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NCE UPON A TIME, five years ago, DOPE Magazine printed its first 15,000 copies and descended upon Seattle’s iconic protest festival, HEMPFEST®. This set in motion our involvement in an industry that was on the verge of experiencing revolutionary milestones and unprecedented progress. Reflecting on the plot line, it barely seems real. The surface of the national cannabis conversation suggests enormous progress. We’ve witnessed states push for more progressive laws and seen individuals realize new wellness-based treatments. However, despite the great strides that legalization has taken in states like Washington, acknowledging the challenges that we as a larger community still face is imperative. One must admit, the plethora of vape pen options now available to consumers in Washington state sits awkwardly beside news of individuals facing incarceration for possession of a joint in Oklahoma. The investment opportunities available in certain states only further degrade the dollars being spent incarcerating cannabis-related offenses elsewhere. Progress, indeed, can be misleading. The notion of misleading progress is found in more than one conversation in our culture. As we’ve witnessed the summer months of 2016 in the United States marred by violence, we’re reminded that hatred and discrimination are still very real in our country. Mass shootings aimed at the LGBTQ community and racial tensions boiling over in the streets are indicative of recurring cultural themes that’ve yet to be extinguished, and find themselves fueled by viral videos that guarantee a visceral and widespread reaction. While it goes without saying that we’ve won many battles in the name of equality—if the cell phone videos and headlines are true—the mission is far from over. And as divisive dialogue remains, one can’t help but wonder if the real win will be found when we realize that what we’re fighting for isn’t all that different. Nonetheless, as we soldier on together through these revolutionary times, it is essential to celebrate the victories along the way. For us, DOPE Magazine turning five years old falls into that category, and we appreciate you picking up this issue and taking part in the progressive festivities with us. Together we’ve blazed quite the trail, but make no mistake, we have a long way to go. Stay DOPE, Abigail Ross Content Director
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HEN THE WHITING FAMILY gathered on the evening of May 24, 2016, they were overwhelmed by the sudden death of their son and brother, Coleman. At only 24 years of age, he was simply gone too soon. Through their shock and grief, they consoled themselves with one question:What would Coleman want? Diagnosed with epilepsy in adolescence, Coleman had spent much of his life under the care of neurologists—which included being prescribed numerous pharmaceutical
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seizure medications over the years. By the age of 20 however, cannabis was emerging as a legitimate option for the treatment of seizure disorders. His decision to invite his dad, Jerry, to lunch and toss his medical marijuana authorization on the table was a timely turning point in not just the conversation surrounding Coleman’s health, but the beginning of a beautiful business opportunity. As Jerry said to Coleman, “I don’t know much about it, but Marty Lee is staying with us during HEMPFEST® in a few weeks.”
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“WE’RE WATCHING IN UTTER AMAZEMENT AS COLEMAN LIVES ON THROUGH THE LOVING EFFORTS OF THOSE HE LOVED. HE WAS MY SON, MY BUSINESS PARTNER AND MY BEST FRIEND.” -JERRY WHITING
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Having Marty Lee, aka Martin A. Lee, who happens to be the author of Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana, give you a six-day crash course on the ins and outs of CBDs will get you up to speed on the medical cannabis movement right quick. Thus began a personal and professional endeavor that would lead Coleman and Jerry into their next relationship: business partners. Over the coming years, the two would found LeBlanc CNE, a medical cannabis company with an emphasis on CBD genetics. Meanwhile, Coleman’s presence in the medical cannabis community in Seattle was growing—when he wasn’t busy running CO2 extraction units at Green Lion, he was a well-known face in organizations such as the Coalition for Cannabis Standards
& Ethics and The Cannabis Alliance. Working as a budtender and manager at Herban Legends only furthered his reputation in the industry, where his style and spirit never went unnoticed. And then, amidst so much joy and progress, Coleman unexpectedly lost his life. Following a regular appointment with his neurologist, he returned to his car and suffered a fatal seizure known as SUDEP—sudden unexplained death in epilepsy. While the shock traveled through Coleman’s large circle of family and friends, outpourings of love and hope nonetheless began to shine through the tragedy. It’s safe to say that’s exactly what Coleman would want.
While Coleman is no longer here with us, it now feels as if he’s everywhere. Posters and t-shirts throughout the community keep his uniquely stylish look fresh in our minds. Shoutouts at concerts all over Seattle keep his name in our conversations. And the Coleman Whiting Memorial Fund through Project CBD keeps his beautiful spirit alive and well—where all donations made will go to support economically disadvantaged patients who are in need of CBD-rich cannabis treatment. When the Whiting family gathered together the evening that Coleman passed away, and found the strength to ask, “What would Coleman want?” they may have not realized just how quickly answers would start to appear. As Jerry concluded, “We’re watching in utter amazement as Coleman lives on through the loving efforts of those he loved. He was my son, my business partner and my best friend.” Rest in peace, Coleman. Your spirit shines on.
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HILE ALL THREE PRODUCE cannabinoids including THC and CBD, Cannabis Ruderalis—known as hemp—doesn’t contain them in high enough concentrations to produce therapeutic effects. Hemp and its derivatives are legal to import into the United States and ship from state to state—while growing hemp remains federally illegal. Manufacturers are harshly processing large amounts of hemp to derive enough CBD to call their oil a ‘CBD product.’ This creates a few concerns. Mainly, there are no ‘CBD Product Safety Standards,’ and there is no required testing to confirm the amount of CBD in the product is equivalent to what the makers claim. The process of extracting CBD from plant matter requires the use of harsh chemicals. The more plant matter needed to extract the CBD, the greater the likelihood trace amounts of those chemicals remain.
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WHAT IS CBD? CBD—or cannabidiol—is one of more than 60 compounds found in cannabis that belong to a class of molecules called cannabinoids. CBD is the most abundant non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in cannabis. And because it doesn’t deliver the high of THC, it’s being researched as an effective medicine. CBD has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-depressant qualities. Because CBD is non-psychoactive, it works for people seeking relief from inflammation, pain, anxiety, psychosis, seizures, spasms and other condi-
tions without feeling ‘stoned.’ According to a 2013 review published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, CBD reduces, suppresses and combats: • Nausea and Vomiting • Seizure Activity • Psychosis Disorders • Inflammatory Disorders • Neurodegenerative Disorders • Tumor and Cancer Cells • Anxiety and Depression Disorders
The FDA, considers CBD an, “unapproved new drug”—continuing—“many companies are misbranding the products and issuing false claims to consumers. Often these products do not even list their ingredients on the product label.” What’s worse, the FDA conducted tests on many CBD products and found that in most cases, the products contained very little cannabidiol—if any at all.
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Accordingly, in late February 2016, the FDA issued a warning letter to companies that manufacture and market hemp oils claiming to be “rich in CBD.” By promising cures for conditions such as cancer, autism and epilepsy—none of which have been tested by the FDA—they appear to be violating food and drug labeling laws. While CBD seems to have therapeutic properties in cell and animal studies, there have been no FDA approved, double-blind, placebo controlled trials of CBD for humans— which is the only avenue to drug certification and legal medical claims. A work-around for companies selling CBD is to simply make no medical claims and link to outside independent research; then let buyers draw their own conclusions. While the FDA is focusing on medical claims by CBD processors, many experts remain concerned about a bigger issue: Where exactly is this hemp CBD coming from and what’s actually in it? Today, hemp is mainly grown in China, Eastern Europe and Canada for industrial use as fiber or seed oil—and contains trace amounts of CBD. Some industrial hemp is grown for bio-remediation, as the plant helps leach heavy metals out of tainted soil.
Laws allowing for the use of CBD, but not whole plant marijuana, for medical reasons provide a shield for politicians trying to blunt marijuana reform. After Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s CNN Special, Weed, in 2014, the United States saw a new restrictive type of medical cannabis law pass in Utah—one that only legalized cannabidiol (CBD) and only in the form of oil. Soon after, Alabama, Kentucky and Wisconsin all passed their own versions of the bill. There are now a total of 16 states that have legalized CBDrich oil but no other forms of cannabis use. New York passed a restrictive cannabis law that allows more than just CBD, but smoking is still illegal. New York is one of the 23 states, plus D.C., to have legalized whole-plant medical cannabis. That said, while NY law is very restrictive with a pro-CBD bias, it does allow access to more than just CBD medicine. With 23 states and D.C. passing whole-plant medical cannabis programs and another 16 having CBD-only laws, nearly three-quarters of America has medical cannabis laws on the books in some form. Thanks to this massive surge in medical cannabis programs, Congress and presidential candidates are finally beginning to view cannabis legalization as a voting issue. Senator Rand Paul was the first to openly court the cannabis industry for donations, and has won many friends within the industry for his political perspective. Now, conservative politicians in conservative states can support medical marijuana, but with the caveat that it is CBD-only, without any psychoactive THC. Regrettably, this is also without the numerous medicinal benefits of THC and other cannabinoids, such as lowering ocular pressure in people with glaucoma, helping trigger apoptosis and appetite in cancer patients, helping combat PTSD, anxiety and more.
A DRUG IS MISBRANDED UNDER SECTION 502(F) (1) OF THE ACT [21 U.S.C. 352(F)(1)] IF THE DRUG FAILS TO BEAR ADEQUATE DIRECTIONS FOR ITS INTENDED USE(S). “ADEQUATE DIRECTIONS FOR USE” MEANS DIRECTIONS UNDER WHICH A LAYPERSON CAN USE A DRUG SAFELY AND FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH IT IS INTENDED (21 CFR 201.5). PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 503(B) (1)(A) OF THE ACT [21 U.S.C. 353(B)(1)(A)], CAN ONLY BE USED SAFELY AT THE DIRECTION, AND UNDER THE SUPERVISION, OF A LICENSED PRACTITIONER.
