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HEALTH Med With Love Chai

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FEATURE Adam Dunn

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HEALTH VA for MMJ

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FEATURE CO-OP Microgrowers Guild

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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January 2015 The DOPEST Issue

STRAIN OF THE MONTH Cotton Candy

DOPE is a free publication dedicated to providing an informative and wellness-minded voice to the cannabis movement. While our foundation is the medical cannabis industry, it is our intent to provide ethical and research-based articles that address the many facets of the war on drugs, from politics to lifestyle and beyond. We believe that through education and honest discourse, accurate policy and understanding can emerge. DOPE Magazine is focused on defending both our patients and our plant, and to being an unceasing force for revolutionary change.

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STRAIN OF THE MONTH CANNABINOID CONTENT 25.7% THC 0.07% CBD Tested by 3B Analytical

Cotton Candy Kush WRITTEN BY LAUREN TERRY PHOTO BY DANIEL ERICH

MEDICAL BENEFITS When I smoked some CCK midday, I was concerned it would be too strong for work. Its effects however, turned out to be calming and euphoric, honing my focus on my lengthy to-do list without causing me to feel overwhelmed. While loosening up my taut neck muscles, this strain is also a great remedy for stress and anxiety and keeps your head clear of minor worries allowing focus on what’s important.

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This strain comes from potent stock.

Cotton Candy Kush offers both physical relaxation from the indica Lavender Kush and a soothing cerebral buzz from the sativa genes in Power Plant.

Lavender is frequently recommended as a bedtime strain, while Power Plant is such a high-THC sativa that smokers of lower-tolerance are recommended to take it slow.

These fluffy, primo nugs live up to their name. The coloring is bright green with soft orange hairs surrounding each one like a sugary, ginger cloud. Grown indoors and patiently slowcured, the leafy buds are noticeably soft to the touch and pillowy when broken up.

At first, Cotton Candy Kush smells refreshingly sweet like a peppermint.

A few of Lavender’s floral terpenes are still present here, in addition to the fresh, citrus notes from Power Plant. The scent is crisp and green, reminding me of the young shoots soon to break through the cold ground this spring.

This is arguably the sweetest strain I’ve ever tasted. Slightly floral and fruity, the taste is so flavorful that even the smoke has a sweet scent to it, and after trying a bowl in a bong, my lips tasted like candy.

The treat is light and fleeting - it’s difficult not to keep packing bowls to continue enjoying the flavor.

Whether it’s the usual weekday lunch break or the end of a particularly long Monday, this is great smoke. Longlasting euphoria keeps the spirits up, while soothing indica genes seek out areas of tense, sore muscles. The relaxing effects of this strain combined with a positive mindset provide a balanced euphoria for serene reflection.

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EXODUS WELLNESS CENTER & SOCIAL CLUB Your Home Away from Home

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WHAT’S INSIDE

If you’ve ever felt rushed while shopping for medicine, you’ll find refuge in the Exodus Wellness Center. Located on the corner of SE Powell and 162nd, this quaint dispensary strives to redefine customer service with their living room-inspired social club. In case one feels like unwinding after a long day, wooden picnic tables sit in front of a flat screen tv and a gaming console with several controllers. Owners Rick and Cat operate on the patients’ time, never making them feel pressured to make their selection and get a move on. People are encouraged to relax, order a plate of hot food if they’re hungry, and enter the bud room when they feel like it. Once inside, there is an impressive selection of flower and edibles, as well as concentrates from vendors like Mad Farma and Golden Xtrx.

Exodus was born from a lack of adequate customer service in the area. Rick and Cat knew people should be treated with more empathy and patience than what they were seeing. They gathered a team with the same values, who volunteered their time to help get the dispensary on its feet. When I asked if their name was inspired by Bob Marley’s song, they told me that it was a Rasta reference, and more of a traditional reference to “a way out.” Before opening Exodus, Cat worked long hours that kept her away from her children. The dispensary allowed for them to build new careers and improve the quality of life for their loved ones. Open over a year now, they currently host weekly football and UFC viewing events in their social club.

More than offering modern amenities, Cat emphasized that their success is built on their sincerity. “We came out strong, and we haven’t changed. We put customer service first in a way that no one else does.” Whether you’re in the neighborhood, or just had an especially rough Monday, consider escaping to Exodus on your way home.

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Med with Love Chai Infused with Love

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As I sat across from David Bundren, the owner of Med With Love, a local Portland Company, at nearby Portland cafÊ, I couldn’t help but think I was sitting across from some of the best energy I had been around in a while. Quick to smile with his answers to my questions, and with laughter in his voice, I almost instantly understood how the beverages this company

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makes, are infused with love.

The conversation flowed easily, like with an old friend, except I had only met David once, and briefly at that. As I learned about Med With Love, I fell in love with the process in which these beverages are made, almost as much as I am with the fine products themselves.

EDIBLES Q&A WITH DAVID BUNDREN DOPE: Please tell us about the products that Med With Love makes.

What products does your company produce?

David: Our flagship product is our Chai, both the Oh Ji and the Chocolate. Soon after that came our Kombuchas, slightly by accident, first the Chai Bouch, and then the Green Bouch - that’s the one made with fresh cannabis juice that we currently offer in an activated as well as a non-activated form.

DOPE: How long have you been an established business, and where are you based?

David: I have been brewing Chai for over a decade, ever since I started practicing and teaching Kundalini Yoga. I have been passionately making food that is tasty, as well as beautiful and nutritious for longer than that. We have an operations center in both Portland, Oregon, where I live, and in my native hometown of Seattle, Washington.

DOPE: I noticed on the labels of your products that you listed many organic ingredients. What other types of ingredients are used in your products?

David: We use whole foods, superfoods, and plant materials that are organic, sourced locally, and grown and produced ethically. This is an easy place for our core values (Sacred Local Organic Wellness) to come in. We would also like to be part of the solution for helping people have less sugar and other allergens in their diet. Our Chai, for example, is lightly sweetened and contains no milk (dairy or otherwise), giving you the freedom to drink it as is or to make it into your own blend of sweet and creamy.

DOPE: I know that some of your beverages have raw cannabis juice in them, yet still taste delicious! Can you please explain how much activated THC vs non activated THC is in each of your beverages?

David: We generally aim for an 85-15 activated to non-activated THC content in our cannabis extracts for our psycho-active products. For our non-psycho-active the numbers are of course much different, with about 95% of the THC remaining in its acidic form.

DOPE: Your company name says it all, how do you infuse love into the meds?

David: I make myself part of the process from the beginning to the end.

From knowing the growers, to having my hands on the plants from which the oil is extracted, into the kitchen - which I absolutely treat as a temple and sacred space - personally meeting all of our vendors and hand-picking the ingredients.

My day starts with my yoga practice. Then, once my family has transitioned out to work and school, I get to work in my kitchen.

Production is a wonderful opportunity for my Bhakti Yoga - my devotional practice. I sing sacred chants and songs while brewing and bottling, really infusing love into a tangible product that then goes out into the world and delivers its magic as much as the recipient allows it to.

there, they asked me if I wanted to help them with some gardening.

