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How Accurate Is Cannabis Testing? Ring Test Assesses Labs

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 26, 2011 Dispensaries, Products

Mixed Findings Show Strengths and Problems Among Analytic Testing Services

How accurate is cannabis potency testing? California NORML and Project CBD have released the results of their first “Ring Test” to assess the accuracy of analytical laboratories.

In the winter of 2010-2011, California NORML and Project CBD initiated a “Ring Test” to assess the accuracy of the numerous analytical cannabis testing laboratories that have recently emerged to serve medical marijuana dispensaries, breeders, growers and patients.

Results of the study, coauthored by California NORML Director Dale Gieringer and Dutch scientist Dr. Arno Hazekamp, are reported in the Autumn 2011 issue of O’Shaughnessy’s, the Journal of Cannabis In Clinical Practice [PDF].

Federal Medical Marijuana Patient To Appear In Norfolk, Va.

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 26, 2011 Culture, Medical, Products

Irv Rosenfeld

Federal medical marijuana patient Irv Rosenfeld with a tin of federal U.S. government joints. He receives 300 joints a month from the federal government.

Whenever you hear anyone in the federal government, from the President to the Drug Czar down to the most insignificant bureaucrat, saying that cannabis has no medicinal value, remember that the federal government has been giving out free medical marijuana for almost 30 years.

Irvin Rosenfeld is the longest surviving of the four remaining federal medical marijuana patients in the United States. The Compassionate Investigative New Drug program hasn’t accepted any new patients since the first Bush administration, due to political pressure.

A native of Portsmouth, Virginia who now lives in Florida, Rosenfeld has been smoking 10 to 12 joints of cannabis a day for more than 28 years — a total of more than 123,000 joints.

Rosenfeld uses medical marijuana to treat a severe bone disorder called multiple congenital cartilaginous exostosis and a variant of the syndrome pseudo pseudo hypothyroidism. Irv has bone tumors on the ends of most long bones of his body.

Stashable Storage Tubes Ideal For Hiding Weed

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 21, 2011 Products

ToysFromMyAttic.com

Each Stashable Storage Tube comes with an adhesive strip of velcro to secure it in a hidden spot.

The technology of hiding weed has come a long way since the days of the hollowed-out book or the decoy soda can.

The Stashable Storage Tube, a storage device designed for easy portability (it fits in your pocket or purse) protects its contents from being crushed or damaged by liquids, although, as the company responsible coyly notes, “its primary function as a security device is delivered through concealed use.”

The idea is simple, according to ToysFromMyAttic.com, based in Royal Oak, Michigan, which manufactures the tubes: An item that cannot be found, cannot be taken.

Great Midwest Marijuana Festival To Mark 41 Years

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 20, 2011 Culture, Products

Jay Selthofner

When it began 41 years ago, it was an anti-war protest. It soon morphed into a cannabis legalization rally, and the Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest moves into its fifth decade September 30-October 2 at the Library Mall adjacent to the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison.

The festival will feature live music, guest speakers, a parade, vendors, and plenty of good munchies, according to organizers. Sponsors include Wisconsin NORML, Is My Medicine Legal Yet? (IMMLY), and Madison NORML.

Website Compares Medical Marijuana Dispensaries For You

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 16, 2011 Dispensaries, Medical, Products

Free Tobacco

Running out of cannabis while you’re traveling isn’t just a discomfort, if you’re a medical marijuana patient — it can be a threat to your health. Now there’s a way to not only find cannabis dispensaries while you’re on the road — you can also compare them based on hours, popular strains, promotions and many more categories, if you live in one of the seven medical marijuana states where the service is available.

FindTheBest.com recently added a Medical Marijuana Dispensary Comparison that allows patients in seven states (California, Colorado, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon and Rhode Island) to find and compare dispensaries.

Finally, A Backpack Specifically For Marijuana Fans

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 14, 2011 Culture, Products

Sprayground

If there is a cooler backpack, I don’t believe I’ve ever seen it.

Sprayground has launched an all-new line of cool backpacks, including one in which I’m sure a lot of Toke readers will be interested: the “Pipe Dreams” design.

Yeah, finally there’s a backpack as cool as you are. And it’s that back-to-school time of year, too, so why aren’t you rockin’ one of these around that university campus yet?

