The Ultimate Newbie’s Guide To Marijuana

Maria Loreto

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October 16, 2023

The Ultimate Newbie’s Guide To Marijuana

With marijuana mainstreaming, 90% of people wanting it legal and California sober becoming a thing, maybe it is time to try marijuana. There is a bit of nuance to how to find the best way to use marijuana for you. Without a friend or a guide, most learn by trial and error and with the guidance of a mentor. Makes it tough, so here is the ultimate newbie’s guide to marijuana.

Still, there’s a few basic things you should know about marijuana before taking the plunge, especially if you’re diving into this topic alone and want to be as safe as possible. Luckily for you, there’s never been a better time for learning about the plant’s effects.

What it does

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Marijuana is like a Swiss Army knife. There’s a lot to it. But really, you just need to know that it is primarily used for two reasons: recreation and medicine.

The plant is used to boost creativity, to ease social anxiety, to relax, to work out and improve focus. These everyday activities receive a boost of intensity and focus that can make your day better and your time much more profitable. Marijuana can also be used to replace habits that harm your body, like alcohol, nicotine, opiates and sleeping pills.

Medicinal results

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Medical marijuana is a hot topic, earning support from nations and scientists from all over the world. Research has suggested that the plant can be used to tame stress and pain relief, improve appetite, help people cope with ADHD and anxiety, and the list goes on.

It’s important to know that while many patients and doctors swear by marijuana’s effectiveness, there’s not enough research on the matter to prove that these results are definitive. The good news is that marijuana’s negative side effects, such as dry mouth, dizziness and fuzzy brain are temporary.

Types of marijuana

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There are four types of cannabis strains: sativa, indica, hybrid and CBD. Each has its own pros and cons.

Sativa works to stimulate your mind and senses, working best when you want to go for a run, have an engaging conversation, or are looking for an energy boost. Indicas stand on the other end of the spectrum, producing a relaxing effect that will make your mind and body rest while also getting rid of any anxiety. Hybrid strains are a mix of sativa and indica, producing mixed results. Lastly, CBD is the most medicinal one out of all, producing practically no “high” feeling and resulting in long lasting muscle and pain relief.

How to consume

This is an evolving conversation. While there’s the traditional way of smoking marijuana through pipes, joints and bongs, there’s also tons of other options, like vape pens, edibles, concentrates, and topicals. Let’s go over each:

Vaporizers

These are discreet and comfortable, filled with oil cartridges that vaporize marijuana instead of combusting it like joints and pipes. With a vape pen you won’t have to learn how to roll a joint or how to pack a bowl. They produce immediate effects that will stay in your body for a couple of hours.

Edibles

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Pot brownies, gummies and all sorts of foods enter this category. This method is discreet and takes it’s time to affect you, since the THC is absorbed through the stomach lining and takes longer to reach your blood stream. If you’re a beginner you should start with a low dose since they pack strong effects.

Topicals

All balms, lotions, creams and patches fit this category, producing results that won’t get you “high.” These are great for medical situations, helping with pain relief, post-surgery recovery, and the like.

Concentrates

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These are strong cannabis extracts, the strongest of this bunch, and normally require a dab rig to ingest. They come in the shape of wax, resin and hash and produce effects that last up to six hours.

Hacks To Make The Week Run Smoother

Maria Loreto

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October 15, 2023

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Some weeks are better than others. Still, there are ways of make them as problem-free as possible. Here’s how.

Mornings are tough. They’re even worse when it’s the start of the week, at least for the majority of people. A rough Monday can have the domino effect on Tuesday and Wednesday – and make you not enjoy Sunday as you are dreading Monday. Here are some hacks to make the week run smoother.

A rough Monday could start a trend. Here are some hacks to make the week run smoother so you can enjoy your weekend!

Still, the start of the week is important since this day is a big influence over the rest of your week. A bad Monday can easily translate into a bad Tuesday, and then you blink and you realize that your entire week ended and that it wasn’t all that productive. Luckily, there are simple ways of curbing this problem, making your weeks easier without much hassle on your part, just a little pre-planning.

