Innehållsförteckning för July 2017 från High Times

Somewhere in Washington State, a stoner is incredibly bummed… either that or incredibly generous. Earlier this year, five large plastic bags containing a total of 3.75 pounds of pot were discovered in a donated cooler at a Goodwill outlet in Monroe, Washington. The local police, called in to confiscate the presumably forgotten pot, tried to track down the cooler’s owner but were unable to determine if it was originally donated at the store or at a Goodwill trailer nearby. Numerous people on social media have claimed to be the source of the gifted ganja, but no one has yet attempted to reclaim the pot from police. That’s probably wise: Although recreational marijuana is legal in Washington State, individuals can possess no more than an ounce of flowers at any one…

Los Angeles voters overwhelmingly approved Measure M earlier this year with 80 percent of the vote. The City Council–sponsored ballot initiative seeks to bring regulatory harmony to the LA cannabis industry. Measure M repeals Proposition D, the odious 2013 initiative that set a limit of 135 medical marijuana dispensaries in the sprawling metropolis and banned new businesses from opening. The new measure will allow the city to license and regulate dispensaries and help the transition to recreational cannabis sales coming up next year. Under Measure M, the City Council will determine the number of pot shops allowed to operate in Los Angeles. That total appears set to expand, and the council will likely approve delivery services as well. Measure M, which was backed by both the city and cannabis-industry trade…

Sprayground + High Times Sprayground is making a splash with its latest collaboration: the Ganja Grillz backpack, created exclusively for High Times. The graffiti-culture skateboard style of Sprayground’s unique line fits in perfectly with the High Times aesthetic: These backpacks are creative and functional, letting their wearers look chill while blazing up. Sprayground founder and creative director David Ben-David says, “Partnering with High Times was inevitable. I’ve always appreciated the social and cultural significance that cannabis has had—and continues to have—in our society, and I advocate for its medicinal and recreational use. When the opportunity for a collaboration arose, I jumped at the chance to help alter people’s perception and connotation of marijuana in an artistic way.” The Ganja Grillz backpack features an eye-popping take on Sprayground’s famous “grillz” concept:…

 You perform in Amsterdam. What do you think of the cannabis scene there? “The future of weed looks very bright right about now... I know a lot of artists that have been trying to advocate it, and they help the fight.” Amsterdam no longer has the best weed in the world. I’m going to have to give that to Los Angeles, California… in the world. What do you like to smoke? I like sativas myself. I’m definitely more of a sativa guy than an indica guy. That’s just me. Are you still tight with the grower for “Blueberry Yum Yum”? No, because that was in Amsterdam. I haven’t talked to that person in a very, very long time. I’ve got my own growers. How did the “Blueberry Yum Yum” video…

Chocolate-Dipped Cannabis Cookie-Dough Pretzel Bites FORTHE EGGsLESS COOKIEDOUGH: ¾ cup softened cannabutter 1 cup brown sugar ½ cup white sugar 2 tbsp. vanilla extract 2 cups flour 2 tbsp. water 1½ cups chocolate chips FOR THE SANDWICHES: 2 bags square pretzels ½ cup chocolate chips (for dipping) 1 tsp. coconut oil Using an electric mixer, whip the cannabutter and sugars together, then add vanilla extract and combine well. Slowly add flour to the wet ingredients until a crumbly dough starts to form. Add water 1 tablespoon at a time until the cookie dough forms into a soft ball, then slowly mix in the chocolate chips. Using a spoon, roll your desired amount of dough into small balls. Put a layer of pretzel squares on a silicone mat or cookie sheet,…

Born and raised in Alabama, Scott Gordon is a passionate community activist who has called Portland, Oregon, home for more than two decades. He’s currently the executive director of Portland NORML and recently served as a member of the Oregon NORML board of directors. Gordon’s marijuana activism dates back to the 1990s, when he advocated and voted for California’s legendary Proposition 215, which legalized medical marijuana across the Golden State. “With the newly legalized marijuana market evolving at an Indy Speedway pace,” Gordon says, “I believe team activism is still important. We need to protect what we’ve achieved up to this point.” For the 2017 legislative session, Gordon and several of his colleagues from Portland NORML are taking on the issue of workplace drug-testing—a practice that unfairly discriminates against law-abiding…

