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COLORADO RESIDENTS RECEIVE WEEDTAX CREDIT FORMER US SENATOR LAUNCHES MMJ CO.
LA JUDGE SHUTS DOWN MARIJUANA DELIVERY APP
NATIVE AMERICANS ALLOWED TO GROW ON RESERVATIONS
14 REASONS CANNABIS IS GOOD FOR THE UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT FEATURE WEED SHOWS TO WATCH: CINEDEOPES, MARIJUANA COUNTRY, & POT BARONS 1
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Letter From the Editor It seems like it was just yesterday that it was 2010 and I was in the beginning phases of constructing the original Edibles List website. Now it’s 2015, cannabis is thriving both medically and recreationally in almost half of the United States, regardless of the legal details being ironed out perpetually. In this new year ahead, it is our prerogative to continue to offer our readers quality content that is easy to read and digest, while adding value to the community with our web portals EdiblesList.com and EdiblesMagazine.com. If you are a vendor in the industry we invite you to submit for a free listing on EdiblesList.com. If you’re a patient or recreational user we invite you to rate and review our featured vendors. Your opinion matters and that is why we created The Edibles List. Thank you for reading our magazine. We appreciate our subscribers, advertisers and our industry as we continue to fulfill our original mission of getting the medicine in the hands of the patients that need it.
CONTENTS LA Judge shuts down Marijuana delivery app....................................................
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Native americans allowed to grow cannabis on reservation land..................................................................
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14 reasons cannabis is good for the united states......................................
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Recipes: medicated barbecue ribs infused stuffed mushrooms, and bbq potato salad.........................................................
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entertainment feature: cannabis shows to watch cinedopes, marijuana country and pot barons............................................
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former us senator to head marijuana company..................................
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Colorado residents to receive weed tax credit.............................................
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LA Judge Shuts Down Marijuana Delivery App
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Competition For Tribal Land Casinos from Marijuana Sales on the Way?
The memo says the federal ban on marijuana still applies, but federal authorities will focus its “limited investigative and prosecutorial resources” on the prevention of eight circumstances: • distribution of marijuana to minors; • revenue from marijuana from going to criminal enterprises; • diversion of marijuana to states where it is not legal; • marijuana activity being used as a pretext for trafficking of other illegal drugs, or engagement in other illegal activity; • violence or use of firearms in marijuana cultivation or distribution; • growing marijuana on public lands; • marijuana use or possession on federal property The memo also says nothing in it that precludes investigation or prosecution of marijuana crimes, even without one of the eight factors listed. Tribes have the sovereign right to set the code on their reservations, “According to U.S. attorney for North Dakota Timothy Purdon,” chairman of the Attorney General’s Subcommittee on Native American Issues. How will Native Tribes proceed? In the past several have vetoed the growing and selling of marijuana, citing the stigma of past history of alcohol abuse by tribe members, as well as possible prosecution. On the opposite side, Mason Tvert, a spokesman for the pro-legalization Marijuana Policy Project said, “Studies have consistently found above-average rates of alcohol abuse and related problems among Native American communities, so it would be incredibly beneficial to provide adults with a safer recreational alternative.”
NATHAN FOISY STAFF EDITOR A federal judge in Los Angeles has ordered the shut down of the medical marijuana delivery app Nestdrop, which facilitated the delivery of patients’ medicine to their homes. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert O’Brien issued the injunction after City Attorney Mike Feuer sought to end the business’s practices, stemming from the “violation” of Proposition D, which limits the number of storefront dispensaries and explicitly bans delivery services. Nestdrop co-founder Michael Pycher told the Los Angeles Times earlier this month, “Nestdrop is the technology platform that connects law abiding medical marijuana patients with local dispensaries to receive the medication that they need in a safe and secure manner.” The Company has stated, “While we agree with certain aspects of Proposition D, we believe the prohibition on delivery services is unnecessary and enforcement is a misuse of taxpayer funds’” “In fact, delivery services minimize the need for storefront dispensaries in residential areas – a point of issue in Proposition D – as these services bring the medicine directly to patients, no matter the location.” The city sued Nestdrop in hopes of preventing them from doing any further business in the area, as well as inhibiting any future plans along the same lines. Interestingly enough however, the app will continue to facilitate alcohol deliveries to homes while considering options how to operate in the medical marijuana industry as well. 4
Tvert added, “Tribal leaders will have a tremendous opportunity to improve public health and safety, as well as benefit economically by legalizing marijuana. Regulating and taxing marijuana like alcohol would ensure the product is controlled, and it would bring significant revenue and new jobs to these communities.” One thing is for sure, that 326 more outlets for low cost (tax free) marijuana throughout the country, even the “dry” states, would be significant. Only time will tell.
