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#23878392 - 11/29/16 02:02 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/11/28/hunter-thompson-marijuana-gonzo-brand/68236/
Anita Thompson announces plans for a Gonzo brand of cannabis to launch in recreational marijuana shops
PUBLISHED: NOV 28, 2016, 12:41 PM • UPDATED: ABOUT 10 HOURS AGO By Katie Shapiro, The Cannabist Staff
Since we broke news of plans for a Hunter S. Thompson museum near Aspen two summers ago, his widow, Anita Thompson, has steadily been hard at work to honor the literary legend and counterculture icon.
In June, Thompson closed on a legal trust transfer of the 42-acre Woody Creek compound known as Owl Farm, in the central Colorado Rockies where the author lived from 1969-2005. The transfer now gives her full control of the property, along with ownership rights to the “Gonzo” logo and her late husband’s likeness.
Aside from the private museum (slated for a late-2017 opening), up first is “a Gonzo brand of cannabis to be sold in recreational marijuana dispensaries,” she exclusively shared with The Aspen Times.
When The Cannabist spoke with Anita Thompson in 2015 during the annual NORML Aspen Legal Seminar barbecue, which she has hosted since 2007 at Owl Farm, she touched on Colorado legalization: “He would have had a heyday! Could you imagine Hunter Thompson in a dispensary? Sometimes it breaks my heart when I go into one and that he’s not here. The best way to honor Hunter’s work is to have him in our hearts when we go into dispensaries, when we smoke legally and when we read his words.”
Thompson is taking that sentiment up a notch, preparing to soon allow his legions of fans to smoke his pot. The Aspen Times reports:
“Since it became legal I get approached probably once a month by cannabis growers, dispensaries,” Thompson said. “I’ve had probably 10 meetings in the last three years and I always ended up saying ‘No’ because it’s the same story every time: somebody wants to slap Hunter’s name on their strain.”
Thompson said she has, however, saved six different strains of cannabis that the “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” author actually smoked. She is now working with a cannabis company to grow those strains — or hybrids of them — and sell them to the public. She said she was glad that she held off on partnering on a marijuana brand until it could be done right.
“I was always steering toward his work and away from his lifestyle, but now I feel like I can talk more openly about his lifestyle,” she said. “I’m proud to do it now. Before, it was a little too risky.”
She added with a laugh: “I’m looking forward to being a drug lord.”
Thompson went on to update her Facebook page with a list of clarifications after the story ran Sunday, most notably around strain sourcing. That said, the details are still hazy:
Thank you for keeping Hunter’s legacy alive in your libraries and your hearts. My email is overwhelmed so please see below for some more info about the Aspen Times article.
… I have found a legal method to extract the DNA from Hunter’s personal marijuana and hashish that I saved for 12-15 years. I am in the process of making the strains available to those who would like to enjoy the authentic Gonzo strains in legal states. Although the “drug lord” phrase is silly as it doesn’t match my personality, I am looking forward to making the authentic strains available in legal states to support the Farm and the scholarships.
Thank you for keeping Hunter’s legacy alive in your libraries and your hearts. Love, Anita T.
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Hunter S. Thompson participated in snuff films at the Bohemian Grove. I want nothing to do with him or anything that is being sold using his image.
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: ButtFace] 1
#23878482 - 11/29/16 02:35 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hunter Thompson had really good weed. We want a vintage strain from 1969.
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: ButtFace]
#23878492 - 11/29/16 02:37 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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TieACable2aTree said: Hunter S. Thompson participated in snuff films at the Bohemian Grove. I want nothing to do with him or anything that is being sold using his image.
Pics or it didn't happen.
That's what i thought.
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They should rent out his fist cannon for funerals.
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: ButtFace]
#23878589 - 11/29/16 03:05 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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TieACable2aTree said: Hunter S. Thompson participated in snuff films at the Bohemian Grove. I want nothing to do with him or anything that is being sold using his image.
Do you have any evidence to back this up?
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: ButtFace]
#23878780 - 11/29/16 04:20 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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TieACable2aTree said: Hunter S. Thompson participated in snuff films at the Bohemian Grove. I want nothing to do with him or anything that is being sold using his image.
I'd never heard of this until you just posted this and I googled it and wow holy shit, wtf?
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: Sheekle]
#23879462 - 11/29/16 07:18 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I heard he tried to hire someone to shoot one of the films. I also remember hearing his assistant say he was researching snuff films around that time. Sounds more to me like he was trying to dig up dirt.
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: fungusmuncher]
#23879554 - 11/29/16 07:43 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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fungusmuncher said: I heard he tried to hire someone to shoot one of the films. I also remember hearing his assistant say he was researching snuff films around that time. Sounds more to me like he was trying to dig up dirt. 
