ASA sues DoJ over California medical marijuana crackdown

Thank you NORML for the link.

"(LA Times) A medical marijuana advocacy group has sued the U.S. attorney general and the top federal prosecutor in Northern California, asking a federal court to halt recent ... read more.



ASA sues DoJ over California medical marijuana crackdown

Smells Fishy

Rotten fish has been used in fertilizer since civilization first made the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture, and while liquified fish may get stink to high heaven, the nitrogen levels and trace nutrients within make this a must-have elixir for the discriminating marijuana gardner. So, does something smell fishy? Yeah, it's called great weed.

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MARIJUANA AT THE MOVIES: The Breakfast Club (1985)

Today on the High Times Magazine desk calendar pull off is ...

Marijuana At The Movies: The Breakfast Club (1985)

What could finally bring together a princess, an athlete, a brain, a basket case, and a ciminal? How about a few fat doobies during detention? In this classic tale of teen angst overcome, the mismatched Breakfast Club find their common ground after fumigating the school library with pungent marijuana smoke. Then they dance like crazy.

FUNTOWN!

SMOKESCREENS: HIGH TIMES REVIEWS METHODS OF STONER SCENT REDUCTION

http://www.soycandlescatalog.com/ for starters. :) Great scent throws in soy, hot or cold.

Nor for High Times Magazine's suggestions.

Method - Towel under the door.

Advantages - Prevents people from entering or leaving the room.

Disadvantages - Relying on the towel alone is like using the rhythm method for birth control. It might work for a while, but roll the dice enough times and eventually you're going to lose.

Yeah! I say stick to candles. @soycandlestweets

THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE STONED

THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE STONED

Go rock climbing.

Stare at the ceiling.

Respect your elders.
(do that when you're not stoned please)

GANJA GLOBETREKKING: "VANSTERDAM"

The massive plane, boat, truck, and helicopter loads of "BC bud" that arrive in America every year take their name from Canada's westernmost province, and all that exporting makes marijuana a big business in British Columbia, which, not coincidentally, includes Vancouver, the greenest big city in North America, and an excellent budget option for stoners who can't quite afford to make the pilgrimage to Amsterdam just yet. Hit "Vansterdam" instead, and you can spend your "high holiday" making world-class snowboarding runs in the nearby mountains, trekking through the amazing Pacific Northwest rainforest, swimming on a nude beach next to the University of B.C. campus, or relaxing downtown, enjoying some of the cheapest and best sushi in the world.

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DOGGFATHER'S DAY

Happy Birthday Snoop Dogg.

Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., aka Snoop Dogg, turns forty today. A longtime fan of the goodly herb, Snoop played a pot dealer in the 2001 movie The Wash.

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"NOT APPRECIABLY HARMFUL"

In 1893 the British government, then ruling India, established the Indian Hemp Co,mission to investigate the use of cannabis in the country. After consulting with over 1,200 "doctors, coolies, yogis, fakirs, heads of lunatic asylums, bhang peasants, tax gatherers, smugglers, army officers, hemp dealers, ganja palace operators, and the clergy," the commission concluded in its 3,281-page report, the most comprehensive, scientific study ever undertaken of the herb, that "for the vast majority of consumers ... the evidence show the moderate use of ganja or charas not to be appreciably harmful ..."

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SKILL OF THE MONTH: Become a Legalization Activist

If you're a student, and you're pro-weed, then Students for Sensible Drug Policy (http://www.ssdp.org/) is for you. IT began to protest a provision to the Higher Education Act that banned federal financial aid to anyone with a drug conviction - even for simple possession of a single joint - but imposed no such sanctions against serial killers, arsonists, or crooked politicians. The nation's fastest-growing student organization, they've already partially repealed the Aid Elimination Penalty, and plan to take it all the way down.

Also worth checking out: Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (http://www.saferchoice.org/). SAFER asks: Which is safer, alcohol or marijuana? A cursory glance at the number of deaths caused per year by each (alcohol: around 100,000, marijuana: 0) should answer that, and yet we all know where the law comes down on this subject. Starting out on college campuses, and working up to a ballot initiative for the entire state of Colorado, SAFER has been bypassing the politicians and putting the question directly to the voters.

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THERE IS HAPPINESS

"There! there is happiness; heaven in a teaspoon; happiness, with all its intoxication, all it's folly, all its childishness. You can swallow it without fear; it is not fatal; it will in nowise injure your physical organs."

-Charles Baudelaire, "The Poem of Hashish"

High Times thank you.

THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE STONED

THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE STONED

Get a massage.

Give a massage.

Love thy neighbor.

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LIFE'S A DITCH

Want another reason to resent the federal government? How about this: They're spending your hard-earned tax dollars on ditchweed, and you don't even get to sample the goods.(Not that you'd want to anyway, but that's not the point.)

According to the DEA (now there's a name you can trust), in 2003, the agency's Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Supression Program destroyed 247 million marijuana plants, which sounds like an impressive "victory" in the War on Drugs, until you read a bit more closely and discover that 243 million (around 99 percent) of those plants were actually feral hemp. Commonly called ditchweed, the DEA defines feral hemp as "wild, scattered marijuana plants [with] no evidence of planting, fertilizing, or tending," which, unlike cultivated marijuana, contain virtually no detectable levels of THC. Many of these wild hemp plots are descended from the U.S. government-subsidized crops planted during World War II.

