Kush So Cal November 2010

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The benefits of this ancient Chinese form of medicine is used worldwide to cure all types of ailments. Read the first of this three part series on the benefits on this non traditional medicine.

14 | Strain Review: OG Private Reserve by Michael Dillon

34 Hawaiian Bootube

30 | Cannabis Industry Report by AnnaRae Grabstein

10 The Health Report: Acupuncture

12 | A Global Warming by David Downs 24 | Best Holiday Movies by Julie Cole

A unique bamboo water pipe handcrafted in Hawaii will bring Aloha to your cannabis lifestyle.

40 | Best Happy Hours: LA vs OC by Julie Cole

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44 | Travel: Cornado by Jane Quentin

42 | Product Review: The NO2 by Scott Lerner

Sure to be the largest cannabis lifestyle convention ever, KushCon will be at the Denver Convention Center December 17-19. The not to be missed event of the year.

46 | Sticky Icky Wiki by David Downs

58 Los Angeles Kings

52 | Grower’s Grove by Jade Kine

48 | Hempful Hints by Valerie Fernandez

Hockey, the greatest winter sport is being played brilliantly by our own LA Kings. Be sure to check out the schedule and go to Staples to cheer for the Kings!

56 | Roger Waters by Josh Kaplan

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62 | Tax & Destroy by David Downs

IRC Section 280E prevents dispensaries from deducting legitimate business expenses since marijuana is still classified as a controlled substance. Read this information to get the most out of your medical marijuana business deductions.

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60 | This Month In Weed History by Josh Kaplan 68 | So Cal Live Music Preview 72 | Chef Herb Recipe 76 | Dailybuds.com Dispensary Directory

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he Beatles said it best when they wrote the title to the song Come Together.

Following the November 2, 2010 election, Arizona, Oregon and South Dakota all voted down medical marijuana related laws. California, the first state in the nation to pass a medical marijuana law in 1996, attempted to pass the Tax Cannabis Initiative, Proposition 19 which was voted down statewide 46% in favor to 54% against. The most interesting thing that we learned from this election is that other than the voters in our country that are opposed to the use of marijuana – medical or otherwise – our own industry is completely divided as how to proceed through this time of prohibition.

The bay area counties of Sonoma, Marin, Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo and Monterey all voted in favor of legalization, while the counties of Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino (the Emerald Triangle) and Sacramento all voted against legalization. It is obvious there are very assorted political beliefs that caused these areas, all richly engrained in the cannabis industry to be so diversely split as to their reasons to be for or against legalization.

The Federal government still holds strong to the archaic posturing that marijuana is a Schedule 1 drug. As long as the cannabis community stays divided as to how to move forward to eliminate this classification and to make the nation as a whole appreciate both the medical as well as recreational benefits to cannabis, we as an industry will have a problem marching forward.

How can we “Come Together” and create a state ordinance that all parties involved in our industry can support?

With recent turmoil in San Jose these past few weeks to the Los Angeles City Attorney suing hundreds of collectives in Los Angeles to validate the City Council’s onerous medical marijuana ordinance it is more evident each day that governmental agencies whether local, state or national are doing a good job keeping this industry divided.

So how can we “Come Together” and create a state ordinance that all parties involved in our industry can support? With two years before the next general election, it is time to meet as an industry in community meetings, voice concerns and help draft a proposition that both sides can live with. The use of marijuana both for medical purposes as well as recreational is here to stay. We can choose to keep it underground, with no financial benefit to our federal , state, or local governments or we can help tailor laws that politicians and citizens alike can live with.

Colorado has passed the first statewide medical marijuana law, and while it is far from perfect, the medical cannabis industry in Colorado including growers, dispensaries, edible companies and doctors have all registered and become legitimate businesses creating much needed revenue for their state. The sooner other states with medical marijuana laws prove to the federal government that they are treating medical marijuana as a business, like any other, the sooner the government might be forced to realize the monetary benefits of cannabis, medical or otherwise.

So isn’t it time for the state of California to Come Together?

Kush Editorial Board, www.dailybuds.com

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MORE PEOPLE EVERYDAY ARE LOOKING EAST FOR ANSWERS TO health questions and general wellness. Acupuncture is a very big part of traditional Chinese medicine and its popularity in the United States has grown abundantly in the 20th century. While the exact origins of acupuncture are not clear, it is often studied and reported that acupuncture goes all the way back to the Stone Age in China.

According to 1970’s novelist, David Frum, “The greatest exposure in the West came when New York Times reporter James Reston, who accompanied Nixon during the visit, received acupuncture in China for post-operative pain after undergoing an emergency appendectomy under standard anesthesia. Reston was so impressed with the pain relief he experienced from the procedure that he wrote about acupuncture in The New York Times upon returning to the United States. In 1973 the American Internal Revenue Service allowed acupuncture to be deducted as a medical expense.”

At the core of Chinese medicine is the belief that a type of energy or force known as qi (pronounced “chee”) flows through energy paths (meridians) in the body. Each meridian corresponds to one organ or group of organs that governs particular bodily functions. Achieving balanced flow of qi is thought to be the very key to health and wellness. Qi maintains the dynamic balance of yin and yang, which are complementary opposites.

According to Chinese medicine, everything in nature possesses both yin and yang. An imbalance of qi (too much, too little, or blocked flow) causes disease. To restore balance to the qi, an acupuncturist inserts needles at points along the meridians. These acupuncture points are places where the energy pathway is near the surface of the skin.

The effects of acupuncture are not easily understood or described.

The research that has been done suggests that the needling process may produce a variety of effects on the brain and the body. Several theories have been written about and a common belief is that stimulated nerve fibers transmit signals to the spinal cord and brain, activating the body’ s central nervous system. The spinal cord and brain then release hormones that alleviate pain while improving overall wellness and health. Acupuncture may also increase our pain threshold which is advantageous for those who suffer from chronic pain. Acupuncture has also been reported to increase blood circulation and body temperature, positively affect the immune system by affecting white blood cell activity and triglyceride levels, and reducing cholesterol and restoring blood sugar levels.

In the next installment, a look at the effects of acupuncture in treating cancer patients.

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very now and then, you come across a strain of Kush that really blows you away. For the casual smoker it tends to just become the general expectation of what marijuana should be. But for those that have dabbled in all types of Kush for years, it’s a special moment when you find a strain that is just right. As the name would indicate, OG Private Reserve is one of these special strains that the true connoisseur strives to find.

Private Reserve is a multiple OG hybrid (Venom x Diamond OG). A classic indica, it fits all the stereotypes of a ‘stoner strain’. It’ll make you hungry, giggly, relaxed, and sleepy. It’ll ease your pains and cheer you up when you’re down. Having a regular supply of this weed on hand would certainly make you less appreciative of other good indica strains. Some talk of this strain indicates that it actually originated as Snoop Dogg’s Private Reserve stash. We can’t confirm or deny that rumor, but it seems fitting that one of the biggest “pot celebrities” would have cultivated this wonderful weed.

OG Private Reserve smells a little fruity and very fresh. The taste is most certainly sour. It also has a hint of sage with a real sweet aftertaste.

Overall, a fairly diverse, complex smell and taste that changes and evolves with every hit. The main thing I kept thinking when I sampled Private Reserve for the first time is “Damn, that’s what pot is supposed to smell/taste like”. PR really just smells and tastes how a good Kush should. The color is light green, with hints of darker greens and plenty of orange hairs, plus a nice amount of white trichomes. It has pretty dense and sticky buds that can be a little tricky. I found it best to use a grinder to break it down and smoke. This strategy gets you a full flavor, a good

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even burn, and just an overall better experience. I’ve recently become a big proponent of using a grinder for every bowl. Totally worth the ten bucks or whatever you have to spend on it to get a perfect hit.

The high is pretty heavy. You might remain active, but expect to be somewhat debilitated for at least a short period of the high. This is not the kind of strain where I’d want to hit the town after smoking.

Similarly, trying to get any kind of significant work done with this buzz isn’t advised. For a regular smoker, it’s manageable. But if you only play around in the THC game once in a while, you may want to only take a hit or two. It is extremely potent and will get you extremely high. I usually found myself to be pretty productive throughout my buzz. Activities of a typical high included: cooking up a delicious and ambitious meal, doing laundry, looking at hilarious pictures online (for HOURS!), making travel arrangements, watching lots of movies, and falling asleep on nights that I had plans to go out. So it’s strong, but don’t let that fool you into thinking it’s a bad kind of strong, if you’re a veteran smoker. Brief moments of anxiety and overall weirdness are easily recoverable, and worth the general feeling of relaxation and cheer.

Private Reserve can be found at many dispensaries around Southern California, with varying prices depending on the area. It’s a strain that everyone that enjoys a good time with Mary Jane should try. Infrequent smokers may get knocked on their ass, but for the rest of us it’s a real treat. Go find it!

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When my editor asked me to write a piece on the best holiday movies, I gladly accepted. I’m a big sucker for the holidays and that means that I buy Christmas albums from artists I like, I start decorating the day after Thanksgiving and when I start hearing the Christmas music in stores in October, it’s not a day too soon. So holiday movies are naturally a big part of my holiday cheer. But as I thought about the holiday movies I absolutely love, I realized that I have somewhat slanted taste and that most of it slants toward A Christmas Story. There is no suspense lost by me telling you that A Christmas Story is the best holiday film ever made, bar none. It’s so good that TBS airs it for 24 full hours! Guess what channel my TV stays on for 24 hours? So rather than compile a thoughtful and meaningful list of the top 5 holiday movies to enjoy this season, this list is really more of a “Holiday Movies to Watch When A Christmas Story is Not On” list. And believe me, the other four are wonderful, but there’s only one Ralphie, one Randy and one Red Ryder Carbine Action Air Rifle. The runners-up are not your traditional holiday flicks.

Any website will tell you to watch Miracle of 34th Street, or It’s a Wonderful Life and you should. But sometimes you have got to mix it up.

The Wi zard of Oz I know what you’re thinking, and no, The Wizard of Oz is not a traditional holiday movie, but during a time filled with wonder, imagination, hope, courage and heart, there is no better film in all of the history of cinema to portray the holiday spirit. And if you don’t watch the Wizard of Oz once a year, you might need to follow the yellow brick road back to the place where you learned about Kansas for the first time.

Home for the Holidays Jodie Foster directed this sleeper in the 90’s and the cast alone makes it a holiday favorite at my house. Robert Downey Jr, and Holly Hunter deliver some of the finest performances of their careers and ooze discomfort that is special to going home for the holidays. And even though this one is a Thanksgiving story, everyone has an Aunt Edna, a family with secrets and a desire to be able to teleport away from the dinner table.

Big If you don’t like Big, you have never been a kid who wanted to be older. Tom Hanks has had a handful of great roles and Big is top 3, for sure. Nothing can unleash your childhood whimsy more than a story of a kid who gets big and get sot work at a toy company. The FAO Schwartz scene alone should get you in the holiday spirit.

A Nightmare Before Christmas Tim Burton was being Tim Burton long before Tim Burton was cool. This one might make a lot of holiday lists and it certainly makes this one for its sheer imagination and the animation. Burton took his slightly warped view of Christmas and turned it into a cult classic. Good for any time of year.

1. A Christmas Story Ho Ho Ho.

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I believe that the medical cannabis industry is suffering from a level of complacency that is hurting progress. Medical cannabis cultivators have in the last generation honed their art and techniques to produce a flower that has incredible bag appeal and flavor, but that is no longer enough. The medical cannabis movement is under constant scrutiny and in order for the industry to stand up to the nay-sayers, participants must recognize the need to implement quality control programs. I appreciate the confidence that growers have in the cannabis they are producing and collective dispensaries are distributing, but patients deserve to know their cannabis is quality assured, meaning tested for potency, microbiological contaminants, and pesticide residue. Third party quality assurance practices are routine in most every other sector which is why the SafeCannabisTM program offered by Steep Hill Lab fills the needs of the industry to create confidence.

I have the daily pleasure of talking with some of the best growers in the cannabis world.

Admirably, most believe that their products reign superior to others on the market and they come to our lab because they want to prove it. These growers are also commendably making the choice to differentiate their medical cannabis from the rest by self-regulating and implementing quality control. They are bravely moving past a complacency that has held back the industry for quite some time. Self-regulation is a small and growing movement. My philosophy, which is shared by many of my colleagues, is that cannabis industry people need to be a part of setting the standards that regulate cannabis because we understand more about it than the lawmakers do. By self-regulating we are setting the standard that government regulating bodies look to when they create their local guidelines.

Proposition 19 did not pass and as a result I hear a lot of pleased, cannabissupporters say that they are happy because legal medical cannabis sanctioned

by Propostition 215 is “good enough” and that “if it’s not broke don’t fix it.” In many ways I see their point and was personally disappointed that Proposition 19 did not propose safety/quality standards for cannabis, clear guidelines for running a legal cannabis business, and ways for the small grower to stay in

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I believe there is an enormous contingent of industry sympathizers who are in denial about the inevitable changes that are coming down the pipeline, legalization or no legalization.

Denial about foreseeable adjustments to the status quo may understandably come from the historical need to balk at the law and go underground in order to participate in the cannabis industry. I respect those who have responsibly pushed the limits of the law in order to provide cannabis, a sacred plant, to patients and I have witnessed that those who have been willing to challenge boundaries imposed by the laws of land or the dominant cultural paradigm are the people who have truly been able to make a difference in the world. However, while the medical cannabis industry players have to be risk takers, no one should have the expectations that medical cannabis patients should be taking a risk just because they are choosing to consume cannabis to alleviate chronic pain, treat appetite loss from cancer, or reduce anxiety. Patients deserve to know their medical cannabis is safe for consumption. No one can argue against safety.

Complacency causes people to have difficulty recognizing change. They rationalize behavior because they think the risk is low and become over confident in their actions. It will be a devastating blow to the progress of medical cannabis if a lack of self-regulation leads to an unanticipated health crisis where someone is compromised. The current participants of the medical cannabis sector will be well served to be a part of a movement to self-regulating now before the government comes in and tells us we have to. There are currently a couple of models for medical cannabis quality assurance; dispensaries submit samples for laboratory analysis or growers do the testing before passing on the medical cannabis to a collective dispensary or patient. Ultimately the most logical quality assurance model for the medical cannabis industry is for the growers to contract with a quality assurance laboratory, like Steep Hill Lab, to implement standardized sterile packaging and laboratory analysis before the product reaches the market.

