Article Archive for July 2012
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Sons of the Beach
Most bands’ merch is pretty predictable. T-shirts, hoodies, stickers—that sort of stuff. But San Diego noise-pop band Wavves lets its true colors show with its tchochkes . . . and that color is green. The band’s colorful line of grinders, …
Alice B. Toklas
Next time you consume a medicated brownie or attend an LGBT rally, you may be surprised that gay rights and edibles owe a symbolic debt to a literary and political figure from the early 20th century called Alice B. Toklas. …
OpCannabis Phase Two
Anonymous tells anti-MMJ forces to Fawke off!
The Republican National Convention is ready to celebrate a man who thinks God lives on planet Kolob, but the party generally rejects the idea of medical marijuana. “Anonymous,” the legendary hacktivists that make the …
Daughter of the Revolution
Marijuana can be a political hot potato . . . but apparently all bets are off if you’re the daughter of a powerful senator and former Republican presidential nominee. Meghan McCain, welcome to the club! The daughter of Sen. John …
Clean Bill of Health?
Next time you fail a drug test, tell your supervisors that Johnson & Johnson is the real culprit. We’re not kidding. Researchers at the University of North Carolina recently discovered that household products such as shampoo and baby soap can …
Creature Comforts
With the recent release of the Mark Wahlberg film Ted, audiences got a dose of a talking stuffed animal that enjoys the finer things in life . . . like cannabis. But this bear (voiced by director/Family Guy creator Seth …
Mythbuster
New study defies government assertion that legalization increased teen marijuana use
The legalization of medical marijuana caused a big uptick in teen drug use—or at least that is what government officials like federal Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske continue to assert. This …
Clueless
Congress shreds the DEA’s credibility—and shows the agency is out of touch about the true nature of marijuana
It was a watershed moment in the sordid annals of cannabis prohibition:
The head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was repeatedly asked …
The Green Wedge Widens
Tired drug war rhetoric can cost politicians their jobs
Being wrong on marijuana just cost a Texas Congressman his job this May, following similar, major upsets in California and Oregon, for example.
On May 29, El Paso councilman and marijuana legalization supporter …
Battling the Ban
Patients and activists react to Kent’s decision to outlaw access points
The City of Kent might have shut the door on medical cannabis—but activists and advocates are fighting back.
Ignoring some 150 residents who had gathered to express support for medical marijuana …
Renewed Hope
Research at UC San Diego indicates that cannabis can treat the symptoms of multiple sclerosis
Despite our federal government’s efforts, clinical studies across the country have repeatedly proven that many severe medical issues can be treated by a very effective, natural …
Full Court Press
The Michigan Supreme Court steps up for patients’ legal rights
Patients: the Michigan Supreme Court has your back.
A recent ruling by this state’s highest court is a positive sign for medical cannabis patients concerned about overzealous law enforcement dropping the hammer …
Meet the Parents
The Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol campaign is reaching out to women and mothers
Last month, Rasmussen released what many consider to be a bellwether poll: 61 percent of likely voters in Colorado support regulating marijuana similar to alcohol and cigarettes. And …
For the Sake of the Children
Some local mothers turn to cannabis—not pills—to help their kids’ ADHD and OCD
Even the most diehard medical marijuana advocate can acknowledge that there are people out there that are deeply prejudiced against using cannabis. So if some mothers here in …
The Devil in the Details
Anthrax would love to thrash and burn—Mitt Romney!
Twenty-one years ago, Anthrax joined Slayer and Megadeth on the epic Clash of the Titans tour, an arena-filling thrash metal fest that certainly clashed with the mainstream. The U.S. tour lasted two months, …
Panamania
Los Rakas’ diverse blend of Latin influences and b-boy culture keeps blowing up
Recently Raka Rich, one half of the duo Los Rakas, was quoted as likening his group’s music to Bob Marley. “Good music. New World music. Music that anybody …
Here Comes Trouble
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs keeps ’em dancing
He’s a 25-year-old, thoughtful, soft-spoken headpiece-rocking dinosaur and—safe to say—he’s one of a kind.
Orlando Higginbottom is the man behind Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (otherwise known as TEED). He makes densely-constructed electronic music where his …
By the Numbers
Washington
Washington’s ranking among the 50 states in number of annual marijuana arrests: 34 (Source: Bulletin of Cannabis Reform).
Washington’s ranking among the 50 states in severity of maximum sentences for marijuana possession: 8 (Source: DrugScience.org).
Percentage of drug arrests in Washington involving …
Utopia Found
Fernando de Noronha was the inspiration behind Thomas More’s idyllic place
Utopia means different places to different people. It might be Cartagena for Bill Clinton, 19th-century Utah for Mitt Romney and the NBA draft for the Kardashians. Sir Thomas More, author …
The Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook
The Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook
By Elise McDonough
Chronicle Books
At press time, there were a total of 17 states that had enacted compassionate legislation—that’s a lot of hungry patients, eh? The folks that put the “high” in High Times have finally …
The English Beat
The English Beat
Keep the Beat: The Very Best of the English Beat
Shout Factory!
Along with bands like The Specials and Madness, The English Beat was at the forefront of the 2 Tone movement of the late ’70s and early ’80s in …
Thin Ice
Thin Ice
Dir. Jill Sprecher
Werc Werk Works
Some movies are laugh riots. Some movies are more subtle, gradually building up to bigger laughs with witty one-liners eventually leading up to a bigger payoff later. Thin Ice, on the other hand, isn’t entirely …
The Real Toy Story
It’s a familiar scene. The kids are watching their favorite cartoons, and then cut to a 5-minute commercial break where the flash of bright lights and happy kids propels your own flesh and blood to beg for this newest of …
Marijuana Inspired My Generation and then We Blew It
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don’t criticize
What you can’t understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin’
Please get out of the new one
If you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’.
Bob Dylan was …
Two L.A. City Council proposals Face Practical and Constitutional Battles
Two proposed MMJ ordinances introduced by the Los Angeles City Council could strike fear into the hearts of patients, dispensaries and growers. One ordinance, proposed by Councilman Jose Huizar, would ban collectives of more than three patients in the entire …
Surprise, Surprise
Full disclosure: I was pretty excited when I got word that we were granted an interview with Dita Von Teese for this issue’s cover story. After all, here was an opportunity to give our readers an up close and personal …
Liner Notes
Often when people turn 40, they do foolish things: they buy sports cars, they try to dress like their teenaged children, they start taking a suspicious amount of vacations to Thailand. But what happens when a band turns 40? In …
News Nuggets
COLORADO
State Supreme Court rejects right to medical pot
Colorado medical cannabis patients have no constitutional right to take their medicine. That’s the bottom line after the state Supreme Court refused to revisit a lower-court ruling against a man whose failed drug …
