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LAUGHING BUDDHA VASHON VELVET
LSD
24 CANNA-NEWS COLORADO HEMP PROJECT
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COLORADO HEMP PROJECT
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FUTURE OF FARMING
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TRADING PLANTS FOR PROFIT
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64 CANNA-NEWS KETTLE FALLS FIVE UPDATE
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The mission of Canna Help is to support individuals in leaving pharmaceutical drugs behind them, and encourage cannabis as an alternative medicine of choice. They are able to do this by creating extremely tasty high quality products infused with premium hash oil concentrate from Willamette Valley Botanicals. Potency and effect is something they take seriously. Ingredients in their edibles help the body absorb cannabinoids more efficiently helping the user experience the full spectrum of benefits. Their products may help combat the symptoms of stress, anxiety, insomnia, PTSD and chronic pain. Canna Help creates their products to have only the mildest cannabis taste, and after the first bite, you’ll understand why their edibles are different. Single Kahuna Kremes come in four different flavors: Tropical Punch/Cream, Creamy Pineapple, Peaches n’ Cream, and Creamy Mango. With a resealable package, it’s suggested the tiki head be cut into six equal parts due to its potency. A small portion in the daytime keeps energy levels up, while a larger piece in the evening can bring on a higher state of relaxation, increasing the quality of sleep. Trying 1/6 of the Pineapple Kreme flavor I couldn’t have been happier. The fresh juicy pineapple flavor was delicious, and the creamy portion was rich and blended perfectly with the fruit. Very similar to a smoothie, I was pleasantly surprised to feel the hash oil kick in after only 30 minutes. A cool tingle washed over my body and I felt light as a feather. That sensation lasted for the entire experience. Pain and stress disappeared faster than a friend when the weed runs out.
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Colorado Hemp Project is poised to be a national leader in hemp education and innovation as policy begins to shift to a more sensible approach.
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ANKIND’S OLDEST
and most versatile crop is finally, once again, being legally grown in the U.S., after having been criminalized since the 1930vs. Hemp, or the non-psychoactive version of Cannabis Sativa, has become legal in states with recently legalized cannabis, but the rush to sow fields of industrial-grade hemp is not materializing at the same rate as its THC containing cousin. Colorado Hemp Project is a farm located in Sterling, Colorado and one of the first in the state with the licensing and ability to produce and manufacture hemp. Colorado Hemp Project is located on a nearly 200-acre farm, two acres of which were seeded with hemp last spring. The first harvest went primarily into making an all-organic line of body products, Nature’s Root, found in Colorado, online, and even at Whole Foods in New Mexico. That is only the beginning though, as CHP plans to involved themselves in every aspect of hemp’s normalization in the coming years. With an industry that is so new, and still seen as taboo across much of the nation due to scare-tactics used during the Reefer Madness-era, farmers looking to grow hemp are basically starting from the
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ground up. A united community is key for success and Colorado Hemp Project is helping to bring farmers together, share knowledge, spread the word, and facilitate the production of hemp everywhere. Even with plans to expand to 300-acres of hemp at their farm, its small potatoes compared to what they envision as a new national miracle crop. CHP knows that there would be better land and a healthier population if people grew hemp locally across the country, providing a boon to humans as well as natural habitats. For instance, hemp grown last year by CHP was only watered three times all season, where corn in an adjacent field needed water eight times. Not only was the hemp environmentally friendly, but it grew taller and produced a larger and more profitable harvest than the corn. Hemp has intrigued American farmers for years in part due to its seemingly endless list of costsaving and beneficial attributes. It takes a fraction of the amount of seeds to sow a field of hemp compared with other crops. It rids the soil of heavy metals leaving the soil healthier in its wake, instead of depleting it, like other more traditional crops. All you need to grow hemp is land and water, no pesticides needed. Colorado Hemp Project is poised to be a national leader in hemp education and
innovation as policy begins to shift to a more sensible approach. Collaborating with university professors and farmers across the country the Colorado Hemp Project is working to develop strains higher in CBD. They are also helping to resurrect hemp-farming techniques that have been lost in American culture for almost a century. Aside from the nutritional benefits and the relative ease of growing it, CHP is also excited about the aspects of hemp that would seem more at home in a sci-fi film. The bast fibers of hemp, basically the stringy inner-bark, carry an electrical charge and have recently been called “better than graphene” in terms of making super capacitors, or storing energy. They are also effusive regarding the durability of the lightweight composite plastics that can be produced, which are said to be stronger than steel. In the next couple of years CHP is hoping to have stabilized their genetics enough to offer seed packets at home and garden stores – national policy permitting. The fact that there is a foreseeable future in which hemp will be treated like any other plant is enormously encouraging. Perhaps now we will be able to utilize hemp’s thousands of spectacular properties, harnessing the power of this plant for a stronger society.
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Navigating The Confusing Cannabis Landscape In Our Nation’s Capital
HE CANNABIS conversation
evolving in Washington D.C. is placing an interesting heat on the federal government and its antiquated stance regarding the plant. Nonetheless, while wandering our nation’s capital, one can’t help but notice what scent is still missing in the breeze here—the smell of that sweet sweet cheeba. However, it’s a hot topic of conversation, regardless of the circles you travel in. So when I asked D.C. native, Teddy, just
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where the weed was, his response was quick and to the point: “DC culture is alcohol heavy. We’re talking three martini lunches here. Cannabis is here, but it’s a very novel concept in D.C.” Then he showed me the two transdermal cannabis patches he had on his wrists and chuckled. Given that medical cannabis has been legal since January 1, 2011 and full legalization was realized February 26, 2015, one would assume that the plant is around town. But just where is it and what do people think about it?
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SEED SHARES: The DCMJ project is making sure the cannabis freedom recently enacted takes root in actual plant production—gifting a total of 3000 seeds on two different occasions.
MMJ: Takoma Wellness Center—D.C.’s original dispensary—under perpetual scrutiny and still can’t get a functioning bank account.
AMERICANS FOR SAFE ACCESS UNITY 2015 CONFERENCE: Leading advocates in medical cannabis converge for thought provoking research and heartwrenching dialogue surrounding the fight for patient rights. Plus the hospitality suite is poppin’ off with the finest folks and cannabis you’ll find in the city. WHITE HOUSE/GREEN HOUSE: The Obama Administration has shake-ups coming--most notably the DEA chief Michelle Leonhart’s retirement.
WASHINGTON COURT HOTEL Bartender reflects on a recent DEA conference his hotel hosted—Do you want your kid babysat by someone on pot?
LIBERTY POLE ON NATIONAL MALL: 3rd St. SW Cannabis activists are chained to the pole in the name of keeping congress out of D.C. cannabis evolution.
Traveling from one Washington to another, you can’t help but notice that freedom smells a bit different in our nation’s capital. The bizarre argument the federal government is having with itself concerning cannabis lingers like a confusing haze over our changing legislation. While Washington D.C. is definitely warming up to Mary Jane, they aren’t exactly burning one down…yet.
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ANNABIS USERS, growers
and the culture itself hold claim to many admirable characteristics too often lost in mainstream culture and the war on drugs. While the red eyed couch potato somehow became our mascot, generations of cannabis enthusiasts have grown beyond unfocused hippie agendas, to arrive as driven environmentalists, political lobbyists, and medical pioneers working
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to change laws and lives for the better. As society marches forward with legalization, and medical trials continue to support evidence for cannabis as a medicine, let us not lose sight of the huge carbon footprint that could be left behind! I believe as a grower I have an obligation to our plant and our planet to grow in sustainable, and even in restorative, ways. Sustainability sounds fancy, but it’s actually cheaper, more efficient, and easier to maintain than you would think.
Lighting is obviously one of our most important components, but so many cannabis growers use too much light at the wrong times, and not enough when they need it! During vegetative growth turn down 1000w ballasts as much as 50%. Clones can even be rooted under T8 fluorescents instead of high intensity T5s. Crank them up as the plants grow or when you flip to flower. One of the biggest lighting choices is between single and double-ended bulbs. Most growers use single ended HID lamps, but double ended lights such as Gavita or PL Lighting produce 30% more usable light. Comparing, even the best single ended 1000w HPS bulb produces only 1,800 uMol, in comparison to the 2,100 uMol produced commonly by the 1000w DE systems. While it won’t benefit your electric bill, it will benefit your wallet, and the environment, since more light equals a higher yield with the same amount of power.
1) Next to the lamp itself, the reflector is the next most important tool for a grower and if you are indoors, get an air-cooled one as big as they come. A lumen or two may be lost due to the glass, but the money you save will pay to keep your room cool, and spreading the light out evenly is well worth it. Insulated ducting can also help reduce cooling costs, and running an inline fan is much cheaper than running the AC unit. 2) The time of day that the lamps are on, and how you wire your room, can make a drastic difference in how much energy you waste or conserve. Since most of an indoor grower’s equipment creates excess heat, allow dark periods to fall during the warmest part of the day. Lighting overnight reduces heating costs during the cold winter nights and reduces cooling costs during hot summer days. While the temperatures here in the PNW don’t change too drastically throughout the seasons, this saved me hundreds of dollars while growing in Colorado.
When wiring, always use the shortest cord possible to reach an outlet. Using a 100ft extension cord to cross a 10ft room is a big waste of energy, as much energy being pushed through is lost to resistance while traveling through the cord!
