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STORY by DAVE MCDOWELL for LEAF NATION | PHOTO by FLETCHER WOLD @FWOLD_PHOTOGRAPHY

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A B O U T T H E C OV E R Choosing a single artist to grace one of our staff’s favorite annual issues was no easy task, and picking out the photo for the honor was an even greater challenge.

Ultimately, we went with this striking collaboration by Darby Holm x Calm Glass.

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by Lila Holm. “The most important part about photographing an artist’s work is to document it as accurately as possible and not leave any details out,” says Holm. “In this owl, we focused on representing the colors and shape – both inside and out – as if you were viewing the piece with your own eyes.”

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Editor’s Note Thanks for picking up the Glass Issue of the Leaf!

GLASS HOLDS a special place within Cannabis culture, as it both defines our movement through artistic expression and provides the tools necessary to consume our plant. Without glass pipes, bongs and dab rigs, we’d be stuck smoking joints and out of apples in a return to college shenanigans. Today, glass pieces regularly sell for five to six figures and a rig can define a stoner’s personality – the same way a cool car or pair of shoes do. It’s through the beautiful combination of fire and borosilicate that an artist shapes both how we smoke and how we perceive that act of inhalation, and this annual Glass Issue of the Leaf is dedicated to celebrating the artists and art that shape the visual arm of our industry.

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While I generally keep my editor’s note focused on the theme of our issue, I want to dedicate the remainder of this space to sharing a message of hope and world peace. Last month we saw humanity edge closer to world war and nuclear proliferation than ever before, something that simply cannot happen if our species and planet are to survive. My heart breaks for the millions of displaced Ukranians, the Russian soldiers sent to kill or die at the hands of their neighbors, and the whole of Europe waiting to see if war will spill “MAYBE THE across their borders. There is no justification for the aggression we are seeing HIPPIES OF in Ukraine, and I’m sure that the victims of other recent wars of aggression like THE ‘60S WHO Afghanistan and Iraq are having their own “Me Too” moment of grief as the global THOUGHT PEACE, LOVE AND DRUGS war machine shifts attention from the Middle East to Eastern Europe.

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WORLD WEREN’T As much as global politics and media propaganda have bled into the societal JUST HIGH ON views of war and justice, it seems clear now that the powerful deciders of GREAT LSD, BUT humanity are bent on destruction. Whether it’s traditional war for power or WERE ACTUALLY resources, the genocides of religious divides, or the exploitation of the planet and ONTO SOMETHING.” the poorest humans, our species is rushing angrily into a century that many had high hopes for. Information technology has the potential to bring equality and awareness to all corners of the globe (no flat earth pun intended), but we continue to see those with the power using it for manipulation and profit.

This brings me to Cannabis and the role it might play in changing our collective trajectory.

Almost every industry in the world is built on profit at the expense of the people and the planet, but the Cannabis and hemp industries are breaking that mold. Not only is our industry shedding the old ways of one-percent wealth building and breaking the vestiges of the drug war, it’s also bringing enlightenment and peace with every gram and joint sold … and smoked.

I honestly believe that if Putin would smoke some weed, we wouldn’t be in this situation. Who gets baked and decides to invade anything other than the refrigerator? The same can be said for conflict around the planet, where one side profits at the expense of the other – not exactly your typical stoner behavior. Maybe the hippies of the ‘60s who thought peace, love and drugs could save the world weren’t just high on great LSD, but were actually onto something. It’s only once they swallowed the capitalist success that the boomer generation went from “we” to “me” – but it’s not too late for the coming of age millennials and Gen Zs to embrace the idea of world peace, one puff at a time.

Perhaps that’s just my high hopes for our future, but I’d like to think that Cannabis has the potential to save the world.

-Wes Abney APR. 2022

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NCAA RELAXES MARIJUANA THRESHOLDS; REDUCES PENALTIES

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he NCAA announced last month that it will be relaxing its marijuana policies, raising THC threshold levels and reducing punishments.

Under current NCAA policy, one failed marijuana test gets a six-month suspension. The NCAA will raise the threshold for THC from 35 to 150 nanograms per milliliter. This change brings them in line with new World Anti-Doping Agency standards. There is no punishment or loss of eligibility for the first positive test, if the school “provides a management plan and education” for the athlete. For the second positive test, there could still be no punishment if they are compliant with the management plan. If they are not, an athlete would miss 25% of their games. Should a third positive test happen, there could still be no punishment if the athlete still complies with the management plan. If not, they will miss 50% of the games.

PENNSYLVANIA OFFERS FINANCIAL AID TO MMJ PATIENTS

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ennsylvania Department of Health has expanded its financial assistance program for state medical marijuana patients.

The program includes waiving annual fees for eligible patients enrolled in financial hardship programs such as SNAP, MedTHE STATE SAID IT PLANS TO icaid and WIC. “The departDISTRIBUTE CASH BENEFITS ment is pleased to be able to TO ELIGIBLE PATIENTS. expand assistance to medical marijuana patients and caregivers who may be experiencing financial hardships,” said acting Health Secretary Keara Klinepeter. “Patients deserve to have access to their medicine to treat medical conditions, and cost should not be a barrier.”

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COSTA RICA LEGALIZES MEDICAL CANNABIS

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srael has decriminalized the adult use of marijuana and is expunging the criminal records of those convicted of personal possession or use of the plant, President Isaac Herzog and Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced in March. Those with adult-use convictions can submit a request to have their records voided, and those with pending criminal proceedings can contact the police with a request to drop the charges. The move, said the statement, will “lift the criminal labeling and the stain that accompanies it” and “complement” decriminalization regulations published in February. The new regulations don’t apply to those also charged with other offenses alongside Cannabis use, including those possessing drug paraphernalia, those convicted during military service, and minors.

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osta Rica’s Congress passed a bill in March which legalizes the use of Cannabis for medicinal purposes. The bill also allows marijuana cultivation for industrial use.

The cultivation and sale of adult-use marijuana for recreational purposes, however, will remain banned. Supporters of the bill say it will boost farmers and increase jobs. Costa Rica joins a host of other Latin American countries where medical marijuana is legal. weird

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his comes 25 years after he was disqualified from the World Boxing Association Heavyweight Championship for biting his opponent’s ear. Tyson’s marijuana brand, Tyson 2.0, named the new product with a smirking reference to what’s become known as “The Bite Fight.” That’s the 1997 bout against Evander Holyfield where the infamous incident took place. Tyson’s weed brand announced the news via Twitter on March 15. According to Tyson 2.0, the gummies will soon go on sale at dispensaries in Massachusetts, California and Nevada. The retired boxer and current weed dealer even put his stamp of approval on the marijuana-infused edibles, writing, “These ears actually taste good!”

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untaxed grow sites were raided over the past five weeks by Calaveras County, Calif. deputies.

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aw enforcement has settled a lawsuit over the mass arrests of 64 Georgia partygoers on marijuana charges. Cops charged each of the 64 individuals at the 2017 lingerie-themed party with possession of under an ounce of marijuana. Police, who found less than an ounce of marijuana outside on the ground, arrested all 64 partygoers. They said they did this because nobody would claim the weed. Gerald Griggs, an attorney and past vice president of the Georgia NAACP, organized a campaign to get all the charges dropped. “It’s a very large settlement,” Griggs said, according to WSB-TV. ”So it sends a message to Georgia that if you violate somebody’s civil rights, the NAACP and civil rights attorneys will hold you to task and protect those young peoples’ rights.”

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Another pause on Cannabis licensing has gained traction among legislators in Oregon. House Bill 4016 passed in the Senate 24-to-3 on March 2, following a round of amendments last month. The bill now sits at the senate president’s desk, awaiting a signature. From there it is set to see Governor Kate Brown, who is expected to move the bill forward. If signed into law, the bill would authorize the OLCC to “based on supply of and demand for marijuana, refuse to issue initial marijuana production, processing, wholesale and retail licenses for the amount of time commission determines necessary.”

This power would remain in effect until March 2024. The bill faces industry backlash as community members are divided between licensing access and an increasingly over-saturated market.

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Class Action Lawsuit Seeks Compensation for Select Oil Customers A class action lawsuit is seeking compensation for Oregonians that “purchased Select Elite, Select Pax or Select Dabbables vapes between Aug. 15, 2018 and Nov. 22, 2019.”

The settlement states that a payment of $200 per claim IT’S ESTIMATED THAT AS MANY will be made in AS 186,000 check or digital OREGONIANS form “unless the PURCHASED THESE AFFECTED number of claims PRODUCTS. exceeds the funds available.” Those affected can file their claim at OregonClassActionSettlement.com before the April 29 deadline. The settlement comes nearly two years after a number of Select Oil products were found to contain additives, while simultaneously labeled “100% marijuana.” It’s estimated that as many as 186,000 Oregonians purchased these affected products. The lawsuit (originally settled by former Cura owners in August of 2021) came in addition to a $110,000 “dishonest conduct” penalty paid to the OLCC.

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Cannabis Sales Tax Increase Falls Short A bill boosting Oregon Cannabis taxes has died in the Oregon Legislature.