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THE MUNCHIES, EXPLAINED

Why does pot make you hungry? Not, as many believe, because it speeds your metabolism (it doesn't), or because it lowers your blood sugar (ditto). The real culprit is pot's endocannabinoids, naturally occurring chemicals that act on the brain to stimulate hunger.

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FUNGUS AMONGUS

Mold is good news for blue cheese, but bad news for your weed crop. What are you, mold? A plant? An animal? Why do you even exist? What possible motivation do you have to wake up in the morning and be mold, unless it's another day of ruining a beautiful garden?

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AND THE OSCAR FOR BEST STONER GOES TO ...

Sean Penn may be a major movie star and a radical political activist, but the perennial Oscar contender got his start as Jeff Spicoli, a struggling high school student who's a lot more interested in buds, babes, and waves than the finer points of American history. If you've only seen Fast Times at Ridgemont High on TV, get yourself an uncensored DVD and discover the true stoner Spicoli within.

-Agreed High Times. One of the all time best flicks out there.

SKILL OF THE MONTH: Become a Legalization Activist

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving.

SKILL OF THE MONTH: Become a Legalization Activist

If you like weed, but hate jail, then the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (http://www.norml.org/) is your friend. It's the oldest and largest marijuana reform organization in America. With a large base of small donors, NORML's heavily involved in all aspects of reform, including medical, legislative, and educational campaigns, while always retaining its focus on issues of concern to America's recreational pot smokers. Join them as a paying member, or simply volunteer your time, and you'll help work towards NORML's stated goal of "moving public opinion sufficiently to achieve the repeal of cannabis prohibition so that the responsible use of this drug by adults is no longer subject to penalty."

In addition to the national office in Washington, D.C., NORML supports more than one hundred state and local chapters, including many on college campuses. NORML advisory board members have included Hunter S. Thompson, Robert Altman, and Rick Steves.

THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE STONED

Things to do when you're stoned -

Stop shopping.

Make a time capsule.

Play a round of Frisbee golf.

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MARIJUANA AT THE MOVIES: EASY RIDER (1969)

Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson all toked on real grass while filming this cannabis cult classic, including the legendary campfire scene where they introduced Nicholson's character to marijuana for the first time. When the smoked cleared, this low-budget, high-concept tale of hippie bikers who were "born to be wild" had ignited an American independent cinema movement. Easy Rider also changed the way stoners could be depicted on the silver screen, replacing the usual homicidal maniacs with freethinking, freewheeling revolutionaries. As Dennis Hopper explained to High Times: "It was the first time anybody went out and smoked marijuana in a movie and didn't kill a whole bunch of nurses."

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STONER SLANG: "Muggles"

One of the oldest American nicknames for cannabis, muggles dates from the jazz musicians of the '20s and '30s, who spread out New Orleans, bringing new sounds, smokes, and seeds with them as they played gigs all across America. Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra recorded a song titted "Muggles" in Chicago in 1928, almost a decade before federal law outlawed marijuana.

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HIGH SOCIETY

"I think marijuana is much better than liquor. I think a society which is addicted to a very destructive and unhealthy drug - namely alcohol - certainly has no right to complain or be sanctimonious or censor the use of a drug which is made less harmful."

-Susan Sontag, (High Times, Interview, 1978)

How To Make An Apple Pipe

How To Make An Apple Pipe

1) Remove the ink from a disposable pen so you have a small plastic tube with nothing inside. (Subsitute with a glass stem ... we suggest. Get a stem cheap at a smoke shop near you. Re-use it over and over.)

2) Jam the pen halfway into the apple at a shallow angle. Start near the core where it's easiest to push it in. This will eventually be your bowl.

3) On the opposite side of the apple, poke another hole that meets up with the first. This is where your lips will go.

4) Poke another connecting hole close to the bowl, which will serve as a carb. Keep your finger over the carb when you light the bowl and then release your finger to clear the smoke in the pipe.

5) Use a knife to carve out the bowl deep enough to hold at least one solid hits worth of weed, and start smoking.

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Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs has given us all a gift with his creative mind and amazing ideas.

RIP Steve Jobs 1955-2011

Meet Mary Jane: Panama Red

Made famous by the New Riders of the Purple Sage song of the same name. Panama Red is powerful sativa named for it's red hairs. Not commercially available since the 80's (at least outside of Panama), the famous Red lends its genetics to some of today's top strains, including Love Potion #1, a winner at the 2005 Cannabis Cup.

SKILL OF THE MONTH: Become a Legalization Activist

You can get involved by joining up with medical marijuana activists wherever you live, whether it's helping  start a ballot initiative in your state, or lobbying Congress to end the federal prohibition against medical marijuana once and for all. For as long as these laws have been enforced, dedicated activists have been working hard to change them, either by educating their fellow citizens, lobbying their elected officials, or engaging in civil disobedience and public protest.

Each of the organizations that makes up the "grassroots" marijuana movement has a different approach to making our dreams a reality, but all of them can and will make you part of the "green" team. And remember, getting involved not only feels great and created positive change, it's also an excellent way to make kind new friends who share a common interest.

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THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE STONED

Things to do when you're stoned -

Create a collage.

Play paintball.

Ride a bicycle.
(It's fun, good exercise, and saves fossil fuels.)