Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2019 i High Times

“The world steadily grows better because the human mind, applying itself to environment, makes it better…with hands…with tools …with horse sense and science and engineering.”-ROBERT A. HEINLEIN, THE DOOR INTO SUMMER THE ONLY WAY to cultivate the finest-quality cannabis is to possess and use the tools necessary to accomplish the task and to continue to learn new techniques and apply them to the next growing cycle. Each year since 1999, we here at the High Times cultivation department reveal our choices for the best grow gear of the year. We travel far and wide, to hydroponic stores and conventions and gardens large and small, paying close attention to what farmers are utilizing to get the best from their crops. We test and use the tools ourselves, and we send them…

IT’S IN THE AIR! Trace amounts of weed can be found in the air in several Italian cities. Researchers at Italy’s Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research have published the results of a yearlong study that monitored psychotropic substances in the air of eight Italian cities: Rome, Bologna, Florence, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Turin and Verona. Trace amounts were found in all eight cities, but Florence and Bologna had the highest concentrations of pot. Attractions such as the Colosseum and the Pantheon have a bit of weed wafting through the atmosphere—an extra tourist appeal! POT TRUTH SERUM In 1942, as World War II raged, the United States’ newly established spy agency, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), asked its scientists to create a truth drug to interrogate prisoners of war. After failing…

Researchers in Washington State are not letting wastewater go to waste. Scientists at two sewage-treatment plants in Tacoma are analyzing the stuff to measure THC-COOH, the compound produced when humans metabolize weed, which makes its way out of the body in the form of pee. What they found is that Tacomans—and undoubtedly happy people in other parts of the state—have doubled their THC intake between 2013 and 2016. The research was published in the journal Addiction. Because metabolite levels haven’t gone up as much as would be expected from the huge increase in legal sales, it appears that many users are former black-market customers now using the legal stuff. It’s unknown whether the increase in metabolites means more people are toking up or the same people are toking up more,…

SUBJECT: Starting Indoor Plants Outside FROM: Raven Dawn I want to start my plants with good old-fashioned natural sunlight and then bring them in when they start to show off their true beauty. Is it okay to start them outdoors in pots and then move them indoors? Dear Raven, You can start plants outside and then bring them inside as long as you follow certain protocols. Plants that are used to full sunlight will need strong indoor lighting to continue to thrive. You must make sure you’re delivering enough light to your plants when you bring them inside. You also must be vigilant with integrated pest management (IPM) to ensure you’re not bringing pests inside along with your plants. Indoors, without predators, spider mites will reproduce quickly, and you can…

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Veterans Issue Just wanted to say thanks for your September issue highlighting the problems facing our military veterans. While it’s heartbreaking that so many brave servicemen and women are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, I’m encouraged to learn about groups like Twenty22Many, that are providing support and medicine to veterans in need. It’s so important to educate the public about the debilitating effects of PTSD, and how veterans are disproportionately at risk. We need to support these people who have served their country. They need safe access to quality cannabis, which shows great promise in treating symptoms associated with trauma. Keep up the good work. Jeff Darlington St. Louis, Missouri Psychedelic Caution As a reaction to the news of magic mushrooms being [decriminalized in Denver], I feel that the potential…

Oakland, CA, became the second US city to decriminalize magic mushrooms this year, following Denver’s lead into this trippy territory. The City Council voted unanimously to decrim possession of psilocybin mushrooms, along with ayahuasca, cacti and iboga. Synthesized psychedelics like LSD or MDMA will remain verboten at this time. In practice, the new law will make investigations and arrests for using or growing plant-based hallucinogens a low priority for cops. Impetus for the cool policy began last October when Carlos Plazola, who was a chief of staff for a former Oakland City Council president, locked himself in a bedroom and noshed a heroic five grams of shrooms, the Los Angeles Times reported. The trip, Plazola’s first, inspired him to co-found Decriminalize Nature Oakland, which wrote the ordinance and lobbied to…

