32
The Real Reefer Madness! Medical Marijuana Endangered? Cannabis Cookery Toking Then & Now Synthetic Pot The Lowdown PLUS: Page After Page of Women in All Their Natural Beauty! First issue is FREE! June 2011

Natural Instinct Magazine

Embed Size (px)

DESCRIPTION

Natural Nude Ladies, Marijuana Reform, 420 Lifestyles.

Citation preview

Page 1: Natural Instinct Magazine

The Real Reefer Madness!

Medical MarijuanaEndangered?

Cannabis CookeryToking Then & Now

Synthetic Pot The Lowdown

PLUS: Page After Page of Womenin All Their Natural Beauty!

First issue is FREE!June 2011

Page 2: Natural Instinct Magazine

CONTENT

Em nullam, vel ipis autet ipit volum in henibh eniamet alis alit veniscin volor-peros do odiat augait ver sit il in volor sustrud dolor

Autem delestie minci eu feuguer ostrud exercincil ing eugue magnim iusciliquis adipit aliquisit augait euissi tet nulpute

Cor ipsum vendipit adiamco nsecte velenibh el erit la consecte te conse-quip eu feugiam ad et iure etue etum incinim irillamcon ulla am nisit, quis aci ting ex et aut praessi.

Jeff Gibson | Owner (786) 367-4722 Cynthia MacGregor | Editor in Chief(561) 963-5199 David Uhlfelder | Genral Manager(561) 818-2528

Isabel | Administrative Assistant (786) 970-0359

Ken Vera | Marketing Director (305) 301-2371

Elise Brent | Account Executive321-578-2711

Luis Vazquez | Website Development(931) 368-4190

Joe Lynch | Social Network Operations

Eddy White | Graphic Designer Gioele Enjoy | Graphic Designer

www.naturalinstinct.us

Alit aut nisiscilla consed estio el utet, vulla conum quat. Num iuscilit ipit laorer in eniamco nsecte diam doluptat. Dui tem irit amconse quipsustrud tis nos eugait volorem velis nissim in vercin henis eugait nit prat. Lore con henisi Vullaoreros aliquat lut adip elenim quate core doluptat vullaoreet amconsent delit, sim in utat nim zzriliquam, quametum atetummy nibh ea faccum iustisis at.

Cover: Enim ilis aliquat verci estrud eu feuis ent loborti onullam, velenisit ip euiscipsusto consecte tiscilit utatue el duipit ver.

02

16

Om ilis aliquat verci estrud eu feuis ent loborti onullam, velenisit ip euiscipsusto consecte tiscilit utatue

Om ilis aliquat verci estrud eu feuis ent loborti onullam, vele-nisit ip euiscipsusto consecte tiscilit utatue el duipit ver.Uptat veraesto doloreet volobor autpati onul-lum diametum eugiam, sisit dolupta tetumsa

22Om ilis aliquat verci estrud eu feuis ent loborti onul-lam, velenisit ip euiscipsus-to consecte tiscilit utatue el duipit ver.

Page 3: Natural Instinct Magazine

Why is This Guy Running for Mayor?Steve Berke believes in something.

Steve believes that anyone can

change the world for the better

if they put their minds to it. This,

unfortunately, rules out most career

politiciansrules politicians. So what

to do? What else? Run for office!

Steve’s campaign is founded on

revolutionary concepts like logic

and honesty. Most Politicians try

and hide from their dirty past. Steve

embraces his! Come join Steve on

his revolutionary campaign to

change Miami Beach.

Lower Taxes

Decriminalize Marijuana

Keep Nightclubs open untill 5am

Legalize Gay Marriage

Pro Gambling

Pro Tourism/Pro Hospitality

Page 4: Natural Instinct Magazine

From the publisher

Where did the idea of this magazine come from?

I’ve been doing photography for six years, now, and I’ve smoked marijuana for 14 years. Both captivated me.

As I developed my abilities in, and explored, the various forms of photogra-phy, I found myself intrigued by capturing a woman’s natural beauty.

I wasn’t alone. I soon found myself in a network of talented photographers and models from all around the world who were working, many times for free, in the name of creativity.

Now I needed a platform from which to exhibit these nude models from all over, as well as the work of the various photographers, beyond just myself, who had captured the natural beauty of these women. That platform is Natural Instinct Magazine and its web presence, naturalinstinct.us

But wait! I’ve just spoken to the photography side of things, but what aboutmarijuana? Well, it’s simple: I’ve been breaking the law for 14 years by smokingit, and quite frankly, I’m fed up.

It was a very easy decision to dedicate Natural Instinct Magazine as a tool for legalization.

As things stand now, when I buy marijuana, I instantly create violent turf wars in our poorer communities. The Mexican cartels kill 10-100 per day, all in the name of collecting our U.S. dollars. People are killing innocent people in Mexico for my $20 bag of weed. You don’t have to be a Poli Sci major, or an activist, to know there’s something wrong with that picture.

