Stories By Nikki Lastreto
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Joint Opinions
An Unusual Harvest Season
November 5, 2017Climate change is impacting the harvest season of cannabis in California.
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Culture
Surviving India Without Ganja
October 11, 2017Longtime cultivators try traveling sans cannabis.
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Joint Opinions
The Harvest is Here
October 7, 2017A California cannabis farmer looks to the last harvest without stringent state regulations.
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Joint Opinions
California: A Cast of Characters
September 9, 2017The people are what make the cannabis community come to life.
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Joint Opinions
Stewards of the Land
August 13, 2017The land that now hosts a Mendocino County cannabis farm has a past, which should be...
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Joint Opinions
Mendo Marijuana: The Time of Reckoning Has Come
July 24, 2017A report on the state of cannabis from a ganja farmer at the heart of the...
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Joint Opinions
The Drought Days Are Over
June 4, 2017Reflections on the challenges of growing outdoor cannabis.
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Joint Opinions
Cannabis: It’s Getting Better All the Time
May 7, 2017A longtime cannabis cultivator explores the blessings of the modern day.
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Joint Opinions
Discovering Cannabis: The Summer of Flowers
April 4, 2017The Summer of Love sets the stage for a lifelong relationship with cannabis.
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Joint Opinions
Pesticides & Pot: In Praise of Clean Cannabis
March 12, 2017Healthy consumption of cannabis starts with organic growing practices.
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Joint Opinions
Spreading Positive Vibrations & Cannabis in the New Year
December 24, 2016I ventured south to the big city this past weekend and it was an eye-opener indeed....
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Joint Opinions
Postpartum Harvest
November 27, 2016I am not a mother, but I imagine growing cannabis is something like having a baby...
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Joint Opinions
Cannabis is Real Medicine
October 23, 2016It’s been a month since my hip replacement operation, and as I wrote in my last...
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Joint Opinions
The Medicine Makers: Choosing Cannabis to Heal Post-Op
September 25, 2016The time has come to really walk the talk. Tomorrow morning I will get a hip...
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Cannabis
The Fight to Preserve Mendo’s Marijuana Heritage
August 23, 2016How can we preserve a lifestyle that has spanned decades and provides for thousands of people?
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Joint Opinions
Sheriff’s Stamp of Approval: Adapting to California’s New Medical Marijuana Laws
July 24, 2016I’m still feeling a little numb. This afternoon a Mendocino County sheriff’s deputy drove his huge...
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Joint Opinions
Proper Dosing for Edibles
June 23, 2016We’ve all seen it happen or experienced it ourselves: the debilitating effects of consuming too much...
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Joint Opinions
Coming Into Compliance in Mendocino County
May 23, 2016If you had told me just a few years ago that a bunch of hippies from...
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Joint Opinions
The California Green Rush
April 30, 2016It was February of 1849 when my first ancestor, Nicola Larco, set foot on California soil. He...
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Joint Opinions
Stepping Outside of the Cannabis Bubble
March 22, 2016Living in the heart of the Emerald Triangle, it is easy to get lost in our...