Innehållsförteckning för October 2022 från High Times

EVEN THOUGH THERE IS DANKNESS ALL YEAR round, the best season for cannabis is in the fall, when farmers harvest the outdoor crop. This is the time of year to smoke all the beautiful flowers grown under the sun! Nature has provided its bounty and we’re obligated to incinerate it as fast as possible. Like many agricultural crops, cannabis is best to enjoy when ripeness has reached its peak. Quick! Before all that THC degrades to CBN, roll up a joint and join us for our annual Harvest Issue. Growing your own weed supply, whether indoors or outdoors, is a relatively easy task. The real work comes in at harvest time. Growers take pains to ensure their plants are at optimal ripeness in terms of their resin production before giving…

SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT E-MAIL YOUR HI-RES DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS (MB ONLY) TO MAILBAG@HIGHTIMES.COM The Bird “Gelato 33.”- Ryan, @freegrow8 How Sweet It Is “Don’t it look delicious? Strain: Dosidos.”- Drew, @9smoke4 Punch It! “Banana Punch (Banana OG x Purple Punch) from Barney’s Farm. Light: Optic LED 320H (320 watts), 4’ x 2’ Vivosun grow tent (three plants), 5-gallon fabric grow bag.”- Matt, @matto_the_stoney_1 Walk Like an Egyptian “Tutankhamun strain.”- Jason, @dronienoyce HIGH TIMES TAHOE OG SONOMA DIAMOND GROUP MR. NICE FERN GULLY/SKUNK FEATHER…

Victor Kwesi Mensah—known professionally as Vic Mensa—is a man who fully embodies what it means to be an artist. He’s got the drive, the spirituality, the sound, and most of all, the confidence. But how does one attain the knowhow to be a successful artist, let alone be successful at anything? The answer lies in a strong support system. Mensa has been surrounded by supportive people for most of his life, dating back to high school where his band Kids These Days was drawing the eye of major record labels and prominent record producers. It was during these formative years that Mensa realized he had talent, honed his craft, and was propelled by the love and support of family and friends to tap into his potential. That potential is now…

NEWS XZIBIT’S NEW CANNABIS PARTNERSHIP. p. 120 NEWS THC GENE EDITING. p. 124 WHILE THC DERIVED FROM MARIJUANA REMAINS ILLEGAL FOR non-patients in Minnesota, edibles containing any form of THC derived from hemp are now legal thanks to a new confusing law. What began as an attempt to mitigate unrestrained delta-8 THC sales turned into something else entirely. Per the new law that went into effect on July 1, adults in Minnesota 21 years or older may buy hemp-derived products that contain up to 5 mg of THC per serving and 50 mg per package. Earlier, Gov. Tim Walz signed HF 3595 on June 2, and the bill was intended to resolve issues in the state’s hemp industry, but it also created a handful of new questions. Minnesota already allowed…

The National Basketball Association Players Association (NBPA) announced a multi-year partnership with Harrington Wellness’s CBD product line Re+Play, owned by former NBA athlete Al Harrington. “Re+Play’s partnership with the NBPA will provide consumers with a wealth of trusted, technology-driven products to help them recover like a pro,” said Harrington in a press release. “As we move into the next phase of the Re+Play brand with our strategic partners at Amazon, the NBPA, and Walmart, we are excited to once again reimagine how we help athletes of all levels recover from pain with CBD and other innovative technology.” The first product to come from this partnership will be a line of “proprietarily formulated recovery creams” created by Avicanna.…

Life for Pot has not received any donations or financial support from: government agencies, education institutions, advocacy groups, foundations, or the cannabis industry. We are free to rant. The criminal justice system and the cannabis industry will not have integrity as long as nonviolent marijuana offenders are still serving egregious sentences for cannabis. Scrolling through social media each morning has become uncomfortable, disturbing, and, dare I say, enraging. Algorithms have found my niche and feed me their hook. There are the usual legal and sentencing feeds. Next come the more hopeful advocacy sites and champions for freedom. Ultimately the cannabis industry research, ads, and promotions speak their newfound voice imploring me to buy, promote, invest, and lobby for their investment. This niche of social media now asks for lobbying to…

I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD TO BRING YOU ANOTHER FORMER UNITED States Marine 0311 rifleman (like myself) to this month’s Veteran Chronicles: Tom Rand. Rand is a Marine Corps veteran, activist, proud father, and husband who was born and raised in Reading, Massachusetts. At the ripe young age of 17, Rand bravely stepped on the yellow footprints at Parris Island, South Carolina, a tradition that all recruits undergo in their transition from civilian to U.S. Marine. He was immediately deployed to Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983, and when he returned home, he was stationed at Camp Geiger, North Carolina, for the duration of his service. “I truly believe that if a state only allows sales but not home grows then that’s just fucking taxation.”- Tom Rand Today, Rand will proudly tell you…

