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How To Lower Your Marijuana Tolerance In One Easy Step

Terry Hacienda
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How To Lower Your Marijuana Tolerance In One Easy Step

If you are a regular daily consumer of cannabis, you probably have noticed that your tolerance to marijuana has changed. You’ve tried different types of cannabis with higher THC levels. You’ve upped your dose. But no matter what you have tried, that old feeling of euphoria is difficult to capture. It’s time for you to take a “Tolerance Holiday.”

Tolerance Holidays, also known as T-breaks, are recommended for many reasons. Most long-term consumers of cannabis report that refraining from reefer for an extended period of time allows your body and mind to re-calibrate.

Do you know people who give up booze for a few weeks after New Year’s Eve? Or for Lent? It’s kind of like that. In fact, we are almost halfway through the Lent (it started this year on March 1 and ends on April 15). If you haven’t given up weed for Lent yet, think about starting now.

Here’s what you should know about taking a Tolerance Holiday.

Do I Really Need To Take One?

It’s your body and it’s your brain. Listen to what they are saying to you. But most experienced consumers will tell you that your relationship with the herb will benefit from a break.

If you have been using cannabis for a prolonged period of time,  your system becomes desensitized to its psychoactive effects. When you constantly put THC in your body, the receptors that bind to it become compromised.

Think of it as giving your receptors a chance to recuperate. Why overtax them?

Taking a T-break will also to reflect on why you consume in the first place. Is it a mindful, positive experience? Does it provide a new perspective? Does it make music sound better? Food taste better? If you find that your experiences are no longer as positive or euphoric, it’s time to put the bong down.

Can’t I Just Cut Back On My Consumption?

This method certainly will help, but your receptors are still being activated on a semi-regular basis. Many marijuana enthusiasts prefer this halfway approach and it works for some.

If you spark one up multiple times a day, you opt to limit it to just at the end of the evening. Of if you use it as a sleep aid, consider opting for melatonin for a few weeks as a replacement.

How Long Should I Refrain From Using?

Once again, everybody is different. But taking a break for one or two days just won’t cut it. Most experienced T-breakers will tell you that two weeks is a wise minimum. A month is preferred. If you seriously give it up for the entire Lenten season (40+ days), your receptors will certainly be well rested.

THC can remain in your system for 30 days. Allowing the cannabinoid to flush through your system will do your body good. And your next session should be memorable.

What About Medical Marijuana Patients?

This is a bit tricky. If you are using cannabis as medicine, it is smart to consult with the physician who recommended it. If you are currently using it as an aid in chemotherapy, PTSD, pain relief or any other serious ailment, it is paramount that you balance the desire to medicate with the desire to lower your tolerance.

If you are more of a recreational user (and you know who you are), it’s smart to take a T-break. If you need cannabis for physical or emotional relief, it is recommended you have a talk with a doctor.

Will It Have Negative Effects?

Some taking a tolerance holiday may show symptoms of irritability, moodiness of other signs of withdrawal. Have you ever been around someone who quit smoking tobacco? It’s similar to that, but usually less severe. And remember: The reason you are taking the T-break is to keep your mind and body in balance.

The best advice is to stay active. Go for long walks or to the gym. Releasing endorphins may assist in preventing or lessening the negative effects.

Added Bonus!

If you find this to be a difficult task, it may be a warning sign that you are becoming dependent on the drug. But try to focus on this silver lining: If you take a protracted break from cannabis, you’ll be saving yourself a chunk of change. And who couldn’t use a few extra bucks in the bank account?

Hooters Rebrands After Study Suggests That Millennials Are Not Into Boobs

Maria Loreto
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Hooters Rebrands After Study Suggests That Millennials Are Not Into Boobs

You can add Hooters to the ever growing list of things that millennials have ruined because apparently they’re single handedly responsible for the stagnation of the restaurant’s sales. Why are they blaming millennials, you may ask? Because for some reason, “breastaurants” are becoming less popular among young people.

Hooters isn’t the only business that’s been affected; all sorts of family friendly restaurants where waitresses wear tiny outfits are reporting less sales.

Business Insider reports that Hooters has been focused on pleasing members of Gen X and that now they’re scrambling to satisfy other demographics, looking for different ways of luring more customers. Hooters has switched up their menu, emphasized their catering, and has even opened up locations where the waitresses are fully dressed — all with the purpose of rebranding themselves.