Senate Bill 1506 was opposed by many industry brands and consumers, with sales taxes already as high as 20% in some localities. The legislation would have permitted cities and counties to raise their local tax from 3% to 10% (on top of the state’s 17%), but many industry advocates claim that the move would bolster illegal market sales. While recent attempts saw lawmakers fail to slip a Cannabis tax amendment into an unrelated bill, it’s expected to be a recurring theme in future sessions – especially as some Oregon cities push to fund a fight against border-hopping buyers.

Oregonians Respond to The Future of Psilocybin The Oregon Health Authority recently conducted a Psilocybin Community Interest Survey. The survey was first made available to the public on January 7, with links distributed via press releases and mailing lists. Of the 4,421 survey participants, 94% (4,162) expressed interest in accessing AND ANXIETY services, with “general well-being” selected as 3,004 participants’ DEPRESSION WERE ALSO AMONG THE reason for seeking psilocybin therapy. Depression and anxiety TOP REASONS, WITH 2,687 RESPONSES PER CATEGORY. were also among the top reasons, with 2,687 responses per category. Those looking to fill the future fungal demands were tallied as well: A total of 1,613 survey submissions showed interest in acquiring a “facilitator” license, while 982 stated interest in “manufacturing.” While the survey is no longer available, Oregonians interested in providing input related to psilocybin products, testing and training are encouraged to add their remarks during the Public Comment Period of April 1-22. A public hearing will also take place on April 18 and April 21.

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BRENNA SALDANA “MY BIGGEST GOAL IS TO HELP CHANGE THE WAY WE LOOK AT THIS PLANT.”

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PENDLETON, OREGON is best known for its whisky, wool and world-renowned rodeo. Not much comes to mind when Cannabis comes up in a conversation, but would you believe me when I say that there are four dispensaries in a town that’s roughly 11 miles in size? Brenna Saldana is the manager of Kind Leaf dispensary and has won the hearts of all the stoners in this cowboy-ridden town. Brenna raved about her passion for helping the members of the small community, curating products for specific palates and breaking the negative social stigma around Cannabis down, brick by brick. We talked past, present and future, and it became quickly apparent as to why Brenna is a local VIP. Follow her on @thehighupperleft.

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH CANNABIS. I was a freshman in college and my roommate asked if I was ‘down to smoke’ type of vibe. But it wasn’t until after I was in a car accident that I started to have more of a relationship with Cannabis, because the prescriptions were not working for me. I really owe it to Cannabis for helping me recover from that.

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO BECOME A BUDTENDER AND HOW DID YOU GET YOUR LEADERSHIP ROLE? Well, I’m originally from San Diego – so I moved up here in 2015 right after legalization and loved the idea of becoming a budtender. I was getting burned out on the job I had, so I thought there was no better time than to hop on it. I think passion is what really got me where I am today. I honestly don’t want to be doing anything else and feel so lucky.

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WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS YOUR BIGGEST ASSET TO THE KIND LEAF TEAM? I get so fulfilled by leading this team and providing them a workspace that they take pride in. I take whatever they have to say to me and I put it into action. I want to bring not just joy, but a sense of peace to my crew when they clock in, because this is a safe space for them to just be themselves. We thrive on helping our customers and being able to give the customers what they give us, which is hope and relief.

WHAT’S YOUR BIGGEST GOAL AS A BUDTENDER? My biggest goal is to help change the way we look at this plant. If I can do anything to help whoever is in front of me and leave them with even just a little bit more knowledge about Cannabis than they had before they walked in the store, then that’s a win in my book. That’s what this job is all about to me.

YOU JUST HAD THE LONGEST DAY EVER AND YOU’RE ABOUT TO GO HOME AND GET STONEY. HOW ARE YOU ACHIEVING THAT? Oh I am definitely gonna nectar collect some dabs. I love to go zero-to-60 in a matter of seconds. My current go-to is Tangies & Cream by Happy Cabbage and it’s absolute fire. After I’m feelin’ toasty enough, I will start rolling something.

IF YOU COULD PASS A JOINT TO ANYONE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHO WOULD IT BE? Definitely my late grandmother, because she passed before I even really knew what Cannabis was and would have loved to pick her brain. The other is the legendary Robin Williams. I can only imagine the kind of belly laughs I would have with just one conversation with him.

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T J’S ON BROADWAY ENVIRONMENT & VIBE Similar to the witch’s house in Hansel and Gretel, the exterior of the building truly does look like something you’d find in a storybook. Its uniqueness is further accentuated by its ginormous parking lot – a rarity for dispensaries and a bonus hailing from its former taxi days – which is perfect for individuals with disabilities that need that extra space to maneuver successfully, or anyone who simply enjoys spacious and ample parking. The fresh coat of white paint with a snazzy black trim invites you inside to a steampunk apothecary shop full of potions and libations!

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A floor-to-ceiling, deep mahogany bar further welcomes you and holds glass jars full of all your favorite flower from TJ’s, Gnome Grown and other trusted farms around Oregon. A refrigerated, curved glass patisserie display case holds their full lineup of concentrates, including brands ranging from Echo Electuary to Willamette Valley Alchemy. If you’re more of an edibles person, they got you covered for chocolate with Well Truffles from Crop Circle Chocolate, Wyld Gummies, and the new Nanotech Solventless Syrup from Happy Cabbage! And don’t forget to check out the pre-rolls – they had over 48 different ones the day I was there.

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BUDTENDERS & SPECIALS My budtender really took the time to notice the finer details of our transaction. They were knowledgeable, patient and helpful throughout the entire experience.

The person who helped me even took the personal care to see if I was a Veteran, thanked me for my service, and explained that they always have a Veterans Discount. That small gesture went a long way to cement me as a customer. TJ’s has a reputation for high quality, down-toearth people who genuinely care about helping others and that was evident during my visit.

QUICK HIT With some good old fashioned elbow grease, the team at TJ’s on Broadway has made this former Checker Cab location shine – creating a space that embodies the attention to detail TJ’s has become known for and curating the shop to fit the needs of the Salem community. TJ’s on Broadway is set to make a name for itself in a short amount of time.

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hyphae wellness partnered with electronic vehicle manufacturer arcimoto to enable them to provide a mushroom-based product delivery service with a sustainable edge.

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ADAPTOGEN IS MORE THAN JUST A TRENDING BUZZWORD. These compounds are thought to stimulate your body’s stress-protection response and offer potential health benefits by supporting natural functions for immunity. Lion’s Mane is a great example of a natural adaptogen - it helps with brain nerve protection and recovery.

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of what was available failed to meet their high standards – which led them to YPHAE WELLNESS combines the branching filaments that make build out a cultivation facility. up the mushroom’s mycelium network, hyphae, with the expres“We focus on every element to make sure it’s of a therapeutic grade and sion “get hyphy” (meaning to get excited) into a line of fungi-fothat our products are having a positive impact on people’s lifestyles, whether cused products. Their growing line of natural adaptogens and nootropics it be in the Cannabis or functional mushroom space,” said Geoff. rely on the benefits of mushrooms and Cannabis to help promote health and Working alongside Tao has been a natural fit – from the existing symbiwellness. Adding to the wellness angle, Hyphae also teamed with electronic otic relationships of the mycelium networks in the no-till beds to cultivating, vehicle manufacturer Arcimoto to offer a sustainable home delivery option for extracting and formulating as much as they can in-house. their mushroom-based products.

A rarity in the industry, together Hyphae Wellness and Tao have combined Nick Ciufo and longtime friend Geoff Ostrove grew up in Oxnard, Calif. their efforts to produce edibles for the Oregon rec market, comand saw careers in food, wine, politics and more recently, CannaGETHYPHAE.COM bining their functional mushroom blends with solventless hash. It’s bis. When Geoff made the connection between the fungal supple@HYPHAEWELLNESS a synergistic combo that likely produces a quicker onset and more ments he was taking for his brain health and the fungal network holistic effect.

Nick was utilizing in Tao Garden’s no-till cultivation method, he 2022 is shaping up to be the year of the mushroom. A Hyphae stout is knew there was real potential to combine their expertise into a functional being brewed by Ninkasi, and the guys have a growing roster of wellness mushroom brand. products available online and in grocery stores.

“A lion’s mane actually grows lobes and looks like a brain while it’s growTheir Cannabis-free gummies, tinctures and mouth sprays are developing ing,” Nick explained. “What’s wild is that it’s been shown to increase blood quite the following. “ flow and neurological function to the brain. Even as skeptics, we saw some Currently, we are working with some great local grocery stores, and we amazing benefits when adding mushrooms into our daily regimen. I really would love to see our gummies in every grocer across the country,” said geeked out on that stuff and we started sourcing products to see what we Geoff of their plans for the near future. “We want these high quality products could do on our own.” to be as accessible to as many people as possible. Really, the mushrooms are Rather than extracting or formulating from mycelium-based products, the facilitators, we’re just helping them fulfill their goal.”

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We recently sat down with Dave Taggart of Slim’s Top Shelf at their facility in White City. Dave gave us a glimpse at Slim’s humble beginnings, how they built a fanbase more quickly than most, and how even after a rapid expansion … are still swinging for the fences.

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Tell us how you started growing. Was it always a hustle from day one? Yeah, I ended up coming out to Cali originally and just started doing the thing. I was around a bunch of people that grew and started taking notes, picking it up piece by piece. We set up our first indoor – a 24-lighter – a bunch of years ago and just never stopped. All we grew was Sour Diesel because that’s all anyone from back east wanted.