And so for about the next year I worked with them - I especially enjoy working with the plants while they are still alive and growing - and one day, we’re talking about my Chai business that I was starting to bring out into the conventional marketplace and they suggested that it would make an awesome medicated beverage. That was definitely an early milestone in the genesis of Med With Love and I have a lot of gratitude for that series of events that has led me here.

DOPE: Any products coming up that our audience should watch for?

David: Be on the lookout for a Mandarin-Ginger Soda that we plan to release by spring of 2015! Also on our radar are a few more beverages that mix and match well with our Chai.

DOPE: What strains do you use in your products? What extraction methods?

David: We are constantly searching for the best strains and methods of extraction. We are currently working with some private suppliers that make us some really excellent extracts made through both CO2 Compression as well as Proprietary forms of Ethanol Extraction. We strive for sources of Sustainable, Organic Farmers and we develop longterm, strategic relationships with our growers, just as with our other vendors.

In terms of strains, we have a really solid Blueberry-dominant that translates really well into our extracts. Blackberry Kush, OG Kush, Sour Diesel, and Girl Scout Cookies are a few others that we have been working with.

In 2015 we are looking at bringing out an expanded line to include some special formulations for Specific Medical Conditions. ACDC, for example is a 1:20 THC-CBD ratio that we are looking at to help people address Epilepsy, Autism, and a few other major complaints - without the mind-altering effects. We are also working on standardizing a formula with White Widow for an everyday, more head-space experience, and something like a Diesel Tonic for a more body-based experience, still with the other health benefits of a high-CBD strain.

DOPE: What kind of effects should patients expect when they consume your products?

David: Before I even add cannabis we expect better health, better digestion, better circulation, and improved vitality. Post adding cannabis I expect a happier, more energetic, more creative, more loving, less depressed, less stressed, pain relieved person.

DOPE: Is there anything else that you would like us to know?

David: I really encourage people to slow down at least once a day, even just for a minute. Take a breath, unplug, think of what you’re grateful for, and send some love to yourself and out to the world. Remember one of the laws of alchemy - it takes love to make love.

DOPE: What inspired your company’s beginnings?

David: A few years ago I went up to Seattle to do a weekend of Balinese Monkey Chanting with a teacher and a small group of friends. Some long-time friends invited me to stay over with them and, while I was

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With the turnout at this year’s Dope Industry Awards (DIA’s) you can see the wave of change has fully hit our shores. The night was one to remember with over 700 guests in attendance at one of Seattle’s most iconic venues; Showbox Sodo.

The night was hosted by the always entertaining Jose Bolanos from Movin’ 92.5 who kept the crowd laughing as all 25 awards were handed out. The musical guests, Eldridge Gravy & The Court Supreme brought the funk to the DIA’s with over two-hours of dance inducing tunes.

Many awards were given out to very deserving businesses and individuals along with a very special innagural “Lifetime Achievement Award” to the one-and-only Marc Emery, presented by the legendary Vivian McPeak (founder of Hempfest), with an acceptance speech coming via-video from Vancouver B.C.. This award will now be named the “Emery Award” for each year’s recipients who will be chosen based on their efforts to progress the cannabis movement.

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ADAM DUNN A H E A D O F T H E C LO U D

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ne could say that Adam Dunn has a knack for cannabusiness.

He followed his pipe dream to Amsterdam at 19 years old, arriving well before the Red Light District became an official stop on college euro-trips. Armed with a grounded sense of

humor and youthful ambition, he started several companies, resulting in his multi-million dollar enterprise today. His seed company, THSeeds and his store, Hempworks, are doing well back in Amsterdam, and his clothing company, Hoodlamb, is advancing hemp fashion far beyond rasta colored loungewear with chic, modern styles and textiles.

However, as 2010 approached, Dunn took notice of the changes in the Netherland’s drug laws. Rules were tightening up in Europe, while the United States began to beckon with possibility from across the pond.

He made his way back to the States five years ago, ventured around to check out the progress within the industry, and eventually settled in Colorado. Ever the entrepreneur, he hasn’t ignored the increasing buzz around the Northwest cannabis industry. During a visit to Portland,

we could do better than the stuff we were seeing. We started making

Oregon last month, DOPE got the chance to sit down with him and

baseball jerseys, of course, as Americans in Holland, and put a little

hear his story first hand.

paper dispenser in a secret pocket as an attractive detail.” American

“When I arrived in Amsterdam, I had one phone number, a friend of

tourists were thrilled, and would immediately buy their team’s jersey,

my mom who’d been living there for about fifteen years. She had this

but it didn’t catch on as they’d imagined with the locals. They needed a

great apartment and offered to let me stay for $90 a month. I ended up

bolder declaration of American ingenuity in order to turn heads.

going home, selling everything I had, then came back with the means

“There was a particular Dutch grower who spoke poorly of any of us

to build my first grow room upstairs in the same building. It was like a

Americans when our backs were turned-- I was always out to beat him

junkyard - a mess of scrap bike parts and other crap, but I was literally

at the Cup. One year, he’d done colored seeds. It’s an old practice, you

able to build my grow room out of things I found up in the attic. I called

take fungicide and colored powder, and coat the seeds for identification

it ‘Scrapoponics’ at the time, because it was a bunch of sink parts and

purposes, so that the different colors show each strain. Well, they ended

dishwasher hoses.”

up looking a lot like Trix cereal. I called up a friend in the States, had

After four years, he’d found a few like-minded individuals with

him mail me a box of cereal, poured them into a bowl, and snapped

a passion for growing and was able to start his first business, C.I.A,

a photo.” Dunn then placed a text above the image that read, “Silly

“Cannabis in Amsterdam.” The familiar acronym is no accident: Integrity

Growers, Tricks are for Kids.” On the other side of the flyer, he placed

is something Dunn takes very seriously. His ideas are embedded in a

images of his seeds: natural seeds, free of any chemicals or dyes, and

desire for transparency and truth. “CIA was sort of about counter-

let the seeds speak for themselves. It gave him an edge, and showed

information, we wanted to tell the truth about cannabis. We were

that he’s having fun with his craft, while reminding customers how out

going to try to figure it all out. We were young guys who knew this was

of touch his contemporaries were. Dunn was able to make playful, eye-

going to go somewhere and didn’t know where to start.” They ended

catching ad campaigns without much more than a subtle comparison

up trying the retail route first, buying a lot of hemp clothing to sell, but

between traditional methods and his own.

the uncomfortable, ill-fitting designs weren’t very popular. “We knew

Though such enduring prosperity usually signals a shrewd

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Dunn now hosts a show on iCannabis Radio, “The Adam Dunn Show,” which covers marijuana happenings as they merge with mainstream culture.

“One of the things I do on my show is work to unravel the origins of the really great strains, and bring those people back into the fold, because they’ve been disenfranchised by a lot of infighting. Every great strain has massive infighting built into it, that’s how it all works. If it doesn’t, it’s not a great strain. Why would you fight over a shitty strain?”