Historically, industries that have selfregulated before the government imposed compliance guidelines have been looked to as resources when regulatory guidelines are ultimately imposed by government oversight.

When the USDA implemented organic standards it looked to already established models like CCOF (California Certified Organic Farms) to create their compliance guidelines. In California alone, Richmond, Long Beach, Eureka, Los Angeles, and Stockton have all mandated safety testing and standards for medical cannabis based on the model we have created.

The medical cannabis industry has operated in a certain way for a long time and when you have done something one way it is hard to change but not hopeless. Already, hundreds of collectives are implementing quality control and safety standards, growers are using sterile, standardized packaging to ensure that their product does not degrade before it reaches the patient, and most importantly, thousands of patients are consuming medical cannabis that they can feel confident is safe cannabis. It takes effort to develop news procedures and change old ones but once a behavior is consciously changed it will not take much effort to sustain.

-AnnaRae Grabstein is the CEO of Steep Hill Lab, California’s premier cannabis analysis laboratory.

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Beau Hawkes is a 30 year old entrepreneur originally from Idaho, who now calls Maui his home. In 2004, Beau took a 6 month construction job in Maui, during the Idaho winter which turned into a two year experience. Beau felt a true connection to island life, but when work slowed down he returned to the mainland, determined to return. He felt an unspoken ‘mana’ with the island and wanted to return to eventually raise a family in the relaxed, tropical atmosphere that Maui has to offer.

In September 2009, Beau returned to his island paradise, finally calling it ‘Home.’ On the first Sunday following his return, he visited his Sunday fun-day ‘church’, his favorite secret beach spot. Planning a relaxing day of hanging on the beach and soaking up the Maui rays, the beach was quiet and empty. Within an hour a colorful character walked up and politely asked Beau if he and a few friends could set up a volleyball net next to him, and that they were welcome to join them for a game. The tattoos and dreadlocks were a second to the warm smile and aloha radiating from him. Within an hour the beach was bustling with every sort of colorful Maui local, all seemingly there for their own Sunday tradition. He somehow knew immediately this was his Maui “ohana” or family.

Over the next weeks and months Beau would get to know and love these amazing friends as they gathered for their sunset volleyball sessions. As it would turn out, one friend in particular who lived just up the street, would be instrumental in directing Beau in his new career. His name was Jason Harris, formerly of Jerome Baker the glass bong company. This industry was new to Beau, being a Mormon kid from a small town Idaho. He came to know Jason as a father, husband, friend, and creative consultant.

During their daily coffee talk in his kitchen, they would talk and brainstorm about their favorite industry

industry would offer opportunities for someone willing to do the work. Beau couldn’t have found a better mentor. Somehow during one of their creative sessions the idea was born of a bamboo water pipe.

With only six months until the C.H.A.M.P.S. trade show in Las Vegas, Beau was determined to create as many bamboo bongs as he could. Being a woodworker, it seemed a natural, almost easy task to create. How wrong he was. Over the next several months he experimented with different varieties and styles of bamboo, eventually leading him to one of the most progressive bamboo farms in the world, that happened to be right there in his own back yard.

Beau learned that the bamboo species was key, and true to form, the ideal bamboo happened to be one of the rarest on earth. And so the bamboo tube or Bootube was born. During the research and development stages, countless trips in his 1971 VW bus were made to the farm by way of one of the windiest roads in the world. Weekly progress reports were given at his Sunday volleyball sessions, and he received constructive criticism from some of the most discriminating people in the industry. He knew if his colleagues would endorse his all natural, bamboo pipe; it would surely be able to be sold and used as a daily piece for others looking for an organic smoking piece.

Just a week before the C.H.A.M.P.S show all the pieces finally came together. With all the pieces loaded into his suitcase he hopped on a jet plane full of excitement, wonder and anticipation. Literally putting the pieces together in his Las Vegas hotel room, it was there Beau saw his first perfectly finished Bootube. Although Beau and his Maui family and friends loved this new bamboo bong he was hoping the industry would love it also.

Well the rest is history selling out of product their first day and taking orders from every corner of the country. Everyone wanted their own piece of Hawaii to take home. From its humble grass roots beginning to the overwhelming response, the Bootube remains the first daily usable bamboo water pipe that with proper care will last for years to come.

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Beau believes that, “Aloha is the way of life in Maui, and no-

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bamboo. During harvest time he gears up for his biggest harvest ever.

It’s an exotic black bamboo that he is after; found only a handful of places on the earth. Searching the globe for the perfect bamboo wasn’t easy, though finding uncles 180 acre organic bamboo farm right here in Maui certainly made Beau’s life easier. Beau says, “there is something about this place, maybe it’s the majestic ocean view that goes on for thousands of miles, maybe it’s the isolation from civilization where neither power lines nor cell phones can reach, whatever the case it is the tangible life energy or ‘mana’ that lives in each piece of bamboo that makes the Bootube so unique.” Hand picking the perfect bamboo shoots to create a Bootube wasn’t easy at first, but after countless walks through the bamboo forest, he says he “can almost feel the bamboo telling me which ones are ready to be transformed into a work of art and bring its aloha and mana to every corner of the globe.”

Beau’s passion and a labor of love goes into each and every Bootube.

After the arduous task of cutting the nearly indestructible bamboo, it’s time to load up his old VW bus, known as the magic bus and begin his journey back to the north shore. The bamboo will slowly cure in the warm Kula sun until the ideal moisture content is reached. Back to the north shore to their humble Bootube facility where each piece will be hand shaped, sanded, branded and finished, and finally adorned with a hand blown glass on glass sleeve and slide. Eager customers have been patiently waiting to get their hands on their own piece of island life. From the silky smooth hemp seed oil finish to the unique harmonic sound each piece makes, it is the ‘Aloha’ and ‘mana’ in each and every piece that truly make each Bootube a functional work of art.

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How does one choose? There are so many great places to be happy in the late afternoon/early evening and if I were to do all of the research necessary to make a truly informed choice, I would be making Thanksgiving plans with Lindsay Lohan from rehab. So in order to save my liver and my ability to do things like work, drive and wake up before noon, this is a small sampling and you may have a favorite place that is not on my tiny list, but rest assured, I am a dedicated journalist and in the name of accurate reporting will continue this research long after this magazine makes its way to the recycle bin. So cozy up to the bar, leave work behind and get happy.

Cha Cha Lounge Ok, first, this place is like stepping into a Concrete Blonde song. For those of you who are too young to remember Concrete Blonde, you should listen to their music and stop with the Twilight already. Red booths, Day-ofthe-dead art and low, red lighting make everyone look and seem fabulous. But what really makes Cha Cha special is the cheap drinking. $2 PBRs from 5-9. $2.50 well drinks. And on Sundays? Happy hour all night long! Since drinking is so cheap and the atmosphere is so great, the good folks at Cha Cha did the sensible thing and made available a photo booth. Yeah, document it old school. And don’t drive home.

2375 Glendale Blvd • Los Angeles (Silverlake)

Lola’s From 5:30-7:30, Lola’s is the place to be. Home to the birdbath martini for $5.50 and a menu that makes me drool, there is no better place in We Ho to get your happy hour fix. Martinis are not the only value-priced drink special, there are also deals on beer, wine and mixed deinks during these wonderful two hours. The menu includes such delicious snacks as Skewers of Shrimp, BaconWrapped Scallops & Swordfish served with a small side of couscous, hummus with pita points and mini burgers with fries. Lola’s never disappoints and for twenty bucks, you can leave real happy.

945 N Fairfax Ave • West Hollywood

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The Office Happy Hour is from 4-7 and you can enjoy $2.50 domestics, $2 MGD 64s and a buck off all apps. If you’re flying out of Burbank in the evening, this is a great way to start your trip. The Office is small, upscale divey and has a terrific menu. The burger here might be one of the best in town and you can get $2 tacos (authentic!) all the time.

So during happy hour, that’s right- tacos for a buck. They have flatscreens galore and it’s a great place to watch all the NFL games. Free Wi-Fi, Rockband nights, trivia nights and more—this Office is way better than going to your regular one.

3516 W Victory Blvd • Burbank

Orange County, home to the Happiest Place on Earth, is also home to some of the very happiest happy hours.

The beach towns of the OC are pretty little jewels that have some of the best views, best food and best places to have a late afternoon cocktail. The beauty of Orange County is that within blocks you can find a cheap but delicious fish taco and cheap beer or oysters on the half shell and fine wine, and all share the same spectacular weather and views If you’re anywhere within the vicinity of PCH. But since this isn’t about the best views but the best happy hour, you may have to take several trips down (or up) the cost to catch a sunset with your martini, which is all right by me!

Don the Beachcomber The Zombie. The Painkiller. These are a couple of the specialty drinks that Don the Beachcomber serves it its Tiki lounge, which is not just a name but also a reality.

The décor here is Polynesian paradise and after one of the aforementioned drinks, you might actually think you’re in Bali. Don offers half price drinks and half price food from 4-6. The pulled pork sliders are fantastic and if you want to taste heaven, try the Brie quesadilla.

16278 Pacific Coast Hwy • Huntington Beach

The Rooftop Lounge Holy sunset! I want to live on the Rooftop Lounge. Laguna Beach is such a dreamy little town as it is, so add in happy hour pricing and a bird’s eye view of the Pacific and those magnificent cliffs and coastline and you pretty much reach nirvana. The food here is hit or miss, I can’t lie.

BUT, the mojito with the sugar cane stem makes up for what the kitchen lacks in consistency. As the winter months roll on, don’t worry about that cold ocean air—The Rooftop has blankets, so cozy up, order the best mojito in town and be truly, blissfully happy.

La Casa Del Camino • 1289 S Coast Hwy • Laguna Beach

Johnny’s Saloon My secret is clearly out. While I do enjoy the quaint, beachy happy hours, sometimes I just want to get rad.

You know what I mean. I’m a little bit fancy, a little bit rock and roll and while I may be the best person to ask for a wine recommendation, I am also the best person to invite to shoot tequila and drink beer with. When I’m feeling a little more of my punk rock roots, Johnny’s is the only choice.

One of their many mottos is: We don’t serve hippies or Beatles fans. If you want to listen to TSOL, Johnny’s will do it. Happy hour can be packed, so lace up your Doc Marten’s and get there early. $3 PBR tallboys. Enough said.

17428 Beach Blvd • Huntington Beach

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The NO2 Vaporizer by Vapir, Inc. is the new face of vaporizing. The typical issues associated with vaporizers—the bulkiness, lack of portability, and size of the large vaporizers of old that needed to be plugged into a wall—are no more.

Portability is the new word in the vaporizing industry, and the NO2 is leading the way. As Frank Bartscheck, Vice President of Vapir, Inc. says, what people want most is “portability and ease.” And this new vaporizer is all about portability and ease.

The inception of the idea for this vaporizer lies in the desire to rid the vaporizer of the aforementioned stigmas that have plagued its popularity. Even modern, more portable vaporizers still encounters some of these problems: they are often confusing to use and, even though they do not have to be tethered to a wall, their battery lives are rather lackluster.

The NO2 fixes all of these issues: you simply push the power button, set the temperature with the digital scale, load the herb of your choice, and start to vaporize. The device will even remember your favorite temperature setting.

Another aspect of the NO2 that really sets it apart from the crowd is its rechargeable battery. You can charge the battery while using the device, and even “charge the battery on the go without draining the battery with the cigarette/ lighter adapter in your car, RV boat, etc.” The company also sells additional replacement batteries, ensuring that your device is never without power.

The NO2 makes the previous drawbacks of the vaporizer non-existent, allowing the positive health effects of vaporizing instead of smoking to be more accessible than ever. As Bartscheck points out, while using a vaporizer “you are minimizing the intake of carbon monoxide and tars which are the negative side effects typically associated with smoking.” For this simple reason alone, vaporizing is a significantly safer way to receive the effects of marijuana without the inhalation of dangerous carcinogens. Vaporizers have also been shown to extract THC more effectively from the plant than by lighting it on fire.

Bartscheck also points out that because the NO2 does not use a butane heating element to heat the herb of your choice, the natural flavor of the herb is preserved, allowing you to “enjoy the actual flavor” of the herb.

At $179, the NO2 vaporizer is a serious advancement in the modern, digital vaporizing age. The NO2 is portable, affordable, compact, and provides the safest way to enjoy your medical marijuana or other herb of choice.

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you need a place to get away for a day but don’t have a lot of time or don’t want to spend much money to escape, consider what is waiting for you in your own back yard. We are blessed with some of the most beautiful beaches in the nation and have access to the kind of places people plan all year to visit. While much of the country winterizes their lives and prepares for months of chill and frost, we reach for the sweater or hoodie and take a walk on the beach. One of the world’s most revered beaches is Coronado Beach on Coronado Island and it’s just a short drive to the destination that has played host to celebrities, royalty and now, you!

Coronado Beach consistently wins the praise of travel writers worldwide. Dr. Beach says of the San Diego gem:

Coronado Beach is the toast of Southern California; it is a veritable oasis by the sea, measuring hundreds of yards wide. With its lush subtropical vegetation, unique Mediterranean climate, and fine sparkling sand, beachgoers flock to this beach for great ship watching and the summer’s warm and mild surf. The local landmark, Hotel del Coronado, was built over a hundred years ago, offering spectacular architecture and Old World elegance. Kings, sheiks, actors, and actresses have stayed at Hotel del Coronado, where food and drinks are served on the beach, and the hotel provides a great location for celebrities.

First and foremost, no visit to Coronado is complete without a visit to the Hotel del Coronado. The Victorian beachfront property is straight out of a fairytale and was named a National Landmark in 1977. Its iconic red pillars are truly a beacon of grandeur.

The hotel is more of an institution than anything else and if you have never been inside, you’re missing a stroll through history and the chance to walk the halls as Marilyn Monroe did, as King Edward VIII did, as Babe Ruth did.

There are plenty of activities to keep you entertained in this quintessential California beach town. From Art-in-the-Park to the Coronado Playhouse, to the Museum of History and Art to Coronado Ferry Landing, there are places to explore and make you feel like you have really gotten away. Remember, people pay big money to visit the “enchanted island”, as Coronado has been coined.

