Jun 1, 2010

McChronic (The Branding of Buddah)


Will Stateline California have a bunch of weed shops at the border. Kids make the run from NEV to CA to get their herb?
How about Cheech's Crunch Chronic Brownies (98% trans fatty oil free)?
Motel 420? They could have a bong in each room. You can have it cleaned every other day by the maid. Or you can request daily cleanings.
High Times Resorts presents Cannabis Hills Country Club. Scheduled opening date of April 20, 2011. Beautiful 18 hole golf course nestled in rolling, cannabis groves with stunning coastal views.
They can call the sports bar, The 420th Hole. And have bong cleaners at each hole.


In a not-too-distant future, I can even imagine frequenting, for example, a HIGH TIMES Café or a NORML Healing Center. Given the right partners and conducive legal circumstances, it hardly seems a stretch of one’s imagination to see this happening relatively soon in California, where citizens will vote this November on a marijuana-legalization ballot initiative.

Branded Buds



These 420 resorts will include cannabis gardens with hundreds of different strains, accommodations, restaurants, tours of the local areas, including legal cultivation models and 420 educational programs, with other traditional tourist attractions and events.

The ‘King of Pot' plans ganja tourism in N. California



With this in mind, Print contacted four firms: Lust, a graphic design practice in Amsterdam established by Thomas Castro, Jeroen Barendse, and Dimitri Nieuwenhuizen; the New York office of Base, which worked with its branches in Europe; the Oslo firm Strømme Throndsen, winner of the 2009 Award for Design Excellence for its flour packaging; and The Heads of State, a two-man operation run by Jason Kernevich and Dustin Summers in Philadelphia.


The brief was simple: What would a legal pack of marijuana cigarettes look like?

Building a Better Baggie






YAK edibles is launching a broad line of eight products, including; YAK Brownie, YAK Fudge, YAK Mini Cookies, YAK Greenie, YAK Sensi Star (cookie in star shape), YAK Haute Chocolate (instant hot chocolate drink), YAK Mocha Juana (instant coffee drink) and their best selling YAK Cannabis Extract Capsules.



YAK Greenie
Available in Sativa or Indica
Price: $15.00
Package contains 1 cookie
with 800mg. of cannabis flowers


This is the strongest of the Yak edible line. It is made primarily for patients with severe pain and spasticity, conditions requiring substantial amounts of cannabis medicine. Each Greenie contains the equivalent of eight of the Yak single-dose capsules.

Ingredients:
Active Ingredients: 750 mg. each of medicinal cannabis flowers
Sativa: Active ingredients: Prime flowers of Blue Dream, Super Silver Haze and Pineapple Thai
Indica: Prime flowers of Grandaddy Purple and Purple Kush.

Other ingredients: Cannabis flowers, organic sugar, organic butter, organic flour, organic eggs, chocolate chips, organic raisins, organic vanilla, baking soda, Himalayan pink salt.

YAK Edibles



The Hershey Co. has sued Affolter, 40, for giving his forbidden marijuana munchies names like Stoney Rancher, Rasta Reese’s and Keef Kat. Each came in packaging similar to Hershey’s Jolly Rancher, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Kit Kat candies.
Hershey’s suit, filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court in San Jose, accuses Affolter of trademark infringement, trademark dilution and unfair competition. The company is seeking $100,000 in damages.
 Hershey Vs. Pot Dealer in Trademark Suit


The more I think of it. If the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 passes, it's gonna create a lot of of new jobs,spur entrepreneurship, and infuse capital into California...............

May 28, 2010

What Is The Underground Economy?





The government's "war on drugs" has been both a tremendous triumph and an abysmal failure. Drug warriors have been very successful. We have all seen media images of police stings involving massive amounts of money, drugs, and firearms. However, this has had no impact in local markets. Illegal drugs are available just about everywhere and at prices that have fallen in real terms over time. The amount of pot that could be bought for $10 at a local high school in 1980, for example, is likely the same quantity that could be obtained for $10 today.


Underground Economy @ Wikipedia

Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences) by Philippe Bourgois

May 24, 2010

Policing for Profit (The Economics of Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws)



In most states and under federal law, law enforcement can keep some or all of the proceeds from civil forfeitures. This incentive has led to concern that civil forfeiture encourages policing for profit, as agencies pursue forfeitures to boost their budgets at the expense of other policing priorities.

Policing for Profit @ Cato

Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture

Forfeiture Endangers American Rights


The Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section provides centralized management for the Department's asset forfeiture program to ensure its integrity and maximize its law enforcement potential, while also providing managerial direction to the Department's components in prosecuting money laundering. The Section initiates, coordinates, and reviews legislative and policy proposals impacting on the asset forfeiture program and money laundering enforcement agencies.


The Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section