Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2015 i High Times

• Glass Artist of the Month Emily Marie (Instagram at @ emilymarieglass) discovered glassblowing in 2008 when she took up an apprenticeship under top artist Kristian Merwin. After spending several months making jewelry and other ornaments, she made her first pipe—and never looked back. Now she makes larger and more complex pieces and calls her esthetic “constantly evolving.” Based in Salt Lake City, UT, she’s uses her craft as a medium to combine her artistic desires with her love of science and the natural world. Upon entering her first live glassblowing competition at CHAMPS, she took a gold medal in the qualifying round, moving on to take fourth place in the Masters’ Final. “Competitions,” she says, “are the opportunity to challenge myself and to grow—and to feel the great adrenaline…

Despite the growing acceptance of marijuana as a medicine—and of mixed martial arts as a legitimate sport—UFC president Dana White doesn’t see MMJ being allowed in MMA. Instead, he asserts, pot will continue to be prohibited by athletic commissions overseeing the sport’s drug policy. Many MMA practitioners have praised pot’s ability to help them focus in preparing for a fight as well as recovering afterward. But White insists that “medical marijuana is for people who are cancer patients, for pain and things like that. I think it’s going to be looked at as a type of painkiller… I don’t think there’s ever going to be a day where marijuana is okay for athletes.” White did concede that athletic commissions might raise the level of THC allowed in a fighter’s system.…

Drivers near the University of Montana in Missoula recently received unusual instructions from a digital traffic sign, which advised passing motorists to “Smoke Weed Everyday.” The message was visible in all its glory for 10 to 15 minutes after the tra›ic sign was hacked. Making the prank even more impressive, the hacker (or hackers) had to get through a lock, a password-protected control panel and a menu sequence before punching in the message. School o›icials say the sign’s password has since been changed, and they don’t anticipate any more dank declarations being beamed to oncoming traffic. The school doesn’t plan to pursue a suspect or investigate the matter further.…

Not all weed cookies will get you stoned; some are algorithms that get stored in your Web browser. These types of cookies play a huge role in targeted advertising: They’re the reason you see ads on Facebook and Google that seem specially chosen for you. And they’re also part of the reason that marijuana is now legal in Alaska and Oregon. The digital-advertising company CampaignGrid has spent the past five years gathering information on how people feel about marijuana legalization. The computer cookies help determine the likelihood of potential voters being in favor of legalization, which is then reflected in a score. Pro-marijuana groups in Oregon, Alaska and Florida all used these scores in campaigns reaching out to likely voters in 2014. The technique is an old one for selling…

ISIS on Speed: The Evidence Mounts For the ultra-puritanical jihadis of ISIS, it’s getting harder and harder to deny that they’re out of their minds on speed. In January, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) noted a surge in trafficking across the Middle East of Captagon (fenethylline), an amphetamine notorious for its popularity among the militants fighting in Syria and Iraq. Armed factions in Syria have been producing black-market knockoffs of the stuff, both to fund their insurgency and for their own fighters’ use. According to Reuters: “Syrian government forces and rebel groups each say the other uses Captagon to endure protracted engagements without sleep.” A Hezbollah fighter told Vice News that ISIS fighters are taking Captagon in battle, and that the extremist “caliphate” is generating “hundreds of…

The increasingly legal status of marijuana is attracting a host of talented young risk-takers eager to make their mark on the cannabusiness scene. Tyler from Kushie Kandy is just 22 years old, but his new company has already won two Cannabis Cups in 2014 for its fun-flavored candy bars, Strawberry Banana and Cinnamon Roll, which went on to become bestsellers. Of the difficulties involved in running a small business, Tyler says: “It’s just me full-time. But if you want to do it, go for it! Be original and work really hard—don’t be scared.” When he started Kushie Kandy in Michigan in late 2013, Tyler was mainly focused on a chocolate-flavored taffy that he has since discontinued in favor of candy bars. But he retains his fondness for the Kushie Roll,…

