Testing marijuana is like tasting fine wine, there's a lot of poor marijuana out there. Here are a few points to look out for when buying marijuana (weed), to tell the good from the bad.

Good marijuana gives off a clean, sharp, pungent smell. Some marijuana varieties have a citral smell similar to the scent of a lemon tree, other marijuana variaties have a spicy scent or even an ammonia/chemical-like smell, this is perfectly normal. If you can smell something resembling freshly mown grass, the marijuana is still too "green" (wet) and was not given enough time to dry, or "cured" properly...

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