Smoking habits & costs

[زده کوونکی]

I don't mean to turn this place into Grasscity but come on, its quite boring and don't act like you don't light up at least once in a while...

So how much does your habit cost you? As we all know things cost a lot more in the West. Those in Afghanistan or Pakistan can enjoy better quality at a fraction of price - not to mention how much cheaper cigarettes are back home.

These days, since I found out how to obtain it, I opt for the best quality, which, in my opinion, happens to be Chars e Shirak e Mazar Gold Seal A+++ originating in Balkh. It costs GBP 100/ for 7 grams, which if I really want, I can finish within 4 days but I usually try to get enough for the week.

On the same level as da Mazar Chars, are other hashes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal. But nothing else even comes close. Not the stuff in Amsterdam, nor the medical grade from California. Moroccan hash is weak and herbal cannabis cannot compete with resin.

Sure, herbal marijuana is cheaper but real charas will always be worth the money.

[maneatinglizard]

Go away shameless charsi.

People who are proud of their bad habits are annoying. If you’re going to waste your time and money on chars, do it on your own. Don’t parade it around to the world like you deserve a medal for it.

You’re like those white guys at professional offices who brag about how much porn they watch. As if anyone else cares to know about that.

[زده کوونکی]

Go away shameless charsi.

People who are proud of their bad habits are annoying. If you’re going to waste your time and money on chars, do it on your own. Don’t parade it around to the world like you deserve a medal for it.

You’re like those white guys at professional offices who brag about how much porn they watch. As if anyone else cares to know about that.

Da sta pa stargo ki haya da o ghanam rangi....

I'm a step ahead - I have actually starred in (amateur) porn btw

[SavageCurry]

Da sta pa stargo ki haya da o ghanam rangi....

I'm a step ahead - I have actually starred in (amateur) porn btw

Nobody cares about your gay life dude.i think you hoped to shock people with that lol

Gays got old and boring. Even transsexualism is no longer shocking.

[زده کوونکی]

Nobody cares about your gay life dude.i think you hoped to shock people with that lol

Gays got old and boring. Even transsexualism is no longer shocking.

Evidently not much has shock value any more.

But you people on a Pashtun website are supposed to be far more conservative than the Western(ized) people I interact with on a daily basis irl. I have never identified as "gay" and why would I? Its just humiliating tbh very few people of any race actually accept it - contrary to what the liberals want you to think. And to me, men who act feminine are annoying as hell. The "gay" identity is a modern Western construct, it does not exist in our original culture. "Transexualism" does exist tho but that is a different thing.

[Elite Pakhtun]

I don't mean to turn this place into Grasscity but come on, its quite boring and don't act like you don't light up at least once in a while...

So how much does your habit cost you? As we all know things cost a lot more in the West. Those in Afghanistan or Pakistan can enjoy better quality at a fraction of price - not to mention how much cheaper cigarettes are back home.

These days, since I found out how to obtain it, I opt for the best quality, which, in my opinion, happens to be Chars e Shirak e Mazar Gold Seal A+++ originating in Balkh. It costs GBP 100/ for 7 grams, which if I really want, I can finish within 4 days but I usually try to get enough for the week.

On the same level as da Mazar Chars, are other hashes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal. But nothing else even comes close. Not the stuff in Amsterdam, nor the medical grade from California. Moroccan hash is weak and herbal cannabis cannot compete with resin.

Sure, herbal marijuana is cheaper but real charas will always be worth the money.

I don't know. I don't do this stuff, but I have friends who do. They say Canadian herbal weed gets them far more stoned. The chars/hash is good, smoother, but the high isn't as intense.

I guess it's just a matter of quality. This friend will be smoking up some more when he visits Peshawar, apparently someone he knows has really good ****.

He says he's more in control with hash though. Herbal takes over and leaves him with little control.

[زده کوونکی]

I don't know. I don't do this stuff, but I have friends who do. They say Canadian herbal weed gets them far more stoned. The chars/hash is good, smoother, but the high isn't as intense.

I guess it's just a matter of quality. This friend will be smoking up some more when he visits Peshawar, apparently someone he knows has really good ****.

He says he's more in control with hash though. Herbal takes over and leaves him with little control.

Interesting perspective.

When I smoked Moroccan hash (in Spain, Amsterdam and in the UK) - that was indeed weak and herbal weed is a lot stronger every time.

Pakistani/Afghan/Nepalese/Indian hash is the opposite for me, no weed can compare - not Blue Cookies, not Gelato 41 and not even Purple OG Kush.

I prefer landrace varieties btw - not Western hybrid indoor strains.

Peshawari stuff is decent but quality is subjective because its commercial. They get the raw material (of various grades) from Tirah Maidan or other places and then press it using a machine - yes the Pekhawaris actually invented a hash machine!

If its "garda" you like - be sure to get the Awwal number.
In my experience, Peshawari is quite harsh on the throat.
Chitrali is really nice but very rare.
Kashmiri is also great.

Northern chars/shirak/sheera (such as from Chitral, Mazar, Turkistan, Chu-Ya, Kashmir, Nepal, Paravati, Manali etc.) are all hand-made.

[salman47]

You're getting ripped off dude!

