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ON THE
COVER

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Harmonizing with Home Decor
Sarah Rodebaugh’s brand, Chronic Biophiliac,
offers sophisticated and cannabis-inspired
botanical home decor. With an emphasis on using
eco-friendly materials from companies with good
labor practices, these products promote cannabis
as well as the importance of sustainability.

22
Rock ‘n’ Roll Sungrown
Tina Gordon is inspired by the unique power and
Leading Through Excellence expression of outdoor cannabis. We visit with
This issue pays tribute to a few of the Gordon for a tour of her regenerative farm, Moon
cannabis industry’s most driven and ingenious Made Farms, in the heart of the world-famous
representatives by shining a spotlight on Emerald Triangle.
cultivators and creators who are resourceful,
imaginative, and passionate about the plant.

PINKLEBERRY
CULTIVATED BY GREEN SOURCE GARDENS
PHOTO: CHRIS ROMAINE, @KANDIDKUSH
PHOTOS: COURTESY CHRONIC BIOPHILIAC, CLAIRE WEISSBLUTH, @LA_OSA

DEPARTMENTS
8 EDITOR ’ S NOT E
10 INTERNET
12 CANNABUSINESS

32
Dry Farming in Humboldt
14 TH MQ Only six licensed cannabis farms in the entire state
Trans-High Market Quotations of California grow cannabis via the dry farming
method. Located just off the bank of the Eel River
in Humboldt County, High Water Farm is one of
just a few cultivators that grows quality cannabis
flowers without ever needing to use water.
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 EDITOR’S NOTE

Executive Chairman
Adam Levin

CEO
Shaun Jarvis

Vice President of Content

Jon Cappetta

Editor in Chief
Ellen Holland

NATURAL
Associate Editor
Ashley Kern

Staff Writer
Benjamin M. Adams

INSPIRATION Digital Editor

Cody Lee

Associate Publisher
Maxx Abramowitz
“I think a lot of people are suffering. And I think a lot of people are shut down due
Creative Director
to suffering because life brings suffering. And so to shut down or to disappear, or to Steven Myrdahl
dissolve, or to just be so still that you don’t exist, I think that that’s kind of a default
Art Director
for a lot of humanity. And that is coupled with very unhealthy food resources coupled Frank Max

with not having any connection to nature or the natural world.” Research Advisor
- Tina Gordon, cultivator and caretaker of Moon Made Farms Dr. Mitch Earleywine

Director of Competitions
Mark Kazinec
AS THE EDITOR IN CHIEF OF HIGH TIMES I FEEL LIKE I’VE In Humboldt, the plant spoke to me in a
completed a spiritual quest after my first deeper way than ever before. She called me Client Implementation
reporting trip to the Emerald Triangle. I’m back to continue aligning with those who have only Director
Anja Branković
home in Oakland, California but still smok- her best interest in heart.
ing regeneratively-grown flowers from the As I write this I’m using the consciousness Social Media Manager
heartland of American cannabis cultivation shift she brings to tune into what my body is Leo Rechetniak

and, frankly, that last puff of light-dep Jack telling me it needs, but also what I want to Chairman Emeritus
Herer from Moon Made Farms was inspiring. say to all of you. It is this: While suffering will Michael Kennedy
Everyone says they want to become a always be by our side, life also provides many
Founding Publisher/Editor
writer until it’s time to sit down and write. offerings towards an ascendant path ahead. Thomas King Forçade
Being in this post at this time and writing We need to utilize everything we can (1945–1978)
about cannabis in 2023 feels like being at to work towards collective healing. And for
Contributors
the top of a mountain. The world is accepting us, the wide community of cannabis-lovers Jimi Devine, Fralvez,
our truths about the benefits of this plant, but that continues to spread further across the Mary Jane Gibson,
adapting the culture around her to fit in their globe, one secret shortcut is smoking more Claudia Goetzelmann,
Javier Hasse, Paul
spreadsheets, in their culture. sungrown. Kirchner, Vanessa
Spending time in the hills of southern Lavorato, Mark Miller,
Humboldt County reminded me of the outlaw Amanda Reiman, Chris
Romaine, Jennifer
spirit that defines the beginnings of our his-
Skog, Wes Sumner,
tory with this plant. It reminded me that the JoJo Valente, Jane
best-tasting things on this earth grow wild Ellen Holland Vick, Claire Weissbluth,
Keegan Williams,
and free. Editor in Chief
PHOTO: CLAIRE WEISSBLUTH, @LA_OSA

Cory Wright.

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ascend, drawing them nigh unto the

This image harkens to the older issues of High
divine realm. A wondrous journey, where
Times with photos of Cannabis Cup-winning nugs mortal coil and celestial dance intertwine.
lined up neatly, side by side.

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12 HIGH TIMES // NOVEMBER 2023
 BY AMANDA REIMAN // CHIEF KNOWLEDGE OFFICER // NEW FRONTIER DATA CANNABUSINESS

Cannabis is widely Smoking flower is the most popular method of

consumption for women treating a health condi-
used by women tion or symptom (71%), followed by edibles (46%),
across the country to vaporizers (20%), topicals (17%), and dabbing con-
centrates (17%). It should be noted that, compared
WUHDWVSHFLŸFPHGLFDO to the general population of consumers, women
conditions. are using more topicals and dabbing more. This
could be because of the benefits of using topicals
on back pain and other localized issues related
RECENTLY A NEWS ARTICLE TOUTED THE FIRST EVER U.S. to women’s health conditions, and the need for
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved higher potency products to deal with a high level
medication for postpartum depression, a condi- of pain associated with some conditions.
tion that affects about one in every seven women The top five conditions for which women are
who give birth. Normal symptoms include loss using cannabis are painful periods (34%), heavy
of appetite, hopelessness, severe mood swings, bleeding (28%), menopause/perimenopause (27%),
insomnia, and more, but in extreme cases it can irregular periods/bleeding (23%), and PMS/PMDD
lead to self-harm and even harm of the baby. And (18%).
yet, we are just now establishing a treatment for The top five symptoms that women who are
this issue. treating a condition use cannabis for are back pain
On the same day I read that article I saw a (57%), mood changes (55%), sleep problems (51%),
commercial for a medication for men with crooked headaches (51%), and bloating (49%).
penises. While I am in no way saying that a crooked For women who are treating their conditions
penis condition should be overlooked or untreated, or symptoms with cannabis, 78% say that cannabis
it was a stark reminder at how women’s health is “extremely effective” or “effective” at treating
is not a priority in the U.S. It’s no wonder why their conditions/symptoms. Only 18% of women
many women seek alternative treatments for found that cannabis was “somewhat effective”
the conditions and symptoms specific to being (18%), and only 1% of women said it was “not
a biological female. effective at all.”
New Frontier Data’s 2023 Consumer Survey Women are no strangers to having to take care
looked into the cannabis practices around women’s of their own needs. In fact, many early cannabis
health. Unsurprisingly, women are using cannabis caregivers were women, and there are claims that
frequently to address a myriad of women-specific even Queen Victoria used cannabis to treat PMS
health conditions and symptoms and are finding symptoms in the late 1800s. Cannabis is an ancient
great success. Here are some of the highlights. medicine, and women’s health is an issue that has
In our sample of 889 female cannabis con- been around as long as women have. Thankfully,
sumers, 55% reported using cannabis with THC we will continue to support and educate each
specifically to treat a women’s health condition or other. That is the least we can do until our health
symptom related to a women’s health condition issues are as big of a priority in the medical world
and 18% said they use CBD-only products. as a crooked penis.

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 MARKET THMQ // BY MARK MILLER

HIGHEST 10 STATES

MARKET ANALYSIS
MARYLAND
$521
LA Baker

VERMONT
$480
Grimm Mints

Deep into the fall season, the price of pot across CALIFORNIA
America stabilized, rising just one dollar from last TOP 5 STRAINS Temptation
$480

month, to come in at $298 per average ounce

nationwide. This mild variation occurred despite 1 Green Crack 3 @ $242 WEST VIRGINIA
$440
wild fluctuations within specific markets, which Banana OG
balanced each other out in the end. Prices in the 2 Slapz 2 @ $341
South rose $25 per ounce to $308, which was FLORIDA
$440
neutralized by the West dipping $13 to $292, Dirty Little Secret
3 Durban Poison 2 @ $241
while the East dropped $11 to $293. For the Top
5, classic and relatively inexpensive sativa strains NEVADA
4 Blue Dream 2 @ $210 $434
dominated, with Green Crack taking the win Emergen C
and outperforming other mind-racers like Blue
Dream and Durban Poison. 5 Grandpa’s Cookies 2 @ $190 OHIO
$427
Fall ‘97

MISSOURI
$409
WINNERS Black Hole Sun

NEW MEXICO
$409
+4.64 Kenny Powers OG

INDIANA
$400
Pineapple Express

Constellation Brands Inc. NYSE: STZ $262.05 (+4.64)

LOWEST 10 STATES
Innovative Industrial Properties Inc. NYSE: IIPR $78.14 (+2.06) COLORADO
$99
Hype Train
Altria Group NYSE: MO $43.12 (+0.35)
NEW JERSEY
$125
Corbus Pharmaceutical Holdings Inc. NAS: CRBP $6.69 (+0.23) Girl Scout Cookies

Cara Therapeutics Inc. NAS: CARA $3.01 (+0.04) PENNSYLVANIA

$125
Blue Dragon

LOSERS OKLAHOMA
Durban Poison
$145

VIRGINIA
$150
King Louis

-1.16 NEW YORK

$180
Grandpa’s Cookies
AbbVie Inc. NYSE: ABBV $147.08 (-1.16)
HAWAII
$199
Grandpa’s Cookies
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC NAS: JAZZ $139.18 (-1.01)
ARKANSAS
Greenlane Holdings Inc. NAS: GNLN $0.75 (-0.02) $200
Green Crack

SNDL Inc. NAS: SNDL $1.72 (-0.01) WASHINGTON

$200
Blue Dream
GrowGeneration Corp. NAS: GRWG $2.65 (-0.01)
ILLINOIS
$219
Mr. Manhattan
STOCKS REPORTED AUGUST 23, 2023
14 HIGH TIMES // NOVEMBER 2023
 BRAND SPOTLIGHT

HARMONIZING
WITH HOME
DECOR

16 HIGH TIMES // NOVEMBER 2023 PHOTOS: JANE VICK

Chronic
Biophiliac brings
the beauty
of cannabis
indoors through
sophisticated
interior design.

