BARRIO (CelebStoner) – Despite being the “largest producer of pressed marijuana” globally and the fourth leading cultivator of “psychoactive marijuana” after Morocco, Mexico and Afghanistan, Paraguay is known for producing the worst pot. “It’s really bad,” one Brazilian tells CelebStoner.

According the a 2022 PevGrow report, “It is a poor quality product and in many cases toxic because it rots during the process, or because they apply chemical products so that it does not smell. The crops are mainly concentrated in the departments of Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazú, Caazapá, Canindeyú, Concepción, Itapúa, and San Pedro,”

Paraguay borders Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. It provides Brazil with most of its marijuana. Paraguay is South America’s poorest country. 

A friend of CelebStoner’s who lives in Brazil says about the cannabis there:

“It’s pressed, rancid old schwag filled with chemicals, and coming from Paraguay. The smell of it gives me nausea. I really don’t know how they can smoke it. I refuse to use it. Flower is so rare and really expensive, around US$20 per gram which in Brazilian money only the filthy rich can afford. There isn’t a strong homegrown scene because the legal issues and prison time make people change their minds. The people who grow it are mostly patients applying in court for the habeas corpus not to be jailed. It’s a very complicated and costly process to get approved, but a possibility for patients who can’t afford the imported products. If they grow good flower in Paraguay I haven’t seen it.”

He added: “I came across a less rancid and a little greener stuff only once. 

I couldn’t get it twice in a row. The cops deal the better stuff, and never directly to the general user. There’s always a middle man who the cops trust.”