The "roach paper thing" is not necessary- I just use plain old rolling papers. If you don't have any ZigZags and are using "regular" paper, here's some tips. Don't use any paper that has printing on it. Ink is often bad for you. Thinner paper is better. Since you will have no glue, you may want to wet the joint down with saliva and let it dry again before smoking (this also slows the burn a bit, supposedly). This helps the paper stay in a joint shape. Hold it over a light bulb, electric burner, etc to make it dry quickly. It likely won't burn as well as regular papers, so have your lighter/matches handy.

As you smoke it, you may want to use a "roach clip". Easiest is to get an alligator clip from your electrical junk box and use it. Likely you don't have one, so head toward the bathroom and grab the tweezers. Clean them and wrap a rubber band tightly around them. This will hold your joint, and save you some burnt fingers.

Another way is to make a "roach" by just rolling a bit of match book cover into a tube and sticking your joint into it. They tend to fall out sometimes.

Get/make yourself a little pipe sometime. Something small and easily hide-able. This will save you from the "I got pot, but ain't got no papers" blues. A couple of bucks and a trip to a plumbing section of a hardware store can get you a nice little brass pipe- or go primitive- get some clay, make a pipe and fire it under a campfire/ in a wood stove- put it in, light the fire, get it out the next morning. Lots of possibilities! - Granny:hippy: