Smoking weed in the 1960s/70s

dthfromabv79

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I always look back around this time and wonder how people smoked back in this era. I know they had bongs, but did they have glass on glass? Did they smoke blunts? Joints are a given. How about gravity bongs? I'm just wondering when all these popular methods gained popularity. I would think people used to only use acrylic/bamboo bongs, pipes, or joints. I am probably generalizing but if any old timers are on here want to pipe in that would be awesome.

I'm pretty :eyesmoke: right now so I hope this all made sense.
 

Mr.Therapy Man

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I started in 1976 and we had pipes and bongs.My favorite thing was a power hitter and Ive not seen one of those in a while.....................peace
 

panhead

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No fancy smoking devices in the 60's except for power hitters & toke stones,even if fancy & expensive smoking devices were made in that era they would have never have sold or caught on as mainstream,the 60's & 70's were a whole different era ,the act of getting high was very common & much more of a communal activity then the secretitive activity that it is nowdays.

A pound of weed was around $300 & log's of opium the size of fidel castros cigar could be bought all day for $100 so there was no need to mix with tobacco & flavor with blunt wraps,the smoking methods currently in action would not have flew in the 60's or 70's.
 

Wavels

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Wow I forgot about power hitters...A plastic squeeze bottle into which one would place a lit joint and then squeeze the smoke out of it....these were great because you could throw them across a room to your fellow smokers.
Back in those days I would smoke on the job...I worked in a small manufacturing plant and we could toss them up and down the scaffolding so everyone could get a robust hit, back and forth...ahh the fun we had..hahaha!

Smoked massive quantities of columbian gold and wacky weed...
 

Mr.Therapy Man

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Chitown.... a power hitter and a steam roller are two different things,a power hitter is a plastic can that blows shotguns by sqeezing the sides, steamrollers came along in late late 70s,anyhow way before your time and still should be for sale somewhere,it was too good of product not to be replicated.....peace
 

PoBox123

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I still have my Toke Master, I have the original base, plunger, Stem and Bowl. How about that!?! I bought it in 1974 for $25.00. It was the coolest bong I had ever seen. I keep it in a Levi's 501 pant leg That i cut off to make a pair of shorts.

Damn! That was a long time ago!!!
 

kevin

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the power hitters were awsome, and the pocket stones everyone kept in their pocket, the best roach clip in the world.
 

Mr.Therapy Man

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Do any of you guys believe weed is stronger today than back then.I dont know what you smoked but my columbians and mexicans blew this hybrid bullshit thats around today away.Ive got some redbud that would make you laugh for hours,now it just seems like you get tired off whats out there now.....
 

PoBox123

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Do any of you guys believe weed is stronger today than back then.I dont know what you smoked but my columbians and mexicans blew this hybrid bullshit thats around today away.Ive got some redbud that would make you laugh for hours,now it just seems like you get tired off whats out there now.....

I agree 100%. I bought redbud in 1972-75

$20.00 a lid!! LMAO!!!!!

I had a fit when it went to $40.00 for a four finger bag. :lol:
 

ganjaluvr

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hehehe... I find this kind of subject interesting. As I was brought up by an Italian family.. I was taught to treat my elders with the respect that they deserve you know.

I find it interesting talking with older people. I was born in the early 80's some time. I miss the 80's too. Seems that back then we didn't have all the chaos that we have in todays society.

So yeah i really find it interesting listening or talking with the older generations. They need to be at least 20yrs older than I am.. other wise.. it just not as interesting. :)

*yawn*... I was also taught to respect the ladies. But hell... those days are gone really. But I'm still old school like that... I don't hit on my girl.. or treat them like crap.

But hell, it's almost like in today's society... it seems almost like there are almost as more player "ladies" playing US (men).. then there are men playing the ladies.

It's crazy. I'd like to find me an old school type of chick one day. Hell, im in my late twenties. It's getting to get to be about the time in my life... jeeeez im fucking lit.

this bud's the bomb...

I gotta go.