3) Soil and nutrients can make a huge difference in the amount of light needed. While it’s hard to drastically reduce the amount of electricity used indoors, what you feed your plants, and what medium you plant in, can make a huge difference in their resilience.
“While the red eyed couch potato somehow became our mascot, generations of cannabis enthusiasts have grown beyond unfocused hippie agendas, to arrive as driven environmentalists, political lobbyists, and medical pioneers working to change laws and lives for the better.” Debate is rising over chemical nutrients and how they might affect plant growth, potency, health, and quality. What is known currently is that chemical nutrients are hard on the environment and are obviously not sustainable in the nature, in that they must be man-made. Similar problems exist with bottled “organic” fertilizers because of the high levels of heavy metals needed to sustain shelf stable products. To keep it simple, soil is the most sustainable and eco-friendly way to grow for many reasons. It retains water well, meaning you lose less to the AC and give more to the plants. With a “super soil” blend you don’t have to blend nutrients every time you water, ass watering breaks down the organic matter, delivering more nutrients to the roots. A healthy soil can even defend against root aphids, and all of this without high amounts of heavy metals or agrochemicals.
One of the best advantages of soil is that you can reuse it. Unlike coconut coir, rockwool, peat moss, and many other soilless mediums, it can be broken apart, mixed with more soil and eventually reused. Some growers will even plant again directly into the hole remaining from the previous root ball. Because soil can support such diverse bacteria and fungi, the soil stays alive, helping to prevent diseases such as damping off, root rot, and insect pests. As the cannabis industry continues to expand across the United States, we are presented with a truly unique opportunity to demonstrate how we see the world today and how we would like to see it tomorrow. I believe we can provide a novel and profound example by maintaining the values we already hold dear like hard work, honesty and unconditional care for our planet and everyone living on it.
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The Future of Farming Part I: Shifting Skylines WRITER JOHNNY HALFHAND
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Rooftops make up a huge portion of urban surface area. What if a small portion of that space was converted to green space?
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already shown great change is happening, yet even more is in store; the world is urbanizing, and new technology is allowing for innovative solutions. In particular, the world of agriculture is poised for massive changes. In a three part series, we’ll explore the potential changes just around the corner in the future of farming. Conventional wisdom holds that food production is for rural regions, while urban regions focus on maximum housing, production, and entertainment, and import food from the countryside in a massive scale. Urbanization has been accelerating across the globe since the Industrial Age, and just this century we’ve reached a point where over 50% of humans live in a city. According to some estimates, that share is probably due to rise to over 80% by 2100.
our cities could not only have skyscrapers of people, but full of crops as well. With space so limited in cities, wisely recycling vacant space is paramount. In Seattle tillable land is in extremely short supply but the demand for cannabis is high. Many grows take place in converted industrial spaces, rigged with lighting and hydroponics, to optimize growing conditions in the rainy city. Old factories and warehouses are prime spaces for these developments. There is something beautiful here about these Rust Belt relics going ‘back to the earth.’ Rooftops make up a huge portion of urban surface area. What if a small portion of that space was converted to green space? In March, France passed a new law mandating all new commercial buildings install green rooftops. Businesses can opt to install solar panel arrays, in addition to the vegetated areas on their rooftops, to generate needed electricity.
A question arises then; if most people live in cities, what will our relationship with nature turn into? How will we feed all these people? How will we manage this stress? In highly urbanized Japan, some have taken to ‘forest-bathing’ in an effort to defuse the stress of a fast-paced urban lifestyle, and the city’s depersonalized sterility. While a city can be a vibrant cosmopolitan confluence of peoples and cultures, an everexpanding sea of concrete hardly seems like a healthy place for people to truly thrive.
Environmentalists say this will help reduce the carbon footprint of commercial development, manage storm runoff flow, and offer a pleasant shelter for birds, and an increase in use of solar panels will help reduce demand on France’s powergrid. Perhaps Parisian rooftop gardens will be the new posh fine dining experience in a few years’ time, complete with locally grown vegetables. The green rooftop movement is just starting to take off in Europe, and with local advocacy, it may be spreading to the US soon!
There is still the limitation of space, and for this reason, vertical farming is being considered to improve agricultural output in a high-density urban environment. This entails stacking up plant beds like shelves, optimizing space and maximizing output; the trick is mainly to make sure all the plants get the right nutrients and conditions from top to bottom. With further research and development,
In New York City, community members banded together to advocate for the refurbishment of the High Line, an abandoned railway trestle than runs along the West Side of Manhattan. With the help of sponsors, city officials, and railway owners CSX Transportation (who donated the plot to the city) the High Line reopened in September 2014, after years of preparation. Instead of
a rusting structure looming over Chelsea, the High Line is now an oasis planted with gardens and grasses. There is ample seating for hanging out; a Tai Chi group meets there regularly, and there is a path for running and walking the length of the park. As cities grow larger and larger, these communal spaces will become more important. These green spaces are precious windows into the natural world, where we can learn from the force that has nourished us. Community gardens, now considered somewhat passé versions of victory gardens, will likely see resurgence as store-brand food becomes more highly processed. Keep Growing Detroit is a community organization undertaking the cause of ‘food sovereignty’. They seek to educate community members about healthy eating habits, and in the shadow of Detroit’s economic suffering, this is an incredibly valuable lesson. With time, we may see our cities developing new ways to allow for highly efficient agriculture, while maintaining maximum space efficiency. However, considering the role money plays in American politics, this won’t happen without extensive citizen advocacy and will depend almost entirely on local support for local ideas. Perhaps in one hundred years, urban families will live in towering apartment complexes with farms on the rooftops, each unit taking a share of the produce in exchange for some light volunteer gardening. While cities began as humanity’s escape from our own agricultural work, perhaps we are destined to return to that work in order to fully understand the harmony of our planet, and our food chain. Next month: Future Farming, Part 2 where we’ll cover advancements in home gardening!
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ICHELLE started in cannabis culture by
taking on the challenge of growing medicine for a friend with epilepsy. It goes with out saying that the plants Michelle grew had a major impact of both of their lives. The success of the treatment helped change her view of cannabis as a legitimate alternative medicine. She realized the importance of giving people more time, more options, and hope. That personal experience inspired Michelle and her husband to lay the foundation for the first Little Amsterdam Wellness Center in Milwaukie, Oregon. They have a different approach to running this type of a business. Michelle and her partners believe in holistic medicine and how the body operates as a whole and they strive to provide treatment options to support that approach. Big things are on the horizon for this location, and in the coming weeks they’ll open a CBD only edible kitchen. Because the edibles won’t have THC in them, they’ll be available to the public, and possibly shipped anywhere in the nation. Walking in the front door of their spacious Westside location, I first noticed their beautiful custom-made glass signage adorning their waiting area. A CBD only product menu sits on the desk for patients who don’t have OMMP cards, but still need access to great legal medicine. Their main focus now is to provide as many CBD options as possible to people. The open concept show room has large L-shaped glass counters displaying concentrates, jars of premium flower and miscellaneous products. On the wall behind the counter, two large digital menus display rotating product information. The back wall finds shelves of unique glass and jewelry, created by local artists. The simplistic layout and furnishing of the space caught my attention. They know patients are dealing with enough and strive to take the stress out of your visit, not bombard people with sensory stimulation. From day one they sought to create a “day spa” type atmosphere for patients. Covering all the bases, patients can schedule acupuncture or message therapy sessions as well as treat their pain. Their preferred vendors are: Eco Firma Farms, Hemp Viper, St. Augustine, Mad Farma, Wonderland Edibles, Golden XTRX, and The CO2 company. Be sure to stop in for daily $6 to 8$ gram specials, the 10% veteran’s discount and all concentrates/edibles are buy 5 and get the 6th free.
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Oregon’s Cannabis Congressman
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OFFICE OF REPRESENTATIVE EARL BLUMENAUER.
Interview with Congressman Earl Blumenauer
Congressman Blumenauer
IN A time when there is no certain course for the ending of the long reign of cannabis prohibition, stewards of the plant have arose in all walks of life, including from among our nation’s leaders. One man from Oregon has led the charge for change in our congress deftly and tirelessly for two decades. Incumbent Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) is the current US Representative for Oregon’s 3rd congressional district, which is inclusive of the Washington, Clackamas and the majority of Multnomah counties. Blumenauer possesses strong connections to Portland, his life-long home. He has always been deeply involved in the culture of the city, graduating from Centennial High School, then going on to Attend Lewis and Clark College where he majored in Political science. He has a history of service to the citizens of Portland in many ways, from serving on Portland’s’ city council, the board at Portland Community College, and he’s been elected to run for the Oregon House of Representatives. Congressman Blumenauer has demonstrated that he
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is a very intelligent and compassionate man with strong beliefs about liberty and choice. Our Congressman has been vigorously working on various plans to help end cannabis prohibition on a national level, and replace it with regulation. He has made both very respectable and controversial moves recently on Capitol Hill that have worked to help compromise the integrity of a decades old drug policy that has only harmed American citizens and nations abroad. I recently had the honor of interviewing Congressman Blumenauer to discuss some of his progressive moves to correct failed federal policy, current capitol politics and personal opinions associated with the long persecuted cannabis plant.
