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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

How Marijuana Got Mainstreamed - TIME

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How Marijuana Got Mainstreamed


Even with a decent supply of high-grade pot in her walk-in freezer, Jenelise Robinson, 35, can scarcely keep up with demand. The growth of her 16-month-old Denver business, Nancy B's Edible Medicine, has come with the explosion in the number of Colorado's medical-marijuana dispensaries, or centers. Coloradans who are recommended by a doctor and approved by the state go to the centers to buy their pot, either in traditional bud form or as an "infused product" like Robinson's lemon bars, which are 100% organic and laced with a marijuana concentrate.
Robinson's loyal customers depend on her to "medicate". Euphemisms like medicine, medicate, caregivers and patients are an important element in the larger movement to bring marijuana use out from the shadows, as advocates say, so it can take its place innocently on Americans' nearly infinite menu of lifestyle preferences, from yachting to survivalism to macrobiotic cooking. So far, the strategy is working. Colorado and 13 other states, along with the District of Columbia, have legalized medical marijuana in the past 14 years. More than a dozen other states are considering the idea. In some parts of California — where marijuana is the biggest cash crop, with total sales of $14 billion annually — medical pot has become such an established part of the commercial base that cities are moving toward taxing it. (See pictures of the legally hazy world of marijuana and its users.)
It's not clear that even political setbacks discourage, much less stop, the mainstreaming of marijuana. Anti-pot forces cheered on Nov. 2 when voters in four states apparently rejected pro-pot ballot initiatives — including California's Prop 19, which would have legalized possession of an ounce (28 g) of pot or less. But by Election Day, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state legislature had already rendered Prop 19 moot. A month earlier, he signed a bill that reduced possession of up to an ounce from a misdemeanor to a civil infraction. (See pictures of cannabis conventions around the country.)
Medical marijuana has helped make all this possible. In a short time, pot has gone from being a prohibited substance to one that is, in many places, widely available if you have an ache or a pain and the patience to fuss with a few forms. This did not take place by accident. In fact, medical marijuana's emergence has many of the attributes of a product rollout. As with any hot commodity, dope is now accorded the same awed regard in some Colorado retail establishments as fine wine, dark chocolate and artisanal cheese. Only now it takes place under the cover of medical care, wellness and pain management. And so what is emerging in many places is a strange, bipolar set of rules: dope is forbidden for everyone but totally O.K. for anyone who is willing to claim a chronic muscle spasm. Does anyone take such farcical distinctions seriously? And can a backlash be far behind?
Ferguson is a senior editor at the Weekly Standard. His new book Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course on Getting His Kid into College will be published in March by Simon & Schuster
Watch TIME's video "An L.A. Medical Marijuana Odyssey."
See pictures of the great American pot smoke-out.
This is an abridged version of an article that appears in the Nov. 22, 2010, print and iPad editions of TIME magazine.


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How Marijuana Got Mainstreamed - TIME

Monday, October 25, 2010

Medical Marijuana Chronic Bud Brownies



2 Eggs
3/4 cup Sugar
4 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla
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2/3 cup Unsifted flour
1/2 cup chopped Walnuts
1/2 cup marijuana butter
3/4 cup melted Chocolate
1/4 teaspoon Baking powder
Chronic Bud Brownies


Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Using a spoon, stir eggs with sugar and vanilla; add butter. Sift Ground Chocolate with flour, baking powder and salt. Stir into egg mixture; add nuts. Spread into greased 8 or 9″ square pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-30 minutes. For extra chewy brownies, use 8″ pan and less baking time. For cake like brownies use 9″ pan and longer baking. Cut into squares. Eat in moderation!

