Thai sticks

The plant material can be used as herbal material, once dried, e.g. marijuana. Low-quality products, which contain stalks, seeds, leaves and flowering tops, may be compressed into blocks (West African and Caribbean material), it may occur as loose herbal material (from Central and Southern Africa), or it may be rolled into a so-called Com Bob , wrapped in vegetable fibre (again from Central and Southern Africa). Higher-quahty materials, composed of fruiting tops and flowers alone, may also be encountered. If tied around bamboo sticks, this material is known as Buddha Sticks or Thai Sticks , and arises from South-East Asia. A central bamboo cane is used, around which up to 2 g of herbal material can be tied. The materials can be seized in bundles of up to 20 sticks. An African equivalent is to wrap the material in a small roll of brown paper such rolls frequently contain less than 0.5 g of cannabis per roll. Sieved products may also be encountered. This process removes the stems and the leaves, producing Kif, a material derived from North Africa, for example, from Morocco. 

Dried plant material This may occur in various ways. Low quality products contain stalks, seeds, leaves, and flowering tops. This may be compressed into blocks (West African and Caribbean material) or as loose material or rolled up and wrapped in vegetable leaves (Central and Southern Africa). High quality material contains mostly flowering tops and can be found rolled up or wrapped around bamboo sticks ( Buddha or Thai sticks) or sieved ( Kif ) and generally originates from Southeast Asia or parts of Africa. 

Cannabis and its preparations (loose marijuana, kilo-bricks, buds, sinsemiUa, Thai sticks, hashish, hash oil, etc.) represent the most widely used group of illicit drugs in the world. The various biological effects of cannabis are attributed to the complex chemical composition of the plant material. In addition, the chemical profiles of the variants of marijuana are certainly different and could contribute to the variabihty of results among investigators. El Sohly et al., investigated more than 35,000 samples of cannabis and its preparations to estimate their qualitative and quantitative determinations. 

Laccaic acid D is also called flavokermesic or xanthokermesic acid, and closely resembles kermesic acid (q.v.) in structure. Laccaic acid F has so far only been found in Thai stick lac (Hu et /., 1997 cf While and Kirby, 2001). 

From the old Sin Came menu, feast on the portobello and corn quesadillas stuffed with roasted poblano and red peppers, caramelized onions, and a rich blend of cheeses. Also popular is the Thai salad of field greens, scallions, carrots, peppers and chopped peanuts served alongside rice sticks dressed with a Thai peanut sauce. Those who eat light meat dishes will enjoy the sesame-seared tuna topped with grilled pineapple. Dinners are preceded by either red corn chips with a jumping house salsa or a basket of the day s fluffy homemade bread with a sweet potato spread. Both were excellent freebies. 

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