The Coronado Chamber of Commerce is a great place to check for current activities. There is always something going on in town and even if you just decide to relax fro an afternoon by strolling the main street and having lunch at one of the many fine restaurants in Coronado, you will find that the tiny island has given you back that wonderful sense of relaxation that only a vacation can provide. So even if visiting Coronado is more of a staycation, give thanks that you don’t live someplace where a staycation means going to a different grocery store and eating at Chili’s instead of Applebes. At least you can get a mean fish taco and hang out where Marilyn used to sleep. So even if visiting Coronado is more of a staycation, give thanks that you don’t live someplace where a staycation means going to a different grocery store and eating at

But it doesn’t have to be summer to enjoy Coronado. The autumn and winter can be just as much fun if you know how to enjoy the beach without frying yourself in the sun and swimming in the ocean. (Of course with a wetsuit anything is possible, but I’m of the persuasion that the ocean is for cooling off, not freezing your butt off. Clearly I do not surf.)

Chili’s instead of Applebees. At least you can get a mean fish taco and hang out where Marilyn used to sleep.

A simple, anonymous way to report the price of cannabis is rocking the Internet this harvest season. PriceofWeed.com asks for anonymous data on user location, as well as cannabis cost by weight and quality. The results are startling. Over 12,000 entries have been sent to them since early September. The developers behind the project say their slick, simple, effective way to track world prices is just the beginning and they’re rapidly expanding the service in an un-tapped, multibillion dollar online market for cannabis consumer services.

PriceofWeed.com visitors are met with a simple, straightforward web site free of any sort of clutter. Users can submit a price, check the price index or read the site’s blog. Below, the “submit” form sits a map of the United States showing trends in prices and a list of recent submissions from the local buyers.

If a person wants to anonymously submit a price, they simply type in their city and state, how much they paid, the weight, and choose a quality from three choices, low, medium and high. A computerized test called a CAPTCHA eliminates spam entries, and after hitting “submit”, PriceofWeed.com asks visitors to rate on a scale of 1 to 5 local attitudes about cannabis and the degree of cannabis law enforcement. Their results control for statistical outliers like erroneous entries or outright lies, and appear to be statistically valid.

A state like California has over 1,200 data points, well above the number of people required for a similar poll of political preferences. High quality cannabis costs $345 per ounce, $277 for medium quality and $146.75 for low quality. The vast majority of PriceofWeed.com respondents report buying high quality cannabis in California, as opposed to any other kind. Cannabis laws are gently enforced, respondents say, and citizens have a tolerant attitude toward the plant.

Confirming the relationship between increased enforcement and the increased cost of medicine, New Yorkers report that law enforcement takes a harder approach to cannabis prohibition, even though people report similar levels of tolerance. As a result, high quality cannabis costs $444 an ounce, while medium quality costs $308 and low quality costs $173.

PriceofWeed.com states that they are assuring user anonymity by discarding any IP information from the submitter. “When you visit PriceOfWeed.com, we automatically detect your IP in order to pre-select your city/location,” they state. “ [But] when you submit data, we record: the city, the price ($), the amount (oz.), and quality. We do not store any identifying IP with the associated record. It is essentially anonymous because visitor IPs are not directly linked to submitted data.”

The site has has gone global and been featured by TIME, CBS, ABC. Now, they’re fast adding Europe to their GoogleMaps Visualization and making it easier to browse the data.

“One thing we have in mind is to plot the change in price in California after Prop 19 passes,” the founders say.

PriceOfWeed.com joins successful startups like Leaf.ly which tracks specific cannabis strains and WeedMaps.com, which just held an IPO to raise millions of dollars and expand.

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KUSH magazine has been bringing you Hempful Hints for some time now, and we’ve explored the benefits of the Hemp plant and many of its diverse and useful products. Everything from clothes to protein powders have been highlighted, and now we’ve found a great product that will add some soul to your life - Sanuk shoes and sandals.

Naming the company after the Thai word for “fun”, Sanuk (pronounced sa-nook) also uses this as their mantra. This small crew of eco-friendly shoemakers headquartered in Southern California continues to grow globally, now distributing across the United States, and to over fifty countries throughout Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia.

This complete line of casual footwear was started in 1997 by a diverse group of global outdoorsmen. Originally made from inner tubes and indoor-outdoor carpet, Sanuks seemed more like a recycled product, with utilitarian qualities, and a worn-in look. Over the years, Hemp has been introduced as a viable, durable cloth, and has helped grow Sanuk into a respectable footwear company. With their sensibilities still focused on quality and “funk”-tion, they have chosen to sponsor athletes and causes close to their hearts. With professional surfers and rock climbers representing their products, Sanuk feels they are attracting like-minded, eco-friendly patrons towards their product.

Their shoe line includes fun, creative designs, and quality products with names like Beer Cozies, Fraids, Vagabonds, Ibizas, Yoga Mats, Ripcords, Grifters, Slackers, and NotA-Boots, you’ll surely find a pair that catches your eye. One of my favorite hemp shoes is Sanuk Women’s Donna Hemp Sidewalk Surfer (be sure to check out the one with the braid) and for the guys I really like the Hemp Loafer. With shoes and sandals designed for men, women, and kids, everyone can enjoy the casual comfort, and cool designs of these Hemp friendly products.

So whether you’re a soccer mom, or on tour with Widespread Panic, Sanuks will fit your lifestyle and consciousness. Check out www.Sanuk.com for a little soul searching.

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is the plant that every Cannabis consumer thinks they know. It’s the closely related species of Cannabis that can’t get you high, but makes stronger, longer lasting clothes than any other fiber (without the need for extensive pesticide use, like with cotton) and provides a host of other planet-saving uses such as renewable fuel. California’s Proposition 19 would legalize all forms of Cannabis plants, and technically that includes hemp (although a 25 square foot garden of hemp isn’t much of a hemp farm). However, Prop 19 does suggest amendments to include industrial hemp later and legalization of both hemp and pot is immanent in California, regardless of Prop 19’s outcome. As the Cannabis movement expands from a rolling snowball into a full-blown avalanche of momentum, Cannabis legalization is going to show up in every election from now until it’s a reality. Industrial hemp bills gain support each year in California, despite Governor Schwarzenegger’s constant veto. With the topic of Cannabis legalization on everyone’s lips, marijuana enthusiasts everywhere are wondering - What will a legalized (or largely decriminalized/regulated) hemp and cannabis market look like? How will the dominoes fall? What does it mean for the consumer? While many imagine pot-bars and pre-rolled packs of joints sporting corporate logos, there’s a crucial bit of horticultural information that the Cannabis Movement is overlooking. If industrial hemp varieties of Cannabis are grown anywhere near outdoor marijuana crops, the marijuana crops would be essentially destroyed by an invisible but potent force of nature: pollen. While indoor production of marijuana has been on a dramatic rise for the last decade (especially the last 5 years), outdoor marijuana still accounts for the majority of overall annual production. Ironically, one of the major reasons that growing seedless pot, or “sinsemilla” (Spanish for “without seed”) outdoors is even possible is due to the current prohibition on hemp, which would otherwise pollinate nearby marijuana varieties and render them worthless. In 52 52

order to understand this ironic problem, we need to once again go back to the board and look at some Cannabis Botany.

Plants are scientifically defined and named according to their genus and species names. Cannabis is the “genus” name of the plant in question and the “species” names include familiar titles like sativa and indica – i.e., Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, etc. Hemp is technically defined as a subtype of sativa, but many consider Cannabis hemp to be quite separate from other sativa plants, mainly due to the total lack of THC, the primary psychoactive compound. Industrial hemp varieties produce less than 0.3% THC while medicinal varieties have 10-20+% THC. However, most of the time when botanical taxonomists define plant species; they do so based on whether or not a plant can interbreed with other closely related plants. In other words, plants typically defined as a species can only mate with other plants in that species. But Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica and Cannabis hemp can all cross-pollinate and produce hybrid seeds with each other. This is why many Cannabis botanists actually consider Cannabis to be the name of the species, with other names like sativa and indica designating sub-species or varieties. Ok, so all Cannabis plants, hemp and pot both, can breed together - what’s the big deal? Hold on for one more bit of botany and it’ll become clearer.

Despite the similarities between pot and hemp as far as cross-pollination is concerned, the THC producing varieties of Cannabis (sativa and indica) are also quite different from hemp in one very important trait. Sativas and indicas grow into separate male or female plants (the botanical term for this is dioecious). Producers of medical marijuana grow only the female plants because those flowers, when unfertilized, swell up with psychoactive resin instead of non-psychoactive seeds. Growing female

marijuana flowers exclusively is easy because the flowers are on separate plants.

Hemp plants, on the other hand, are “monecious”, which means that they produce male and female flowers on every stalk. Because male flowers cannot be removed from the crop, massive amounts of pollen are released into the air and can be carried by the wind for many miles. If pollen from these monecious fiber varieties of hemp lands on a crop of female marijuana plants, the marijuana plants will immediately lose potency and value because the flowers that should be filling with potent resin are filling up with non-psychoactive seeds instead.

conditions will destroy pollen immediately, so seasonal factors will greatly affect the issue and how quickly the drift occurs. Geographically protected mountain gardens far from hemp fields may never see this effect if the prevailing winds come from hemp free areas. For other areas, Cervantes suggests planting as late as August outdoors, after the hemp crops have finished flowering, but this would undoubtedly also reduce the potential yield from such outdoor gardens. June and July would be filled with pollen in the air, but are also usually filled with sunshine and currently supply a great deal of energy and crop size to outdoor gardens.

In a 1998 article titled Hemp and Marijuana: Myths and Realities, David West, Ph.D. points out: “Hemp fields, in fact, could be a deterrent to marijuana growers.

A strong case can be made that the best way to reduce the THC level of marijuana grown outdoors would be to grow industrial hemp near it. An experiment in Russia found that hemp pollen could travel 12 kilometers. This would mean that a hemp field would create a zone with a 12-kilometer radius within which no marijuana grower would want to establish a crop.” 12 kilometers is about 7.5 miles. Noted Cannabis author Jorge Cervantes also points out that pollen from the mountains of Morocco can travel across the Mediterranean Sea to Spain onto crops intended to be seed-free (The straight of Gibraltar is about 9 miles wide at it’s narrowest, indicating an effective pollen range of well over 10 miles). Cervantes claims that pollen can drift up to hundreds of miles under dry conditions.

Hopefully, an increased awareness of this issue can help the Cannabis movement make the best decisions as we move toward legalization. Local municipalities traditionally used for outdoor marijuana production can perhaps regulate where hemp is grown and choose sites that keep pollen out of the main prevailing winds. Hemp crops grown strictly for fiber can be harvested before flowering while crops grown for seed could perhaps be grown in less populated areas. As we get closer to legalization, outdoor pot grows will become more common and the first few years after legalization will undoubtedly come with an influx of outdoor production. However, the influence of industrial hemp will show up at some point and it’ll be the “Pandora’s Box” of the Cannabis world. Given a long enough timeline, hemp will escape and seed itself everywhere, just as it did in Kentucky and other states where it still grows wild after more than 6 decades of eradication efforts. Despite the hundreds of millions of dollars spent annually to eradicate wild hemp, it still flourishes across much of the Midwest.

More than any other type of Cannabis, hemp highlights the idea of eradication as preposterously foolish. Its durability and adaptability makes the task of getting rid of it impossible. But that’s also the way nature designed it and one of the many reasons why it’s such a valuable crop resource.

So, let’s say conservatively that hemp can pollinate other outdoor cannabis crops at a 7 – 10 mile range with enough influence to essentially ruin crops intended to be seedless. If that’s our radius, then hemp crops can create a 20 mile wide circle around them where cultivated marijuana would become seeded. Seeds produced by the union of hemp and medicinal forms of Cannabis would not only displace THC in the pollinated plants, they would produce a resulting generation of offspring that could self-seed and later, produce pollen of their own. With a viable range of 10 miles in all directions, it’s easy to see how just a few seasons worth of pollen drift could create self-seeding hemp plants in many of the same areas where marijuana is currently grown outdoors. Perhaps hemp fields wouldn’t immediately pollinate large outdoor grows a hundred miles away, but after a few seasons of pollen spreading, self seeding plants would pop up in remote guerilla grows all over the place. Remote grows ruined by seeds would more than likely be abandoned as it would not be worth the risk to haul out worthless plants. Those seeds will likely start again next season as hemp and its pollen would continue to spread beyond the boundaries of industrial cultivation each year.

So, if you grow outdoors and you live at least 10 miles from the next nearest marijuana garden or hemp field, you may be alright. But since everyone in California is within 10 miles of an outdoor marijuana garden (and everyone in the famed Emerald Triangle is within about 10 feet of an outdoor marijuana garden), it won’t take long for pollen drift to impact the areas that produce the most outdoor pot each year if hemp is also planted. Some hemp producers that grow strictly for fiber harvest the plants before flowering, eliminating much of the pollen. Still, those same fiber crops traditionally need to have a portion of the crop left standing to produce seed for the following season. Even a small portion of a hemp field left to seed could produce enough pollen to frustrate outdoor growers miles away. Any hemp crop grown for seed would have to flower and inevitably would produce vast amounts of pollen in the process. In fact, there are few plants on earth that produce as much pollen as Cannabis and people with pollen allergies will want to stock up on allergy medicine if industrial hemp is to be grown in your area.

The real question is not whether or not hemp will impact outdoor marijuana in a post legalization world, but rather how much impact it will have and how quickly it will occur. Pollen remains viable over great time and distance if kept dry, but wet

As for outdoor marijuana production, well, it’s gonna take a hit at some point.

How much and when will depend on many factors. As the methods and supplies for controlled environment growing become more efficient, cheaper and more widely available, more growers will turn to controlled environments – grow rooms and greenhouses where the air can be filtered not only for pollen, but mold and mildew spores as well, which is a good thing. Of course, it’s very convenient to simply plant outdoors and let nature do her thing, but greenhouse grown sinsemilla will always be superior to pot that didn’t come from a controlled environment. So perhaps the silver lining to this will be an influx of cleaner, high quality greenhouse bud in the long run. Let’s not forget that the super potent hybrid varieties of marijuana that exist today are the direct result of prohibition. In countries where Cannabis is grown for hash, little work is done to improve the genetics of the plants. I mean, who cares about a few points worth of THC one way or the other when you’re just gonna turn the whole acre into hash anyway. But as prohibition attempted to eradicate pot in the US, grower ingenuity and resourcefulness teamed up with some Dutch breeding and – voila! – We now have plants that push the upper limits of how much THC marijuana can hold. We can grow more and stronger medicine in smaller spaces than ever before. Plus, we also now have strains in every flavor under the sun from chocolate to pineapple to artificial grape flavor (how does nature even know how to make the smell “artificial grape flavor”, anyhow?). So keep that chin up – hemp is a good thing.