His current project is to get to the bottom of one of the most disputed legendary strains: OG Kush. “This one guy who’d been listening to my show, he got in touch and talked about how we’ve been lied to about wars, we’ve been lied to for hundreds of years. There’s so much disinformation going around that in just 19 years with this one plant, we’re already at the point where only a few people remain on the planet who know the true story behind OG Kush. So we started the O-Genome project. We’re going to collect every base strain we know, and we’ve got the foundation of OG or the Ogre, then we have Bubba, Chem, and Sour; businessman, Dunn set out from the start to foster connections and

basically everybody from the original crew. Start with

work cooperatively. That doesn’t mean he isn’t careful. “With cannabis,

them, then take everybody else’s and figure out where they fit on the

there are always going to be more partners and more breakups. Many

map. We’re going to make some people stars, and we’re going to call

times it comes down to one person having the brains, and the other

some people out. A little bit like Maury Povich, you know? ‘You are not

having the money, and the money tends to win. I have people who

the father!’ We want to dispel the myths, and certify the real deals.” So

consider themselves my ‘partners’ all over the world, and I like to make

yes -- you’ll finally be able to tell that one friend who claims his ex-

people feel like that. In most industries I’m about two degrees apart

roommate created Headband that he’s full of it.

from someone I needed to work with on my next project, but very few

Adam Dunn’s career trajectory is much more than the Stoner Dream.

people have gotten me to sign a contract. On the other hand, cannabis

This is both the high-fi entrepreneurial pursuit of building empires

in general is about collaborations, especially from a seed point of view,

abroad, and the tale of success by pure creativity and intuition. Dunn

every strain is a collaboration.”

didn’t have a blue blood’s inheritance, a network of helpful connections

Amidst the hubbub of recreational legalization, he hasn’t lost focus

in Europe, or a formal education in international agricultural business.

on the industrial hemp game -- and that focus far exceeds retail

He had to prove himself to skeptical Dutch growers, dismissing the

clothing. “I’ve worked a lot with Rocky Mountain Hemp, we harvested

American growers with amusement, and he persevered setting a

six acres this past year by hand. It’s still in the infantile stages, which

professional example for a man of this industry, by any country’s

is where I want to be before everything happens. I like to say that this

standards. We all benefit from his work providing real information about

industry is like a big spear: the tip of it is cannabis, as far as medical and

cannabis and the business of agriculture. Tune in to The Adam Dunn

recreational goes, and everybody’s focused on the tip. No one’s looking

Show and learn more about his progress with the O-Genome Project,

at the rest of the spear coming up. Things are going to get so real...

and don’t forget to listen on 4/20 when they announce the results live

we’re going to have tons of hemp. Building houses out of it, plastic and

in Denver. Until then, Dunn has 96 samples and a wide range of origin

compounds, not to mention research.” He went on to mention how

stories to review. Ssshh, quiet...genius at work.

big of a breakthrough it will be when legislation surrounding industrial

For Hoodlamb, the hemp clothing retailer: www.shop.hoodlabstore.com

hemp is streamlined, and how the United States’ climate will allow us to

For more info on the OGenome Project: www.AdamDunnShow.com

be the world’s leader in industrial hemp production.

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Pulling up to the quaint beige house, nestled discreetly in Eugene’s Whiteaker District, patients might wonder if they’ve reached their destination. There’s no fancy signage. No green cross. But just through that non-descript door, lies a collective group of like minded growers, producing small batches of organic medicine for patients treating a myriad of conditions.

On my first visit, I was greeted with smiles and the smell of fresh baked goods. Jon, the head budtender, led me into a small, but comfortable patient waiting area filled with cannabis related magazines, books and videos. There was one patient ahead of me, so we chatted up popular strains, CBD and pheno-hunting. His knowledge was refreshing and informative. “It’s really important that everyone here is educated about cannabis and its medicinal uses. We’re all patients first and foremost, so we strive to give our patients the same kind of care, compassion and knowledge we would expect if we were on the other side of the counter”.

Upon entering the medicine room, the first thing I noticed was that this was going to be a one-on-one patient experience. No big glitzy retail area with multiple budtenders and patients. Just you and your budtender. “People’s health and their care is vitally important to us. We don’t sell “pot”. We are medicine providers and patients deserve our undivided attention,” explained owners Debra Grosella & Adam Jacques.

Then I saw them. Sitting there on the display case were gluten-free, organic handmade goodies from the Guild’s in-house line of edibles called Eat Half First. I was excited to see both savory and sweet choices. Pesto. BBQ beef jerky. Peppermint bark. Even pizzelles. Their menu and potency change regularly based on patient wants and needs because according to Grosella, in this case, “food is medicine.”

Their selection of all indoor organic flower was impressive too.. It featured over 20 strains including three that ranged from 11% to 17.67% CBD. “Cannabis is medicine, so In addition to the states requirements on testing, our growers adhere to a strict commitment to organics because it’s healthiest way to create medicine and it allows us to be a steward of the environment,” Jacques told me.

The level of care, commitment and knowledge shown by those at Oregon Microgrowers Guild made for a very unique patient experience. So, the next time you’re in Eugene stop in. If you’re experience was anything like mine, you won’t be sorry.

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The Oregon Growers Political Action Committee Written By Lauren Terry The conversation surrounding marijuana legalization tends to focus on the individual’s right to have access; the individual’s right to consume it. However progressive these discussions may be, rules have yet to be set to appropriately license and regulate growers. Portland lawyer Amy Margolis saw this flaw in our state’s marijuana legislation, rounded up a group of dedicated growers, and hired a lobbyist. Thus the Oregon Growers Political Action Committee was born, to work towards a safe and legal business

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environment for all. The group has already made huge strides in connecting growers of different cities and methods of operation.

Margolis’ law firm, Emerge, has quickly grown to be a full-service office, representing everyone from dispensaries and investors, to edible companies and cannabis processors. When I asked Margolis why a PAC wields more influence than a run-of-the-mill advocacy group, she explained how important it is to have a presence during the legislative session.

GROW “I used to lobby myself, it was clear to me that the cannabis community needed people on the ground in order to get their voices heard. People didn’t know how to get involved, so when no one was lobbying when Senate Bill 1351 happened, a lot of people got screwed.”

The PAC’s first goal is to address the lack of actual regulations for growers. “The OMMP isn’t a commercial statute. We want to see a licensing process established for growers and processors...There are always going to be people who want to restrict who, how and where marijuana is grown, and we want to assert the growers’ authority while those rules are being set.”

The state legislature and the OLCC don’t know much about how the system currently functions, so having a voice in the capitol will contribute real, useful input while major decisions are made. They’re the first entity to make it a point to educate lawmakers about how everything works.

The OR Grower’s PAC has met with enthusiastic support since it’s conception, and the growers will be funding an additional lobbyist for the upcoming session, ensuring that the community’s opinions won’t be dismissed.

According to Margolis, the biggest obstacle to the PAC comes from inside the community itself. Old geographic and cultural divides have built up years of tension between Southern Oregon and the Willamette Valley, and indoor vs. outdoor operations. Most experienced growers come from an era when you couldn’t answer a knock at the door without fear, much less swap lighting methods over a pint at the bar. Now though, at this point in time, it’s become in everyone’s best interest to work together, fighting for the same rights and safeties.

From Margolis’ perspective, “The industry can be it’s own worst enemy. A unified voice will always be more effective, and that’s always the hardest part. Being open with information within the community will speed up positive change.”