Here are 5 things you can do to make your week run smoother:

Schedule your week in advance

Trying to smooth out your week and your Mondays can be helped dramatically by scheduling things in advance during the previous Friday. While you most likely won’t be able to schedule every detail, you can complete a Monday to-do list and include some time constraints in order to help you stay on track. Doing this will only take a couple of minutes and it will help you enter the weekend with a relaxed state of mind.

Plan for relaxing Sundays

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While the weekend is meant to be enjoyed thoroughly, it could drastically help your upcoming week by have a relaxing Sunday. Try a work out or an early hang with friends, leaving your nights for relaxation and ensuring you have everything ready for Monday.

Try not to work on weekends

While some people have to complete their work on the weekends, especially freelancers, it really helps to block some days off, preferably in succession. This time-off is vital for preventing burnout, helping you relax and contributing to your productivity. Your Mondays can be whenever you want, just make sure you feel rested before you start your week.

Wake up earlier on Mondays

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Since Mondays tend to be tough, one thing that can help you is to go to bed early. Try working out Sunday evening and going to bed early and tired, ensuring that you’ll get your 8 hours of deep sleep and are able to kick-off the week with the best foot forward.

Do something that makes you laugh

Another thing that can help you start your week right is to access a positive mood. Take an early morning shower, put on some comfy or colorful clothes and listen to some music. Try out a fun podcast, preferably not one that’s about true crime (unless that puts a smile on your face, weirdo). Try out new things and see what makes you feel your best. Whatever you land on is what you should do to kick-start the week.

The Best Way To Cool Your Mouth After Spicy Food

Maria Loreto

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October 14, 2023

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The Best Way To Cool Your Mouth After Spicy Food

Peppers can be delicious, but if you’re unlucky and eat that one super spicy pepper, you may need to stop eating and start crying immediately. Eating something that’s too spicy is one of those moments that feels like an out of body experience, like you might legit die without being able to move your pained mouth enough to utter your last words.

There are a lot of myths regarding spicy food and how to control those awful moments. A lot of people mention beer, sugar, soda and water, but if the level of spiciness is real, all of these pseudo prescriptions will just spread the pain around. The Takeout interviewed different experts from companies whose business is to sell peppers and hot sauces, and most of them claimed that fatty foods where the best way to go when it comes to cooling down.

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The Hippy Seed Company says:

Capsaicin is an oil, so by sipping on milk, the oil binds to the fats and dissipates, depending on how much you are burning, you may have to sip for a while. Water, beer, or soft drinks don’t help, and in fact can move the oil around the mouth making the burn worse. If you’re lactose intolerant and don’t do dairy, then soy milk will do the trick.

The guys behind Heat Hot Sauce in Berkeley, California agree, claiming that fatty foods, specifically milk, work for two reasons, “In terms of the science, there are two reasons milk works well. One is the fat content—capsaicin is soluble in fat but not water, so it can bind to the milk fat. The other is the casein, a milk protein which has a detergent effect that dislodges the capsaicin from your heat receptors.”

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Ice cream and yogurt are even better options than milk. So if you eat something spicy, stick around for dessert and you’ll feel much better. According to celebrity chef Rick Bayless, the true cure for a spicy mouth is time. He claims that even though eating ice cream or yogurt works to a certain extent, you’ll mostly be distracting yourself until the burn fades away, which it always does.

The BEST Delicious Whiskey Cocktails You Can Make

Warren Bobrow

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October 14, 2023

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The BEST Delicious Whiskey Cocktails You Can Make

Whiskey is one of my favorite things. I’ll go to lengths to describe the way it makes me feel and especially the way it performs in craft cocktails. What? Whiskey cocktails? Don’t look away; it’s perfectly acceptable to mix cocktails with whiskey. By the way, if you’ve enjoyed a whiskey smash or a mint julep, you’ve had a whiskey cocktail. And if you’ve treated your glass of whiskey to a splash of soda or a muddle of fruit, that is a cocktail too.

