Edible marijuana survived a challenge in Colorado on Tuesday when a state lawmaker withdrew her proposal to ban pot-infused products in favor of optional child-proof packaging standards.
The House Judiciary approved the bill 7-3 after it was changed to allow, but not require, state regulators to call for tamper-proof packaging. No edible products were banned.
Someone should teach these guys how to cook!
For those who missed the memo last week, July 29 was apparently Eat Marijuana While Getting Arrested Day.
Two men - one in North Carolina and one in Arizona - were arrested on Thursday for pot possession and both tried to eat the evidence.
The only difference? The guy in Arizona happened to be former NBA player Samaki Walker, who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the No. 9 pick in the 1996 NBA Draft (before Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash).
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If you are reading this then you are obviously already curious about marijuana edibles — definitely a great start! But where from here? Chances are you’ve been smoking or vaporizing for a while. Maybe you haven’t gotten around to making delicious edible marijuana treats because of how complicated and time consuming people make cooking with cannabis out to be. Maybe you’ve tried looking up marijuana recipes in the past only to became confused or by all the conflicting information. We’re here to arm you with the latest and greatest of proven methods for making cannabis and, more importantly, teach you how to be an awesome cannachef. When everything is said and done, a great chef is part artist and part chemist — and a great cannachef is no different.
If you’ve never consumed cannabis before, you might be curious as to how the high is different when compared to smoking or vaporizing. Most people describe it as a “heavier” or “deeper” high — slow to kick in, slow to wear off, and affecting the body way more than the head. Honestly, though, everyone is different and there is only one way to really understand the difference between smoking and eating: try both yourself (just read this article first).
If you’ve grown up in the United States you may be pretty surprised to find out that the use of marijuana has quite a long and illustrious history when it comes to edibles. Many anti-marijuana “activists” in the US might have you believe that cannabis-use — especially when it comes to things like “pot brownies” and “weed cookies” — is a vice limited to hippies, deadbeats or liberal-arts college kids; yet some of the world’s oldest — and some would argue most successful — cultures have a rich history filled with smoking and cooking cannabis for both medicinal and recreational use. Cannacooking is certainly nothing new.
You should always put forth the effort to properly prepare your marijuana before cooking it — this will ensure that your doses are even and consistent and that you don’t waste any money or marijuana. The cornerstone of preparation is being organized, and by putting in a little work now you can save a lot of wasted time spent fixing mistakes later. To help, we’ve created this list of rules to follow.
By now every medical marijuana patient should be aware of the existence of vaporizers and the benefits of vaporizing marijuana as compared to smoking it. Did you know that the plant matter left over in the vaporizer can be extracted and used to make edibles with? If you own a vaporizer you should be saving your vaped weed as it’s a great low-cost way to “practice” making your favorite cannafoods! Depending on the temperature you vaporize the material at, medical marijuana edibles made with vaporized weed can turn out pretty strong!
An (almost) complete list of cooking terms.
Stoner Jerry Fruited Spiced Rum Cannacake: The ultimate stoner experience. A cross between our Stoner Jerry rum cannabis tincture and Caravan Cakes’ Original Fruited Spice Cake. Prepare for obliteration!
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For those of you not in the know, Sailor Jerry is one of the most delicious spiced rums ever created by mankind. It is rich and spicy with dark cherry undertones. Stoner Jerry is, of course, our tongue-in-cheek take on rum cannabis tinctures. As with any tincture, kief or hash works best if you want to avoid a “green” taste, though buds/nugs/trim/leaves/stems are OK if you must. This method takes quite a while — a month in fact — but is well worth it and far safer for the average stoner as compared to other methods using double boilers and such.
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The Green Cross, a San Francisco medical marijuana dispensary, has announced new labels for each of their Incredible Edibles products, which contain medicinal cannabis. The changes were made to comply with the City and County of San Francisco Department of Health’s new guidelines designed to ensure patients are fully informed about these types of medical products.
“That we changed our labels overnight underscores The Green Cross’ commitment to abide by the laws and regulations of the San Francisco Department of Health,” said Kevin Reed, President of The Green Cross. “As with most of the guidelines issued by the San Francisco Department of Health, these new guidelines are reasonable and should be easy to comply with.”
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Courtenay Edelhart reports on Bakersfield.com that a group is suing to have the Kern County Board of Supervisors re-raise the limit on the number of plants a person is allowed to grow — on the grounds that the new limit just isn’t enough for people who medicate with marijuana edibles.
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William Breathes’ top 10 list of edibles in Denver. He writes: ”I’m not a big edibles guy — something that stems from my early experiences making brownies using ground-up schwag. The memory of the slightly burned, and entirely gritty, undercooked chocolate mass that put me to sleep still haunts me to this day. And medically, it doesn’t make much sense for me to eat pot food to stop my vomiting and cramps. Eating is the last thing I’m thinking about when I’m doubled over with nausea. But a lot of readers have been asking me to review food, so over the past few months, I’ve made a point to pick up edibles while I’m out. Some have been worthless, but most have opened my eyes to the wide range of ways people are eating their ganja. Below are my top ten medicated foods around Colorado.”
Cannamilk is very versatile! Not only is it a delicious way to medicate but it’s also extremely useful simply due to the sheer number of recipes in existence that call for milk. Using cannamilk, you can work your medicine into any meal… and depending on the kind of dank and dairy products you use, cannamilk can be very potent!
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