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24 Strain Review: Skywalker OG

10 | Baby Boomers & MMJ by Eve Harris 14 | The Health Report: Arthritis by J.T. Gold 34 | California Travel: Joshua Tree by Jane Quentin 38 | Going Green by J.T. Gold 40 | The MMJ Art Attack by Mike Marino 46 | Railroaded in San Diego by David Downs 48 | Dive Bars: Bankers Hill by Heather Gulino 50 | Discover New Music by Michael Dillion 54 | Essential Vaaap by Scott Lerner 58 | To Pass or Not to Pass? That is the Question. by Bella Wolf 60 | The Kush Life by Big Jay Kush 64 | Roger Waters by Josh Kaplan 66 | Hempful Hints: Hemp Beer by Valerie Fernandez 68 | This Month In Weed History by Josh Kaplan 69 | The Controversial Cannabis Plant by Dr. Robert J. Melamede 70 | Great Football Movies by J. Mark Sternberg 72 | Grower’s Grove by Jade Kine 74 | We Dig This: 7th Annual Food & Wine Fest by Valerie Fernandez 76 | Cannabis Industry Report by AnnaRae Grabstein & David Lampach 78 | A Global Warming by David Downs 80 | Derek’s Strory: Part 1 by Mike Day 84 | Safe Access to Medical Cannabis Initiative by Sebastian Dixxon 88 | Thanksgiving Cruise by Lisa Faye

A strain that is out of this world. Be sure to search for this amazing indica which is definitely worth trying.

28 Legal Corner

One of the hottest topics in the news today is marijuana, both medical and recreational and how cities, states and the federal government are handling this ever present topic.

62 Hawaiian Bootube

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

86 Live Music Preview

Autumn concerts in and around San Diego, offers a variety of music genres that is sure to hit a beat with each of our readers. Be sure to catch one of these great shows.

90 Pumpkin Recipes

Our Chef Herb cooks up some special treats for the holidays ahead. Yummy Pumpkin treats for the Thanksgiving feast -- be sure to keep these treats away from the kids!!

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ith only a day left before the November 2, 2010 election when California voters get to vote for or against the initiative to legalize and tax cannabis in the State of California with Proposition 19. Irrespective of the outcome of the election, under Federal law cannabis is labeled a Schedule 1 drug and is still illegal (see the Legal Corner article on page 28 & 30 that discusses the latest legal issues surrounding marijuana).

When you go to vote be sure you have read and understand both sides of Proposition 19 so you go into the polling booth as an informed voter. One of the biggest problems plaguing the cannabis industry as a whole is the lack of cohesiveness in the entire marijuana movement, from the governmental level to the provider to the consumer level. Not a day goes by that we don’t hear reports of in-fighting and bickering among members of the MMJ community. Unity not diversity is the solution to full and workable legalization here in California, with the goal of federal legalization in the not to distant future.

Prop 19 does not directly change any of the medical marijuana laws on the books.

If passed, Prop 19 legalizes marijuana for adults over the age of 21, and of course that is a good thing. However, if passed, Prop 19 delegates the legal controls to the hands of cities and counties from the state government. So effectively a Californian’s voter approved state right to legal cannabis will be dependent on where they live, or where they happen to buy their marijuana and the rules can and most will likely vary in different areas. In fact, local governments will have the right to ban the sale of cannabis in their jurisdictions.

Another issue that is on the table to differentiate medical vs. non-medical cannabis is the sale of marijuana for profit. Prop 19 purports to permit marijuana sales for profit, and yes even to tax it. But hold on because there is nothing in Prop 19, (nor Prop 215 for that matter) that sets up a method of distribution from seed to sale. All of these details will again be left to local governments.

Notwithstanding legalization under prop 19, Prop 215 remains the controlling law of the land in California for medical cannabis users. Sounds confusing – well it is.

Basically, if you suffer from a medical condition treatable by marijuana and you go to a doctor to get your MMJ recommendation, Prop 19 offers little or no additional legal benefits to you individually.

California needs to try and get this mess cleaned up. In Colorado for example, the new state law for medical marijuana creates a 3 tier licensing system whereby the state licenses and taxes marijuana at cultivation, at the dispensaries, and also at the facilities that manufacture edibles and infused beverages.

So why is California so hesitant to create statewide legislation legalizing cannabis for profit once and for all? Why would the state legislature which is keenly aware of our desperate need for tax dollars in our financially depressed state, pass the buck (no pun intended) to the city governments?

The medical marijuana community in Los Angeles has witnessed the quagmire that has resulted in city government control over medical marijuana legislation. The city council, directed by a City Attorney with questionable intentions at best, has passed an ordinance controlling medical marijuana dispensaries that is not only being litigated

by Dispensaries here, but the City of Los Angeles, has also filed lawsuits asking the court to tell them if what they are doing is legal.

Northern California cities such as Oakland and Berkeley have limited the number of dispensaries from the start and now are promoting ordinances that will support large grow facilities within those cities. Even though Prop 215 created a not for profit scenario, it is evident that the medical marijuana business has been lucrative for a chosen few in the Bay area. In contrast, San Diego County has exiled all dispensaries to industrial areas. As you can see, cities through California deal with the issue of marijuana in their communities in totally diverse ways.

Now is the time for the federal government to wake up and change the Schedule 1 classification of cannabis. Secondly, it is time for the states (especially California), not the individual cities, to create legislation that allows marijuana to be marketed like any other controlled substance, similar to tobacco and alcohol. Thirdly, it is time for medical marijuana providers, cultivators and consumers to unite together to dispel the misconception that marijuana is associated with negative or criminal behavior.

How can we do this? We can start by contacting our local politicians, state politicians , United States Congressmen and Senators and voice our opinion. We must let them know that their constituents are tired of the mixed messages being sent about marijuana. We can and should continue to support the work of the marijuana related non-profit entities that day in and day out are fighting for our individual freedoms, including our right to grow, possess and use marijuana if that’s what we choose to do.

Without our collective voices, we will never be heard. Remember – each of us has a choice. So let’s vote, and make our opinions count!!

Kush Editorial Board, www.dailybuds.com

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by EVE HARRIS

The Baby Boomers – generally considered those born between 1946 and 1964 – won’t be eligible for Medicare until next year. But that doesn’t mean that Medicare cards aren’t being already used to pay for doctors who prescribe medical marijuana.

A much-publicized report earlier this year from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found the percentage of people 50 and older using marijuana went from 1.9 percent in 2002 to 2.9 percent in 2008. The Facebook page “Baby Boomers for Medical Marijuana” was founded by a physician and has 812 members as of this writing.

MICHAEL’S MIGRAINES Michael* first realized in 2006 that his migraines responded to pot.

Although many sufferers get an advance warning known as an “aura,” 66-year-old Michael doesn’t. Without any way to predict when the relentless pain will strike, he has learned to use cannabis as soon as a headache begins. “I prefer to use a vaporizer,” he said.

As a younger man Michael spent many hours at sea where he sometimes experienced motion sickness. Today, like many sufferers, Michael experiences nausea with his migraines and ironically, nausea is a side effect of his prescription migraine medication. Regardless of its cause, his nausea is relieved by marijuana -- “Thank goodness!” he said.

Like many in his age group, the West Virginia native first encountered marijuana in the ‘60s. For the next 40 years he was usually able to buy what he needed for motion sickness without a prescription. But last year, after asking friends for a referral, he selected a San Francisco clinic and made an appointment. There the doctor asked questions about his expectations for cannabis and about his 10

prior experience. When the bill arrived, Michael brandished his brand new Medicare card to pay the doctor’s fee.

Michael takes excellent care of his health and most days exhibits the vigor of a much younger man. But older patients may more frequently be challenged by impaired hearing or sight or have mobility constraints. The pain associated with age-related conditions such as arthritis often responds well to cannabis. Yet in most states, people must navigate the black market for medical marijuana. Asked if he prefers buying marijuana through a medical dispensary he responded “By all means! You can be sure of the quality, and it’s not part of a criminal enterprise.”

BARBARA’S BOX OF CHOCOLATES Barbara* lost her gray curls after only two cycles of chemo. At age 69 she has recently completed 18 weeks of chemotherapy. During the 1970s she lived in Mendocino County among growers but now her home and her grandchildren’s home is the Bay Area. Using a prescription from an oncologist allows her to choose from among many types of products containing the medicine she needs.

When she began chemo she took prescribed anti-nausea medication which caused side effects. “I suffered severely one night for five hours.

Then someone told me about medical marijuana and how it helped with nausea. I hadn’t smoked marijuana since 1993!” she said. “But after the second infusion I used marijuana – it was like taking a miracle drug.” The cannabis reduced her nausea “about 95%,” she said. She ate a small quantity of cannabis-containing chocolate candy when she returned home from each infusion and again the following day. Once or twice she also needed a third-day-dose. “After that I never took anymore,” she said.

Any cancer diagnosis is difficult and chemotherapy often produces side effects that leave patients miserable. “Darn it, it shouldn’t be illegal,” she said, because people without access are suffering. “I would recommend it to anyone and everyone – it made my life so much better!” *names altered at request of patients

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YOU’VE WOKEN UP SORE OR STIFF OF IF YOU’VE EVER HAD AN INJURY, maybe your knees or wrists let you know when it’s going to rain. Arthritis is not just an elderly disease; it can affect anyone at any age and can be painful, even debilitating. Like most health matters, there are preventative steps that can be taken to increase your chances of staying loose and healthy. For some people, the simple act of stretching daily can help improve movement and joint health and keep arthritis at bay.

swelling, which in turn reduces pain. Physical therapists will charge you money to freeze your limbs. Save yourself the cash and do it yourself and give yourself at least 15 minutes of ice treatment.

It works!

The very definition of arthritis is an inflammation of the joints that causes swelling, stiffness and limited movement. Since there are over 100 types of arthritis, it may be difficult to diagnose the culprit, but there are a lot of ways to treat the symptoms. Osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis for example, cannot be cured. However, if you do suffer from one of the many forms, there are treatments, including medical cannabis that can help keep your symptoms under control and make your life more manageable.

Once you have the swelling under control, it’s time to address the pain. Now you may want to start easy and maybe pop a couple of ibuprofen and see how it goes. If you prefer to medicate with cannabis, try a good indica to induce a body high. Cannabis treats the inflammation as well as the pain. Many people who suffer from arthritis (31 Million in the US alone) also find that tinctures and edibles help for long-term relief. Talk to your caregiver about what might work best for you.

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suffer from arthritis First and foremost, stretching is key. Not only is it key to treating or preventing arthritis, stretching is beneficial to everything your body goes through. Even if you sit all day, a good morning stretch for 15 minutes will keep you limber throughout the day. Exercise is the other key. Regular, low impact exercise keeps the joints loose and limber. Even 20 minutes a day can make a world of difference.

If you’re like most people, when something hurts, you want to apply heat. Heating pads, a hot shower—they seem to take all the pain away, but don’t be fooled. The real remedy for joint inflammation and pain is ice. I know, it doesn’t sound like any fun, but you need the cold to reduce 14

Don’t assume that with age your joints are going to fail you. There are ways to stay healthy and promote joint wellness.

Most health food or supplement stores carry glucosamine and chondroitin, which are the building blocks of cartilage. Taking care at a younger age is the best way to prevent trouble in your later years.

Stay loose!

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oGs are usually the most expensive, the good OGs are

hard to find, and then there is the notoriety and mystery of the name. Does OG stand for Ocean Grown, Original Genetics, Organically Grown, or Original Gangster? The verdict is out. What I do know is that the Skywalker OG, although having blueberry and Mazar in its genetics, is a prime example of what should be expected from a good OG -- potency and duration, with a hint of something extra. One could say, “the force is strong with this one.�

Skywalker OG has a very distinct OG smell, sour and piney, with a hint of an additional miscellaneous kush smell, small dense nugs, and is dark green with small orange hairs and crystals throughout. Looks like a classic OG kush, but a little lighter. The nugs are relatively small compared to many strains, but consistent with an OG. The nugs are also very dense and sticky, so much so, that I recommend using a grinder, you will thank me later. The taste is smooth and enjoyable, consistent with other OGs, musky and skunky with a subtle taste of hickory. In fact, the only thing that distinguishes the Skywalker OG’s taste from other OGs is that it is a little smoother. Best of all, the high is great!

The Skywalker OG did not knock me out right away like some other OG dominant strains, which makes for a more enjoyable time, and I still got a long lasting, heavy indica high, including couch lock, immediate pain relief, and an overwhelming sense of calm. Eventually I did get sleepy, and food did cross my mind a few times, but nothing too overwhelming. As far as activities go, I think that depends really on ones tolerance levels. If you are a regular smoker then this strain is great for whenever. Its relaxation capability will just make every experience less stressful, and its pain relief quality will definitely help ease common aches and pains. However, if you are a light to moderate smoker, a warning: Skywalker OG is a strong heavy indica and will most likely cause sleepiness. So for light to moderate smokers I recommend home related activities which will maximize the relaxation and pain relief characteristics of this strain.

Skywalker OG is up there with the best of the OGs, and I would recommend it to anyone looking for an amazing indica. If you are tired of the same old OG and looking for an OG with a twist, Skywalker OG is your strain. It can be hard to find, and you will pay top price for the real deal, but it is definitely worth it.

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Even if you try and stay up with the ever

evolving news about marijuana, the current state of the laws here in California is at best vague and ambiguous leaving us in a fog of confusion. What one needs to understand is that there are three distinct levels of laws governing marijuana in California coming from the federal government, state legislation, and local city and county ordinances.

Under federal law (The “Controlled Substance Act�), marijuana, medical or not, is still classified as a Schedule/ Class 1 narcotic with no medicinal purpose and is thus illegal. While the Obama administration has issued directives to federal prosecutors not to pursue enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states where medical marijuana is legal, and the American Medical Association has requested that the feds reduce the current classification, marijuana remains federally illegal.

Californian’s legalized medical marijuana via Prop 215 back in 1996.

