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8 High-Dose Cannabis Edibles

Mary Schumacher
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8 High-Dose Cannabis Edibles

While microdosing gains popularity and cautionary tales circulate about overdoing it on edibles, sometimes a higher dosage is simply called for. And not just for girls night in for an awesome high. Bigger doses of cannabinoids can be a very medicinal experience, especially for those who suffer from any sort of wasting syndrome, the side effects of cancer treatment or intense pain. Here are 8 high-dose cannabis edibles which may help.

Often a high dose of THC and CBD can be just the thing to have a patient eating again and maybe even smiling or laughing. While you should still exercise caution, working up to the higher dosages is a smart idea, if you do happen to get “too high” just remember that you signed up for the experience and that it’s working wonders in your bodily systems.

These eight edibles are serious medicine and are recommended for those who need every little bit of relief they can get and who have a high tolerance already.

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Related: How To Consume Cannabis Edibles With Confidence

Punch Edibles out of California have been packing a punch since 2013. They were aiming to produce an edible that was compact, yet potent and they succeeded. With up to 225 mg of cannabinoids per square of chocolate, get ready to be medicated.

Born in 2009, Cheeba Chews are a classic that have won many awards for their small size, great flavor and 175 mg per little rectangle. Best of all, they’re available in California, Nevada and Colorado, thus available to more patients. If you’re looking for a seriously high dose, have two or three, just start with the one and give it some time.

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Recommended only for those in extreme pain and with high tolerances, Korova Edibles’ Black Bar is infused with 1,000 mg of THC. It also has double the chocolate and quite a bit of saturated fat (which helps carry the THC to your system), so expect to be satisfied.

Related: Are Marijuana Edibles Better For Your Brain Than Smoking?

From the likes of Hashman Infused comes the 420 Cherry Bomb. Packed with 420 mg of cannabinoids from hybrid cannabis this Belgium/artisan chocolate infused treat is peppered with cherry pop rocks just for the fun of it.

Though VCC Brands also carries a 1000 mg Cookies and Cream 4.20 Brownie, the 500mg Peanut Butter S’Mores 4.20 Brownie sounded too good not to mention. Both of these edibles are highly potent so enjoy responsibly and alleviate that pain!

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Bhang’s “The Bite” is similar to Punch and Cheeba Chews in that you get a lot of THC and CBD in a little package of delicious chewy chocolate truffle. With 180 mg per bite, a couple few of these should have you feeling fine.

Related: Educating The Public About Marijuana Edible Consumption

Delta 9 Edibles have an array of options for getting your higher dosage in. There are capsules for those who want to save on calories or just can’t keep any food down.
The ten capsules in a bottle carry 300 mg of THC. Also try their potent chocolate triangles.

Just the thing to start your day, LOL Edibles makes one of my personal faves: Fruity Crispy bars with 300mg of THC. Have this with a glass of milk or your favorite milk substitute and give yourself a medicinal morning.

Crazy Stuff People Do To Pass A Drug Test

Mike Adams
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Crazy Stuff People Do To Pass A Drug Test

The phone rings. On the other end of the line is the human resources manager at the company you’ve been schmoozing with for the past week in hopes of securing gainful employment.  You’re a charming person — there’s no doubt about it — so you’ve managed to pass the interview process with flying colors. But the manager tells you there’s one tiny detail left before making your new position final. The company requires a drug test. You are not going to believe the crazy stuff people do to pass a drug test.

Well, you know this is that going to be a problem. Especially since you just finished getting dabbed out with a few friend’s minutes before the call. Panic and the overwhelming fear of having to move back into your parent’s basement infiltrates every part of your being. The doom is looming, the say the least. After all, if you do not get this job, your relationship with that person, who was always too good for you in the first place, is over. The state is going to throw you in jail for failing to pay up your back child support, and you may even die from some bizarre, undiscovered sickness that scientists will later determine was caused by eating Ramen noodles at every meal.

Related: Drug Test? Here’s What You Need To Know

It is hairy situations like these that force people of all ages to take drastic measures in order to pass a drug test. These desperate souls are willing to risk life and limb just to pee in a cup without the THC panel jumping off and screaming, “This fool’s high right now.” And while we must admit that it is exciting to hear about clever attempts to keep from being rendered homeless and forced to eat out of the trash, some of the great lengths some folks have gone to are the workings of the insane. Seriously, desperation breeds whack job tactics.