Matt Walstatter, a Portland grower and dispensary owner who is a founding member of the PAC. He knows the legislators won’t listen until they see unity, and has worked in a cooperative way to be a relatable face for the Northern population. “It’s important to present the PAC as inclusive; we represent everyone. All the regions share common goals. In the end,

we all want to function without anyone or any rule threatening our way of life.”

Fortunately, trust issues amongst the varied groups in Oregon’s cannabis industry are finally fading. On his last visit to southern Oregon for a conference held by the Sungrown Guild, Walstatter saw better relations between all the growers. “It was like Measure 91 cleared the air. No more arguing over whether or not recreational should pass; now it’s time to act. People are opening their minds to working together and sharing ideas.” Communicating values and concerns to one another is the initial step in getting to the core of what the growers of Oregon need from the state government.

The PAC now contains members across the state, from Southern Oregon, to Bend, and along the coast, and they increase in number every day. Fifteen members were present at the Sungrown Guild’s December conference, including Margolis, who was in equally high spirits over the increased congeniality amongst the attendees. “It was so exciting to see everyone talking to one another. Those collaborative conversations are more influential than laws; those show real progress. Sharing resources is more effective and strengthens our team.”

They’re currently focused on building a team to backup the lobbyists in Salem this session, and Walstatter intends to be in Salem weekly during the rulemaking.

He expects the legislature to focus first on to whether or not the OMMP will undergo any changes, then to city and local taxes, and regulation of lab testing. Walstatter’s chief objective is to encourage the OHA and OLCC to create rules that allow evolution with research.

“Everything is still so new, labs are always changing their methods with additional understanding. There has to be room for adjustment so we can improve our processes with further research.”

Now that marijuana has been legalized in Oregon, the industry is solidifying and developing into a more complete system.

The PAC represents professionalism, the protection of civil liberties, and the means to navigate bureaucratic procedures.

When their lobbyists step into the ring during the upcoming session, I think it’s safe to say legislators won’t be plagued with any remaining associations of Cheech and Chong.

“According to Margolis, the biggest obstacle to the PAC comes from inside the community itself. Old geographic and cultural divides have built up years of tension between Southern Oregon and the Willamette Valley, and indoor vs. outdoor operations.”

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What immediately struck me as a regular user of The Co2 Company’s products, is the flavor of this CBD pen is much milder than their THC pens. The flavor is gentle on the pallet, and its a very pleasant, albeit faint, sweet taste with earthy undertones.

The effects of CBD are amazing for almost any ailment, especially conditions that are dominated by pain or anxiety.

The Federal Government has held the patent on CBD as a neuroprotectant since October 2003. It is US Patent 6630507 titled “Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants.” The patent states “The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and HIV dementia.” This patent clearly states why it is so important for so many patients.

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Humans are not the only ones to appreciate cannabis. Fungal species from various crawls of life find comfort between the parts of the flower and upon leaves of cannabis plants. Some of these are relatively harmless and some deserve more attention. According to Oregon’s dispensary law and administrative rules, dispensaries must ensure that all medical marijuana passes a mold screen. The rules allow for a mold and mildew limit of up to 10,000 CFU/g (Colony Forming Units per gram).

Our observations show that mold screening may not be sufficient for assessing the safety of medicine.

Since the implementation of the rules, Green Leaf Lab has analyzed samples that did not pass the test.

The good news is that samples with high fungal counts were screen out of the dispensaries. However, there are many samples that pass under the 10,000 CFU/g radar which may still contain dangerous molds.

These samples that pass are essentially false negatives; they are deemed safe for dispensary distribution yet maybe inoculated with harmful molds and mycotoxins. Mycotoxins are toxic substances produced by certain fungi that adversely affect human health.

The extent of the adverse effects are unknown. Patients with robust immune systems need not worry, but caution is a good principle to follow as few clinical studies have been conducted on this subject. Patients seeking healthy means of consuming cannabis should consider what type of fungi are acceptable for their overall physical condition.

Sample 1 “passes” with 3,040 CGU/g, which is well below the limit. Samples 2 and 3 fail because they exceed the 10,000 CFU/ limit.

Which sample in figure 1 would you rather medicate with? This question may be challenging to answer as a mold screen cannot differentiate between species of fungi. Not all molds produce mycotoxins but the species that produce them do FIGURE 1: MOLD SCREENS, ACCOMPANIED WITH REPORTED CFU/G so depending on the growth substrate and conditions. For example, in the case of Aspergillus fumigatus, a mycotoxin producing fungi also has the ability to infect the user. When inhaled, the spores of A. fumigatus are capable of colonizing within lung tissue, potentially spreading to other organs.

Keeping the medicine supply safe does not require exterminating all mold strains and the use of harmful pesticides is not the antidote. The solution is a healthy balance of species, one that reflects a balanced growing medium and environment. This means setting zero tolerance limits for known harmful molds and requiring a mycotoxin assay. Figure 2 shows common molds known to be prevalent in cannabis with the adverse-health affecting species on the right side. Other molds, as shown on the left, are relatively non-toxic however cause crop damage. Some species fungi, FIGURE 2: COMMON FUNGI IN CANNABIS particularly soil dwelling ones, can even be beneficial as they facilitate nutrient uptake!

Fungi are not to be feared across the board but knowledge-based precaution is a must.

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The Eyce bong is a process, a journey, an adventure, and one you’ll be happy to have taken when all is said and done. In order to make this work, you’ll need a large freezer, with at least a foot of free vertical space to stand up the mold, and some patience. The mouthpiece is placed at the bottom of the mold with the downstem in the middle, then fill the mold with water and place it in the freezer. Once it’s entirely frozen (this will take longer than you think) then it is time to take it out, rinse with warm water, and let it sit for twenty minutes. After this, you should be ready to unsheath your new creation, and if the job has been done right, enjoy your fancy looking bong that keeps the hits cool and refreshing.

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Congress has just voted in favor of a new spending bill for the next fiscal year that includes an amendment disallowing the use of Justice Department funds to be used against medical marijuana or industrial hemp in states that have deemed them legal. This is a major victory against the War-on-Drugs as there will

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now be no risk of being prosecuted or raided for breaking a federal prohibition in a state where you have a legal right to do so. It is great to see the national mindset changing and patients being given the protections they deserve.

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Big Time Breeding American technology developer BreedIT has joined forces with lisenced Israeli grower Seach Ltd to create a new program called KanaboSeed. KanaboSeed hopes to create new strains of cannabis specifically tailored to certain ailments with precise effects. BreedIT has had success in creating a new strain of cherry tomato and believes they can transfer their process of trait selection and crop modification to the world of weed.

Federal Legalization on Native American Reservations The U.S. Justice Department will no longer consider it illegal for Native Americans to cultivate and sell cannabis on their sovereign lands. The laws of the state that the reservation is located in will play no part and it sounds as if the federal government is letting the individual tribes decide what they’d like the rules to be.

However, while this might seem like a positive, it turns out the decision was in response to a request from tribes in states where marijuana is legal, asking the federal government to enforce bans on legal pot on their reservations, which the justice department flatly declined.

A Not-So-Merry-Christmas A woman in San Bernardo, Chile, has been arrested after it turned out that her 6-foot tall christmas tree was, in fact, a large, flowering weed plant.

