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The glass issue is one of my favorites of the year, and it doesn’t disappoint. We have some incredible pieces hand-made by artists from Alaska, Washington and Oregon, with new styles, shapes and colors that we haven’t shown before. I really hope you like what we have to share!

This being our 4/20 issue, I thought I would touch a little on the legend of the only holiday that self-identifying “stoners” have. What makes 4/20 so special? Was it really a police call sign for Cannabis possession? No. Was it because 4/20 is the best time of day to smoke pot? No, every time is a good time to enjoy. Is it because there are 420 good reasons to smoke pot, right now? Yes, and no! The truth is, we may not know what led to our holidaze and the number internationally recognized as being stoner friendly, but now that the urban legend portion can be laid to rest, I think it’s time we made it official.

A federal holiday on 4/20? Maybe someday. What if there comes a time where April 20 is the day we remember all the people who went to prison for a plant? Our fathers and mothers and cousins and brothers and friends who were locked in a cage for possessing something that came from the earth. To my way of thinking, that would make 4/20 a truly special holiday. A day of remembrance, of celebration of our culture, and the simple fact that it survived prohibition and a chance to fight pain and fear with sweet clouds of smoke. And a few stoner jokes!

This 4/20, I hope you get out and celebrate access to legal Cannabis, and the jobs, tax revenue and lives our plant changes, both as a medicine and a recreational drug that is safer than alcohol. If you think about it, we really do have a lot to be thankful for, and picking a day for that makes a lot of sense.

Happy 4/20, and thank you for reading and sharing the Leaf! Please feel free to roll a joint on us this month.

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WHAT IF THERE COMES A TIME WHERE APRIL 20 IS THE DAY WE REMEMBER ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WENT TO PRISON FOR A PLANT? OUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS AND COUSINS AND BROTHERS AND FRIENDS WHO WERE LOCKED IN A CAGE FOR POSSESSING SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM THE EARTH. aPr. 2017 FACEBOOK.COM/NWLEAF

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Maine Dispensary Chain Launches Debit Option For Marijuana The unwillingness of major banks to process

Americans Are Listening: 60 Percent Support Marijuana Legalization Four states legalized recreational marijuana in

us money and jobs. Keep our prison from being November, nearly doubling the number of states overcrowded, make law enforcement’s job easier’,” where recreational pot is legal. As more states Niederdeppe said. “And the con arguments are a consider joining, a range of arguments for and little more ideological: ‘This is going to lead to big against legalization is swirling around the national industry and crime and undermine the fundamental conversation. values that make America great’,” But which of these arguments resonate most The study was led by Emma McGinty at the Johns strongly with Americans? It’s the arguments that Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Kathryn support legalization, according to a new Heley and Colleen Barry, also from Johns “THE PRO study co-authored by Jeff Niederdeppe, Hopkins, co-wrote the study.

ARGUMENTS associate professor of communication “Public perceptions of arguments ARE REALLY in Cornell University’s College of PRACTICAL: GIVE supporting and opposing recreational Agriculture and Life Sciences. marijuana legalization” appeared in US MONEY More than 60 percent of people AND JOBS.” Preventive Medicine. surveyed in the study said they supported Niederdeppe emphasized that he and legalization, because they agreed it would increase his colleagues are advocating neither for nor against tax revenues, create a profitable new industry, legalization. Rather, the research offers a snapshot of reduce prison crowding and lower the cost of law public opinion at a time when legalization debates enforcement. are in the air, he said.

In contrast, fewer people in the study agreed on “We’d better understand where the public the damage the policy would have on public health. stands on this issue if we want to develop policies These reasons included that legalization would that are responsive to democratic values and what increase car accidents, hurt youth’s health, expand people are concerned about,” Niederdeppe said. the marijuana industry, increase crime and threaten “Understanding where the public sees benefit and moral values. where it is nervous can help regulators emphasize “The pro arguments are really practical: ‘Give those things people agree are important.”