A study published on Pornhub reports that this boob aversion not only affects real businesses but also porn searches. Young adults between the ages of 18 to 24 are 19 percent less likely to look for breast oriented videos than other demographics.

Maybe the problem here isn’t the boobs. Maybe, since the novelty has worn off, it’s just not trendy anymore to eat chicken wings at a place where waitresses wear really tight shirts. Maybe it makes you feel a little exploitative and pervy. Young adults are well aware that Hooters doesn’t have the monopoly on chicken wings, so why not eat someplace else?

Is Laziness The Answer To Human Extinction?

Brendan Bures
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Is Laziness The Answer To Human Extinction?

Next time you find yourself experiencing one of those lazy Sundays where you don’t leave the couch for hours, order delivery, and binge seasons of mindless television, remind yourself that you are merely exhibiting survival skills. Wait, what? Let’s backtrack a second here.

Species that maintain a lower expenditure of energy have a longer chance of surviving extinction, a new study suggests. Those species that exert more energy on a daily basis actually increase their chances of extinction, researchers found.

Bruce Lieberman, who serves as an evolutionary biologist at the University of Kansas and was a co-author on the study, suggested that “survival of the fittest” isn’t the most apt metaphor after all.

“Maybe in the long term the best evolutionary strategy for animals is to be lassitudinous and sluggish — the lower the metabolic rate, the more likely the species you belong to will survive,” Lieberman said in a statement. “Instead of ‘survival of the fittest,’ maybe a better metaphor for the history of life is ‘survival of the laziest’ or at least ‘survival of the sluggish.’”

The study, which was published in Proceedings of The Royal Society B, could help scientists accurately predict what species could be facing extinction before it’s too late in the wake of changing climates. Though researchers did admit there are a lot of factors at play when a species goes extinct, metabolic rates could play an even larger role moving forward said Luke Strotz, who was the lead author on the paper and serves as a postdoctoral researcher at Kansas University’s Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum.

“Both maximum life span and metabolic rate scale with temperature,” Strotz told CNN. “Any change in global temperatures associated with climate change is thus going to affect organisms on a physiological level.”

However, Strotz emphasized that “survival of the laziest” applied to the human species in general. In other words, “you can’t just decide to be lazy as an individual and expect to live longer,” he added.

In that spirit, I propose that we all decide to be lazy together. That way we humans have the strongest possibility of surviving deep into the future. I’ll see you on the couch next weekend.

Is Attorney General Jeff Sessions In The Hot Seat?

Brendan Bures
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Is Attorney General Jeff Sessions In The Hot Seat?

No longer is the cannabis industry the biggest critic of  Jeff Sessions. That honor now goes to Sessions’ former supporters — Donald Trump and the Senate. Much of Trump’s consternation revolves around the Attorney General’s decision to recuse himself from the ongoing investigation into Russia’s possible interference in the 2016 election and what, if any, involvement Russians had with Trump’s campaign team. So is Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the hot seat?

Instead, Sessions should have protected the President, Trump has suggested, questioning his decision to assign Sessions head of the Justice Department.

“I put in an attorney general that never took control of the Justice Department,” Trump said during a “Fox & Friends” interview that aired Thursday morning. “Jeff Sessions never took control of the Justice Department and it’s sort of an incredible thing.

“Even my enemies say that Jeff Sessions should have told you that he was going to recuse himself, and then you wouldn’t have put him in. He took the job and then he said I’m going to recuse myself. I said, ‘What kind of a man is this?’,” Trump added.

Sessions previously held support through the Republican-led Senate. In July of last year, Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters that Sessions was a “rock-solid conservative” and that if Trump attempted to fire the Attorney General, there “will be holy hell to play,” as Rolling Stone first reported.

A year can change anyone’s opinions, however. In an interview with Bloomberg News Thursday, Graham suggested that Sessions’ time as Attorney General was nearing its end.

“The president’s entitled to an attorney general he has faith in, somebody that’s qualified for the job, and I think there will come a time, sooner rather than later, where it will be time to have a new face and a fresh voice at the Department of Justice,” Graham said. “Clearly, Attorney General Sessions doesn’t have the confidence of the president.”

Because Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation, it has allowed Special Counsel Robert Mueller to conduct his examinations freely and without interference. Should Trump wish to put an end to Mueller’s investigation, the first step would involve firing Sessions. Like Sessions, whomever would replace him would not be recused from the investigation, and could therefore direct the efforts as they see fit.

Sessions has not backed down from Trump or the Senate in the wake of these comments. He insisted that the Department of Justice will not buckle its operations to political pressures like those exerted by Trump and Graham.