Drinking Bleach

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Seriously? People have actually consumed bleach thinking it will prevent them from submitting dirty pee. Of course, this radical method is pretty dangerous, since this common household chemical can eat away at a person’s esophagus, stomach lining and even kill them dead. The warning label on the product should take out all of the guesswork, but — you know – morons will be morons. What’s really messed up is drinking bleach will not increase a person’s chances of passing a drug test. Not in the slightest. This concept is just some idiotic Internet rumor that was started years ago that some very special people have swallowed as gospel. Please do not do try this at home.

Drinking Deadly Amounts Of Water

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Consuming water before a drug screen seems logical. It dilutes the urine and can sometimes throw off a test, as long as the person being tested hasn’t smoked weed in a week or so. But some people have taken the “flush the system” method to extremes by binge drinking gallons of water. This is almost as dangerous as drinking bleach, as consuming this much augua can cause a nasty condition known as hyponatremia.

Related: Does Marijuana’s CBD Show Up In Drug Tests?

Basically, the blood stream gets swamped out and the brain starts to swell. It can be fatal. A few years back, a California radio station hosted a water-drinking contest in which the WINNING female contestant dropped dead. So, keep that in mind. Mass water consumption is no way to trick a lab into seeing clean urine. If you are leaning on this practice, moderate your water intake. Medical professionals recommend a person drink half their body weight in ounces each day. Stick with that.

Fake Sex Organs

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We’re all for strapping one on from time to time, but we draw the line at getting fitted for a phony wiener just to get a job. Still, for the person who needs to ensure that his or her pee shows up clean, there are fake sex organs out there that can be used to clandestinely deliver synthetic urine into a cup. Sure, this method is not at all dangerous, but one must sort of start to reconsider their position in life once it become necessary to hold a plastic dangling appendage between their legs just to earn a buck. But maybe we’re being a bit snobbish. It’s not like we had to pass a drug test to write this article.

Inventor Of Sex Doll Claims It’s Great For His Marriage

Maria Loreto
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Inventor Of Sex Doll Claims It’s Great For His Marriage

Sergi Santos made headlines when he created the first artificial intelligence (A.I.) sex doll. This doll is capable of answering questions and having a “personality,” which is a bit of a stretch, but still impressive.

The doll, named “Samantha,” requires users to romance her before using her, which is nice, because it teaches people that asking is polite and also necessary when having sex. According to Barcroft, Santos decided to create Samantha because “humans are not enough,” and that men and women view sex differently, specifically that men want to have sex all the time. It’s like Santos has never spoken with a human woman before.

He’s also been vocal about how much he loves Samantha, patting himself on the back by claiming that she’s special and that she’s improved his life for the better. Samantha has improved his marriage, especially during times when his wife doesn’t want to have sex with him and he’s desperate, because, according to him, men need to have sex constantly.

Via The Huffington Post:

A man wants to feel in general that the woman is desperate to have sex with him. And if a man feels like the woman will not enjoy [sex] fully, most men do not like the sex. And this is the cause of many sexual problems.

I need sex some times of the day that my wife doesn’t want to, and I said, ‘Look, sex is breaking already many relationships because of lack of synchronicity,’ and I would not put that pressure to my marriage.

Santos’ wife, Maritsa Kissamitaki, also spoke about her husband and Samantha, claiming that she has no problem with her husband using the doll. She said “With couples, I think as long as there is trust in the relationship and mutual respect, then introducing a doll is something that can help.”

Even though Santos thinks including Samantha in his marriage is totally fine, he’d have trouble with his wife having sex with a male sex doll. “If I found that she likes the male doll better than me, in the sense that she doesn’t want to be with me, I’d get divorced.” Such an equal marriage.

For her part, Kissamitaki said she’d be curious to try out the male doll for herself.

County Sues State Of Oregon To Kill Marijuana Law

Will Patterson
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County Sues State Of Oregon To Kill Marijuana Law

For the past several months, we have been following Josephine County’s efforts to regulate away its cannabis industry, specifically in rural residential zones. This saga has taken many twists and turns (see here, here, here, and here), but this week brought perhaps the biggest twist yet: Josephine County has sued the State of Oregon to invalidate its cannabis program entirely.