So are greenhouses and I think those looking to position themselves according to future trends would be wise to invest in a greenhouse with air filtration anyhow. There may be a few seasons worth of extensive outdoor production in a post-legalization setting, but sooner or later, hemp will do what it does best and we’ll just have to take our cue from the plant and learn to adapt to our new, post legalization environment.

Remember – that which doesn’t kill us only makes our medicine stronger.

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>Who said it couldn’t be done?

Over 300,000 square feet of the Colorado Convention Center in Denver this December will be consumed by KushCon II the largest star-studded Cannabis Lifestyle convention ever to take place in the United States, and for that matter on the entire planet. People from all over the world are coming to this amazing event.

Grow Bot, manufacturer of state of the art grow trailers is giving away one $46,000 GrowBot 2800 all in one plug and grow hydroponic production system, a complete seed to harvest solution. Conventioneers will be able to register for the opportunity to be the lucky winner of this amazing Grow station.

The place will be buzzing (no pun intended) with thousands of people to partake in the largest collection under one roof of live concerts, entertainment, skate demos, and hundreds of vendors showing their cannabis friendly wares just in time for last minute Christmas shopping.

To add more excitement, everyday at 4:20 Kush Magazine and Daily Buds will be giving away $1,000’s of dollars of holiday presents as part of the KushCon mega giveaways celebration. The gifts will be items you have on your Kushmas list including custom blown glass, leather jackets, jewelry and so much more.

The Kushmas party continues with our daily concert series. Friday and Saturday conventioneers will be treated to first class recording artists and DJ’s including Flobots, Dirty Heads, Mickey Avalon, Asher Roth, Mix Master Mike, and Aaron Lewis of Staind. Sunday, we bring back Old School featuring performances by the legendary War, yes the band famous for such hits as ‘Lowrider’, ‘Cisco Kid’ and ‘Why Can’t We Be Friends’ to name a few. We are also headlining the distinctive voice of Gregg Rolie, founder and lead singer from the Santana Band and Journey with such hits as ‘Black Magic Woman’, ‘Evil Ways’ and ‘Oye Como Va’.

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first KushCon this past April over 20,000 marijuana curious patrons attended; and even though no marijuana was permitted on the premises, they had a wonderful experience. For KushCon II we have upped both the size and quality to epic proportion, but still no bud will be allowed on sight.

Cooking with cannabis demonstrations will be conducted by some of the biggest chefs in the infused product industry.

Scott Durrah from 8 Rivers, Lauren Gennett formerly of Mad Batter and Rachel Welpo of Baked at Mile High will be creating infused culinary meals for you to try at home.

KushCon II is also about the dissemination of information about the marijuana culture.

There will be breakout rooms with continuous speakers from within the medical marijuana industry and the marijuana movement. Some of the speakers slated include legendary growing experts Jorge Cervantes and Ed Rosenthal. U.S. Congressman Jared Polis and Matt Cook head of Colorado Department of Revenue who is in charge of medical marijuana enforcement will talk about the political climate. Attorneys Rob Corry, Warren Edson, and Brian Vicente will share their legal advice, recommendations and war stories. Medical information for patients and others about marijuana and its uses to treat certain modalities will be presented by Dr. Alan Shackelford and Dr. Robert (Bob) Melamede.

There will also be speakers from NORML, MPP and other non-profit organizations from around the country.

Besides the GrowBot 2800, other prizes to be given away are Sheldon Black glassware, Vortex Gravity Bongs, Celebration pipes, cool original Kush Brand clothing and apparel plus a whole lot more. There will also be an opportunity to win a million dollars and a new car from one of our vendors.

The event will be cannabis free and open to the public. At the first Kushcon Lerner said “We were happy to see a lot of parents with their kids checking out the vendors and all of the entertainment, and just having a good time�

Continuous live remote broadcasts by Jammin 101.5 and Hot 107.1 DJs. To get KushCon II updates about the talent lineup, event information and to buy tickets check out www.kushcon.com.

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issing Pink Floyd’s The Wall concert in 1980 was a huge disappointment. I was in sixth grade, and there was one kid at my school who went, and he wore his concert T-shirt with an overwhelming amount of deserved pride. I was incredibly jealous as an eleven year old, with fantasies of going to rock concerts, and being a part of those gatherings. Not long after that I went to my first concert, (Styx - Paradise Theater wasn‘t quite the concept album I had hoped to see) and now 2,000+ shows later, I think missing The Wall made me determined not to miss many others, and I haven’t looked back since.

Seeing Pink Floyd in 1994 was amazing, even if somewhat dismantled. Seeing David Gilmour solo was fantastic, and seeing Roger Waters re-create the Dark Side Of The Moon a few years ago was the absolute ultimate concert experience, putting the audience in the middle of a musical and theatrical show, with lights, smoke, visuals, and amazing interactive props. This smorgasbord of the senses put the audience in the show, as opposed to just viewing it. The level of artistic vision has been unmatched since - possibly until now. Having said that, there was still a gap to be filled in this 30+ year saga. Re-creating The Wall was the obvious next move for Waters, and thankfully he’s obliged.

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society. Pink’s life experience began with the loss of his father during the Second World War, and continued with the abuse from schoolteachers, an overprotective mother, and the breakdown of his marriage - all traumas adding “another brick in the wall”. The protagonist becomes a Rock Star, and while building this wall has to deal with the isolation from human contact. Culminating in an on stage hallucination where Pink believes he’s a fascist dictator with Neo-Nazi-like regalia, he sends his men into the audience after unworthy fans, putting them up against the wall. Plagued with guilt, he places himself on trial, his inner judge ordering him to “tear down the wall”, opening Pink to the outside world. The story truly comes full circle as it ends with the closing words “Isn’t this where….” (with the beginning track starting with “….we came in?”) with the continuation of the melody of the last song hinting at the cyclical nature of Waters’ theme.

With the Roger Waters - The Wall 2010 tour hitting far more cities than its original venture (which was a losing proposition financially), there is NO reason at all to miss this experience. The reviews are in, and the general consensus is that it’s “…. the greatest show ever!”

With five dates in the Los Angeles/Southern California area (three at the Staples Center 11/29,11/30 and 12/5, along with two at the Honda Center 12/13 and 12/14), this is sure to be the concert of a lifetime. Get your tickets early, as these shows will sell out.

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With a stellar 9-3-0 start by the Los Angeles Kings, we here in tinsel town are feeling excitedly confidant as of late. Not only are we still riding high from the LakersÕ ring ceremony, and dominating 5-0 start, but KingsÕ Hockey is also back at Staples Center stronger than ever, with a young, energetic team that is holding first place within their division, and a league leading 18 points (at the time of writing this article).

After a seven year playoff drought, last year found us getting knocked out of the conference quarterfinals by the Canucks, 2-4. This year we appear (in this early stage of the season) to be a contender, and hopefully we will be able to advance past last yearÕ s mark. With some early, hard fought wins, including a 5-2 win in Dallas, in which the Kings scored two goals in nine seconds, a 3-2 win in Minnesota where Goalie Jonathan Quick denied goals in a shootout, and an early Richardson hat-trick vs. the Avalanche, the potential for this team to improve on last yearÕ s standings will only increase, given they stay healthy.

The Kings have played well without defenseman (and Team Canada Gold winner) Drew Doughty, and his return has only improved the teams defense and continued strength in front of the net. Goalie Jonathan Quick has proven to be a warrior in the crease, with a 8-1 record, and a .936 save percentage. LetÕ s keep it up there, ehÉ Defenseman Jack Johnson has made rumblings of a trade, but the L.A. fans would be greatly disappointed

if this came true. LetÕ s hope he stays within the KingsÕ

organization a bit longer. With a team leading 8 assists, Johnson is needed not only for putting the puck on his teammatesÕ sticks, but his ability to forge ahead and score as well. His tenacity will prove vital as the long season leads into the playoffs.

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old by NHL standards, but this Kings team has the youngest roster in the NHL. If this keeps up, these olÕ geezers may just bring hockey and all it’s fanfare back to L.A. This line truly shows chemistry out there, and they use the most important tool - communication.

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For those KUSH readers under the age of sixty, try to imagine what it was like to grow up in the fifties. Imagine almost a whole decade before Leave It To Beaver - now add in some nuclear testing and a little post-war trauma, and you’ve got yourself one screwed up era. If there was ever a time to smoke a joint, it was then. So in typical contrast, what does our country do…? We implement The Boggs Act, which nearly quadruples penalties for all narcotics offenses and unscientifically lumps Marijuana in with narcotic drugs (which by definition declares it an Opiate, which Marijuana is NOT). I guess rational thinking was on back order then too. This all took place on Nov. 2nd , 1951. Was this just a sign of the times….?

Let’s jump ahead 45 years to 1996, where a San Franciscan AIDS activist named Dennis Peron conceived Prop 215 (The Compassionate Use Act), which passed with overwhelming numbers in the liberal Bay area. Other cities in California soon followed, and with California leading the way, the fight has continued ever since. With many hurdles in this battle, we can see the future of California’s stance on the issue with the recent bill passed last month by Governor Schwarzenegger, essentially de-criminalizing Marijuana in amounts under one ounce, with a $100 fine, and no arrest.

Finally the small time user is clear and free of a potential jail sentence based on their medical usage, or personal habits. This is a relief on our judicial system, as well as our society as a whole. With this watershed moment potentially leading the rest of the country in tow, we must reflect on how we got to this far. It’s been a lot of hard work by a lot of different people. It’s taken many individual and collective battles to get to this point. As California and other liberal states are fighting the cause, there are many more states fighting against it.

If you’re reading KUSH magazine, you probably support the latter of these two historical moments. Let’s not ever take for granted what our forefathers have done, and/or what our politicians are attempting to do presently. We have a long road to haul, so let’s not rest on our laurels.

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This Winter, the Los Angeles City Council considers taxing medical marijuana growing collectives at a rate of $500 per plant, equivalent to perhaps two ounces of dried, processed medicine sold in a dispensary, and quite a huge chunk of change for patients.

The proposed tax follows confiscatory measures up in Northern California, where one rural city, Rancho Cordova, wants to charge patients $600 per square-foot of indoor grow space. In the aftermath of Prop 19’s rejection, watchers say recalcitrant cities have started using these age-old tax techniques to persecute patients. These tax rates are multiple times higher than in liberal cities such as Oakland, or ones proposed by lawmakers in Sacramento. Such rates amount to de facto bans on medical marijuana in those localities, in defiance of state law, critics say. It could take years for patients to overturn taxation so high it, they say it blocks access to life-saving medicine.

Kris Hermes, spokesperson for medical marijuana lobby Americans for Safe Access said the ASA opposes any additional taxes on medical cannabis. It’s harmful to patients, who already pay sales tax on medicine. California collects about $100 million a year in medical cannabis dispensary sales taxes.

“If additional taxes on medicine or cultivation are imposed, they must include specific protections for patients and providers,” the ASA states.

During the November 2 election, ten California cities adopted eleven local medical cannabis tax measures. The citizens of inland, rural Sacramento County town Rancho Cordova voted overwhelmingly for medical cannabis collective taxes of $600 per square-feet of cultivation. That’s $180,000 per year for a small, 200 square-foot collective, Hermes says. By comparison, the city of Albany, CA. in the East Bay voted in favor of a $25 per squarefoot tax.

“It’s beyond a large amount. It is so excessive that it’s essentially a ban on cultivation altogether. I don’t know whether it was cynically placed on the ballot by a local official or if they’re are completely oblivious to what they did.”

This Winter, the Los Angeles City Council, which has long battled with its dispensaries will consider charging collectives $500 per plant. “The tax-per-plant model is based, in part, on the City Attorney’s mistaken interpretation of state law, which regards sales of cannabis as illegal,” says Don Duncan with the ASA. “This is why [Los Angeles] is avoiding the more common strategy of taxing the gross receipts of the collectives. This unusual tax is not based on the normal, legal operation of collectives. It is likely to be unduly burdensome for patients’ collectives, complicated to implement, and almost impossible to enforce.”

Hermes says sky-high taxes will almost certainly be challenged in court by the ASA or another group. They’re an unprecedented assault on patient rights, he says. But overturning them would be unprecedented as well.

Dale Gieringer with California NORML said the Rancho Cordova tax is probably higher than the value of the marijuana a squarefoot could produce. “No one is going to pay this tax. Instead of collecting money, Rancho Cordova is likely to end up being hit with a lawsuit,” he said.

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By comparison, bills in Sacramento have proposed charging roughly $50 per ounce for recreational cannabis sales. The City of Oakland currently levies a 6.8 percent tax on gross sales of medical cannabis at dispensaries.

Historically, the federal government has used taxes to create cannabis prohibition in everything but name, starting with the Marihuana Tax Stamp Act of 1937. It levied a $1 tax on any commercial seller or buyer of cannabis. Lawful taxpayers were ordered to obtain a stamp by paying what would be $14.78 in 2010 dollars. The federal government never issued the stamps, however, and the first federal cannabis arrests started shortly thereafter.

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by J.T. GOLD

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Internal Revenue Code Section 280E disallows legitimate business expenses that are incurred in a trade or business of trafficking in controlled substances. Cannabis, or marijuana, continues to be treated as a controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act passed in 1970, a federal law, even though 14 states and the District of Columbia so far have passed legislation legalizing the dispensing of cannabis for medical purposes. In addition to those states, another 17 states recognize the medical value of cannabis, some of which are considering legislation to allow dispensaries (according to Marijuana Policy Project, a non-profit policy think-tank). The Internal Revenue Code has not yet been amended to recognize the legitimacy of medical cannabis dispensaries. Until the tax code gets corrected, tax and accounting professionals must continue to reduce their deductions by the portion that is deemed attributable to “trafficking” in cannabis.

This article explains how to make the calculation so as to minimize the portion of the business expenses that are non-deductible. This approach utilizes the principals outlined in Californians Helping to Alleviate Medical Problems v. Commissioner, 128 T.C. No. 14, wherein the court sanctioned the bifurcation of expenses between those attributable to trafficking and those that are not.

The Theory in Support of the Calculation Medical cannabis dispensaries provide many different services to their patients. Examples of such services include acupuncture, nutritional training and advice, chiropractic services, and pain management treatments. The IRS has acknowledged that these services are completely outside the scope of Section 280E, and therefore expenses related to these services are completely deductible, pursuant to the approach allowed by the Tax Court in the case cited above.