Peace everyone.
Try and have a fun filled Sunday! peace...:sleep:
 

curious old fart

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Started smoking in the late 60's and am still using the same style of gear today that I did then. Papers, pipes and bongs. I once had a ceramic bong-merlin the magician-that I thoroughly enjoyed for many years until it was accidentally broken. Since paraphanalia is illegle in my part of the country, it is hard to acquire good gear. I'm currently using glass pipes.

peace
cof
 

panhead

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Any of the other geezers here remember gtting caught holding dope then having the cops make them dump the dope on the ground before letting them go free with a warning ?

I got searched and they found about an ounce of weed & a huge log of black tar opium & all they made me do was to hand over the goodies which the cop stuffed in his shirt pocket then split leaving me standing there looking stupid.

Another time i got popped for drivng like a fool by the Big 4 unit in Detroit,the big 4 squad was 4 monster cops to a car & when they stopped you it was rare to walk away without them beating everybody down to teach you a lesson ,the cops searched us & found a ton of shit,we had assloads of weed,hash,opium,acid as well as an entire bottle full of L714's that i had just got from my doctor,the cop pocketed the lude's & made us dump out the rest of the goodies & grind it in the dirt with our boots.

For me the 70's were way better than the 60's beacuse drugs were very close to being accepted as harmless & the legal system wasnt about taking everything you own over a few joints.
 

Hayduke

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Any of the other geezers here remember gtting caught holding dope then having the cops make them dump the dope on the ground before letting them go free with a warning ?

I got searched and they found about an ounce of weed & a huge log of black tar opium & all they made me do was to hand over the goodies which the cop stuffed in his shirt pocket then split leaving me standing there looking stupid.

Another time i got popped for drivng like a fool by the Big 4 unit in Detroit,the big 4 squad was 4 monster cops to a car & when they stopped you it was rare to walk away without them beating everybody down to teach you a lesson ,the cops searched us & found a ton of shit,we had assloads of weed,hash,opium,acid as well as an entire bottle full of L714's that i had just got from my doctor,the cop pocketed the lude's & made us dump out the rest of the goodies & grind it in the dirt with our boots.

For me the 70's were way better than the 60's beacuse drugs were very close to being accepted as harmless & the legal system wasnt about taking everything you own over a few joints.
Damn, what a difference! I started smoking in '83 and vaguely remember a few cops like this and the stories of my friends older brothers who we smoked with...then came Miami Vice, and the Reagan's Drug War.:sad:

Nice to hear guys older than me smoked bongs...it always seemed the older kids only smoked joints. And smoking stones are the best roach clip!

The best power hitters IMO were the real soft ones with the raised cannabis leaf centered on the carb hole...they were very "football" shaped and tossed nice! In the 80's I had a "Big Hit" that was a more rigid plastic bottle with a metal stem in the screw on cap...it was great to squeeze the big hits from a foot away from your mouth and inhale the smoke stream:clap: good times!

Four finger bags! haha! Not old enough for a real "lid" The 4 finger was about a quarter and was $15...one good lawn mowing job!

:leaf::peace::leaf:
 

Wordz

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I started in 1976 and we had pipes and bongs.My favorite thing was a power hitter and Ive not seen one of those in a while.....................peace
I worked with this old hippy and he brought one one day. It's like a squeeze bottle you put a joint into the end and let it pull the hit then you squeeze it into your lungs. it was pretty cool only time I've ever seen one. `
 

bobtokes

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Any of the other geezers here remember gtting caught holding dope then having the cops make them dump the dope on the ground before letting them go free with a warning ?

I got searched and they found about an ounce of weed & a huge log of black tar opium & all they made me do was to hand over the goodies which the cop stuffed in his shirt pocket then split leaving me standing there looking stupid


shit you guys were lucky back in the 70s in the uk if you were caught with any gear you were off to court the police would take most of your stash the bit they didnt take for themselves youd get done for and it would make the local paper
the gear was sweet in those days mostly sativar i can taste it now mmm
 
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