Young people, especially minorities, who are involved with marijuana—notnecessarly selling it but merely toking it—are tainted with criminal records.There’s something wrong with that picture, too.

Our magazine’s message is simple: Legalize now! We are not satified withsimply downgrading the “crime” to a lesser charge that brings “just” a ticket. That means toking grass is still illegal. This even though Mary Jane is far less harmful than alchohol, and far less addictive than coffee or cigarettes.

Think if it were legal, and we taxed it: We could easily give health care to those who need it with the proceeds from the taxes. Teachers and schools could benefit, We could feed our homeless, or help our tens of thousands of animals who need adequate shelter and love until they find a home...just to name a few really worthwhile uses to which marijuana tax money could be put.

Although we at Natural Instinct are on a mission to legalize marijuana, we feel it’s most important for us to focus on the good, the positive, the peacefulness, the fun, and the fellowship of our marijuana community of over 30 million in the U.S. alone.

We’ll be coming at you every month from now on, with the best in pictures ofnatural women, and the best in words about that natural product you, and I, and the rest of us all love. Join us on our mission.

But for now, just sit back, relax, fire up a bowl, and enjoy Natural Instinct!

Jeff Gibson, Publisher

Page 5: Natural Instinct Magazine

Medical Marijuana: A Dicey Propositionby Jesse Leaf

Where is medical marijuana legal…and just “how legal” is it? It isn’t cut-and-dried.

The line between a pat on the back and 20 years’ doing time can be a thin one, indeed.

The hotly debated question of whether medical marijuana should be legalized has been complicated by both sides. There is a difference between outright legalization of medically employed cannabis, legalization of all marijuana use, and decriminalization of marijuana. Those supporting the legal use of medical cannabis see it as a proven and legitimate therapeutic agent in the treatment of many illnesses, including AIDS, chronic pain, multiple sclerosis, anxiety, and insomnia, not to mention relief from the nausea that commonly accompanies chemotherapy treatments…and there are other suggested medical uses as well. Opponents make little or no distinction. They dismiss the medical claims as just an excuse for people to legally and easily obtain their recreational drug at will, labeling it as a dangerous gateway drug to more dangerous narcotics.

As the population, a great proportion of which used or is using mj, became more accepting of the drug, political initiatives to allow its medical use were passed in a growing number of states. As of this writing, 15 states and the District of Columbia allow its use, if under a variety of rules and regulations, and despite the overall umbrella ban of the Federal government, which remains in place.

Medical or not, outright and total legalization is the holy grail of marijuana advocates. Open availability makes all other caveats moot. The goal seems distant. There is no place in the United States, or indeed on the planet, where cannabis is fully legalized. Fully legalized. No matter where you are on the map (and that includes. Mozambique and the Netherlands), there is a bewildering bevy of local laws, regulations, caveats, restrictions, rules and regulations, if, ands, and buts covering local use, consumption, cultivating, selling, and possession of marijuana. It behooves the aficionado to make damn sure he or she knows them inside and out. The line between a pat on the back and 20 years’ doing time can be a thin one, indeed.

In the United States, medical marijuana use, albeit with a stunning variety of legal small print, is legal in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. But there is little reason for celebration or complacency. Conservative forces in several of these states continue the fight to roll back these laws.

The move is being spearheaded by Montana, subject of much media play including a long article in the New York Times. As this was being written, the recently elected Republican-dominated legislature was close to repealing the medical marijuana statute approved by voters six years ago. But many Montana towns are not even waiting for that eventuality. In Bozeman, for example, the City Council has enacted several restrictive regulations aimed at curtailing what has become a vibrant economic machine that has sprouted around the medical marijuana market. Construction companies,

electricians, gardening supply houses, even bakeries are due to suffer in the constricted environment, hurting the local economy as well as the patients who depend on cannabis. Following Montana’s lead, New Mexico is also seeking to roll back decriminalization in that great state.

In addition to the 15 states that allow some form of medical legitimacy for cannabis, there are many other jurisdictions that have decriminalized the use of cannabis for everybody. This poses a whole other set of problems for the user, medical or not. Typically, but not all the time, decriminalization means no prison time or criminal record for first-time possession of a small amount for personal consumption. It is common practice for local jurisdictions to place enforcement of criminal marijuana laws on the “low police priority” list. But that may be a dangerous foundation on which to conduct your life. Decriminalization still poses the risk of capricious enforcement. It can mean unpredictable confrontations with the justice system—police encounters, arrest, court, and jail time. You never know if your arrest will be treated as a minor traffic violation or a Schedule 1 abuse.

And local jurisdiction really matters. States where cannabis is decriminalized in certain local areas but not statewide (watch those borders) are Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

The legal use of medical marijuana remains a fiery topic in state legislatures. Laws allowing prophylactic use of cannabis are being argued in Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. Some form of decriminalization legislation is up for debate in Arizona, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Maine, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont.

