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“People love the taste of our butter.”– Pete Feurtado Jr. Plain and simple, the founders behind Big Pete’s Treats believe the key to success is in its full-spectrum butter. “People love the taste of our butter,” Pete Jr. says. Big Pete’s sources cannabis directly from local Santa Cruz farms, and has had a lot of time to experiment and perfect the butter making technique. “Instead of infusing our cookies with distillate–which anybody can make a cookie and throw a little distillate in there—we go through that long process to make the cannabutter,” Pete Jr. says. “That’s just more of a superior quality of product, and so we do it the old-fashioned way.” Pete Jr. understands that anyone can find a guide to making infused butter online, but says the Big…

More than any big city in America, San Francisco has always been on the cutting edge of cannabis consumption–from the beats and poets smoking “mezz” while inhabiting the 1950s North Beach “Beat scene” to the openly stoned hippies of 1960s Haight-Ashbury. Cannabis consumption in the “City by the Bay” continued with the groundbreaking use of medical marijuana in the Castro District to treat those affected by HIV and AIDS, leading to America’s first dispensaries. San Francisco has likewise been the vanguard for providing consumption lounges to dispensary customers, offering a place for pot patients and weed aficionados to consume in a relaxing, safe environment. BIG TOP POT Marijuana was always a big part of gay culture in San Francisco, but it was purely for pleasure in those hedonistic, liberating days…

Comedian Jim Jefferies is beaming. Not only for being sober over 700 days but for settling down, having a wonderful wife, amazing kids, and a fantastic career. Oh, and for finally trying cannabis in his 40s and absolutely loving it. No stranger to the hard partying life of drugs and alcohol, Jefferies had previously abstained from weed but finally started exploring the plant during the pandemic and hasn’t looked back. “During COVID, I was sitting around drinking too much, blacking out, and forgetting the whole night,” Jefferies said. “Whatever happened, I was forgetting things. So I started taking edibles and cut out the drinking.” During our conversation, the Legit star addressed his adventures with weed and his latest Netflix special, Jim Jefferies: High & Dry, which expands on his career…

THIS EPITOMIZES MY TAKE ON INFUSED food. It’s silly, it’s both foreign and familiar, it encourages community, and it’s delicious! For stoners of a certain age, stems and seeds means untangling brown bricks in a frisbee and headaches from popping seeds in the Proto Pipe. So to be confronted as a diner with a dry bowl of charred stems and seeds is an affront, like giving back the old Frisbee… dirty! The punchline arrives in the form of a Ziploc baggie, pulled from boiling water, that is filled with a suave mixture of caramelized onions and braised greens. Your job is to dump the steaming green infusion into the stems and seeds, mix it well, and start the ball rolling with that one time, in San Jose, you paid waaaay…

DJ and producer Diplo, who is co-creator of Major Lazer, member of the group known as LSD (Labrinth, Sia, and Diplo), and has worked with countless other high-profile pop artists, claims that he ran the Los Angeles Marathon while on LSD on March 19. On Instagram, he published a video of himself using a dropper to add five drops of what he claimed was LSD into his water bottle the night before the race with a caption stating “Take that Oprah.” He explained that his only goal was to beat Oprah’s previous marathon record, which she ran in four hours and 29 minutes for the Marine Corps Marathon in 1994. Diplo completed the marathon in three hours and 35 minutes. “My one goal was to beat Oprah’s time and I…

A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine on March 12 found that the number of medical cannabis consumers in America has doubled between 2013-2020. The study was conducted by researchers at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, who reviewed data between September to November 2022. Researchers found that in reviewing data from the 2013-2020 Nation Survey on Drug Use and Health, “The prevalence of U.S. residents using cannabis for medical purposes increased significantly from 1.2% in 2013-2014 to 2.5% in 2019-2020…” and that many “socio-demographic and clinical subgroups showed similar significant increase” in medical cannabis use. The researchers also added that people living in a state with legal medical cannabis were “significantly associated” with medical cannabis use.…