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marijuana transactions, due to the illogical status of Cannabis as a Schedule 1 substance in the United States, means the credit card and debit card transactions are impossible at most weed stores.

But that’s changed now at three dispensaries in Maine, and the new business model may become widespread in the near future.

Wellness Connection of Maine (WCM), the state’s largest medical Cannabis operator, now offers members the ability to pay for Cannabis without using cash. A new mobile app, CanPay, is reportedly the first of its kind of technology for the Cannabis industry.

“We’re removing a major pain point for dispensary owners and patients, while providing transparency and convenience in the process,” Dustin Eide, CEO of CanPay, said.

“Our partnership with WCM provides patients in Maine access to a secure payment option that is safer than cash.”

Cannabis is legal for either medical or recreational uses (or both) in 29 states, though the plant remains illegal under federal law. Because of that, the banking industry at-large has not done business within the Cannabis industry, forcing cash-only transactions. This has created safety and security issues for Canna-businesses across the country because of large volumes of cash being kept on premise.

“The creation of a new app within any other industry would be insignificant,” WCM CEO Patricia Rosi said. “However within the Cannabis industry, it’s a milestone because of the increased safety that it provides and the legitimacy that it signifies. CanPay uses a mobile app, linked directly to a customer’s checking account, to allow cashfree payments within the dispensary. For each purchase, the free app creates a single-use, nonidentifiable PIN to ensure privacy and security.”

Quoted “CONGRESS SHOULD BE HELPING PEOPLE GET TO WORK, NOT WASTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO PUNISH PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET BACK TO WORK.” ‘First Public University Medical Marijuana Course In The Nation’ comes to california sONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY has teamed up with the

California has a long history of national folks of United Patients Group, an educational leadership in medical Cannabis research and medical Cannabis organization, to offer what advocacy. Medical Cannabis: A Clinical Focus they say is the first medical Cannabis course from SSU and UPG, is a course designed for from a major public university in the country. pharmacists, physicians, registered nurses and The one-day course, Medical Cannabis: A healthcare professionals.

Clinical Focus, marked a watershed moment Taught by respected nurse Eloise Theisen, the in medical education and the nation’s March 11 seminar also featured Dr. Donald Land, rapidly evolving acceptance of chief scientific consultant to Steep marijuana, according to UPG Hill Labs, Inc. and a professor of THE WORKSHOP FOCUSED ON and Sonoma State. chemistry at UC Davis.

THE MEDICAL The workshop focused on “Medical marijuana is an APPLICATION OF the medical application of CANNABIS AND THE ever more important part of Cannabis and the science behind the future of medicine,” United SCIENCE BEHIND ITS EFFICACY. its efficacy. The current legal Patients Group Cofounder landscape at the state and federal Corinne Malanca said. level was also reviewed. The workshop didn’t “Understanding this medicine’s multifaceted cover the business of Cannabis cultivation, effects and legal implications will be a critical distribution or retailing. aspect of any medical education. We’re Medical Cannabis is now legal in 28 states very excited to partner with such a futureand the District of Columbia. As of the 2016 focused, respected university in bringing this election, eight states, including California, have curriculum to future medical professionals for also legalized Cannabis for recreational use. the first time.”

— GRANT SMITH, deputy director of national affairs with the DPA, on the Republicancontrolled Congress intent to drug testing people who apply for unemployment assistance

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million dollars in total Gorilla Glue #4 sales in rec states in 2016 made it the second most popular strain, closing the gap on current leader Blue Dream, with $27 million sales. percent of people sentenced in federal marijuana cases in 2016 were Hispanic, according to the latest annual report from the United States Sentencing Commission.

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Medical Marijuana Legalization Associated With Fewer Opioid Hospitalizations

Drug Policy Alliance Receives Award For Video Featuring Jay Z Calling Drug War An ‘Epic Fail’ The Drug Policy Alliance received the 2017 DoGooder Best Nonprofit Video for Good Award for its video slamming the War on Drugs, narrated by Shawn “Jay Z” Carter and illustrated by acclaimed artist Molly Crabapple. The video first launched in The New York Times last September.

