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Richard Branson walks on the sunny side of the weed.

Published on 1 décembre 20201 décembre 2020

Richard Branson has never hidden his fondness for cannabis, advocating during the last decade for a responsible legalization. In an article published on his website on November 26, the iconic founder and CEO of Virgin takes a keen and optimistic look on weed’s upcoming emancipation. And he’s usually right.

As the free world waits for the end of recess to be whistled for Donald Trump and for President-elect Joe Biden to take office, Richard Branson has welcomed other (uncontested) results : those from states where legalization of recreational cannabis has been approved . “I was excited to see some of the other outcomes of this year’s US election. Voters in several states embraced sensible drug policy reforms that will make a huge difference to people’s lives, take the burden off criminal justice systems, improve public health and, ultimately, save lives. ”wrote Sir Branson.
In Arizona, New Jersey, Montana and South Dakota, voters approved the regulated sale of recreational cannabis on November 3, bringing to 15 the total of number of States in which ganja is legalised.

For the serial success entrepreneur, the good news could be followed tomorrow by another strong sign towards an ineluctable global legalization of cannabis:
“ UN member states will come together in Vienna for an important session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the inter-governmental forum where discussions on the direction and content of global drug policy take place. The item on the agenda is a vote on rescheduling cannabis. What sounds like a tedious bureaucratic exercise has enormous significance for correcting a damaging historical error . For decades, without credible scientific basis, cannabis has been scheduled as a substance with negligible medical or therapeutic value ” explains Branson on his website.

After a multitude of reports and scientific commissions on a subject that, according to Branson, has dragged on too long, the World Health Organization (WHO) has finally recommended a limited rescheduling of cannabis, which is clearly a gesture in recognizing its enormous therapeutic potential .
A promising first step while waiting for CND’s vote. During this 63rd session on the matter, CND will look at changes in the scope control substances, in this case: cannabis. This vote is expected to follow the positive WHO recommendations regarding the control of cannabis and related substances. A vote that would free cannabis from various legal shackles in which it has been locked since 1961.
“A positive vote to remove cannabis from the strictest schedule would signal that the international drug control system, traditionally a driver of repressive drug policies, might be able to reflect with the ever-accelerating reforms happening on the ground. I hope the CND will come down on the right side of science, public health – and history. » concluded a visionary and always well informed Richard Branson.

A ultimate guide and selection of the best home vaporizers.

Published on 25 novembre 202025 novembre 2020

Conso/News/THC

If during your childhood Alice in Wonderland’s smoking caterpillar was a source of fascination, rejoice! Today’s technology has turn your fantasy into reality, thanks to the home weed vaporizers (and our epic selection ).

A vaporizer is a device that uses hot air at high temperature to create a cannabis infused steam. No tobacco, no combustion, quite an ideal choice for sensitive lungs, athletes, or just for every enthusiast wishing to make the most out of his cannabis. After all, there is no better way to enjoy a premium weed than having it with no interferences and little or no loss.

The Classic. The Volcano classic (€319, for dry weed only).
The Volcano is a high quality grade vaporizer manufactured by Storz and Bickel, a top notch brand that owns a well deserved reputation on this market. As a fun trivia, on HBO’s « bored to death », the characters are using a Volcano. Which doesn’t come as a surprise, since it’s so easy to use and clean. It works the following way: the steam (which is fresh and abundant with this model) is contained in a plastic balloon. Once the balloon filled, you take it out and inhale the steam contained in it.

Several balloons can be filled with just one bowl, which turns out to be quite convenient if you to party with a few friends in your living room. Topping on the cake: even the clumsiest dude will manage to take a drag out of those funky steam filled balloons. It’s fun, approachable and definitely legendary.

The most powerful: The FlowerPot Vprod (€519, works with weed and any concentrated cannabis products such as hashish, oil etc.)
If the Volcano was to be the grandpa of all indoor vaporizers, the FlowerPot would be its offspring. To begin with, it’s the first “Twax vaporizer”. Meaning that it can vape oil (or wax, for instance) as dry weed. Making it easy for you to try various combinations for various sensations.

The FlowerPot is an upmarket/high grade model made out of titanium (which explains the price) that delivers a constant stream of hot air filtered of any impurities. This process allows the FlowerPot to bring you a full flavored steam with numerous hits on any chosen cannabis product. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most complex and hard to operate desktop vaporizers. For the real players only.

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The Best value/ Best buy. The plenty (€219, for dry weed only) is a mid range vaporizer by Storz and Bickel (the very same company that brought us the Volcano Classic) that comes with a three years warrantee.
This vaporizer is designed to deliver a direct inhalation through a hose… just like Alice’s smoking caterpillar. Easy to use, the Plenty has a wide range of heating temperature (130° to 202° Celsius). The temperature can be set through a thin scow wheel.

