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5 Ways You Can Consume CBD

by dope smoker on November 12, 2018

While anecdotal reports indicate therapeutic use and substitution for pharmaceuticals as the primary motives for hemp infused product use, many seem to overlook the fact that CBD is not restricted or bound to “ill health”. CBD (Cannabidiol) based products, have experienced a resurgence in many parts of the world during the course of the last few years and is hugely supported by individuals who embrace a Pro-Healthy-Ageing approach to well-being.

Cultivators and consumers alike marvel at CBD’s rich pharmacopoeia with an abundance of natural, organic and phytonutrients supplements, found only in pure, raw hemp extracts. The variety of products available today offers people more choices to find a CBD option and method of consumption that easily incorporates into, and aligns with, their individual health and lifestyle needs.

This is achieved with extractions that are manufactured and blended into oils, luxurious lotions, tempting edibles, and trendy vaporizers.

When being introduced to CBD, most people will lean towards a method that they are familiar with, can associate to and can easily incorporate into their daily schedules. Incorporating CBD oil into your daily diet (so to speak) need not be a daunting experience. For the Ageless has done all the homework for you. Now you simply choose whichever method suits you best.

1. CBD Oils

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One of the main reasons people choose CBD oils is due to its versatility. Pure full spectrum oils tend to be thick and viscous with a typical ‘hemp’ flavour. CBD oil easily blends with carrier oils like coconut oil and can be added to, well, just about anything really! Whether you choose to have it in your tea, to spruce up brownies or just add a couple of drops under your tongue, you will be sure to find the right product to suit your individual, lifestyle needs.

2. Edibles

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As mentioned, CBD oil is versatile and when it comes to culinary delights, the only thing missing will be your imagination. From peanut butter to brownies, CBD gummies, sweet treats and tea, are all on the menu. For this reason, edibles are ideal for those not too keen on the flavour associated with Hemp. Should you find your oil too thick for your pallet or a hassle to carry around, making your own capsules is a great option.

3. Sublingual

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The word sublingual may sound complicated but is really super simple. All it means is it goes under your tongue. The absorption process is through the mucous membranes; the oil is absorbed by the capillaries in the mouth, before being swallowed.

This means the oil will bypass the digestive system and liver, allowing the compounds to reach your bloodstream quickly. Most CBD oils are available in dropper bottles, to ensure accurate dosing when administering oils sublingually. This is a form of administration commonly used for a number of supplements taken by millions every day.

4. Topicals

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This method of application is widely used for isolated pain relief, and to address skin conditions. By interacting with cells that are nearby the surface, without ever entering the bloodstream you can still get the benefits of the oils without having to actually ingest them. Topical lotions and balms now form a part of many daily beauty regimes, especially for people who have sensitive skin.

5. Vaping

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In an almost ironic twist, many (previously) drug-dependent individuals refer to cigarettes, as the gateway drug, as opposed to Cannabis! For those who had “quit” for the 10th time, CBD e-liquid was the game changer. CBD e-liquids contain CBD oil, infused with Vegetable Glycerine (VG), or high-CBD concentrates that come in a surprising array of flavours that range from minty fresh to chocolate butterscotch and vaporizers themselves, range in size from a desktop, plug-in powered units, to small, battery-powered portable pens.

CBD Is Not Psychoactive

These are the five most commonly used ways to consume CBD and from a health, perspective is a very safe way to consume cannabis. Smoking is not the only way to consume and in addition CBD does not make give one the feeling of being high. CBD is not a psychoactive compound, unlike THC, but supplies your body with many health benefits.

Time to Take Effect

CBD delivered sublingually or via edibles can take up to 2 hours to feel the many health benefits, whether you are looking for relaxation or as a stress reliever. Taking CBD orally can extend the effects of CBD for up to 4 hours too. Vaping CBD is a much quicker method of delivery, the effects are felt instantly as this method is highly bioavailable (increased absorption rate in your blood stream) but may not last as long as when eaten or taken sublingually.

