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Does Marijuana Go Bad?

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bdonn
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So I found some weed in this old backpack of mine while cleaning out my guest bedroom closet. It must be at least 2 years old, if not older. I just took a grav of it, and I must say I'm feeling pretty nice. So in my new state of mind, I figured I would come on to NS, and ask if anybody knew if Weed can actually go bad over a certain period of time?

THanks
Bdonn
Dec 14 2010 7:11PM
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matt.s
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i had a bad experience with weed a couple months old...

dont touch it unless you want a splitting headache and feel like death for 4 hours
Dec 14 2010 7:12PM
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bdonn
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yeah but this is years old.. haha and i'm feelin nice.
Dec 14 2010 7:13PM
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JamesR
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I like your style kid.
Dec 14 2010 7:15PM
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Funkadelic
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That happened to me like a week ago. I dug up a stash I had forgotten about for a few months, smoked it, and felt like shit.
Dec 14 2010 7:16PM
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ThaLetterM.
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the only possibly dangerous thing I can think of would be mold, you dont want those spores in your lungs.
Dec 14 2010 7:16PM
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Username_42069
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i did a similar thing, but it was only months old. basically went straight to burned out, no high. better off tossing it out.
Dec 14 2010 7:16PM
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Skittle.
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well its gonna get dry if not not kept in an air tight container and be really harsh. plus probably a bad headache is coming
Dec 14 2010 7:17PM
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bdonn
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no headache yet, only the planesss bitch
Dec 14 2010 7:19PM
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theabortionator
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It goes very bad. That's why weed is illegal. If it's more than 6months old a process called fazermatation starts to take place. Basically the chemicals in the marijuana start to change into a highly psychedelic form of mold. It's nothing good though. The kind of shit that will make you sick and send you to the hospital though.


be careful man. I wouldn't touch it if it's been over a month or two just to be safe.
Dec 14 2010 7:19PM
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-Nick-
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ive smoked weed that i had in a air tight container that was 7 or 8 months old and it was really harsh but it had the same effect
Dec 14 2010 7:20PM
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WaterBottle
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either really good troll or true
Dec 14 2010 7:20PM
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mer-man
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depends on so much, weed cant go bad as in grow mold but it can dry out for sure. As long as there was absolutely no air that got to it. I dunno if ur good now its good, it would have been really obvious if it was bad.
Dec 14 2010 7:22PM
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Jamerson
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i wouldnt worry about it the worst part of old weed is the crust shitty taste. the headache is just cause of a dirty high and a steep decline of buzz

no big deal
Dec 14 2010 7:24PM
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ORDEAL
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Dec 14 2010 7:26PM
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maximiliaan
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smoked my dads weed wich was like 20 years old. it still was fine except a little headache
Dec 14 2010 7:30PM
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RubberSoul
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the only thing i can imagine going bad with it providing it was in something safe is mold..
Dec 14 2010 7:35PM
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quixotic
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I'm going to clear some things up...

If you are getting a headache or getting a sick feeling from smoking weed it is either because
A) It is mexi brick schwag nastiness
B) or it has mold from poor storage (too much moisture in a closed environment)

If you have properly cured weed (dried out to the proper moistness) and then keep it in a mason jar out of heat and light, weed can be stored for YEARS and be just as dank as the day you put it into storage.
Dec 14 2010 7:37PM
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.travis.
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I bought a jeep wrangler a few years back and after owning it for a couple months I randomly unzipped the padding that went over the roll cage right next to the drivers seat and found an old nug. It was all dried out and yellow. My roommate tried to smoke it but it pretty much burned to ash and didn't get him high at all. I would say it doesn't go "bad" in a way that can harm you, it can just go bad in a way that it wont get you high.
Dec 14 2010 7:47PM
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Evilchris
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I'm calling BULL SHIT
Dec 14 2010 7:48PM
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geet
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yes,it is indeed bullshit. I thought it was clever nonetheless.

if you think its even remotely true..google fazermatation
Dec 14 2010 7:52PM
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division.bell
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This thread is missing something very relevant to the topic at hand. Storing it for longer periods of time CAN be ok if you are storing it properly!

No, this does not mean crumpled up in a plastic bag in your sock drawer.