What is the biggest reason you personally have for supporting the end of cannabis prohibition and implementation of regulation? It [prohibition] has spawned a vast underground illegal industry; it has not kept it out of the hands of our children. In fact it makes it easier. At every turn it criminalizes behavior that is less damaging than smoking cigarettes and is extraordinarily expensive to enforce. It ruins lives and wastes law enforcement money.
What do you have to say about the passage of Measure 91 in Oregon? I think it is a validation of the approach to legalize regulate and tax. Oregon voters responded to a good thoughtful initiative, by overwhelmingly supporting it.
You authored the report “The Path Forward: Rethinking Federal Cannabis Policy.” During your research what discoveries impacted you the most? I was most struck by the disconnect that exists between what we know with fact and policy and what we don’t. We have a majority of people that now think adult use should be legal and overwhelmingly support medical cannabis. It struck me how wildly out of touch federal law and federal policy is.
Do you feel that the Controlled Substances Act is an effective approach to drug use and modern society? As written it doesn’t make sense, there is much room for reform; I feel we have over-emphasized prosecution under prohibition because some sentences have been grotesquely harsh, costly and unfair.
U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller said during a court hearing that she ultimately decided it was up to Congress to change the classification. Do you believe this was the appropriate decision? What the judge ruled was correct. Congress and administration have the authority and responsibility to do it right. I think the evidence is overwhelming for rescheduling and I think that congress can step up and delist or deschedule.
What steps are being taken by Congress to reschedule cannabis? I have been working with my colleagues on well over a dozen measures than can attack this from many different approaches. One of the things we are trying to do with this informal coalition that we have is develop cannabis legislation in a bipartisan and cooperative way.
What “Controlled Substances Act” classification do you feel best fits the cannabis plant? Do you feel it should be removed from the Controlled Substances Act entirely?
The United States Department of Justice released the “Cole Memorandum” on 12/11/14, how did the release of this memo impact decision making at the congressional level?
To say that is has no therapeutic use is blatantly and monstrously false. Ultimately I would want to completely delist it. If we could start over again, cannabis would not be listed, and tobacco may even be considered a schedule one substance.
The Department of Justice is in a tough spot, Congress has refused to modernize cannabis laws, so they are walking a fine line. The Cole Memo helped clarify to federal enforcement authorities that they need to be more reasonable in their approach.
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When in Jamaica, President Obama fielded a question concerning cannabis that was sensationalized by the media. His response was, “I do not foresee, any time soon, Congress changing the law on a national basis.” What is your response to this statement from the executive branch? The President made a reasonable judgement, but I think the President is missing some points. I’m not certain that he fully understands congress has done as much by restricting funding for enforcement of medical cannabis. I think within the next five years it is entirely possible that congress will revise drug laws.
Do you view the inability of the cannabis industry to gain access to the federal banking system as a public safety issue? Absolutely! If you care about money laundering and criminal activity, and you want people to pay their taxes, we have to give these people access to the federal banking services like any other legal business.
The CARERS Act you co-sponsored that was introduced last month de-schedules CBD and re-schedules THC to a Schedule 2. If it passed, would cannabis only be available with a prescription? It gathers up the provisions we have been working on for several congress sessions, and I support it in concept. We don’t want to end up having it classified as a schedule two. It is just part of the evolution. I would like it done at the state level with state requirements.
With regards to the de-scheduling of CBD, is it a response to the CBD-only laws and the patients who use CBD having to traffic over state lines? There are a number of bills that would remove CBD from the definition of cannabis. It is a response to what’s happening in states that are CBD only. I feel we need federal legalization that helps prevent artificial barriers from being placed in states with CBD laws.
Why is consideration being made to deschedule CBD, but not THC? Doesn’t this discriminate against MMJ patients who find relief from disease with THC products?
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It does discriminate, that is why I support the full legalization of MMJ. This is an important step in the conversation, building the movement, having more progress in states.
You introduced a piece of legislation this month called the “Marijuana Tax Equity Act” What is the main purpose of this bill? The purpose is to provide a nationwide federal framework, similar to alcohol, that makes it legal. Some states will want legal cannabis and some won’t; some will tax it differently, like alcohol, and that is fine.
This bill proposes a 25% federal excise tax on the sale of cannabis, however the federal excise tax on alcohol is 15% and only 1011% tax on firearms, why would the least dangerous of the trio be taxed so heavily? We are feeling our way here to find the right level. We want a tax level in the industry that is high enough that it provides appropriate revenue, but not too high so as not to develop a black market, or to be discriminatory. We will continue to work with experts and advocates to refine it.
Children have been using cannabis for debilitating or deadly medical conditions. Do you personally support pediatric cannabis therapy? Absolutely, that is one of the reasons why we need to have appropriate research and testing, so we know what adults and children are getting and how it works.
After all of your research into this plant, if you were diagnosed with a life altering or debilitating condition that was also a qualifying condition under Oregon’s MMJ law, would you use medical cannabis to treat yourself? Based upon what I have learned and seen, if I had a condition that was susceptible to it, or if someone in my family was [ill] like what we’ve heard with epilepsy or relief from violent nausea caused by chemotherapy. It just makes sense that it would be something I would explore personally or for my family. I would recommend anybody else think about it, it could make a big difference.
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GENETICS A hybrid of Obama Kush and Nuken, this BHO extract retains the very best qualities of these rather unusual indicas, highlighting both their relaxing and euphoric effects, as well as their cerebral and uplifting ones. Obama Kush is the offspring of Afghani (an indica) and OG Kush (a sativa-dominant hybrid) and preserves the relaxing and stimulating qualities of both—ultimately, it is an uplifting strain with strong physical effects. While Nuken is itself a powerful indica—a cross of God Bud (first of indicas in the 2004 High Times Cannabis Cup) and Kush (a derivative of Shishkaberry)—its deceiving appearance makes one question whether it is really a sativa strain. Nevertheless, its strong, fast-acting physical effects leave no doubt of its indica heritage.
EFFECT As expected from its 82.91% THC, this shatter hits hard and fast, with an invigorating buzz that starts forward in the sinuses and moves quickly to a more general, heavy haze. The potentially overwhelming intensity (of the Nuken?) fades over a short time leaving the expected full-body relaxation. One is left feeling grounded and at ease, with an elevated mood and physical body distracted of any pain, all of which is characteristic of the Obama Kush.
LOOKS This rich, golden shatter looks straight out of a beehive. Packaged in thick 1g portions, its wrapped in wax paper, and encased in a really well designed, matchbox-style package. Dab Society touts their products as “premium connoisseur-grade cannabis extracts,” and this presentation certainly supports their purported image.
SMELL While both pungent and fruity when first unwrapped, the smoke itself has a sweet, clean aroma that dissipates quickly when exhaled. I find the dominant sweetness (which crosses over into its flavor) to be telling of its parent strains.
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MEDICAL BENEFITS Primarily a chronic pain reliever, one should find lower stress responses from discomfort. This promotes daytime activity for those patients in need of such relief (perhaps, reminiscent of Obama Kush’s parent, the famous OG Kush), while allowing for those who suffer from insomnia to get a solid, good night’s sleep.
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FLAVOR A rich sweetness that’s predominantly grapelike but also complex berries quickly fades into a more general honey and eventually pine-like, earthy character. Larger draws will focus ones attention on the more savory undertones. Ultimately, the finish is smooth and remarkably clean.
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AZING INTO an original by Adream de
Valdivia is like walking right through the looking glass and into a colorful new age.
Adream has never felt words adequately conveyed just who he was, so he expressed himself through his paintbrush. Letting his art be his voice, he’s been able to transcend much of the monotonous dialogue that can dominate every day life, Here, his art speaks for itself. While not everyone considers themselves and artist, Adream de Valdivia’s work somehow speaks to the unifying concept of the artist in all of us; his imagery having the ability to pull viewers in, shifting their consciousness. Adream is often performing his art live and in living color, as he paints onsite at venues like the Concentrate Cup, Hempfest, and now the 2015 DOPE Cup. Treating viewers to a chance to be part of his creative process by viewing his art’s creation, his intricate brushstrokes are mesmerizing to watch. It’s a priviledged glimpse into a unique mind full of creation in motion.
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If They Both Like Weed, He Must Be Freed
s the defense made their closing arguments in the trial against former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez for the murder of Odin Lloyd, it seemed his freedom depended on whether or not the jury believed he would kill his “bluntmaster�. By many accounts Hernandez smoked an upwards of an ounce a day and shared his passion for cannabis with Lloyd, so offing the guy who rolled it up for him seems like a bad move. However, looked at another way, it seems like one of the most ludicrous defenses in history.
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Two Russian nationals were arrested in Thailand last month after advertising their bong and cannabis business on Facebook. Police on the island of Koh Pha-Ngan found over 300 grams at the house along with plenty of hand-carved pieces. Let this be a lesson for all you Instagram hustlers: a little discretion goes a long way.
CannaChurch Approved In Indiana
Indiana’s much-maligned Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which allows businesses to deny service to people based on religious beliefs, has spawned at least one positive change. Bill Levin has created the First Church of Cannabis, where worshipers, or Cannaterians, are free to partake in the herb for religious sacrament. While there are no real winners with legislation that protects private companies at the expense of individual freedoms, it did leave some large loopholes that many are sure to take advantage of.