Full legalization is a tougher nut to crack, and not many pols are anxious to append their name to legislation that would allow free and open use of cannabis. In the Pacific Northwest, a bastion of marijuana law reform (Oregon was the first state to decriminalize cannabis in 1973; it was recriminalized in 1997), activists are regrouping after legalization initiatives failed at the ballot box last year. Organizers in Washington and Oregon have begun gathering signatures to place the matter on the ballot this year, although many supporters are arguing that waiting until 2012 will give more time to consolidate and place the measure in a more friendly political atmosphere.

For the time being, convincing lawmakers of the medical benefits of marijuana seems the most practical route to go, and the one more likely to produce positive results.

Page 6: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 7: Natural Instinct Magazine

Instinct Data Sheet

DanelleBust: ??? Waist: ?? Hips: ??Height: ?? Weight: ??

Amibition: Pat. Ud dionseq uiscil in ut lortin utatue volore modigni smodit ad tie consequ amconsequat velis nulput et diametue endre tie feuis nonsed tat, quationsed et aliquat, consequam ea consed tisci te dolobortinci et niat.

Turn-ons: Giate molor sisit alisl esed doloreros et, commy nibh eugue cor iusto delit autem niam, vero dipismo.

Turnoffs: Dolore min et adipisl eniam, verat praestrud tat nulputate mod exer sed do consecte veros ex venibh esequat.

Photographer: Jeff Gibsonjeffgibsonstudios.com

Page 8: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 9: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 10: Natural Instinct Magazine

Toking Then and Nowby Cassandra Price

Tokers of the hippie generation have much in common with, yet also much that separates them from, the tokers of today.

The price of gas and the price of weed have plenty in common, it turns out. In the mid- 1960s, a lid (a jar-lid full of buds) went for about $10, and by the late ’70s one could still get an ounce for about $20

Technically, marijuana had been illegal long before the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 classified pot as a Schedule I drug, placing it in the dubious company of LSD, heroin, and other hardcore substances. Then came the Reagan years and the astoundingly costly and ineffective War on Drugs. Anyone who grew up during the 1980s became familiar with the scare tactics of conservatives who called pot a “gateway drug” andinsisted it was highly addictive. Ever since, debate has raged between those who insist that this definition is justified and those who believe just as passionately in legalization.

Obviously, the stakes have gotten higher since those halcyon days of tie-dyed t-shirts and $8 lids. The original hippies could never have predicted the firestorms surrounding Proposition 215 or decriminalization in Massachusetts, among other political issues. But it’s not just the laws and slang terms that are different. Toker culture has changed a lot, too. Here are a few ways.

Mood MusicMost tokers would agree that the choice of background music is an important atmospheric touch. The late ‘60s were the dawn of psychedelic rock, and some would argue that to this day there hasn’t been a more appropriate soundtrack toherald a visit from good old Mary Jane. Some tunes especially beloved by tokers were Steppenwolf’s “Magic Carpet Ride,” the Byrds’ “Eight Miles High,” and Donovan’s “Mellow Yellow,” which may or may not be about smoking banana peels. Iron Butterfly’s “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” probably holds the number-one spot on the most lists of altered-state anthems, and it has been used in dozens (or maybe even hundreds) of TV shows and movies to cue a scene involving pot use. A few other ’60s and ’70s favorites include “Along Comes Mary,” “White Rabbit,” and of course the less-than-subtle “One Toke over the Line.”

Today, the music blaring from tokers’ CDs and iPods is more likely to be techno, hip-hop, or alternative rock. Frequently mentioned favorites are the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Cypress Hill, with the occasional New Age artist tossed in. However, over the last decade, the two generations have started to come together in their appreciation for what’s now known as “classic rock.” Bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and the Grateful Dead hold appeal for both aging hippies and the next generation. Music is definitely one area where the two groups can celebrate the perfect blend of old and new.

PriceInflation affects (some might say “fucks up”) every aspect of modern American life. The price of gas and the price of weed have plenty in common, it turns out. In the mid-1960s, a lid (a jar-lid full of buds) went for about $10, and by the late ’70s one could still get an ounce for about $20. These days, a quarter of an ounce is the most common unit of sale,and prices range from $50 to over $100 for dank.

Some say that higher prices have made enthusiasts less inclined to share. Today’s tokers are sometimes perceived as loners who partake of their herb in privacy, whereas inthe old days it wasn’t uncommon for a group of friends to pool their money and enjoy their purchase over the course of a long, enjoyable night. Of course, this might just be because harsher laws now require more discretion and sneaking around. And plenty of communal smoking sessions still exist for those who know where to look. Still, it helps tohave wealthier friends these days.

ActivismMy older brother, who started college in the late ’60s, insists that pot smoking back then was all about bucking the establishment and rebelling against Vietnam, one’s parents, and whatever other outrages hippies and other tokers could identify. Nowadays, he says, it’s all about getting high for personal satisfaction and looking inward instead of making a counterculture statement.

