Indholdsfortegnelse for August 2018 i High Times

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FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, prodigious bassist Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner has lent his otherworldly talents to albums from prolific artists like Erykah Badu, Kendrick Lamar and experimental producer Flying Lotus. His most recent solo album, 2017’s Drunk, soared with symphonic, jazz-influenced ballads and a helping hand from classic-rock icons like Kenny Loggins. Although the Los Angeles native can count on one hand how many times he’s smoked cannabis throughout his 32 years, on the few occasions he has, it’s led to unforgettable moments. “The first time me and Flying Lotus met, I had a moment with him where we kind of shared in each other’s worlds. It was never really a big thing for me, but I would see my friends dive into that world. I would just kind of…

IRON REAGAN/GATECREEPER Split (Relapse Records) Iron Reagan have gone halfsies with ascendant Arizona death-metal commandos Gatecreeper. Well, almost: This time around, the proverbial Reaganites contribute five tracks to Gatecreeper’s three, but both bands offer up top-notch material. IR vocalist Tony Foresta (also of Municipal Waste) and his all-star thrash squad crank out politically charged rippers like “Warning” and whammy-bar workout “Burn for This,” while Gatecreeper saw off a pounding trilogy of Swedish-influenced death dirges including “War Has Begun” and the instrumental intro “Daybreak.” J. Bennett THE SWORD Used Future (Caroline Distribution) The Sword have made a tidy career out of reprising the riff-riding style of their classic-rock forbearers with a proclivity for sci-fi lyrics and a distinctly stoner-friendly aesthetic. On their sixth album, the trippy Texans have expanded their sonic…

(Wookies) “Indica-dominant, intricate mix of The White, Chem 91 and Girl Scout Cookies” –Yuma, AZ (OG Kush) “Good deal for Kush in a medical-only city. The county banned all rec sales!” –Klamath Falls, OR MARKET ANALYSIS Prices by the ounce All indices, with the exception of the Southern Index, finished August below their previous month’s average. However, the US Price Index continues to hold steady at $312. The US Price has finished between $310 and $314 per ounce for the last six months. August highlighted the massive discrepancy between prices in legal and prohibition states as the Southern Index closed the month $97 above the Western Index. (Platinum OG) “Excellent weed. It costs enough!” –Nashville, TN High Times wants to know what you’re smoking. Submit your strain information including location…

The truth is that many companies that market themselves as seed companies do not do any of the actual breeding described above. At least not to the extent that it can be called breeding, but rather a watered-down process of seed replication. Those in the know refer to this crude and deceiving practice as “pollen chucking,” which is to say growers take a female clone-only strain that they like (or won a prize with) and attempt to replicate it by simply throwing male pollen on it in order to produce seeds. Many times, there is no attempt on the part of the breeder to identify traits as dominant or recessive, let alone homozygous or heterozygous. (In fact, if you ask some of these “breeders” what those terms mean, you’ll likely…

Send your cannabis cultivation questions to @deardanko or deardanko@hightimes.com. SUBJECT: Drying and Curing FROM: Scott H. Hi, I read somewhere that when drying buds you should make sure that the outside is dry, but that the buds should still be somewhat damp in the middle. After the drying process is complete, you can then begin the curing process. So my question is: How long should I leave my plants up to dry without it ruining them? Lastly, what is the purpose and method for curing your buds? Dear Scott, It’s true that when drying you want the outside of the buds to be dry. It’s also true that there will still be moisture within the buds that you need to remove through curing. Here are the two steps of harvesting:…

Got a question for Dr. Mitch? Email him at 420research@gmail.com. Cops claim that decriminalization doesn’t do anything but lead teens to pot. Help! Rick Sanatorium Hi Rick, My buddy Rick Grucza looked at data from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont and Maryland. He found a significant decrease in drug arrests and no increase in teen use. Decriminalization is clearly a good thing. Do you think I could add hemp protein to my gluten-free bread recipe? D. Baker Hey D, Researchers in Poland showed that substituting 20 percent of the starch in a recipe with hemp protein made gluten-free bread more nutritious without messing up the structure of the dough. So bake on! Last month you revealed that the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung, who I thought discovered cannabis, wasn’t real. What’s…

