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V.G.I.P. UPDATE
cannabis history
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On the Cover:
Departments:
Gersh Avery & Captain Kirk
5 - Notes
7 - Bud Report
10 - Michigan News
14 - National News
18 - World News
26 - Grow Tip
61 - Bud of the Month
65 - Events
66 - The Wall
72 - Feature Artist
74 - Jokes/Horoscope
MMMR Interview - 40
76 - Directory
V.G.I.P. Update - 22
Cannabis History - 48
Free the Weed - 30
Driving - 56
Dabbing w/Care - 42
Gaylord Raids - 67
Ben Horner
John Sinclair
Marijuana Jones
Daniel L. Price
Rachel Bunting
Rachel Bunting
Cannabis Tourism - 44
Feature Artist - 72
Citizen Jay Daily
Hemptress Jolene
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Hello Again Dear Readers!
Thank goodness for the beautiful sunshine we
have been seeing more and more of! Pools will
soon be open, kids will be out of school, and the
smell of bonfires will be a nightly occurrence before
we know it. Michigan, like the majority of attitudes
towards marijuana, is changing with the season and
becoming ever green, bright, warm, and hopeful.
Our issue this month features the great John
Sinclair discussing Vietnam and political protesting
and how we can apply some of same ideas today
against the war on drugs. As well as a new proposal
that may be put forth given to him by attorney
Matt Abel. Chuck Ream stresses the importance of
getting behind the movement and helping with
the means needed to push the movement forward.
He invites everyone to join him and give support
to the effort in Ann Arbor June 26th for a banquet
fundraiser.
Our wonderful Citizen Jay offers his insight into
cannabis tourism and some of the adventures he
has had while using marijuana. The Beginner’s
Guide to Medical Marijuana gives the novice
smoker tips on the ins and outs of smoking. As well
as the different methods and what is needed to
get started in the medicating experience. Dan Price
dishes out some legal advice on what to do and not
do as a driver and a patient.
Find other ways to help your cause in this
month’s VGIP Update which covers some of their
informational meetings that are free and open to
the public. In our cover story Ben Horner presents
an interview with Kirk Reid and Gersh Avery, two
influential medical patients in the state. He covers
how they came to be involved in the cause and
what they have done to help others. There is so
much moving in the world of marijuana and we
look forward to always keeping you informed on
the beautiful green bud.
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Michigan News
by Rachel Bunting
Fix the Law!
Lansing - There are many organizations in Michigan working toward
either legalizing, decriminalizing,
protecting medical, or centralizing
marijuana in the state. Each group
seems to have their own agenda and
ideas for what they would like to see
happen with marijuana, medical or
recreational. Recently, thirteen of the main groups have put
aside their differences to submit a statement advocating
for the passage of two “critical and urgent” House bills. The
letter, addressed to Rep. Klint Kesto and Judiciary Committee members, expressed the organizations’ “strong support
for patient safety while improving the efficacy of the medical marijuana industry in the state.” They seek to “provide
safe access to medical marijuana…provide for the testing
of medical marijuana…clarify that patients may possess
and use smoking alternative forms of medical marijuana.”
The gist of the letter is asking for the law to be defined
more clearly toward edibles, tinctures, etc. while finding a
way to make it safe for patients to receive their medicine
through a safe access point or provisioning center, all of
which is currently illegal under the murky law. The letter
was submitted and signed by the National Patients’ Rights
Association, Michigan NORML, Americans for Safe AccessMichigan chapter, Cannabis Patients United, Safer Michigan
Coalition, Ann Arbor Medical Cannabis Guild, Marijuana
Policy Project, Michigan Parents for Compassion, Pediatric
Cannabis Therapy, Michigan Medical Marijuana Association,
Detroit Medical Cannabis Guild, Michigan Cannabis Development Association, and Lansing Medical Cannabis Guild.
Victory in East Lansing
East Lansing - Voters approved a charter amendment in
East Lansing on May 5th. The amendment, which repeals
the city’s marijuana laws and removes penalties on small
quantities of cannabis, passed by nearly a two-to-one margin. The proposal allows the use, possession, and transfer
of up to one ounce by persons 21 or older on private property. Chairman of the Michigan Comprehensive Cannabis
Reform Initiative, Jeffrey Hank, told the Lansing State Journal “It’s very clear with the results tonight on Proposal 1
and the sales tax, the conversation should start tomorrow
with Gov. Snyder and the Legislature on a reasonable plan
to legalize, tax and regulate cannabis in Michigan.” Marijuana use is still prohibited in public space and anywhere
on the Michigan State University Campus.
Michigan - A Rastafarian couple that recently moved to Michigan have been sentenced to probation in Indiana for the possession of cannabis. Marijuana is a key aspect
of the Rastafarian faith as they believe that smoking the herb brings peace, wisdom,
and a spiritual connection with nature. The couple, Jerome Scott and Melanie Schmidt,
moved to Michigan in search of legal cannabis for medical and religious reasons after
being charged with a Class D felony for growing the drug in his home state of Indiana.
Scott called the police to his home after being robbed at gunpoint for $1,700. Once
inside the police did a sweep of the home discovering 150 plants and paraphernalia.
Scott was arrested for growing with intent to distribute. Scott maintains that he is
not a drug dealer contributing to the black market, he has simply provided medication
for those that need it and sacrament to those that use the drug for religious reasons.
Since moving to Michigan Scott has obtained his medical marijuana card and has become a caregiver. The recent probation put on him from Indiana is now a concern for
Scott who could lose his medical marijuana card as well as his caregiver status when it
comes time for him to renew next year. Losing his ability to be a caregiver affects him
deeply as he sees the cultivation of cannabis as his calling and a key aspect of his faith.
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Give Them Their Property!
Lansing - Currently in Michigan
police are allowed to keep all seized
property, even when no crime is
charged. The property can be homes,
vehicles, cash, or anything else they
believe or can claim was obtained through illegal activity.
However our lawmakers are considering new legislation that
would reform the civil asset forfeiture laws. Lee McGrath, legislative counsel for the Institute for Justice, and his organization are backing the reform but truly feel the civil forfeiture
laws need to be abolished. Many believe that if the legislation passes it will only be the first step in stopping abuses by
police agencies. In February The Detroit Free Press detailed
how state and local police departments seized $24.3 million
in cash and property from citizens, most of whom were never
charged with a crime due to insufficient evidence.
The five new bills proposed would require law enforcement
to show “clear and convincing” evidence of criminal conduct
as well as provide a detailed report to the Michigan State
Police about what they seized, whether there were charges
or convictions in those cases, and how the money seized was
spent. There is no law requiring departments to report their
information to the State. The bills also would prevent police
from seizing a car in cases where the driver has less than one
ounce of marijuana in their possession, the law would also
take into account “personal use” which could not be considered criminal activity. The committee looking over the bills is
expected to vote within a few weeks, if passed they will move
on to the house and senate.
Not a Gateway Drug
A recent study looked at 273 medical marijuana patients in Michigan to determine if using medical
marijuana in conjunction with prescription pain medications will increase the risk of the patient using substances such as alcohol and other drugs. More than 60 percent of the participants in the study
claimed to also use prescription pain medicine with their marijuana. Brian Perron, the lead author of
the study, which was published in the May issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, says
the research team was surprised to find there were no significant differences in the rate of co-occurring substance use between those who used prescription pain medication and those who did not.
Perron says the team “expected that persons receiving both cannabis and prescription opiates would have greater levels
of involvement with alcohol and other drugs. However that wasn’t the case…they showed very few differences in their use of
alcohol and other drugs compared to those receiving medical cannabis only.” Perron does note that this was an observational
study and therefore inferences must be made carefully.
Medication for Autism
Van Buren Township: Noah Smith is a 6 year-old with autism and epilepsy
who is registered to use medical marijuana extracts to control his seizure
activity. But his mother, Lisa, has noticed another effect from the oils, saying her son’s dangerous autistic behaviors have subsided as well. Now
she would like to see autism put on the list of conditions that qualify
people for the herb. Autism, especially in severe forms, can be associated
with emotional difficulties such as regulating or displaying emotions
which can be frustrating and lead to aggressive behavior. Lisa says Noah
used to have sudden aggressive outbursts accompanied by hair pulling,
kicking, and punching but that changed when he began taking the extracts. Now she says, “That’s all stopped. He’s more focused, he’s calmer.
He sleeps better through the night. He has a better appetite. You can tell
he’s growing, gaining weight.” A public hearing scheduled for May 27th
will make a recommendation to the director of the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. Lisa claims to know many parents with autistic
children who have no other qualifying conditions to receive the drug, and
the parents are desperate for some type of relief for their children. The
Medical Marijuana Review Panel rejected the addition to the list in 2013
as there was concern about the effectiveness and about adding more
children to the list of card holders. However the new effort has many
more doctors willing to speak in favor of the treatment this time around
and many parents are hopeful the change will go through.
lisa and noah
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National News
by Rachel Bunting
Smoke the Sacrament
No Relief for Vets
Washington D.C.- A spending amendment that would
have allowed veterans easier access to medical marijuana
was rejected in the House of Representatives. The amendment would have blocked the Veterans Health Administration from punishing doctors who participate in their
state medical marijuana programs. Currently the VHA
does not allow its doctors to even discuss marijuana as a
treatment option, so vets have to turn to other sources for
guidance and paperwork to receive the medication. The
measure failed in the House by three votes, which would
have been only one vote but Rep. John Garamendi of California told US News he mistakenly misread the amendment and voted no by accident.
Since marijuana is illegal at the federal level no American doctors can legally prescribe the drug they can just
recommend it. The other “no” vote came from Rep. Morgan
Griffith of Virginia who believes the amendment didn’t go
far enough. He thinks the entire law needs to be changed
and would like to see marijuana reclassified as a schedule II drug. He doesn’t think the government should just
be “papering” over the law as it is already flawed and
amending the law makes it less likely the law will ever
be changed. Many who support the amendment feel that
veterans should not be treated differently than non-veterans who use civilian doctors. Rep. Jason Chaffetz told
US News, “Brave men and women who have sacrificed so
much for this country deserve the right to have an open
dialogue with the doctors who care for them. This amendment would have allow doctors to discuss the best treatment options available to veterans.”
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Indiana- The inaugural worship
of the First Church of Cannabis will
be held on July 1st, the same day
the religious freedom law will take
effect in the state. Currently marijuana is illegal to possess, use, or grow
under Indiana’s state law, but the First Church of Cannabis
uses the plant as a sacrament so under the new religious
freedom law, churchgoers should be able to use their
sacrament at service without breaking the law. Founder
of the church, Bill Levin, says the service will open with
“Amazing Grace”, move to a quick sermon, then member
testimonies about positive events of the previous week.
When testimonies have finished Levin will issue a call to
worship and invite everyone to light up.
While the church has already
raised $10,000 on Go Fund Me,
Levin is having trouble finding
a church to lease him the space
though he is aggressively following every lead. He is determined
the service will happen and will
consider any suitable alternative, even a religious campground
or public park. It is still unclear
if police and prosecutors of the
area will accept the claim that actions taken within the
church are protected by the state’s Religious Freedom
Restoration Act. The new religious law has stirred controversy throughout the US with many believing it is a
way of discriminating against sexual minorities. Levin is
hopeful that the church will rehabilitate the state’s image
in the eyes of the more progressive Americans. While he is
certain that the events will go as planned, Levin is hoping
to hire a few off-duty police officers for security reasons.
According to US News, a spokeswoman for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office does not believe there will
be any police interference at the worship service but did
note that the ‘law doesn’t necessarily protect people who
commit crimes from being arrested. “It’s that they could
assert a defense if they are prosecuted”.’ Even with this
as a defense Eugene Volokh, a law professor at the University of California, says that this type of argument has
been used in the past to justify marijuana use and that it
has never prevailed as a good enough argument. Levin is
certain of the legality of his cause, having received legal
advice from many sources, and believes his opening service will have a packed house.
