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Aeroponic Supersonic

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Commercial Aeroflo operation. Photo Jorge CervantesI first heard of aeroponics through a friend, who told me of military experiments in growing enormous tomato plants indoors, by means of aeroponics and cooled lights.

Cannabis Crossword

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Prohibition DestroysWelcome back once again to the pot-puzzler's paradise that is the CC Crossword. We present below the solution to the puzzle in issue #12. We received a flood of responses to the puzzle with well over 100 entries, the correct solution was "Prohibition Destroys."

Cannabis History: Part 3

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Danger on the I-5

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Exporters beware! There's a whole bunch of pigs who want your bacon.
West-coast herbalists, capitalists, exporters and other inhalers need to be aware of a drug interdiction zone which stretches along the major north-south highway corridor of the Western United States.

Emma vs Goliath

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Covered women in Afghanistan: they can`t have jobs, the only `work` allowed them is begging Emma Bonino, EU Human Rights Commissioner, takes on the United Nations and the women-hating Talibans

Forgery of justice

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Paul Reid and Sarah Hannah Bedard, new owners of the Sacred Herb.Deep in the catacombs of the offices of injustice, bent figures scribble up warrants and fabricate schemes, scratching around in the shadows of their self-forged ignorance.

In the Pot

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Celebrate summer by serving up this delicious cake at your next picnic. Fresh blueberries are recommended, but you can substitute frozen berries when out of season. (You must then bake the cake about 10 to 15 minutes longer.)

Marijuana and Sex: A Classic Combination

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Ivory painting, Ganges Valley, circa 1840-80.Marijuana and sex are gifts of nature. We enjoy them because biology and evolution have equipped us to do so.

Marijuana and the Goddess

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Part 5 of "When Smoke Gets in my I" a series on the history of cannabis and human consciousness.
In most ancient hunter-gatherer societies, women balanced the males' supply of game with their collected harvest from the surrounding wilderness. Women therefore became the first to learn the secrets of plants, and how they propagated themselves.

Moms, kids and drugs

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Since the mid 1980s, the medical profession has demonized mothers who use illicit drugs, calling them unfit parents who are harming their unborn children. Often we are informed that their children will be severely damaged, creating a new underclass who will be a drain on social services, the medical community and even the criminal justice system.

Pot politics

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Mike Butts & Dana Larsen `supertoking.`I have long thought that the traditional Left/Right division in political debate is irrelevant.

Pought Thots

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

[picture caption: CC readers waking up their community with a beautifully enlightening sign of the times.]
We welcome your comments and opinions on our articles, or pot thoughts of any nature. Send your letters to: email editor, Cannabis Culture

Baby Lily, Cannabis Covergirl

Dear Dana & Jana,

Pregnancy and Pot

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

photo by Lincoln ClarkesIn the 5 years I have been practising as a midwife, many women have asked my advice on how to have the best possible pregnancy, labour and birth.

Reef 'n Roll

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Kinnie Starr comes for tea
The day before she was to join her contemporaries at the "Divas in the Round" performance for New Music West, Kinnie Starr bicycled over to my house for some tea, certified organic fruit and conversation about her forthcoming debut for Mercury Records entitled "Mending" including her attempts at packaging the disc in hemp paper.

Saint Dennis of San Francisco

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Dennis Peron made San Francisco the most pot-tolerant city in America. Now he?s tired, evicted, and facing jail.
Dennis Peron, 52-year-old marijuana activist and provider, is many things to many people. Some call him "Saint Dennis of San Francisco", while his more virulent detractors describe him as "drug-dealing faggot scum."

Seedy Business: Hemp in Canada

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Hemp seeds are a valuable commodity to farmers who have survived the bureaucracy.
It's late June, and Hugh Campbell has seen the window shut close on his hemp ambitions. "We had a product that could have been sold this year," he says. "We had buyers. But we have lost our chance."

The Nature of Weed

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Hilary Black enjoys examining good medicine.When David Suzuki and the crew from his renowned documentary series The Nature of Things came to Vancouver's Compassion Club to do a story on medical marijuana, they found themselves knee-deep in the wilds of West-coast weed, at the foot of the fountain of health.

The PMS/Pot Proclamation

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

In the 1800's cannabis was commonly used by women to alleviate menstrual cramps and labour pains. Yet by 1920, women were being told that the symptoms they had around their period were due to innate physical problems, and their reproductive organs were often removed as a cure. Nowadays, women are frequently told that their very real physical symptoms are psychological, and are handed a prescription for antidepressants or tranquilizers.

Toronto's Pot Diversions

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Cannabis activism, complains Neev Tapiero, is "almost unknown" in Toronto, at least compared to West Coast and European cities. Tapiero might be over-stating the case; he does, after all, act as spokesperson for the Medical Marijuana Resource Centre of Ontario, a province-wide cannabis club with its headquarters in Toronto.

Wanda's Wonderful Weed

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

Wanda`s wicked weed is nurtured with love...An incredible garden

Women & Pot: A Personal Essay

karlis — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700

I hate to generalize, but I think it's safe to say that women's relationship with marijuana differs from that of men's.
Yes, we are all humans, and gender differences are often overstated and overrated, but men and women are different, and these differences affect the way we interact with marijuana.

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