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Kirsten Dunst Accidentally Got High While Shooting Her New Movie ‘Woodshock’

Maria Loreto
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Kirsten Dunst Accidentally Got High While Shooting Her New Movie ‘Woodshock’

Kirsten Dunst’s Woodshock looks like a pretty trippy movie but we would hesitate to refer to it as a “stoner” movie, since no one in that film looks relaxed, like they’re having any sort of fun or, you know, like they’re getting high for the usual reasons people get high in movies.

While the effects of marijuana in Woodshock look vastly different than the effects of marijuana in a Seth Rogen movie, the pot is still there, being smoked right in front of your eyes. These movies make everyone think of a really important question: What are actors really smoking on movie sets?

Luckily, Kirsten Dunst made an appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel Show and explained that actors smoke “movie weed”, which is basically a mixture of tobacco and some “herbs” that are not weed. Don’t ask. Dunst also took a moment to tell the story of how she ended up getting accidentally super stoned on set because someone thought it’d be fun to sneak in a real joint in the midst of all the fake movie joints.

Her tale of accidental highness includes smoking an entire joint by herself, crying, laughing, eating peanut butter sandwiches, and finally going home because she was super overwhelmed and thought she was going to end up in a mental institution. Like we said, this is not the type of weed Seth Rogen smokes in his movies.

Woodshock is directed by Kate and Laura Mulleavy, two sisters that are known for their costume designs and for Rodarte, their brand of clothing and accessories. The film was released on September 22nd.

Perfectly Blissful Decaf Chai Tea For The Cannabis Lover

Danielle Guercio
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Perfectly Blissful Decaf Chai Tea For The Cannabis Lover

You don’t need a store bought brand or a multinational chain cafe to tell you how to drink your chai tea. The name itself reflects its ignorance of origin, as it’s just plain chai on the Indian subcontinent. But until you can experience a chaiwalla in person, your best bet is to make your own blend. It’s cheaper, better for the environment, and allows you to have control over the final flavor.

The basics of the real thing depend greatly on family traditions and region, but a consensus of spices in Masala Chai are cardamom, clove, black pepper, cinnamon, anise, and ginger. Sweetened or unsweetened, caffeinated or decaf, medicated or not, it’s all up to you! Make this tea to sip while you work, read, or are getting over an afternoon slump.

DIY​ ​Chai Tea

Adapted from The Hathi Cooks
Makes 2 cups, 7mg THC per cup estimated

  • Water
  • 6-7 Cardamom pods
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 3-4 Cloves
  • 3-4 Black peppercorns
  • 5-6 caraway seeds
  • 1 star anise pod
  • 1 spent Vanilla bean (use the filling for something else!)
  • 1 tsp Ginger powder or a few slices of fresh ginger
  • 1 tsp fresh grated nutmeg
  • 1 tsp Cannabis glycerin tincture*
Photos by Maria Penaloza

In a dry saucepan, toast up the spices lightly until they become fragrant. You can either lightly crush them with a wooden muddler, or leave whole for less intense flavors. Pour over 2 cups of water and add the powdered spices and vanilla pod. Boil for 5-10 minutes.

To show all of the beautiful spices, you can use a French press to serve it table-side, and its screen will help you filter out the solids so you can have the tea. Regardless of pressing or just serving direct from the saucepan, strain before adding the glycerin tincture so none of it sticks to the solids.

If you want to caffeinate your mix, try adding some strong black tea to the boiling phase or even in the French press before serving. To make it creamy, swap out the water for milk and simmer more carefully. Then you can add some hot water to dilute if you like. Vegan milks work great here too.

Photos by Maria Penaloza

*Cannabis​ ​Glycerin​ ​Tincture

Decarboxylate 3.5g of finely ground cannabis at 225 degrees for 20 minutes in a tightly sealed, oven safe container. Put cannabis in lidded mason jar or vacuum sealed bag with cannabis and ½ cup vegetable glycerin. Heat in water bath just under boiling for at least 1 hour. Strain and chill to use in recipes.