In March, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission issued the state’s first-ever recall of recreational cannabis due to the excessive pesticide levels detected in retail flowers sold at the Buds 4 U pot shop in Mapleton. The Liquor Control Commission, which oversees Oregon’s recreational pot sales, confirmed that tested samples of the strain Blue Magoo, a clone-only, indica-dominant hybrid of DJ Short Blueberry and Major League Bud, failed the threshold for pyrethin levels. Pyrethins are synthetic chemical compounds used to kill insects that harm plants. Emerald Wave Estate in Creswell, Oregon, cultivated the recalled weed. Buds 4 U sold over 80 grams of Blue Magoo to 31 customers in early March. The shop fully cooperated with the recall and, in fact, had notified the Liquor Control Commission immediately when the staff…

Farmers in the coastal city of Taranto in Southern Italy are currently cultivating hemp to decontaminate the farmland soil ruined for raising livestock by toxins like the chemical dioxin, which have been discharged by a local steel plant. The cannabis that these farmers are growing contains very little THC and has the ability to leach the soil naturally through a process known as phytoremediation, in which the rapidly growing roots of pot plants bioaccumulate, degrade or otherwise render harmless toxic heavy metals. Hemp is a part of everyday life in Italian towns like Taranto, where cannabis grows openly and apartment buildings are constructed with hemp biomaterials. The farmers’ removal of the steel plant’s contaminants via hemp is akin to the use of cannabis to help clean up the radioactive debris…

›Brian Eno has experimented with ambient soundscapes for more than 40 years. His new generative piece is a single 54-minute track that evokes the contemplative calm of watching a river flow. The slow, deliberate pace of Reflection creates a space for deep internal thought. Eno’s original intent with his ambient explorations was to create music that could go on forever while always unfolding differently. If you purchase the Reflection app, you’ll be treated to an endlessly changing piece of music that flows beyond the constraints of a fixed album format. Ira Lawrence › Future Islands have spent a decade crafting an impeccable sound that fuses punk caterwauling with epic Neil Diamond–style songwriting. With In the Far Field, the band has scrapped the rough edges, instead favoring billowing orchestral arrangements crossed…

Students for Sensible Drug Policy, with the help of its campus chapters, collects information on the drug policies of hundreds of colleges and universities across the country. The organization has completed a full 2017 survey ranking several hundred of the country’s educational institutions in terms of their drug policies. The list includes such categories as whether drug violations are automatically referred to law enforcement; whether resident advisers in the dormitories have discretion in deciding to report drug violations by students to police or to school administrators; and whether students can be evicted from dorm rooms for drug violations. According to the preliminary report, which ranked 94 colleges and universities and was made available early to High Times, 54 schools have policies that require notifying the police for all drug violations;…

SUBJECT: Dude Looks Like a Lady FROM: D in TN ❧ Please help me with a few questions: 1. If a female plant turns out to have male pollen sacs (bisexual) and is cloned, will that clone be the same? Should I separate it from the other females? She/he is a great plant. 2. Once I’ve collected pollen from a great male, how do I create seeds? 3. Can you “continually” clone if you want only a few plants at a time without losing anything (THC, CBD, taste, quantity, appearance, aroma)? Thanks for your incredible magazine. I’m a new farmer and waiting for the results of my first-ever grow. I only have a few plants, but I’m very excited for harvest. Dear D, To answer your questions in order: 1.…

Tell me that whole-plant medicine is better than synthetic! Terra Firma Hi Terra, CBD is most effective under one simple condition: when it’s applied with all of its entourage-effect pals in a natural extract. All by its lonesome, CBD is only effective at very specific dosages. Chalk up another win for the whole plant! I feel like the world is against me because of my cannabis use. Is there such a thing as cannabism, like racism or sexism? Nelson Marley Yo Nelson, One of my students showed that if people see your picture and assume you’re a cannabis user, they also assume you’ve got a bad memory. Actual memory abilities didn’t vary between users and nonusers—but if people thought you merely looked like a cannabis user, whether you were or…

FLOWER OF THE MONTH TRIPPING OUT Check out this LSD (Lemon Sour Diesel) grown from clone just before harvest. Shane Rahman, Toronto, Canada STASH OF THE MONTH LAY LADY LAY Thought you guys would like this pic of me and would maybe want to use it. @jessi.bones NUG OF THE MONTH LITTLE PURPLE PILL What do you guys think of this Sweet Dreams photo captured on my iPhone 5s? David S. CLOSE UP OF THE MONTH CRYSTAL MIST Check out how frosty my Cali Mist lowers turned out. My favorite sativa! Essential Oil Hunter E-mail your hi-res digital photographs to mailbag@hightimes.com…