Once the desired temperature is reached, the heating process stops. A cool feature that will prevent you from setting your apartment on fire. The steam is of course fabulous (courtesy Storz ansd Bickel) and the machine is as noiseless as it gets. The only downside is its looks, clearly not as posh as the legendary Volcano Classic with its triangular design. Yet, for such a low budget, one can’t complain.

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The water friendly. At last but not least, The Vapehale Cloud Evo (€414, for weed only) is the most innovative vaporizer of this selection. Each EVO is equipped with a “PerpetuHeat Thermal”. A technology that automatically adjusts the heating to a person’s inhalation rate, ensuring smooth, rich, and consistent vapor. As you inhale, the air flows past the heater, warms up to your set temperature and then glides through to vaporize your chosen herb or concentrate.

This vaporizer utilizes convection heating technology, which provides superior heating and vaporization when compared to conduction heating.(Most vaporizers utilize conduction heating, which consists of a hot surface that actually kind of chars the herb, leading to that all too common burnt taste). The Vapehale Cloud’s all glass air path delivers pure vapor and enables you to taste full spectrum flavor. Traveling from the glass enclosed heater core to the customized glass mouthpiece, your herb hits your airways as rich, clean, moisture conditioned vapor, cooled to perfection. Probably the most sophisticated of them all… See it in action here:

A quick guide to World’s different types of weed and their effects

Published on 21 novembre 20203 mai 2022

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For a long time, the cannabis community has used the terms indica and sativa to try and pigeon-hole the effects of cannabis. But these terms actually tell us nothing about how a particular strain will make us feel. The biggest variable affecting our experience with cannabis being the plant’s chemical profile. Here’s our ultimate -and condensed- guide to a better understanding of different terpenes profile and the effects that are to be expected.

Forget about the “Indica Vs. Sativa” classification
Cannabis is a very complex plant that contains up to 400 different active chemicals, many of which we barely understand. The concentration of these 400+ chemicals can vary greatly from one plant to another (even if they are considered to be the same strain or chemotype) and even among different parts of the same plant.
In an interview for Medical Marijuana 411, Dr. Jake Felice, a neuropathic doctor, cannabis clinician, and author, explains how different parts of the cannabis plant may produce different terpenes.
“The cannabis plant can have a very wide variety of terpene expression, even within the same plant. Upper leaves tend to be preyed upon by insects, so the plant might put out insecticide terpenes, such as limonene and pinene. In the lower plant, it might be more appropriate for it to develop bitter sesquiterpenes to prevent grazing from animals,” says Dr. Felice.
Stress, the type of medium and fertilizers used during cultivation, drying, curing, and other parts of the processes that go into producing cannabis can also impact what terpenes a plant produces and in what concentrations.
The terms indica or sativa, however, tell us nothing about a particular strain’s chemical profile. More than anything, these terms tell us what a plant might look like, whether it will grow tall or short, develop broad or narrow leaves, etc.

Going Beyond THC levels: How terpenes are defining the effects of cannabis
For years, the unique effects of cannabis have been almost entirely attributed to THC. Today, however, we know that THC is just one of the 400+ chemicals found in cannabis and therefore can’t be entirely responsible for the plant’s myriad of unique effects.
New research is showing us that terpenes might be just as important in dictating how cannabis makes us feel. Not only are terpenes responsible for the unique aromas and flavors of cannabis, but they have very potent physiological effects that may make or break our experience with a particular cannabis chemovar (or strain).

4 terpenes you are likely to find most in most strains and how they’ll affect your “high”:
Alpha-pinene. Pinene, as the name suggests, has a sharp, fresh pine aroma. Think of the smell of conifer trees or eucalyptus. Besides having anti-inflammatory properties and working as a bronchodilator, one of the more unique effects of pinene has to do with memory. Pinene is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, meaning it can inhibit the breakdown of acetylcholine, the main neurotransmitter involved in memory. So, if you’re looking for a cannabis strain that’ll leave you with a clear head and the ability to think cohesively and stay focused, look for a variety with lots of pinene. **Note: Unfortunately, most modern-day cannabis strains contain very little pinene.
Apha Pinene dominant strains: Jack Herer, Blue Dream, Strawberry Cough

Myrcene. Arguably one of the better-known terpenes, myrcene tends to give cannabis a musky, herbal, and spicy aroma. Basil, laurel trees, hops, and wild thyme plants all produce considerable amounts of myrcene, too. This terpene has analgesic properties and produces a strong sedative, almost narcotic-like effect (commonly known as “couchlock”). If you’re having trouble sleeping or need strong pain-relief, look for cannabis strains with high amounts of myrcene. If you need to stay focused and productive, however, you’ll want to steer clear of this terpene.
Myrcene dominant strains: OG Kush White Widow, Sour Diesel