J.J. McCoy is Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data IN AN ERA of divisive politics and a notorious lack of cooperation among lawmakers on Capitol Hill, cannabis is emerging as a surprisingly bipartisan issue before the upcoming off-year elections (and those in 2020). The results of last year’s midterm elections welcomed “a record-high majority” of Americans supporting legalization, noted Steven W. Hawkins, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, who added that Michigan’s passage of an adult-use program underscored just “how widespread support is for marijuana policy reform… on the coasts, but also in the Midwest and all throughout the country.” Such traction may be extended throughout this year’s elections and established as a precursor for debates on the national stage during the 2020 presidential campaign. Demographic intelligence—from sources…

WHAT’S IN STORE? I recently had the pleasure of visiting Hawaii’s Big Island for the first time. My friend James Rushing, CEO of the cannabis-consulting firm White Coat Services, had arranged for me to tour the cultivation facilities of Big Island Grown, locally known as B.I.G. Formerly called Lau Ola, Big Island Grown is a locally owned and operated, vertically integrated company with three medical-marijuana retail locations on the Big Island—Hilo, Waimea and Kona. The Hilo location opened in January as the first cannabis dispensary on the Big Island, and perhaps the only dispensary in the world located on an active volcano. My trip started with a tour of the Hilo shop, which has a comfortable lobby and waiting area designed with local hardwood and iPads for advance pre-ordering of…

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GOOD POLICY USUALLY has sound science behind it. We like it when laws and regulations are formed after a sober consideration of tested, or at least testable, results. But how do we know when the science is truly sound? Throughout the push for weed legalization, both advocates and prohibitionists have touted scientific research to promote their ends. A genuine study will appear that shows that megadoses of THC can inhibit tumor growth in lab rats, and it is a certain bet that some of the more enthusiastic among us will declare, “Weed cures cancer!” The study itself might be sound, but the conclusions drawn are premature, to say the least. Similarly, a peer-reviewed study might report that the long-term, daily ingestion of high levels of THC is associated with higher…

The great state of Illinois has joined the ranks of the free, as it becomes the 11th US state to legalize weed. Beginning January 1, 2020, adults in the Prairie State will be allowed to buy and possess 30 grams of cannabis, along with five grams of concentrate and edibles containing up to 500 milligrams of THC. Just visiting? Nonresidents will be able to purchase up to half of these amounts. Provisions in the new law will also pardon individuals with nonviolent convictions for simple possession, establish a grant and loan program to help communities hit hardest by prohibition and assist folks looking to get in on the newly legalized industry. “In the past 50 years, the war on cannabis has destroyed families, filled prisons with nonviolent offenders and disproportionately…

The US House of Representatives have a message for the Justice Department: Fuck off. In June, the House approved a spending rider (an amendment to an appropriations bill for fiscal year 2020) to restrict the long arm of federal law from interfering with states that have legalized weed. “It’s past time we protect all cannabis programs,” said Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), co-founder of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus and lead sponsor of the amendment. “We have much more work to do. The federal government is out of touch and our cannabis laws are out of date. I’m pleased that the House agrees and we are able to move forward.” It remains to be seen whether the rider will make it to the final version of the appropriations bill, but it does…

MARKET ANALYSIS Prices by the ounce While only up $1 from its September average, the US Price reached a year-high at $310 an ounce in October. The US Price and Eastern Indices held steady this month while the Southern Index dropped $8 and the Western Index jumped $8 from their previous month’s average. Wedding Cake and Green Crack made October’s top five submitted strains for the first time. US Price Index YTD Average: $302 Southern Index YTD Average: $330 Eastern Index YTD Average: $312 Western Index YTD Average: $263 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).…

What’s the most common use for medical cannabis? Florence Nightenkush Hi Flo, A recent meta-analytic review (a statistical summary of other studies) suggests pain is the most common symptom (reported by 64 percent of patients) for which medical cannabis is used, followed by anxiety (50 percent) and then depression (34 percent). Obviously, patients could report more than one symptom. Of course, these are very common symptoms in the general population, so the results shouldn’t be a huge surprise. My partner claims that the research you mention about lung function doesn’t include daily users and blah, blah, blah. Help me out. Shortie Breath Hey Shortie, Sounds as if somebody really loves you and wants you to stay healthy! A new team in Colorado performed just about every possible measure of lung…