CBD Gaining Traction

A CBD product called Epidiolex has recently been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and now vetted by a respected government organisation for the medical properties to treat rare forms of epilepsy and related seizures of patients. The many benefits of CBD are piling up through thousands of peer-reviewed studies that have been completed. Up to 2000 studies have been vetted on PubMed and we are only in the beginning stages of CBD to be approved as a medical and health supplement.

The benefits of cannabis are undeniably promising and many people are starting to turn to CBD as a way for better health and wellness. When used in conjunction with a healthy diet, CBD can benefit your immune and nervous system and bring your body back into a balance. When your body is in balance, you will feel fewer aches, pains, headaches and feel rejuvenated and energized.

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Who are the best weed dealers on Dream Market?

by dope smoker on September 5, 2018

So if you’ve read my earlier article about how to buy cannabis online you’ll know that I have my favourite go-to guy on Dream. (Tor Link)

There are many other reliable vendors out there that also deserve a mention so I’ve put together a list of the top 5 dealers currently operating on Dream Market.

ShineybudsUK has built up an excellent reputation, if you want quality and reliability this is your man. He also has some very sexy products from the US in from time to time as well as other goodies.

I had a chat with a friend who also uses Dream Market a lot and some more names came up that we were both familiar with as well as some new ones.

It’s obviously straightforward to go and search people out yourself by examining the ratings on each dealer but perhaps this may save you some time.

Here’s the list we came up with and comments for each dealer.

If you go and log-in to Dream Market (Tor Browser is needed to open this link) and then just copy the name of the seller below to the search box at the top right-hand corner of the screen and then search and you’ll find their products and profiles so you can see for yourself.

1. ShineyBudsUK (4.97 out of 3200 ratings)

From my experience the gold standard in cannabis delivery. New strains regularly and always tremendous quality. Invariably next day delivery if ordered in time. Cannot fault the service.

2. Radarbreeder (4.97 out of 6400 ratings)

Radarbreeder is pretty good, excellent quality gear, quick delivery and usually has several new strains about.

3. DrugsIncUK (4.98 out of 2850 ratings)

Are great for high-quality bud, good flavours and a few quite unusual strains definitely worth checking out.

4. Rawsforlife (4.91 out of 4500 ratings)

Usually has a good selection of edibles, interesting hashes and some Spanish imports.

5. Marleys-shop (4.92 out of 760 ratings)

Does some good quality, clean and affordable Spanish bud.

6. ShadyOperations (4.97 out of 980 ratings)

Reliable and good value weed as described. Used quite a few times, cheap and cheerful around £30 for an eighth.

7. Wearestoners (4.95 out of 410 ratings)

Just found these guys. Decent Jack Herer at a good price with NDD means they’re an instant favourite.

Clearly, all these vendors utilise professional stealth delivery methods otherwise they would be unable to build up such good reputations. They are not scammers. I have personally used Shiney dozens of times and he has had a 100% delivery rate.

Somebody was asking me about ordering hash and though I have not ordered any for a while I did find that there are people sending high-quality hashish direct from Nepal. Check out JariBootiWalla, he is looking perfect for getting hold of genuine Nepalese shish.

Whilst some hash from Nepal will very occasionally get intercepted, by the looks of these guys ratings plenty does make it through. Ordering cannabis directly from somewhere like India or Nepal should be what ‘Globalization’ is about (it’s not though) and is undoubtedly going to have a direct and positive effect on the local economy. Go Bitcoin.

If you’ve had enough of strong UK hydroponic weed that makes you paranoid you might want to check out some of the product that is grown in the sun in Spain.

And here’s the full list of Dream Market mirror URLs just in case:

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Got your own recommendations for trusted people? Please leave them below in the comments:

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Dream Market Links

by dope smoker on August 21, 2018

Looking for ways to get access to Dream Market? It’s a lot easier than you might imagine.

Dream Market is one of the current favourite dark markets that you can get access to using the Tor browser. That is the only thing you need to access the markets unless you want to be very very safe then use a VPN (virtual private network) that will mask the location of your internet connection. Nord VPN is probably the safest.

In my opinion if you are buying small amounts of personal drugs in the UK then getting a VPN may be overkill. This is not the case in other countries.