With presents scattered about the bottom of the stalk, police raided her home and arrested her after finding 20 other cannabis plants to go along with the festive Kushmas tree. While Chile has seen recent steps forward for medical cannabis, producing and selling it is still clearly highly discouraged – even if you dress it up with the cheeriest decorations around.

Legal? “I don’t know, and I don’t care” Boston man, Bill Downing, has opened up a shop called CBD Please that offers patients nonpsychoactive, hemp-derived products to help with their medical issues. The murky medical laws and slow-moving bureaucratic licensing process in Massachusetts have made it difficult for business owners to open their doors and start serving patients. Downing, however, doesn’t care to wait, and the patients of Boston are increasingly thankful for his brave activism and continued fight to bring them Cannabidiol.

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Port Arena is a tiny town of about 450 residents located just south of Albion and Mendocino proper, with Highway 1 converging onto its Main Street, and dotted with motels and charming bungalows from the 1920s.

Leonard Ochs arrived in Port Arena ten years ago with his life partner, Nancy, ironically for her health issues. Ten months ago Lenard Ochs was given two to four months to live, when he was diagnosed with Stage4 Sickle Cell Carcinoma. The tumors protruding several inches from his neck were threatening his life support, hindering the work of arteries carrying blood from his heart. Today, the mass is one-third smaller thanks to a daily dose of strong cannabis oil.

“We actually came back to California from Alaska for Nancy’s health care,” explained Ochs. “She’s a stage four breast cancer survivor, and has been through chemo, radiation, surgeries – you name it. It’s been twelve years now that she’s been in remission.”

Nancy sits by Ochs’ side in a sunny spot in the couple’s back yard, her head resting on his shoulder. She is waft-like from continued illness and complications from myriad surgeries, including organ removal. The aftermath of traditional therapies have created a seemingly domino effect of illness to treatment, causing further complications and a need for a lifetime of prescription meds.

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Nancy is just beginning to think about ingesting Cannabis, as the traditional options provided to her only failed and disappointed, and part of her inspiration comes from Leonard’s success with his treatment.

Leonard sports a large, white bandage on the left side of his neck, crediting Nancy to his care in changing them daily, as he shares how he came to use Cannabis oil as his only treatment.

Tumors associated with this type of cancer are typically located on the ears, lower lip, and the back of hands – areas most likely to be burned by the sun or exposed to “chemicals and radiation” as detailed in the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute’s site, cancer.org.

Ochs tumor was pronounced and growing rapidly, making surgery precarious, and decisions regarding treatment difficult, to say the least.

“I was not sure I was going to let them do chemo and radiation,” he admitted. “Something about them wanting me to sign a form allowing them to poison me didn’t sit right. It was too much for my brain to take. Hippocrates said, ‘first do no harm.’ I told my oncologist every time I come here someone hurts me.”

Depending on the size and placement of tumors associated with Sickle Cell Carcinoma, treatment can include surgery,

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chemotherapy and/or radiation, and therein lay the challenges. As tumors wrap around vital organs, nerves, and arteries, traditional treatments damage the good and the bad cells, as they do not discriminate.

“The treatments are big business,” Leonard said, “when Nancy was going to the UCSF (University of California at San Francisco) oncology department twelve years ago it was four buildings – now it’s eight buildings. More people are sick. In the 1900s it was one in twenty people with cancer. Now they keep saying one in three people get cancer, but now it seems it’s nearly one in one.”

While undergoing what seemed like endless testing combined with lots of crying and worrying about Nancy’s future without him, Leonard said he watched ‘Run From the Cure’, Rick Simpson’s testimony to the strong oil otherwise known as “Rick Simpson Oil” or “RSO”, which he re-invented more than thirteen years ago for his own terminal squamous cell carcinoma.

“I have a problem in that I’m an engineer with a scientific background,” Ochs explained. “After about three weeks of looking at all this stuff I found there are many alternative therapies, but there was something about Rick Simpson that came across as real to me. Something told me he wasn’t lying to me.”

Simpson’s survival and subsequent sharing of the specific recipe for the strong oil has saved thousands of lives to date, with many testimonials shared of putting the most invasive cancers into remission in weeks to months – depending on the strength of the oil made, namely the

percentage of THC in the mix.

“I’m not saying these things work for everyone like it’s a magic bullet,” Ochs continued. “I’m just saying we need to study this plant more. We need to study the positive aspects and I will say this, if there are any negative aspects of this treatment, I haven’t found them.”

Ochs continues his daily dose; first by ingesting the strong oil, and more recently, by using the oil in a suppository, allowing medicine to skip his digestive tract entirely for direct healing. This delivery method is also said to lessen the “loopiness” associated with the elevated THC count in the oil.

“My social worker told me I had a team at the hospital” Ochs said. “We are your team,” she told me. “Who is that?”

I asked. She answered that my team “included her, the oncologist, the nurses, and one nutritionist.” I have the dietary list, and it’s the worst nutrition ever - disgusting food full of sugar and salt – really terrible stuff. I told her “There’s no team spirit at this hospital” and he laughed.

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or the past thirty years Ed Rosenthal has been known as the “Guru of Ganja,” penning more than a dozen books on the subject of cultivating the world’s favorite and most illicit herb.

His “Ask Ed” column ran in High Times for nearly twenty years, allowing him inside Amsterdam’s grow scene via its Cups, giving him access to greenhouse secrets. That access became our benefit as he shared European horticultural skills on U.S. soil, via his how-to books self-published through his own Quick Trading Co. with wife Jane Klein, that still continue to stay ahead of the Cannabis curve.

His stint teaching at Oaksterdam University in Oakland, California gave us the, “Marijuana Grower’s Handbook,” now the official handbook of Oak U, and considered the “Bible” of the one room grow.

I last reviewed Ed’s pest book, “Marijuana Pest & Disease Control” aimed at helping all gardeners with common bug and disease issues.

It was considered a crossover book, as all gardeners share the same garden problems and pests and dealing with them is relatively the same.

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in and around it, this has been a bone of contention as I’ve watch “growers” ignore basic gardening techniques I learned from my mom, who learned from her grandmother.

BEYOND GARDENING Medicine is my area – making medicinal products from various plant materials and delivery methods is what I do, what I help others with, and a common theme in my writing. While I’m no dabber, I can hold my own with the best of them, and I want to know my medicine is made safely, with the best materials, in the best way possible - and that’s what this book is all about.

With “Beyond Buds”, Ed teams up with fellow Bay area weed writer David Downs with great results, as Downs has been covering the Cannabis movement in California consistently now for several years, starting up blogs and writing for many magazines.

Back in 2002 Rosenthal penned “Ask Ed: Marijuana Gold – Trash to Stash,” opening everyone’s eyes to the many uses of the leaf and stem

MEDIA REVIEW we had been tossing out for decades. The methods have since been refined, with an added focus on safety, a big priority for the home chemist who may attempt their own concentrates.

Concentrates are key in delivering good medicine into our system, for this plant is complex in its uses, and we just need to access the goodness within.

Understanding what and where that goodness is in the plant is everything. “Glands” with “resin” are detailed early on, leaving a discussion on “terpenes” and “cannabinoids” at the back of the book. This perplexed me as we all know now that terpenes are where the essential oils of the plant are, and where the medicine is stored within the glands.

