Innholdsfortegnelse for November 2018 i High Times

While it’s common knowledge that marijuana can bring on the sexy time, it is crucial to consider the delivery system. Vaginal lubes infused with herb is often said to act as an orgasm enhancer, but does it really? “In theory, cannabis could interact with receptors in the vagina and clitoris to produce a heightened sensation,” Jordan Tishler, president of InhaleMD and the Association of Cannabis Specialists, told marijuana.com. “However, in practicality, I have not seen this work, nor believe in the general idea.” Tishler thinks that the sex-enhancing attribute of weed is something that happens in the brain, not between the legs, and the best way to launch this enhancement is via vaporized cannabis flower, whose effects set in quickly and cleanly. Tishler also threw ice water on the idea…

An overzealous drug bust turned tragic when the Pennsylvania State Police deployed a helicopter and bulldozer to chase down and eventually crush to death Gregory Longenecker. The 51-year-old Reading man was fleeing law enforcement for the heinous crime of growing a handful of cannabis plants on state land, allegedly. “We simply cannot understand how a man is dead over an investigation involving 10 cannabis plants,” Patrick Nightingale, executive director of NORML’s Pittsburgh chapter and a former Allegheny County prosecutor, told the AP. “The whole investigation was ridiculous. I’ve seen law enforcement take down major heroin traffickers that haven’t engaged in this level of aggression.” A second man, 54-year-old David Brook Light, was arrested on felony and misdemeanor drug charges, along with trespassing, and released on $25,000 bail. An investigation is…

Octopath Traveler is a game that doesn’t hold your hand. From the outset, when the game asks you to choose one of eight distinct characters, it feels like an overwhelming choice. Though you end up recruiting the other seven characters, you have to teach yourself how to navigate (and when to avoid certain areas) in a vast world. These travelers each have deeply personal journeys, which means none of their stories overlap. Sometimes it creates a lack of urgency—JRPGs, or Japanese roleplaying games, are known for their world-destroying villains—but it’s also satisfying to see most of the arcs play out, though a few can become a slog. Square Enix has developed a love letter to the JRPGs of yore (Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger), and the care that went…

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IN LATE 2016, High Times moved its headquarters from New York City to Los Angeles after 42 years in the Big Apple. The moment we stepped off the plane in LA, it seemed like weed was everywhere. I found myself asking, “What took us so long?” The West Coast is a breeding ground for cannabis culture and innovation. It’s a shining example of what can happen creatively when women feel empowered and weed is legal. In this issue, we’ve attempted to honor High Times’s 44-year history of strong female leadership behind the scenes by featuring women writers, growers, photographers, artists, chefs, musicians and more! This month, our feature interview brings together two OG cannabusinesswomen. Corey Thomas and Dr. Dina sat down for an in-depth discussion about cannabis and life. We…

DRUG-RECOGNITION EXPERTS Canada is planning to spend about C$80 million training police officers as drug-recognition experts (DREs). Investigations have uncovered serious concerns since DREs will have to rely on observation and judgment, Such a practice can lead to false arrests, is prone to police bias and, according to one scientific expert, is no better at detecting high drivers than “flipping a coin.” Oftentimes, people are arrested for demonstrating suspicious behavior but turn out to have valid explanations. BLOOD TESTS Unlike alcohol, THC, the psychoactive component in pot, is fat-soluble. Fatty tissues function like sponges for THC. However, when it comes to blood tests for cannabis intoxication, forensic toxicologist Barry Logan explains, “THC drops precipitously after somebody stops using cannabis… By the time someone is pulled over, given a roadside sobriety…

As prohibitionists lose more and more territory to logic and facts, we see that some are augmenting their phony Reefer Madness–era stupidity with even more off-the-wall claims. Witness New Jersey State Senator Ronald Rice, a gateway-drug enthusiast who thinks all hell will break loose if (read: when) the Garden State goes full legal. “If in fact we legalize recreational marijuana, right across the street from my office they’re going to put up stores,” Rice told NJTV. “They want to call them dispensaries, but they’re going to be stores that do retail selling cupcakes with marijuana, candies with marijuana, sex toys and oils with marijuana, lipsticks with marijuana, all those kinds of products that kids can get and people can get.” Sex toys and oil! Some scolds clutch pearls, but this…