Unfortunately, the authors of prop 215 left too much for the imagination in the language of the act, and although their intent may have been to provide safe access of medical cannabis to qualified patients, absent from the bill was any guidance about how safe access would occur. While card carrying patients may have received the right to possess and consume medical marijuana for their ailments, the courts throughout the state are now being inundated with lawsuits dealing with how patients can get their medicine.

The good news for all adult marijuana consumers in California is the further de-criminalization action taken by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger earlier this month when he signed into law a bill that reduces the charge for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana from a misdemeanor to a civil infraction. A civil infraction is very similar to getting a parking ticket, with no arrests, or trials, but only a fine of $100 per infraction.

Schwarzenegger, made it clear that his action to reduce the possession laws to an infraction was based on fiscal considerations only and is no way an endorsement for the legalization of marijuana in the state (Proposition 19), which he is philosophically opposed to. The new law goes into effect in California January 1, 2011.

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ground with a recent poll released by the Public Policy Institute of California showed Californians now support Prop. 19 overall 52 percent to 41 percent.

But neither Prop 19 nor Schwarzenegger’s latest decriminalization action solve or even really address the patient’s safe access issues . There is nothing in existing or proposed California laws governing the distribution of cannabis at the state level. This leaves all of the power in the hands of local governments, and so far cities and counties in the state have done very little for patients.

In Los Angeles, where their brand new medical marijuana ordinance went into effect in June, more than 50 lawsuits have been filed by Collectives and patients groups against the city, and the city has filed over 100 lawsuits against Collectives. Although L.A. had announced that their goal under the new ordinance was to grant licenses to a total of 70 existing and operating Collectives, after a rigorous pre-registration process, only 41 Collectives were deemed eligible to even file for their MMJ license. Having only 41 Collectives in a city with a population approaching 4 million is hardly affording its citizens anything close to safe and sane access to their meds.

Other cities throughout the state want to avoid the Los Angeles catastrophe and are attempting to nip in the bud, literally and figuratively, the issues surrounding the cultivation and dispensing of medical marijuana in their jurisdictions.

Cities such as Oakland and Berkeley have MMJ ordinances that have severely restricted the number of dispensaries in each locale even though Oakland and Berkeley are now proposing the licensing and taxing of large 100,000 square foot cultivation factories to handle the ever increasing demand for product in their cities.

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to make recommendations, has taken a slow burn approach to crafting a local ordinance. However, a recent organized push to put the issue on the ballot may force the city’s hand to move more aggressively on the matter.

Meanwhile, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors has approved the County Medical Marijuana Collective Program, which outlines how and where medical marijuana collectives can operate in the unincorporated portions of the county. The zoning based ordinance requires collectives to be in industrial areas and at least 1000 feet from sensitive use areas which include schools, churches, residences, and other MMJ collectives.

Many cities throughout the state have either adopted moratoriums against medical cannabis facilities or are just waiting it out while litigation proceeds by and against other cities in the state.

Cities are really trying to figure out what they legally can or cannot do, especially in light of the recent Appellate Court Ruling involving the City of Anaheim’s attempt to ban all dispensaries there. While the court did not outright rule against the Anaheim ban, the gist of the decision was that cities may not ban dispensaries within their jurisdictions without a compelling reason to do so. The matter has been remanded to the trial court for a new trial on whether cities can ban dispensaries and if so under what conditions.

Whatever your opinion is about Prop.19 or the local MMJ ordinances that exist, are pending, or are on the ballot in your city or county, we all have the right to vote for our beliefs. Candidates running for office publish their opinions about where they stand on marijuana and it is through the electoral process that they get elected and marijuana policies are mandated.

Let justice prevail!

Please get out and vote!

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Joshua Tree

by JANE QUENTIN

Now that Indian Summer’s heat wave is

finally letting go of its grip, it’s time to make more trips to the desert. Joshua Tree is a favorite destination for hikers, campers and explorers all throughout the year, but it definitely has a tendency to get fiery-pits-of-hell hot in the summertime. Autumn however, is usually very pleasant and if you’re not ready to give up on camping for the season, Joshua Tree is an excellent place Joshua Tree is a National Park that encompasses 800,000 acres of two deserts-The Colorado Desert and The Mojave Desert.

Joshua Tree is unique in that in encompasses two entirely different landscapes and offers up some of the most interesting shapes and formations in the desert. And if you do make the trip this fall, the colors change on many of the trees, creating rings of fire –like blossoms that are stunning in their vibrancy.

Camping at Joshua Tree is the only way to go, as the hotels in the area are scattered off the highway and offer none of the experience that is Joshua Tree. There are a dozen or more campgrounds that offer varying amenities, but remember, camping at Joshua Tree falls more into the “roughing it” category than anything else.

It is imperative that if you go, take plenty of water, food and supplies that you will need for fire, sleeping and hygiene. And don’t forget a shovel.

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he trip t e k a m o d “if you e on g n a h c s r o l o c this fall, the ating e r c , s e e r t e many of th ...” s m o s s o l b e –lik rings of fire Joshua Tree is famous for its hiking trails and the fall is the idea time to see the foliage at it’s final stages before the windy winter arrives. Hiking trails range from easy difficulty to difficult for the serious trekker. Trails like Mastodon Peak Trail (3 miles) offers excellent views of Eagle Mountain and the Salton Sea, with a summit elevation of 1.27 miles. This is a good, strenuous hike with great reward at the finish. The moderate trail, 49 Palms Oasis Trail (3 miles), is a hike to an oasis surrounded by stands of fan palms and pools of water. If you want a long, all day adventure, try the Boy Scout Trail (16 miles) and marvel at the scenery through the edge of the Wonderland of Rocks.

A great way to see Joshua Tree is by mountain bike. It’s obviously easier to cover a lot of ground on a bike, and the terrain lends itself to the adventurous but also caters to the beginner. So if you’re into rock-hopping, there are plenty of options and if you want to cruise and take photos, there is plenty of flat surface to do just that.

Also, if you are going to rock climb, and if you are an enthusiast, you really should since Joshua Tree is one of the most popular rock climbing areas in the world . Note from the National Parks website: There are differing regulations depending on whether a climb is being done within the designated wilderness area or not; check with a ranger for current regulations.

Joshua Tree is more than just the inspiration for U2’s arguably best album. Joshua Tree is a place to expel your demons (and no, I’m not thinking about the peyote scene in Young Guns) and let

“Joshua Tree is more than just the inspir ation for U2’s arguably best album” the vastness of the desert absorb your daily drudgery. Ending up around a campfire in Joshua Tree with more stars than you have ever imagined above and friends sitting around a campfire is one of the best ways to recharge the old batteries. Joshua Tree is notoriously cathartic and those of you with the yearnings to explore the spiritual side of nature will not be disappointed.

Head East on the 10 or the 60. You can’t miss it.

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Every grocery store now boasts an Organic section and for a lot of us, we think, “Oh good.

I’ll buy those bananas instead of the regular ones” But what does that really mean? Is organic food really that much better for you? What else can be achieved by opting for the organically labeled food we see every day?

The word “organic” refers to the way that farmers grow and process their agricultural products. The most important and impressive goal of organic farming is to encourage soil and water conservation. Weeding, for instance, is a big part of growing anything and organic farmers, rather than use chemicals and pesticides,

often spread mulch or employ crop rotation techniques to combat unwanted weeds. Conventional farmers also use chemical fertilizers where an organic grower uses natural composts to feed their plants.

Pest control is a full-time job for any grower of anything, as many of you may well know. Organic farmers use things like birds, insects and traps to try to combat pests. There even a few ingenious plants that act as traps for certain flying insects. Conventional growers, of course, use chemical herbicides to keep bugs at bay.

The labeling on organic foods includes meeting a stringent list of requirements as set forth by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Like diamonds, there are things to look for. 100 percent organic means that products are made from 100 percent organically grown ingredients and processes. Organic (the most common) means that products are at least 95 percent organic, and “Made with organic ingredients,” means that these products are made with at least 70 percent organic ingredients. The organic seal cannot be used on this packaging. So before you panic and ditch your Chiquitas 38

forever, know that you are A) making a good choice by eating fruit and B) not necessarily eating chemicals. Your conventionally grown produce may very well fall into the 70 percent range, and that’s pretty darned good.

It is worth knowing that there hasn’t been any definitive research that shows that organic foods are any more nutritious than those that have been conventionally grown. And even though conventional farmers use pesticides, the residue that may be left is small enough that it doesn’t pose a health risk. After all, we all ate and lived well before the “organic craze” began. What really matters here is that the organic gardener has a bigger purpose and dedication to renewable energy and care for the environment. So while you may feel good about yourself for eating organically, you should be feeling as mentally healthy as you do physically. Supporting organic farming is an important way to make a contribution to reducing the overall carbon footprint.

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hat happens when you take medical marijuana, place it in socialogical Mixmaster and add a brilliant dash of daring art and ardent activism?

Simple. Beautiful creations of marijuana art, bursting from the creative womb of imagination and the everyday realities that combine to compose the artistic world of Jean Hanamoto, and her husband, George. In April of 1998, George was able to get a recommendation from his doctor to use marijuana for his glaucoma, and we joined WAMM (Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medicinal Marijuana), a patients co-op in Santa Cruz. Her art has been inspired by all the wonderful, generous, kind and concerned people in this group that are working together to grow and give away this potent herb as medicine.

I recently had the opportunity to interview this fantastic artist about her life, her husband George, and the problems facing those in the medical marijuana community, who explained her love of life, her art, and the fact that on the front of medical marijuana use, the war isn’t over yet.

How powerful a tool is art combined with activism, and do you find that art and activism are powerful weapons in the battle of the wills to change people’s perception of “the evil weed”?

Very much so. My art has always celebrated the beauty and grace of this fine herb, and people are surprised by my colorful images.

I’ve been entering marijuana “portraits” into various county fairs and shows over the last 13 years, and most were placed where everyday people saw marijuana as art for the first time. Even the California State Fair hung my piece “The Sink in WAMM’s Garden” prominently in the main rotunda. I was allowed to have a framed statement next to it explaining the WAMM philosophy (Wo/men’s

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Alliance for Medical Marijuana in Santa Cruz) that treats patients like family, and had worked out a method to exchange medicine for labor in the garden.

How do you feel about the use of recreational marijuana in addition to the use of medical marijuana. Should it be legalized altogether?

My views have changed over the years, especially since coming from the cocoon of my experience with WAMM. I would like legalization to be seen as an opportunity to legitimize and support small growers, allowing them to be some the employers this country needs. I’m all for having an age restriction, and children need to be taught respect for use, but it’s outrageous that alcohol is legal and marijuana is not. When my husband, George, and I joined WAMM in 1998, the founder Valerie Corral had strict rules in place. It wasn’t for nothing that it was called the gold standard of medical marijuana organizations. Medical marijuana was respected and all the rules were followed. If anyone was caught selling, they were not given a second chance. Medicine was distributed free to our members, and most worked in the community garden to provide it. WAMM believed in medical marijuana only, and had no tolerance for anything other than that narrow group. The patient was the point.

Tell me more about George the Gardener and his garden projects?

George has to be the guiding light in your art and he must give it a foundation that drives you and gives you strength.

George has indeed been the light of my life for 25 years. Without his love, I would not have had the freedom to be the person I’ve become.

We had a small repair shop when we were first married called “George the TV man”, along with my business “Artworks Frame & Gallery”, in the tiny town of San Martin (for an article, the local newspaper called us Magnavox and Magnolias, we were such an odd pair. I was painting flowers then). When we joined WAMM, he just naturally became “George the Gardner Man”. When he was first diagnosed with Glaucoma, George was the one who very much wanted to be

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legal, and we met Valerie when we came to Santa Cruz for their thenannual HempFest. She was a speaker that day and we waited to talk to her afterward. She was so encouraging, and invited us to visit a WAMM meeting the next week, knowing we were enthusiastic and motivated. Our bond was immediate.

Being hired as “garden coordinator” for WAMM for the last three years before we moved was such a great pleasure for George. You would never know that he was close to 70 at that time. He worked as hard as anyone 40 years younger, and the work & marijuana kept him young. He loves to “experiment” with cross-pollination and growing methods, soil and fertilizers, happy in his own “cannabisian” world. At 76, he should be able to be safe and secure. He should not have to have worry about the law saying he is wrong in any way for using marijuana for his Glaucoma, high blood pressure, arthritis pain, and appetite. With health care so expensive and and pharmaceuticals that create so many side-effects, the calming pain and nausea- reducing effects of marijuana would replace many more dangerous drugs. Think that’s a big reason why it’s still illegal?

Do you find that there is an appreciation for your art outside of the Marijuana camp? Has your art in some way fostered an appreciation for the medicinal uses of the herb by those who may have been on the fence?

I’ve had many opportunities to talk seriously to individuals and groups about medical marijuana. I know from feedback that I’ve had a positive impact on countless non-smokers, many that came to me through my art. City and County fairs are usually not a showcase for outside-the-mainstream ideas, but I have been surprised by their willingness to “overlook” the fact that my subject matter is marijuana. Not only have I been awarded a number of 1st place ribbons over the years, but most of the time my work has been displayed on prominent, well-lighted walls.

Tell me more about the garden, and how it started, and how it grew and involved others in the medical marijuana community that.

When Valerie organized WAMM in the early 90’s, she was struggling with Epilepsy and had discovered what a difference smoking marijuana made vs. the heavy drugs she was receiving from her doctor. She decided she wanted to start a garden for herself and some friends, mostly ones dealing with AIDS at a time when there was very little help for them. The garden came first because she did not want to buy or sell what she considered medicine. With help from her husband, Mike, she and the other members raised their first crop. It was decided that after the harvest, WAMM would have regular meetings and distribute to each member their weekly share of the bounty. No one was charged, but they all made a promise that either they or their caregivers were to help in the garden. We could only grow for a limited number of patients (350 at its peak, but sadly places opened up regularly). Donations were encouraged and appreciated. Having a long waiting list for membership made everyone grateful for what we had, and regular weekly meetings kept us informed about which of our family needed a phone call, a visit, a ride, or help in other areas of their lives. Our membership ran from business executives to the out-of-work and homeless.