Yup, your world just got a bit bigger and you haven’t event gotten to the Manhattan’s or the Rob Roy Cocktails yet!

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One such creative cocktail from my recently published book, The Craft Cocktail Compendium is named “A Pleasant Little Gentleman.” It takes a bit of rye whiskey, raw honey simple syrup and whiskey barrel aged bitters and twists them up a bit.

A Pleasant Little Gentleman

2 oz. Fernet Branca
1 oz. rye whiskey
1 oz. raw honey simple syrup (1 cup raw honey to 1 cup hot, but not boiling, water)
2-4 shakes Barrel Aged Bitters
Boiling water for hot tea (Lapsang Souchong)

Boil tea. Add the liquors. Sweeten with raw honey to taste. Add the bitters. Serve

Another little taste of deliciousness is the “Late Summer Fizz.” It includes Pimm’s Cup. Now you know what to do with this cucumber-scented slice of heaven.

Late Summer Fizz

(Pg. 110 of The Craft Cocktail Compendium)

2 oz. rye
½ oz. Pimm’s No.1. Cup
½ oz. apple cider
½ oz. sweet white vermouth (I used Carpano Antica Formula)
¼ oz. allspice dram
Sprinkle of sea salt
Lemon bitters
Splash of club soda

To a Boston Shaker filled ¾ with ice: Add the liquors and the apple cider. Add the dram. Cap and shake hard for 15 seconds. Pour over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Splash club soda. Dot with lemon bitters. Sprinkle sea salt over the top. Serve.

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The next one is my take on the classic Old Fashioned. It involves roasted fruit that you split, add light balsamic vinegar or apple cider vinegar and Demerara sugar, roasted, cooled and muddled. Pretty spectacular.

Grilled Peach and Thai Basil Roast

1 oz. roasted peaches (split, sprinkled with sugar and 1 tsp balsamic and roasted for 1 hour at 350 degrees until soft and charred)
1 oz. roasted oranges (split, sprinkled with sugar and 1 tsp balsamic and roasted for 1 hour at 350 degrees until soft and charred
4 oz. bourbon whiskey
1-2 sprigs Thai basil

Muddle the roasted peaches and oranges with Thai basil very lightly, just to release the aromatics adding a bit of bourbon along the way, muddle some more and add more bourbon (I used Barrell Bourbon Batch 11). Strain the mixture into a rocks glass without ice or if you want, with one large cube of ice and a bit of the muddling mixture. Garnish with a sprig of Thai basil.

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How can you go through summer without a take on the Moscow Mule, but with whiskey instead of vodka? This one takes a bit of a different tack. It involves making a very quick Shrub — no, not a shrubbery, but a little concoction that adds a bit of apple cider vinegar to the usual ginger beer. Kind of a ginger snap in your mouth!

Son In The Foreign Legion

¼ oz. apple cider vinegar
3 oz. ginger beer (cane sugar-based)
2 oz. blended Scotch whiskey (Like Johnny Walker Red)
4-6 drops Angostura bitters (or like)

To a cocktail mixing glass: Fill ¾ with ice. Add the whiskey. Add the ginger beer. Add the apple cider vinegar. Stir well to chill but not dilute. Pour into 2 coupe glasses. Dot with bitters and serve.

The last cocktail is also from my book The Craft Cocktail Compendium. It is simply named “Bill Monroe’s Country Cooler,” paying homage to the master mandolin player himself.

Bill Monroe’s Country Cooler

1 oz. peach nectar
1 oz. apricot nectar
½ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 oz. sweet iced tea (sugar to your own taste of course!)
2-4 oz. white (un-aged) whiskey
2-5 dashes Angostura bitters
Fresh mint (picked in the shadow of the roots of an ancient oak tree, where sweet branch water bubbles forth in a belly laugh)

Add all the liquid ingredients to a cocktail mixing vessel filled ¾ with ice. Stir well to chill. Strain into ball jars. Dot with bitters. Slap the mint against your palm and garnish. Serve and quickly prepare more! They go down quick!