The award was presented in March at the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference, hosted by the Nonprofit Technology Network in Washington, D.C. The 4-minute work is part history lesson and part vision statement. The video traces the Drug War and its impact on the Black community from President Nixon to the draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws to the emerging aboveground marijuana market that is poised to make legal millions for wealthy investors doing the same thing

that generations of people of color have been arrested and locked up for.

“Jay Z and Molly Crabapple’s groundbreaking video has educated millions of people about the devastation wrought on the African American community because of the Drug War, and raises important questions about economic equity in the emerging aboveground marijuana industry,” said Asha Bandele, senior director for Grants, Partnerships and Special Projects at the Drug Policy Alliance.

“We thank the DoGooder Awards for selecting our video as a finalist, our supporters who voted for us, and special thanks to Jay Z, Molly Crabapple and Dream Hampton for their contributions to this award-winning video.”

When medical marijuana is legalized for qualified patients, it is associated with a reduction in opioid-related hospitalizations, according to a new study published online. The study will appear in the scientific journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

A University of California at San Diego researcher looked at the association between medicinal Cannabis laws and hospitalizations related to opioid pain relievers, said Paul Armentano at the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

The effect was apparent very quickly, and continued for years after passage of medical marijuana legalization. Both immediate and longer-term reductions in opioid-related hospitalizations followed changes in the law, the study reports.

The study demonstrated significant reductions on opioid pain reliever (OPR) related hospitalizations associated with the implementation of medical marijuana polices, according to the report.

The report “found reductions in OPRrelated hospitalizations immediately after the year of policy implementation as well

“A LOT OF US WERE HUGE TRUMP SUPPORTERS, AND STILL ARE. BUT PEOPLE ARE RUNNING SCARED AND DEALS ARE FALLING APART. THAT COMMENT ABOUT GREATER ENFORCEMENT IS IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION TO THE AMERICA-FIRST PRINCIPLE HE’S TALKING ABOUT.”

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as delayed reductions in the third postpolicy year.”

The oft-repeated claim that loosening marijuana laws result in an increase in Cannabis-related hospital admissions is also unfounded, according to the study.

While the interpretation of the results should remain cautious, this study suggested that medical marijuana policies were not associated with marijuanarelated hospitalizations. Instead, the policies were unintendedly associated with substantial reductions in OPR-related hospitalizations, according to the report.

Medical marijuana legalization was associated with 23 percent and 13 percent reductions in hospitalizations related to opioid dependence or abuse and OPR overdose, respectively; lagged effects were observed after policy implementation, according to the study. Medical marijuana polices had no associations with marijuana-related hospitalizations.

The report confirms findings of previous studies that medical marijuana legalization is associated with lower rates of opioid abuse, fatal opioid overdoses and prescription drug spending.

Quoted — JAMES LEE (Trump voter and industry professional) on the Trump administration’s recent promises to enforce the federal ban on marinuana.

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By ALIZA SHERMAN for ALASKA LEAF | ILLUSTRATION by BRANDON VOSIKA

With nearly 20 new Marijuana Cultivation Facilities under review, the issue of a lagging supply may soon be a thing of the past.

FAIRBANKS COMMUNITY & CANNABIS INDUSTRY CONFERENCE

The Fairbanks North Star Borough chapter of the Alaska Marijuana Industry Association (AMIA) is holding its first Annual Fairbanks Community & Cannabis Industry Conference at Pioneer Parks’ Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts. The group is looking to introduce the community to different aspects of the industry with presentations from cultivators, retailers, manufacturers, a testing facility and a marijuana investigator. The event will take place on April 29 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR STATE’S FIRST CANNABIS SHOP

On May 2, Valdez residents will be voting on Ballot Proposition 1 in the town’s upcoming municipal election.

If Valdez voters pass Proposition 1, Herbal Outfitters and other marijuana license holders would be forced to move their businesses outside of the city limits. If passed, the Proposition will ban all marijuana licensees from doing business within the city limit and within ten miles of town.