PATIENTS OUT OF TIME (POT) HAS BEEN A LEADER IN bringing the science of medical cannabis to health care professionals and patients for over 25 years. POT is rededicating itself to addressing the broad scope of patient needs in this new era of emerging legalization. As part of our new mission, we are proud to announce a strategic alliance with the newly formed Academy of Cannabis Education (ACE), which will take over the production of the National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics from POT. At the heart of our strategic alliance is our common interest in introducing the therapeutic use of cannabis to the American healthcare system. Here’s a way to look at the core concepts behind these two organizations, POT and ACE. ACE will train health care professionals to…

Working as a family is a joy for the Feurtado family and they all take pride in their products and the consumers they serve. With their love for their hometown of Santa Cruz, in addition to their fondness for the ocean and the beach, they also host organized beach cleanups. Pete Jr. explains how they pioneered cannabis industry beach cleanup efforts back before they were a licensed cannabis company. “It was also a way for us to kind of come out of the shadows and show the local government, the local people, that we’re part of the community,” Pete Jr. says. “We’re community members first, and then cannabis industry business people second. And so it was really a good way for us to kind of step out of the shadows…

“I THINK AL GOLDSTEIN OF SCREW MAGAZINE AND TOM [FORÇADE] NAD MORE TO DO WITH DEFENDING FREEDOM OF THE PRESS THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE 20TH CENTURY.”- JOHN HOLMSTONE Holmstrom outlined one story that occurred at the Winter’s End Pop Festival, which took place in Florida in March 1970. The original promoters bailed, while hundreds of thousands of attendees showed up for the event. So Forçade quickly threw together a sound system, took care of the bands—and then proceeded to pass out ecstasy to the crowd, creating the “biggest orgy on the planet.” But his best story about Forçade is when he and writer Weberman verbally attacked Phil Spector, the genius music producer turned convicted murderer who engineered music for The Beatles, Tina Turner, and The Righteous Brothers with his…

COOKING WITH WEED HAS MADE THE JOURNEY FROM VAGUELY-DOSED baked goods made in your friend’s kitchen to casual baking guides and walkthroughs on YouTube. This evolution takes a lot of the mystery out of dropping cannabis in with tarragon and other spices from the rack. For a long time now chefs have shown us their unique relationship with food and the way to work with ingredients on a scientific level. This perspective has given us a chance to better understand how to experiment with flavors and opens up a new way to share meals with others by redefining the term “dinner sesh.” One voice helping to advance the space has been Leather Storrs. You might have caught him on Vice’s Bong Appétit, or watched him alongside musician Kelis as the…

Grammy-award winning musician Erykah Badu launched her own cannabis brand, That Badu, on International Women’s Day. Badu partnered with Berner, the founder of Cookies, to make products geared toward the wellness of women. “I had to take time to do my research,” Badu said in a press release. “I chose to partner with Cookies because it met all of my expectations—from planting and quality control, to marketing and distribution. I’m honored to be able to create under Berner’s guidance and umbrella.” Likewise Berner was very excited to collaborate with Badu. “Erykah is a force of nature, who I know will inspire other women, and I am very excited we get to work together on this new line of products with the wellness of women in mind,” Berner told High Times.…

REAL JACK HERER jackhererbrands.com One favorite sativa-dominant hybrid strain was named after renowned hemp advocate Jack “the Hemperor” Herer. His 1973 masterpiece, The Emperor Wears No Clothes helped change the negative perception of hemp and marijuana. Find legit Jack flower straight from the source, Original Jack Herer, as the strain is often duplicated and grown with subpar results. Jack Herer’s son Dan Herer told High Times that Master is currently available in California and Colorado. Dan describes Master as his company’s first officially licensed cross of Jack Herer with another cultivar that adds an indica-dominant edge. Jack Herer Brands recently partnered with Vera Cultivation based in Boulder, Colorado to release this strain. Prices Vary SUPPORT NORML! store.norml.org Show the fellow drivers on the road what exactly you stand for as…

Another possible benefit of CBD is good news for smokers who want to quit, but are looking for extra help. A study conducted by researchers at Washington State University and published in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology examined how CBD could potentially help people quit cigarette smoking. The study, called “Inhibition of Nicotine Metabolism by Cannabidiol (CBD) and 7-Hydroxycannabidiol (7-OH-CBD),” examined human liver tissue and cell samples, and found that CBD inhibited a key enzyme that’s needed for nicotine metabolism. Slowing metabolism of nicotine’s key enzyme, researchers believe, could help smokers wait longer before they need to inhale more tobacco. The results of the study reported that CBD slowed activity of many nicotine enzymes, including the enzyme CYP2A6 which metabolizes more than 70% of nicotine in smokers. Researchers found…