Private Mode For Porn Isn’t Private From Everyone

Maria Loreto

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October 13, 2023

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Private Mode For Porn Isn’t Private From Everyone

A study shows not even your porn searches are safe from big corporations. Although we can’t be all that surprised, it still sucks to learn sites like Google and Facebook are able to know the type of porn you’re into, and might even use your preferences as a way of gaining profits.

These results—gathered by a study conducted by Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pennsylvania—state Facebook, Google and Oracle are secretly tracking your porn habits even when using the incognito tab.

The study used a tool called webXray on over 22,484 websites, finding 93% of them sent their numbers to third party sites. “Revelations about such data represent specific threats to personal safety and autonomy in any society polices gender and sexuality,” say the authors of the study.

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Unsurprisingly, Google had the strongest hold out of the three companies studied, with trackers on 74% of porn sites. Oracle had trackers on 24% of them and lastly, Facebook—a site which does not allow for nudity and porn on their services—had trackers on 10% of them. The study explains these corporations may do whatever they want with this data, selling it, inferring on your sexual preferences by the type of URL you use, and using this information as a way of building a more complete consumer profile of you. With all of this information in their hands, these websites have a more complete picture of who you are and a better grasp on targeted ads.

“The fact the mechanism for adult site tracking is so similar to, say, online retail should be a huge red flag. This isn’t picking out a sweater and seeing it follow you across the web. This is so much more specific and deeply personal,” says one of the lead authors of the study in an interview with the New York Times.

It seems like we’re all just a few keyboard types away from sextortions and really embarrassing sex scandals. At least we can find some modicum of peace in knowing we’re all kinky and not alone.

Study Weighs In on Cannabis and IQ

Amy Hansen

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October 13, 2023

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One of key arguments opponents of legal marijuana is underage age use going up and it is bad for kids. Everyone is in agreement, but the same can be said of nicotine and alcohol, thus age limits. While increased underage going up argument has been disproven, there still are concerns about the effects of still developing brain. No one in industry is advocating for a 10 year old to vape, just as no one is serving a 10 year old a whiskey sour. But is someone who starts using at 24 years affected, well a study weighs in on cannabis and IQ.

A large study in New Zealand found that persistent marijuana use disorder with frequent use starting in adolescence was associated with a loss of an average of 6 or up to 8 IQ points measured in mid-adulthood.⁴³ Those who used marijuana heavily as teenagers and quit using as adults did not recover the lost IQ points. People who only began using marijuana heavily in adulthood did not lose IQ points.

An earlier study conducted in 2001 and published in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry revealed that “the former marihuana smokers did not show any cognitive impairments,” the same as a study published four years later in the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology.

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A study conducted in 2001 and published in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry revealed that “the former marihuana smokers did not show any cognitive impairments,” the same as a study published four years later in the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology.

On the other end of the spectrum are studies suggesting the opposite. As a rule, those kinds of studies mainly focus on the long-term outcomes of those who started using marijuana earlier in life, comparing statistically significant changes in cognitive functioning among those who use cannabis and those who don’t.

The New Zealand study followed 1,037 New Zealanders from age 3 to age 45 to determine the effect marijuana has on brain function. Published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, the study found that those who have been using cannabis early and long-term and on a regular basis showed cognitive impairment after all.

Besides a 5.5 points decline in users’ IQs from childhood to midlife, the results confirmed some deficits in learning and processing speed compared to those who are not marijuana users.

One key note is, as with alcohol, long-term cannabis users also developed memory and attention problems, the study found. And like alcohol and nicotine, early age use of marijuana can have long term negative effects. More research needs to be done regarding adult use.

