Innholdsfortegnelse for January/February 2020 i High Times

“While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.”–Eugene V. Debs ADVOCACY IS AT the heart of the modern legalization movement. Before cannabis became the semi-respectable, booming industry we know it as today, embraced by hedge-fund managers and multinational corporations, it was a street fight. Advancements were wrested away from the establishment by brave and passionate men and women who recognized the importance of marijuana-law reform and were willing to take on the government to achieve it. Every social movement needs leaders capable of inspiration. The medical-cannabis movement has had many, but none more important than Dennis Peron, who not only crafted revolutionary legislation that legitimized cannabis…

A woman in Argentina was busted when it was revealed that her late-pregnancy baby bump was in fact nine pounds of weed. The arrest took place at a police checkpoint in Uco Valley, just south of Mendoza, when cops found two bricks of pot in her bag and another 15 bricks in her faux tummy, which police said was made out of paste. The bus on which she and her companion (who also had a couple bricks on him) were busted was headed to the southern province of Santa Cruz. Argentina’s minister for security, Patricia Bullrich, was so delighted with the bust she tweeted photos of the woman’s bloated belly, crowing “¡NARCO EMBARAZO!” (Narco Pregnancy!), going on to describe the whole episode in a single tweet: “She made a belly…

Patrick Seifert Saint is founder and president of Twenty22Many Foundation THIS COLUMN, WHICH will highlight veterans working for legal access to cannabis, kicks off with an interview with Sean Kiernan, executive director of Weed for Warriors Project. WFW is the largest veteran’s organization advocating for cannabis in America. The group played a critical role in the implementation of the recently passed SB-34 in California, which allows providers to donate free cannabis to patients in need. Why is SB-34 so vital for Veterans? SB-34 is essential, [but it’s] only an on-ramp to the tax-and-regulate model we now have in California since Proposition 64 was passed into law in 2016. So unless we can get the tax-and-regulate market working for both the supply chain and consumers, SB-34 will be an on-ramp to…

THE NEW YORK TIMES aptly referred to Michael J. Kennedy as a lawyer for “underdogs and pariahs.” He was a steadfast champion of rabble-rousers and outsiders fighting for human rights, cannabis legalization and personal freedom. And that, of course, includes the founder of this publication, Tom Forçade, and High Times magazine itself. At Forçade’s invitation in 1974, Kennedy began a 42-year stint as High Times’s general counsel. He defended the magazine against “the dark forces that were certain to line up against a publication whose stated mission was to confront popular misconceptions regarding illegal drugs,” former HT editor in chief Chris Simunek wrote following Kennedy’s death in January 2016. Indeed, many have speculated that High Times would not have survived were it not for Kennedy, whose astute legal expertise, love…

Send your cannabis cultivation questions to @deardanko or deardanko@hightimes.com SUBJECT: Hereditary Harshness FROM: Mtn Hi Is harshness hereditary? I’ve been growing outside for two years in a hot and dry climate. I use 15-gallon cloth pots. I don’t overfeed, and I stop feeding two weeks before harvesting. The buds smell good and the potency is there. Why are they harsh? Dear Mtn, It’s possible that the harshness is due to the genetics of the plants you’re growing. Otherwise, the drying and curing process could be the culprit. Always dry your plants in a cool, dark place and make sure they don’t dry out too quickly. The drying process should take about 7-10 days before the curing begins. Once the stems snap instead of bending, cut your flowers off the branches…

End the Drug War I am a retired LEO (law enforcement officer). After spending more than 28 years as a street officer, I have observed firsthand the waste of time and money spent trying to stem the flood of recreational marijuana. I believe that marijuana is not a “gateway” drug. The true gateway drug is legal and easily accessible alcohol. I never had to fight someone high on weed, but almost always had to fight with individuals intoxicated on alcohol. The legalization of marijuana would free up law enforcement officers to address violent crimes. Furthermore, it would cut the flow of cash to many gangs, which would cut their powerbase. It would increase the tax base and some of that income could be earmarked for hiring additional LEOs and drug…

Evanston, IL, will earmark tax revenue derived from the brand-new legal-pot market to fund a local reparations program. Sales of recreational weed in Illinois began in January, and this Chicago suburb will be using all of the resultant sales tax to support job training and other benefits designed to help the city’s black population. “We can implement funding to directly invest in black Evanston,” Alderman Robin Rue Simmons, who represents the Fifth Ward and proposed the reparations bill, told the Chicago Tribune. Simmons said that since so many black residents were victims of the War on Drugs, it was only fitting that the new legal system redress at least some of that injustice. The city—whose dispensaries could gain customers from other nearby jurisdictions that opted not to legalize—estimates it will…

In December, when the great state of Michigan became the ninth in the nation to allow adults to buy recreational marijuana, one of its first customers was John Sinclair, the legendary activist and poet. Sinclair was 28 years old in 1969 when he was arrested for (allegedly) giving a couple of joints to an undercover cop. He was sentenced to 10 years in jail and served two for the transgression, becoming a cause célèbre and attracting supporters like John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Now, at 78, Sinclair was able to stroll into Arbors Wellness in Ann Arbor at 10 a.m. on a Sunday morning and score a fistful of GG #4 pre-rolls. “It went swiftly. I got some weed over the counter,” Sinclair told ABC News. “It’s about time. I’ve…

When Kristi Noem, governor of South Dakota, introduced the state’s new campaign to fight drug abuse, not everyone appreciated the genius of the campaign’s tagline: “Meth: We’re On It.” The campaign depicts South Dakotans of all ages and types—on posters, billboards and video clips—declaring, “I’m on meth.” Even Noem herself appears in a clip, saying, “This is our problem, and we need to get on it.” The campaign, which reportedly cost the state about half a million dollars, inspired unkind ridicule on social media, but even mocking tweets helped raise awareness of the issue, which in South Dakota is bleak. Teenagers in the state are twice as likely to be on meth than the national average, and 83 percent of the state’s court admissions for controlled substances are meth-related, according…