Anyway, here are the urls:

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There are various urls as sometimes one can go down, and they are sometimes slow, you should not expect the same kind of reliability and speed that you get from normally browsing the normal Internet, expect it to be offline from time to time and try another mirror or two if it is.

Accessing Dream Market

Once you have downloaded Tor it’s a simple matter of copying and pasting one of the above urls into your Tor browser and Dream Market should load up.

You can then create an account and go and browse the vast array of sellers available to you. Dream has a lot of similarity with eBay in that buyers leave feedback about sellers so that it is in the best interests of the seller to provide an ongoing and decent service otherwise they end up with bad reviews and won’t get orders.

So make sure that you carefully check out the reviews of each seller which you can do by looking at their profile, there will be a number you can click on which is the number of reviews they have received, clicking on this number lets you see the reviews in detail.

This type of system forces the seller into supplying a consistently good product and is therefore a great advantage for the consumer. No need to meet some guy somewhere and do a deal, and no need to worry about quality. Once you get used to packages dropping through your letterbox from time to time you’ll wonder how you managed before. It’s like a cannabis dispensary with a delay.

You can search the market much like eBay, and importantly once you have searched for a product you can then apply a ’shipped from’ filter to ensure that you are looking at items that are shipped domestically. There is no point in adding potential extra security problems with your order by ordering from another country. That’s just asking for trouble, though some of it does seem to go on.

Of course if you prefer you can just navigate through the menus on the left under ‘Drugs’ but don’t forget your geographical filter.

No Escrow

Dream operates a system of escrow which basically means that when you order your money goes into a type of ‘middleman’ pot where it stays until it is released by you, by finalising the order when the product arrives.

If a seller has been operating on Dream for a long time without issue they become trusted and on some vendors you will see ‘no escrow’ which means that they immediately get paid, but have built up so much trust that this is not a problem so if you see ‘no escrow’ you can rely on the fact the vendor is genuine.

When entering your address do make sure you check the box below to ‘encrypt message’ so that your personal details are scrambled.

For more details on how to buy weed on Dream see my full guide to buying cannabis online.

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How to buy cannabis edibles online

by dope smoker on July 19, 2018

Do you need an easy by step guide to buying cannabis edibles on the Internet?

If so this page can help you to have edibles delivered to your door in no time at all. All you need is a web browser, some money and a little time.

1. Get The Tor Browser

The first thing to do is get a browser that will allow you to browse the dark web, and that is Tor, which you can download and install via this link. Install this and then use it just as you would Firefox.

2. Open your Dream Account

Once you have installed Tor open it up and then simply copy this link to open up Dream Market where you can easily create your account there.

No need to use your email address, just sign up for your account and you’re ready to go.

3. Look for Edibles

Now for the fun part, log into Dream, look left and click on the ‘Drugs’ section.

This will open up to a wide menu of drugs, at this point try not to get distracted and click on the ‘Cannabis’ section.

Once you have done this you will see the the ‘Edibles’ menu. Click on it.

At this stage you are looking at the worldwide selection of edibles available on Dream Market. You can filter the results to have results only originating from UK vendors by changing the ‘from’ country to the UK and applying the filter as shown in the picture below.

Make sure you check reviews by clicking on the vendors profile and taking a look at reviews of recent activity. This will stop you from being ripped off. Vendors are rated out of 5, and the number of ratings is shown just before that rating number. This gives you a great idea of how reliable they are.

Find something you like the look of and keep a note of the price, so you know roughly how much Bitcoin you need to buy. Also check for postage charges, which add to the final cost.

4. Make a note of your wallet address

In Dream Market navigate to /wallet by clicking on the number at the top right hand corner of the screen, here you can find your Bitcoin wallet address for Dream. This is the important bit. Do not mess this up. Carefully copy and paste this long string of characters to notepad or somewhere where you won’t lose it. Below you can see what you are looking for.

5. Go buy Bitcoin and send to that address

If you don’t already have Bitcoins, open an account with Coinbase or somewhere like Local Bitcoins. Both these places are well known and can be trusted – Coinbase requires more ID verification than Local Bitcoins though is probably slightly easier to use. It’s worth the initial messing about. Local Bitcoins is more of an exchange bringing buyers and sellers together.

