Innehållsförteckning för April 2018 från High Times

THE PERFECT VIDEO GAME FOR EVERY SCENARIO Some stoner stereotypes are just spot on. For instance, cannabis consumers really like video games. There’s just something about getting high that makes gaming that much better. But sometimes it can be difficult to find the right game for certain occasions. Fortunately, High Times has you covered with our guide to “The Perfect Video Games for Every Stony Scenario.” Whether you have a group of friends coming over for a smoke sesh, just want a night in to chill by yourself, or you’re looking for something seriously off the wall, our video game expert has the perfect picks for every occasion. So before you decide what to play next, head over to hightimes.com and check out “The Perfect Video Games for Every Stony…

CHEECH GETS A NEW GIG! WHILE MARIJUANA ADVOCATES in the United States fret over the fate of the green revolution, their neighbors to the north are going all-in. This summer, Canada will become the first G7 nation to legalize it for all adults. (It would have been the first country in the world, period, but Uruguay got there first.) Canadians do like their weed. They consume about 700 metric tons of it per year, spending around $5 billion on the green, or about as much as they spend on wine. Many observers think July 1 is the launch date for legalizing, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dispelled that idea, since the target was always “summer” 2018. Some locales could be toking up as early as June 21. “The date will…

A Kansas couple will not be receiving any money for damages after Johnson County officers raided their home looking for (but not finding) weed. Adlynn and Robert Harte said that deputies lied to a judge to obtain a search warrant for their home—an understandable allegation since the warrant had been based, in part, on tea leaves found in the Hartes’ garbage. The couple, both former CIA agents, were targeted in a SWAT-style raid in 2012 after Robert was seen leaving a store that sold hydroponic gardening equipment. Soon thereafter, assaultrifle-wielding police raided their home, finding only tomato plants—being grown hydroponically. The raid came on 4/20, a day for which the cops had planned a series of marijuana busts they called “Operation Constant Gardener.”…

A Vail, CO, man saw an SUV he fancied on Craigslist, but rather than offer cash for the vehicle, he thought he would barter for it with four pounds of “homegrown black market” marijuana. Shawn Langley, 39, texted the owner with pictures of big bags of dope and testimony to its high quality. Little did he know that the owner of the car was the county sheriff. “You want to know the truth? I saw that text, and I started giggling,” Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell told the Gazette. Mikesell set up a time and place for an ostensible swap of goods, but instead of an SUV, all Langley got out of the deal was busted. The cops confiscated the four pounds of pot and arrested Langley with his partner…

Black people in the United Kingdom are eight times more likely to be stopped and searched for drugs, while white people are more likely to actually be carrying drugs. This is according to a recently released annual report by the UK’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, which examines the efficacy of policing across England and Wales. The good news: More than threequarters of police forces were found to be “good” or “outstanding” overall. Not so good: People of color apparently trigger “unconscious bias” in law enforcement, and so are often the victims of stop-and-frisk encounters. “Of particular concern is the continuing over-representation of black people in stop and search figures,” said Inspector Mike Cunningham. “Forces must be able to explain the reasons for any disparity in their stop and search figures if…

MARKET ANALYSIS Prices by the ounce The US Price, Eastern and Southern indices all finished April down from their previous month’s average. (The Eastern and Southern indices tend to be dominated by black market prices.) Meanwhile, the Western Index bounced back from its March average, finishing the month at $260 an ounce. Gelato made the top five submitted strains for the first time in 2018. TRANS HIGH MARKET QUOTATIONS High Times wants to know what you’re smoking. Submit your strain information including location and price by the ounce to thmq@hightimes.com, or tweet us (#THMQ).…

WHEN BILL SHERMAN (this is not his real name—due to the sensitivity of his case, he asked us to use an alias) came home to a dozen narcotics agents in his apartment one night, he knew he would need a pot lawyer. The cops had forced entry without a warrant, having figured out that Sherman was receiving out-of-state cannabis- oil shipments, which he used to treat his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Living in Mississippi, where legal weed is only the stuff of fairy tales in far-off lands on the West Coast, Sherman had been risking his freedom to self-medicate with cannabis. “They said they knew I had the oil and they wanted it, so I said, ‘Sure, where’s your warrant?’” Sherman explains. “They said to me, ‘We don’t have a…

IN NOVEMBER OF last year at a Capitol Hill event organized by the American Legion, veterans presented their personal stories about the efficacy of marijuana as a therapeutic treatment for a litany of conditions. Surrounding them were lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. Their stories were deeply personal. Joshua James Frey, an Iraq War vet, told the assembly, “I feel like I did before the war [in Iraq] mentally and… know this could help not just the veterans struggling, but it could help anyone struggling with addiction and PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder]. It’s time we all stand as one voice and truly move forward with real hard-line research and move forward with real compassionate care.” But you don’t have to just take Frey’s word for it. According to a…

