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.

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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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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Marijuana Martyr

On October 2, 1937- the very day the Marihuana Tax Stamp Act was enacted - a 58-year-old unemployed laborer and part-time reeferman named Samuel R. Caldwell set up shop in Denver's seedy Lexington Hotel. Local police and FBI officers raided, caught Caldwell in the act of selling two joints, and took him down for dealing - the first person ever charged under the brand-new federal law. "I consider marijuana the worst of all narcotics, far worse than the use of morphine or cocaine. Under its influence men become beasts," the judge declared, sentencing Caldwell to four years of hard labor. "I have no sympathy with those who sell this weed. The government is good to enforce this new law to the letter."

Samuel R. Caldwell served every day of his sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary, on top of a $1000 fine, and died a year after his release.

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. 

FAQ: Where can I find a cannabis cooperative, collective, dispensary or delivery service?

Where can I find a cannabis cooperative, collective, dispensary or delivery service?

See our list of Cannabis Patients' Cooperatives and Support Groups and Cannabis Delivery Services. Cal NORML makes no representation as to the quality, service, reliability, or compassion of any of the coops, dispensaries, delivery services or patients' groups listed.

Thank you CANORML for the information.

SKILL OF THE MONTH: IMPROVE YOUR JAY-DAR

Listen for verbal cues. Dude, if someone says "dude" a lot, then, "fucking dude"-that's a good sign. Listen carefully for the stoner's telltale conversational pause, the likelihood of repeating good story more than thrice, and casual mention of any of the many, many monikers marijuana goes by-everything from muggles to Mary Jane. Also, don't be afraid to drop a few well-placed hints of your own, which can be accomplished with a minimium of risk. For instance, if they don't smoke 'dro, then they won't know what you're talking about when you ask them to pass it. Warning: The word is out on 420, so beware when interacting with the straight world-they have cracked out code. Please remain calm and continue to smoke as you would normally.

Thank you #HighTimes.

SKILL OF THE MONTH: IMPROVE YOUR JAY-DAR

If only there was some obvious way for pot smokers to signal their "green light" status to one another. Much like homosexuals, who claim to have gay-dar. we heads must hone our own jay-dar, so we can combat the tactic of divide and conquer that has kept us in the closet for the past seventy years. How do you find the herb smokers in your midst? Start with the obvious: physcial appearance. Sherlock Holmes could draw the most elaborate deductions from simply observing the appearance of a person who entered his flat. You should do some detective work of your own. Look carefully for the following clues, any one of which should set your jay-dar tingling: dreadlocks, tie-dye, hemp, yellowing of the thumb and forefinger, red eyes, droopy lids, dry lips, wide smile, corn rows, Birkenstocks, Rasta colors, yoga mat, skateboard, beard, tattoos, guitar case ...


Thank you High Times for the hints.

THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU'RE STONED

The first tip is a great one if you were one that cleared out your accounts thinking the end of the world was here.

Demand  a raise.

Plan a picnic.

Start a lemonade stand.