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Smoking Under the Radar

Wed, Jan 23, 2008 2:48 pm


In 2006, a marijuana-related arrest took place every 38 seconds in America. So just what’s an honest toker to do in this surveillance-heavy, security-happy post-9/11 world? The answer is right under our noses.

Story & photos by Gooey Rabinski


According to the FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report, a record 829,625 marijuana busts were made in the United States in 2006. This doesn’t affect just big-time smugglers or major grow ops. Simply trying to maintain one’s toking freedom in Bush’s America has become increasingly difficult and intimidating even for the casual consumer.

Taking an eighth on vacation? Driving a quarter-pound across town? Stashing a pinner for a concert? It doesn’t matter: You’re still at risk. Going stealth with the help of the right products and protocols can mean the difference between stoned freedom and a very sober orange jumpsuit.

Stealth Transport
The cannabis community encompasses a variety of lifestyles and preferences, but we all have one thing in common: the need to transport our herb. Now there’s a variety of products available that can help you move your stash while significantly reducing chance of detection.

Tightpac containers employ a vacuum-seal mechanism to odorproof and waterproof your herb. (They’re even perfect for continuing to cure your bud while concealing it from view.) Stealth safes are great for driving herb across town or across the country. A wide variety of brand-name products, from soda bottles to upholstery cleaners, have been officially licensed for stealth safes (which are marketed as a way to hide jewelry, money and valuables).

Combinations of products can help you transport personal quantities of pot while maintaining the appearance of carrying nothing at all. Tightpac makes a line of odorproof containers called Bluntpacs and Partypacs perfect for storing nugs. Combined with Stashitware—a line of men’s and women’s undergarments with an ample but hidden pocket—Bluntpacs and Partypacs are a stealthy method for transporting your pot on the down-low.

Stealth Communications
Using stealth transport methods and products can help you move your stash across town—or across the continent—with confidence. However, you still need a way to tell your customers that your crop is ready, or to beg your dealer for another quarter. Cell-phone text messages are the typical method, but they’re not very safe these days.

Hushmail, an Internet e-mail service, offers 2,048-bit military-grade encryption to keep your private communications private. So even though the Patriot Act allows patriots like yourself to be spied upon and electronically monitored, you can still find secure, private communications on the cheap.



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Stoneonta

Aug 11 2008, 10:56 am

I don't know about you guys but the cops here in upstate new york dont really give us too much shit. I've even smoked with a couple of cops.

Ex-Smoker

Jul 15 2008, 9:05 pm

No offense but some of the comments u guys are saying are F'n retarded, In this day and age everyone needs to be more carefuly and be thankful that you are allowed to smoke and enjoy it. Ive been a smoker for the past 5 years, have always been smart about it never brought it with me and never took anything with me that i wasnt going to use while I was out and about, Until Recently this past february 2008......

A friend of mine had his brother bring us 12 pounds of Medical bud from California, and I was the one that helped sell it in order to help my friend out, at the same time Getting 2 pounds out of the deal for dirt cheap. Make a Long story Short I never sold weight to anyone but close friends, and i dont mean people I considered close friends i mean Family, people I've known for years. Well What ended up happening is some idiot That i know got busted for having a growhouse, and it wasn't many plants but about 4 or 5 fully budded Females ready to be cropped. Anyways he decided to save his own ass and said where he could get the Narcotics task force some large quantities of grass. I smoked with this kid on numerous occassions, including my buddy who's brother brought us the weed. Anyways this kid decided to wear a wire on me over an 1/8th of weed, before the wire was worn he had told the cops that he could get approximately 5-10 pounds from a few people, and In order to do so they needed evidence as proof, SOOOOOO.....


Over an 1/8th of weed the cops decided to show up at my house with like 7 task force officers while I was at Wal-Mart, and run a dog across the front of my door with a drug dog. Unfortunately I had just smoked a blunt before leaving to Wal-Mart, and of course the dog indicated that there was Illegal contraband within my apartment. About 1 1/2 hours after returning from Wal-mart i was approached by 7 or more Task for officers from Both Minnesota and North Dakota asking if i was "..... ......" and I SAID Who wants to Know, moral of the Story, because some asshole decided to save his own ass I got Busted with 2 Pounds of Killer Grass, all it some assholes expense.

