding
Watering
Thinning
Staking
Pruning
Gardening Tips
Chapter 16. Insects and Other Pests
Biological Control Chemical Insecticides Common Pests Vertebrate Pests
Part 1V. Flowering, Breeding, and Propagation
Chapter 17. Genetics and Sex in Cannabis
Flowering
Sexual Variants in Cannabis
Sexing the Plants
Sinsemilla
Chapter 18. Propagation and Breeding
Producing Seeds
Producing Female Seeds
Breeding
Cuttings (clones)
Grafting
Polyploids
Chapter 19. Effects of the Environment on Potency
Stress
Nutrients
Part V. Harvesting, Curing, and Drying
Chapter 20. Harvesting
Harvesting During Growth: Leaves and Growing Shoots
Male Plants
Harvesting Female Buds
Weather
Potency and Decomposition
Timing the Harvest
Final Harvest.
Chapter 21. After the Harvest
Stripping
Grading and Manicuring
Curing Drying
Fermentation
Storage
Bibliographic Notes
Index
Marijuana Grower's Insider's Guide by Mel Frank $19.95
380 pages, 235 B&W Photographs, drawings,
THC graphs, tables, and maps. Indexed
In the Insider's Guide's Mel clearly explains the how-to for indoor gardeners, while blending authoritative knowledge with homespun experiences to advise greenhouse and backyard organic gardeners. By providing examples and a solid understanding of what successful growing requires, Mel offers options for every grower to fit their individual situations and goals. The step-by-step text and illustrative graphics safely guide novices to professional results. The Insider covers it all, from planting to breeding your own. It is the best guide book for beginners while coupling sage advice for experienced growers.
"This is the definitive guide to growing marijuana." ―High Times
"If ever a subject had a definitive work, this book is it." ―The Tab
Preface
Author’s Acknowledgment
Author’s Note
Use of Registered Trademarks
Part I: ABOUT THE MARIJUANA PLANT
Chapter 1:
Introduction to Cannabis
Before Cultivation Begins
Part II: HOW TO GET STARTED
Chapter 2:
Electric Lights for Plant Growth
Primary Light Source
Supplemental Lights
Types of Bulbs & Light Spectrum
Buying Supplies
Chapter 3:
Setting Up an Indoor Growing Room
What Size Light System
Hanging the Light System
Hid Reflectors & Light Balancers
Fluorescent Setups
Reflectors for Room & Lights
Electricity & Safety Measures
Chapter 4:
Photoperiod
Chapter 5:
Electric Light Garden Strategies
Shelf Gardening
Chapter 6:
Natural Light Gardens
Chapter 7:
Greenhouses and Outdoor Plots
Setting Up a Greenhouse
Outdoor Plots
Part III: Soil and Hydroponic Mixtures
Chapter 8:
Pots and Containers
Chapter 9:
Soil and Hydroponic Mixtures
Fertility or Nutrients
pH: Acidity or Alkalinity
Hydroponics
Buying Soil
Buying Hydroponic Components
Mixing the Growing Medium
Potting the Growing Medium
Part IV: Starting the All-Important Seed
Chapter 10:
Selecting a Variety to Grow
Choosing Varieties to Grow
Chapter 11:
Starting the Seeds
Germination
Setting Light Cycle
Setting Light Distance From Plants
Part V: Care and Problem Solving
Chapter 12:
Watering
Chapter 13:
The Air
Negative-Ion Generators
Temperature
Humidity
Carbon Dioxide
Chapter 14:
Fertilizing & Nutrients
Nutrient Deficiencies
Chapter 15:
General Care
Supports for Plants
Thinning
Transplanting
Promoting Even Growth
Chapter 16:
Control of Insects and Pests
Biological Controls
Fungal Diseases
Part VI: Flowering
Chapter 17:
Preflowering: Is it Male or Female?
Sexing the Plants
Chapter 18:
Marijuana Flowers
Male Flowers
Female Flowers
Hermaphrodites
Sinsemilla
Part VII: Breeding and Propagation
Chapter 19:
Clones
Chapter 20:
Breeding
Supplying and Storing Pollen
General Breeding & Hybridizing
Part VIII: The Reward
Chapter 21:
Potency
Chapter 22:
Harvesting
Harvesting Leaves & Shoots
Harvesting Males
Harvesting Seeded Buds
Harvesting Sinsemilla
Part IX: After the Harvest
Chapter 23:
Rejuvenation
Chapter 24:
Preparing Your Pot
Manicuring
Drying
Grading
Storing
Chapter 25:
After the Harvest
Chapter 26:
Some Final Words to Growers
Index
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