Innehållsförteckning för January 2015 från High Times

› High Tweets With 435K followers on Twitter, we get a lot of amazing tweets! Here are the top three for this month: @bobmarley: 38 yrs ago today, @HIGH_TIMES_Mag published its legendary interview w/ Bob! bit.ly/HighTimes76 #TodayInBobsLife @yepitstai: You know its real when all your fave collectives are shut down for the weekend in prep of @HIGH_TIMES_Mag cannabis cup! #mmj #pnw #htcc @MaximMag: In the era of legalization, @HIGH_TIMES_Mag is giving the people what they want and then some. › The Best Job in the World Every week, we get high, look for cool vids online and then pick the best “5 Videos to Watch When Baked.” It’s like Saturday-morning cartoons for stoners! Check it out weekends in the Lounge section at hightimes.com. POT POLL What Should the Legal Marijuana…

Did you know that China has a holiday celebrating the War on Drugs? Ironically, it’s the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which China observes by stepping up the arrest, prosecution and even execution of people suspected or convicted of drug crimes. The policy reflects the revved-up Drug War announced by People’s Republic President Xi Jinping. Prior to the big day in June, Xi released a statement promising “forceful measures” against users of illegal drugs. It wasn’t just empty rhetoric. In June, the Supreme People’s Court announced that drug-related convictions were up 27.8 percent compared with the first five months of 2013. In Beijing, drug arrests were up 35 percent between April and August of this year compared to last. Nearly 40,000 people in China were…

Dr. Drew Pinsky is host of the talk show Dr. Drew On Call on the HLN network. Too bad we can’t sue him for malpractice. Disregarding all established data about medical marijuana, “addictions specialist” Pinsky recently declared that cannabis “acts like an opiate and causes severe addiction.” He also alleged that pot “affects the white matter of the brain, and for kids who start using marijuana when they are 12, or even younger, those bad consequences tend not to reverse.” To state that pot use is equal to opiate addiction is an outright lie. Scores of medical and psychological studies have concluded that pot is non-addictive. This is just the latest instance of Pinsky’s anti-weed bias. In 2013, he even labeled medical marijuana a “sham.” Maybe the fact that Pinsky…

Many people find their love match on the Internet these days; according to a 2013 Pew Research Center study, 11 percent of American adults—and 38 percent of those who are currently “single and looking” for a partner—have used online dating sites. Now sites are cropping up to connect marijuana lovers looking for like-minded folks. Several sites claim to cater to single stoners, varying from dead links to beta-version pages in need of a developer, a designer and funding. Enter My420Mate.com, which has a nice-looking user interface as well as a smartphone app. My 420 Mate members join for free; then they can add photos, chat live and search for potential matches in their area. The site, whose motto is “Plant your seed and watch your love grow,” hopes to transcend…

Cooling mint, fragrant cloves and healing arnica are blended with soothing cannabis oil to create all-natural pain relief in this fast-acting body spray. Apothecanna founder James Kennedy took his inspiration from traditional plant medicine and combined it with expertise gleaned from a decade in the natural-products industry. The company’s latest release is a deeply penetrating and effective topical that treats swelling, bruising, aching joints, arthritis, muscle aches, nerve pain and more with one or two aromatic mists. Colorado requires child-resistant packaging on all cannabis products, so Apothecanna Pain Spray features a regulation-compliant locking device that keeps it leak-safe, making it great f r travel and mountain sports. Plus its refreshing herbal scent adds a healing homeopathic zing! Available in Colorado; hemp-based products available for retail nationally at apothecanna.com…

New Orleans pianist and singer Henry Butler and New York trumpeter/arranger/bandleader Steven Bernstein reactivate the Impulse! label with a bouncing 10-man journey through the origins of jazz from a decidedly contemporary perspective. Tunes by Fats Waller and Jelly Roll Morton bump and grind alongside Butler’s tasty originals in a set that slithers from ragtime to swing, through R&B and back to Dixie, with all the grace of its namesake serpent. Dancing shoes are obligatory as Big Easy sounds meet Big Apple sensibilities with a resounding, joyous crash! Rich Luhrs After his band Fuzz spawned one of 2013’s best albums, Ty Segall has unearthed a solo neo-psych goldmine of 17 compact yet far-reaching tracks, including the THC-drenched “The Connection Man.” Segall’s versatile vocals evoke everyone from Syd Barrett to Sabbath-era Ozzy.…