Is this true? Possibly—after all, the 1970s is still known as a decade of narcissism that spawned the “me generation.” But did people back then always light up for some higher political purpose? And can’t the current generation, with their skillful use of the Internet and their tireless campaigning on various political stages, take credit for the real marijuana reforms going on right now? In many states, possession of small amounts earns the user no more than the proverbial slap on the wrist, and in a few, the possession of paraphernalia like bongs is no longer illegal at all. Maybe it’s just a sign of the times, or maybe solitary pot-smoking isn’t that much of a motivation-sapper after all.

Product QualityNo issue gets old hippies and newbie smokers hotter than the debate over the strength of pot then and now. This is partly the result of pundits ranting that pot is about 10 times stronger and more dangerous today than it was 40 years ago, this argument put forth in part to justify harsher regulations. Some users agree, citing advanced growing techniquesand cultivation, hydroponic technology, and so on. In response, the hippies wax nostalgic over classic strains like Acapulco Gold and Panama Red.

Scientifically speaking, the jury is still out on this one. Then and now, quality varied from basic “dirt weed” to the finest dank, with many shades and grades falling between those two extremes. It does seem likely that political agendas, fond memories, and personal pride (justifying paying such inflated prices, perhaps) make it difficult for many people to be objective.

Perhaps the best way to resolve this, and all the other “then-and-now” debates, is for the representatives of each generation to get together, put some Bob Marley on the turntable or the iPod, and enjoy an evening of communal sampling.

Page 11: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 12: Natural Instinct Magazine

Instinct Data Sheet

AshleyBust: ??? Waist: ?? Hips: ??Height: ?? Weight: ??

Amibition: Pat. Ud dionseq uiscil in ut lortin utatue volore modigni smodit ad tie consequ amconsequat velis nulput et diametue endre tie feuis nonsed tat, quationsed et aliquat, consequam ea consed tisci te dolobortinci et niat.

Turn-ons: Giate molor sisit alisl esed doloreros et, commy nibh eugue cor iusto delit autem niam, vero dipismo.

Turnoffs: Dolore min et adipisl eniam, verat praestrud tat nulputate mod exer sed do consecte veros ex venibh esequat.

Photographer: Jim DonnellyImagemastersphotography.net

Page 13: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 14: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 15: Natural Instinct Magazine

Cannabis Cookeryby: Medicinal Mike

The first step in cannabis cooking is to make cannabis butter, or cannabutter, for baking and some cooking. Once you have your cannabutter, the recipes are as simple as regular cooking and baking. In this process you extract the alkaloids into the butter (or margarine) and leave behind the plant material. The recipe for the butter and process follows.

Important: When using fats and water together, realize that your workspace will be very hot-tempered—that is, there may be quite a bit of spattering—so be cautious not to burn yourself. Your hands and arms will be at risk, and your clothing may get spattered. So please use oven gloves and long sleeves to protect yourself from accidental burning, and wear appropriate clothing.

Tools you will need:• Sturdy grinder to grind the plant material (marijuana)• Stove to heat up the ingredients• Medium stainless steel saucepan with a lid. Size of pan should ideally be the same as the stove’s heating element, for the even allocation of heat• Measuring cup• Whisk or large fork to mix the material with the water/ butter solution in the pot.• Cheesecloth to strain the material before cooling.• A bowl large enough to hold and cool the cannabutter material• A space in your refrigerator to chill and take apart the water from butter• Heavy duty SaranWrap to handle and pack together the cannabutter into a smaller, easier-to-handle shape• Freezable container to store the material• Space in your freezer to store the finished product

Please be sure to have all these items accessible for immediate use during the process of making your cannabutter.

Note: To make a strong cannabutter, you will need to adjust the quantity of cannabis and take into account the potency of your cannabis as well as the potency of butter you would like.This recipe will make about 350g of medium-strength cannabutter.

Ingredients1lb unsalted butter3 cups water1 ounce premium, middle, or high grade cannabis (trimmings are okay, but not as strong). The higher you go in quality of product, the better butter it will be.

Well, now, let’s cook!

To prepare:Start by grinding the cannabis (marijuana) very fine. If you don’t have a dedicated grinder for cannabis grinding, use a grinder that has been very keenly cleaned. It’s very important to have good cannabis for use.

Cooking:In a covered saucepan, bring three cups of water to a boil. Add butter to the boiling water and let it melt. Once the

butter is melted, reduce heat to very low, so that when covered, the cannabutter will simmer gently. Now add cannabis material to water-and-butter solution. After adding cannabis trim, keep mixing it and fluffing it up into the pan constantly, so that the whole material does not stick to the bottom and there are no clusters. Position the lid on the pan and keep heat on minimum temperature. Let cannabutter simmer gently for 1-2 hours. This much time is very important, though it should not cook for more than 3 hours.After 1-2 hours have passed, THC will be combined with the melted butter. During this time, check cannabutter at intervals to ensure proper temperature and also to ensure that ingredients do not boil, which can reduce butter excessively.

