Aleda Transparent Rolling Paper!

[Cannabian]

Picked some up kingsize today, rolled one up with several good chunks of some melty bubble rolled into a long thin piece and was amazed at how well it burned. didnt have any problems with the resin clogging or even the hash when it started to melt. some slight running off the bat but a little saliva fixed it up and once it got going it was fine. didnt have to relight it a single time. definitely an eye catcher but at 4.50 per 40papers even tho it was kingsize, and after reading that link, i dont think i would make this my regular smoking paper.
...and how can aleda legally advertise 100%vegetal cellulose if its not? cant they make hemp cellulose paper?

 

[paperpromoter]

Aleda is in San Paulo Brazil, the kidnapping capital of the world... I don't think they are worried about getting caught by you for false advertising....


São Paulo Becomes the Kidnapping Capital of Brazil
By SIMON ROMERO
Dr. Juarez Avelar, a plastic surgeon, is Brazil's leading authority on reconstructing the human ear. This city's surge in kidnappings has made him a minor celebrity.

Dr. Avelar has recently performed surgery on eight patients who were mutilated by their abductors.

One woman opted for an earlobe instead of a finger to be severed as proof of her captors' seriousness. When negotiations dragged on, the kidnappers cut off her other earlobe and sent it to her family.

''I seek to remove the visual stigma of the kidnapping victim,'' Dr. Avelar, a soft-spoken 56-year-old, said in an interview at his well-guarded office in the exclusive Jardins district. ''The psychological residue of the incident, of course, is much harder to remove.''

Dr. Avelar's talents have come in handy at a time when Paulistanos, as residents here are called, thought violent crime could not get worse.

Muggings and robberies have already pushed many people into guarded high-rise apartment buildings, gated communities or homes with elaborate security systems.

Those with enough money sought haven from the threat of carjackings and other crimes by equipping their automobiles with armor plating, hiring bodyguards or even acquiring helicopters.

Then kidnappings started to soar in São Paulo, a sprawling city of 17 million with an alarming gap between rich and poor. At least 251 people were kidnapped here last year, compared with 39 in 2000 and 13 in 1999, according to the secretary of public security.

''The petty criminals' ambitions evolved into a nightmare that took kidnapping from the realm of the rich to the middle class,'' said Túlio Kahn, coordinator of the United Nations' Latin American Institute for Crime Prevention.

It is now not uncommon for kidnappers to demand ransoms of $500 to $10,000. Many of the abductions are carried out by small groups of young men who roam the crazy quilt of Sao Paulo's streets in search of targets.

The epidemic of abductions has prompted complaints of ''Colombianization,'' a reference to the kidnapping culture of cities like Bogotá and Medellín. São Paulo actually had more than twice as many reported kidnappings as Bogotá last year, although its population is almost three times as large.

Mixing fear and fascination, residents here have become riveted by the details surrounding kidnappings, some of which were elaborately planned and carried out.

''The fascination stems from the turbulent transformation of a former slavery-based society in which the excluded are no longer willing to be docile while an elite enjoys the fruits of a globalized economy,'' said Renato Janine Ribeiro, a professor of political philosophy at the University of São Paulo. ''Daily, well-structured acts of violence are no longer just the tools of the rich.''

Certainly, the rich remain the most alluring targets. An advertising magnate, Washington Olivetto, was abducted by a well-organized cell of disgruntled revolutionaries. The group's leader, Mauricio Hernández Norambuena, wanted in Chile on separate kidnapping and murder charges, almost secured a ransom of $6 million for Mr. Olivetto's release.

''I'm trying to manage my physical and emotional states,'' Mr. Olivetto, after several weeks of captivity, scribbled in a note to his abductors that was made public by the police. ''I'm ready to have a heart attack. I don't want to die.''

The kidnappers, in their own statement, replied: ''Your despair does not have to get out of control. Unfortunately the amount offered for you is insufficient for our objectives. We'll continue dealing with your family.''

After 53 days of on-and-off negotiations conducted in coded classified ads in newspapers, a suspicious landlord tipped the police off to the scheme. An elite anti-kidnapping squad captured Mr. Norambuena and five of his associates this month and freed Mr. Olivetto. Investigators discovered a network of five rental properties that the kidnappers, who reportedly came from Chile, Argentina and Colombia, used to coordinate the abduction.

Most kidnappings here are not nearly as elaborate. In fact, a majority of incidents are carried out by small-time criminals who turned to kidnapping after other types of crime became less lucrative, said Mr. Kahn of the United Nations.

Banks have beefed up security systems. Transportation companies now use global positioning systems to track stolen cargo. And limits on withdrawals at automatic teller machines have cut down on ''lightning kidnappings,'' in which people are temporarily abducted to withdraw cash from their account.

But some of those security advances have come at the cost of increasing vulnerability for the average Paulistano, whom kidnappers often single out based on an obvious status symbol, the automobile.

