There’s nothing I love more than when two of my favorite things come together, like Base Design shows us with their concept joint packaging design by recycling disposable containers, painting them white, and adding the iconic black pot leaf sticker.

• Altoids containers
• film canisters
• glass cases
• R/X pill containers

Tom Greenwood of Base says:

There’s a whole ritual and tactile experience that goes with smoking, and we didn’t want to detract from that. [...] Nobody owns marijuana, man.

The intent of the design is to send a “green” message while understanding that everyone rolls differently; hence the various shapes and sizes of containers.

There are only so many original names, acronyms and phrases out there in the world. If you read this blog and see the letters ‘NORML’ next to one another, 99 times out of 100 we’re referring to The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

Welcome to the 1 in 100 mention – a shirt collabo between LA-based Crooks & Castles and Canada-based NORML.

The drop takes color palette inspiration from the fixtures of the upper crust fashion world; Gucci and Versace for instance. The use Crooks’ iconic medusa head design and come in 3 different colorways. No word on if they’ll be available online, but there are available in-store at the NORML shop.

Cop ‘em while you can.

It seems like Whole Foods is really wrapping their arms around the hemp revolution.

They now carry the Nutiva Organic Hemp Shake, and in contrast with Whole Foods sometimes steep prices, you can snag this delicious shake at $0.99. It contains organic hemp protein, superfood chocolate blend (organic FairTrade Certified chocolate, organic ramon nuts, organic guar gum, inulin from chicory root, organic mesquite pods), organic Fair Trade Certified evaporated cane juice, and organic chocolate flavor.

If you’re looking for a good dose of fiber to stay regular, you need to pick some of this up. Ellen over at IAteAPie.net recommends it. Mix 2-4 tablespoons of HempShake™ with milk (or ideally, soy milk, hemp milk, rice milk or almond milk), and throw in some banana (optional) and blend to make it rich and frothy. Each serving provides 12 grams of fiber and 7 grams of protein.

If you don’t know me by now, I love anything organic and hemp is definitely a staple in my diet. I’ve been looking for a healthy morning beverage mix and since Carnation just isn’t cutting it, I think I know what my new go-to mix is.

Here’s a recipe courtesy of NutivaHempShake.com:

Chocolate Dream
2-4 Tbsp. Nutiva® Hempseed
2-4 Tbsp. Nutiva® HempShake™
8 oz. vanilla rice milk
1-2 Tbsp. Nutiva® Coconut Oil
1 ripe or frozen banana

Place seeds in a blender with 1 oz. of water, blend into a thick paste, and add remaining ingredients.

Done.

FUCTARD’s New Era 59Fifty, a New York Yankees custom is showcased at Strictly Fitteds. This slick looking hat is made of a combination of hemp and wool.

Visit Fuctard’s website for more products and info.

Depending on which side of the fashion spectrum you sit, Bape has launched a hemp-based pattern assault on the masses. Dubbed the ‘Neon Camo Hemp Accessories Collection’ (that’s a mouthful), the drop consists of a messenger bag, backpack and two different styles of tote bags.

Each piece sports the classic Bape gorilla-face camo in two-tone brown/beige with black trim. A small, but nice, touch to the messenger bag is a reflective stripe — theoretically to make someone who wears Bape gear easier to spot and tag with your SUV.

No specific release date yet, but keep checking Bape stores and web accounts until they show up.

Large conglomerates and multinational corporations seem to be intent on sucking the fun out of just about everything. It seems that they’ve now set their sights on doing this to weed. English Pharma Behemoth, GW Pharmaceuticals, is now seeking approval of Sativex, a marijuana-based nasal spray.

GW Pharma has assured investors that they have meticulously extracted only the finest, most potent cannabanoids from “proprietary” strains of gourmet marijuana grown in the richest most fertile soil, lovingly drawn from the moist nether regions of mother Earth. The company is very quick to congratulate itself on creating a drug that provides all of the benefits of weed with few of the undesirable ’side effects.’ In other words, GW claims to have developed a medicinal form of weed that doesn’t get you high.

As with the pharmaceutical industry at large, this medicine wasn’t developed with any societal good in mind. This is merely an attempt to seize as much market share as possible from a medical marijuana gold rush that appears to be in full frenzy. As we have learned from an industry that spends two-thirds of its research budget on copycat drugs, Big Pharma isn’t out to help anyone other than its own investors.

Unfortunately for GW, a cold corporate mindset can’t accurately wrap itself around weed culture.  No self-respecting weed connoisseur will spend 10 to 20 times the price of natural herb for a product that is peddled as ‘refined.’ There is already a whole spectrum of refined greenery.

For instance, anyone with a passing familiarity with weed already knows that vaporization allows the ingestion of THC without inhaling particulate matter and allows for a much more mellow high. Sounds a lot more pleasant than shoving a dispenser up one’s nose.

The Health Institute in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, conducted a sample test of Red Bull Cola and discovered a minute amount of a byproduct of cocaine, per liter in the drink. Fearing violations of their narcotics law, five other German states (Hesse, Thuringia and Rhineland-Palatinate) banned the drink from being sold in stores.

On Monday, the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Germany’s equivalent to the FDA, but more scientific), said that that level of cocaine within the drink was too low to pose any sort of health risk and planned to release a more detailed report sometime today.

Red Bull said it’s cola was…

harmless and marketable in both the U.S. and Europe.

It doesn’t make sense why the ban went into effect. It would take 12,000 liters of the drink to become affected. Even negative publicity is still publicity and with all the media outlets covering the story, Red Bull Cola (which has only been available for a year) may certainly benefit from the buzz.

A smokeless tobacco product, that dissolves from a tablet, called Orbs, is being test-marketed in Central Indiana by the makers R.J. Reynolds.

