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EDITOR’S NOTE CREATIVE DIRECTOR & CHIEF EDITOR
Alexandra Fox It’s time to load up your favorite smoking device, grab a delectable edible, and cozy up to the small slice of heaven I call home. Here we like to have provocative and enlightening conversations about cannabis, humanity, mother nature, and the human spirit. We’d like to provide an instant portal to the various arts, and we strive to emphasize individuality while exploring the taboos of embracing a healthy sexuality.
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Sean Calahan MANAGING EDITOR DIRECTOR OF ART & DESIGN
Nicole Conlay CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Levi Price CONTRIBUTING WRITER
This magazine was designed to highlight some of the
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most inspirational inventors, artists, tokers, doctors, and organizations in the ever-budding Cannabis Community. Our goal is to create a true picture book of our time in weed. I am excited for the future of this magazine and I am even more excited that you are reading this today. Thank you for checking out Fox & Nug. Much love from Colorado,
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Fox & Nug, assumes no responsibility for any claims or representations contained in this magazine or in any advertisement. This magazine is protected under freedom of speech and is intended for entertainment purposes only. No portion of this magazine is intended to provide medical advice. See a licensed healthcare professional before you augment your treatment. All content and images subject to copyright. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or distributed without prior written consent. Fox & Nug, © 2016-2017
FOR THE CBD LOVER Endoca makes a great line of CBD-infused products made with organic certified ingredients and they ship to all 50 states. If you have a CBD fanatic in your life head over to endoca.com and order these items to make the perfect CBD gift pack at home. Whipped Body Butter - With 1500 mg of CBD per jar, this incredibly indulgent butter is lightly scented and fantastic for instantly drenching the body in moisture and organic CBD. Hemp Salve - Endoca’s Hemp Salve is perfect for delivering quick, gentle relief for skin irritations, rashes and pain with 750 mg of CBD per jar. This salve is so gentle you can even use it to treat diaper rash and other dermatitis related conditions! Raw Hemp Oil - This naturally flavored raw hemp oil has 300mg of CBD+CBDa per bottle. This sublingual formula was made from hemp grown without herbicides and pesticides so you can feel good about getting your daily dose of organic superfood supplements! CBD Chewing Gum - This truly unique and perfectly packaged chewing gum is also made from organic ingredients that are sustainably sourced at the peak of perfection. With 15 mg of CBD per piece, this gum is perfect for taking the edge off under the radar! CBD Lip Balm - This CBD infused lip balm by Endoca is to die for. Each stick has 25 mg of CBD, glides on effortlessly and instantly soothes cracked or dry lips on the go! endoca.com
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FOR THE CONCENTRATE CONNOISSEUR Evolab is a groundbreaking company that sells a hard hitting line of products for concentrate connoisseurs. Expertly crafted, and delightfully packaged, these gifts will show your lover how much you take their passion for concentrates to heart. FreshTerps™- Scoop up these little jars of happiness at your favorite dispensary and your better half will feel so loved to own such delicious, 100% cannabis derived terps. Each jar of FreshTerps™ is predominantly terpenes, but it also contains about 20% cannabinoids, creating what scientists call the entourage effect. Add FreshTerps to bowls, blunts and dabs! Chroma- Evolab’s pharmaceutical-grade technology strips cannabis down to its purest form to bring you Chroma; purified cannabinoids extracted from a blend of strains! This vape oil has zero cutting agents and can easily be dabbed or vaped. For an extra fun experience mix Chroma with FreshTerps™ to customize your own strain-specific dab experience. Alchemy- Also known as the Holy Grail of Vape Oil. This revolutionary product is Evolab’s Chroma plus FreshTerps™. It’s so delicious that it was named the best concentrate at the Rooster Cup this year. Alchemy is also available in vape cartridges, disposables and refill syringes. Evos-For the icing on this cake grab a bottle of Evolab’s cannabis infused intimate oils! Evos is a delightfully delicate personal lubricant that is made with the same high quality CO2 extracted cannabis oil they’re famous for. Trust us, this is a hit in the bedroom, every time! Get these Evolab products at your favorite dispensary and you might just spend that special celebration in your underwear!
