Innehållsförteckning för December 2016 från High Times

On Instagram Instagram has a nasty habit of deleting pot-related accounts without explanation, offering users who have cultivated large and loyal followings no recourse. Sadly, this happened recently to our friends at Exotic Genetix, who contemplated early retirement from the social-networking site after getting deleted and losing 135,000 followers. Fortunately for everyone who loves great pot shots, @exotic_genetix has decided to rebuild. So if you like this pic of their Black Mamba strain, give them a follow. Glass Artist of the Month: Terry Sharp Like many glass artists, Terry Sharp (Instagram @TerrySharp) started his career in Eugene, OR, making production pieces for a local company. That was back in September of 1997. Upon returning to Indianapolis, IN, Terry took a class with Marcel and Jason Lee, two of the industry’s…

Ninety-nine percent of the weed out there, in my opinion, is nothing but toxic poison. Don’t Move to Colorado! Why would Danny Danko tell some dumb Texas fuck to move to my state (“Dear Danko,” Sept. ’16)? It’s my state, and the reason pot is legal here is because we made it legal by voting! So tell people to get their state legal and quit sending people my way, please! Texans are the rudest people—they think they own everything, and they don’t. Plus if you do move here, you can only grow three plants, so is it worth pissing off a bunch of High Times readers who might quit buying your magazine? Quit telling peopleto fucking move here! Brandon Somewhere in Colorado As far as we know, Americans are still…

China The planet’s leading cultivator, China has never banned hemp. It produces approximately 44,000 metric tons annually and is number two in hemp-seed production, accounting for 38 percent of the global total. It leads in producing and exporting hemp textiles and related products. The primary supplier of hemp products to the US, it’s secured over half of the 606 hemp patents recorded worldwide. France The French are the frontrunners in hemp-seed production, accounting for a whopping 59 percent of the global total. France also produces the lion’s share of Europe’s pulp and paper, the most important hemp market in the EU, accounting for over 50 percent of fiber applications. French hemp cultivars are suited for grain and fiber production, the specific varieties that industry trends demand. Chile South America’s most…

Pot use in the United States is on the rise, according to a recent Gallup Poll that revealed 13 percent of American adults—one in eight—currently consume cannabis. That’s nearly double the 7 percent of self-reported pot users in a 2013 Gallup survey. In all, 43 percent of Americans 18 or older now admit to using pot at least once in their lives, compared to 38 percent of respondents in the 2013 poll. As expected, adults under the age of 30 smoke more than other age groups (19 percent), and men get stoned more than women (12 percent and 7 percent, respectively). Residents of the western states have the highest regional reefer rate (14 percent). While this statistic could be the result of greater availability, it also could be that respondents…

Two cops in Orlando, Florida, unwittingly took a zero-tolerance stance on glazed donuts late last year when they arrested a 64-year-old man for possession of crystal meth. The officers pulled Daniel Rushing over for speeding out of a 7-Eleven parking lot. During the stop, Cpl. Shelby Riggs-Hopkins spotted some flakes on Rushing’s floorboard and, according to her report, “I recognized through my eleven years of training and experience as a law enforcement officer the substance to be some sort of narcotic.” Incredibly, two roadside drug tests confirmed that the flakes were an illegal substance, so Rushing was arrested and taken to jail, where he was strip-searched and locked up for 10 hours before posting a $2,500 bond. In the end, all Rushing was guilty of is being a sloppy eater.…

 When Hal Williams, a.k.a. Vritra, started work on his new album Yellowing, he had one thing in mind: This one has got to be different. And he got what he wanted. As for whether or not it’s the real hip-hop deal, he figured: Hell, it hardly matters in the end what anyone calls this soulful stewpot of drum-and-bass, hip-hop and jazz. “I normally only smoke sativa , which gets me in the right mood and right mindset.” Originally from Louisiana, later splitting time between Illinois and Georgia, producer/composer/singer/multi-instrumentalist Vritra early on discovered “difference” masters like Neptunes, the first true indie R&B band. It was the way their stuff was produced and represented that impacted young Hal: “I said, ‘Okay, this is cool. I haven’t seen this in…

THANKS TO EMERGING point-of-sale (POS) technology for cannabis retailers, dispensaries in medical marijuana and recreational states will soon operate as seamlessly as your average convenience store. From business-to-business data companies like BDS Analytics, to retail and consumer-facing firms like Green-bits, these new startups are helping dispensaries and retailers quickly access data regarding everything from product inventory to the best-selling strains. However, since cannabusiness regulations vary from state to state and the overall legal market is still in its infancy, tech companies that track marijuana POS data are not “one size fits all.” For instance, one of the newest startups entering the market is Baker, a company that helps people locate their favorite strains quickly and easily and provides dispensaries with POS technology, a breakdown of anonymized sales stats and assistance…