“I took control of the Department of Justice the day I was sworn in, which is why we have had unprecedented success at effectuating the President’s agenda,” Sessions said in a statement, rebuking Trump’s claims.

“While I am Attorney General, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. I demand the highest standards, and where they are not met, I take action,” Sessions also added.

Graham, however, clarified that no action should be taken against Session until at least after the midterms. To fire Sessions now would “create havoc,” as the Senate already has his hands full until then.

Looks like Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the hot seat!

4 Of The Craziest McDonald’s Secret Menu Hacks

Maria Loreto
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4 Of The Craziest McDonald’s Secret Menu Hacks

For as old as McDonald’s is, it can still surprise you. The fast food chain that’s existed since the beginning of time — the 1950s — has dozens of secret combinations just waiting for someone  to order. McDonald’s secret menu is not an official “menu”, it’s more like an unspoken knowledge that’s been passed down by loyal customers for some time now. It also has a sort of cult following; there’s an Instagram account dedicated to it and dozens of video reactions of people trying out the meals.

While there are some items on McDonald’s secret menu that will leave you feeling puzzled, there are others that sound incredibly delicious and creative. The Daily Mail compiled a list of all the hacks they could gather. Here are four of our favorites:

Double Cheeseburger McChicken

Even though the meal sounds and looks like it could give you diabetes, deep down you know you want to order one. The Double Cheeseburger McChicken is exactly what it sound like: two burgers stacked in one large (and hard to eat) pile. You might vomit afterwards, but you can say that you got a life experience that most people haven’t.

Apple Pie Sundae

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Fans of McDonald’s ice cream can rejoice since they can add some Apple Pie into their McFlurries for an extra sweet kick. The person that’s serving you might hate you, but you won’t be craving sweets for a really long time.

Well Done Fries

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If you want to be a psycho and mess with McDonald’s fry winning formula, you absolutely can. Order them well done and they’ll be cooked for twice as long for extra crispiness.

Land, Sea, and Air Burger

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The craziest item on the secret menu is definitely the Land, Sea, and Air burger, which combines three patties of different animals into one huge stack. The catch, aside from how complicated it is to eat, is that you have to pay for the three different burgers individually. The final product may taste good, but is it really worth it?

You’ll Never Guess The Name Of Snoop Dogg’s New Cookbook

Amy Hansen
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You’ll Never Guess The Name Of Snoop Dogg’s New Cookbook

Snoop Dogg is getting ready to release his first cookbook, and surprisingly, it doesn’t contain any marijuana recipes.

From Crook to Cook, which comes out October 23, is filled with some of Snoop’s favorite recipes, from lobster thermidor to waffles. And of course, gin and juice. If you watched Snoop’s cooking show with Martha Stewart, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party, you know the guy likes to cook — and is even skilled in the kitchen.

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“You know it’s blazin’ up in my kitchen. I’m takin’ the cookbook game higher with a dipped and whipped collection of my favorite recipes, ya dig?” Snoop said in a statement.

Book publisher Chronicle Books says while the recipes will “satisfy those munchies,” don’t expect anything like pot brownies. But who needs spiked baked goods when you have Frito BBQ twists?

And while there won’t be any cannabis recipes this time around, Chronicle has revealed that they’ll be partnering with Snoop’s media start-up, Merry Jane, to release a series of cannabis-themed books scheduled to hit bookstores in 2020.

Snoop joins fellow hip-hoppers 2Chainz, Coolio, and Kelis, in writing a cookbook. And as Uproxx puts it, “Action Bronson and Lil’ B both have some pretty dope web cooking shows that you can check out while you wait on Mr. Broadus’s opus.”

Cheap And Easy: DIY ‘Dirty Lemon’ Cleanse

Ryan Ross
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Cheap And Easy: DIY ‘Dirty Lemon’ Cleanse

We are now a nation divided by……. beverages! Cleanses, teas, juices, and detox elixirs, Oh my! It’s impossible to keep up on the latest drink-your-health trend. If you’re like me, you have taken it upon yourself to purchase every pretty drink, elixir and tonic featured on the exposed chilly shelves of the Whole Foods refrigerator case. I simply shake my money tree and it just seems reasonable to pay between $6 and $10 for a bevvy in a cool bottle of fancy, fancy lemon cleanse!