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Monday, October 4, 2010

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Budtender's Choice of the Week (10/4-10/10)---> Sour Grapes – Sativa

Sour Grapes – Sativa

This bud’s overwhelming fruity smell is reminiscent of a corner candy store. An energetic sativa, it has a strong come on and a trippy, psychedelic cerebral effect. Creativity and uplifting thoughts are plenty full. Supposedly a cross between Purple Elephant x Chemdog x Sour Diesel, the flavor has hints of a diesel rig parked outside a northern California vineyard in late August – just as the Sun is setting. Great for writing, composing, anxiety, and depression.
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Sunday, September 26, 2010

The Top 10 Stoner Starlets | CelebStoner News


Kristen Stewart< 1. Kristen Stewart
The Twilight star (she recently appeared in Eclipse) has been seen wearing a potleaf bikini, and smoking a glass pipe and a joint in public. In Adventureland, she puffs and bakes weed cookies. Stewart is a Top CelebStoner.

2. Paris Hilton
The stoner heiress was busted for cocaine possession in Las Vegas on Aug. 27. On July 16, Corsican authorities found less than a gram of weed in her handbag, but she wasn't charged. Hilton was nearly arrested for marijuana possession at the World Cup on July 2. She's been photographed smoking pot on numerous occasions.

Mischa Barton< 3. Mischa Barton
Often photographed smoking joints - on a boat, in her car, at a club - Barton was arrested for DUI and marijuana possession in 2007. She pled guilty to the DUI, but the pot charged was dismissed.

4. Mary-Louise Parker
As Nancy Botwin on Weeds, Parker elevates public awareness of marijuana's place in every part of society. Weeds returned for Season 6 on Aug. 16. Parker is a Top CelebStoner.

M.I.A.< 5. M.I.A.
The British-born singer with Sri Lankan roots was reccently photographed wearing "ganja glasses" at a concert in New York. "If weed makes people passive, content and happy, it’s fine," she says.

6. Sarah Silverman
The standup comedienne and star of The Sarah Silverman Program regularly referenced marijuana in her act and TV show (cancelled). She likes to say, "It's 420 somewhere, right?" Silverman is a Top CelebStoner.

< 7. Cameron DiazCameron Diaz
This Hollyweed favorite was spotted smoking a joint with her BFF Drew Barrymore in Hawaii in 2007. She recently starred in Knight and Day. Diaz is a Top CelebStoner.

8. Megan Fox
In interviews the Transformers star has called for the legalization of marijuana. "I'll be the first person in line to buy my pack of joints," she says. Fox is a Top CelebStoner.

Lily Allen

9. Joss Stone
The British soul singer was photographed smoking a spliff in London. "I smoke cannabis," Stone says. "I don't think it's really a drug. It's more of a herb. Alcohol is much more harmful."

< 10. Lily Allen
The British pop singer has never been shy when it comes to being photographed in public with marijuana or talking about drugs.



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Monday, September 13, 2010

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Monday, September 6, 2010

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Cannabis, also known as marijuana,[2] marihuana,[3] among many other names,a[›] refers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug. The word marijuana comes from the Mexican Spanish mariguana.[4] Currently illegalised in a large number of countries, the United Nations describes cannabis as "the most widely used illicit substance in the world."[5]
The typical herbal form of cannabis consists of the flowers and subtending leaves and stalks of mature pistillate of female plants. The resinous form of the drug is known as hashish (or merely as 'hash').[6]






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Medical Marijuana 101: Sativa


Sativa’s offer more of a “head high” than the "body high" that Indica offers . This type of high is the one most associated with hilarious fits of laughter, long discussions about nothing, enhanced audio and visual senses. You hear things in songs you’ve never heard before, see things in movies you’ve watched a dozen times but never noticed before. Strolling through brightly-lit malls becomes a whole new and exciting adventure. In other words, smoking a pure Sativa or mostly Sativa hybrid will make you feel great! Energetic and social and ready for fun! And depending on the particular strain of Sativa/Indica cross you smoke, you may get a good measure of pain relief in the deal as well. Consuming (eating) either strain or hybrid of the two results in a stronger, longer-lasting high. But it doesn’t feel as good as smoking the herb does to many who have tried it. It’s a matter of experience and personal taste. It really depends on what effect you are looking for when making your seed selection and choosing a way to ingest it.