by Ashley Kern

T H E T R A D I T I O N A L R E P R E S E N TAT I O N O F to nature. Rodebaugh has created a knowledge of legal requirements for

cannabis culture in home decor is a variety of sophisticated designs that commercial kitchens (such as building
timeless staple, including everything integrate cannabis leaves and flowers codes, fire code regulations, hazard-
from mind-bending psychedelic art into wallpapers, pillows, and other ous materials codes) and expanded
to Rastafari-inspired color schemes items, all of which are made with into cannabis manufacturing facility
and unique signage with phrases like eco-friendly materials. designs such as ethanol extraction
“It’s 4:20 somewhere.” While these Rodebaugh initially pursued her labs, and eventually kitchen design
designs will always be a classic part passion for interior design following for edibles manufacturing.
of cannabis culture, some brands her service in the U.S. Marines in the Rodebaugh’s work traveled full
are looking to give cannabis dec- 2000s. She attended San Francisco circle back to residential interior design
orations a renovation. With this in State University and obtained a degree career when her clients, the founders of
mind, artist and interior designer in interior design, all while being preg- cannabis edibles company KIVA, Scott
Sarah Rodebaugh created her brand, nant. She gave birth to her son during and Kristi Palmer, asked if she would
Chronic Biophiliac, to offer decor her last semester and right out of col- design their home. She searched for
alternatives inspired by biophilic lege, worked as a commercial kitchen wallpaper designs that would reflect
interior design, or design centered designer in Santa Rosa, California. In the Palmers’ lifestyle and work with
around our innate need to be close 2014, she used her experience and the cannabis plant. * *

HIGH TIMES // NOVEMBER 2023 17

 BRAND SPOTLIGHT

"BALANCE BEAM"

“Our mental and

physical well-being is
tied into our necessity
to be near nature in
whatever way that
occurs, whether that’s
actually outdoors,
or what they do in
biophilic interior design
or biophilic art.”
- Sarah Rodebaugh

for our residential lounge kind of area.’”

In 2020, Rodebaugh began to create
her own cannabis wallpaper designs
inspired by biophilic interior design.
“Our mental and physical well-being
is tied into our necessity to be near nature
in whatever way that occurs, whether
that’s actually outdoors, or what they do
in biophilic interior design or biophilic art,”
Rodebaugh explains. “They actually bring
the outdoors in with live plants or that
“We couldn’t find anything that was kind of thing, but [studies] have found that
just beautiful in regards to the canna- it’s also beneficial to your mental state, to
bis wallpaper or patterns or anything,” even have the imagery of those natural
Rodebaugh says. “There’s a lot of psyche- elements inside.”
delic and there’s a lot of like Rastafarian Rodebaugh’s first wallpaper included
and a lot of clip art and things like that, a geometrical design called “Balance
which all have their own merit, of course, Beam,” which features a simple triangular
but there wasn’t anything that [said], ‘Oh, pattern with cannabis leaves intersecting
this is just a really beautiful wallpaper at every corner. * *

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 BRAND SPOTLIGHT

“That particular pattern goes well in almost

any setting,” she says. “I mean, I love imagining
it in like a sophisticated library setting and the
darker tones, but you could put it in a midcen-
tury, you know, mid-modern environment, and
it goes really well.”
Rodebaugh hand draws or paints all the designs
for her brand, and then works with an illustrator
to help expand upon the original designs with
alternate color schemes. “California Vice,” one
of her bestselling designs, is inspired by William
Morris’s art nouveau design “Strawberry Thief”
(1883). Her version features an intricate pattern
of California-inspired elements, such as grizzly
bears, California poppies, mushrooms, grapes,
and cannabis leaves to tie it all together.
Another design, entitled “Cannouveau,” is a
glamorous 1950s-inspired art deco and art nou-
veau pattern with chinoiserie, the evocation of
Chinese motifs and techniques in Western art,
combined with cannabis leaves, poppy flowers,
and ginkgo leaves. All of her designs are available
as wallpaper, but some have also been adapted
to adorn pillows, canvas totes, bamboo trays,
and gift wrap.
In addition to producing refined designs for
cannabis consumers to enjoy, she also ensures
that all of her products are made with high quality
materials and come from trustworthy companies
whenever possible.
“I think my [product] lines stay small because
I’ve got really very high expectations on making
sure that I’m using eco-friendly and sustainable
and justice-oriented labor and that type of thing,”
Rodebaugh says.
Her wallpaper is sourced from a company
called Astek, based in Los Angeles, which pro-
duces wallpaper made from 100% Bristol paper
and contains no plastic additives, making it com-
postable and safe to throw away once removed.
Her pillowcases are made from 100% hemp
linen, and the interior casing and filling comes
from the Colorado-based American Down &
Feather, which uses ethically harvested duck
down and feathers. After the feather materials
are triple-washed and sanitized, they are tumbled
for hours to ensure they’re properly mixed, and
then packed into a 100% organic cotton casing.
“It’s really lovely to have been able to find
that and that just feels good sending that out into
the world, and it’s all really beautiful quality as
well,” Rodebaugh says.

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Rock
‘n’ Roll
Sungrown
from the garden beds is followed by a
Soul shaking tropical puff of this year’s light depriva-

celebrations tion-grown Hawaiian Fanta rolled into

a joint. Moon Made Farms continues a

with Moon longtime tradition of growing outdoor

cannabis in a place cannabis culture calls
Made Farms. “the hill.” Through cultivators and care-
takers of the land like Gordon, the stories
from this remote wilderness of Northern
by Ellen Holland California continue to reverberate, beating
like a drum for the few pot farmers who
ina Gordon’s conversations are pep- stick it out in southern Humboldt County
T pered with the energetic expression
“c’mon” as she bounces around the arid
in a now state-legal industry. Gordon—a
transplant from San Francisco who found
hillsides of her mountain farm. We’re her way to Humboldt through a magi-
dropping into terraced cannabis gardens— cal musical connection—joins farmers
the Homestead Garden, Serendipity, the in the heartland of California cannabis
Ancient Garden—in the afternoon heat of who continue to write legendary tales of
a late summer’s day baked in California the Emerald Triangle through their pas-
sunshine. The full-sensory experience at sion for the plant and the fullness of their
Moon Made Farms begins with the sweep- flowers. * *
ing views of the bullseye where Humboldt,
Mendocino, and Trinity counties meet.
This is the cradle of modern-day cannabis
cultivation, the world-famous Emerald
Triangle. Soon the fragrant aroma of lemon
verbena and the bright sour citrus taste
of purslane hit my senses as a cooling
breeze picks up and shakes the branches of
the 2023 cannabis harvest that’s growing
directly off of Gordon’s back deck. The
sharpness of wild arugula pulled straight

TINA GORDON WALKS THROUGH THE HOMESTEAD GARDEN.

PHOTO: CLAIRE WEISSBLUTH, @LA_OSA HIGH TIMES // NOVEMBER 2023 23

Some Like it Hot
“When you
grow up in
While technically in Garberville, Moon Made is located high
into the hills about 45 minutes from the small town found on
California’s Highway 101. Back in the 1970s and ’80s people
came to this remote area to build homesteads, with many
supporting their income via clandestine cannabis farming.
People like Joani Hannan and her partner Marion Cain
San Francisco,
cultivated cannabis plants here hidden under the shade of
oak and fir trees, sometimes even growing plants in the weed is all
around you
tree canopy. The outsider environment was a good fit for
Hannan, whose skill on the drums led to a lifetime spent
in the entertainment industry. Hannan, who passed away
in 2012, ran a nightclub in Garberville in the 1990s after
having success in Hollywood both onscreen and off—she’s
the jazz drummer in the all-women band featured in the
and weed
Marilyn Monroe classic Some Like it Hot. Hannan was the
owner of a lesbian bar Joani Presents in North Hollywood culture is all
around you,
during the 1960s and 1970s and ran several other gay-friendly
nightclubs in Southern California before purchasing the land
where Moon Made Farms is now located. Gordon calls the
spots on the farm where she’s found traces of Hannan and
Cain’s cannabis grows “heritage gardens,” and evokes "Joani's"
memory often.
but for me it’s
Gordon studied film at the University of California, Santa
Cruz and is also a drummer. She first met Hannan on the farm really about
counterculture.”
when Gordon was working on a video piece about a motorcy-
cle designer. The meeting was unforgettable. Gordon ended
up making a short film about Hannan’s life, Joani: Queen of
the Paradiddle.
Watching the film, the scenes that touched me most were
- Tina Gordon
the ones filmed in Gordon’s home where I’m staying overnight,
sleeping in the jam room right next to the drum set. The film
shows Hannan in the kitchen and in another room of the
house wearing her pajamas playing the drums. Gordon and Chris Raven Begnoche, her partner in the sense
“Be proud, be strong, be good at what you do, you’ll get of both business and love, Gordon never seems to slow
there,” Hannan says, reflecting back on a life where she was down. As a part of my visit she takes me to visit Heartwood
often forced to hide her true self. Mountain Sanctuary, an eco-retreat space that started as a
That same weekend Gordon met Hannan, she was intro- school for healing arts, and the New Harris General Store, a
duced to the people at Hannan’s neighboring farm, an encounter community hub that provides all sorts of offerings including
that started her journey in cannabis cultivation. Like Hannan, soil and vegetable starts. We also drop back into Garberville
Gordon’s life path led her to march to the beat of her own where Gordon joins in a meeting of cannabis farmers who
drum. She stopped touring with bands and started farming. are fighting together to preserve the livelihood of small farms
“I was there for an entire year watching this plant grow in the area against the threat of an anti-cannabis initiative
from seed to full expression,” Gordon says. “I fell in love with before attending a birthday party at Moon Made for one of the
this plant… When you grow up in San Francisco, weed is all cultivators who works on the farm. The celebration includes
around you and weed culture is all around you, but for me it’s Raven Begnoche’s unforgettable freshly baked farm-grown
really about counterculture. It’s about plant medicine, as it rhubarb pie and an orange moonset to end the evening shared
turns out. And it’s also about something totally different, it’s just with a cannabis breeder that Gordon frequently collaborates
more of a personal philosophy that is now being guided with with, Jesse Dodd of Biovortex. * *
this plant. This plant totally became my teacher, like for real.”
Over the course of two nights spent at Moon Made with JOANI HANNAN (LEFT) AND MARION CAIN

24 HIGH TIMES // NOVEMBER 2023 PHOTOS: COURTESY OF MOON MADE FARMS

HIGH TIMES // NOVEMBER 2023 25
 A CHERRY MOON
TRICHOME.

