Are aging baby boomers ready to rekindle a long-ago love affair with marijuana? That is a weighty question for cultural anthropologists and cool-eyed business analysts alike as the once celebrated, later maligned, but explicitly contraband cannabis plant goes legit — for the first time in nearly 80 years — in a new era of medical and recreational use.
For many who smoked marijuana in their dorms in the ’60s and ’70s, it was an act of rebellion, a communal experience, and maybe a political statement. Today’s product is more likely to be marketed as anti-inflammatory than anti-establishment. And, to the distinct discomfort of some, it may come in a neat corporate package rather than an illicit nickel bag.
“I remember the smoke-filled theaters of our college years,” said Kathryn Maynes, 57, a Beacon Hill boomer who works for a real estate development firm. “There was the obligatory ‘Reefer Madness’ (film) on the screen and people blowing weed. It was very sociable. You didn’t just light up and have a joint to yourself. It was inclusive, it was friendly.”
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Marijuana users really enjoy strong weed, but would prefer that it came without paranoia, memory loss and impaired ability to function. That’s according to a new report from the Global Drug Survey in partnership with The Huffington Post, which anonymously surveyed more than 38,000 users around the globe.
All marijuana is not created equal. Effects can vary depending on the plant variety, cultivation, processing and blending. Cannabis has two major plant types — indica and sativa — and hundreds of hybrid strains with different characteristics. It’s produced in forms that include dried flowers, oil and wax.
The survey asked users what they’d like in a “perfect cannabis.” The results show that the “global dominance of high potency [marijuana] leaves many users far from satisfied,” the researchers say.
So what would the effects be of perfect pot — or “balanced bud” as the Global Drug Survey calls it?
Users want their cannabis to be strong and pure. And they want it to have a distinct flavor, and to impart a high marked b. . . . . READ MORE
Artist FredTomasellibuilt his reputation on psychedelic works made from pills and weed trapped, like prehistoric insects in amber, in deep slabs of clear resin. Drawing from sources as varied as Islamic art, the Light and Space movement of the1960s, the ...
. . . . . READ MORESome individuals come equipped with a specific gene that makes them more susceptible to the effects of marijuana -- an inheritable characteristic that a new study could provide an explanation as to why certain people are biologically programmed to be happier than others. ...
. . . . . READ MOREAhead of 4/20, the Global Drug Survey has taken a look at cannabis and what would define the 'perfect' strain of ganja if tokers could pick.
. . . . . READ MOREFor toking tourists who subscribe to the “wake and bake” philosophy, but find themselves inconvenienced by the bureaucratic reefer restrictions of major hotel chains, there are some pot-friendly lodging options in the Mile High city.
. . . . . READ MOREYou really have to appreciate thebleatingsof law enforcement as their cash cow of marijuana arrests slowly becomes extinct. All those statistics-padding low-level marijuana arrests, with their attendant asset forfeitures, overtime pay, and federal grants, have...
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