Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2015 i High Times

• Under Your Skin! In an ancient Samoan song, a traditional tattoo artist calls his work “an everlasting gem that you will take into your grave.” Members of Polynesian societies have been “inking” themselves for over 2,000 years, but Christian religious beliefs have always discouraged the practice. But over the past 30 years, in North America and beyond, the derma has become everyone’s personal canvas, an opportunity to become a walking work of art, as well as a colorful forum for expressing one’s passions. Needless to say, we see hundreds of tattoos that express devotion to cannabis. Readers love showing us their ink. How about you? We want to see what’s under your skin. Beginning this month, our website will begin posting regularly occurring galleries of the best pot tattoos…

I’ve just been informed that I’ve been kicked out of my church for smoking the devil’s lettuce, the weed with roots in hell! Oh, Lord, I am a sinner! Toke Out the Vote The one thing that unites most people in the US today is cannabis legalization. It’s the one thing we all can agree on. As Peter Tosh sang, “Doctors smoke it, nurses smoke it, / Judges smoke it, even the lawyer too.” Straight people smoke it; gay people smoke it; more people of all races smoke it—and smoke it openly—than ever before. Let’s get pot legalized and the wars ended, then we’ll go from there. I’m voting for Rand Paul. Toker Voter God Still Loves You! I’ve just been informed that I’ve been kicked out of my church…

State Rep. Mark Dion (D-Portland, ME) Dion introduced legislation in March to tax and regulate recreational sales in Maine. Previously on the board of a medical marijuana business, he seeks to transition the state from a dispensary program to full-blown retail stores. Dion, a former member of the Portland Police Department for 21 years and a County sheriff for 12, he wants anti-pot resources shifted to battle deadly drugs like heroin and meth. Dion is also involved in putting a measure on the 2016 ballot if a tax-and-regulate bill can’t be passed. Chief Mike Koval (Madison, WI) Chief Koval of the Madison PD offered endorsed legalization in a September 2014 interview with the Wisconsin State Journal, calling pot prohibition an “abject failure.” He believes pot busts should cease being the…

In 2013, Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk facilitated the donation of $50,000 in anti-organized-crime RICO funds to a local substance-abuse organization, MATForce, for the purpose of opposing marijuana legalization in Arizona. The drug task force Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) had seized the funds, which were then doled out to MAT-Force shortly after the Marijuana Policy Project confirmed its 2016 legalization campaign in Arizona. Polk, a legalization opponent who is on the boards of both PANT and MATForce, was accused of circumventing a state ban on officials using public resources to influence elections. However, State Attorney General Mark Brnovich issued an opinion that public resources could be used to “educate” the public on the evils of marijuana—as long as the anti-pot campaign doesn’t explicitly tell people how to vote. The…

Medical pot patients and providers in Clearlake, California, will once again be able to cultivate cannabis after the City Council rescinded a weed-growing ban. Local legislators had approved the ordinance outlawing ganja gardens in February, but changed their minds when faced with a lawsuit and a signature-gathering campaign that would have forced the officials to either kill the ban outright or place it on the ballot for voters to decide. Instead, Clearlake lawmakers compromised by amending the ordinance that previously allowed each household to grow up to 12 plants. The new rules permit up to six cannabis plants per household. The lawsuit and signature campaign will be abandoned now that medical pot can again be legally harvested in this Northern California town.…

If the different forms of light contain photons in different quantities and qualities, does this mean some color wavelengths have more energy? Yes. Because photon energy is inversely proportional to wavelength, the energy is frequency-dependent. Consider the following: • The energy content of a photon is directly proportional to the light’s frequency. •As frequency decreases, wavelength increases. • Thus, as frequency decreases, so does light energy. • Therefore, reds are longer and have less energy. Blues are shorter and have more energy. • In fact, blues are the frequency/wavelength with the most light energy. This makes the blue spectrum an excellent supplement to HID lighting. However, don’t mistake this to mean that plants need only blue wavelengths, or even that they need them more than the rest. • Blue and…