Hard Time In Texas
For just seven brownies and what looks like a half ounce of cannabis, two Texas men are facing life behind bars. Yes, that’s right, the ENTIRE REST OF THEIR LIVES could be spent in prison because of Texas’s bassackward laws that count the entire weight of a substance containing THC, instead of the actual amount of THC! This means that they were carrying over a pound of a controlled substance, instead of the reality of barely more than an ounce. Regardless, it’s a stark reminder that many Americans still live in fear of prosecution for something many others rely on as medicine and sometimes take for granted.
Cop’s Bonfire Gets Indonesian Town Blazed
Police in Indonesia have unwittingly contributed to, quite literally, what they work so hard to stop: a steady flow of drugs throughout their city streets. Residents of a western neighborhood of Jakarta were treated to fumes wafting from a police bonfire where they were destroying over 1,000 pounds of cannabis at a precinct. The cops destroying the stash wore gas masks, but people in the surrounding areas were not alerted and locals and journalists reported feeling dizzy.
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Nations Top Doc Takes New Stance on Medical Cannabis
WRITER HEATH LASLO
ACK IN February the nations new U.S. Surgeon General,
Dr. Vivek Murthy, appeared on TV for the first time since being appointed to office. The primary agenda for the 5 min. interview on CBS “This Morning” show was to address the resurgence of measles in our country. Specifically, his primary goal was to assure the public that the studies support the safety of the vaccine.
“I think what we need to focus on in this conversation is the science because the science ultimately, more than personal anecdotes and more than anything else, should drive our decisions as individuals and as families,” Fast forward four minutes into the interview and the news anchor abruptly stops and asks; “ Mr. Surgeon General while I have you on the record, how do you feel about the legalization of cannabis and what concerns do you have?”
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New Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is the first S.G. in history that has supported medical research of cannabis. Dr. Murthy is the youngest doctor in history to be appointed to the position. Says cannabis “can be helpful” for some medical conditions, although he wouldn’t name which.
Dr. Murthy responds, “We have some preliminary data showing that for certain medical conditions and symptoms, that cannabis can be helpful”. He then went on to say; “So I think we have to use that data to drive policymaking, and I’m very interested to see where that data takes us”. This historical event was covered by a number of media outlets and while he was there primarily to get people to vaccinate their kids for measles, the real question of interest was “with so many states legalizing cannabis – when are we going to see it legalized nationally and when is it going to be removed off the schedule I drug list?
WHO IS THE SURGEON GENERAL The U.S. Surgeon General is nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed by a majority vote of the Senate. He/she serves a four-year term. The Surgeon General is the leading spokesperson on matters of matters of public health within the federal government. Writes the warning box you see on the packs of Camel Lights (or whatever you young bucks are smoking these days) telling you that smoking cigarettes has been linked to more cancers than you can pronounce.
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When cannabis is rescheduled (likely schedule II or III), his office would be responsible for the verbiage warning consumers of the possible negative health implications, similar to tobacco (in a retail or recreational setting). Any prescription (Rx) cannabis preparations, like the oral spray that GW Pharmaceuticals is studying Duvet Syndrome and refractory cancer pain in the US, the FDA would take the lead in approving and regulating these products just like any other prescription.
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Meet the Nations Top Doc
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Good Medicine
WRITER & PHOTOS SHARON LETTS
GRAPHICS 8THDAYCREATE .COM
Finding our way back to the garden HAT IS your good medicine? Fragrant herbs beckon us to them for health and well-being. When the sun shines we are drawn to its warmth. We are hydrated by the coolness of water, and comforted and strengthened by the food we eat. The way we move helps our biological systems to function, and if we are stagnant our bodies tell us with aches, pains, and illness. The things that keep us healthy and alive are simple – good food equals good medicine, and good medicine grows from the ground – not made in a laboratory from heavy metals and synthetic compounds. Real food to nourish is made by human hands, not manufactured by machines with “modified fillers and flavor enhancers.”
Medicine Grows Terpenes are the medicinal compounds in the essential oils and are the active beneficial ingredients in plants. The fragrance of plants calls us to them, because we need them. It’s a symbiotic relationship, and the more flavorful and fragrant the plant, the more benefits it has medicinally. Beta-caryophyllene (BCP) is a terpene that mimics cannabis as it activates the CB2 receptor, acting as a non-psychoactive antiinflammatory. Freshly ground black pepper is said to have an abundance of BCP, and a strong whiff is said to relieve the paranoia often experienced with too much THC to the central nervous system.
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As cannabis patients we know the plant helps us. When we smoke, it immediately elevates endorphins as quick as a morning jog, relieving aches and pains and enhancing the effects of prescription meds. When ingested, it replaces both over the counter meds and pharmaceuticals. This knowledge has come to us at a price, after years of fighting through the prohibition of a plant demonized with misinformation. Enlightenment comes out of struggle, and no one has struggled more to free the plant than those that understand what good medicine it really is. It’s also opened the door to education and enlightenment regarding other herbs, spices and medicinal plants, as medicine makers realize adding other beneficial plants to the mix only adds to the healing.
Calming Chamomile A study found in the National Institute of Health’s U.S. National Library of Medicine Web site, authored in part by CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC2995283/), states that chamomile is one of the “most ancient medicinal herbs known to mankind.” A member of the Asteraceae/ Compositae family, there are two common varieties used medicinally, Roman and German. In reading a list of the medicinal properties of chamomile, the mild herb tea known for making one sleepy at night surprisingly mimics cannabis in its healing benefits. Antiinflammatory, anti-bacterial, and antifungal qualities help ease rheumatoid pain, gastrointestinal disorders, and fevers, similar to the effects of cannabis, without the psychoactive effects. In fact, without THC affecting the central nervous system, chamomile is incredibly calming. It can help with anxiety, panic attacks, and most symptoms under the autistic spectrum, and for overall calming when used in an alcohol-based tincture or stronger oil.
The study gets interesting when cancer is mentioned, stating chamomile was found to inhibit growth on normal cells and “showed significant reductions in cell viability in various human cancer cell lines” in skin, prostate, breast and ovarian cancers. But the plot thickens, as it is not only chamomile that mimics cannabis when ingested in a strong concentrate. According to another study found on the NIH site (www.ncbi.nlm. nih.gov/pubmed/20657472) eleven aromatic, or terpene heavy, beneficial plants were studied for their antioxidant and antibacterial properties in Northern Italy in 1993. Via steam distillation, essential oils were analyzed from lavender, thyme, Roman chamomile, French tarragon, bitter and sweet fennel, with Roman chamomile exhibiting the highest antioxidant rate. Yet another study on the same site (www.ncbi. nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20657472) shows thyme having the highest concentration of antibacterial activity towards human cancer cells when administered in a strong concentrate. Interestingly, a combination of thyme,
cinnamon and rose oils killed acne in less than five minutes on contact. In 2012 Chinese researchers studied the essential oil of Rosmarinus officinalis L., commonly known as rosemary (http:// naturalsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/ molecules-17-02704.pdf), and found it to have strong antibacterial, antioxidant and cancer fighting properties when ingesting in strong oil distilled with steam. The study specifically sights a need for plant-based concentrates for fighting cancer and other modern day ailments – stating chemotherapy harms good cells, whereas plants to not. The success rates listed in various studies claim 90 percentiles on putting tumors and cancers into remission when ingesting a strong oil, with chamomile giving a 93 percent reduction, and as high as 97 percent reduction with thyme, oregano, and rosemary. This information gives serious food for thought when contemplating using herbs in teas and tinctures to quell symptoms, or when making stronger oils to put serious ailments into remission.
Relax; it’s Coca, not Cocaine Author and researcher Bill Drake has long known of the medicinal properties of plants bastardized by humans penning his first effort, “The International Cultivator’s Handbook of Coca, Opium & Hashish” in 1981. Recently, he’s written specifically on the coca plant with his e-book, “Coca Leaf Papers,” expounding on the healthful benefits of the plant that humans break down with acetone and chemicals, creating what’s commonly known as “cocaine,” a highly addictive and destructive synthetic drug. Drake describes how the beneficial properties of the raw plant – that could just as easily
be made into a tincture – mimic cannabis and other beneficial herb’s effects listed in this story. Inflammation, infection, pain, digestive issues such as Crohn’s disease, Hashimoto’s, and Alzheimer’s, are just a few of the serious ailments that may be helped with real medicine from the coca plant (being actively made in Bolivia today). This thread of plant based research weaves together a common and reoccurring theme, herbal and medicinal plants are not put on this planet solely to manipulate for recreation and profit.
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TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT?
A quick stop at my own local herb shop here in Humboldt County disappointed, though, when I shared the news of essential oils putting cancers into remission. The issue is the type of oil sold in most of these shops is barely above food grade, and not advised for daily ingesting. In my mind, this does not mean we can’t do it, it means we need a better grade of oil to use against serious illness. The oil sold now is used topically, or as needed and not considered part of a daily regiment for wellness the way cannabis patients know the plant. Student of medicine, Nicole Stevens, MS, dissertation on therapeutic-grade essential oils was made into a protocol for cancer. She reports the treatment is currently being used by cancer patients, doctors in private practice, and in U.S. hospitals.
WHAT IS YOUR GOOD MEDICINE?