1. The Crafty, by Storz & Bickel From the makers of the Volcano comes the Crafty, a portable, handheld v porizer that truly vapes your cannabis and doesn’t burn right through it. The smallest of the company’s v pes, the Crafty heats up to the pre-set temp of 3 5°F with just a single push of a button, then alerts you when it’s ready with a short buzz and the LED indicator switching from red to green. “High-tech” doesn’t begin to describe this “excellent make and model,” which syncs with a app that allows you to a tivate an alarm, control the on/off setting and monitor battery use. The Crafty had judges expressing the desire to “vape anywhere,” with “great-tasting hits,” “big clouds” and a “sturdy” design that scored high…

Overview Understanding how cannabis naturally develops and completes its life cycle is fundamental to growing the best medicinal crop. Cannabis, whether cultivated indoors or out, has the same basic requirements for growth: It needs light, air, water, nutrients, a growing medium, and the proper environment to produce energy and to grow. Without any one of these essentials, growth stops and death soon results. Both indoors and out, the light must be of the proper spectrum and intensity, and the air must be warm, arid and rich in carbon dioxide. Water must be abundant but not excessive, and the growing medium must contain the proper levels of nutrients in an available form to sustain vigorous growth. When all these needs are in balance, cannabis plants will flourish on their own. Innate…

THE UNITED STATES HAS EARNED THE TITLE “PRISON NATION,” WITH MORE PRISONS AND MORE INMATES THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. AND, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE WAR ON DRUGS HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN FUELING THIS TRAGEDY. MAYA SCHENWAR WRITES IN LOCKED UP, LOCKED OUT: WHY PRISON DOESN’T WORK AND HOW WE CAN DO BETTER: “PRISON’S ROLE IN SOCIETY, THE LOGIC GOES, IS TO TOSS AWAY THE BAD EGGS SO THEY CAN’T POISON US—SO WE DON’T HAVE TO SEE THEM. WITH THOSE EGGS CLEARED, WE SEAMLESSLY CLOSE UP THE GAPS AND CARRY ON, CLEAN AND WHOLE.” HER BOOK IS AN IMPRESSIVE, HARD-HITTING INDICTMENT OF OUR PENAL SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE DAMAGE IT INFLICTS ON PEOPLE WHO SERVE TIME, OFTEN FOR NONVIOLENT OFFENSES. ARE NEW MODELS…

I’ve smoked from aluminum foil for years, but now friends tell me to switch to steel screens. What’s up? Muni Mula Hi Muni, Aluminum is a nasty neurotoxin that has been linked to Alzheimer’s (the more aluminum in the drinking water, the higher the rate of Alzheimer’s occurring). Also, dozens of animal experiments have linked aluminum to a range of cognitive problems. So I agree with your friends: Please switch to steel and use a vaporizer. You keep saying there’s no link between marijuana and creativity. How can this be? Art Vader Hi Art, Actually, new data suggest that I may be wrong. For some people—particularly the less creative—those who used cannabis outscored nonusers on a creativity task in the lab. As you know, many artists insist that the plant…

This past November, over 70 percent of voters in Washington, DC opted to remove all penalties for adults who possess up to two ounces of cannabis, and to allow a six-plant-per-person count for home cultivation (no more than 12 plants per household, six of which can be flowering). Unlike Colorado and Washington State, however, where adults can buy cannabis products in a manner similar to alcohol, there will be no licensed cultivation or sales permitted in DC—and, as with most cannabis-law reforms, the public use of cannabis is still forbidden. As a result of the new law, there may be a spike in home cultivation, and hydroponic and paraphernalia stores will certainly profit. But absent genuine legalization, the vast majority of cannabis consumers in DC will continue to purchase their…