How did you find yourself here in White City? I was consulting nearby and this property got busted. I just contacted the building owner directly. I’m 28 and covered in tattoos, so I’m thinking I don’t have a chance. He actually called me and was like, ‘Hey, we’re ready to do it.’ I just sold my bar and a bunch of other shit, and got the money together and got in there. The building was empty for a year before we could get a license. I was building trailers and doing odd jobs for people to make this super high rent, but I knew it would be worth it. We just had to bite the bullet and do it.

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Since then, you’ve been able to expand rather quickly – tell us how you managed that. My electrical engineer, John Zogheb, is a huge part of how we’ve been able to expand at this pace.

My partner, Joe McCarthy, deserves a shout too. I flew Joe out to California when we set up our first grow room and we never looked back. We went to grade school together, we did our first grow room together and we learned a whole bunch. It feels good to be with the homie and doing the thing we set off to do.

So, what do you lean towards when you’re rolling one up for yourself? Right now, I’m liking a lot of the Gelato crosses. We started the indoor here in Oregon just growing Baccio, which is basically just Gelato 41. I think that’s kind of what put us on the map. We were just running it and smoking it non-stop. I actually don’t even have that cut anymore because we

ended up losing it. … Jealousy is probably the closest thing we have to it. In fact, that’s the best smoke right now in my book. We’re doing a lot of the Cookies stuff right now. Some of their newer stuff that they haven’t released yet is top of my list, too.

What’s coming up for Slim’s? We’re about to start pushing a bunch of hash rosin that we washed and pressed in-house. You know, I personally don’t like to smoke hydrocarbon extracts. So, we’re just doing all hash and we’re going to price it so everyone can get their hands on it. I know a lot of people are gonna be pissed at us, but it is what it is. We’ve been stacking up stock, going super hard with a bunch of live flower and cured product. It’s going to be wild.

Keep an eye out for that.

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This candy-forward cultivar is surprisingly potent. With a syrupy-sweet aroma and the flavor of old-school Sweet Tarts, this one hits on all cylinders.

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am Gesten is the type of guy who makes a positive impact on everyone he knows.

His genuine enthusiasm for the plant is infectious – and it’s a quality that shines through in both his products and his impeccably clean, stateof-the-art facility in Bend.

The 30-year-old native of Boulder, Colo. moved to Oregon half a decade ago to bring his lifelong passion for Cannabis cultivation to the Beaver State. Together with his partners Carl Allen, Alex Gomez and Ray Furth, Gesten founded Highland Provisions – where they currently release top-tier flower, solventless extracts and concentrates, as well as edibles out of their facility.

We caught up with this true Stoner Owner to discuss his philosophy and his love for the plant.

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How and when did you first realize you wanted to live the Cannabis life? I was raised in a place where Cannabis culture was ingrained in the community at all levels. Cannabis has been a large part of my life for as long as I can remember. I’ve always loved cultivating a wide variety of plants since I was young. Cannabis was the plant that was most fascinating to cultivate – the amount of genotypic variation between different cultivars and phenotypes within the same cultivars continues to amaze me. That, along with the medicinal benefits and how this plant brings people together, made it clear to me there’s nothing I’d rather do.

What inspired you to move to Oregon to found Highland Provisions and cultivate in Bend? It has been a lifelong dream to be able to make a living following my passion, and to produce the best product for consumers available. I had provided my Cannabis to my two founding partners, Carl and Alex, for years prior to the creation of Highland. Although I had several other opportunities at the time, when they approached me with the desire to create an industry-leading, full-line Cannabis company – there was no looking back. Oregon was one of the markets we had our eye on and Bend was very similar to where I was born and raised.

Along with Cannabis, spending time in the outdoors snowboarding and mountain biking has always been something that was extremely important to me, so Bend was the perfect fit.

How would you describe your philosophy as a cultivator and a manufacturer of Cannabis flower, solventless concentrates, and edibles?

My philosophy along with the rest of us at Highland is quite simple: to produce the best, highest quality, and pharmaceuticalgrade clean products possible. Never being complacent and pushing the envelope of what’s possible is paramount in my mind. We strive to never stop learning, innovating and challenging ourselves. Education plays a large role in our philosophy as well. The recreational industry is in its infancy and most consumers need to be educated on all levels, to ensure they’re empowered to make the best decisions for them individually.

At Highland Provisions, we strive to become a nationally recognized brand that people know is produced with the utmost care and love.

When the consumer sees the Highland logo, they should feel safe knowing that no corners have been cut. Additionally, always bringing new products and flavors to the people is paramount to us being successful.

How do you consume Cannabis? Any specific cultivars or delivery method you’re loving right now? It really depends on what I’m doing. If it’s summertime and I’m working outside in my vegetable gardens, I love smoking bones. If it’s winter and it’s a powder day on the board, I tend to favor a cartridge or our solventless gummies. But ultimately my favorite is some solventless or flower, hands down.

As for cultivars, I have been loving all the new ones we just hunted.

Some of these are the Twang, Papaya BX, Grape Guava, Big Red, Colonel Crunch and Truffletini. There are also some of our triedand-true cultivars that are constantly a staple in my stash, such as the Sour Garlic Cookies, Strawberries & Cream, and Tropsanto.

“It has been a lifelong dream to be able to make a living following my passion, and to produce the best product for consumers available.”

How do you define quality? To me, quality is responsibly producing Cannabis products with the utmost attention to detail, no matter how small or big, at all levels.

That’s what I think makes Highland so special.

Since we do everything in-house, we are able to ensure everything is done properly from the minute I pop a bean, all the way to each individual product being packaged for sale.

You can do nine out of 10 things right, but if you slip on one small detail, all your hard work has been compromised and it isn’t the best it could be. At Highland, we will never release anything that we won’t consume ourselves and are proud to release!

How do you define success for yourself?

For Highland Provisions? For me, success is being able to do what I love, with people I enjoy working with and producing product that I’m truly proud of. A large part of that is always learning and pushing myself to become an even better cultivator every day.

What do you devote your time to when you’re not at the grow? I spend as much time with the love of my life, Audrey, my little man and two pups. You can also find me enjoying the outdoors snowboarding, mountain biking, hiking and gardening. Additionally, I spend a good chunk of time vigorously reading and talking to all the legends of this game I’m lucky enough to call family. I strive to always be learning new things and progressing. My philosophy is to never think you have it all figured out, and to continue to learn and become a better cultivator every day.

A Stoner Owner is a Cannabis business owner who has a relationship with the plant. We want to buy and smoke Cannabis from companies that care about their products, employees and the plant. You wouldn’t buy food from a restaurant where the cooks don’t eat in the kitchen, so why buy corporate weed grown by a company only concerned with profits? Stoner Owner approval means a company cares, and we love weed grown with care. Let’s retake our culture and reshape a stigma by honoring those who grow, process and sell the best Cannabis possible.

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ith a longtime passion Sarandon is one of the few for humanitarian causes, celebrities that speaks about Sarandon has served as a Cannabis like a real person, noting UNICEF World Ambassador that while it does have medical and was awarded the Action Against benefits, recreationally it’s “more Hunger Award in 2016 for her work of a lifestyle choice, like yoga or as an advocate in the arenas of meditation.” hunger and HIV/AIDS. In a 2015 interview with High She has been a relentless social Times, she talked about how and political activist, frequently smoking benefits her lifestyle, utilizing her celebrity status to bring saying, “That’s the great thing attention to diverse issues people about smoking weed: If you lead a are facing around the world. And very, very busy life, for me, it really yes, this activism includes the makes the most of the weekend. It legalization of Cannabis. like triples your weekends. If you Sarandon has been only have certain extremely open about windows to get her almost lifelong high, it allows you Cannabis use for to slow down and decades, saying she really be there … started in college smoking helps and found that it you to connect suited her personal again – to be preferences more than present and alcohol. From there, conscious.”

Sarandon famously This sort of Sarandon’s star on the talked about smoking responsibleHollywood Walk of Fame with David Bowie but-reasonable during their three-year approach to relationship in the ‘80s with Andy the consumption of Cannabis is Cohen on “Watch What Happens: what will ultimately set us on the Live,” and she hasn’t been shy about mainstream path. Once the taboo sharing that she smoked herb before is removed, we’ll all enjoy better almost every one of her award access and less of a stigma attached show acceptance speeches. While to what we all know is a beneficial speaking in support of Cannabis plant for humanity. Slowly but surely, legalization in Colorado in 2013, people in the public eye like Susan she went as far as to tell the Sarandon are helping to turn the tide Huffington Post: “I would like to see – and for that, we can all be grateful everyone be able to smoke pot.” that we live in the year 2022.

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ndeed, hemp is more than just a flower … perhaps a better title would be “CBD Isn’t a Synonym for Hemp.”

Almost everyone in the industry, especially hemp farmers, think of industrial hemp as a CBD factory: Grow it, extract it. Want to know why the hemp industry is struggling, the price of hemp biomass is so low, and hemp farmers are scaling back their future plans? The singleminded fixation on CBD extraction has put blinders on the industry and its future. My dark fear is that the industry will wither or at least flounder and never reach its full potential.

