Campaign for Restoration and Regulation of Hemp

The campaign for Restoration and Regulation of Hemp (CRRH) goal is to educate people about the medicinal and industrial uses for cannabis in our society in an attempt to restore cultivation and end cannabis prohibition. The Cannabis Prohibition is nothing more than continued centralization of economic and political control. Cannabis has a tremendous amount of other uses ranging from medicinal, recreational, fiber, fuel, and nutritious foods. Legalizing the restoration and regulation of Hemp would also create jobs, revitalize farming communities, increase tourism, and create billions of dollars in revenue for the country. If you are passionate about weed or see the potential opportunity to pull America out of this ongoing economic crisis, then check out their site, CAMPAIGN FOR THE RESTORATION AND REGULATION OF HEMP  and donate to the cause today.

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Danko Approves Top Ten Best Strains 2011

Danny Danko unveils HIGH TIMES’ choices for the most potent and finest-tasting pot varieties in the world – our annual, highly esteemed list of the award-winning ganja genetics available for true cannabis connoisseurs and weed aficionados. This years top ten picks: Blue Dream, Sour Kush, Jack Herer, Wreckege, Chernobyl, Chem’s Sister/ Vanilla Kush/ Super Lemon Haze, and Taxada Timewarp. The article goes on to say that; “Combining the complex sativa flavor and psychoactive high of Haze with a ruderalis-tinged strain’s ability to bloom automatically, Dinafem has created a truly unique, useful and versatile cannabis variety. In most climates, you can simply plant the feminized seeds any time the threat of frost isn’t an issue, then walk away and return 80 days later to find mature, fully formed flowers ready to trim and dry – long before the typical harvest season has even started.” Feel free to read the entire article on the HIGH TIMES’ website, www.hightimes.com.

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Bubble Bags: Reinventing How you Smoke.

Bubble bags is a brand new way to transform your clippings into pressed hash made from pure trichomes. Pure, unadulterated cannabis-trichome resin eliminates any impurities you might come across with traditional hashish. Kif, or collected trichomes, has a THC potency of 50%- 75% stronger than traditional weed smoking. This Bubble Bag process also has beneficial uses since it has drastically less impact on your lungs.

The magic in the Bubble Bag is in it’s process. You start by placing a series of specially designed bags inside one another from smallest to largest. The last bag you place is considerably stronger than the others and is where the material will be placed for blending. Next, you add water and ice to your bucket and bags, making sure to keep it at a level just above the screen. Ice is extremely important here, as it will cause the glands to be brittle and makes for easier separation from the plan matter. After initial water and ice has been added, it is time to add your materials. All leaf and/orbud, exclusind branches, on top of the water. Finish by topping of the bags with lots more ice and water. Now depending on the size of your bag, use a hand mixer and mix for the appropriate times (1-gallon kits for 10 minutes, 5-gallon 15minutes, and 20-gallon kits for 20minutes). Afterwards, give your bubble has time to settle, 20 minutes for 1-gallon, 30minutes for 5-gallon, and 45 minutes for 20-gallon kits.

Once the appropriate time has passed, start pulling out the bags one by one. Start by removing the first bag, which contains all the plant matter, and immediately dispose of the material and rinse out with cold water. Next, remove each bag at a time and place its contents on their corresponding pressing screens. Remove the remaining water by using a rolling pin. Be sure to allow for full drying time for your resin or you will dramatically destroy its potency. After you have allowed for the screens to remove the water, take the remaining most patties and break them up into a powder and place over cardboard and continue to allow product to dry. After a few days the resulting product will be bone dry and ready to use or store.

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Oakland Passes Marijuana Growing Operations

Under fire from the U.S. Department of Justice over its marijuana cultivation plans, the Oakland City Council voted just a moment ago to suspend the process for permitting four enormous marijuana-growing operations.

Oakland City Attorney John Russo had warned the City Council repeatedly that federal law enforcement officials were skeptical of the city’s plans because they appeared to be in violation of state and federal laws.

Reporting from a closed-door meeting with the city attorney, the council announced that it would put plans for permitting the growing operations as well as four more medical pot dispensaries on hold while fixes were made to bring it in line with state law.