The Moral of the Story is I had a Shotgun for duck hunting, and was given a plea-deal of 90 days in jail, 5 years probation and 3 years minimum to 5 years maximum in prison if i violate probation. This was because there was a Weapon within the vicinity of a controlled substance. Anyways i got 3 felony's dropped to 1 Possession with intent to distribute, and have been robbed of my freedom to enjoy smoking bud whenever i so choose. The State of Minnesota seized my Car, my Bigscreen, $2,000, my shotgun (duh!), and my Blackberry phones plus 3 old cellphones. *****Moral of the Story is Don't Trust anybody except, well nobody. Dont Trust Friends, because there is absolutely Honor amongst thieves, absolutely none. Trust Family and thats it, If you havent known them since you were a kid, they aren't worth the money and time to hustle. Keep it real and Be Safe, Enjoy your ability to smoke freely without having to piss in a cup a couple times a month.

smokeveryday

Apr 10 2008, 5:07 pm

ok420 i feel you on the being honest thing. i got pulled over or got cought countless times and every time i have pot on me and they ask do have anything you not sapposed to i tell them yea i got some pot on me and they take it give me my ticket and let me be on my way. i (knock on wood) have yet to get a marijuana charge and had it on me with the cops over a dozen times

Hazmat_420

Apr 10 2008, 10:29 am

My car has a panel that I remove where the airbag was and can easily stash a QP. Best part about it is I can triple seal it in tupperware and lock the compartment. If I get searched they can't break into the compartment (not that they would without cause) because of the risk of the airbag going off.

myke

Apr 6 2008, 3:56 pm

if ya kinda have to hide the smell, just dont toke up, or have your medical script.8 outta 10 times if u do get cought, say hey. at least its not crack and if there a religious person,say hey man makes speed and all other narcs, god made WEED! haha

leroythefish

Apr 6 2008, 3:37 pm

Use a one-hitter. The bat looks like a cigarette and you won't smell like you just smoked a joint because the resin never touches your fingers.
These are perfect for smoking in public or in a bar.

Jade

Apr 2 2008, 10:47 pm

i used compression shorts with a jock starp inside these shorts is the perfect spot i smuggeld a quarter through the airport your otta luck with the dogs tho

assman

Mar 26 2008, 11:38 pm

I found that an old altoids box stuck way under the dash works great there not going climb all under your dash there to lazy

assman

Mar 26 2008, 11:35 pm

rest stop I found!

Rock

Mar 23 2008, 11:54 pm

True, but this one completely elimates the smoke too, not just the smell.

To: Ganja_Green

Mar 23 2008, 11:28 pm

I smoke the chronic, countless times daily, same as you I suppose and it took me a month and a half to finally pass the test. It could be that I have a slow metabolism or I just know how to smoke weed. Ida know but it's always good to know your gonna pass. If worse comes to worse and you fail tell them it was the test that fucked up and not you fault and take it again later.

Hilladelph

Mar 20 2008, 12:30 am

you can make one yourself:

empty toilet paper roll with a scented dryer sheet inside. exhale through it

Rock

Mar 15 2008, 2:29 pm

hey could someone please post the website to the one thing they had in the stealth smoking article of this march issue. it was like a circular thing that you could blow your smoke into and none would come out and it wouldnt make your room smell either. If you know what I'm talking about it would be greatly appreciated. I lost my issue and no stores around here has the March one anymore :(

south side

Mar 14 2008, 8:14 pm

either you quite smokin because your short term mem is gone because they teach that in school or what ever ur smokin took ur short term

south side

Mar 14 2008, 8:12 pm

whats good ppl look the only way to be discret is to stay in your own privicy and smoke so no one can say shit to you

Uhh

Mar 13 2008, 12:26 am

You been smokin for three years and you dont know how long thc stays in your system?

East Cost Killer

Mar 12 2008, 4:52 pm

The only way to keep shit on the low is not to tell anyone they have sites like thez on lock and eveything we say there should be no cell phone talk or email just go knock on his door the shit worked before the pnone and noone was geting put in jail they didnt know what was goin on

Ganja_Green504

Mar 10 2008, 5:32 pm

I have a drug test coming up in a few weeks guys and i was wondrering how long does THC stay in your system? i have been smoking for 3 years all day every day. Only smoking KUSH because life is to short to be filling your lungs with SWAG bud.

tokintawny

Mar 5 2008, 9:22 pm

If they were smart and really wanted to bust people, they'd be reading all the places you people say to hide it. Keep it in your circle. :) The reason they don't legalize weed (which makes people happy) and do legalize alcohol and tobacco products (which are horrible for your health and make a lot of people depresed) is because they just want to keep us down.