States Are Raking In Money With The Cannabis Consumer Boom

Terry Hacienda

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October 13, 2023

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States Are Raking In Money With The Cannabis Consumer Boom

Congress should pay attention to the healthy revenue states are gleaming from marijuana consumers

The US Senate is about to debate and vote on SAFER Banking which will be a help to the cannabis industry, both in safety and for practical business reasons. The House has approved similar bills 7 times prior, so hopefully they will be able to look around and see facts. And one thing they should do is note states are raking in money with the cannabis consumer boom. The extra tax revenue is helping compete budgets.

States with reported cannabis excise sales tax numbers totaled almost $6 billion since Q3 of 2021. While to the federal government, the number seems tiny, to states it is significant. And reflects how consumers are continuing to drive marijuana revenue and spending!

Companies are seeing an uptick with market leader Canopy Growth seeing an 11% income increase. The industry is look at Washington, DC for helpful news while the public settles in with marijuana in the mix with alcohol for recreational use. Washington and Illinois are leaders in cannabis tax collection but all the legal governments are reaping benefits.

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States are reporting another growth year for 2022 and expect increases in sales in 2023. A combination of more state becoming fully operational and the trend to add marijuana to the mix and decrease alcohol is a glimpse of the market.

“Cannabis use will continue to rise as new states open to adult-use sales and the stigma is removed. The reality is cannabis is a less harmful recreational substance than alcohol and a valuable medicine for those who need it. As adoption increases, states can benefit by transitioning consumers to legal and tested products and collecting taxes on these sales.” shared Jesse Redmon, Head of the Cannabis Division of Water Tower Research.

The Motley Fool researched and discovered states without legal weed are leaving big money on the table. The sad news is a big chunk of the lost revenue is under the table in their thriving black markets. Alabama could earn $92+ million annually, Mississippi $47+ million, and Louisiana $81+ million. All three are in the poorest in the country. Kentucky, home of Senator Mitch McConnell who has block legal marijuana ever chance he can, would earn $83+ million.

California is a major source of concern with high taxes and little enforcement. Legal cannabis companies are being pummeled by illicit operations the state allows to operate with little chance of penalty.

A new map published by the U.S. Census Bureau details the proportion of state revenue made up by marijuana tax money, and in some cases, the figures are eye-popping.

Hopefully Congress will realize states are raking in money with the cannabis consumer boom and move for federal legalization. This will help medical marijuana patients and general customers.

Halloween Star Wars Darth Maul Dip And More

Frankie Frankeny

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October 12, 2023

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Halloween Star Wars Darth Maul Dip And More

Halloween is around the corner and people are starting to think about Halloween festivities. What about food with a movie theme – like Halloween Star Wars Darth Maul Dip and more?

Here are perfect menacing recipes for the Halloween holiday weekend, look no further. These two recipes from the Star Wars Cookbook I & Star Wars Cookbook II are the most maleficent culinary creations in the universe. Both recipes are perfect for both adults and children alike, age is no issue when the Force is with you. No Rebel can resist the sweet, salty, crunchy delight of the Death Star Popcorn Balls which will make you an instant hero among the young trick or treaters in your Empire. Or put out a platter of them for your tribe to chow on while you chill and binge watching multiple movies in the Star Wars series! Give in to your dark cravings.

Like your son’s father before him, they will both enjoy The Darth Maul Dip, which is equally epic and might just put an end to your galactic battle with gettingkids to eat more healthy foods. Made with roasted red bell peppers and poppy seeds this Yoda approved dish, the Force of eating a wider variety of foods might just awaken with your young Jedi. I had a tremendous amount of fun creating these two books. The recipes are great, and all of the food images I pulled from a specific scene or character in the first four released Star Wars movies. Eat these you must, they are just an awesome amount of fun for all and a sure-fire to get your kids in the kitchen. It is no Jedi mind trick — it’s just good food.

Both recipes are grand conversation starters, so you can’t go wrong entertaining with these dishes in your own galaxy.

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Have fun, and May the Fork Be With You!!

You can find more from each of these books, plus the Star Wars Party book, on my website.