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FOR THE PROFESSIONAL
With more and more professionals working from home, getting out of the normal daily routine could be just what you need to boost your creativity and productivity! If you have an entrepreneur in your life that needs to get plugged into the industry fast, get them a co-working membership at Cultivated Synergy! With affordable packages that allow for drop-ins, conference room time, open desks or reserved desks, this membership is the ultimate gift for cannabis business owners. Membership packages include access to a full kitchen, coffee, tea and water as well as other critical office amenities like fast, reliable wi-fi, printers, scanners, occasional member luncheons and ergonomic office furniture for any mood. After normal business hours you get access to industry events like Bend & Blaze Yoga, Budtender Appreciation Night, Educational Seminars, Panels, Fundraisers and Release Parties! FOX & NUG has been working with Cultivated Synergy for nearly 2 years and the advice and connections they continue to offer on a regular basis has been incredibly valuable to our agency’s growth! So, we don’t want to make a huge deal about it but you would occasionally see us at the office taking some foxy photos too! Visit them online to learn more! cultivatedsynergy.com
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from CANADA with LOVE As you could probably guess, America isn’t the only country with a profound love of cannabis, eh? With Canada embracing a responsible cannabis policy this year we felt it was only right to give them the credit they deserve! Yes that’s right, to celebrate our anniversary issue we enlisted the help of the seriously talented photographer, Levi Price, to capture a Canadian fox in her natural habitat smoking some of her favorite B.C. Bud. Model : Renée J. Savaia Photography by : Levi Price www.leviprice.com
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CBD INFUSED HONEY + BRIE
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1/2 g of CBD Isolate Powder 8 oz local honey 1 wedge of Brie or blue cheese
Add 0.5 g of CBD powder to 8 oz of local honey and mix well! Drizzle over your favorite Brie or blue cheese wedge.
Get 10% OFF CBD isolate with coupon code FOXNCBD at theCBDistillery.com
CBD Isolate is decarboxylated during production so there’s no need to heat it! Add this honey to charcuterie plates, your favorite teas, coffee, sopapillas and your lover! Best items for charcuterie Cheese : Estate Gouda, Blue Cheese or Brie, Manchego Breads : Crackers, Flat breads, Baguettes Fruits : Grapes, Craisins, Raspberries Meats : Smoked salmon, prosciutto, salami Spreads : CBD honey, blackberry preserves, strawberry jam
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QUICK MEDICATED VEGETARIAN CHILI
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4 tbs medicated olive oil 2 large yellow onions 1 large red bell pepper 2 large jalapeños 5 cloves minced garlic 3 15 oz cans of tri-bean blend, drained 2 15 oz cans of diced hot hatch chilis 1 15 oz can whole kernel corn, drained 1 28 oz can crushed fire roasted tomatoes 2 tbs chili powder 2 tbs ground cumin 1 tsp cayenne pepper Himalayan salt & pepper to taste
Warm the medicated olive oil in a large pot. Chop up the onions, bell pepper, jalapeños and garlic and simmer over medium heat until the veggies are nicely caramelized. Once fresh veggies are caramelized add the beans, chilis, corn and fire roasted tomatoes to the pot. Add the chili powder, cumin, cayenne and mix well. Salt & pepper to taste. Let cook over low to medium heat for 10-15 minutes and serve hot! Serve with sour cream, jalapeños and cheese! Or go vegan and serve straight up!
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INGREDIENTS
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2 c hemp milk ¼ c THC infused coconut oil, melted 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 c water 4 tbs CBD honey Dry tea leaves and tea infuser Dash of cinnamon
Add the hemp milk, infused coconut oil and vanilla extract to a sauce pan over medium heat then mix with a hand mixer until perfectly blended. Place your tea leaves in a tea infuser and place in the hemp milk mixture. Let simmer for 15-20 minutes. Mix 1 tbs of CBD honey per cup of tea latte. Enjoy warm or chilled! For added potency or flavor add some fresh decarboxylated flowers to your tea diffuser!
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Say hello to the lovely Emily Chao. This young vixen is a California native and is as warm and mesmerizing as the sun and surf she grew up with. Emily is probably the first fox we’ve ever photographed that prefers edibles, hands down, over flower, concentrates or vaping! “I just love how the perfect amount of edibles can have you rolling with an uncontrollable case of the giggles.” She enjoys infused cookies, gummies and sodas the most, “really anything that’s not peanut butter flavored.” Emily adores traveling, professional photo shoots, road trips and art. In the summer you can find Emily exploring the great outdoors via biking, hiking, and music festivals. In addition to her affection for the greatest things in life, Emily is a professional couch surfer and gets a rush from wide variety of personalities she gets to meet along the journey. “You get to meet people and hear stories that will open your mind and heart.” Emily is currently modeling and has a living scrapbook of gratitude on instagram that you just have to see @emmiechao When we asked Emily what she would like to share with our readers, she replied, “Just love yourself, and never be afraid to step outside of your comfort zone.” Well Emily, we’re glad you stepped out of your comfort zone and are honored to have another sweet soul like yourself gracing the pages of FOX & NUG.
See more of Emily’s set online at www.foxandnug.com/foxes Special thanks to Elevated Models and Sky Robertson for allowing us to shoot at their exclusive home studio in Denver! Find the cannabis industries most amazing models and brand ambassadors at elevated-models.com
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JUNK YARD DAWG LINEAGE : Dump Truck x Stardawg CULTIVATED BY : Swamp Donkey Seeds at FOX & NUG Test Gardens FLOWER TIME : 8-9 weeks
FLAVORS : Junk Yard Dawg is fuely, chem-filled, skunky, earthy, and tastes absolutely amazing through any glass. Fresh chem and earth on the exhale.