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“CBD IS EXTRACTED AND SEPARATED FROM SPECIFIC VARIETIES OF CANNABIS, OFTEN KNOWN AS HEMP. CHEMICALLY, CBD IS ONE OF 85 CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES KNOWN AS CANNABINOIDS, WHICH ARE ALL FOUND IN THE CANNABIS PLANT. CBD IS THE SECOND MOST ABUNDANT COMPOUND IN HEMP, TYPICALLY REPRESENTING UP TO 40% OF ITS EXTRACTS.”
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The cannabis plant, and everything in it, is illegal under federal law. And even in states where it is legal, it is not legal to ship cannabis products from state to state, or to leave the state with such a product. With the presidential election around the corner and Congress actively debating cannabis legalization, it is critical that our elected representatives understand the importance of whole-plant medicine and why single molecule CBD-only laws are not the right approach. Current legislation contains an inherent pro-CBD bias and would completely remove CBD from the Controlled Substances Act, while leaving whole-plant cannabis in Schedule II, and Marinol (synthetic THC) in schedule III. Even with its anti-THC bias, legislation should be passed to allow for better access to cannabis for research purposes, paving the way for scientific study and data that will allow for and bring clarity and balance to the discussion.
David Paleschuck, MBA, CLS is a Seattle-based writer, entrepreneur and marketing expert. He has had a long career in marketing, branding, licensing, and partnership development. He has worked for world-class consumer brands, including American Express, MasterCard, Pepsi and Branding Bud: The Commercialization of Cannabis, available in late 2016. Contact him at david@newleaflicensing.com or on twitter @dpaleschuck. Molecular structure of CBD
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NE THING IS TRUE of the surfer, skater and toker. We are all addicts who have found our perfect high. We are truly addicted to nature. A session on land or sea reaps increased health and happiness. The same occurs for tokers and those who solely partake in CBD medicine. The highs of surfers, skaters and tokers are Earth’s gifts. Personally, I like to call it “Nature’s Prozac.” It’s also a pure form of meditation. Those who meditate say the goal is for the mind to be clear. For on the water or the concrete, time stops—the mind becomes clear. Surfing provides athletes with a cocktail of adrenaline, endorphins, serotonin and dopamine. Partaking in CBD? It’s a double dose of feel good mechanics. For four decades, beginning in the 1960s, the stereotype that surfers were lazy, wasted burnouts was commonly accepted. That misconception
has since seen scrutiny. Times have changed. “These days, the cool thing for pro surfers is to be healthy, and perform better and longer in life,” pro surfer Tom Rezvan told DOPE Magazine. “They are out eating organic. Now, longevity is all that matters. Kelly Slater is 44. He’s the blueprint.” As pro surfers actively seek out and adopt healthy lifestyles, negative stereotypes that once proliferated are slinking back into the dark holes from whence they came. A few of today’s top titans of the sea and concrete voiced their support for medicinal cannabis. DOPE Magazine had the pleasure of talking with pro skater Charlie Blair and pro surfer Tom Rezvan.
“I’VE ACTUALLY USED THE CBD OIL SPRAY ON AN ANKLE SPRAIN INJURY AND IT WAS A FREAKIN’ MIRACLE WORKER. IT WAS SO COOL BECAUSE I WASN’T PUTTING IT ON MYSELF TO GET HIGH, I WAS DOING IT TO HEAL MYSELF.” -BRAD DOMKE, PRO SURFER & SKIMBOARDER
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BRAD DOMKE Famous in the surf and skimboard world is a fearless man who is always pushing the limits. Known for making the impossible possible is pro skimboarder Brad Domke. He calls his greatest feats, “waves of consequence,” and drops into them on a skimboard (yes, a skimboard) at hot spots including Puerto Escondido, Nazare, Portugal and Jaws. He’s also known as part of the Jackass Surf Crew, known for its righteous feats. “Whether dropping in on a skimboard is right or wrong, I just want to do it for my own mental sake,” Domke shared with DOPE about big wave skimboarding. Following a string of contests for the past decade, Domke is now focusing on creating content highlighting his skimboarding accomplishments for an action sports television channel in Brazil called The Brad Domke Show. Domke, 27, currently resides in Dana Point of Laguna Beach. “The last five years of my life have been just going for broke on waves that no one would even care or dare to go on,” Domke explained. “Now I am into testing out my equipment.”
Speaking of righteous, Domke’s opinion on medicinal CBD oil topicals certainly is—he trusts them to heal athletic injuries. Although Domke does not toke, he does believe in the magical healing powers of topicals. “I’ve actually used the CBD oil spray on an ankle sprain injury and it was a freakin’ miracle worker,” Domke said. “It was so cool because I wasn’t putting it on myself to get high, I was doing it to heal myself.” Domke has voiced his support of other surfers’ use of the natural plant. “I see surfers, some who feel that they need to smoke upon waking and before they surf all the time,” Domke shared. “You are not going to argue with their surfing because they kill it.” As a child, Domke witnessed the alluring, albeit addictive, power of pharmaceutical pills. He grew up the son of a pharmacist. “No one knows what is really in pain relieving pills,” Domke said. “I’d much rather use an oil topical on an injury than pop a bunch of Advil.” “To each his own,” Domke said in closing. “If toking medicinally helps you, then continue on.”
CHARLIE BLAIR It is undisputable that this professional skateboarder rips all types of bowls hard. Charlie Blair is also out and outspoken on everything cannabis. Blair, 25, skates pro for the famous Powell-Peralta Skate Team, a highly respected crew. The locals of his current residency in Corona, California are lucky witnesses to Blair’s skating feats. “I got my board coming out right now, it’s actually sold out,” Blair explained to DOPE. “We are obviously going to make more, but I am fuckin’ hyped and that’s all right! The team is treating me good and I am keeping up with everyone else.” The news sounded too good to be true. A board produced in his honor, carrying his name. “I told the guys they better not be lying to me! But it was true.” Blair loves the world of skateboarding, one of the few places where smoking weed out in the open is accepted. Sponsored skaters toke and openly admit it without repercussions. “Most skaters you would think don’t smoke weed,” explained Blair. “Everybody does. It helps out with our pain and stress. Our managers don’t care that we smoke bowls.” Blair prefers a traditional bong with an OG strain and enjoys edibles—cookies over other sweets. He witnessed the powerful healing properties of topicals after watching a friend recover from injuries he sustained in a severe car accident using them. As a worshipper of weed, Blair sees it as both recreational and medicinal. It eases the severe pains that go hand-inhand with being a skateboarder. “It eases my pain and also makes me forget about it,” he admitted. “My team smokes bowls. When we get hurt we just smoke a blunt or a bong. It helps us a lot.”
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TOM REZVAN Worshipped for shooting recent El Niño barrels is Tom Rezvan. The world renowned pro surfer is proud to now call himself 40. Tom has no quarrels conquering big waves, which can be credited to his years of experience and good health. The Huntington Beach local is an integral part of a respected crew that grew up together. Rezvan does not rip the bong like the barrel, but he utilizes hemp in his health and wellness protocol. He is currently enjoying Nature’s Flavors CBD Water. “The combination of keeping the diet healthy helps,” he explained. “I’m in better shape than I was ten years ago. I follow an alkaline diet with raw vegetables and a wheatgrass shot upon waking in the morning.” Staying in shape has its rewards. Rezvan was the first surfer to ride the Snowdonia Wave Garden in Wales, UK last July and the first American pro surfer to ride the Al Ain Wadi Adventure Wavepool in the United Arab Emirates near Dubai. Rezvan looks forward to experimenting with additional hemp and CBD foods to further his longevity. “I’m stoked on my age and taking care of myself,” he said in closing. “I don’t want my retirement years to be sitting down.”
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“The underground tribes who have carried this plant through the long and dark years of prohibition. The dreadlock warriors, the wise earth mothers and the radical fairies, and the revolutionaries, all the underground tribes who for decades and decades have nurtured this plant, we gave her a home when nobody else would. We protected her, we watched her grow and develop, we fought ferociously for her inspiration, and we suffered to do that-in ways I don’t think most people who are entering the industry can even begin to grasp. We made some of the biggest sacrifices humans can make, we took the biggest risks. We had our property seized, our bank accounts seized, we had our kids seized. We’ve been arrested, we’ve been put on trial, and locked up in jail and torn away from the people that we love. Families have been destroyed, people’s health has been ruined—people have even died. Fortunes and lives and families, many many many many have been lost carrying this plant to the place we’re at today. Those sacrifices have been huge and for the most part they didn’t occur because people wanted to get rich, they occurred because people believed that this plant was a good thing, that it was a necessary thing. It made us—helped us—be more like the people that we wanted to be.”