It seemed clear that the city was worried about moving forward when it was revealed Monday in response to a public records request by The Bay Citizen that no applications had been submitted by Oakland’s many pot entrepreneurs just two days before they were supposed to be due on Dec. 22.

The City Council will come back to the issue on Feb. 1 after changes have been made. More details later.

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Marijuana In The News

Here’s a rundown of yesterdays marijuana headlines:

Although Arizona’s new medical program doesn’t please everybody, the state has no plans on regulating the potency of medical marijuana.

KushCon 2 is going on this weekend in Denver. If you are in the area, you should check it out!

Ironically, the local police are warning San Jose dispensary owners they are a target for criminals.

In international news, a city The Netherlands is looking at banning tourists from marijuana shops and this policy even has court support.

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Will 2012 Be The Year California Legalizes Marijuna?

The Public Policy Institute of California recently released a full breakdown of the 2010 election results.  As expected, there was quite a bit of analysis dealing with Proposition 19.  Feel free to click the link above and check it out for yourself; there are 37 pages of solid info.  But for those of you that just want the highlights (probably why you’re looking at blogs right?), here are what I thought were the most interesting parts:

“Of the nine propositions on the November statewide ballot, Proposition 19—the unsuccessful measure to legalize marijuana—attracted the most interest among voters, and those who voted against it felt more strongly about the outcome than those who voted yes. These are among the key findings of a post-election survey released today by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) with support from The James Irvine Foundation.

In the PPIC survey of 2,003 voters who reported participating in the election, 38 percent say they were most interested in Proposition 19, followed by 16 percent who name Proposition 23, the measure to suspend the state’s air pollution law (AB 32).”

“Proposition 19 lost by 6 points (47% yes, 53% no). Republicans (73%), Latinos (60%), whites (53%), women (58%), and older voters (58% ages 35 and older) voted no. Majorities of Democrats (56%) and independents (55%) voted yes, as did voters ages 18–34 (62%). Most voters say the outcome of the vote was very important (35%) or somewhat important (35%) to them. Just 18 percent of those who voted yes call the outcome very important, while 51 percent of those who voted no feel the same way.

Asked the open-ended question of why they voted for or against the measure, the top reason given by those voting yes is that it would have allowed marijuana to be taxed (29%). The next most frequently cited reasons: marijuana use is a personal issue or not a big deal (12%) and passage would have freed the police/courts to do other things (11%) or would have led to less crime and drug violence (10%). The top reasons given by those who voted against the measure are that drugs should be illegal (33%) and legalization is not good for the state (12%).

But on the general issue of legalization voters are more evenly divided than the vote on Proposition 19 indicates. When voters are asked more generally about whether they think marijuana should be made legal or not, 49 percent are in favor and 49 percent are opposed.  Among those who voted no on the ballot measure, 11 percent favor legalization in general.”

“Proposition 19, which would have legalized marijuana in California and allowed it to be regulated and taxed, failed by 6 points (47% yes, 53% no). Partisan differences are clear, with majorities of Democrats (56%) and independents (55%) voting yes, and 73 percent of Republicans voting no. There are also differences across ideological groups, with seven in 10 liberals (69%) supporting the measure, and three in four conservatives (74%) opposing it. Moderates were divided (48% yes, 52% no). Voters ages 18 to 34 are far more likely than older voters to have voted yes. Majorities of Latinos (60%) and whites (53%) report voting no, as do a solid majority of women (58%). Men were divided (50% yes, 50% no).

The top reason given for voting yes on the measure, in an open-ended question, is that it would have allowed for the taxation of marijuana (29%). Yes-voters also say that marijuana use is a personal issue or not a big deal (12%), that it would have freed up the police/courts to do other things (11%), or that it would lead to less crime and drug violence (10%). Among no-voters, the top reasons given for opposition are that drugs should be illegal (33%), and that legalization is not good for the state (12%). Fewer cite child safety (8%), the potential conflict with federal law (7%), or that the initiative was poorly written (7%).”

“Seven in 10 voters say the outcome of the vote on Proposition 19 was very (35%) or somewhat (35%) important. No-voters are far more likely than yes-voters to consider the outcome very important (51% to 18%). Republicans (44%) are much more likely than Democrats (32%) or independents (27%) to say very important. Latinos (45%) are much more likely than whites (33%) to hold this view and the percentage saying very important decreases with education and income and is similar across age groups.”