It is a strategy that Julinho do Carmo, the owner of an upscale beauty salon, knows intimately. He said one of the five men who abducted him and his mother and father one night in August remarked that the abductors were after someone in a Hyundai but then saw his 1997 Mercedes sedan.

The men kidnapped them outside his parents' home in an industrial suburb, put them into a van and took them to Favela Pantanal, a sprawling shantytown. As they were negotiating a ransom of about $30,000 from Mr. do Carmo's sister, one held a gun to his head. Then word spread in the slum that the police were nearby and, five hours into the impromptu abduction, the kidnappers scattered and left them stranded.

''My Rolex, my rings, my cars -- I don't feel safe with them anymore,'' Mr. do Carmo said in an interview. ''I traded my Mercedes for a cheap Fiat.''

The newsmagazine Época published a ''survival guide'' in a recent issue with a warning against driving flashy S.U.V.'s and imported sedans. Other suggestions included regularly changing the route taken between home and the office; avoiding driving at night; and always carrying cash and an ATM card, bargaining items that can save a life.

The surge in kidnappings has touched a political nerve after Celso Daniel, the Workers Party mayor of Santo André, a city in the greater São Paulo area, was kidnapped last month and later killed after leaving a steakhouse in a friend's S.U.V.

Theories abound over Mr. Daniel's abduction and murder, including one forwarded by leftist leaders that the incident was carried out by right-wing extremists.

Others say corrupt associates planned the assassination. Still another theory holds that Mr. Daniel was randomly kidnapped and then killed after his abductors realized that securing ransom for a political figure would be difficult. The police have made little progress in the case.

Corruption and disorganization in the police force have not helped the authorities contain the kidnapping wave. Police officers are poorly paid, earning less than $500 a month when starting their careers, leading many to corruption.

 

[GDB]

Aleda is in San Paulo Brazil, the kidnapping capital of the world... I don't think they are worried about getting caught by you for false advertising....


São Paulo Becomes the Kidnapping Capital of Brazil
By SIMON ROMERO
Dr. Juarez Avelar, a plastic surgeon, is Brazil's leading authority on reconstructing the human ear. This city's surge in kidnappings has made him a minor celebrity.

Exactly what does kidnapping have to do with clear papers and the marketing of this company? Are you promoting rolling papers or just the paper in your pocket?

 

[paperpromoter]

I guess I shouldn't have put up that post? I'm just saying that a company based in such a tough place doesn't care about lying to you.

 

[Guest]

you fail to realize American companies operating under American law have also made the 100% cellulose claim................


your post just doesnt make sense

 

[donutsandwich]

aleda papers are like all that i ever smoke when it comes to joints. bongs were the shit though... and the volcano was fun.. but when it comes to joints id only roll those.

 

[paperpromoter]

hah yeah right. No Glycerin for me buddy

 

[TML16]

A good educated post by lotty

Regardless I still love smoking the Aledas, it may or may not be the less of 2 evils.

My main reason for preference is the taste. After smoking cellulose papers, I can't stand the chalky taste of paper.



Good Discussion

 

[princess cronic]

I just got a pack made by JOB / CRYSTAL. i just tried it and the papaer is free of anything but cellulose but taste harsh and they are thick. Cool looking/novelty I predict

 

[KnottyDollar]

Personally, I hate these things. They roll like shit, burn very hot and I dont care what anyone says I can taste some weird taste from them. Much more displeasing than regular papers.

 

[GET MO]

I dont know how I ended up on this thread but good read. I remember buyn some uh these and then showin um off ta people, looks like plastic, but smokes aright. I still stick with my orange zig-zags tho. when I wanna go expensive Ill get some hemp papers.

 

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[Big Bud Bear]

i like raw papers, i used to us the top clear, but did'nt like how they rolled, and burned too quick

 

[B4O2N0G]

I used these for awhile but I kind of thought they had a weird taste so I use hemp paper now

 

[Big Bud Bear]

I used these for awhile but I kind of thought they had a weird taste so I use hemp paper now

link?


i use these

 

[B4O2N0G]

I meant I used to use aledas but right now I have bob marley hemp papers.

 

[mriko]

Irie !

 

[dimebagdk]

i use Ghost papers (same as aleda but made in italy) but only for buds, for hash i continue to prefer normal papers

 

[CaptainStoner]

i got a pack of these aleda clear papers ages ago and keep them for special occasions (amazing a noob) they're a pain in the ass to keep stuck together, are too thin to roll a decent joint, and need folding in the middle to roll easily.

However the joints made with them are quite pleasant, and do amaze noobs - i went on a date the other week and pulled out a pure made with one of them and the lass was like "wow oh wowow cool' etc lol

 

[Goat]

Ive had these for the past year and i still like them. They do have a sharp taste but its much better than standard buglers or what-not. I really like element rice papers too, they have little-to-no flavor. - Goat!