The legal skirmishes began back in December when Josephine County passed an ordinance to severely curtail cannabis production on over 16,000 rural residential properties. A group of growers appealed the ordinance to Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA), raising a procedural argument (improper notice to affected properties) and two substantive arguments (the county cannot ban pre-existing lawful uses and the ordinance exceeds the county’s ability to impose reasonable time, place, and manner regulations on cannabis production). Last month, LUBA ruled against the county, solely on the procedural issue.

Josephine County failed to provide proper notice of the public hearings where the ordinance was discussed. As a result, LUBA did not reach the substantive merits. As expected, Josephine County elected to appeal the procedural question.

Surprisingly, Josephine County also decided to take the drastic step of filing a lawsuit against the State of Oregon in federal court. We gave our initial take on this aggressive move in news coverage here and here.

In short, Josephine County wants the federal court to:

  1. Declare that cannabis production cannot qualify as a pre-existing “lawful use” because of federal prohibition;
  2. Declare that counties can place any restrictions they want, including a full ban, on cannabis businesses because state legal regimes are pre-empted by federal law;
  3. Declare that Oregon’s medical and recreational regimes unlawfully restrict the county’s police powers in light of federal prohibition;
  4. Enjoin the State from bringing official misconduct charges against any local or county official that ignores their duties under state law.

This is a stunning overreach, as a victory could presumably give counties the ability to even ignore Oregon’s decriminalization statutes. As a county that allegedly wants to crack down on bad actors and the black market, and is apparently struggling to provide basic services, Josephine County should be welcoming law abiding, tax paying cannabis farms with open arms. Instead, I am reminded of my young daughter breaking her own toy when she doesn’t get her way.

This lawsuit raises core constitutional questions, involving states’ rights to promulgate cannabis programs despite the federal Controlled Substances Act, and over the objection of local jurisdictions. In the past, we have seen prohibitionist states attempt to invalidate neighboring states’ cannabis programs, to no avail.

This may be the first time, however, that a county in an adult use state has filed such a lawsuit against its sovereign. We will be monitoring this case closely, as will the Oregon cannabis industry at large and other prohibitionist counties nationwide.

Will Patterson is an attorney at Harris Bricken, a law firm with lawyers in Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Barcelona, and Beijing. This story was originally published on the Canna Law Blog. 

The Seattle Times Endorses Cannabis As Tool In Opioid Fight

Terry Hacienda
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The Seattle Times Endorses Cannabis As Tool In Opioid Fight

In another case of common sense, The Seattle Times endorses cannabis as a tool in opioid fight. The largest newspaper in the Pacific Northwest region, took a direct shot at the Trump administration’s attempt to revive the failed war on drugs. In an editorial headlined “Feds, don’t fight pot — enlist it in the opioid war,” the family-owned paper urged Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reverse course on his anti-marijuana crusade.

The editorial board wrote that Sessions’ “veiled threat toward states with legal marijuana might actually hinder America’s ability to solve the nation’s real drug problem: The opioid crisis.”

Washington citizens voted in 2012 to legalize recreational cannabis and the state has had a lucrative retail industry for nearly five years. Since legalization, more than $740 million in tax revenue has been added to the state’s coffers.

Related: Jeff Sessions Remains Deeply Concerned About Legal Weed

But it’s not the added tax revenue that provoked the 10-time Pulitzer Prize-winning paper to write the editorial. The critical issue is the worsening opioid addiction epidemic spreading across the nation.

According to the editorial:

Two new studies suggest that when medical marijuana is legally and easily available, patients may be more likely to turn to pot instead of highly addictive opioids to treat their pain.

One of the studies found that in states with medical cannabis dispensaries, there was a 14 percent reduction in the number of opioid prescriptions among Medicare patients, who are typically 65 or older.

The other study examined Medicaid data and found similar results, suggesting that loosening marijuana laws may lower the use of prescription opioids among this primarily low-income population. The researchers found that states that legalized medical pot had roughly a 6 percent lower rate of prescribing opioids compared to states that outlawed marijuana.

This is not the first time the Times editorial board has been critical of Sessions and his “good people don’t smoke marijuana” belief system. Earlier this year, when the controversial attorney general announced his cannabis crackdown, the Times wrote: “We know Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a small, backward-looking man with even smaller, more backward-looking ideas, but what was the thinking behind his new federal crackdown on legal marijuana? Punish the blue states?”

Related: Jeff Sessions Rescinds Cole Memo, Launches Crackdown On Marijuana

The times cited a Pew Research Center survey revealing that 61 percent of Americans favor legalizing cannabis.