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Tennessee Oil
Tennessee - Cannabidiol (CBD) oil
has been made legal in Tennessee, for
limited medical purposes only however.
While it will not help many patients
that need the medical marijuana there
are many suffering from seizures in the
state that look at the new law as sweet relief. Patients
need to obtain a recommendation from a doctor to begin using the oil, but they are not permitted to use any
oil made in Tennessee. This has patients recommended
for the treatment looking to Colorado and California for
medication. Another bill was introduced late in legislative session this year that would have allowed for medical
marijuana to be used in cases other than those involving
seizures. However that bill went too far for some supporters, calling for patients to surrender their driver’s license
and would not permit smoking the drug for any reason.
The bill, which hasn’t been voted on, is expected to be
discussed further over the summer.
Baby Steps for the Lone Star State
Texas - On May 6th the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee surprised marijuana supporters by approving legislation that would make buying and selling
recreational marijuana legal. House Bill 2165 passed the
committee with a 5-2 victory. Though there is no chance
of the bill passing any other obstacles on the journey to
become a law, supporters see it as a step in the right direction. The approval came just two days after the same
committee voted in favor of decriminalizing the drug, the
first time such a proposal made it out of a Texas legislative
committee. Republican David Simpson was one of those
voting to approve the bill stating, “I don’t believe that when
God made marijuana he made a mistake that government
needs to fix.” On May 20th a different kind of bill passed
the Texas House of Representatives, after a third reading,
that would allow limited use of CBD oils for medicinal reasons. Many believe this definitively proves that, in regards
to marijuana, the times are changing. The bill is moving to
Governor Greg Abbott’s desk for the final approval.
Roswell May Soon Be
Home to Little Green…Buds
Roswell, New Mexico - The
Roswell-Chaves County Extraterritorial Commission voted and
approved to change zoning in
the area, which would permit a
medical marijuana facility to be
opened near Roswell.
Pecos Valley Pharmaceuticals
is hoping to open the facility on
the site of a former dairy farm. Their
consultant, Kevin Cheney told the Roswell Daily Record
that the approval from the commission should boost the
chances of the company receiving a license from the New
Mexico Department of Health to grow the plants. The
proposed area would not be allowed to sell marijuana to
the public, would have extremely tight security, and could
grow up to 450 plants indoors.
CBD Study Shows Promise
New York- Dr. Orrin Devinsky, director of the New York
University Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, conducted a study to determine the effects and safety of
Epidolex, a drug made from cannabidiol (CBD). The study
used 213 participants, ranging from young children to
adults, with extreme forms of epilepsy that are difficult
to treat. Twelve participants had negative reactions to
the medication, such as diarrhea, decreased appetite, and
tiredness, and were unable to complete the study. However the 201 people that were able to complete the study
experienced an average 54 percent decrease in the number of seizures experienced. While the results are promising Dr. Devinsky insists more tests with bigger test groups
and using placebos are needed to confirm the safety and
effectiveness of the drug. The study was approved by the
US Food and Drug Administration and supported by GW
Pharmaceuticals. The results were presented at the 2015
American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.
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World News
by Rachel Bunting
Marijuana Radio
Canada- One DJ in Canada is changing
the way marijuana dispensaries advertise.
Justin Wilcomes, better known as DJ Drex,
became the first in Canada to pitch
medical marijuana on-air when he
advertised for the Eden Medicinal Society.
Drex does believe that there are people “with a
bee in their bonnets about it” but unfortunately
those people will have a tough time finding a
place to air their grievances.
There is currently no policy against
marijuana ads according to the Canadian
Broadcast Standards Council, but that is
because it has never been done before.
Executive director for the council, John
MacNab, said if the council is petitioned they
will probably pass the issue onto another
agency such as the Advertising Standards
Canada. However, when questioned by The
Province, a spokesperson for Advertising
Health Standards referred them to
Health Canada as did a spokesperson
for the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission, stating,
“Health Canada has jurisdiction over the
legal production of marijuana and all
things weed-related.”
Health Canada seemed unprepared
to answer questions on the issue and
took two days to send a statement to
The Providence stating, “Health Canada does
not license organizations such as compassion
clubs or dispensaries to possess, produce or distribute
marijuana for medical purposes. Furthermore, Health
Canada does not authorize the operation of retail
storefronts. These organizations are illegal. The sale
and advertising of unauthorized therapeutic products is
prohibited under the Food and Drugs Act.”
Currently individuals in Canada are not able to grow
their own medication, instead there are 23 licensed
commercial growers established. The licensed growers
are able to advertise their product, but may only have
the most basic information including brand name,
price, and cannabinoid content. Describing the taste
or claiming that marijuana relieves pain is strictly
prohibited. Drex plans to continue with his advertising
while waiting to see what happens next saying, “It’s
interesting, there’s no precedent. That’s what is strange
about this. No one seems to know what we’re allowed to
advertise. But it’s the funnest job in the world, man.”
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Medicate Away ...but Don’t Smoke It
Puerto Rico - Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla signed an
executive order May 3rd allowing medical marijuana
in the territory. He is giving the health secretary of the
island three months to outline a report detailing how
the order will be carried out, the impact it may have,
and what future steps need to be taken. Gov. Padilla is
hopeful patients will receive appropriate treatment that
offers them new hope. Shortly after the Governor signed
the order government officials released a statement
saying while medical marijuana will be legal, smoking
it will not be. Patients will be able to consume their
medication in other ways such as potions or pills. There
are many in the marijuana community from the US that
don’t believe this will be an effective way to medicate as
it is harder to tell what the appropriate dose should be
and the effects take longer to kick in with the pill form.
Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy
Alliance, feel that those suffering from spasms or nausea
from chemotherapy will want the immediate relief that
comes from smoking the drug. The justice secretary from
Puerto Rico says that the Health Department is still
finalizing their report and will try to make sure every
option is detailed.
Another One
Bites the Dust
England - There have
been many marijuana busts
in England recently, most a
factory-like set up with an
unthinkable amount of cannabis. Now another large
factory-like grow in Manchester, England has landed four
people in jail and police continue to search for others
that may have been involved. The grow was located in a
large mill in Great Lever. After receiving an anonymous
tip police raided the building discovering 1,000 plants.
A further search produced 500 more plants in a nearby
building. There was also a large amount of marijuana
that had been harvested and made ready for sale.
Three men and a woman were arrested at the scene on
suspicion of producing the plant.
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German Political
Parties Discuss
Legal Pot
Germany- The Federal
Drug Commissioner
for Germany, Marlene
Mortler, gave an interview to the Passauer Neue Presse
newspaper May 14th shortly after a proposal to make
marijuana legal for recreational use in the country. “We
don’t need any more legal drugs when we have enough
problems with alcohol and tobacco,” Mortler said after
hearing the proposal from fellow Christian Democrat
Joachim Pfeiffer.
Pfeiffer, along with Greens party member Dieter
Janecek, posed the question of whether making people
criminals for the possession and purchase of the plant
made any sense. They estimate bringing in around 2
billion euros ($2.28 billion) in tax revenue from a state
regulated market, while saving large amounts that was
previously used to prosecute the marijuana consumers.
However another law maker from the Christian Socialist
Union agrees with Mortler stating, “the proposal would
be a fatal signal for preventing addiction and protecting
children.”
While the Green Party has been advocating for
legalization for a long time adding a new advocate from
a different party, Pfeiffer, changes things as a written
policy proposal for the parliament requires support
from members of at least two political parties to be
considered.
Hiding in Plain Sight:
The Weed amid the Weeds
Germany- Police in Berlin are investigating to find the
person that planted marijuana in a public space. A street
cleaner in the Kreuzberg district called police May 11th
to report several strange looking plants growing outside
the Kottbusser Tor subway station.
Officers found about 700 cannabis plants growing
among the weeds next to the station. They pulled up
every plant and have begun their investigation into who
may have planted them there.
License to Export!
Australia- Medical Marijuana is still illegal in
Australia but an Australian company has just been
granted a license to grow and export medical
marijuana internationally. Founder of the company
AusCann, Troy Langman, told The World Today that he
is excited to be the first company in the country with the license but is disappointed at the legality of the drug in his country.
He says that he set out with this idea to help the people in the country in which he lives, not that any other country is less
deserving, he would just like to be able to help his fellow Australians. The company plans to export its first crop to Canada by
the middle of next year then ramp up production from there.
The Australian Government’s administrator of Norfolk Island still has the power to stop the project from proceeding, as
he has done once before, but Langman is confident that this time will be different. Many Australians are frustrated that the
medicine is not yet available in their country. Australian Senator and Greens leader, Dr. Richard Di Natale, is currently putting
a bill together with fellow party members that is modeled on the best examples of what has worked in other countries and
strictly separates how medicinal cannabis would be treated in comparison to recreational. He is hoping to be able to get the
bill before the parliament in the coming months. Di Natale says it makes no sense to have a business in the country with the
ability to export to other countries without the ability to make the product available to Australians.
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VGIP UPDATE
by Ben Horner
Doing these VGIP meetings is a lot of work, and
I have been very fortunate to meet with some great
people that have helped make these things come
together. The ideas are not unique. We reach out to
patients in the community and invite lawmakers and
community leaders to join the discussion. We focus
on marijuana law reform and MMJ patient rights
issues.
We want to invite everyone to participate. There
are three groups discussing legalization initiatives
and several groups lobbying Lansing. Big money has
shown that they are ready to embrace marijuana here
in Michigan. How will that play out for the common
caregiver that makes a modest living in Michigan
growing cannabis?
Last month Flint issued the first provisioning
center license to my dispensary, Michigan Organic
Solutions. All of our employees were awarded
personal licenses to dispense. We opened the first
dispensary in Genesee County back in August of 2010,
with five hundred bucks and a dream. We have been
fighting for the rights of patients, caregivers, growers
and users ever since. Our dream is to see that no one
goes to jail for cannabis ever again. That is the Vote
Green Initiative Project (VPIG). We believe that by
changing local laws we can create a greener world.
Our meetings typically last about two hours and
are packed with information on how to be a better
safer cannabis activist, grower, business owner and
everyday consumer. These VGIP Meetings are free to
attend and are strictly informational. Find out what
they don’t want you to know and unlock the secrets
of the Michigan Marijuana Movement!
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Upcoming VGIP Meetings
Sunday June 28th @ 4:20pm
Got Meds
3405 S. Cedar St., Lansing
517-253-7468
Monday, June 22nd @7:00pm
South Airport Medical Cannabis
1452 S. Airport, Traverse City
231-735-5098
Wednesday, June 24th @7:00pm
Patient Solutions 420
6242 28th St SE suite A, Grand Rapids
616-796-5192
Saturday June 27th @ 4:20pm
Marijuana Ranch Café
2627 John R St, Detroit
313-422-5281
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by Ben Horner
Watering Your Soil
All plants need water to grow. Watering plants is not an exact science. Knowing when to water
and how much each plant needs separates the novice growers from the experts. Four rules for
watering must be understood in order to maximize your plants growth.
Rule 1:
Proper Drainage
The containers that you use to grow
should have holes that allow water to drain
out the bottom. Soil should have enough
perlite and/or other substrates that allow
the soil itself to drain. Soil has a maximum
moisture saturation point, so excess water
will drain away. Roots will rot if they stay
suspended in water. That is why drainage is
so important.
Rule 2:
Don’t Over Water
Be careful not to over water your plants. Test
the soil to make sure that the soil has begun to
sufficiently dry. Although there are moisture meters
on the market that can tell you if your soil is wet or
dry. Most people that have experience with potted
plants know that if you stick your finger into the soil,
you can determine if the soil is moist.
Another good technique is to lift the plants up by
the container to get a feel for the weight. Heavier
the plant bucket, the less water it needs. Sometimes
one plant might need lots of water, while others
need little or none. If the soil is still wet don’t water.
