"His work belongs in a museum."

May 3, 2014 7:09 AM

Afgoo_Head: mystery man of medical marijuana creates giant weed cigars. Interview: 1, 2, 3. (Weed porn, NSFW in some states.)
posted by xowie (14 comments total)

giant weed cigars

These three words instantly bring to mind a memory from my younger days, which I will relate here as quickly and economically as possible:

Nigeria, 1981.
With a group of strangers (excepting one friend, a young Nigerian who took me there) at a palm wine stand in the jungle near Benin City.
Each and every one of us with his/her own giant weed cigar to smoke.
I smoked mine: got insanely high.
Some weirdness ensued: a guy started railing against colonial history and white people in general.
The mood grew very tense and suddenly, as if on cue, everyone present got up and started leaving.
That included me and my friend. We jumped into his car and left.
There's more, involving stopping a little later by a jungle riverside, and my foolishly jumping into the river, which was moving WAY faster than I thought. But that's a story for another day.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:25 AM on May 3, 2014 [2 favorites]

flapjax; you should tell that story in Tree Comics format.

Does the medicine help cancer patients more when made into giant weed cigars? Or perhaps the giant weed cigar is better for MS patients? I'm curious to read more of the scientific studies on the medical advantages of the giant weed cigar delivery method.
posted by Nelson at 9:08 AM on May 3, 2014 [2 favorites]

This is basically what I always dreamed would happen when weed became legal.
posted by Jon_Evil at 11:32 AM on May 3, 2014

Also, both the artist and the interview have the writing style of very clever 9th graders, which is possibly just what that much weed does to you.
posted by Jon_Evil at 11:56 AM on May 3, 2014

This is basically what I always dreamed would happen when weed became legal I first saw a Cheech and Chong movie.
posted by 445supermag at 12:22 PM on May 3, 2014

I mean, this is basically Weed Pintrest.
posted by Jon_Evil at 12:43 PM on May 3, 2014 [1 favorite]

7 grams of marijuana, an eighth of a gram of butane hash oil and 2 grams of hash. It'll set you back at least $300.

This seems like a big waste of $300. I'm no reefer scientist, but you could probably achieve a similar high for far less money if you used wax, or one of those joints they engorge with oil, and if you did intend on spending that kind of money, you could probably get a good vaporizer for about $50 less and it's a lot better for your lungs (and I guess you can make edibles with the post-vape matter).

Of course, if somebody offered this to me for free...
posted by Redfield at 1:54 PM on May 3, 2014 [1 favorite]

Using butane to extract hash oil is idiotic.
posted by feralscientist at 2:10 PM on May 3, 2014 [1 favorite]

I guess I am just at a loss as to how to smoke something like this. I mean, why are there sticks poking out of it all over the place? I am such a square.
posted by Foam Pants at 3:18 PM on May 3, 2014 [1 favorite]

"I’ve always wanted to recreate a smokable replica of the Titanic..."

Whoa, man.
posted by jeweled accumulation at 3:24 PM on May 3, 2014

I guess I am just at a loss as to how to smoke something like this. I mean, why are there sticks poking out of it all over the place?

In the descriptions for some of them he talks about removing the stick right before smoking. So all those sticks translate into air vents in the final result.
posted by RobotHero at 4:48 PM on May 3, 2014 [1 favorite]

This seems like a big waste of $300. I'm no reefer scientist, but you could probably achieve a similar high for far less money if you used wax, or one of those joints they engorge with oil

Likewise, you could go to the liquor store and spend 10 dollars for a quart of 100-proof coffin varnish, or you could go to a fancy cocktail bar and spend much more on some beautiful, delicious drinks thoughtfully crafted by experts that may not even get you as drunk. This is very much about the experience of over-the-top, decadent stoner-dom.
posted by Jon_Evil at 4:57 PM on May 3, 2014

Jesus. I went to Colorado recently, and while I spent 6 months as a wake-n-baker 15 years ago, I've since only gotten paranoid and geeked out whenever I smoked. But since I was in the state, I figured I'd engage in some cannabis tourism. The 25% THC content strain the dispensary worker recommended knocked me puke-dizzy 5 minutes after one hit and I spent the next 3 hours grinding my teeth and holding my gut waiting it out.

I can't even look at these creations without feeling a little green again.
I'll stick with the booze, thanks.
posted by onehalfjunco at 5:25 PM on May 3, 2014

Weed is cool and all but this looks like a lot of work
posted by thelonius at 6:39 PM on May 3, 2014 [1 favorite]