Article Archive for February 2012
Life and Death
Someone I know died a few days ago. Let’s call her Rita. Not because that’s an assumed alias or made-up identity. It’s her real name. Or at least it was.
Rita died last week because of cancer.
Rita is the sister-in-law of …
Supreme Court of California to Review Recent Medical Marijuana Appellate Decisions
The Supreme Court of California has finally decided to step up to the plate and review several recent major medical marijuana cases, which have come out of our state’s appellate court system. The Supreme Court’s decision could be rendered by …
Marijuana, Lungs and a Hospital’s Respiratory Wing
One of the major objections to the medicinal use of marijuana is the use of smoking as a delivery system. Based on the fact that smoking tobacco causes deterioration of lung function, these detractors intone that smoking marijuana is just …
Anthony Rodriguez
I was on a lot of medication, lots of chemotherapy. I’ve been through chemo three times—two times it didn’t work; the third time was the charm. I was in a hospital for three years and three months. That was before I started using medical cannabis. I was on a lot of painkillers, lots of narcotics, lots of anxiety medication, lots of cancer medication. It’s been really hard.
Word Up: Muggles
Call your great gramps cuz we’re about to get old school! Let CULTURE introduce you to the term muggles, a slang term for a marijuana cigarette that hasn’t seen the light of day since, well, Louis Armstrong was blowing his …
Finger on the Pulse
It is estimated that more than 1 million Americans each year suffer a heart attack—with death resulting in roughly half of those cases. Since February is American Heart Month (according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least), …
Fuzzy Navel
Makes one serving.
1 ½ oz. peach schnapps
4 ounces orange juice
1 ounce Cannabis Simple Syrup***
Pour peach schnapps, orange juice and simple syrup into a glass over ice. Stir and garnish with an orange slice.
Profiteroles
Preheat oven to 380 degrees. Grease a large baking sheet. To make the pastry, place water and butter in a pan and bring to a boil. Sift the flour into a bowl. Remove pan from the heat and beat in the flour until smooth. Let cool for 5 minutes. Beat in enough eggs to give mixture a soft consistency. Transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain tip. Pipe small balls onto a baking sheet, transfer to the oven and bake 25 minutes. Remove from the oven. Pierce each ball with a skewer to let the steam escape. To make the cream filling, whip the cream, sugar and vanilla extract together in a bowl. When cool, cut the pastry balls almost in half, then fill with the cream. To make the sauce, gently melt the chocolate chips and butter with water in a small pan, stirring until smooth. Stir in brandy. Pile profiteroles into
Pear, Walnut and Endive Salad
Vinaigrette dressing
4 Belgian endive bunches, trimmed
2 bunches watercress, stems trimmed
6 large pears, cored and sliced julienne style (thin slices)
6 large Granny Smith apple, cored and sliced julienne style
3 cups walnuts, toasted
3 ounces Gorgonzola cheese
Prepare the Vinaigrette Dressing. Toss the watercress …
Canna Butternut Squash Ravioli
Makes about 40 raviolis.
Fresh Pasta Dough
Squash Filling
Brown Canna Butter Sauce
First, prepare the Fresh Pasta Dough and Squash Filling. Next, place teaspoon-sized mounds of filling spaced one inch apart on the bottom half of the sheet of pasta. Dip your finger in water and run it around each mound of the filling. Fold over the unfilled half of the pasta sheet, taking care to cover each mound so that no air is trapped. Use the side of your hand pressed firmly between the mounds of filling to seal each one. Use a pizza cutter or pastry wheel to cut the sheet into squares or rectangles checking that each piece is well sealed. To cut round raviolis, use a cookie cutter
Sweet Nothings to Show That You Really Care
Nothing says I love you more, for all eternity, than the gift of sweet nothings. Nothing bought, nothing sold. Where is the romance, that emblem of undying love that shows how much you really care? A gift to show how …
Liner Notes
Coachella: the festival so expensive, hot and unpleasant has doubled its size this year. The largest concert event in the Inland Empire decided to augment attendance figures and water bottle sales by stretching the shows over two weekends instead of …
Guatemala’s Semuc Champey offers thrill-seeking travelers turquoise-colored pools—and the real bat cave!
The water reaches chest level as the nervous tour group wades through the watery caverns. Each person carries a candle, and only its flickering glow keeps us from sheer darkness. The occasional bat zips overhead as stalactites on each side …
ThermoVape
It’s simple to use, durable and delivers smoke-free, flawless vapor every time—that’s all we really want from our medicating accessories, right? And the innovative, combustion-free ThermoVape delivers perfect, pocket-sized performance—perfect to vape your favorite botanicals or oils. ($249 Black ThermoVape …
Dime Bags
Style and eco-consciousness go hand in hand with Dime Bags, a line of durable hand-stitched washable bags that come in Pouch, Tube and Lifestyle models. Made of hemp and a hemp-polyester blend for the interior (100 percent cotton inside), Dime …
Apogee Jam
This nifty iPhone/iPad accessory (which requires the GarageBand app) allows a passionate guitarist to plug in and play without the hassle of heavy gear. It’s the quintessential compact amplifier for traveling musicians, and it even comes with interchangeable drum and …
Chambers by RZA Headphones
From the company that bought you all things skate and from the Grammy-award winning producer, MC, author—nothing short of an icon—come these sweet headphones. WeSC and RZA’s Chambers series comes in two forms “premium” and “street,” both fueling you with …
The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life
Dir. Terrence Malick
Plan B Entertainment
The Tree of Life’s story loosely focuses on a man, Jack O’Brien, who reflects on his childhood memories, loss of innocence and his struggle to reconcile with his father while growing up in …
The Hot Pot Handbook
The Hot Pot Handbook
By O B Gold
E.L. Simon and Sons
Cannabis advocate/writer O B Gold probably does the best job in summing up the benefits of practicing what he preaches, otherwise known as following the tenets of his latest book The …
I Am Gemini
I Am Gemini
Cursive
Saddle Creek
Concept albums are difficult to pull off, as evidenced by post-hardcore outfit Cursive’s latest, I Am Gemini. A great deal of work can go into even the most hackneyed of concepts. The trio’s good twin/evil twin …
By the Numbers (Southern California)
1. Estimated number of medical marijuana patients in the city of Los Angeles: 350,000 (Source: Union of Medical Marijuana Patients).
2. Estimated number of lawsuits filed against the city of Los Angeles’ medical-marijuana ordinance as of January: 61 (Source: L.A. City …
News Nuggets (Southern California)
State Supreme Court to review dispensary cases
In a move that will almost certainly affect the medical marijuana industry across the state, the California Supreme Court has voted to review four cases revolving around the legality of local ordinances governing dispensaries.
The …
By the Numbers (By the Numbers)
1. The estimated amount of money (in millions of dollars) that Initiative 502 could generate in tax revenue: 215 (Source: state Democratic Central Committee)
2. The approximate number of possession cases that the Seattle City Attorney’s office received from police in …