Death Star Popcorn Balls

1/3 cup popcorn kernels
3 cups sugar
1½ cup light corn syrup
½ Tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Butter or vegetable shortening for greasing hands

DIRECTIONS:

Pop the corn using whatever method you prefer. Put the sugar, water, corn syrup and salt in the saucepan. Stir with a wooden spoon. Clip a candy thermometer on the side of the pan. Set the pan on the stove and switch the heat to low. Add the vinegar and vanilla to the pan and cook, stirring constantly, until the thermometer reads 270ºF. Carefully pour the hot sugar mixture over the popcorn and toss using 2 large spoons to coat every kernel. Allow to cool slightly. Rub butter or vegetable shortening on your hands so the popcorn won’t stick to them. Scoop up enough popcorn to form a ball about the size of a baseball. Shape the ball with your hands. Makes 2 or 3 popcorn balls.

The Darth Maul Dip

(makes 1½ cups)

1 jar (15 ounces) roasted red peppers
1 small clove garlic, peeled
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
1 Tablespoon cream cheese
2 pearl onions
½ cup poppy seeds ( or substitute black sesame seeds)
Corn chips

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DIRECTIONS:

Drain the peppers and lay flat on a paper towel to dry. Remove blackened skin. Add the peppers, garlic clove, red wine vinegar, salt, pepper and cream cheese to a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth. Use a spatula to spread the dip evenly onto a flat plate which is larger than the Darth Maul template (also found in the back of Star Wars Cookbook II, Darth Maul and More Galactic Recipes). Chill the dip for 1 hour. Remove the chilled dip from the refrigerator and lay the template over the dip. Sprinkle the poppy seeds evenly over it. Brush off any poppy seeds from template. Place pearl onions on the face to make the eyes, adding one poppy seed on each onion for the pupils. (You can make Darth Maul’s eyes yellow by soaking the onions in warm water with a pinch of saffron.) Place three or four corn chips on head to make horns. Drape a black cloth around the plate to make Darth Maul’s cape. Serve with corn chips.

Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in the US by Entertainment Weekly , Frankie captures images for some of the best names in culinary.

Frankie has helped create: The Art of the Bar: Cocktails Based on the Classics;The Model Bakery Cookbook; Miette: Recipes from San Francisco’s Most Charming Pastry Shop; The Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook and The Star Wars Cookbook Series. Follow her on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

The Curious Origin Of Weed Brownies

Jessie Moore

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October 12, 2023

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Long a staple in the marijuana world, weed brownies have a storied history

Paris of Hemingway, Picasso, free love and norm-breaking art. Paris between the warms was a place of experimentation and excited. Alice B. Toklas, lifelong companion of Gertrude Stein and Paris salon fixture, was writing an autobiographical cookbook in the 1950s. The book included several guest recipes from her bohemian buddies. One of her mischievous friends, Brion Gysin, submitted a recipe for something called “Hashish Fudge,” which comes with the warning that moderation is key and that these little treats might induce thoughts on “many simultaneous planes.” The recipe didn’t actually include any chocolate, but was rather a melange of spices, nuts, and dried fruit, pulverized and formed into little balls.

Apparently, Toklas didn’t do much recipe testing, because the recipe was submitted in the manuscript and printed in Britain, where it caused quite an uproar (Toklas claimed ignorance, stating that she didn’t recognize the Latin name). It was omitted from later printings, but you can’t un-ring that bell: Alice B. Toklas would be forever associated with cannabis baking.

This simple recipe is inspired by Brion Gysin’s confections. They come together in minutes, but provide much more than one afternoon’s delight.

