What Determines Pot's Potency?

The potency of pot varies widely, with THC levels ranging from .3 percent in hemp to 25 percent in the strongest marijuana strains. The amount of THC is determined by a number of factors, including the plant's genetics, its growing conditions, and the point at which it's harvested.

Mighty Mites

Got an infestation in your garden? Why spray your medicine with dangerous, chemical pesticides when you can let loose these mighty warriors instead? Predator mites show no mercy. They will kill the bugs and eat their eggs. Just make sure they don't come after you.

Mr. Nice Guy

Mr. Nice Guy is a mellow high, from what most of reviewed to us. A great way to sit back and cure yourself of stress, pain, anxiety, insomnia and migranes. It will certainly uplift and bring out that creative force in you. Maybe it's exactly what the doctor ordered.

 

 

 

 

Medical Marijuana: How Can You Be Against It If You Drink?

Medical Marijuana: How Can You Be Against It If You Drink?

"Whether you were a pothead in college, enjoy an occasional toke, or are straight-laced and never touch the stuff, you’ve probably taken part in at least one debate about medical marijuana." Read more here at BLISS TREE.

Hug A Cop. No, Really.

Not all cops are anti-pot. The good men and women of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (http://www.leap.org/) are actually working to make pot legal. Modeled after Vietnam Veterans Against the War, which used the credibility of combat veterans to denounce an unwinnable and disastrous conflict, LEAP membership is open only to cops, DEA agents, prosecutors, and other accredited law enforcement officers. Even still, most members wait until they retire from the force before taking the leap into the opposition, as dissesension in the ranks is not tolerated in the War on Drugs. So if you're a cop, and you know firsthand the horrible hypocrisies of the drug prohibition, please join up with LEAP and help everyone come to their senses. You owe it to every citizen you were forced to fuck with because of a system that's out of control. And if you're not a cop, thank your lucky stars that there are men and women out there brave enough to risk their reputations by telling the awful truth about the War on Drugs.

Things To Do When You're Stoned

*Meditate

*Run away and join the circus.

*Do your laundry.

Things To Do When You're Stoned

Meditate.

Run away and join the circus.

Do your laundry.

Skill Of The Month: Surviving Cannabis Cup

Avoid tobacco mixes. Odds are, if you live in the United States, you can't get good imported hashish with any regularity. So make the most of the opportunity to taste the best of Nepal, Morocco, Kasmir, and other hash hotspots from around the world, but watch out for any joint you didn't roll yourself. Europeans often mix their weed with tobacco, and almost always mix it when rolling hash.

If you don't normally smoke tobacco, puffing down on one of these "blends" will turn your face the deep green of a late-summer sativa, and be a waste of good hash, as well as your lunch. And if you do regularly smoke tobacco, you should stop immediately. Sure, it's legal in the United States, but it's also addictive and deadly, unlike cannabis, which is illegal in the United States-one of the reasons you came to Amsterdam in the first place. Fucked up, isn't it?

Burning Books: Marijuana Horticulture (1983, 2006)

Cannabis cultivators have been referring to this classic by Jorge Cervantes as "The Bible" for over twenty-five years, and with good reason. Don't expect any divine intervention on behalf of your plants, but you will learn everything you ever wanted to know about how to grow pot directly from the world's ultimate ganja guide. A new edition was published in 2006. Full-color photos and easy-to-follow illustrations make this a must have reference title for anyone growing reefer.

Thank you High Times.

Hash Bash

Today hashish is obtained by scraping resin from flower heads, but in nineteenth-century Asia, it was gathered in much wackier ways. In India, men clad in leather dresses would run through marijuana fields, knocking into the plants as much as possible so resin would stick to the dresses. It was then scraped off and formed into balls.

Over The Counter

Back in the late 1800's, marijuana was easily obtained at American pharmacies. Believed to have powerful analgesic properties, it was also a common ingredient in medicinal tonics.

Stoner Subgenre: Metalheads

When you're nice and stoned, it's a lot easier to deal with one of those twenty-five-minute drum solos featuring crashing cymbals, satanic chants, and throwing up the horns the whole time.

Things To Do When You're Stoned

Write a letter to the editor.

Go barefoot.

Make a new friend.
You might start by sharing the rest of that joint.

Your Brain On Drugs

Because the brain naturally has THC-specific receptors, scientists have long thought there must be a naturally-occurring brain chemical similar to THC. In 1992, Israeli scientist Raphael Mechoulam found it: arachidonyl ethanolamide, or "anandamide," from ananda, the Sanskrit word for bliss. Compounds very similar to anandamide have also been found in dark chocolate.

A Good Word

"Up betimes and to my chamber to do business, where the greatest part of the morning. Then out to the 'Change to speake with Captain (Cocke), who tells me my silver plates are ready for me, and shall be sent me speedily; and proposes another proposition of serving us with a thousand tons of hempe, and tells me it shall bring me 6500, if the bargain go forward, which is a good word."

-The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1666

Skill Of The Month: Surviving Cannabis Cup

For more than twenty years, the Cannabis Cup has been the world's premier marijuana event. bringing together up to two thousand aficionados from around the world to crown the best cannabis from Amsterdam's famous "coffeeshops." Finding enough time to smoke it all can present a real high-class problem. Here are a few tips to make sure you're still standing when the smoke clears:

Drink water. Most "Amsterdamage" actually occurs when people don't drink enough agua. High Times recommends roughly one glass of water per joint for optimal performance.

Use the bud-dy system. No matter what kind of trouble you're getting into in Amsterdam, it'll be a lot easier to get out of if you're rolling with a friend. Two "heads" are truly better than one, after all, whether you're trying to remember the name of your hotel or puzzling over the menu at your first coffeeshop.