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“I was completely against cannabis until this year. Now I finally understand how cannabis helps people in so many ways, whether it’s medicinal or recreational.” Cannabis Convert I’m 35 years old and have suffered from anxiety my whole life. I’ve been given five different anxiety medications over the past year, all of which have had horrible side effects, including depression. I’ve only been using cannabis for the past three months, and it has changed my life entirely. I have always used alcohol to ease my anxiety and stress, but when the word “marijuana” was mentioned, I was against it from the start. When I finally ran out of options for what I was experiencing, I tried two different strains, both of which were recommended for anxiety, depression and stress. For…

Butch Otter “Idaho is a virtual island of compliance [with federal pot prohibition] and we are paying the price,” Ohio Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter wrote to President Trump, coming off like a spineless sycophant. Numerous politicians and private business interests alike are pleading with Trump to lay off the burgeoning billion-dollar bud industry. But not Otter, who encouraged the Donald to crack down to prevent pot from being imported into potato country. Peter Hitchens “Marijuana use is a victimless crime—only if you do it on a desert island, quite alone, and nobody loves you.” That shamelessly unsolicited advice came courtesy of Peter Hitchens, conservative journalist and author of biased books like the anti-pot tome The War We Never Fought. Hitch-ens’s inane comment was part of a longer diatribe, “Stupid Arguments…

It appears that progressive leadership in government increases medical marijuana use. That’s what occurred in the United States under former President Barack Obama, and now it’s happening in Canada with the Liberal Party’s ascent and the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. According to new data, the number of Canadian pot patients has quadrupled in just over a year. The month prior to Trudeau’s election in October 2015, Canada boasted 30,357 registered medical cannabis users. By December 2016, that number had soared to 129,876. Industry experts believe that increased knowledge and a better understanding of cannabis among Canadian physicians and patients alike have contributed to the rise of legal pot users. Technology has also played a role: The messaging app Skype has improved access to medical marijuana in Canada, allowing…

This spring, Donald Trump announced the formation of a White House commission to combat opioid and heroin addiction, to be headed by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. The panel will fall under the umbrella of the president’s new White House Office of American Innovation, headed by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Christie will coordinate with state and local governments as well as law enforcement, medical professionals and even addicts themselves to develop strategies to curb the epidemic that is causing the deaths of 91 Americans each day, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The best that Trump could muster in support of Christie—one of his earliest and smarmiest supporters—is that he’s a “very effective guy.” But Christie has been anything but effective as New Jersey’s governor, especially when it comes…

Cops across California are livid over proposed legislation that would prohibit them from cooperating with investigations or raids by the federal government against legal cannabis businesses. Assembly Bill 1578 prohibits state and local police from using their funds, facilities or personnel to help a federal agency “investigate, detain, report or arrest” anyone acting in accordance with California’s marijuana laws, unless there’s a court order. Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood, president of the State Sheriffs’ Association, termed the bill “offensive” because it seeks to “direct law enforcement” according to how legislators “want us to work.” The six Democrats in the State Assembly who co-sponsored AB 1578 view it as a way of defending the will of the people who passed Proposition 64, which legalized recreational cannabis in the Golden State last…

John Kagia is executive vice president of industry analytics for New Frontier Data IT’S AN EXCITING time to be in the burgeoning cannabis industry, where timing and positioning are key and the establishment of a brand can be essential for long-term survival and success. Sharing some similarities with both the repeal of alcohol prohibition in 1933 and the Internet boom of two decades ago, the cannabis industry is nevertheless unique unto itself—inviting comparisons to the spirit (and risks) of the Wild West, yet also demanding an aptitude and appreciation for technical complexity. It is a place for neither fools nor the faint of heart to tread. The fact is that, as the cannabis industry moves fully out of the shadows, it is establishing itself among the most highly regulated business…

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY controls the legislative and executive branches of the US government for the first time since the 109th Congress, which ran from 2005 to 2007. Understandably, the GOP’s leadership is anxious to push forward an agenda that comports with the longstanding conservative principle of limited government as well as with the new president’s populist rhetoric. Advocating for marijuana-policy reform ought to be part of this agenda. Here’s why. Outside the DC Beltway, support for enacting regulatory alternatives to pot prohibition is uniquely bipartisan. According to the latest polling by Gallup, six out of 10 Americans believe that the adult use of marijuana “should be made legal.” Gallup’s pollsters found that legalization was most likely to be favored by independents and Democrats, but also that support among Republicans had…

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