THE STONED-DRIVING DILEMMA is not new. With cannabis legalization spreading, authorities have been quick to demand standardized regulations for driving high, but any semiregular smoker knows that THC impairment is not a one-size-fits-all issue. Experts agree that stoned driving and drunk driving cannot be measured the same way, and laws setting legal limits for THC-blood concentrations are ineffective at determining impairment on the road. Longtime cannabis users often build up a tolerance to the plant’s effects, and intoxication levels vary based on the method of consumption. Basically, just because a state considers a certain amount of THC in someone’s blood to be “over the limit,” that doesn’t mean squat. All of this ambiguity has led researchers on a wild goose chase to discover a reliable way to draw parallels between…

LAW ENFORCEMENT Nothing has changed in terms of the police’s position on marijuana. Law enforcement continues to block cannabis at every turn and uses cheesy propaganda to maintain the status quo— after all, the War on Drugs has done wonders for police coffers. Besides providing generous budget funding, prohibition continues to benefit law enforcement through asset-forfeiture programs in which seized property can be auctioned off for additional proceeds. Funds are often used to further the militarization of police forces around the country. BIG PHARMA Well-substantiated evidence of marijuana’s effectiveness for pain management has the pharmaceutical companies running scared. While some are attempting to integrate pot into pain-management products—much to the chagrin of whole-plant-medicine advocates—most companies prefer the status quo. This prevails, despite the fact that the US life-expectancy average has…

A Sheetz convenience store in New Kensington, PA, is trying out a quirky idea to discourage drug use: blue lights in the toilets. “The blue light system makes it so that somebody who is looking to inject heroin or an opioid can’t find their veins,” Sheetz spokesman Nick Ruffner explained to the Valley News Dispatch. Westmoreland County, where the Sheetz store is located, has seen a dramatic rise in overdose deaths over the past decade. As antidrug schemes go, this one seems both desperate and futile. Tim Phillips, executive director of Westmoreland County’s Drug Overdose Task Force, doesn’t think the blue light is going to stop many people from shooting up. “The bottom line is, if they’re going to shoot dope, it’s not going to stop them,” Phillips said. “You…

Sweet Leaf, one of the largest cannabusinesses in Colorado, was abruptly shut down by police in December. Multiple locations, 10 in Denver and one in Aurora, were shuttered after authorities said Sweet Leaf employees were selling more than the legal limit—one ounce per day per customer. As a result, the Department of Excise and Licenses suspended 26 of Sweet Leaf’s licenses. According to the suspension order: “Reasonable grounds and probable cause exists to believe that respondents have engaged in deliberate and willful violations of state and local laws or regulations, and/or that the public health, safety and welfare requires emergency action.” Sweet Leaf representatives said, in an emailed statement to the Denver Post, that they were unaware of any violations taking place. “Sweet Leaf is cooperating with the authorities to…

Shilpa Ray is a wondrously unadorned singer-bellower who brings a plain-spoken toughness to her stories of the New York City she hints at loathing (but kinda loves a little bit). She views the seemingly inherent melancholia of NYC life with resigned good humor in “Shilpa Ray’s Got a Heart Full of Dirt,” elsewhere wearing her guts on her sleeve by drenching “Manhattanoid Creepazoids” and “Morning Terrors Nights of Dread” in doo-woppy ’50s rock’n’roll, echo-twang guitars and evocative chimes— moody wonders that evoke the dreaminess of Lou Reed’s “Sunday Morning.” John Payne The willfully obscure is the modus operandi on the third studio album from post dubstep duo Mount Kimble. Like an anarcho-electro clash between the out-of-it postpunk of Joy Division and the clunky pre-techno of Cabaret Voltaire, “Four Years and…

