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In all my worldly travels I've only seen marijuana smoked straight in the USA, Mexico, Canada and Holland. Even in Amsterdam they sometimes mix it with tobacco as you said. In Mexico they don't get "strong" weed so they smoke it straight. However I've seen some Canadians mix marijuna and tobacco, they call it "poppers".

In Sweden they said that actual good marijuana like we find here in the States is very expensive and hard to come by. But the hash was plentiful. Most people smoked hash with tobacco, but a few smoked it straight in bongs. These were the kids who had been to America or Holland and were used to it straight. My Australian friends smoke hash and marijuana and either way they mix it with tobacco. Here in the States I've only seen hash a few times; it's mostly scarce compared to marijuana and people smoke their hash mixed with pot but hardly ever tobacco.

In 1999 and 2000 I was friends with a guy from Saudi Arabia and he smoked a lot of pot. I only saw him smoke it straight but never thought to ask him how they smoked it in the middle east. I imagine they get tons and tons of hash over in the middle east with some marijuana depending on where you're at. Who knows how they smoke it.

My Algerian friends smoke marijuana mixed with tobacco as well. They've introduced me to a Bosnian kid who I know smokes the herb, maybe next time I see him I'll tell him all about my cultural study and see what he says!

regards!

"Even in Amsterdam they sometimes mix it with tobacco as you said."

It's been eighteen years since I was in Holland. Things may have changed as I notice that you and another person are saying that now the Dutch aren't big into mixing pot and hash with tobacco. It's entirely possible that mixing it is falling out of fashion in the Netherlands. It's interesting to read the reports from studies in Europe and other places where most people mix the two drugs. It appears that it causes people to become dependent on marijuana because they are becoming addicted to tobacco. They feel cravings and associate the cravings with both drugs. It seems like a really bad idea to me. If people mix it because they are looking for a milder high, it would probably be better to just smoke a few smaller drags from a hash pipe or vaporizer and not hold it in very long. That would do the same thing without subjecting people to the risk of using another much more addictive unhealthy drug.