“Know what you’re going after. Have a good starting point. What’s your final destination? You have these two plants: What do you want to achieve, and how? What’s your end goal? Starting with your parents—say you’ve got a Sour Diesel and an OG, and your end goal is a larger-yielding, OG-tasting, Sour Diesel–looking plant: How do you achieve that? “Sure, you can take a Blueberry and cross it to Haze and see what happens. It’s fun—if you’ve got the time and the locations and can afford to do that. But most growers don’t have that luxury. In my world, being cost-effective is essential. Your time equals money. The electricity you experiment with equals money; same with the water and nutrients. “But if it’s your only grow and the only lights…

“I was raised in the exotic land of Iowa,” Meizy Chiang tells us. Her professional career started in the world of corporate retail management, but what she calls her “proudest accomplishment” was moving to Hawaii on a whim. “It was the scariest thing I’ve ever done,” she says, “but probably the best thing I could’ve done for myself. I re-prioritized my life around nonmaterialistic means.” Following a diagnosis of lupus, Meizy moved to Colorado. “I was on steroids and other medications that made me feel like I was deteriorating,” she says. “Moving to Colorado was a no-brainer because cannabis is legal and a more natural means of healing. Smoking high-CBD strains and using CBD balms has changed my life completely. I’m no longer dependent on prescriptions and have minor flareups…

It appears that CNN, “The Most Trusted Name in News,” may have gotten a contact high. On April 19—a.k.a. 4/20 Eve—the network premiered two new specials about cannabis: Sanjay Gupta’s Weed 3: The Marijuana Revolution and High Profits, a miniseries about a pot shop in Breckenridge, Colorado. Naturally, both shows ended up snagging the #1 slot in cable-news viewership that night. And though I was too busy onstage at our US Cannabis Cup awards in Denver to watch them, I was able to attend two exclusive events back in New York a few weeks earlier that offered me a sneak preview of each. The first was a speaking engagement at the 92nd Street Y entitled “Mind, Medicine and Media,” featuring Dr. Gupta and one of his Weed 3 interviewees, psychopharmacologist…

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Hip-hop icon and reality-TV star Flavor Flav is in trouble with the law once again. The erstwhile Public Enemy rapper was arrested in Las Vegas for driving under the influence and marijuana possession. Flav—whose real name is William Drayton Jr.—was caught doing 73 in a 45 mph zone and pulled over by the Nevada Highway Patrol. According to officials, the 56-year-old was charged with speeding, DUI, misdemeanor pot possession and having an open container of alcohol. Flav likely shouldn’t have been behind the wheel at all, since he was driving with a suspended license and suspended registration. He was released later that day after posting $7,000 bail. The incident is the latest in a string of arrests for Flav, who has also been busted for domestic violence, illegal fireworks and,…

Three Southwest Airlines baggage handlers at Oakland International Airport were busted for allegedly being part of an interstate smuggling ring. In all, 14 people have been charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana and possession with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more. Authorities say the smuggling ring was in operation for nearly three years. In a scheme straight out of some blockbuster Hollywood thriller, the baggage handlers allegedly carried weed-filled duffel bags past the screening areas, which they were able to bypass with their security badges, then passed them on to their co-conspirators, who had already cleared the screening checkpoints. The pot-bearing passengers would then board their flights to distribute ganja in cities across the country.…

Fed up with harsher punishments for a less harmful substance, a South Dakota marijuana activist has decided to drive his point home by making tobacco and alcohol illegal. Bob Newland founded the group Consistent South Dakota with the goal of highlighting the state’s inconsistent regulation of tobacco, booze and pot. If he can gather enough signatures, Newland will place a measure on the November 2016 ballot that asks South Dakotans to outlaw the transfer of tobacco and the sale of drinks containing more than 1 percent of ethyl alcohol. Under Newland’s proposed bill, penalties for violating the tobacco and alcohol prohibitions would be in line with South Dakota’s current penalties for pot. “If you’re going to put them in jail for a benign herb, they should be put in jail…

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has commuted the sentence of Jeff Mizanskey, a nonviolent pot prisoner serving a life sentence. This means that Mizanskey, who has spent the last 20 years in the Jefferson City Correctional Center, is now eligible for parole. Mizanskey was originally sentenced under a draconian three-strikes law that has since been repealed. While the commutation doesn’t guarantee that he’ll be released, Mizanskey may now bring his case to the parole board. “In the case of the commutation, my action provides Jeff Mizanskey with the opportunity to demonstrate that he deserves parole,” Governor Nixon explained. Marijuana activists from Missouri NORML and Show-Me Cannabis championed Mizanskey’s case after Nixon failed to pardon him while freeing nine other nonviolent offenders in December 2014.…

