Here’s a collection of pot culture essentials for the stoners and midnight tokers you know and love.
Across the board marijuana legalization seems to be right around the corner. Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, has dubbed 2013 the “Best Year Ever in Drug Policy Reform,” and says “we’ve hit the tipping point” when it comes to marijuana legalization.
The latest national Gallup poll found a 10 point jump in support for legalization of marijuana, up from 48% last year to 55% this year, and the legalization victories in Colorado and Washington last year were remarkable. On top of that, the entire nation of Uruguay made weed legal last month.There’s much to celebrate.
What better time to revel in these victories than the holidays, and what better way than with fun and funky pot presents and “cannagifts?”
Maybe you live in Colorado or Washington where legalization has already kept thousands out of jail and saved taxpayers millions of dollars, or maybe you just want to spread the joy, humor and social style of that surrounds this miraculous herb as the end of prohibition spreads across the country and the world.
Whatever your motives, here’s a collection of cannabis culture essentials for the stoners and midnight tokers you know and love this holiday season and beyond.
1. Comics and Books:
2. Vape Pens:, Cloud 2.0 by CloudPenz, Trifecta by White Rhino, DabOTG, by DabOTG
Vaporizer pens are all the rage right now. Originally developed as a harm reduction tool for tobacco smokers, vape pens offer a convenient, odorless and portable way to puff cannabis. High Times Magazine recently tested 32 new vape pen models. With vigorous and repeated testing, the Cloud 2.0 by Cloud Penz won top honors for Best Mini and Trifecta by White Rhino was named Most Versatile. Judges favored DabOTG with Best Overall and Best Hit awards.
Photo: DabOTG vape pen.
Designed specifically for hash wax, High Times testers found the Cloud 2.0 pen easy to use and dependable. It comes in a variety of stealth colors or bold fashion patterns. The Trifecta can vaporize flowers or hash wax and oil, making it the most adaptable vape pen. DabOTG, designed for hash wax, has a glass dome so you can see the vapors and four adjustable heat settings. The ceramic components make the Dab OTG a good choice for air travel.
Photo: Cloud 2.0 vape pen.
3. Hats: Grassroots California and Visual Fiber
Photo: Grassroots California cap.
Photo: Visual Fiber cap.
4. T-shirts:
Photo:Green Man Cannabis Wonder Woman tank.
5. Lighter Accessory: Kasher
The Kasher is a handy lighter accessory, especially useful to pipe smokers and dabbers. A simple metal sleeve fits snugly onto a BiC lighter, keeping it nearby when needed.
Slide the Kasher down the lighter and use the ingenious tool to stir and empty the pipe. The newest Kashers, made of thicker stainless steel, can be used as a dab tool for concentrates. They’re easy to clean and easy to reuse and attach to a new lighter.
Photo: Kasher ligher accessory.
6. Limited Edition Winter Coats by Street Artists Sam Flores and Jeremy Fish
Amsterdam’s hemp clothing company, Hemp Hoodlamb, released a limited edition run of signature winter coats patterned in fabrics designed by street artists Sam Flores and Jeremy Fish.
Hemp Hoodlamb coats showcase authentic hemp in a modern, metropolitan style. From the hemp shell with organic hemp cellulose water proofing treatment, to the soft and warm Satifur liner made from hemp fiber and recycled bottles, Hemp Hoodlamb coats are high quality, and easy on the planet.
The coats are designed with lifestyle pockets: a microfiber lined sunglass pocket on the chest, Satifur lined hand pockets, inside pockets for rolling papers and a secret pocket for your stash. Hemp Hoodlamb coats can be purchased online, but the Limited Edition Sam Flores and Jeremy Fish coats are only sold at Hoodlab San Francisco and Hoodlab Denver.
7. Glass Pipe: Snodgrass Family Glass and Chubby Glass
Photo: Snodgrass pipe.
8. Nug Jar: Sirens of the Sea by Kemmish Pottery
Keep your stash in a lovely handmade nug jar from Washington potters, Kemmish Pottery. Called Sirens of the Sea, jar depicts two sexy mermaids who perch atop a seaside rock overlooking the ocean and sky. It’s a pleasing handmade vessel with a wide mouth and cork lid. This object d’art is found at the Hempfest Central online store. All purchases from Hempfest Central support the annual production costs of Seattle Hempfest, the largest cannabis event in the world.
Photo: Sirens of the Sea nug jar.
]]>10) Denver Kush Club passed out custom screenprinted Bic Lighters. Nice, DKC! Most dispensaries usually give away cheap lighters that don’t reliably work, but y’know, you can’t really complain about free schwag, right? It’s nice Denver Kush Club puts their name on a quality lighter that people will want to keep.
9) I liked Big Buddha Seeds giant Buddhist Temple in the recreational area of the Cup. Their free schwag bags said “Peace and Love” and added a calming element to the jam packed walkways. Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha.
8) Medicine Man for the Willy Wonka themed promotion. I am childhood fan of the original Roald Dahl story, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the 1971 film adaptation of this mad, reclusive genius candy maker, Willie Wonka. I love the 2005 Johnny Depp film version too. Although, the use of Willie Wonka, to promote marijuana products is not new, Medicine Man did a solid job incorporating the elements together into a memorable promotion. Orange skinned, green wigged and white costumed Oompa Loompas were walking around the Cup passing out golden tickets. Golden tickets were also part of print and online advertisements. Willy Wonka was a tall, well costumed man, who walked around the event site smiling maniacally and offering free puffs of vaporized marijuana from a colorful plastic squeeze bottle. Who can do this? The Medicine Man. The Medicine Man can. ( all together now) “The candy man can cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good. And the world tastes good cause the candy man thinks it should!”
7) Essential Extracts budtender, Ms. Gabby. Essential Extracts shared a booth with Pink House. Essential Extracts take the high road and make water based hash from methods learned from Amsterdam hash legend, Mila Jansen. Gabby had great style. She had a great combination of street savvy fashion style and professional smarts.
6) The Dixie Elixir and Edibles booth. My years of vending had me recognize the Dixie booth had one of the best locations of the whole Cup.The Dixie booth was nicely situated inside along one of the main traffic arteries of the event. Dixie presented a very professional and sophisticated product line that advances the concept of cannabis wellness and medicine to larger audiences in Colorado and around the country.
5) The couches and street art made chilling in the alley way between buildings a more sophisticated experience.
4) Wonder Woman tank tops from Green Man Cannabis. A jay smoking Wonder Woman strolls across the front of pastel yellow tank tops.
3) Hanging at the SAFER / NCIA booth with the Amendment 64 crew at 4:20 on 4/20!
2) The Free Massage chair at Riverrock.
1) The Incredibles milk chocolate and peanut butter fountains with fresh fruit skewers. I’m glad each dip was a modest 5mg dose because I wouldn’t and couldn’t stop dipping the assorted bananas, strawberries, pretzels,and cake squares into the most magnificent hash chocolate and peanut butter hash fondue fountains I could ever dream of.
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