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."

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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.

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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.