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So I was hanging out with my brother at his place....then we heard/felt a large apartment complex shaking boom. Thought maybe a car hit the building, my brother was getting all kinds of worried thinking it could be a bomb, a car hitting the building a meth lab and yeah it was just a little freaky. So we look out windows for if a car hit and then went out to investigate....we opened the door and there was smoke in the hall and damage to the wall so figured it was an explosion, then we were worried it was a meth lab so where trying very hard not to breath anything.

Go out call 9-11, fire department came made sure everything was alright and there was no risk of fire or further exploding...then cops came for some reason even though stuff was under control. Turns out there was a dude making hash and unfortunately it cause an explosion, so they ended up arresting him which really sucked cause they found the 'evidence'. But yeah even the manager who showed up didn't like that anyone had to get arrested. But yeah didn't even seem like a bad dude, we even talked to him before the cops came, but he didn't tell us anything about hash and then let the cops in his unit so got caught.

So yeah I guess I am glad it wasn't a meth lab, sad the guy got arrested kinda wish there was a way we could have avoided that bit...and don't see why cops needed to come, especially after the fire department checked things out and concluded danger was past.

I'm glad you weren't made homeless--It's below zero Fahrenheit where you are right now!

BHO is strange. CO2 seems well worth the premium to me. I'll never understand why people would do that indoors without at least a few box fans and open windows. I've never heard of serious injuries as a result but the exact same thing happened to my friend's neighbors a couple months ago and the house needed renovation. Everyone I know with that equipment does this outdoors. Sure is a fast way to loose eyebrows...

Well I do live at my moms place, a short walk away....but yeah even if the apartment my brother was in was damaged he would have had a place to stay paid for by management/insurance whatever. People in the apartment next to the one where stuff blew up had to be compensated a motel room until the unit can be repaired or whatever. But it below zero? last I checked it was like 16 degrees, but I did notice when I went out for a cigarette since then I was still freezing even with a warm jacket with a alpaca(Lamma) whool sweater, scarf and gloves on.

Yeah I am thinking it was not the smartest idea to be doing that in a small apartment...but of course since it was hash involved there could be rather serious legal consequences when I feel it would be more fair if the guy just had to help pay repairs(seems the manager has good insurance on the building) and not attempt cooking hash in small apartments anymore....seems like he just wasn't being too smart about it, but just don't feel that made him deserving of hefty legal penalties.

whats hash?

It is a concentrate made of marijuana, some methods of making it involve butane and heat and a pressure cooker....not good in a small apartment it would seem. But it was an accident, ended up talking to the guy who caused this again, sucks for him cause he's like going to owe money and might get charged..but I guess more for 'misconduct' or disturbing the peace or something. It's just good no one was seriously injured(the dude got a little singed but that is all) that is for sure,

That is why they should legalise the stuff. That way it can be grown/processed in safe production plants away from homes. Sometimes people growing weed (with heating lamps and stuff) cause fires too. Happens in the Netherlands too because some people grow very large amounts of the stuff to sell to the pot stores (the pot stores are legal, the suppliers are not).

I am not sure I'd support any legislation to ban people growing their own cannabis, it can be more cost effective that way and well if its legal it should be legal for people to grow it. Obviously there are safety measures that must be considered before growing inside, but as far as I know there are pretty safe/effective ways to do so....people grow other plants indoors, though there are also green houses.

But yeah cannabis is legal in this state, not even sure its entirely illegal to create hash....per say, but of course if authorities are called in over an explosion due to it than of course there might be legal penalties. I don't know kind of confusing but the guy said the cops where unsure what they could even charge him with(since weeds legal and hash is made out of it) or if there'd even be any actual charges or maybe just a fine or something IDK. There are also methods though that don't involve butane or heat to make it which are likely much more safer for the general person, maybe they should start doing classes to teach people correct ways do do it and all the safety precautions.

So is the guy okay? Are you scared of something else happening, or feeling bad still?

ohhh hash is that brown stuff,

well, lucky noone was hurt I guess

For the thread: Hash is also called honey oil. In final form, it looks sort of like yellow cinnamon shavings. It's supposed to give a more intense THC high. People make it by cooking weed byproducts such as stems and then using butane to burn off something so they get pure honey oil. Stoners do it in confined spaces, so butane fumes build up, and then a single spark comes along...boom.

For Sweetleaf: Yeah, we have shitloads of hash makers in California too, a couple weeks ago some dude blew up his entire apartment building, he was on the second floor and the blast simply removed the entire second floor. There was only some burnt wood studs left. Unfortunately, the guy doing the hash making never seems to die. With recreational weed legal in four states, expect more house-disintegrating explosions. It's almost as bad as meth, at least with hash it doesn't spread weird poisons everywhere.

I am not really concerned too much about it anymore, but yeah over-all I still feel kinda bad about it even though its not really my issue.

Yeah certainly glad it doesn't spread weird poisons about, either way people should use proper safety precautions when doing such things, unfortunately people can be careless or simply not aware of all the precautions...which should be adressed, but I hope nothing drastic ends up happening like the government trying to ban all hash especially when there are other methods to make it that aren't as dangerous from what i understand.

^For example with some ice and some bubble bags you can make some pretty good stuff as long as it dries fast to avoid mold.I dont know why people still use butane its so dangerous not to mention the toxic chems left behind.
And the cops had no choice to investigate,there was a blast and even though things were under control there had to be a kind of investigation to at least determine the cause.it sucks he got caught but he wasnt being too smart.