 Michigan isn’t lat like, say, Kansas. Instead, the countryside rolls, rising and falling gently. The peak of Mt. Arvon, way up on the Upper Peninsula, is the state’s highest elevation at nearly 2,000 feet. Still, when you drive across Michigan, you see acres of farmland and wide stretches of untouched flatland. Anyone with a rooting interest in the future of our fledgling industry could easily envision the Great Lakes State as one of America’s greatest agricultural producers of cannabis and industrial hemp. Three days of sampling the finest cannabis products in the Midwest was the real attraction. Of course, farmers grew hemp widely here in Michigan for two centuries, long before the federal government outlawed the plant in all its forms. No hemp crops grow here now. But smokable cannabis?…

IN LATE JUNE, longtime NORML executive director Allen St. Pierre tendered his resignation. He will be missed. My name is Randy Quast. I’m currently NORML’s treasurer and a member of the board. I’ll be serving as the acting executive director while the board conducts the search for our new executive director. I’m from Minnesota. My background is in business. I worked my way up in trucking, starting with my family’s small 10-employee trucking company in the 1980s. I worked in various departments and eventually became president and CEO in 1988. By the time I sold the company 10 years later, it employed 700 people in 23 service centers across 10 Midwestern states and had revenues of over $50 million a year. After retiring, I turned my love of flying into…

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A report by Bloomberg News released this summer found that the average legal-cannabis consumer in Washington State spends $647 annually on pot. The report reached this estimate using data from the 40,000 recreational pot purchases made between September 2014 and July 2016. Of course, the cost of cannabis in states with regulated medical or recreational pot programs tends to be lower than the black-market prices that many stoners are still forced to pay. With that in mind, we asked our readers how much, on average, they spend on pot in a year. Needless to say, High Times readers are singularly devoted to cannabis. So it wasn’t surprising to learn that, of the 6,152 people who responded, the vast majority (73 percent) reported spending more than $900 a year on pot.…

A long-awaited decision by the DEA regarding the rescheduling of cannabis turned out to be more of the same disingenuous crap we’ve all come to expect from one of the government’s least trustworthy agencies. For the fourth time, the DEA has denied a petition to reclassify cannabis, meaning that pot will remain a Schedule I narcotic alongside drugs like heroin, DMT and LSD. DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg issued the official response, claiming: “This decision is based on whether marijuana, as determined by the FDA, is a safe and effective medicine… and it’s not.” Schedule I drugs are officially considered to have “no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.” Of course, 26 states and the District of Columbia now beg to differ, acknowledging marijuana as legitimate medicine…

A former guard at the Rowan County Jail in North Carolina is in hot water after being accused of smuggling pot into prison. Things began unraveling for Heather Smith Burgos when an inmate in the jail was caught with an impressive 38 grams of pot and a cell phone. The trail quickly led to Burgos, who decided not to cooperate with investigators and immediately resigned her position as a detention officer. However, that maneuver didn’t help: Four days later, an arrest warrant was issued, and Burgos was hit with a felony charge of furnishing a controlled substance to an inmate. While it’s not unusual for prison guards to choose to supplement their income by smuggling contraband to prisoners, it’s a precipitous fall when they get caught and end up on…

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SUBJECT: Heart-Racing Sativas FROM: George B. I’ve heard stories of people having a pounding or racing heart rate from smoking marijuana. While it’s never happened to me, I’m interested since I recently turned 50 and there is a history of heart disease in my family. I will be traveling to California in two weeks and hope to enjoy opportunities that are not available in my home state of Indiana. Dear George, There are indeed some strains of marijuana that can have this “heart-racing” effect. Typically, they are the sativa-dominant strains such as Super Silver Haze, Jack Herer, Nigerian Silk or Blue Dream. If you’re worried about the effects and looking to avoid them, then do not purchase and consume sativa-dominant strains. Stick to indica-dominant hybrids. SUBJECT: Seeds Sprouted – Now…

Can cannabis help diabetes? Larry K. Sweets Hi Larry, Eight studies have shown that regular users are less likely to have diabetes, but the link could be spurious. The association doesn’t mean that cannabis would actually help how we metabolize sugar. A munchie-induced muffin binge could be hellish on insulin levels. However, we do know that cannabis can help with the neuropathic pain often associated with diabetes. Does Jamaica have the most tokers? Steve Miller Hi Steve, Countries with the highest total number of users are generally those with the most people. Identifying which country has the highest percentage of users can be more informative. Jamaica’s in the top 10, with about 10 percent of people using, according to United Nations data. But Iceland (18 percent), Zambia (18 percent) and…

In May 2010, Trish Bertrand was thrust into the world of marijuana activism after experiencing a traumatizing paramilitary-style raid executed by law-enforcement agents at her family-owned business. Cops discovered 47 marijuana plants that Trish’s husband, Daryl, was growing for medicinal purposes. Daryl became wheelchair-bound following a battle with a spinal disease. Pharmaceutical muscle relaxers and pain medication created a dependency that had spawned severe liver issues. Daryl decided to use medical marijuana to manage his chronic pain. Unfortunately, the state of Missouri didn’t agree with this decision. Trish was arrested. Sitting in her jail cell, she vowed to do whatever she could to prevent others from experiencing similar horrific treatment. She became an active member of Springfield, Missouri’s NORML chapter, where her hard work and dedication were quickly recognized, and…

