Cannabis Culture
Friday, May 18, 2012
Look At This Effing Hipster From 19th Century Mexico
Cannabis Culture David Downs — Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Ugh, hipster-bashing is, like, so 1890s.
We were doing research for our column on historian Isaac Campos' Home Grown: Marijuana and the Origins of Mexico's War on Drugs, when we came across what, for us, might be the oldest case of hipster-bashing known to mankind.
Witness the “Don Chepito Mariguano” lithographs — an extremely popular political and social cartoon in Mexican tabloids of the 1890s.
“Don Chepito was the bourgeois figure enamored with all things foreign, the always ostentatious dandy continually showing off his appreciation for the latest imported fad,” writes Campos in the book.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Jimmy Kimmel to Obama: “What's With the Marijuana Crackdown?”
Cannabis Culture David Downs — Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 9:51 AM
At the 98th annual dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association on Saturday, comedian Jimmy Kimmel asked the president straight up: "What's with the marijuana crackdown? I mean, seriously, what is the concern? We will deplete the nation's Funyuns supply?" Kimmel continued, "You know, pot smokers vote, too. Sometimes a week after the election, but they vote."
Then turning to Obama, Kimmel said: "Mr. President, I hope you don't think I am out of line, but marijuana is something that real people care about. And the fact that you believe Speaker Boehner when he tells you he still has control of his party leads me to believe that you must be smoking some crazy-great weed yourself."
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Going Green: Legalization's Fiscal Effects on America
Cannabis Culture David Downs — Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 4:25 PM
This just in from Online Paralegal Programs, who whipped up a big infographic on the potential cost savings and additional revenue from day-lighting the weed industry.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
4/20 at Harborside Health Center (and Elsewhere)
Cannabis Culture David Downs — Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:55 AM
It's that time of year again: 4/20, possibly the busiest day for Bay Area dispensaries. Oakland club Harborside will have extended hours (9 a.m.-8 p.m.), exclusive deals, special guests, and promotions including free edibles with any purchase, $150 Sun Grown Blue Dream ounces, 10 percent off all vaporizers, free gram of hash for the first 142 patients that walk through the door, Top Shelf Pre-Rolled Joints for $10, Sovereign's The Pure (S/I) flowers for $40 an eighth, and High Times Cannabis Cup Winning Boggle Gum flowers by Delta559 will be on sale for $55 an eighth while supplies last (limit two eighths per patient).
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
New San Francisco Dispensary Herbal Mission Takes Bernal Heights Up A Notch
Cannabis Culture David Downs — Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 2:12 PM
San Francisco medical cannabis patients, especially on the south side of town, have more options this week with the soft opening of Herbal Mission, at 3139 Mission St. off of Cesar Chavez. The newly permitted dispensary opened Tuesday, March 27 after years of planning, permitting and construction — not to mention the ongoing crackdown by the federal government. There's no Herbal Mission signage yet, but we couldn't miss the pastel green exterior and fisheye cameras.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
TIME Mag: Blacks, Bias, and Marijuana — Did Drug Stigma Contribute to Trayvon Martin's Death?
Cannabis Culture David Downs — Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 4:45 PM
"Martin's possible experimentation with pot should be no threat to his reputation. The research on marijuana and violence shows clearly that the drug either reduces aggression or has no effect - findings that fall in line with pop culture's mellow image of stoners. The idea that marijuana makes people dangerous is as absurd as the claim that wearing a hoodie is suspicious," TIME writes.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Countdown to 4/20: Snoop and Willie Get Back Together
Cannabis Culture David Downs — Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 10:34 AM
"On 4/20 of last year, Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg were smoking weed and singing tunes. Around the same time four years ago, they did it in Amsterdam. Now, Willie Nelson has announced that they'll be working together again," The Daily Swarm reports.
"The new track featuring Snoop is entitled "Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die," likely an ode to smoking marijuana until one's life end," ALLHIPHOP astutely reports.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Even the Los Angeles Times Likes NorCal Weed
Cannabis Culture David Downs — Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 2:19 PM
From the LAT: "I put everything into this ... When you're a grower, you're in a cave mostly. I'm like a monk," says San Francisco "Master Breeder" "Nova".
We hope Nova's not putting everything into it when he's Master Breeding alone in a cave, like a monk.
Jesus, the Los Angeles Times' Joe Mozingo really dug in with "Big Wes", "Wally", "Nova" and the gang in this wide-eyed, March 25th piece on the state of professional cannabis cultivators. Mozingo proves more curious than critical, which is refreshing for a mainstream publication.
Richmond Begins Grand Re-Opening of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries
Cannabis Culture David Downs — Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:38 AM
The embattled City of Richmond used to be a hub of the world's finest wine - until alcohol prohibition choked that off. Almost a century later, the city's fine medical cannabis seemed like it would be next to succumb. Dispensaries like Seven Stars Holistic Healing Center and Ken Estes' GDP Collective won serious awards, only to be shut down or chased out of town on pain of lawsuit.
Water under the bridge, as they say.
In December, Richmond approved business permits for three dispensaries: Compassionate Care Collective DBA Greenheart; Green Remedy Collective; and Greenleaf Natural Wellness. On Wednesday, March 21, the council approved three more. With a population of 103,701, that equals one dispensary per 17,283 people, meaning Richmond residents, per capita, will have some of the best access this state can offer to some of the best medical cannabis in the world; a life-saver of a drug for those with cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, M.S., epilepsy, chronic pain and other serious problems.
Monday, March 26, 2012
So the Trayvon Martin Case Has a Marijuana Angle
Cannabis Culture David Downs — Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 2:16 PM
From the L.A. Times: "At the time, Martin was suspended from high school after he was found to be in possession of an empty marijuana baggie ... Martin's school has a 'zero-tolerance' drug policy."
Surely this will be handled with all manner of decorum and proportionality. Surely.
