20 year Los Angeles Cannabis dispensary operator/advocate • Buy my book “The Duke of Pico” on Amazon!

Joined April 2009
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Need some summer beach reading? May I suggest the story of how cannabis went from the Devils Lettuce to the publicly traded commodity of today? All from the perspective of someone who went through it! amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0C6W5R5X…
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I wrote this article on determining plant sex in the August 2005 issue of @HIGH_TIMES_Mag over 20 years ago. If your seeds aren’t planted yet for the season, what are you waiting for? “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” - Chinese Proverb
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Immigration law doesn’t care that weed is legal in your state. For non-citizens, cannabis can still carry serious consequences, including visa problems, green card complications, denied citizenship, detention or deportation. Vital read by Coco Kesselman on @HIGH_TIMES_Mag
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As diners showed up for their $1500 Noma reservations today in Silver Lake, they were greeted with a protest. @marinashutup reports on the growing number of allegations against René Redzepi, who stepped down from Noma earlier this evening.
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My family was involved in the fashion business of the 70s and 80s. I was first exposed to cannabis as a medicine during the early years of AIDS, as all of our family friends started to pass away. I saw first hand how it works for people, and I will forever fight for that.
Before cannabis became an industry, it was a movement built on compassion during the AIDS crisis. West Hollywood just hosted a conference and screening of Join the Club that revisits those roots. Did the industry stay true to the mission? Full recap by Dina Nagib of Grass Goddess Consulting and Chris Carroll of Hoodie Analytics. beardbrospharms.com/articles…
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On December 31, 1995, Bill Watterson published the final 'Calvin & Hobbes' comic strip. #CalvinandHobbes
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Christmas behind bars isn’t quiet or peaceful. It’s tense, loud, and unforgiving. Dead Men Don’t Cry by Edwin Rubis shows what the holidays really look like inside a max-security prison. Here’s the question. If freedom is a value, who are we willing to deny it to forever? beardbrospharms.com/articles…
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Cannabis to Schedule III sounds like a win. Until you read the fine print. 280E relief is real. Federal control is too. Pharma is watching. Legalization this is not. So what did this executive order actually unlock and what doors might it close next? Read the breakdown. Then answer this. Is Schedule III progress, or just a different kind of fight? beardbrospharms.com/articles…
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Marijuana Components 'Effectively Inhibited Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth,' Study Shows: "Although our study is still preliminary, it lays an important foundation for future research into the potential applications of CBD & THC in ovarian cancer treatment." marijuanamoment.net/marijuan…
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Next week, join MPP, NORML, and the Society of Cannabis Clinicians for a timely webinar in response to recent federal changes impacting hemp-derived THC! RSVP here: cannabisclinicians.tradewing…
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"Cannabis was an integral part of the Scythian cult of the dead, wherein homage was paid to the memory of their departed leaders. After the death and burial of their king, the Scythians would purify themselves by setting up small tepee-like structures which they would enter to inhale the fumes of hemp seeds (and the resinous flower calyxes surrounding the seeds) thrown onto red-hot stones. In a famous passage written in about 450 BC, Herodotus describes these funeral rites as follows : ...when, therefore, the Scythians have taken some seed of this hemp, they creep under the cloths and put the seeds on the red hot stones; but this being put on smokes, and produces such a steam, that no Grecian vapour-bath would surpass it. The Scythians, transported by the vapour, shout aloud. It is most likely the seeds described by Herodotus were seeded buds, and that the charred seeds found by archeologists are what was left over from the burnt buds." #archaeohistories
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Michael Massechia is a success story of Last Prisoner Project's legal program! After serving 36 months in prison, he was released early thanks to the tireless work of LPP's lead attorney, Liz Budnitz. We are all so happy that Michael has been reunited with his family.
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A full circle moment for me! Happy 50th anniversary to @HIGH_TIMES_Mag it was a pleasure to write this article about my personal homegrow with photos shot by HT veteran Brian Jahn. Sungrown living soil FTW
What happens when a grow legend takes 30 years of cannabis wisdom… & builds a no-till living soil garden on a Brooklyn rooftop? @DannyDanko is back in @HIGH_TIMES_Mag's 50th Anniversary print issue, growing with worms, microbes & real sun. 🔗 hightimes.com/grow/trees-gro…
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Danny is a legend!!
What happens when a grow legend takes 30 years of cannabis wisdom… & builds a no-till living soil garden on a Brooklyn rooftop? @DannyDanko is back in @HIGH_TIMES_Mag's 50th Anniversary print issue, growing with worms, microbes & real sun. 🔗 hightimes.com/grow/trees-gro…
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One of my license numbers was used by one of these shops until I found out.
Stolen identities, shell companies: How illegal cannabis dispensaries thrive in Southern California "These guys are just lining their pockets. And doing it in plain sight." spectrumnews1.com/ca/souther…
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When your buddy says , hey I wanna help you grow I'd love to learn how to do everything. 15 hours into harvest day n dudes slumped lmao. Growing weed is fun and all but ppl don't realize the amount of hours and hard ass work that goes into the final product , so thank your grower
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Don’t think I didn’t see you smiling at me during “Execution” last night at the Greek @jennylewis You playing the exact same bass as me was a bonding moment!
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In 2002 Diane Keaton got a copy of my movie “The Sweeper”. She took it home and actually watched it! The next day she sat with me and talked extensively about it. I was in shock the whole time. One of the true highlights of my filmmaking career. #RIPDianeKeaton
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