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I’ve used a pen name for the 20 years I’ve been working at High Times. There were several reasons for this. I was the executive editor of our sister magazine Hemp Times from 1996 to ’99 and thought it would be a good idea to keep my writing credits separate. I was also coaching Little League and didn’t want any “straight” parents complaining about the stoner coach. In this issue, I write about my visit with Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier, who has spent nearly 40 years in prison as the victim of one of the worst miscarriages of justice in US history. In my application to see him, it was necessary to use my real name. But I wasn’t required to reveal that I work for High Times.…

In 2014, Florida was fixing to become the first Southern state to legalize medical marijuana. Activists put together a professional campaign funded mostly by millionaire attorney John Morgan. Florida resident Cathy Jordan, one of the world’s longest-surviving patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease (also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS), emerged as the symbol of all those who’d be helped by passing the Question 2 medical marijuana amendment. Polls showed massive support in the 70 to 80 percent range—which was important, since constitutional amendments require 60 percent of the vote to pass in Florida. Enter Sheldon Adelson, who poured $4 million into a sleazy anti–medical marijuana TV ad campaign. Adelson’s participation was solicited by his longtime friend Mel Sembler, a veteran anti-drug crusader who once ran the Straight, Incorporated tough-love…

Despite Mayor Bill de Blasio’s marijuana-policy change in November 2014, which barred arrests for possession of less than 25 grams of cannabis, petty pot busts in New York City are up nearly 30 percent in the first half of 2016. From January through June, there have been 9,331 marijuana arrests, compared to 7,236 in the same period last year. And a deeper reading of the statistics paints an ugly picture of racial profiling by the NYPD, as just 9 percent of those arrested were white. The NYPD has a long, terrible his tory of disproportionately arresting blacks and Latinos for weed. Police Commissioner William Bratton and the mayor’s office deny that a racial agenda is reflected in the latest report, but the stats tell a different story. Incredibly, each pointless…

During the psychedelic ’60s, rumors of establishment-hating hippies spiking the public water supply with LSD were rampant. But this past July, a small Colorado town was actually convinced that its water was laced with tetrahydrocannabinol—pot’s intoxicating, psychoactive chemical compound. The cannabinoid panic came about when a shed housing the wellhead for Hugo, CO was broken into. After tests erroneously confirmed the presence of THC, public officials warned residents not to drink the water. This, of course, was immediately picked up by media outlets nationwide, further perpetuating the bizarre rumor. For three days, the town of Hugo—which has banned the cultivation and sale of pot, despite being in a state where recreational cannabis is legal—thought its water supply had been purposefully contaminated by pot-smoking pranksters. As it turns out, there never…

As anyone who’s witnessed a barroom brawl can tell you, alcohol facilitates aggressive behavior. Now, new research from a Dutch study published in the September 2016 issue of Psychopharmacology confirms that while booze tends to increase feelings of belligerence, cannabis fosters peace. Participants in the aggression study’s “alcohol” group were given either 96 percent ethyl alcohol mixed with orange juice or a placebo; the “cannabis” group got either the placebo or a bag full of vaporized pot with 12 percent THC; and a control group received no intoxicants. Researchers then had the groups complete a series of tests designed to aggravate. Not surprisingly, the study found that alcohol intoxication increased aggression in the study subjects, while those who consumed THC were less aggressive when high.…

Marijuana can have life-threatening side effects. For instance, the other day, I accidentally ordered two sides of wings with my pizza instead of just one. I almost died from deliciousness. And psychedelics should also be avoided at all costs. I should know: I once dropped LSD and bought a whole bunch of tie-dyes. But after I came down, I discovered they were just plain white. From cats doomed to be stoned forever, to LSD-dosed tattoos, to the gateway theory, we’ve heard ’em all! As Lee Hopcraft, an organizer for the BUD Summit in Washington, DC, told High Times: “It’s a gateway drug, but not a gateway to hell—it’s a gateway to new opportunities!” Hell yeah, Lee! So here are 10 drug-related urban legends and why they’re bullshit. 1 If your…

Modern science is finally addressing the question of how cannabis affects the human brain, and its positive impacts are astonishing. Let’s take a look at some recent—and sometimes contentious—history. In 2012, the forces of marijuana prohibition were given a shiny new weapon to wield when scientists involved in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, a long-term research project in New Zealand, concluded that using marijuana can lower a person’s IQ by as much as eight points. The mainstream media seized on the report, and news of yet another scientific study “confirming” the dangers of cannabis quickly spread across the globe. But almost as quick were the challenges to the study’s conclusions—particularly how they were reached. After much debate and careful evaluation of the methodology, most of the study’s scientific…

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REGULAR READERS OF the High Times Dab Report likely already know about squeezing buds to make rosin—perhaps you currently practice this technique yourself. The uninitiated should check hightimes.com for details on the rosin technique, but the gist is that you apply heat and pressure to weed and hash oozes out. It’s a safe and easy way for anyone with cannabis and a hair iron to make some tasty dabs. More weed is now getting pressed into hash than you can imagine; commercial operations alone are pressing thousands of pounds of cannabis into rosin dabs every year, plus home users are increasingly experimenting with this method. But what happens to all that pot after it’s been pressed? Are you guys just throwing it away? We hope not. Here are a few…