Limonene. Limonene has a sharp, fresh citrus aroma, and is found in high concentrations in citrus peels, rosemary, peppermint, and ginger. It has very powerful antidepressant properties, and studies also show that it is an anti-inflammatory, anxiolytic, and potent immunostimulant. If you’re looking for mood-boosting effects, anti-inflammatory properties, and relief from anxiety or stress, try to look for strains with high concentrations of limonene. **Note: Most of today’s cannabis varieties contain low amounts of limonene. Beware of strains with strong citrus aromas, as myrcene can sometimes also give off citrus aromas.
Limonene dominante Strains: Do-Si-Dos , Sunset Sherbet, Super Lemon Haze

Beta-caryophyllene. Caryophyllene is one of the main aromatic compounds in black pepper, and it gives cannabis a spicy, woody, and peppery aroma. There is solid research showing that caryophyllene is a very effective, gastro-protective anti-inflammatory. Studies also show that it’s a selective agonist of CB2, the cannabinoid receptor that mediates pain, inflammation, and more. Unlike some of the other terpenes on this list, caryophyllene is very much present in today’s cannabis strains and is one of the main terpenes found in cannabis extracts.
Beta-Caryophylene dominant strains: Gelato, Zkittlez, Chemdawg

In order to properly understand how a type of cannabis will make us feel, we need to look beyond the individual compounds present in a particular plant. We also need to consider the way these compounds synergize (the Entourage Effect), as well as the set and setting in which we use cannabis.
**This list is far from complete. For a more thorough overview of the terpenes in cannabis and their effects, read Taming THC: Potential Cannabis Synergy and Phytocannabinoid-Terpenoid Entourage Effects.

Argentina is (almost) legalizing.

Published on 13 novembre 202013 novembre 2020

Argentine/News/Société/THC

Today marks the beginning of the end of prohibition in Argentina.
At midnight on Thursday, the Argentine government published a set of changes to bill 27.350, the nation’s heavily criticized medical cannabis law.

Patients registered under RECANN, the national cannabis patients registry, now have the right to cultivate their own medicine, either individually or as part of a group or collective, or buy cannabis oils, tinctures, or topicals at pharmacies.
Moreover, the new legislation also broadens the qualifying conditions for medical cannabis treatments in Argentina.
Up until now, bill 27.350 restricted the use of medical cannabis only to public health trials including patients with refractory epilepsy.
The new legislation, however, gives any patient with a doctor’s prescription for cannabis (or its derivatives) the right to either cultivate their own medicine or buy it from a licensed pharmacy. The state even promises free access to cannabis therapies for people without health insurance.
For thousands of patients, caretakers, parents, and children, this is the day they’ve long been waiting for.
Up until now, anyone found in possession of cannabis seeds or plants ran the risk of being trialed under the nation’s drug law and faced up to 15 years in prison.
These new regulations promise an end to this injustice.
“Finally! Our right is law!” reads the latest post by Mamá Cultiva Argentina (MCA), the nation’s most recognized cannabis activist group.
“This right, won after many years of struggle by organizations across the country, not only brings with it the peace of mind of not being criminalized for exercising our autonomy by cultivating our own medicine. It might also be a solution for many of the socioeconomic problems brought on by the neoliberalism [of the previous government] and the global pandemic,” the post reads.

“This new era of bill 27.350 will begin to repair the injustice of the persecution and stigmatization of the plant that’s brought quality of life to many people. For this reason, we celebrate a State that accompanies us, that guarantees us access to the substance by the means we choose, that doesn’t punish us or paternalize us. This regulation demonstrates that the knowledge gained through our popular experience is of value when it comes to building our future.”
“Before us lies a long road of implementation. But we’re convinced that the construction [of the legal framework behind bill 27.350) will be rich and prosperous and that we have public interlocutors in place who demonstrate their priority in finding consensus,” the post continues.

Mamá Cultiva Argentina was founded in 2016 by Valeria Salech and a group of other mothers, many of whom have been cultivating cannabis illegally for years either for themselves or for members of their families.
Roughly 4 months ago, Valeria Salech and the rest of MCA were eager that change might come to bill 27.350 as the Argentine Health Ministry announced the first draft of the new regulations it signed off today.
“I’m not ashamed to tell you that every morning I wake up and the first thing I do is check the boletin oficial [the gazette where the Argentine state publishes its legal norms],” Valeria told us in an interview in July.

Seems like that habit might die off tomorrow.

L’Argentine légalise le cannabis (thérapeutique).

Published on 13 novembre 202019 novembre 2020

Argentine/News/Non classifié(e)/Société/THC

Aujourd’hui marque le début de la fin de la prohibition en Argentine.
Jeudi à minuit, le gouvernement argentin a publié une série de modifications au projet de loi 27.350, la loi nationale sur le cannabis médical très critiquée, pour le plus grand bonnheur des malades comme enthousiastes de la weed.