That being said, this book leans towards recreation, so the terpene and CBD placement as an afterthought appears appropriate.

ASK ED The “Ask Ed” faction is incorporated early in each chapter where, addressing questions from a readers, he further explains the “what and why” of each process. I especially liked the bit on “shoe hash,” which I learned from a man in Paris who was making hash in his shoe as we sat curbside at a café – and had been since he left London the day prior.

This little antidote alone educates and enlightens as to just how easy it is to make medicine with cannabis and other plants. The mantra “It’s just a plant,” shines through in this book, demonstrating its versatility in delivery methods.

The vaporizing section seems to be more of a showcase for the myriad types of vapes out there on the market, as does the overview of various medicine making machines throughout the book. It’s nice to see so many ancillary producers of machines represented alongside tips on how to use them.

The vaping section is an excellent beginners guide to this newly popular method of delivery, which is now allowing more patients to medicate easily, quickly and covertly. This traveling patient has benefitted from vaping on the road.

Be it a plane, train or boat, medicating isn’t a problem with a vape. My Vapor Bros. box is a must-have for hotel room stays, doing away with the towel at the door routine or the blowing smoke into the ceiling fan while standing on the toilet trick. Come on, I know you’ve done it.

A LITTLE DAB WILL DO YA Even the most ardent stoner unwilling to admit that Cannabis is medicine is getting benefits just from smoking it. Partake in a dab and the effects are more pronounced, and therefore the medicinal effects for those suffering under the ever-widening Autistic Spectrum and other emotional disorders.

I met a man at a Tacoma, Washington Cannabis farmer’s market who witnessed a man recover from a severe stroke by smoking wax. The man had been in a wheel chair and wearing a helmet after the trauma, but he is now up, walking around, and improving daily.

It was nice to see cannabis medicine suggested for Multiple Sclerosis at the top of the dabbing chapter, and the hint to MS patients that a hit of strong concentrated oil or wax may help them receive the same healing effects as an entire joint. I’ll go one step further and suggest that when MS patients ingest stronger oil or juice the raw leaf, their MS may be put into remission – but that’s another story.

BUTANE: THE BAD BOY OF BASE Chapter 7 is important as it’s devoted to the at times dreaded butane - the black sheep of the concentrate family.

A shocker to some, the message at the top of the chapter sites how much healthier it is to smoke a concentrate than to burn a bud and ingest carbon – and I must agree, happily.

This is the kind of education we need, as for too long now word of mouth has only imparted its own misinformation about the process, leading to all those explosions we hear about, butane included.

Ed wants you to look at the smoking of concentrates in this way; regular smoking gives you only roughly 15% of the THC from the plant material. When smoking concentrates, the count is as high as 80% THC. For recreation alone, concentrates are said to offer a superior high, and for medicinal delivery, there’s no comparison. Any questions?

Ask Ed. It’s not all fun, games and healing though, as Ed also expounds on the dangers of butane, and the environmental impact of using such a toxic substance. Ventilation is key, but other rules aren’t as obvious, like don’t smoke around your mix, don’t wear synthetic fabrics, and don’t use your cell phone. It’s the little things that can make a difference and with butane, understanding the potential hazards is everything.

CO² deservingly gets its own chapter, and it reads like chemisty 101, detailing the ins and outs of the highly technical process. Stainless steel machines are commonly used for this favorite smoking liquid. Found in just about every vape pen out there, CO² extracted oil can effectively utilize the stem as well as the green, and it’s as economical

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While in Denver I visited Organalabs, a high-tech extraction company using the same stainless steel organic cold press system that the tea company Celestial Seasonings uses in the nearby city of Boulder. I’m happy to see this process come out of the home kitchen and into a more mainstream production environment, because it will mean more accountability to do things safely in a clean and professional way.

HISTORICALLY HEALTHY Chapter nine is my chapter. Tinctures made with alcohol or glycerin are the most common delivery methods a patient can use for a plethora of ailments and can be made easily and safely at home. As the chapter states, prior to prohibition, tinctures were the most common cannabis delivery method in America. In fact, prior to Dupont’s patenting of nylon in 1942 and subsiquent production of synthetic pharmaceuticals, herbal tinctures were the norm

for treating most of our ailments and disease prevention.

Cannabis was just another helpful herb listed on the US list of botanical medicinal herbs up until that time. The good news is cannabis was just added back to the list this year, allowing herbalists to come out of the closet on weed.

The chapter on capsules is sadly a short one, but it’s a good, well-written chapter giving patients an idea of how to make them, although the main focus seems to be on the THC delivery instead of the whole medicine.

For those suffering from serious ailments, canna caps are essential. I personally make them with Rick Simpson Oil or RSO, adding coconut oil to the mix for delivery. It’s the only way this menopausal woman sleeps at night, and oftentimes caps are the only way patients can take such strong oil.

What isn’t mentioned in this chapter are suppositories – touted as the best delivery option for RSO in treating cancer and other serious ailments, it bypasses the digestive system, getting the medicine right into the blood stream and organs for healing. Patients report no “head high” in using suppositories, allowing them to be more functional during treatment.

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Again, the edibles section opens with points regarding discreet recreational use, but those who need to keep the medicine in their system rely on this smoke free, longer lasting option. When I first began ingesting cannabis, some medibles at night were the only way I could get any sleep at all. Now all of my cooking oils, butter, honey, and drinking alcohols are infused, giving me added daily doses that keep me off of the eight prescription meds I needed prior to becoming a full-time patient.

The topical section goes into the how and whys of topical use, as well as explaining the uses for the root of the plant, which is a medicinal compound too often discarded.

Topical lotions and salves are easy for the first time herbalist to make, and a good introductory product for patients to try, as there are no psychoactive effects in using topical lotions for pain. This chapter also touches upon poultices – an ancient practice of making a paste from the plant using alcohol, glycerin or water. Since the skin acts like a sponge, absorbing the vital medicine readily, these packs work well

against swelling, inflammation and ultimately, pain. I’ve even heard of poultices being used on small tumors below the skin to draw them out.

Lastly, Ed gives us recipes for medibles, including a handy conversion table every good cook needs, given that cooking is really science at its very base level.

Although effective for decades, the sharing of information regarding good medicine has also left room for misinformation and unhealthy practices to surface, and there is no room for continued mistakes in this everchanging controversial cannabis climate. It’s time to do things right.

“Beyond Buds” will surely be another one of Rosenthal’s dog-eared go-to books for making good medicine safely and cleanly, and this patient is eternally grateful for Ed’s continued good work.

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WRITTEN BY R.Z. HUGHES PHOTO BY ALLIE BECKETT The first thing that stands out upon opening The Cooked Book are the striking colors and contrasts. Each piece seems to be leaping off the page; so frantic with action and prolific detail that there is a feeling that there is not enough canvas in the world for Trog and his neopsychadelic posters. Many of the artworks in the book are posters for weed related events such as Seattle Hempfest, HempCon, and the Hash Bash, along with many others. Hailing from Australia, Trog does a lot of work for bands like The Offspring, Kottonmouth Kings, and Slightly Stoopid, grounding him strongly in the West Coast cannabis scene.