Remember: never leave your plants in a pool of
water, or the roots will drown.
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Don’t Under Water
By using a measuring cup and a bucket
to water your plants you can improve your
understanding of what your plants need. When
watering, make sure to evenly distribute the
water around the pot so all of the plant’s soil
gets wet. Don’t stop until all of the soil is wet
and the moisture drains from the bottom. If there
is a pool of standing water, remove it. A wet/dry
vacuum works great for this. If your plant doesn’t
seem to be drinking enough, then there is a
problem. Often, this has to do with the health of
your roots.
Rule 4:
Don’t Bind Your Roots
The health of your roots is very important. The
size and width of your container should be
proportional to the size of the plant. As your
plants increases in size, it is important to re-pot
your plants into larger pots. This does two things.
First, the soil is loosened, which allows the roots
to breathe. Secondly, the new roots now have a
place to grow.
If roots are bound, break up the roots a bit
before repotting. Sometimes the soil can become
overloaded with fertilizer, particularly if you are
using salt-based nutrients.
There are plenty of flushing products that can
be routinely added to your watering cycle to clean
your soil of the salt build up. Flushing is very
important to ensure that the nutrients don’t affect
the flavor and burn of your finished buds.
Notice the 5 gallon bucket and measuring cup.
Keep track of how much water you are using.
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Older?
Actually, the smaller
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older than the
larger. This was
caused by serious
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Highest greetings from
New Orleans, where I’ve been
staying with my pal, the great
painter called Frenchy, and
working with my daughter
Celia on completing the design
and layout for my new book
IT’S ALL GOOD: A John Sinclair
Reader that’ll be published this
summer under the aegis of the
MMMReport.
For the past several months
I’ve been printing some of the
prose pieces from the book in
this column to try to drum up interest in
the book when it appears. This month’s
offering is one of the last entries in IT’S
ALL GOOD called Moving Together, a
piece I wrote for High Times magazine
in 2004, and it goes something like this:
To effect a change of direction in the
perilous course upon which our sorry
nation is now embarked may seem a
difficult and even hopeless task, and the
problem is so vast that it’s hard to know
just where to begin.
But mass movements sprout from the
efforts of singular individuals or isolated
handfuls of people who come together
to make social change when they can no
longer stand the way things are.
When disgusted Americans rose up in
the 1960s to demand an end to the war
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off when a singular individual
in Montgomery, Alabama
named Rosa Parks—inspired
by the teachings of Rev. Martin
Luther King—refused to move
to the “colored” section in the
back of the bus, and it grew
into a massive movement that
won the support of millions of
Americans.
in Vietnam and the institution of racial,
sexual and economic equality for all
citizens, we were driven by deep feelings
of revulsion for what our country had
become and the conviction that it was
our personal responsibility to change
the way things were.
Then as now, the radical right
and its corporate superstructure had
established what they believed would
be a changeless system of exploitation
and control that would allow them to
loot and plunder the populace without
effective opposition.
But this social fabric began slowly
to unravel as small oppositional groups
started to cohere and take concerted
action in support of their needs and
beliefs.
The civil rights struggle was touched
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When the military-industrial
complex decided to wage war
on a tiny nation of rice farmers
called the Democratic Republic
of Vietnam, they were severely shocked
when one, then two, then dozens, scores,
hundreds and thousands of young
Americans refused to serve in the
armed forces. And they were ultimately
defeated after public opposition to
the war spread from tiny collectives of
students and intellectuals to the very
mainstream of American society.
On the cultural front, who could
have known what would follow when
Little Richard screamed out “Tutti Frutti,”
Chuck Berry hit with “Maybellene” and
Bo Diddley proclaimed “I’m A Man”?
When Allen Ginsberg howled “I saw
the best minds of my generation
destroyed by madness” and Jack Kerouac
celebrated the ecstasies and adventures
to be discovered On The Road? When
Bob Dylan sang “The Times They
Are A-Changing” and “Subterranean
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Homesick Blues” and the Beatles urged
us to “turn off your minds, relax and float
downstream”?
Last month we talked about the
marijuana legalization initiatives being
considered for the State of Michigan
in next year’s presidential election, and
my own pick is the one titled Michigan
Marihuana Legalization, Regulation
and Economic Stimulus Act. I’ve just
received the latest draft of this proposed
legislation from Atty. Matt Abel and
need more time to study it in depth,
but basically this is “a bill to legalize
and regulate marihuana and hemp
cultivation, production, testing, sale,
distribution, possession, and use for
medical and nonmedical purposes.”
America was humming along on
whiskey, beer and prescription narcotics
when young people began to discover by
ones and twos the mental benefits and
sensual joys of smoking marijuana and
turned on the populace one person at a
time. Then Tim Leary and Richard Alpert
revealed the amazing results of their
early experiments with LSD and blew
the minds of millions.
The truth is that we can move as
far as our imaginations will take us.
We can turn our backs on popular
entertainment, shut off our television
sets and make and enjoy art and creative
activity of the highest order.
In fact, we can insist upon and
institute in our own lives a culture of
humanism and creative intelligence.
We can inspire others by example and
spread the word through astute use of
the communications media available to
us in our homes, studios and workplaces.
What follows are a few pointers from
back in the glorious days of cultural
upheaval and political protest that you
may find useful:
• Live your life according to your own
principles and beliefs. Refuse to be a
working part of the imperialist paradigm
and, in the immortal words of the late Dr.
Timothy Leary, “Turn on … Tune in … Drop
Out.” Once you take the vow of poverty,
you’ll be free to engage in any sort of
creative activity you may imagine and
make it the central force in your life.
• Develop organic affinity groups among
friends and co-workers who share your
outlook. Pool your human resources, rent
a big house, share the economic burden
and live and work together collectively.
• Choose your work and your targets
with great care. Be clear in your heart
and mind and clear in your slogans and
pronouncements so that your fellow
citizens may be able to understand and
support you.
• Never forget, as Che Guevara taught
us, that the true revolutionary is guided
by great feelings of love and shape your
activity accordingly. Never allow yourself
to be reduced to the base moral level of
your oppressors.
• Always remember that “a revolution
is not a dinner party,” as Chairman Mao
pointed out. Serious consequences
beyond your control—beatings, arrest,
jail, felony prosecution, prison time—
may result from oppositional political
activities. The more extreme your
actions, or the more successful your
efforts at organizing resistance, the
more vicious the official reaction is
likely to be.
• In political action as in life itself, we
must always remain flexible and we
must retain our sense of humor. There’s
nothing wrong with having our fun in
whatever circumstances we may find
ourselves, and if you can’t enjoy yourself
in the pursuit of your goals, you’ve
probably chosen the wrong path.
• Finally, whatever you do to express
your beliefs in the months before the
presidential election, be sure to get
yourself and everyone you know to the
polls on November 2nd and cast your
votes against George W. Bush. This is
where democracy begins.
The key provision is that “a
consumer shall not be subject to
arrest, prosecution, or penalty in any
manner, or denied any right or privilege,
for… acquiring, possessing, using, or
transporting marihuana, marihuana
products, or marihuana accessories;
cultivating, growing, harvesting,
possessing, propagating, processing, or
transporting 12 or fewer marihuana
plants, each of which is at least 12
inches high or 12 inches in diameter,
and possessing the marihuana derived
from those plants.”
This is a hell of a good start as far as
I’m concerned, and I’ll look farther into
the details of the proposed legislation
in next month’s column. But here’s a
good example of what I was talking
about in Moving Together, because by
moving together we can finally get the
police out of our business and get high
when we want to without fear of official
interference. Yes! FREE THE WEED!
—New Orleans
May 22, 2015
© 2015 John Sinclair. All Rights
Reserved.
—Detroit
May 17-20, 2004
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BE THERE! ANN ARBOR! JUNE 26!
THE FUTURE OF MARIJUANA IN MICHIGAN
MAY DEPEND ON THE SUCCESS OF THIS DINNER!
by Chuck Ream
Who plans to “legalize marijuana” in Michigan?
The November 2016 election will determine how cannabis
will be regulated in Michigan! We may:
1) Triumph with the MILegalize initiative, or
2) Fight to a draw and maintain the status quo, or
3) Be wiped out by big money.
We have reserved a beautiful banquet hall. We know we have
to raise more than $50,000 on June 26 or the authentic Michigan
cannabis community will be floating belly up and powerless.
Wealthy monopolists and canny political manipulators would
then take our future into their hands. Then it would be too late.
We need to fight hard now! When we sit down to dinner on
June 26th we will know whether the independent cannabis law
reform community in Michigan will have a voice about what
happens in the future in our state, or be swept aside.
On June 26 there will be three levels of supporters, (and
some donors may surprise us with even larger gifts). The gold
level of giving for our fine evening of food and politics will be
$500 per person or $750 per couple. We need lots of support
at our platinum level, which is $1000 per person or $1400 per
couple. $2500 buys the green level of support, for an individual,
a couple, or a company (four people).
Speakers will include state representative Jeff Irwin,
MILegalize Executive Director Jeff Hank, Michigan legislative
lobbyist Robin Schneider - (and a stellar supporting cast to be
announced). Don’t miss this historic event. If you don’t have
money then raise contributions to buy your ticket. Thank you!
Why not shape the future by acting with political unity,
resources, strength and skill? Will we be capable of reacting to
a clear threat to our existence? Will we put up the resources to
implement a strategy to save ourselves? We have a good plan,
and fine leaders, but we can’t influence the political process
without big money – or significant money anyway.
The Director of national NORML, Allen St. Pierre, wrote, “these
initiatives today are largely about defining who will ‘get rich’ in
the legal cannabis market.… like with alcohol/tobacco laws, the
‘winners and losers’ are largely decided on a state basis and via
the free market (which, in this country, can readily favor those
with more capital and political influence).”
There are three groups; the first two are opportunists who
know a lot about finance and nearly nothing about Cannabis.
The Michigan Responsibility Council (MRC) represents a group
of wealthy Oakland County Republican investors who are
trying to take control of all of the growing and extraction of
marijuana for the Michigan retail market. They plan to eliminate
the MMMA and the home grow, and produce all the marijuana
and marijuana extract that we need in Michigan at 10 sites
owned by them. Their goals would destroy everything that our
Michigan cannabis movement has built.
A third group has surfaced, called the Michigan Cannabis
Coalition (MCC). They are another anonymous gang of Oakland
County money men who have shown no previous interest in
cannabis policy. I *personally* think this group is a scam which
exists to confuse the situation.
The real Michigan cannabis law reform community has
created an excellent plan for marijuana legalization in 2016!
View our petition at MILegalize.com! Our initiative will allow
a 12 plant home grow for “persons” and “localities” may license
dispensaries and marijuana production facilities. Edibles and
concentrates are specifically legalized.
MILegalize has the best petition ever. In one initiative we
legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana; extend the rights of those
who have a doctor’s recommendation for medical use; and
allow farmers to grow industrial hemp!
We need $1 million to be sure of getting on the ballot. More
than 250,000 signatures have to be collected during the last
months of 2015.
Cannabis policy in Michigan is far ahead of all surrounding
states because we fought politically, strong and hard, and won
again and again. This is the time to stay strong, united, and put
up resources. As Ben Franklin said – now we will hang together
or we will hang separately.
Be there Friday, June 26!! We need to be masters of our fate
- not slaves to wealthy monopolists or political shenanigans.
Please be there! (or send a donation). 150 seats are available
– get your spot reserved! Contact MILegalize or Chuck Ream at
[email protected]
In other words, this is the moment of political combat in
Michigan, when the structure of cannabis “legalization” and
regulation will be decided!