Les patients enregistrés sous RECANN, le registre national des patients atteints de cannabis, auront désormais le droit de cultiver leur propre médicament, soit individuellement, soit dans le cadre d’un groupe ou collectif, ainsi que d’acheter des huiles, teintures ou topiques de cannabis dans les pharmacies.
En outre, la nouvelle législation élargit considérablement les conditions d’admissibilité aux traitements au cannabis médical en Argentine.
Jusqu’à présent, le projet de loi 27.350 limitait l’utilisation du cannabis médical aux seuls essais de santé publique incluant des patients atteints d’épilepsie réfractaire.
Dorénavant, la nouvelle législation donne à tout patient ayant une prescription médicale pour le cannabis (ou ses dérivés) le droit de cultiver son propre de l’herbe ou de l’acheter dans une pharmacie agréée.
L’État promet même un accès gratuit aux thérapies au cannabis pour les personnes sans assurance maladie!
Pour des milliers de patients, de gardiens de parents et d’enfants, c’est le jour qu’ils auront attendus depuis longtemps.
Jusqu’à présent, toute personne trouvée en possession de graines ou de plantes de cannabis encourait jusqu’à 15 ans de prison.
Ces nouvelles réglementations mettent un point final à ces lois ante-séculaires.
“Finalement! Notre droit est la loi“! est-il écrit dans le dernier article de Mamá Cultiva Argentina (MCA), le groupe de militants du cannabis le plus reconnu du pays.
«Ce droit, acquis après de nombreuses années de lutte par des organisations à travers le pays, apporte non seulement la tranquillité d’esprit de ne pas être criminalisé pour avoir exercé notre autonomie en cultivant notre propre médecine. Cela pourrait également être une solution à de nombreux problèmes socio-économiques provoqués par le néolibéralisme [du gouvernement précédent] et la pandémie mondiale », peut-on aussi y lire.

“Cette nouvelle ère du projet de loi 27.350 commencera à réparer l’injustice de la persécution et de la stigmatisation d’une plante qui a apporté une qualité de vie à de nombreuses personnes. Pour cette raison, nous célébrons un État qui nous accompagne, qui nous garantit l’accès à la substance par les moyens que nous choisissons, qui ne nous punit pas et ni ne nous infentilise. Cette réglementation démontre aussi que les connaissances acquises grâce à notre expérience populaire sont précieuses pour bâtir notre avenir”.
«Devant nous , il y a encore un long chemin de mise en œuvre pratique. Mais nous sommes convaincus que la construction [du cadre juridique derrière le projet de loi 27.350) sera riche et prospère et que nous avons des interlocuteurs publics en place qui démontrent leur priorité dans la recherche d’un consensus ”, poursuit le post.

Mamá Cultiva Argentina a été fondée en 2016 par Valeria Salech et un groupe d’autres mères, dont beaucoup cultivent illégalement du cannabis depuis des années pour elles-mêmes ou pour les membres de leur famille.
Il y a environ 4 mois, Valeria Salech et le reste du MCA s’étaient impatientés de ne voir aucun changement de la loi 27.350 alors que le ministère argentin de la Santé annonçait le premier projet de nouveau règlement qu’il a signé aujourd’hui.
«Je n’ai pas honte de vous dire que chaque matin je me réveille et que la première chose que je fais est de vérifier le boletin oficial [la gazette où l’État argentin publie ses normes juridiques]», nous avait déclaré Valeria dans une interview en juillet.
Une habitude qui pourrait bien disparaître demain.

Weed: Biden’s lukeworme program.

Published on 11 novembre 202011 novembre 2020

News/Société/THC/USA

As the world -and half of the US- are celebrating Biden’s election, a crucial question arises: what about cannabis?
Here’s some answers… and a whole lotta questions.

Just say no!

Joe Biden is a fierce legalization opponent and on a mission to give a hard time to any weed enthousiast.
It’s 1986, and Biden (who works at the time under Reagan’s Republican administration) is a key figure in an all-out “War on Drugs”, carried by the (in)famous “Just Say No”.
In 1990, he was one of the main architects of an ultra-coercive series of measures, where the common foot stoner would -roughly- be sentenced to the same jail time than a street crack dealer.
2010. The times they are A’changin‘ and Biden softens his speech. “There is a difference between sending someone to jail for a few ounces [of weed] and legalizing it. The punishment should fit the crime. Yet I still believe think legalization is wrong. I still believe [cannabis] is a getaway drug”

Or maybe?

A decade later, Barack Obama’s former vice president views on cannabis have changed again. “I wasn’t always right. I know we haven’t always done it right [with regards to incarceration for marijuana offenses]; but I always tried, “admits Biden in 2019 interview with ABC.
“No one should be in jail for smoking marijuana,” concluded the then chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Biden’s current position, if it does not follow that of his fellow citizens (66% of Americans are for a nationwide legalisation ), has at least one perk: that of paving the way for reform of the banking system.
Between technical problems and a certain mistrust of the green gold industry, most players in the legal cannabis business indeed have the greatest difficulty in accessing basic banking services. Whether getting a loan or simply opening a corporate current account, banks and credit institutions prefer to play it safe and avoid any criminal and / or financial sanctions that’d be imposed on them. And although the law of the states that have legalised is on the side of ganja-entrepreneurs, mistrust and fear of bad publicity prevents them from gaining access to any major financial institutions.