NEW LEADERSHIP AT THE MARIJUANA CONTROL OFFICE

April 2017 AMCB MEETS IN ANCHORAGE

The Alaska Marijuana Control Board (AMCB) meets in Anchorage on April 4 on the second floor of the Snowden Training Center and April 5 in rooms 102 and 104 of the Atwood Building, 550 W 7th Ave. Among the topics to be discussed are AlaskaSense LLC changing its business name to Cannabaska, as well as application reviews for Standard Marijuana Cultivation Facility Applications: Arctic Earth and Mercy Tree of Alaska in Anchorage, The Green Pearl LLC in Big Lake, Happy Cannabis in Wrangell, Arctic Greenery and Frontier Grow Labs in North Pole, Lazy Mountain Harvest in Houston, Northlink LLC in Fairbanks, Fat Tops LLC and K Beach Reef in Soldotna, Denali Dispensaries LLC in Wasilla, Blue Bear Cannafarm in Fairbanks, KushTopia in Palmer and Hunter Greens and Purples LLC in Homer.

There will also be Three Limited Marijuana Cultivation Facility applications under review: Hale Harvest in Clam Gulch, Sparkle Farms Alaska in Ketchikan and Permafrost Distributors in Sterling. With nearly 20 new Marijuana Cultivation Facilities under review, the issue of a lagging supply may soon be a thing of the past.

Also under review are 17 applications for marijuana stores and two for manufacturing facilities: Raspberry Roots and AK Rime in Anchorage. According to the AMCB, the second day is set to include public comments for regulations, including food safety permits and testing requirements. Also on the agenda: testimony from the Department of Health and Social Services, as well as drafts and notes from board members under the heading “On-site Consumption Endorsement.” On-site consumption is back in play.

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Erika McConnell was appointed as Director of the Alaska Marijuana Control Office, filling the position temporarily held by Acting Director Sara Chambers, after the departure of Cynthia Franklin in January. McConnell spent 14 years with the Municipality of Anchorage where she oversaw special land use permits for alcohol. She is also credited with writing the city’s marijuana land use regulations. She began her duties on March 20.

More licenses are being issued in the state, and businesses are opening their doors. Momo’s Bakery, a family-run, small batch, wholesale distributor of THC-infused edibles, is one the most recently licensed manufacturing businesses on board in Anchorage, supplying marijuana retail stores with sweet treats such as Cannachew Granola Bites and Butterscotch Brownies.

“The demand has been overwhelming. We’re working hard at trying to fill orders,” Peter Eberhardt said, who, along with his wife Maureen, co-owns the bakery. Eberhardt said they delivered product to their first customer – Alaska Fireweed – on March 15. Until recently, the only edibles producer in operation in the state was Frozen Budz out of Fairbanks, that was also the first recipient of a state-issued marijuana business license last year.

Also opened as of the end of March was the Wasilla-based marijuana retail store, Green Jar, another family-owned business.

“Our first week went as well as I could hope,” Caleb Saunders said, co-founder of Green Jar along with Christopher Farris and Bailey Stuart. “During our soft opening, we had an amazing show of support from locals and the industry. It was good having a chance for us and our employees to test our systems out.”

Saunders said that on opening day, there was a line out the door, with people parking at the store two hours before they officially opened.

Shortly before opening, the business was able to get ahold of concentrate vape pens from Einstein Labs, and another store helped them obtain edibles from Frozen Budz so they could provide a mix of products for their opening. “It really was amazing,” Saunders said, “to have so many people in the industry and in the public showing support to help get us going!”

CALL FOR SPEAKERS NEXT MONTH IN ANCHORAGE

The Anchorage Cannabis Business Association is looking for speakers for their local industry meetings. Send ideas for speakers to Nick Miller at alaskabuds@gmail.com.

A recent speaker was Aaron Ralph with Alaska Cannabis Exchange, who explained the endocannabinoid system and Cannabidiol CBD, a non-intoxicating cannabinoid found in the Cannabis plant. The next ACBA closed meeting is April 5. The ACBA holds bi-monthly meetings, alternating between those open and closed to the public.