"I truly believe

this is the most
powerful plant
on the planet."
- Tina Gordon

26 HIGH TIMES // NOVEMBER 2023 PHOTO: CHRIS ROMAINE, @KANDIDKUSH

Care & Love & Art and “Type II.” Both of these designations refer to the can-
nabinoid content ratios present in certain types of cannabis.
The next morning after the party I wake up and go straight Three types of cannabis presented in an academic research
out onto the back deck to catch the view of Island Mountain, paper published in 1973—Type I, II, and III—offer an idea for
a place where a cloud inversion creates an island of land categorizing different types of the plant by their content, or
surrounded by morning fog. Dodd slept under the stars and ratio, of THC and CBD in varying concentrations. Type I is
is already there, puffing clouds. On the previous day’s tour I THC-dominant. Type II is CBD-forward with some THC, and
saw several Biovortex cultivars growing on the farm including Type III is CBD-only.
Sapphire Tsu, which is rich in the terpene terpinolene and CBD. As a part of their work together Dodd created Type II
I ask Dodd what he likes about Moon Made. strains high in CBD versus THC in ratios such as 3:1 and 2:1.
“Well the view right off the bat, but Tina’s energy and The THC element in the Sapphire Tsu comes from Black
the way they care for plants, the way they look integrated Sapphire (Black Dog crossed with Sapphire Scout and Holy
with the landscape,” he says. “They’re using [Moon Made] Crack, which is Big Sur Holy Weed x Green Crack). The plant’s
as a vehicle for kind of a rock and roll message too, but as CBD profile came when those heavy THC varieties were crossed
somebody who breeds seeds it’s such a good place to get to with a 20:1 Harle-Tsu, a Harlequin x Sour Tsunami bred by
see the work grown out.” the Southern Humboldt Seed Collective.
Dodd says at Moon Made the care the cannabis receives “Terpinolene is one of the terpenes with the most longevity
from the farmers, combined with the elevation and climate, I’ve seen,” Dodd says of Sapphire Tsu’s signature scent. “I’ve
allows the plants to “come to their potential.” seen an Athena Tsu from like five years ago that sat in a jar
“Especially because they’re growing with polyculture completely open and you could still smell the terpinolene. It
too—lots of flowers and insects—there’s definitely care and was bright, it didn’t really even age in the color.” * *
love and art put into growing these plants,” he says.
Dodd and Gordon’s relationship was sparked with a
LEFT: TINA GORDON IN THE ANCIENT GARDEN.
type of cannabis that they respectively call “mixed-ratio” RIGHT: SAPPHIRE TSU, BRED BY BIOVORTEX, CONTAINS A HIGH RATIO OF CBD.

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 PINEAPPLE WONDER

PHOTO: CHRIS ROMAINE, @KANDIDKUSH HIGH TIMES // NOVEMBER 2023 29

The Rambler
The one moment of my visit to Moon Made where I
remember Gordon slowing down slightly was when
we were sitting in the shade in a lower garden prop-
erty called Lunar Landing. Up until then she’s been
answering emails and taking phone calls while also
coordinating with all the cultivators that we’ve come
upon during our garden walks.
In front of us there’s a gray van parked on the
edge of the garden with the words “The Rambler”
painted on the side. The van was a mobile sound
stage which Gordon created with a $10,000 grant
from the San Francisco Arts Commission. It’s really a
mobile composition, Gordon explains, that involved
27 musicians following the trajectory of the sun as
expressed as beats per minute over the course of 12
hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“At the middle, so at noon on the autumnal equinox
of 2006, we’re at Twin Peaks, which is the highest
point in San Francisco, we started on the eastside at
Tire Beach and then ended on the Great Highway at
Noriega [street],” Gordon explains.

THE STALK OF A FULLSEASON PLANT

AT MOON MADE.
PINEAPPLE WONDER

PHOTO: CLAIRE WEISSBLUTH, @LA_OSA

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 PHOTO: CLAUDIA GOETZELMANN
TINA GORDON HARVESTS THE BIOVORTEX
CULTIVAR ORANGE VALLEY SUN.

As an outdoor cultivator Gordon is still very much

following the sun. But, even though it’s easy to focus
on the light, the trigger for cannabis plants to flower
is in the hours of uninterrupted darkness. The name
of Gordon’s farm, Moon Made, outlines the power she
also places in the impact of the moonlight.
Our moment of repose comes when I ask her
to speak about the divine feminine energy of the
cannabis plant.
“I truly believe this is the most powerful plant on
the planet,” Gordon says. “And I believe that the most
powerful plant on the planet expresses in a female
form. And I truly believe, c’mon, that what this plant
is teaching us—and here’s the consciousness shift
part—it’s like how does this plant make you feel?
“Does it perhaps make you feel introspective? Does
it help you engage all of your senses? Does it help you
engage yourself in a tactile world, a tactile reality?
Does it help you become a more considerate person
and consider others and have a sensitivity towards
others? Does it make you more aware of a life force?
“Does it make you more conscious of how you
are engaging with the world? Does it make you more
thoughtful about perhaps your responsibility in the
world? Does it help you slow down a little bit some-
times? Does it open you to receiving so that you can
function in the world in a way that you may never
have even thought was possible? Is this plant per-
haps all about creation and nurturing and life? And
isn’t it life affirming? And so I feel that this plant is
in its essence life affirming and will teach us how
to live.”

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 DRY
FARMING
IN
HUMBOLDT
32 HIGH TIMES // NOVEMBER 2023 PHOTOS: CLAIRE WEISSBLUTH, @LA_OSA
A small region along the
Eel River in Humboldt
County allows cultivators
to grow cannabis without
ever watering their plants.
BY JIMI DEVINE

Dry farms are rare in California, but the results

people like Chrystal Ortiz of High Water Farm
are able to pull off without watering their can-
nabis plants all summer are pretty amazing.
Sure it takes a Goldilocks type of microclimate
in the middle of Humboldt County just off
the Eel River—the same neighborhood that
hosts all the state’s dry cannabis farmers—but
what those farmers are able to do is pretty
impressive. It is certainly a leap of faith to start.
Ortiz described the trauma of her first season
trying dry farming as she watched the plants
wilt before they adjusted to their new life on
the dry farm, but it worked out. These days
she pumps a lot of the product coming out of
High Water Farm in bulk. She estimated about
70% percent of her product goes to brands
that will use the flower to fill their jars, and
the rest goes to hash companies. Dry-farmed
cannabis has crazy terpene profiles that make
for great hash.
Ortiz also holds back enough product to
make sure she has enough cannabis to run
great half-ounce deals at her shop, Herb &
Market Humboldt in Arcata, which she runs
when she isn’t splitting farm duties with her
husband Noah Beck.
“We’ve had great weather so far,” Ortiz told
High Times of the 2023 season. “We started
super late because the field was wet pretty
late. And so we didn’t get the plants in the
ground until a week after [summer] solstice.”
Moisture retention in dry cannabis farm-
ing is critical, but for young plants too much
moisture can still lead to a lot of issues. This
year, Humboldt’s rainy winter led to the latest
start at High Water Farm since they started
dry farming in 2018. * *

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DRY FA R M I NG I N H U M B OL DT

Why is the soil at High Water Farm so dope? Essentially

How Dry Farming Works the same thing happens on the Nile River in Egypt, where
every now and then a big flood deposits a massive layer of

T
he field, the quality of its soil, and the local micro- silt along the banks, a lot of the silt that washed down rivers
climate all play a massive role in what is happening in Humboldt includes sawdust from logging operations and
at High Water Farm. mills. The last big flood in 1964 left a 10- to 15-foot layer of
Ortiz explained that dry farming is ideal in their area silt along the Eel River’s shores where the farm sits.
because the undisturbed redwood trees hold the water table, Ortiz said while they don’t find many rocks when they
or the layer of water underneath the soil, in place. prepare the field each spring, old branches from past floods
“When you come in from the coast and you get to the very seem to work their way back up through the soil. They’ve
first Avenue of the Giants exit, you get just past the fog bank,” taken to building little shrines with redwood branches that
Ortiz said. “And then you’ve got old-growth redwoods that they discover around the farm.
are like holding the water table. That’s really what I think is The silt, in addition to the alfalfa-eating goats, is the back-
happening between the river and the old-growth redwoods bone of the farm’s plant nutrition profile.
on the Giants. They’re keeping water in the water table. So “It’s just this kind of little Goldilocks zone where the river
the fir isn’t drinking them all up like everywhere else where meanders through and it’s coming out just about sea level.
there’s been so much heavy logging, and we get that 20 to We’re almost at sea level and so [the river is] coming out to the
30 degrees warmer than the coast. Yet, we’re still like 10 to mouth pretty soon and it’s just swift and cold,” Ortiz said. * *
15 degrees cooler than Garberville.”
Every day the sun heats the soil, releasing stored up mois-
ture from the night before and the morning fog. That moisture
travels up through the roots and hydrates the plant, which
keeps the soil ridiculously soft.
First, the soil is prepped in the winter. It will need to hold
all the nutrients that the cannabis plants will require to get
through the season since they won’t be getting watered. One
of the things in Ortiz’s favor is that the property is on an old
alfalfa farm. Alfalfa is popular as a cover crop to help improve
soil quality for cannabis farmers that plant straight into the
soil. Ortiz and Beck grow alfalfa in the winter and then till it
into the soil in the spring to help the soil hold nitrogen. They
also use goats to eat the cover crops, and their droppings get
tilled back into the already awesome soil.

CHRYSTAL
ORTIZ
OF HIGH
WATER
FARM.

HIGH
WATER
FARM'S
CANNABIS
THRIVES
EVEN
WITHOUT
FREQUENT
WATERING.

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DRY FA R M I NG I N H U M B OL DT

A Rare Breed

O
rtiz estimates there are about six per-
mitted dry cannabis farms in the entire
state, and they are all located on either
side of the river in her neighborhood. Some of
her dry-farming compatriots nearby include
Sensiboldt as well as longtime farmers Rosie
Reynolds and Beth Dunlap. Better known as
Farmer Beth, Dunlap has been cultivating on
her dad’s old farm for 38 years, it’s where she
grew up.
These three farms—High Water Farm,
Sensiboldt Organics, and Cann-Do Altitude—
collaborate on the Dry Farm Cannabis brand
together.
“And we put a lot of stuff out under Dry Farm
Cannabis, we put pre-rolls out, we put jarred
weed out, we put bulk weed out,” Ortiz said. “And
CHECKING OUT
Always Improving CANNABIS ON THE
HIGH WATER FARM
so that’s kind of an exciting collab because then
HOMESTEAD. between the three of us we can vend directly to

E
very year there is still room for improve- consumers at different events and stuff.”
ment. This year features some new Ortiz said part of the reason it’s exciting is
hardware from one of the neighbors, a because it’s just more fun and easier to not have
transplanter tool, that made getting the plants to be out there tooting your own horn. You can
NEAT ROWS OF
in the ground a cinch. CANNABIS PULL make a space and share it and each rep for each
MOISTURE FROM DEEP
“It was even crazier than usual where we WITHIN THE SOIL. other. * *
have our plants and little foragers and we shook
all the dirt off and had them bare root exposed,”
Ortiz said. “We just pulled the transplanter behind
and dropped the plants in the trowel, and they
planted. We planted the whole 20,000 square
feet in less than six hours.”
When planting they will mix a little a handful
of TerraVesco worm compost and some sort of
good organic dry amendments. In the past they
have also included Perfect Blend, Dr. Earth, or
Royal Gold. Royal Gold has a new product called
Crown Jewels that Ortiz used last year. After a little
handful in the planting hole, and that’s it for the
whole season. Ortiz estimates she only bought
10 or 12 small bags of amendments this year.
We asked what has changed the most about
her mentality as she heads into her sixth season
without any irrigation for her plants. She was
quick to point to the deficiencies in the market
that prevent her from going crazy with a bunch
of different strains.
“The game has changed so much like trim,
people need 200 pounds of one varietal,” Ortiz
said. “We’ve really had to scale back on the
excitement around a bunch of different flavors
as weed smokers and realize we need to do what
does really well in the dry farm.”