Idk, is it REEEEALLY, that far of a stretch? I mean, this is the guy who would have no problem muttering sweet nothings into your ear, while caressing your thigh with a knife, a shotgun pointed between your eyes a headful of acid, belly full of whiskey while he sips on a beer.
sarcasm, but he was a pretty psychotic dude
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: ButtFace]
#23886508 - 12/02/16 02:54 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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TieACable2aTree said: Hunter S. Thompson participated in snuff films at the Bohemian Grove. I want nothing to do with him or anything that is being sold using his image.
Yeah the establishment invites the most notorious hippy to their human sacrifice party. Makes perfect sense. Why do you expand on this? Tell us all about the reliable witnesses you have, since you are making accusations, why not back it up?
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: ButtFace]
#23886873 - 12/02/16 08:38 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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TieACable2aTree said: Hunter S. Thompson participated in snuff films at the Bohemian Grove. I want nothing to do with him or anything that is being sold using his image.
So funny watching hippie heads explode when someone trashes one of their idols.
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: ButtFace]
#23909878 - 12/09/16 11:29 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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TieACable2aTree said: Hunter S. Thompson participated in snuff films at the Bohemian Grove. I want nothing to do with him or anything that is being sold using his image.
I've heard whispers of him filming snuff films but I highly doubt he would ever dare set foot in bohemian grove.
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: sunshine] 3
#23915264 - 12/11/16 05:05 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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sunshine said: Hunter Thompson had really good weed. We want a vintage strain from 1969.
Shitty seedy mexican brick weed? No thanks. Kids these days don't know how good they have it... . . .
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: vinsue]
#23915655 - 12/11/16 09:15 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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not all the old school bud was that way though, it was just much more commonly low quality
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: Connoisseur] 2
#23915731 - 12/11/16 09:38 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I first smoked Jamaican around '72, then came Colombian a year later and finally Thai stick, Hawaiian, and Vietnamese around 1975. Stuff cost twice what the Mex was, $40/oz vs 15-20.
There was also some red, blond and black hash around, as well as hash oil, but seed weed was the norm. This was in Philly though, things might have been different on the west coast... . . .
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: vinsue]
#23915747 - 12/11/16 09:41 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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do you know anymore details about the hash and hash oil?
I'm sure you know i loveeee first hand accounts from back in the days! 
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: vinsue]
#23915752 - 12/11/16 09:43 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I got some mids a while back and they were fucking purple. PURPLE!
Back in the day, I remember those baggies were seeded as fuck and dank used to mean bad weed.
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People say shit used to be seedy, but how seedy? I've seen some seedy shit, but only from people who fucked up their grows. Like if I got a 1/4oz would it have a dozen seeds, or possibly hundreds?
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I usually bought by the oz and I would always end up with a nice pile of seeds. A good handful. This was back in the day, though. Folks didn't do things like feminize seeds or cross pollinate for good genetics. We just sort of threw whatever baggie seeds we had into a pot and hoped for the best.
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That's terrible 
I couldn't imagine having to pick that many seeds out of my buds every time. It makes me think it was stemmy as fuck too. Atleast bud was pretty cheap back then, atleast from what I've heard.
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Yeah, it was stemmy too, but we didn't complain because we really didn't know better. The bud seems to be cheaper now, at least, for what you get in quality. Imagine paying $120 for an ounce of ditch weed. Now, I pay $80 an ounce for purple mids. Like how DVD players used to be shitty and expensive and now they're less than $20.
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: ButtFace]
#23916307 - 12/11/16 01:20 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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TieACable2aTree said: Hunter S. Thompson participated in snuff films at the Bohemian Grove. I want nothing to do with him or anything that is being sold using his image.
I can't find any mention of this, or any evidence supporting it, except on websites that are even less reputable than fucking InfoWars. 
That said, while HST's writing is fantastic and he's one of my favorite authors, I'm not under any illusions that he was a great guy. That doesn't mean he participated in snuff films, though.
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Re: Want to smoke Hunter S. Thompson’s weed? [Re: larry.fisherman] 1
#23916417 - 12/11/16 01:59 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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We used an album cover and a business card or matchbook cover to roll out the seeds. I've seen as much 10-12g per oz, 5g was probably average.(tablespoon or 2?) Scales were pretty rare, mine came from my 7th grade science lab.
I learned early to hand pick my profit bag first then sell the rest.  Seedweed was $150+/lb, Colombian more like $400. sell 10 oz for 15 each, or 10 for $40. = 6 oz profit.
Hash came around a few times a year, red leb usually, but blond, black and 'opiated' a couple times. Think it was 75-100/oz. I sold grams for 5 or 10 depending on how well I knew ya.
I didn't like to mess with the oil(except for the novelty). It was 20-30/g and it was messy, pin lines on a joint or 'vaped' on foil. Nobody was smoking meth or coke(that I knew), so no glass to smoke from.
This was about when High Times started, before that most heads didn't know much about drugs except from word of mouth.
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