When we joined WAMM, the garden was so secret that only “proven” members were allowed on the property. When we finally were given permission to see it, it was a revelation. We’d never seen such a beautiful garden, and George was there every week after that until he became “garden coordinator”. Then it was 3-4 times a week from Morgan Hill, an hour-long trip. He loved it and did it for our last three years in the area. He was there at 7:00AM to open the gate to our working members, deciding what needed doing and getting everyone doing what was needed. It was a peaceful, sacred place, even more so after several of our long-time members had their ashes scattered in that beautiful setting. The sunsets over the ocean were spectacular, adding glorious color to this gorgeous, bucolic scene.

George has always loved growing things, but nothing ever fascinated him like growing marijuana. When his family was moved back to California from the Topaz, Utah internment camp after WWII, they were given housing and jobs share-cropping strawberries for Driscoll Farms. George spent his boyhood working in the fields, with time left for school, but not much else.

Baseball was out of the question. Even so, farming is in his blood, and marijuana farming was most fulfilling.

Not only could he spend quality time with equally hardworking and dedicated friends, he felt he was helping as many people as possible. It’s a joy to watch these plants grow to maturity, to learn about how to make them better each year, to see patients at meetings and to know we’ve helped with their everyday lives and their pain. It’s a great reward. Belonging to a group with that much integrity was an honor.

Do you consider yourself a crusader and how do you define your role as one?

If crusading means putting my art into what was considered entirely inappropriate venues, or creating an art web site 13 years ago that was openly one of the few (or possibly the only one - I searched!) displaying marijuana art by a “marijuana artist” , or just being persistent in my calling without being intimidated, then I guess it’s yes. I feel so strongly about the medical part of the equation, and am so very fond of the recreational part, that I can’t very well deny being an advocate. It’s a miraculous plant.

I read too that you mentioned something about a DEA bust.

Was this a personal bust?

That was the infamous DEA raid on the WAMM garden on Sept.

5, 2002. WAMM was well-known and trusted by both the city and county of Santa Cruz, even listed in the yellow pages, which

was unheard of then. We had their 100% approval and cooperation. WAMM was, after all, a group that was helping very sick and dying people in a totally non-profit way. We were conducting research not done anywhere else in the US, filling out surveys every week for months to gather vital statistics for medical studies. We took care of our members needs over and above providing them with their weekly supply of medicine, with patients able to get help with services, housing, and personal necessities.

Neither city or county law officials were informed before the DEA conducted the bust. The federal government knew the situation and went over the heads of the entire local government to prevent them from objecting. When George and I got there that morning after rushing from our home in Morgan Hill, they were already up the hill in the garden. We could hear the chainsaws destroying our life’s blood and imagined those booted feet trampling the fertile ground sprinkled with the ashes of our friends. The big gate at the bottom of the hill was closed, and a policeman was watching us, but we decided we would lock the gate behind them. When they came down with three big U-Hauls full of our precious harvest, we peacefully declined to take off the padlock, so they had to call the local sheriff’s dept. to rescue them from all the sick people. This is the same sheriff that they bypassed to get to us, so he was not too happy with them. He negotiated with us to get Valerie and Mike back from a holding cell in San Jose in exchange for letting the U-hauls and black-glassed SUVs off of WAMM’s property. He refused to disburse any of the WAMM members, allowing us all to go up and inspect the damage. It was a crime scene.

It was devastating. Our almost-ready-to-harvest year’s supply for over 300 members was nothing but a few broken stems. People were overcome with grief at the sight of the destruction. It was a crushing blow to George, and he sat there in the garden for a long time just mourning the loss.

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They didn’t get everything. By the next week, we had arranged to distribute marijuana to our members on the steps of Santa Cruz City Hall. In front of a crowd of close to 1000 people, including the Mayor, the City Council, and numerous news vans, we were able to give each member their weekly share out of our remaining stores.

It made the national news + the BBC. It gave us the opportunity to explain how we were conducting ourselves, and Valerie is always eloquent.

Any thoughts on your feelings towards how the Federal Government stands on medical marijuana?

If the Federal Government had any compassion or courage, it would take marijuana off Schedule 1. Why do they still pretend that it has no medical value? Are they completely blind to the truth?

Apparently. George and I have found Mendocino County to be a wonderful place to live, but because of a backlash to destructive growers in the parks and forests, the sheriff and police are not really on our side. They have a hard time realizing that smokers are not automatically bad guys. Federal law says it’s still felonious to have and grow marijuana, even if Californians vote to legalize it in November. It has to be handled at the Federal level.

I love my job! I’ve always been adamant that art is free to be bold and ahead of it’s time. My art is legal everywhere, and I’ve fought to remind people that that’s the case. Don’t tell me no. I’m so stubborn! hahaha!

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The sunny port city of San Diego, CA.

has emerged as the epicenter of medical cannabis persecution in the Golden State. Activists are saying dispensary owners are being railroaded in court, while out on the street, raids and arrests of dispensaries continue fourteen years since Prop 215.

Federal agents are also allegedly tracking medical marijuana patients, and a San Diego Narcotics Task Force has gone so far as to pose as dispensary operators, and hand out product to gather intelligence on local growers and patients.

Kris Hermes, spokesperson for prominent medical cannabis rights group Americans for Safe Access says the persecution reached new heights with the recent conviction of dispensary operator Jovan Jackson. Even though running a dispensary is legal under Prop 215 and AB 420, San Diego’s District Attorney convinced a local judge that Jackson should not be allowed to introduce a medical marijuana defense at his trial. The jury, unable to hear state law, convicted him of illegal distribution of the drug. It’s the definition of being railroaded, Kermes says.

“Defendants are denied medical use defenses in federal court, but in state court? This is a rare occurrence,” said Hermes.

District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis is on a local crusade against the herbal remedy, and managed to convince Judge Howard Shore that the law does not protect medical cannabis distributors.

“What Judge Shore refused to recognize is a statute for collectives and cooperatives under SB420 actually prevents arrest and prosecution specifically for sales and maintaining a place where sales occur,” Hermes says.

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Dumanis’ narrow view of SB420 is part of a statewide schism that’s sending dispensary owners mostly in Southern California to jail, and won’t be sorted out in appeals court for years. Hermes said the ASA is ready to appeal Jackson’s case.

Meanwhile, recent raids continue in San Diego, like the October 14th raid of the Helping Hands Wellness Collective near San Diego airport. Members of a local Task Force that included Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Deputies took over the dispensary, donned dispensary uniforms, re-opened the doors and started serving customers. They gave out concentrated cannabis to at least one patient, who was then detained and interrogated. Jackson was swept up in similar raids of about twenty dispensaries in September of 2009. Those followed multiple mass raids under President Bush.

It’s part of a fourteen-year history of local persecution, despite multiple losses in state courts, Hermes says. “Their D.A. is pretty rabid on the attack.” When Dumanis loses in state court, she’s sent local cases to federal court where defendants do not have a medical cannabis defense.

“San Diego is the one place where federal authorities seem very welcome to operate.”

Dale Gieringer of NORML reports federal anti-pot activities in San Diego seem much broader. This October, a San Diego medical cannabis patient called the Transportation Safety Administration before flying out of San Diego with his medication.

The TSA told him she could not fly with marijuana, so hi didn’t.

When he landed at his destination in Hawaii however, he was detained, and searched. The TSA had apparently tracked his call back to him, then followed him to Hawaii.

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Hello my thirsty friends. It’s time to take a little adventure through one of my favorite neighborhoods in San Diego—Banker’s Hill.

The Bank, as I like to call it, is home to some of my favorite late night restaurants, which comes in handy if you’re out late and need some emergency breakfast. There is absolutely no parking in The Bank, so the best idea is to either go bar crawling with a friend who lives there and has a spot, or get dropped off there and plan on taking a taxi home. It’s seriously not worth the hassle to look for parking, plus, you should take a taxi anyway! No drinking and driving! The Bank is known for it’s panoramic views so if you stay awake until sunrise, or wake up at the crack of dawn needing Gatorade, make sure to find a spot and watch the spectacular morning light come up over Coronado. It will make the rest of your day not so much of a wreck.

1. CHERRY BOMB

3. CALIPH

2237 1st Ave. (between Ivy St. & Juniper St.)

3100 5th Ave

Hello dad, hello mom..! Cherry Bomb is often discovered by those who have to schlep their clothes to the Laundromat. I have always appreciated the combination of laundry and cocktail and Cherry Bomb is the best place in town to drown your fluff and fold sorrows. The jukebox here is a little rougher than some. Song to song may go gangster rap, heavy metal, classic rock and back. But it’s Cherry Bomb not Cherry Cheesecake, people, so deal with it. Cherry Bomb is a small dive bar but there’s plenty of space for the bartenders to kick your ass at pool or drinking. Cherry Bomb— home of the one drink maximum.

Caliph is a gay dive with more focus on the dive than the gay. The crowd is very mixed and comprises hipsters, old folks, couples, cruisers and singles. It’s basically a melting pot of The Bank. With its loungy feel and patio, Caliph is a great place to get a strong drink for cheap and people watch. I personally don’t like my dive bars to be full of people just like me, so I love Caliph for its flavor. They have a fabulous happy hour and karaoke night is the very best. You will hear it all: showtunes, classics, modern hits, which pretty much describes the atmosphere as well as the music.

2. TIN CAN ALE HOUSE 1863 Fifth Ave. How could a bar with the largest selection of canned beers in town not make the list? It had to! The Tin Can is a place to go where everybody knows your name. If San Diego had a Cheers, this would be it. On the weekends, they have live music which is ok, but I prefer the Tin Can on a weekday, preferably before 6 p.m. The bartenders are super friendly and the jukebox has everything from Billy Joel to Billy Idol to Billy Bragg. Snap open a can and settle in for some good day drinking. They try to be a live music venue, but really, it’s all about the beer.

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Stay safe and happy crawling!

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Listening to the classics is great, but sometimes a new, fresh sound is just what you need to grow and move forward in your musical maturation. Although practically impossible, I like the idea of listening to everything... both good and bad. Without hearing some really bad music it’s tough to know how to define really good music.

That said, finding new tunes that are both high quality and similar to our own tastes is really satisfying, and probably easier than ever before. Plus, getting stoned and finding new jams is one of the most enjoyable activities to do with Mary Jane.

As with the rest of the music industry, discovery and scouting has become a mostly online activity. The first thing you probably do when you are looking for something new or old to listen to is fire up the old computer and dive into cyberspace. You can catch some great tunes while surfing the net, that is a fact. But as the music industry becomes more and more digitally based, is the offline world dead? No, it is certainly not. There are still a lot of great ways to find music in the physical world, and there is something different and special about stumbling upon a new album in the record store or getting surprised by an opening band at a show. Those kinds of real-world music experiences can not be replaced, and never will be.

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Here are some choice places to find your new favorite band,producer,sound, or style. Proactive searching is key to finding something fresh, so get at it.

Blogs & Blog Aggregators Music blogs are soooo hot right now. Every journalism student who thinks they have good taste in music probably has a blogger account with a catchy, cutesy name. With so many out there it’s hard to know who to listen to about what to listen to. Enter the blog aggregators. Sites like hypem. com (the Hype Machine), elbo.ws, muzic.com, shuffler.fm, and others sort through the millions of songs posted on blogs and put them all in one place.

Some like Hypem have a ranking system that allows songs to get ‘hearted’ into the top 100 popular chart, which means exposure for both the artists and blogs. Others like Shuffler function more like a web radio site. Blogs are a great place to find music and a once you’ve found a good blog matching your tastes, you’ll be set. There are a handful of giant blogs like pitchfork. com that function like a web magazine and have powers that may rival the likes of Rolling Stone or NME, along with millions of smaller blogs written by enthusiastic college kids. Here are a few to start out with: gorillavsbear.net, strangersinstereo.com, stereogum.com, wearebinary.com/blog. From there, check out the blogrolls and bounce your way around the music blogosphere. (continued on page 52)

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Feeds and Subscriptions Subscribing to RSS feeds from your favorite blogs, or newsletters from entities with a distinct musical interest can really broaden your musical horizons and tastes.After you’ve subscribed,you’ll just get emails or messages pushed to you without any effort on your part.What you do with the info from there is up to you....

Social Networks Myspace used to be one of the prime sources for discovering new bands and getting a good feel for what a band is all about. News flash: Myspace is dead. But with the death of Myspace, comes the emergence of newer, better platforms.

Facebook isn’t the best, but they are improving the functionality for bands and most have music available for listening. Twitter is a fun way to hear what an artist or band has to say, and also to stay up to date on shows and releases.

Soundcloud is great for listening to bands, and Apple just released Ping!, a social network that works with iTunes to suggest new, relevant music. Ping! is seeming to be the final blow to Myspace, and with it’s built in monetization record labels and artists alike will be getting behind this new social platform.

Mobile Applications Everything seems to be going mobile these days. Smart phones have countless applications that allow you to discover music. Most web radio can be streamed though your phone and there are tons of cool applications that allow you to find something you may have missed. For example, the Shazam app on iPhone allows you to identify the song that you are listening to; so if you are out and hear a song that you want to remember the name of to look up later, you enable the app and it will tell you exactly what you are listening to. Pretty nifty, and just one of the many cool mobile apps that will help you find your favorite new band.

Web Radio Online radio is a nice way to find new tunes because you don’t really have to do all that much work. Like with traditional radio, it’s basically delivered to you. Yes, you have to do a little bit of work initially to set your preferences and whatnot, but after that you just get to listen to and be introduced to great new bands that are relevant to your tastes. Pandora.com, last. fm, and blip.fm are all pretty good places to start. Also, most local and national radio stations have websites where you can stream their shows live.