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S THE CANNABIS COMMUNITY gains revolutionary ground, it remains divided. This great divide holds a significant amount of individuals. It’s somewhere between the terminally ill and the stoners, the patients and the potheads. And it appears to be a wellness-based conversation that we’ve forgotten to have. When Steve DeAngelo first acquainted himself with cannabis as a young person, he was trying to get high. That’s what smoking weed was all about after all. “I was introduced to cannabis as an intoxicant because that was the paradigm for cannabis use. But then over the years, I started learning there are all these other things about how cannabis was used. It had been used as a sacrament, it had been used as a raw material to make textiles and paper, it had been used as a medicine and helped cure various things; that there were thousands of different products that you could make out of it. Then, I end up in California and in 2006, I opened up Harborside Health Center. And when I opened Harborside, I knew in my own mind that there was a lot more to cannabis than just getting high, but I didn’t have the words to really express what it was at that point.” DeAngelo’s pondering would soon develop into an entirely different context for the conversation. He knew that 25-30 percent of the patients visiting Harborside were using cannabis for legitimately therapeutic purposes, leaving the rest in a group that were apparently just getting high. Or were they? “I also knew that there were people coming into Harborside, large numbers of people, who weren’t medicating for anxiety or depression, or for any drastic medical condition; they were using cannabis for other purposes. I didn’t feel that those purposes amounted to just getting high, but I didn’t really have another name to call it. I think about the ability of cannabis to extend your patience, or wake up your sense of play, or spark your creativity, or enhance the sound of music or the taste of a meal or the touch of your lover’s skin. So I started thinking about this to answer the reporters, and they were like, ‘Why are those people really getting high?’ and I came to the realization that no, no those things aren’t just
about getting high. All the wellness uses of cannabis, whether it’s killing tumors; or reducing or alleviating seizures; or alleviating anxiety; or extending your sense of creativity, we’re not talking about getting intoxicated, we’re not talking about getting so out of it that you lose touch with reality. What we’re really talking about is enhancing, optimizing the most valuable and precious experiences that life has to offer human beings. And so, that was when I came to understand that the use of cannabis is a wellness use, rather than intoxication.” While DeAngelo is a clear opponent of boxing cannabis in as an intoxicant, he is careful to not discredit the issues surrounding highness and personal freedoms. “I undeniably and absolutely believe that human beings have the right to get high. I think that overwhelming ecstasy and joy are normal and desirable parts of the human experience. But just because we have a right doesn’t mean that the smartest thing to do is exercise that right to the point of absurdity.” Amidst the emerging road to wellness that DeAngelo is paving, regulatory frameworks continue to keep the systems of medical and recreational cannabis at odds—as well as a large population confused as to what their cannabis use is in actuality. As DeAngelo concluded, “Unfortunately, because of the still-stigma wrapped around cannabis use, we have this bizarre regulatory situation where the cannabis market has been divided into ‘medical’ and ‘recreational,’ when everybody who uses cannabis knows that people who are at recreational shops are using for medical purposes and people at medical shops are using for recreational purposes. So it’s absurd, what has happened is that stupid elected officials have put in a regulatory paradigm which divides our community one side to the other. We should not buy into that, what we should do is we should unify and demand regulations that understand the plant as we understand the plant, it is one plant. You can use it for wellness; you can use it for ecstasy; you can use it for therapeutic purposes; you can make paper out of it; you can feed yourself with it and grow it in a variety of different ways. It is infinitely malleable, but it is one plant and we are one people.”
“I UNDENIABLY AND ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT HUMAN BEINGS HAVE THE RIGHT TO GET HIGH. I THINK THAT OVERWHELMING ECSTASY AND JOY ARE NORMAL AND DESIRABLE PARTS OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE. BUT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A RIGHT DOESN’T MEAN THAT THE SMARTEST THING TO DO IS EXERCISE THAT RIGHT TO THE POINT OF ABSURDITY.”
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bringing cannabis culture and corporate america together “It’s very simple, this plant has been around for thousands and thousands of years and never done anybody any harm, but corporate culture has been around for a few hundred years and taken us to the brink of planetary extinction. There’s no question as to what needs to happen, but the paradox doesn’t happen without us allowing newcomers into the industry. Our arms aren’t long enough in the cannabis legacy and community to reach all around the world, to create the kinds of production and distribution, and political and regulatory infrastructure that a legal industry is going to take. We have to welcome in people who have just recently heard the same call we’ve been hearing for years and years. And it’s not just a question of letting it go, it’s a question of sharing it generously and insisting at the same time that the lessons that this plant teaches us be taken seriously, and be incorporated into the business models and industry that we’ve built. We all know that the world that we are living in does not work unless there is change, so let’s build something that we can really be proud of—that really unleashes all of that change potential that is latent in the cannabis plant and our relationship with it.”
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HEN HEMPFEST FIRST TOOK root in the Emerald City, we lived in a vastly different time. Iconic and unwavering in its stance, the broad message of freedom that has defined this protest festival has rendered its ethos timeless. Standing up, opening eyes and pushing boundaries encompass the HEMPFEST spirit. Over the previous 25 years of advocacy, HEMPFEST has occupied an integral space in the cannabis movement. It witnessed the dawn of medical marijuana, as well as the first breaths of legalized recreational cannabis. Alongside this have been peaks and valleys in involvement from the public, leaving the event organizers contemplating how to continue to put on a donation-based weekend of peaceful protest amidst crowds of hundreds of thousands. In order to grasp the long-standing legacy HEMPFEST has brought to the mantra of living free, DOPE Magazine sat down with the organization’s co-founder, Vivian McPeak, to reflect on 25 years of freedom festivity.
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A BRIEF TIMELINE OF HEMPFEST® ARTWORK 1991
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“THE SEATTLE HEMPFEST IS A PROTEST FESTIVAL THAT IS ABLE TO GIVE A VOICE TO HUNDREDS OF MUSIC ARTISTS AND ACTIVISTS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY GENERATING REVENUE FOR THE REGION THROUGH VARIOUS COTTAGE INDUSTRIES AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.”
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DOPE MAGAZINE: HEMPFEST has been coined a ‘protestival.’ Being as familiar with the theme of protest as you are, how do you view the concept in the very digital age we’re living? V.M.: The Seattle HEMPFEST is a protest festival that is able to give a voice to hundreds of music artists and activists while simultaneously generating revenue for the region through various cottage industries and local businesses. It is a departure from some of the traditional, disruptive and adversarial forms of protest. In this digital age, anyone can participate in dissent and activism from their homes or jobs via social media, websites and e-mail. It is exciting because activism requires a voice, and now anyone can voice their demands and dreams for social change. DOPE MAGAZINE: Describe the expansion HEMPFEST has experienced over recent years. What additional cities is the organization present in? V.M.: We have strong opinions that an event named HEMPFEST should be a community-values based production. After we saw someone try to dishonestly use our proprietary logos to trademark the name we moved forward and obtained our own federal trademark on HEMPFEST®. Since that time we have worked with community organizers in other regions by licensing the name. Currently there is a Las Vegas HEMPFEST, an Alaska HEMPFEST and a HEMPFEST in Umpqua, Oregon.
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Seattle HEMPFEST® is the very first non-profit “protestival” of its kind that advocates cannabis policy reform and de-scheduling. Now in its 25th year, due to lack of donations from the community and attendees, the event’s existence is threatened. Our mission is to Keep HEMPFEST® Alive for future generations to experience. Visit: www.gofundme.com keephempfestalive to donate today! Donors will receive a wide variety of gifts for donating—including options ranging
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HESE DAYS, MOST AMERICANS can find hemp as an ingredient in everyday products at the grocery store. From lotions to plastics, it’s common to see the cannabis leaf proudly stamped on half of the bottles in the 'natural' aisle. It’s not a stretch to say we’ve all become pretty comfortable with hemp products, and there have been great efforts in dichotomizing hemp from 'marijuana.' In actuality though, hemp is cannabis just as marijuana is cannabis—and they’re both illegal in the United States according to federal law. So the question becomes, how did the two end up on such drastically opposing trajectories?
Humans have been cultivating hemp since the dawn of civilization. In 1810, hemp was the third largest agricultural commodity in the United States. Due to labor intensive harvesting and processing, hemp was unable to adapt to mass production in U.S. agriculture and the cultivation of the plant slowly declined into the 1920s when it virtually disappeared. Up until this point, both types of cannabis—hemp and what many now call marijuana, were not only legal but regularly used. Dependent upon how it grew, people used the plant for everything from clothes to medicine. Prior to the production boom in agriculture, both plants were just called hemp with variation arising between Indian-grown hemp and its European counterpart. The biggest difference between the two was one produced enough resin to make hash and the other was primarily used for crafting textile goods such as rope, clothes, fabric and paper. At some point in hemp’s history, the plant went from being a common farm and household good to a demonized substance. We’re all aware of the steady stream of negative cannabis propaganda that has taken center stage over the years—Reefer Madness and The War on Drugs come to mind. The Federal Bureau of Narcotics went so far as to change the ‘j’ to an ‘h,’ as in 'marihuana,' in an effort to invoke fear of a foreign drug, which it wasn’t. Truth be told, 'marihuana' is nothing more than a localized-Mexican colloquialism for cannabis or hemp. The Bureau’s motives behind demonizing the plant can most certainly be attributed to the plant’s economic potential, and their attempts at fear mongering were bold and successful. At the end of the day, it seems our commitment to science, or lack thereof, has kept this plant from being fully understood. Hemp and marijuana are both sub-species of Cannabis sativa L. Imagine hemp being a cherry tomato and recreational or medical cannabis being an Early Girl. Both are tomatoes, but they grow drastically different, taste different, and ultimately the tomatoes can have differing nutritional and terpene content. The same is true of cannabis. While they’re both undoubtedly cannabis, hemp and marijuana appear physically different and can maintain shockingly different chemical profiles and plant structures. Hemp is much more fibrous, lacking a substantial amount of resin producing flowers and has traditionally been culti-
vated for food, clothing and rope. Hemp is typically grown in large outdoor rows similar to corn. The side shading stretches the plants straight toward the sun to create thick elongated stems reaching in excess of 14 feet. Just like the cannabis we grow at home, hemp will flower out and finish in late fall. Rather than having THC-laden buds, the flowers fill with seeds from pollination. Hemp seeds are one of the most versatile parts of the plant being rich in omega-3 and -6 fatty acids, providing a complete protein and a rich serving of fiber and micronutrients. As you can imagine, this was an amazing superfood for those fairing for themselves on the homestead. Thanks to nature and selective breeding, we’ve managed to breed this plant into the strains we find most desirable. While we didn’t start with hemp, it’s likely that many of the phenotypes—strains—we started with shared large similarities with hemp. For a plant to survive in its natural habitat, it needs to be largely pest resistant, resilient to local weather conditions and able to grow in numerous environments— hence the nickname weed. The nickname suggests the plant thrives almost anywhere, but this is a fallacy. Selective breeding has weakened some of the plant’s strengths. Notice the relevance of pesticides recently? At the end of the day, cannabis is still cannabis. Just as we’ve come to recognize indicas and sativas as different, hemp is just another category. Simply put, the lack in understanding these differences allowed for the initial anti-marijuana sentiment to gather steam. The general public, including the American Medical Association, have historically referred to both varieties as hemp. In the 1930s, most people didn’t realize that the demonized drug, marihuana, and the hemp field in their backyard were the exact same thing! Thankfully we live in the Age of Information. I’m sure plenty of people still believe everything they read, but the knowledge we possess at our fingertips keeps many of us from being blatantly mislead. We’re in the midst of overcoming one of the longest prohibitions in the United States, with a plant that has the potential to treat cancer, ease ailments and raise spirits. Let’s not leave behind hemp because it’s not cannabis as we know it. Let us lead the charge in showing the world what we can do with cannabis.
“THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF NARCOTICS WENT SO FAR AS TO CHANGE THE ‘J’ TO AN ‘H,’ AS IN 'MARIHUANA,' IN AN EFFORT TO INVOKE FEAR OF A FOREIGN DRUG, WHICH IT WASN’T. TRUTH BE TOLD, 'MARIHUANA' IS NOTHING MORE THAN A LOCALIZEDMEXICAN COLLOQUIALISM FOR CANNABIS OR HEMP.”
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AXES AREN’T THE ONLY facet of corporate and political ravenousness that hinders citizens and patients from cultivating. Patriot Care is a company that has acquired licenses for cannabis facilities in Boston, Greenfield and presently has a dispensary and cultivation facility in Lowell, Massachusetts. The company is directed by CEO Bob Mayerson, who would know a great deal about big business as former president and chief officer at Eastern Mountain Sports, and through his financial roles at Pepsi and Staples. Patriot Care’s Lowell facility joins Ayer, Brocton, North Hampton and Salem as a select few Massachusetts cities with facilities providing medicine to cannabis patients. The Boston and Greenfield facilities will be completed over the summer. Patriot Care has made an arrangement with the city of Lowell containing such conditions that they will pay $25,000 to the city for every dispensary that uses their cultivation center’s products. It would make sense that medical and recreational home cultivation would compromise the great investments these companies have placed into the medical cannabis industry. Activist Brianna Morrel clarifies why Patriot Care’s lobbyists work so diligently to inhibit legalization and home grows, “Patriot Care has associations with anti-legalization campaigns
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“DISPENSARY ADMINISTRATIONS ARE GOING SO FAR AS TO SUPPORT AND EVEN FORM ANTI-LEGALIZATION ORGANIZATIONS IN AN EFFORT TO COMBAT COMPETITIVE GROWING.”
in Massachusetts.” According to Morrel, “Patriot Care has vowed to never become a recreational dispensary even after legalization. Their board has voiced support for Flaherty’s zoning bill which would restrict how closely dispensaries can open to one another. Patriot Care’s lobbyist, Daniel Delaney, has filed an anti-legalization effort (supposedly on his own accord) dubbed, Safe Cannabis Massachusetts, as well as having a second connection to Safe Cannabis Massachusetts through outsourced contractor Greg Czarnowski, owner of the domain registered to the anti-legalization group.” Ultimately we have come to find that legal home cultivation is imperiled and confined to only a few medical cannabis states, but is not consistently permitted in all. Dispensaries have not only campaigned to regulate dispensary proximity zoning, but also how close a patient’s home grow may be to their establishment as well. Dispensary administrations are going so far as to support and even form anti-legalization organizations in an effort to combat competitive growing. At the same time, they are actively supporting lawmakers’ proposed tax-per-plant policies, setting up patients for anxiety, compliance failure and potential prosecution. As a result of all of this intimidation, apprehension and confusion, the question we are left with is: when will we be good to grow?
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T H E P E O P L E O F T H E WAT E R SQUAXIN TRIBE OPEN CANNABUSINESS ON FEDERAL LAND WRITER / JADE GREEN
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LEVATION IS A RECREATIONAL retail cannabis store located on the tribal land owned by the Squaxin Island Tribe in Mason County, Washington. Officially opening on November 12, 2015 at precisely 4:20p.m., Elevation is the first cannabis business to open on tribal land in the United States. This is significant for the cannabis industry—cannabis is still recognized as an illegal drug at the federal level, although it is authorized for medical use in 39 states and Washington D.C., and is acceptable for recreational use in Colorado, Oregon, Alaska, and Washington state and D.C. The Squaxin Island Tribe is known as The People of the Water, having lived and thrived along the southern shores of the Salish Sea for hundreds of years. Following Washington’s legalization of recreational cannabis in November 2012, the tribe observed legal cannabis stores popping up around the state. It wasn’t long after the first recreational cannabis stores opened in July 2014 that the Wilkinson Memo was released by the U.S. government’s Department of Justice. The Wilkinson Memo did not legalize cannabis on tribal land, but it did indicate where enforcement would be focused. This important memo from the government sparked the Squaxin Island Tribe’s interest in the cannabis industry further. By early spring of 2015, they decided to actively pursue a business in the cannabis industry and by November 2015, a precedent was set across the country.
“WE WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH OURSELVES AS A BUSINESS THAT BRINGS HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTS TO GREAT CUSTOMERS AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES. I DO NOT SEE WHY PEOPLE SHOULD BE PAYING MORE FOR A PRODUCT AFTER IT IS LEGAL.” -MICHAEL OGDEN, MANAGER OF ELEVATION AND SQUAXIN ISLAND TRIBE MEMBER.
Compact; An agreement, treaty, or contract. The term compact is most often applied to agreements among states or between nations on matters in which they have a common concern.
The Squaxin Island Tribe’s successful foray into the cannabis industry has been viewed as a catalyst for other tribes in the United States to embark on similar journeys. In the recent past, many tribes have been involved in the gaming industry—helping them build solid economic infrastructures in their communities. However, not all tribal land is located near a populated area that would support such a large business. As we look forward, cannabis may be one route to economic stability for tribes who opt to go in that direction. The Squaxin Island Tribe’s decision to open a recreational cannabis shop will inspire future conversations about federal legalization of cannabis, medical research and the potential for cannabis to be used in minimizing drug abuse. Before opening Elevation, the Squaxin Island Tribal leaders discussed community perceptions around cannabis involvement, potential impact on the community’s youth and the economic benefits. The Squaxin Island Tribe wanted to establish and maintain a healthy and diplomatic relationship with the state of Washington. While Elevation has been open for less than a year, they have future plans to reinvest in their community by funneling revenue towards education for local students and tribal government programs. The Squaxin Island Tribe wants to preserve the health and safety of their community, reduce black market cannabis sales in their community, establish revenue streams and legitimize cannabis as a worthwhile enterprise. Elevation is the result of that planning and hard work, fast becoming known around Washington for its great service and low prices. Owned by the Squaxin Island Tribe rather than an individual or group of people, the shop has become an important part of the
local community. The revenue benefits the tribe as a whole and members take great pride in the businesses that have developed under their watch. The community continues to grow, learn and expand. Wandering into Elevation, you won’t see any obvious differences between this recreational store and others. The shelves are full of delicious flower and other marijuana-infused items, and the staff knows its products. The range of goodies at Elevation is widely varied and covers all aspects of cannabis consumption. The staff’s focus is adding credibility to the cannabis industry for consumers and the wider community. Behind the scenes, Elevation is bound by a compact that was created by Squaxin Tribal leadership and signed by the Governor of the State of Washington. This compact directly parallels the I-502 legislation (the legal recreational cannabis state initiative); however, it is a compact agreement between the Squaxin Island Tribe, a sovereign nation, and the State of Washington. That does mean that Elevation is operating in a legal gray area with some risk, as based on the contents of the Department of Justice’s memo. Elevation’s inventory is predominantly made up of cannabis products that are grown and produced within 30 minutes of the store itself. A wide variety of flower and a diverse range of concentrates from various extraction methods can be found on their shelves. The wide range of edibles offered includes chocolates, brownies, truffles, sodas, mints and tinctures. If you’re looking for some new glass, you can find a dab rig, bong or pipe in-store too. In addition, Elevation’s prices are low, a model that the Squaxin Island Tribe use for their retail businesses—having a reputation for offering low prices across Mason County.
FACTS ON ELEVATION Cannabis businesses remain illegal on federal land, despite Elevation being opened on Squaxin Island Tribal land. The Squaxin Island Tribe is a sovereign nation, and although they are held by charter to uphold federal law, they still operate in a gray area and voluntarily adhere to their agreement with the State of Washington. The agreements were created to establish and maintain a healthy and diplomatic relationship between the Squaxin Island Tribe and Washington state. ●Elevation is owned by the Squaxin Island Tribe rather than an individual or a partnership. Revenue produced will be funneled back into the community to support education and tribal government programs.