Inspiration often strikes when your consciousness is elevated. That was the case for dedicated marijuana smoker and plastics engineer Pit Demmer, a German living in Belgium. Demmer works with hemp and corn plastics, and as he was musing about his love for all things cannabis, he had a “eureka” moment: Why not use the 100 percent, CO2 -neutral waste scraps generated by his engineering work to enhance his leisurely pursuits? Et voilà, the Scoop was born! The unique little tool’s handle breaks up bud easily, and then scoops it into your vape, bowl or cone with no mess. You won't waste a single crumb of precious herb. Get your own Scoop by emailing pit@technoprint.de.…

California’s astonishing cornucopia of cannabis has bred a discerning type of stoner: one who is acutely aware of the variety in consumer pot products, as well as fastidious in his preferences for this or that strain or concentrate. After years of exhaling bluntsmoke in the glare of his production studio, LA’s R&B phenom Ty Dolla $ign has developed a strict preference for indicas and a violent aversion to the sativas filling so many of the world’s pipes. “It just tastes like shit,” Ty says. “Smells bad, everything... It’s like stress weed. It might as well have seeds and stems.” Regarding his beloved indicas: “Better smell, better taste, better high, worth the money.” Rather than sativa’s well-known creativity-fueling effects, Ty needs weed to soothe his natural volatility—and nothing locks you to…

A rapidly expanding niche of the cannabis-infused-foods industry, gluten-free edibles have become increasingly common on dispensary shelves, as edibles-makers infuse pot into products intended for people who need to follow a sugar-free, vegan or other healthful alternative diet. But just because something is gluten-free doesn’t mean it can’t be delicious! Created by Alison Draisin, a multiple Cannabis Cup winner and founder of Ettalew’s Edibles in Seattle, these cookies replace wheat flour with almond flour for a nutty flavor. Gluten is the protein found in wheat flour, and it enables bread and other baked goods to bind together into a cohesive mass. People who suffer from celiac disease become extremely ill after consuming gluten, while others who are gluten-sensitive prefer to avoid it and say it makes them feel lethargic. Modern…

Colin Gordon, founder of The Ethos Collective in Denver, started growing in 1993 after bringing a pack of seeds back from a trip to Amsterdam. “I liked good product, but couldn’t afford good weed. So I grew my own.” After crossing Skunk 1 with NL5 x Haze (the Cannabis Cup winner that year) Gordon’s experiment generated a dozen seeds, and he was hooked. “I’m a seed addict. I love popping seeds and watching the process—the flowering, looking at the different gene expressions is just fun.” Fast forward 22 years, and Gordon brings that same passion for genetics to his own business and through teaching others how to begin their own grows—start to finish. “We start off by creating an architectural plan, including everything from the sketch of the room, to…

Do states with better marijuana laws show more creativity? F.O. Fancy Hi F.O., New data reveal that after a state passes a medical marijuana law, the number of inventions, patents and works of art increases. Perhaps people are getting high and generating great ideas, but liberal marijuana policies also seem to encourage creative people to move to these states. One strain that’s supposed to cause instant couch-lock ends up amping me up instead. Then there’s another one that’s supposed to keep me awake, but knocks me out. What gives? Ted Wired Hi Ted, There are two issues at play here: personal differences and quality control. You’re a unique individual, just like everybody else, and we all have idiosyncratic differences in our biological functions. Plenty of people find that well-known depressants…

These days at NORML, as US pot prohibition enters its long, slow fade, the organization receives as many inquiries regarding employment in the cannabis industry as it does from people seeking help because they’ve been arrested for pot. So how exactly do you receive a cannacentric education in order to find a job as a budtender, compliance manager or master cultivator? Easy! Go to school and earn accreditation via a certificate or diploma. You can attend cannabis trade schools, take courses at major universities, concentrate in a community-college setting, or engage in online coursework. The first and most successful of the cannabis trade schools is Oaksterdam University, founded in Oakland, CA, in 2007 by activist and ganjapreneur Richard Lee. Another option is the Cannabis Career Institute, which convenes well-run conferences…