Once you have bought your Bitcoins you’ll want to send them to your Dream Market address which you have ready. Here’s how to do that from Coinbase. And here’s how to do it from Local Bitcoins.

If you intend to do this a lot it is probably worth your while using a wallet like Electrum as a ‘middleman’ for this process though I have never had a problem. So to do this you would buy funds, and first send to YOUR wallet then send to Dream Market.

6. Order your product

Once your Bitcoin has arrived at Dream Market you can then order away. It will take at least 20 minutes for the funds to arrive, so be patient and try not to panic, Bitcoins don’t get lost. You’ll notice that your balance will change to being bold and an incoming transaction will be indicated on your wallet page once the Bitcoin is on its way.

Also understand that once you have successfully sent funds to your Dream Market wallet address, it will be changed to a new one, so don’t let the fact that it has changed worry you. Once addresses have been used once they are replaced.

Make sure that you tick the box shown below that encrypts your address on ordering.

If the vendor is using ‘Escrow’ your Bitcoin will go into a holding area where the vendor cannot access it until you indicate your package has arrived. Trusted vendors tend not to use Escrow if they are established vendors then the payment will go straight through.

If they are using Escrow do ensure you log back in to Dream Market once your stuff has arrived and go to the order to ‘finalise’ payment and release funds to the vendor.

Remember Dream Market does go down from time to time and can be really slow. It’s not Amazon!

Should you have any problems accessing Dream here are some official mirror urls that may work if one or another is not working:

If you found this tutorial useful please feel free to share it with somebody who might find it handy.

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Top 5 ways to consume cannabis

by dope smoker on May 10, 2018

The range of uses for cannabis is staggering, and new ways to consume it are always cropping up. Smoking a joint or ripping one of your favorite water pipes is a time-honored tradition, but it’s worth trying another method every now and again. These are the 5 best ways to reap all the different benefits of weed through different mediums of consumption, listed in order of how high they’ll get you!

5. Topicals

Spoiler alert: topicals won’t get you high, but they’re one of the best go-to cannabis products for anyone seeking medical relief. A cannabis topical is essentially any skincare product, infused with cannabis. Think lip balm, muscle rub, lotion, etc.

It turns out your skin has a wealth of cannabinoid receptors, and can easily absorb cannabinoids from an applied topical. In addition to the sites where THC can bind, the skin has many CB2 receptors, which are most attractive to CBD. You may know CBD as the part of cannabis that doesn’t get you high. That’s true, but CBD also has multiple documented health benefits that make it the perfect addition to lotions and balms.

Cannabis topicals can be used to treat skin problems like sunburn and rashes. They’re also a powerful tool in combating aches and pains, as well as the inflammation that comes with arthritis and minor injuries.

The best thing about topicals is they’re quite easy to make yourself, as long as you’re equipped with a bit of cannabis oil. Simply melt it into some coconut oil for a simple salve, or add essential oils and beeswax for additional aroma and smoothness.

4. Edibles

It’s impossible to deny the perks of a great edible, whether it’s the classic brownie or a new-fangled, cannabis-infused five-course meal. Infusing butter and other fats with marijuana is simple, if a bit time-consuming. All you have to do is cook the fat and ground weed low and slow for a few hours, strain it and leave it to cool.

Edibles only work when they contain enough fat to handle the THC. The more fat your material has, the better it will absorb THC, and the more potent it can get. Coconut, at about 90% fat, is the best vehicle, although butter just tastes better! Once you’ve got cannabutter (or infused oil) on hand, the possibilities are practically endless.

Edibles are ideal for lazy weekends where you want to melt into your couch, but the heavy body high is also perfect for treating pain. Either way, edibles are the way to get truly stoned in the most delicious way possible, for as long as possible. It takes a while to kick in but the wait is worth it, since an edible high can last anywhere from 4 to 6 hours.