Decriminalization, the bogus idea?

Biden’s decriminalization plan, beyond being a cautious compromise between prohibition and legalization, could quickly turn into a logistical nightmare for the cannabis industry.
By simply decriminalizing weed, Joe Biden is legally placing its trade under the control of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
And that’s no good news: by seizing the certifications and approvals of the cannabis business, the FDA would also be responsible for overseeing the manufacturing, packaging and distribution of all cannabis related products, thus imposing strict requirements on producers, especially when it comes to the levels of THC, CBD and CBN, the three potent molecules.
And if it could look like a relaxation of the legislation, Biden’s decriminalization is quite far away from the cannabis paradise suggested by the former candidate Bernie Sanders, who was eager to legalize all over the country once elected.
If Biden has by the past demonstrated his ability to evolve, let’s hope Sleepy Joe won’t take a nap on the matter once in the White House.

What is Rosin and how to make it

Published on 25 août 202026 août 2020

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Extracts or “dabs” are revolutionizing the way we think about and experience cannabis. Not only do they offer higher potencies, but their high concentration of terpenes also brings new flavors and aromas to the table that surprise even veteran weed lovers.
Unfortunately, cannabis extracts like wax and shatter can be hard to access outside of the world’s few legal cannabis markets and are far from safe to make at home. Rosin, however, is an exceptional extract that you can easily make without burning down the neighborhood.

What is Rosin?

Rosin is like BHO’s chemical-free, DIY-friendly cousin. It’s made using a combination of heat and pressure that extracts terpenes and cannabinoids from dried cannabis, hash, or kief. The result is a golden, translucent, and sap-like extract with a rich flavor and roughly 50-70% THC.

Rosin produced from professional, licensed extractors is made using specialized rosin presses. These machines cost anywhere between $1,000 and $10,000 and use either pneumatic or electric pumps that are able to deliver tons of pressing power. These professional presses also have precise heating elements to maximize their yield potential and are able to press large amounts of flower or kief at a time.

Pure Pressure’s Long’s Peak, for example, is a pneumatic rosin press designed specifically for commercial rosin production. It is capable of generating 8 tons of pressure and pressing up to 35 grams of flower or 70 grams of kief or hash at a time.

What’s the cool thing about it?

Similar to other extracts, rosin boasts a different high to what you’d normally expect from flower. Based on my experience, I’d describe it as more of a clear, mental rush, but this can obviously vary depending on what cannabis strain your rosin is made from.

In the US and Canada, considered by some to be the frontiers of cannabis legalization, rosin is a huge hit. And it’s not hard to see why; unlike BHO (Butane Hash Oil), which usually has to undergo a long, slow purge to remove any residual butane prior to extraction, rosin is a 100% solventless extract. It is made using only heat and pressure and is completely chemical-free.

Best of all, you don’t have to have to go to a dispensary or risk burning your house down to get your hands on some delicious rosin.

How to make your own Rosin. Easily.

Some manufacturers sell small rosin presses designed for personal use. The MyPress, for example, is a popular manual rosin press that can exert up to 6 tons of pressure and is capable of pressing about 1 to 1.5 grams of flower at a time. According to some reviews, the MyPress can produce yields of 20-25%, which is very good for such a small press.

At $420 USD, however, the MyPress can be a pricey investment for the recreational cannabis user. But then again, you don’t really want to be pinching pennies when buying a rosin press, either. You’ll want a machine capable of delivering plenty of pressure and just the right temperatures in order to maximize your rosin yields.

Luckily, if you don’t want to fork out $420 for a personal rosin press, you don’t have to. You can make your own rosin safely at home with a good hair straightener, some parchment or baking paper, some kind of makeshift dab tool (a clean, sharp pocket knife works quite well), and heat-resistant gloves. Here’s how:

Break up roughly 0.5g of cannabis flower, kief, or ice water hash and stick it between 2 pieces of parchment or baking paper. Fold in each side of the paper to create a kind of envelope.
Preheat your hair straightener to its lowest setting.
Place your wrapped flower in between the heated plates of the hair straightener and press down very firmly for at least 3-7 seconds. Once you hear a sizzle, relieve the pressure and remove the parchment paper from the straightener.
Remove the sticky sap from the parchment paper using your pocket knife and put it in a container for storage or load it directly into a bowl or joint and enjoy!

OPTIONAL: If you’re pressing flower, consider pressing it twice for a better yield.

Keep in mind that this is by far the best way to press rosin. It is, however, effective enough if you want to make small batches of this delicious concentrate at home without investing in a proper press.
If you’re serious about making your own rosin and want to maximize your yields, however, you’ll need to dig deep into your pockets and invest in something like the MyPress.