It all began in 2009 when Big Pete attended Oaksterdam University, a vocational school based in Oakland, California that includes a curriculum covering everything from cultivation, business, and policy within the cannabis industry. For Big Pete’s final project, he was asked to create a cannabis business plan, which eventually became the rough draft for Big Pete’s Treats. Around the same time, Big Pete’s son Pete Jr. graduated from a different college, and the serendipitous timing allowed them to work together and bake edibles at home. In January 2010, they sold their first batch of cookies, and they’ve been churning out cannabis butter and baking cookies ever since. “We started as stoners, right? And we’re into business. But it started as us just being part of that cannabis community,” Pete Jr.…

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“Reverend” Thomas King Forçade—real name Gary Goodson—lived for the thrill. After the Arizona native graduated from the University of Utah in 1967 with a business degree, Forçade joined the Air Force only to quickly drop out, as he favored smuggling bales of pot instead of military service. Forçade claimed he could outrun any Utah State Highway Patrol cop on his modded jet-black Studebaker, sometimes engaging in 100-mile chases across the Bonneville Salt Flats just for the rush. Bold journalism was his true passion though. He founded several underground magazines and worked for the Underground Press Syndicate (UPS), later called the Alternative Press Syndicate. It was almost like performance art, and to defend the freedom of the press, he’d do just about anything. “UPS members were a wide-ranging bunch,” Holmstrom said.…

Holmstrom believes Forçade not only had a major impact on defending the freedom of the press, but that he and a few other publishers he had the most impact. “I think Al Goldstein of Screw magazine and Tom had more to do with defending freedom of the press than anyone else in the 20th century,” Holmstrom said. “Goldstein was dragged into court over obscenity charges so many times. Without him, we probably wouldn’t be able to watch porn on our smartphones. “Tom also did things no one knew about, such as giving financial support to publications like the Yipster Times. Once he died, the culture was a lot poorer without him.” As a cartoonist, Holmstrom reminds us how important comics are to the magazine. Paul Kirchner’s Dope Rider, for instance,…

BE A GOOD SHEPHERD You’re in charge of everyone’s experience. Plan your menu and spacing of THC beforehand and remember to test it first. A good cook should always be willing to be a guinea pig. PUT THE DISH BEFORE THE DOSE What you want to achieve here is a marriage of flower and flavor. Don’t be afraid to choose an off-the-wall way to include cannabis that highlights CBD or THCA. FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT FUN Infusing dishes with weed gives you a chance to play with your food! Reimagining classic comfort foods like Frito pies, gummy worms, or pizza bites activates people’s minds and their stomachs.…

1 FIRST KNOWN MENTION IN PHARMACOPOEIA, CIRCA 2800 B.C. There’s plenty of evidence to suggest the ancient use of cannabis in multiple civilizations, dating back 10,000 years and beyond. According to the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative, Emperor Shennong’s pharmacopeia Classic of the Materia Medica was one of the first to formally list cannabis as a medicine circa 2800 B.C. (It also introduced acupuncture and 365 herbal medicines like ginseng.) Emperor Fu Hsi, whom the Chinese credit with “bringing civilization” to China, mentioned “ma,” which may have referred to cannabis 100 years earlier. 2 FIRST ARREST UNDER MARIHUANA TAX ACT, 1937 We’re far from seeing the last cannabis prisoner, but we know who was the first. Ironically adult-use pioneer state Colorado was where the first cannabis arrest took place. One…

A study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review on March 18 compiled data on the growth of Canada’s adult-use cannabis industry since legalization began. Covering the first four years of legalization, the research stated that more than 3,305 cannabis dispensaries have opened (described as approximately 10.6 stores for every 100,000 residents). An average of $11.85 CAD (or approximately $8.64 USD) was spent on cannabis per person, per month, and 59% of neighborhoods were within a five-minute drive of a cannabis dispensary. “Over four years, per capita stores and per capita sales increased each year by an average of 122.3% and 91.7%, respectively, with larger increases in private versus public systems (4.01 times greater for per capita stores and 2.46 times greater for per capita sales),” study authors wrote.…