Extraction:Turn heat off. Let solution sit for 2-4 minutes before removing it from the heat. As mentioned earlier, proper clothing is very important at this stage. Now your solution is ready to be extracted. Place the cheesecloth over an open bowl, and ensure that when the liquid is poured through, the cheesecloth will not sink in with it. The idea here is to strain the solution using the cheesecloth so that you will not have bits of cannabis in the solution. Most of the THC has been extracted by now. Once the solution has been strained through the cheesecloth and the plant material collected in the cheesecloth, you will have cannabis solution in a bowl, and a cheesecloth full of soggy cannabis material. By squeezing, extract as much as you can of the solution from what remains within the cheesecloth. Squeeze as much as you can into the bowl.

Cooling:Put the bowl of cannabutter solution into your refrigerator, and keep it there for a few hours. As this cooling process is taking place, keep watch on the progress and let it remain there so that separation of fats from water occurs as muchas possible. When it seems that the process of water separating from fats has occurred, and nothing further is happening, remove the butter from the bowl. As the butter is now solid, we recommend you use heavy-duty plastic wrap to store it in. Collect as much solid cannabutter material from the bowl as you can, and dispose of the excess water (which will look gritty and dirty). Remove surplus water by patting the cannabutter dry. Now, using the plastic wrap, squeezecannabutter to compress it, and then form into a shape that conforms to your containers, and store it in an airtight and freezable container. The point of freezing cannabutter is so that it will not lose its potency and can be used or kept for a longer time. It will melt quickly once it’s warmed. Now it’s ready for you to enjoy!

Uses:What can you use cannabutter for? Use it in such recipes as muffins, cookies, and brownies, where butter or shortening is called for. When you want to ingest, rather than inhaling, your cannabis, and you want it in something sweet ratherthan something savory, cannabutter is the way to go. Bake it in your favorite recipe, and it’s as good as it was at the time you first prepared it. Something sweet, something with zing and now for this issue’s recipes. For those of you who liked baked goods, we offer Coma Cookies, and for those of you who prefer to drink your cannabis…and get a bit of caffeine kick at the same time…we offer the Canacoffee Milkshake.

Page 16: Natural Instinct Magazine

Coma Cookies2 cups all-purpose flour1 1/2 cups steel cut oats1 1/2 cups light brown sugar1 cup granulated sugar1 cup cannabutter2 eggs2 cups pecans, chopped1 cup raisins1 cup dried cranberries1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon baking soda2-3 tablespoons bourbon vanilla1 teaspoon nutmeg, ground1 tablespoon cinnamon, ground

Sift together the dry ingredients, except for the steel-cut oats, and set aside. Cream the cannabutter and sugars, then add vanilla and mix in the eggs. Don’t overwork the butter and sugar, or it will break down. Mix dry ingredients withwet ingredients. Mix in oats with a heavy spoon and blend. Fold in the currants, cranberries, and pecans. Chill the batter. Using a #20 ice cream scooper, drop dough onto greased baking pan at 350° for 15-17 minutes.

Cannacoffee Milkshake2 cups vanilla ice cream1 cup whole milk1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 tablespoon instant coffee2 grams cannabis

If you have the time, finely chop the cannabis and let it sit overnight in milk. In a blender, combine ice cream, milk and cannabis mixture, vanilla, and instant coffee. Blend until smooth. Pour into glass and serve.

Notes: If you don’t like coffee or wish to avoid the caffeine, you can add 1 tablespoon cocoa powder instead of the coffee.

Page 17: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 18: Natural Instinct Magazine

How can you know this and yet you do nothing?

A message to our elected officials and those who sit quietly on the sidelines--Hopes and dreams of many young people are ruined because they arearrested, enrolled in probation and left with criminal records to taint their chances of a better opportunity. We are the reason for the drug cartel’s battles in Mexico. Every day, ten to one hundred real lives are taken because we will not legalize and tax marijuana here in the United States. Every day, hundreds of illegal immigrants come from Mexico, not for

a better life but to deliver the marijuana we just bought and will continue to buy from somewhere. Prohibition makes US citizens criminals. Over twenty four million good hard working people smoke marijuana in the US. Willie Nelson still gets arrested to this day. Can’t we just do it for Willie?There were fifty thousand marijuana arrests in New York City alone last year. Total deaths from marijuana over thousands of years since Jesus- zero. Total deaths last year because our government makes us buy weed in shady deals from crackheads because it has to be bought on the black market- hundreds of deaths, thousands of

robberies and what remains is a turf for shootings, thefts and violence in our poorer communities. Our jails should hold criminals who are a danger to society. We don’t have room for this.Marijuana users are the court’s and county’s best customers. Over eighty percent of the police officers openly claim they have more important work to do instead of all of the paperwork over a joint. Marijuana is less addictive than caffeine, tobacco or alcohol.

