Breeder Spotlight: Matthew Riot – Riot Seeds

By: Jed Sanders Photo Strain: Soul Assassin OG Kush As the San Diego attorney’s office wages war against safe access to medical marijuana, it has done nothing but push patients to, once again, find their medicine amongst a black market. The timing of the federal government’s latest bust at...

February 1st, 2012 | Articles, Extended Magazine Articles, Featured | Read More

NugLife Living For NUG Magazine

Written by: Medicinal Michael Boris Photos by: Nick Compton Happy Nug Year! This past year has been the most exciting year for NUG readers and smokers alike. 2012 is the year of “The Protest”. I don’t know about you guys, but I am sick and tired of hiding who I am and what I smoke. The dreaded...

January 18th, 2012 | Articles, Featured | Read More

Perpetual Motion: Aaron Sokol

By: Aaron Evans BANG! The starting gun has sounded. The real race has just begun. Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you didn’t place your bets early, for there’s a new contestant in the competition, and the odds have just been changed. This month’s featured artisan, Aaron Sokol, isn’t new to the field;...

January 13th, 2012 | Articles, Featured | Read More

San Diego Performing Arts Portal January 2012

By Marc Emmelmann Time is of the essence, running January 7 -15 is the evocative play Spring Awakening, a modern adaptation with alternative rock and other symphonic and soothing musical sounds. Late 19th century Germany may be somewhat similar to modern times for young people figuring out their sexuality...

January 11th, 2012 | Articles, Featured | Read More

420•LTD™ Apparel

Tell us about 420•LTD™ Apparel. 420•LTD™ apparel is everything street about the 420 lifestyle, a premium clothing brand for the Cali way of life with a focus on the 420 subculture. 420•LTD™ represents the hustle, lifestyle, and culture of California or as how we like to say it around here…the...

January 11th, 2012 | Articles, Featured | Read More

2012 – The Year of Change – Did the Mayan calendar predict the end of prohibition of cannabis?

By: Dion Markgraaff Everyone seems to be giving their interpretation of what the end of the current Mayan calendar in 2012 means. Who really knows, but with the wall of cannabis prohibition cracking globally – could the Mayan calendar’s end coincide with the beginning of the chance at cannabis freedom?...

January 5th, 2012 | Articles, Featured | Read More

NUG MAGAZINE’S 11 ALBUMS WE HOPE YOU DIDN’T MISS IN 2011!

Band: Lionize Title: Destruction Manual Headline Entertainment, February 8, 2011 Genre: Rock, Funk and Reggae Reviewed By: Gio Blitz This CD’s tie of Rock, Funk and Reggae undertones is a perfect example of one of the better mixes of these genres, with a variety of rhythmic lyrics thrown in as well. ...

December 30th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More

NugLife Living

By: Medicinal Michael Boris Ho! Ho! Ho! Medicinal Mike here, commenting on another month of living the NugLife. Merry Chriskwanzakkah, everybody! We are so blessed to be a part of the NUG family. The NugLife Radio Show is celebrating its one year anniversary and, looking back, it has been the best...

December 28th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More

Green Candy Press Releases A Six-Volume Strain Resource Guide

By R.J. Villa Photo on the Right: Clockwork Orange by Riot Seeds Cannabis Indica: The Essential Guide to the World’s Finest Marijuana Strains, Volume I Our friends at Green Candy Press have recently released Cannabis Indica: The Essential Guide to the World’s Finest Marijuana Strains, Volume I, their...

December 27th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More

Puresel

By Tiffany Janay Africa is known for many of its natural resources, such as gold and diamonds, but there is so much more to the land; the plant life is as rich as its minerals. Puresel is a new company determined to provide high quality plant life to people who can’t so easily travel around the world...

December 26th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More

December 2011 Perpetual Motion

By: Aaron Evans It’s been said that change is the only constant, and I’m constantly reminded of this timeless truth. Our universe is dictated by a ballet of billions of molecules all seeking the path with the least resistance. Yet, no matter how fluid and peaceful a stream may appear to be on the...

December 22nd, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More

ART ROCKS! Swendoza and the Art Rocks! Radio

By Jed Sanders. Swendoza is the one and only “Chanter of Personality”. Every Wednesday night, he broadcasts live from “Bordertown USA” with wsRadio.com on the world-famous Art Rocks! Radio program. His media coverage of the local arts and culture here in San Diego has spanned for nearly a decade,...

December 20th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More

Local Business Spotlight: THREAD: Clothing & Accessories

By: Antoinette Duenas I’m sure most women out there would agree that if given the opportunity, we would gladly accept the power to snap our fingers and have the perfect one-of-a-kind outfit appear right before our eyes. Lucky for us, unlike most major department stores, Thread has a great selection...

December 19th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More

Medical Marijuana Use On Probation

By: Michael E. Cindrich On November 5, 1996, California voters passed Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act (CUA). The CUA added section 11362.5 to the California Health & Safety Code, which created an affirmative defense for people who use and cultivate marijuana for their own...

December 12th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More

Perpetual Motion “Ryno”

By: Aaron Evans Six months into this adventure, I had an epiphany: I’ve been given a golden key. I, like so many of us in modern day society, am quite voyeuristic. Though I’m lucky enough as an artist to spend most of my life around other individuals with avant-garde ideologies about our world and...

November 29th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More

An Interview in THE OUTER LIMITS (Smoke Shop)

By: Scotty B. Whytsell and Rachel Anders Warning: This article is for Tobacco Use Only. Any use of the “B” word may result in you being banned from reading the rest of this exciting interview. With that being said, let us tell you about our trip to The Outer Limits Smoke Shop in Oceanside. Walking...

November 28th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More

Legalize it: Academy Snowboards Propaganda Series Raises Awarness

By R.J. Villa Academy Snowboards Propaganda on the Snow Academy Snowboards always tries to address issues that make a difference in people’s lives with their Propaganda snowboard series. This year, the team at Academy Snowboards takes a cue from one of the most polarizing topics of debate (and one...

November 23rd, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More

NugLife for NUG Mag

By: Medicinal Michael Boris I am Medicinal Mike, creator of the NugLife Radio Show. Month after month, I am truly moved by the passion and talent that underlies the San Diego culture. This is our medium to share those who may, otherwise, get overlooked. We are noticing you, San Diego. Welcome to the...

November 15th, 2011 | Articles | Read More

San Diego Wine Rave is All the Fun with a Dash of Sophistication

Article & Photos By: Esther Rubio-Sheffrey The words wine and rave typically do not go together, but if you love wine and dancing, you are going to love Wine Rave on Nov. 16th. Created for the up-and-coming wine consumers of the millennial generation of 21 to 35-year-olds, this unique tasting experience...

November 9th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More

Legal-Federal Crackdown

Within the past four weeks, the medical marijuana industry has come under severe attack by the federal government. It’s clear that we got the wind knocked out of us with this extreme escalation of the War on Drugs; many of us have yet to catch our breath. Regardless of one’s view of medical marijuana...

November 4th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More

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