LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Appreciating the simple things of CBTS Thank you for the Cannabis 101: Dosing the Edible article in your last issue, Winter 2021. As someone investigating alternatives to common OTC medicine, I found it very helpful to have the information spelled out very simply in black and white. We need more articles like this easy-to-swallow piece. Keep up the good work. — Kellee Johnson | Little Italy, San Diego, California
CONTRIBUTORS Although she wasn’t born with a silver spoon in her mouth, Dianne Armitage has spent considerable time trying to remove her foot. This quest has introduced her to fascinating people and interesting situations with stories that beg to be told. When not searching for shiny objects, Dianne spends her time writing blog pieces, humor columns, and feature articles. A three-time breast cancer survivor/warrior, she wrote a humor column, Feeling Kinda Funny, for a breast cancer website for 15 years.
Good riddance, cultivation tax The Spring ’22 edition is filled with all kinds of useful information, but the meat of the matter is right up front with an excellent piece by Peter Dugré of CARP Growers on how the deck tends to be stacked against cannabis growers and in Carpinteria in particular, by way of the cultivation tax. Artichoke growers do not pay a cultivation tax, nor do avocado growers or flower growers or anyone who grows anything other than cannabis. And as we learn from the article, the cultivation tax is just one item on a long list of costs and expenses that keep retail prices inflated, forcing many consumers to choose the unregulated market. Just a few weeks after the piece was published Governor Newsom rolled out his budget plan, which calls for an end to the cultivation tax starting July 1.. There is also a bill that calls for a suspension of the tax working its way through the legislature. Real relief for growers and consumers would appear to be at hand. Thanks for an update that turned out to be so timely, and for providing accurate, science-based information at a time when it’s needed most. — Dennis Mitchell | Carpinteria, California
Thanks for the change I want to extend a great big thank you to Cannabis by the Sea for being such a great supporter of the Women Making Change series of events recently held at the Alcazar Theatre in Carpinteria in observance of Women’s History Month. The CBTS staff are Changemakers for sure and our community is better for it. Thank you! — Kim Gutierrrez | Carpinteria, California
Ellie Carr (her pen name) is a writer from San Diego, California. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and a BA in English from Humboldt State University. She was an editor, event coordinator, and art director for two student driven publications. Ellie writes about the mysteries of the body and mind through memoir, personal essays, and flash fiction. Her preferred genres are psychological thriller and dark comedy, but she is known to write a happy ending from time to time. She is a self-taught botanist and literary enthusiast who enjoys cooking and outdoor activities like hiking and kayaking. Amy Marie Orozco loves writing for and editing CBTS magazine. “It is a very exciting time to be in the cannabis industry, and I love learning so much every single day,” she explains. Most of Amy’s writing is of the nonfiction, journalism flavor, and she also has penned a couple of plays, short stories, and lots of letters. Staff members describe Amy as pretty affable (for an editor), though she can be prickly and show-offy with the grammar rules no one else follows. Seana-Marie Sesma, an eighth-generation Santa Barbara native and founder of Mary Jane Services Network, specializes in commercial cannabis license processing, which includes managing regulatory compliance for maintaining local and state licenses. MJSN is a hard-working, educated, and engaged team of content writers, project managers, and industry professionals who create application specific documentation that adheres to regulations set forth by the local and state regulatory agencies — this can be deleted, if you need the filler, use it. During the past five years working in the cannabis licensing space, Ms. Sesma has successfully led commercial cannabis entrepreneurs throughout California to successfully acquire and maintain their local and state licenses in all cannabis activities. CS Summer 2022 Cannabis by the Sea
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