Movement is crucial to humans for good health. Amber Gean and business partner Yanna Nicole founded Yoga Ah Studio in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2014. Its mission is to help people connect with others via the “Good Medicine” within oneself. “Yoga connected me to my breath and opened my eyes to how I could heal myself using natural methods,” Gean shared. “With regular practice you can eliminate tangible and intangible toxins that could keep you from feeling your best.” The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (www.ncccih.nih.gov) states that Yoga is “a mind and body practice with historical origins in ancient Indian philosophy.” The practice of meditative movement is used for health purposes to combat high blood pressure, glaucoma, anxiety, depression, weight loss and more, leading to better overall. Gean said they are all about healing their bodies and their minds, through movement and eating clean.
The oils Stevens chose to use are from DoTerra (www.doterra.com) and are high quality, distilled, ingestible oils, sourced from organic and free-trade organizations from around the world. Most of the oils used in this treatment are common, such as thyme, clove, wintergreen, lemon, orange, sandalwood, and lavender. Frankincense, harvested via resin from the Boswellia family of trees in Africa is pricey due to the work involved, but it is listed as a highly beneficial compound for treating illness – not just a gift of incense for the baby Jesus. When I began this feature, chamomile was the only flower on my radar due to a random posting (now lost) on social media by a woman who put her breast cancer into remission via strong chamomile oil. As I continued my research I found that many strong terpene plants have the ability to right the wrongs of decades of heavy metal and toxic poisoning.
They are also said to be especially effective at preventing and putting cancers into remission, but plants aren’t the only tools in the shed of wellness. From the garden, the apple is a great natural standby. Simply carve a hole through it, add a piece of tin-foil or better a screen, and viola, you have an instant flavorful pipe with the bonus of a slightly medicated snack afterward. Other fruits worth mentioning are mini pumpkins and bananas with the peel on. In high school one inventive young man created what’s referred to as a “Ray Gun” when he stole a “Graham Condenser,” a steam roller that filled a big tube up when pulling the slide, rolling the vapor into his lungs. Way to use your scientific education, man.
Though Ohio is not yet legal for medicine or recreational use of cannabis, the women feel it’s just a matter of time. Until then, they will share their “Good Medicine,” via yoga, healthful sessions and a message of unity on t-shirts. “The Medicine Patch” t-shirt is printed on soft natural fabric, so when you put on the “Good Medicine” shirt you immediately feel connected to a higher vibration of self, healing and love,” Gean said. “Loved ones going through chemo found a sense of peace and comfort wearing it.” The “Good Medicine” shirt was given to a Shaman Healer who wore it for three days, as he sent prayers into the universe,” Gean added. “ “Yoga purifies your body from the inside out, alleviating disease,” Nicole shared. “A holistic lifestyle will make you feel like a whole person, nurturing your body and giving it freedom to grow through movement and by practicing being in control. In current times life can seem crazy, but we have a choice to keep moving, breathing, and finding more natural ways to heal ourselves with Good Medicine!”
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AKE AWAY the Industrial Revolution and all that’s left are plants, people, and other living things on what used to be a fully organic planet. Add human activity, and we are going to hell in a handbasket. Heavy metal isn’t just a rock genre. The mining and use of synthetic properties we had no business unearthing or putting into our bodies are now slowly killing us, with the majority of our modern day ailments linked to poisoning from the very stuff we’ve created for convenience. There were chances for us. Henry Ford’s first car was Hemp fueled. His wife drove his electric car, refusing the oil-laden model, stating it was dirty and noisy. If he only would have listened to his wife we may have gotten a break, but his hand was firmly held by Rockefeller’s big oil empire. In 1947 it was announced we would not have to cut down another tree, our Hemp production was so great, with more than 2,500 products made from the beneficial plant, including the oil base for more than 250 medicines. Newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst had an interest in the forests and pulp mills, and kept clear cutting for profits, eventually demonizing the productive Hemp plant into non-existence in this country. DuPont patented the first petroleum by-product of Nylon in 1942, spawning the synthetic pharmaceutical and plastics industry. That same year Hemp was outlawed, and by 1949 author Morris S. Beale, former city editor of the Washington Times, penned two tell-alls, “The Drug Story: ” and “The House of Rockefeller,” exposing big oil’s influence on the emerging synthetic pharmaceutical industry. “The Drug Story” was said to be one of the most important books on health ever written, but Beale’s books were only sold via the post, not reaching readers on bookshelves until the 1970s, when the damage was already done. Plastics were said to be the most revolutionary products created, helping us replace our taxed natural resources. That’s what they said, but the truth is, we are now drowning in the toxic swill of the manufacturing from plastic products, and literally sinking in the mass of debris that followed.
According to “The Plastics Scorecard v.1.0.” developed by BizNGO, there are more than 244 million metric tons of chemicals referred to as “high concern to human health and the environment” used in the manufacturing of plastics via petroleum byproducts. The synthetic compounds found in this toxic mix include cancer-inducing benzene, and styrene, as well as hormone disrupting phthalates and Bisphenol A (BPA). Rachel Carson tried to shut down Monsanto’s manufacturing and distribution of pesticide DDT in the 1940s, when it came home from World War II after being used in biological warfare. Her book “Silent Spring” wasn’t published until 1969, prompting the “Clean Air & Water Acts” of 1973 and 1974, respectively. But, again, the damage of DDT in our water, soil and food was done, with DDT staying in our bloodlines up to five generations that we know of, with cancers and other neurological and central nervous system ailments embedded in our stem cells. Leave nature alone and it works with us. Greek physician Hippocrates, dubbed the “Father of Western Medicine” (460 – c. 370 BC) instinctively knew this, using herbs, spices, roots, and vegetables as medicine stating, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” He scoffed at the belief that disease was an infliction from the Gods as punishment. He believed ailments occurred naturally and should be dealt with in a holistic way. Needless to say, he was way ahead of his time. The good news is, through legalization of cannabis, people are learning about plant-based medicines again. Medicine makers, using plants for decades, can finally feel safe sharing their knowledge and medicine at last, with healing taking priority in legal states. Hemp is making a comeback, with states lining up to grow what was once the largest and most sustainable cash crop in the world. Can we turn things around? All we have are our words and the knowledge we’ve gained through struggles, seeming success, and subsequent illness from the very things we created for mere convenience and profit. The plants will continue to grow, all we need to do is keep planting them and remember where the good medicine comes from.
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enjoy a big bowl of green along with his 12,000 calories a day and it’s no mystery that NFL, MLB, and NBA players have all touted on the mind, steadily hardening those who partake the benefits of cannabis as opposed to prescription painkillers. in it into highly productive fleet-footed individuals. Running competitively is it’s own beast entirely, and it There are an increasing number of athletes who openly smoke pot takes a special type of person to withstand – and even during training, with no obvious adverse effects on their performance. enjoy – grueling training sessions in the wee hours of Huff especially likes edibles during relays where she runs five to the morning. To push one’s body past the point of exhaustion in an ten miles at a time all day long and then ends up sitting in a car attempt to unlock the capabilities of the human spirit is fascinating, for a couple hours in between but some of these trained athletes running times with lactic acid have now been known to use cannabis. How would cannabis “Cannabis and running are more much building up in her legs. fit into a grueling marathonmore compatible than they might seem Cannabis and running are more training regime? I found myself at first. They can each teach a person much more compatible than sharing beers with two of these demons of speed, to chat about much about themselves like how to they might seem at first. They the benefits of both running and operate within discomfort, and about can each teach a person much about themselves like how to cannabis, and how they can be their strengths and weaknesses.” operate within discomfort, used to enhance one another. and about their strengths and weaknesses. They are both Acacia Huff, a native Seattleite spiritual experiences in their own rights, and things that have been that grew up playing basketball, has been competing in marathons, a part of our collective conscious for eons. “I appreciate how far my relays, and numerous other races for over a year. “I always smoke feet can take me,” says Huff and she means much more than that. a blunt after I’m done with a run!” she announces enthusiastically, Both cannabis and running have the potential to open the soul to “It helps with my appetite and soothes my muscles after being new experiences, people, parts of town, and the pleasures of life. so stimulated.” While this may sound counter-productive and “It’s a tool. Not recreational, not medical, but a tool to be utilized,” perhaps out of the norm, it’s fairly common in the world of highMike Conrad tells me earnestly as we hurl darts, “as an athlete it is performance athletes. Olympic legend Michael Phelps is known to
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always about trying to get an edge.” Conrad has been running for much of his life and competes in 100-mile races. Cannabis allows him to unlock potential in different parts of his body, loosening muscles and centering his breath. On the 75th mile of Conrad’s latest race to the century mark, his body began to betray him. After running for nearly 24-hours, his muscles tightened, breathing became labored, and he started to question his will to continue. Luckily, there was a doobie stashed in his water bottle for such an occasion. After stepping off the trail to roast the aforementioned joint, his wave of anxiety and severe muscle cramping subsided, turning the remaining 25-miles into a blur. “I felt very fortunate to have cannabis,” he says, and without weed, it may have been a different race. When talking with athletes, one consistency across all sport is the ‘getting in the zone’ concept. Most people know what it feels like to be ‘in the zone’, even if it is in something as banal as grocery
shopping or driving a car. It’s the feeling of pure control and focus, where everything is going your way and you can’t explain why. It’s clear, after speaking with these two athletes, that cannabis can help some runners get into their ‘zone’, and get the most out of their bodies. Cannabis can allow self-evaluation during extreme physical states where they push their body to the limit while their brain screams at them to PLEASE STOP RUNNING. Cannabis is not their only recovery tool, and is by no means necessary for performing at a high level, stresses Huff. One must optimize nutrition, good sleep, and keeping up with workouts in order to succeed in this fast-paced world. They are equivocal in considering weed a natural supplement. “Running is natural and weed is natural,” Conrad proudly states, “it is only natural to combine two completely raw components of the human experience” and DOPE couldn’t agree more.