DAN CAPENER STAFF EDITOR It appears that the 326 federally recognized American Indian reservations (according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs) have been given the green light to grow and sell marijuana on tribal lands without fear of prosecution. The Department of Justice recently released a three page memo announcing that the federal government will not prosecute Native Americans growing and selling marijuana on tribal lands. The new federal policy will allow tribes interested in growing and selling marijuana to do so, if they maintain “robust and effective regulatory systems,” according to John Walsh, the U.S. attorney for Colorado. 5
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14 Reasons why Medical Marijuana is
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Good for the United States roughly, cost the United States tie” program focused on regulating prisons $1 billion annually, according medical marijuana growers by to a 2007 study, AlterNet reports. charging them a permit for each plant which raised $600,000 in revenue for the Sheriff’s department in 2011.
The government would save an estimated $ 13.7 billion on prohibition enforcement costs and tax revenue by legalizing marijuana, according to “Pot Legalization Could Including lost cost tax revenues, a Save U.S. $13.7 Billion Per Year, 2007 study found that enforcing 300 Economists Say” the marijuana prohibition costs tax payers roughly $41.8 billion annually, According to The New York Times Forbes reports. in 2011, Oakland, California raised approximately $1.3 million in tax revenue from the medical marijuana It’s estimated that Washington’s industry, which is a 3% increase in legalization of marijuana could bring the city’s business tax revenue as the state an additional $500 million TIME Magazine reports in California a whole. in tax revenue, WPTV reports. alone marijuana growers account for $14 billion in sales, currently making it the state’s largest cash crop.
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Colorado’s pot legalization legislation, Amendment 64, is estimated to create $60 million for the state in combined savings and additional tax revenue, Colorado Springs Business Journal reports.
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According to MadameNoire, the illegal marijuana industry in the United States is estimated to gross $36 billion.
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In 2011, The New York Times also reports Colorado having earned $5 million in sales taxes from all medical marijuana businesses in the industry.
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Bloomberg Businessweek reports that legal medical marijuana could Marijuana users could see The Sacramento News and Review gross an estimated $45 to $100 substantial savings due to marijuana saw a substantial boost in their ad billion, the theory of Economist legalization, as prices could fall by revenue after they were allowed Stephen Easton in 2010. up to 100 times, perhaps freeing to offer business to 60 plus up some much needed cash to medical marijuana dispensaries, repurpose elsewhere. this inadvertently caused growth requiring additional jobs. WeGrow, “The First Honest Hydro Store” creates an estimated 75 jobs every time they open another Inmates that have been incarcerated hydroponic marijuana growing on marijuana related charges, Mendocino County - California’s “zip supply chain.
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Medicated Barbeque Ribs meDIBLE rECIPES
Ingredients: 6 apples - peeled, cored & sliced 2 tablespoons white sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup old-fashioned oats 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 cup cold cannabutter Cannabis infused BBQ sauce for dipping • (Visit EdiblesMagazine.com for cannabis infusion recipes)
Directions: Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Place ribs on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Scatter 4 cloves of sliced garlic over ribs. Cover, and bake for 2 1/2 hours. Cool slightly. In a small bowl, mix together white sugar, paprika, salt, black pepper, chili powder, and ground cumin. Rub spices over cooled ribs. Cover, and refrigerate overnight. In a small saucepan, mix together brown sugar, cider vinegar, ketchup, chili sauce, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, onion, dry mustard, and 1 clove garlic. Simmer over medium-low heat, uncovered, for 1 hour. Reserve a small amount for basting; the remainder is a dipping sauce. Preheat grill for medium heat.
