7/06/2009
How to Make a Water Bong
A basic water bong is the simplest, easiest bong to make of all. It takes about 5 minutes to make and is very effective to use. Just about everything you will need to make one can be found around the house (hose, bottles etc).
A great homemade bong!
Things you will need:
A 600ml plastic bottle
A stem (you can use a piece of hose, pipe or tube)
A Lighter
A Bowel/Cone Piece (This can be made out of an aluminium can or bit of foil)
Step 1:
Use the lighter to burn a small hole about one third of the way up the bottle from the bottom. Once it begins to melt a little, jame the stem/hose through the hole so that it melts around it making it fit nice and snug. Make sure the stem goes all the way to the bottom of the bottle.
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Step 2:
Melt another small hole about half way up the bottle on the other side. This will be your shotty.
Step 3:
Now just push your cone piece into the hose (melt the hose around the cone piece if necessary) and you're done and your new bong is ready to smoke!
Note that you can make a cone piece out of aluminium foil or an aluminium can by simply cutting it, modelling it on the end of a pen and once you have the cone shape you are after, insert it into your stem!
Cannabis laws - Explaining the cannabis laws and their enforcement
Cannabis is controlled under Class B of the Misuse of Drugs Act.
The government's decision to reclassify cannabis to Class B under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was announced by Home Secretary on 7 May 2008. Cannabis was reclassified to Class B on 26 January 2009.
The reclassification of cannabis to Class B has a number of implications for the way that police will respond to offences involving the drug.
Supply and production
As a Class B drug, the maximum penalty for supplying or producing cannabis is 14 years imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. This remains unchanged from when the drug was Class C.
Possession
Maximum penalty
As a Class B drug, the maximum penalty for possession increases from two to five years imprisonment.
1) for the first time - they will be issued with a cannabis warning. A cannabis warning is a spoken warning given by a police officer, either on the street or at the police station. The police have the option of using a cannabis warning when someone is caught with a small amount of cannabis for personal use.
'Cannabis warnings' were first introduced in 2004 as a way for police to respond to cannabis possession offences while the drug was at Class C. However, cannabis warnings issued during the period that cannabis was a Class C drug (bewteen January 29 2004 and January 26 2009) will not be carried forward.
2) for the second time - They will be issued with a Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) for cannabis possession. PNDs are tickets that police officers can issue at the scene of an incident or in custody - they carry an on-the-spot fine of £80.
3) for the third time - police officers will consider further action. This could include release without charge, caution, conditional caution or prosecution.
4) any additional times - According to government statements ‘all subsequent offences are likely to result in arrest’.
In the case of someone being brought to prosecution for cannabis possession, as a Class B drug the maximum penalty is five years imprisonment.
What happens with under 18s ?
According to the Home Office, a young person found to be in possession of cannabis will be arrested and taken to a police station where they can receive a reprimand, final warning or charge depending on the seriousness of the offence. This must be administered in the presence of an appropriate adult.
Following one reprimand, any further offence will lead to a final warning or charge. Any further offence following a warning will normally result in criminal charges. After a final warning, the young offender must be referred to a Youth Offending Team to arrange a rehabilitation programme.External link: Cannabis: the law has changed (Factsheet)