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Kirk Reid &
Gersh Avery
by Ben Horner
Kirk Reid (AKA Captain Kirk) and Gersh Avery (AKA Peanut
Butter) have been working with medical marijuana since
before the MMMA passed in 2008. Their experience has
benefited many throughout the state and beyond. These
cannabis craftsmen freely educated others how to use medical
marijuana to treat a variety of illnesses, including MS, cancer,
chronic pain, IBS and many more. Both of these gentleman
have pioneered this rediscovery of the medical uses of
marijuana, doing things their own way, following their own
moral compass. In my opinion very few have proven to be as
selfless, compassionate, and generous as Gersh and Kirk. They
despise greed, and are some of the few in this new industry
that haven’t sold out for personal gain at the expense of
others.
Kirk is an award winning cannabis chef. Known for his
line of edibles available exclusively at the finest provisioning
centers in Ann Arbor and Detroit, the Captain takes great
pride in the quality of medibles. He believes in using only
the finest ingredients, and creating health alternatives to the
stereotypical pot brownie.
Gersh is known for his peanut oil which is a made from
extracted hash oil and organic oils. As well as being a healer,
he is a constant activist, dedicating his work to cancer patients
and other like-minded individuals.
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An Interview with
2 of Michigan’s Most Influential Patients
Q: How did you first discover your role with Medical Marijuana in
Michigan?
Reid: I was laid up in the U of M hospital
and they wouldn’t give me any pain meds
because of the THC levels in my system.
They thought I was an addict. So my friend
Doug Orton brought me a medicated
muffin and I was able to get some sleep.
When I woke up there was a note that said
glad you got some relief, talk to you later
brother. I thought, well if a marijuana muffin can
do this, I wanted to do this. I knew I could make more options,
meats, sugar free options, and Jolly hashers. This was before
the medical marijuana when we were working on the petition.
I was attending compassion club meetings that was mostly
educational and was held in libraries, techniques from grower
to grower back in 2007. I helped collect signatures after
meeting my first cannabis activists a booth at the Ann Arbor
Hash Bash.
Gersh: I remember making oil (cannabis oil) using isopropyl
alcohol on a gas stove many years ago. I started looking at
the medical aspect of marijuana when petitioning for the
Michigan Medical Marijuana Act of 2008. I wanted to know
everything about the medical aspects so I could educate
potential voters. Back in 2005, I was working independently
on my own campaign to end the drug war. When I heard that I
could get paid to help legalize, I joined the movement.
Q: What did you do after the medical marijuana law passed in
Michigan?
Kirk: After the law passed, I started working in Michigan’s
first medical marijuana dispensary making edibles. When we
first opened up there was a huge influx of people and many
activists that opposed dispensaries. I was putting out the first
edibles on the east side of the county. (This was in 2009-2010)
easily consume. He couldn’t keep anything down, no food, no
medicine, but my sauce helped him. He was able to get some
relief and also some nutrients. Governor Snider and Schuette
wants to put people like me in prison, but what can I do. If
you have the ability to help someone, how could you not help
them? If you saw a dog injured on the side of the road isn’t the
moral thing to do is help?
Gersh: After the raids in Oakland County I posted a prayer on
Bill Schuette’s Facebook. It said: Please make Bill Schuette
have to endure what he has been dishing out to medical
marijuana patients. The agony of disease. The fear of fighting
the legal system. May he endure pain and suffer like all of
the sick people that have no relief because he has raided
the dispensaries where they get their medicine. In the name
of Jesus Christ, Amen. I realized that only the spiritual was
powerful enough to stop these people.
Q: So you went out on your own, describe how you’ve done it your
way?
Kirk: I decided I could do more for the patients if I went on my
own. I really enjoyed the recognition and the three High Times
Cups and the 4 local cups that I’ve won and all the people that
have entered my life. I got to do them my way. I don’t consider
myself a leader, I’m just a patient trying to get his medicine
and have a decent life.
Gersh: After I posted that prayer on Schuette’s Facebook. I
got a visit from the state police. The first thing they wanted
to know was if I was making weapons of mass destruction.
I let them in and showed them my plants. I had nine large
plants. They had nothing and after being thoroughly inspected
I think they decided to leave me alone. I have always wanted
to change the world. Being a healer is leverage; it helps
people open their minds to something knew. People can move
mountains, one person at a time. I like to teach people how.
Gersh: After the law passed I was ready. I had produced my
first batch of oil and I quickly realized that the lack of supply
was going to be a big challenge. That is when I started to
produce my Peanut Oil, which had many applications from
topical to ingestible. Patients with a wide variety of injuries
and illnesses have reported amazing results.
Q: Why did you decided to put your heart into medical marijuana
and help other patients?
Kirk: There was a patient that was fed through a feeding
tube. I provided him with a medicated sauce that he could
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Dabbing with Care
by Rachel Bunting
Dabbing is defined as “pressing a
piece of cannabis extract against a
heated surface or oil rig pipe to inhale
the smoke” and has recently become
a favorite in terms of medical and
recreational use. The cannabis extract,
better known as wax, shatter, butane
hash oil (BHO), or budder, is concentrated
doses of cannabis that are made by
extracting THC and other cannabinoids
using a solvent such as butane or carbon
dioxide creating a sticky oil. Nationally
the flower of the cannabis plant contains
around 11 to 30 percent THC but
cannabis concentrates can produce a
substance with as high as 90 to almost
100 percent THC. For patients that are
in unbearable pain or nausea this form
of medication is a Godsend because it
delivers an extremely powerful dose
very quickly. The amount of the flower
that would need to be smoked to get the
same effect is unrealistic.
Because the drug is so powerful,
inexperienced users are becoming victim
to “overdosing”. They do not overdose in
the classic sense of the word as there
are still no deaths attributed directly
to marijuana, but they can experience
an uncomfortable high, passing out, or
extreme paranoia. In some cases the
high became too uncomfortable with the
paranoia too intense and users found
themselves in the hospital. According to
Parents Opposed to Pot, the side effect
of passing out has led to a cracked skull
and a mouthful of missing teeth on
separate occasions (though it should be
noted that this is the same organization
that believes “dabbing is to marijuana,
as crack is to cocaine. No one should
ever try it, because the psychosis can be
immediate, and, as a habit, it is nearly
impossible to get unhooked.”)
The most dangerous part of dabbing
is creating the oil. Butane Hash Oil
(BHO) is made by blasting butane
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through a glass tube containing
marijuana to extract the THC. The
mixture is strained to remove the plant
matter and the THC laced butane is
heated to remove the butane. Amateur
BHO producers can sometimes forget
the evaporated butane fumes may
hang around an enclosed area and
will cause a large explosion with the
smallest spark. There have been quite
a few explosions in the time since
dabbing first came on the scene. A safer
alternative is a closed system that does
not allow any butane to filter into the
may have snuck into the oil. Plants
that have been treated with pesticides,
herbicides, or have fungi can cause
problems with production as traces of
these contaminants can be included
when extracting the THC. While dabbing
you can get five times the dose of THC
as compared with a joint, the same
idea applies to harmful substances on
the plant. Those substances will be
five times their normal limit which can
be dangerous. While it is an unlikely
scenario, it is always good to know
where medications are coming from,
who is creating them, and what may
have been added to them.
“As with all
medications
and chemistry
experiments,
know what you
are ingesting,
and always keep
safety in mind.”
It is true that there are some dangers
associated with creating and ingesting
BHOs, yet there are many medical
benefits to the practice. A partner at the
Denver dispensary Top Shelf Extracts
told High Times that the drug is a miracle
remedy. “I’ve seen it make people’s pain
just evaporate. As medicine, it helps
with both harm reduction—it practically
cures withdrawal symptoms in people
who are alcoholics or addicted to
speed or pharmaceuticals— and pain
management. It works every single time,
and it’s easier to regulate your dosage.”
Since not a lot is needed and the effects
set in faster, BHO is an optimal choice
for people suffering from chronic
ailments. It is also easier and can taste
better than flowers inside a vaporizer,
making it more accessible for those
using it.
air. There are many professional BHO
producers and distributors that have
learned how to safely and effectively
extract the THC as an alternative to
amateur individuals attempting to
create their own.
While making the wax is itself
dangerous for the inexperienced
and unknowledgeable manufacturer,
smoking it in some cases can be just
as dangerous. While it does not happen
often, there is always a chance that
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Dabbing is a quick and effective pain
management technique which patients
find very helpful. As with all medications
and chemistry experiments, know what
you are ingesting, and always keep
safety in mind. Do the research before
creating your own BHO, talk extensively
with your caregiver about what they put
into their plants, and medicate in the
smartest, safest way.
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Cannabis Tourism
by Citizen Jay
“Cannabis-tourism,” that’s a thing,
right? You bet your sweet buds it is, and
it’s a growing buzz-word to be sure. Type
the term into Google and you get about
860,000 result returns. Try “Marijuana
tourism” and that number jumps to
almost 2.6 million result returns…
As we head into greener months,
tourist are initiating their plans—
plotting where they will spend their
precious, hard-earned time and dollars.
It’s a yearly ritual that’s been going
on in America since time immemorial
(scenes of sepia-colored Goofy cartoons
roll through my imagination-memory).
A family man myself, I’ve taken my fair
share of uncomfortable car rides to
wild-unknown destinations. Every state
in the Union has a reason to visit—an
attraction to see. I’m reminded of a
certain giant ball of twine in Kansas…
Bob Dole’s home town… But suddenly,
there are new destinations to be sought
and had. New kinds of destinations.
Years past, taking the fam on the
road meant leaving the cannabis
behind. Better safe than sorry and all
that. It meant going without for a few
days or hooking up on the other side
either by luck or design. I’m sure you,
like me—dear reader—have a couple of
great stories about that spontaneous
encounter on vacation where out of
nowhere you’re suddenly getting higherthan-ever with a complete stranger
passing that fire-joint back and forth
laughing in the moment…. As free as
those moments felt, though, there was
(and in most places still is) a seething,
underlying prohibitionary guilty fear.
[Sigh…the War on Drugs just fucking
sucks.]
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But no more! Because these
days the avid and amateur American
cannabis consumer alike can go to
several exciting vacation destinations
and experience the actual liberty
of consuming cannabis free from
prosecution. [Persecution is another
story for another article altogether.]
Facebook has at least four pages
dedicated to cannabis tourism. There’s
one for Denver, one for Colorado, one
for Washington, and one that’s for all of
them. Probably more. Just think about
it. Sure, every state has a reason to visit.
But some of them have MOUNTAINS.
Some of them have OCEANS. Some of
them have mountains coming out of
oceans… What to do? These kinds of
places have always attracted me and
thousands of others wanting outdoor
adventures. With summer around the
corner, it’s on my mind for sure. I crave
adventure. I love camping and hiking
and boating and biking and climbing
and diving and dancing and dining. Who
doesn’t? Only now we can do it with
CANNABIS!
States that have legalized Cannabis
for recreational, responsible adult
(21+) use include Alaska, Colorado,
Oregon, Washington, and the District of
Columbia. Hmmm…those sound like
some interesting tourist destinations,
eh? Talk about sights to see!
I can imagine sea kayaking through
the Inner Passage while passing a
joint between boats as me and my
partners meander past evergreen forests
blanketing gray limestone cliffs…eagles
chirping, circling above…snow-capped
mountains rising in the distance; jutting,
thrusting out of the sea fjords with
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majestic aura towards the bright blue
and white. A short half-day excursion
we opted from the myriad choices
offered in one of many ports our epic
cruise ship takes us to.
I have a vision of a place high in
the mountains of Colorado where back
country campers congregate to navigate
untamed wilderness uninhabited except
by fish, lions, elk, and bear. They camp
together in a place dedicated to their
cannabis desires. No rangers or police.
No neighbors to complain. Just peace.
Just quiet. And good tranquil vibes. I
know a place….
