Innehållsförteckning för March 2020 från High Times

◗ THE ULTIMATE COMEUPPANCE Last month, Chicago, Illinois law enforcement installed “cannabis amnesty boxes” at local airports where travelers can conveniently forfeit cannabis in the event that they forget to leave it at home. But on January 20, predictably, a thief broke into an amnesty box at the Chicago Midway International Airport and snatched up all the cannabis inside. Chicago Police Department Spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi told the Chicago Sun-Times that his team learned of an unknown object that was removed from the box. The boxes had just been installed at the Chicago Midway International Airport as well as the O’Hare International Airport nearby. Illinois’s new recreational cannabis law took effect on January 1 and led to over 100,000 pardons for low-level cannabis cases. It’s also attracted more tourists who toke.…

HEMP FARMERS HAVE a reason to rejoice: A flurry of industrial hemp plans have received approval—both on tribal soil and in a growing number of states. After being banished under federal law for more than 80 years, hemp production has finally made a comeback, despite justifiable concerns over rigid regulations. On January 27, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced approvals for hemp plans under the US Domestic Hemp Production Program in Delaware, Nebraska and Texas. Likewise, hemp plans on sovereign tribal lands were also approved for the Colorado River Indian Tribes, the Fort Belknap Indian Community, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and the Yurok Tribe. Existing hemp plans were approved beforehand in the states of Louisiana, New Jersey and Ohio, as well as for the Flandreau Santee…

HempCann Solutions selected the city of Bengaluru in which to open India’s first medical-cannabis clinic, called Vedi Herbals. The site, which opened in February, features a wellness center and clinic and prescribes cannabis-infused tablets, oils and other products. “Cannabis has several mentions in Ayurveda, which is India’s original medical system that is more than 5,000 [years] old,” said Sourab Agarwal, managing director of HempCann Solutions. The project is possible only due to a legal loophole in Indian law. Under India’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, cannabis remains illegal, but specifically it only bans flowers and resin. Leaves and seeds, though, are a different story. And because leaves and other parts of the plant also contain THC and CBD, businesses can work around the law. Medical cannabis also aligns with…

Naming your newborn child Sativa or Indica is one way of broadcasting to the world that you might be a dedicated pot lover. One family did just that—twice. Back in October 2018, a Baltimore, Maryland, man named Fred Quinn tweeted that his firstborn niece was named Sativa—a tweet that eventually gained nearly 4,000 likes. Then on February 10, Quinn tweeted another hint to his 5,000 followers about another niece’s name. “UPDATE: My brother is excited to announce the birth of his second daughter! … And before you ask, yes, her name is exactly what you think it is,” Quinn tweeted. The tweet included a photo of Quinn’s brother Victor Groce holding the baby. The new daughter’s name, of course, is Indica. Quinn’s second tweet quickly gained over 80,000 likes as…

"[The platform] tracks the cultivation process from start to finish, eliminating whiteboards, Google docs, spreadsheets and a lot of guesswork." -Ramsey Nubani, AROYA Director of Sales WHEN GROWING CANNABIS at larger scales, maintaining quality and consistency becomes a challenge. For that reason, cannabis products in dispensaries that are truly craft-quality are either hard to come by or priced high enough to steer many people to underground options. And that’s not the only issue plaguing large-scale producers. If many aspects of the grow aren’t carefully monitored, it leaves room for errors that risk profits and consumer safety. We’ve already seen headlines about cannabis products being recalled for various reasons in several states with legal weed. Some products pass initial testing only to fail third-party testing for reasons that could have been…

Hydroponics for Everybody For the hobbyist, hydroponics allows for a cleaner growing experience, not only in the buds but also in the growing area itself. Keeping dirt outside rather than bringing it inside makes good sense to a lot of people looking for both big yields of quality and tidy production. TIP: Keeping organic material away from the growing area can play a big role in the persistence and level of disease or insect pressures on a crop; organic debris is a favored breeding ground and hiding place for common cannabis pests and diseases. Being able to have a life and a personal grow is another plus for the would-be hydroponic hobbyist, as automation is simplified and becoming increasingly more affordable, friendly and reliable. Another cool thing about hydroponics is…