Patients seek advice from dispensary personnel on aspects related to the different strains and forms of medicinal cannabis. They want to know which strains may be high in CBDs (cannabinoids), which strains are better for improving appetite, which strains are better for improving sleep, etc. Additionally, they need advice regarding which form may be best suited to their medical need; should they use concentrates,

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tinctures, edibles, or salves. When dispensary personnel provide this advice, they are providing medical advice, they are not engaging in “trafficking.”

In Californians Helping to Alleviate Medical Problems v. Commissioner, 128 T.C. No. 14, the Tax Court noted that the gerund “trafficking” should be referenced to the verb “traffic” which denotes “to engage in commercial activity: buy and sell regularly.” Therefore, “trafficking” does not include the provision of medical advice. In the context of a medical cannabis dispensary, it should only include the consummation of the actual financial transaction. Informal studies have shown that, of the total amount of time the typical patients spends at the dispensary counter, less than 25% of that time is spent consummating the financial transaction, i.e., swiping their credit card or handling money. This percentage is what I call the “Transactional Factor.”

Three Steps to Making a 280E Calculation Making a 280E calculation is a three-step process. First, allocate all occupancy costs between Retail (this term is used herein to denote those operations, a portion of which would ordinarily be considered “trafficking” as this term is used in Section 280E) and Non-Retail operations. Second, make the same allocation for all payroll-related costs. Third, apply the “Transactional Factor.”

To allocate occupancy costs, measure the square footage of the Retail space. This will typically be the space around the sales counter. Using this number in the numerator, and total square footage of the entire facility in the denominator, apply this fraction to all occupancy costs, such as rent, depreciation and liability insurance.

For example, Oakland Dispensers operates a 3,000 square foot facility.

Their CPA measured the square footage around the sales counter to be 600 square feet. This results in a Retail occupancy fraction of 20% (600/3,000). Oakland Dispensers had paid $80,000 in rent, $10,000 in liability insurance, and had depreciation expenses of $60,000 for the year. As a result, their total occupancy costs related to Retail was $30,000 (=20% of ($80,000 +$10,000+ $60,000)).

To allocate payroll costs, determine the total amount of payroll paid to those personnel who work in Retail behind the sales counter.

Using this number in the numerator and total payroll for the year in the denominator, apply this fraction to all payroll related costs, such as payroll, employer portion of payroll taxes, health and retirement benefits, and workers’ compensation insurance.

Continuing the same example, Oakland Dispensers had paid $1,000,000 in total payroll to all employees for the year. Of this amount, $310,000 was paid to employees working Retail behind the sales counter. This results in a payroll fraction of 31% ($310,000/$1,000,000). Oakland Dispensers had incurred, in addition to payroll, employer payroll taxes of $175,000, health insurance premiums for employees of $120,000 and workers’ compensation insurance premiums of $30,000. As a result, their total payroll costs related to Retail was $410,750 (=31% of ($1,000, 000+$175,000+$120,000+$30,000)).

The third and final step is to apply the Transactional Factor. Because different dispensaries may serve different patients with different needs for advice, you should take a sample and, using a stop watch, time the portion of the total patient meeting time that is devoted to consummating only the financial aspect of the meeting. This is the time spent swiping the credit card and signing the sales slip, or alternatively counting the money tendered and counting the change received. Make sure you do this for enough patient visits to make your sample valid.

The CPA for Oakland Dispensers timed the meetings of 10 typical patient visits and determined that, on average, approximately 18% of the total patient visit time was spent consummating the financial aspects of the transaction. Because the occupancy costs related to Retail was $30,000 and the payroll costs related to Retail was $410,750 (see above), the total IRC Section 280E adjustment was calculated to be $79,335 (=18% of ($30,000+$410,750)). This 280E adjustment represents only 5.4% of all costs incurred “below the line” for Oakland Dispensers.

This three step approach to calculating the Section 280E adjustment generally results in a small non-deductible portion.

Under IRS Audit Examination The IRS might attempt to question or challenge this approach. Stick to your guns! The practitioner is advised to hold fast to the position.

IRC Section 280E was never intended to apply to medical cannabis dispensaries. The legislative history makes it clear that it was intended to thwart illegal drug dealers based upon public policy grounds. Because public opinion has changed with respect to the medical use of cannabis, the application of Section 280E to legally operating cannabis dispensaries is shaky, at best. The practitioner is advised to go to appeals. If the IRS persists even in appeals, the practitioner should advise the client to pay the tax and sue for a refund in federal court, as their chances with a jury (with respect to this issue at least) are better than with the Tax Court.

State Tax Treatment of IRC Section 280E

For those states that allow cannabis to be dispensed legally for medical purposes, IRC Section 280E should not apply. In theory, there should be no Section 280E non-deductible adjustment, and it is reasonable to expect a federal-to-state tax difference, allowing the deduction of all business expenses for state income tax purposes.

However, most states simply conform to federal law; they reference federal law rather than enact their own set of income tax laws. Section 280E references trafficking in controlled substances….”which is prohibited by Federal law or the law of any State in which such trade or business is conducted.” Is it possible that any state income tax authority of a state that has enacted medical cannabis legislation would attempt to apply Section 280E anyway, simply because of this technical law construct? That would be unreasonable! It is not yet clear whether this could be corrected administratively or whether a state legislative correction would be required. In any event, the practitioner is advised not to make a Section 280E adjustment for state income tax purposes.

Author bio: Luigi Zamarra, CPA is the Chief Financial Officer of Harborside Health Center, recognized as one of the largest medical cannabis dispensaries in the United States. He has a BS in Commerce and an MS in Accounting from the University of Virginia. He worked with the Big 4 accounting firms for twelve years, rising to the position of Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, before starting to work with regional businesses as a public accountant in San Francisco. Luigi now lives and works in Oakland, CA. He can be reached at luigi.zamarra@harborsidehealthcenter.com.

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Weezer

11.26.10 @ Gibson Amphitheatre The men of Weezer have come a long way since “Buddy Holly” and “Undone - The Sweater Song”. Selling over 9 million albums, in the US alone, Rivers Cuomo and company have asserted themselves as one of alternative rocks’ all time biggest success stories. Their new album is called Hurley and the cover is a picture of the character Hurley from Lost. So apparently Weezer are big Lost nerds? A friend saw them at a secret show at a hotel in LA recently and Hurley, or Jorge Garcia, was there and did some singing. I don’t know about all of this Lost hype, but word on the street is that they’re live shows still rocks, and may even be at it’s best ever right now. Certainly worth making the trip to Universal City on this Friday evening. www.weezer.com

Roger Waters: The Wall Live 11.29.10, 11.30.10, 12.5.10 @ STAPLES Center 12.13.10, 12.14.10 @ Honda Center (Anaheim)

Matt Costa w/ Everest

11.24.10 @ House of Blues (Anaheim) Orange County, Cali boy and former skateboard pro Matt Costa was taken on by Jack Johnson’s label, Brushfire Fairytales, years ago and he’s released three albums so far with the sunny, laid back label. The most recent, Mobile Chateau, was released on September 21st and stays on the same general path with workman-like pop songs and smooth, comforting vocals. He’s sort of the perfect soulful “beach” singer... him and Jack Johnson could totally be today’s Jimmy Buffett and James Taylor (apologies for that comparison). I can imagine him playing at resorts in the Caribbean for the rest of his life if his pop career goes off track.... not a bad second option. And this show at House of Blues in Anaheim is not a bad option for this night. www.mattcosta.com

Roger Waters, the legendary co-founder, bassist, lyricist, and unanimous leader (post 1968) of Pink Floyd, takes Southern California by storm with three dates at LA Live and two in Anaheim. He played Dark Side of the Moon at Coachella a few years back and it was nothing short of face numbing and ear tingling. The Wall will certainly be epic as well. So why is he doing The Wall now, over 30 years after it was released? From Waters’ website: “30 Years ago when I wrote The Wall I was a frightened young man.... it took me a long time to get over my fears.. in the intervening years it has occurred to me that maybe the story of my fear and loss with it’s concomitant inevitable residue of ridicule, shame and punishment, provides an allegory for broader concerns: Nationalism, racism, sexism, religion...

All these issues and ‘isms are driven by the same fears that drove my young life. This new production of The Wall is an attempt to draw some comparisons, to illuminate our current predicament, and is dedicated to all the innocent lost in the intervening years.” www.roger-waters.com

Aloe Blacc 12.2.10 @ Detroit Bar (Costa Mesa) Another SoCal native, Aloe Blacc resides in Los Angeles and is signed to Stones Throw Records (Madlib, Dam-Funk, Mayer Hawthorne). His music falls into the general categories of soulful R&B/jazz/hip hop.... that sound that makes you feel all warm inside. Good music for a chilly December evening. His song “I Need a Dollar”, which is the intro for the HBO show How To Make It In America, has made him much more widely known by the mainstream crowds.

His third solo album, Good Things, was released in September and his infectious voice alone should be enough to make you want to see him live. www.aloeblacc.com

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Passion Pit 12.4.10 @ The Fox Theater (Pomona) 12.7.10 @ Hollywood Palladium I saw Passion Pit in LA last year, and to be honest I didn’t go into it expecting a whole lot. Their recorded material is great, but I had no expectations for what their live set would be like. Well let’s just say I was pleasantly surprised. The energy was phenomenal and the sound blew me away.

All together a really seamless performance that has stuck with me to this day. Feel like you’ve heard all of their songs a million times? Check out their cover of “Tonight, Tonight” by Smashing Pumpkins... really nice work and a solid confirmation of their talent.

Get out to Fox Theater or the Hollywood Palladium in early December for a some really solid live music. www.passionpitmusic.com

Wu Tang Clan

12.5.10 @ Club Nokia

The Wu Tang Clan is arguably the greatest hip hop group of all time. Most of the members have gone on to have wildly successful solo careers since the groups early reign in the 90s.

If all members show up at Club Nokia on this night, minus the fallen Ol’ Dirty Bastard, then this show is going to be crazy good. RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, and Masta Killa... all worth paying to see on their own. Not the kind of show you want to be missing out on if you love hip hop. www.wutang-corp.com

Millionyoung w/ Teen Daze & The Great Mundane 12.8.10 @ Spaceland

When you assign the genre ‘electro’ to music, you may think of fist pumping techno and leather wielding hipsters.

But there is a softer, ambient side of ‘electro’ that is too easily passed by with the casual listener. This show at Spaceland puts that surfer friendly, melodic side of electro in the spotlight with a few really good bands that will take you on an aural vacation to a sunny, summer beach. Headlining is Florida’s Millionyoung, an up and coming act that is definitely worth keeping your eyes and ears on in the coming years. www.millionyoung.tumblr.com, www.teendaze.tumblr.com, www.thegreatmundane.com

The Dandy Warhols

12.10.10 @ Club Nokia The Dandy Warhols have been around since 1993, forming in Portland and seeing major success while on Capitol Records in the 90’s and most of the 2000’s. They just released a greatest hits album from that time period, The Capitol Years 1995-2007, and are taking off on a North American tour in support.

Their live show is a fantastic rock ‘n’ roll experience definitely worth catching if you’ve missed out in the past. Club Nokia is a good place to be on this Friday night, guaranteed.www.dandywarhols.com

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It’s been a whole year that Chef herb has been CreatIng medICated reCIpes for all to enjoy. do you have a hemped up holIday reCIpe that you would lIke to share wIth Chef herb? ContaCt Chef @ www.CookwIthherb.Com

Cranberry SalSa Dip with Cream CheeSe IngrEdIEnts -1 (12-ounce bag) or 3 cups fresh cranberries, rinsed and drained -1/4 cup minced green onions -2 small (approximately 2 tablespoons) jalapeno chile peppers, cored, seeded and minced -1/2 cup granulated sugar -1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, minced -2 tablespoons finely grated fresh ginger -2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice -2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese -4 ounces (8 tablespoons) THC butter -Cranberries and/or cilantro sprigs for garnish dIrECtIOns Rinse, drain, and pick over cranberries, (discarding all that are soft or bruised). Place them in a food processor; pulse until finely chopped but not mushy. Place crushed cranberries in a bowl; mix together with onions, jalapeno peppers, sugar, cilantro leaves, ginger, and lemon juice. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours so flavors develop (salsa will be too sharp and tart to begin with). In a food processor, mix butter and cream cheese until smooth. On a serving plate, place cream cheese; cover with the dip. Garnish, if desired, and served with crackers.

blaCkberry arugula SalaD IngrEdIEnts -16oz rinsed and drained arugula -1/2 cup fresh blackberries -2 teaspoons organic apple cider vinegar -1 teaspoon organic blackberry jam -4 tablespoons THC olive oil 1/4 teaspoon sea salt -1/2 teaspoon ground pepper 72 72

drEssIng: Combine apple cider vinegar, Blackberry preserves, and THC olive oil.

Chill. Pour mixture over rinsed and drained arugula. Sprinkle sea salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle berries on top for garnish.

how to roaSt a turkey - roaSting your thankSgiving turkey Many varIaBlEs Can affECt thE rOastIng tIME Of thE WhOlE turKEy: -A partially frozen bird requires longer cooking.

-The depth and size of the pan can reduce heat circulation to all areas of the bird.

-An oven cooking bag can accelerate cooking time.

-A stuffed bird takes longer to cook.

-The oven may heat food unevenly.

-Calibration of the oven’s thermostat may be inaccurate.

-The rack position can have an effect on even cooking and heat circulation.

-The meat thermometer must be placed properly in the thigh joint.

-All these factors must be considered when roasting a turkey. turKEy rOastIng InstruCtIOns: 1. Oven temperature - Set the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Preheating is not necessary.

2. Be sure the turkey is completely thawed. Times are based on fresh or completely thawed frozen birds at a refrigerator temperature of about 40 degrees F. or below.

3. Placing turkey in roasting Pan - Place turkey breast-side up on a flat wire rack in a shallow roasting pan 2 to 2 1/2 inches deep.

4. Basting the turkey - Brush the turkey with THC butter before roasting it in the oven. This will contribute to browning and adds a mild THC buttery flavor.

5. turkey Cooking times - See chart below.

6. taking the turkey’s Internal temperature •Pop-Up Thermometer - If your turkey has a “pop-up” temperature indicator, it is also recommended that you also check the internal temperature of the turkey in the innermost part of the thigh and wine, and the thickest part of the breast with a meat thermometer.

