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Why People Think Stoners Are Lazy
The cannabis community has been working to overcome stoner stereotypes for decades. Meanwhile, pop culture is spreading and perpetuating these pot-head portrayals. Anyone who smokes or has friends that smoke knows that stoners are just as varied in personality and capability as the rest of the world. Many of today's brightest minds cite marijuana as their creative and intellectual muse. So how is it that society came to perceive pot-heads as lazy and small-minded?
By Chelsea Lynne10 years ago in Potent
Weed Twitter Accounts to Follow
Most people smoke weed to chill, laugh, get inspired, or to just to relax. What better way to spend those countless hours getting inspired, keep up on the newest Marijuana law, or just laughing your ass off than by scrolling through pictures, videos, and tweets from the best weed Twitter accounts the web has to offer. These accounts offer everything — intriguing both the novice smoker to the avid hardcore stoner with endless hilarious memes and beautiful photos of marijuana strains. So before you hit that bong, make sure to add these weed feeds. You won't be disappointed during your smoke sesh with your BFF Mary Jane.
By George Gott10 years ago in Potent
How To Be the Perfect Sesh Partner
Smoking marijuana has always been a team sport. And although it can be nice to wake n’ bake in solitude every once in awhile, smoking weed is always better with another person. That being said, sometimes you’ll end up in a sesh with someone (or a group of someones) that make you wish you were alone! Don’t be that person. Follow these tips on How To Be the Perfect Sesh Partner and become the perfect spark-up candidate for any situation.
By Stoner Girl Diary10 years ago in Potent
Dope Dealer Days
In 1963 I took my first hit of LSD, which in a way saved my life, since it stirred in me a desire for adventure that forced me to move out of the nest and away from the Bronx. The Bronx I left is now virtually gone, save for the few ghosts that remained out of fear. Most of my old Bronx ghetto friends from the dope dealer days are now either burnt out zombies, in prison, or dead.
By Randy Cobern10 years ago in Potent
Dangers and Delights of Shrooms
Psilocybin mushrooms are nature's own psychedelic, more visual in their hallucinations and smoother and shorter-lasting in their effects than LSD. The principal genera of Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms can be found growing wild in most parts of the world, or can be cultivated with relative ease in the home. Their possession and use aren't technically illegal in Florida based on a 1978 case, Fiske v Florida, which ruled that wild picked psilocybin mushrooms weren't illegal. The police can still arrest you, but supposedly this case can help your case.
By Potent Staff10 years ago in Potent
History of LSD
“I feel like I’m part of a gathering of the most exquisite rascals of the age!” Ram Dass exclaimed at a colloquium in 1977 at the University of Santa Cruz entitled “LSD—A Generation Later,” featuring the man who discovered the king of the psychedelics himself, Dr. Albert Hofmann. With dozens of acid aficionados attending, it was the first time to get public record of the thoughts and feelings these masterminds had on what could be considered a miracle drug.
By Frank White10 years ago in Potent
What Makes Hash Oil Good
With marijuana becoming legalized worldwide, it is not surprising to see the stunning evolution it has taken. But one of the most exciting advancements in the cannabis community goes to hash oil. Although it still derives from the original form of cannabis flowers, hash oil yields higher potency when it comes down to ingesting thc.
By Potent Staff10 years ago in Potent
Greatest Marijuana Quotes of All Time
Ganja, reefer, pot, green gold, sticky icky, skunk, tree. There’s a million different ways to say it, and there’s a million different ways to smoke it, but there’s still one major problem with the bubonic chronic: It’s illegal. Even though laws are not current with the views of the people; for years, centuries even, there has been high praise for weed. Coming from activists as well known as Bob Marley, Snoop Dogg, and Willie Nelson, to some of our country’s founding fathers, to scientists, actors, and the average man, our country has united around the timeless herb. So while we sit around our backyards, passing around our bongs and J’s, let’s celebrate the loud history of laughing grass. We’re bringing you our favorite quotes about Kush, Mary Jane, ganja greens, broccoli, gasolina, our bud, cannabis.
By Emily McCay10 years ago in Potent
Weed Buyer's Guide
Smoking good weed is like having good sex. If you want to be more sensual, employ more of your senses. Likewise with the evil weed-you must see, smell, touch and taste, even listen (not to the marijuana—but to the dude who's trying to sell it to you)—in order to obtain the best quality.
By Hydro Wilson10 years ago in Potent
History of Marijuana Prohibition
(In 1937, Congress passed the Marihuana Tax Act, which levied a "prohibitive" tax of $100 an ounce for transfer to an unregistered person, effectively making sale or possession of marijuana a federal crime. Part one of this condensation of The Marijuana Conviction describes how the Marihuana Tax Act came to be).
By Potent Staff10 years ago in Potent