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“We’ve really had to scale back on the
excitement around a bunch of different flavors
as weed smokers and realize we need to do
what does really well in the dry farm.”
- Chrystal Ortiz

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 CHRYSTAL ORTIZ BEAMS
WITH PRIDE AMIDST HER
CANNABIS PLANTS.

times in the county.

Holding Space for Small Farms & “They went into the community and they lied to the
Saving Humboldt community to get enough signatures,” Ortiz alleged. “It was
pro-cannabis for farms 10,000 square feet or below only

A
fter spending many years deep in the heart of and blah, blah, blah, and turns out that they got enough
Humboldt County politics as legal cannabis emerged, signatures to get it off the ballot through nefarious ways.
Ortiz now considers her main activism as the dis- And now [the ballot initiative] is a really poorly written,
pensary, Herb & Market Humboldt, where she holds space really devastating proposition that threatens every single
for those small farms trying to hold on. legal farm in Humboldt County.”
“We don’t have a ton of customers. We’re not super busy. One of the scariest things about the initiative is it would
But you know, there’s also like 100 dispensaries in Humboldt become statutory law that would require another election to
County and it’s like selling sand at the beach,” Ortiz said. change. Some of the bad ideas include banning additional
“But it is a space where farmers can learn. They can directly structures on cannabis farms, so cultivators wouldn’t be
interact with consumers and see why their packaging doesn’t able to make any changes such as installing water tanks or
work. Why their labeling doesn’t work.” solar panels. Arguably the most devastating part of all would
Ortiz’s dispensary allows farmers to have an experience be that the initiative would only allow for one cultivation
that’s really hard for them to get outside of the region in the permit per person per parcel, affecting many people who
protected environment Ortiz offers and then go do events in have spent years building out onsite distribution or manu-
other places down south where the direct-to-consumer cash is. facturing. The initiative would ruin them and the county’s
“So they get to try it here and I see them. I see it work,” cannabis industry.
Ortiz emphasized. The HCRI ballot initiative is slated to appear on the March
While Ortiz has enjoyed helping out local cultivators, 2024 ballot. Ortiz went as far as to say that it will be the end
she expects things to ramp up politically over the coming of Humboldt County’s licensed cannabis industry if it passes.
months as Humboldt County looks like it will have a cul- There are so few licensed farmers right now as so many have
ture-shifting ballot initiative that could damn the county’s already gone out of business. Ortiz thinks it’s going to be hard
cannabis industry forever. to see how much compassion we have from the cannabis
Humboldt’s cannabis farmers allege that the ballot ini- community about keeping farms alive. She plans to talk to
tiative, currently labeled the Humboldt Cannabis Reform other business owners and note that if they support HCRI
Initiative (HCRI), was written by NIMBYs in Kneeland, there won’t be any cannabis dollars left to spend at their
California that are anti-cannabis and are way behind the establishments, period.

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BLUE DREAM
JAH GOO
THE SECOND ACT // B-SIDE
November 2023 // Volume #574

ON THE BACK
COVER

46
Smoking Shots
JoJo Valente is a portrait photographer who
specializes in capturing the personalities of
influential movers and shakers within the
cannabis community. Her work evokes feelings
of empowerment through clouds of smoke.

54
Empowering Choice
Sara Payan is a cancer survivor, cannabis
advocate, educator, and policy influencer who
is dedicated to promoting the medical benefits
of cannabis. As the host of the podcast
Planted with Sara Payan, she regularly
interviews famous and influential individuals
such as musicians and legislators on the topic
of cannabis education and policy.

Passion Projects
Take a journey into the minds of four brilliant
creatives who are dedicating their lives to
cannabis in a variety of ways.

ILLUSTRATION: FRALVEZ, @FRALVEZ

58
Profound Parallels
Visionary artist Allyson Grey has spent a
lifetime creating a variety of conceptual

DEPARTMENTS abstract paintings. Grey’s artistic career

explores the deep meaning of secret words
PHOTOS: JOJO VALENTE, @THEJOJOSNAPS, COURTESY ALLYSON GREY

she witnessed while dropping LSD in 1971 and

has earned respect in the art community as a
72 HIGHWITNESS NEWS mentor, public speaker, and co-founder of the
Veteran-owned Off The Charts Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in New York.
Dispensary and High Five

78 GEAR
ASK DR. MITCH
66
80 Cannabis in the Kitchen
Vanessa Lavorato is an expert when it comes to
infusing food with cannabis. From developing
83 D O PE R ID ER her infused chocolates brand, Marigold Sweets,
her extensive work on Bong Appétit, and most
recent subscription project, The Edibles Club,
Lavorato works to demystify edibles for home
chefs and bakers everywhere.
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 The Women’s Issue

SMOKING
SHOTS
JoJo Valente captures the growing
cannabis community through the
Puff Portrait series.
By Keegan Williams

JoJo Valente, a.k.a.

The JoJoSnaps, has
found her place in
cannabis through
photography, using
her craft to share
the many stories and
characters throughout
the cannabis industry
and broader community.
(5–?9@1),21)69*A
“What I actually her Puff Portraits
love to capture, series began in 2020,
and what I’m and since then, she’s
passionate
about, is captured some of the
personalities.” most notable people in
«
– JoJo Valente the culture.

46 HIGH TIMES // NOVEMBER 2023 Photos: JoJo Valente, @thejojosnaps

«
JoJo Valente's self portrait in
her Puff Portraits series.

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 The Women’s Issue Smoking Shots

Valente was a “closet cannabis user,” who embraced the

Pot Meets “stoner artist crowd” in college and wondered if and how can-
Portraits nabis use fit within a professional role. After having her second
child, and subsequently questioning where her creative career
was headed, she befriended a number of cannamoms and cre-

N
ow based in Huntington Beach, California, Valente fell ated JoJoSnaps, her alter ego and the moniker behind her weed
in love with photography during her freshman year of photographer identity.
high school. After securing a marketing degree from During a February 2020 trip with her friends for a San
California State University, Chico and a photography degree Francisco cannabis wedding expo, the group found themselves in
from Orange Coast College, she traveled the world taking photos a cherry blossom field and Valente captured her first Puff Portrait.
while searching for her specific niche. “It was this influencer, The Mommy Jane, and I took a photo
“What I actually love to capture, and what I’m passionate of her consuming,” she said. “When you consume, the first thing
about, is personalities,” she said. “When I’m looking back on the you think about is blowing clouds. So that very first Puff Portrait
photo, it’s not just a very well-manicured, properly lit photo of is almost a diffused photo where you can’t see a face because
a beautiful person; it’s something where you want to look at it it’s just that cloud. That was the first one, and then the world
«
longer and you want to know the story behind it.” closed down.”

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«

«
Anjela (Koala Puffs) Curtis Ducart (Sturt's Doinks) Drew Coggio (Green Dawg Cultivators)

Ryan Bartholomew (Doja Pak)

“I love
making
people feel
empowered,
and pretty
strong and
masculine
and however
they take
« it. I just
Grasshoppa (Luxe Rolls)

love invoking
those
feelings.”
– JoJo Valente
«

Turtle (Turtle Pie Co.) Ted Lidie (Alien Labs) Luna Stower (Ispire)
«

«
Juan Quesada (Backpack Boyz) JoJoSnaps (Self Portrait) Nicki Polley (Preferred Gardens) Halle Pennington (Humboldt Seed Company)
«

Shant Damirdjian (Fidels Worldwide) Freddie Bigg (SF Canna)

«
?1;,(4)h)—.5);5?i Mandee Bence, Jason Blake (Broken Promises Co.)
 The Women’s Issue Smoking Shots

The Dance
of Smoke

V
alente started toying with cannabis photography
and found that taking a Puff Portrait involved far
more than simply taking a snapshot of someone
getting high. There was a coaching aspect, a method to ensure
these pictures are truly beautiful. There’s a difference between
blowing a cloud and letting the heat rise out of your mouth,
allowing the smoke to dance, she said.
“I really got obsessed with the unknown elements that
the smoke was creating,” Valente explained.
She then began playing with the shutter speed, lighting,
shadows—simply leaving room for experimentation. Once
the world opened up again, she sold her portraits as an acti-
Puff, Puff,
vation at events. Pass
“As an event photographer, you’re not valued as much in
the industry,” she said. “I hate to say that, but that’s just how it

V
is. You know, everybody has an iPhone. Everyone thinks that alente now sees her presence all over the professional
event coverage is just an afterthought, but I noticed people cannabis space, as dozens of industry players have
were paying a lot for these activations.” maintained their Puff Portrait as their profile photo
Puff Portraits grew into an experience for the cannabis on social media.
community that gathered at events and Valente saw how “I’ve created a repeatable process,” Valente said. “The
much empowerment her photos provided. She compared the goal is more cultures, more brands, more events. It’s time to
reactions she gets to a bride seeing wedding photos, but Puff make it bigger than myself.”
Portraits aren’t premeditated—folks don’t expect to get one. Puff Portraits is now trademarked, and Valente is working
“To show up to an event, to support a friend or a brand as director of marketing at SHO Companies, an umbrella
or as a girls’ night out or whatever the case may be, and then corporation specializing in manufacturing, distribution,
to come home with this actual piece of ad-worthy artistry of retail, and product development for the cannabis industry.
yourself for no cost; the way people accept it and are taken The company is overseeing Puff Portraits as a joint venture.
back by it, that’s the most humbling,” she said. Valente has trained a number of photographers on her
process and is expanding, ready to show off the different
faces and forms the community takes, and she’s eager to
continue expanding beyond the West Coast. Her current role
as an executive in the cannabis space reflects the grit and
tenacity she embraced when the series was in its infancy.
“I’m literally telling [male cannabis professionals] what
they’re doing wrong and how to make it better, in a way
where they need to receive it, turn it on and not be like, ‘Who
does she think she is?’ I would never question them on their
cultivation or their brand or whatever, but this is my lane,”
she said. “Having the confidence to be able to do that in
these settings, I feel like it was kind of the golden key to the
industry. It smashed down so many doors for me.”
Valente admitted that you’re only as good as your next
great idea, and she’s ready for Puff Portraits to head off on
its new path.
“I’m humbled by all of it,” she said. “I love making people
feel empowered, and pretty strong and masculine and however
they take it. I just love invoking those feelings.”