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ADD VALUE BEFORE CASHING OUT. You’ve grown and harvested 100 acres of hemp. So? A lot of other folks have, too. Average crop, average prices. Instead of selling bales like everyone else, do something that adds value before you sell it. Decorticate and separate the hurd from the bast. They’re destined for different markets, so take that first step and raise your prices. Chip and bag your stems and seek out hempcrete buyers. Chip and press hurd into wood stove pellets, either 100% hemp or a hemp/wood blend.

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HEMP ISN’T MAGIC. It should be part of one’s crop rotation. It shouldn’t be an all-or-nothing exercise.

Only plant what you can afford to lose. Treat it like your other crops: line up buyers before you start. It won’t save your farm with its magical powers.

ORGANIC MATTERS. The hemp industry was founded

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THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO EAT HEMP. Dehulled hemp seeds (hemp hearts) and hemp milk are common items in stores across the country. Hemp is an ingredient in bread and cereal. Don’t stop now. There’s cellulose in hemp stems and edible mushrooms (including oyster mushrooms) consume cellulose. Plant-based foods are hot. Trust me when I say, mushrooms are going to be front and center in people’s diet. (Full disclosure: I’m growing oyster mushrooms at home and have started growing them on hemp fiber.

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HEMPCRETE ISN’T THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN. Biofabrication builds things using biomass. Mycofabrication uses mushroom mycelium to bind fibers together. Oyster mushrooms grow quickly on cellulose rich biomass like hemp stems. Instead of growing a full cycle and picking the mushrooms, growing just the mycelium results in a solid mass that can be molded into different shapes. Packaging, coffins, insulation, art and a host of other uses come to mind.

HEMP FIBER HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE. Whether it’s paper, textiles or hempcrete, we can all agree by hemp activists. Many of WHETHER IT’S PAPER, that hemp fiber is an industry us see hemp as part of our TEXTILES OR HEMPCRETE, that has barely gotten off the lifestyle. We eat and live WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT ground. But it’s coming, in a organically, and we spend a HEMP FIBER IS AN INDUSTRY big way. Grow hemp fiber, little more to do so. Organic cut and dry it, and set it aside can be less expensive to grow and THAT HAS BARELY GOTTEN until the market catches up fetches higher prices in the market.

OFF THE GROUND. with you. Keep it dry. Be smart Pesticides aren’t welcome. about it. Seek serious buyers, because the first question they’re going to ask is if THERE’S MEDICINE IN THE ROOTS, TOO. CBD, you can provide a steady supply moving CBG, other cannabinoids, terpenes, etc. aren’t forward. “I have two years experience the only medicinal compounds in hemp. Hemp growing hemp under my belt. If you need roots were used by the Romans and Chinese as a bulk, I can bulk up.” poultice. Instead of plowing them under, farmers should be harvesting them like carrots. I’ve made THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. Daydream long topical products with hemp roots for 10 years term, and start pushing hemp into the future we – it’s LeBlanc CNE’s secret sauce. They can be all want to live. No one’s going to do it for us, dried and stored for future use, so stop tilling but we can do it for ourselves … together. them under.

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I hesitate to call the candied nut confection known as “brittle” a treat. Snack doesn’t quite seem to fit either. Candy seems appropriate but let’s be real, not many folks are going to reach past the PB cups for another shard. Count me as surprised when I cracked a jar of Three Flavors Farmscultivated Peanut Brittle and found it to be both a treat and a snack, not to mention something I’ll gladly re-up when my jar runs low.

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SWEET SCENTS OF FRESHLY-TURNED EARTH, ROASTING NUTS AND UNLEADED GASOLINE FILL MY NOSTRILS UPON OPENING THE JAR.

Though the name is a throwback to the days when the candy was just an unattractive slab, the cultivar itself is a modern combo of Platinum Girl Scout Cookies and Peanut Butter Breath.

Even with that pedigree, the flower stands out against the other jars on your typical top shelf.

This jar is filled with chunky, coinsized buds and very little breakage.

Black sugar leaves offset by sparkling white trichomes and forest green calyxes catch my attention, while sweet scents of freshly-turned earth, roasting nuts and unleaded gasoline fill my nostrils upon opening the jar.

It’s a savory smell that’s a bit like green coffee beans hitting that “firstcrack” stage of roasting – musty and acetic with a hint of those natural sugars starting to caramelize. Add a dash of fresh peanut butter fudge and you’ve got a pretty good handle on Peanut Brittle’s profile.

The inhale leans toward the Platinum Cookies with motor-oil thick hits that fill the room with a sweet and fragrant funk.

The effect is pleasant and relaxing, and after a half gram joint, I’m ready to sink into a nearby chair for the foreseeable future, or spend an hour researching which hammock to buy.

Focused but chill, Peanut Brittle is great for winding down after a tough day or giving yourself a good excuse to catch a mid-afternoon nap.

After winning an Oregon Growers Cup with this strain in late 2020, Three Flavors knew they had something special on their hands.

They’ve kept this one in the rotation ever since, dialing it in and coaxing those bonus flavors out of this excellent herb. Don’t let the old-school name trick you into thinking you’re getting grandmacandy … this one is far from it.

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If you’re familiar with the work of Andy Roth, then you’re already aware of the stunning, simple elegance and flawless symmetry of his art. His unique vision translated and brought to life through the glass medium results in expertly crafted artwork with intense aesthetic appeal and fantastic function.

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Pennsylvania, but grew up in California.

I have spent some time living in Washington state, but have landed back in California near family.

“ I D R AW A LOT O F I N S P I R AT I O N F R O M ARCHITECTURE, WHETHER IT BE FROM A BUILDING, S KYS C R A P E R O R ANY INTERESTING S T R U C T U R E .”

WHO OR WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO GET ON THE TORCH? I would see beautiful

glass pipe art on the internet, and knew nothing about how they were made.

After finding out the glass was melted with a torch, I couldn’t not try my hand at blowing glass. The process of controlling the flow of molten glass has held my attention ever since.

HOW DID YOU HONE IN ON YOUR SIGNATURE STYLE – WHAT MAKES AN ANDY ROTH PIECE AN ANDY ROTH PIECE? Architecture and simplicity. I draw

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IF YOU COULD COLLAB WITH ANY ARTIST OUT THERE, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY? There are too many

great artists I would love to collaborate with. Both inside the glass world and of other mediums.

WHAT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT ASPECT OF BEING A FULL TIME GLASS ARTIST? I would say the most difficult

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part would be the ups and downs of productivity. Which I think can be said for any path in life. Being inspired or having motivation isn’t always going to be there, so it is important to remain disciplined and keep moving forward. And eventually the inspiration or motivation will flow back.

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MIA SHEA @​​M I A S H E AG L A S S @ T H E A R TO F M I A S H E A

If art is a reflection of who a person is, Mia Shea is a muse of the goddess – alchemizing glass into exquisite Venusian statues, vases, candle and incense holders, pendants, pipes and chillums.

Based in Seattle, Mia has a studio in the Old Rainier Brewery where there are three rooms dedicated to making glass art.

She’s the only female glassblower amidst the 20 or so men in the building, but she’s used to the male energy; the glass industry is overwhelmingly male-dominated (as most industries are).

“I don’t think women’s bodies are meant to be machining over torches all day long,” says Mia, who gained her experience at Zen Glass in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2011. “But when glass is flowing and melting and blending, it’s all very therapeutic and feminine in nature.”

Shea regards the artistic “IT’S ABOUT COMING medium of glassblowing as I N TO A H E A LT H Y a practice of healing the O R I E N TAT I O N O F mother – as in the earth, the THE MASCULINE womb, the feminine.

AND FEMININE, “Almost all of the women RECONNECTING in the glass industry are TO O U R B O D I E S sculpting the female body,” AND THE EARTH, she says. “I get it … we’re A N D R E S TO R I N G all healing our connection to B A L A N C E F O R A L L .” the feminine.”

Shea isn’t solely focused on channeling the divine feminine into her art, though – the juice behind her primal, psychedelic glass work requires tapping into the divine masculine as well. Channeling the power of both the yin and yang energies allows her to plant seeds for healing and change through the medium of glass, to cultivate love and trust, and to breathe life back into our bones.

For her, blowing glass is an expression of her spirituality and revolves around a deep integrity for what’s natural. Every piece she makes is infused with these noble intentions.

“It’s about coming into a healthy orientation of the masculine and feminine, reconnecting to our bodies and the earth, and restoring balance for all,” Shea attests.

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Joe Peters was immersed in an artistic environment for the entirety of his youth, but it wasn’t until he found the flame at age 19 that his passions found the perfect outlet. “Oh hell yeah, I get to play with fire,” he reminisced. “It was the easiest decision I ever had in my life.”

The glassblowing world had a special way of capturing Joe’s attention unlike his other dabblings in painting and pottery. This artform gave Joe a sense of urgency to get things done and finish pieces, placing them in the kiln before they had time to break. He was also intrigued by the fact that with glass, you can’t directly touch the art you’re making.

While a longtime lover of weed and passionate about pipe-making, the mid-2000s weren’t exactly the best years to be blowing glass for weed-centric purposes. Rather than risk getting busted making pipes in his parents’ garage, Joe honed his craft and made a name for himself and his glass sculptures in the art show and craft fair scene – even doing an installation in a children’s hospital that he describes to this day as some of the most meaningful work of his career.