As easy to whip up as it is to throw back, chai tea with cannabis allows you to taste the spices that drove trade in the “old world” in the way they are consumed in one of the world’s most ancient societies, where it’s rumored that cannabis was also born. Having Masala Chai with a snack or as its own hit of freshness is the wow factor you were missing in your beverage rotation.

Photos: Maria Penaloza

Millennials Don’t Take Time Off Work And Here’s Why

Amy Hansen
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Millennials Don’t Take Time Off Work And Here’s Why

Summer is over, leaving behind nothing but fond memories of fun in the sun lingering in our thoughts. Unless you’re a millennial. They don’t seem too comfortable with the word “leave” when it comes to work.

In 2015, a whopping 662 million days of vacation were discarded like last season’s athleisure. And at the top of that list? Our young workforce. According to Project: Time Off, millennials aren’t lazy and entitled as the stereotype would have us think—they’re afraid of losing their jobs.

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This epidemic, pegged “work martyrdom,” is primarily seen in those who believe not taking a break is something to be prized.

Workers who meet the work martyr definition tend to be slightly more female (52 percent) and slightly less likely to be married (55 percent are married, compared to 62 percent overall), but they are overwhelmingly Millennials. More than four in ten (43 percent) work martyrs are millennials, compared to just 29 percent of overall respondents.

Furthermore, nearly half (48 percent) of millennials think it’s a good thing to be seen as a work martyr by the boss.

Some even go so far as to “vacation shame” (yep, that’s a thing now) co-workers who do take a vacation. The thing is, a good portion of these millennials have zilch tenure—43 percent having been with their company for a maximum of two years.

What does this all mean? Basically, these work martyrs have the power to “poison” the landscape of the workforce by settling “for higher stress levels and worker unhappiness, a damaging combination that will hinder any company’s success. ”

The good news in all of this is that millennial managers (28 percent) acknowledge that when their employees take time off, they’re less stressed, more productive and more willing to put in extra hours at work when necessary. Vacation: it’s not just for old people anymore.

Study: Marijuana Use Has Increased In Pregnant Women

Mike Adams
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Study: Marijuana Use Has Increased In Pregnant Women

Pregnant women are smoking marijuana more than ever before, a study suggests.

In a recent analysis from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which consisted of 200,000 women between the ages of 18 and 44, researchers found a 62 percent increase over the past 12 years in the rate for which women admitted to smoking marijuana during pregnancy.

The study, which was published in the journal of the American Medical Association, suggests the fashionably relaxed attitude regarding the safety of marijuana may be to prompting more pregnant women to throw caution to the wind when it comes to smoking cannabis.

It is important to point out, however, that while this increase is certainly significant, there are not that many women in the U.S. opting to smoke weed after learning of a bun in the oven.

In fact, the study shows that in 2014, only around four percent of the nation’s soon-to-be-mothers smoked marijuana – up, of course, from the 2.5 percent that responded to the survey in 2002.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were around 4 million women who gave birth in 2014.

Although four percent “is not high,” according to researchers, “the increases over time and potential adverse consequences of prenatal marijuana exposure suggest further monitoring and research are warranted.”

The study authors suggest that perhaps women should stop and consider the grey areas surrounding the effects of cannabis before choosing to use the herb during pregnancy.

“Although the evidence for the effects of marijuana on human prenatal development is limited at this point, research does suggest that there is cause for concern,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

Federal health officials have acknowledged that more science is needed in order to determine whether marijuana actually has a negative impact on a baby’s development and overall future health.

Previous studies from NIDA indicate that a wealth of serious issues could arise in children as a result of a mother’s prenatal pot consumption, but the majority of this research fails to touch on other crucial details, such as a mother’s diet and her use of other substances.

The primary takeaway here is that all expecting mothers should do everything in their power, from maintaining a healthy diet to restricting the use of intoxicating substances, to ensure their child is healthy when he or she enters the world.

The Fresh Toast Marijuana Legislative Roundup: Oct 2

Alec Engber
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The Fresh Toast Marijuana Legislative Roundup: Oct 2

Last week’s marijuana news was a mixed bag for advocates. In Maine, which voted for legalization last November, implementation continues to drag and the law continues to be watered down. A Vermont task force met for the first time to study the issue. And in Colorado, regulations for edible marijuana went into effect. Find out more in our weekly marijuana legislative roundup.