This unironic young jam band from the wilds of Rutherford, NJ, are deservedly on their way to becoming the psychedelic darlings of New York City, and presumably more distant environs. Their debut album effectively presents not only their unique, spaghetti-noodle guitar figures and opulent vocal harmonies, but also their warm, open vibe and captivating energy. The songcraft is tight, something unusual for the genre; moreover, the generosity of spirit that was the hallmark of the earliest music of this kind is present here. It feels especially welcome in these fraught days. Next time you score some potent couchlock Kush, throw on this chill, indie dream pop debut from Vancouver’s Yung Heazy. Whenever You’re Around came about after Jordan Heaney—who records as Yung Heazy—released the very Beatles-like “Cuz You’re My Girl”…

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, cannabis-industry retailers, restaurateurs and stakeholders can toast “bottoms up!” to the bottom lines of their enterprises, especially in the nine US states that have legalized recreational cannabis. As adult-use markets expand across the country, chefs are entertaining guests with wide and sometimes wild menus featuring cannabis-infused food, drinks and desserts. Food accounted for 17 percent of overall sales (worth $137 million) in 2017’s total cannabidiol (CBD) market, according to Hemp Business Journal (HBJ, a division of New Frontier Data). Events featuring cannabis cuisine have functioned with a speakeasy vibe since California legalized medical marijuana in 1996—however, those were mainly private affairs with guests required to hold valid medical-cannabis cards. Dublin-based Research and Markets has forecast the global cannabis-infused-edible-products market to grow at a compound annual growth rate…

WOMEN LIKE WEED. This is not news. And we’re not just talking about “stoner chicks,” because it’s now your mother, your grandmother, your sister and your lover who are interested in cannabis. In fact, this growing demographic could well be the final push that tips the scales to federal legalization in the United States at long last! In this first-ever “women of weed”-themed issue of High Times, we’d like to introduce (for the first time ever too) our list of 100 Women in High Places. These are the owners, executives and thought leaders who are actively cultivating innovation in the marijuana marketplace. The women named here were considered for their unique contributions, accomplishments and influence in the cannabis space. Some names you will recognize and some you won’t. But all…

REMEMBER THAT LESS IS MORE This applies to a lot, but in this particular situation we’re talking about feeding. A lot of growers tend to overfeed. Most nutrient companies encourage this, leading growers to believe that more is more and to feed their plants excessively. I typically use less than recommended. Remember, you can always add more, but you can’t add less. Get yourself a TDS (total dissolved solids) meter and start reading your ppm levels. If you happen to overfeed and have identified your plant’s issue as nutrient burn, carefully remove all the damaged material. Break off all the damaged leaves because dead flowers and leaves will rot. As soon as possible, flush your growing medium out with clean, pH-balanced water. TRACK & COMPARE DATA It’s hard to know…

THE HIGH TIMES INTERVIEW IN HONOR OF OUR “WOMEN OF WEED”-THEMED ISSUE, HIGH TIMES ASKED TWO OF THE MOST PROMINENT WOMEN IN THE CANNABIS SPACE TO DISCUSS THE INDUSTRY THEY’RE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT. DR. DINA IS THE FOUNDER OF THE ALTERNATIVE HERBAL HEALTH SERVICES (AHHS) D ISPENSARY IN LOS ANGELES AS WELL AS THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NANCY BOTWIN CHARACTER ON THE GROUNDBREAKING POT-CENTRIC SHOW, WEEDS. A NOTED CANNABIS ACTIVIST, DR. DINA HAS MADE A NAME FOR HERSELF AS BOTH A BUSINESS OWNER AND A PHILANTHROPIST. HERE, SETTING ASIDE THE TRADITIONAL HT INTERVIEW FORMAT, DR. DINA TALKS TO HER COLLEAGUE COREY THOMAS, THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE HONEY POT CANNABIS COMPANY AND WINNER OF MULTIPLE HIGH TIMES CANNABIS CUPS. Dr. Dina: I’m honored right now to be here. I’ve…

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WHAT A DIFFERENCE a year can make. In 2017, we found our movement in a precarious position. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was gearing up his war-on-marijuana rhetoric, and we seemed primed for a head-on collision between marijuana legalization and Trump’s Department of Justice. A few months later, Sessions reversed the Cole Memo that provided cover to states with legalization, giving an opening to any reefermad US Attorney if they wanted to prosecute state-legal marijuana patients or businesses. How quickly the tides can change. Unfortunately for Sessions, his outspoken opposition and not-so-veiled threats to legalization may have been the fuel our fire needed to finally get Congress to act. Our beleaguered attorney general made a huge miscalculation. He may live like it’s 1956, but the rest of the world is living…

