We bought an 8th of this stuff for $50 from some guy eating Cap'n Crunch cereal. Skunk #1 is an infamous and popular strain and has been around LA, and the world, for decades. In case it isn't obvious already, it got its name for smelling like those black and white members of the rodent family, Skunks.

Pre-Smoke Examination:
The buds are uniformly egg shaped, and very dense. The buds are extremely aromatic, and the smell is just like a real skunk, and I could smell it a block away from the guys house i bought it from. It's that sort of sweet and sour waft that will make your nose hairs sweat. The nugs are fresh, and appear to be professionally manicured and dried.

Post-Smoke Examination:
Skunk #1 is very malleable, and can be ground or broken up by hand very easily. When the bowl is being burned it lights up quick and fills the chamber with milky creamy fat-ass hits that make you have to wrinkle your forehead just to exhale. The taste is strong, sweet, and finger-lickingly-funky.

The high hits you nice and fast and can be compared to wearing a beanie thats too small for your head. Skunk #1 has been such a popular strain over the years because it is so consistent and reliable. It's the weed that will make you have a new found appreciation for that skunk that haunts your neighborhood, and at $50 an 8th you should definitely pick up a sack.

Find Skunk #1 in your local clinic or pot-guy's living room.

We bought this from a dude sitting on a bean bag chair watching a plasma. Afgooey is a well known strain that has been circulated in Los Angeles for years and can be found with regularity at many dudes living rooms and medical clinics.

Pre-Smoke Examination:
The nugs are small, no larger than a Nickel in circumference, are extremely dense. It smells pungent like a Christmas tree in a freshly painted room, and when squeezed you can tell that the nugs are fresh. There isn't a lot of leaf, showing that the buds were carefully manicured.

Post-Smoke Examination:
It's hard to break it up by hand, and hard to prepare it with a grinding tool. It's so sticky and dense that it just gums up the works. Once you're smoking it, the weed burns on the slow side, and you may need to or three hits to clear the bowl. The taste is of the "deep forest" variety, and has a a high that can knock you on your ass for hours.

The high feels like your skull is being palmed by Shaquille Oneil, and it lasts a good 4 hours. The weed lives up to the "gooey" part of its name as its so dense and sticky that it gooey-ified my grinder, and gummed up my scissors. At $60 an 8th its well worth the cost, and sure to keep your head in the clouds.

Look for Afgooey in your local pot guy's living room.

This weed was imported from Santa Cruz by an amateur grower. It's called Pot of Gold. It's for sale for $50 an 8th and is slowly creeping into local Los Angeles living rooms. Pot of Gold seeds come from Flying Dutchmen seed company, and won 2nd prize at the 2003 Cannabis Cup in the Indica category.

Pre-Smoke Examination:
The buds are very round and fat. It's extremely fresh off the vine, and the nugs are fluffy when squeezed, but are still really dense. The smell is light and tart-like, like a lemon chamomile type of scent. The buds seem barely trimmed, with a lot of leaf still coating the sides. The crystals are everywhere and give the nugs a frosted white tint.

Post-Smoke Examination:
It's ground very easily, and hard to break up by hand because it's so sticky-icky. Being so fresh the bowl burns extremely slow, and allows you to build up a huge hit in the chamber. The high is immediate and it's not uncommon to be so high that you forget to finish your first bowl. The taste is again light and sunny, like a warm cup of orange zest.

The high rests in the base of your skull and wraps around your face. You feel it the strongest behind your ears, and throughout the jawline. I don't quite feel that the weed was impressive enough to be a former award winner, but it's definitely the best deal in town at $50 an 8th.

Look for Pot of Gold in your local pot guy's living room.

We got an 8th of Lavender for $50 from a friend who told us it was allegedly grown by the Hell's Angels. Lavender is genetically engineered by Soma Seeds, and won 1st prize at the 2005 Cannabis Cup in the Indica category.

Pre-Smoke Examination:
The buds are long, twisty, and bulbous. Also, they are not extremely dense, and too dry to be fluffy. The smell is quite similar to real Lavender, and the smell is strong even through the zip-lock bag. The buds are well trimmed and there isn't any shake. The orange hairs are bright and practically fall off the nugs.

Post-Smoke Examination:
The buds are on the dry side, so you have to grind it slowly, or just break it up by hand. The smell when broken apart is extremely amplified and tingles the back of your nose the same way as rubber cement does. The bowl burns fast, giving you an extremely thick hit, and tastes light and sweet, a little like honey.

The high is fairly decent after your second bowl, and is more frontal in the skull. You feel it right behind the eyes. It's not the greatest weed, or the most top shelf around, but at $50 an 8th, it is definitely a good deal. We only wish we had our hands on it when it wasn't so dried out, but such is life.

Look for Hell's Angels' Lavender in your local pot guy's living room!