ARIZONA Jamal Allen Allen & Associates, Lawyers 1811 S. Alma School Rd, Ste 145 Mesa, AZ 85210 Ph: 480-899-1025 Fax: 480-248-6389 goodazlawyers.com All Stops, Arrests & Seizures CALIFORNIA Bob Boyd 107 W. Perkins Street, Ste #17 Ukiah, CA 95482 707-468-0500 mendocinolaw@comcast.net mendocinolaw.com Omar Figueroa Law Offices of Omar Figueroa 7770 Healdsburg Ave, Ste. A Sebastopol, CA 95472 (707) 829-0215 omar@stanfordalumni.org omarfigueroa.com Founder of Cannabis Law Institute. Specializing in cannabis cultivation and medical marijuana cases. Free case consultation. ¡Yo hablo español! Christopher M. Glew 1851 E. First Street, Ste. 840 Santa Ana, CA 92705 Fax: 714-648-0501 Phone: 714-648-0004 marijuanalawyer@yahoo.com glewkimlaw.com Law Offices of John M. Kucera 1416 West Street Redding, CA 96001 530-241-1800 jkucera@snowcrest.net Former major grow prosecutor. Over 30 years of aggressive and experienced state and federal defense. Serving Shasta,…

Hempcon’s 2015 Las Vegas event was marred by a pervasive police presence that resulted in 10 people being arrested for selling pot to undercover officers directly from their vendor booths. The police seized pot, hash, seeds, edibles and magic mushrooms. Medical marijuana is legal in Nevada for registered patients; however, it’s illegal to sell pot without a license. Hempcon organizers expressed regret for the situation via Facebook: “It is sad that our industry is subject to such indiscriminate and prejudicial behavior by law enforcement.”…

In case by the Supreme Court of Canada, the federal government’s appeal of an edibles provider’s acquittal could backfire on the Crown and eventually legalize cannabis derivatives nationwide. The feds are appealing the acquittal of Owen Smith, formerly the head edibles provider for the Cannabis Buyers’ Clubs of Canada, who was busted in 2009 for possessing THC cooking oils and edibles. Central to the case is a clause in Canada’s Controlled Drugs and Substances Act allowing patients to consume medical marijuana only in dried-flower form via smoking or vaporizing. Smith’s attorney, Kirk Tousaw, argued before the Supreme Court that the dried-bud exemption is arbitrary and violates the constitutional rights of authorized cannabis patients. The high court’s ruling, which could expand Canada’s medical pot law to include THC-infused products, will be…

Two Israeli police officers were hospitalized after eating a pizza topped with synthetic marijuana. Police in Tel Aviv narrowed the cause of the hallucinations and vomiting experienced by the officers to a pizzeria in Holon and questioned its owner, who admitted that he’d added synthetic pot, called Mr. Nice Guy, to the pie. The owner of the restaurant explained, “I knew the order was placed by police officers… But the officer who called in the order seemed cool—plus he told me to add whatever toppings I wanted… So instead of oregano, I sprinkled some Mr. Nice Guy.” The owner was arrested, and the police plan to shut down the pizzeria over health concerns, even as the leftover pizza undergoes further testing. Israel banned synthetic pot in 2011.…

Carcinogen in Anti-Coca Spraying On March 20, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an arm of the World Health Organization (WHO), officially reclassified glyphosate as a cancer threat. The reclassification was big news in Colombia, where the government has sprayed more than 4 million acres with glysophate over the past 20 years to eradicate coca crops. The spraying has long been opposed by Colombia’s left, which likens it to the Pentagon’s use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. But the WHO findings may not mean an end to the practice. “Without a doubt, this reopens the debate on fumigation and causes us to worry,” said Colombian Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria, speaking to the Associated Press. “But,” he added, “these are interests here that transcend [the science].” Yemen War…