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By PACER STACKTRAIN for ALASKA LEAF

Column # 11

Highlighting amazing Cannabis pioneers who helped pave the way to greater herbal acceptance.

GEORGE ZIMMER A VERY WELL-DRESSED CANNABIS ADVOCATE “You’re going to like the way you look, I guarantee it…”

With that simple slogan, George Zimmer changed the way men shopped for suits and business attire in the United States.

Through his Men’s Wearhouse company, Zimmer became one of the most recognizable businessmen in America during the go-go 90s and remained that way into the 2000s.

Successful Cannabis advocates in the public eye often avoid admitting to consuming on a regular basis, instead opting for being ‘supporters’ of legalization. Zimmer, however, is the real deal – he admits to still consuming the plant at age 68. He credits Cannabis with weaning himself off of alcohol, saying that he hasn’t had a drink in more than 35 years.

“The fact is, and I mean the scientific fact, [Cannabis] is less toxic and dangerous than cigarettes and alcohol, which are the main drugs in the United States,” Zimmer told Business Insider magazine earlier this year.

“I’m just following a kind of lifetime passion of mine to help correct this myth,” Zimmer said, a Cannabis user since the 1970s.

Ahead of his keynote speech at the Cannabis Collaborative Conference in Portland ZIMMER IS HELPING in February, Zimmer told bizJournals that “In TO MAINSTREAM A the emerging marijuana industry, we have FACT THAT MANY a chance to make a clear statement about OF US ALREADY ARE stakeholder capitalism. And by stakeholder AWARE OF: THERE’S capitalism, I mean that we move beyond NO SUCH THING AS A simply focusing on what’s good for the owners of the business, but also encompass em“LAZY STONER.” ployees, customers, communities, even vendors to the company. We have a chance to say that it’s not just the results, but how they’re obtained that matter. When I was at Men’s Wearhouse, I would not make decisions in which the only beneficiaries were the shareholders.”

In 2013 he was unceremoniously fired as executive director of his own company by its board of directors, cited as a total breakdown in communication by the board and as a disagreement on business practice by Zimmer. When asked about whether Cannabis helped him through the process of being ousted from his own successful company, Zimmer said, “I refer to [marijuana] as harm reduction. So the way Cannabis helps is, when you lose your job, you don’t go on a two-week bender.”

Not one to stay out of the game for long, Zimmer has now launched Generation Tux, a high-end tuxedo rental company. In addition to this, he’s also worked diligently toward mainstreaming Cannabis usage, speaking at conferences around the country.

Since he doesn’t fit the stereotype of the average Cannabis user, Zimmer is helping to mainstream a fact that many of us already are aware of: there’s no such thing as a “lazy stoner.”

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By WES ABNEY | PHOTOS by OSCAR AVELLANEDA-CRUZ for ALASKA LEAF

ENLIGHTEN ALASKA Q&A What got your family involved with the Cannabis plant?

Jane I have a renewed interest in it, because six years ago my mother was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and we realized after watching her with chemo and to have radiation that she couldn’t eat. She was miserable, and we wanted to help alleviate her pain and knew that Cannabis was a possible treatment.

Were you able to use Cannabis for her?

Jane We tried to get her to smoke a joint, and at age 83 she couldn’t smoke, and because edibles weren’t easy to find back then, we couldn’t do more. But that was the catalyst for me speaking about it, for our family talking about it. Leah went to business school at University of Alaska-Anchorage, and Evan went to California to learn how to grow Cannabis, and life moved on.

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The family business is led by mother Jane Stinson, a self-proclaimed hippy and oil industry retiree, along with her daughter Leah Levinton with a degree in business and a passion for Cannabis and her son Evan, a grower and industry specialist, — all working together to perfect their dispensary model of compassion.

Leah works alongside her brother, Evan

How did you end up owning a dispensary together?