In 2010, Joe couldn’t ignore his dream of pipe-making any longer and

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decided to take his glassblowing skills to the Cannabis world. The honeycombs and honey drips on his pieces drew countless admirers out of the gate, and he took the time to perfect these elements while blowing glass alongside some of the world’s most respected artists.

This all led Joe to the realization that sculpting was his speciality, and both the functional and non-functional glass worlds could benefit from his skillset.

“It’s finding out what your strengths are and what you enjoy doing, and going from there,” said Joe. “I’m just a human being. I like to make cool stuff. I want to make the best work that I can. I want to survive and make a good living – and that’s it. The best is just an opinion.”

These days, you can expect to see glass art from Joe in the form of aquatics, robots, dragons, spaceships, aliens, bees and honey (of course) and much more, all coming to life in vibrant and masterfully-sculpted fashion – for both your smoking and non-smoking pleasures.

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Unfortunately, she faced a major setback after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Struggling to battle through the heat exhaustion that comes with shaping molten glass into art, Emily Marie was uncertain what her future would hold. But even a debilitating chronic illness like MS couldn’t keep her down.

Once recovered from her first bout of sickness, she leaned even harder into her art.

“Having MS made me a lot braver because I realized how fragile life is. It gave me the courage to put myself out there,” she said.

Only one year removed from her diagnosis, Emily Marie performed a miracle by winning gold at her first live glassblowing competition at Champs. She would end up walking away with fourth place in the Masters’ Final.

“I think that may have been a sign that I should have started getting out there sooner,” added Emily Marie with a laugh.

Although she has since transitioned from pipe making into the world of artisanal dinnerware, her work is no less awe-inspiring.

Using playful colors and a complex sandblasting technique, she has once again left her stamp on the glassblowing world.

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In 2008, Emily Marie had the best date of her life – but it wasn’t the conversation that had her swooning. Instead, it was the heat of fiery glory holes and torches that piqued her interest. While her date had planned to woo her with his glassblowing prowess, Emily Marie discovered she had chops of her own and thus began her illustrious career in the artform. For the next seven years, she worked with legendary blower Kristian Merwin to perfect her craft.

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With deep Oregon roots originally emerging from Eugene’s OG glass scene back in the mid-’90s, Darby Holm remains one of the most talented, respected and celebrated glass artists of his generation. Though his

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creativity is boundless, Darby is perhaps best known for two trademark design elements – the first one being the cactus, which he uses in a majority of his pieces.

“It’s actually kind of funny because most people assume I’m from Arizona,” he chuckles, “but what brought those out is my traveling. I’ve spent a lot of time driving through Arizona, and when I’m out in the middle of nowhere, I like to stop and hang out for a while … eat a sandwich, burn a bowl, or whatever. So one day, I was staring at this big old gnarly cactus, and I was like, ‘Whoa, that looks like a Sherlock pipe!’ So when I got home, I tried to make one – that’s how it all got started.”

The other concept he returns to time and time again is the ray gun.

“The ray guns, they definitely come from my childhood,” Darby reminisces. “Marvin the Martian, Buck Rogers, Star Trek, and all of that. I really like ray guns because I can get futuristic and all of that weird kind of gadgetry just comes out of my head.”

Today, this lifelong Oregonian works out of a shop at his home in Grants Pass, where he’s passing the torch (literally) to his oldest son Caleb (@ shurlockholm). And after a quarter-century in the glass game, he still appears to be as inspired as ever.

“I’m constantly blown away by all of these artists’ ability to keep upping their own game, and how the function keeps up with all of the amazing ideas brewing in their heads … ideas that are just waiting for the proper time to flow through their hands to bring another beautiful creation to life.”

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The glass artist known as Sakibomb Hackysacky is a quirky Japanese gal with a penchant for all things feline and feminine. Though she first started smoking weed when she was 17, Saki (as her friends call her) didn’t smoke out of glass until nearly eight years later and was immediately taken with the medium.

“I started wondering how it’s made and thought it would be wonderful if I can make my own pipes and also be able to fix what I break.”

Sakibomb arrived in America in 2001 and five years later, at the age of 30, began her new career as a “DUCHESS” glassblower. She quickly picked up new techniques JOE PETERS and approaches to the business by working alongside some COLLAB of the top artists in the game – nearly all of which were men.

“The industry is growing very fast, but one thing that never really changes – and I wish it would – is that it’s still a male-dominated business,” she points out. “We need more ladies who actually make pipes!”

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“ WO R D P L AY I S Saki puts her unique brand of feminism on A N OT H E R T H E M E full display in her art: Among the most prominent T H AT R U N S themes expressed in her work are pussies – both the THROUGHOUT animals and the genitalia (think Hello Kitty meets H E R B O DY Georgia O’Keefe).

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“I make popsicles with vaginas that I call ‘popussycles,’ she says. “And I make vagina rings, so you’re literally ‘fingering’ them when you wear them.”

This kind of wordplay is another theme that runs throughout her body of work.

“I made a ‘six-foot’ bong, but instead of it being six feet tall, I put six human feet on it!” she giggles. “Or like my nose pipe … flower is ‘hana’ in Japanese, but hana is also nose, so my flower pipe is a nose.”

In addition to vaginas, Saki’s art also frequently incorporates animal prints, the color pink, and lots and lots of cats. In fact, the care and rescue of furry felines is one of the primary passions in her life.

“If everyone on this planet could adopt one cat each, we could make a world with no stray cats … and I would be so happy!”

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Once he graduated high school, he moved to the city of Ithaca in New York State to attend film school, where he met some of his closest friends who would all go on to become notable glass artists: Gasp, Ease and Slinger.

White spent the years that followed developing his skills, eventually participating in several glass competitions (including the Degenerate Flame Off and The Pipe Classic) and winning first place in the marble category at the 2nd annual Eugene Glass School Flame Off. But it wasn’t until he learned to sandblast from Slinger about a decade ago that Dwreck would develop his devilishly dark design style.

“I immediately began blasting skulls, pentagrams, nude women, etc., onto my pieces,” he explains. “I wanted my work to appeal to the heavy metal community. I love metal, and I love challenging social norms regarding spirituality and eroticism.”

The pentagrams aren’t just for shock value, though – instead, they reflect his genuine philosophical beliefs.

“I consider myself more of a Luciferian than a Satanist,” he explains. “Satanists exist in opposition to Christianity and believe in the pursuit of carnal experiences, while Luciferians are indifferent to Christianity and value enlightenment.”

Granted, his affinity for occult imagery isn’t for everyone … but he does have (pardon the pun) a “cult” following.

“My art may come across as low-brow to some, but I’m fine with that – I think of myself as the Pabst Blue Ribbon of marble makers,” he snickers. “My name will live in infamy because of my work. What else can I ask for?”

So to all those dark-side dope smokers out there who appreciate his artistry, Dwreck offers this sinister salutation: “Hail Satan … and may the force be with you.”

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If one were to regard glass artists as Jedis, Derek “Dwreck” White would unquestionably qualify as a Sith Lord. After smoking his first joint at a Metallica concert in 1989, Dwreck quickly became a pothead as well as a metalhead.

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FINDING YOUR NORTHSTAR THE DEGENERATE FLAME OFF started in 2010 with an advocacy of collaboration and encouragement of creativity, but most importantly, it built a community of functional glass artists often confined to the fringe. On the surface, it’s a competition – but DFO also allows artists to transcend the constraints of their normal work and actualize another level in their personal artistic journey. Put on by the team at Northstar Glassworks, not only do they have the most diverse color spectrum in the industry matched with top-tier quality, they’re a fierce ally of the artists who use their glass.

And there’s more good news: After two long years, functional glass art from the underground is back in the PNW! DFO will be making an appearance with glassblowing demos at the Leaf Bowl on April 30, before the return of the DFO event on May 20-22, where you’ll have the opportunity to watch these wizards twist beams of molten light in a delicate dance between states of order and chaos.

Leaf Nation caught up with Northstar’s president Abe Fleishman for his thoughts on the glassblowing world and what to expect from the event after the two-year hiatus.

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What have been some of the highlights of your career in the functional glass art community?

The most exciting part of being the world’s premier colored glass manufacturer is seeing the works of art that artists make with our glass.

It takes a large team to produce the quality and volume of colored glass … I am always excited to see new colors that we develop for artists to use.

I have been in the game for more than 25 years, so watching the industry become a community has been so heartwarming. When I started out, we had a very limited palette of colors and now we produce almost 220 different and unique colors for the lamp-working community to use. It’s like we are collaborating with each artist that uses our color glass.

Watching the color rods turn into works of art is the most rewarding part.

Glass pieces are becoming more and more valuable, fetching prices well into the six-figure range. Where do you think this will all lead?

Will functional glass art merge with the mainstream art world? Since I have

been in the industry for so long, I have had the chance to watch the price threshold change over the years. Seeing pipes sell into the six figures is one of the most exciting parts. The artists and collectors have a symbiotic relationship that helps drive the prices higher. For

example, one of my good friends Buck Glass has pushed the boundaries of size, scale and details.

His works of art have been sought after by big influencers and as his work gets better and better, the eye of the collector changes. Collectors pretty much control the prices, so that relationship is key with the artists. I would envision pieces going for close to a million dollars in the right setting.

