Posts by Aleza Freeman

Tricks, Treats and Easy Homemade Sweets

Aleza Freeman
Featured, Lifestyle
When Typical Treats Don’t Cut it… Silly reader, tricks (and treats) aren’t just for kids. These days, there are canna-butters and oils, even a THC-infused sugar, to add to your ghoulish ganja goodies on Halloween. If you’re new to cooking with cannabis, however, this prospect may chill you to the bone. And the thought of…
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Is Vaping Even Safe?

Aleza Freeman
420 Guide
A Scientist Answers Some of Your Questions About Vaping Questions about vaping are rampant these days. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed 380 cases of lung illness and six deaths linked to vaping nicotine and/or Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) nationwide, including one in Southern California. The CDC warns simply don’t vape. And if…
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Healing The World With Pot, Not Punches

Aleza Freeman
Culture, Featured
Mike Tyson’s Vision of Healing Products Launches in Las Vegas Mike Tyson is no stranger to cannabis. It’s been a part of his life for a long time. The former boxing champ didn’t start using it as medicine, though, until he was a little older. Now the founder of the Tyson Ranch cannabis company praises…
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Legalized Weed Blazing New Trails For Stoner Films

Aleza Freeman
Culture, Lifestyle
Cheech and Chong. Harold and Kumar. Jay and Silent Bob. Historically, the characters in classic stoner films were portrayed as societal outcasts, delinquents and dropouts. The genre itself stems from decades-long prohibition and criminalization. It reflects a rebellious culture thumbing its nose at the man. But the times, they are a changin.’ With more than…
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Have An Easy, Breezy Summer With Homegrown Cannabis Products

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Aleza Freeman
Lifestyle
Summertime and the livin’ is easy (as composer George Gershwin first wrote in 1934). His words are truer today as legal cannabis in California sprouts new homegrown cannabis products. Some of these California-born creations may ease your life this summer. From cannabinoid-infused topical skincare to sun-grown Southern California flower, here are a handful of local…
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Female Filmmaker Sparks Conversation On Women And Weed

Aleza Freeman
Culture
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Filmmaker Windy Borman grew up with a negative perception of cannabis. She labeled pot smokers at school as “stoner dudes,” under-achievers who often skipped class and usually smelled like a skunk. “That ‘I don’t care’ mentality just didn’t jibe with me,” recalls the award-winning director and producer. “It wasn’t very inviting.” When she started interviewing…
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LA Lights Up Cannabis Dining With Pop-Up Events

Aleza Freeman
Happenings
Cannabis pop-ups are popping up throughout California. Many of the state’s most talented chefs are jumping on the weed-infused (or paired) dinner bandwagon, offering pop-up meals that bridge the cannabis and culinary worlds. Here are a few pop-up providers that have the community buzzing. PopCultivate We all have a story (or we’ve heard one) about…
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50 Strains of Green

Aleza Freeman
Featured
How much do you really know about the cultivar you claim to love? Carolyn White has a reality check for cannabis consumers. The names you know for the strains you love, like Sour Diesel or OG Kush, are unsubstantiated street names for varieties that were secretly bred and traded for 50 years. And now that…
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Aloft Magazine’s Top 50 Strains of Green

Aleza Freeman
Straight Toke
The accuracy of cannabis strain names raises questions from industry experts (see 50 Strains of Green). Still, consumers continue to have favorites, without all the facts. These are the 50 most popular strains of cannabis in California as of March, according to leafly.com. Blue Dream Sour Diesel GSC Green Crack OG Kush Granddaddy Purple Original…
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