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“What I’m not willing to do is legalize or permit recreational use or things that will lead to that. And so that’s the line that I’ve drawn in the sand.” Those were the words of New Jersey Governor (and potential Republican presidential candidate) Chris Christie, speaking at a town-hall meeting in March 2014. As governor, Christie has been an uncompromising opponent of recreational pot and has even obstructed implementation of the state’s medical marijuana law. But now some New Jerseyans have had enough. In February, a high-profile coalition of organizations, collectively dubbed New Jersey United for Marijuana Reform, announced a campaign to legalize recreational cannabis in the Garden State. The pro-bud bloc is composed of the New Jersey Municipal Prosecutors Association, the state chapters of the ACLU and the NAACP,…

A young mother was busted at the Columbus Correctional Institution in North Carolina earlier this year for smuggling marijuana into the prison by hiding it in her 4-year-old son’s pocket. The recipient of the secreted stash was inmate Cody Lambert, 24, who grabbed the weed from the tot’s trousers while giving him a hug in the visitors’ room. Unfortunately, the entire incident was captured on surveillance camera. Lambert was searched by prison staffers, who quickly found the pot, charging him and arresting the young mom. The woman’s two children were turned over to social services.…

An unprecedented bipartisan Senate bill would effectively end the federal government’s war on medical marijuana. The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act would remove any risk of federal prosecution in states with legal medical pot programs. CARERS aims to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule II drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act. Pot’s current Schedule I classification means that it has no officially accepted medical use in the United States. Rescheduling cannabis would be a historic victory all by itself, but the CARERS bill would also remove the healing cannabinoid CBD from the CSA completely; allow medical pot businesses to use banks; expand research on marijuana’s medicinal properties; and provide access to cannabis for qualified military veterans. Getting a GOP-controlled Congress to pass CARERS appears to be an…

For guitarist Julius Moriarty of the four-piece Chicago rock band Walking Bicycles, the obligatory musician-with-some-marijuana photo done for this story was no ordinary pot shot. That’s because, unlike virtually every other musician depicted on these pages over the years, Moriarty had to wait until his probation on a felony pot bust ended December 27 to be in the same room with a bag of weed (still not legally, according to Illinois law, but at least he’s no longer violating parole). And as you can see, he is thoroughly enjoying his renewed freedom. We caught up with Moriarty by phone from his Logan Square office of Highwheel Records, the label that he runs with his bandmate and wife, vocalist Jocelyn Summers. We discussed his legal ordeal, and the creation of Walking…

5 grams activated hash oil 2 tablespoons melted butter 1/2 cup cocoa powder 3 cups confectioner’s sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 cup dry milk powder 1/2 cup white corn syrup Equipment: Scale (to weigh out the taffy pieces) First, melt the butter over very low heat and add the hash oil. Stir together until all of the oil is fully dissolved in the butter. Once properly mixed, pour the hash-infused butter into a container and set it aside until the next step. Next, add the remaining ingredients into your bowl, starting with the cocoa powder, confectioner’s sugar, dry milk powder, corn syrup, vanilla extract and (last but not least) the melted hash butter. Finally, knead the ingredients together as you would for bread dough until you have a smooth,…

A young couple moves to a small town and opens a business. They experience similar growing pains as many new business owners: Their personal credit is shot, they have to borrow money from friends to stay afloat, and they deal with dubious job applicants and tight-ass locals. Interesting maybe, but not exactly the stuff you’d base a TV series on—unless the business is dealing weed. Brian Rogers and Caitlin McGuire are driven to succeed in Colorado’s infant legal cannabis trade, and they make no secret that they are motivated, highly, by the allure of big money. CNN was impressed enough with their story—or perhaps their greed—to air it as an original series titled “High Profits.” The eight-part program follows the couple’s ganjapreneurial progress in Breckenridge, CO, a small and twee…

