Posts Tagged ‘marijuana’
Happy New Year from NUG!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thanks for picking up another issue of NUG Magazine. 2011 was an up and down rollercoaster ride in the cannabis community and, unfortunately, ended on quite a downturn. But as I always say, “2 steps forward and 1 step back is still 1 step forward!” When I think back over the last...
January 4th, 2012 | Featured, News | 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
The Chronisseur 21 of 420
This month’s samples are courtesy of the The Halloweed Gathering, an exclusive event that was held just before Halloween, where the cream of the crop was put to the test by San Diego’s finest. Out of 11 total strains, Purple Kush, Tokyo OG, and J-1 came in on top at first, second, and third place,...
December 16th, 2011 | Featured, The Chronisseur | Read More
A conference of peacemakers in the world’s “war on drugs”
By Dion Markgraaff
The 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference held in downtown Los Angles this past November was the biggest and best meeting of freedom fighters in this epic ongoing “war on drugs.” The bi-annual gathering of peacemakers in this war came together for three days to renew...
December 8th, 2011 | Activism, Featured | Read More
The Chronisseur 20 of 420
As a dark cloud of injustice shrouded our fine city, and our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were being spat upon by our government, I sat down with The Chronisseur to exercise the one right that we can always count on: Free Speech. But little did I know that the very next day,...
November 10th, 2011 | Featured, The Chronisseur | Read More
Thanksgiving Cooking with Canna Chef Kim
Written by Canna Chef Kim ~ The REAL Mother Earth Co-op ♥ Proudly serving San Diego MMJ patients since 2005
Thanksgiving is traditionally observed on the fourth Thursday in November and has officially been an annual tradition in our country since 1863, when during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln...
November 9th, 2011 | Cooking, 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
Patient Profile: Carrie
By: Pamela Jayne
Working mothers are under a tremendous amount of pressure balancing the needs of their children, a job, and other family responsibilities. We all know the extraordinary lengths they go each and every day; but can you imagine dealing with all of that and having to endure a cancer diagnosis...
November 2nd, 2011 | Extended Magazine Articles, Patient Profile, San Diego | Read More
November 2011 NUG Magazine
Welcome to another issue of NUG Magazine. Obviously by now, you have realized that our page count has dropped this month. Not to worry, we will still be bringing you just as much information and articles as usual, but some of our usual features will now be online only here at www.nugmag.com, so make...
November 2nd, 2011 | Featured, News | Read More
City & Federal Governments’ Latest Attempt to Shut Down Dispensaries Met with Protest
Article & Photos By Esther Rubio-Sheffrey
SAN DIEGO – Approximately 200 medicinal marijuana advocates, patients, collective employees, young and old alike, gathered Tuesday afternoon to protest the latest attempt to shut down all of the collectives in San Diego by year’s end.
After gaining a...
October 25th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More
Hemp Beach TV
By George Alberts
Telecommunications have come a long way since the development of the television in the 1920s. Over the decades, it has become an integral part of our lives and something we can’t seem to step away from; but when we do, we now find ourselves glued to our computers because of the internet....
October 25th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More
Baked: A Cookbook for Everybody’s Sweet Tooth
By R.J. Villa
Baked: Over 50 Tasty Marijuana Treats by Yzabetta Sativa gives the medical marijuana patient a cookbook with a wide range of recipes to cure any sweet tooth while also catering to the sensitive diets for those looking for delectable gluten-free, sugar-free, and vegan medicated treats. Are...
October 24th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More
The Importance of Music in the Cannabis Movement and Why We Feel the Need to Explain…
By: M.J. Smith
So, we have received a few comments recently that we are wasting our voices, time, and efforts by covering music in NUG Magazine. Apparently, some people do not like the music, arts, and other mainstream events that bring a “culture” crowd to the cannabis movement. These people believe...
October 19th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More
Patient Care Association of California Rally/March!
We, the Patient Care Association of California, would like to announce a rally/march in opposition to recent actions by the US Attorney Laura Duffy and City Attorney Jan Goldsmith on Tuesday, October 18th at noon from the San Diego Civic Center Plaza to the Federal Building.
Participating allies in...
October 17th, 2011 | News | Read More
The Chronisseur 19 of 420
By: Pamela Jayne | Photos By: Phil Calvin for SCR Photo
Hopper’s workload was a little heavier this month as we had five strains for him to sample. I thought he was happy the first time we gave him four strains to review, but it’s true, the quickest way to The Chronisseur’s heart is through his...
October 14th, 2011 | Featured, The Chronisseur | Read More
Legal Eyes: Lance Rogers
By: Pamela Jayne
So…A lawyer and a blonde walk into a diner. No, this isn’t the opening line to the worst joke ever; it’s the setting for my interview with Lance Rogers, a mild mannered San Diego native who abandoned a career as an actor to become an attorney, and who is currently fighting aggressively...
October 13th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More
Best Practices in Edibles
When looking at the landscape of medical marijuana businesses in the state of California, discussions are often centered on storefront dispensaries, their zoning and regulations. However, there are several other business models such as mobile dispensaries and edible companies that are also in dire...
October 11th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More
Tourist Coffee Shop Ban? Not In Amsterdam
By R.J. Villa
It seems that the fight to keep foreigner access to cannabis coffee shops in Amsterdam continues. Earlier this year in February, NUG Magazine ran an article about the conservative coalition government in the Netherlands that had been restricting tourist access to coffee shops in border...
September 27th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More
WTF! SD, CA, AZ, CO, España, y todo el mundo! Viva la revolución verde! Support your NUG!
By Dion Markgraaff
World revolution is spinning faster than ever. Evolution of the revolution can be seen in San Diego’s cannabis community. Still, now is the time for more action, organization, and education, something you can do with NUG Magazine.
Technological communication, the bridge over the...
September 19th, 2011 | Articles, Featured | Read More
September 2011 Cooking w/ Kim
Written by Canna Chef Kim ~ The REAL Mother Earth Co-op
Proudly serving San Diego MMJ patients since 2005
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month and the American Cancer Society (ACS) provided statistics on the disease and warning signs for parents when a child needs a medical examination. Though...
September 8th, 2011 | Cooking, Featured | Read More
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February 2012 Cooking with Canna Chef Kim
February 3, 2012 11:02
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G. Love & The Special Sauce Ticket Giveaway!
February 2, 2012 12:02
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Breeder Spotlight: Matthew Riot – Riot Seeds
February 1, 2012 12:02
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The Food Truck Chronicles: Asian Persuasion’s Multinational Menu is Perfect for Meat Lovers
February 1, 2012 12:02
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Battle for Medicinal Marijuana Access is Far From Over
February 1, 2012 11:02
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