Developers are in the middle of a race to see how they can apply freeze dryer technology to dry and cure weed faster, taking a process that could have taken weeks into something that is pretty much instantaneous. Drying cannabis after it’s harvested removes the moisture from the flowers so they can be properly smoked or vaporized and typically takes anywhere from 10 to 14 days. After that, the flowers are cured, a week to month-long process which removes additional moisture and helps preserve the buds and retain their flavor and potency. With freeze drying technology, what once could take weeks can be done in a day or within a matter of hours. Typical drying and curing involves hangdried buds, Mason jars, burping, and a whole array of commercial tools…

“I’M NOT MUCH OF A SMOKER OR DRINKER, AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I TRIED SOMETHING OTHER THAN WEED, SO I THINK I WAS EXPECTING ALL OF THESE CRAZY THINGS TO HAPPEN. I DID GIGGLE A LOT.”-RUSSELL PETERS NWA may have mentioned something about not getting high on your own supply in the song Dopeman, but when you’re the chief creative officer (CCO) of Red Light Holland, a brand of magic truffles, all late ’80s rap song advice goes out the window. Red Light Holland is an Ontario, Canada-based psilocybin truffle company that produces and sells magic truffles on the Dutch market. While the Netherlands banned the sale of hallucinogenic mushrooms in 2007, many smartshops still sell magic truffles. Both contain the active psychedelic component, psilocybin, but grow differently.…

1 BAD MOON RISING-CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Bad Moon Rising hit number two in the U.S. Billboard chart eight days after the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. It was inspired by The Devil and Daniel Webster, a 1941 film based on a short story about a hurricane that destroys an entire community’s harvest, and everyone was affected except for one man who made a deal with the devil. The film had an impact on vocalist John Fogerty. Rolling Stone ranked it No. 364 among its “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.” Unfortunately, Creedence Clearwater Revival was burdened with the number two curse, as many of the band’s songs reached number two, but not number one in the charts. 2 SEASONS OF WITHER-AEROSMITH Steven Tyler wrote this song in 1973, watching the landscape…

Colorado Governor Announces Recipients of Cannabis Business Grant Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced the first batch of businesses in the state to receive funding via the state’s Cannabis Business Pilot Grant on July 7. Sixteen cannabis retailer applicants aspiring to launch businesses received funding under the program, with the goal to “save small businesses money, foster equity and diversity in the cannabis industry, and create good-paying jobs for Coloradans.” The governor acknowledged how the cannabis industry supports the state economy. “Our nation-leading work promoting equity and supporting innovation in Colorado’s thriving cannabis industry supports our economy, saves small businesses money, and ensures our state remains the best business-friendly destination in the country,” Polis said in a statement. “I’m proud to see this multi-year effort result in transformative grants to deserving…

“There’s this belief that the more that you work closely with a plant, there’s a consciousness within the plant and that plant gets to know you over time.”- Joseph Haggard Cracking open a jar of Pink Boost Goddess is an olfactory wandering into a field of mint and not-quite-ripe strawberries. Terpinolene, a terpene found in the Jack and Haze strain families, provides a hint of orange rind alongside a woodsy floral aroma from the terpene ocimene. For Katie Jeane, this particular type of cannabis has continued to be a guide. Jeane has cultivated Pink Boost Goddess for the past seven years through her farm Emerald Spirit Botanicals and appreciates the insight it provides. “What I’ve found is it helps me to go, in my life, into these kind of trickier,…

I’m not talking about murder. I mean, how many of them have run someone over, or left a baby in a car, or accidentally given Grandma the wrong medication. It must be a big number. After all, heaps of people die all the time. And someone’s killing them. Not all of them, but at least a few. And yet when I think about everyone I’ve known in my forty-odd years on this planet, I can’t come up with a single one besides myself who’s killed someone. Maybe the killers keep it under wraps, or they just don’t think about it all the time like I do. Maybe for them, the whole episode was just something that happened a long time ago and it’s not on their mind anymore—like a stag…

Alvin Joiner, more commonly known as Xzibit, announced on June 20 that his cannabis company, Napalm Brands, would partner up with Buddies Brand, Inc. Although Napalm is currently only available in California, the Buddies collaboration may eventually see the brand expand into other markets such as Oregon and Washington. “For Napalm, this partnership allows our brand to further streamline and expedite product development, vertically integrate, and provide distribution to our retail partners at a much higher level,” said Joiner, who was recently appointed as the creative director for both Buddies and Napalm cannabis products. “West Coast cannabis customers love Buddies products, and this partnership of two powerhouse brands, plus NABIS for distribution, will take us to new heights and help expand Napalm into more markets.” Buddies President Bryan Cochran praised…

Can microdosing cannabis help?-Lil Dabble Doya I was skeptical about all the microdosing data in the past, but at least one case study suggests that less than a milligram of THC and CBD helped a woman who had traumatic brain injury. Microdosing cannabis allegedly helped her have fewer muscle spasms, a better sense of humor, and improved sleep. Plenty of 1 mg THC and CBD products exist, so if you want to just start with as little as possible, I’m sure you can find out what works best for you. Can people actually have a cannabis allergy?-Sneezing Sally The plant, or more specifically its pollen, can produce at least a couple allergic reactions. Sometimes symptoms do not appear until multiple weeks after exposure. The allergy is very rare but definitely…