Actress and activist Roseanne Barr gives legalization a presidential promise
Roseanne Barr knows a thing or two about commercial and critical success. Her hit TV show Roseanne lasted nine seasons and earned the comic-actress an Emmy, a Golden Globe and three …
I don’t normally bat an eyelash for medicated cookies—we’ve had so many—but these baked goodies from SJ Patients Group in San Jose are pretty hard to ignore. It’s definitely a case of “Don’t judge a book by its cover” when …
Take notes, boys and girls, because this is how to do edibles right. Crispy and creamy, utterly decadent and rich, the OM Medicated Gourmet Peanut Butter Truffle is one of the most fantastic edibles we’ve had the chance to sample. …
These buds are blue and white and appear covered with the coloration of blue cheese. The trichomes look grated or shredded, and looking so much like blue cheese, it almost looks painted on by an artist. And like its namesake, …
This is a bud with a density to the tenth power and an exquisite appearance. Spicy Disco glitters like a cave glistening with mineralized stalagmites and stalactites. This strain’s glacial beauty is as hypnotic as the twinkling of the stars. …
It looks good. It smells good. This is a CBD-rich hybrid that is ideal for the novice as it delivers all the best attributes of marijuana without the overpowering head change. A treat for the senses, Soma A+ comes off …
Forget Clint Eastwood’s Escape From Alcatraz, Kurt Russell’s Escape From New York and Tim Robbin’s Shawshank Redemption. While it’s awesome to see a cunningly crafted prison break, the following prison and jail getaways are the real deal—and totally awesome!
1. You’ve …
Like rappers, country artists seem to sometimes benefit from a reputation for wild, even illegal, antics. Maybe such drama inspires great songwriting—or perhaps country fans, despite their reputation as a conservative crowd, just love them an outlaw. Whatever the synergy …
Every genre has its shift in sound that redefines or alters it, often combining genres to create new ones or to expand into subgenres. The combination of blues, jazz and country spurned Sun Records and Elvis, creating rock ‘n’ roll …
Country music’s deep roots in hard luck and heartbreak translate well into cinematic drama. Here are CULTURE’s Top 5 picks for the best country music-themed flicks:
NASHVILLE (1975)
Who better to make a film about the ins-and-outs of country music than Robert …
Merle Haggard got a 15-year prison sentence after he was caught shoplifting. Lucky for us (and him), the musician ended up turning his life around. But just in case you aren’t so lucky, here are three tips to how to …
Here’s a recap of just a few of notable achievements (and a few low points) in the storied life of The Hag.
1946
Merle Haggard’s father dies.
1950
Haggard is sent for the first time to a juvenile detention center for shoplifting at a …
Even though Merle Haggard had 38 No. 1 hits, “Okie From Muscogee” remains his most touted musical tour de force—and it remains a fan favorite. Released in 1969, Merle said he was inspired to write the tune after becoming concerned …
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Rebelution remains rooted to reggae vibes and diehard fans
By Kevin Longrie
Rebelution went from being unknown to musically inclined residents of Santa Barbara to a powerful force in the international reggae scene due to some unexpected success on Hawaiian radio …
The musical history of Aaron Lewis is tied, unexpectedly, to the acoustic guitar. The frontman of rock giants Staind—a group known for its heavy distortion and open tunings—actually started out on acoustic, writing bare-bones songs in his Massachusetts home. And it is to this style that Lewis has returned [...]
Jay Malinowski and Eon Sinclair have always been ambitious. At Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, where they met while students, they decided not only to form a band together—the beginnings of which would soon mold into popular Canadian reggae group Bedouin Soundclash—but that it should go beyond their campus [...]
Rick Steves might just have the most exhausting schedule in North America. Or Europe. Or South America. Or Asia and the Middle East for that matter. Aside from being a traveler as both a hobby and a profession, Steves spends approximately half of each year abroad working on television shows, hosting his own radio show [...]
In his The Hasheesh Eater, 19th century writer Fitz Hugh Ludlow—the original scribe of cannabis—wrote of countless phantasmagoria, ghastly terrors of demonical monsters and yet also of paradisiacal glories never seen by the earthly eye; wild tapestries woven in prose fecund. Across the Ocean of Atlantis [...]
From Black Sabbath to Led Zeppelin, from High on Fire to Pantera, hard rock and heavy metal music have never strayed too far away from the sweet leaf. Appropriately enough, this year’s third annual Revolver Golden Gods heavy metal awards show is scheduled to take place in L.A. on (ta-da!) April 20 [...]
Cannabis Science, Inc. is a Colorado-based biotech company dedicated to medical cannabis. According to the company’s site, this includes researching “…a variety of effective whole plant cannabinoid-based pharmaceutical products.” Their website, cannabisscience.com, is lean, clean and coolly rofessional. There are no pot [...]
Many cancer victims use marijuana to reduce the nausea and vomiting induced by chemotherapy, but not all of them welcome cannabis’ well-known psychoactive effects. New research by Dr. Keun-Hang Susan Yang, a scientist at Chapman University in Orange, and her colleagues show that the nausea-reducing chemicals in marijuana [...]
Harborside pioneers medicine—without a head change By Paul Rogers “It’s not just about getting high—it’s about medicine.” So says Steve DeAngelo, the founder of Harborside Health Center, which he claims is “the world’s largest legal retailer of cannabis.” But DeAngelo could be speaking for progressive dispensary [...]
THE STATE L.A. orders 140 dispensaries shut down The City of Los Angeles has notified 140 medical marijuana dispensaries that they must shut down immediately, the Los Angeles Times reports. The notices were sent to facilities that did not submit applications to take part in a lottery in which the city chooses the 100 dispensaries [...]
Patient:
Laura Levites.
Condition/Illness:
I have really bad digestion problems and insomnia.
Home:
North Hollywood.
Using medical cannabis since:
2009.
WHY DID YOU START USING MEDICAL MARIJUANA?
To forget about my childhood—just kidding. Because I get really bad cramps. Because I am a woman [and] once a month …
By Hans Fink
In the wake of any given disaster, nobody is affected more by it than celebrities and their giant, public bleeding hearts. In spite of the thick film of sarcasm that layers any and every word I happen to …
Last year, we spent a bit of ink detailing the history of the term 420, debunking some myths along the way and revealing its 1971 origin—how a group of marijuana-minded high school students from San Raphael and their decision to …
Transportation of marijuana by patients is limited up to only amounts necessary for current medical needs
By Bruce Margolin
The California Court of Appeals has again interpreted the medical marijuana laws strictly. In People v. Wayman, (2010) 189 Cal. App. 4th …
Young Adults and the Demonization of Medical Marijuana
By Lanny Swerdlow, RN
The favorite straw men and women of the opponents of medicinal marijuana are patients in their 20s and 30s. These reefer madness drug warriors beat their breasts exclaiming the horrors …
Leadership starts at the ground level
By Nancy Powell
Whether it’s work, school, leisure or precious moments with the family, Americans spend a lot of time trapped in interior spaces. The Environmental Protection Agency pegs the rate at 90 percent. …