3. Vaping

For many of us, discretion is the highest priority when consuming cannabis. Edibles are great, but they require a bit of planning, and might get you much higher than you’d like to be in public. That’s where marijuana vapes come in. These little contraptions usually provide small to medium hits of cannabis vapor.

The main problem with vaping cannabis is that quality vaporizers are somewhat expensive. If you get one with no temp control, you’ll end up combusting your weed anyway, and that’s going to blow your cover for sure. But if you do invest in a solid vape, you’ll experience peak flavor from your buds without harsh smoke or smell. Definitely a plus for parents and professionals, and anyone else who needs to keep their consumption on the down-low.

2. Dabs

The holy grail for lovers of THC, dabs are an exercise in tolerance and lung strength. As the most potent of cannabis concentrates, dabs are most commonly extracted with butane. Butane hash oil (BHO) can be difficult to come by, since its production is highly illegal. But if you can get your hands on some concentrate and the requisite equipment, you’ll get a mind-blowing experience unlike any other.

Cannabis concentrates hit you like a freight train, with a high that’s much more acute and focused than flower. Dabbing is definitely not for beginners, and even experienced smokers can be knocked on their ass by just one good dab. It’s no wonder, since BHO has THC content of about 50-90%! If smoking has lost its wondrous luster and you’re looking for a cerebrally-focused high, it may be time to give dabbing a try. You’ll need a supplier, a butane torch, a quality dab rig, and a willingness to get beyond blasted.

1. Moon Rocks

Ah, moon rocks. Named such for their ability to rocket you past sky-high, moon rocks are incredibly difficult to get ahold of due to their complicated construction. A classic moon rock is made by taking a quality nug and saturating it with hash oil, then rolling it in kief. In legal markets, people go a bit mad and start rolling their moon rocks in THCa crystals and such, but we say nothing beats the classic version.

The kief brings out the taste of terpenes, the hash oil provides a THC punch, and a nice dense nug ties it all together. The high from a moon rock is nearly indescribable, but the most appropriate term is “face-melting”. Their density results in huge clouds of smoke packed with flavor. Remember the first few times you smoked, and felt like you were transcending into a parallel dimension? It’s like that, all over again. It starts in the head, with a giddy tingling and a surge of the giggles. By the time you’ve realized you’re high, you’re already full-body stoned.

Depending on the strains used in the making of the moon rocks, you might be susceptible to a little paranoia, or some real couchlock. If you have any choice, go for strains you know and love. As one of the most potent and dynamic highs possible, moon rocks are not something to mess around with!

Spencer Grey is a staff writer at Smoking Outlet.

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How to buy cannabis online with the dark web

April 25, 2018

Buying cannabis online may seem like a dodgy, unreliable proposition but those days are well and truly over. No longer do you need to go on a wild goose chase around your locality to find some decent herbs. The truth is that buying weed using the internet is now reasonably straightforward (thanks to Bitcoin and […]

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Here are 10 remarkable facts about CBD

April 13, 2018

1. CBD is an important part of the cannabis plant You may hear a lot about THC but it is the CBD in cannabis that also contributes a myriad of strengths to the plants medical properties. Its extensive list of uses can be seen in the chart above. CBD is found in varying amounts in […]

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What are the best cannabis seeds for cold climates?

April 2, 2018

Traditionally, growing cannabis in a cold climate has been a case of identifying early finishing strains that won’t get caught out by the cold and damp in October. Naturally, this has limited the ability of growers to grow long flowering strains such as haze and other cannabis Sativa varieties, because the time needed to ‘finish’ […]

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What are the best cannabis seeds for beginners?

March 19, 2018

This is a difficult question to answer properly; there are literally dozens of easy to grow strains out there and beginners will do well with many of them. This is not rocket science, you will find growing cannabis is pretty much like growing any vegetable (yes it is classed as a vegetable)! Here’s something to […]

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What are the highest yielding autoflowering strains?

March 11, 2018

Picture from the Autoflower Network. This page was updated on the 11th March 2018. Autoflowering strains have come on a lot over the years, and now the renowned Sensi Seeds have some really nice examples. If you are purely looking for yield then Jack 47 Auto from Sweet Seeds literally explodes and is definitely one […]

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