•temperature of Cooked turkey - The temperature must reach a minimum of 165 degrees F. in the thigh before removing from the oven.

The center of the stuffing should reach 165 degrees F. after stand time.

7. removing the turkey from the Oven - Once you remove the turkey from the oven, tent it with aluminum foil and allow it to rest for 20 to 30 minutes, so the meat can firm up and hold the juices, making it easier to carve.

•letting the turkey rest - Resting allows for the redistribution and reabsorption of the juices in the meat. This makes for ultra-moist, flavorful meat while also giving the turkey a chance to cool for easier carving. If you skip this important step, you will both burn yourself and end up with a flood of juices on your carving board, not to mention a dry turkey.

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approximate turkey Cooking timeS: The new roasting times are based on the recommendations above and on a 325 degree F. oven temperature. These times are approximate and should always be used in conjunction with a properly placed meat thermometer. unstuffEd turKEy 4 to 8 pounds.............1-1/2 to 3-1/4 hours 8 to 12 pounds................2-3/4 to 3 hours 12 to 14 pounds...............3 to 3-3/4 hours 14 to 18 pounds...............3-3/4 to 4-1/4 hours 18 to 20 pounds...............4-1/4 to 4-1/2 hours 20 to 24 pounds...............4-1/2 to 5 hours stuffEd turKEy 8 to 12 pounds................3 to 3-1/2 hours 12 to 14 pounds...............3-1/2 to 4 hours 14 to 18 pounds...............4 to 4-1/4 hours 18 to 20 pounds...............4-1/4 to 4-3/4 hours 20 to 24 pounds...............4-3/4 to 5-1/4 hours.

herb’S thC turkey Stuffing The below recipe is a guideline for making your turkey stuffing. depending on your family’s taste, add or delete ingredients (onions, celery, mushrooms, and or nuts) to make to your liking. Be creative!

IngrEdIEnts -1/4 cup THC butter or THC oil -1 large onion, chopped -2 cups chopped celery -1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced -1 loaf day-old bread, toasted and cut into 3/4-inch cubes (about 10-12 cups) -1 egg, beaten -Stock from the turkey giblets and/or chicken broth (approximately 1 to 2 cups) -1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans -Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste -Dried crushed sage to taste -Dried crushed thyme to taste dIrECtIOns To make turkey giblet stock, place the turkey giblets (giblets and neck), water, and salt in a small saucepan over low heat; bring to a simmer and simmer for about 1 hour, uncovered. Remove from heat and strain the stock into a container for use with the stuffing. Alternatively, you can use chicken stock or just plain water with this recipe. In a large pot (large enough to hold all the prepared stuffing) over low heat, melt THC butter or THC oil. Add onion, celery and mushrooms; sauté until soft. Mix in bread cubes and egg with enough chicken broth to moisten. Add nuts, salt, pepper, sage, and thyme; stir until well blended. Proceed to stuff turkey in your usual way. Immediately place the stuffed, raw turkey in an oven set no lower than 325 degrees F. If you choose not to stuff your turkey, place stuffing in a oven safe pan and roast at 325 degrees for 35 minutes or until golden brown on top.

Stuffs a 20-pound turkey.

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buttery SmaSheD aCorn SquaSh IngrEdIEnts -1 pound (3 medium) yellow-flesh potatoes, cut into 3/4-inch chunks -1 small acorn squash (about 1 pound), peeled, seeded and cut into 1-inch chunks -Salt -3 tablespoons THC butter, divided -8 to 10 fresh (2 to 3-inch) sage leaves, stacked and cut across into ¼-inch strips -1/2 cup 1% milk (approximate) -Freshly ground black pepper, to taste dIrECtIOns In a 3-quart saucepan over high heat, add potatoes and squash chunks with water; add 1 teaspoon salt. Bring just to boil; reduce heat to medium, cover, and cook until tender, approximately 12 to 15 minutes.

In a small frying pan or saucepan, add 2 tablespoons of the THC butter and the sage. Tilting pan and watching closely, cook about 3 minutes, until butter foams and begins to brown; remove from heat and keep warm. When potatoes and squash are cooked, remove from heat and thoroughly drain the water off. Reduce heat to low, return pan with the drained potatoes and squash to burner, and shake 1 to 2 minutes; remove from heat. Roughly mash with hand masher leaving mixture chunky. Gently mix in remaining 1 tablespoon THC butter and enough milk for consistency desired. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon into a large serving bowl and drizzle with brown butter/sage mixture.

Makes 4 servings (about 4 cups).

Chef herb’S taSty butter reCipeS In a medium-size bowl, whip 1/2 cup unsalted THC butter (room temperature) until fluffy. Combine the softened THC butter and other ingredients (listed below) together until they are completely blended. tIPs fOr PrEParIng COMPOund ButtErs: •The THC butter must first be brought to room temperature and softened by beating it.

•The flavoring ingredients must be very finely chopped or pureed. If any extra liquid develops, it should be drained off thoroughly before mixing in the butter.

•For the flavor to better penetrate the THC butter, allow it to stand at cool room temperature for a few hours before refrigerating.

•Compound butters may be stored in freezer, tightly wrapped. Use a sharp knife dipped in hot water for cutting the frozen butter.

Amounts below are guidelines - adjust to your taste. Let your imagination be your guide! In a large bowl, cream THC butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in honey and egg. Add pumpkin and milk; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the dates, pecans and poppy seeds.

Chile Pepper Butter -1 chile pepper, deveined and seeded, finely chopped -1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt Chive Butter -1 tablespoon fresh chives, chopped -Pinch fine sea salt

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Chocolate hazelnut Butter -Powdered cocoa to taste -Sugar to taste -1 to 2 tablespoons finely chopped hazelnuts Creamy Brown Sugar Butter -2 tablespoons heavy cream -1 tablespoon brown sugar honey Butter -1/2 cup honey honey fruit Butter -1/4 cup honey -2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed orange juice -1 small banana -Marmalade Butter -1/2 cup marmalade (lemon, orange, or grapefruit) Kalamata Olive Butter -1 small clove garlic, minced -1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh parsley -1/4 cup pitted chopped kalamata olives raisin-nut Butter -1/2 cup finely chopped toasted walnuts -1/4 cup finely chopped raisins -1 tablespoon fresh-squeezed orange juice -1 tablespoon sugar -1 teaspoon ground cinnamon rum raisin Butter -3 tablespoon raisins or currants -2 tablespoons rum -Sugar to taste -1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Sweet Citrus Butter -1/4 cup honey -2 teaspoons grated orange or lemon zest -1 tablespoon fresh-squeezed orange or lemon juice -2 tablespoons sugar -2 teaspoons ground cinnamon White Chocolate Butter -2 tablespoons white chocolate, melted and cooled -Ground cinnamon to taste

Stoner’S SmaSheD roaSteD garliC maSheD pototoeS IngrEdIEnts -11 medium head garlic -1 tablespoon THC olive oil -2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and quartered -4 tablespoons THC butter, softened -1/2 cup milk -salt and pepper to taste dIrECtIOns Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Drizzle garlic with THC olive oil, then wrap in aluminum foil. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes, and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and chop. Stir in THC

butter, milk, salt and pepper. Remove the garlic from the oven, and cut in half. Squeeze the softened cloves into the potatoes. Blend potatoes with an electric mixer until desired consistency is achieved.

no bake pumpkin pie with gingerSnap Cookie CruSt

green bean CaSSerole

IngrEdIEnts -3 large eggs, separated -3/4 cup firmly-packed light brown sugar -1 (15-ounce) can solid-packed pumpkin -1/2 cup milk* -1 teaspoon ground cinnamon -1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg -1/2 teaspoon salt -1 envelope unflavored gelatin** -1/4 cup cold water -1/4 cup granulated sugar -Sweetened whipped cream (optional) * If desired, substituted some of the milk with either whisky, brandy, or rum (your choice). * 1 (1/4-ounce packet) of granulated unsweetened gelatin = total of about 2 3/4 teaspoons gelatin

IngrEdIEnts -3 (14.5-ounce) cans French-style green beans, undrained -4 uncooked bacon slices, chopped -2 tablespoons chopped onion -1 green bell pepper, cored, seeded, and chopped -1/2 cup chopped pimiento, drained -2 tablespoons THC butter or THC oil -1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted -1 (2-ounce) can mushrooms, undrained -1/2 pound processed American cheese, cut into cubes -1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce -1 cup crushed Ritz crackers or canned onion rings (your choice) -THC Butter dIrECtIOns Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, cook green beans with bacon pieces and onion long enough to cook bacon and season beans; remove from heat. Drain bean mixture and place into an ungreased 2-quart casserole dish. In the same saucepan over medium heat, sauté bell pepper and pimiento in THC butter or oil. Add mushroom soup, mushrooms, American cheese, and Worcestershire sauce.

Cook, stirring occasionally, until cheese is melted and mixture is thick. Remove from heat and pour over beans. Sprinkle the top with crushed Ritz crackers or onions rings and dot with THC butter. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes or until top is golden brown and thoroughly heated. Remove from oven and serve.

Makes 8 servings.

ginger SnapS IngrEdIEnts -1 cup THC butter, softened -4 cups all-purpose flour -1 cup white sugar -1/3 cup molasses -1 egg -1/2 teaspoon lemon extract -2 teaspoons ground cinnamon -1 teaspoon ground ginger -1 teaspoon ground cloves -1/2 teaspoon baking soda -1/4 teaspoon salt dIrECtIOns Cream the THC butter for 2 minutes at medium speed. Add 2 1/2 cups of the flour plus the sugar, molasses, egg, lemon extract, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, baking soda and salt. Mix well on medium-high speed.

Stir in the remaining flour until blended. Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove dough from refrigerator, and with a teaspoon, scoop out rounded measures of dough. Roll dough into balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with the bottom of a glass dipped in white sugar. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 11 minutes. Let stand for approximately for 30 seconds on cookie sheet before removing to cooling racks. Cool completely and store in airtight containers.

dIrECtIOns Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Position baking rack in the center of your oven. Prepare pie pastry of your choice. In top of a double boiler, combine egg yolks, brown sugar, pumpkin, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt; whisk to thoroughly blended. Place the pan over the boiling water. NOTE: The bottom of the pan should not touch the boiling water below. Cook, approximately 15 to 20 minutes, stirring frequently until thick (like a pudding). Remove from heat. In a small bowl, combine unflavored gelatin and cold water, stirring until gelatin is completely dissolved. Add gelatin mixture to the hot pumpkin mixture, stirring to combine. Cover bowl with wax paper to prevent mixture from forming a “skin.”Let cool to room temperature, and then place in the refrigerator until partially set, approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

In a large bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add the granulated sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. Using a spatula, gently fold the beaten egg whites into the partially set pumpkin mixture. Do not over mix; retain some streaks in the mixture. Gently pour the pumpkin mixture into the pie crust of your choice. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or until filling is set. This pie may be prepared up to 2 days in advance. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Serve with sweetened whipped cream.

Makes 8 servings.

gingerSnap Cookie CruSt: IngrEdIEnts -1 1/2 cups (about 40 cookies) gingersnap cookie crumbs, finely ground -1/4 cup granulated sugar -1/3 cup unsalted THC butter, melted and cooled dIrECtIOns In a food processor, grind gingersnap cookies and sugar until fine, but still crumbly; add THC butter, blending until combined well. Press mixture onto the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch glass pie plate. Bake crust for approximately 15 minutes or until crisp and golden around the edges.

Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack before filling.

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DISPENSARy Listing L.A. COUNTy DISPENSARIES ARLETA Valley Patients (VP)

8953 Woodman Avenue Ste 101 Arleta, CA 91331 (818) 895-5645

CHATSWORTH Green Horizon Collective (GHC) 9517 Irondale Avenue Chatsworth, CA 91311 (818) 349-3300

CANOGA PARK 2am Dispensary

8239 Canoga Avenue Canoga Park, CA 91304 (818) 264-0790

Discount Co-Op (DC)

21315 Saticoy Street Unit R Canoga Park, CA 91304 (818) 887-0980

Herbal Pain-Relief Center (HPRC) 21521 Sherman Way Canoga Park, CA 91303 (818) 716-1860

Holistic Alternatives, Inc. (HAI) 21001 Sherman Way Unit 12 Canoga Park, CA 91303 (818) 703-1190 fax (818) 703-1187

CITy Of INDUSTRy Go Green Industry

15941 Kaplan Ave City of Industry, CA 91744 (626) 961-6808

EAGLE ROCK American Eagle Collective (AEC)

2501 Colorado Blvd. Unit B Eagle Rock, CA 90041 (323) 739-0215

Colorado Quality Pain Relief (CQPR) 1615 Colorado Blvd.

Eagle Rock, CA 90041 (323) 257-0903

ENCINO Kind Meds (KM) 17523 Ventura Blvd.