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Sentencing Looms, Energy Builds InCase Of Kettle Falls Five
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S THE ongoing federal prosecution
of the “Kettle Falls Five” inches toward a formal sentencing date of June 10, 2015, energy is building from all directions to see if true justice will be served.
In yet another landmark move by Congress, Representatives Sam Farr and Dana Rohrabacher formally requested that Attorney General Eric Holder make the intention of the Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations Act crystal clear to the Department of Justice, stating: Criminal prosecutions, like the recent Kettle Falls Five case in Washington, as well as asset forfeiture actions like those mentioned in the recent L.A. Times article against dispensaries in the San Francisco Bay Area, were what motivated us and a majority of our colleagues in the United States House of Representatives to approve this measure and ensure it was codified in the Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations Act late last year. In fact, we can imagine few more efficient and effective ways of “impeding the ability of states to carry out their medical cannabis laws” than prosecuting individuals and organizations acting in accordance with those laws. This April 8th, 2015 affirmation from Congress holds obvious and significant implications for the Kettle Falls Five, including the possibility of an interlocutory appeal to the 9th Circuit, where the case
could be thrown out once and for all. While this case carries extreme significance for medical cannabis cases nationwide, the three remaining defendants in the case, Rhonda Firestack-Harvey, Rolland Gregg and Michelle Gregg, have all had their respective lives returned—which bear little or no resemblance to their pre-DEA raid realities. Rolland Gregg, in particular, has groundbreaking work to present at Tesla Tech in late-July. As co-founder of Native Clean Energy—a company dedicated to providing sustainable food, water, shelter and health to communities everywhere—he has revolutionary work to complete that is not conducive to a jail cell. On a high note, as the federal government sorts out this sticky mess of medical cannabis, former defendant Larry Harvey has received the motorcycle back that was confiscated during the Kettle Falls Five raid performed by the DEA in June 2012. As Rhonda Firestack-Harvey said on her Facebook, “Now that Larry has his bike back finally, get him healthy, so we can ride.” One can only hope that soon we will live in a world where the government isn’t taking motorcycles from old men for growing medical cannabis. Thankfully, the Kettle Falls Five appear to be riding away with a well-fought victory, and a sacrifice that won’t soon be forgotten.
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(NEARLY) CERTIFIED ORGANIC Do You Know Where Your Cannabis Comes From?
Consumers currently rely on the integrity and reputation of farmers and shops, as well as vague packaging claims of ‘all-natural’ or ‘sun-grown’ to pick their herb of choice.
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have recently been struggling to get their crops certified as organic. Consumers across the nation, especially in progressive states such as those with legal and medicinal cannabis, have a desire and need to know what is going into their cannabis and their bodies. The local food movement has brought aisles upon aisles of organic veggies, dairy and meat to grocery stores everywhere, and it was only a matter of time before cannabis followed suit. As cannabis is still federally illegal, the USDA will have no part in inspecting or verifying that approved organic methods are being used on legal pot farms. Not only that, a product labeled “certified organic” that has not been properly inspected and certified carries a hefty fine. Consumers currently rely on the integrity and reputation of farmers and shops, as well as vague packaging claims of ‘all-natural’ or ‘sungrown’ to pick their herb of choice. This is a problem. It is impossible to say where the majority of the cannabis in the medical market comes from at times in terms of soil used, processing facility procedures, or even distribution methods. That’s not to state a majority of medical cannabis is riddled with pesticides and heavy metals, but there are certainly growers using a number of chemicals on their plants, many of them carcinogenic. Many, if not most farmers are switching to more organic and sustainable methods of growing, as it generally lowers
production costs while producing a higher quality flower. Other farmers use Ecofriendly packaging that won’t contribute to landfills, or offer their crops strictly to local purveyors in an effort to minimize their distribution network thus reducing their carbon footprint. In this climate of official regulations and growers seeking a legal alternative to the USDA’s stamp of organic approval, one name is emerging as an industry leader. Clean Green Certified is a third-party company specializing in evaluating, and certifying, organic cannabis operations. Chris Van Hook, the CEO of Clean Green Certified, has another company – one of less than 100 in the world – with the authority to accredit farms as organically certified. Taking this intimate knowledge of standard practices and legal compliance within sustainable agriculture, Clean Green Certified is equipped to implement systems for cannabis growers that will reduce carbon-emissions, help with pest control, and benefit the land and natural ecosystem. Consumers of high-quality cannabis more and more want, and deserve, to know the details of the cannabis they are ingesting or inhaling, and this will trend will not reverse. The idea of farm-to-table ganja is something that many consumers are demanding as cannabis comes out of the underground, and farmers become more conscious of the communal relationships and sustainable practices that are vital for any organic farm.
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WE’D HAVE flying cars right now if hemp was never
outlawed,” joked Ben Christensen from Oregon Hemp Works, a Portland based company making hemp lotion and soaps. When I posed the question of how the world might be different if hemp was always the plan he replied “I make a product that has a 5,000 year old method, which is the opposite of needing new technology to do it. The idea of hemp for me came before the idea of soap.” Really, isn’t that the way it should be? Is his joke far off? Many would say probably not. According to hemp.com “Hemp is a variety of cannabis that is grown for fiber and seeds. The fiber and seeds are incredibly valuable and that is why hemp is often called a “cash crop”. The plant is grown for its highly versatile fibers and fast hearty sustainability- as it grows much faster than trees, takes up less space, and can generate a new useable crop every four months. Every part of the plant can be harvested for something, including food, fiber, fuel, and at least 25,000 potential other uses. Non-psychoactive and very industrious, it has been argued for decades now that hemp can save the world, and it likely can. Mr. Christensen concluded “Products aren’t as good as they could be if they were allowed to be made from hemp.” In discussion on the benefits of industrial hemp with Courtney Moran LL.M. of EARTH (Environmental Advocate Representing True Hemp), she stated throughout the discussion “If there was never a prohibition on hemp cultivation, we wouldn’t have the pollution and other environmental concerns that we have today.” She then gave the example of Rudolph Diesel’s diesel engine running on vegetable oils, including hemp. At the 1900 World’s Fair, the engine ran on peanut oil. Henry Ford’s personal car in 1941 that “grew from the soil” utilized hemp fibers Popular Mechanics Magazine reported as having “impact strength 10 times greater than steel”. The topic then turned to plastic where she stated “We would not have plastics in our landfills or oceans if hemp was used to produce biodegradable plastics.” Just like plastics and fuels, anything
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made from petroleum could have been made from hemp. Can you imagine a world where we didn’t have to hear about another oil spill disaster into our precious oceans? Can you imagine not hearing about the perils of fracking for “natural gas”? What ihf everyone could just power their homes and cars on hemp fuels? The fiber of this plant is also the strongest known to man. Up until roughly 1883 all paper was made from hemp. Sails and ropes for large ships were also made from hemp. Even the first American Flag, you guessed it, was made from hemp! Theorists report that it wasn’t until the cotton, paper, and oil industries came along that hemp was no longer presented to the public as a viable resource. Cannabis became federally regulated in 1937 by the Marihuana Tax Act, and in the book “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” by Jack Herer, this subject is explained at length. Eating hemp seeds and non-psychoactive hemp oil in our daily diets not only tastes good, but it help us get the proper balance of Omega 3-6, and many argue hemp should be in everyone’s diet. Perhaps there would be less disease if we weren’t poisoning the planet with things that could have been made from hemp. CBD industrial hemp medicines may also demonstrate to have less risk for disease. Used as a rotational crop, hemp can rebuild soils by providing aeration through its root system. It’s been shown that hemp can also help absorb heavy metals and even radiation out of the soil and areas where it grows. “Industrial hemp is truly the greatest renewable resource available to mankind.” Courtney N. Moran, LL.M. Currently seven permits have been issued to cultivate hemp in Oregon, which many see as a step forward. The US imports and consumes more hemp than any other nation on the planet, and it uses huge amounts of fossil fuels to get it here. This is our time now to stop importing hemp and start growing it. Let’s give American farmers a boost and renew our economy.
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Why are medicated edible test results often inconsistent?
S EVERYONE knows, medicated
edible testing is a hot topic in the cannabis industry. Many people may not be aware that testing medicated edibles is one of the most complex forms of cannabis testing because of the numerous variables involved. The four major variables found in medicated edible testing are: The forms of cannabinoids in the product; the method in which the product is tested; the consistency (also known as homogeneity) of the sample; and lastly, the sampling methods used for testing. Understanding the difference between active and non-active forms of cannabinoids, such as THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) compared to THCa (the acid form of THC) is a variable that can assist the consumer in understanding the potential effects of a medicated edible. THC is the activated or psychoactive form of THCa. This occurs through the heating process called decarboxylation. Some medicated edibles have decarboxylated THC whereby the acid form of THCa, which is non psychoactive, is no longer present. On the other hand, some medicated edibles have more THCa than THC and therefore, may not have as strong of a psychoactive effect when ingested.