But that’s going to be very select people selling that. I don’t really see a need for functional art pieces needing to go mainstream because they are already there. The artists have created a collector base that is supporting the movement. Most galleries that try and sell functional art don’t really offer the artists a new clientele – they usually just fall back on what the artists have already built.

What are the three most important pieces of advice you’d give a novice glass blower? For the

novice glass blower, I would recommend perfecting the fundamentals of how glass works first – this will allow you to put what’s in your head into the piece you decide to work on. Try and create pieces of work that are unique to you and your personality. Build a strong network of

stores or collectors that follow your work and demand pieces to sell or hold in their collection.

The novice artist really needs to work hard to get their name out there. Make sure your Instagram, Facebook, and any other social media platforms are always full with new content. Go to trade shows to meet the other artists and store owners – this will help you get to see and understand how the community works. But my true advice is find something that resonates with you to show the client base! Try not to copy other artists’ styles – this can ruin your career before you start.

With Degenerate Flame Off coming back after the Covid-19 restrictions, can you share with us a bit of the exciting things we might see at this event? Well this year you will see our new venue

that we are excited about! Plus, the layout will be different than years before. What I am excited about is seeing the community back together after a two-year break of no DFO. Which artists are you particularly stoked to see in action? I am always excited to see all the artists

at DFO. It’s like a family reunion, for real. I only have so much time, so it gives me a chance to finally say hello, give a hug or just a chat. I am overly excited to see everyone.

Do you have any tips you would like to share for those who want to have an amazing time at DFO?

The number one tip is to meet as many artists as you can. DFO has always been the event that starts lifelong friendships and collabs! Be respectful of the venue rules and others around you. Covid is still a thing, so also be respectful of others’ views about the matter. But last and foremost, have fun!

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Have you ever had that feeling like you just needed an adventure? That urge to find a new spot to explore, or maybe just hangout? I recently had such an experience and happened to stumble upon a rad little spot in Milwaukie that was just what I was looking for.

Welcome to Slab Town Boro! This is one solid, heady little glass shop making loud moves in their neck of the woods and helping to bring the community back together when we need it most. They threw a free live glassblowing block party on the weekend of St. Patrick’s Day featuring 40+ artists and craftspeople throwing down in the streets of Milwaukie with one amazingly refreshing vibe.

I walked in and was greeted by Zach, who gave me nothing less than a museum quality tour through the shop and I hadn’t even told him who I was yet.

We looked at the gamut of dab rigs – from intricate, full-on Octopi rigs that included Octopi-themed utensils to go with – to clean, simple, classic straight tubes that go straight to the dome.

Should you find yourself at this awesome shop, ask to see works by Tom and Dylan Covelle, Slip 303, and the cold-worked sword from Oracle Glass Inc. – all wickedly cool.

They also carry a wide variety of dab accessories, including an excellent selection of mood mats, damascus-style dab tools and my favorite: the Tiffany Blue Blazer Torch with the glow in the dark sticker. So dang classy!

Next he showed me something that I haven’t seen many of – flame-worked art glass cups to drink all the delicious beers out of. Listen, I know I can drink beer from a can and take dabs from a regular old rig. However, if we have learned anything the past couple of years, I hope one of them is to enjoy life more … take time to enjoy the beauty in the art around us, and the beauty in the people around us. This includes the aforementioned vessels for consuming your favorite dabs and brews.

Thank you Slab Town Boro for an artsy adventure, some top notch education and fantastic community spirit.

And of course, for the beer … I’ll most definitely be back.

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The rarity of glass art being produced today is perhaps the most significant aspect that increases its value. As opposed to a mass-production bong company with dozens of glassblowers producing pieces, many high-end glass artists operate completely on their own. In the same time a production company could make 100 bongs, an individual artist will make one completely unique piece comprised of endless collective hours of work. Because of these time constraints, glass blowers are only able to produce a limited amount of pieces per year – and with the same amount of fans as production companies or even more, that creates a very high demand for a small amount of art.

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There are dozens of techniques that glassblowers employ when making a piece. These can include sculpting, disk flips, dot implosions, wig wags, cold-working (faceted glass surfaces) and many more. What makes a certain artist’s work sought after is usually a mastery of one or more of these – whether they make the most clean and well-functioning Klein seal, or they have specialized sculpting techniques – all of the skills are extremely difficult and executing them properly is seen as a highly valuable attribute in the eyes of collectors.

#3 COST OF COLLABORATION

In the process of collaborating with other artists, geography is a significant factor that greatly contributes to the cost.

Some of the world’s best glass artists live in Japan and other countries outside the United States, and travel is not always easy. In order for those artists to collaborate with a U.S.-based artist, sections of glass need to be shipped back and forth – which is not only expensive, but risky. Imagine an artist completed their section of a piece and sent it out, only to arrive broken at the other artist’s studio. That sends both glassblowers directly back to square one, with time and materials wasted in the process.

#4 EXCLUSIVE ACQUISITION

Hands down, acquiring one of these pieces is not as easy as one may think. When buying a high-end painting or any other medium of art, would you simply order it online and wait for it to arrive in the mail? No … you would go to that gallery in New York City. You would hit up that artist’s exhibition, no matter where you were in the country or world.

With such a diehard group of glass collectors out there, this is your best bet for acquiring glass art that is as exclusive as we see today.

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The materials used in making high-end glass art can be finicky and expensive. When experimenting with new colors, an artist will order a large amount of colored glass rods without knowing if they will react similarly to other colors when put under the flame. For example, a certain color may bubble or be more difficult to work with than others. The rarity of specific glass colors like “rozay” and “lemon drop” also increases as the hype for them grows, and many artists do custom pulls to achieve a desired color unique to their fans like “Deppes Darkness.” When buying a mass-produced piece with coloration, you don’t know if they used materials safe for inhalation, or just a very thin layer of paint (which has happened in the past with these pieces).

IN TODAY’S DAY AND AGE, we are constantly seeing glassblowers push the boundaries of their craft to never-before-seen heights.

And alongside these mind-boggling innovations and intricacies, typically comes an eye-popping price tag. But should a single piece command five to six figures? Why does high-end glass art come at such a high cost? The answer is yes. And the reasons are many.

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Historically, the functional glass industry has never been huge on mainstream publicity and the spotlight that comes with it. Perhaps this residual apprehension is the result of the feds turning the industry upside down during the Operation Pipe Dreams era, or maybe it’s the continued treatment of functional glass artists as fringe and of lower class – but whatever it is, it means that most glassfocused events today happen in small circles, where private studios will open up to host invite-only shindigs for limited numbers of friends and family.

There are, however, a number of highly respected glass events that are well worth attending should you get the opportunity…

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DEGENERATE FLAME OFF Founded by Abe Fleishman and Libby Goettelman of Northstar Glass in 2009, DFO is an annual celebration of glass, live glassblowing competition, and boro-derby event held each year in Oregon. It is family friendly and feels more like a festival than anything else, with the headiest of the heady showing out to witness an incredible lineup of artists do their thing live and in-person. Celebrated for many years in Eugene, the event relocated to Portland in 2018 where it has been held annually (with exception of 2020 and 2021) ever since. dfoportland.com @dfofamilyreunion

GLASS VEGAS Glass Vegas appeared on the scene in 2016 when Jack Long built a platform to expose up-and-coming artists, helping them get established in the industry and gain more recognition for their craft. This B2B-focused event brings out heady glass artists, smoke shop owners and dispensary owners each year for a unique networking opportunity and competition in a variety of categories. glass.vegas @glassvegasexpo

CHAMPS Founded by the legendary Jeff Herschfield, CHAMPS is one of the largest trade show-style events serving the glass and smokeware industries.

It holds multiple events each year in markets all over the country including Las Vegas, Chicago, Atlantic City, Denver and Tampa. These huge shows often clock over 1,000 vendors, making it one of the largest annual alternative culture events the industry has access to. While the event itself is an impressive production, the afterparties are renowned for being equally grand in scale and presentation. champstradeshows.com @champstradeshows

THE AMERICAN GLASS EXPO This massive festival of glass is currently on hiatus, with their most recent show being 2019 in Las Vegas. Founded in 2007, it was quite possibly the longest running glass-focused event in the country until the pandemic hit in 2020. AGE has historically drawn out some of the best in the game, with some of the biggest names in the functional glass art world representing with a booth space, selling their work directly to collectors, shop owners and other artists. ageshowusa.com @ageshow

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Spinning a new take on the ordinary cookie, Portland Oven transformed the edible experience when they released the first batch of Fresh Lemon Coffins. Infused with Grapefruit Durban, a sativa grown

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by Dan Atkins and Ryan Nolan of Portland Oven. They have been serving the Cannabis community for over a decade and have perfected their baking technique with this crumbly coffin that can testify to the statement. Each coffin is baked with the freshest ingredients and infused with their 100% organic and awardwinning Cannaghee, and every bit of it is positively noteworthy.

Now if you are a THC dessert connoisseur and haven’t tried this baked bit of sunshine, you are truly missing out. This crispy crusted coffin has each crumb bursting with lemony goodness and a high that could make pigs fly. I paired it with my morning coffee and ate a serving, eagerly awaiting the stoney vibes. Initially, I was set on just one serving … but after tasting this sweet treat, I buckled in and committed to another and it was a decision I will never regret.

