Where to get weed

Can women smoke weed in India? Add caption Sure. Smoking, like virtually everything else in India, is predominantly a male pastime, but that doesn’t mean you won’t find 420-friendly women in India. In the major metropolitan areas where equality is finding its footing, you’ll find plenty of young ladies happy to toke in the right settings. Same goes for the beaches of Goa and Karnataka, where women both foreign and domestic congregate to relax a little.

Weed terminology in India First off: if we’re going to talk weed, you need to know your slang! Baba:  Slang for weed. Bhang:  The cannabis plant. Also the edible form of cannabis, usually made from Indica strains. Think  bhang lassi . Charras:  Hashish, usually hand-rubbed in India. Chillum:  Conical, pipe-like device used for smoking. Preparing a chillum is  quite the process ! Desi joint:  Joint/spliff made using the body of a pre-rolled cigarette. Rizlas:  Rolling papers. Rizlas can be found throughout the country, though king sized papers aren’t always easy to come by. Roach:  End of a joint, as well as the word to use when looking for filter papers for rolling. Shiva:  One of the major Hindu gods,  often associated with cannabis . Followers of Shiva can imbibe cannabis legally, as it’s considered a way of worshiping the god. Stuff:  Slang for weed. Tola:  10 grams.

Weed is everywhere in India… if you know where to look. Whether it’s babas puffing chillums on the roadside, smoky Shiva temples hidden away from the main drag, pungent wild cannabis growing in the mountains, or  bhang lassis   (legally) sold from grungy holes in the walls, weed is an integral part of India, try as the government does to deny it. It’s no coincidence that the Hindu Kush mountains inspired the name of the popular strain! Unfortunately, weed is also illegal in India, so there’s not much open discussion about it. A lack of information leads to misunderstanding, bad deals, and occasionally danger when drugs are involved. Let’s clear things up, shall we? Below is a guide to weed in India, based on the experiences of… a friend.