REVOLUTION! Think about it. Is the government scared of us...or are the people scared of the government?

smokester

Feb 24 2008, 7:53 pm

take an old trophy you won when you were a kid and put it inside that

Jimmy

Feb 22 2008, 2:12 am

I live in a really small town and there is 7 cops and about 5 of them smoke weed. so I know a few people (one was my dad) who got caught and the cops just laughed and let them go. Also I walked into the forest behind the school where i keep my bong and there were cops smoking out of my bong.

zac

Feb 21 2008, 11:16 pm

hey people im zac im 15 and on probation for possession and if the pigs have any sospision they will search everywhere but put it up under the change holder

Whipp~re: smartrunner

Feb 21 2008, 9:49 am

yeah behind the vent man lol. it sounds crazy but its one of the hiding places thats worked for me.
a boy i knew stole a bait car (cars that shut down by police after a thief steals it) and he had a hidden camara watching him stash it in the vent and they still couldn't get it until the impounded the car to the lot to extract it.

uhm

Feb 20 2008, 9:57 am

just smoke inside...

Day Tripper

Feb 20 2008, 2:15 am

FUCK THA POLICE!

dream state

Feb 20 2008, 1:59 am

dude just go to a smoke shop and buy tha chettos one and it hold like an oz or 2 and if you are going a very long distance just but it in a shopping bag. like walmart with other like chips and shit. they will never know.

smartrunner

Feb 19 2008, 4:22 pm

hey whipp,
when you say "stashing it behind the vent" do you mean putting your goods inside the vent? If so DO NOT. everyone knows its one of the first places a cop will look. there are many other places that are almost always skipped over in a traffic stop

-smartrunner

Tokin Juggalo

Feb 18 2008, 1:14 pm

they just need to legalize! In our eyes weed is great, but to the government it is a super drug. The way I see it, if they legalize then it's like choosing the lesser of evils. Would they rather have some people growing their own herb (nomore having to go out illegally and buy it) rather than gangs sellin the same people this or other products (the bad ones u know: crack, blow, meth, etc)

I mean, why is it I can't just grow some natural product that is harmless, but I can go to my doctor, make up some crap (serious muscle problems, etc) and get some addictive pills to pop?

LEGALIZE THE PLANTS LETS FREE THIS NATION!!!

Mad Clown Love

tokester

Feb 18 2008, 11:11 am

Hey folks can someone please tell me why is it that the US is spending more time and $$ on catching the infamous "Bud"Than the leader of the most famous Terrorists group? I mean come on its a plant for gods sake , not 35,000.00 pounds of c-4, No wonder the East Views Us as smucks.

Vermont Toker

Feb 17 2008, 7:44 pm

Screw Hushmail, Use PGP. It's been around for years and proven to work, and unless you snitch on yourself your good to go.

hannah mf trimble

Feb 17 2008, 6:38 pm

thats fucking awesome!!! thanks

Whipp

Feb 17 2008, 5:22 pm

I hear that. kina hard to hide it when the ride smellin like cheech n chongs van after a cut

Rasta man

Feb 17 2008, 2:29 am

Only carry what you can swallow,cause they always serch a rasta man

t-dizzel

Feb 17 2008, 12:48 am

an if anyone here could an or would like to answer a few of my ? if u have aol my s/n is big69slam420 get at me an if u have myspace but ask an i'll give u my username.i just realy need help an if sumone could help me out that would b awsome

please n thank you

t-dizzel

Feb 17 2008, 12:47 am

or i had heard at one time that the sex maters by alot of reasons u cant tell what at seed is gonna b before u plant it is that so?

t-dizzle

Feb 17 2008, 12:45 am

i've smoked for many many year's but im tired of buying it an i've tryed before to grow but i run into alot of problems but one of my main q1uestions r is there a way to tell a male seed from a female seed? an if so how do u do so?

chief nugs

Feb 16 2008, 8:34 pm

ok420 is a fuckin cop

Sorry americans...

Feb 16 2008, 11:22 am

Yup, Canada is very laxed about their laws. Every friday me and my buddies like to pass around a couple blunt in front of my house before we play poker. Worst thing that happened was a cop rolled up one time stuck her head out the window and asked if we had seen some guy who was missing (it must have stank pretty bad). We said no politely and she left us be.

Come to Canada and escape the prision the US is becoming. Can't even send texts without the patriot act interferin fucking you eh?