What Is CEC? One of the biggest questions new growers have is simply what type of medium would be best for their plants. Of course, that answer depends a lot on the size of the garden space and the type of grow system being used. However, there are other considerations that are just as important. These center upon nutrient programs and how they relate to your medium’s EC (electrical conductivity) or CEC (cation-exchange capacity), which, for our purposes here, are interchangeable terms. The CEC of a grow medium pertains to its ability to hold minerals and nutrients “on call” for roots to absorb when needed. The CEC affects nutrient uptake by the roots in many ways, including the pH of your medium. Different mediums provide varying layers of protection against…

Is putting the plant in the oven before making a tincture essential? I.B. Russian Hi I.B., All those stories about decarboxylation are true: In one study, researchers put the plants in an oven for half an hour at 290°F, and it cranked up the THC. (Though there’s no such thing as a free lunch: The terpenes boiled off, too.) However, if you want THC-A—which has its own anti-inflammatory effects—then there’s no need to decarboxylate. But if you want the most THC for your tincture, don’t skip the oven. What can I do to make my cannabis tea stay potent? Earl Zinger Hi Earl, Even refrigerated tea loses its potency after a day or so, unless you add a powdered coffee creamer. Researchers used a standard three-gram package of creamer per…

Allen St. Pierre is the executive director of NORML. Visit norml.org. Since the 1970s, the refrain has been sounded time and time again by the anti-cannabis movement, whose only response to any proposed marijuana-law reform has been: But what about the children? Well, what about them? Over the last few years, the parents of seriously ill children have increasingly sought cannabis products as medicine, regardless of their illegality. And who can blame them? When a sick child doesn’t respond positively to conventional treatments, that child’s parents will desperately seek alternatives. But as long as cannabis remains illegal under federal law—and with virtually all medical marijuana research being rejected by the Feds—the question “What about the children?” has taken on a whole new meaning. This past spring, over a dozen otherwise…

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FLOWER OF THE MONTH Soil Builders Candy Chem at week seven. This is the seventh cycle of the same Organic Living Soil grown indoors. The harvested plant will be cut at the base and replaced with another small clone or seedling. The root-ball is left intact and undisturbed with every new crop. We keep repeating this every cycle, for eternity. “No-till,” the future of organic horticulture methods. Invocation COLA OF THE MONTH Blue My Mind This is my Strawberry Blue at 38 days in flower, grown under a 600-watt HPS in an organic closet, using SCroG technique. MD914 NUG OF THE MONTH Hot Tropics Blue Widow captured in nature. Follow us on Instagram. Grown by @ ether_of_detroit and photographed by @aquariusdreams23. CLOSE-UP OF THE MONTH Whistle While You Smoke This…

Tommy Chong never stops advocating for pot! Even when he made his debut on Dancing With the Stars, the 76-year-old made sure that his entrance was pot-themed; Cheech escorted him to the stage in a low-rider à la Up in Smoke! Following his performance with partner Peta Murgatroyd, the judges unanimously praised his hoofing skills. Host Tom Bergeron commented that Tommy reminded him of the “most interesting man in the world” from the Dos Equis beer commercials. Tommy quickly corrected him: “The most interesting stoner in the world.” As we go to press, Tommy and Peta are strong contenders, but it’s up to Stoner Nation to make them champs. Watch DTWS and vote them for the win!…

Saudis Crack Down on Yemeni Hash Pipeline Border patrols along Saudi Arabia’s rugged mountain frontier with Yemen report increasingly frequent interceptions of hashish, weapons and other contraband. Over a nine-month period ending in August, interceptions at the Najran border post alone netted four tons of hashish, as well as explosives, hand grenades, firearms and ammunition. Some 250 smugglers and 25,000 “infiltrators” were also detained at the post, and several vehicles impounded. Border control is a growing concern in the Saudi kingdom, with wars raging both in Yemen to the south and Iraq to the north. Saudi authorities continue to investigate a mortar attack on the Jadida Arar post along the Iraqi border that occurred in early July. Late in the month, guards on the Jordanian border claimed to have confiscated…

George Washington once sagely observed: “Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.” Cannabis activists would no doubt agree. Medical marijuana is increasingly embraced—though for the vast majority of people in this country, any kind of pot use remains a crime. But those medical marijuana victories inspired canna-activists to dream bigger—and perseverance and spirit have been two of their biggest assets in this struggle. In 2011, almost a quarter of a million signatures were gathered in support of Initiative 502, a marijuana-law reform bill that legalized adult recreational use in Washington State. That bill was submitted to the State Legislature, but no action was taken on it. It then automatically advanced to the 2012 election ballot. Now here was an issue that got the attention of the electorate! An…