Jane Evan went down to California to learn how to grow pot on a bigger scale, and he spent three years learning indoor, outdoor and light dep growing and get an inside look at the industry. About that time, I was planning to retire after 20 years in the oil industry, and the three of us came together when we saw Proposition 2 coming up for a vote. The stars were starting to align, a biz degree, a hippie, a cultivator and a new future in the legal weed industry.

When did you know it could work?

Leah Once Ballot Measure 2 passed, that was right when we decided this was what we’re going to do, we had a passion and a reason and a purpose to provide safe access to Cannabis to a larger market, and knew we had to do it.

What lead you to create Enlighten the way you did?

Leah One of reasons we chose Enlighten as our name is we really wanted to believe in the wellness, and make sure that other people get specific good information about it, a foundation of education and enlightenment at our store. We train our budtenders extensively and they are very passionate and invested in our value system.

We’ve gone into this more toward the wellness side, our tagline is “feel well, live well.” Eating right and exercising and potentially using Cannabis as part of your wellness program is a way to live well, and you will live an abundant and bright life.

How is your store different from others that you have seen?

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WE’RE LEANING TOWARD YOUR FAVORITE FAMILY CORNER STORE BOUTIQUE CANNABIS SHOP, AND WANT TO SUPPORT CRAFT CANNABIS.”

Leah What’s important to us is that our customers receive a really well-rounded experience from our store. For instance, in an ideal situation a customer walks in and has questions answered, feels confident and empowered to make a decision that will supplement their outlook on Cannabis.

Our approach is to establish long term sustainable lasting relationships, with growers and consumers, that’s just our style as a family. A lot of our values that we have embedded within our family system, trust, honesty, being a good person, is translating into our business, which is what I think will set us apart from other dispensaries.

How did you choose the selection for the shop?

Jane We know that there are stellar growers out there, Alaska is famous for having such good Cannabis here, and we are really paying attention to the smaller growers, and finding they have a lot of different strains, not mainstream strains.

We’re leaning toward your favorite family corner store boutique Cannabis shop, and want to support craft Cannabis. Customers can count on amazing customer service, quality product, beautiful space and walking out with a big smile.

What are your goals now?

Jane Workshops, educational forums — there’s a women’s event coming up; we want to be known as a place that people can come into, feel welcome, gather, and trust that they will receive accurate information and feel safe and open to ask as many questions as they would like to.

We hope to expand in the future. Right now, we have our one retail space, but we intend to be fully vertically integrated with a garden and manufacturing in the future. For now we’re taking the appropriate steps for our family and our business with focusing on the retail and delivering the best possible experience for our customers.

Jane is paying attention to the smaller growers.

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By WES ABNEY | PHOTOS by OSCAR AVELLANEDA-CRUZ for ALASKA LEAF

CALM N COLLECTIVE

Ron & Lacey are constructing a dispensary down the road called The Houston Grass Station, anticipated to open by late spring of 2017.

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The indica-hybrid Buck Eye Purple, a cross of Gorilla Grape and GDP

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Co-Owner Ron Bass

We've been growing weed in this community for years.

It's nothing new. But what I'm really focusing on is not just good bud or bad bud, but growing weed where I can say this weed will help you sleep, this will give you energy, this will kill your pain. It's a more holistic approach to the recreational market.

How did you get introduced to Cannabis?

I didn't smoke weed my whole life, we're talking from a kid, as a teenager, I never smoked weed. I was a drinker for my recreation as an adult, I didn't touch the plant. I was a business guy. When I turned 28 my left eye started getting stuck all the way to the left, and I went to the doctor over and over, saying I couldn't see or walk because of it, and they kept sending me back home. Finally I got fed up and asked for a specialist, and they gave me an MRI and found more than 20 major lesions in my brain.

How many strains are you growing now, and what is your goal with the garden?

