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[slideshow] T’was two months after harvest, when on sites by the Coast, Gathered hundreds, nay thousands, who loved marijuana the most. The buds had been taken from trimmers with care, In hopes that a cannabis cup soon would be theirs. The growers were nestled all snug in warm threads While visions of winning danced in their heads. And my friend
Read moreI have a couple of pieces in the new High Times Medical Marijuana. In one I talk about raw cannabis juice with a delicious sounding recipe from Dr Courtney. The other, in which I mostly provided research, talks about the big Canna farms and encourages consumers to look for organic outdoor growers to reduce the environmental footprint of what they
Read more[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZJyWOjzbvs&feature=player_embedded] Fox is first! A 30 second commercial for a medical marijuana dispensary debuted this week on a Sacramento Fox affiliate. The ad is discrete using the term “cannabis” and not showing actual marijuana but, nonetheless, another barrier has crumbled. This last month when Facebook rejected ads with marijuana leave, Google readily stepped forward offering to provide slots for the
Read moreThe ancient redwood rain forests pull a tide of visitors to stand awestruck beneath their canopies every year. More recently, marijuana entices tourists to Humboldt (and, of course, Mendocino.) Some people think we need to wait for legalization to market to those travelers. I don’t think so. Tourists already come here to experience the cannabis culture. We need to advertise
Read moreWith the five growers shot in Northern California this summer by officers and the more recent shooting in a Kneeland garden, sometimes the marijuana world feels like its at war. But the part of the culture I love is its joy in life and its playful side. Often times the tension between official and grower feels more like a game
Read moreLove outdoor pot? Is it time to market it? A group of both Humboldt and Bay Area residents thinks so. They have created a new website dedicated to promoting outdoor marijuana over indoor. One line from the site sticks with me— “market forces profiting from expensive indoor infrastructure advertise indoor’s peculiarities—most notably, uniformity and sterility—as if they’re virtues.” So true!
Read moreLearn the latest about the changing world of Cannabis. Today at 5 the first of a three part radio documentary by Liz Davidson will air on KMUD. This first installment looks at the initiative, views on it from CaNORML director Dale Gieringer and medical activist Frank Lucido, a look at the legal medical industry, tax money, the industry in Oakland,
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