Sure, Sprayground creates hot bags with iconic imagery, but the design of the backpacks is thoughtful, too. Each one features a plush velour-lined notebook compartment that will accommodate up to a 17-inch laptop, as well as an inside slip pocket for an iPad or tablet PC.

The main compartment includes inner slip pockets and zippers for organization and other devices like MP3 players/iPods and mobile phone holders.

Sprayground backpacks, including the “Pipe Dreams” design, are available for $48 (plus about $5 for FedEx shipping) directly from www.sprayground.net and across the U.S. at boutique stores like Kiston and major retailers such as Nordstrom.

YouTube Censors Powerful Scene In Cannabis Docu ‘High’

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 14, 2011 Culture, Products

High: The True Tale of American Marijuana

High: The True Tale of American Marijuana, featured on Toke of the Town last year, has received lots of support and kudos from film-watchers, documentary lovers, and the drug policy reform community. So the film’s director, John Holowach, was understandably surprised on Tuesday when he logged into his YouTube account and discovered a notice from YouTube that one of his videos — a clip of one of the most powerful scenes in the documentary — had been censored.

“Yes, YouTube informed me that they have censored what is perhaps the most important and powerful scene in the documentary,” Holowach said. “Displaying a vicious abuse of power of prison guards, prisoners are made to crawl on the ground, strip naked, bend over, and all of this in front of other prisoners and caught on camera.”

Hemp Rally Coming To Boise Sept. 25: Idaho HOPE Fest

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 14, 2011 Culture, Products

Idaho HOPE Fest

The Idaho H.O.P.E. Fest, Boise’s first-ever hemp rally, is coming up on Sunday, September 25. 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.

Brought to you by Idaho NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) and Idaho Moms For Marijuana, the festival will feature speakers including “Radical” Russ Belville and Cannabis Karri of the NORML Show Live podcast.

“We are THRILLED to have Radical Russ Belville of the NORML Show Live and the NORML Stash blog, a native Boisean himself, speaking at a very significant time,” Theresa Knox of Idaho Moms For Marijuana told Toke of the Town.

More than half-a-dozen bands including Voice of Reason, Actual Depiction and Malachi, will provide musical entertainment.

“This is a groundbreaking, one-of-a-kind event for the Treasure Valley,” Isaias Valdez of Idaho NORML told Toke of the Town. “We are featuring many prominent, powerful speakers from the legalization movement, as well as from the industrial hemp aspect. After 40 years of fighting a war on cannabis consumers, it has failed to stop the supply and demand.

“It’s been counterproductive, and is turning a lot of otherwise good, law-abiding citizens into criminals,” Valdez told us. “Our farmers are struggling during these hard economic times. As an agricultural state, we can reap the economic profits from domestic hemp production that our farmers and the environment can prosper from.

Hemp For Jobs: KC Hempfest This Saturday

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 13, 2011 Culture, Products

KC Hempfest

KC NORML Hosts Annual Hempfest this Saturday, September 17 In Hodge Park Beginning at High Noon

The annual KC Hempfest hits Kansas City this Saturday in Hodge Park. The event, sponsored by the Kansas City affiliate of NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), is free and open to the public and will take place at the amphitheater located within the park.

Beleaf In Nature® Offers Medical Marijuana Apparel

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 12, 2011 Culture, Products

Beleaf In Nature

There’s clothing, and then there’s clothing that makes a statement.

Beleaf In Nature® clothing is the second kind; the company designs medicinally oriented apparel for the medical marijuana movement.

These aren’t your run-of-the-mill pot t-shirts; Beleaf In Nature has created some of the most unique art in the cannabis culture.

The shirts aren’t focused on individual strains, but capture the themes of Beleaf In Nature and Releaf Thru Nature with high-resolution animated characters such as Mr. and Mrs. Greenbuds, Dr. Greenbuds and the old classic American Gothic revisited.

“The history and culture of cannabis as a medicine and the necessary elements produced from cannabis is our unique approach,” sales guy Eric from Beleaf In Nature told Toke of the Town. “Our goal is to create a line of apparel that would make any patient proud to wear our tasteful designs and let the world know its time has arrived and I Beleaf In Nature!”

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