Filmmaker and cannabis icon Kevin Smith dishes about why he converted to the cannabis cause
If Hollywood horror movies taught us anything, it’s don’t bully the wrong kid if don’t want him to slash everyone to bits at the high school …
These buds glitter like diamonds and deliver a taste to match. This superior strain—from our friends at Nature’s Green Cure in Santa Fe Springs—is loaded with amber and white trichomes and delivers a great body high. The taste is reminiscent of the tropical notes of a fine cognac or a Pinot noir—simply delicious. While you might want to sample [...]
Mark Zuckerberg might be a punk-genius-billionaire in The Social Network, but he’s apparently a company man in the ad room. At least that’s the impression Facebook gave after axing an ad for the legalization of marijuana. The Just Say Now ad, featuring a pot leaf in a “speech” balloon, chalked 38 million impressions before Facebook pulled the plug. They [...]
Chemotherapy was making me nauseous and I had no appetite. The first time through, I took a Zofran capsule to avoid nausea, but I was allergic to it and it made me constipated for nine days. I had to be re-admitted to the hospital for enemas, etc. It was awful. I needed an organic solution to nausea and mint tea wasn’t working. I had never smoked pot or done any drugs [...]
Formed in 1977, The Bad Brains were a group of young black kids who played a transcendent, zoned-out, hyped-up mash-up of thrashy hardcore punk and reggae. The first of its kind to appear on the musical landscape, the Washington, D.C.-based band (featuring guitarist Dr. Know, singer H.R., bassist Darryl Jenifer and drummer Earl Hudson) produced more [...]
If you think about it, most good people have the same desire to reduce marijuana abuse and all of the harm and misery that can accompany it. Where we have disagreements is on the question about how best to get there. So here is a list of what I see as our top six marijuana policy goals—in order of importance—that would help us to reach that almost-universal objective. [...]
The hot Halloween costumes this year will be Paul the Octopus and a Cleveland Cavs fan (LeBron jersey with knife in the back), but what about the hot Halloween destination? It’s certainly not that Twilight party your co-workers are goobering about, even if going shirtless would qualify as a Jacob costume. Instead, party where the monsters might actually be [...]
As a nurse working at the THCF Medical Clinic, I conduct physical exams on patients coming to see the doctor to obtain a medical marijuana recommendation. When they come in for their annual renewal, I always ask them how cannabis helped. I get all kinds of responses from “it relieves my pain” to “I don’t take as many anti-depressants” to “I can finally get a good [...]
The Tonight Show host Jay Leno weighed in on the marijuana and legalization debate recently when Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was a guest on his show. In a conversation about Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization measure that California voters will consider in November, Leno suggested that pot could be marketed to kids, referring to alleged past practices [...]
Truthfully, I can never tell how different anything is from anything. It’s really weird, I kind of go into each album with the same mindset. I don’t have any music written, we just start writing songs and see where it goes. It’s not really until the music comes out and the fans start [talking about it] that it even enters my mind. There’s been songs that people think sound so [...]
With only three albums under his belt, James Murphy, a.k.a. LCD Soundsystem, carved out a profitable little corner in the alt-rock market over the past year, capitalizing on electropop, synthpop and dance punk. “North American Scum”—his first chart topper after …
Take a break from the usual adult Halloween fare this year and usher your courageous self over to some real, live, haunted catacombs! While haunted houses might be for kids, the nastiness Old Town Pasadena has cooked up is a …
Billed as an “all-day, mind-opening music festival,” Cypress Hill’s medical marijuana-supporting Smoke Out takes over San Bernardino this month with an impressive lineup of acts and speaker panels. Surrounding themselves with newer college-clique bands such as MGMT and Atmosphere, and …
Dear Sarah,
I noticed in the past issue of CULTURE, there were ads for some great seeds from Canada and the Netherlands. If I were to purchase some seeds and have them shipped here in California, do I run the risk …
Number of years that Canadian marijuana seed dealer Marc Emery was recently sentenced to serve in prison: 5 (Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer).
Number of violent crimes the federal government linked to Emery: 0 (Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer).
Amount of money (in millions) per year …
DVD REVIEW
Classic Albums: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Damn the Torpedoes
Eagle Rock Entertainment
In 1979, Florida rockers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers broke through into the mainstream with an album called Damn the Torpedoes. After three years of relative obscurity in …
LACIE HARD DRIVES
Sure, I can lie to you and say I need a new external hard drive for all those Excel spreadsheets I’ve accumulated—but I’ll fess up and say what I really need is something to stash my 12,000-song “Ultimate …
Serving hot chocolate with chile pepper goes back to the Aztecs. There’s still no better or tastier way to warm up on a cold October evening than with a rich, sweet mug of chocolate that comes with a surprise spicy …
The addition of some creatively placed candies turns a platter full of retro style Whoopee Pies, into a dessert that stares back at you.
Makes 17 filled sandwiches, 1 per Serving
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
¾ cup unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon baking …
These delicately flavored orange-almond cookies look like fingers (or toes if you roll them fatter). Blanched almonds tinted with food color make perfect “fingernails.”
Makes about 30 cookies, 2 cookies per serving
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt …
Your guests will be impressed at the decorative spider web pattern made by this tasty Mexican style bean and guacamole dip. Serves 10.
2 (15 oz.) cans pinto beans, rinsed and drained
2 medium fresh tomatoes, seeded and chopped, divided
4 tablespoons lime …
The addition of a pimento-stuffed green olives and a few strategically placed strips of roasted red pepper turns these deviled eggs into an optical illusion.
Makes 12. 1 per serving.
6 peeled hard boiled eggs
1.5 grams kief
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
¾ teaspoon Dijon mustard
½ …
By Hans Fink
We could talk about how MICHAEL JACKSON’s mom is suing AEG over the death of her son or LADY GAGA’s YouTube video plea to repeal the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. However, if you have the Internet and/or …
Hey, I love my life. I really do. And I love my job. Hands down, this is the greatest job in the world. But I try not to lose sight of one thing: Life is still tough for all of …
Wrestler Shelly Martinez is using what God gave her to promote the cause
By Tyler Davidson
If Shelly Martinez looks a bit intimidating at first glance, don’t worry. You’re probably not the first person to have thought so. The Chino native spent …
Whether we’re talking about canvas, skin, glass or public property, the need to create distinctive and visually arresting art knows no bounds. From the streets to the gallery, inspired by DIY music or pop culture—the visionaries we profile for our first Art Issue stimulate our minds [...]
Most of us are already aware that America’s marijuana prohibition is expensive to enforce—but we would struggle to quantify this. It’s clear that all those pot busts incur vast police, judicial and correctional costs, and that prohibition also blocks a potential cannabis tax [...]
Back in 2007, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, along with Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), introduced a bill to increase the federal criminal penalties for selling candy-flavored drugs to children. The legislation was a response to reports that our nation’s playgrounds were under siege by [...]
Try to find a publicity photo on their official website or MySpace—you can’t. Even live performance videos are scarce. For the most part, the liner notes of their records—up to six as of 2010’s 10 Deadly Shots, Vol. 1, released by New York City-based label ROIR—omit personnel [...]
1289—Pope Nicolaus IV publishes decree Supra Montem, 1873—First ascent of Mount Whitney (14,494 feet), 1964—South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies, 1982—New York Stock Exchange sets a trading record of 132,690,000 [...]