The art has an anti-authoritarian, counter-culture bend to it,

reminiscent of classic psychedelia of the 1960’s, with a modern twist.

There is enough going on in every page that you can come back and look through it time and again, finding new pieces that you may not have appreciated fully the first time. There is very little text in this book, other than a tongue-in-cheek reminder on page 63 to load another bowl before you finish the rest of it. A great coffee-table book for anyone who wants to zone out, relax, and check out some groovy art, the mind of Trog abounds with creatures, characters, and many assorted substances (a perfect present for your friends who hate the man and drink a lot of 40’s).

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Q&A WITH TROG DOPE: Who are your biggest influences?

Trog:Underground comix — all things Rick Griffin, Robert Williams, Robert Crumb, Stanley Mouse, Ed Roth...

DOPE: Does cannabis help you work?

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DOPE: Any exciting new pieces?

Trog: Hell yeah! I just finished up some pieces for Cavi Gold and Hedpe.

Just finished up some artwork for the Hash Bash and Bong-A-Thon 2015. And last night actually, I finished up a killer new tour poster for an Australian band known for smoking a whole lot of weed — The Bennies!!

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AUSTIN’S STORY The Kid Who Wrote His Own Medical Book Written By Caree Schuman As a trained and certified Western herbalist I find Austin’s story

adoption world for their knowledge of children with special

very compelling, because to me cannabis is such an unfairly

needs when they were contacted about Austin and his birth

stigmatized, yet profoundly healing herb.

mother Holly. Deciding that Austin would be a perfect fit for

Austin Roberts came into my life while I was working at Urban

their family, she and her husband decided to adopt him. When

Farmacy, a dispensary in Northeast Portland. I think there are

they brought Austin home he was sick, cranky, and his health

days in every profession that stand out more than others, days

continued to decline.

you know in your heart you will never forget.

A scary trip to the emergency room and a CT scan found that

The day I met Austin, I was working as the receptionist

their new baby had no left temporal lobe or left occipital lobe.

checking patients in and researching different strains of

While they were told of Austin’s prenatal stroke, the doctors

medicinal marijuana in my free time. I answered the phone

at the hospital had told them his brain damage was minimal.

and it was a caregiver for Austin, who became our patient in

Despite being devastated about the grim news, Austin’s family

May of 2014.

was not going to give up.

Upon their arrival, I was surprised to see that Austin was a

Sandy and Dan were told he would probably not walk or

twelve-year-old child. Sharing Austin’s health history and their

talk. He was legally blind and unable to use the right side of his

arduous journey together, his mother explained to our staff

body, but with their dedication to his therapy, Austin was being

what led them to our door and the details of her loving fight

called a “miracle baby” as he began to sit up and crawl.

to save her child.

Sandy and her husband Dan were well known in the

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Using what they knew of Austin’s symptoms, Sandy and Dan did what any parents would do. They researched and studied

PATIENT OF THE MONTH his condition as they stayed by their son’s

cartoon or picture. Other kids asked to

the EEG database twice in one day! The

side in the hospital for over ninety nights

come from across the hospital to see

medical staff advised Austin’s parents to

during a five-month period. Armed with

Austin’s joke of the day, and the doctors

only bring Austin in to the hospital if his

knowledge and a hypothesis that Austin

and nurses also laughed at his jokes.

seizures were 25 minutes or longer. The

could have Severe Chronic Neutropenia,

This helped Austin realize doctors are

neurologists were giving up.

they posed the idea to the doctors and

people too, and reminded his staff that

were told it was highly unlikely since

Austin was still a little boy first, despite

attempted to help Sandy by sharing

it was a very rare condition.

his illnesses.

the idea of medical marijuana’s ability

Austin’s

parents were correct however, and in

During that prolonged hospital stay,

Austin’s

mitochondrial

doctor

to help control seizures as a possible

January of 2004 it was confirmed that

Sandy

medical

consideration. Sandy did not have an

two year old Austin did indeed have

conditions and eventually discovered

easy time trying to figure out who could

Severe Chronic Neutropenia, a rare blood

mitochondrial disease. Mitochondria are

help a twelve year old child become part

disorder only treated with an expensive

tiny organelles found in almost every cell

of the Washington and Oregon medical

and dangerous injectable medication

in the human body and they are known

marijuana programs. She spent weeks

tirelessly

researched

on the phone trying to find a

called GCSF. and

clinic he could go to, because

therapy, Austin eventually was

as soon as they heard Austin

Integrating

proper

care

“The medical staff advised Austin’s parents to only bring Austin in to the hospital if his seizures were 25 minutes or longer.”

able to walk. He began using an augmentative

communication

device they called his “talkie box” to assist him with his speech, and as if their miracle baby was not full of surprises already, at age four Austin woke up one day and began to talk! Extremely intelligent, he jumped to the head of his class and was truly thriving.

Sadly, at the age of 5, Austin began to decline again following a shunt

was only twelve, they said no.

Thanks to the Charlotte’s web story, Sandy contacted Realm of Caring, got on their waiting list, and finally heard from the Aurora Clinic in Portland they would see Austin. During the appointment, the physician pulled up the long list of Austin’s diagnoses on his computer and was amazed that Austin was there and able to laugh and tell jokes. Thankfully

malfunction, and that was when

he approved Austin right away

he experienced his first seizure.

and that day their journey truly began.

Over the next few years his physicians

as the “powerhouse of the cell”, and

claimed “This kid is writing his own

their failure leads to cell death, which

medical book!” because no treatments

causes organ failure. Approximately 1 in

Urban Farmacy, with hopes they could

were working and Austin’s body was

3000 individuals are afflicted with this

provide the specialized help that was

not growing. He was vomiting, having

life threatening disease, which presents

needed in Austin’s case because of his

seizures, became emaciated and was

differently in each person and usually

combined diagnoses. Urban Farmacy

declining

affects all body systems.

decided to sponsor Austin’s therapy, and

cognitively.

Medical

staff

The

Aurora

Clinic

recommended

struggled to figure out what was wrong

In July of 2012, a muscle biopsy

he began his treatment with alcohol free

as the Roberts reached upwards of

confirmed Sandy’s suspicion that Austin

glycerin cannabis tincture through his

$500,000 in medical bills and Austin

has a mitochondrial disease. Starting

Gtube twice a day, and his conditions

endured numerous surgeries over years

on a mitochondrial cocktail consisting

improved immediately. Following this

with no improvement.

of high levels of vitamins and other

an essential oil tincture was added to

Sandy told me how she began

supplements, he improved somewhat

his food mixture which pumps slowly

teaching her son jokes in an attempt to

but did nothing to help his worsening

through his GTube all night long, helping

alleviate the fear at the hospital when

seizures. By 2014, twelve year old Austin’s

to control early morning seizures. After

he stayed for almost five weeks in 2012.

brain was determined to be in pre-seizure

a few months it was determined that

She posted a new joke on his hospital

state at all times, causing him to suffer so

with Austin the higher the CBD content

room door each day with a matching

many seizures that he actually filled up

the sleepier he became so the higher

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Clinical Cannabinoid Medicine aka Cannabis in Clinical Practice WRITTEN BY DR. KIMBERLY FREE Cannabis is an amazing herb. It is an anti-inflammatory, reducing swelling and pain. It has antispasmodic and anticonvulsant properties, reducing muscle spasms and seizures.