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 The Women’s Issue

Podcaster and educator

Sara Payan believes in the
therapeutic value of cannabis.
By Javier Hasse

Initially sparked by youthful curios-

ity, her engagement with the plant
took on an intensely personal and
transformative dimension in her 30s.
Confronted with a diagnosis of stage
III colon cancer, Payan grappled with

E
very individual’s cannabis the dual challenges of the disease itself
journey has a distinctive and and the debilitating aftermath of che-
often unforgettable begin- motherapy. Cannabis became her safe
ning. For Sara Payan, her intricate place, alleviating the intense pain and
relationship with cannabis bloomed overpowering nausea. That life-chang-
during her inquisitive teenage years. ing event led to Payan’s path towards
cannabis education and advocacy.
With her podcast, Planted with
Sara Payan, she’s featured a con-
fluence of diverse voices including
musicians David Crosby and Steven
Van Zandt as well as policymak-
ers like Rep. Earl Blumenauer. Her
journey in the cannabis industry has
included educating others about the
benefits of the plant and advocating
for patients on city and state advisory
boards. Payan’s growing legacy hints
at a promising future when cannabis
is celebrated for its immense poten-
«
tial.

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 «Podcaster Sara Payan
in her element.

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 The Women’s Issue Empowering Choice

“Responsible
journalism is
paramount in
ensuring that
the true essence
of cannabis and
its community is
portrayed.”
– Sara Payan

hematology oncology nurse, provided her with a

unique perspective. This familial bond armed her
with an early appreciation of the many benefits
of cannabis, especially in managing debilitating
symptoms.
During Payan’s intensive cancer treatment, her
interactions with dispensaries revealed a stark
concern: the evident dearth of comprehensive
consumer education.
“I didn’t feel empowered in my choices,” she says.
One particular incident, where inadequate guid-
ance on edible consumption led to an overwhelming
high during a medical consultation, was especially
A illuminating. These experiences, far from being
isolated personal setbacks, underscored a broader
Catalyst challenge faced by people who turn to cannabis for

for its use as a medicine.

As director of education and public education offi-
Change cer for the Apothecarium in San Francisco, California,
Payan was able to focus on her mission to address

P
ayan utilized medical cannabis in her the prevalent knowledge gap surrounding medicinal
cancer recovery and to combat the effects use of the plant. Alongside educational endeavors,
of chemotherapy, but her insights into she championed the principle of compassionate
the therapeutic potential of cannabis were not use and conceptualized and rolled out a pioneering
just borne out of personal experience. Her family program offering free cannabis to the critically and
background, especially her mother’s immersion chronically ill, especially those from economically
in medical research as a cancer investigator and constrained backgrounds.

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 a fresh channel in her podcast, Planted with Sara Payan
Podcaster, which began in 2019. The central ethos of Payan’s podcast is
Writer, clear: to cultivate informed, open dialogues about cannabis.
“We’re really talking about education, policy,” she says,
Advocate, spotlighting the need to challenge prevailing stigmas and
outdated notions.
& Consultant Despite the advancements in legalization, misinforma-
tion, especially in mainstream media, remains a pressing

W
hile Payan’s contributions at the dispensary level concern for Payan.
were undeniably impactful, she recognized an over- “A lot of the stuff coming out of the mainstream press
arching need for systemic reform. This realization isn’t necessarily correct,” she says.
propelled her into the arena of policymaking. To counteract these skewed narratives, Payan has written
“I decided to get involved in policy and I was one of the for various publications ensuring that nuanced perspectives
co-chairs for the legalization task force for San Francisco,” reach a wide audience. Down this line, she underscores the
Payan says. pivotal role journalists play in crafting narratives.
But her advocacy didn’t end there. Representing medical “Responsible journalism is paramount in ensuring that
cannabis patients, she emerged as a vital voice on the San the true essence of cannabis and its community is por-
Francisco Cannabis Oversight Committee and the California trayed,” she says.
Cannabis Advisory Committee. Apart from her podcast, Payan has carved a niche as a
“The biggest thing was helping city officials really take respected consultant in the cannabis space. Her blend of
it seriously and understand that this is a viable industry, personal experiences and professional acumen positions
and all the amazing things that it can create for not only her uniquely, allowing her to provide invaluable insights.
the people working in it but for the public,” Payan says. “We In her view, empathy in the cannabis industry is paramount
have a lot of work to do still.” and requires a consumer-centric approach rooted in under-
As Payan’s commitment continued to grow, she found standing and compassion.
 The Women’s Issue

«Visionary artist
Allyson Grey.

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 PROFOUND
PARALLELS
The psychedelic art of Allyson Grey
explores timeless themes.
By Benjamin M. Adams

Visionary art aims to transcend the

boundaries of the physical realm to
portray a wider view of awareness
"New Chaos"
2020, oil on wood, 48 x 48 in. through mystical and spiritual themes.
Visionary artist Allyson Grey is a
conceptual abstract painter whose work
is inspired by these themes, and believes
parallels between contemporary visionary
art and ancient art can be found
everywhere.
Allyson Grey has spent decades
exploring her work as a visionary
artist, which stems from a life-changing
@?1/=(5?59(5–?9@58/5?15);5-
“secret writing.” Along with her husband
and fellow visionary artist Alex Grey,
she co-founded the Chapel of Sacred
Mirrors (CoSM), a transdenominational
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in New York state.

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Visionary art also progressed through the Middle

Ages, particularly with female mystics such as
"Complementary Planned Randomness"
2018, oil on wood, 30 x 30 in. Hildegard of Bingen, who created the “Universal
Man” illustration (c. 1165 C.E.), which is cosmic and
geometric in nature and shares many similarities
with Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” (c. 1490
C.E.), but predates it by hundreds of years.
“Hildegard of Bingen had visions and had others
paint them to her specifications and under her instruc-
tion,” Allyson Grey says. “Artworks by Hildegard are
some of the most exquisite that exist from her time.
Hildegard von Bingen described ‘fingers of fire’ that
came from heaven, coursing through her and into
her mind’s eye. Descriptions were then portrayed
by monastery and convent artists.”
Allyson Grey also admires the work of Catherine
of Bologna (c. 1413-1463 C.E.) who was a follower
of St. Francis of Assisi (c. 1181-1226 C.E.). She was a
writer, teacher, mystic, and artist who was canon-
ized, or declared a saint, 250 years after her death.
She is now known as the patron saint of artists and
against temptations.
Throughout periods in history, women with
mystical strengths were cast as witches and visions
were declared demonic, while a double standard

“Words and art point

From Past to profound higher
to Present consciousness…
Psychedelic
A
ncient art infuses psychedelic, primordial
elements that trickle into the framework of experiences, however,
contemporary art, including Allyson Grey’s are ineffable and
work, which incorporates elements of sacred geom-
etry, symbols, illuminated manuscripts, and what
both unique and
she calls “secret writing.” relational. All
Allyson Grey’s recurring motifs include images polarities dissolve
of the realms of heaven and hell, abstract visions
and portrayals of inner realms, cosmograms and
in a mystical
mandalas, and sacred geometry, which she describes spiritual episode.”
as “visions of worlds inside of worlds and charts - Allyson Grey
of the cosmos.”
One example of ancient art with these themes can
be seen in the Tassili cave painting (c. 7,000–5,000 developed in regards to men who made similar
B.C.E.). The painting was found in a Neolithic site in claims. The divine feminine, on the other hand, is
modern-day Algeria and depicts an animal-human the idea that a celestial feminine counterpart exists
hybrid with a feathered headdress (or possibly horns to the typical patriarchal order in religion. It’s a
or antennae) sprouting mushrooms and holding theme that can be interpreted in Allyson Grey’s work.
more mushrooms with a hive-like patterned surface. “Divine feminine spirituality has only ever been
Allyson Grey describes this noteworthy piece as demonized by men, which is, of course, abhorrent,”
“an animal-human hybrid in contact with a mystic she says. “God is One. God is not two. God has no
symbol when in contact with a psychedelic fungi.” gender or face. God is within.”

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spiritual awakening. From Ram Dass’s book, I heard

the recommendation to find a place to learn how to
meditate and I did. Still a student, I became a vege-
tarian, worked in an Indian restaurant, did yoga, went
to meditate with the Yogi Bhajan community on the
weekends and sought out a new group of friends. Alex
and I still do yoga and meditate daily.”
During psychedelic experiences—most notably
LSD—some people describe how characters and words
of their native language suddenly look foreign or say
that they see them from an entirely new perspective.
“Secret writing has been reported by many psy-
chonauts,” Allyson Grey says. “Of the infinite variety of
symbols I witnessed, I made art and eventually selected
an alphabet of 20 letters and arranged them in a chosen
mantric order. Secret writing in my art is meant to be
untranslatable and unpronounceable. Their meaning is
ineffable. Symbols are how we perceive and interpret
all things. Our minds translate meaning through our
unique life experience.”
"Rainbow Cross" It’s difficult to explain a psychedelic experience
2022, oil on wood, 40 x 40 in.
within the limit of language.
“Words and art point to profound higher conscious-
ness,” Allyson Grey says. “[Greek poet] Sappho and
[French writer] Anaïs Nin wrote beautiful interpreta-
An tions. Psychedelic experiences, however, are ineffable

Awakening and both unique and relational. All polarities dissolve

in a mystical spiritual episode.”
«
A
cross the centuries, countless artists have
explored the themes of psychedelic art though "Complementary Mandala 1"
2016, oil on wood, 24 x 24 in.
exploring their inner selves and depicting spir-
itual realms. For Allyson Grey and her art, the recurring
element of “secret writing” is rooted in deep meaning.
Allyson Grey experienced her first psychedelic trip
in 1969 and spent three years afterward dropping acid.
In 1971, she read Be Here Now by Ram Dass, which
inspired her to experience the effects of LSD while
in a dark room. The experience altered the course of
her life as she bore witness to a spiritual awakening.
“Lying on my bed, I witnessed secret writing wash-
ing over my body, over the surface of the bed and the
spare furnishings,” Allyson Grey recalls. “Secret writing
wafted through the air in ribbons and streamed over
the ceiling and down the walls. Infinite letters made
of light defined the material world of ‘things.’ It spoke
to me in an unpronounceable language.”
She continues, “The thought that first came to me
when I saw secret writing was, ‘This is what people
call God.’ Until then, never having known God, I might
have considered myself a Jewish agnostic. After that
journey, I could not deny God. It caused an existential
shift that I could not share with my Marxist revolution-
ary friends who would have been cynical toward this