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Understanding the difference between active and inactive THC begs the question, how can this variable be known unless it is being tested for with proper instrumentation? This leads us to the second variable, which is the method in which a laboratory tests a medicated edible product. Any cannabis infused edible that is not intended to be heated or burned for consumption, or has not been decarboxylated, should be tested on a liquid chromatograph (HPLC). This method allows the laboratory to test for both the acid THCa (non-psychoactive) and active THC (psychoactive) forms of cannabinoids. Homogenous (or even) distribution of the cannabinoids can be extremely challenging for the medicated edible producer. This often occurs during the infusion process. Chemical interactions can occur such a binding (the process when one compound adheres to another compound and makes it difficult to analyze). One common example is THC and chocolate. While the cannabinoids in medicated chocolates are still bio-available to the digestive track, the binding that occurs adds another level of complexity to the analysis process. By ensuring even distribution of cannabinoids in the batch
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and understanding the binding process, variability in testing can be mitigated. When analyzing small levels of compounds, the importance of sampling methods becomes even more essential. Any analytical data generated by a laboratory is only as good as the sample that it receives. If a sample is biased in any way, the testing procedure only amplifies it that, ensuring the inconsistency is in the results compared to the true value of the overall batch. Proved sampling methods taken from known national standards will assist in removing some variability in errors. Another issue to address in lessening the variability is the laboratory’s method of sub-sampling the specimen that was submitted to them. Understanding how the product was made and where the infusion process occurs is of utmost importance. As you can tell, there are many variables that can affect consistency in medicated edible testing. We recommend that medicated edible producers make sure that they use a laboratory that has the proper experience and instrumentation, and also incorporate research and development as part of one’s business model, especially when upscaling one’s business. This will further ensure accuracy in testing and patient safety.
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MRX EXTRACTOR A Game-Changing, Industrial-Strength CO 2 Extractor
AUL TOMASO, the scientist behind MRX Labs & MRX
Xtractors, started to see a pattern in the concentrates being brought in for testing. Some results showed staggering amounts of solvent residue, and he heard from processors who spent days working with premium trim, only to get low results or a tiny amount of oil. An innovator at heart, Tomaso formerly worked on a component of the Tomahawk missile. He was inspired by the need for a commercial-grade extractor, and set to work engineering a machine. Real-time analytics in each system provided the data needed to determine the ideal conditions for processing, and allows for easy troubleshooting down the line. During one of their test runs on the
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first completed extractor, they used five lbs. of four year old, lightbleached trim. The trim tested at 15.06% THC, but after fourteen hours in the FIYRR, they got 378 grams of oil at 88.27% THC. “We took garbage and turned it into gold,” said Tomaso. “I questioned the results myself, so we ran the tests again on a different machine and got the same numbers.” This fully-automated machine will have undoubtedly significant effects on oil production, cutting down on the labor required to operate a manual system and allowing anyone to make high-quality product.
SIMPLE 3-BUTTON SYSTEM
All it takes is three buttons to start, and the system shuts itself off when the process is complete. Press the button for THC, CBx, or terpenes, and it automatically adjusts the controls as necessary. If you like the way a specific run turned out, you can look back at the data and see what you did differently.
AUTO-ADJUSTED FLOW
One could pack in up to eight pounds of trim, or loosely throw in a few pounds, and the machine will regulate the pressure so that the flow is always optimum. Circulation is maintained, regardless of the quality of the material. The dimpled tank works to to agitate the material and keep it flowing evenly.
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The system has automated pressure and temperature corrections, so you can go about your day and return to find primo oil waiting. In case of any serious changes in flow or temperature, there is a phone dialer in the control panel that sends alarm notifications directly to your cell phone.
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Manufactured in the United States, every machine is also certified by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. This level of approval costs money, but “that’s well worth people’s lives,” says Tomaso.
With a new manufacturing facility in Tigard, Tomaso’s company, MRX Xtractors is providing exceptional local support for customers. There are also diagnostics wired throughout every component in the machine that send data back to the computer, monitoring every fluctuation so that any problems are quickly resolved.
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N THE wake of Tom Burn’s shocking termination as head of cannabis programs for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, the public is paying close attention to the decisions at hand. The leaked email that sparked this controversy revealed a list of proposed policies for implementing Measure 91. Most notably, that the OLCC would assume total regulation of tracking, testing, processing, packaging, and licensing within medical cannabis businesses. When Oregonians first voted on Measure 91, most were under the impression the current medical cannabis program would continue untouched. Now trust is broken, and patients and non-patients alike are concerned that major decisions are being made too hastily in this raw, booming economy. Aaron Mesh covered the story for the Willamette Week, and he points out it’s no secret the OLCC sees medical growers as one of the biggest threats to recreational sales. “That’s because medical growers in Southern Oregon are widely believed to be feeding cannabis’s black market,” reports Mesh. “The more dope they supply, the lower the black market’s costs, keeping illegal dealers’ prices competitive with state-licensed stores.” Stepping back to view the situation as a whole, it appears the bottom line is the future of medical cannabis will be far more intertwined with the recreational market than we expected. It’s understandable the commission is striving for an efficient way to minimize the flow of medicinal cannabis into the black market, but we can’t ignore the contradiction of a liquor commission regulating a medicinal herb. The leaked email may strengthen the commission’s proposal or cause them to return to the drawing board. Regardless, it brought about much overdue conversation regarding transparency, and illuminated just how many people are personally invested in the outcome of these rules. In an interview with Portland lawyer Amy Margolis, she explained how one of the biggest
revelations here is that there is no longer one opinion representing all of Oregon’s cannabis businesses. “When the phrase “cannabis community” comes up, it sounds like it’d be a single group surrounded around one interest. But that isn’t the case anymore,” he explains, “the industry is getting more diversified every day. I went to a tourism conference this week and realized there were companies with no direct link to the cannabis industry asking questions about Measure 91 and legalization. They have a stake in the future regulations as well, although one wouldn’t typically think of them as a relevant voice in the conversation. It’s much bigger than growers and consumers now. The question is, how do we include people other than the traditional cannabis activist in the conversation?” Although a couple of Political Action Committees have been created to help advocate for growers and patients with lobbyists at the Capital, there needs to be clear access for a broader variety of groups to contribute feedback. These new laws will affect all Oregonians. Cannabis is too influential a product to decide regulation without addressing the issues it will face integrating into the medical, recreational, and industrial economies. Moving forward, tracking and reporting are sure to be major components of the discussion. Adapting OLCC requirements that interface with the current methods of cannabis production and processing will be challenging, and will require the Joint Committee on Implementing Measure 91 to educate themselves regarding the broad perspectives of everyone involved. Burns was an asset to the them because of his experience, familiarity with the state’s medical cannabis community, and for his desire to hear as many voices as possible. In order to reach a state of harmony between medical patients, medical growers, and future recreational entities, the OLCC will have to establish a program that we all aren’t afraid of.
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Endocannabinoid System is a dynamic system governing the homeostatic functions and metabolic balance within the entire body. Located primarily in the central nervous system, its components are found in the brain and throughout the nervous system as well as in cells of multiple organs, muscles, blood vessels, and specific cells of the immune system. The components of the endocannabinoid system include the endogenous endocannabinoids, the proteins that produce and degrade them, and the receptors on the cells to which they attach and initiate a reaction. Genetics is the field of science that studies heredity and the effects of DNA on traits of expression. Our genome refers to the complete set of genes, or collection of genetic material, that exists within the nucleus of every cell in our body. Each individual varies from one another in genetic makeup and expression. Individual variations based on genetic alterations are constantly occurring due to numerous factors. The
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impact genetic alterations have on the individual depend on which genes are altered. The perception of the alteration being positive, negative or neutral depends on the impact they have within the individual’s internal environment. The CB1 receptor, a primary cell receptor of the endocannabinoid system, receives endocannabinoids made by the body and phytocannabinoids found in multiple types of plants, including the cannabis plant. The CB1 receptor is located in the plasma membrane or outer shell of the cell. The gene that codes for the CB1 receptor is called the CNR1 gene. Polymorphisms or specific genetic variations of the CNR1 gene can have profound effects on the human body. The reason polymorphisms of the CNR1 gene are so impactful is that they affect a multitude of body systems maintaining homeostatic balance and basic metabolic regulation. The CNR1 gene plays a role in learning and memory, sensory perception of pain, aging and nutrient response. It is integral in the regulation of fever, lipid
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metabolic process, insulin secretion, neurotransmitter secretion, and the positive regulation of the apoptotic process. The CNR1 gene also codes for how one responds to cocaine, nicotine, ethanol and morphine, and it decreases dopamine secretion. The CNR1 gene negatively and positively regulates blood pressure, always seeking homeostasis, and regulates mast cell activation, balancing acute (while preventing chronic) inflammation. The CNR1 gene also has an effect on pregnancy, impacting spermatogenesis, placental development and formation, and mammary gland branching. The CNR1 gene functions in conjunction with many other genes to keep the body healthy. When alterations are present that negatively impact the internal environment, health issues and conditions can occur. Some examples of health conditions caused by a negatively affected CNR1 gene include and are not limited to insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, non-alcoholic
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fatty liver disease, polycystic ovary disease, glaucoma, Huntington’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, circadian rhythm alterations and auto immune conditions. The CNR1 gene codes for an integral component of the Endocannabinoid System, the CB1 receptor. This is only one of the important cell receptors of the ECS. Future articles will examine the genes that code for other components of the ECS, to understand their function and to explore how their alteration can impact the ECS, and the overall health of the human body. It is important to note that genes are only little bits of information. Humans receive two copies of each gene, one from each parent. The effects of having an alteration in one copy of a specific gene can be neutralized or enhanced by the other copy. An individual’s genome reveals a complex array of information whose meaning can only be fully understood or appreciated when the whole story is revealed and systematically examined.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Keeping Up With The Joint Committee To Implement Measure 91
HE LEGISLATIVE session
is in full swing and The Joint Committee on Implementing Measure 91 is a happening place to be! Every Monday and Wednesday night in the Oregon Statehouse at 5pm the committee gathers to discuss their agenda. The discussions have been vast over the last month, with increasingly large turnouts that at times filled several overfill rooms there. One meeting in particular was so full it took three overflow rooms to accommodate everyone. This is happening because there are currently twenty-five pieces of legislation assigned to this committee, including medical
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cannabis and Measure 91, which will been introduced through both the House and the Senate. This does not include the other twelve pieces assigned to other committees. Each bill assigned to them needs to be heard and discussed, often needing to be heard more than once, with amendments. More often than not, decisions are not made during the hearings with the public left to wonder what the outcome of their testimony will be. As we mentioned in previous issues of DOPE, Measure 91 stated three times over that the Oregon Medical Cannabis Program (OMMP) was to be left untouched. It has now become clear during discussions at committee meetings
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that the medical program will likely be receiving some very serious and complicated changes, and perhaps even Measure 91 will as well. This is possible because Measure 91 was not an amendment to the Oregon Constitution, but instead a citizens initiative. Thankfully the demeanor of the committee appears hungry for the knowledge they receive, and are polite and often kind to the people who are testifying before them. As someone who has been present at several of these meetings, it is refreshing to say I observe most of them as being keenly interested in the testimony that is being presented to them.