Page 19: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 20: Natural Instinct Magazine

The Real Reefer Madnessby Michael Lazar

How crazy is it to spend much-needed money prosecuting people (as felons!) just for toking, when we could legalize pot and be earning money by taxing pot sales? Apparently, pot smokers are considered more of a menace than are murderers and rapists. The numbers of arrests keep climbing each year, yet the laws don’t dissuade anyone from smoking herb.

Weed, grass, pot, reefer…whatever you call it, it’s been illegal for quite some time, and the federal government of the United States of America aims to keep it that way for quite some time to come. Ironically, during the Civil War and even earlier, such as during the Revolutionary War, there were mandates passed that encouraged—and rewarded—farmers for growing hemp. Hemp was used for the manufacture of military uniforms, boat sails, and boots, among other purposes. As a matter of historical fact, Jamestown Colony issued a decree in 1619 stating that all those who settled there were required to grow hemp. And our foremost founding father, George Washington, grew fields of pot around 1797 at Mount Vernon, where hemp was his primary crop. Hell, the United States Census of 1850 showed there were 8,327 hemp plantations in the US, and this counted only

farms that had a minimum of two acres. That’s a lot of pot! (But don’t get overexcited—the story gets sad from here onout.) This was during a jovial period in our history. It was a time before people decided that taking a hit off a joint made you a felon, an evildoer whose actions were comparableto those of a child molester, arsonist, or other low-life criminal bottom-feeder. Damned be we all…or so these unfathomably unconstitutional and really unconscionable pot laws would make it seem. But wait…it gets better (by which I mean worse). In the early 1900s, pot was criminalized in many states. Thanks to the Uniform State Narcotic Drug Act, which followed soon after, the 1930s saw a nationwide ban,much in the way alcohol was prohibited…and we all know how well that worked out for the country!

On March 22, 1933, after realizing that banning alcohol was not working and never would, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Cullen-Harrison Act, an amendment to the Volstead Act, essentially making it legal to sell, produce, use, andpossess alcoholic products. Left illegal per the Uniform State Narcotic Drug Act and its powers-that-be was a very teary-eyed Mary Jane, who would go on to create mischief for many: the lawmakers forbade her companionship for any law-abiding citizen. And for those who did partake ofthe forbidden fruit—much like Adam and Eve and that shiny red, tempting apple—their reputations were permanently

Page 21: Natural Instinct Magazine

sullied and their livelihoods placed at stake by a felonyarrest on their records. Now a cult classic, a movie of the ’50s used scare tactics in an attempt to convince people they would go insane from merely taking a pull off a pipe or a hit off a bong. Today the movie’s title, Reefer Madness, is a term well suited to describe the heresy of what can happen to decent folks who like to get stoned after a long day ofwork. Yes, those laws and their consequences are the real “reefer madness”: people getting arrested for smoking buds. The same people who are arresting them, however, tieoff a few rounds at the local bar after they get off work. But that’s alcohol. Just as intoxicating, and we won’t talk about the potential for liver damage or alcohol dependence…but, since ’33, legal once again.How ironic. It’s okay to get high in the U.S., if you are accomplishing your recreation and relaxation via alcohol. But smoke pot and you’re a felon! Heck, even if you do it legally,in accordance with relaxed state rules, the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) will come after you. According to a recent report published by the DEA, “As of April 2006…eleven states…have decriminalized certain marijuana use…Arizona, Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, andWashington. In addition, Maryland has enacted legislation that recognizes a ‘medical marijuana’ defense.” And if you think they are not raiding and shutting down places that dispense marijuana with their respective states’ blessing, you must be stoned. This in spite of our current sitting president’s statement that the DEA will not go after marijuana dispensaries in these states. In doubt? Look up this landmark case: United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers’ Cooperative Et Al. The DEA is targeting all dispensaries to the full extent of its nationwide powers.

Scary stats Let’s look at some pot statistics so we can get an idea of what this nonsense is costing taxpayers, and how deep the breadth of it really is. In 2003, according to the FBI, pot arrests hit an all-time high. The total number of persons who were arrested nationwide that year was 755,186. That’s twice the number as a decade prior, in 1993. More importantly, there were 150,000 more arrests for potduring this year than there were for violent crimes.What lesson may we take away from that? Apparently, pot smokers are considered more of a menace than are murderers and rapists. Similar numbers exist each year prior to 2003. From 2000 to 2003, the average number of pot arrests annually was about 730,000. In 2000, 735,500 national pot arrests were recorded. In 2001, 724,000 people were busted. And in 2002, 697,000 were sent to the slammer for smoking reefer. Here’s where it gets even more interesting: These are not arrests for only dealers. Rather, about 88% of these arrests were of users of pot, predominantly busted for possession. The real kicker: 45% of all drug arrests in the U.S. annually are for pot.