Encino, CA 91316 (818) 880-7533

The Healing Touch

18013 Ventura Blvd, Unit A Encino, CA 91436 (818)881-1462

HOLLyWOOD California Herbal Healing Center (CHHC) 1437 N. La Brea Avenue Hollywood, CA 90028 (877) 420-KUSH (5874)

Evergreen Compassionate Collective 1606 N. Grower Street Hollywood, CA 90028 (323) 466-2100

High Quality Caregivers

1344 N. Highland Avenue Ste 103 Hollywood, CA 90028 (323) 848-4914

Canna Health Caregivers 5208 W Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90019 (323)932-0370

City Compassionate Caregivers (CCC) 606 E. 4th Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 221-7086

Holistic Healing Alternatives (HHA) 1400 South Olive Street Los Angeles, CA 90015 (213) 746-4445 fax (213) 746-4477

House of Kush (HOK) 1632 Colorado Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90041 (323) 259-5874

Dank Collective (DC) 6130 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90035 (323) 692-1420

Downtown Collective (DC) 1600 South Hill Street Unit D Los Angeles, CA 90015 (213) 746-5420

Downtown Medical Caregivers (DMC)

Kelly’s Collective

8638 W. Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90035 (310) 854-5874 (KUSH)

Kush Collective (KC) 1111 S. La Brea Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90019 (323) 938-KUSH (5874)

Kush Korner

Azusa Patient Remedies

1301 S. Main Steet, Ste 204 Los Angeles, CA 90015 (213) 741-0901

La Puente Co-Op

Downtown Patients Group (DTPG)

LA Organic Pharmacy (LAOP)

15524 Amar Road (near Hacienda) La Puente, CA 91744 (626)723-4218

1753 S. Hill Street Ste 8 Los Angeles, CA 90015 (213) 747-3386

4911 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90029 (323) 463-3920

LOS ANGELES

Eden Therapy (ET)

LA Wonderland Caregivers (LAWC)

LA PUENTE 393 S. Azusa Avenue La Puente, CA 91744

Adams & Hill

Discount Center 2602 S. Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 440-8595

Absolute Herbal Pain Solutions (AHPS)

910 S. La Brea Ave Ste 3 Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 932-6263 fax (323) 6264

Alameda Medical Caregivers (AMC)

1901 S. Alameda Street Suite 112 Los Angeles, CA 90058

California Caregivers Alliance (CCA)

2815 W. Sunset Blvd. Unit 201 Los Angeles, CA 90026 (213) 353-0100

California Herbal Healing Center (CHHC) 1437 N. La Brea Los Angeles, CA 90028 (877) 420-KUSH

California Patients Alliance (CPA)

8271 Melrose Ave Ste 102 Los Angeles, CA 90046 (323) 655-1735

6757 ½ Santa Monica Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90038 (323) 463-8937

Exclusive Meds (EM) 7619 ½ Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90046 (323) 951-9513

flower of Life Collective (fOLC) 1950 S. Santa Fe Ave Ste 109 Los Angeles, CA 90021 (213) 488-9464

Granddaddypurp of Los Angeles (GLA) 2626 S. Figueroa Street, Ste A Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 746-6535

Grateful Meds (GM) 744 N. La Brea Los Angeles, CA 90038 (323) 939-9111

Herbal Solutions Los Angeles (HSLA) 735 N. La Brea Aveue Los Angeles, CA 90038 (323) 933-HERB (4372) (888) 993-HERB (4372)

2214 S. Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90019 (323) 733-2581

4406 W. Pico Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90019 (323) 936-4410 fax (888) 569-3565

Living Earth Wellness 4207 W. Pico Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90019 (323) 936-5000

Mary Jane Collective 4901 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90029 (323) 466-6636

Med X Express Caregivers (MXEC) 441 ½ E. 16th Street Los Angeles, CA 90015 (213) 746-6256

Natural Remedies Caregivers (NRC) 927 ½ N. Western Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90029 (323) 871-9500 fax (323) 871-9501

Nature’s Wonder

1330 W. Olympic Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90015 (213) 380-KUSH (5874)

New Era (NE)

1238 S. Flower Los Angeles, CA 90015 (213) 747-7969

Olive Tree

643 S. Olive Street St 415 Los Angeles, CA 90014 (213) 627-2940

Organic Healing Center (OHC) 1733 Colorado Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90041 (323) 257-7200

Progressive Options (PO) 9901 San Fernando Road, Ste 41 Los Angeles, CA 91331 (818) 899-4540

Purple Heart Compassionate (PHC) 5823 W. Pico Blvd. Ste B Los Angeles, CA 90019 (323) 272-4392

Rainforest Collective 12515 Venice Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90066 (310) 391-0011

Rampart Discount Center 264 S. Rampart Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90057 (323) 263-3009

Slauson Center (SC)

3708 W. Slauson Avenue Unit B Los Angeles, CA 90043 (877) 310-WEED (9333)

St. Andrews Medical (SAM) 432 S. San Vicente Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90048 (310) 855-0420 fax (310) 855-0182

Sunset Organic Center (SOC) 2210 Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90026 (213) 908-7442

The BlueGate Collective 3428 Whittier Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90023 (323) 263-3009

The Green Easy

7948 W. 3rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90048 (323) 782-0255

The Natural Way

5817 Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90019 (323) 963-4300

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DISPENSARy Listing The Spot

3200 Cahuenga Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90068 (323) 851-7166

Westside Discount Center 12211 Wilshire Blvd, Ste A Los Angeles, CA 90025 (310) 207-1200

Vermont Herbal Center (VHC) 955 S. Vermont Avenue Ste T Los Angeles, CA 90006 (213) 387-5203

LOS ANGELES – EAST LA Colorado Collective (CC) 1121 Colorado Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90041 (323) 550-8043

Compassion Union (Soto St. Collective)

1260 S. Soto Street Unit 1 Los Angeles, CA 90023 (323) 262-8288 fax (323) 262-8388

Cornerstone Research Collective (CRC)

4623 Eagle Rock Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90041 (323) 259-8933 fax (323) 259-8702

Nature’s Cure Patients Collective (NCPC)

4577 Valley Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90032 (323) 225-1815 fax (323) 225-1630

LONG BEACH 1515 Collective

45 Cap Nature’s Cure Collective (NCC) 3925 Long Beach Blvd.

Long Beach, CA 90807 (562) 612-1400

4 The Patients

2335 Long Beach Blvd.

Long Beach, CA 90807 (562) 469-8857

50 Cap

3428 Long Beach Blvd.

Long Beach, CA 90807 (562) 427-9999

5595 E. 7th Street Long Beach, CA 90804 (562) 597-6041

Eltie Herbal Center (EHC) Alternative Herbal Health (AHH)

3702 East Anaheim Street Long Beach, CA 90804 (562) 597-1199

Alternative Medicine Collective (AMC) 5543 Atlantic Avenue Long Beach, CA 90805 (562) 612-4637

Artesia Boulevard Collective (ABC)

2801 E. Artesia Blvd. Ste A Long Beach, CA 90805 (562) 633-8888

1330 East South Street Unit 5 Long Beach, CA 90805 (562) 423-2222

Emerald City Collective (ECC) 2501 E. Anaheim Street Long Beach, CA 90804 (562) 434-3065

final Cut Collective (fCC) 1175 Wardlow Long Beach, CA 90807 (562) 443-7742

Green Earth Center (GEC) 3748 Atlantic Avenue Long Beach, CA 90807 (562) 989-0300

A Soothing Remedy Cooperative

743 East 4th Street Long Beach, CA 90802 (562) 612-3836

5375 2nd Street Ste 5 Long Beach, CA 90803 (562) 987-0210

1 Love Beach Club (1LBC)

Calm and Collective (CC)

5470 E. Street Unit B Long Beach, CA 90803 (562) 439-0009

Dank City

Alternate Health Collective (AHC)

Belmont Shore Natural Care (BSNC)

2nd St. ODC

537 West Willow Street Long Beach, CA 90806 (562) 595-4111

Dank Depot (DD)

1a.m. Natural Solutions (1ANS)

2200 N. Lakewood Blvd.

Long Beach, CA 90815 (562) 986-9400

CSH

2340 E. PCH Long Beach, Ca 90804 (562) 22-4937

1521 W. Willow Street Long Beach, CA 90810 (562) 612-4388

2200 Industry Green Collective

1501 Santa Fe Avenue Long Beach, CA 90813 (562) 437-LEAF (5323)

1066 East Anaheim Street Long Beach, CA 90813 (562) 326-4297

1515 E. Anaheim Street Long Beach, CA 90813 (424) 209-0643

2767 East Broadway Long Beach, CA 90803 (562) 343-5388

Chronic Pain Releaf

2515 E. Anaheim Street Long Beach, CA 90803 (562) 398-3786

Canna Collective Long Beach (CCLB) 4010 Long Beach Blvd.

Long Beach, CA 90807 (562) 492-6091

Care Mutual (CM)

110 W. Ocean Blvd. Ste 20 Long Beach, CA 90802 (562) 432-1300

Green Medci Works (GMW) 1088 Redondo Avenue Long Beach, CA 90804 (562) 433-6600

Green Valley Patient Care Center (GVPCC) 1561 West Pacific Coast Hwy Long Beach, CA 90810 (562) 436-1400

Happy Acres

110 West Ocean Blvd.

7th Floor Ste 728 Long Beach, CA 90802

Herbal Solutions – Carson (HSC) 4311 Carson Street Long Beach, CA 90808 (562) 425-8310

Long Beach Collective 1731 Artesia Blvd.

Long Beach, Ca 90805 (562) 984-2520

Long Beach Green Room 1735 E 7th st.

Long Beach, Ca 90813 (562) 591-0001

Long Beach Organics 851 A Pine Ave. Long Beach, Ca 90813 (562) 495-2000

Long Beach Patients Group 4332 Atlantic Blvd.

Long Beach, Ca 90807 (562) 424-4535

Long Beach Quality Discount Caregivers 1150 San Antonio Dr. Long Beach, Ca 90807 (562) 988-8889

Natural Patient Solutions Collective 957 East 4th St. Long Beach, Ca 90802 (562) 432-1263

Natures Top Shelf Medicinal 1530 E. Wardlow Rd. Long Beach, Ca 90807 (562) 989-0000

OC THC

(562) 787-2008 Valley View & The 22 Fwy

Peoples Nursery Care 3926 #B Virginia Rd. Long Beach, Ca 90806 (526) 313-7241

Positive Vibrations Collective 2137 Pacific Ave. Long Beach, Ca 90806 (562) 507-0985

Royalty Patients Association 3751 E. Anaheim Long Beach, Ca 92801 (562) 986-9379

Superb House Of Herb 2740 E. Broadway Long Beach, Ca 90803 (562) 438-4300

Starlight Center

333 Pine Ave. Long Beach, Ca 90807 (562) 437-2477

Sunshine Holistic Patients Association 678 Redondo Ave. Long Beach, Ca 90814 (562) 434-5010

MARINA DEL RAy Marina Caregivers

730 Washington Blvd Marina Del Ray, CA 90292 (310) 574-4000

Westside’s finest Collective (WfC) 3995 Inglewood Blvd.

Marina Del Ray, CA 90066

MISSION HILLS 420 for the People (420fTP) 15300 Devonshire Street Ste 11 Mission Hills, CA 91345 (800) PUSH-420 (818) 891-0800

NORTH HOLLyWOOD California Compassionate Care Network (CCCN) 4720 Vineland Avenue North Hollywood, CA 91602 (818) 980-MEDS (980-6337)

Green Miracle Healing (GMH) 7503 Laurel Canyon Blvd.

North Hollywood, CA 91605 (818) 232-8684

Green Victory

12011 Victory Blvd North Hollywood, CA 91606 (818) 385-7671

Natural Choice Healing Center (NCHC) 6006 Vantage Avenue North Hollywood, CA 91606 (818) 358-2620

NoHo 5656

5656 Cahuenga Blvd North Hollywood, CA 91601 (818) 762-8962

North Hollywood Compassionate Caregivers (NoHoCC) 4854 Lankershim Blvd.

North Hollywood, CA 91601 (818) 980-9212

Patients & Caregivers (PC) 6141 Vineland Avenue North Hollywood, CA 91606 (818) 588-1307

Purple Valley Collective 12736 Sherman Way North Hollywood, CA 91605 (818) 582-9400

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DISPENSARy Listing Vapors

13432 Sherman Way North Hollywood, CA 91605 (818) 765-2500

NORTHRIDGE Cyon Corp. Cannamed of Northridge (CCCN) 9345 Melvin Avenue Unit 1 Northridge, CA 91324

Green Happiness Healing Center (GHHC)

SILVERLAKE

TARzANA

Sunset Junction

Reseda Discount Caregivers

4017 W. Sunset Silverlake, CA 90026 (323) 660-0655

SOUTH GATE SouthGate Herbal Healing Center

13194 Paramount Blvd. Ste B South Gate, CA 90280 (562) 634-1354

8707 Lindley Avenue Ste G Northridge, CA 91325 (818) 886-2479

STUDIO CITy

Green Valley Collective (GVC)

11306 Ventura Blvd.

Studio City, CA 91604 (818) 980-1122

17017 Roscoe Blvd.

Northridge, CA 91325 (818) 881-GVC1 (4821)

Medifornia

8924 Reseda Blvd.

Northridge, CA 91324 (818) 718-6336

RESEDA True Healing Collective 7329 Reseda Blvd Reseda, CA 91335 (818) 277-0807

SAN PEDRO PR Collective

136 S. Gaffey St. San Pedro, CA 90731 (310)832-2420

SANTA fE SPRINGS Nature’s Green Cure

11821 Slauson Ave Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 (562) 696-3646

Organix

10338 S. Painter Blvd Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 (562) 944-4420

SHERMAN OAKS Green Leaf Remedies (GLR) 14925 Burbank Blvd Unit 3 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 (818) 788-0558

Medical Marijuana Relief (MMRC) 14303 Ventura Blvd.

Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 (818) 783-3888

Sherman Oaks Holistic Oasis (SOHO) 13650 Burbank Blvd.

Sherman Oaks, CA 91401 (818) 345-5477

City Organic Remedies (COR)

6102 Reseda Blvd.

Tarzana, CA 91335 (818) 757-0434

So. Cal Co-Op (SCC)

19459 Ventura Blvd.

Tarzana, CA 91356 (818) 344-7622 fax (818) 344-7623

WC Spot (WCS)

18663 Ventura Blvd. Ste 230-A11 (second floor) Tarzana, CA 91356 (818) 332-5548

TUJUNGA ALCC

IVXX 24/7

11222 Ventura Blvd.

Studio City, 91604 (818) 985-4899

Natural Herbal Pain Relief (NHPR) 11626 Ventura Blvd Studio City, CA 91604 (818) 508-0955

Perennial Holistic Wellness Center 11705 Ventura Blvd Studio City CA 91604 (818) 505-3631

Studio City Caregivers (SCC) 3625 Cahuenga Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90068

Studio City Private Organic Therapy (SCPOT) 11557 Ventura Blvd Studio City, CA 91604 (818) 506-7144

Wellness Earth Energy Dispensary (WEED)

12021 ½ Ventura Blvd.