Suddenly, I’m bustling through
the market place watching the fishmongers literally throw their catches
to cooks and customers. I decide to
buy a crab. Dungeness are huge, and
being a Baltimore boy I’ve only ever
had Chesapeake Bay Blues before. The
merchant asks if I want him to peal it
for me. No, I’ll relish the adventure of
breaking it open myself. It’s Seattle, so
you know I’m hopped up on coffee…
great coffee. Somewhere between the
coffee shop and Pike Place Market I
joined a circle of crunchy-granola-type
kids passing that good stuff. Crab never
tasted so succulent.
Then I close my eyes and catch
myself wandering down the Oregon
coast hand in hand with my beautiful
wife. We’ve just shared a bowl as we
pulled off the coastal highway and
walked down the trail to the turbulent
beach. It’s cool and misty. We marvel at
the huge drift-wood trunks hanging onto
the forested shoreline being battered
by the relentless waves. The perfectly
round and flat rocks beneath our feet
speak of magic and friendships. Pillars
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arrogant in their resistance to the force
that continually combats them. We take
another toke as we continue our walk,
kissing and smiling more as our hands
hold tighter.
I met my wife in D.C. We’re from
there by way of other places like most
everyone else who lives there. You’ve
still got to be careful in the city, because
prohibition holds sway on all Federal
properties—and that includes a lot of
the fun places to go. Still, it might be
worth the risk to see some of the world’s
greatest treasures while in an altered
state of heightened awareness.
I’ve been to all of these places and
done all of those things. I just did so
before it was ever legal to. But while
cannabis has now been made legal for
recreational use in all of these places,
it’s still not a free-for-all light-em-up
smoke-em-and-toke-em anywhere you
damn well please, kinda situation. No it
is not, to be sure. With smoking bans in
place for most indoor, and in particular,
work spaces as well as in public, finding
a place to legally consume your legally
consumable cannabis can be difficult at
best.
For example, two private membersonly smoking clubs were recently shut
down by police in Denver. One of these,
is associated with a national clothing
brand—Grassroots California. In the
wake of the raid, they are facing eviction.
The other club, literally named “People
of the United States” or the “POTUS” Club
was similarly shut down over the 4/20
weekend by the police. Without safe
and comfortable places like these to
congregate, where are tourists supposed
to go? The City invited them here
and loves rolling in their generous tax
donations. They just don’t want to see
those “dirty hippies” smoke anywhere.
In Alaska, Charlo Green’s Alaska
Cannabis Club in Anchorage has gotten
off to a beaten start, closing on the
very day it opened. She has since
refashioned her club as a medical only
facility as she’s been unable to obtain
the licenses required for a recreational
cannabis business. It’s an ongoing fight.
“The word ‘medical’ doesn’t magically
make it legal,” said Cynthia Franklin,
director of the Alaska Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board. “Cannabis is still a
controlled substance,” she said. In her
view, until the business has a license, it’s
not legal. Alaska will begin accepting
business applications in February of
2016. Until then…
Despite setbacks like these, cannabis
tourism is a real and growing industry.
As the green rush takes hold in each
new place, it will have a unique set of
interesting sights to visit and adventures
to have. There will be “loaded” bus tours
to dispensaries, grows, and glass houses.
There will be beds-and-breakfasts
and hotels for stoners. There will be
seminars and cooking classes, fishing
tours and jeep excursions. Hell, I bet
that soon in New York City you’ll be able
to tour the Stock Exchange and bet on
weed. Well, maybe next year…
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Episode 4: Indigenous Indica and the Chthonic Chronic
Hemp Worship
African Herbsman
Entheogenic use of cannabis has a rich tradition throughout
Africa, notably in the Congo, where some tribe’s entire belief system
centers around the plant, which is commonly smoked and cultivated
throughout the region. One tribe in particular always takes a Riamba
with them on their travels. A Riamba is a very large pipe, sometimes
more than three feet in diameter. Members of the tribe who are found
guilty of a misdeed are punished by being forced to smoke out of the
Riamba until they pass out.
Elsewhere in Africa, there are Suto women, who are known to
smoke before and during childbirth, as it is believed to ease the
pain and speed up the labor process. These same people administer
ground cannabis seeds to young children, to help ween them.
Also, early 20th century African miners were encouraged to smoke
marijuana. One report declares that the mine workers would be given
smoke breaks, similar to a coffee break among Westerners. It is said
that “after a smoke, the natives work hard and show very little signs
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In 1881, explorers Pogge and Wissman discovered in
Africa a number of cults devoted to the worship of hemp.
The explorers found a group who called themselves Bena
Riamba, “the Sons of Hemp”. The expression they used to
greet each other was “moio” which means both hemp and
life. The tribesman were required to show their faith by
smoking the herb as frequently as possible. They believed
that the smoking of cannabis granted the user magical
powers, and lent them the strength to combat evil. The
Riamba would smoke before travelling or going to war to
grant them the favor of the gods. In many ways similar to
the Native American peace pipe rituals, tribe members
would share a pipe to finalize a treaty or trade agreement.
Medical cannabis use in Africa is widespread. It is noted that the medical use of marijuana has long been known
to the indigenous people of this region. Passed down in an
oral tradition for ages, cannabis has been recommended
to treat a whole slew of conditions including: tetanus,
hydrophobia, delirium tremors, infantile convulsions,
neuralgia, cholera, rheumatism, hay fever, asthma, skin
diseases, and protracted labor during childbirth.
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Plight of the Sadhu
A Sadhu is a devout Hindu holy person. They can be either male or female. There are about four
million Sadhu’s in India at present time, and they are highly revered and sometimes feared for their
holiness. Making a vow of poverty, most Sadhus wander homeless and depend on the charity of
others to sustain themselves. Often dressed in saffron colored robes, the Sadhu’s beggar-like status
is believed to help burn off negative karma from the community. Their are several different types of
Sadhu. Digambara Sadhus choose to live naked and wear their hair in thick dreadlocks called jata.
Marijuana (charas) is an essential part of the Sadhu path, as it is held in high esteem as being a plant
of death and rebirth. On certain Hindu holy days, Sadhus can be found in town centers smoking
charas from a clay pipe called a chillum. Typically, the chillum is held to the forehead while a brief
chant or prayer to the god Shiva is made prior to smoking. Devout Hindus make offerings of cannabis to these holy men, so they can smoke it and bless the people. Devout followers of Hindu are
welcome to join the Sadhus in a smoking ritual on these holidays, but the use of ganja for recreational purposes is frowned upon by some sects of Hinduism.
Sikh Warriors
Founded in the 15th century in the Punjab region of
India, Sikhism has a rich history that was positively effected
through the use of cannabis. During the 1700’s, most Sikh
groups were nomadic warrior types of people. At war with
the Mughal forces, the state of constant moving and avoiding the Mughal left the Sikh warriors with insufficient food
and medicine. In order to treat pains from battle wounds,
the Sikh would drink Bhang, which is a cannabis and milk
infusion that is commonly used throughout the subcontinent. It is believed that the drinking of Bhang during the
lean times of war kept the warrior spirit high, as well as aiding in the digestion of the desperate sources the Sikh had to
use for food. There are accounts of the Sikh eating tree bark
when there was nothing else to eat.
Nowadays, we call these soldiers ‘Nihang’ and they still
use Bhang for relaxation and recuperation from the aches
and pains caused by intense martial arts training. Bhang
is also used in many religious ceremonies and practices
throughout the region. Referred to as holy food, Bhang use
aids in meditation and spiritual understanding.
Earth Bong
This ancient technique predates history, yet is still a fantastic way to smoke and it brings you
closer to the earth, in the literal sense. It is debated on weather or not this technique originated in
Asia or Africa, but regardless, you too can get in touch with the earth this summer by building an
earth bong of your own! Just dig a tunnel in the ground. I’ve seen it made with two people each using sticks to dig down at an angle until they meet in the middle. Insert some kind of bottle or tube
on one end to take your hits from, (or feel free to put your mouth on the bare ground, if you feel so
inclined.) On the other end of the tunnel you can make a ‘screen’ out of rocks and pebbles. You can
customize your earth bong with crystals, feathers, snakeskins, pinecones, or whatever else you have
laying around. Load up the end with the rocks with your favorite bud. I recommend a blowtorch or
one of those grill lighters to light your earth bong. Ignite, inhale, rinse and repeat - praise Gaia!
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High Weirdness
Strange Facts and Astounding Stories!
by MMM Report Staff
Super Food
Humans can sustain themselves indefinitely with only water and hemp
seeds, which are one of only a few
food sources provides all 500 or so
of the known amino acids. Aside from
being valuable proteins, amino acids
are essential for neurotransmitter
transport and biosynthesis.
Now That’s Gangsta!
Interpreting a passage found in one of Tupac Shakurs song lyrics,
Pac’s former hip hop group, The Outlawz, has admitted to rolling up
and smoking the deceased rapper’s ashes. Outlawz member Young
Noble said “We twisted up some of that great-granddaddy California kush and mixed the big homie with it, ya know what I mean?”
A Modern Day
Tony Montana
Was busted in Dubai back in 2008. Customs
officers found 0.003 grams (0.0001 ounces)
of cannabis stuck to the sole of one of his
shoes. The perpetrator was sentenced to 4
years in prison.
Digital Good Times
Wacky Tobacky
Modern cigarettes are derived from a relatively
weak form of tobacco, which is bred more to favor
addiction in exchange for any beneficial
properties the plant used to possess back in the
day. The original tobacco strains smoked by
Native Americans were loaded with other
compounds besides nicotine. Some of these
chemicals have even been proven to cause ‘visions’.
Cyber fact: the very first thing to be
bought and sold online was cannabis!
Well before eBay, Amazon, or any other
forms of modern internet commerce,
Stanford and MIT students in the early
seventies used ARPANET to arrange marijuana transactions in a clandestine form
of communication which at the time was
known only to the highest level of nerds.
The longest musical performance in history is currently taking place in Halberstadt, Germany. A special organ was
built to perform John Cage’s ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible) which began Sept. 5, 2001. The song is set to finish in 2640.
The last time the note changed was October 2013; the next note change will be in 2020.
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D RIVI NG
by Daniel L. Price, Esquire
At this point you may be asking
yourself, what can I do? Well, here
are some things you can do to directly
impact the laws that are making you a
criminal simply because you find relief
and have a desire to drive to work and
support yourself.
For the last couple months I
addressed issues relating to your home…
your castle. It’s time to switch gears
and write about medical marijuana and
issues with driving.
So finally, after years of suffering
grand-mal seizures and not having the
ability to hold a job due to your illness,
you find medical marijuana and the
relief that this natural plant provides.
You are finally able to work and earn a
living while dealing with your illness,
so you are no longer a burden on your
loved ones, or society, only because you
ingest marijuana every day. You ingest
at night so you can sleep. You get up
the next morning to go to work and
work all day as the pain increases to the
point where all you can think about is
the relief your medicine provides.
On the way home that evening, a fool
crashes into your car, or you failed to use
your turn signal, or you were speeding,
or perhaps you had a seizure and it
caused you to drive “funny”. The officer
approaches and you show him/her your
driver’s license and medical marijuana
card as you are required under the law.
The officer immediately orders you out
of the vehicle and performs any number
of roadside sobriety tests and asks you
if you will submit to a blood test. Well,
if you refuse you lose your license, and
you feel comfortable because you have
not ingested your meds since the night
before, so you consent to the test. You
are arrested and the prosecutor charges
you with driving while intoxicated/
impaired by alcohol or drugs, or a
combination of these. Your blood test
comes back with 4.9 nano-grams of
THC. You may be guilty of driving while
impaired by drugs.
But how can this be? You did not
ingest your meds all day. It’s been
almost 24 hours since you last obtained
relief from this natural plant. Also,
there have been numerous studies on
the effects of driving while high on
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marijuana. One such study by A. Smiley
called: Marijuana: On-Road and DrivingSimulator Studies, concluded that the “…
Effects on driving behavior are present
up to an hour after smoking but do
not continue for extended periods”.