Amber Lyon was an award-winning journalist for CNN—until she produced a feature exposing human-rights abuses in Bahrain, which CNN International refused to air due to its cozy relationship with the Bahraini government. As the result of years spent getting too close to her subjects, including sex-trafficked children and tortured political prisoners, Lyon began to suffer from PTSD. In search of a cure, she traveled the world taking part in shamanic healing ceremonies that gave her the strength to move forward. “Please give me your strongest dose!” Sheets of lightning and rain crash down outside the ceremony house as Don José fills the wooden cup to the brim. The eyes of the dozen men in the room bulge with fear, knowing the only woman taking part in the ceremony had just…

We thought we’d do a throwback this month and pull out something from our pile of overlooked classic strains. Hash Plant earned an honorable mention in our 40th-anniversary issue this November, just missing out on the list of Top 25 All-Time Greats. Still, she hasn’t faded totally from the scene, as she made a rare appearance at the 2014 Michigan Cannabis Cup last July and tipped the scales at over 18 percent THC. A truly remarkable-tasting flower, Hash Plant takes her name from the Hindu Kush region of northern Afghanistan, where her early landrace ancestors were used to produce some of the world’s finest hashish. Closely related to Afghanica or Afghani #1, Hash Plant differs only in her deeper, richer flavor, which is less skunky and more hashy. Here in…

Better Late Than Never It was back in 1967 that I co-authored an article in a student newspaper—in Oklahoma, of all places!!—advocating the decriminalization of marijuana. At the time, my co-author and I thought (albeit unrealistically) that decriminalization would occur within the next five years. We had no clue that it would be closer to 50 years before real progress was taking place. Even in 1967, it was obvious that the “information” being offered by the government was either unintentionally (I’m being generous here) or intentionally false and that pot criminalization was very, very harmful to individuals, families, communities and society in general. I feel very fortunate to be alive, thanks to medical cannabis, to witness this worldwide movement toward a more commonsense, factual and compassion-based attitude regarding our beloved…

Tijuana, Mexico The border city of Tijuana has long been a key transit point for people smuggling weed into San Diego, resulting in massive seizures. On May 1, Mexican police and military confiscated 44 tons in Tijuana’s Granjas Familiares del Matamoros neighborhood. The load, intended for the US, was packaged in approximately 4,000 bundles weighing about 25 pounds each. No arrests were made. Preble County, Ohio In June, a U-Haul stopped by the Highway Patrol resulted in the second-largest pot bust in Buckeye State history. Neither of the men inside the vehicle, Mario Mendoza of Texas and Hector Olea-Castro of Tijuana, had a valid driver’s license, but they did have 84 bales of weed intended for sale in Ohio, weighing in at 2,330 pounds and worth $11.6 million. A drug…

In the 70-plus years since Albert Hofmann discovered LSD, psychedelic drugs have had their ups and downs, from valued therapeutic aids to mind-blowing party drugs and back again. But recreational use had its repercussions, with bad trips equaling horrific press, eventually landing many psychedelics in the dreaded Schedule I category of the Controlled Substances Act (i.e., a high potential for abuse and no redeeming medical value). Award-winning reporter Tom Shroder navigates these peaks and valleys expertly in his new book, Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy and the Power to Heal, and exposes the nascent path to a psychedelic healing resurgence. Despite its popularity as an all-night party drug, the psychedelic MDMA, or ecstasy, has been used as a therapeutic tool for decades. Most of the therapy work has been done underground,…

The original version of this rum-soaked cake, which is hugely popular in the Caribbean, especially the Bahamas, is made by the Tortuga Rum Company. We’re going to get as close to the original as we can for the perfect New Year’s party cake. This isn’t your typical holiday rum cake—for one thing, there’s a generous helping of marijuana present, and for another, there’s no fruit … but it is super-doused in rum. This cake will give you a layered buzz, so be careful if you’re going out! The Bahamas have a rich history of pot smuggling, and this cake is the perfect way to smuggle some green into your next party. The texture is devilishly moist and smooth, the flavor addictive, and the cake itself a wonder to behold. So…

