Innehållsförteckning för June 2019 från High Times

Rich people in Beverly Hills will soon have a place to purchase their cannabis accoutrements, as the luxe department store Barneys New York launches the High End, an upscale head shop. As it would be vulgar to call it that, the company is branding the place as “a luxury cannabis lifestyle and wellness concept shop,” per the company’s announcement release. “Barneys New York has always been at the forefront of shifts in culture and lifestyle, and cannabis is no exception,” said CEO Daniella Vitale. “Many of our customers have made cannabis a part of their lifestyle, and the High End caters to their needs with extraordinary products and service they experience in every facet of Barneys New York.” The well-heeled clientele will be offered gold rolling papers from Shine, horn…

It used to be the case that district attorneys liked to rack up arrests, but the cool ones are now in the business of erasing them. In February, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office identified 8,132 past cannabis convictions with a computer algorithm that scans court records, and then automatically expunged them. This is on top of the 1,230 weed-related convictions the DA had already cleared, and it makes San Francisco the first county in the country to deploy an automated clearance process. “Prosecutors should act to address the inherent unfairness of penalizing people for activity that is no longer illegal,” said DA George Gascón. “Using technology, we have been able to proactively bring greater racial equity and fairness to marijuana legalization in California. I am thrilled to see other…

› On his new solo LP, Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) ditches overt electronic elements for acoustic piquancy. Sound effects are prevalent; opener “Dolphin” establishes the album’s aquatic theme with gentle crooning between literal drops of water. The soulful “Inner Monologue” feels like you walked into a darkened indie movie theater, while title track “Buoys” beckons to the oceans with haunting simplicity. Lennox’s honey-sweet voice remains front and center, and on “Cranked” he asks, “Why did I fly so high?” Closer “Home Free” unifies the proceedings with sparse bliss. Mark Miller › On Crazy, the Portland, OR–based Dandy Warhols update their raw retro sound to absorb digital dabblings while remaining true to drugged-out drone beats. “Terraform” opens the album with startling synthetics, as breathy front man Courtney Taylor-Taylor takes you “into…

@PercysGrowRoom: @HIGH_ TIMES_Mag I love talking about weed, allllll the time, what better way is there than run a weed forum lol;) @KentHaehl: This research suggests that #hemp protein can lower high blood pressure caused by hypertension. Hopefully, this is another step toward putting control over treatment back in the hands of patients. @High_Times_Mag @cannabiscuriou1: @HIGH_ TIMES_Mag Much needed change with all professional sports. The medical benefits of THC and CBD for managing pain and muscle recovery are well proven @ChiefPrinceAdam: @HIGH_ TIMES_Mag With Prince and others passing away because of Fentanyl laced pills, I support medical marijuana 100%. It saves lives. Cultivate the minds of the youth before it’s too late. @chefcarosi: @HIGH_TIMES_Mag As an agricultural crop we should see it everywhere you see parsley amd carrots… alcohol alters…

GOVERNMENT The federal government will, of course, have restrictions on hemp production. The feds will monitor the THC content of legal hemp, and if the plants come in at more than 0.3 percent THC, they will be considered cannabis, and therefore outside the protection of the Farm Bill. Also, state and federal governments will share regulatory duties regarding hemp production. States that wish to license and regulate hemp must submit a plan for approval by the USDA. If a state doesn’t receive approval for a regulatory plan, cultivators will have to follow the federal program. FARMERS Because hemp cultivation has been outlawed for so long in the United States, some farmers will need to learn the ins and outs of their new crop (for example, the maximum permitted THC levels…

Past research has shown that heavy pot consumption can take a toll on a fella’s sperm count, but now a new study challenges that assumption. Clinicians at the Massachusetts General Hospital Fertility Center collected 1,143 sperm samples from 662 men between 2000 and 2017. The men, mostly white and college-educated and with an average age of 36, were all fertility patients. They found that participants who had blazed at some point in their lives had higher concentrations of sperm than dudes who had never touched the stuff. Moreover, there was no significant difference in sperm count between current and former consumers, and weed blazers generally had higher testosterone levels. “These unexpected findings from our study highlight that we know too little about the reproductive health effects of cannabis,” said the…

“DO YOU HAVE a grinder?” asks Clementine Creevy. The front woman for LA rockers Cherry Glazerr is sitting, long legs gracefully akimbo, on the kitchen floor of a loft in New York City’s Chinatown. Outside it’s cold, dark and snowy; here, fluorescent light pours from the ceiling, reflecting off the large lenses of Creevy’s retro-cool glasses, and low-key rap filters in from the other room, where the photographer is busy arranging flowers. It’s the day before Valentine’s Day, and High Times is a little behind schedule: Thanks to pre-gaming lovers, buying their blossoms early to save a few bucks, the line to obtain lilies for the photo shoot was unexpectedly long. The Cherry Glazerr crew are pitching in: Bassist Devin O’Brien and tour manager Madeleine Campbell are getting the music…