BBQ Potato Salad Ingredients: 5 pounds unpeeled potatoes, cubed 1 small red onion, diced 6 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and finely diced 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise 1/2 cup barbeque sauce 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder salt and ground black pepper to taste 1 teaspoon paprika (optional) 3 tablespoons cannabis infused BBQ sauce
Directions: Place cubed potatoes into a large kettle and cover with water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the potatoes are just tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and spread the potatoes onto baking sheets in a single layer. Chill the potatoes in the refrigerator until cold, about 2 hours. Mix the cooled potatoes, red onion, egg, mayonnaise, barbeque sauce, garlic powder, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Sprinkle with paprika if desired.
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Place ribs on grill. Grill, covered, for about 12 minutes, basting with the reserved sauce, until nicely browned and glazed. Serve with Yummi Karma’s infused BBQ sauce for dipping.
Infused Stuffed Mushrooms Ingredients: 12 whole fresh mushrooms 1 tablespoon cannabis infused olive oil • (Visit EdiblesMagazine.com for cannabis infusion recipes) 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon onion powder 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray. Clean mushrooms with a damp paper towel. Carefully break off stems. Chop stems extremely fine, discarding tough end of stems. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and chopped mushroom stems to the skillet. Fry until any moisture has disappeared, taking care not to burn garlic. Set aside to cool. When garlic and mushroom mixture is no longer hot, stir in cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, black pepper, onion powder and cayenne pepper. Mixture should be very thick. Using a little spoon, fill each mushroom cap with a generous amount of stuffing. Arrange the mushroom caps on prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the mushrooms are piping hot and liquid starts to form under caps. 8
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Starring: Brian Drolet, Ben Glieb Angeline-Rose Troy, Ben Morrison, Jordan Mann, Max Weisz AKA Max no Sleeves, Tara Emerson, Annie Hsu, Cedric Williams Jr., Yiming Ye, Peter Gardner, Jason Scott Jenkins Nick Noland. The entertainment marketplace is moving toward a digital platform, where everyone is using Youtube and the internet to get their viewing pleasure content. Less and less these days are we seeing subscribers of traditional television. Following the success of the Showtime show “Weeds,” the creators of Cinedopes have scripted a web series that includes marijuana as a main character theme. Cinedopes is a slapstick comedic web series with a raunchy edge. It’s about the first movie theater to legally sell marijuana for you to tokeup while you enjoy your cinematic experience, in addition to beer and wine. Centered around the inept staff of a small independent movie theater full of employees who have trouble running their own lives let alone a business. Mayhem ensues around every corner as they desperately try to turn a profit, while competing with the megaplex across the street.
CINEDOPES
Clearly concepted by a bunch of potheads, Cinedopes was originally written as merely a comedy about a movie theater without marijuana being an actual character. Cannabis was something that was added in later. Ben Gleib (actor, comedian, and writer seen on Chelsea Lately and the Late Late Show) joined as a writer and as a main cast character, adding a recognizable face to the show. They pride themselves on being the first scripted web series based around weed. But it’s not a show that we would recommend watching with your parents.
Cinedopes received a nod from the cannabis industry, landing a product placement deal with Raw Rolling Papers. By releasing the series themselves on Youtube they were able to cut around the red tape associated with weed and network television shows, and they can pretty much air “whatever they want.”
More New Marijuana Shows (That we recommend checking out.)
Marijuana Country: The Cannabis Boom In mainstream traditional television, CNBC has released a one hour documentary that aired January 5th, 2015 titled. “Maijuana Country: The Cannabis Boom.”