Radio AM/FM radio may not be quite as powerful or profitable as in years past, but it still certainly has it’s place. Sometimes it’s just nice not having to choose what to pick on your playlist, and instead just let the music be delivered to you by a radio DJ. Mainstream radio probably won’t open your ears to anything too fresh, but indie stations and the huge selections on satellite radio will be sure to curb your cravings. Whether cruising in the car or taking a warm bubble bath, the radio can be both comforting and aurally expanding.

Concerts & Venues The key focus and job of local promoters and venue talent buyers is to know the hottest bands or DJ’s and bring them to town. They are trusted to not only find big acts that will sell out the venues, but also to find similar talented acts to support those big artists. Seeing a band live and falling in love with them due to a performance is priceless and can stick with you forever. I try to see at least 1 show per week... sometimes they are disappointing, sometimes I’m pleasantly surprised by the quality. Either way, you gotta get out there and allow yourself to be exposed to great new music.

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Record Stores Shuffling through records, cassette’s, Cd’s, etc has always been on of my favorite pastimes. A lot of the time I find nothing of value or interest, other times I’ll see a name or album cover that strikes me and a beautiful aural relationship blossoms. From the quaint little niche shops on the corner to Best Buy and WalMart, all offer a physical perusing quality that’s hard to match digitally. Although these shops are becoming less and less common due to decreased physical album sales, they are still around for now and will never completely disappear.

Television TV and the internet are becoming so intertwined that they often overlap. Music channels like MTV, VH1, Fuse, and several others don’t play music videos like the glory days, but their websites, Youtube, and other online video platforms still fulfill the demand. Reality TV shows and competitions, though often cheesy and fixed, can expose you to something you may not have heard otherwise.

Music on television isn’t what it used to be, but it’s still alive and gently kicking Print Publications Magazines, newspapers, weeklies, and other print publications are also not dead. Weeklies and newspapers usually have local show listings, reviews, interviews, and other such printed shenanigans. Good music mags do still exist, and I will always stand behind Rolling Stone, Spin, and a few others that are fully worth getting month subscriptions... if you can afford it. *Friends! There is nothing like hitting up like minded friends and asking what’s currently on repeat for them. Some may even be kind and willing enough to make you a little mix-tape with their favorite new tunes. Just making it known to people around you that you want to hear new stuff is usually enough. I’m attached on several daily email chains that revolve around sharing music and getting feedback from friends. Even when I don’t have time to participate in the conversation, I’m still included in a discussion that exposes me to new names and sounds.

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The medical cannabis industry is a budding grove of innovation, and the new Essential Vaaapp EV101 does not fall short of continuing to push the boundaries of safe and effective cannabis consumption. This new vaporizer is a handheld, portable way to safely consume cannabis.

Aside from edibles, using a vaporizer is the healthiest way to consume cannabis. For use in edibles, THC is extracted from cannabis without the application of direct heat, which in turn creates no smoke. The extracted THC is then combined into butter or oil, for example, for standard use in cooking.

A vaporizer also extracts THC from cannabis without creating any smoke. It works like this: indirect heat within a confined glass space causes the marijuana to become warm, and when hot air gets sucked through the warm space a THC-enriched vapor is created. This vapor, although white and somewhat dense, is not smoke—fire never touches the marijuana, and no smoke is ever created.

The advantage is enormous: THC extraction is twice as efficient (meaning you can vape less marijuana to reach the same high) as lighting cannabis on fire (like a joint, pipe, or bong), and there is no harmful smoke to inhale into the lungs.

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not carcinogenic. However, smoke is highly carcinogenic, and can damage the lungs.

The downside of using a vaporizer has always been its bulkiness and difficulty of use. Most vaporizers require being tethered to a wall for a constant stream of electricity, take about five minutes to warm up, and are large boxes with medical tubes sticking out of them. Rather than healthfulness, vaporizers imply a level of pot smoking that only serious and well-versed users ever tackle.

Simply, the Essential Vaaapp destroys the stigmas plaguing a more widespread use of healthfully consuming cannabis via vapor. The EV101 is a non-electronic, hand-held, and portable vaporizer made in Northern California. Designed by current CEO Whitedeer of the coastal California Rumsen tribe, the EV101 brings the ease of use and portability of a small pipe to the world of vaporizers. With three easily removable and cleanable vials that connect to a base the size of a small pipe, the EV101 is the ultimate way to inhale marijuana easily and safely in any place or situation. In addition to applying the efficiency and safety of vaporizing to a small and portable piece, the Essential Vaaapp is a prime example of the type of economy associated with medical marijuana. The EV101 was designed as is built in the United States by what the company describes as “environmentally conscious shops.” The company is “dedicated to manufacturing this device in the United States where it not only helps our economy but saves lives by avoiding contributing to environmental devastation caused by unregulated manufacturing processes and nonexistent chemical recycling.”

The Essential Vaaapp EV101 is the quickest and easiest way to enjoy the safe and efficient vapor of medical cannabis. http://www.essentialvape.com/index.php

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what will happen if Proposition 19 passes?

According to those who are advocates of Prop 19, there will be major economic benefits to the State of California generated by the taxes stemming from this multi-billion dollar industry, and it will reduce crime, corruption and Mexican drug related violence in our state. Estimates of the economic windfall have been as low as several hundreds of millions of dollars to almost $1.5 billion in tax revenues annually.

Irrespective of the exact amount, it is evident that the state can use additional tax dollars in this depressed economy.

Those opposed to the proposition believe it will create drug addiction via the gateway effect and will increase health related issues in our state. Many believe that is will cause people to become lazy and unproductive. There is so much misinformation about the gateway effects of marijuana and how it leads to harder drug use. However, no matter what side you take, both have legitimate concerns.

California has always been the leader on lifting the marijuana prohibition. In 1975 the state decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana. In 1996, the voters passed Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act that legalized medical marijuana.

In 2009, Eric Holder the United States Attorney General said that the federal government would not interfere with states where the use of medical marijuana is legal pursuant to state law.

But what do the Feds say if marijuana goes legal? First of all, if Prop 19 passes it only legalizes marijuana under state law.

Under Federal Law, marijuana is still classified as a Schedule 1 drug, with no medical benefits. This classification has not changed, and I continue to wonder why. Federal law prevails when it is more stringent than state law. This happened for medical marijuana under the Bush administration, and under the alcohol Prohibition of the 1920s and early ‘30s, when the

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federal government enforced prohibition in states that had not banned alcohol. And just last week, Holder announced that the federal government strongly opposes Prop 19 and will “vigorously enforce” federal marijuana prohibition in California, regardless of Prop 19’s outcome.

Holder sent a letter to nine former chiefs of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, saying in part: “Let me state clearly that the Department of Justice strongly opposes Proposition 19.

If passed, this legislation will greatly complicate federal drug enforcement efforts to the detriment of our citizens.”

If Prop 19 passes, the United States Supreme Court may end up deciding the outcome of the legalization of marijuana by the state of California. Prior determinations by the Supreme Court have favored federal law over state law. In the 2005 case of Gonzalez v Raich, the court upheld the federal government’s right to bar an individual from growing medical marijuana on their own property invoking the commerce clause. This same clause could be used again to allow the federal government to ban full legalization by a state government.

If Prop 19 passes, irrespective of the federal government’s stance on legalization, other states might follow California’s lead putting pressure on the federal government to rethink its archaic position on marijuana. No matter what, isn’t it time for the feds to change this classification? I think so!

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AS A CHILD GROWING UP AS A FAN OF RAP MUSIC AND HIP-HOP CULTURE, I couldn’t help

but to notice that weed, blunts, and getting high was an occurring theme that still remains constant throughout the music. In my quest to be one with the culture, experimenting with weed was just as organic to me as buying my first pair of shell toe Adidas. If you know me or have ever had the chance to kick it with me, you know “I get high to my hip hop” is my motto and creed! My illustrious career within the entertainment industry I CAN STILL REMEMBER thehas 1sttaken time Ime sawall over the world.

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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-

that even in a down

where else is it more exemplified then in Kipahulu” where he gets his

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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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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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When partaking in your medicinal needs, what better way to wet your whistle with than a cold beer, right? Whether you’re watching Up In Smoke on a Tuesday for the four hundred and twentieth time, or if you and your crew are partying during the game on Sunday….

Whichever the scenario, suds and buds have always been a match made in heaven. There’s nothing better than a frosty cold one to quench a bad case of dry-mouth, and as long as you can handle the pairing of medicine/spirits, a fine time should prevail. Now, before you laugh and say that Beer doesn’t have medicinal benefits like its fellow party favor Marijuana, keep in mind that beer has recently been found to have the same health benefits as wine.

Drinking up to 2 glasses a day can reduce chances of stroke, as well as heart and vascular disease. Hmmmm….Well Cheers to that, huh!?!

Thankfully there are some very serious people involved in bringing the best of both worlds together, (… well, sort of – It’s not really Marijuana-Beer, unless you’re in Europe, where they allow Hemp Beer to be made with up to .03 mg of THC…. but for us Yanks) HEMPBEER.COM has a variety of beers made from Hemp, representing its famous cousin MaryJane in the most positive light possible. Whether it’s Humboldt Lager from our Northern neighbors, Burke’s Hemp Ale from Australia, or Cannabia from Germany, the world seems aware of the benefits of using Hemp in beer. And why not? The Hemp plant is also cousins with the Hop plant, a main component in making Beer. So now we have Hemp and its nefarious cousin Marijuana – and now it’s somehow in the same family as the Hop!?! WTF man, why has this taken so long to bring to light? This is all starting to make sense now. Maybe the same people who control the advancements in technology have also held the file on the whole Hemp/Marijuana/Hop/Beer family tree. Well no longer is this family of fun being hidden in the aisle of warm imports at the German Deli. These Beers are finally available for consumption through the HEMPBEER.COM website, sold in giftpacks starting at $18.95. This may seem pricey for a couple of brews, but it’s less than two Coors Lights at the local “velvet-rope” bar in town. Besides, it’s HempBeer, and if these plants are so close in nature, it’s a no-brainer to marry them through the advancements of man. Let them eat cake…. Let them drink Beer…. and Let them smoke Herb….

KUSH mag is sure you’ll find something to match your tastes. Whether it’s a nice Sativa, and a Brown Ale, or a nice bowl of Indica, and a tall Hefeweizen, you just can’t lose when you pair these two together. A little bit of medicinal buds, and some suds, (made from our favorite plant, HEMP). Awesome!!!!!!! Give it a taste…. And try the HempBeer too….

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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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he use of the cannabis plant has been controversial for centuries. On the one hand, it’s medical properties have been known for thousands of years, yet on the other hand it’s been condemned as the devil’s weed.

Today, modern science has the ability to end this ageold controversy, while at the same time explaining the reason for it having ever existed (see concluding paragraph).

In 1988 the existence of the previously unknown THC receptor was demonstrated. This finding strongly suggested that humans make their own marijuana-like compounds that bind to this receptor, now known as the CB1 receptor. A few years later, Dr. Rafael Mechoulam identified the first such compound and named it anandamide (Sanskrit for the blissful amide). Subsequently, thousands of peer-reviewed scientific articles have demonstrated the widespread homeostatic (biochemical balance) involvement of cannabinoids in all body systems (cardiovascular, digestive, endocrine, excretory, muscular, nervous, skeletal, skin, and reproductive) as well as regulating such basic biological parameters as appetite, body temperature, pain, fear, paranoia, aggression, sleep, and joy.

The basic nature of endocannabinoid activity with respect to health is positive as is best seen by its anti-aging, and anticancer properties. If the CB1 receptor is genetically eliminated in mice, they die prematurely and their skin ages prematurely. In contrast, an intramural NIH study showed that animals fed high concentrations of THC lived longer and had fewer tumors.

In view of the holistic nature by which medical marijuana impacts on the endocannabinoid system the wide spread health benefits that people are seeing, now that individual states have allowed medical use, make sense. Unlike conventional pharmaceutical that try to block a biochemical pathway involved in a particular illness, cannabinoids have a global impact that, through their homeostatic

regulation of many pathways, promotes health. Thus, instead of having many pills for a specific illneess (typically to counteract each others negative side affects), cannabis is one medicine for many illness. We are seeing the beginning of a revolution in healthcare, and the end to it’s dominance by big pharma. Because cannabis appears to be so safe, and has essentially no achievable lethal dose, people can safely experiment with different strains and doses to find what works for them.

A pioneer in self experimentation and medication has been Rick Simpson. He appears to have cured himself and others of cancer and other terminal diseases. What is lacking is rigorous documentation that would be widely acceptable by anyone with enough cannabinoid activity to be open-minded. To solve the current gap of bonafide documentation of cause and effect, treatment and cure, the Phoenix Tears Foundation has been established. This group is working with legal, terminal patients to confirm and document the amazing curative properties of medical marijuana.

People should wonder how is it possible that the United States federal government is willing to spend billions of dollars, year after year, to arrest and incarcerate millions of otherwise law abiding citizens, but has not spent a few million to confirm, or not, the cancer killing properties of cannabis. The answer is amazingly simple. Our endocannabinoid system controls open mindedness, fear and paranoia. Some people are cannabinoid deficient. These unhigh people (BLPs-backward looking people, as opposed to FLPs-foward looking people) appear to concentrate in government where they spread fear and ignorance. They have no choice. They are genetic holdovers from an earlier age when aggressive, linear paths contributed to human advancement. That time has passed, and we are now entering into a new era in man’s evolution, one of consciousness, cooperation and caring for our selves, each other, and our environment.

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Over the years there have been a slew of films that have tried to capture the drama and excitement of a great football game. Some have been not only good sports flicks, but also great films. Others star Keanu Reeves .

Below is a list of some of the best movies that have been made about football.

This film has the unique distinction of being a made for TV movie that became so popular, it was later released in theaters. Brian’s Song is based on the true story of two Chicago Bears players: Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers.

Like many of the critically acclaimed football films, Brian’s Song features a undertone of racial tensions. Piccolo and Sayers eventually over come this and other problems becoming great friends through the process.

Unfortunately at a certain point Brian Piccolo becomes terminally ill and Sayers has must deal with the loss of his great friend.