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Cannabis 101: Indica

The “high” a person experiences when smoking a sufficient amount of pure or mostly pure Indica-- such as Warlock or Medicine Man-- is more of a heavy “body stone”. You may feel lethargic, tired, unwilling to attend to reality tasks. Experienced users call this “Couch Lock”. You really just want to let alone to sit and think deep, intellectual thoughts as you enjoy the pain relief. You may find it very hard to stay awake as well, so this sort of strain would be good for those having trouble sleeping. This is the best sort of “high” for easing pain and most of the other symptoms already listed here. A good Indica/Sativa cross can also offer the best of both worlds. There are many breeders who work hard to develop strains that will accomplish just that-- give you a great head high coupled with a relaxing and definitely medically-beneficial strong body stone.

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

The Straight Dope: How does marijuana cause "the munchies?"

How does marijuana cause "the munchies?"
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Your body, it seems, contains specialized proteins called cannabinoid receptors. (Broadly speaking, receptors react to certain stimuli and produce certain results.) The best-known cannabinoid is delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, the principal psychoactive ingredient of weed (aka cannabis). Far more important from the body's standpoint, however, are the endogenous (i.e., internally synthesized) cannabinoids, endocannabinoids for short, which work like neurotransmitters and are produced as part of the built-in apparatus by which peripheral parts of the body inform the brain that it's lunchtime. Endocannabinoids and cannabinoid receptors are abundant in the hypothalamus, the region of the brain that plays a pivotal role in appetite regulation. In 1992 researchers identified the first endocannabinoid and named it anandamide, from the Sanskrit ananda, meaning inner bliss. In other words, when you smoke dope, you're replicating (albeit with much greater intensity) an effect the body produces naturally for itself. 

Hunger regulation isn't the only thing endocannabinoids do for the body. Though their action is still imperfectly understood, a 1998 research paper suggests that they help you "feel less pain, control your movement, relax, eat, forget, sleep and protect" yourself against stress. In fact, some scientists think they're an important part of the body's general stress-recovery system.


Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Pot breaks the age barrier - Los Angeles Times

Pot breaks the age barrier

Legalization might be a bigger issue for boomers than for others.

March 29, 2010|Sandy Banks (posted from LATimes.com)
Its name might be its strongest asset: The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act, a marijuana legalization effort that goes out of its way not to say the word "marijuana."
I suspect its organizers learned something from the failure of predecessors -- like the Inalienable Rights Enforcement Initiative, a name that sounds like it was dreamed up by a bunch of guys passing around a bong.


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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Medical Marijuana for Fibromyalgia Pain?

Lynda, a 48-year-old mother of three who lives in upstate New York, was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2000. While there are prescription medications for fibromyalgia, she’s found one unconventional drug—marijuana—that really does the trick.
"I would use [marijuana] when the burning pains started down my spine or my right arm, and shortly after, I found I could continue with housework and actually get more done," says Lynda.
Fibromyalgia is notoriously difficult to treat and only 35 percent to 40 percent of people with the chronic pain condition get relief from the available medications. Although there are strong opinions surrounding its use, some patients are trying marijuana—legally or illegally—and finding it can help fibromyalgia pain.


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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Why Cannabis Vaporization?

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Why Cannabis Vaporization?
Vaporization is a technique for avoiding irritating respiratory toxins in marijuana smoke by heating cannabis to a temperature where the psychoactive ingredients evaporate without causing combustion.

Laboratory studies by California NORML and MAPS have found that vaporizers can efficiently deliver cannabinoids while eliminating or drastically reducing other smoke toxins.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

History of Weed




The Flower | Cannabis Culture Magazine


Check out this Amazing video from YouTube: "The Flower contrasts a utopian society that freely farms and consumes a pleasure giving flower with a society where the same flower is illegal and its consumption is prohibited. The animation is a meditation on the social and economic costs of marijuana prohibition.
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