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Extreme Toking: Volcano Vapor Bag Suspension

heather — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:36:55 -0800

For this year’s April 20th (4/20) celebration, I did what I call a “vapor suspension”. It required a mechanical suspension rig, two Volcano vaporizers, two 55-gallon barrel liners and some tape (to create a huge vapor bag), as well as approximately a quarter ounce of top-quality Sensi Star buds. Oh, and my back had four hooks pierced into it to hang from. (This is definitely “extreme toking”! – Editor)

Glass Masters: Bearclaw

heather — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:46:54 -0700

The first Bearclaw piece I saw was “The Weary Traveler”, one of many glass pipes in a February 2006 Seattle show and competition (“Glass Master-pieces” CC #61). Bearclaw started working with glass in late 1998 and is based out of Chicago. He had no formal instruction but he was very pas-sionate, so he learned the hard way – through trial and error. “I feel joy watching the barriers of this medium fall before me. Each day is a lesson. I’m always a student, always learning.”

Hairy Pothead and The Marijuana Stone

heather — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:13:17 -0700

CHAPTER 1
The Last of the Line

An old man stood in the nighttime shadows on the end of Mainstream Drive. He was tall and thin, with long silver hair and an even longer beard, which was tucked under a belt whose buckle was a large, silver, seven-pointed leaf.

Healing Visions in Jamaica

heather — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:53:36 -0700

I was born totally blind in the fall of 1960, afflicted with a neuralgic brain disorder that causes rapid and random impulses from the optical nerve, continually refocusing the retina (formally called congenital nystagmus). I first began to react to bright light when I was nearly three years old, and from that day forward my life was focused on a quest for better vision.

High off the Glass: Lou Rider #8

heather — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:49:13 -0800

Lou Dog, drummer of the Kottonmouth Kings (KMK), got together with Chameleon Glass to create the eighth iteration of Lou’s famed award-winning series of drum-kit tricycle hybrids called Lou Riders. This one, however, was going to have something else special involved...

Hits From The Chong

heather — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:36:43 -0700

Photo by Andrew StonesOn June 10th of this year, Hunter S. Thompson’s widow Anita Thompson hosted a party at Owl Farm, her late husband’s beloved property near Woody Creek, Colorado. The guests were lawyers and activists, all attending the annual NORML conference being held in Aspen. I was able to wander the ranch at my leisure, and fantasized about what Hunter would think as he wandered around his property. The main house was filled with his spirit, and I’m sure he was enjoying the party.

Lunar Planters

heather — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:35:25 -0700

Moon in Libra: Germinating SeedsPicture for a moment a wise old farmer sitting on a mountaintop at night, overlooking a valley of green and purple Kush plants. He is studying the shape of the moon and its place among the stars, and sees that it is full and in the sign of Leo. Reaching down, he touches and inhales the strong sweet aroma of a large bud just in its prime. Time to harvest.

My First Grow: Kashmir Resin Factory

heather — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:30:59 -0700

I’ve always known that if you want something done right, you’d better do it yourself. Things are no different when it comes to cannabis.

NARCS, Undercovers, Informants... oh my!!

heather — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:26:18 -0700

In their quest to trample tokers and catch cannabis “criminals”, the police often become criminals themselves. Thankfully, even though they’ve been given extraordinary powers to wipe out weed – including carjacking, false inhaling, hypochondria, smuggling rings, money laundering schemes, and setting up faux doctors’ offices and hydroponics stores – they’re still unable to yank even a smidgen of the stone on the street.

Never Get Busted: Understanding Police Drug Dogs

heather — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:40:59 -0700

The world of police canines (K-9s) has been shrouded in secrecy and mythology since the first drug-smelling pooch was released to battle drugs in 1969. Authoritarian and tyrannical governments have used highly trained search dogs since the Nazi regime. This article is the first in depth report made available to the public to help lift this heavily guarded shroud, and in it you will learn:
• Why dogs are the preferred law enforcement animals for detecting odors

Oregon Med Pot Room

heather — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:43:30 -0700

Almost two years ago I became an authorized caregiver and grower for legal medical marijuana patients in Oregon. A caregiver has the right to transport marijuana and a grower has a location to grow the plants. The Department of Human Resources/Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (DHS/OMMP) regulates everything, and the police, as of January 2006, were given the right to call in and find out if an address in question is, in fact, a registered grow site.

Planting Pot in the BC Outback

heather — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:48:13 -0700

The view from our roadside camp. The growing site is 2 kilometres into the trees.In early June 2007, Australian grower Joe Walsh (“Aussie Bush Paradise” parts 1 and 2, CC #58 and #60) came to Canada from “Down Under” to escape the southern hemisphere winter and see what all the “BC Bud” hype was about. Around that time I had been shooting the indoor Purple Kush grow room for this issue, and asked the grower, CJ Jones, if he had ever cultivated outdoors in British Columbia.

Purple Kush Room

heather — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:01:15 -0700

CJ Jones, a secretive fellow with sixteen years of growing experience, is the paid caretaker of 950 plants in a jam-packed two-room garden in British Columbia. The first room is 140 square feet, while the second room is 256 square feet, and both have 8-foot ceilings. Twelve 1,000-watt High Pressure Sodium (HPS) lights are in the larger room and eight are in the other.

Show Your Grow

heather — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:18:38 -0700

Welcome?to Show Your Grow, where Cannabis Culture magazine readers and website forum members can share photos of their gardens with the world! Do you have an exceptional shot to send in? Submit your favorite photo by mail or email for the chance to be printed, and if it shows up you can contact us for your free 6-issue subscription to Cannabis Culture magazine.

Mail:?“CC Show”, 307 W. Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6B 1H6
Email: show@cannabisculture.com

(Please send the largest digital file image possible.)

The Naked Queen

heather — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:41:58 -0700

These photos were taken by Peter Schramm in September 2006 during shooting forDaryl Verville’s film “The Naked Queen”. The movie was shot in Nelson, BC with beautiful backdrops of the Kootenay Mountains, and illuminates the relationship of cannabis to the mythological past and the collective unconscious. The main character contemplates his dreams and conversations with Mahatma Gandhi, Carl Jung, and Beethoven, all of whom struggled against some sort of tyranny to inspire people with hope and spiritual strength.

The Truth About Feminized Seeds

heather — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:39:18 -0700

The idea of “feminized” seeds is heralded as a new wave of breeding enabling you to grow only females, but in reality it is a less reliable and less effective method than simply cloning your favorite plant. Feminizing seeds is nothing new; in fact, it’s done from a process that used to be called “hermaphroditic breeding” or “Breeding with Herman”.
Even a leaf can root!