It is antiemetic, preventing nausea and vomiting while simultaneously stimulating the appetite. It also protects nervous system tissue, including the brain, from degeneration and damage due to toxins and plaque buildup. Due to these properties, it has been found to be useful in the treatment of a number of health care conditions, including osteoporosis, cancer, Tourette’s syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease.

Cannabis contains multiple types of cannabinoids with over 80 now being clearly identified. Two of the most well-known and researched are Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (∆⁹-THC) and Cannabidiol (CBD). Cannabinoids work by acting directly on the multiple cell receptors of the Endocannabinoid System. The Endocannabinoid system (ES) is comprised of multiple cannabinoid receptors, including CB1 and CB2, their endogenous ligands (endocannabinoids) and the proteins and enzymes responsible for their metabolism. The Endocannabinoid System is one of the human body’s most important systems as it supports and regulates a variety of important physiological processes essential to wellbeing, including nociception (pain-sensation), appetite, lipid metabolism, gastrointestinal motility, cardiovascular modulation, motor activity, and memory. Furthermore, the ES is strongly associated with human behavior and the skeletal ES is of major importance. The ES supports

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stress recovery and homeostasis, continually returning the body to a state of balance. Cannabis affects this system in a biphasic way, meaning small doses of cannabinoids have the opposite effect of large doses. For example, small doses of cannabis can produce an alert feeling in the body (stimulation), where large doses can cause sedation (inhibition). Also, the cannabinoids contained in cannabis have opposing effects on the body. For example, ∆⁹-THC is anxiety producing at doses of 2-5 mg and psychosis inducing in doses of 20 -25 mg in people naïve to cannabis use, while CBD induces alertness at 15 mg, sedation at 400mg, and has anti-psychotic effects at doses larger than 400mg.

THC is psychoactive, and CBD is non-psychoactive. Health conditions which reveal an ES deficiency include anxiety, depression, fibromyalgia, migraines and osteoporosis. Health conditions which indicate an ES excess include obesity, schizophrenia, metabolic syndrome, ADHD, and Parkinson’s disease.

Cannabis excess syndromes are an important topic of research as the number of people who use cannabis as medicine is increasing and only recently have appropriate dosage recommendations become available. Cannabis works by stimulating the cannabinoid receptors on cells located in the body in areas of varying density. The areas of the body which contain the most cannabinoid receptors include the brain, spinal cord, spleen, bone marrow, liver, lungs, heart, adrenal glands, reproductive organs, and fat cells. Receptors are also found on muscle tissues and multiple cell lines of the immune system. When endocannabinoid cell receptors are stimulated initially, they up regulate or increase in number and response, especially when this response will create greater homeostasis. When any cell receptor in the body is overstimulated due to excessive or chronic use beyond that which supports homeostasis, it down-regulates by decreasing in number or becoming desensitized. This can occur in chronic excessive users of cannabis. People with desensitized endocannabinoid receptors will notice that it takes larger and larger doses of cannabinoids to achieve a desired effect. Fortunately, the endocannabinoid system can be re-set and re-sensitized to the effects of cannabis medicine in less than a week’s time involving only a 48 hour period of abstinence followed by slow reintroduction at the minimal dose required to achieve the desired effect.

This re-sensitization results in a more balanced homeostatic response to the cannabis, achieving better results with less medicine.

Cannabis dosing has been a question for a long time and it is still continuing to be answered. Since each person’s endocannabinoid system is unique, dosing is based on individual need taking into account the health condition

being addressed, the age and weight of the person being treated, and their overall state of health at the time treatment is initiated. Recommending a form or specific dose of a cannabinoid medicine based on cannabinoid content alone is only the part of the picture. Cannabis also contains terpenoids. The Cannabis plant expresses over 200 different types of terpenoids. Each strain or cultivar (cultivated variety) of cannabis has a terpenoid content that is genetically determined, making the terpenoid profile or composition one way to identify specific strains or cultivars. While the cannabinoid content provides information regarding the strength, potency, and type of variety, the terpenoid content reveals how a specific cannabis strain or cultivar is meant to be used medicinally. For example, d-limonene found in lemon peels, lemongrass, and other citrus fruits is the second most widely distributed terpenoid found in nature. It is used for the treatment of anxiety and depression, as an anti-fungal due to its ability to increase the permeability of cellular membranes, and as a treatment for gastric reflux and other digestive system conditions. Research has shown it also plays an important part in tumor apoptosis or cell death.

When beginning treatment with cannabis compounds it is best to start with a low dose of a quality medicine. Since smoking cannabis is not always the preferred initial means of use, especially in the pediatric and geriatric populations, a tincture of cannabis infused in olive oil is a good initial introduction. Some individuals are so sensitive to cannabis, they will respond to one drop of oil placed on the wrist.

Always test your own medicine at a low dose to determine how you will respond. Since the dosing of cannabinoid medicines and the health care conditions people are treating are usually quite complex, it is best to use cannabinoid medicines with the guidance of a physician trained in their use who can also integrate the cannabinoid medicines with other adjunctive treatments. Sometimes treatment is simple, sometimes complex. Healing takes time and energy. It is always about balance. Be well.

Dr. Kimberly Free is a naturopathic physician practicing in Shoreline, WA. Research focus includes immunology, endocrinology and cannabinoid medicine. Treatment plans focus on detoxification and vitality rebuilding therapies which restore health post traumatic, chronic, and debilitating illness. She is a member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians and the American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine. Dr. Free sees patients in office and consults nationally and internationally with clients by phone and videoconference. Website: www.drkimberlyfree. com, www.cannabinoidmedicine.info Facebook page: Cannabinoid Medicine Physician

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MYTH: Congress’ Recent Omnibus Bill Changed the Controlled Substances Act Though many believe the recent omnibus bill effectively nullifies the Controlled Substances Act, which makes marijuana a highly illegal Schedule 1 controlled substance, it actually had no effect on that Act. Nonetheless, it does represent a big step by the federal government toward marijuana policy reform and medical marijuana advocates have reason to be optimistic following its passage.

The omnibus bill cuts off federal funding to the Department of Justice for enforcing federal marijuana law in states with medical marijuana programs. What this means is that the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has no funding to carry out raids or arrests against statelegal medical marijuana businesses. What this also means is that it is more important than ever that you make sure that your business is in full compliance with state law.

The bill states, in the pertinent part: None of the funds made available in this Act to the Department

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of Justice may be used, with respect to the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, [every other medical marijuana state], to prevent such States from implementing their own State laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.

This bill is likely to be particularly important to those involved with medical cannabis in states like California that lack a well-regulated system. Previously, the DEA has targeted states (like California) without robust regulatory schemes for enforcement. Without enforcement funding, we expect this will no longer be the case.

Due to the fact this is an annual spending bill, it does not change the Controlled Substances Act or any other federal law. The fact that it will be up for renewal or modification again next year also means that it is subject to change when Congress passes the next omnibus bill. However, for the time being, it is a big step in the right direction.

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