We have such a sophisticated selection these days with so many choices between pressed, cold–pressed, blended, raw, fermented, filtered, organic, bio-dynamic, etc. We have moved beyond the old school “master cleanse,” which is a homemade concoction of water, grade B maple syrup, lemon juice and cayenne pepper, and fermented teas like kombucha are as common as Minute Maid!

It seems that more and more folks have at least dipped a toe in the sea of healthy-bevvy options out there, there is something for everyone! However, to keep yourself in stock of these healthy bevvies, you pretty much break the bank. Maybe I am healthier for it, but it is not as fun to drink to my health in the cardboard box that we had to move into now that I am all caught up on the latest nutrient- dense elixers!

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I do admit, often when someone else makes a salad for you it tends to taste better than as if you had made it yourself, ever notice that? Thanks to our brain chemistry, there is something inside us that likes to hold the Starbucks cup rather than tote around our self-made coffee brew. Same goes with all these fun and fancy first-world-problems juices, drinks and tonics for purchase.

It just feels good to buy these things for some reason rather than to juice your own healthy sludge green drink at home, but if you are up for a DIY, I have fallen in love with the latest Dirty Lemon detox, and I have enjoyed every dime spent, but reality caught up with me and I decided that it was time to make my own version at home.

Okay, so you don’t get their incredibly chic packaging, but I have formulated a concoction that tastes similar and touts the same effects.

The Dirty Lemon Detox was originally introduced as “a cleanse for those who hate cleanses” because you are to sip this beverage on a full tummy at the end of your evening. The ingredients used for Dirty Lemon Detox are intended to balance your bodies’ pH, encourage digestion, and absorb toxins in order to flush them from the body. We know our livers do this, but hey, who couldn’t use a boost? The intention is to drink one 16 oz serving in the evening before bed. Its detoxifying properties can bind with any current medications, rendering them more or less useless, so it is suggested to not drink this sipper within 5 hours of taking any medication or pills that you would like to remain effective.

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I desperately loved my order so much that I decided to try to figure out my own non-$65 a case way to have it. I had heard of all of the ingredients before and actually had most of them on hand. My first pitcher of DIY D.L. was a success! It tasted great, I felt great after drinking, and when I woke up in the mornings after drinking, I just overall felt like any bloating was in check and I had bit more energy. I don’t drink it everyday; personally, I enjoy drinking it for six evenings in a row or so and then take a break for a few weeks before I resume. To each their own, of course. Try this gothy-black, detoxy, lemony-aid, elixir yourself with my DIY recipe.

Inspired DIY : Dirty Lemon Detox (Sort of)

About 6 servings

  • 8 cups of filtered water
  • 5-6 capsules of a high- grade activated charcoal (I like to use coconut husk activated charcoal)
  • 15 lemons, juiced
  • Fresh ginger, two thumbs, grated with juices
  • Dandelion extract, alcohol free, about 10 full droppers full
  • Liquid Stevia, to taste

Stir together in a large pitcher, and store in the fridge, covered. Enjoy throughout the course of 1 week.

 

Canadian Physicians, Scientists And Nurses Want A Way Out Of Cannabis

Mary Schumacher
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Canadian Physicians, Scientists And Nurses Want A Way Out Of Cannabis

Though scientists who study cannabis, doctors and nurses who prescribe it, and pharmacists who provide it all gathered together for the Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids — seemingly to pad their cannabis knowledge, to put it plainly — the group of intelligentsia made it clear that what they actually wanted was to get the herb back out of their hands once it’s legalized.

Dr. Jeff Blackmer of the Canadian Medical Association had this to say, “Our view is really that now that the government is obviously intending to legalize this, once this is a substance that’s available to all Canadians, there’s really no need for physicians to continue to serve in that gatekeeper role.”

And he’s right about the gatekeeper role no longer, or ever really, being necessary. But what about the medical roles? Shouldn’t doctors and nurse practitioners be educated enough about cannabis to recommend it to their patients who need medical marijuana in some capacity? Shouldn’t they know if a patient should take full plant extract or be vaping the oil?

In the U.S., doctors can’t be expected to discuss most of the aforementioned topics with their patients, as cannabis remains in the Schedule I category of drugs, meaning it’s federally illegal. Canada, however, has had fully legal medical cannabis in place since 2001. That seems plenty of time to brush up on the star plant of the last few decades.

A lack of high quality research is one of the reasons the Canadian Medical Association has said that its practitioners just aren’t comfortable writing prescriptions for pot, but as was also pointed out, there’s nothing keeping someone from asking their doctors medical based questions, no matter what substance it’s about.