MONTEL WILLIAMS HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT MARIJUANA. THE TALK SHOW LEGEND WAS OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN 2000, AND USES MEDICAL CANNABIS TO MANAGE SYMPTOMS OF THE DEGENERATIVE DISEASE. WILLIAMS SERVED A TOTAL OF 22 YEARS IN THE MARINE CORPS AND THE U.S. NAVY, SO HE WASN’T A RECREATIONAL CANNABIS USER—BUT WHEN HE WAS PRESCRIBED OPIOIDS TO MANAGE THE PAIN CAUSED BY MS, HE QUICKLY DISCOVERED THE HEALING BENEFITS OF MARIJUANA. FOLLOWING A LONG AND STORIED CAREER AS ONE OF AMERICA’S FOREMOST TELEVISION PERSONALITIES, WILLIAMS HAS SPENT MUCH OF THE LAST TWO DECADES CAMPAIGNING FOR MARIJUANA LAW REFORM. AS AN OUTSPOKEN ADVOCATE FOR AMERICA’S SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN, HE IS LEADING THE PUSH FOR VETERANS TO LEGALLY ACCESS MEDICAL CANNABIS WITHOUT THE THREAT OF LOSING BENEFITS. AND LAST…

MARIJUANA MUNCHIES MADE EASY! IN A WORLD INCREASINGLY crowded with new cannabis chefs and cookbooks, it’s good to have time-tested experts like Cheri Sicard, whose advice you can rely on. Known as “Cannabis Cheri” to her friends and fans online, Sicard is a committed activist who founded the Marijuana Lifer Project, which connects nonviolent prisoners of the War on Drugs with resources, pen pals and clemency campaigns. As an author, Sicard teaches people how to make their own THC-infused foods, with several books to her credit, including the newly released Easy Cannabis Cookbook, which details simple recipes for a variety of sweet and savory dishes. This beef and bean chili is perfect for warming up during chilly weather, and using cannabis-infused olive oil makes this recipe much more chill! Mix…

Ali Nagib has been involved in cannabis activism for nearly a decade. From assisting with the passage of the Illinois Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act in 2013 and supporting its implementation to a statewide decriminalization measure in 2015 and various industrial-hemp-related bills, Ali has been instrumental in the advancement of progressive cannabis policy in his state. He currently serves as assistant director of Illinois NORML. While the majority of his work is focused on policy and politics, Ali also spends his time coordinating citizen lobby days in Springfield on a regular basis and assists with organizing the annual Chicago Global Cannabis March. “Prohibition is ending,” says Ali. “The only questions remaining are how and when it ends in Illinois and beyond, and it’s my goal to ensure…

“WHY ARE OPIOID/ALCOHOL USERS ALLOWED TO HAVE GUNS WHEN LEGALLY REGISTERED CANNABIS USERS ARE NOT?” Send your letters to Feedback c/o High Times, 119 West 24th St., 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10011 Email: hteditor@hightimes.com GUN CONUNDRUM Everyone knows that marijuana should not be a Schedule I drug. Alcohol has a terrible track record with irrational and unpredictable behavior—exactly what the feds inaccurately insist happens to cannabis users. So why are opioid/alcohol users allowed to have guns when legally registered cannabis users are not? Not that anyone should have a gun, but there is an obvious unjust disparity here. Jeff B. Wailuku, Hawaii CANNABIS CURES I have been lucky to see the true face of cannabis over the past decade. It is not the Hollywood stereotype of getting super high…

Gun-owning Hawaiians who happen to be medical-cannabis card holders were alarmed in November when the Honolulu Police Department demanded they surrender their firearms. “Your medical marijuana use disqualifies you from ownership of firearms and ammunition,” Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard wrote in a notice to card holders, as reported by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. “If you currently own or have any firearms, you have 30 days upon receipt of this letter to voluntarily surrender your firearms, permit and ammunition to the Honolulu Police Department or otherwise transfer ownership.” But the backlash to the move was so negative the department quickly rescinded the order and said it was reviewing its options. “We in Honolulu want to develop a policy that’s legally sound and serves our community,” Ballard said in press release. For…

An Orlando man had to be rescued by the fire department after stealing a swan boat, then stranding himself on a fountain in the middle of Lake Eola. The gent, 36-year-old Keith Thurston, was reportedly hopped up on ecstasy at around 3:30 a.m. when he pinched the boat from a lakeside rental joint, then pedaled out to the fountain. Police said Thurston forgot to tie up the boat, and, when it drifted away, he sat down and began yelling for help. No charges were immediately filed, but the Orlando Police Department said it was checking with the boat-rental company to see if any were warranted. The police report of the incident was refreshingly sympathetic: “Before Thurston was transported he explained he ingested a large quantity of Molly (MDMA) and wanted…

US Attorney General and general irritant Jeff Sessions has launched his first big salvo in the idiotic and futile War on Drugs. In January, the nation’s chief law enforcement official announced he is rescinding an Obama-era policy—the famed Cole Memo—that had been instrumental in allowing states to legalize marijuana. Sessions will instead leave it to federal prosecutors to decide how to enforce federal marijuana law, even in states where weed is legal. Reactions to Sessions’s ill-advised move were swift and brutal. Congressman Keith Ellison’s (D-MN) tweet was typical of the backlash: “The war on drugs didn’t stop drug usage; it just ruined a lot of lives. Jeff Sessions is reviving it because he believes in using the criminal justice system as an instrument of racial and economic control of poor…