Whipp

Feb 16 2008, 9:48 am

hell yea.. the popo around here will arrest u for shake n seeds on the floor... ok420 ur in a lucky spot to say the least.. or ur in cali or colorado.. neways... telling the cops u have an ounce on u will get u hemmed up around my parts... ill stick to stashin it behind the vent

thCeasar

Feb 15 2008, 9:10 pm

OK420 I don't know where you live (must be California) but that's some pretty awful advice you just offered. ...cop?

Whipp~MD

Feb 15 2008, 12:30 pm

FUK THE COPS!

Yeah

Feb 14 2008, 11:09 am

the article is in the HT news section.

Good article on rights

Feb 13 2008, 3:08 pm

Hey guys, this article just came out about how the cops in Canada do not have legal grounds to search solely based on the smell of smoked maryj. Search for The StarPhoenix article "Pot smell not grounds for search, court rules". In this article it states that the smell only indicates that you've smoked it and is not solely reasonable grounds to search based on "The smell alone can't constitute the grounds because the smell of burnt mj as opposed to raw mj gives and inference that the material is gone, it's dissipated into the atmosphere. So how can you say you're in possession of something that doesn't exist"
"There may be suspicion that the person is in possession of mj but that's not enough to base an arrest". The article states The case went to trial and the judge found the arrest was a violation of Janvier's charter right to be free from unreasonalbe search and seizure. This takes place in LaLoche, which is on our reserve and a rough area.

shaftya 530

Feb 12 2008, 9:23 pm

jus watch never get busted again. it explains it all.

OK420

Feb 12 2008, 1:21 pm

Man I have had the the ability of being honest everytime I got stoped. there Is a fine line with a traffic stop that when asked be honest I got stopped twice with a ounce and more than twenty times with a half. when confronted with it I was honest and allowed to dump it on the spot. get my ticket for what ever I was stopped for and on my way. 45 min detour and I was either regathering what I dumped or laughing at the fact the officer beat me back to it.

lecerclerouge

Feb 10 2008, 12:22 pm

It sucks that in America you live like in fascist Italy. Not so free Internet, cell phone, highway etc. And getting busted for small amounts or rolling papers. I thought that my country was the worst place to be a smoker but at least i still get five star pot and can smoke it relatively safe. Free yourself America, exterminate the totalitarian republican anti privacy anti rights regime. You used to be so subversive and now you are just watching your liberties get short and go away. Anyway if you can Smoke it!.

Grim Reefer

Feb 10 2008, 11:50 am

Fixed link

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/11/encrypted-e-mai.html

Grim Reefer

Feb 10 2008, 11:44 am

Hushmail will snitch to the feds if they come asking. See: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/encrypted-e-mai.html

roscobar

Feb 10 2008, 4:44 am

The comments from the Stars and Bars are awesome! Land of the Free!
Police harass here but in a Levant kind of way and just in the "outlands" where the overload in the system isn't so bad and the "authorities" think they have time to piss away. It seems that they harass users to make their statistics look good instead of going after the smugglers some who have military connections and definitely weapons

MX from Philly

Feb 9 2008, 12:39 pm

pipe tobacco works miracles. smoke some, take a bong rip, and puff on your tobacco pipe. i woudnt advise mixing pipe tobacco with "green tobacco"

pipe tobacco flavors like cherry work wonders. keep on token

NL5xHaze

Feb 8 2008, 11:30 am

Get a window fan that either A- has an exhaust function or B-you can put in the window backwards. Have it suck the air out of your room. I totally believe in this. I smoke in my house all the time and I never get caught. Important to note however, one parent smokes cigarettes in the house, so that helps tremendously. Also, this works a little better if you have another window in your room to open so you can create a draft. My fan is so strong I can smell when my dad farts downstairs. None of the weed smell can leave my room.

smoky

Feb 4 2008, 8:27 am

man fuck i got busted for smellin like weed, well actaully i had a butterfly knife on me when they coought me but i mean fuck they shouldnt be aloud to search someone for smellin like it

when i'm movin p's i dont really do anything special man i just put them in a backpak and walk to were they go you know>

inrntlharvester77

Feb 1 2008, 10:37 pm

Dude! I take my boat with me alot;poles,bait,the works! But I'm not always fishin........great fot the redneck cops. When i'm ridin by w/pounds theyre sayn "dawg jimmy bob,I wish I was fish'n".