The new product’s tag line is:

the best tobacco you never smoked.

Some opponents of Orbs are against it saying that it has too much of an appearance of candy. Others worry that the cellphone sized box would attract more children to the product and multiple tablets would be taken at a time.

David Howard, a R.J. Reynolds spokesman said:

These products meets society’s expectations. There’s no second-hand smoke. There’s no spitting and there’s no litter. They are marketed specifically to adult consumers who make informed decisions about tobacco.

Ironically enough, R.J. Reynolds didn’t create this product to have people reduce their smoking habit, but to instead be able to use this product and garner the nicotine intake where smoking is prohibited.

The Hundreds, one of the best LA-based street brands, have released their new summer line. The drop consists of denim jeans, tees and snap-back caps that look fucking nice.

Hundreds demin always hits the right note, and this summer they’re coming with multiple cuts, colors and washes. Each pair comes with the iconic ‘Jags’ design on the back-left pocket.

The tees are everything you’d expect, from strong logo work to original summer-styled graphics. Even though The Hundreds has a booming fitted cap program, they still bust out eye-catching snap-back designs for the triple digit weather that’s about to hit Southern Cal.

Both the denim and t-shirts will be available Thursday, May 7th, at the two retail Hundred’s stores located in Los Angeles and San Francisco and usual online outlets.

Visit The Hundreds blog for more information on their new line-up and other random inner workings at HQ.

Temperatures are rising and plenty of brands are starting to drop their summer looks to retailers across the country. King Stampede — known more for their fitted cap variety & strong pattern design — are coming out with a specifically West Coast flavored summer release.

Based out of Brooklyn, NY, it looks like King Stampede is refining their look with an emphasis on clean branding & strong lines. Cut & sew button-ups, tees and shorts all made it into this drop — so expect them at KS retailers in the coming weeks.

It’s interesting to see an East Coast outfit drop by Santa Monica to take the majority of their lookbook imagery. I wonder if any West Coast labels are going to flip the script and visit coastal New York for their summer flavor. Something tells me no…

You can grab KS gear here or check out the two more images after the jump.

[via The Hundreds]

Since ‘99, iPath has been turning the shoe industry green. Maybe with envy, but were talking about how iPath promotes environmental sustainability for the benefit of present and future generations of skateboarders to come.

It has been the goal of this company to offer alternative materials such as hemp, organic cotton and other sustainable materials to their customers. A decade later, the company is still going strong and has released their new Fall 2009 lineup.

The original iPath shoes like the Grasshopper, the Locust and the Cats have been revamped into more of a classic look and feel.

After the jump are some selections from the 2009 Fall lineup.

With a new twist on hemp products, Hemp Milk is here.

Sold at various organic markets and most places you might find a lot of products labelled “all natural,” Living Harvest now produces several different hemp-based food products.

(Living Harvest) now offers an array of hemp products, including hemp milk in five flavors (original, unsweetened original, vanilla, unsweetened vanilla and chocolate).

A 32 oz. carton goes for $4.99 and a 12-Pack (12 x 32 oz. carton) for $54.88 saving you money in bulk. All of their hemp-based products can be purchased online or via phone: 866-972-6879.

The best part: Soon the company will be selling hemp ice cream. Can you think of a better compliment to my fun buds? My answer is no.

Agwa, a new Bolivian liqueur, brings to you all the charm and blurry memories a bottle of Jagermeister will, but without the black licorice taste and smell (which makes for the foulest-smelling hurls ever).

Some people love Jager, and they will also probably like this prunier, speedier version made from Coca leaf, caffeine and ginseng in a shade of green comparable to Incredible Hulk.

Like most new alcohols, it was created with a page full of drink ideas aimed at making the liqueur a little more palatable and less pruny.

To find and purchase a bottle of the libation locally or via online, click here.

After the jump is a picture of a bottle of Agwa so you know what to look for at BevMo.

Looks like the collabo game is still going strong.

Basketball oriented streetwear brand UNDRCRWN has gotten together with Asher Roth to create a varsity themed upperwear drop.

Most known for his mixtape The Greenhouse Effect, Asher and his friends are all over The Daily Kush with new music and fresh videos.

The collection isn’t super cheap, as with most UNDRCRWN gear. Here’s the pricing:

The College Tee retails for $20, College Crew is $40, Wool Varsity Jacket with camouflage lining is available for $400 and the Branded Sweater is $350.

Video of Asher Roth’s single ‘I Love College’ after the jump…

[via HighSnobiety]

I have mixed feelings about this product. Luci is an elongated dispersion device made to “improve upon” the everyday cigarette.

After watching the company’s promotional video for the Luci cigarette a few times, I’m still not sure what the appeal is. Apart from looking like cigarettes that were purchased at Sharper Image – before they went tits up – the starting price of $150 seems exorbitant.

It’s basically a smokeless cartridge system that manages to give you a mixture of nicotine and flavor, but without the gratifying puff of smoke that people addicted to cigarettes are used to.

Luci sees the benefits as four-fold:

• Safer: no tar, burning elements or second hand smoke
• Smoke anywhere: indoors, outdoors, next to non-smokers… go for broke
• Cheaper: over time, Luci says their system + replacement cartridges cost less than cigarettes
• Just like your cigarettes: Luci says that their products “look, taste and function like a real cigarette” – yea, except for the LED light @ the tip and the matte-black finish

Personally, the price of Camel Lights hasn’t risen to the point where I’d actually consider replacing them with one more technology that I have to worry about breaking on me.

Just check out how many moving parts this gadget has…

I searched for studies on Luci’s claim about aiding people to quit smoking, but have yet to see any facts on the products efficacy. Their website lists benefits, how the device works and your basic FAQ, but no real statistics.

Then again, they are dentist recommended!