After just 15 minutes, I felt a calm yet focused high that gave me a boost to start my day out on the right foot. The lush flavor definitely made me forget that THC is infused, so be intuitive with your tolerance and eat what you can handle – or this tasty coffin will make you feel like you’re ready to sleep in an actual coffin.

On the whole, Dan and Ryan nailed this creative cookie-muffinzesty-lemon concoction. Portland Oven products can be found in 65 different locations in Oregon and they currently have four premium strain collaborations out on shelves, but they do run limited batches before switching up the strain, so be sure to ask your budtender to throw a Fresh Lemon Coffin in the bag before you miss out on this iconic sativa delicacy.

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“In the jar, it’s all sweet florals and fresh sliced strawberries.”

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STRAWGUAVA ROSIN Strawguava is a hash strain whose reputation precedes it. It’s a trophy winner in a variety of competitions and categories – a cultivar perhaps best known for taking home a medal at the Emerald Cup for the highest terpenes in a solventless product. That’s saying a lot considering how tough the competition at Emerald has been and when a cultivar makes waves in that setting, flavor chasers like myself pay attention.

ONI SEEDS has been working towards breeding profiles Impress’d worked with the good folks at Eagle Green like this for years. Strawguava was selected primarily for Farm for this collaboration, washing this year’s outdoor and flavor and secondarily as a hash plant, and lucky for us, creating beautiful, blonde-colored rosin. its lineage has been carefully documented. The truncated You know the flower had an amazing bouquet when version has a family tree with branches in Washington, the rosin smells like someone just opened up a package of Colorado, California and even Afghanistan. gummy bears the moment you crack the seal.

Ultimately Oni combined a sweet and fruity Strawberry In the jar, it’s all sweet florals and freshly sliced Banana clone from Crockett with a long-held and strawberries. There’s so much fruit in this profile that exceptionally flavorful Papaya cut in their stable. someone unfamiliar with this cultivar might struggle to The results ticked all the boxes. Flavor, structure and yield classify the aroma as a Cannabis product. were all there and even better, this plant made great hash.

Though you simply need to drop a generous glob onto Where most extracts tend to have a 475-degree quartz nail to realize that this is earthy or fuel-laden scents, Strawguava indeed fantastic hash. @IMPRESSDSOLVENTLESS stands out with nothing but real fruit At this low temp, I get a ton of grape @EAGLEGREENFARM essences. gummy and candy vibes.

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It’s more of a general “fruit snack” scent than any sort of specific fruit. Sweet without being cloying, there’s a bit of a chalky, Necco wafer-style taste on the exhale. Altogether it’s rather interesting to take a hit of solventless and get sweet flavors of candied violet, herbal florals, melted popsicle and strawberry gummies, without any of those familiar Cookie or OG flavors.

The rosin vaporizes nicely and the little bit of oil left from going in so cool wipes away easily. Flavors are satisfying without being overpowering, making this a great jar to break out in the sesh as a palate cleanser.

The effect is just as pleasant and provides ample opportunity to get lost in a daydream. For those that gravitate toward fruity flavors, this is a must-have in the head stash.

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ENTOURAGE TRANSDERMAL PATCH SYNERGY SKIN WORX “I usually use my shoulder area, or mid-chest, somewhere where it can lay flat against the body.”

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A topical application with edible-like effects, Synergy Skin Worx transdermal patches are the real deal. Synergy Skin Worx entered the medical marijuana market in 2014. With roots deeply entrenched in the Cannabis industry, founders Bud and Mandy Pearce saw the need for a genuinely discreet, accurate and consistent way to dose Cannabis. So after extensive research and more than a year of studies, they launched a line of scientifically-backed transdermal patches.

SYNERGY’S PROCESS begins with full-spectrum, It’s pretty similar to eating a 25mg edible every hour. It’s a whole-plant extract. The extract is also known as RSO and great way to dose throughout the day.” is diluted and homogenized into the adhesive glue on the The latest to the Synergy Skin Worx lineup is the pressure-sensitive patch. As soon as you apply the patch Entourage patch. It contains THC, CBD, CBG, CBN and and firmly press it onto your skin, the active cannabinoids CBC. I was most excited to try this patch and was given a and terpenes begin to enter the bloodstream by way of few tips by Production Manager Bob Hay on the best ways passive diffusion. Synergy’s water-resistant patches are timeto apply it. “It’s a strong adhesive, and it might take hair off released, offering a sustained dose of medicine for 24-36 when you remove it, so avoid hairy areas. I wouldn’t put it hours. So unlike topicals which only work for spot treatment, on a pant line, or anywhere it might rub all day,” said Hay. transdermal patches provide whole-body effects.

“I usually use my shoulder area, or mid-chest, somewhere “It releases about 2mg per hour. What’s really cool where it can lay flat against the body.” about that is because it pushes through Seybert chimed in that it’s best to the skin, it has 100% bioavailability,” said avoid tattooed areas as well, as the SYNERGYSKINWORX.COM Amanda Seybert, Lab Director at Synergy Skin ink below the skin can interfere with @SYNERGYSKINWORX Worx. “So that 2mg really goes a long way. absorption. She mentioned that some

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people like to put the patch on the soles of their feet because it is such a porous area that also offers discretion.

Because the Synergy patches are easy to cut and use in any quantity you like, I cut the Entourage patch in half and placed the halves on the soles of my feet. I was curious to see if I would sleep through the night and wake up without any of the pesky neck or back pain that often greets me in the morning. While my pain wasn’t completely unnoticeable, I did sleep through the entire night and woke up feeling much less tense than usual and significantly more rested. I will be using these patches regularly.

You can find Synergy Skin Worx transdermal patches in most dispensaries throughout the state. If your favorite shop doesn’t carry them, let them know that they can become a retailer by reaching out through the website.

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RIP CITY ROOTS TIKI RUM CAKE IN A CITY full of food cart operators and restaurateurs, it would “The broth is addictive, people crave it,” Khang says, debe difficult to find someone more dedicated than Khang Nguyscribing why people keep returning to his eastside restaurant. “It en, owner and operator of My Brother’s Crawfish in Portland’s is a little bit spicy, it has that heat that keeps you coming back Jade District. Khang has the kind of resolve that comes from bite after bite.” The place seems split between regulars out for being a restaurant owner for over a decade, having navigated a leisurely dinner and groups dressed up to celebrate. Khang everything from near-closures to smashed windows. mentions, “It’s not like a steakhouse where you might go once a Now, even in the middle of a pandemic, the restaurant is year. It’s a more laid back and social experience.” operating smoothly – with a beautiful mural covering one side of The ladies at the table next to us were the perfect example – the building, a newly-built patio for outdoor dining and on the dressed to the nines, wearing complimentary plastic gloves to day we dropped by, a line out the door. keep their hands pristine.

My Brother’s Crawfish opened its doors It wasn’t long until we had polished off MY BROTHER’S CRAWFISH in 2008 but its origin story begins in his a plate of fried lobster tails, knocked back 8230 SE HARRISON ST, PORTLAND childhood kitchen. Khang’s mother, a a round of hurricanes, and had generously MYBROTHERSCRAWFISH.NET first-generation Vietnamese transplant, contributed to the pile of growing seafood @MYBROTHERSCRAWFISH adapted the popular crawfish boil spices to shells on the table. We ordered our boil RIP CITY ROOTS suit her style of cooking. What started as a medium spicy, which Khang tells us is both RIPCITYROOTS.COM loosely structured mix of dried bay, allspice, the most popular and his personal favorite. @RIPCITYROOTS coriander and red pepper flakes, shifted over At medium, we get a buzzy heat. Nothing the years with a bolder blend of herbs and a second round of drinks couldn’t fix. Any spices, chilies and Southeast Asian aromatics. The end result is a hotter and I’d be pleasantly sweating, waving our server down little cajun boil and a little Vietnamese hot-pot, more about the for another glass of water. broth than heavy-handed seasoning.

The Tiki Rum Cake did an excellent job of putting us into The three of us prepared for the feast with an aperitif of Tiki relaxation mode and kick-starting our appetites.

Rum Cake cultivated by Rip City Roots.

Like most good meals, time seemed to take on a different Perfect for standing up to the big flavors of a seafood boil, quality as we joked and fought over who would take home the the TRC has a diesel-rich, savory profile with tiki-appropriate last few crab legs. Khang has built a place that shows off his spice notes of clove, fruit and black pepper. A refreshingly clean love for good food and strong drink. The least we could do is exhale with lingering citrus aromas scented the nearby block as show up, get a little stoned – and try to pack away as much of we took a short walk before settling into a booth near the bar. his craveable food as possible.

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“It wasn’t long until we had polished off a plate of fried lobster tails, knocked back a round of hurricanes, and had generously contributed to the pile of growing seafood shells on the table.”

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Historic Headshops Profiling the pioneering purveyors of paraphernalia.

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Before the advent of the internet, there was only one place to find all of the stoner essentials: a headshop. From blacklight posters to bongs (excuse me …“water pipes”), records to roach clips, vibrators to vaporizers – the classic headshops were not only emporiums for all things sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, they were also hubs where counterculture art, ideas, information and publications could be disseminated.

