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re you curious about growing your own medicine? Since cannabis became legal in Canada three years ago, many of us have begun to grow it to treat conditions including chronic pain, arthritis, insomnia, nervous conditions and more. The legal ability to grown four plants per household in BC has the potential to ensure personal supply, save a lot of money, grow organically, and to avoid the pesticides, herbicides and radiation used on commercial crops. Cannabis can easily be grown outdoors (they don’t call it ‘weed’ for nothing!) or in a greenhouse, then harvested and dried in October and turned into a wide range of medicine to suit your needs. Specific strains with elevated levels of non-psychotropic CBD can be grown for those who wish to avoid or limit the “high” associated with the THC found in cannabis. For those who prefer not to smoke or vape it, cannabis can be easily heated in the oven to cure it (known as “decarboxylation”), then infused in vegetable oil or butter for ingestion by mouth or capsule and for use in cooking, baking or massage. Cannabis has a history dating back 10,000 years as medicine, paper, rope, sails, fuel, machine oil, clothing and more. Cannabis was grown by the French and English in Acadia (now Nova Scotia) in the 1600s. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis on their plantations. Cannabis was banned in the 1920’s in North America after US corporate interests aligned against it to protect their timber, plastic and oil markets. Cannabis is only now beginning to be appreciated as a powerful medicinal plant again. Cannabis is a gift to us all, particularly as we age, and learning how to grow and
Canna Classes With Robin Round use it medicinally is a skill we can easily acquire. Want to learn more? Botanical Bliss will offer 4 classes on “Making Cannabis Oils and Ointments” in Duncan this fall (Sept 18, 25, and Oct 3) for $40 (+GST) each. You will learn the history of cannabis, plant components (THC/CBD) and their action, how the plant works to heal, what conditions cannabis treats, what plants to grow for what purposes, and tips to maximize the potential of your plants for healing uses. All classes are ADULTS ONLY. Class registration is on line at www.botanicalbliss.ca or call Robin at 250-710-276 during business hours. Robin Round is President of Botanical Bliss, a Duncanbased herbal plants and products company. She is a Chartered Herbalist and Aromatherapist with over 25 years of experience working with, caring for, and loving plants.