Most of the cannabis flower in Elevation is grown within 30 minutes of the shop itself. Supporting local business! Elevation is known for their low prices too, so if you’re around Mason County, go visit the team!
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M OR E F OR YO U R M O N E Y LEXARIA HEMP OIL-INFUSED EDIBLES WRITER / JADE GREEN
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N TODAY’S WORLD OF HEMP food technology, one company leads the pack in offering more for your money while doing the body good. Welcome to the world of Lexaria Bioscience. Having just invented a new technology that offers users edibles that really pack a punch, Lexaria Bioscience is saving consumers cash and offering a product that will give competitors a run for their money. “Consumers can eat one-half or one-third the amount of their cannabis medicine through our enhanced food products and get the same result as if they ate more of many other popular brands,” Lexaria CEO Chris Bunka told DOPE. “It saves money and lowers the dosage entering the body, which is really a good thing.” This technology occurs by wrapping the cannabidiol (CBD) or THC molecules in lipids (fatty acids) for enhanced gastrointestinal absorption at up to a five-fold improvement. The patent pending has been tested for time of onset, and has been reported effective in as little as 15 minutes. The product absorbs faster and much more efficiently because the CBD or THC is encapsulated by fat, which is preferentially absorbed by the human GI tract. Who knew? It means less product ingested and less money spent. This clinically tested technology is available in a line of products including ViPova brand coffee, tea, hot chocolate and Lexaria Energy brand protein energy bars so consumers can enjoy healthy cannabinoid-enhanced foods any time of day. Bunka, who resides in British Columbia, Canada, explained the benefits of hemp. Many already know of its naturally occurring cannabinoid compounds, extracted as oil for health benefits. The most abundant cannabinoid, CBD, is anti-inflammatory, anti-psychotic and anti-convulsive in addition to pain and anxiety relieving. “The consensus of thousands of studies on the effects of cannabinoids that are derived from hemp plants, is that CBD—the most prolific ingredient in the hemp extract world—is the primary molecule responsible for the miraculous stories of healing we’ve all encountered in the media,” Bunka added. “Even the U.S. Department of Health, in their patent on cannabinoids, claims that the cannabinoids are a potent anti-inflammatory.” Lexaria uses the finest agriculturally-derived full spectrum hemp oil from EU certified cultivators which is extracted using solvent-free methods. “Full spectrum” allows for the presence of amino acids, fatty acids, carotene and vitamins. Other hemp compounds are present, leading them to all work together synergistically, an important benefit for consumers.
"THE PRODUCT ABSORBS FASTER AND MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY BECAUSE THE CBD OR THC IS ENCAPSULATED BY FAT, WHICH IS PREFERENTIALLY ABSORBED BY THE HUMAN GI TRACT. WHO KNEW? IT MEANS LESS PRODUCT INGESTED AND LESS MONEY SPENT."
The bars are suggested to work best before or after a workout to enhance focus and performance while aiding in the body’s post recovery. The protein energy bar consists of 13g of fiber and 21g of protein, with no added sugar, preservatives or color. It’s a healthy snacking option and has 10mg of cannabidiol. The teas taste great as well. They are offered in six flavors and decaf varieties so the tea can be enjoyed day or night. Although the technology wasn’t designed to enhance flavor, it does “trick” the body’s senses into detecting the fatty acids instead of the cannabinoids within. So these just might be the best tasting edible products on the market. “The products have been tested by third parties with either marijuana extracts or hemp extracts,” Bunka said. “They taste exactly the same with either. That is very cool.” Bunka described his testers’ reactions, “When I meet up with those who enjoy hemp or marijuana-based edibles and give them the protein bar, they take one bite, look at me and say, ‘There’s nothing in here!’ I reply, ‘Yes, there is!’ They cannot believe it because they cannot taste it. And that’s the whole point of our tech—to get your body to absorb the cannabinoids without detecting them.” Decade-old Lexaria has some recent reasons to celebrate. Their technological advantages in the marketplace were evidenced recently in a financial transaction granted to Lexaria by a licensee in Colorado who has agreed to pay up to $1 million in tech licensing fees. The company produces THC chocolates and by using Lexaria technology, they will deliver a superior experience to their customers. Bunka explained of the move, “It took us longer than expected to create brand-new industry-leading paperwork and agreements, but it was worth it: third-party validation that our tech is important enough to pay for. We think this is just the first of many to be announced this year and these will form the foundation for our performance for years to come.” Lexaria is currently in talks with national retail stores about gaining shelf space for their products. Lexaria products are available in about 30 dispensaries in California and online at LexariaEnergy.com.
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EVER HAS THERE BEEN a more controversial crop than hemp. Arguments against agricultural hemp are tenuous to say the least. Fighting about the legalization of hemp is like fighting about the legality of corn. Industrial hemp has more than 5,000 applications in the textile industry, and another 25,000 uses that include dynamite and cellophane. Not one of those uses includes getting high. The THC levels in industrial hemp are so low (below 1 percent) that no one could get high from smoking it. To be clear, industrial hemp contains cannabinoids such as Tetrahydrocannabinol, CBD and CBN; however, due to man-made limitations, the THC requirements on industrial hemp state that the THC levels be no greater than 0.3 percent. Furthermore, hemp has such high levels of CBD (cannabinoids) that it actually blocks the psychoactive effects. David P. West, Ph.D. for the North American Industrial Hemp Council, expressed that, “Hemp, it turns out, is not only not marijuana, it could be called ‘antimarijuana.’” So what’s the controversy all about?
C O N T ROVE RS I A L ROOT S Hemp is rooted in misinformation, stigma and a confusing history. For medieval Europeans, hemp referred to fiber. In the 1890s, hemp referred only to marijuana-hemp. Then, in the 1930s, the Bureau of Narcotics used hemp to describe all forms of cannabis and it became illegal. The truth is that just like corn is made up of different varieties, “There are three fairly distinct types of hemp: that grown for fiber, that for birdseed and oil, and that for drugs,” Dr. Andrew Wright described in 1918. While hemp is in fact a subset of the species Cannabis Sativa, hemp is not the same thing as cannabis. They are grown differently and harvested at a different time. You wouldn’t want to grow hemp and cannabis at the same time as the occurrence of cross-pollination can and often will reduce the potency of both plants. The good news is that more than two-dozen countries and 29 states have defined industrial hemp as distinct from cannabis and removed its barriers to production, but still, the United States and many constituents remain unconvinced. “We have to get hemp separated from marijuana on the federal level and allow our farmers to grow it across the country,” shared Morris Beegle, Founder and President of the Colorado Hemp Company. “There are tremendous opportunities for a crop that’s been grown for 10,000 years and shunned for the last 75.”
US E S O F H E MP “Most people who support cannabis would support hemp if they were more familiar and educated about all the different things that it can do,” Beegle admitted. The problem is a lack of information. For example, did you know: In the last half of the 19th century, 50 percent of U.S. medicine was made from hemp. Hemp is the strongest natural fiber of any source, and is resistant to rot and abrasion. Hemp fibers are so strong they can be used to make anything from skateboard decks to stealth fighter jet bodies, ship rigging and parachute webbing. Hemp concrete is 1/9 the weight of normal concrete, can be used in home building and works as insulation. “You can make super capacitors, storage devices and plastic out of hemp,” Beegle revealed, “Basically, everything you can make from corn, you can make from hemp, and hemp is a healthier and better crop. All the stuff that’s made from petrochemicals, including oil, can be made with hemp.” Hemp fuel even burns cleaner than other fuels. It only produces energy, water vapor and CO2, which can be absorbed by plants for a sustainable cycle. But hemp isn’t just great for the economy; it’s good for the environment. It can grow nearly anywhere in the world and in many types of soil. Even better, hemp has a short 120-day harvest cycle, does not require pesticides and purifies the soil where it’s planted. “Our commodities market, agricultural-wise, is really tough,” Beegle shared. “Farmers have a hell of a time making money with corn, wheat and hay. However, when you plant hemp, everything from the stocks, flowers, grain and root can be utilized to make things, so farmers can make far more per acre than they can with traditional crops.”
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Colorado Hemp Company started in 2012 and has become a leading organization for the advancement and advocacy of hemp farming, processing, production, innovation, education and legalization. They support all things hemp and, each year, they hold the NoCo Hemp Expo, which brings together 130 exhibitors and 70 speakers dedicated to hemp.
You can get involved by reaching out to your legislatures, and don’t forget to check out http://votehemp.com and www.nationalhempassociation.org. As for Beegle, “My number one recommendation is to start buying hemp products. Start allocating some of your monthly income to use on hemp-based products. If you vote with your wallets, that will make a difference.” You can also help by sending your #End420Shame story into DOPE. We’d love to hear from you. Contact us on social media or send an email to kellyv@dopemagazine.com
“MOST PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT CANNABIS WOULD SUPPORT HEMP IF THEY WERE MORE FAMILIAR AND EDUCATED ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT IT CAN DO.” -MORRIS BEEGLE
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VERY NOW AND AGAIN, a game becomes a cultural game-changer. In the case of the Pokémon Go phenomenon, it has officially placed the concept of augmented reality front, center and in the face of our collective consciousness. It is important to note that augmented reality games are far from new. Ingress—the 2012 game that has the same developer as Pokémon Go—is more or less the foundation for this new craze. While Ingress has many devoted followers across the globe, it is the immensity of the Pokémon platform that has placed augmented reality in front of the masses. The theory of augmented reality can be difficult to wrap your head around. In the case of Pokémon Go, this is achieved by revealing a previously unseen layer to the world via your smartphone. Through the lens of your magical handheld device and its associated functionality, everywhere from city streets to iconic landmarks become littered with Pokémon. Now, “catching ‘em all” is a matter of physically tracking the monsters down in this previously unseen world. As the craze continues to unfold, here’s what we’ve seen so far:
Pokémon Go NINTENDO’S STOCK The gaming icon’s stock leveled up in never before seen fashion, to the tune of a 70 percent increase following the game’s release according to BBC. Nintendo’s previous record was achieved in 1989, when the stock rose over 30 percent with the launch of role-playing game Dragon Quest.
PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT The physical aspect of getting people up and off the couch reaps benefits ranging from fresh air intake to caloric burn. Many people have made new friends chatting with fellow players, or reinvigorated current relationships with something new to do together.
DOWNLOAD DOMINATION Pokémon Go is the biggest mobile game the United States has ever seen. Statistics also show users spending more time playing Pokémon Go than interacting with any other app, outpacing icons like Facebook and Twitter with daily minute usage.
ENVIRONMENTAL APPRECIATION While “catching ‘em all” may be your biggest motivator, frequenting Pokéstops is also about taking in and appreciating your physical environment. Being present, snapping photos and acknowledging your surroundings is a huge pro to playing Pokémon Go.
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Pokémon No POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS There’s a reason the game opens with a disclaimer. So far we’ve seen people get hit by cars, fall off cliffs, get stabbed and robbed. Four teenagers in Britain even got lost in caves, requiring three fire crews, two rope units and a specialist mine rescue team to save them.
PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONING That buzz that alerts you when Pokémon are near doesn’t just have your attention in that moment. For many players lost in the throes of Pokémon Go, you’re waiting for it to buzz—even if you don’t realize it. This can drain and shape your mental energies at the same time.
LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY You don’t get paid to play Pokémon Go. Replacing work duties with wandering around the office will only get you in trouble with your boss and fellow coworkers, while simultaneously dragging down the Wi-Fi. In one instance, a New Zealand man quit his job to hunt Pokémon full-time.
RELATIONSHIP TROUBLES If your significant other isn’t a Pokémon Go player, you are likely screwed—and not in the good way. That unimpressed look in their eye is a glare you may not be able to escape. The choice is yours, but this game has already been a deal breaker for many relationships.
Bottom line, we’ve yet to understand the cultural impact of Pokémon Go, but we can thank it for the way it grabbed our very distracted society’s attention and taught us about a concept that most of us previously didn’t understand. As society basks in the glow of their smartphone with their monster-catching understanding of augmented reality, one can’t help but wonder: When this gets old, what’s next?
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N FIELDS ACROSS ITALY, the seeds of fundamental change are being sown—and they quite literally are seeds, hemp seeds. Individually, a hemp grower has little power, but as part of a local hemp-growing collective, that power increases exponentially. Similarly, a sole collective has little influence, but a network of communities working together can garner power on a much greater and more meaningful level. Collective power is exactly what members of Canapa Info Point (CIP) are trying to achieve. They are bringing together local, small-scale hemp producers from across the country to create a nationwide decentralized network—one that is proving to possess a significant political voice. Currently, its members are liaising with scientists, economists and politicians to create legislation that could ultimately see the creation of Spanish-style cannabis social clubs and a regulated med-
ical cannabis market. The Italian state has become increasingly open to medical cannabis in recent years—in fact, the military recently completed its first-ever medical cannabis crop! In addition, CIP provides information to would-be hemp farmers on how to obtain licenses and EU funding. It also runs Saracinesca in Canapa, a one-hectare model field designed to demonstrate hemp agriculture to politicians, farmers and the interested public.1 The field is situated in the small hillside village just outside of Rome. They also have far-reaching plans to set up a bio park and therapeutic village, which upon completion would welcome medical cannabis tourists from around the world. Italy was once known throughout the contemporary world for its fine-quality hemp products. Modern-day producers are keen to revive that legacy. Hemp industry associ-
1) Hectare: a metric unit of square measure, equal to 100 acres
ations are springing up all over the country— in Puglia, Piedmont, Tuscany and Lazio, to name just a few. Up in the northern province of Brescia another hemp association has sprung up. AgriCanapa grows four hectares, and works with farmers growing a further 50 hectares throughout Brescia—partly to address issues of soils contaminated with PCBs. The soil surrounding the perimeter of a local chemical manufacturer Caffaro is among the worst in the world, and 5,000 times the residential safe limit decreed by the government. AgriCanapa produces a wide range of high-quality hemp products including oils, textiles, building materials and some excellent pasta, flour and biscuits. AgriCanapa has plans to set up hemp cooking classes, as well as a number of other services to hemp entrepreneurs. On our visit, president Federico explains
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his organization to us—and it is something truly evolved. When he was setting up AgriCanapa, the banks simply weren’t lending—a result of the global financial crisis of 2008, which crippled small and medium-sized businesses throughout Italy. Getting funding from alternative sources also proved an impossible task. Federico refused to give up hope and instead began to think in terms that bypassed money entirely—and in doing so, he has implemented a business model that could well be described as post-capitalist. Throughout Italy, another network is taking shape: a network that crosses multiple industries, and although focused locally, has interconnected hubs in most regions of the country. Via this network, businesses can exchange resources, products and expertise without using money at all, instead utilizing a system of “link credits” that can be redeemed
by any other member. Via this network, which is called Circuito di Credito Commerciale, Federico was able to access the resources, equipment and expertise he needed to set up his association, without actually using money at all! This kind of evolutionary thinking comes at a time when even the world’s greatest financial institutions are beginning to acknowledge the fact that capitalism is not working. It is failing small businesses, workers and everyday people—everyone who doesn’t have a direct stake in the aggressive corporate system currently dominating the global economy. Furthermore, it is failing to protect the environment, putting life as we know it in jeopardy. Unearthing alternative models to traditional financial institutions is a necessity, and that’s exactly what’s happening right here in these small, rural Italian communities. It’s not a complete replacement for all indus-
tries everywhere, but if we can apply these principles to agriculture at a minimum at least, the world could become a much, much better place. Just as a plant takes time to grow, these ideas will take time to pervade society. This is why the process is perhaps best described as evolution, not revolution—not a sudden, drastic change, but gradual, incremental changes that occur over generations. While these processes may be gradual, our acceptance of them is critical to our ability to adapt to an ever-changing environment. Change slowly pervades, but as it is often superior to whatever came before, it becomes dominant and paves the way for further change.
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ALIFORNIA’S ADULT USE of Marijuana Act (AUMA) will be on the ballot in November. Supporters have raised more than $3.5 million, far outpacing opponents. Polls indicate that about 60 percent of Californians favor the measure. Mark Kleiman, a policy professor at NYU, called AUMA a, “Horrible, awful, very bad no-good drug policy,” but said he’d vote for it anyway. His primary concern is that it would make marijuana too cheap. He prefers the current policy in Washington D.C. where it’s legal to grow, possess and give it, but not sell it. AUMA is controversial within the industry as well.
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HE IDEA WAS STRAIGHTFORWARD enough: cycle from Seattle to Los Angeles while exploring cannabis culture. What we’d actually find out in the field was unknown. Opportunities arose as we spread our networks and met new people from one region to the next. The news that some idiots were cycling down the West Coast looking for weed stories intrigued enough people in the right places. We were able to visit grows and farms in Olympia, Humboldt County and Santa Cruz; we slept at several bud and breakfasts; and I met people who’ve been in the industry for decades but only now feel comfortable talking to the media. It is a really exciting time in cannabis, everything is changing and will continue changing for the foreseeable future. The DOPE Bicycle Tour attempted to catch a moment in time in the cannabis community, and covered 1442 miles and climbed over 50,000 feet in 42 days. My body hurts. I’m tired. I’d do it again. I didn’t expect to literally find a pot shop when I said I was going looking for pot shops.
SAID ON TOU R ON CAMPING... My reality right now is that I’m really good at changing out of shorts and into pants while standing in dirt. ON PASSING TIME WHILE CYCLING... It’s like screaming into eternity and waiting for a reply. ON UNEXPECTED CLIMBING... When is this downhill going to quit being uphill? ON MY CHOICE OF HASHTAG.... #highroller? More like #bonklord. ON SELF-REFLECTION.... Us DOPE boys are like the Cadillacs of the champagne of beers. ON PODCASTS VS. MUSIC... One man’s James Brown is another man’s Alec Baldwin. We visited recreational stores and dispensaries of all shapes and sizes, but La Cannaisseur outside of Portland was a favorite.
WHILE HAVING STONED THOUGHTS... Would you weigh more if the earth wasn’t spinning?
Mastering cycle touring is to master the art of packing. After three rounds of “what don’t I need?” this is everything that I carried on the tour.
Traveling by bicycle within the cannabis community hit a high note with a stay at Ginger and Brigham’s North Fork 53. It’s inspiring to see dedication and hard work bring something so vital into full-blown life.
The team at Emerald Family Farms under the hoops and surrounded by OG.
It’s strange how it never enters your mind during a tour that you might not make it. Suddenly you’re at the end and you think, I can’t believe I just did that.
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H O N E Y BA NA NA SWEET BERRY SMOKE BRINGS HIGH THC WRITER / MIA JANE
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PENING A JAR of Honey Banana from Standing Akimbo unleashes a sweet aroma that is akin to a strawberry banana smoothie. I had to take another deep inhale, while inspecting the delicately peaked nugs. Possessing a light, frosty green hue, the nugs’ delicate orange hairs give the strain a feathery texture. The flavor and effect are certainly not lightweight, this Honey Boo Boo and Strawberry Banana cross will have you happily relaxed. The thick smoke tastes of grape and berry topped with hints of citrus. The whopping 29 percent THC potency in this strain, seeped with a smooth body high, left me pleasantly focused but detached from daily stress.