Canna-Balls

Makes 14-16 servings

1 cup dried figs
½ cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1 cup toasted nuts (I used a mixture of pecans and walnuts)
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ Tablespoons cannabutter, melted

DIRECTIONS:

Place a sheet of parchment paper on top of a baking sheet; set to the side.
Combine all of the ingredients except the cannabutter in either a powerful blender (such as a vitamix) or in the bowl of a food processor.
Pulse until the ingredients resemble a coarse meal. It should be loose, but when you clump it together, it should stay together.
Transfer the mixture to a large bowl. Add the melted cannabutter, and gently “knead” the mixture with your hands to evenly distribute it among the mixture.
Using your hands, grab a small handful of the mixture. Press it together, and form into a ball. Place on the parchment-lined baking sheet.
Continue with the rest of the mixture. I personally ended up with 14 balls, each about the size of a heaping tablespoon.
Store the balls in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks, or freeze for up to 6 months.

Recipe notes:

These balls are naturally gluten-free; you can make them vegan, too, by using canna-butter made with coconut oil or a non-dairy butter substitute. Remember: it can take up to 2 hours to begin to feel the effects of cannabis-infused treats, and the effects can last for several hours. Enjoy in moderation!

Does Will Smith Smoke Weed

Maria Loreto

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October 12, 2023

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A talented actor, Will Smith stays in the forefront of cinema and the news. Does he ever chill with a gummy though?

Will Smith is an accomplished TV, film and music icon. Many flash back to the 90s when he was simply known as the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. The sitcom launched his career, and he’s managed to stay relevant since, working with a string of famous directors in numerous blockbusters which earned him Grammy, Golden Globe and Oscar nods. But does he ever just chill and relax, does Will Smith smoke weed?

Smith has kept a low profile since the infamous Chris Rock slap at 94th Academy Awards in 2022. Surpising Rock, Smith unexpected walked on stage and delivered it to Rock for a joke about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

Recently, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith revealed they have been living apart since 2011. While support, Pinkett Smith has expressed he need to work on things. Sounds like he could use a gummy or two.

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Unlike his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, Will is a pretty private person, rarely allowing his personal life to leak to the public. Pinkett Smith Red Table Talk sow, opened the family up for more controversy over the years. Episodes have touched upon various personal issues, such as the couple’s rocky relationship, Jada’s affair with August Alsina, and more. The show along with other Facebook Watch Originals series were cancelled after the platform announced it’s moving away from producing original programming.

While Will hasn’t directly addressed marijuana on the show, in an episode of Red Table Talk, the family discussed their experiences with alcohol, explaining that they’ve lowered their intake since Jada’s family has a history of alcohol abuse.

When the topic of cannabis was broached, they all paused awkwardly until the couple’s daughter, Willow, revealed: “Everyone knows we’re 420 friendly, let’s be real.”

While Will hasn’t spoken openly about marijuana, his kids have, making us believe that he must have a pretty relaxed attitude towards the subject. Willow has been photographed with weed socks and has spoken about her drug use, explaining it was something at time to stave off boredom.

While Will is most likely not a stoner, we can safely assume that he’s okay with the moderate use and legalization of cannabis.

Highly talented and driven he received an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in King Richard (2021)— also winning a Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award and Screen Actors Guild Award in the same category and role; him Grammy Awards—one for Best Rap Performance (for “Parents Just Don’t Understand”), one for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group(for “Summertime”), and two for Best Rap Solo Performance (for “Men in Black” and “Gettin’ Jiggy wit It”); the former two of which he won as a member of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. His Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award nominations make him one of few black actors to be nominated for all four major entertainment awards in the US.

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What it does

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Some weeks are better than others. Still, there are ways of make them as problem-free as possible. Here’s how.

Schedule your week in advance

Plan for relaxing Sundays

Try not to work on weekends

Wake up earlier on Mondays

Do something that makes you laugh

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A Pleasant Little Gentleman

Late Summer Fizz

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Grilled Peach and Thai Basil Roast

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Son In The Foreign Legion

Bill Monroe’s Country Cooler

Congress should pay attention to the healthy revenue states are gleaming from marijuana consumers

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Death Star Popcorn Balls

DIRECTIONS:

The Darth Maul Dip

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Long a staple in the marijuana world, weed brownies have a storied history

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