The Straight Toke - THE Marijuana Blog

Julius:
The end of a joint... what do I call it? It can't be a roach-end without a roach, can it? It's not a cigarette, so it can't be a butt. So what do I call it? Thanks.

First, let's go over the terms, since their usage (and even their definition) varies from place to place.

Roach can mean either the end of a spliff or joint after most of it has been smoked or a small rolled-up piece of paper put into the end of a spliff to act as a rudimentary mouthpiece (and to prevent collapse).

Since weed doesn't come with a freshness date, how long will it last?

That depends on what you mean "last". Marijuana, when properly dried and packed, will last for quite some time before it starts to lose its potency. I know people who have smoked cannabis that was half a year old with no ill effects (and all the good effects were still there too ;-) .) Personally, I'd say that anything younger than that is a safe bet (assuming it's been stored in a clean, dry, sunlight-free place.) If it hasn't been stored well, or if you're not sure -- then proceed with caution.

Well, we're finally back (sorry about breaking that "back real soon" promise -- real life can be so annoying sometimes), and we're gonna be putting in a good bit of work over the next few days. The first task on our list was to fix the rather slow speed of the site.

If you've been browsing the site recently, you may notice that it seems faster. We just finished doing a lot of work on the layout code of this site, and have made quite a few optimizations along the way. We also profiled the hell out of the site, and have optimized a lot of other things behind the scenes.