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10-and-a-half-foot-tall frames.”
The series was first exhibited at The New Museum in
Manhattan in February 1986. In 1996, the Chicago collec-
tor’s daughter funded the legal work for CoSM to become a
Church of nonprofit with the mission to “build an enduring sanctuary
of visionary art to uplift a global community.”
the Sacred In December 2003, a shaman told the Greys they should
start full moon ceremonies to pray for the CoSM to be mani-
Mirrors fested. In April 2004, the club owner of Spirit New York gifted
them a floor in his building on 27th street, which was filled

C
oSM has grown over the past several decades. On with debris and was home to nothing but scrap metal and
June 3, 1976, the Greys shared an LSD experience cars in disrepair. There, they rented a 12,000-square-foot
that they perceived as a simultaneous shared vision floor, and built the first CoSM NYC. After five years of success,
seen from two separate perspectives. their block became crowded with clubs, cafes, and galleries.
“It changed our art, which became devoted to portraying “When the five-year lease ended, our rent would quin-
that vision and subsequent journeys,” Allyson Grey says. tuple,” Allyson Grey says.
In 1978, the Greys arranged a public performance event To build a sanctuary that would last, they had to purchase
called Life Energy. As a part of the performance Alex Grey drew land. Through searching findthedivine.com, Alex Grey identified
two life-sized charts with black ink on heavy paper. One repre- the only retreat center for sale at the time on the East Coast—65
sented the nervous system of a man, miles north of Manhattan, 1,500 feet
the other portrayed the metaphysi- from the Hudson River, and walking
"Jewel Net of Indra"
cal systems of the body—including 1988, oil on wood, 40 x 40 in. distance from a MetroNorth station.
acupuncture points, meridian lines, It came with six rundown buildings
auras, and chakras. Those attending and a barn, and they managed to get
the performance were then invited a mortgage and began rebuilding.
to stand before these drawings and “After sur-thriving for 13 years,
mirror their life energy system in COVID blessed us with the time to
those two ways, to feel the reso- finally complete all that was required
nance of the invisible forces within. to receive a certificate of occupancy
“On our walk home from the on transforming the 1882 carriage
performance, we evaluated the house into a 12,000-square-foot
overall success of the evening and exhibition space we called Entheon,
I said to Alex, ‘People really loved the CoSM and three floors of vision-
the charts. You should make a series ary art,” Allyson Grey says.
of oil paintings of the body, mind During the pandemic, CoSM
and spirit of an individual,’” Allyson continued an unbroken chain of full
Grey says. “Alex concluded that he moon ceremonies by broadcasting
should embark on the project and online and on the full moon, June
include the systems of the body, the 3, 2023, CoSM reopened after three
races, and the spiritual archetypes years of having had no visitors. Over
of world religions. The name ‘Sacred Mirrors,’ Alex has often 130 online programs later, with CoSM memberships increas-
said, was what I named them.” ing worldwide fivefold the size prior to COVID, CoSM is now
In 1985, a Chicago collector offered them money, “more celebrating in person CoSM full moon ceremonies in Entheon.
money than we’d ever conceived of,” Allyson Grey remem- Both Allyson and Alex Grey teach a course on sacred geom-
bers, to purchase the series which, at that time, included etry (the study of the spiritual meaning of shapes) at CoSM
about 17 to 18 paintings. The Greys agreed to sell them, and covering the golden proportion and other facets of sacred
they signed a contract. geometry, sometimes shared via a virtual stream. It’s also a
“The collector also offered us our first dose of MDMA— common element in many of their paintings.
pharmaceutical grade,” Allyson Grey says. “MDMA was legal “There must be perceptual mechanics that plot the fabric
and he had gotten the doses from his psychiatrist. Three days of space,” says Allyson Grey, speaking of sacred geometry.
later, we took the medicine and had a vision of a Chapel “In our deepest states of bliss, we intuit cosmic structures.
of Sacred Mirrors, realizing that we couldn’t sell the series That is how Pythagoras and Plato, who both had psychedelic
and broke our agreement with the collector. In our Brooklyn experiences in the Eleusinian mysteries because they saw
«
basement, we immediately embarked on sculpting the 21 them in visionary worlds.”

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in many states offer these courses of study and more forward

thinking, open-minded subjects. We all wish transformation
moved faster, but we are grateful to have been able to live long
enough to see psychedelic science becoming more acceptable,
The Power of treatments offered for many of the mental and emotional ills
that we always knew would be benefitted by these substances.”
Psychedelics Cannabis is also a recurring theme in Allyson Grey’s cur-
riculum. On her blog, she reports that she sees cannabis as a
Allyson Grey believes that LSD changed the course of American sacrament that is best used to increase spirituality, and to a
history and relishes the fact that psychedelics are now becoming lesser extent, creativity. She welcomes the changes in world
more socially acceptable. policy surrounding cannabis.
“When Alex and I were in college there was barely a col- “To see cannabis legalized in so many states and countries
lege or university that offered a course in ecology, in women’s is very heartening,” Allyson Grey says. “Many of us have been
studies, Black American history, and Native American history,” outlaws for most of our lives. Relief is in sight to end the War
she says. “Now, the majority of schools and even public schools on Drugs.”

"New Order 2"

2019, oil on wood, 48 x 48 in.
“To see cannabis
legalized in so many
states and countries is
very heartening. Many
of us have been outlaws
for most of our lives.
Relief is in sight to
end the War on Drugs.”
- Allyson Grey

"Realms of the Unpronounceable"

2015, oil on wood, 48 x 24 in.

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GANJA GOURMET
CANNABIS IN
THE KITCHEN
Vanessa Lavorato cooks up Romulan, smacked her in the face.
“I was like, this is something, because it scared me
original edibles. a little bit, but I like that,” she laughs.
Her interest in edibles was initially piqued when her
mom cautioned her by recounting a familiar tale: the
pot brownie that got her way too high, for way too long.
Lavorato rose to what she interpreted as a challenge
by Mary Jane Gibson
by baking an infused apple pie.
“And that first edible high, I learned it lasts a lot
T H E AT M O S P H E R E I N VA N E S S A L AV O R AT O ’ S K I T C H E N I S longer. I remember going to work the next day. I was
cheerful and toasty. She’s filming a recipe for her newest so high, it was coming out of my pores.”
subscription venture, The Edibles Club, and before she Her manager sent her home.
starts baking, she’s got to get baked. “It took me a couple of days to get it out of my
“We’ve gotta do some weed math, so light the joint, system,” she says. “I was like, holy… this is very, very,
’cause you know that always helps me with math,” very different from smoking.”
Lavorato says to her friend, artist Niki Ford, as she She’s unimpressed by people eating huge amounts
weighs out a gram of Mango Haze to infuse a vegan of THC, however.
baked banana cake. “That kind of pressure to eat high doses, I hope that
She rattles off her calculation: 1 gram of 25% THCA goes away, and we have more acceptance that all of our
flower equals 250 mg THCA; accounting for a 20 percent bodies are different. I think this competitive nature of,
loss, that’s around 200 mg THC after decarboxylation ‘How much can you smoke? How much can you eat?’
and infusion. I don’t know, it just feels like part of the patriarchy.”
“What do you think?” she asks Ford, who has lit the Her eyes twinkle as she says this, but I get the sense
joint as asked, and is happily puffing away. “When I that she’s dead serious. I’m beginning to understand
heard you start talking about math I just checked out,” that this is very much her thing: she’s a whole lot of fun,
Ford says. No matter—Lavorato is confidently in charge, with an academic bent, which makes sense since she
and obviously having a good time. graduated from the University of California, Berkeley
It’s that whole vibe that’s made Lavorato one to with a degree in art history.
watch. Many folks know her as the resident culinary After her studies, Lavorato was compelled to marry
expert on Viceland’s Bong Appétit, while San Franciscans her love for cooking and cannabis with her talents as a
and Angelenos fell in love with her as the confectioner saleswoman, launching Marigold Sweets in 2010 when
behind Marigold Sweets, her line of handcrafted infused she was working at a high-end clothing boutique in
chocolates. San Francisco. She procured cold-water hash from a
“Meet the chic cannabis chocolatier who will change grower in Humboldt County and started making edibles
the way you think about edibles,”Vogue wrote in a for the store’s clients, experimenting with caramels and
glowing profile of Lavorato in 2016. Nowadays you can chocolates, teaching herself about decarboxylation and
join her Patreon and hang out with her in her tiny Los dosing, and hand-making beautiful little origami boxes
Angeles kitchen as she cooks up original edibles recipes for her sweets. Word spread like wildfire, and chefs and
and calculates weed math. At least, it feels like you’re culinary artists started to take note.
hanging out—Lavorato offers a sense of connection and “People trusted me ‘cause they were like, ‘Her dose
community that’s undoubtedly got a whole bunch of is consistent.’ I didn’t have lab testing. I was the Guinea
stoners invested in a parasocial relationship with her. pig,” she laughs.
There’s also an engagingly subversive streak under- After cementing her reputation as a boutique choco-
neath Lavorato’s sunny charm and Sophia Loren-esque latier, Lavorato moved to Los Angeles, where she found
looks. She tells me that the first strain she ever smoked, herself interviewing for Bong Appétit. * *

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and will eventually be available on YouTube. Lavorato also just
sold her first book, titled How to Eat Weed and Have a Good Time.
“I thought I was being interviewed to be a food stylist, and maybe Forthcoming from Simon Element, the cookbook will contain 80
do a chocolate segment,” she says. “I didn’t know I was being recipes, and judging by the ones available in The Edibles Club,
interviewed to be a co-host. I don’t think they knew either.” Lavorato will have us covered with sweet and savory concoc-
The producers asked her to do one episode. She ended tions: the marijuana meatball hero, BLTHC popcorn, and hot
up in all 40. Since wrapping that series in 2019, Lavorato has boxed fudge sundae all sound drool-worthy for any weed-lovin’
often been asked if she’d do another show. And she recently gourmand. Plus, she’s hellbent on demystifying edibles for the
bet on herself to make one, traveling to Thailand in January to home chef with science-backed infusions, which is where her

“That kind of pressure to eat high doses, I hope

that goes away, and we have more acceptance that all of
our bodies are different.”
- Vanessa Lavorato

film four episodes of her new show Incredible Edibles. In one weed math comes into play. I’m delighted to report that when
episode, she meets with a Thai grower who gives his landrace I made her Vegan Baked Banana Cake at home, it was perfectly
sativa seeds away for free. dosed, and absolutely (chef’s kiss) delicious.
“I cooked mackerel curry with him,” Lavorato says. “And
we made this mung bean dessert with CBN flower that he’d
aged, it was like brown sugar, you know that color? I took a Learn more about The Edibles Club and keep an eye
really, really long nap. It was so beautiful.” out for a holiday drop of Marigold Sweets and other
The series will premiere on The Edibles Club for subscribers, news from Vanessa Lavorato at vanessalavorato.com.