Send your cannabis cultivation questions to @deardanko or deardanko@hightimes.com. SUBJECT: Making Hash FROM: Jake ❧ Throughout my stoner career, I’ve always been intrigued by hash, yet I’ve never been able to get my hands on any. So you can understand my excitement when it was medically legalized here in Oklahoma; however, every single dispensary I go to that sells “hash” either thinks I’m talking about concentrates in general or is just selling kief that’s been pressed into a puck. No melding, none of that ooey-gooey texture I’ve always seen. Just sandy, crumbly kief, which is fine if that’s what you’re looking for—but it’s not what I’m looking for! My question is: How can I make my own hashish with a pretty limited amount of knowledge and money? Dear Jake, Hashish…

LET’S FACE IT: Many people have a love-hate relationship with technology. We’re attached to the convenience of our smartphones, but we’re not as enthusiastic when they distract us from living in the now. (Prime example: Ever see someone recording video of a live concert?) It’s safe to say that cannabis also has this unique relationship with modern tech. While advancements like artificial intelligence and automation are propelling cannabis forward, some technology creates new challenges for the industry. From facing censorship on social media websites to the lack of access to various digital banking options, technology isn’t always in our favor. Luckily, in this Grow Tech 2020 issue of High Times, we’re focusing on some positive ways that technology enhances and improves our industry, from the growroom to the lab, and…

JB PRITZKER Perhaps one of the most obvious inclusions in this list, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker easily earned an A-plus grade from NORML due to his willingness to open up cannabis accessibility. Pritzker recently signed Illinois’s Regulation and Taxation Act, which legalized the production, use and retail sale of marijuana for adults ages 21 and older in the state. He’s the first governor to sign a recreational cannabis bill that wasn’t approved via a voter initiative. Over the past year, Pritzker also signed Senate Bill 2023, adding new qualifying conditions for medical cannabis recommendations, and Senate Bill 455, allowing qualified patients to bring medical marijuana on school grounds. JARED POLIS Colorado Governor Jared Polis, as promised, signed numerous bills to further establish his state’s cannabis regulatory system. But long before…

Over one year after the first recreational dispensary opened in Massachusetts, the state’s capital and most populous city can finally open one of its own. Pure Oasis became the first recreational dispensary in Boston to receive a final license from the state’s Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) on February 6. Pure Oasis is also owned by two men of color—Kobie Evans and Kevin Hart—fulfilling a goal to promote diversity in the industry. Business operations can begin, pending a commence-operations notice from the CCC. “We’ve had many milestones during the course of the commission’s history,” CCC Chairman Steve Hoffman explained to Boston.com. “We have a lot more work to do, as I constantly say, so I expect there will be future milestones as well. I know there will be. But this is…

THE WU-TANG CLAN runs deep—really, really deep. Beyond the core members of RZA, Method Man, GZA, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, U-God, Cappadonna and the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard, the Staten Island, New York, crew has dozens of affiliate members, including RZA’s half-brother and founding member of Killarmy, 9th Prince. Beyond making music, 9th Prince is a budding entrepreneur who has big plans for the new Wu-Tang Clan smoking accessory line, which boasts premium rolling papers. The 100 percent hemp, 100 percent organic papers come in slick black packaging with a gold version of the iconic Wu-Tang logo emblazoned on the front. But it wasn’t an easy road to get to this point. RZA had been approached countless times over the years with the same idea for a…

J.J. McCoy is New Frontier Data Senior Managing Editor. WHILE NO ONE IS likely to confuse March Madness with Reefer Madness, this month’s annual college basketball bacchanal nevertheless serves to remind us of a cultural disconnect between current campus realities and an increasingly anachronistic approach to cannabis policy. Last December, as the University of Oklahoma football team (a.k.a. the Oklahoma Sooners) prepared to meet the eventual College Football Playoff winners, the Louisiana State University Tigers, three Sooners players were suspended for having used cannabis recreationally. Whereas once upon a time not so long ago the type of traditionally inclined sports pundits who might have, say, criticized athletes for taking a knee during the national anthem or demanded asterisks in the record books for any players found to having used steroids,…

ONCE UPON A TIME, the level of interest among most cannabis users into the scientific and chemical properties of their weed purchases began and ended with one question: “How strong is it?” Maybe our dealer could tell us what region it came from, such as Humboldt County, California. Maybe it really did or maybe it really didn’t. Who knew for sure? How times have changed. Legalization has brought California’s cannabis industry into the light after seven decades in the shadows. And the spotlight has revealed some disturbing things about the cannabis we consume: pesticides, mold and other chemicals that could be playing a role in the recent spate of vaping-related illnesses. State regulations and new testing technologies have helped to ensure that cannabis bought legally is much safer these days,…