Moreover, educated and trained
toxicologists cannot provide evidence
for a specific level of THC in the blood
which might impair a person’s ability to
drive. Even more, according to Dr. Robert
Townsend of Denali Healthcare, “there
is no artificial limit that demonstrates
evidence of impairment, period.”
Still, government actors continue in
their attempts to violate your right to
self-determination by persecuting, uh,
prosecuting those persons who have
THC in their system. And, although
currently there is no set “limit” for THC
in a medical marijuana patient, the
Michigan Legislature is considering a
proposal to make it illegal to drive while
having 5 nano-grams of THC in your
blood. This, even though Dr. Townsend
emphatically asserts that, “a patient who
takes their meds every day, as directed,
would not be impaired or intoxicated
with 5 nano-grams of THC in their
blood”.
So what does this mean for the
medical marijuana patient?
It means that more and more, authorities
will be prosecuting those people who
have medical marijuana cards for
impaired driving. It is the next big “cash
cow” for indirect taxation, especially
since drunk driving has been on a steady
decline for some 30 years.
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• Register to vote! This is very
important. When you register to vote,
you can vote for or against any elected
official based upon their position on the
use of medical marijuana, including the
judge(s) in your district.
Your name is also on the roll for jury
duty when you are a registered voter.
And to paraphrase Thomas Jefferson,
you can be a part of the last hope for
freedom against tyrannical government.
Don’t:
• Ingest your medicine in your vehicle,
the smell is enough to provide suspicion
that you drove while ingesting, even if
you did not.
• Drive and ingest your medicine at the
same time.
• Ingest and drive even within a few
hours, it is better to be safe than sorry.
• Answer a police officer’s questions
regarding when you last ingested.
Politely assert your 5th Amendment
right under the US Constitution.
It is very important to always keep
in mind that if you do not assert your
rights, they will eventually be violated!
Next month I’ll address another legal
issue of medical marihuana. Until then,
keep rolling on.
Disclaimer: This is an informational
article only. It is not to provide
individual legal advice. If you need
legal services, feel free to contact me at
liberty13legaldefense.com, or any attorney
of your choosing.
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Product Review:
Buttonless Oil Pen from O2Vape
by Joe Dauphinais
It is becoming more common knowledge everyday that
vaporizing is a healthier and more economic way to utilize
essential oils and extracts than traditional combustion
methods. Feeling health-conscious lately, I was excited
for the chance to try out the original buttonless oil pen
from o2Vape.
With so many different pens on the market today,
choosing the right one can be daunting. I’ve tried several
different models of vapes over the last couple of years,
with varying degrees of satisfaction and disappointment.
This oil pen lives up to the claims that its ‘perfect puff’
technology delivers a consistent experience every time.
I chose a black version of the vape pen, and I went
with the ‘slim pack’ option, which does not disappoint.
The pen and cartridge, along with the USB charger
came all together in a slim case that is smaller than
my cell phone. I really like the hard shell case that this
pen came with, which protects your pen while in transit. I find that keeping the vape pen in this case made
me feel much more confident that the pen wouldn’t
slip out of my pocket at inopportune times.
As far as the performance of the pen itself is concerned, I
am very happy with this little accessory. The battery life is unrivaled, and recharges quickly and easily with the included USB
charger. I puffed on mine regularly for almost a week before I
needed to recharge the battery.
Puffing on this pen is a treat. With no buttons to press, or
temperature settings to mess with, the ease and convenience
that this pen offers are second to none. I am able to get a good
draw out of the pen, which is pre-programmed to vaporize for
a generous amount of time per puff. Other oil pens seem to
shut off before you can get a satisfactory ‘hit’ out of them, but
the o2Vape oil pen allows you to medicate on your terms.
In all, I would recommend this pen to anybody who can get
good Co2 extracts, but that is also the only drawback of this
device. If you cannot find the proper extracts to load the pen
with, the company offers a great little herbal vaporizer called
the ‘Dryonic’. But for those of you who can get your hands on
good oil regularly, you must get one of these pens. For discretion and convenience, there is really no better option.
O2Vape is a Michigan-based company, so if you get one for
yourself, you can be proud to be supporting the local economy.
The customer service team is located right here in the Great
Lakes State, waiting to process your order. For more info, visit:
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Book Review:
Smoke Signals by Martin A. Lee
Review by
Joe Dauphinais
This book is
incredible.
Published
in 2012, this
thoroughly
researched book is a comprehensive
history of cannabis focusing mostly in the
western world, spanning the millennia
from the bronze age all the way to
the Obama administration. With fully
documented sources, and interesting
footnotes accompanying the main text,
this is one of the most highly organized
and complete narratives currently
available on the subject of marijuana.
Told chronologically, the story begins
with a brief explanation of how the
plant arrived in the Americas during
the days of the slave trade, and gives
a quick synopsis of how cannabis was
utilized through the 1800’s. The heart
of the story begins at prohibition, and
sheds light on the ‘budding’ jazz scene,
complete with anecdotes and quotes
from famous musicians such as Louis
Armstrong and Milton ‘Mezz’ Mezzrow.
Through reading this book, you can learn
the murky origins of cannabis prohibition,
a racially motivated act that would jail a
disproportionate number of minorities in
the decades that follow.
what went down on the west coast, as a
warning of how things can go wrong, as
well as an example of how to do things
right. Personally, I would have preferred
a little more coverage of Michigan,
although I was happy to see mention of
John Sinclair, as well as the Ann Arbor
Hash Bash. Mr. Lee also reports on the
multitude of medical uses of the herb,
and is backed up with plenty of reliable
sources.
Lee continues breaking down the truth
by exposing much of the hypocrisy and
injustices which occurred in the decades
following the prohibition of cannabis.
With a keen insight, Martin Lee describes
the struggle of the medical marijuana
movement in California, as well as other
states. The only complaint I have is that
the second half of the book focuses much
of its attention on California, and at times
seemed to be bogged down by it, but I
can see the importance of documenting
I can imagine this book entertaining
a wide range of readers. While not much
of the information in this book was
new to me, the way it was presented
and organized chronologically was
a refreshing and much appreciated
take on a subject that too often not
taken seriously enough. In all, I would
suggest this book to anyone with an
interest in the subjects of cannabis, jazz,
history, alternative medicine, or social
commentary.
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Something is Just Not Right
About the Raids in Gaylord
by Ben Horner
Gaylord Provisions, Natural Remedies, Apothecary of Gaylord,
Superior Green Collective, Top Shelf, Compassionate Caregivers,
Northern Lights, and Vanderbilt Holistic are all provisioning centers
that were raided on March 27th. Sixteen warrants for 8 businesses and
8 homes in Gaylord, approved by Otsego County prosecutor Mike Rola
has yielded no arrests. Over a dozen vehicles, cash, computers, medical
records and medical marijuana were seized by the state troopers that
worked with Narcotics task forces SANE and TNT. So far locals feel it’s
a smash and grab.
Officers searched homes and businesses, persistently asking,
“Where’s the Money?” Victims of the raids explained that during
the raids officers were laughing and insisting that the provisioning
centers, their patients, and caregivers were a joke.
These raids came one day before a town hall meeting televised
on Northern Michigan Channels 9&10 discussing the potential of
legalization of marijuana, which included the Otsego Prosecutor.
Don Koshmider from Cadillac Provisions asked why the state wasn’t
working on the bills to regulate provisioning centers/dispensaries in
Michigan, instead of raiding patients and caregivers. The audience
cheered.
Here is where things get strange. Drew Driver closed his dispensary
in Gaylord years ago. He currently operates a large warehouse grow
behind his family’s electric store in Gaylord. He doesn’t distribute
locally, but he works with dispensaries in Ann Arbor and Detroit. Many
people in Gaylord are asking why was he the only one not raided? Was
it because he is part of the NPRA?
After talking to Ken Murray who has two dispensaries in the
Traverse City are, we find out that Mark Dragovich and several others
within our own community are working to snuff out their competition.
Joe Foster suffers
from phantom pains.
He came out to
protest, upset that his
medicine has been
confiscated by the
local drug task force
SANE.
BEWARE! Don’t Trust these Informants:
Mark Dragovich owner of Farmacy, Fife Lake
Listed as a witness for the prosecution against Ken Murray in
Wexford County, raided by TNT with cooperation from SANE.
Adam DeVaney and Misty Cassel
of Chronic Certification Center, Garfield Twp.
Listed as a witness for the Attorney General against doctor for
MOS certifications
Mike Kormorn, Jamie Lowell, Rick Thompson
Planet Green Trees, MMMA, CPU, ASA
Blog listed as evidence for the Attorney General against the
doctor for MOS certifications
Robin Schneider, Drew Driver
Legislative NPRA, MACC
Robin failed (purposely?) to pass bills to legalize Provisioning
Centers three straight years in a row, works for the NPRA, which
is a group of dispensary owners that buys Drew Driver’s meds
in Detroit and Ann Arbor. Drew Driver owns the large grow in
Gaylord that was not raided last week while all the rest did. NPRA
has their hands in both the MRC and MiLegalize and hopes to
create the largest market share of the emerging 2 billion dollar
legal marijuana market in Michigan.
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Weed 101:
A Beginner’s Guide to Medical Marijuana
If you are a new medical marijuana patient, you’ve come to the right place. This new column is going to explain the different options
available for the novice marijuana patient. While there are many different ways to medicate, this month we will focus mostly on smoking
flowers, and how to make sure you are getting a quality product.
by Joe Dauphinais
So, you got your Doctor’s recommendation, filed the proper paperwork with
LARA, and your MMMP card just came
in the mail. It’s official: you’re legal. But
what now? Time to get some meds. Perhaps you are preparing to grow your own,
but it could be months before your plants
are ready. If you don’t have a caregiver or
a friend who grows, your next option is
to seek out a safe access point.
First, before you buy anything, I would
like to point out that you always need to
secure your meds in an acceptable fashion. Since you will have to drive home
with your marijuana, you should invest
in a lock box. A lockable container is
necessary if your vehicle doesn’t have a
trunk. Besides keeping you out of trouble when transporting cannabis, a lock
box can prohibit unauthorized access to
your meds once at home. Unless you live
alone, I would highly recommend locking up your meds, especially for patients
with children. Be sure to have a secure
location established before you obtain
your medicine.
Finding cannabis can be a potential
challenge depending on where you live.
Some areas in Michigan seem to be
more pot friendly than others. One quick
glance at Leafly or any of the many ‘locator’ maps available to patients shows
some areas with dense concentrations of
provisioning centers, yet the vast majority of the state has not a single dispensary
in sight. If you live in one of these areas,
you may have to make a drive.
Okay. Now you’ve done the research,
and have found a dispensary that seems
suitable for your needs, and you are planning a trip to obtain some cannabis. Your
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first visit to a decent dispensary is sure to
be an experience to remember. Prepare
to be overwhelmed with options. It can
be a little bewildering at first, smelling
and checking out all of the different samples. Most bud-tenders are understanding and considerate when helping you
narrow down a selection, but you have
to be able to help them help you, so it is
a good idea to have some understanding
of what you are trying to achieve.
Depending on your particular needs,
your bud tender or caregiver can help
you decide whether you should choose
an Indica, Sativa, or a Hybrid to best treat
your symptoms. The therapeutic uses for
these different types of cannabis is an
entirely different subject that warrants
its own article, which we will feature
here in a future issue. Whether you are
choosing an Indica, Sativa, or a Hybrid,
they all share common factors to consider when it comes to quality. Just like
when shopping for produce at the supermarket, there are signs you can look
for to help you differentiate between the
high grade and the shwag.
It can be beneficial to have a little bit
of knowledge before shopping for weed.
In an ideal world, all marijuana on the
market would be clean, top quality buds
that burn evenly and taste great. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. You
should be armed with a little knowledge
beforehand, to ensure you will be getting
your money’s worth.
Your first impression of a bud will
be visually. Take a good look at the bud.