This movie stands as an incredibly touching story of a great friendship and is a much watch for people who don’t even really care for football.

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Any Given Sunday is Oliver Stone’s take on the modern world of football. In this movie football is a kill or be killed all consuming world. The all star cast are put through the ringer as they do what they can to succeed in one of the world’s most competitive industries.

The movie shows this, not only from the player’s perspective, but also from behind the scenes.

Cameron Diaz, Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid and Jaime Foxx all put in stellar performances of characters that are caught up in the game.

Any Given Sunday is a football movie for the fan with ADD. The plot is broken up constantly with gratuitous bone crunching action. On the field, the movie is fast and brutal, though sometimes a lot can be lost through the close up shots and quick editing.

One of the movies brightest moments takes place in a locker room before a big game. Al Pacino delivers what will go down as one of the best inspirational speeches in movie history.

People remember this movie for a lot of things. The cute kid who says funny things, the romance story between Tom Cruise and Renée Zelweger or most likely; the catch phrase ‘Show me the money’. The movie takes a turn half way through and it’s easy to forget that this film also features some really great football scenes.

The early parts of the film capture the fast paced lifestyle of a sports agent who becomes uncomfortable with the corporate approach to the industry. When he is fired by his agency for questioning the ethics of their practice, his entire future rests in the hands of an Arizona Cardinal played by a Pre-Snow Dogs Cuba Gooding Jr.

ESPN’s Bill Simmons once said that the original Longest Yard (Yes, the recent Adam Sandler flick is a remake) was the best football movie ever made.

Burt Reynolds plays a former football player who is sentenced to prison after a fight with his girlfriend that ends in the destruction of her car.

The prison’s warden manages a semipro football team that is made up of the prison’s guards. Reynolds eventually assembles a team of inmates to take on the warden’s team in an exhibition game at the prison.

For the football scenes, the actors were told to go out and play football. There were a few choreographed scenes that were shot to tie in with the rest of the script, but the bulk of them are just men playing a game of football. The result here is one of the most accurate portrayals of the sport to make it to the big screen.

Rudy is an iconic and true story of Daniel ‘Rudy’ Ruettiger.

For most of his life, Rudy had a dream of playing football for The University of Notre Dame.

Rudy overcomes a multitude of challenges in pursuit of his dream.

He struggled with a learning disability, but through sheer will and hard work he overcame his dyslexia and was accepted into the prestigious university.

In the face of all odds he finally made his way into the school’s team, only to be benched. In the movie’s climax Rudy’s dream is realized as he takes to the field and manages to sack the opposing quarterback.

Rudy is one of the greatest examples of The American Dream, he worked his way through all of life’s obstacles and achieved his dream of playing for Notre Dame. If you ever feel like you could use a little pick me up, this might be the right film for you.

Later in the film the movie’s main character discovers himself and his love for Zelweger as he overcomes his biggest problems.

The story culminates in a sappy romance, but think of it this way.

This could be a great way to get your romantic comedy loving significant other to sit down and watch a football movie with you.

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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 72

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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WHAT BETTER WAY TO RING IN THE FALL SEASON THAN WITH A WINE AND food festival? With the leaves turning, Thanksgiving around the corner, and the Holidays soon to follow, The San Diego Bay may be one of the last places to feel the bite of Fall, so making the most of our stellar weather is something to take advantage of through November. With this year’s San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival, Nov 17 - 21 back at the world famous waterfront, San Diegan’s will be treated to treasures of the pallet, as well as artistic and cultural delights.

Beyond the amazing selection of 170 World-Class Wineries, Breweries, and Spirits, there will be over 70 of San Diego’s finest restaurants to satiate your appetite. Celebrity Chefs will join “Top Chef” star Brian Malarkey in face to face experiences, creating epicurean memories while bringing the Culinary and Spirit worlds together. What would a Food & Wine Festival be without a cooking competition, right? Watch while San Diego’s finest chefs compete for $50,000 in prizes, and the coveted title of “Chef of the Fest”. Mmmmmmm…….. Sounds delish!!!

With Wine goes Art - With Art goes Wine……. So with the two seemingly hand-in-hand, there will be plenty of both at the Festival. With many of San Diego’s finest masters showing off their work, the Festival has chosen Christopher M. and David Tyrone Villa as this year’s featured artists. Come meet both artists, and see how they beautifully capture their love of food and wine in their work.

For those watching their intake, (of wine or food) take advantage of sponsor Cooking Light Magazine’s cooking classes.

Here you’ll find executive chefs giving tips on how to make delicious meals, without all those calories. They will be a part of the Cooking Light Pavilion at the Grand Tasting Event, so get there early.

For more info on the second happiest place on earth, go to www.WorldOfWineEvents.com, and remember to either take public transportation there, or make sure there’s a designated driver. KUSH magazine wants you around for the next issue….. See you at the Bay!!!

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GrowItInTheSun.org claims the single biggest factory farm proposed for Oakland would produce at least 22 million pounds of carbon dioxide per year, and consume enough electricity to power 1,300 households, making it the biggest electricity consumer and greenhouse gas producer in the city.

City officials say they intend to reward the most eco-conscious proposals they receive with extra points in their highly contested permitting process. Indoor critics say any energy usage seems a bit absurd.

America is moving to renewable resources and limiting its carbon footprint, while cannabis is moving against the wind.

Since Prop 215 passed in 1996, energy use in cultivation region Humboldt County is up six times over the stateŠs average, the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat has reported.

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Becoming a firefighter/paramedic at the remarkably young age of 16, Derek had seen tragedy. Fatalities, and dealing with them, were part of the job.

“Among all the living species on Earth, humans are the only ones who have learned to stop the dying process,” he says. “I was getting in the way of the Grim Reaper, sometimes head-on. On some days we won, some days we didn’t.”

Those fatalities also included people he worked with.

“In my time on the job,” he relates, “I personally knew five people who committed suicide.”

After 20 years on the job, however, Derek appeared to be one of the last people who’d fall victim to the psychological trauma that plagues firefighters and medics to the extreme of taking their own lives.

“From the time I was 14 years old,” he says, “I never thought of doing anything else.”

Nothing in that 20 years, though, had prepared Derek to deal with the events of June of 2008, tragedies that pushed him to the brink of suicide after the initial treatment attempt he underwent completely and utterly failed.

Forced to choose between permanent disability due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or curing himself, he created a treatment that finished fixing the damage almost completely on his own.

And ironically, Derek himself would have never considered that the treatment would involve medicinal use of marijuana.

“I’m not exactly a poster-child for pot-smoking,” he’ll still say now, looking more like the critical care flight paramedic that he was than a tie-dyed, bong-twirling Bob Marley fan.

This also makes it easy to see him right in the middle of two tragic airrescue accidents that occurred in northern Arizona in June of 2008 - three

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helicopters crashes that caused seven fatalities within just 48 hours, an unprecedented event in helicopter rescue history.

The first accident occurred on June 27th.

“At that time, I managed or assisted management of bases in Show Low, Prescott and Kingman,” Derek recounts, “pulling paramedic shifts out of Show Low. I had just gotten to sleep around midnight, and at 4am I got the call that Air Evac 31 went down and the crew was being transported to Flagstaff Trauma Center.”

Air Evac 31 was responding from Prescott to an emergency call about 50 miles north when it went down at 3:30am, rolling over four times and throwing two of the three crew members out of the helicopter as it slammed into the ground.

“You couldn’t have picked a worse place to crash,” Derek says. “It was in the middle of nowhere. Prescott was a base I had helped start up. Everyone there was family to me, so I was the first one notified.”

As he rushed to the Trauma Center two miles from where he lived, Derek had no idea of the extent of their injuries.

“I was told that they thought everyone was still alive,” he says, “but there had been some chaos. There was bad communication.”

Procedure for emergency air rescue assistance calls for the highest-ranking member of the crews responding to determine the landing zone for the helicopter, and the FAA later determined that the wrong LZ was chosen for the helicopter - with disastrous consequences.

“The LZ was like fine talcum-powder desert,” Derek recalls, “like walking on the moon. Every step you took kicked up dust. The crew is under nightvision goggles, so when the pilot tried to land dust kicked up through the rotor blades, throwing everyone’s equilibrium off. On the helicopter, what was happening outside looked completely opposite of what was really

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happen if I left,” he says. “I was “I thought something bad would w l any emotions at that point. I kne so sleep-deprived I couldn’t fee to it affect me right now. I needed I would, but I knew I couldn’t let be there for my guys.” happening. They came in tail low, the tail hit the ground, and blew the helicopter everywhere.”

Derek arrived at the Trauma Center as three other helicopters were dispatched to rescue the injured crewmen. A familiar face there, where his wife (whom he was separated from at the time) also worked, he dashed straight through the lobby up to the helipad, waiting 45 minutes for the first helicopter to arrive.

“It felt like it took forever,” he says.

The first helicopter transported the male nurse, in need of an immediate assistance due to injuries causing him extreme difficulty breathing.

“He was conscious, but I could barely recognize him,” Derek recalls. “His flight suit was all cut up, and his whole body was caked in that light brown powder. He was in shock, saying ‘I thought the helicopter was going to explode. I thought it was gonna burn up’.”

The nurse told Derek he’d landed just 20 feet from the wreck on top of one of the rotor blades, covered in jet fuel. He couldn’t see the aircraft’s jet engine, which had landed three feet from his head, but feeling the intense heat, he was sure it would ignite the fuel and explode.

Derek also learned the dust had been so thick that it took rescue personnel on scene a 20- minute eternity to find the crew.

Derek held his injured crewmate’s hand, talking to him to him as he was transported down the elevator into the trauma room, and continued to hold his hand as the ER staff went to work.

“Everybody knew not to push me away,” he says. “They worked around me.”

Derek was soon informed that the second helicopter was five minutes away, transporting the flight medic, so he ran back up to the helipad to assist. The medic, who had been flying for 25 years, had sustained the worst injuries and was barely clinging to his life as he arrived unconscious at the trauma center.

Derek was informed that the man had suffered severe internal injuries, and he repeated the routine of taking the medic’s hand, talking to him as he was taken down the elevator into the ER. “You learn in medic class,” he said, “that even if the patient appears unconscious, you still have to watch what you say because the brain could still be awake. They could be in a coma, but still be completely awake, in pain and not able to tell you.”

As if the scene wasn’t chaotic enough, Derek’s phone then began ringing non-stop.

“Air Evac has about 400 employees,” Derek says. “I was management, making my number easy to find, so people started calling my phone like crazy and I’m trying to be there for my guys, so all I could tell them was everyone was still alive and I had to go.”

As he waited with the medic to get a CT scan, Derek realized the extent of the man’s injuries.

“He was white as a ghost,” Derek recalls. They couldn’t get a pulse, he was about to go into cardiac arrest, and I actually expected him to die before our partner got out of his CT scan. They were about to start CPR when they finally found a pulse. In my mind, that changed it to he’s not going to die now, but he’s going to die tonight.”

When Derek saw the x-rays on the injured medic, his worst fears were confirmed.

“I thought there was no way anyone could live with what I’m looking at.”

Amazingly, the man pulled through and eventually got back on a helicopter, though it appeared for months that he would never even walk again

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without assistance.

Then Derek heard the third helicopter touching down with the injured pilot.

“So I ran back up to meet the pilot, the best off of the three physically, but he was carrying a heavy burden. He was crying, ‘Oh my god, what did I do?’ At that point, he wished he was dead.”

The pilot, suffering from fractures and other injures, had tried in vain to find his crew after the crash.

“This was devastating to him,” Derek says. “He told me he could hear them calling for him but couldn’t find them. A firefighter there literally picked him up and carried him away from the wreck before it could explode, but he kept saying ‘No, I’ve got to go back for my crew.”

With the pilot now down, Derek went back to stay with the still-conscious the flight nurse, and found himself taking on the role of liaison between the injured crewman, family members and other medical personnel arriving at the ER, though nothing in his training had prepared him for this and he was literally dealing with the situation as it unfolded as best he could.

“I was just trying to stay focused on answering calls and being there for my guys,” he says.

Derek began spending time in each room with his injured crewmen while continuing to act as liaison. Over the next 24 hours, the medic had multiple surgeries and repeatedly almost died while Derek fought to maintain his composure, watching his friend fight for his life and while continuing to deal with the mounting number of people arriving at the hospital.

Of the 1200 hours of paramedic training Derek had underwent, only two hours were devoted to “coping” with traumatic situations, but “coping” wasn’t exactly what was taught.

“What we had when I started my career” Derek says, “was called ‘Choir Practice’. You got off work at 7am, split a pitcher of beer and an omelet with your crew, talked sports, went home with a buzz and that was that.”

When Derek was finally ordered to go home by his superiors Sunday morning at dawn, he still didn’t want to leave.

“I thought something bad would happen if I left,” he says. “I was so sleep-deprived I couldn’t feel any emotions at that point. I knew I would, but I knew I couldn’t let it affect me right now. I needed to be there for my guys.”

Unfortunately, the weekend’s tragic events were not over yet. Another horrendous situation was about to unfold, one even more devastating than the first.

Derek had been awake for only 30 minutes Sunday when he got the call that a second accident had occurred.

“A flight paramedic from Air Evac called to tell me Lifeguard 2 had just crashed into the side of Mount Eldon. I asked him when, and he said right now, it just happened.”

Though this helicopter was not from Air Evac, Derek still responded.

“Why I felt like I had to do anything to this day I don’t know,” he says. “It was an automatic reaction.”

As he rushed to his car, Derek could see the smoke plume from one of the two wrecks. At this point, he still didn’t know that a second helicopter had also gone down.

“One accident site was just 500 yards from the ER entrance,” he recalls.

“Half the ER staff was outside just standing there. A flight medic was also standing there catatonic. People were crying and screaming.”

The “catatonic” flight medic was part of the crew of one of the two helicopters that had just crashed. His helicopter couldn’t hover-land at the med center because it was overweight, carrying a full crew and patient, so it did a “skid landing” like a plane would land at an airport two miles away from the hospital. He then bailed out so it would be light enough to hover-land.