HB3400 and SB936:
In the aforementioned tmeeting the topics of HB3400 and SB936 were on the agenda. Both brought out large amounts of patients, growers, and even an extract company, to defend the need for higher plant limits and multiple cards at one location without the need for the newly forming retail license. The proposed bills are both an effort to curb the leaking of cannabis to the black-market. Many insisted the practice of “card stacking” is beneficial to patients, allowing growers to provide more medication at little to no cost to their patients. The larger the grows, the more available medication there is for the patients that need and deserve it.
SB445:
In an earlier meeting, the committee heard strong oppositional testimony to SB445 from a panel of women who were opposed to cannabis being called harmful to developing fetuses in the womb, as well as nursing infants. The piece would have made mandatory signage in all M91 dispensaries stating as such. There was a vast array of evidence introduced against the bill, ranging in statements from world renowned doctors and statements from The National Advocates for Pregnant Women, to a report card from an advanced child whose mother used cannabis while the child was in utero. There was also the Mother of Brave Mykayla, Erin Purchase, who stated that she successfully helped her 9 year old daughter through her cancer treatment with no adverse reaction from the cannabis- or any harm to her child’s development from cannabis use.
SB479 and SB480:
Both bills develop a task force for the research and promotion of cannabis as medicine! The task force is to be made up of multiple experts in the cannabis field including clinical researchers who specialize in chemistry, an agricultural specialist, an agricultural specialist who specializes in botany, an expert in genomics (or plant pathology), an expert in finance and economics, an expert in finance and economics who understands intellectual property law, one member with expertise in patients who use medical cannabis and their needs, one doctor who is an expert in patients who use medical cannabis to treat their needs, and one member who is knowledgeable about the laws of this state in regard to cannabis. There was a large turnout from the cannabis community enthusiastically discussing strong support of the measures.
H464:
There was a large amount of testimony involving extraction techniques and methods. Most advocates making the point that patients needed the ability to make some extractions, such as Whole Plant Cannabis Oil (commonly known as Rick Simpson Oil (RSO) named after one of the first extractors. This oil can easily be made from the convenience of their homes, allowing patients to keep costs of their personal medicine down. A “tane” solvent such as butane or propane (the solvents H464 seeks to regulate) is not used to make the RSO, unlike Butane Hash Oil (BHO) or Propane Hash Oil (PHO). Instead, a milder food grade alcohol like Everclear is used. The current language of H464 has language that makes producing whole plant cannabis oil at home, illegal. It is used to treat Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Crohn’s Disease, Lupus, and much more so this directly effects the sickest of patients.
SB844:
SB844 specifies that the “premises licensed by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission may receive cannabis items only from a cannabis producer, processor, or wholesaler operating as a business at licensed premises.” It has several amendments at the time of press and is on their agenda for the next three meetings. Current amendments are lab standards, labeling, and land use (think moratoriums!). Even when the language appears simple and easy to work through, it’s not. Each piece is complicated and requires a huge discussion about multiple issues. This piece turning out well will require all of us working together, testifying regularly.
HOW YOU CAN HELP Please come testify in Salem! Can’t make it? You can track all bills by searching the context of the bills tab for the word “cannabis” at
https://olis.leg.state.or.us and submit testimony on each bill to its assigned committee.
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The Emerald City might have been ablaze with 4/20 festivities, but the greenest glow in town was undoubtedly coming from 7 Point Studios, home of the 2015 DOPE Cup.
Now in its 4th year running, the annual congregation of cannabis patients and enthusiasts has gained serious traction over the years. What began as an exclusively medical cannabis event in 2012, has now evolved into a full-blown cannabis freedom affair. Whether you like dab rigs worth more than your vehicle, or topical booths providing massages, the DOPE Cup brings a broad spectrum of highclass entertainment for all attendees, every time. Highlights from the evening’s festivities included celebrity judge Dr. Dina, warming the crowd with her great vibes throughout the night, magicians making their rounds, a cannabis wizard, and numerous other fun fair themed activities. Original artwork by Seattle artist Adream De Valdivia was presented to Dr. Dina for her continued advocacy across many spectrums of the cannabis movement. There was a high level of competition in all DOPE Cup categories, with the Judge’s Choice category going to Exotic Genetix and the Peoples’ Choice going to Hesperides Gardens.
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ESSE OF Eco Firma Farms has a habit of going
full squirrel when talking about cannabis cultivation. With unparalleled energy, his wealth of knowledge about growing is inspiring. Oddly enough, he was literally born into this industry when his parents got in trouble with the law for the five kilos of cannabis they stashed under his crib. Thus giving truth to Eco Firma’s message that their hands have been in the dirt since 1974. Growing up everyone around him was smoking pot and or growing their own. Some of his earliest memories were going to his uncle’s house and seeing cannabis plants stashed between rows of grapes. As he got older, he came to the realization that he should start growing. So, at 17, he grew his first outdoor plant. Never being satisfied, he kept thinking bigger about growing, trying everything with help from a collective of buddies. Things blossomed from there. It’s been years of hard work through trial and error, but now Jesse has developed himself into one of the best growers out there.
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Recently DOPE visited the Eco Firma Farm’s Research and Development facility, to take a tour and learn about the topnotch sustainable practices being implemented there. One of the first facilities used by Jesse and his team years ago, this fully functional farm is now for research purposes and breeding. Their vision here is to help develop best practices for cannabis farming and find the best lighting configurations. A long time ago, Jesse realized something was not right about the amount of energy consumption being used at his grow sites. There is definitely a problem when a dude from Comcast is at your door explaining that your neighbors’ cable is jacked up because of the thousands of watts of energy being used to power your lights. The push to become carbon neutral was born from these types of situations. Today, Eco Firma is powered by wind, and they are completely carbon neutral on the energy side of things. This has been a game changer, and the general public and companies are
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The Future of Green Energy and Cannabis Cultivation starting to take notice and follow their lead. Their long-term goal for the company is to be 100% carbon neutral in all facets of operation from the time the employees show up, to the time they go home, including drive time. That would be epic!
currently is by using LED lighting. With this type of lighting, fully customization of the light spectrum during growth cycles is possible. The plants love it, and a small hand held remote easily controls all the functions needed to create the ultimate growing environment.
By being progressive with their farm and doing it right, they hope everyone will soon be doing the same. Eco Firma strives to be a helping hand to all growers, and realizes the importance of doing this together. If they succeed, many smaller growers like the average MJ patient, will be able to take their gardens to the next level without breaking the bank while doing so. If all the farms could grow more efficiently, it would significantly help us not tax our environmental resources. PGE reports that Oregon has the largest amount of sustainable energy in the country. So why not use it? It’s not just the energy use that’s the problem. It has been estimated that 1800 pounds of CO2 is produced for every 1 pound of cannabis cultivated. Ponder that for a minute.
The biggest challenge to being sustainable is doing it on a budget. These lights are not cheap, but they do wonders for the plants while keeping energy usage low. Taking risks and failing is what has set Eco Firma apart. They are willing to try out new equipment and practices, because not everyone has the time, ability or money to throw at resources not guaranteed to work. The blood sweat and tears put in by Jesse and the crew at Eco Firma is highly appreciated, and what they are doing could benefit us all.
One way Eco Firma attempts to reduce sustainability issues
By developing more efficient ways to grow and maintain plants, Eco Firma is helping this industry and culture to move forward, making future prospects for Oregon cannabis cultivation very exciting.
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