Is it nice and fluffy, or is it pressed into
a brick? Fluffy buds with unbroken trichomes signify a caregiver that takes
pride in their work. On the other hand,
broken crystals and buds that are falling
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apart into dust with the lightest pinch
should be avoided. Broken, crumbly buds
that are disintegrating show a product
that is at the end of it’s shelf life. On the
flip side, buds that are very springy, with
stems that bend instead of snap, show a
product that is too moist. Too moist of
buds means that as they dry out over the
next few days, those buds will weigh less
than when you bought them. Also, moist
buds are difficult to keep lit. A little bit
of stickiness in the buds, and a stem that
snaps when bent are good indicators of
a quality product.
When medicating with smoked flower,
I personally don’t often choose the highest concentration of THC that is available. While the effects of a very high
THC bud are undeniable, it can be easy
for a beginner to go overboard and end
up having an unpleasant experience.
Remember, THC isn’t the only active ingredient in cannabis, and the study of
different active compounds in the cannabis plant is a new frontier in medicine,
with new uses and benefits for the various cannabinoids being discovered all
the time.
In my opinion, a less potent smoke
that tastes phenomenal leads to a much
more therapeutic experience. While
each individual patient is going to have
unique preferences and requirements, I
recommend starting small and increasing dosage incrementally until you
achieve the desired effect.
Another thing to look out for is seeds.
In general, a plant that has seeds tends to
be less potent than ‘sinsemilla’ (no seeds)
because a plant that has devoted energy
to making seeds generally has spent less
energy developing trichomes, which contain most of the active compounds of the
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plant. Furthermore, seeds add to the weight of
the bud, and are not ideal for smoking, since the
smoke they produce is acrid, as anyone who accidently burned one in a joint or bowl can attest
to. It is best to avoid buds that contain seeds if
you have a choice. Fortunately, most provisioning
centers only sell sinsemilla. If you do encounter
a rare seed or two, be sure to remove them prior
to medicating.
When smoking your buds, pay attention to the
color of the ashes that the burning material produces. Are the ashes a light grey or white color?
This indicates a properly flushed product that
burns clean. If your ashes are dark black, and the
end of your joint looks like charcoal, chances are
your buds still contain some nutrients, a sure sign
that the plant was not thoroughly flushed prior to
curing. Nutrients in your bud can lead to a harsh
smoke, unpleasant taste, excessive coughing, and
respiratory irritation. Unfortunately there is no
easy way to tell if your buds are flushed properly
prior to smoking. If you are not sure on quality, I
would recommend buying small amounts of several different strains, to avoid being stuck with a
large quantity of less than stellar weed.
Basic Accessories
Once you have your buds, you are now presented with another decision: how to smoke? The options available are almost as varied as
the buds themselves. Not to worry. Rome wasn’t built in a day, and you
don’t need every type of smoking accessory there is in order to relieve
your symptoms. If you choose to smoke buds, I would start out with the
basics:
• A grinder. Something simple should suffice for your needs.
I’ve seen wooden and acrylic ones going for dirt
cheap, but for a little more money, you can invest in
a metal grinder that will last a lifetime. Plus, most
of these things now have a little chamber where
the kief can be collected, and used to enhance the
potency of joints and bowls. I’ve seen decent grinders like this go for $20-30. If you suffer from arthritis,
or find that operating a manual grinder is too much work, you may consider investing in an electric grinder.
• Rolling papers: here is where quality matters. Just like you wouldn’t gulp an 80 year old
scotch from a Styrofoam cup, you don’t want to
roll that top shelf dank up in newspaper. I prefer
the all-natural hemp ‘Raw’ brand rolling papers, and of course ‘Zig-Zag’
is a tried and true brand that many tokers consider a classic.
This is just a basic guide to help you make your
selection. There are a virtually limitless amount
of variables that can be considered when judging marijuana. In the end, personal preference
is going to trump any advice that seasoned bud
smokers may offer. Trust your senses. Smell and
appearance are key factors in determining quality, but ultimately all that matters are your own
standards for what works and what doesn’t work
for you.
• A simple pipe. This doesn’t have to be anything too flashy. While you can really spend as
much money as you want in this department, I
would recommend something fairly straight-forward
and basic that is easy to clean. Skulls and aliens are really cool looking, but for a beginner piece, I would suggest a
modest glass hand pipe for quick smoking sessions. Glass pipes
are the easiest to clean, they also offer the purest flavor. Metal pipes
are also a decent alternative, especially if you tend to drop things from
time to time.
It is a remarkable day and age we live in, where
we can be picky about our cannabis. It was not
so long ago that many people in Michigan didn’t
have much of a choice when it came to buds, often
we were left to choose between bush herbs or no
herbs. For those finding themselves overwhelmed
with variety, keep in mind that it wasn’t always
this way. Better to be inundated with choices than
be left to suffer without. Happy smoking!
• A lighter. While this seems obvious, I do feel the need to
mention it here. When it comes to lighters, you really need
nothing more than a disposable lighter available at any gas
station or party store. More expensive Zippo lighters are nice,
but tend to be a bit cumbersome when it comes to lighting a
pipe or a bowl. Matches can be a great way to light up, just wait
until the sulfur tip is fully burned away before touching that flame
to your herb.
• Some form of air tight container for those roaches. This
may or may not be a necessity in your situation, but for me
this is critical. If you share a living space with a non-smoker,
those marijuana cigarette butts are going to smell offensive,
regardless of strain or pedigree. Some people don’t keep
roaches around at all, but I find them handy in times of need,
or for a quick puff here and there, I can put one in my pipe and smoke it.
I keep my roaches in a little tupperware deal like the one shown here.
Anything air-tight will do. One big error made too often by greenhorn
tokers though, NEVER put roaches back in with your fresh buds. You will
make your whole stash taste and smell like a burned out roach. Yuck!
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MMM Report Feature Artist:
Soul Patch
by Hemptress Jolene
If you haven’t gotten yourself out to a Soul Patch show, you
truly don’t know what you’re missing: sweet, sweet Reggae,
that’s what! Of course one should add that it doesn’t stop
there, Soul Patch it seems holds a master in groves, playing
everything from Motown to modern. Always adding their own
spin on everything that they do, the current line up of this
well seasoned band has been performing together since late
in 2005. Based out of Northern Michigan’s beautiful Traverse
City, Soul Patch gifts their fans an amazing mix of awesome
reggae, funk and jam. This group offers everything from the
tasteful covers of Sublime to Marely to Franti, as well as their
own well crafted tunes. They are not afraid to sing songs with
purpose or improvise. With two talented song writers filling
their ranks, the writing well is not only deep but gifted with
several perspectives.
Soul patch is led by Chris Winklemann, affectionately called
Wink by those who love him best. It is his soulful acoustic
guitar and vocals of love and positivity that are the heart of
the band. The skillful and superb drumming of Marc Aldermen
are the pulse of that heart. The sound of Soul Patch would not
be complete without songwriter Adam Sleder on lead guitar,
harmonica, and banjo, and Chris Belanger on the bass. Filling
out the sound you have Steve Berg on horns and TJ Firth on
the keys. It is all these elements combined that make Soul
Patch worth seeing. I think that when you do, you’ll agree that
there is not much not to love about this band’s smooth reggae
moves, fun funky jams, and mad grooves they bring the crowd.
Soul Patch admits, they used to not even use a set list,
they love to come into a gig, feel the crowd and play what
they know will make them get up and move to the beat,
however they have started to craft set lists so they will never
play the same show twice. Wink and the band are back in the
studio now working on their next CD “Dirty Work” and having
a great time doing it. Having gotten to see Soul Patch at
numerous Northern Michigan events, I can say that no matter
the weather, they have always managed to give the people a
good time. They bring positivity, and great vibe to every single
set they play. Soul Patch can be seen at numerous events
around the state. You can catch them at Farmfest and all over
Traverse City. To learn more about where to see Soul Patch this
summer check out their band profile at:
www.reverbnation.com/soulpatchtc
To book them for your event, email Wink at:
[email protected]
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Summer 2015:
Michigan’s Festival Scene
by Hemptress Jolene
If you love music and camping outside, the state of Michigan offers a wide abundance of events that are sure to please the
heart and soul of the music connoisseur. From Folk to Funk, Michigan offers some great 3 day events events for anyone who enjoys
listening to music of all kinds and making good friends and memories.
Noreast’r Music & Art Festival
Mio, Michigan June 12-14, 2015
tickets: $60 Adult weekend pass
at the gate
37th Annual Hiawatha
Traditional Music Festival
Marquette, Michigan
July 17, 18, 19
A wonderful, small traditional
music festival. It features
three days and two nights of
traditional Michigan Music. This
year’s line up includes Steppin’
In It, Fauxgrass, Billy Brandt and
the Sugaree’s, and many more.
Get more info at noreastr.net
Located in the U.P., Hiawatha is
a wonderful folk festival located
right in Marquette at Hiawatha
State Park. Offering three days
of music and camping, Hiawatha
is a wonderful festival for those
who truly enjoy the preservation
of traditional folk music. To learn
more, check out their website:
hiawathamusic.org
Buttermilk Jamboree Circle
Pines Center, Delton Michigan
June 12-14, 2015
$80 Adult At Gate
A great festival for a great reason.
This is fund raiser for Circle
Pines. It is an awesome event for
families with an amazing kid’s
area. This year’s head liners are:
That One Guy, Billy Strings & Don
Julin, Brown Rice Family, and Seth
and May.
buttermilkjamboree.org
35th Annual Blissfest
Cross Village, Michigan
July 10, 11, 12
$130 Adult Weekend Pass
Blissfest is one of my faves
and this year promises to be a
memorable one. Boasting a line
up that features everything from
Arlo Guthrie to Bluegrass Hip
Hop and African Reggae, Blissfest
is sure to offer every music lover
something they can sink there
teeth into. The 35th Blissfest
is an event that should not be
missed. For more information,
check out their website:
blissfest.org.
Dunnesville Music Festival
Harmony Farm, Traverse City
Michigan July 25, 26, 27
Tickets: $75
A wonderful show case of
Michigan music and culture.
To learn more about their
festival, check out their website:
dunesvillemusicfestival.com
The 4th Annual
Michigan Glass Project
Russell Center, Detroit Michigan
July 24, 25, 26
This festival is set up to celebrate
all that is the melting pot of a
Detroit. The money raised from
this event is donated to various
Detroit Charities, one of the big
goals being to bring art classes
back to classrooms around
the city. For more information
check out their website:
themichiganglassproject.com
Heatstock
July 24 - July 26
Fostoria, Michigan
A blues bash for the ages,
featuring music, beer, food,
camping, and more!
17th Annual Farmfest
Johannesburg, Michigan
August 6-9
Tickets: $75 donation to the farm
Described as a festival for
musicians, Farmfest is the place
to go if you like to make music
with your friends long into the
night. This festival celebrates
and nurtures a working farm. To
learn more, visit the farm on the
web:
farm-fest.com
Hoxeyville Music Festival
Manistee National Forrest
August 14-16
Tickets: $120 for Adults
Set to the back drop of the
Manistee national forest and
offering an awesome line of
fun Michigan Artists, Hoxeyville
offers the festival goer an
intimate listening experience
that just can’t be beat. To learn
more about their event check out:
hoxeyville.com
Cannabration
Levering Michigan
September 4, 5, 6
Tickets: $40 Adult Donation
$20 per day.
patient should miss. Complete
with workshops and a farmer’s
market, it is sure to offer every
patient a good time. Sunday
will feature the walk across the
bridge for legalization and a 420
Olympics.
42nd Annual Wheatland Festival
Remus, Michigan
September 11, 12, 13
Tickets: $80 Adluts,
$90 after July 15th
Wheatland is Michigan’s biggest
traditional music festival. It
has a great line up, awesome
workshops, and an amazing kids
area. Truly, Wheatland offers
something for everyone. Order
your tickets today!
wheatlandmusic.org
14th Annual Harvest Festival
Lake City, Michigan
September 18, 19 , 20
Tickets: $90 Adult
Harvest Fest is not for the
light of heart, a little cold and
unpredictable when it comes to
the weather, it offers an excellent
line up of Michigan music.
