Blunt

A blunt is cannabis rolled inside a cigar or cigarillo wrap made from tobacco leaf, or — increasingly in licensed markets — inside a tobacco-free hemp or palm leaf wrap. Blunts hold more flower than joints, typically 1–2 grams, and burn slowly for up to thirty minutes because the leaf wrap is thick and dense. The name derives from Phillies Blunts cigars, which became popular rolling vehicles in 1980s East Coast hip-hop culture alongside Swisher Sweets, Backwoods, and Dutch Masters. Traditional preparation involves splitting a cigarillo, removing the tobacco filler, and replacing it with ground cannabis. Empty "blunt wraps" and tobacco-free hemp wraps are now sold separately, often in flavored varieties. Tobacco-leaf blunts add nicotine even when the filler is pure cannabis, producing a qualitatively different experience than pure cannabis smoke; hemp-wrapped blunts do not. Dispensary "blunts" are almost always hemp-wrapped, since tobacco products cannot be co-sold with cannabis under most state licensing rules. A glass tip is increasingly common in place of a rolled paper crutch. → See also: Flower (Part 3), Spliff. ---