Maine: 

On Thursday, members of the Joint Select Committee on Marijuana Legalization Implementation approved a bill to dramatically change the recreational marijuana law approved by voters in November. The bill would add a 10 percent weight-based excise tax onto the voter-approved 10 percent sales tax. Towns that host cannabis businesses would receive 5 percent of the state taxes collected from each facility located within their boundaries. Each town that hosts such businesses would also receive 1 percent of the state’s total marijuana tax revenue.

Owners would be allowed to grow up to 12 plants on their property, but municipalities could increase the cap to 18 plants. The bill also allocates some tax revenue to law enforcement and youth prevention, and imposes zoning requirements on marijuana businesses, among other provisions. The legislature is expected to convene a special session to vote on the measure in October.

However, lawmakers fear that Governor Paul LePage, a fierce critic of legalization, will veto the legislation. If lawmakers are unable to obtain a two-thirds majority, the ballot measure approved by voters will become law in January. The implementation of recreational sales has already been pushed back to February 2018 at the earliest.  

 Vermont: 

On Thursday, the commission tasked with studying recreational marijuana in Vermont convened for the first time to discuss the challenges associated with legalization. In May, the Vermont legislature became the first in the nation to pass a cannabis legalization measure. However, Governor Phil Scott vetoed the legislation, citing public safety concerns.

Scott created the Marijuana Advisory Commission to study legalization implementation in other states, and present a report to the governor by January 2018 detailing how the state may address the public health and safety challenges presented by legalization. The Commission will present another report in December 2018 outlining how the state should regulate and tax a future recreational cannabis market. 

 Colorado: 

On Sunday, new rules came into effect that restrict the shape of edibles and the way they are packaged in Colorado. Edibles may no longer be shaped like humans, animals, fruit, or other shapes commonly associated with children’s candy. Additionally, potency information will have to be displayed more prominently on packaging. Colorado has come under criticism for failing to adequately regulate the production and labeling of edibles, which have emerged as a popular means to consume legal cannabis in the state. 

Mythbusters: 5 Medical Cannabis Beliefs That Are Completely Wrong

Maria Loreto
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Mythbusters: 5 Medical Cannabis Beliefs That Are Completely Wrong

We’re living through a transition period where people are evolving and their opinions are changing when it comes to marijuana. After many years of debate and struggle, it’s beginning to feel like cannabis is finally accepted and understood, even though the plant still hasn’t crossed the line into the “legitimate” side.

Medical cannabis is legal in a lot of states (29 to be precise), but there’s still a lot of ignorance that surrounds the medicinal use of the drug.

Here are 5 myths that people have regarding medical cannabis:

It Hasn’t Been Studied Enough

While it’s true that medical cannabis needs more research so that we can understand how it works, studies has been conducted on the plant since the ’60s. Currently, the US is financing several researches in Israel that’ll improve our knowledge on the plant. 

Thousands of patients have also proven with their stories that medical marijuana has treated their symptoms. Most importantly, marijuana hasn’t lead to any deaths or has produced dangerous side effects.

It Has No Proven Medical Use

The web is peppered with accounts and videos of patients from all over the world, vouching for cannabis and its therapeutic properties. Also, the fact that 29 states throughout the US have functioning medical marijuana programs makes it clear that the plant is doing something for large amounts of people. 

It Leads To Drug Abuse

Many people claim that cannabis is the main “gateway drug” and that its existence and usage tempts people to try out other more dangerous substances, which is completely untrue. In fact, medical marijuana is being used to treat people with opioid addiction, and many researchers and scientists believe that the plant can be used to replace opioids altogether, eliminating a string of severe side effects and deaths. 

It’s Just An Excuse To Get High

Another big no, patients of medical cannabis suffer from different diseases that are hard to treat where, in some cases, cannabis becomes their only source of relief. There are also plenty of strains that are high on CBD and that don’t give the user the feeling of being “hig,h, simply providing relief.