Sp1d3r

Feb 1 2008, 10:14 pm

hey any juggalos/juggalettes on here that got yahoo add a lo on yahoo...
sickinthenugbone

drummerforpeace

Feb 1 2008, 6:37 pm

thanks alkasi_blue and B.Kind. i'll try that next time im toking up though. won't be for a while though. im getting this bong, but my friends grampa needs to leave their rental house before i can order it to there. and he needs a debit card. heres the address of the bong im getting.


http://www.glass-pipes-water-bongs.com/pipes/86-blue-tiger-ice-bong-3.html

Bitchen

Feb 1 2008, 3:58 am

I just got busted for having rolling papers. The cops told me it's a new law and since they found seeds on my floorboard that the zig zags were considered parapernalia. It cost me $150 FTP!!!!

B.Kind...

Jan 31 2008, 11:39 am

im back baby fresh outta lock-up, aint no stealth against a dog, even fox urine let me down, and yes DP the spoof works but make it with a water bottle and dryer sheets/fabic soteners

alkasi_blue

Jan 31 2008, 5:47 am

There is something called Ozium that you can buy at Schuck's or Auto zone that gets rid of the smell entirely.

drummerforpeace

Jan 30 2008, 3:25 pm

once we're outside, we smoke. i don't smoke weed that often, but when i do, i get REALLY baked. how do we get back in the house? i can't open doors, they're all too loud. the only way out is my window, and it's like 4 feet off the ground. does that scented wipes in the toilet paper roll work?

big baby jesus

Jan 30 2008, 12:02 pm

every type of encryption known to man has been deciphered except pgp. unless the software mentioned uses this algorithm, i wouldn't trust/use it. even then i would not trust it because the authorities would simply break into your house when youre not there and install a keystroke logger on your cpu and get your password to the program. they have done this previously.

the best way to avoid problems is to not use any electronic device in your communications whatsoever.

on a side note, even if you turn your cell phone off, if your phone can "wake" itself to set off an alarm, it can be used to eavesdrop on your conversations. they do this by waking your phone and activating the mic on your phone. this also has already been used by lil piggies

BS65

Jan 30 2008, 1:01 am

drummerforpeace: for us tokers living at home while we're in high school, we need a way to calm our nerves about "calming our nerves"

Yes. It's called, "going outside."

drummerforpeace

Jan 29 2008, 10:11 pm

that's called getting jacked. the cop who took it is probably toking up right now! but anyways, in the magazine, is there something about masking the smell of the smoke? for us tokers living at home while we're in high school, we need a way to calm our nerves about "calming our nerves"

brandon b

Jan 28 2008, 2:37 am

in memphis if u have less than an ounce 9 times out of ten they will take it from u and tell u to go on about your business

maxwell

Jan 28 2008, 12:49 am

that sucks that you guys can get booked with small amounts of weed. come up to toronto and you wont be bugged for anything under an eighth.

sloppy

Jan 28 2008, 12:45 am

Wrap stash in an old rag or t -shirt and find a nice spot under your hood to tuck it away..how often do they pop your hood while searching? check oil upon arrival,and reclaim your prize!!!!!!!!!!!

WILL

Jan 26 2008, 11:28 am

YEA COPS SUCK,ALWAYS TRYING TO KILL YOUR BUZZ!!DONT BE STUPID,THATS IT AND DONT TELL ANYONE YOUR HIDING SPOTS!! WILL IN PA

Justin

Jan 26 2008, 3:30 am

Hey the cops around here are really dumb and lazy. When they asked me to search my car I said yes sir really fast and tried to get out of my car. He said no that's alright since you were so eager to let me search you probably don't have anything. I had some pre rolled joints and was heading to a party with some friends and my passenger later told me that he had a dime bag.

Fireman Dave

Jan 26 2008, 3:25 am

The best place to hide my stuff I found was inside my boot.

stealth technology

Jan 25 2008, 7:13 pm

Although all these stash containers are great, they have been around for a while. I used to play the fave coca cola can but I got caught with that number. I will let all the people in cyberspace on to my secret, hide it under the gas cover (of course not in with the gas) I have been pulled over and had two dogs search and pulled over and had cops search 3 times and they never found it there. Even the K-9, Simple & Free

everyone else

Jan 25 2008, 1:32 pm

amen to lovestosmoke

LovesToSmoke

Jan 25 2008, 9:56 am

Hey HT, put some links to the products you write about in the article.

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