Elon Musk Claims A.I. Could Be An Immoral Dictator

Maria Loreto
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Elon Musk Claims A.I. Could Be An Immoral Dictator

Tesla kingpin Elon Musk is a genius, but he’s also prone to saying crazy things that always end up in headlines. Such as the fact that artificial intelligence (A.I.) would cause World War 3, and that the technology behind it was one of humanity’s greatest threats. He doesn’t like A.I.. 

Musk recently made an appearance on Chris Paine’s latest documentary, “Do You Trust This Computer,” where he talks about A.I. and how dangerous the technology could be for humanity. His exact words were that A.I. could lead to an “immoral dictator from which we could never escape.”

The documentary explores the dark side of A.I. and the immediacy of it, something that Musk has been concerned with since A.I. began to pop up everywhere.

According to Mashable, Musk claims that A.I. technology could be used by authoritarian governments in order to create something that could outlast individuals and political parties and that could lead to permanent structures of oppression. While his ideas sound a little over dramatic, they’re not that far off base.

China and Russia’s technological developments have been leaning towards the creepy side of things, with the former using algorithms to mess with other governments, and the latter planning to launch a monitoring system that will allow them to keep a tab on their citizens.

You can learn more about “Do You Trust This Computer” by watching the trailer below. 

Trump Capitulates: State Marijuana Laws Are Safe

Terry Hacienda
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Trump Capitulates: State Marijuana Laws Are Safe

In an apparent swipe at embattled Attorney General Jeff Sessions, President Trump agreed on Friday to protect states’ marijuana laws from federal interference. Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado announced that he had struck a deal with the president after a three-month of a blockade on US Dept. of Justice nominees.

The agreement is a major victory for the nine states that have legalized recreational cannabis and the 29 states with medical marijuana programs. It also signals yet another defeat for longtime drug warrior Sessions, who rescinded Obama-era policies to protect states’ rights.

In exchange for Trump’s agreement, Gardner will end his blockade of nominees. Gardner began his legislative blockage in January after Sessions’ federal overreach.

Gardner’s full statement reads:

“Since the campaign, President Trump has consistently supported states’ rights to decide for themselves how best to approach marijuana. Late Wednesday, I received a commitment from the President that the Department of Justice’s rescission of the Cole memo will not impact Colorado’s legal marijuana industry. Furthermore, President Trump has assured me that he will support a federalism-based legislative solution to fix this states’ rights issue once and for all.

“Because of these commitments, I have informed the Administration that I will be lifting my remaining holds on Department of Justice nominees. My colleagues and I are continuing to work diligently on a bipartisan legislative solution that can pass Congress and head to the President’s desk to deliver on his campaign position.”

Marc Short, the White House’s director of legislative affairs told the Washington Post — which broke the news  — that Trump “does respect Colorado’s right to decide for themselves how to best approach this issue” regarding cannabis regulation.

“Clearly, we’ve expressed our frustration with the delay with a lot of our nominees and feel that too often, senators hijack a nominee for a policy solution,” Short told the Post. “So we’re reluctant to reward that sort of behavior. But at the same time, we’re anxious to get our team at the Department of Justice.”

Did Rats In Argentina Gobble Up Half A Ton Of Marijuana

Terry Hacienda
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Did Rats In Argentina Gobble Up Half A Ton Of Marijuana

It sounds like a juicy plotline from a third-rate horror flick: A swarm of Argentine rats chew their way through a wall in a police station’s evidence room and eat nearly half a ton of weed. But, alas, it’s just a tall tale from the cops.

According to two Argentine newspapers —  Pilar de Todos and Clarín  — 540 kilos (1,190 pounds) of marijuana vanished from police inventory in the city of Pilar last year. The police officers responsible needed to come up with an airtight story. One of them came up with the least plausible explanation possible: The rats ate it.

After an internal investigation, the eight officers were fired after four of the stuck to the fabrication in a court of law.

RELATED: Argentina Legalizes Cannabis Oil And Other Marijuana Derivatives For Medical Use

“Professionals from the UBA [University of Buenos Aires] explained that rodents can not confuse the drug with food and that, if a large group had ingested it, many bodies should have been found in the warehouse,” judicial sources said.

The officers stand accused of not having fulfilled the responsibility of guarding evidence (in total, six tons of marijuana was in the evidence room). They are ordered to appear before the court next month.