A year after Colorado passed one of the most permissive pot laws in the world, CNBC and correspondent Harry Smith returned to the state to chart the rise of a new American industry and report on the results of this social experiment. Smith profiles the most successful marijuana They’re hoping with the traction of merchant in Denver, who hopes to season one they’re able to produce expand his family-run business to a season two. Check out their four other states as they follow Colorado’s episode first season online at: lead and legalize the sale of marijuana Our elevator pitch synopsis was for recreational use. He explores the Dodgeball meets Pineapple Express. Youtube.com/TotalAnarchyTV new world of cannabis-infused 10
& OTHER RECOMMEND SHOWS co-owners; Brian Rudin, Starbuds owner; Bob Eschino, Incredibles owner; Julie Dooley, Julie’s Natural Edibles owner; Matt Moorman, High Country Healing president; Nick Brown, High Country Healing owner; Alex Stoffel, Maggie’s Farm manager; Adam Brous, Terrapin Care Station manager; and Jake Brown, The Cannabist pot critic. edibles and the sale of pot brownies, chocolates and even soda, which has led to some confusion and controversy over dosing and portion size. CNBC cameras also follow two pot dealers – one of them a U.S. Army veteran – who profit from a black market that funnels the drug across state lines and continues to thrive despite the new law. This CNBC original documentary examines the issue of pot in the workplace, as Colorado employers work to reconcile a more open marijuana culture with workplace rules that enforce zero tolerance. Harry Smith talks to Brandon Coats, who awaits a State Supreme Court ruling that could ripple across the country. Coats was fired from his job when he tested positive for THC – the result of an act that was legal according to the state. Smith also reports on the plight of medical refugees, a fellowship of hundreds of families that have moved to Colorado to obtain medicinal marijuana they can’t get in their home states. Confronting a landscape of unprecedented business opportunities and unintended consequences, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper tells CNBC, “When you’re doing this for the first time, there’s no template.”
Pot Barons: Colorado The six-part series focuses on the state’s new ganjapreneurs, including: Tripp Keber, Dixie Brands CEO; Chuck Smith, Dixie Brands COO: Lindsay Jacobsen, Dixie Brands marketing director; Andy Williams, Medicine Man president/CEO; Pete Williams, Medicine Man COO; Sally Vander Meer, Medicine Man CFO; Pepe Breton and Jamie Perino, Euflora
of marijuana.” Tripp Keber, the President and CEO of Dixie Brands, hopes to build an empire out of his marijuana soda that comes in fancy brushed-aluminum bottles. The documentary explores how each pot baron broke into the industry, the risks they are taking, the dreams they’re pursuing, and the setbacks they must overcome.
The series takes viewers deep inside this budding industry filled with financial opportunity, but also fraught with danger. At the Federal level, marijuana remains an illegal substance, so banks are shunning the business, creating a cashonly world and a climate of armed Produced by MSNBC’s Longform guards, locked vaults, and constant Unit and Triple Threat TV, the series concerns about security. follows the stories of Colorado-based ‘pot barons’ who will risk everything Another branch of the industry to secure a foothold in the rapidly looked at in the series is edibles. expanding world of recreational Products such as marijuana cookies, brownies, or beverages, marijuana use. have provided hundreds of millions On New Year’s Day 2014, the nation’s of dollars of revenue, but they have first legal recreational marijuana also been connected to two deaths dispensaries opened in Colorado. and a number of children’s visits The demand for legal weed stunned to emergency rooms. As state the experts, effectively launching a regulators consider possible changes 21st century “green rush.” From in the laws, some of the pot barons dispensaries to grow houses, “Pot must choose whether to support a Barons of Colorado” delves into the costly compromise or stand their thrilling and suspenseful world of ground and face potential ruin. Colorado’s recreational marijuana businesses as they race to cash in From MSNBC’s Longform Unit, Michael Rubin, Vice President, Scott on this unprecedented boom. Hooker, Senior Executive Producer, Vicki Sufian, Senior Producer and Carrie Wysocki, Director of Production, worked on this project. For Triple Threat, Gary Cohen was Executive Producer, Writer and Narrator, with Niki Usbay McDonald as Director and Matt McDonald as Senior Producer. Rasha Drachkovitch was Co-Executive Producer from 44 Blue Productions. In the series, audiences will meet a handful of the state’s leading Pot Barons, including: Jamie Perino, owner of Euflora, a high tech pot parlor which she calls “the Apple Store of Weed.” Andy Williams, who co-owns a family business, Medicine Man, with his brother Pete, runs one of the largest single-store marijuana dispensaries in the world and hopes it will soon become the “Costco Thanksgiving weekend, MSNBC premiered “Pot Barons of Colorado.” The six-part documentary series aired Sundays at 10pm ET/PT November 30th was the start date of the series with a sneak peak that aired two days prior.