J.J. McCoy is Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data RESULTS FROM OUR SURVEY STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT THE LEVELS OF WOMEN’S INVOLVEMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH ROLES OF INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP DEMONSTRABLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. LAST YEAR, NEW Frontier Data and Women Grow partnered to produce the cannabis industry’s first industry-wide report about diversity within its ranks. The survey, 2017’s “Diversity in Cannabis: Perspectives on Gender, Race, and Inclusion in Legatypes of challenges faced by the burgeoning industry’s growing workforce. As conducted by two women-founded and -directed companies, the survey addressed the issue of sexual harassment. A year before the survey was administered, Fox News CEO Roger Ailes had been sued for harassment by network anchor Gretchen Carlson; shortly afterward, more allegations against Ailes were followed by complaints against Fox broadcaster Bill…

WHEN MARIJUANA WAS STILL ILLEGAL FROM COAST TO COAST, CASES INVOLVING MARIJUANA AND DRIVING WERE RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD: IF YOU WERE CAUGHT WITH ANY AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA IN YOUR SYSTEM WHILE ON THE ROAD, YOU WERE LIKELY GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE. EVERY FEW WEEKS, Chris Halsor has volunteers in Colorado take part in a scenario that at first blush seems too good to be true. He transports them, free of charge, to a respectable hotel where, in a comfy, goody-filled RV in the parking lot, he has them get really high. There’s only one rub: After they’re nice and stoned, they’re escorted to a hotel conference room filled with prosecutors and cops. For the next several hours, the volunteers are probed, prodded and analyzed by the very people cannabis users…

Here’s a reliable and easy method for making a healthier and more effective concentrated base for edibles. It serves as a versatile foundation that can be used in many ways. Instead of using a cup of ground cannabis, use 2-3 grams of distillate. Place in the oven at 220°F for 60-90 minutes in a container (ovensafe silicone works perfectly), allowing the material to decarboxylate. Next, combine the distillate with one cup of organic coconut oil. Slowly heat over a double boiler or in a slow cooker, making sure to keep the temperature well below 245°F, as higher temps can cook off valuable cannabinoids and degrade potency. Let the mixture simmer slowly for another 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. When cooled to room temperature, the coconut oil will solidify. You are now…

SUBJECT: Purple Leaf FROM: Lori H. I’m in New York State and my plants are almost ready to harvest. I noticed that on one plant, one leaf is turning a shade of purple. What does that mean? What am I doing wrong? It seems to have happened overnight, and it’s the entire leaf. Dear Lori, Leaves can turn purple for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, low temperatures late in life can cause cannabis leaves to develop dark colors. A phosphorus deficiency can cause stems and some leaves to turn purple as well. Certain strains, such as Grape Ape, Grandaddy Purps and Blackwater, will also turn plum-colored as they mature. Judging from your region and the timing, I suspect that your leaves are turning purple because of cold weather. Don’t worry—it…

I’m confused about how alcohol and cannabis interact. Carrie Nation Hey Carrie, Join the club! Alcohol slows THC metabolism. Although data suggest that THC has little impact on driving, when combined with alcohol it makes drivers genuine ding-a-lings. And recent studies emphasize that alcohol probably has a stronger link to cancer than we once thought. If you choose to drink, the American Medical Association suggests that one standard drink per day for women and two for men should be your maximum. Other than yourself, who do you think should be the most famous marijuana writer? Mark Eting Maven Hello Mr. Maven, I’d love to see Fitz Hugh Ludlow, author of the 1857 classic The Hasheesh Eater, get a little more credit. His comments on life, consciousness, travel and writing are…

FLOWER OF THE MONTH BOREALIS BUDS This is a shot of one of my Northern Lights females. This is my first grow ever and I was super excited. I used the hydroponic grow method with coco coir as my grow medium. GROW OF THE MONTH NORTHERN EXPOSURE I’d love to participate in photo submissions! Not sure if “Thumper” qualifies or how your submissions even work but I thought what the hell. The yield from this old girl was just over two pounds. Cheers! NUG OF THE MONTH AUSTRALIAN GREEN Long time fan and reader here! I contributed way back in 2002 so it’s been a while! I call her “The Resin Dawg.” She’s a cross of some Thai x Blue Dream from Humboldt Seeds and a special male I have…

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