COLLATERAL DAMAGE I lost my dad when I was twelve years old. I have felt like an orphan since then. He is alive but imprisoned for a first offense, non-violent marijuana crime. He has lost 38 years of his life for a substance that now is legal in several states. He is the longest-serving prisoner of the marijuana war in the history of the United States. Not a title to be proud of. I can’t imagine what it must be like for him. He doesn’t tell us. Last week my father lost one of his two sisters. He will not get to spend time with her on the outside. I have never seen my dad cry. I was told he did when he found out. I have always known that…

And it begins. Big tobacco has entered the cannabis industry, as Imperial Brands—owner of iconic smokes Kool, Winston and Gauloises—has announced its investment in a UK biotech company, Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies (OCT). The move by Imperial comes a year after the chairman of a medical-cannabis company was appointed to its board. The size of the investment was not disclosed, and it came within days of the US Food and Drug Administration’s first-ever approval for a cannabis-derived drug. Other investors include Snoop Dogg, via his dank venture firm Casa Verde Capital, putting down $10 million, and actor Sir Patrick Stewart, who uses medical weed to treat arthritis and plans to serve on OCT’s advisory board. “I am proud to become a patron of OCT,” he said, delighted to be in on…

The late Lou Reed explored the dark side of the 1960s and ’70s drug culture and his views are compiled by music critics like Michael Heath in My Week Beats Your Year. Reed waxed sublimely on substance abuse, citing it as a requirement to “attain equilibrium” and allowing him to remain a “caveman” in a postmodern world. Yet Reed could also be comical, encouraging audience members to smuggle his stash through customs. The book reveals a dichotomous 1990s-onward Reed, no longer needing to get high, yet still singing about drugs nightly onstage.…

(Pineapple Express) “The Express has traveled home to Hawaii—at a great price!”–Honolulu, HI MARKET ANALYSIS Prices by the ounce All indices finished November down from their previous month’s average. The Western Index experienced the biggest drop (-$8), falling below $250 per ounce for the first time in 2018. Meanwhile, the Eastern Index fell below $325 per ounce for the first time this year. Below average prices across all indices led to the US Price dropping to $303 per ounce, its lowest average price since December 2016. (Sour Patch Kiss) “Tangy, with sweet lemon flavors. Heavy trichomes pay off with 31 percent THC.”–Meriden, CT TRANS HIGH MARKET QUOTATIONS (Mind Eraser) “You pay an extra tax for recreational pot, but it’s worth it for this spacey hybrid.”–Portland, OR (Purple Diesel) “Big lavender…

SUBJECT: Grow Up FROM: Andrew P. • Do plants grow upward regardless of lighting placement? For example, if the lighting for a plant were placed at the sides of the plant, would it grow only outward or would it also grow upward as well? Is gravity a determining factor for a plant’s growth or is it purely the light? Dear Andrew, Plants grow in the direction of their light source. This is how vertical growing units can increase yields in the same footprint. A vertical bulb in the center of a space will have the plants placed around it growing inward toward the light. By stacking several plant levels, the same area can be used to grow more plants. Gravity doesn’t play a role in the direction plants will grow.…

It seems like new cannabinoids get discovered daily. How many chemicals are there in marijuana? What do they do? Number Queen Hi Queen, We’ve identified over 112 cannabinoids and 550 different chemical compounds in marijuana. A handful get some research attention, but rarely in combination. It’s going to be a long time before we know what they all do. New research proves that marijuana leads to hypersexuality. How can you support legalization now? Oliver Knickers Hey Oliver, This correlational survey reveals that people who had tried marijuana at least once in their lifetimes scored higher on a measure of “hypersexuality”—using sex to improve mood, getting into trouble for sex, or feeling strong cravings and urges for sex. The control groups were literally less than half a point apart on a…

FLOWER OF THE MONTH FRUIT LOOP Hello High Times! I’m an associate of Final Touch Wellness Center from Calaveras County, California. Here’s a picture from last year’s crop of Strawberry Banana OG. Enjoy! Cole GROW OF THE MONTH DANK UNDER Gday! Here’s a shot of our outdoor. She’s a homemade cross of my original Toe Jam which is Misty x Ak47/Cheese crossed with a nice Kush. Aussie bred and 100% organic. Jungle Jim NUGS OF THE MONTH FROSTY FREEZE Behold our Mandarin Cookies bred by Ethos Genetics and grown by A Cut Above Dispensary in Denver. It’s a cross of Forum Cut Cookies and Mandarin Sunset that tests over 30% THC and tastes like Creamsicles, oranges and grapefruits. Colin G. CRITTER OF THE MONTH WEED WASP Here’s a wildlife shot…