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Senator Gravel has worked on several committees, including the Public Works, Interior, Finance, and Environmental branches, as well as being instrumental in getting Congressional approval for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in 1973. His political experience, innovative and forward-thinking mindset have no doubt given him invaluable knowledge to bring to cannabis reformation and his work with the Cannabis Sativa, Inc. Gravel said, “I’m anxious to assist in bringing this important resource to a broader market in a serious and credible way.” Cannabis Sativa, Inc. researches and develops a number of specialized cannabis products from topicals to edibles, as well as cosmetics and oils. 12
While most Colorado residents would prefer a cash rebate, a direct refund may not be given at all. Rather, several options of how the State would keep and distribute the money are on the table. Residents might be given a credit on next year’s tax bill, or be given a lower sales tax rate. Another major concern for Colorado and Washington alike is the arduous tax on recreational marijuana in competition with the lower rate for the medical marijuana counterpart. The number of medical marijuana patients has increased significantly, instead of the expected decrease, since recreational use has become legal. Officials are looking into ways to bridge the gap of taxation over recreational use verses medical use of marijuana equitably without over burdening current medical patients. Rick Garza of the Washington Liquor Control Board raised the question, “How can you have two parallel systems, one that’s regulated, paying taxes, playing by the rules, and the other that’s not doing any of those things?” Many residents using recreational marijuana are continuing to be labeled as medical patients, meaning they pay lower tax rates. An equitable solution for this gap may be part of the Legislature’s discussions over what to do with the rebate funds. Hopefully any solution proposed will not adversely impact legitimately sick patients. Teri Robnett, founder of the Cannabis Patients Alliance, commented, “I don’t want to wind up cracking down on people abusing the system in a way that negatively impacts the patients and the people who help them.”
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Gravel served as the US Senator for Alaska from 1969 to 1981. He has been a prominent and proactive voice in the war on drugs, as well as a respected cannabis advocate (partly due to his own medical reasons for using marijuana). Steve Kubby, current Chairman of the Board for Cannabis Sativa, Inc., stated, “Senator Gravel stood up to Nixon, stood up to the Pentagon, and now he is standing up to those in power who would keep the healthful benefits of cannabis from those who need them. He’s been a director of Kush since its inception and brings invaluable perspective and connections to our group. He’s a true American hero and we’re excited to have him serving in this capacity.”
The actual amount will not be determined until the end of the 2015 fiscal year. The rebate or credit would then be applied on the 2016 tax forms. However, the Colorado Legislature will determines how the rebate will be used or distributed.
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Former Alaska United States Senator Mike Gravel has been appointed head of the cannabis company Kush, and will be overseeing the marketing and developing of it’s marijuana products. The 84 year old, former Senator who ran for U.S. President in 2008, will now be working to give patients the medicine they need for medicinal and recreational use, including a lozenge called “Kubby.”
NATHAN FOISY STAFF EDITOR Colorado Residents may receive a windfall tax refund or credit next year in the range of $60 to $107 million due to the new tax on recreational cannabis. The state’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TABOR, sets limits on how much the government can tax its residents, and if that limit is exceeded, refunds may be given out.
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