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Cannabis Cards Honor Marijuana Culture’s Remarkable People

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 9, 2012 Culture, Products

Marijuana culture has thousands of unique artifacts which can be found nowhere else. The flowering of cannabis creativity which exploded with the hippie movement in the late 1960s shows no signs of abating.

Cannabis Cards, based in Mendocino, California, are very collectable examples of this culture. The purpose of the cards is to honor remarkable people associated with marijuana who have influenced the cultural development of society as a whole in some important way, be it as medicine, religious sacrament, social glue, cultural engine or creative spark.

Among those included are revolutionaries, artists, musicians, activists, athletes, comedians, presidents and queens; using colorful original portraits and biographical information, Cannabis Cards inspire as they inform. Each trading card paints a picture and tells a story of the person, the historical period and their legacy.

Now There’s A Drug Test For Synthetic Cannabinoids

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 4, 2012 News, Products

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One of the chief attractions of synthetic cannabinoids — which are, make no mistake about it, NOT “synthetic marijuana” or anything near it — has been that these substances don’t show up on conventional drug screening tests, which after all, aren’t designed to detect them. God knows they don’t have many attractions, and no stoner in his or her right mind would ever smoke these blends if real weed is available.

This has made “herbal blends” (which are actually vegetable matter sprayed with chemicals) popular in such settings as the military and jobs which are subject to piss tests. But even that advantage will probably soon be gone, leaving synthetic cannabinoids the sole province of poor schlubs who can’t score any real weed.

Adding to its portfolio of test offerings for designer drugs — which also includes a bath salts drug test for synthetic cathinones — Ameritox‘s synthetic cannabinoids drug test now provides quantitative results for metabolites from 15 synthetics that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) placed into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act on an “emergency basis” this summer.

Cali Weed Experts To Host Budtending, Business Seminars In AZ

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 4, 2012 Dispensaries, Products

MedMen

They’ve got their fingers on the pulse of the flourishing medical marijuana trade in the United States, and they’re coming to Tempe, Arizona next weekend to instruct future entrepreneurs and green thumbs on the ins and outs of the highly complex cannabis industry.

From how to get into the business and stay compliant with state laws, to how to master the intricate bud-tending process, Los Angeles-based MedMen’s Adam Bierman and Andrew Modlin say they possess a unique set of skills and talents in a field still very much in its infancy.

The go-to guys for many dispensary owners, legal experts and members of the media seeking insight on medical marijuana stories in California, MedMen are now shifting their focus to help the Grand Canyon State and its patients benefit from the knowledge of Cali growers, business advisors and products experts.

Pro-Legalization Cops Screen Prop 19 Marijuana Documentary

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on October 2, 2012 Culture, Products

Legalize It

Special Preview and Panel Discussion Planned Oct. 24 In Long Beach

As debates over widely divergent ballot measures to legalize marijuana heat up in Colorado, Oregon and Washington, a group of cops, judges and other law enforcement officers calling for an end to the war on drugs is holding a special sneak peek at Legalize It, a new documentary about Proposition 19, the 2010 California campaign to legalize and regulate marijuana like alcohol.

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), in conjunction with Willie Nelson’s Luck Films and award-winning filmmakers Dan Katzir and Ravit Markus, on October 214 will host a special screening and discussion panel of the film at the Art Theatre of Long Beach.

• Legalize It, a documentary about the Prop. 19 campaign

• Wednesday, October 24, 2012 7-10 p.m.

• Art Theatre of Long Beach, 2025 E. 4th Street, Long Beach

2nd Annual HOPE Fest Hemp Rally Coming To Boise, Idaho

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 28, 2012 Culture, Products

Idaho H.O.P.E. Fest

The second annual Idaho H.O.P.E. Fest, Boise’s only hemp rally, is coming up on Sunday, September 30 at Ann Morrison Park. The gathering — to educate the public on the many uses of hemp — is designed to promote awareness on the reform of marijuana laws in a positive and polite atmosphere, according to organizers.

H.O.P.E. stands for Hemp Offers People Everything, and this year’s event has a number of goals:

• To collect signatures on Compassionate Idaho’s Citizens Initiative seeking to legalize medical marijuana for Idaho’s seriously ill patients

• To promote the re-legalization of industrial hemp

• To educate the public on the growing cannabis industry, a legitimate market providing jobs and economic growth to states that have legalized its medical use

• To push for public discussions on the reform of Idaho’s archaic and unjust cannabis laws.