JUNE MARKS THE start of winter in most of Latin America, yet the region is heating up in its collective efforts toward cannabis-reform legislation. While Canada has legalized cannabis nationwide for medical and adult use (as have 10 states and the District of Columbia in the United States, with another 23 states permitting medical-only use), there has also been a significant expansion of legal cannabis throughout the rest of the Americas, if primarily limited so far to medical markets. The region includes Mexico and all the countries to its south in the contiguous Americas, home to about 601.4 million people (or 8 percent of the global population), among whom nearly 13 million use cannabis at least once annually. Based on rates of cannabis use, estimated consumption volume and regional prices,…

Send your cannabis cultivation questions to @deardanko or deardanko@hightimes.com. SUBJECT: Falling Branches FROM: Doctor Octopot ❧I have what some might call a high-class problem. I grow my plants in 5-gallon buckets and vegetate them out for 6 weeks before I start flowering. By the time I’m ready to harvest, the plants are over 4 feet tall with multiple branches. The only problem is that many of the branches sag and droop from the weight of the buds. What is the best way to keep them closer to the lights? Dear Doctor, The easiest way to ensure your colas stay upright is to use a simple trellis system. I prefer this to using individual stakes because it’s less work and more forgiving. Use strong string or rope to create an interlocking…

ADDING AN MCT (medium-chain triglyceride) oil to your morning cup o’ joe is rumored to provide a more sustained energy boost than regular caffeinated coffee. And consuming whole-plant cannabis extract is a health-conscious decision for many reasons, not the least of which is simply to feel good. Coffee with a spoonful of cannabis-infused coconut oil combines the best of these modern discoveries as my new favorite energy boost hands down. Coconut oil happens to be both high in MCTs and ideal for infusing with a cannabis concentrate like Rick Simpson Oil (RSO), an edible cannabis-oil extract created by Canadian medical-marijuana activist Rick Simpson. RSO is an orally consumable cannabis oil that’s my go- to for low-heat recipes as it’s an accessible and potent whole-plant extract with activated THC. Just mix…

Got a question for Dr. Mitch? Email him at 420research@gmail.com. You guys should study this: CBD helps my asthma. Puff Natty Hey Puff, It works in mice, too. CBD’s anti-inflammatory effects improved lung function at 10 milligrams per kilogram of the test subjects. With the average weight per person in the United States of roughly 80 kilograms, though, you’d need a lot! Human trials seem justified, but I’m afraid it might be a pricey intervention. I heard cannabinoids can treat depression in “an animal model.” WTF? Art Broken Hi Art, PETA hates this work, for obvious reasons. Researchers force rodents to swim until they give up. (CBD helps them swim longer.) Some labs hang them by their tails and see how long they try to escape. Still others look for…

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THE CANNABIS WORLD is constantly evolving. Genetics change to better meet the tastes of consumers, products are tailored to accommodate customers and laws change to better reflect the growing acceptance of marijuana. Last year, in our inaugural HT 100 issue, we expounded on the advancements made in the marijuana industry, including 29 states and the District of Columbia going medical and nine states enacting full adult-use laws. Since then, we’re up to 33 and 10 (and DC), respectively, plus Canada has gone full rec and the US has legalized hemp, unleashing another billion-dollar industry. The High Times 100 celebrates the people shaping the cannabis world. The individuals listed in this issue are helping guide the laws, products, businesses and genetics that are advancing cannabis. Learn more about the most influential…

Jeff Shipley is not your standard-issue Republican. The recently elected Iowa state representative is promoting some very groovy policy moves, such as reclassifying ibogaine, psilocybin and MDMA for medicinal purposes. “When I was kind of daydreaming on like, ‘Why do I even want to be in the Legislature, why do I want to be a part of the office?’ It was this issue,” Shipley told the Des Moines Register. The libertarian-ish rep is also a sauerkraut salesman, the chairman of a local wiener-dog-racing event (he oversees an annual dachshund competition) and an occasional stand-up comic. His Twitter handle includes a mushroom emoji, and among other fungally related tweets he has prescribed “2 jars of kraut, unlicensed massage, and large doses of psychedelic medicine” for Democrats, whom he believes are complicit…

MARKET ANALYSIS Prices by the ounce All indices, with the exception of the Western Index, finished June below their previous month’s average. After consecutive months of rising prices, the US Price Index dropped $5 in June, coming in below $300 per ounce. The Southern Index experienced the biggest decrease ($7 below its May average). Gelato made the top five submitted strains for the first time since December 2018, with an average price of $283. US Price Index YTD Average: $300 Southern Index YTD Average: $331 Eastern Index YTD Average: $309 Western Index YTD Average: $258 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).…

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