A Personal Guide To Getting High And Having Great Sex

Published on 24 août 20202 octobre 2020

English Version/News/Sex/THC

– AVERTISSEMENT –

Whether you like it rough, gentle, kinky, vanilla, gay, straight or over the phone, we all have one thing in common; we want our sex to be AMAZING. And if you use cannabis, you’ve likely already experimented with it between the sheets.

Unfortunately, getting high and getting laid isn’t always as great as it sounds. For some people, cannabis can produce side effects that definitely don’t belong in the bedroom (paranoid penetration, anyone?).
However, there are also many ways in which cannabis can enhance sex. In this article, I’m going to walk you through my tips on using weed in the bedroom, most of which I’ve learned the hard way.

Disclaimer: I’m not a sex therapist nor a doctor. I’m just a guy who enjoys weed and sex.

Know Your Body

Cannabis is a really complex plant that affects all of us differently. In my years of smoking, vaping, and eating weed, I’ve found that the golden rule to getting high and having a good time (both in and out of the bedroom) is knowing my own body. Many people find cannabis helps them relieve stress and anxiety, for example. I’m the complete opposite; if I’m particularly stressed or anxious, getting high will only amplify those feelings. If I’m in a good state of mind, however, weed can boost my mood, calm me down, and help me relax.

Hence, I already know that weed won’t magically make me horny if I’ve got a lot on my mind. However, I also know that when I’m in the mood, cannabis can intensify my feelings of pleasure and get me more in tune with myself and my partner. If you want to get high and have great sex, it’s key you understand how weed affects your body first.

Know Your Partner

It takes 2 people (or more) to have sex. So, while it’s important to understand how weed affects your sexuality, it’s just as important to know how it affects your sexual partner/s. For some people, weed is a great ice-breaker, helping them let down their guard and leave behind some of their inhibitions. For others, it might raise those inhibitions when they’re with someone new but intensify the way they connect with someone they’re familiar with.

Communication is really key here (and anytime you’re trying to have great sex). If you want to bring weed into the bedroom, communicate with your partner/s about it first to ensure an enjoyable experience for everyone.

Know Your Weed

Weed can vary really dramatically, especially if you live in an area where it is still illegal and unregulated. Hence, whenever you plan on getting high and having sex, make sure you know what you’re toking on before bringing it into bed. In general, I enjoy balanced cannabis strains that aren’t too cerebral or overly physical. A super intense cerebral high can sometimes kick my mind into overdrive, while a hard-hitting body stone is more likely to send me to sleep than get me hard.

If you’re lucky enough to live in an area where cannabis is sold legally, talk to a budtender to find a strain that delivers the effects you’re looking for. If weed is still illegal where you live, always try a new strain on its own before trying to pair it with sex.

Know Your Dose

I’m a one-hit-wonder kind of guy; one or two tokes from a joint is just enough to help me feel relaxed, focused, and positive. If you want to get high and have great sex, know your dose and stick to it.

Don’t Get Hung Up On Smoking

The way we use and enjoy cannabis is changing drastically. Today, there are many different ways you can introduce cannabis into your sex life without smoking. “It doesn’t have to be psychoactive,” explains Ashley Manta, a sex educator and “cannasexual,” in an interview with VICE. “THC is a vasodilator, which means it brings more blood flow to the area,” she says. THC lubricants, therefore, can help both men and women stimulate arousal, increase physical sensation, and increase natural lubrication.

Edibles can be another great way to enjoy cannabis in the bedroom, offering a slower, more gradual onset and longer-lasting effects than a joint or vape. Unfortunately, due to cannabis policies and the extremely subjective nature of sex, there’s hardly any decent scientific research into how the 2 overlap. Hence, it’s really up to you to experiment with cannabis in its many different forms and find something that works best for you and your partner/s.

This Is Tony Greenhand, The Guy Who Rolls Thousand-Dollar Joints

Published on 20 août 202025 août 2020

Culte/English Version/News/Société/USA

Tony Greenhand makes smokable art in the shape of Pokemon, comic figures, life-size gold necklaces, and guns. With almost 400k followers on Instagram and his own TV show, Tony is a real-life weed celebrity. But his joints haven’t always been so elaborate.

“The first joint I ever rolled was a disgrace. It was all wet and goopy. So I bought an ounce of weed and rolled for an entire weekend at a house party until I got good at it.”
That was over 15 years ago.
Today, Tony Greenhand rolls the most intricate and detailed joints on the planet.
Tony’s artwork can take the shape of a 24k smokable necklace or a 2-ounce Samurai with sheathing swords; there’s almost no task too big, challenging, or outright crazy for Tony to handle.
“I once tried to roll a 42-pound Statue of Liberty joint,” he recalls. “It was 9ft tall and stood on a custom metal frame with a fan at the base.”
Unfortunately, Tony never made it to the festival he’d built the joint for and ended up taking it apart and turning the flower into oil.
“I couldn’t find another venue that would let me smoke out a crowd with a 42-pound joint. People debated that it was a fire hazard or might be enough to kill someone,” he laughs.
There’s something about Tony’s big, hearty laugh that immediately makes you drop your guard. Although we’d never met, I felt like I was having a conversation with one of my high-school smoking buddies.

