Pubdate: Thu, 08 Jan 2015
Source: Westword (Denver, CO)
Column: Ask a Stoner
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Author: William Breathes

GROW YOUR OWN AND NAME IT, TOO

Dear Stoner: If I breed a new strain from a male and female plant, 
can I name it whatever I want? Is there any sort of convention to follow?

Bob the Breeder

Dear Bob: You are free to name it whatever you come up with - no 
matter how stupid that name may be. (Pussy Kush, anyone?) There's no 
convention, though combining parts of the names of the parent strains 
is a common way to go about it. Blue Cheese, for example, is a cross 
of Blue Dream and U.K. Cheese. That said, for a completely original 
name, we've always thought that Breathes Breath sounds good rolling 
off the tongue.

Dear Stoner: I tried your homebrew cannabis-beer infusion, did some 
math, and figured out that by multiplying the percentage of THC by 
the number of grams, I could come up with the amount of milligrams I 
had. I bought a few eighths and mixed in two teaspoons of vodka for 
each 15 milligrams of pot that I had and put those in my saison. I 
made a Sour Diesel saison, and it's pretty great. It's an inexpensive 
way to make an edible. I also found it goes to your head kind of 
quick because it's in the alcohol, and it's absorbed by your mouth 
and stomach really well. So thanks a lot for the tip!

Mark From Mayfair

Dear Mark: Great to hear. We've told the receptionist up front to be 
expecting a few bottles of your next batch...for highly scientific 
personal testing purposes, of course.

Dear Stoner: What happened to Toke of the Town?

Tim the Tokester

Dear Tim: Many of you know Toke of the Town as the weekly  e-mail pot 
newsletter that comes from westword.com, and that is still very much 
alive. But our corporate group of papers had also used the name for a 
national website devoted to all things pot - and the plug was pulled 
on that project at the end of 2014 in order to concentrate resources 
on our award-winning local marijuana coverage. If you're interested 
in keeping up with what the other Voice Media Group cities are 
covering cannabis-wise, the Toke of the Town Facebook page will 
continue posting daily news links. Meanwhile, watch for increased 
cannabis coverage at westword.com.
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