What is the best way to disguise myself?

Again and again weed users are controlled by the police, there are raids at meeting places of THC users and our friends and helpers, supported more and more often by friends and helpers, are more and more present in public from year to year. There is nothing we can do against this, this development will continue to increase.

What can you still do as a stoner if the police want to stop your THC consumption?

If (plainclothes) police officers surprise you while you are smoking, the only thing left to do is damage limitation. What is found on your person during an identity check is probably also yours, you can usually no longer deny anything. However, the less you have taken with you from home, the more likely it is that you will have an “easy case”.

Especially joint shooting in public is tricky: It's conspicuous and your eyes are fixed on the mixture and the joint for a long time. It is more intelligent to pre-roll the required number of joints at home, when you can't smoke them in private homes. Then you can smoke the joint quickly and efficiently in a quiet place. If you have only one joint with you, you can even safely throw it away when you see the police coming (most efficiently into the water or a storm drain; although in certain areas you will have to accept a fine for littering).

If you see or hear the police coming, you can move away as inconspicuously as possible. However, especially in a scene like an outdoor weed hangout, this is not so good: only if we stand together, it offends them. In this case you can hide your piece, your weed bag. Optimally, of course, so that you can find it again after surviving police harassment! In such a bunker your Piece is in good hands and you are safe from charges.

People who use exclusively at home have massively fewer problems than people who smoke pot outside. But the smoke and the smell can also cause problems in private homes. The neighbors can smell it - depending on the wind force, you can easily smell fat weed joints up to 50 meters away. But here, too, there are ways to camouflage. On the one hand, you can eat THC: A yogurt with hash - nobody smells anything. A Guetzli with cannabis butter also does not cause any odor problems. However, you have to have the dosage under control!

Furthermore, there are good to very good vaporizers that dissolve the THC by means of hot air, so that you can inhale it. Since no smoke is produced here, the emissions are extremely small. The smell dissipates after only a few centimeters. Such devices can also serve well in rooms where there are no windows (e.g., practice venues).

We regularly take a closer look at vaporization devices and compile test reports. You can find them in our magazine Legalize it! or on our website www.hanflegal.ch. Members are welcome to test a number of vaporizers themselves in our office.

As long as the ban exists, the slogan can only be: Camouflage is half the battle. And not to forget: Clothes make the man!