This month, we’re going to explore a technique for making solventless hash conveniently and safely. While there are many emerging techniques for creating dabs, it is generally ill-advised to try them at home—with the exception of this one. No solvents are used, and all of the materials you need are easy to find and cheap to buy. (In fact, you probably have everything you need to get started laying around your home right now.) Stoners have embraced the simple hash-making method known as the rosin technique, or “rosin tech,” and it’s caused a run on Bed Bath & Beyond’s hair-straightener supply reminiscent of the Great Crème Brûlée Torch Shortage of 2014. At first glance, this technique looks like classic stoner myth, but upon further investigation, this is definitely a legit…

Say hello to Kevin Mahmalji, the new national-outreach coordinator for NORML, who will also oversee the day-to-day operations of the Denver chapter. Kevin will use his expertise as a professional organizer and his knowledge of marijuana policy to assist NORML’s state and local chapters with the development of an effective community-relations program. Its goal: to engage neighborhood leaders and elected oficials on the issue of legalization. Before joining Colorado’s marijuana industry, Kevin devoted his considerable energy to a number of political campaigns. He was a field organizer in the 2008 presidential race, and later worked as a regional field director and deputy political director for two hotly contested campaigns in Virginia and Colorado. Kevin would go on to become the director of government relations for one of the largest dispensary…

What happens when hemp growers are doing it simultaneously? Will hemp pollinate outdoor cannabis? San Francisterdam The recent NORMLizer column “A Tale of Two Cities: Amsterdam or Denver?” (May 2015) with its discussion of pot tourism was interesting. However, mark my words: Once California legalizes, San Francisco will become the new Amsterdam. We already have the tourism, and the city will fully embrace becoming a “new and improved Amsterdam.” America, here we come! Ganja Guy San Francisco Bay Area Hip-Hop Hurray! I would like to state how pleased I am with the way High Times has treated the “old school” hip-hop community. Coke La Rock has a book coming out titled Coke La Rock Shout Outs to Bars: The Evolution of the Hip-Hop Emcee. He was inducted into the High…

US Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Rogers is the co-founder of Appalachia HIDTA, an agency intended to “spread the word about the ever-present dangers of marijuana,” which distributes free oral kits for parents to drug-test their children at home. At an April 2014 congressional hearing, Rogers also attacked the Justice Department for turning a “blind eye to state laws legalizing a Schedule I drug.” Actually, eyes are being opened—at last. US Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) Harris is the leader of an anti-pot contingent in Congress that attached a rider to the 2015 federal spending bill attempting to nullify DC’s voter-approved legalization effort. Harris blustered that anyone who opposes Congress’s authority should move out of DC. He says legalizing would cause “legal chaos” (as if eight decades of prohibition hasn’t) and wants…

Despite decades of propaganda aimed at convincing the public that going mad is a real risk when using psychedelic drugs, a new study has found zero evidence to back up such claims. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology investigated 135,000 people—19,000 of whom reported previous experience with psychedelics—and found no connection between the use of drugs like LSD and psilocybin and mental-health problems like depression, psychosis and schizophrenia. The study notes that, in addition to being less harmful to users than alcohol, psychedelics can actually be used to treat alcoholism, as well as depression and other psychological disorders. Researchers found that while bad trips are possible, psychedelics don’t harm the brain, won’t cause addiction, and should be viewed as relatively safe. The study concludes: “Overall, it is…

Several Detroit cops are being sued in federal court for harassing medical pot patients. The suit claims that the “rogue” officers illegally raided the home of Timothy Davis, a certified caregiver, and Hatema Davis, a legal patient, in December 2013. The lawsuit states that six officers wearing masks and carrying rifles kicked in the front door of the Davises’ home, handcuffed the couple, and searched the house without a warrant, after which they confiscated 50 cannabis plants. (Under Michigan’s medical pot law, the Davises are permitted to have up to 72.) After plundering the home, the cops took Timothy Davis to an abandoned building and questioned him for five hours, according to the lawsuit. The officers being sued were part of a narcotics unit that was disbanded by the city’s…