In 2016, Tony created his infamous world-record-winning 4.2-pound watermelon joint..

“I can’t remember that entire year due to that thing,” Tony laughs again. “We roasted marshmallows over it, which to this day is probably one of my favorite joint experiences,” he says.
Some of his other most recognized pieces include Mike Tyson, The Kraken, and an AK47. One of his latest creations is a Bulbasaur which, complete with flower-covered vine whips and concealable wooden crutch, looks more like a prized collector’s figurine than a joint.

But behind each Greenhand creation is a special design process that’s aimed at maximizing airflow to create a fluid smoking experience.
However, Tony is humble enough to admit that his joints don’t always burn as evenly as he’d like.
“When you roll something that’s complex like this, there are gonna be some mistakes, just because of the way that heat moves, how people handle the joint, and the way they hit it,” he says.
“And people usually want to hit the shit out of a joint like this. So they let out all their air and Snoop Dogg puff it into oblivion. A lot of people have lead fingers, too. I don’t know why, but they crab claw everything when they should be handling this shit like a baby,” he laughs.

There’s a lot more to Tony than his joints; he’s acted in films and on TV, runs his own seed company, and has been breeding and growing cannabis for over 10 years in Washington and Oregon.
Together with his girlfriend Courtney (who he met through an Instagram contest giving away one of his custom joints), Tony is living proof that the stoner-cliche is complete horseshit.

In 2017, he was cast for Gus Van Sant’s Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot.
With no acting experience, Tony suddenly found himself sharing the set with Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Kim Gordon, and Jack Black.
“I took the experience a lot like when I roll one of my joints, and I just didn’ think too much about it,” Tony says.
“I didn’t think of the other actors as who they were, I just thought of who they were on the show. So I was a complete dick to Jonah Hill just because my character didn’t like him,” he laughs.
Two years after shooting for Gus Van Sant, Tony received an offer to film a TV show for Quibi titled Let’s Roll with Tony Greenhand in which he designs elaborate joints for celebrity weed lovers like Hannibal Burress, Nikki Glaser, and Blake Anderson.

Right now, he’s in lockdown in his home in San Bernardino County, in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
“It’s absolute hell. I walk outside and it’s 112 degrees (44°C); I might step on a fucking scorpion; I might get a radiation warning on my phone; there might be an earthquake; there might be a sandstorm; there could be a fucking Black Widow in my shoe in the morning. I could literally go on for an hour about all the weird, terrible shit that’s out here,” he laughs again.
“On top of that, everybody looks like they’ve just come out of a methadone clinic, all burnt to a crisp like the last chip in a bag with no will to live. Everyone’s a fucking zombie out here.”

But it’s not only the weather, scorpions, and zombies that Tony’s having trouble adjusting to.
“Hollywood is so fake. And I end up telling everyone ‘cause I’m stoned and I don’t have a filter. I don’t really mesh with the people out here; they are too worried about what people think and not worried enough about how they are.” This time, his laugh has a little nervous edge to it.
It seems that his brutal honesty is exactly what’s brought Tony so far, despite the fact that he still hasn’t managed to come to terms with selling his artwork.

“I don’t even care about my business. I just do it for me. And for me, making joints and giving them to people, and creating that moment for them is invaluable. A few hundred dollars doesn’t make it more valuable for me, it just kinda fucks up the whole vibe.” Just do it, Tony.

And although the current COVID-19 pandemic has brought Tony’s joint-rolling and TV show to a standstill, he’s happy for the downtime to be at home with Courtney, his dogs, and his garden.
“I’m just trying to chill for a minute and focus on my genetics. I might also go back to working on my movie script, which I haven’t worked on for some time”.
So next time you see Tony’s name in the credits, it might be for more than just acting and rolling.

Valeria Salech, Argentina’s cannabis pasionaria

Published on 31 juillet 202020 août 2020

Argentine/News/Société/THC

Meet Valeria, the woman fighting for legal weed in Argentina. Not because it’s cool and hype, but because her son’s life depends on it. Portrait of a Mama warrior.

In 2014, Valeria Salech and her husband gave their 8-year-old son, Emiliano, cannabis for the first time.
Valeria recalls that afternoon like the day she first really met her son.
“About 30 minutes after taking the resin, Emi started looking me in the eyes and smiling. He had a look I’d never seen before,” says Valeria. “That day changed our lives forever.”
Today, Valeria stands at the frontlines of the battle to legalize cannabis as the founder of Mamá Cultiva Argentina (Mother Grows), the nation’s most recognized cannabis activist group with a proud feminist agenda.