For nearly 40 years, indoor horticultural lighting has changed very little: We’ve continued to use the same high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps with high-pressure sodium (HPS) or metal-halide (MH) bulbs. Yet when we want to see better results from our plants, we tend to look down at our grow mediums and nutrient programs … always forgetting to look up at our electric sun. Then came the first new advance in lighting, a change from the traditional core-and-coil (or magnetic) ballasts to the more energy-efficient electronic (or digital) ballasts. After that, the floodgates really opened. First came the rush of new digital HID bulbs that were more compatible with these ballasts. Next came the LED revolution. And now we have plasma lamps, induction lighting and ceramic bulbs. It’s a good time to…

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To determine a rooting hormone’s concentration, multiply the manufacturer’s listed percentage by 10,000 (e.g., a product with 0.9 percent IBA contains 9,000 ppm IBA). Warning! Rooting-hormone products containing IBA and NAA are not recommended for use with edible plants. Root-inducing hormones should not be used to grow medical cannabis. Read the label carefully before deciding to use these or any products. Hormex is an IBAbased powder available in six different strengths ranging from 1,000 to 45,000 ppm. Rhizopon AA (Rhizopon BV) is an IBA powder from Hortus USA, the world’s largest company devoted to the research and manufacture of rooting products. It’s available in both powder form and as water-soluble tablets, in strengths from 500 to 20,000 ppm. Clonex cloning gel is a blend of vitamins, minerals and antimicrobial agents…

SUBJECT: Cross-Pollination FROM: Farmer Bob I’m growing outdoors, and I have vegetables growing with my weed. Can I get crosspollination—like from the tomatoes? I’m afraid I might end up with seeds that aren’t good quality. Dear Bob, Not to worry: You will not get any cross-pollination between your cannabis plants and your vegetables. The only way you might wind up with seeds is if your own plants exhibit hermaphroditic tendencies and pollinate themselves, or if other cannabis or hemp plants in your area wind up seeding your crop. (Keep in mind that some areas have had wild hemp plants growing for many years, and their ultra-light pollen can travel miles in the air.) But rest assured that no tomatoes or cucumbers will wind up crossing with your pot plants. SUBJECT:…

If you ever want to make a room full of wooks gasp, here’s all you have to do: Prepare a dab and blast the shit out of the nail until it’s glowing whitish-red, then sizzle through that dab on the 1,200°F surface. Every flat-billed baseball cap in the room will flip, followed by a chorus of “Bro!” Someone will definitely want to address your high-temp dabbing problem. There’s more going on here than slab snobbery, however. The low-temp dabbing creed has some merit: The different compounds that make up a concentrate have a range of temperatures at which they’ll vaporize (i.e., volatilize), as shown here: THC: 314°F (157°C)CBD: 347°F (175°C)Beta-myrcene: 330°F (166°C)D-limonene: 350°F (177°C)Linalool: 388°F (198°C) None of the things that a person wants to inhale require temps higher than…

Born and raised in Connecticut, Kevin Cranford moved to Baltimore to attend Morgan State University. While completing his master’s degree, he began working as a volunteer with Maryland NORML. Now the group’s deputy director, Kevin has provided testimony to the Maryland General Assembly, organized countless letter-writing campaigns, and helped Maryland NORML expand its membership throughout the state. Most recently, with the help of NORML’s national office and the East Coast Cannabis Coalition, Kevin organized the #GoGreen2015 social-media campaign. Launched on April 20, it encouraged NORML chapters across the country to change their profiles and background pictures on social-media sites to the color green to present a united front in the cause of ending cannabis prohibition. Kevin believes that we have to move toward a common-sense drug policy and away from…

CLOSE UP OF THE MONTH EMERALD GREEN Greetings from beautiful Northern California! Photo Credit to Drea-M @ Humboldt High Country Photography NUGS OF THE MONTH MASTER PIECE Here’s my Master Kush from Humboldt Seed Organization. This strain is easy to grow, well structured for an OG, dense, potent, has the perfect Kush funk, and is absolutely gorgeous! DankNaturally COLA OF THE MONTH CAPO DI TUTTI CAPI High there, just sharing some of my Capo Kush! I work as a budtender/social media director of a dispensary in Lakewood, Colorado called Kind Pain Management as well as provide Cannabis Photography! Enjoy your day! Jena, @fillyoureyes GROW OF THE MONTH STRAIN OF THRONES Hello! Here’s a little love from my bedroom. All organic soil and organic hydro. LED and HPS. The strains are…