THE PSYCHEDELIC SHOP The very first headshop in America opened its doors to the public on January 3, 1966 – in precisely the location you’d likely expect: at the center of the drug-fueled hippie revolution in San Francisco. Called the Psychedelic Shop, it was founded by Army Vet Ron Thelin and his brother Jay, who used $500 of savings to lease a storefront at 1535 Haight Street, then plastered the walls with burlap, mandalas and hallucinogenic art, and stocked it with esoteric books, beaded jewelry, incense, pipes and other paraphernalia.

Almost immediately, the Psych Shop became a hub of the emerging hippie scene – selling tickets to concerts and other happenings, serving as a meeting place for the Diggers activist group and distributing underground literature. The Thelins even used some of the shop’s revenue to start their own counterculture newspaper, which later became the San Francisco Oracle.

Predictably though, their establishment drew unwanted attention from law enforcement; that November, the SFPD vice squad raided the shop and arrested one of their employees for selling a copy of “The Love Book” (a compilation of graphic sexual and religious poetry) to an undercover officer – charging him and Ron Thelin with distribution of obscenity.

Their subsequent court case became the longest-running criminal trial in San Francisco’s history and a nationwide cause célèbre for freedom of speech.

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Above: The archetypal headshop—Captain Ed’s Smoke Shoppe. Left: Jay and Ron Thelin in front of their Psychedelic Shop on Haight Street, 1966.

Despite this setback, the shop continued to thrive throughout the Summer of Love … but by the fall of 1967, the crowds and commercialization had become too much for the Thelins. Believing the hippie ideal had gotten lost in the circus sideshow of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, they decided to close the Psychedelic Shop. On October 4-6, Thelin and the Diggers organized a “Death of the Hippies” happening – giving away everything in the shop, placing the store’s sign in a casket and leading a symbolic funeral procession through The Haight. And just like that, after less than two years, America’s first headshop was history.

VILLAGE VANGUARDS While the Psychedelic Shop was the first ostensible headshop, it would be a similar store which opened four months later in New York City that would give the new industry its name.

In May 1966, an ex-architect from the Bronx named Jeff Glick and his wife Betsy opened an alternative smokeshop on East Ninth Street in the Lower East Side called simply the Head Shop. Though Glick never officially explained the reason behind the name, common wisdom assumed that the word “Head” referred to the colloquial term for a drug enthusiast, such as a “pothead” or “acid head.”

Though there are a few other urban Trippy promo for the legends about the Head Shop in NYC. origin of the name, Glick’s shop is, to my knowledge, the first official use of the term and therefore deserves the credit.

Psychedelic Shop’s first anniversary poster (1967).

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CAPTAIN ED’S In 1967, stoner buddies Edwin Marsh Adair III and Bob Silverman rode from Venice Beach up to a little underground headshop on Van Nuys Boulevard to score a “Captain Ed” Adair & his pack of rolling papers (which, smoke shop in Van Nuys. in those days, weren’t as easy to find). While there, Silverman inquired about what it might cost to open a similar shop, to which the owner reportedly replied: “Why do you have to open one? This one’s for sale.” Well, the two friends did just that – they bought the shop and renamed it Heads & Highs.

Thanks to Silverman’s business acumen and Adair’s welcoming personality, the store became such a success that by 1969 they’d opened a second location in Reseda. In fact, Adair was so adored by his patrons that they gave him the nickname “Captain Ed” (a reference to the Walt Whitman

In 2017, Captain Ed’s Smoke Shoppe celebrated its 50th anniversary and is now the oldest continuously operating headshop in America. poem “O Captain! My Captain!”). One such customer was a veteran around Adair’s age named Jack who had only recently gotten high for the first time, so Adair took him under his wing – encouraging him to seek out as much information on Psychedelicatessen Cannabis as he could. storefront (above) Jack embraced his menand one of their ads tor’s imperative, gradfor pipes (left). ually compiling all the historical information he collected into a definitive Cannabis reference book. That book was “The Emperor Wears No Clothes,” and that vet was Jack Herer.

Herer went on to become a headshop owner himself, opening High Country in Venice Beach in 1973. A decade later, he became the first proprietor in the Valley convicted under state law for selling drug paraphernalia. After a brief stint in jail, Herer moved up to Portland and opened another headshop called The Third Eye. Like Jack, Adair Jack & Ed: The faced his own legal worries Hemperor and with Heads & Highs. Under his Captain. the Reagan Administration’s hardline drug policies, the Feds targeted the shop over its name, which they insisted implied illicit drug use. Under legal pressure, they renamed the store Captain Ed’s Smoke Shoppe. Despite having to change its name, being busted and having its inventory seized multiple times, and the eventual death of its founders in the 1990s, this legendary shop has managed to survive. In 2017, Captain Ed’s celebrated its 50th anniversary and is now the oldest continuously operating headshop in America.

EAST-WEST Captain Ed’s might be the longest operating headshop on the West Coast, but back East that distinction falls to an eccentric little “rock ‘n’ roll superstore” in Union City, New Jersey called East-West Novelty.

After being turned on to weed by his Army sergeant in Vietnam, Cuban-American Veteran Alex Savino returned to New Jersey and began working at a headshop in the West Village called the Thieves Market. Tired of commuting,

he eventually decided to open his own shop closer to home.

“I opened it so that people like me didn’t have to travel into NYC,” he explains.

“There was no headTop: Alex Suvino behind the shop in New Jersey yet counter at East-West Novelty … the Village was rein 1974. Above: Suvino & son ally the only place that Luke circa 2015. had anything at all.”

With just $900 startup money, Savino opened the shop in 1971 and began selling posters, pranks, t-shirts, records and smokeware. He named it East-West, after his favorite album by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Initially, the shop was only pulling in less than $50 a day … but that changed drastically, Savino claims, once High Times hit the scene.

“When High Times came out in 1974-75, that was the explosion,” this colorful character recalls.

“To see that lifestyle and culture mass-distributed to America, it opened up the door to major things. We really flourished.”

Despite the paraphernalia crackdowns of the 1990s, East-West managed to endure by strictly enforcing the ban on words like “marijuana” and “bong” within the store and by bringing in new, non-drug-related products like skateboards —the suggestion of Alex’s son Luke, who has now expanded the family business. In 2019, Luke officially put the “West” in East-West when he moved out to Colorado to open a second location in Steamboat Springs.

“A headshop is more than just a store … it’s almost like a museum,” Luke observes. “There’s so much to look at, there’s always good music playing … people often come in and don’t even buy anything, but they always come back.”

Speaking for us old stoner outlaw types, I find it comforting to know that the magical, taboo places known as headshops still exist...and as long as they do, we’ll keep coming back.

STO RY b y B O B BY B LAC K @ CAN N T H RO PO LO G Y for LEA F NAT IO N

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Glick’s initial $500 investment soon blossomed into a $3,000-per-week revenue stream, allowing him to open a second location in the West Village. Before long, more headshops began sprouting up all around – most notably on St. Marks Place, where smokeware artists and vendors began to line the street (and still do today), and on Avenue A, where another infamous institution also opened its doors in 1966: Psychedelicatessen.

Like the Psych Shop in San Francisco, Psychedelicatessen served as a hippie hub in NYC. Located just up the block from Tompkins Square Park, it became a hot spot for all things underground, controversial and cool – luring in counterculture icons like Allen Ginsberg and Timothy Leary and even getting written up in the February 24, 1967 issue of Time magazine. But alas, like its SF counterpart, it was gone in less than two years. It seems that owners Rick Southworth Swede and his wife Susan – who were also the leaders of a psychedelic drug cult (similar to the notorious Brotherhood of Eternal Love) called the Church of Mysterious Elation – were allegedly dealing drugs out of the shop. As a result, on June 22, 1968, Psychedelicatessen was raided by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and permanently closed.

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IT SURE SEEMS like everyone has a trigger or 50 these days. Not to say that people haven’t always been fragile, but now we have classified the proper terminology that pinpoints that moment where something clicks like a slipped disc in your mind and propels you down a rabbit hole of displeasure.

Obviously, the term generates from the trigger of a gun – activating an emotional response that equates to a heightened reaction. The catalyst kind of hits you like a bullet, too, creating an abrupt shock to your mood. You may not be entirely aware that your reaction to the incident stems from something traumatic in your past that is affecting your attitude in the moment, but either way, your current state is altered and provoking an immediate reaction.

In this modern age of psychology, we’ve become very efficient at analyzing nuances in the human temperament and identifying how drastic changes can exacerbate symptoms. Like a hundred years ago, people just called it rattling the nerves. But once you place a validated medical term on it, people can clutch onto the diagnosis like a life preserver … a safe zone. But the problem with that is we’ve become accustomed to having a technical explanation for everything we feel, raising expectations that because it is well-defined, there must be a simple way to resolve it.

And it’s usually with a pill. Or a drink.

Or a fit of rage.

And the misunderstanding from which most people suffer is thinking that acting out negatively is the most effective way to resolve the situation. But as we all have learned from experience, these confrontational reactions only exacerbate the problem. And therefore, I would like to share my philosophy on settling an issue before reacting in a way that could prove irreparable.

My lighter is a trigger.

And my bong is my gun.

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