The Uniform Crime Report reflects that since ’94, arrests for drugs are up 22%, inspite of harsher penalties. In fact, even scarier, drug arrests in 2001 were the highest of all arrests nationwide, totaling 1,678,192. Compare that with arrests for violent crimes: fewer than half that number, at 597,026. Drug arrests for this particular year comprised about 12.3% of all arrests nationwide. So many people are arrested just for smoking pot annually that the number exceeds that of the total population of South Dakota (754,844). Sure, that’s an empty state, some might argue. Okay, those same numbers

are also greater than San Francisco’s population (751,682), or Jacksonville’s (735,617). Do I have your attention now?

Pot prohibition: A failure In so many words: Prohibition is not working. And for all intents and purposes, it never has…or will. So what is the financial scope of all of these arrests? How impacting is it upon society to prosecute people instead of legalizing pot and taxing its purchasers in the manner of alcohol products? Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, said, “With marijuana arrests exceeding 750,000 a year, it’s safe to say that the drug war isn’t preventing people from using marijuana.” “The bottom line,” said Bruce Mirken, MPP director of communications, “is that none of this makes any sense. Even if people think we should be trying to curb marijuana use, arresting all these people hasn’t done that, either.” Financially, it’s bleeding our country dry to be prosecuting people for pot, when we could be focusing our fiscal resources, our manpower, our efforts all-around on violent crimes and things that matter more, such as curbing our national debt, cleaning up our cities, and adequately funding education. But no, let’s prosecute pot smokers while we not only don’t prosecute but actually bail out wealthy bankers who duped the world with the biggest Ponzi scheme going: Liar Loans, trillions of dollars in toxic debt directly related to fraud, and criminal activity in the housing sectors.

According to Keith Stroup, the Executive Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law (NORML), every 42 seconds a person is arrested for pot in the US. That’s more than 2,000 people every day! “This effort is a tremendous waste of criminal justice resources, costing American taxpayers approximately $7.6 billion dollars annually,” Stroup explains. “These dollars would be better served combating serious and violent crime, including the war on terrorism.” But what’s $7.6 billion dollars per year? Chump change…right? Let’s do the math: If pot were decriminalized, millions of people would be purchasing and using it—that could be taxable income coming into the good ol’ USAinstead of money spent wastefully with no results; the number of arrests keeps climbing each year, yet the laws don’t dissuade anyone from smoking herb. And the opportunityfor income from taxing the product is going to waste…up in smoke, as it were. A good idea of how much money we could be making can be found from the CDC (Center for Disease Control). According to a CDC report, “U.S. consumers spent an estimated $90 billion in 2006 on tobacco products.”So there’s one possible answer. We could be taxing $90 billion per year, while dramatically reducing crime rates and reaping hefty taxes of at least $25-30 billion per year if we were to legalize pot. But instead, to reiterate what I said before, it’s okay to get shit-faced on beer, bourbon, vodka, or the like, but smoke a twisty and you’re a goddamned criminal! But what’s $25-$30 billion per year? We, the people, can easily afford to lose that money…can’t we?

This is the real “reefer madness”!

Page 22: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 23: Natural Instinct Magazine

Instinct Data Sheet

YeilinBust: ??? Waist: ?? Hips: ??Height: ?? Weight: ??

Amibition: Pat. Ud dionseq uiscil in ut lortin utatue volore modigni smodit ad tie consequ amconsequat velis nulput et diametue endre tie feuis nonsed tat, quationsed et aliquat, consequam ea consed tisci te dolobortinci et niat.

Turn-ons: Giate molor sisit alisl esed doloreros et, commy nibh eugue cor iusto delit autem niam, vero dipismo.

Turnoffs: Dolore min et adipisl eniam, verat praestrud tat nulputate mod exer sed do consecte veros ex venibh esequat.

Photographer: Jeff Gibsonjeffgibsonstudios.com

Page 24: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 25: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 26: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 27: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 28: Natural Instinct Magazine

Synthetic Pot: Where to Now?by Jesse Leaf

A high that was undetectable on drug tests, legal, and cheaper than real ganja. It had to be too good to stay true.

Yes, you could toke on K2 and its cousins until you floated to the heavens, immediately take a drug test, and come out as innocent as a newborn babe.

On March 1, the DEA exercised its emergency power to temporarily ban the five chemicals used to make synthetic pot. Literally overnight, selling or using products such as K2, Spice, Spice Gold, Red X Dawn, Black Mamba, Blaze, Wicked X, Demon, or Genie puts you in the same category as a user of cocaine or heroin…and could get you 20.

On the shelves of tobacco stores, head shops, gas stations, and convenience stores, as well as on the Internet, these products were sold — mostlu as incense, more rarely as smokes. Straight shops in the Midwest hung signs that it was not for human consumption . . .right over the Zig-Zag. Ofcourse, everybody knew. Store owners, customers, even the police. This was too good to be true. Legal pot? Synthetic marijuana for a relatively inexpensive, undetectable, perfectly legal high.