Tragically, this would set in motion a chain of events leading to the helicopter collision just minutes later. A second rescue helicopter from another company was also converging on the med center with a patient, and though both pilots knew they were in close time proximity to each other, a communication breakdown failed to warn them that the crucial minutes they thought they had between landings were erased when the medic was let off.

Moments later, both helicopters were on final approach from the north and south of the helipad and unable to see each other due to their landing angles. They collided 500 yards short of the helipad, sending both careening into the foothills of the mountain.

“As I pulled into the ER,” Derek recalls, “I saw a medic and an EMT arguing about which way to go. This was the first I heard about a second helicopter involved.”

Still not fully clear on what had happened, Derek launched into rescue mode.

“I walked up, grabbed both of them and yelled go over there and you’ll know what to do when you get there, pointing then to the first accident site.”

Derek then ran to the ambulance with them. He also called the director of Air Evac to inform him of the situation, and to let him know that he was responding with the Guardian ground crew.

“The questions was,” Derek now says, “was I on duty at that point, or wasn’t I? He could have said you have no business being over there. Go be with our crew. In hindsight, that’s what he should have said, because I had just been through something very traumatic, and this is the reason why we pull people off the helicopters before going on other calls. He was supposed to put the brakes on, like I would have with one of my crew.”

As the ambulance rolled towards one accident site, a police officer redirected them to the other accident site. Derek then fully realized that two helicopters had gone down.

As they pulled up they came upon a flight nurse, who’d landed 80 feet from the wreckage and was unconscious with a serious head injury. Jumping out of the ambulance to assist the nurse, Derek saw the pilot still stuck in the wreck. He raced up to assist the pilot, and then ran back down to help transport the nurse to the hospital.

Derek then returned with the ambulance crew for the pilot. When they arrived, they found the pilot of a state police helicopter who had flown in to assist giving the other pilot CPR. There were no survivors of the other crash. Tragically, the liquid oxygen tanks on the other helicopter exploded moments after the aircraft went down, killing the entire crew and patient before they were pulled clear of the wreckage.

After transporting the pilot to the med center, Derek found himself standing outside in a daze.

“That’s when all three days hit me,” he recalls. “I remember thinking ‘How could this have all happened?’. I felt my knees go weak, and I started to get sick.”

He then realized his wife Kelly, working in the med center ER, had come outside to get him back inside to clean up.

“The Air Evac nurse and pilot had to relive their accident tenfold when they were told their friends had crashed and not survived,” Derek remembers.

“The nurse that I worked on, the only survivor of the collision on Sunday, died the next day.”

The incident still weighs heavily on Derek to this day.

“There are so many things you can look back on,” he recalls. “There are so many things that could have happened to stop it…but didn’t. The perfect combination of events led to this immense tragedy.”

Derek was again finally ordered by his superiors to go home Monday morning, where he collapsed and slept for 18 hours.

“Over the course of the next week,” he recalls, “I never ate alone. I was always with co-workers, and we were never alone unless we went home to sleep. This was nothing official. We were just trying to be there for each other.”

Group therapy sessions also began with counselors, members of the base, family and combinations of everyone meeting over the next ten days.

“It was a way for people to vent,” Derek recalls. “People were mad.

There was a lot of anger, a lot of misconceptions about how things should be dealt with.”

Unfortunately, these sessions didn’t help Derek.

“The people there,” he explains, “were all seeing it from the outside, being there hours or days later. Nobody was there from the very beginning like I was.”

Derek also felt himself about to blow.

“I sat there thinking, ‘How could you be so upset?’” he recalls. “You didn’t see it. You didn’t smell it. I understood them being upset, but still felt like I had much more of a right to be angry and depressed, and I was holding it together better than people who weren’t there. I was getting mad at them. It was like, how dare you? What I didn’t realize was that this was a protective mechanism that had kicked in.”

The sessions did make it clear to Derek that he was going to need help himself.

“I knew I was going to need to see somebody private,” he remembers.

“During the group sessions they were asking me questions, and I was responding as best I could. I was helping them, but it wasn’t helping me. I was on the wrong side of the therapy.”

People began noticing Derek was not himself, and that he was in trouble.

“I was showing no emotions outwardly,” he remembers. “People could see that I was holding it in and ready to lose it, to explode and go off the deep end. I wasn’t looking normal. My facial expressions and reactions were different. I had what’s called the ‘thousand yard stare’, like you see in combat veterans. I was slightly catatonic without knowing it.”

The counselors also noticed the difference, and alerted his supervisors.

Unfortunately, they didn’t notice and try to get him help until a full week after the accidents.

“I think that was a little late,” he says now. “I didn’t feel I had any input in it. I didn’t feel I needed or didn’t need it. I just did what I was told to do. I was on autopilot, but with less of my senses than when the accidents were going on. When I was with my partners in the ICU I had to focus. Now I had nothing to focus on. At that point, it was clear to them that at any moment I could go home and blow my own head off.”

The assistance available to Derek was also fraught with problems.

“I was left on my own,” Derek recalls. “They didn’t help me find anyone.

If I wanted to do it through the company, I’d have to go to Phoenix over two hours away.”

Derek did find out that he was guaranteed eight sessions with a mental health professional, so he located the only PTSD Specialist in Flagstaff on the company insurance plan.

“Most of the counselors there were for rape victims or family trauma,” he says. “There was almost no one for a public safety worker in need of help. This was a whole different monster.”

As no one could go back on duty without counseling, Derek set up an appointment. This would become yet another disaster that almost ended Derek’s life.

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Jeff Lake, a prominent medical marijuana attorney here recently addressed a sizeable audience of San Diego’s medical cannabis community at the Green Earth Collective in Pacific Beach. The topic of discussion was reasonable regulation of safe access to medical cannabis in San Diego.

For months, San Diego’s medical cannabis community has been pleading for the City to enact legislation supporting the peaceful coexistence between qualified patients in need of medical cannabis, the citizens of San Diego, law enforcement, and the San Diego business community. Over this time, collectives have consistently cooperated with City officials as they inspected their dispensaries even though they knew that the building code inspections were actually a pretext for the City’s true intent of issuing cease and desist notices based upon alleged zoning violations.

A year ago, Southern California NORML submitted a proposed medical cannabis ordinance written by Lake to the San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force and the City. However, despite the Task Force’s unanimous recommendation to allow dispensaries in the City, it is reasonable to believe that the City Council will not approve a medical cannabis ordinance for many months. “The City’s delay in passing a reasonable ordinance is inexcusable,” said Craig Beresh, President of

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the California Cannabis Coalition (“CCC”), an organization formed by Beresh to protect the rights of medical cannabis patients. “If the City won’t take action on this issue, it’s time to take it to the people. That is why we hired Jeff (Lake) to write a ballot initiative.”

The San Diego Safe Access to Medical Cannabis Initiative was first filed with the San Diego City Clerk for consideration on October 1st. The initiative sets forth how collectives would need to operate dispensaries within the City and at what locations. The goal of the initiative is to afford patients safe access to medical marijuana and at the same time to preserve their Equal Protection Rights, Due Process Rights, and their First Amendments Rights to Association.

According to Lake, CCC is taking this issue directly to the voters through the initiative process. However Lake has also been retained by a Collective and a Qualified Patient to file a lawsuit against the city seeking a Declaratory Judgment to interpret the zoning code and tell Collectives exactly where they can operate, and for affirmative action compelling the City to issue Business Tax Certificates so that MMJ Collectives can conduct transactions with their patients. The lawsuit has been drafted and is ready to be filed but is being held while the initiative process moves forward.

Under existing zoning regulations, there isn’t anywhere within the City of San Diego that collectives are permitted to operate. The City can currently take legal action against collectives and their landlords to Cease and Desist from dispensing medical cannabis to their patients, and if they don’t they can be subject to civil fines and even criminal consequences.

Lake said that hopefully “The City should see that rather than going through a lawsuit it is better to sit down and draft an Ordinance”.

Within days of submitting the initiative, Lake was contacted by the San Diego City Attorney’s office to discuss the provisions of the initiative.

Attending the meeting were representatives from the California Cannabis Coalition, Lake and attorney Jessica McElfresh from Lake’s firm, as well as Chris Morris former head of the San Diego City Attorney’s criminal division, now in private practice. At the meeting CCC agreed to make some revisions to the text of the initiative to alleviate some of the City’s concerns and the City agreed to continue meeting with the CCC in order to complete a ballot initiative for the people of San Diego.

Although, due to the complexity of the ballot initiative process, it could take a considerable amount of time for the citizens of San Diego to get the regulations they deserve, beginning the process and having a meeting with the city so quickly was perceived as a positive first step. By CCC taking such strong action and with the City finally be open to listen is a major milestone towards getting the safe access goal accomplished, especially compared to the alternatives including continued bureaucratic bog down and/or expensive and lengthy litigation between the City and the qualified patients of San Diego.

process of having it “Titled and Summarized” so the rigorous signature petition gathering drive can commence. Once the necessary signatures have been received, the initiative will be eligible to be on the next election ballot in San Diego, which Berish stated could be as early as a special election in June 2011.

The initiative and pending lawsuit come on the heels of the MMJ ordinance fiasco to the north where 50 plus complex litigation lawsuits have filed by collectives against the City of Los Angeles, and L.A. has filed over 100 lawsuits against collectives there.

According to Berish, “CCC will continue to take the lead in getting a citizen’s initiative on the ballot” For more information regarding, the proposed ballot initiative you can visit the CCC website at www.calcc.info. Legal questions regarding the medical cannabis initiative may be directed to Jeffrey Lake, Esq. at (619) 795-6460.

Written by: Sebastian C. Dixxon. Mr. Dixxon is a freelance writer active in California’s medical cannabis community. (edited and re-printed

by Robert E. Selan Esq. for Kush Magazine with the permission of CCC)

“The City should see that rather than going through a lawsuit it is better to sit down and draft an Ordinance.”

Also speaking at the initial presentation of the initiative to the Collective managers and local patients gathered was Randy Welty, a 40 year veteran of the Freedom Fighting Business. Welty began the presentation with passion and intent. “We have a problem we need to address and we are here this evening to come to a solution as to how patients in San Diego who need medicine can fairly obtain it.” Welty exclaimed, “this, right here in San Diego is going to be the epicenter of where this (safe access issue) is finally settled. Do we have a right to our medicine, or do we not?” Welty went on to explain that the City of San Diego has been unreasonable, misleading, and unprofessional in their job duties regarding Medical Marijuana. The City wants to close down all of the dispensaries and they are going to do it if we do not get an Ordinance passed right now. Welty pleaded, “we have been lied to by the city numerous times and what they are saying is we have the rope to hang you with and we will damn well do it given the opportunity.”

Following the meeting with the City attorneys, a revised version of the initiative was being filed with the City Clerk, and will be awaiting the

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Reel Big Fish w/ Goldfinger 11.3.10 @ House of Blues

Oh, 90’s ska-punk, how we’ve missed you so! Reel Big Fish and Goldfinger come to the House of Blues on November 3rd for a show that showcases the two biggest contributors to the 90’s SoCal ska movement. Both SoCal natives, Goldfinger is from Los Angeles and Reel Big Fish hails from Huntington Beach. The Fish have had seven albums since forming back in 1992, and Goldfinger has had six.... respectable numbers from both camps. They may be quite a bit less hyped these days, but neither of them have left the scene or stopped making music. Reel Big Fish’s founding member, Aaron Berrett, is still with the band and isn’t going anywhere either. Come check out these classic bands put on a great show that will be sure to get your feet moving. www.reel-big-fish.com, www.goldfingermusic.com

Massive Attack & Thievery Corporation 11.4.10 @ Rimac Arena (UCSD)

Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation pair up for a powerhouse triphop billing that sets itself apart at the top of this genre, and arguably atop all electronica concerts we’ve seen of late. Both are heralded live shows, and this concert at Rimac Arena @ UCSD should be a truly unforgettable night. They know how to entertain a crowd and deliver sounds that you probably didn’t even know existed. Get your dancing shoes on and head out to Rimac on November 4th! www.massiveattack.com, www.thieverycorporation.com

Ghostland Observatory 11.5.10 @ 4th and B

Ghostland Observatory is a nu-wave electro rock band from Austin, TX with a whole lot of pizazz, and a stage presence to match. Going strong since 2004, the two-man show feels like it’s a whole lot more than that. They’ve released 4 albums to date, with hits like “Sad Sad City”, “Midnight Voyage”, “Stranger Lover”, and “Piano Man” that are all worth getting familiar with if you don’t know much about these guys. They are perfectionists when it comes to their live show, and the light show that goes along with their set exemplifies this.

4th and B is the place to be on Friday night. www.ghostlandobservatory.net

John Legend w/ Macy Gray 11.6.10 @ Petco Park

If you’re feeling soulful, there probably isn’t a better concert to go see. This billing of Ohio natives, John Legend and Macy Gray, is quite possibly more R&B and soul than one person can handle, which is why you should probably bring a friend. Both have experienced considerable fame and success, and for good reason. They have voices that will make your heart melt and their multi-talented careers include TV, Film, and countless awards for their music careers. Get to Petco Park on Saturday the 6th for a live music event that will warm your soul put a big smile on your face. www.johnlegend.com, www.macygray.com

Sublime with Rome 11.12.10 @ San Diego Sports Arena

When lead singer Bradley Nowell passed on in May of 1996, many assumed that was the end of Sublime. Since his death though, Sublime has gained fans exponentially, but could never rightfully perform live. Eric Wilson & Bud Gaugh had certainly tried to bring the magic back to the stage with Long Beach Shortbus and Long Beach Dub Allstars, but it was never quite right. Now with new lead singer Rome Ramirez, who sounds eerily similar to Bradley, Sublime with Rome has been touring the country extensively. Playing all the hits that made us all fall in love, this will be a beautiful thing. Get your tickets in advance, as they will sell super FAST! www.sublimewithrome.com

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This page: John Legend Right from Top: Ghostface Killah, Usher, Pretty Lights, Reel Big Fish, Massive Attack, Ghostland Observatory

Ghostface Killah 11.13.10 @ Brick By Brick

In the beginning, Rza wrote the Wu-Tang Manual asking all 8 members for hard work, lyrics, and 5 years of their lives. Rza’s dictatorship ended after those 5 years and the release of Wu Tang Forever in 1997, and members of the Wu-Tang clan all went on to have quite successful solo careers. Ghostface Killah’s solo career kicked off in 1996 with Ironman, and he continues with an album being released on December 14th, entitled The Apollo Kids.