“When asked more generally about whether they think marijuana should be legal or not, voters are divided (49% legal, 49% illegal). Similar to the vote on Proposition 19, Democrats (59%) and independents (57%) favor legalization, while most Republicans (69%) oppose it. Most Latinos (59%) think marijuana should not be legal, while whites are divided (50% legal, 47% illegal). Half of men favor legalization (52% legal, 45% illegal), while half of women say marijuana should be illegal (45% legal, 52% illegal). Similar to the vote on Proposition 19, voters age 18–34 (65%) favor legalization, while older voters prefer keeping it illegal. Among no-voters on Proposition 19, 11 percent favor legalization in general.”

To me, the single most important thing that can be taken away from this analysis is the final sentence, which I found a few times in the original document, “Among no-voters on Proposition 19, 11 percent favor legalization in general.”  If marijuana legalization will become a reality in California in 2012, campaign managers and proposition authors will have to determine what exactly went wrong in that eleven percent.  Because 2012 is a presidential election, I’m willing to wager that there will be an automatic bump on the support side.  However, without targeting the eleven percent of swing voters from the 2010 election, a presidential bump will not be enough.  It will be interesting to see what the 2012 initiative language will be compared to the 2010 version.  Only time will tell…

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Feminization: Girls vs. Boys

There are several things to consider when one decides to begin harvesting their own marijuana plants. Until recently, growers had to purchase both male and female seeds in order for allow for the male plants to breed with the females so that THC can be cultivated from them. However, one of the greatest achievements in the cannibis farming industry today is known as feminization.  Through biological engineering and technology, scientists have produced all female seeds instead of those with male and female attributes. This eliminates the use of  males which  can cause unwanted pollination which can significantly reduce the quality of the marijuana.  The feminized seeds are rendered so by being put through climate stress that forces the plant to expose its male parts. The pollen is then used to pollinate the female flowers in order to produce feminized seeds, devoid of male chromosomes. Essentially, feminization eliminates buds from turning into seeds which greatly damages the strength of the THC in the plant.

Feminized seeds is the farming cannibus industry standard of the future. Indoor feminization as well as Outdoor ferminization are both ready and available for market consumption. Although there is still a 20% risk of getting a hermaphrodite plant which will not produce as pure of a strain as an entirely female plant, it is still better than having to sacrifice 50% of your crop to the male plants. To ensure that one gets the most mileage and return on investment feminized seeds are the way to go. Indoor and Outdoor feminized seeds are readily available and easily accessible to anyone looking to pursue a career in the cannibus farming industry.

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Indica Strains of Marijuana and Their Health Benefits

While the joys of marijuana use have generally been publicized by it’s euphoric side effects, it’s far more important benefits get swept under the media carpet. In a recent September issue of Time Magazine (www.timemagazine.com) Dr. Andrew Weil is the founder and director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine.  His  unabashed support of cannabis indica, for the first time publicizes this particular strain of marijuana that has a long history of beneficial side effects.

Although there are three primary strains, sativa, indica, and ruderalis, indica’s biochemical side effects on the human body are of particular interest to doctors.  In the Time Magazine article, Dr. Weil’s goes states, “cannabinoids may have a primary role in cancer treatment and prevention. A number of studies have shown that these compounds can inhibit tumor growth in laboratory animal models. In part, this is achieved by inhibiting angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels that tumors need in order to grow. What’s more, cannabinoids seem to kill tumor cells without affecting surrounding normal cells. If these findings hold true as research progresses, cannabinoids would demonstrate a huge advantage over conventional chemotherapy agents, which too often destroy normal cells as well as cancer cells.”

Other uses the Indica strain has been shown to improve conditions and symptoms of include; nausea, insomnia, migraines, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, alcohol abuse, collagen-induced arthritis, asthma, atherosclerosis, bipolar disorder, depression, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, sickle-cell disease, sleep apnea, Alzheimer’s disease and anorexia nervosa. If you want to try an all-natural holistic approach to some serious ailments, consider marijuana before resorting to a life of over-medicated prescription drugs.

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