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Serious case of the giggles (an awesome treat to share with friends)
Very relaxing, cerebral high
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ANNABIS CHEFS ARE STEPPING it up these days. Every time I walk into a dispensary it gets harder to choose between all the new options and flavors. However, the chefs over at Igadi LTD in Tabernash, Colorado have concocted a product that has made my decision a whole lot easier. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you raw cannabis-infused cookie dough, a dangerously delicious way to get high and simultaneously satisfy your sweet tooth. Sure, anyone can buy a cannabis cookie from a dispensary, but there’s just no beating that warm and gooey homemade option. Each tube comes with ten, perfect precut cookie dough rounds; all you have to do is throw those bad boys in the oven. Last evening, I tried the Chocolate Chip and the White Chocolate Macadamia Nut, and to be honest, my only issue was resisting the urge to eat every last one of them. At 10mg of THC a pop, you have to be mindful so the dosage doesn’t sneak up on you. I cooked mine at 325 degrees for five minutes—I like my cookies on the gooey side—and they turned out absolutely perfect!
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W H E N I GE T T H AT F E E L I N G. . . I NEED HERBAL HEALING WRITER / ALEX SNYDER
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THE PLACE Herbal Healing is a medical-only cannabis cultivation site and dispensary located in Colorado Springs. Four days after opening on April 16, 2015, Herbal Healing went on to win the 2015 Cannabis Cup. The garden’s signature Grand Daddy Purps won Best U.S. Indica Flower. This wasn’t just a beginner’s luck story though. This past April, their fragrant Royal Highness went on to place third in the CBD Flower category and their Skywalker Live Resin took second place in Best Concentrates at the High Times Colorado Cannabis Cup. In addition to growing award-winning cannabis, Herbal Healing boasts one of the largest selections of flower and concentrate in Colorado, with roughly 35 strains on hand at any given time. Herbal Healing stocks shatters, waxes, butters, live resin, bubble hash, rosin, oils and caviar as well. The actual grow room is reminiscent of a laboratory, featuring temperature regulating cooler panel walls, eighty 1000-watt lights and a C02 injector operating at 1500 parts per million—the room is veritably “heaven on earth for plants.” Their soil is imported from Oregon due to its rich, tropical and wet nature—a soil loaded with natural additives for optimal plant growth. Due to their success and popularity, Herbal Healing will expand to three stores by the end of 2016, and hopes to turn to recreational, “when the time comes.”
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An experienced and cohesive team runs Herbal Healing, consisting of men and women who hail from Kentucky. In fact, the original seven members of the team came from the same city and now live in Colorado Springs with an ever-expanding workforce of 25 individuals currently. Run by friends and family, the staff at Herbal Healing brings their close-knit warmth and decades of combined experience to work every day. Ryan, the master grower, oversees both natural and hydroponic growth through expert monitorization of temperature, humidity, C02 and nutrient levels. Ryan and his team employ cutting edge technologies in combination with knowledge and passion to ensure that the grow at Herbal Healing is sophisticated, streamlined and hugely efficient. It is for these very reasons they hope to one day offer their own proprietary grow system and equipment to future dispensaries. Come visit the friendly and intelligent staff, and see for yourself what makes Herbal Healing one of the best medical grows and dispensaries in Colorado.
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“THE ACTUAL GROW ROOM IS REMINISCENT OF A LABORATORY, FEATURING TEMPERATURE REGULATING COOLER PANEL WALLS, EIGHTY 1000-WATT LIGHTS AND A C02 INJECTOR OPERATING AT 1500 PARTS PER MILLION— THE ROOM IS VERITABLY “HEAVEN ON EARTH FOR PLANTS.”
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HIS TERPY, TANGY LEMON G live sugar truly lives up to its name. The sticky, sugary concentrate is pungent with the aroma of tart citrus and pine needles. The flavor is fruity and sticks with you, almost like biting into a fresh Meyer lemon, but without the sour taste. The smoke is delicate for such mouth-watering flavor and the awakening, energizing effects of this G13 cross are felt very quickly. A sweet grapefruit and zesty lemon peel flavor lingers after exhale. A sense of elation and alert euphoria make this concentrate a must-try for those looking for a motivating and active experience.
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Motivating as it creates a sense of elation
GROWING VERDE Verde Natural is committed to growing green. From the all-organic formula we use to produce the healthiest and happiest plants, to the sustainably sourced nutrients that pack our recycled soil, we are constantly finding innovative ways to reduce our impact on the environment. Our grow process benefits not only our planet, but also our product. That’s why every gram of our potent, hand- trimmed flower is bursting with terpenes that you can taste, smell, and feel.
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GO GREEN WITH US Be a part of our initiative to cultivate a greener cannabis industry. For every pre-packaged ounce that we sell, we will donate one dollar to plant one tree. We will also offer patrons the option to recycle or refill their Verde Natural pop-top bottle with us.
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V E R D E NAT U R A L AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD DISPENSARY WRITER / MELISSA JOY
THE PLACE If you find yourself in Northeast Denver anytime soon, I urge you to stop by Verde Natural and check out their exquisite selection of homegrown products. Located just east of the intersection at Colorado and Colfax, you can’t really miss the eye-popping green sign indicating their location. Once inside, you’ll notice the shop’s cleanliness and bright, cozy and modern renovations. The neighbors include Nugg’s Ice Cream and Bellwether Coffee, two of my favorite local gems. Ice cream, coffee and heady buds—oh my! Rest assured that Verde Natural is top notch, friendly and professional.
5101 E COLFAX AVE DENVER, CO 80220 (303) 474-4489 HOURS: DAILY: 10:00AM-6:45PM VERDENATURAL.COM
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THE PRODUCT Each strain at Verde is homegrown and sold almost exclusively at their retail establishments. Their head grower, a super badass woman, emphasizes the use of nutrient-dense soil and organic formulas which result in a pure, overwhelmingly potent and chemically uncompromised product. If you ask me, a dispensary’s values are directly correlated with the end result. At Verde Natural, their main priority is to use responsible and environmentally conscious methods in their everyday practices. Their grow facilities are equipped with solar panels covering 50,000-square-feet, and they encourage their customers to either recycle or reuse all of the little pop-top bottles that their products are sold in.
“VERDE NATURAL IS A COMPANY WHOSE ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. PUTTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND RESPONSIBLE GROWING PRACTICES ABOVE ALL ELSE, THEIR RESULT IS AN INTIMATE PRODUCT BACKED BY UNDENIABLE QUALITY.”
THE HISTORY Founded in 2009, Verde Natural has some exciting endeavors coming up as they plan on going recreational. They are looking forward to opening their doors and products to a wider clientele. Owner and founder, Chuck Blackton aka The Lemon Man, left for Amsterdam in his mid-teens to develop his growing skills. His prized connection while there was to the infamous Lemon Skunk, which he has since been cultivating and nurturing for over 12 years. Chuck’s passion, responsible practices and cheerfully knowledgeable employees are what make Verde Natural a premium dispensary in my book.
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ANDMADE IN THE FOOTHILLS of Colorado, this strikingly rare collaboration between Matt Robertson and Blitzkriega was crafted in Robertson’s private studio in Evergreen. The giraffe sculpture is a fully functional, 10mm female piece with a removable drop down. Mr. Howdey DooDat is 11 inches tall, and actually sways back and forth like a real rocking horse. Blitzkriega, a glass artist from Boulder, Colorado, created the giraffe’s hat and prepped the beautiful wood grain effect in the rocking horse. These artists achieved their intricate design through visually planning the project before bringing it to life. Robertson developed his talent for drawing while studying illustration at The Sheridan College of Craft and Design in Oakville, Ontario—but found his true passion when he discovered the medium of glass art. Ever since, this dedicated artist has produced a vast array of flawless, functional pieces and sculptures. He even has an entire collection of giraffe-themed pieces!
Matt turns negative situations into positive ones; generating the idea for a giraffe collection while sick and bed-ridden for two weeks. Matt dove into his sketchbook and created the distinctive color palette and technique used in this collection.
When Matt collaborates with other artists, they begin by sketching their ideas on a dry-erase board. Matt has always loved animals, and played with the idea of giraffes long before he put the concept into development.
Mr. Howdey DooDat is in the private collection of Rodeo Smoke Shop’s owner, Sammy, but is on display for all shop visitors to see.