He also has two more albums on the way (unnamed release dates). Here’s a great chance to see a legendary rapper and member of one of the great movements in hip hop history at Brick By Brick. www.ghostfacekillah.com

Usher w/ Trey Songz 11.17.10 @ San Diego Sports Arena

Usher is undeniably one of the greatest R&B pop artists of all time, with seven albums to his credit, literally hundreds of awards and nominations (5 Grammy Awards wins), and eight film appearances. I can still remember getting my heart broken as a kid and listening to his 1997 album My Way on repeat in my room for a week straight. Soul soothing tunes at their best. His most recent release, Raymond vs. Raymond and Versus, have continued to pour out radio friendly hits, all while Usher has taken on the role of mentor for popular music’s next superstar, Justin Bieber. Joining Usher on this night is another R&B/Soul pop star, Trey Songz. Releasing his fourth studio album in September, Songz has established himself as a force to be reckoned with.

This is a great billing, and will be a great night of pop tunes at the San Diego Sport Arena! www.usherworld.com, www.treysongz.com

Pretty Lights w/ Free The Robots and Gramatic 11.28.10 @ House of Blues

Pretty Lights is an electronic duo from Colorado, made up of Derek Vincent Smith and Adam Deitch. They’ve released three full length albums, all of which are available for free download on their website (you can and should make a donation too). Their live setup is still evolving, but it sounds great and should be a good fit for the House of Blues here in San Diego. Fun fact: the name Pretty Lights comes from an old Pink Floyd poster reading “Come enjoy the pretty lights with Pink Floyd!” www.prettylightsmusic.com

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If you are tired of the same old Thanksgiving meal and are looking for something new to do, be sure to check out the Hornblower which cruises San Diego and provides a delicious holiday meal.

Boarding at 3pm on Thursday November 25th, and cruising from 3:306pm, the Hornblower yacht provides a two and one-half hour cruise where you can see the beautiful coastline of San Diego.

Upon boarding you will receive a complementary glass of champagne or cider. The gourmet buffet includes fresh salads, including penne pasta salad, Waldorf salad and chilled asparagus. The main courses include Fresh maple plank black pepper salmon, hand carved breast of turkey, prime rib with all the fixings including stuffing, mashed potatoes, rice and vegetables. And to complete this feast there are numerous desserts including apple streusel, pecan tortes and pumpkin tarts, plus cookies and cheese cake.

With a premium wine list and full bar available for purchase, as well as a dj playing music throughout the afternoon, this is a wonderful alternative to a traditional holiday feast.

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The Hornblower boards at 1800 North Harbor Drive San Diego, CA 92101 (Across from the San Diego County Administration Building).

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ROASTED PUMPKIN SEEDS INGREDIENTS 3 tablespoons white sugar 1/4 teaspoon cumin 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1 pinch cayenne pepper 2 cups raw whole pumpkin seeds, washed and dried cooking spray 2 teaspoons salt, or to taste 5 tablespoons tablespoon THC olive oil 2 tablespoons white sugar DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, stir together 3 tablespoons of sugar, the cumin, cinnamon, ginger, and cayenne pepper, and set aside. Place the pumpkin seeds on the prepared

baking sheet, spray them with cooking spray, and sprinkle with salt to taste. Bake the seeds in the preheated oven until lightly golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Heat the THC olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, and stir in the toasted pumpkin seeds along with 2 tablespoons of sugar. Cook and stir the seeds until the sugar forms a coating on the seeds, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir the caramelized seeds into the bowl of sugar-spice mixture, toss to coat, and let cool.

JACKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CHEESE LANTERNS INGREDIENTS 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese 1/4 cup pumpkin puree 1/4 cup pineapple or apricot preserves 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 large pretzel rod, broken in half 4 ounces cream cheese, softened 1/3 cup THC butter dark rye bread red pepper black olive slices crackers PREPARATION Combine cheddar and cream cheeses, THC butter, pumpkin, preserves and spices in medium bowl; beat until smooth. Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours, until cheese mixture is firm enough to shape. Shape mixture into round pumpkin, place on serving plate. Using a knife, cut shallow vertical lines down the sides of the pumpkin. Place pretzel rod in top for stem. Cut rye bread into triangles for eyes, cut red pepper into triangle, for nose, and cut olives in half to make the mouth. Serve with assorted crackers.

PUMPKIN SALAD INGREDIENTS 1-3/4 cups cubed peeled pumpkin 4 teaspoons THC olive oil 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sunflower kernels 2 tablespoons finely chopped pecans 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro 2 tablespoons chopped red onion 1/2 cup plain yogurt 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger root DIRECTIONS Place pumpkin cubes on a baking sheet. Brush with THC oil; sprinkle with salt. Bake at 375° for 35-40 minutes or until tender.

Cool completely.

In a large bowl, combine the sunflower kernels, pecans, cilantro, onion and pumpkin. In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, cumin and ginger. Pour over pumpkin mixture; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate until chilled.

BLACK BEAN AND PUMPKIN CHILI INGREDIENTS 1 medium onion, chopped 1 medium sweet yellow pepper, chopped 4 tablespoons THC olive oil 3 garlic cloves, minced 3 cups chicken broth 2 cans (15 ounces each) black beans, rinsed and drained 2-1/2 cups cubed cooked turkey 1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes 2 teaspoons chili powder 1-1/2 teaspoons dried oregano

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1-1/2 teaspoons ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon salt DIRECTIONS In a large skillet, saute the onion, yellow pepper in THC olive oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker; stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until heated through.

PECAN PUMPKIN MUFFINS INGREDIENTS 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1 cup canned pumpkin 1/2 cup buttermilk 1/4 cup THC olive oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup chopped pecans TOPPING: 1/3 cup packed brown sugar 1/3 cup finely chopped pecans 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup cold THC butter, cubed DIRECTIONS In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. In another bowl, combine the eggs, pumpkin, buttermilk, THC olive oil and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in pecans. Fill six greased or paper-lined jumbo muffin cups threefourths full.

In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, pecans and flour; cut in THC butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter.

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Bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

LEFTOVER HALLOWEEN CANDY TREATS INGREDIENTS 30 large marshmallows 5 tablespoons THC butter 1 tablespoon peanut butter 6 cups Peanut Butter Cap’n Crunch 1-1/2 cups milk chocolate M&M’s DIRECTIONS In a large saucepan, combine the marshmallows, THC butter and peanut butter. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted.

Remove from the heat. Stir in the cereal and M&M’s.

Pat into a 13-in. x 9-in. pan coated with cooking spray. Cool. Cut into bars.

PUMPKIN COOKIES INGREDIENTS 3/4 cup THC butter, softened 1-1/3 cups sugar 1/4 cup honey 1 egg 1 cup canned pumpkin 1 teaspoon milk 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup chopped dates 3/4 cup chopped pecans 2 tablespoons poppy seeds

FROSTING: 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup THC butter, softened 2 cups confectioners’ sugar 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract DIRECTIONS 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.

Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

For frosting, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, THC butter and confectioners’ sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in cream and vanilla until smooth. Frost cookies. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

sugar; stir in THC butter. Press into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish.

In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and 2/3 cup sugar until smooth. Beat in 2 eggs just until blended. Pour over crust. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack.

Meanwhile, separate remaining eggs and set whites aside. In a large saucepan, combine the yolks, pumpkin, brown sugar, milk, salt and cinnamon. Cook and stir over low heat for 10-12 minutes or until mixture is thickened and reaches 160°. Remove from the heat.

In a small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over cold water; let stand for 1 minute. Heat over low heat, stirring until gelatin is completely dissolved. Stir into pumpkin mixture; set aside.

In a large heavy saucepan, combine reserved egg whites and remaining sugar. With a portable mixer, beat on low speed for 1 minute. Continue beating over low heat until mixture reaches 160°, about 12 minutes. Remove from the heat; beat until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved.

Fold into pumpkin mixture; spread evenly over cream cheese layer.

Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or until set. Garnish with whipped topping and nutmeg if desired.

PUMPKIN DESSERT BARS INGREDIENTS 1-3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs 1-1/3 cups sugar, divided 1/2 cup THC butter, melted 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened 5 eggs 1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 envelope unflavored gelatin 1/4 cup cold water Whipped topping and ground nutmeg, optional

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Altitude Organic 2110 Hancock St. Ste 201 San Diego, CA 92110 (619) 220-7100

Bella Flora 2056 1st Ave San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 487-1268

Beneficial Care Collective (BCC) 740 Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 702-2110

Bird Rock Co-Op 5640 La Jolla Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92037 (858) 337-2429

California Sun Collective 2230 5th Ave. San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 696-8843

California’s Finest Cooperative 1133 Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 238-4200

Canna Collective San Diego, CA 92107 (619) 523-1974

Cloud 9 Co-Op 5029 W. Point Loma Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92107 (619) 225-9128

Doc Greens Co-op

Fresh Selection Cooperative 841 Turquoise St., Ste G San Diego, CA 92109 (858) 746-4207

Front Street Herbal Health 1602 Front St. San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 764-5451

Gourmet Green Room 5121 Santa Fe St. San Diego, CA 92109 (858) 273-9300

Grand Organics Cooperative 4502 Cass St., Ste 202 San Diego, CA 92109 (858)490-9222

Green Earth Herbal Collective 936 Garnet Ave. Pacific Beach 92109 (858) 270-4342

Green Gardens 1251 ½ Rosecrans San Diego,CA.92106 (619)221-0155

Green Flash Medical CoOp,Inc. 903 Island Ave San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 615-0000

Green Light Collective 4967 Newport Ave. San Diego, CA 92107 (619) 408-0198

Greenleaf Wellness 1747 Hancock St. Ste B San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 574-9500

High Tide Caregivers Co-Op

4655 Mission Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92109 (619) 206-3359

6902 La Jolla Blvd. Ste B La Jolla, CA 92037 (858) 729-9927

Forty-Two Caregivers

Horizon Collective

861 Hornblend St. Pacific Beach, CA 92109 (858) 270-9900

1012 Prospect St., Ste 300 La Jolla, CA 92037 (858) 456-1779

Horizon Collective

Point Loma Association

The Happy Co-op

3405 Kenyon St., Ste 201 San Diego, CA 92110 (619) 221-2932

3045 Rosecrans St. Ste 214 San Diego, CA 92110 (619) 226-2308

5703 Oberlin Dr., Ste 201 San Diego, CA 92121 (858) 550-0445

La Jolla Medicine Co-Op

Purple Holistic Gardens

The Herb House

737 Pearl St., Ste 202 San Diego, CA 92037 (858) 459-0116

2950 Garnet Ave San Diego, CA 92109 (858) 272-GDPS (4377)

3415 Mission Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92109 (858) 412-5944

La Playa Collective

Rosecrans Herbal Care

The Kind Co.Op

1571 La Playa Pacific Beach, CA 92109 (858) 224-5580

Light the Way 6330 Nancy Ridge Dr. San Diego, CA 92121 (858) 550-0450

1337 Rosecrans St. San Diego, CA 92106 (619) 255-3813

3910 B W.Point Loma Blvd.

San Diego,Ca.92110 (619)221-2901

San Diego Herbal Alternatives

Therapeutic Healing Collective

LJAH

5830 Oberlin Dr., Ste 304 San Diego, CA 92121 (858) 450-HERB (4372)

3251 Holiday Ct., Ste 201 San Diego, CA 92037 (619)717-8060

6830 La Jolla Blvd. #203 San Diego, CA 92037 (858) 454-1976

San Diego Holistic Healing

Trade Sponge Collective

Made Fresh Daily Collective 4780 Mission Bay Drive San Diego, CA 92109 (619) 546-0552

Ocean Beach Collective 4852 Voltaire St. San Diego, CA 92107 (619) 226-3300

Ocean Beach Wellness 4851 Newport Ave. Ocean Beach, CA 92107 (619) 226-2653

Organic Aid 6904 Miramar Rd # 105 San Diego, CA 92121 (858) 566-5556

Pacific Beach 420 2705 Garnet Ave. San Diego, CA 92109 (858) 270-0420

Pacific Beach Medical Co-Op 4676 Cass St. San Diego, CA 92109 (858) 581-3265

5544 La Jolla Blvd., Ste A San Diego, CA 92037 (858) 412-3105

San Diego Organic Collective 2731 Shelter Island Dr. San Diego, CA 92106 (619) 501-7400

San Diego Organic Wellness Association 1150 Garnet Ave. San Diego, CA 92109 (858) 750-2401

sdtmc 1189 Morena Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92110 (619) 275-7500

SoCal AMC 1940 Garnet Ave.#220 San Diego,CA.92109 (760)716-5266

Sons of Beaches 3841 Mission Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92109 (858) 488-9420

The Beach Collective 4852 Voltaire St Ocean Beach, CA 92107 (619) 226-3300

5752 Oberlin #112 San Diego,CA.92121 (858)952-5739

Tree House Club 3780 Hancock St., Ste F San Diego, CA 92110 (619) 794-2400

Trichome Healing Collective 752 6th Ave. San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 338-9922

Tri City Holisitic 915 W Grape San Diego,Ca.92101 (619)487-1598

Victory 215 1025 W. Laurel St. #105 San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 544-1555

West Coast Farmacy 2215 Kettner Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 238-3538

Wisdom Organics 5423 Linda Vista Rd. San Diego, CA 92110 (619) 272-0240

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DISPENSARY LISTING SAN DIEGO NORTH COUNTY ABACA Medical Collective San Diego, CA (760) 529-9630