[زده کوونکی]

You're getting ripped off dude!

Ha, I know. Can't do much about it tho

[salman47]

Ha, I know. Can't do much about it tho

Who's your seller btw? Where is he from(originally)?
I think you should go for a new vendor. Also check out the online black market, they got some cheap stuff.

P.S. Naswar is stronger than Chars.

[زده کوونکی]

Who's your seller btw? Where is he from(originally)?
I think you should go for a new vendor. Also check out the online black market, they got some cheap stuff.

P.S. Naswar is stronger than Chars.

In Pakistan, my guy is an Afridi based in Peshawar, if I want it in Islamabad, he takes the risk and comes via public transport (wagon etc.) and I pay a lot more than any of his other customers for that service.

In the UK, I've only just found out where to get chars. It's a young White guy and I have no idea how he gets or how much he pays but this mother****er has the real **** somehow - only bought it once so far but its all I'm going to buy from now on because its the best thing I've smoked in the UK until now.

Alpha Bay got shut down but the prices for chars where almost exactly the same there - only ordered an Afghan hash once from there, wasn't even as good as the one I get now. The problem is, the quality will never be as high as the ones back home because it deteriorates over time and travels a lot. The cheaper stuff, in my experience, is not half as good as the one I have atm.

The problem is, chars (or hash in general) is not common here, in the south of London, up North you can get hash but its **** quality. The green stuff is cheaper and available everywhere but not chars, most people who smoke the green thing over here have never even had the opportunity to try it. I asked many Afghans and Pashtuns as well but they didn't know either.

Most of the time, to save money, I get large quantities of very cheap marijuana (gaanja in Awadhi language) in compressed brick form (like chars but full of sticks and seeds) - it actually comes from Africa.

There are many types of marijuana available here but generally chars is very hard to find in London unless you know old White people because years ago, hash used to be common but now it isn't, "skunk" has largely replaced it.

Hahah I could use some naswar atm. Want to quit smoking but its too addictive. My uncle quit managed to quit naswar tho

[salman47]

Ha, I know. Can't do much about it tho

In Pakistan, my guy is an Afridi based in Peshawar, if I want it in Islamabad, he takes the risk and comes via public transport (wagon etc.) and I pay a lot more than any of his other customers for that service.

In the UK, I've only just found out where to get chars. It's a young White guy and I have no idea how he gets or how much he pays but this mother****er has the real **** somehow - only bought it once so far but its all I'm going to buy from now on because its the best thing I've smoked in the UK until now.

Alpha Bay got shut down but the prices for chars where almost exactly the same there - only ordered an Afghan hash once from there, wasn't even as good as the one I get now. The problem is, the quality will never be as high as the ones back home because it deteriorates over time and travels a lot. The cheaper stuff, in my experience, is not half as good as the one I have atm.

The problem is, chars (or hash in general) is not common here, in the south of London, up North you can get hash but its **** quality. The green stuff is cheaper and available everywhere but not chars, most people who smoke the green thing over here have never even had the opportunity to try it. I asked many Afghans and Pashtuns as well but they didn't know either.

Most of the time, to save money, I get large quantities of very cheap marijuana (gaanja in Awadhi language) in compressed brick form (like chars but full of sticks and seeds) - it actually comes from Africa.

There are many types of marijuana available here but generally chars is very hard to find in London unless you know old White people because years ago, hash used to be common but now it isn't, "skunk" has largely replaced it.

Hahah I could use some naswar atm. Want to quit smoking but its too addictive. My uncle quit managed to quit naswar tho

You should look for an Afghan vendor for chars, or order one online just like that dude who's selling you at inflated price.
I don't how you and my friends who smoke handle cigs. I tried one a few days ago(Camel, the hard type), it tasted very bad and I vomited a lot afterwards.

[زده کوونکی]

You should look for an Afghan vendor for chars, or order one online just like that dude who's selling you at inflated price.
I don't how you and my friends who smoke handle cigs. I tried one a few days ago(Camel, the hard type), it tasted very bad and I vomited a lot afterwards.

Afghan vendors in my area sell something very different. Wish I knew where exactly that guy is ordering from haha another annoying thing is that to buy online you need crypto-currency and since it keeps rising, me and my friends don't want to spend any lol.

Love Camels, I smoke them when abroad (hard to find the UK). Once you get used to it, you'll need it whether you like it or not. I personally hate smoking tobacco on its own and try my best to avoid it - not always possible. If I smoke a whole cigarette, I often feel sick after but what can I do? I need the nicotine. I've been smoking for 12 years - started when I was 12, am 24 now so time to quit has come. I need to get a vape as well

[Nekrofrost]

Never smoked **** and all but how much is the demand for our stuff among the people of the west?

[زده کوونکی]

Never smoked **** and all but how much is the demand for our stuff among the people of the west?

Well these days, its not as high as it once was (in the 1970s for example).
One of the main reasons for this is that during the last decades, Western White people developed (hybridized) many natural landrace varieties of the plant, which they have bread to become stronger, yield more, etc.

Among the older generation its still very much in demand but the whole market for these things in the UK has changed drastically in recent years and such products as those of AfPak are not widely available anymore.