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 GANJA GOURMET

RECIPE:

VEGAN BAKED
BANANA CAKE
MAKES 16 PIECES

TOTAL TIME: 1 HOUR 45 MINUTES

DOSE: 12.5 MG DELTA-9 THC PER PIECE

Recipe by Vanessa Lavorato

TO INFUSE THE TO MAKE THE CAKE:

INGREDIENTS: COCONUT OIL:
1. Line a 9-inch square pan with parch-
1 gram ground flower 1. Place a rack in the center of the oven ment paper, leaving it overhanging on the
(about 25% THCA)
and preheat the oven to 245° F. ends for easier removal.
2 tablespoons coconut oil
2. Put the ground flower on a piece of 2. Increase the oven temperature to 350° F.
3 medium-sized ripe parchment paper big enough to fold
bananas, plus 1 optional around the weed. Fold the parchment 3. In a small bowl, use a fork to mash the
for the top
paper in half, then fold the edges to create bananas until most of the fruit turns into
1/3 cup softened vegan an enclosed parcel. Then slip the parch- a mush (a few lumps are fine). Set the fruit
butter (such as Earth ment paper package into an oven-safe aside. In a large bowl, use a hand mixer to
Balance) silicone bag (like a Stasher bag, though cream together the vegan butter and sugar
aluminum foil works, too, if necessary), until fluffy and lightened in color, about 2
1 cup granulated sugar
rolling out the air before sealing. minutes. Add the mashed bananas, infused
1/3 cup oat milk coconut oil, oat milk, lemon juice, molas-
3. Bake the weed in the oven for 30 ses, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt. Continue
1 tablespoon freshly minutes to convert the THCA to THC, or mixing until all the ingredients are well
squeezed lemon juice decarboxylate it. Remove the flower from incorporated. It may look separated, but
1 tablespoon blackstrap the oven. the dry ingredients will bring the batter
molasses together.
4. Make a double boiler with a small
1 teaspoon vanilla extract saucepan and a metal bowl, adding 4. Sift the flour, baking soda, and baking
enough water to the saucepan to cover the powder over the bowl, then use a rubber
1 teaspoon ground
cinnamon bottom but not so much that the bottom spatula to fold the dry ingredients into
of the bowl will touch the water, about 1 the batter until most of the flour is
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt to 2 cups. Turn the heat to medium, add incorporated.
the coconut oil to the metal bowl, and let it
2 cups all-purpose flour
melt for 5 minutes. Add the decarbed weed 5. In another medium-sized bowl, use the
1 teaspoon baking soda and whisk to agitate the weed and infuse hand mixer on high speed to beat the aqua-
the oil. Stir frequently and add water to faba until it turns white and appears fluffy,
1/2 teaspoon baking the saucepan as necessary, cooking for 40 like egg whites, about 5 minutes. Fold the
powder minutes. aquafaba into the batter until completely
1/2 cup aquafaba blended, no remaining streaks. Pour the
5. Once infused, line a sieve with cheese- batter into the prepared pan. If using the
cloth and place it over a small bowl, then final optional banana, slice it lengthwise
use the set up to strain the flower from into four pieces and lay the pieces on the
the coconut oil. Squeeze out all of the oil top of the cake. Place the pan into and bake
from the flower. The leftover flower can be for 30 to 35 minutes, until the top turns
thrown into a batch of brownies, but most, a rich brown and a toothpick comes out
if not all, of the cannabinoids are infused clean. Let it cool for an hour, then slice into
into the coconut oil. 16 even pieces and enjoy.

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 ON THE
BATTLEFRONT
HIGHWITNESS NEWS
Military veteran Mike Snell
opens the second dispensary to
receive a social equity license in
Sacramento, California.
by Benjamin M. Adams
“Cannabis was a better option
MIKE SNELL WAS UNCEREMONIOUSLY KICKED OFF THE UNITED STATES than I had, and I know how
Air Force in 2017 for the alleged crime of distributing those antidepressants affect
pot, potentially ruining his career in the military. But you. I didn’t like the person I
instead of giving up, he doubled down and went
was [when I was] on them and
full force into the cannabis industry with a new
there’s not a single person in
mission in mind.
This July, Snell opened Off The Charts dispen-
the military to this day who
sary in Sacramento, California becoming the second can deny the promotion of
applicant to open under Sacramento’s Cannabis alcoholism in the military.”
Opportunity Reinvestment and Equity (CORE) pro-
gram, which is designed to assist those most negatively
impacted by the War on Drugs. “The investigative bureau of the military—called
His days in the Air Force helped to shape him OSI [Office of Special Investigations]—initiated a
before entering the cannabis industry. drug test that was outside of work, outside of normal
“I went straight out of high school,” Snell tells working hours,” he says. “Traditionally, they only do
High Times. “I’m from California originally—your drug tests during the hours of operation.”
typical Boyz in the Hood story. I’ve been in trouble After being selected for the drug test, he tested
here in Sacramento.” positive for THC and an investigation against him
Snell explains how he truly experienced culture was opened. He was separated from his family and
shock when he finished high school in Arizona. hit a low point. The investigation lasted eight months
“I was the minority for sure,” Snell says. “My dad and military personnel turned his life upside down.
was still active duty in the Marine Corps, and he “They probed my phone,” Snell says. “They
suggested that I join. So I joined the military when searched my house and [pulled] my security clearance
I lived in Arizona. I had been deployed to Iraq and and had me take out the trash. So I was basically
Afghanistan, and all that, conducting management a glorified janitor at that point during the whole
operations for helicopters and other aircrafts.” investigation. People who get a DUI—they didn’t
Snell moved back to California and was stationed have to have that level of embarrassment.”
at Beale Air Force Base in Marysville, where he found Snell was given the choice to go through the
NEWS

a new passion in cannabis during his final years with court martial process and try to fight the case, or find
the Air Force. He became aware of the medical use a new game plan. He couldn’t even finish his final
of cannabis under Proposition 215, and that’s when year in the Air Force because of the investigation.
he saw it as an exit out of the military—something “I would have received an honorable discharge
BILL GATES
p. 74
worth pursuing. During his last three to four years a month early and [the investigation] resulted in
in the military, he connected with growers, attended a general discharge, under honorable conditions,”
seminars, and learned about the intersection of ben- he says.
NEWS

efits between veterans and medical cannabis. That’s Snell says he was embarrassed, and couldn’t apply
when everything hit the fan and his world fell apart. for federal jobs that were paying top dollar overseas.
Snell was working during the swing shift, which Now his record lists a controlled substance “which
he purposely picked in order to avoid drug tests. looks like I’m doing cocaine or something,” he says.
REDUCE But the drug testing office began to stay open well Snell explains how the military and Air Force
OPIOID
CRAVINGS beyond the normal closing time just to get his sample, glorify alcoholism, with items like embossed flasks
p. 76 knowing that he smoked pot. and drinking glasses.

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 HIGH FIVE
“Cannabis was a better option than I had, and
I know how those antidepressants affect you,” he
says. “I didn’t like the person I was [when I was] on
them and there’s not a single person in the military
to this day who can deny the promotion of alco-
holism in the military.”
But getting behind a cannabis business that he
5 INSPIRATIONAL
could trust turned out to be the main turning point.
CORE’s $67,000 grant helped open the new location.
Off the Charts is based out of San Diego, but there
WOMEN IN CANNABIS
statewide medical cannabis bill. In
are locations across the state from Palm Springs to From authors to 1993, she volunteered to petition for
Costa Mesa, Hollywood, and San Francisco.
business owners, the California Hemp Initiative, then
The CORE program was created in 2018 in volunteered the next year as well,
Sacramento and was designed to help business
these five women and helped successfully petition for
applicants who were impacted most by the War are leaders in the Proposition 215 at the statewide level
on Drugs—i.e. communities of color and other mar- cannabis industry. in 1995. In the years since, Komp has
been a regular political commentator
ginalized groups. Ideally, that’s how social equity for High Times regarding California
programs should work. But Snell says social equity by Benjamin M. Adams legislation. She edited the ninth
programs are being hijacked by fraudulent appli- edition of The Emperor Wears No
cants who don’t actually qualify to be licensed and 1 Clothes by Jack Herer, launched the
REECE BENTON blog Tokin’ Women, and is author of
sometimes, there’s no additional verification after
Tokin’ Women: A 4,000-Year Herstory
the application. Reece Benton laid out the blueprint (2016).
for successful socially equitable
enterprises. Upon opening the Posh 4
Green Cannabis Boutique in San
Francisco, California in 2020, Benton ALICE O’LEARY RANDALL
became the first Black woman and Alice O’Leary Randall was arrested
first social equity license holder to in 1975 along with her late husband
become the sole owner of a cannabis Robert Randall for growing cannabis.
retail store anywhere in the United She helped to launch the U.S.
States. Benton recently collaborated medical cannabis movement the
with Compound Genetics to release next year in 1976, when Robert
her own line of pre-rolls and is Randall became the first to gain
focused on franchising, as well as Tax federal permission to use medical
Code 280E reform. She is a pioneer cannabis legally before statewide
in the Bay Area’s highly competitive laws were in the books. Alice O’Leary
cannabis market in California. Randall was a nurse for 10 years,
six in hospice care, and returned
2 to the medical cannabis movement
In August, the Fresno city manager’s office offi-
after her retirement in 2012. She
cially rejected the social equity permit application JANE KLEIN worked with Mary’s Medicinals for
for a microbusiness license to Truffle Tree 420, after CEO of Quick American Publishing, about five years, writing the brand’s
officials say the company lied about several key Jane Klein, has worked in cannabis medical cannabis primer, and co-
requirements. publishing for decades and is wrote Medical Marijuana in America:
the wife of cultivation expert Ed Memoir of a Pioneer (2015) and Pain-
“What’s happened recently, in the city of Fresno, Rosenthal. Together with her Free with CBD (2019).
they have the police department review the final husband, Klein has published over a
review of the application in order to identify fraud- dozen books providing educational 5
material about growing cannabis.
ulent statements in the application by the applicant,” SHALEEN TITLE
Through this journey, she faced
Smell says. “That applicant was a week away from steep odds, long before the plant Attorney Shaleen Title works
opening. That applicant got caught.” was socially acceptable, and often tirelessly to guide people in staying
Snell explains that in other municipalities they’re had to get strategic as a publisher legally compliant in the industry.
to avoid attracting law enforcement. She served as a regulator and
rolling out programs with no additional auditing
Recently Klein and Rosenthal commissioner of the Massachusetts
outside of what was stated on the applications. They launched their own line of genetics Cannabis Control Commission from
were just quickly scored and processed, with no donating a portion of the proceeds to 2017 to 2020 where she refined
reference check. Last Prisoner Project, which aims to her knowledge of legal compliance.
free cannabis prisoners. Recently, she authored peer-
As a legitimate social equity permit holder,
reviewed articles focusing on the
things look cautiously promising while cannabis
3 cannabis marketplace including
businesses aim to scrape by and make a profit. Fair and Square: How to Effectively
Snell is hopeful that his business will continue to ELLEN KOMP
Incorporate Social Equity Into
thrive, and expects to surpass $1 million in profit California NORML Deputy Director Cannabis Laws and Regulations
Ellen Komp has been on the (2022) and Bigger is Not Better:
by July 2024.
frontlines of cannabis reform since Preventing Monopolies in the
1991, five years before the first National Cannabis Market (2022).