EFFECTS : Extremely sedative. For being a hybrid, it definitely takes the Indica side of things. One bowl or a dab of concentrates from her will send you off gently into the night. Prepare for great sleep and solid stress relief!
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merica’s voice was heard loud and clear in its most recent election, as seven states joined the growing ranks legalizing marijuana. Over the course of 4 years, the movement to legalize marijuana has become bigger than ever, gaining more supporters daily. California is undoubtedly the biggest triumph in the fight for marijuana legalization, in fact, the states Proposition 64, which makes it legal for adults 21 and over to possess and carry up to an ounce of marijuana, makes the entire West Coast a legal playground for recreational weed – Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada also joined the recreational club this go ‘round. “This is the most momentous Election Day in history for the movement to end marijuana prohibition,” Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project, a group that supported a number of the legalization initiatives, said in a statement. The west coast has been the forerunner in the fight for legalization, but the recent win in Massachusetts speaks volumes of the progress being made nationwide. The poles show that Americans are seemingly becoming more accepting of marijuana related medications as well – Florida, Arkansas, and North Dakota voted yes for medical use. Though many of the newly joined states will most likely have to wait for the green light via their governors, the promise of profit is an undeniable factor. According to the Tax Foundation , tax collections from marijuana in both Colorado and Washington both exceeded initial estimates – the industry brought in more than $270 million within the first quarter in Colorado alone according to the Associated Press. The Tax Foundation goes on to explain that an efficient and developed marijuana industry could generate up to $28 billion in tax revenues for federal, state, and local governments, including $7 billion in federal revenue. However, even with the blatant progress being made in the campaign for legalization, supporters will potentially be facing a new obstacle. President Trump, who has flip-flopped on the issue, will have large decisions to make in the near future.
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Trump recently expressed his support for medical marijuana in an interview with the Washington Post – “In terms of marijuana and legalization, I think that should be a state issue, state-by-state,” Trump told The Washington Post. “… Marijuana is such a big thing. I think medical should happen — right? Don’t we agree? I think so. And then I really believe we should leave it up to the states.”
“It reverses 20 years almost of hostility to drugs that began really when Nancy Reagan started ‘Just Say No.’ ” Sessions said during the hearing.
But, while Trump supports a states’ right to choose how to legislate medical marijuana, he deemed Colorado’s legal marijuana industry a “real problem” in an interview with Bill O’Reilly in February of 2016. It seems Trump is on the fence and will likely be pushed to either side. Vice President, Mike Pence, has expressed his distaste on legalization and governs a state with one of the strictest marijuanasentencing laws.
The DCMJ, the group formerly known as the D.C. Cannabis Campaign, fear that Sessions could trigger set backs nationwide and cripple D.C.’s local laws. According to the Washington Post.
But, while Trump supports a states’ right to choose how to legislate medical marijuana, he deemed Colorado’s legal marijuana industry a “real problem” With 65 million people living in states that have given the green light to marijuana legalization, any federal crackdown “could have significant political costs associated with it,” Beau Kilmer, a drug policy expert at the nonprofit Rand Corp., said in an interview with the Washington Post. Hardening the blow to the legalization campaign is Trumps nominee for Attorney General, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), who is an overtly vocal opponent of marijuana legalization. “We need grown-ups in charge in Washington to say marijuana is not the kind of thing that ought to be legalized, it ought not to be minimized, that it’s in fact a very real danger.” Sessions said at a Senate hearing in April of 2016. Sessions called attention to statistics showing that more drivers have been found with THC in their system since the legalization began – chocking it up to the Obama administrations “lax treatment on marijuana.”
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Sessions went on to state, “good people do not smoke marijuana,” that’s right, good people don’t smoke pot you guys.
These activists have protested outside of Sessions’s Capitol Hill office with pot in tow since his nomination and showed up to demonstrate on Inauguration day with 4,200 prerolled joints free to the public. “The marijuana giveaway would not happen if Jeff Sessions wasn’t nominated as the attorney general,” said Adam Eidinger, the head of DCMJ, said in an interview with the Washington Post. “It is not a smoke-in; it is a giveaway, and people can smoke them when they want.” Even though Sessions may be appointed Attorney General, it is still unclear whether progression could be reversed. A recent Gallup poll from October shows that nearly 60 percent of Americans are now in favor of legalization and supporters should keep in mind that Trump expressed support for medical usage. A newer development in medical marijuana usage is cannabidiol hemp oil or CBD oil. Unlike traditional medical cannabis products made from plants with high THC concentrations, the oil is made from high CBD and low levels of THC. In fact, the THC levels are so low in these products that they are considered non-psychoactive. CBD is only one if nearly 85 cannabinoids currently identified in cannabis plants and is the second most abundant found. Because levels of THC are so minimal in the oils, it causes no high – giving patients a less controversial and safer alternative to traditional medical marijuana usage, whole still offering the overwhelming benefits of the treatment. However, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), recently put a damper on legalization, making CBD oil more federally illegal – Item 21 CFR Part 1308 established a new code for “marihuana extract.” “This code,” wrote DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg, “will allow DEA and DEA-registered entities to track quantities of this material separately from quantities of marihuana.” This motion is meant to bring the US into compliance with international drug treaties.