The stuff came out of medical research. Working in a lab at Clemson University, chemist John W. Huffman created synthetic cannabinoids (chemicals that mimic the effects of cannabis) for research into the mechanisms and therapeutic value of such agents. To this day, the chemical compounds carry his initials: JWH—the infamous JWH-018, JWH-073, and

JWH-200, banned by the DEA It wasn’t long before these chemicals, and a few related compounds, hit the streets running. In the admirable entrepreneurial fashion that made America great, the chemicals were sprayed onto an array of herbaceous materials and sold as (wink, wink) incense, or maybe more daringly labeled “aromatic smokes.”

The word spread across the country, and the word was “legal.” Well, two words, legal high. And then the unimaginable. A third word was added. Undetectable. Yes, you could toke on K2 and its cousins until you floated to the heavens, immediately take a drug test, and come out as innocent as a newborn babe. Synthetic pot did not leave its calling card. Until it crossed swords with the Department of Defense. But that comes later.

Of course, if it’s too good to be true, it’s too good to be true. Because the chemicals were legal, they were not regulated. There was no testing, no standards, no rules. There was no way of knowing how much of the stuff had to be used to get a pleasant high, how much (if any amount) was unsafe. So the DEA, according to its own press release, acted solely on reports of serious side effects, including convulsions, anxiety attacks, dangerously elevated heart rates, increased blood pressure, vomiting, and disorientation. It put the country on notice that it was considering designating the five chemicals as Schedule 1 substances, the most restrictive category under the Controlled Substances Act. Tough stuff.

Internet blogs countered with disbelief and even ridicule. Of the two actual cases quoted in the media, one man was

Page 29: Natural Instinct Magazine

a heavy user of several months’ standing and another was a newbie to the pot world. Their symptoms, said one veteran user, looked a lot like they were using other drugs as well. The single case the DEA recounted in the Federal Register was a teenager who crashed a truck after smoking Wicked X. There was no mention of the thousands of drunk- driving crashes that occur every year, nor talk of declaring alcohol a Schedule 1 substance.

The Internet was right there from the beginning, offering its formidable presence. Products of all kinds quickly appeared with delicious claims and counterclaims. The social network came alive with advice, warnings, instructions, recommendations, anecdotes. Emergency room doctors logged on with scare stories; users were countering with soothing words of happy trips.

Then the mass media picked up on the story…and that was the beginning of the end. Gosh-wow journalism to titillate the masses (at least those who still read newspapers) pushed all the right buttons. Head shops clamored for the stuff. Politicians who rode in on the last conservative wave found a new cause to defeat the devil in his work and pander to their constituency. One by one, in dizzyingly rapid succession (they should act as fast on important legislation!), some 21 states banned the substances…even if they had no clear idea of what they were banning. Cascade County in Montana played it safe and busted minors for possessing an “intoxicating substance.”

K2 was just made for the military. The stuff was legal, effective, pleasantly scented, and detection-proof. So one of the groups most eager to embrace synthetic pot was our men in uniform. Always eager to deprive our fighting menof certain joys, the Department of Defense (bless ’em) adopted a new urine test that was able to detect the synthetic’s metabolites. Legal or not, bye-bye militaryoutlet. And bye-bye to those unfortunate enough to have to pass a drug test that uses urine instead of blood.

What is unusual about the DEA ban is that the agency acted on anecdotal evidence. It has conducted no tests, leaving that to the Department of Health and Human Services, which itself is slated for drastic cuts by the new Congress. In fact, there is a complete lack of serious peer-review testing of the chemicals used in smokeable herbal products. The DEA had to resort to manipulating words into fitting criteria in regulatory requirements. It argued that these chemicals have not been approved by the FDA for human consumption, there is no oversight in their manufacturing, the labeling “masks” their intended use, and increasing numbers of reports from poison control centers, hospitals, and law-enforcement makes banning necessary to avoid “an imminent threat

to public safety.” It also cited lack of proper registration, security, labeling, packaging, quota applications, and inventory and other records.

Of course, this is all a familiar and futile exercise. Outlawing marijuana (let alone horse or coke) has done little to eradicate its use. Mary Jane is as readily available today as it was decades ago, only the price is higher, and organized crime does very well on the profits, thank you. Tax free. The DEA’s attempts appear pathetic when you consider that talented street chemists turn out hundreds of synthetics pretty much at will. It’s all a matter of slightly altering a chemical’s molecular structure a tiny bit. When one goes Schedule 1, a couple more take its place. Internet dealers didn’t miss a beat: After the March ban, a new K2 product was openly sold the very same day.

Realistically speaking, the ban on cannabis-like chemicals will go the way of other prohibitions. It makes the product even more compelling…and expensive. It draws in the criminal element as a source. It prevents the kind of standardization and supervision that the DEA apparently so desperately seeks. It drains needed money from law enforcement. Sound familiar?

Only if synthetic pot becomes more expensive than the real thing and also detectable on standard drug tests is it likely to suffer in popularity. Any bets?

Page 30: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 31: Natural Instinct Magazine
Page 32: Natural Instinct Magazine

www.lamborghini.com