Studio City, CA 91604 (818) 980-2266 fax (818) 980-2265

SUN VALLEy Infinity Alliance

1623 Sheldon Street Ste A 2nd Fl Sun Valley, CA 91352 (818) 768-2400

Sun Valley Caregiver’s (SVC) 11000 Randall Ste E Sun Valley, CA 91352 (818) 504-2661 (818) 504-2557

7624 Foothill Blvd. Unit A Tujunga, CA 91042 (818) 353-9333

foothill Wellness Center (fWC)

7132 Foothill Blvd.

Tujunga, CA 91042 (818) 352-3388 fax (818) 352-3301

Sylmar Caregivers Inc. (SCI) 10037 Commerce Avenue Tujunga, CA 91042 (818) 273-4567

VALLEy VILLAGE Holistic Therapeutic Center (HTC) 12410 Burbank Blvd. Ste 103 Valley Village, CA 91607 (818) 980-5999

VAN NUyS Alt Med

13611 Sherman Way Van Nuys, CA 91405 (818) 908-9333

Boo-ku (BK)

6817 Sepulveda Blvd. 2nd Floor Van Nuys, CA 91405 (818) 908-9255

DEC Medical (DECM)

6309 Van Nuys Blvd. Ste 110 Van Nuys, CA 91401 (818) 835-1420

Delta 9 (D9)

7648 Van Nuys Blvd.

Van Nuys, CA 91405 (818) 997-1003

Green Dragon (GD)

7423 Van Nuys Blvd. Ste C Van Nuys, CA 91405 (818) 442-0054

The Green Earth (TGE) 6811 Woodman Avenue Van Nuys, CA 91405 (818) 994-1045

Kushism (K)

7555 Woodley Avenue Van Nuys, CA 91406 (818) 994-3446

WEST HOLLyWOOD The Sunset Super Shop (SSS) 8921 Sunset Blvd.

West Hollywood, CA 90069 (310) 728-6200

zen Healing Collective (zHC) 8464 Santa Monica Blvd.

West Hollywood, CA 90069 (323) 656-6611

WHITTER

Montana Caregivers

Whitter Hope Collective (WHC)

13655 Victory Blvd Ste 205 Van Nuys, CA 91401 (818) 782-7641

8116 Byron Road Unit D Whitter, CA 90606 (562) 945-2420

Red Moon Inc. (RMI)

WOODLAND HILLS

14350 Oxnard Street Van Nuys, CA 91401 (818) 997-6912

Strain Balboa Caregivers Inc. (SBC) 7207 Balboa Blvd.

Van Nuys, CA 91406 (818) 908-9900

Universal Caregivers Inc. (UCI) 13611 Sherman Way Van Nuys, CA 91405 (818) 988-9333

Valley Herbal Center (VHC) 6805-B Hazeltine Avenue Van Nuys, CA 91405 (818) 786-1100

The Wilshire Clinic (TWC) 6741 Van Nuys Blvd. Ste A Van Nuys, CA 91405 (818) 997-0633

VENICE Ironworks Collective 4100 Lincoln Blvd Venice, CA 90292 (310) 305-8425

Pacific Collective (PC) 905 Pacific Avenue Venice, CA 90291 (310) 392-9988

SOS

328 Lincoln Blvd.

Venice, CA 90291 (310) 450-9141

WEST HILLS

Ashmoon Caregivers (AC) 21610 Ventura Blvd.

Woodland Hills, CA 91364 (818) 999-3313

California Stress & Pain Management Resource Center (CSPMRC) 21777 Ventura Blvd. Ste 236 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 (818) 716-6348

Green Joy (GJ)

22851 Ventura Blvd.

Woodland Hills, CA 91364 (818) 222-1882

Herbal Solutions Collective (HSC) 22728 Ventura Blvd.

Woodland Hills, CA 91364 (818) 704-1300

H.I.P.

22831 Ventura Blvd.

Woodland Hills, CA 91364 (818) 436-2243

Topanga Caregivers (TC) 6457 Topanga Canyon Blvd.

Woodland Hills, CA 91364 (818) 716-9200

West Valley Caregivers (WVC) 23067 Ventura Blvd. Ste 104 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 (818) 591-5899

West Valley Patients Group (WVPG) 23043 Ventura Blvd.

Woodland Hills, CA 91364 (818) 224-4146

Global Health Center (CHC) 22323 Sherman Way Ste 7 West Hills, CA 91303 (818) 884-1028

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DISPENSARy Listing DELIVERy SERVICE P.A.PA. Delivery Service (714) 814-PAPA (7272) www.papadelivery.com

LEGAL SERVICES/ COMPLIANCE Los Angeles Collective Association

Releaf Central of Pasadena

(888) 405-7420 losangelescollectiveassociation.org

DOCTORS

Medical Marijuana Compliance Team

(818) 929-6045

Affordable Evaluations

(877) 623-KUSH (5874) x109

1040 Elm Avenue Ste 210 Long Beach, CA 90813 (877) 789-9339

Thegapp.com

Best Price Evaluations

Green Point Insurance

6819 Sepulveda Blvd. Ste 209 Van Nuys, CA 91405 (877) 670-6338

Best Price Evaluations 22148 Sherman Way Ste 200 Canoga Park, CA 91303 (877) 670-6338

Happy Medical

7353 Melrose Avenue Ste B Los Angeles, CA 90046 (323) 944-0437

Inglewood Health Service Center

233A Market Street Ste 101 Inglewood, CA 90301 (310) 431-0339

Long Beach 420 Medical Marijuana Evaluations 1737 E. 7th Street Long Beach, CA 90813 (562) 599-8420

Medical Advisory Center (M.A.C.)

OTHER SERVICES (310) 295-2085

GrowSetup.com (310) 407-9042 growsetup.com

Mishtix.com (888) 927-7334 mishtix.com

Steep Hill

Cannabis Analysis Laboratory (510) 698-4446 Steephilllab.com

13653 Victory Blvd.

Van Nuys, CA 91401 (818) 988-9825

Mid-County Patients Association

3164 East La Palma Ave. Ste P Anaheim, CA 92806 (714) 630-6272

Orange County Wellness Services

2000 West Lincoln Ave. Ste 204 Anaheim, CA 92801 (714) 635-5101

CAPISTRANO BEACH Beach Cities Collective 26841 Calle Hermosa Ste C Capistrano Beach, CA 92624 (949) 481-5046

COSTA MESA CMPA

1755 Orange Ave. Ste C Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (949) 645-8382 522 W. 19th St Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (949) 200-2751

ORANGE COUNTy

MedMar Patient Care Collective

ANAHEIM 420 Primary Caregivers 231 North Brookhurst St. Anaheim, CA 92801 (714) 758-3500

Anaheim Herbal Healing Center

Woodvic Medical Care & Clinic

1025 East Katella Ave. Ste B Anaheim, CA 92802 (714) 385-8148

(760) 809-9021 yahconcepts.com

THCeval Center

8949 Reseda Blvd Ste. 111, Northridge, CA 91324 (818) 701 0420

The Next Dimension

Kush Kingdom

A.P.C.C.

West Coast Evaluations

1671 West Katella Ave. Ste 105 Anaheim, CA 92802 (714) 635-9600

yAH Custom RX Bags

4221 Wilshire Blvd # 170-15 Los Angeles, CA 90010 (323) 965-0420

1600 Sawtelle Blvd. Ste 330 Los Angeles, CA 93304 (877) MY-420-DR (694-2037)

Green City Collective

1125 Magnolia Ave. Ste 105 Anaheim, CA 92801 (714) 821-5874

126 North Brookhurst St. Anaheim, CA 92801 (714) 860-4080

Anaheim Medical Co-Op 1100 Orangefair Lane Ste A Anaheim, CA 92801 (714) 680-5874

Eco friendly Solutions

1811 West Katella Ave. Ste 24 Anaheim, CA 92804 (714) 271-8240

440 Fair Drive Ste V Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (714) 241-9900

fOOTHILL RANCH Care Mutual

26730 Towne Centre Drive Ste 20 Foothill Ranch, CA 92610 (949) 215-4467

GARDEN GROVE

The Variety

15052 Adams St. Midway City, CA 92655 (714) 893-1263

Garden Grove Organic Caregivers

MIDWAy CITy

10700 West Katella Ave. Ste F Garden Grove, CA 92804 (714) 590-9025

Green Hills Patients Association 13311 Garden Grove Blvd.

Garden Grove, CA 92840 (714) 748-1111

Compassion Center

13892 Harbor Blvd. Ste 4B Garden Grove, CA 92843 (714) 818-7253

IRVINE The Healing Center

34213 South Pacific Coast Hwy Ste C Dana Point, CA 92629 (949) 248-5500

Holistic Health

24582 Del Prado Ste G Dana Point, CA 92629 (949) 542-7722

7852 Bolsa Ave Ste A Midway City, CA 92655 (714) 899-KUSH (5874)

SANTA ANA Access OC Central

1833 East 17th St. Ste 322 Santa Ana, CA 92705 (714) 972-2000

Aloha Community Collective Association

2112 East 4th St. Ste 227 Santa Ana, CA 92705

Alternative Medical Group

OC Wilbur’s

American Patient’s Collective

23151 Verdugo Drive Laguna Hills, CA 92653 (949) 297-3997

LAKE fOREST

Tri County Patient Care

The Point Alternative Care

The Beach Quality Caregivers

17165 Von Karman Ste 107 Irvine, CA 92614 (949) 751-9106 Laguna Hills

Independent Collective Of Orange County

DANA POINT

15112 Adams St. Midway City, CA 92655 (714) 421-6605

9758 West Chapman Ave. Garden Grove, CA 92841 (714) 537-0420

Café Vale Tudo

Association 1812 Newport Blvd Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (949)310-5791

Synchronicity Street

Canna Clinic Of Garden Grove

Newport Mesa Patients Association 779 West 19th St Ste N Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (949) 891-8289

Midway City, CA 92655 (714) 892-8647

24601 Raymond Way Lake Forest, CA 92630 (949) 454-9227

24602 Raymond Way Ste 20 Lake Forest, CA 92630 (949) 855-4420

The Health Collective 24602 Raymond Way Ste 21 Lake Forest, CA 92630 (949) 355-7841 Midway City

CARE Patients Association 14942 Jackson St. Ste D Midway City, CA 92655 (888) 714-6337

Orange County Patients Collective

1102 West 17th St. Santa Ana, CA 92706 (714) 648-0195

2550 North Grand Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92705

CannaCare Wellness Center 1401 North Tustin Ave Ste 330 Santa Ana, CA 92705 (714) 667-0600

GanjaVana

1535 East 17th St. Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714) 884-4151

Go N’ Green P.C.A. 1801 East Edinger Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714) 766-0420

Healing OC

1665 East 4th St. Ste 112 Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714) 835-4206

Kush Kingdom

722 South Main St. Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714) 881-7054

15142 Jackson St.

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DISPENSARy Listing Orange Coast Premier Collective

3619 West Pendleton Ave. Unit A Santa Ana, CA 92704 (714) 591-7000

Green Coast Wellness Center

List of Advertisers

2001 East 4th St. Ste 205 Santa Ana, CA 92705 (714) 542-2277

Adams and Hill p 29

Natural Choice Healing Center p 20

1800 East Garry Ave. Ste 202 Santa Ana, CA 92705 (949) 836-4833

Affordable Evaluations p 21

Nature’s Green Cure p 49

Azusa Patients p 23

Natures Wonder p 13

SUNSET BEACH

Belmont Shore p 36

Patients and Caregivers p 81

Green Sunset

Best Price Evaluations p 31

Noho 5656 p 39

Canna Health Caregivers p 28

OC Medical Center p 9

California Compassion Care Network p 22

OC THC p 20

California Herbal Healing Center p 3

Organix p 82

Chef Herb p 71

PR Collective p 36

Chronic Pain Releaf p 23

Purple Valley Collecitve p 57

City Compassionate Care (Centerfold)

Rampart Discount Center p 16 & 17

16722 Pacific Coast Hwy Sunset Beach, CA 90742 (877) 237-2005 Westminster

Dank City p 15

Redmoon p 26

Downtown Collective p 5 and Insert

Reseda Discount Caregivers (backcover)

Eden Therapy p 23

South Gate Herbal Healing p 33

Clean Green

Evergreen p 27

Steep Hill Lab p 37

Gapp p 64

Sunset Junction Organic p 15

Garden Grove Organic Caregivers p 19

The Healing Touch p 28

Green Dragon p 43

The Bluegate Collective p 51

Green Horizon Collective p 63

The Green Easy p 38

Green Point Insurance p 71

True Healing Collective p 7

Green Victory p 4

Westside Discount Center p 11

14020 Rancho Road Westminster, CA 92683 (714) 893-7777

Happy Medical p 20

Westside finest Collective p 83

Inglewood Health Services p 15

Whittier Collective p 26

1202 East 176th St 200 Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714) 547-4800

Pacific Island Care

LACA p 70

Woodvic p 50

Kelly’s Collective p 50

yah p 65

The Natural Alternative Patient Association

DOCTORS

Orange County Patient Group Collective 2315 East 17th St. Ste 4 Santa Ana, CA 92705 (714) 547-2525

Orange County’s Patient Care 1921 Carnegie Ave. Ste 3H Santa Ana, CA 92705 (949) 752-6272

Patients Premium Collective 1900 East Warner Ave. Unit 1A Santa Ana, CA 92705 (714) 720-2735

Premium Green PCA 1905 East 17th St. Santa Ana, CA 92705 (714) 835-0500

Omega Healthcare Collective

17061 5th St. Sunset Beach, CA 90742 (562) 296-5780

Sea & Sand

17191 Pacific Coast Hwy Sunset Beach, CA 90742 (562) 370-6734

West County Patient Collective Association

Roman A Clef

1820 E. Garry Ave Suite #108 Santa Ana, CA 92705 (949) 251-0305

6622 Westminster Blvd.

Westminster, CA 92683 (714) 897-7319

Santa Ana Patients Group 1823 17th St Unit 209 Santa Ana, CA 92705 (714) 568-0041

So Cal Compassion

1651 East Edinger St. Ste 209 Santa Ana, CA 92705 (714) 417-1322

South Coast Patients Center

1665 East 4th St. Ste 111 Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714) 834-9900

California Patients Association 1201 East 17th St. Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714) 542-5600

Cool Calm

1820 East Garry Ave. Ste 201 Santa Ana, CA 92705 (949) 734-1841

Golden State Patients Association 12570 Brookhurst St. Ste 5 Westminster, CA 92683 (714) 530-3311

MedMar West

14022 Edwards St. Ste B Westminster, CA 92683

Affordable Evaluations 1665 S. Brookhurst Ste A1 Anaheim, CA 92804 (877) 789-9339

Best Price Evaluations

7200 Greenleaf Avenue Ste 370 Whitter, CA 90602 (877) 670-6338

OC Medical Center

Kush Kingdom p 47 Kush Korner p 36 Long Beach Green Room p 26 Long Beach 420 Medical Marijuana Evaluations p 18 Marina Caregivers p 2 Montana Caregivers p 50 Mothers Nature’s Remedy p 25

2050 W. Chapman Avenue Ste 177 Orange, CA 92868 (714) 366-9129

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