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Some may ask, “what if my CBD oil is derived from hemp?” – The DEA does not care.
In an interview with Leafly, Hoban stated that the action is “beyond the DEA’s authority.”
The agency is positive that it will be able to find a large enough amount cannabinoids in CBD oil to arrest and prosecute you, and if they cannot, they may still arrest you for possessing the oil itself.
“The DEA can only carry out the law, they cannot create it. Here they’re purporting to create an entirely new category called ‘marijuana extracts,’ and by doing so wrest control over all cannabinoids. They want to call all cannabinoids illegal. But they don’t have the authority to do that.” Hoban said,
Although considered to be an illegal Schedule I drug, temporary safeguards are in place to protect patients who posses the oils – one of the most important being the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, which defers the Justice Department from spending funds to interfere with the implementation of state medical cannabis laws. This amendment is the fence stopping federal law enforcement from prosecuting CBD product users in the legal medical marijuana states and the District of Columbia. Robert Hoban, a Colorado cannabis attorney and adjunct professor of law at the University of Denver, raised the notion that the rule itself may not be lawful.
Though it is still unclear whether marijuana legalization will continue to flourish nationwide under Trumps regime, it is blatantly obvious what the American people support, and what they support is legalized pot.
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ashington D.C. museum, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, broke attendance records inauguration weekend, proving art is what prevails in times of political and social calamity. Join Fox & Nug as we celebrate three female artists living the definition of feminism by doing and being whatever they want.
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SALLY HEWETT Sally Hewlett, a UK based artist with both a law and fine art degree, uses her creations to investigate beauty, but also disgust. Her raw depictions of the human form are made by stretching lyrca, angel skin, or velour around padding that is all held together by embroidery hoops. She stitches in shaping, hair, embroidery, and decoration. “I suppose what I would like people to take from the work is the idea that perhaps all sorts of bodies can be seen as beautiful, not just those that are conventionally beautiful,” says Sally.
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Since childhood, Sally has been inspired by bodies. “I’ve always found bodies intriguing, both men’s and women’s bodies: by the fat, the thin, the spotty, the freckled, the old, the hairy. And my own body both interested and alarmed me.” See more of Sally’s work: Online - IG @sally_hewett // sallyhewett.co.uk In PersonShe Loves, Stitch Fetish 5 HNYPT – Honeypot LA The Hive Gallery 729 S Spring St, Los Angeles 212 West 12th St, Los Angeles 9-12 February, 2017 4-25 February, 2017
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AMY PAYNE In the male-dominant video game industry, Environment Artist, Amy Payne, has made a name for herself by working on big-name titles such as Uncharted 4: At Thief’s End and The Last of Us. Working with a huge team to create interactive masterpieces, Amy draws inspiration from the environment around her as well as other artists. “The first thing I always do is just spend a day or so reference and inspiration hunting. I’ll either run outside to gather material reference or take a deep dive into Pinterest to get as much reference for a scene as possible. After that it’s just getting into the zone to make the art, but I’ll be jumping in and out of content authoring to try and reference check my work or get more inspiration for a section that I’m stuck on. It’s just that game of trying not to get too sucked into what you’re doing that you lost sight of the big picture.” See More of Amy’s Work: payneless3d.com artstation.com/artist/luthyn
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BRITTANY WOODBURY Allowing cannabis to take her to a higher state of mind, Brittany Woodbury merges the art and cannabis worlds with her whimsical macro oil paintings. “I find myself always looking for the next challenge, every painting I find a way to try a new technique that pushes me to do something I’ve never done and intimidates me. I want to keep learning and developing,” says Brittany, inspired by the dedicated and hard working growers. This Seattle-based artist and pastry chef, enjoys time with her feline companion and making art with her significant other. “I only hope all women know how strong, intelligent and capable well all are and shouldn’t let anyone, or thing, get in the way. I believe everyone is a genius at something and everyone is worthy enough to pursue what drives them. Women should be standing by each other to encourage each other to strive towards being the best we can.” See More of Brittany’s Work: Instagram and Twitter: @bonk710 woodburyhillstudios/bigcartel.com
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