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H E M P “GR A P H E N E ” CHANGING OU R PERCEPTION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY
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LTHOUGH INDUSTRIAL HEMP IS only permitted to be grown in a few areas within the United States, this variety of Cannabis sativa never ceases to amaze. Hemp’s many uses from food to paper to modern technologies such as hempcrete are just astounding. The most ground breaking of these though, is hemp “graphene.” To explain, regular graphene is comprised of a two-dimensional, hexagonal honeycomb lattice layer of tightly packed carbon atoms, and is one of the strongest, lightest and most conductive compounds ever discovered. It is considered one of the best materials for supercapacitor electrodes. The term was also used in early descriptions of carbon nanotubes, and can be considered a type of nanotechnology. Many of graphene’s uses are in the area of energy storage; some uses that are under development include electronics, biological engineering, filtration and strong, lightweight composite materials. However, a scientist by the name of Dr. David Mitlin, from Clarkson University in New York, says he’s found a way to manufacture hemp waste into a material that appears to be better than graphene. Dr. Mitlin and his team were able to recycle leftover hempbased fiber, cook it down and then dissolve it until carbon nanoseheets that resembled the structure of graphene were left behind. They proceeded to build these nanosheets into powerful energy-storing supercapacitors with high energy density, thus creating a hemp based “graphene.” Essentially, Mitlin’s team discovered a process for converting fibrous hemp waste into a unique graphenelike nanomaterial that many say outperforms graphene. Creating this graphene-like hemp material costs only a fraction of regular graphene production. Graphene costs as much as $2,000 per gram to manufacture, while the hempbased nanomaterial can be manufactured for less than $500 per ton. To give proper perspective, there are 907,185 grams in one ton. Hemp professionals and activists in Oregon and elsewhere are thrilled about this new technology and its potential for energy. Ben Christensen, owner of Oregon Hemp Works in Portland, said, “As a renewable energy major and hemp business owner, I find this
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very exciting. One of the bigger challenges with renewable energy is storage. I often find hemp being left out of the renewable energy conversation, but I feel you can’t really talk about renewable energy or sustainability unless hemp is being talked about as well. It also seems that when hemp is introduced as a replacement, it is just as good as what it’s replacing and even better in a lot of cases.” Amy Peradotta, hemp activist and chairwoman of the Portland Women Grow chapter, agreed. She expressed, “Using hemp cellulose to replace graphene in supercapacitor batteries will change how we store energy
and how we mass produce electronic products from computers and phones to electric cars. Imagine a future where your electric car battery is made with hemp supercapacitor electrodes; the body of the car is made with nontoxic, lightweight hemp cellulose composite materials; and the interior door panels and upholstery are made from hemp fiber. Then, we can also use hemp supercapacitors to store renewable energy for our indoor cannabis grow houses made of hempcrete. Pair that with solar panels and you have a sustainably designed, energy efficient cannabis production facility.”
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Most people don’t understand the truly diverse value of hemp. Cultures have relied on this hardy plant for centuries to produce textiles such as clothing, fabric and paper. Today, hemp is also used for food, fuel, medicine, building materials and plastics. Now with the energy storage industry starting to take notice, perhaps more government authorities will take a closer look at this plant. Joy Beckerman, principal at Seattle-based Hemp Ace International and a 20+ year veteran in the industrial hemp movement said, “As activists and entrepreneurs, we simply did not see this coming 25 years ago. No one was sufficiently intellectual back then to predict the unique and exponential power within micro fibrils from hemp bast fiber, or hemp’s ability to completely revolutionize the most critical areas of research and development. Graphite whisker and carbon nanotube are highest in stiffness and strength, but they are severely cost-prohibitive. Hemp cellulose nanocrystals are a considerably low cost nanoparticle, which makes them enormously attractive and competitive when one looks at the larger picture including price, availability, toxicity and sustainability.” To think that the cannabis plant can supplement modern technology so dramatically is incredible. This only reaffirms why we must continue to defend our plant everywhere and push the federal government to deschedule it. It is time that hemp be researched, grown and mass produced for its infinite uses and unexplored technological applications.
“ESSENTIALLY, MITLIN’S TEAM DISCOVERED A PROCESS FOR CONVERTING FIBROUS HEMP WASTE INTO A UNIQUE GRAPHENE-LIKE NANOMATERIAL THAT MANY SAY OUTPERFORMS GRAPHENE.
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ORE THAN A FESTIVAL, ARISE is a movement—a place where music, activism and culture collide. A place where Mother Earth is genuinely respected; a place to find a spiritual awakening, an inspiring speaker or dynamic workshop, a life-changing yoga class, a rare musical performance, or simply a huge smile and a full heart. Just bring a curious sense of adventure, a wandering soul and a willingness to celebrate interconnectivity. 2016 marks the fourth annual ARISE Music Festival held in Loveland, Colorado at Sunrise Ranch, just 65 minutes from Denver. Thoughtfully put together by a mindful, hardworking group of individuals, it’s no surprise the event is growing every year! From the very beginning, ARISE has embraced and celebrated diversity, bringing together a vast array of musicians, artists, performers, healers, yogis, activists and educators. This year, musical headliners include Ziggy Marley, The New Mastersounds, Jurassic 5, Del the Funky Homosapien and Papadosio. Taking place from August 5–7, this is NOT a weekend to miss. Since 2013, ARISE has brought a distinctive concept and community to Sunrise Ranch. Yearround, this picturesque festival site is actually the home of an intentional, spiritual community dedicated to teaching and demonstrating a sustainable life. Sunrise Ranch embodies a philosophy that seeks to create a unified human race, wishing to bring wisdom and love to the surface of every interaction. The ranch hosts all kinds of conscious gatherings, from weddings to workshops to permaculture courses; so it makes sense that a forward thinking event like ARISE is held on these grounds. Explore a vast array of dynamically informative workshops or spend the day taking yoga classes perched atop a gorgeous hill that overlooks the festival. Venture into the sunset and get lost in a
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sea of immersive art installations and meditative spaces. Dance and sing with thousands of beautiful faces. Enjoy a delicious, organic meal. Sip on a locally brewed beer or kombucha. Discover hundreds of visionary paintings scattered throughout Sunrise Ranch. Interact with amazing people from all different walks of life. Whatever it is that you’re looking for, you’ll find it at ARISE. A leave-no-trace event, ARISE is dedicated to a, “clean, green, 21st century scene,” and they don’t just say that. The wonderful curators of ARISE work directly with a Fort Collins based non-profit, Trees Water & People, to plant one tree for EVERY ticket sold! Regardless of ticket sales, the festival is committed to planting thousands of trees each year. Last year, The Polish Ambassador, an electronic producer/DJ, even led a group of participants through a full day of building a permaculture garden on the festival’s land. ARISE festival preaches, “There is no Planet B.” With the utmost respect for the beautiful world we live in, the people behind this event take every step towards minimizing their environmental impact. This means vendor-provided compostable bio-cups and flatware, a ban on plastic water bottles and ample recycling/composting stations. Even the smallest details are made as green as possible. Printed materials produced by the event use 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper and soy-based inks. All stages, festival lighting and production lighting are powered by a blend of bio-diesel, which severely reduces the amount of carbon emissions produced during the event. The ARISE staff even returns to the festival site a week after load-out, just to make sure that every last cigarette butt and bottle cap is picked up; not a single piece of trash is left behind. The festival’s relentless dedication to a highly responsible, ecologically-minded way of bringing people together is truly something to be recognized.
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“THE OWNERS THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROMOTE LOCAL ART AND CANNABIS CULTURE, WHICH IS WHY THE OUTSIDE OF THE STORE IS ADORNED WITH BEAUTIFUL MURALS OF MUSICAL ICONS, COMMISSIONED BY A LOCAL COLORADO ARTIST.”
In addition to positively pushing the boundaries of greening the U.S. festival scene, ARISE is pushing the boundaries of childhood involvement in festivals. The Rainbow Lightning Children’s Village seeks to empower the future leaders of our world through self-expression via art, music, nature and love. Activities include playing of musical instruments, embodied movement, dance and theater. Children 12 and under receive free entry into the festival, so don’t be afraid to bring your little ones! In a world where the environment is becoming increasingly endangered, there’s something to be said about a group of humans who pour so much love into a gathering that promotes sustainability. Head over to Arisefestival.com to purchase tickets for this year’s event! Tickets can also be purchased at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver, the Boulder Theater in Boulder and Rock ‘n’ Robin’s in Fort Collins. Take a leap of faith and give yourself permission to grow and transform with this amazing community.
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TEP INSIDE THE SAVOY at Curtis Park and you will be warmly welcomed into a sunny room with smiling faces. Find your space on the wood floor and make friends with your neighbors. Enjoy the music and prepare yourself for a pleasantly unique morning yoga class. On the first Sunday of every month, Addison Gumbert and Meg Ridgway create a lively, nurturing and refreshing yoga flow, allowing their attendees to soak in the serenity of moving meditation. During the first 45 minutes, Meg leads the class through an active Vinyasa flow paired with breath work and a delightful variety of poses to get your body warmed up. As a full-time instructor at Core Power Yoga, Meg brings a high level of expertise to the class and a radiant energy to the room.
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After this lovely group of yogis work up a sweat, a seamless transition emerges and the class is guided through 30 minutes of Restorative Yoga, which involves holding relaxing poses for long periods of time to center the mind and body. Addison, a seasoned yoga instructor and owner of wellness company Karma | Kosha, brings a beautifully grounded approach to the stillness and tranquility of Restorative Yoga. Finishing with a meditative Savasana pose, yogis are encouraged to release, relax and bask in the results of their hard work… …And what’s a better way to bask than with a delicious brunch! Participants are encouraged to socialize with one another, grab a mimosa and enjoy a healthy spread of delectable items prepared by a registered dietitian. Past events have included everything from bacon, frittatas
and sweet potato hash to granola, fresh fruit and yogurt. Options are even available for those who follow vegetarian, vegan and Paleo diets. Tickets are limited; so don’t hesitate to secure a spot for the next Yoga Brunch! Find more information and buy tickets through Denveryogabrunch.com. This event happens the first Sunday of every month from 11a.m. to 1p.m., attendees must be 21+ due to the complementary mimosas. All skill levels are encouraged to attend, whether you’re a first time yogi or have been practicing for years. Join Addison and Meg to feel energetically, physically and mentally fulfilled. Get prepared for an inspirational journey and a refreshing Sunday morning! The next editions of Yoga Brunch will take place on August 7 and September 11, in lieu of Labor Day Weekend.
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