Thrown at the Earthworks Farm,
it showcases this young record
label and much of the young
musical talent Michigan has to
offer. Come on down to the farm
and have your heart filled by
Seth and May before the winter
sets in.
earthworkharvestgathering.com
A Private Party featuring
Michigan’s Groove Kings the
Macpodz, Soul Patch, Eminor
and more TBA, the first annual
Cannabration is something no
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A Dell employee got
busted for pot in
Manhattan recently.
Many conservative
lawmakers are
surprisingly upset,
as they have always
pushed the view
that marijuana is a
Gateway drug.
I asked my U.P. friend “Did you
have a good Summer? He replied
“Yes indeed, we had a great picnic
that afternoon!”
Q: Why do growers like nitrates so much?
The first time I smoked weed was in the
back of my brother’s car. It must have been
good stuff, because I’m an only child!
A: They’re cheaper than day rates!
I got pulled over by a
police officer and his
dog sniffs for drugs.
He comes over and
says to me, “My dog
says you have weed in
the car.” I responded,
“Well I don’t know
about that, but I want
whatever’s got you
talking to the dog!”
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Horoscopes
by Olivia Alynn
j
Capricorn
(Jan 20 - Feb 16)
You can’t hide forever, it’s
time to come out of the
closet.
k
Aquarius
(Feb 16 - Mar 11)
Be yourself. Nobody likes a
poser.
l
Pisces
(Mar 11 to Apr 18)
You don’t really appreciate
anything.
a
Aries
(Apr 18 - May 13)
If your worried about someone
listening to you, then maybe
the communication problem is
yourself.
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c
Gemini
(June 21 - Jul 20)
Karma police will come and
get you.
d
Cancer
(Jul 20 - Aug 10)
You believe that nobody can
judge you, but then you start
judging others around you.
Don’t be hypocritical.
e
Leo
(Aug 10 - Sep 16)
Just when you thought you
were right, the other person
was pondering about your
ignorance.
f
Virgo
(Sep 16 - Oct 30)
You can’t control everything,
let the universe be in charge
because it’s a selfish thing
to do.
g
Libra
(Oct 30 - Nov 23)
You are lost in your own
world and nobody can seem
to pull you out of it. Only
you can pull yourself together. h
Scorpio
(Nov 23 - Nov 29)
Your procrastination has
made your life fall apart.
Ï
Ophiuchus
(Nov 29 - Dec 17)
Your an outcast & laughing
subject to everyone around
you. That is all.
i
Sagittarius
(Dec 17 - Jan 20)
Calm down, patience is a
virtue.
Taurus
(May 13 - June 21)
When you wake up tomorrow
morning just try to remember
that your not the only person
on this planet.
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Safe Transfer Points
223 Boutique & Compassion Center
223 E. State St, Traverse City
(231) 421-9505
809 Provisioning Center
809 S. Garfield Ave, Traverse City
(231) 421-1670
Ann Arbor Health Collective
3060 Packard, Ann Arbor
(734) 929-5645
AuSable Compassion Club
3481 Park Rd. (M-72), Luzerne
(989) 745-2759
Best Cadillac Provisions
1632 N. Mitchell, Cadillac
(231) 884-4376
Depot Town Dispensary
35 E. Cross St, Ypsilanti
(734) 340-2941
Double D Oils Company
(231) 394-1798
(231) 631-3687
Got Meds
3405 S. Cedar St., Lansing
(517) 253-7468
Great Lakes Helping Hands
4160 E. M-72, Acme
(231) 421-5098
Green Diesel
4040 Dolen Dr., Flint
Mt. Morris Twp.
(810) 785-0306
Greenways
4566 N. M-30, Beaverton
(989) 387-9507
Hardcore Harvest
119 W. State St, Montrose
(810) 639-0051
Helping Hands Emporium
4100 Cedar St., Lansing
(517) 993-5336
Hemphill Wellness Center
3365 Associate Drive, Burton
(810) 820-3812
Higher Caliber Meds
9423 N. Dort Hwy., Mt. Morris
(810) 547-7001
Jackson County Compassion Club
1620 E. Michigan Ave, Jackson
(517) 879-2801
Magic Buds
529 S. Cedar St., Kalkaska
(231) 384-6326
Michigan Organic Solutions
3549 S. Dort #106, Flint
(810) 309-0564
Michigan Safe Transfer
3401 Corunna Rd, Flint
(810) 239-3755
The Green Room
18495 Mack Ave, Detroit
(313) 423-6892
Mt Morris Collective
G-9030 N. Saginaw, Mt Morris
(810) 686-4900
The Herbal Center
1327 E. Frances Rd. Mt. Morris
(810) 208-MEDS
Natural Remedies
1349 S. Otsego Ave Ste 1, Gaylord
(989) 748-4420
TNT
1825 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing
(517) 214-0389
Nature’s Compassion Center LLC
12261 Cleveland St. #F, Munica
(616) 837-2000
True Greenz Compassion Club
1487 S. M-30, Gladwin
(989) 426-2656
New World Seeds
502 E. Front St, Traverse City
(231) 313-2471
Western MI Alt. Med. Solutions
113 Union St., Battle Creek
(269) 339-3622
Patient Solutions 420
6242 A-28th St, Grand Rapids
(616) 214-8141
DELIVERY
Select ProVisions/Dank Bank
310 W. Front St., Traverse City
(231) 218-7534
Tao Holistic Care
11780 N.W. Monroe (M-46),
Riverdale
(989) 833-2813
The Green Bean Certifications
and Education Center
1625 W. Atherton Rd, Flint
(810) 232-4400
Helping Hands Emporium
4100 Cedar St., Lansing
(517) 993-5336
Leelanau/Grand Traverse Delivery
facebook.com/leelanaudelivery
(231) 375-7469
Natural Relief Health Center
by Cannabis
naturalreliefhealthcenter.com
(586) 344-3914
Pure Wellness
(734) 999-6621
CERTIFICATIONS
Center for Compassion LLC
733 E. 8th St., Traverse City
(231) 620-1420
Clio Caregiver Connection
105 N. Mill St. Clio
(810) 513-7350
Elite Health
310 Fulton St., Grand Rapids
(616) 644-1423
Grand Rapids Alternative Care
4582 W River Dr NE
Comstock Park
(616) 214-8944
Green Leaf Resource Center
3886 Trade Center Dr., Ann Arbor
(734) 340-5497
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Helping Hands Emporium
4100 Cedar St., Lansing
(517) 993-5336
Intessa
5668 N. Okemos Rd, E. Lansing
(517) 339-9900
M2 Certification
8255 Hall Rd. #1, Utica
(586) 321-5031
1(855)POT-DOCS
MOS Doctor Certifications
3553 S. Dort, Flint
(810) 820-8953
Muskegon Medical Marijuana Caregivers Assc
1377 E Sherman Blvd, Norton Shores
(231) 683-1403
Marijuanadoctors.com
1(800) 991-0473
MMP Certifications
18706 Eureka Rd, Southgate
(734) 281-9333
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Michigan Wellness Center
3095 S. Dye, Flint Township
(810) 820-8555
The Doctors Inn
3060 Packard, Ann Arbor
(734) 929-2873
TNT MMMP Resource Center
1825 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing
(517) 214-0389
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GARDENING STORES
Bestes
21410 Schoenherr Rd, Warren
(586) 776-1794
Clio Cultivation
12196 N. Saginaw Rd, Clio
(810) 686-4769
Greens Garden Supply
9384 N. Saginaw Road, Mt. Morris
(810) 564-8700
Green Grow, LLC
9046 N Dort Hwy, Mt Morris
(810) 687-9500
Cultivation Station
www.cultivationstation.com
Green Thumb Hydro
8460 Algoma, Rockford
(616) 884-3500
Downriver Hydro
1910 West Rd., Trenton
(734) 301-3745
Happy Harvesters
4410 S. Saginaw St., Burton
(810) 496-3005
Fenton Hydroponics & Garden Center
495 Fenway Drive, Fenton
(810) 714-1719
Happy Roots
6070 S. MLK Blvd. #C, Lansing
(517) 763-2338
Forever Green Growing Supplies
340 S. Main St, Vassar
(989) 882-9177
Helping Hands Emporium
4100 Cedar St., Lansing
(517) 993-5336
HydroKare/Galactic Gardens
3626 Miller Rd., Flint
(810) 522-3741
Michigan Hydro & Gardening Center
4260 Van Dyke Rd, #107, Almont
(810) 673-3500
Hydroponics House
391 NB Gratiot Ave., Mt. Clemens
(586) 213-1147
Organic Joe’s Grow & Brew
3496 S. Center Rd., Burton
(810) 820-2827
Hydroponics Hwy Inc
2703 Pine Grove Ave, Port Huron
(810) 982-4769
The Flower Factory
2223 E. Highland Rd., Highland
(248) 714-9292
Light Green Water
3661 Highland Rd, Waterford
(248) 681-0001
The Hydro Grow
8210 Telegraph Rd, Taylor
(313) 633-0641
Just Add Water
100 Midland Rd., Auburn
(989) 662-4700
Two Guys and a Grow Shop
3374 Atherton Rd., Burton
(810) 820-4275
Michigan Grow
3549 S. Dort #104, Flint
(810) 309-0564
ACCESSORIES
Blue in the Face
8844 E. 34 Rd., Cadillac
(231) 468-3001
Helping Hands Emporium
4100 Cedar St., Lansing
(517) 993-5336
The Laughing Buddha
4022 Alpine Ave., N.W., Comstock Park
(231) 913-1125
Smoker’s Alley
27738 Gratiot Ave., Roseville
(586) 445-8010
Blue in the Face
217 S. Main St., Mt. Pleasant
(989) 317-4900
The Laughing Buddha
3208 S. MLK Jr. Blvd., Lansing
(517) 393-1159
Smoker’s Alley
14156 E. 12 Mile Rd., Warren
(586) 774-6801
Blue in the Face
136½ E. Front St., Traverse City
(231) 231-933-6151
Lush Lighting
1964 S. 11th St., Niles
1(888) 960-4533
www.lushledlighting.com
MI Dabz
(231) 357-9541
midabz.com
The Laughing Buddha
514 E. Front St., Traverse City
(231) 943-1125
Rx Green Solutions
(603) 769-3450
www.grow-better.com
Dabs & Dildos
3549 S. Dort Hwy., Flint
Next to MI Organic Solutions
The Laughing Buddha
13480 Northland Dr., Big Rapids
(231) 796-8052
O2 Vape Pens
www.o2vapes.com
MISC.
CSG
cannabisstakeholdersgroup.com
1(888) 420-1017
IDK Farms
(989) 359-1419
[email protected]
Organibliss
(989) 839-2342
organibliss.com
GrowClean
www.buygrowclean.com
(844) 220-3416
Marijuana Forms
michiganmarijuanaforms.com
UPGC Labs
1284 12th Rd., Bark River
(906) 723-3073
Iron Labs
1825 E West Maple, Walled Lake
(248) 757-8378
Michigan’s Best Colloidal Silver
1(844) 420-7832
HowToUseColloidalSilver.com
Simson Sampson’s
(989) 355-5841
keepdemhoesincheck.com
Professional Services
Attorney Bernard Jocuns
152 W. Park St., Lapeer
(810) 245-8900
Daniel L. Price
liberty13legaldefense.com
(734) 945-1535
Joe’s Plumbing Services
(248) 635-4263
Leaf Doctor
[email protected]
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3492 S. Saginaw St., Burton
(810) 743-7250
Tax Wizard
3139 N. M-30, Sanford
(989) 971-0115
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