But yes, mold is your enemy. No one needs a lung infection. If you are in doubt, throw it away.
Dec 14 2010 7:54PM
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jason...
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OP read this. Weed doesn't go bad unless you store it poorly.
Dec 14 2010 7:55PM
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icantskiiFILM
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the thc goes bad and dries up. think about this..u smoke good weed..u feel good the next day. if u smoke some shitty weed..u feel bad. now think about weed thats dried up and shit. thats gna feel really bad as well.
Dec 14 2010 7:55PM
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Stan_Darsh
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if it's stored properly, being stashed away for a while can make it even better in some cases because it can cure better
Dec 14 2010 7:56PM
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bdonn
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I like the sound of that! haha I think thats definitly the case with the weed I found
Dec 14 2010 8:15PM
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squibble
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orly?
Dec 14 2010 8:18PM
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bdonn
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me too, he lost at where he said that was why it was illegal, which I know for a fact isnt true.
Dec 14 2010 8:18PM
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SketchySwiss
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It's all good if it was store in a dry place.

We used to freeze it when we had 2 much
Dec 14 2010 8:20PM
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theabortionator
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number 1 result was

http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis.shtml
Dec 14 2010 8:27PM
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dergblerp
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If you smoke pot that is more than a year old, it can cause a crippling physical condition called yoderism of the penis.  The symptoms involve your penis shriveling up and turning green and with whispy green hair, thus looking like yoda.  It happened to my kid brother.
Dec 14 2010 8:32PM
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comeatmebro
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you can keep weed for up to about 3 years if you seal it in an airtight jar (mason jar) and put it in the freezer out of light. it'll be more dank than when you put it in!

...due to the curing process...but after like 4 months it's to its full potential. pretty much. yep.
Dec 14 2010 8:34PM
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jeR.
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eh.. it gets dried out and broken up... will be worse quality than when it was dank.... yet how old are we talking here cause if its really old you may have a headache coming. also if theres mold on it don't fuck with that. if its been in a jar out of the light it prob should be ok though light up have fun
Dec 14 2010 8:38PM
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Schlop
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One fucker gave me an eighth in a damp water bottle. The shit went moldy and we still smoked it before going skiing, I'm not dead yet
Dec 14 2010 8:39PM
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dirtylion27
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ahhhh shit
Dec 14 2010 8:40PM
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No_Dub
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the oldest i ever smoked was about 2 months. it starts to loose its potency, but thats just my opninion
Dec 14 2010 8:40PM
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FerrisBueller
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=bad troll
Dec 14 2010 9:04PM
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CassiusClay
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Some fucker gave you an eighth in a damp water bottle and you didn't put it somewhere else?
Dec 14 2010 9:47PM
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factory81
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i think it just gets "stale and dry", it shouldn't mold
Dec 14 2010 9:51PM
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bdonn
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This..... hahah
Dec 14 2010 10:28PM
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mer-man
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Mold happens when you leave the bud on the plant to long, not after.
Dec 15 2010 11:44PM
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Bodhisattva_
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I've witnessed moldy weed. So your statement is invalid.
Dec 15 2010 11:47PM
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Master_Debater
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i dont know if it can go bad but i know you can get shitty weed... Kash= shit makes you feel like ur in a hole
Dec 16 2010 12:25AM
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Dirty.Harry.
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I buy an ounce at a time and it lasts ~6 months or so. I keep it in old prescription bottle containers and it doesn't seem to really go bad. Dries out a little bit but I just roll j's or spliffs and I can't really tell a difference.
Dec 16 2010 9:37AM
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Chronic_
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watch out for bud rot kids. shitll fuck you sideways
Dec 16 2010 9:40AM
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zagfan5
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haha

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=982&bih=549&q=fazermatation&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
Dec 16 2010 10:42AM
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FrenchToastMafia
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THC expire? nah, prob tastes like shit though
Dec 16 2010 10:53AM
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zakaroo
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If you add an orange peel to dry weed, the weed will absorb the moisture from the peels. Be careful because you can over moisturize it.
Dec 16 2010 11:03AM
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eljusto.
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Cool tip.
Dec 16 2010 11:10AM
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comeatmebro
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no dumbass. weed can grow mold during the curing and drying process. it's probably the most common time that it grows mold...
Dec 16 2010 11:11AM
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jibbits56
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If it's air tight then it should still be good and by the looks of your responses it seems that it was pretty air tight haha
Dec 16 2010 11:51AM
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