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MODERN MARIJUANA PLAYLISTS

A study conducted by WEEDAR, a distribution and loyalty

platform for cannabis brands, recently analyzed canna-
bis-related music playlists on Spotify to determine what
music is preferred most by consumers. WEEDAR exam-
ined 5,506 tracks on 20 different cannabis playlists, and
reviewed how many plays each song has received, as
well as how many playlists it was included in. The top five
most popular songs included “The Box” by Roddy Ricch,
“Redbone” by Childish Gambino, “Highest in the Room”
by Travis Scott, “Passionfruit” by Drake, and “Work” by
Rihanna and Drake. A separate list also included the
top tracks that appeared most frequently across canna-
bis-themed playlists, with Afroman’s “Because I Got High”
at the top, followed by A$AP Rocky’s “L$D,” Metro Boomin
and Gunna’s “Space Cadet,” and another Afroman track,
“Crazy Rap (Colt 45 & 2 Zig-Zags).” “Today’s generation may
prefer Roddy Ricch and Childish Gambino to weed culture
trailblazers such as Bob Dylan and Snoop Dogg, but some
songs have transcended time itself and remain permanently
high on weed smokers’ playlists,” WEEDAR wrote. “No song
[is] featured more than Afroman’s ‘Because I Got High’—a
tune that resonates with smokers of all ages—on all of the
playlists WEEDAR analyzed.”

"H
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RU AK TH N A LEARNING JOURNEY
LES E
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Bill Gates’s podcast, “Unconfuse Me with Bill Gates,”
released its first episode this summer with a focus
on discussing new topics that Gates describes as
a “learning journey.” The first episode featured an
interview with Seth Rogen and his wife Lauren Miller
Rogen about their ongoing support for Alzheimer’s
research. The trio discussed Alzheimer’s disease,
and specifically one study that showed how medi-
cal cannabis could be a beneficial way to treat the
condition. The topic shifted to Seth Rogen’s cannabis
brand, Houseplant, and how he built his business
off of debunking the classic stoner stereotype. “The
impression of every stoner was that they’re like a
lazy loser, and I was anything but a lazy loser—I was
like creating a prolific career at the time when all I
would do was smoke weed all day every day, which
is all I still do,” Seth Rogen said. Later on, Gates
briefly mentioned his own cannabis consumption
in his youth. “In school out of the, say 105 people in
my class I think, there were three or four who didn’t
smoke,” said Gates. “Because it was kind of a ‘Hey,
I’m an adult! Hey I can break the rules!’ But I will say,
sometimes it’s like, I guess I’m doing this to be cool. It
wasn’t so much smoking for pot’s sake.”

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 WEED IN THE WORKPLACE
A study published in the Canadian Journal
of Public Health recently analyzed infor-
mation from 2,745 Canadian cannabis
consumers and the relationship between
workplace and non-workplace consump-
tion, and workplace injuries. Researchers
found that there was no relationship THE URUGUAY WAY
between non-workplace use and workplace
injuries, but they did verify that workplace The South American
consumption was connected to workplace country of Uruguay
injuries. However, researchers also con- recently celebrated its sixth
cluded their study by noting how important anniversary of canna-
it is to consider the importance of timing bis legalization. While it
when discussing cannabis consumption. became the world’s first
“Study results bring greater clarity to the country to legalize adult-
question of whether cannabis use increases use cannabis in 2013, sales
the risk of experiencing a workplace injury, didn’t officially begin until
an issue that the conflicting findings of 2017. According to data released by the Institute for Regulation and
previous studies have hampered,” research- Control of Cannabis (IRCCA), Uruguay has sold more than 10,693,210
ers wrote. “Findings suggest that, when grams of cannabis between 2017-2023. At the time that the data was
thinking about the potential occupational published, it showed that 61,529 people were registered to purchase
safety impacts of a worker’s cannabis use, cannabis at 37 pharmacies across the country, and the products are
it is important to consider when that use is produced by just three companies. More than 10,486 people are
taking place. More specifically, only use in members of 308 different cannabis clubs, which can have between
close temporal proximity to work appears 15-45 members and can cultivate up to a maximum of 99 cannabis
to be a risk factor for workplace injuries, not plants per club. Additionally, 14,592 registered individuals cultivate up
use away from work.” to six domestic cannabis plants at home.

INTRODUCING THE COMMISSION Hampshire together to ensure that preventing negative impacts
upon kids remains our number one priority.” Earlier this spring,
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed House Bill 611 on a cannabis legalization bill was rejected by New Hampshire
Aug. 8, which enables the creation of a study commission to senators. Sununu, who previously expressed opposition to
prepare for cannabis legalization through a state-run program. legalization, stated that he would approve of legalization if it
“New Hampshire has an opportunity to safely regulate the was through a state-run model that allowed the state to control
sale of marijuana with a model few others can provide,” said cannabis regulation and sales. The commission will have until
Sununu. “By establishing a commission to study state-con- Dec. 1 to submit its findings in a report, which will later be intro-
trolled sales, this bill will bring stakeholders from across New duced to Congress in the 2024 legislative session.

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CURB THE CRAVINGS WORLD PRICE ANALYSIS

A study published in the International Journal of Drug Policy in September The 2023 Cannabis Price Index was
found evidence that cannabis is a safe and successful way to reduce opioid recently published by CFAH.org and
cravings. Researchers surveyed 205 “people who use unregulated opioids,” shares a great deal of information
(PWUO), or those who use both unregulated opioids and cannabis to treat regarding cannabis prices across 140
their chronic pain. Data was collected between December 2019 and November cities located both in the U.S. and
2021, and 118 people said that they used cannabis to treat opioid cravings, and across the globe. On an international
it significantly helped them reduce their opioid use. “These findings indicate scale, the cities with the highest price
that cannabis use to manage opioid cravings is a prevalent motivation for of cannabis per gram was Tokyo,
cannabis use among PWUO and is associated with self-assessed reductions Japan ($33.8 per gram), Dublin,
in opioid use during periods of cannabis use,” researchers wrote in the study Ireland ($22.5), Tallinn, Estonia
conclusion. “Increasing the accessibility of cannabis products for therapeutic ($22.1), Rishon Letsiyon, Israel ($21),
use may be a useful supplementary strategy to mitigate exposure to unreg- and Stavanger, Norway ($20.8),
ulated opioids and associated harm during the ongoing drug toxicity crisis.” among others. In comparison, some
The study was funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and Canadian of the cities with the cheapest price
Institutes of Health Research. per gram of cannabis included
Montreal, Canada ($5.90), Bangalore,
India ($6), Notre Dame, Canada
($6.2), Kabul, Afghanistan ($6.3),
GALLOP SHOWS GROWTH and Vancouver, Canada ($6.30). The
report also analyzed data regarding
A recent Gallup poll published on Aug. 9 revealed partisan opinions on various the cities whose citizens consume
topics, from government power to global warming, immigration, and more. the most cannabis, which New York
One of the topics inquired about perspectives on cannabis legalization, and topped as the winner with residents
the results showed a slight increase in support from both Republicans and consuming more 62.3 metric tons
Democrats. “Since 2003, Democrats have been more likely than Republicans to of cannabis. This was followed by
say that marijuana should be legalized,” Gallup wrote. “The percentage of each Sydney, Australia (45.8 metric tons),
partisan group agreeing with legalizing marijuana increased in lockstep in 2013 Los Angeles, California (35 metric
and then again in 2022, but the Democratic increase has been modestly larger tons), Chicago, Illinois (24.9 metric
than Republicans, resulting in a somewhat bigger partisan gap on this issue tons), and Rome, Italy (21.9 metric
when measured last year than 20 years ago.” Although both groups of people tons). The report projects that
support legalization, there is still a large gap with 83% of Democrats in support cannabis prices in the U.S. are not
and only 55% of Republicans (compared to data from 2022, with 81% Democrats expected to drastically increase or
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and 51% Republicans in support). However, it still shows progress in comparison decrease over the next seven years,
to the first time Gallup asked citizens about the topic back in 1969, where only with a potential decrease to a $5.61
12% of Americans said they supported legalization. per gram average in 2030.

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 ASK DR. MITCH BY DR. MITCH EARLEYWINE

A CANNABIS
STATE OF MIND
Exploring CBD, Canada, and the
state of roadside sobriety tests.

Canada has had legal weed for a while now. How’s it Any support for CBD for people with autism?
doing these days? -Nikki
-Diego G.
Responses are so individualized! The only way to find
Legal cannabis went live in Canada in 2018, and they just out is to try. Keep in mind that doses can get hefty and
passed the five-year anniversary of that accomplishment in expensive, so it’s ideal to have a care team to help decide
October. Since then, cannabis-related arrests (and prices) the best course of action. No matter what you decide to
have decreased. A few more people have ‘fessed up to being do, the phrase “start low and go slow” universally applies.
high in the emergency room. More people have a challenging
edibles story than ever before. Best of all, there has been What is up with cannabis sobriety tests on the road for
no evidence of an increase of high school kids consuming drivers?
cannabis. Perhaps the U.S. should take note. -Benedict M.

Field sobriety tests for cannabis have some potential but

they are far, far from perfect. Many people, myself included,
can’t pass them at a blood concentration of zero THC. The
test’s correlation with actual driving ability is also suspect.
With so many “false positives,” research needs to continue
before we have enough trustworthy evidence. In the mean-
time, don’t drive high—it’s a buzzkill. But nobody should get
arrested because they can’t juggle while riding a unicycle
on the side of the road.

My sister is freaking out because she had a 5 mg CBD

gummy and then found out she was pregnant. Should
she be worried?
-Ulysses Franklin

The topic of cannabis and pregnancy is tricky to navigate.

There was a study that was published this summer that
gave 50 mg CBD to mice between day five of pregnancy
until birth (which for mice is usually 19 to 21 days). The
study stated that CBD exposure in the womb disrupts
neurodevelopment. If the same study was conducted with
humans instead of mice, that would equate to an average
woman taking 3 grams of CBD every day for most of her
pregnancy. Your sister can ask her obstetrician for more
guidance.

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