MOROCCAN HASH FACTS

 In 2004, the United Nations' first Cannabis Survey revealed that 134,000 hectares of marijuana had been cultivated to Morocco in the previous year, yielding 42 percent of the world's hashish, and establishing the famous Rif Mountains as the leading international region in the production and export of hashish. Cannabis cultivation in Morocco dates from the arrival of Arab invaders in the fourth century, and has survived countless sultans, kings and even Spanish rule.

TRIBAL HEMP

In 2000, the Lakota began planting hemp on their tribal lands, enduring the federal agents who showed up each year to raid the reservation at gunpoint and seize the crop. Suing to stop the raids, Alex White Plume, who planted the hemp, declared that he had approval from the tribal council, and pointed to the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, which encouraged Native Americans to farm their land. Although a federal court ruled that White Plume must cease cultivation, hemp continues to florish on the Pine Ridge Reservation, growing wild from seeds spread across the land when the authorities dragged the previous crops away. "This hemp is more that just a crop to sell," White Plume told High Times. "We've prayed over these crops and done ceremonies. This hemp represents our sovereignty, our ability to live our lives and use our land as we see fit."

HIGH TIMES ALL STARS: JEN O'BRIEN & BOB BURNQUIST

Could this be the world's most high-flying cannabis couple? O'Brien (a former High Times cover model) and Burnquist (a nominee for an ESPN Espy Award), both rank among the top skateboarders in the world.

"Pro boarding is such a go-go-go thing, and marijuana is the perfect way to wind down," Ms. O'Brien told High Times. "You can use it for inspiration as much as relaxation."

Thank you High Times

SKILL OF THE MONTH: Passing A Drug Test

High Times magazine suggests that you drink as much water as possible in the days leading up to the test, to flush your system. THC can also be sweated out of the body. Urinate as much as possible at home before arriving for your drug test. Avoid giving the urine at the beginning and end of your stream.

THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE STONED

Bodysurf.

Jump on top of a cuddle puddle.

Go fishing.
The art of angling requires the patience and peace of mind to sit quietly and wait for something to happen - naturally, stoners are naturals.

Mary Jane at Ole Miss

In 1968 the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) established the Drug Supply Program to provide clinical investigators with cannabis. THC, and other controlled substances for medical research, contracting with the University of Mississippi to grow marijuana for the program.

Smells Bad

A canine can be trained to search for the scent of illegal drugs, or it can be trained to detect the presence of dangerous explosives, but it cannot be trained to do both - at least not at the same time. In other words, given a world in which a limited number of dogs will be trained, every dog trained for antinarcotics work equals on less antiterror dog available to sniff out explosives down at the airport.

Thank you High Times.

This Is Your Brain On THC

Better known as THC, tetrahydrocannabinol is the most famous of the marijuana's active ingredients, though hardly the only compound in cannabis that gets you stoned. A complex interplay of over seventy known cannaboids accounts for the plant's highly unique effect on the brain.

SKILL OF THE MONTH: Passing A Drug Test

High Times suggest the best way to pass a drug test is to put time between getting high and unzipping your fly. Most drug test solution products insist on a minimum forty-eight -to-seventy-two hour window of abstinence before the test. THC appears in urine two to four hours after smoking, and may persist in detectable amounts for up to thirty days. Secondhand marijuana smoke should not cause a positive urine-test result.

MARIJUANA AT THE MOVIES: WOODSTOCK (1970)

If you were born too late for the Age of Aquarius, this beautiful, sprawling concert film may be the best way to relive the high spirits of the '60s without risking a trip to Vietnam. Inventively spliced together using a series of split screens, Woodstock offers up a sense of psychedelic overload, not to mention a front - row seat for the music festival that defined a generation, including the tokers, the trippers, and the victims of the brown acid. Highlights include musical performances from the biggest(and baked-est) names classic rock, featuring Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Who, Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, and Sly & the Family Stone performing their latest hit, "I Want To Take You Higher."

THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE STONED

Things To Do When You're Stoned -

Clean out the garage.

Blink rapidly.

Make prank phone calls.

Thank you High Times for the tips.

Uncle Miltie Knows

"There is no logical basis for the prohibition of marijuana," according to Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman (fried man), a leading voice in the promotion of free-market economics, a founding father of the Reagan Revolution, and about as far from a "hippie" as you're likely to find on planet Earth. As Friedman declared shortly before his death at age ninety-four: "It's absolutely disgraceful to think of picking up a twenty-two-year-old for smoking pot. More disgraceful is the denial of marijuana for medical purposes."

Marijuana Messages

"I've often felt telepathic and receptive to inexplicable messages my whole life. I can stave those off when I'm not high. When I'm high-well, they come in and there's less of a veil, so to speak. So if ever I need some clarity, or a quantum leap in my own consciousness, or a quantum leap in terms of writing something or getting an answer, it's a quick way for me to get it."

-Alanis Morissette, (High Times interview, 2009)

SKILL OF THE MONTH: Passing A Drug Test

Not that we support trickery, you need to hear these words of wisdom from High Times for today.

The first thing you need to know about drug tests is that they're total bullshit. And the biggest bullshit of all? The hard stuff (coke, heroin, alcohol) leaves your body in a matter of days, if not hours, while freeloading, couch-surfing marijuana can crash out in your fat cells for a month or more.

But rest assured that just as there's a $6 billion-per-year drug test industry profiting off all this bullshit, there's also a "drug test solutions" industry offering products to help you cheat your way to a brand-new job. Simply find a company you trust and visit their Web site for more information on their products. And don't feel guilty in the least: If someone has the nerve to ask for your urine, they deserve what you hand them. 

Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia

Jerry would have turned sixty-nine today. He died a week after his fifty-third birthday in 1995. Contrary to rumors, he did not die at 4:20, but almost; the official time of death was 4:23pm.

Interesting ... thank you high times.