James O’Hara is the president of Canadians For Fair Access to Medical Marijuana and sees this move by the Association as prejudiced. “There’s a lot of emotion behind that,” he explained, “[Patients] really want to talk to their doctors, because bottom line they want their doctors to care and have an interest in [them],” he said. “They do, but patients feel that there’s a bit of a dividing wall when it comes to medical cannabis.”

Perhaps the most concerning part about doctors not wanting to be involved is that it’s their interest in the medicinal properties of cannabis that often drives research.

When It Comes To Weight Loss, What You Think Is More Important Than What You Eat

Maria Loreto
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When It Comes To Weight Loss, What You Think Is More Important Than What You Eat

Losing weight is not easy, especially when it comes to large amounts of it. Statistics show that most people who shed pounds through calorie restricting gain them back in a short period of time. Scientists have always been puzzled by this phenomenon and have discovered that your body works against you when you’re losing weight. A study shows that for every two pounds you lose, your body craves 100 extra calories, and your metabolism also slows down, fighting to preserve your weight.

It might be cliche, but evidence suggests that changing your relationship with food is more important than whatever diet you’re following.

A new study published in the International Journal Of Obesity puts an emphasis on habits and how much they influence our body weight. According to the research, weight-loss interventions that focus on making or breaking habits are the ones that deliver the best long-term results, even a year after the subjects first started to lose weight.

The Conversation reports that the study recruited 75 volunteers with excess weight, with their ages ranging from 18 to 75. They were split into three groups with different weight-loss programs: one promoted breaking old habits, another promoted forming new habits, and the third one was the control group where there was no outside intervention. None of the weight-loss programs offered a diet or a workout schedule that subjects had to follow.

The group that promoted breaking old habits encouraged subjects to shake up their routines via going to work through different routes, or sitting down and writing a story. The group that promoted forming new habits was the most efficient, drilling into their subjects that healthy eating and being active is something that they should incorporate into their routines. These subjects were asked to create an eating schedule, to try to walk more regularly every day, and to switch fatty snacks for healthy ones.

After 12 weeks, members of both groups that focused on changing habits lost an average of 6.8 lbs. An even more important result was the fact that, after 12 months of no interaction with the researchers, participants of both groups lost an average of 4.6 lbs. While it’s not a lot of weight, it’s an improvement that’s constant and that influences the subject’s quality of life.

Studies like this one might help us approach weight-loss differently — not by encouraging unhealthy and complicated diets, but by adopting a less sedentary lifestyle.

What Is Dank Marijuana Anyway?

Mary Schumacher
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What Is Dank Marijuana Anyway?

When your friend says they’re coming over with some “dank” weed, they’re immediately setting the expectations high. The word “dank,” though a great descriptive word all around, has become synonymous with cannabis culture and it means that the herb before you is simply the best. What is dank marijuana?

But what makes dank so good? Dank, simply defined, means “unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly,” at least at dictionary.com. And that first definition does sum up dank weed: it’s sticky and slightly moist, perhaps not to the connoisseur, but the smell of dank is often overpowering and even unpleasant to the uninitiated and though not chilly, it’s chill, whether indica, sativa or somewhere in between.

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But even dictionary.com has a second and third definition. The first referring, yes, to cannabis, calling it, “excellent; high quality.” The third definition being that of internet memes that have gone stale or missed their cultural mark. Back to the dank cannabis definition, though. Excellent and high quality are certainly traits of dank weed, but they aren’t the full experience.

Dank weed has been cured perfectly, thus retaining humidity and stickiness. It should have perfect give when lightly squeezed and it should smell out of this world. Dankness means heady buds that don’t crumble when broken apart and don’t tear like a flimsy branch either. Dank is just right, whereas mids and even dirt weed don’t come anywhere near.

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As a young pup of a smoker in Portland, Oregon, there were basically had three choices of weed with three different price points: Mexican brick weed, Vancouver BC beasters and “dank” bud, which I later learned was often Northern Lights or Blueberry, but grown indoors, hydroponically and with the utmost of care and skill. Dank bud ran our pennyanny paychecks through the wringer, even when buying by the eighth, but it got us so lifted that if we could get our hands on it, we did.

Now, dispensaries and pot shops are spreading across the nation and soon the choices will be dank, danker and holy dankness Batman! Already, if you live in a legal state, you have lofty wants when it comes to weed because you can. And that in itself is straight dank. So now you know what is dank marijuana anyway!

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