Sativa 1st Place – Super Silver Haze, from Life Is Good Healing 2nd Place – Hawaiian Dutch, from the Zen Living Cooperative and Just Ice Wax Co-Lab 3rd Place – Durban Poison, from TJ’S Organic Garden Indica 1st Place – Cookie Monster, from the Source Genetics 2nd Place – Grandma’s Batch, from Heirloom Genetics 3rd Place – Kaya’s Koffee, from Pacific NW Roots Hybrid 1st Place – William “Braveheart” Green for Vegamatrix 2nd Place – Lemon Tree, from Creek Side 3rd Place – Thin Mint Cookies, from Gold Coast Collection Non-Solvent Hash 1st Place – OG Ghost Train Haze #1 53-micron 5-Star Bubble Hash, from A Greener Today with Goat Organics 2nd Place – ZkittleZ Bubble, from 3rd Generation Family with Terp Hogz & Boo-Boo’s Bubble 3rd Place – Miami…

A long time ago, when only landrace genetics existed in the genus Cannabis, the terms Cannabis sativa L. and Cannabis indica Lam. were created to identify these two species of the Cannabaceae family. Today, those taxonomical terms have been shortened to sativa and indica, but they can still be confusing—and sometimes quite misleading—for the casual toker, the new medical marijuana patient and even the everyday stoner. The differences between these two species are far-ranging: everything from how the plant looks, to how it grows, to how its effects are experienced when consumed. But why do these differences exist? Why does an indica plant grow shorter than a sativa? Why does a sativa deliver such a distinct psychoactive experience as compared to an indica? To arrive at these answers, we must…

FORMER TEXAS CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL, A THREE-TIME PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE (ONCE WITH THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY AND TWICE WITH THE REPUBLICANS), HAS BEEN CALLED THE “INTELLECTUAL GODFATHER” OF THE TEA PARTY. POLITICALLY, PAUL OFTEN FRUSTRATES BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, AS SEVERAL OF HIS CORE PRINCIPLES CAN FEASIBLY APPEAL TO EITHER THE FAR LEFT OR THE FAR RIGHT. HE IS ALSO A STAUNCH OPPONENT OF THE DRUG WAR AND SUPPORTS THE LEGALIZATION NOT ONLY OF MARIJUANA, BUT OF ALL DRUGS. IN 1961, PAUL GRADUATED DUKE UNIVERSITY AS A DOCTOR OF MEDICINE SPECIALIZING IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY; HE IS SAID TO HAVE DELIVERED OVER 4,000 BABIES AND HAS DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS “AN UNSHAKABLE FOE OF ABORTION.” LATER IN THE 1960S, HE SERVED AS A FLIGHT SURGEON IN THE US AIR FORCE AND THE…

Send your cannabis cultivation questions to @deardanko or deardanko@hightimes.com. SUBJECT: Frigid Air FROM: Vince G. Can pot plants grow in the cold? Dear Vince, I need a bit more information to answer this question—primarily, how cold you’re talking about. Pot plants can handle a variety of conditions, but their preference temperature-wise is from 60°F to 75°F. Anything under (or over) that range will cause issues, and prolonged exposure to such fluctuations can cause your plants to slow their growth significantly or even die. Outdoors, plants should be harvested before any frost conditions set in. A few ways to avoid having to harvest too early are to grow indica-dominant plants, use light-deprivation techniques that will allow you to harvest sooner, or add a greenhouse to extend your growing season. SUBJECT: Seed…

When our Miss High Times 2007 Sarah asked my wife April and me to emcee her wedding in LA last August, we decided to spend the following two weeks driving up the Pacific Coast to Portland. Among the many scenic vistas and tourist traps along our way, the attraction I was most excited about, ironically, was “the place where nothing happens”—the Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur. Originally from Brooklyn (like me), Henry Miller spent the 1930s in France and Greece before driving across America and finally settling in Big Sur, where he lived for two decades and penned Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch in 1957. The library—originally the home of his friend Emil White—was dedicated to Miller after his death in 1980 and has since…

Attorney Tom Donovan is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to helping end cannabis prohibition in his home state of Delaware—and, hopefully, the rest of the country. Donovan, 41, pledges to represent any individual charged with the misdemeanor possession of marijuana in Delaware for free until the costly and racially biased policy of cannabis prohibition ends. Donovan has been opening approximately one new pro bono file a day. “I work with great people who are just as dedicated as I am,” he says. “We’re a team, and I couldn’t do this work without them. I can see this movement is growing, and we plan to grow right along with it.” A member of the Delaware bar since 2000, Donovan focuses on the needs of indigent and…

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