Video of the Day: I Love My Bong

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 26, 2012 Culture, Products

Toke of the Town’s Video of the Day, “I Love My Bong,” is from Washington state’s Boris Budd and the Waterboarders.
“It’s a fun look at medical marijuana patients and others passionately executing their activities of daily living while using cannabis,” band leader Boris Budd told Toke of the Town Wednesday afternoon.
“The video also includes a ‘bong cam’ and Mad Scientist scene where a super bong is invented,” Budd told us.

Documentary Offers Disturbing Look at Impact of War on Drugs

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 24, 2012 Culture, Products

Film Affinity

Danny Glover and Director Eugene Jarecki Will Hold Advance Screening of The House I Live In, Winner of Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, in San Francisco on Monday, Sept. 24

Filmmakers Teaming Up with Advocacy Groups, Law Enforcement, Elected Officials across Country to Educate and Mobilize to End Disastrous War on Drugs

A special screening of the thought-provoking documentary, The House I Live In, will be held Monday, September 24, at 6 p.m., in San Francisco. The Drug Policy Alliance, ACLU of Northern California, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, and Californians United for a Responsible Budget will host the screening.

Immediately following the screening, there will be a Q&A session with the director, Eugene Jarecki, who is partnering with a vast array of advocacy groups, legislators and law enforcement to spread the film’s message about the disastrous consequences of the failed War On Drugs.

Filmmakers Preparing Documentary On I-502 Legalization Push

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 18, 2012 Culture, Products

Seattle filmmaker Josef Wilke is doing a documentary on Washington state Initiative 502, Local Voices: I-502, a voter initiative regulating the sale of marijuana which will be on November’s general election ballot.

“We are attempting to show the entire story of I-502,” Wilke told Toke of the Town in an exclusive interview. “We want to balance the media coverage which has ignored the DUI legislation and other concerns, specifically medical marijuana patients’ concerns.”

“Our documentary is not going to make a difference in the November 6 election,” Wilke said. “In fact, it is going to be more about what happens after the election.”

“I-502 seems to be marching to a victory,” Wilke said. “We intend to release our film in April of 2013. We want to document the promises that are being made b y the campaign to address legitimate concerns and hold them to account as we gauge the reactions and of actions by both our state and federal governments.”

Wilke is working through local Seattle video production company Confluent VideoMedia, owned by Tim Sheehan. Tim is producer for the film.

Toke of the Town got a chance to ask Wilke and Sheehan a few questions about the 502 documentary.

Bone Thugs Release ‘For Smokers Only’

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 17, 2012 Culture, Products

Robotic Empire Records

Cleveland’s own Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have announced their new For Smokers Only weed tribute collection album.

Hot on the heels of all five original Bone Thugs members reuniting for the first time in years, the group is unleashing an homage to Mother Nature’s finest green gift. Unavailable for years due to record company red tape, the collection has finally been released by indie outfit Robotic Empire Records.

For Smokers Only has never been available before on CD or LP; it was released earlier this year solely as a digital download. Some of the material featured will be made available in the physical format (CD and vinyl LP) for the very first time.

Topical Cannabis: Little Pots of Infused Goodness

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 16, 2012 Products

All photos by Sharon Letts

The Bud Sister’s Pain Relief Salve, infused with lemongrass

Lotions, Salves & Oils… Oh, my!

By Sharon Letts

“Why would you put something in your mouth, you can’t swallow?” my friend asked, showing me the label of a trusted tube of toothpaste.

It was 1975. I was 16, she was 17, and the “Clean Air & Water Acts” were in effect, opening up a whole new topic of conversation at home…. How would we make our own difference? Shortly after that conversation I bought my first tube of “Tom’s of Maine” (Fennel) toothpaste, and have not looked back.

Around that same time my mom gave me my first bottle of fancy face lotion – “Oil of Olay.” The glass bottle of thin, pink cream with its black cap seemed elegant and French to my young, impressionable mind. It smelled good, was soft on my face, and I had seen it in magazines. It must have been alright, right?

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