The Happier Co-Op 9625 Black Mountain Rd., Ste 309 San Diego, CA 92126 (858) 271-1138

The Healing Dragon

Milli’s Cannabis Collective

2506 S. Santa Fe Ave., Ste B8 Vista, CA 92084 (760) 599-8700

North SD county (877) 625-6209

The Pharm

SAN DIEGO NORTH COUNTY INLAND Coastal Green Collective 9212 Mira Este Ct #208 San Diego, CA 92126 (858) 480-1242

Delta Nine Healing 8400 Miramar Rd #150 San Diego, CA 92126 (858) 271-7700

8670 Miramar Rd # A San Diego, CA 92126 (858) 356-5556

SAN DIEGO CENTRAL COUNTY INLAND 30th Street Patient Collective 4494 30th St., Ste B San Diego, CA 92116 (619) 282-6600

Absolute Collective

2801 4th Ave. Miramar Wellness Center San Diego, CA 92103 9446 Miramar Rd # D (619) 630-2727 San Diego, CA 92126 (858) 689-9098 Allgreen Cooperative 3740 5th Ave. Nature’s RX San Diego, CA 92103 3538 Ashford St., Ste E (619) 269-1824 San Diego, CA 92111 Alternative Care Group (858) 495-0420 3930 Oregon St., Ste 260 Pasilaly San Diego, CA 92104 208 W. Aviation Rd. (619) 795-1887 Fallbrook, CA 92028 Alternative Resources (760) 451-9060

San Diego Green House Medical Marijuana 9513 Blackmountain Rd # E San Diego, CA 92126 (858) 309-2309

Socal Wellness 1990 S. Santa Fe Ave. Vista, CA 92083 (760) 509-4800

The Dank Bank 7281 El Cajon Blvd San Diego, CA 92115 (619) 589-0117

Center & Collective 4410 Glacier St. # 106 San Diego, CA 92120 (619) 280-2722

Alternative Therapy Herbal Center 3251 4th Ave., Ste 420 San Diego, CA 92103 (619) 825-0955

Amsterdam on Adams 3439 Adams Ave. San Diego, CA 92116 (619) 808-9818

Best Buds Collective 2405 Harbor Drive San Diego, CA 92113-3638 (619) 338-0420

California Care Collective 8340 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Ste 213 San Diego, CA 92111 (858) 768-1347

California Green Room 5234 El Cajon Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92115 (619) 582-5420

California’s Best Meds 6186 University Ave. San Diego, CA 92115 (619) 582-4035

Cannabis Creations Wellness Cooperative 2505 El Cajon Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92104 (858) 356-7967

CMC 7364 El Cajon Blvd, Suite 203 San Diego, CA 92115 (619) 697-7891

Collectively Speaking, Inc. 5125 Convoy Street San Diego, CA 92111-1224 (858) 573-2773

Earth Medical Collective Inc. 7933 Balboa Ave. San Diego, CA 92111 (858) 277-1088

Farm Associated Collective,Inc. 6070 Mt. Alifan Dr.#202 San Diego,Ca.92111 (619)481-4111

First Choice 2858 Adams Ave. San Diego, CA 92116 (619) 521-1102

Frosty Farms Collective.

8865 Balboa Ave., Suite G. San Diego, CA 92123 (858) 279-8300

Glass Jar Collective 4015 Park Blvd., Ste 203 San Diego, CA 92103 (619) 294-6847

Good Karma Collective 2629 Ariane Dr. San Diego, CA 92117 (858) 750-2450

Green Crop Co-op 6957 El Cajon Blvd., Ste 109 San Diego, CA 92115 (619) 466-4200

Green Heart Co-op 2469 Broadway San Diego, CA 92102 (619) 487-9940

Green Joy 4633 Convoy St. #104 San Diego, CA 92111 (858) 268-4488

Green South, Inc.

Indigenous Agricultural Cooperative 2041 El Cajon Blvd San Diego, CA 92104 (619) 269-0845

Living Green Pharmacy Cooperative 6302 Riverdale St. San Diego, CA 92120 (619 563-2343

Medical Miracle Collective 4009 Park Blvd, Suite 19 San Diego, CA 92103 (619) 293-3600

Members Only Healing Collective 3795 A 30th St San Diego, CA 92104 (619) 550-1271

Mother Earth Co-Op Collective

4233 University Ave San Diego, CA 92105 (619) 942-1433

904 Ft Stockton Dr. San Diego, CA 92103 (619) 794-4618

Green Tree Solutions

Oasis Herbal Center

8055 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.

Ste 107 San Diego, CA 92111 (858) 278-2128

Green Works

3441 University Ave. San Diego, CA 92104 (619) 280-0015

Pacific Green Pharms Inc.

6334 University Ave. San Diego, CA 92115 (619) 286-NUGG (6844)

2828 University Ave Suite 107 San Diego, CA 92104 (619) 255-1736

Helping Hands Wellness Collective

Platinum Rx

3590 5th Ave. San Diego,Ca.92103 (619)683-3959

Higher Healing 5995 Mission Gorge Rd, Suite C San Diego, CA 92120 (619) 516-4325

Higher Level 4443 30th St. Suite 105 San Diego, CA 92116 (888) 987-MEDS

6631 Convoy Ct. San Diego,Ca.92111 (858)571-7630

San Diego Green Care Collective 4488 Convoy St., Ste D San Diego, CA 92111 (858) 278-8488

San Diego Holistic 4535 30th Ave., Ste 114 San Diego, CA 92116 (619) 281-8695

Green Joy 4633 Convoy St # 104 San Diego, CA 92111 (858) 268-4488

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The Green Door Collective

SAN DIEGO EAST COUNTY

1233 Camino Del Rio South#275 San Diego,Ca.92108 (619)298-3500

3021 Adams Ave. San Diego, CA 92116 (619) 584-2837

BC Health

San Diego Sincere

The Green Dove Collective

7750 Dagget St # 203 Kearny Mesa, CA 92111 (858) 565-1053

4540 Kearny Villa Rd., Ste 213 San Diego, CA 92123 (858) 222-3613

SD Coastal Collective

The Greenery Caregivers

7990 Dagget St. #A-1 San Diego,Ca.92111 (619)488-3068

4672 Park Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92116 (619) 296-1300

SDDC Collective Corp

The Helping Cloud

3152 Univeristy Ave. San Diego, CA 92104 (619) 280-7332

3690 Murphy Canyon Rd. San Diego, CA 92123 (949) 382-8590

SibannaCAlternative, Inc. The Holistic Cafe 3150 El Cajon Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92104 (619) 516-1899

415 University Ave. San Diego, CA 92103 (619) 269-7200

Southern Lites Collective, Inc.

The People’s Collective

8081 Balboa Ave Suite M San Diego CA, 92111 (619) 283-9333

Spectrum of Kindness Cooperative 8878 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. #I San Diego, CA 92123 (858) 569-0162

Sports Arena Farmacy 3665 Ruffin Rd.Suite 115 San Diego,CA.92123 (858)939-1062

Sunset Coast SD CoOp 7770 Vickers St. San Diego, CA 92111 (858) 495-3265 (DANK)

The Fire Station 1816 Howard Ave. San Diego,CA.92103 (619)255-8264

The Gift of Green 3200 Adams Ave., #208 San Diego, CA 92116 (619) 516-1899

2869 Adams Ave. San Diego, CA 92116 (619) 677-2776

1667 Euclid Ave San Diego CA 92115 (619) 534-4991

Green Power 9960 Campo Rd., Ste 107 Spring Valley, CA 91977 (619) 321-8766

Go Green 10769 Woodside Ave #106 Santee, CA 92071 (619) 279-3091

Herbal Health Options 9612 Dale Ave., #2 Spring Valley, CA 91977 (619) 464-6200

Pacific Alternative Care (The PAC) 7882 La Mesa Blvd.

La Mesa, CA 91942 (619) 303-4079

The Green Lantern

Truely Green

8783 Troy St Spring Valley CA 91977 (619) 654-0861

4758 Federal Blvd San Diego, CA 92102 (619) 368-9496

SAN DIEGO SOUTH COUNTY

Unified Collective

Answerdam Rx

2815 Camino Del Rio South, #2A 950 E. Vista Way San Diego, CA 92173 San Diego, CA 92108 (619) 634-3178 (619) 299-6600

We the People Collective 7200 El Cajon Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92115 (619) 318-3671

Wellness Center Collective

South Bay Compassionate Center 1760 Palm Ave #101 San Diego CA 92154 (619) 423-3100

Tailored Health Care

411 El Cajon Blvd San Diego, CA 92105 (619) 795-7725

1555 Palm Ave #K San Diego CA 92154 (619) 240-7246

West Coast Farmacy

DOCTORS

6956 El Cajon Blvd .

San Diego, CA 92115 (619) 465-4217

420 Cannabis Cards 3780 Hancock St. #G San Diego,CA.92110 (888)554-4404

Alternative Care Clinics 4452 Park Blvd., Ste 314 San Diego, CA 92116 (866) 420-7215

Anti-Aging Medical Marijuana Evaluations

Medical Marijuana of San Diego 5703 Oberlin Drive, Suite 203 San Diego, Ca 92121 888-215-HERB (4372)

MediCann San Diego

1516 W. Redwood St., #105 San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 222-5483 (619) 543-1061

945 Hornblend St. San Diego, CA 92109 (858) 274-4000

Calmed 420

2121 5th Ave., Ste 100 San Diego, CA 92101 (877) 627-1644

3045 Rosecrans St., Ste 215 San Diego, CA 92110 (619) 222-3839

Canna Care Consultants 921 South Coast Hwy Oceanside,CA.92054 (760)439-7498

Discount Quality Evaluation Center 2667 Camino Del Rio South #311 San Diego, CA 92108 (877) 366-5416

Donald C. Clark MD 2515 Camino Del Rio S.#340 San Diego,CA.92108 (619)688-1331

Medimar

Modern Medicine USA 2425 Camino Del Rio South #125 San Diego, CA 92108 (619) 819-2550

San Diego 420 Evaluations 45 3rd Ave. # 104 Chula Vista, CA 91910 (619) 420-2040

SCHOOLS Legal Cannabis Institute 9808 Waples Street San Diego, CA 92121 (858) 864.8787

East County ME (619) 405-0251

DELIVERY

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Grass of the Earth

7710 Balboa Ave. Ste 228C Kearney Mesa, CA (888) 774-7076

Greenleaf Care

(760) 730-2110

Kali Kind Meds (619) 587-1730

3039 Jefferson St., Ste F Carlsbad, CA 92008 www.greenleafcare.com (888) 774-7076

Kannabis Meds

Marijuana Medicine Evaluation Centers

(619) 243-4587

5205 Kearny Villa Way #100 San Diego, CA 92123 (800) 268-4420

MC2: Medical Cannabis Consultants

(760) 230-8027 www.kannabismeds.com

NHS SD Pacific Threshold www.pacificthreshold.com (619) 277-9336

POK Planet of Kind (619) 647-1912

2667 Camino Del Rio South Suite #111 San Diego, CA 92108 (619) 297-3800

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Laylah’s

(619) 269-1111 www.sdncdelivery.com

5712 El Cajon Blvd.

San Diego,Ca.92115 (619)241-2948

The Chroni*cal

420 Cannabis Cards p 19

Legal Cannabis Institute p 36

Absolute Collective p 41

Living Green Pharmacy p 32

Alternative Care Group p 47

Light the Way p 7

Altitude Organic San Diego p 37

Medical Miracle Collective p 33

Americans for Safe Access p 89

Members Only Healing Collective p 37

Anti-Aging p 29

Miramar Wellness Center p 18

Bella Flora p 49

Organic Aid p 15

Beneficial Care Collective p 53

Platinum RX p 18

Bud Reviews LLC p 12 & 13

Point Loma Association p 55

6732 Carthage St. San Diego,CA.92120 (619)287-2030

California’s Best Meds (centerfold)

Purple Holistic p 17

California Cannabis Coalition p 81

San Diego Herbal Alternatives p 20

Trim Pros

Chef Herb p 81

San Diego 420 Medical Center p 11

Chip Specht Contractor p 47

San Diego Medical Collective p 44

Cloud 9 Co-op p 51

San Diego Organic Collective p 4

CMC p 47

San Diego Organic Wellness Ass. (centerfold)

Custom Hydroponic p 15

SD Coastal p 16

Delta Nine Healing p 55

SDDC Collective Corp p 9

Discount Quality p 21

SDNC Delivery p 59

Doc Greens CoOp p 19

sdtmc p 26

Farm Associated Collective p 61

Sunset Coast p 53

Front St. Herbal Health p 55

The Beach Collective p 26

Frosty Farms CoOp p 67

The Fire Station p 16

Green Earth Herbal Collective/

The Herb House Collective p 31

(619) 546-8700

OG Dankster Buds

The Organic Nurse

San Diego, CA (760) 730-0269

(800) 419-4810

LAWYERS Lake APC, Attorneys at Law 835 5th Ave. Ste 200A San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 795-6460

Law Office of Kimberly R. Simms P.O. Box 1041 Cardiff, CA 92007 (760) 420-1846

Law Offices of Lance Rogers (858) 213-6396

Law Offices of Michael Cindrich 110 West C St. Ste 1300 San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 262-2500

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Stone Alchemist Creamery Gourmet Medicated Ice Cream (760) 532-7707

Sun Rider Foods

(619) 947-1146

OB Wellness p 99

Chip Specht

Green Flash p 5

General Contractor (619) 708-3735

Green Joy p 29

Custom Hydroponic

Green Point Insurance p 44

3915 Oceanic Drive # 601 Oceanside, CA 92056 (888) 498-4420

Green South p 29 Helping Hands p 65 Higher Level (backcover)

The Kind Co Op p 22 The Pac p 22 The Pharm p 27 Therapeutic Healing Collective p 98 Tri City Holistic p 25 Trichome Healing Collective p 57 Unified Collective p 23

La Jolla Medicine Co Op Inc p 36 La Playa Collective p 39

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