High in the Rocky Mountain town of Steamboat Springs, a young athlete is changing the face of ultramarathon running. Twenty-two-year-old Avery Collins is open about his use of cannabis to train for the grueling competitions, which often involve running for 20 hours or more. And pot seems to be helping to propel him to athletic greatness: Collins just took home first prize in the Sean O’Brien 50-mile ultramarathon in Malibu, California. Collins uses Incredibles bars and, recently, Mary’s Medicinals transdermal patches for many of his long training runs. He told High Times: “Ten to 13 milligrams is absolutely perfect for me. It’s funny, the different effects between 10 to 13 and then the jump up to 20.” Having often smoked socially (he prefers sativas), he tried running while stoned and…

Be Paranoid Don’t tell anyone about your grow, unless you trust them completely. If cultivation is illegal in your state, you’re better off keeping your grow a total secret. If anyone finds out, you can consider the operation pretty close to compromised. If you’ve taken the necessary precautions to physically conceal your grow op, letting someone know defeats your attempts at secrecy. As the saying goes, loose lips sink ships—and nothing can be truer in the underground marijuana market. If you’re growing in an apartment, you also need to consider who lives directly on the other side of your growroom’s walls. Dealing With Neighbors My advice is to steer clear of apartment or condominium complexes with housing associations. The people “in power” on housing boards actively look for infractions of…

Tell us about your children. DIANE ULRICK: Our son Colin is almost 11 and has Smith-Magenis syndrome. It’s a rare genetic disorder. He has seizures and explosive meltdowns. CHAD ULRICK: The doctors say they ran out of medicine to give him—they tried every single prescription that was available. DIANE ULRICK: And psychiatrists refuse to see him because he can’t say what’s wrong with him. They won’t see him to treat his meltdowns and these anxieties. We were like, “What are we supposed to do with him?” His medications stopped working, and the serologists suggested medical marijuana for his behavior. Colin started using medical marijuana at age nine, so it’s been almost two years. We use oil. Sometimes we put it in capsules. We’ve learned that it works better by just…

SUBJECT: Outdoor Dirt Inside FROM: L.H. Can you grow weed using dirt brought in from outside? Dear L.H., The short answer is no: Dirt from outside is almost always much too dense to grow plants in containers indoors. The roots simply don’t have any room to breathe, and without oxygen, plant growth slows to a minimum, resulting in eventual death. There are also a bunch of problems that can arise, such as pests and diseases, when using outside dirt indoors. You’re much better off purchasing a peat- or coco-based soilless mix from a garden store. These mixes are already fairly airy and can be supplemented with perlite and other products that help loosen them even more. The important thing is to allow oxygen to reach the roots for optimal growth,…

If you’ve been to any of our last three Cannabis Cups in San Bernardino, you might’ve noticed the foxy babe spinning onstage during the award shows. That babe is Crystal Ellis—a world-class celebrity DJ and international Playboy Playmate who also happens to be our former Miss High Times 2007 runner-up. More recently, she’s also become the host of her own show on B-Real TV called Tits N Tacos. While she and I were working out her contract for this year’s performance, Crystal invited me to be a guest on her show while I was in town. Excited, I told my pal Adam Ill (the host of B-Real TV’s Getting High With Adam) that I’d be swinging by their studios the Monday after the Cup. That’s when he gave me the…

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GROW OF THE MONTH Silver State Sensi I thought you might enjoy some pictures of the first legal outdoor medical crop in Nevada. The strains are Alien OG, Blue Dream and Sour Diesel. Ed A. NUG OF THE MONTH Sour Power I’m a 24-year-old quadriplegic photographer. I take photos of every strain I receive and the full archive can be seen at iamoppo.tumbler.com. This is Sour Diesel. Brad M. HARVEST OF THE MONTH Kind of Blue This strain is called “Blue Jazz” compliments of Blue Nation Genetics and Blueberry Hills 710 Den out of central KY. Photo was taken on the night before harvest. Dave COLA OF THE MONTH Get the LED Out This pic is HSO Dr. Greenthumb’s Emdog grown in an Under Current Hybrid hydroponics system under NextGen…