PPM, TDS, CF, EC—that is, parts per million, total dissolved solids, conductivity factor and electro-conductivity—are all measures of the concentration of fertilizers in a nutrient solution (as read by electronic monitors). Note that EC is the base number by which the other measurements are usually generated from, so discussing feed strengths in EC is the most universal methodology. pH is the negative logarithm of hydrogen ions, or for laypeople, the measure of alkalinity or acidity of a substance. For our purposes, we measure and adjust the pH of our nutrient solution for growing because cannabis plants have a preferred range for the absorption of macro-and micronutrients. Typically, the optimal range for most hydroponic systems is a pH level of 5.5-6.4—each growing medium or system type may have a “sweet spot”…

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Patrick Seifert is founder and president of Twenty22Many Foundation. THIS MONTH I VISIT Todd Larkin, a veteran activist who owns the Pure Wellness CBD medical dispensary and also serves as president of the Texoma Veteran Alliance. I had the great honor of meeting him early last year at the Americans for Safe Access Unity Conference in Washington, DC. Larkin and I were both recognized and honored for our dedication and hard work in activism in our respective states. Larkin was awarded the Activist of the Year Award, and I was awarded the Veteran Activist of the Year Award. At the conference, I realized just how valuable Larkin is to Oklahoma veterans and legalization as a whole. In October 2018, Oklahoma passed possibly the best medical-cannabis legislation in the United States.…

Not all heroes wear capes. Proud citizen Spencer Alan Boston, 20, took performance art to the next level by smoking weed in a courtroom at his own hearing on a marijuana-possession charge. As a defendant in an ongoing court case, Boston gave absolutely no fucks when on January 27 he stood at the bench during his hearing, whipped out a joint and smoked it in front of the judge. The young Tennessean took it upon himself to seize the opportunity in court to make a statement about the injustice of marijuana prohibition and where he stands on it. Eyewitnesses in the courtroom laughed at the gesture and reported that the weed was extra loud with its telltale skunk aroma. Predictably, General Sessions Judge Haywood Barry was not amused, and Boston…

The Santa Cruz City Council in northern California voted unanimously on January 28 to decriminalize the “cultivation of psychoactive plants and fungi” in the city for adults, which includes psilocybin mushrooms. Decriminalizing the substances doesn’t exactly mean that possession and cultivation are legal, but rather it means that the city will no longer exhaust resources to enforce penalties, as it becomes the lowest priority for law enforcement. Commercial psychedelic operations will remain illegal. “This Council initiative is part of a diversity of strategies taking care of mental health in our community. This resolution ensures that only people 21 and over have access to these plants and the Council has given direction to our Police Department to make it a low priority infraction,” Councilmember Chris Krohn told ABC News. To date,…

(1-95) "Frosty trichomes all over!” -Montclair, VA (NORTHERN LIGHTS) "Top shelf weed at a great price; Colorado is king!” -Louisville, CO MARKET ANALYSIS Prices by the ounce For March, pot prices rose in all markets from coast-to-coast, driving the average ounce in America to a yearly high of $294. After two months at number one, Sour Diesel dropped out of the top five strains entirely, replaced by GG4. Purple proved popular this month, with varied strains, including top five finisher Granddaddy Purple. 253 253 (JAH GOO) "Dense, purple buds.” -Lansdale, PA (RACE FUEL #4) "Incredible flowers that are almost white, soaring head high.” -Boston, MA…

Across 1 Cannabinoids that might decrease appetite  3 This recreational cannabis state is home to the most eastern spot in all of the US 5 First head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics 6 In 2019, over 200,000 of these became good reasons to support a legal market 7 American rapper who wrote two versions of "Because I Got High" 8 Legendary Harvard Professor who wrote, "The Forbidden Science of Medicine" 10 This southern-most state of the contiguous US has only medical cannabis 12 The kind of traffic ticket cannabis users are unlikely to get 14 This unit of measurement equals 28.35 Down 2 This became the 26th state to decriminalize marijuana 3 Terpene in mangos 4 Followers of a religion that believe the plant is a sacrament 9 This…