Growing, using or selling marijuana is illegal in Argentina. But the nation decriminalized possessing small amounts nine years ago. Last April, Argentina legalized medical marijuana. The law established a regulatory framework that enables scientific and medical marijuana research while providing marijuana to qualifying patients free of charge.

But cultivating cannabis remains an offense punishable by up to 15 years in prison when intended for commercial purposes, and up to two years if the authorities deem it is for personal use.

Florida Judge Rules Tampa’s Strip Club King Can Home Grow Marijuana

Brendan Bures
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Florida Judge Rules Tampa’s Strip Club King Can Home Grow Marijuana

A Florida judge ruled Wednesday that Joe Redner, Tampa’s strip club king, has the legal right to grow marijuana for medical purposes. Though Leon County Circuit Judge Karen Gievers emphasized this only applies to Redner, a 77-year-old stage 4 lung cancer survivor and registered medical marijuana patient, it could open the floodgates for similar cases. The Florida Department of Health has already filed an appeal.

As a “qualifying patient,” Gievers ruled, Redner possesses a constitutional right to own a live marijuana plant. Previously, the health department had stated that everyone is barred from growing their own cannabis plants, including qualifying medical patients.

“Under Florida law, Plantiff Redner is entitled to possess, grow and use marijuana for juicing, soley for the purpose of his emulsifying the biomass he needs for the juicing protocol recommended by his physician,” Gievers stated in her ruling. (In the document, the word “solely” is bolded and underlined.)

“The court also finds…that the Florida Department of Health has been, and continues to be non-compliant with the Florida constitutional requirements.” Until the department stops “violating its constitutional duty and mandated presumptive regulation, the evidence clearly demonstrates that Redner is entitled to follow the recommendations of his certified physician under Florida law,” Gievers added, which is a reference to the 2016 constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2016 that legalized medical marijuana.

Gievers’ ruling legitimizes complaints leveraged against the state’s health department from numerous medical patients. We’ve reported along the way just how Florida’s medical marijuana programs have failed patients. From individuals not receiving their medical cannabis ID cards for months at a time to nefarious clinics taking advantage of patients inexperienced with the drug, it’s been dark for medical marijuana in the Sunshine State. Redner’s attorney Luke Lirot told the Tampa Bay Times Gievers was right “castigate the health department for being a barrier to medicine.”

However, the health department’s appeal places a stay on Gievers’ ruling. That means Redner will remain banned from growing medical marijuana for his personal use. The appeal likely won’t be heard until late this year or early 2019.

“I filed this lawsuit because I couldn’t have survived cancer without medical marijuana. It’s not just a miracle drug—it’s a miracle plant, and the State keeps standing in the way of patients getting their medicine,” Redner told Florida Politics.

“…A mom who’s using low THC cannabis to control her child’s seizures can stick a plant in the ground and make her baby’s medicine for around 30 bucks a month if she can grow her own,” he added. “And 71 percent of us voted for an amendment that clearly gives her that right. This ruling is a victory for the patients of Florida.”

Meghan Markle’s Pre-Wedding Diet And Workout Routine

Maria Loreto
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Meghan Markle’s Pre-Wedding Diet And Workout Routine

The royal wedding will be broadcast across the globe, which means the pressure is on when it comes to the royals looking their best.

Prince Harry has reportedly lost 10 pounds and has quit smoking ahead of the wedding. When it comes to Meghan Markle, things have been a little easier since she’s been leading a publicly healthy lifestyle throughout most of her public career. She did run a semi-famous lifestyle blog called The Tig. 

According to Harper’s Bazaar, Markle mainly eats a plant based diet that’s still flexible and allows her to indulge on the weekends. She says that “It’s all about balance,” especially since she exercises like crazy. “Because I work out the way I do, I don’t ever want to feel deprived. I feel that the second you do that is when you start to binge on things. It’s not a diet; it’s lifestyle eating.”

Markle claims that even though she loves carbs and wine, she enjoys these things in moderation, stocking her fridge with healthy snacks and veggies. She also loves to cook, which is great for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and managing your weight.

When it comes to fitness, she’s always worked out a lot, practicing Yoga and running, which she calls her “moving meditation,” that allows her to “get out of her head.” Markle also practices Megaformer pilates, which are a crazy intense work out that shapes your body really fast.

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