The background to the plant and the products: how hash is sieved in the Rif mountains, what terpenes are, how an activated carbon filter works and how CBD and THC differ.
Jack Herer was a military policeman and a Republican until he turned thirty. Then he wrote The Emperor Wears No Clothes, the book that made the world look at hemp with new eyes. This is the story of the Hemperor.
The final part of our series on the Hippie Trail: how seeds, smugglers, museums and ideas from the road east shaped the cannabis culture we see today, from Amsterdam to Uruguay.
Part four of our series on the Hippie Trail: how hash was made in the Himalayas, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Morocco, and how Mila Jansen, Frenchy Cannoli and others brought the craft to Europe.
Freak Street in Kathmandu, the licensed hash shops, charas from the Himalayas and the beaches of Goa. Part three of our series on the hippie trail.
How Afghan hash was made, the myth of Afghan Black, Chicken Street in Kabul and the Brotherhood of Eternal Love. Part two of our series on the hippie trail.
Sweden made THCA a narcotic on 14 July 2026, while the rules differ across the rest of Europe. What THCA is, why it was banned and why we never sold it.
The hippie trail ran from Europe via Istanbul and Kabul to India and Nepal from 1957 to 1979. The buses, the Pudding Shop, Lonely Planet and the culture along the way.
Why do some CBD oils taste of grass while others are almost neutral? How the carrier oil, ethanol or CO2 extraction and terpenes shape the taste.
How Moroccan hash is made in the Rif Mountains: sieving, pressing, what grades like 000 mean, the 2021 law and how to recognise good quality.