It Leads To Crime

What? No. Many believe that the ongoing legalization of cannabis will eliminate silly offenses and charges, and that it’ll allow law enforcers to focus on the real troubles and crimes that their country faces.

Medical Marijuana May Treat Rheumatism Better Than Opioids

Kent Gruetzmacher
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Medical Marijuana May Treat Rheumatism Better Than Opioids

Rheumatism is an umbrella term, often used interchangeably with the term “arthritis,” which denotes a number of physical ailments including: lupus, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. All of these rheumatic diseases are characterized by like symptoms that exhibit as soreness, rigidity and inflammation in joints, muscles, and tissues. Rheumatism is one of the most widely-spread physical ailments in the United States—studies report that 53 million people in the nation suffer from the disease. While different sub-categories of rheumatism, like osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, may have slightly different symptoms and manifestations in the human body, treatments for the conditions are quite similar.

There are a variety of causes for rheumatism including excessive physical exertion, aging and immune disorders—there is no known cure for the condition. As seen with many illnesses that feature chronic pain, doctors generally treat rheumatism patients with opioids. However, besides the obvious addictive drawbacks of opioid medications, they also come with a venerable quiver of debilitating side-effects, including: liver failure, overdose danger, kidney destruction, heart irregularities, and stomach issues. For these reasons, forward-thinking doctors and industrious patients alike are looking to medical marijuana as a possible medication for the incapacitating effects of rheumatism.

As seen with many medical conditions relating to treatment with marijuana, research into the benefits of the herb’s uses concerning rheumatism is still in its infancy. However, there have been a few rather interesting studies to date. For starters, the Journal of Opioid Management reported in 2009 that a majority of medical cannabis patients were medicating for some form of chronic pain—a condition which plagues rheumatism sufferers. Also, Dr. Jason McDougall, a pharmacology professor in Halifax, Canada, postulates that cannabis can aid in the mending of damaged arthritic joints. McDougall states: “What we hypothesize is that by locally administering…cannabis-like molecules to those [damaged] nerves, we’d actually be able to repair them and reduce the pain of arthritis. A majority of McDougall’s hypotheses have to do with the use of CBD and the molecular interactions of the endocannabinoid system, in which foreign CBD can actually connect themselves to damaged nerve endings. In theory, these foreign CBD molecules can then aid the control points of the nervous systems in damaged joints.

Due to the nascence of medical marijuana research in the United States, rheumatism patients who have experimented independently (of sanctioned medical practices) with the herb can be valuable resources for information. For example, Katie Marsh, a rheumatic arthritis patient in Maine, reports profound results concerning the use of medical cannabis in treating her condition. To illustrate, March began “juicing” entire marijuana plants into smoothie-like drinks and ingested them on a regular basis. Amazingly, she reported a rapid improvement of her symptoms within days, and after a year the disease was in remission.

Marijuana Arrests Higher Than Murder, Robbery And Rape Combined

Brendan Bures
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Marijuana Arrests Higher Than Murder, Robbery And Rape Combined

Crime data released by the FBI showed that more people were arrested in 2016 for marijuana possession than all other crimes the agency deems “violent.”

Though the Trump administration makes it harder to track marijuana arrests, Tom Angell crunched the numbers over at Forbes to learn marijuana arrests are actually on the rise. Now, these figures should be regarded as estimates as not all law enforcement agencies deliver detailed reports to the FBI. The annual statistics do however illustrate that overall marijuana possession arrests are down from their peak in the mid-1990s, though really that should be expected.

Marijuana possession still accounts for over 5 percent of all arrests. That means there were more marijuana possession arrests last year than for aggravated assault, rape, murder, and robbery combined. The Washington Post estimates that there is more than one marijuana possession arrest every minute.

“Criminalizing drug use has devastated families across the US, particularly in communities of color, and for no good reason,” Maria McFarland Sánchez Moreno, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, said in a statement. “Far from helping people who are struggling with addiction, the threat of arrest often keeps them from accessing health services and increases the risk of overdose or other harms.”

None of this appears to be changing anytime soon. Last week Attorney General Jeff Sessions appeared to double down on his battle against the cannabis industry. He reminded everyone that marijuana remains federally illegal, despite state-approved marijuana rights. This staunch War on Drugs is how we got to such watershed figures in the 1990s, though Sessions’ efforts appear to be neutralized in Washington.

Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Still Have Not Met Beyonce’s Twins; Rob Kardashian Is Broke

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Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Still Have Not Met Beyonce’s Twins; Rob Kardashian Is Broke

“Beyonce wants nothing to do with them. After Kanye went after her in public she told Jay that it was over. Kim has not met the twins and they have no plans to introduce Kim and Kanye to the new family members any time soon,” sources tell NG. “They were never close but they once pretended to be friends. Now they are NOT even pretending.”

We’ve known for quite some time, but Kim Kardashian has finally confirmed that she and Kanye West are expecting their third child via surrogate.

As expected, the news was revealed in a teaser for the upcoming season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

In the clip, Kim is on Facetime with Kourtney and shares the exciting news.

“What happens every time I say, ‘Guess what?’” Kim asks.

“Pregnant, or a person’s pregnant,” Khloe responds.

“We’re having a baby!” Kim exclaims.

And now we know! Kylie and Kourtney — you’re next!

Rob Kardashian Is Broke

“Rob Kardashian doesn’t have any money. In fact, he’s so broke that the $20,000 a month he agreed to pay Blac Chyna for child support is coming from his family,” sources tell NG.

“He spends too much money and doesn’t have a job. He doesn’t work hard like Kim and his sisters but he spends as much money as them. He quit the reality show and his sock business is a joke. He needs to make some money fast.”

via TMZ:

TMZ broke the story, Rob has agreed to pay Chyna $20k a month in support, although some of the money is going directly to nannies. We’re told Rob’s primary motivation — he loves baby Dream and wanted to make sure he’d get 50/50 custody.

Chyna was holding a domestic violence restraining order over his head — which could ruin his chances of getting 50/50 custody — and part of the deal was that she’d drop it in return for getting the cash. The Kardashians felt all along Chyna’s motivation was money.

Love the fresh dirt we bring over daily from Naughty Gossip? Let us know in the comments!

Which State is Going To Miss Its Deadline For Cannabis Licenses?

Mary Schumacher
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Which State is Going To Miss Its Deadline For Cannabis Licenses?

Health officials in Florida are unable to meet a Tuesday deadline, mandated by legislature, to give out five new medical cannabis licenses, said the head of state’s Office of Medical Marijuana Use.

Executive Director Christian Bax said that the delays were due to Hurricane Irma along with a pending challenge to a newer law that made the Department of Health rise the number of medical cannabis licenses.

The newer law was passed during a June special session and is meant to facilitate a constitutional amendment in November that legalized medical marijuana across the board. And a big part of that law taking effect is the increased number of licensed producers in what could quickly be a burgeoning market.

Overall, the increase was supposed to be to ten licenses by October 3rd. Some licenses have already been awarded.

Bax sent a letter to legislative leaders on Friday that stated his office has, “worked diligently to implement” the new law’s requirements, but that issuing another five licenses by Tuesday would be an “extraordinarily challenging deadline.”

Aside from the deadline being challenging, Bax wrote that the department’s assets were all needed for two weeks due to Irma and no resources could be used toward garnering licenses.

Florida’s medical marijuana industry’s progression has been riddled with legal and legislative lumps since the inception of their low-THC laws in 2014, which had a limited number of patients.

Bax also pointed out that after the initial medical marijuana licenses were issued in 2015, 13 administrative challenges got filed. Two of the same challenges are still in litigation.

State Sen. Rob Bradley is a Fleming Island Republican who has been a key player in the enactment of the Florida’s medical cannabis laws, he gave Bax’s office great esteem for the revised selection system, but called the new delays a letdown.

“I’m pleased with the rule that set up the process for reviewing and approving applications. It’s a much better process than the low-THC process, and I think it will produce better results,” he told The News Service of Florida on Friday, “I’m disappointed that they didn’t complete their work in a timely manner regarding the approval of the five licenses that are subject to competitive applications. They need to finish their work by the end of the year and before session starts [January].”

At the same time, Bradley conceded, “I’d rather have them right than do it quick.”

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