Coming To Life With Cannabis

“Have you ever seen the look of someone doped out on anxiolytics?”
I froze as Valeria’s question shot out of the loudspeaker on my phone.
“My son has had that look since the day he was born,” she says.
“Seeing that look go away thanks to a grain of rice of cannabis resin, I knew then and there that I would keep giving the resin to Emi, even if it just meant he could look me in the eyes and smile.”
That was 6 years ago. Back then, Emi (who suffers from epilepsy and severe autism) saw the world through a daze of pharmaceuticals and still used diapers and a bib.
I ask Valeria to recall the changes to Emiliano’s condition and behaviour over the years since he started using cannabis, and she sighs.
“That’s hard, because it requires me to think back to a boy that no longer exists,” she says.
“The same month he started using cannabis, Emiliano stopped using his bib,” Valeria recalls. A few months later, he started learning to eat with a fork, and after about 1 year, Emiliano stopped using diapers.
“Step by step, Emi has been gaining independence and the ability to show himself the way he really is,” says Valeria.
Seeing the way cannabis changed Emiliano’s life, Valeria didn’t hesitate to take it upon herself to fight for the rights of every other mom in Argentina who’s children or family could benefit from cannabis.

2016: The Birth of Mamá Cultiva Argentina

On the 22nd of March 2016, 2 years after first trying cannabis with Emi, Valeria sat in on the presentation of a draft bill aiming to decriminalize the medical use of marijuana in Argentina.
Looking around the room, she noticed the overwhelming number of women, in particular mothers, at the presentation.
“I said to the woman sitting beside me, ‘we need an organization to represent the women here,” Valeria recalls.

A little over 2 weeks later, on April 7th, 2016, she founded Mamá Cultiva Argentina (MCA).
Valeria laughs as she remembers the early days of the organization, storming congress with other moms to intercept deputies in the hallways and hand out their homemade brochures.
I ask her to tell me about her life outside of her activism.
“I can’t,” she says. “I was born an activist. This is my life. In kindergarten, I was the one who spoke up to the teacher to make sure all the students got the same amount of biscuits,” she laughs.
Since day one, MCA had a very clear mission:
“To demand a legal framework through which the Argentine state recognizes the therapeutic properties of cannabis and the right for individuals to cultivate it in order to secure a safe treatment for our children or whoever needs it,” says Valeria.
But besides its clear stance on cannabis, Mamá Cultiva Argentina also has a proud feminist agenda alligned with Argentina’s Ni Una Menos (“Not One Woman Less”) movement.
“I was inside the congress with the other moms handing out brochures and intercepting deputies when I heard the screams of the women outside,” says Valeria, thinking back to 2016 when she found herself inside the walls of congress during one of Argentina’s biggest feminist marches.
“We were being told how to live and being judged on whether or not we were good mothers. We were being told to heed to doctors and the police,” says Valeria.
“Once we realized that we were in the same fight as the women outside, we didn’t hesitate to join them on the street. It was an awakening, and from there on out we started to reveal all the violence we’ve suffered. And all the violence we’ve suffered comes from this capitalist and patriarchal system that oppresses us.”
In October 2016, Valeria travelled to Rosario for that year’s Encuentro Nacional de Mujeres (National Women’s Meeting). In one of the meeting rooms, there was a group of women talking about cannabis.
“I walked into the meeting and the entire room stopped to applaud me,” says Valeria. “I cried because the recognition of my peers, of women who like me had been battered by this completely patriarchal system, to this day means more to me than if I were to be applauded at the United Nations.”

The Times They Are A-Changin’

Today, the right to grow cannabis, the plant that’s changed Valeria’s life and the lives of countless other Argentines, seems closer than ever before.
On Wednesday, July 15th 2020, 6 years after Valeria first gave cannabis to Emi, the Argentine Health Ministry announced a draft of new reglementary changes to bill 27.350, the law that restricts the use of medical cannabis to public health trials on patients with epilepsy.
The draft makes big promises; the right for registered patients to cultivate their own medicine, the public production and sale of medical cannabis products at pharmacies, and free access to cannabis therapies for patients without health assurance.
And while it’s only a draft, Valeria’s gut tells her that change is on the horizon.
Since January, Mamá Cultiva Argentina has been part of an advisory council working together with other activist groups, doctors, universities, and institutions like CONICET [the Argentine National Scientific and Technical Research Council] to prepare its own draft reglementations of bill 27.350.
“When someone invites you to work with institutions like CONICET and the Health Ministry on a bill that actually plans to implement the change you’ve been fighting for, you tend to trust that,” says Valeria.
And while there’s still no news of when these new reglementations will come into effect, Valeria is confident it’ll be soon.
“If it’s not today, it’ll be tomorrow or after that. But I’m not ashamed to tell you that every morning I wake up and the first thing I do is check the boletin oficial**,” she laughs.

**boletin oficial – the gazette where the Argentine state publishes its legal norms.