J.J. McCoy is Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data CANNABIDIOL (CBD) SEEMS to be almost everywhere these days, available and marketed in a variety of products including drugs, food, dietary supplements, cosmetics and pet products. Yet the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its use in only one product—the prescription drug Epidiolex, which treats two rare and severe forms of epilepsy. That raises the question: What is CBD, and why has it become so ubiquitous? CBD is the second-most-popular active ingredient of the cannabis plant. Cannabis contains hundreds of cannabinoids, each of which presents unique qualities and potential benefits. The difference between marijuana and hemp was spelled out in the 2018 Farm Bill. Hemp is a variety of the Cannabis sativa plant that contains less than 0.3…

IN THE PANTHEON of cannabis activists, two figures tower above all others: Jack Herer and Dennis Peron. Herer, who passed away in 2010, was a relentless force whose dedication to the plant was otherworldly. Every waking moment was spent challenging the forces of cannabis oppression and pushing everyone in his sphere to become more active. His book The Emperor Wears No Clothes, which laid out the facts about cannabis and its place in human history, inspired millions and made him the superstar of the cannabis movement. Peron shared this commitment to the plant. But while Herer was a growling, bearish presence—often intimidating—Peron’s personal style was more nuanced and politically astute. Still, the simple truth is this: Their lives changed our world. Valerie Corral knew Peron well. In 1993, she co-founded…

E-mail your hi-res digital photographs to mailbag@hightimes.com FLOWER OF THE MONTH LA MADRINA I call this strain Griselda because it’s female and a killer! STASH OF THE MONTH CROP TOP Drying up the plants from another successful outdoor grow in Washington State. NUG OF THE MONTH RED DAWN This was grown from a bag-seed from some bud that I don’t know the name of. Strong as hell though! COLA OF THE MONTH TALKING HEAD This frosty White Rhino flower has a flavor you only taste once in a lifetime. And she was grown just off the side of a road to nowhere.…

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NATIONAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (NCIA) Founded in 2010 and representing nearly 2,000 member businesses and thousands of cannabis professionals, the NCIA is the industry’s only trade association chartered to protect the legal cannabis industry while advancing federal policy reforms. The NCIA has recently formed a Safe Vaping Task Force, which recommends that cannabis-based vape businesses model regulations after the e-cig industry by testing both the liquid and the aerosol that goes into the cartridge. Additionally, the NCIA calls for full transparency, regardless of required regulations, in order to increase consumer knowledge and build trust. VETERANS CANNABIS PROJECT (VCP) Currently, 34 states allow medical cannabis and 83 percent of veterans support medical pot, yet VA facilities do not provide this medicine because marijuana is still federally prohibited. VCP Heal, a program…

Recently, the US surgeon general, Jerome Adams, opined, without evidence, that weed “can prime your brain for addiction to other substances.” Seeing the long-debunked gateway argument gain new life from the nation’s head doctor is bad enough, but then presidential candidate Joe Biden picked up on the theme during a Las Vegas town-hall event. “The truth of the matter is,” he declared, “there’s not nearly been enough evidence that has been acquired as to whether or not it is a gateway drug.” The backlash to this hooey was swift. At a subsequent debate, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker got in a good shot when he told the former vice president, “I thought you might have been high when you said it.” Biden later tried to walk it back: “I don’t…

MARKET ANALYSIS Prices by the ounce In an effort to better align the on-sale date of High Times with the issue date (meaning the January issue would go on sale in January), we ran two special editions (the Female 50 and the 45th Anniversary issues) during what traditionally would have been our January and February editions. This pushed our January 2020 issue back two months. So, this THMQ begins the new year of market prices. 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).…

COLCANNON IS AN Irish comfort-food staple, a creamy, soul-pleasing mash made of potatoes, kale and butter. This contemporary adaptation of the classic combines the traditional mashed potatoes mixed with fresh, earthy greens and cannabis-infused, dairy-free butter. Rich, garlicky and deeply satisfying on a textural level, this satiating savory dish is old-school Irish fare with a modern THC twist. Sláinte! INGREDIENTS 1½ stick dairy-free butter (12 tbsp.), cubed¾ cup water1 gram dry cannabis flower3 lbs. washed and quartered red potatoes3 cloves peeled garlic2 tbsp. avocado oilHalf a head of cabbage, thinly sliced and roughly chopped1 leek, white and light-green parts thinly sliced2 cups washed and chopped kale½ cup thinly sliced scallionsSalt and pepper, to taste DIRECTIONS First, you must infuse the butter with cannabis at least six hours prior to preparing…

Across 4 Reggae star who sang, 'Legalize it.' 6 Uncontrolled shaking minimized by wake-and-baking 7 THC's less-psychoactive, anti-inflammatory cousin 8 Metric units of measurement for the plant's healing components 11 Auto-immune joint pain relieved by a joint 12 A sleep disturbance that improves with cannabinoids and terpenes 13 A headache prevented when sufferers light up at the presence of flashes of light 14 Terpene in every strain with 'lemon' in its name 15 Slang for the plant's appetite-enhancing effect Down 1 Bogus theory that cannabis leads to hard drugs 2 Nobel Laureate who sang out, 'Everybody must get stoned.' 3 The dry mouth named after the product that displaced hemp 5 Removal of penalties for the plant, but that's all. 9 28.35 of these make an ounce 10 Allegedly sedating…