E-mail your hi-res digital photographs to mailbag@hightimes.com FLOWER OF THE MONTH SUNNY DAZE I’m almost 21, I’ve been growing longer than I’ve been smoking, and I’ve had my medical marijuana card four years now. I’m growing on a 14-acre plot in SW CO. My father died when I was three building our home so I’m growing to finish his work. Jake K GROW OF THE MONTH TREES OF MAINE Maine 2017 outdoor grow of M.O.B and Blue Dream. Photo credit: Alan Bonville & Rob Barter South Portland Maine. Alan “Redriot” Bonville CRITTER OF THE MONTH THE CAT’S MEOW Our furry feline friend loves the smell of freshly grown buds a little too much. Ozzy Pawsborn CLOSE UP OF THE MONTH MA-HIGH-LO Ocean Grown Seeds’s Ninja Fruit, grown organically with Nectar…

SNOOP CAN'T HANG WITH WILLIE MARIJUANA LAWS IN the United States are a patchwork of diverse and often conflicting regulations and rules. Border areas that separate one jurisdiction from another are affected by these disparities, but we’re only just beginning to understand how these dynamics play out. There are all kinds of borders, from the imaginary lines that distinguish weed-dealing counties from their prohibitionist neighbors, to the continent-wide frontier between green Canada and its comparatively puritanical neighbor to the south that will soon delineate legal cannabis access. California has legalized weed at last, but in order to achieve that policy success, the state had to grant local jurisdictions the freedom to set their own policies. Many have just said no to weed: Only 144 Golden State cities (out of 482)…

IF INFLUENCE WERE RICHES, George Clinton would be Bill Gates. The 76-year-old funk legend bridged soul to rock like James Brown in the late ’60s, then took the Day-Glo psychedelic exit ramp. Performing (primarily) as Parliament and Funkadelic, Clinton and his rotating cast of collaborators pushed old-school Motown production values in new directions, donning Broadway-worthy stage costumes and employing arena-rock props like the signature Mothership, now housed at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, dc: Yet Clinton’s career was nearly derailed by a wayward counterfeiting scheme. But, he says, chuckling, “the funk had our back. Because we had been really good to the neighborhood, they came in and warned us.” Clinton came across the forged bills while working at a neighborhood barbershop in Plainfield,…

EVERYTHING’S BIGGER IN TEXAS: The Life & Times of Kinky Friedman Mary Lou Sullivan (Backbeat Books) Polymath American maverick Kinky Friedman has finally been blessed with the biography he’s earned. Sullivan captures the singer, songwriter and political candidate at his best (he’s one of Bob Dylan’s favorite songwriters) and worst (epic addictive appetites). The author notes the Kinkster’s ability to cut across ideology (he’s pals with Presidents Clinton and Bush the younger), class and music (he hangs with Willie Nelson and Iggy Pop). His raw talent, politically incorrect wit and respect for truth make him authentically Kinky—and at 73, he continues to make new fans. MS…

BEWARE! ALL THAT glitters is not gold, and some of the cannabis-derived “terpenes” being sold to the public are not what consumers—or manufacturers—think they are. In fact, they’re actually classified as hydrosols, which are not pure cannabis terpenes in composition. Rather, they’re a product produced from distillation, as are most true essential oils. There are multiple distillation processes used, but in all of them water is heated to produce steam, which extracts the most volatile chemicals and essential oils of the plant. The steam is then cooled in a condenser and the resulting distillate is collected. Whether using steam or hydro distillation, or a combination of the two, the resulting hydrosols are basically the same. Steam distillation is the most efficient and versatile form of distillation. For an in-depth explanation…

1 PEAK DABBING $379.99 puffco.com Dabbers rave about the new Puffco Peak, so we had to try it out. Upon testing, we’re convinced this innovative device will change the face of concentrate consumption. Made with handblown glass, a removable ceramic bowl and a strong silicone base, this smart rig charges and warms up quickly with four heat settings and a sesh mode. Drop in your dab, pop on the carb cap and taste the difference. Lose your torch and start peaking! 2 FILTER IT OUT Starting at $115.49 canfilters.com Growers know the importance of filtering odors from expelled air, but the costs and sizes of some previously available units could be daunting. The new Can-Lite Filters from Can-Filters are available in nine sizes, from four to 14 inches with airflow…

MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS I’m 26 years old have two kids. Though I may have a great life, I have been dealing with an eating and sleeping disorder since I was a kid and doctors can’t do much. But when I started smoking pot, that helped. You would think that might be the end of the story but, living in the state of Georgia, pot is illegal. And because there is no official diagnosis for me, I don’t qualify for CBD in GA. I’m curious about other people living with medical conditions in prohibition states; Does weed help? Does it being illegal affect their life? Are they getting access to meds? Alexandra Atlanta, GA I WANT A LITER OF COLA! Loved the Super Troopers interview in the June 2018 issue.…

GANJA-FUELED YOGA Dee Dussault, a hatha-yoga instructor for 22 years, conducts these biweekly classes in an art gallery in San Francisco’s SoMa (south of Market Street) district. Dussault explains that combining cannabis use with the yoga poses helps students redirect themselves from racing thoughts and pain points while nurturing mindfulness of body movement. The group smokes a joint together before beginning the yoga exercises, and students can smoke as desired between poses. The weed is free, since California’s Proposition 64 makes gifting up to an ounce of pot legal. CANNABIS PAINTING CLASS Known as Puff, Pass and Paint, these classes were founded by Heidi Keyes, an artist and cannabis user. They began in Denver after Colorado legalized cannabis, and the practice has expanded to six states where marijuana is now…

BURNOUT PARADISE WAS a bit ahead of its time when it hit the market in 2008. We were too busy lamenting the loss of Burnout 3’s excellent crash mode and the creation of an open world in a game that, well, didn’t really need one. It’s fair to say that the last 10 years have been very, very kind to the game, and Burnout Paradise Remastered is here to remind you that it’s still a hell of a ride. Burnout knows you’re only here to go fast, and the upgraded graphics make an already gorgeous game even more eye-popping. The open-world map—races don’t take place on tracks, but through set portions of the open city, letting you plan your own route—is huge and a joy to explore. Plus, while we…

J.J. McCoy is Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data THE AGENCY’S “PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON FENTANYL AND SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS NOW,” BUT “IF IT WAS UP TO [US ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF] SESSIONS, ALL AGENCIES WOULD BE WORKING MARIJUANA CASES ONLY. WITH THE INCREASED popularity and public support of legalized cannabis in the United States and Canada, the US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) reports that pot is likewise increasingly being sent through the US Postal Service, a practice that, due to federal law, remains a crime regardless of the legal status of cannabis in the state where it’s mailed to or from. In January 2018, a congressional report found the Postal Service lax in its vigilance and detection capabilities. A Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs investigations subcommittee found that the…

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SOMETIMES YOU WANT an easy, icy, DIY drink infused with cannabis, but you haven’t made any cannabis-infused alcohol ahead of time (because it takes weeks, and it involves straining—a step I’d rather skip entirely). Here’s an alternative method to infuse juice with cannabis concentrate in a nofuss, no-alcohol, 20-minute recipe. The key to this recipe is the liquid sunflower lecithin, which acts as an emulsifier and suspends the extract oil in liquids, without the need for a solvent like alcohol. The essential orange oil and the cannabis replace the triple sec and tequila found in a traditional margarita, and when combined with the intense lime-juice concentrate and served in a salt-rimmed glass, the resulting zing of bright citrus with salt is like sunshine and sea air. It’s summer in a…

Jamie Lescht is NORML Junior Associate. Visit norml.org. IF YOU ASKED me six years ago if I thought I’d ever be working for a cannabis-advocacy firm or if my parents would be accepting of that career path, the answers to both questions would have been a resounding no. Being a woman from a white, upper-class family, I too fell victim to anti-marijuana propaganda. Luckily for me, my family has made the effort to reconsider their understanding of cannabis. And, through my role at NORML, I have improved my ability to articulate the benefits of marijuana legalization. But in conversations with people from older demographics, I have found that our country’s reefer madness is deeply ingrained and has largely influenced their attitude toward marijuana-law reform. It’s no secret that older generations…