There's 4,000 square feet and it has 75 lights and there’s more than 90 different strains growing right now. My favorite strains are my “one and done” for sure, the MTF, there's one called Pink, and Buckeye Purple, I love those because of their exotic color and the looks. I want to get real hot on the market HOUSTON, ALASKA on the full rec scale, so CalmNCollective.com I am growing more than 90 strains and releasing them statewide in April, and whatever the customers love the most, I am going to keep. Over time, we will downsize to 50, then 30 strains and we will have the most fire chronic, based on what the customers tell us.

We are going to hit the market on 4/20, and I am ridiculously excited, trust me, I am excited to make history as the first garden in the borough to bring a product to market. The borough is the Humboldt County of Alaska, and I have a lot to live up to.

What happened next? What did you do?

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The doctor looks at me and said you have four months to live. I said, “Fuck you.” He said, “You’re going die soon, you can’t walk or see, this is MS symptoms, really bad.”

I went home, laid in bed and looked at the ceiling and told myself it's decision time: to either give up and prepare to die, or fight like a psychopath to live. I chose to fight, and here I am today.

How did you fight the disease?

So I started doing research into alternative medicines, looking for a cure, and the first thing the doctor tried to do was shove opiates down my throat. I've never been a drug addict, barely had smoked weed, and I said I wouldn't take them. Lot's of my friends and people around me smoke and grow weed, so I started growing eight years ago, after my research showed Cannabis helped with MS symptoms.

I took a high CBD strain called Willie's Weed and crossed it with #3, an old school sativa, and I had a medical strain. I started growing, smoking it, eating it and it was making me feel better. The CBD took my inflammation down and the sativa effects gave me energy.

What is the most important factor for your garden, and your plans moving forward?

Quality is huge to us. Quality outweighs making money in my book any day. I'm here for the people, not here just for me. We have the dispensary coming up soon, it will be open late spring in Houston. I'm already approved by the city and state, it will be called the Houston Grass Station.

My goal is to get product to the people! I will sell to other dispensaries until I open, and then I will be able to sell my own product. I want to help people, I love people, I created this for me and it’s working and I want to show Alaska that we can help ourselves here, in a closet, or come to a dispensary and get medical strains, we can help you.

Has it helped your quality of life?

After smoking, using butter and oils, I knew I was feeling better. A year ago I got an MRI and there were 1/4 of the lesions from before, and they were shrinking. I am curing this, I can walk and see and run a business, and there is still hope. If you get sick there is still hope, and I want people to know that. That's what happens when somebody’s life depends on it.

What made you want to grow Cannabis commercially and for recreational use?

The biggest reason I wanted to do the commercial grow is because Alaska doesn't have a Medical Marijuana division. I saw the changes it made in my body, and with me, and I want to show the world what I'm capable of, and the plant. I want to save lives. My life depends on growing weed. And a lot of others do too.

Is there a message you want people to take away from your battle and experience?

I AM CURING THIS, I CAN WALK AND SEE AND RUN A BUSINESS, AND THERE IS STILL HOPE.

There's hope. Period. Let's go with that. My message is hope, that people who are sick, have pain, go to work everyday, that there is hope, besides turning to opiates or saying ‘I don't have to die, I can break through this and live.’ You can turn to weed instead of withdrawing, you can get rid of pain and keep your quality of life.

MS comes and goes, so I never know when I’ll feel sick or feel better, but I keep my head up and keep pushing and know that tomorrow will always be there.

I get sick still, but I can see now, I can walk now, I'm 1,000 times better, but I still have symptoms. I didn't cure it 100 percent, but I made it to where I can withstand the pain and live my life and be happy.

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FEATURE

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DAB LAB AK this heady glass shop in Fairbanks is helping change the perception of functional glass art in the far North

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alking up the wood ramp into the store, it's hard to imagine the wonders of glass and culture that wait behind the doors of this friendly business.

With an American made selection and great customer service, it's easy to see why Dab Lab has quickly become the most celebrated glass shop in town. Stepping into the shop reveals a comfortable layout, with every possible square inch stuffed with beautiful glass art.

What we really like about Dab Lab is that both the inventory and management reflect the Cannabis lifestyle and industry in a positive and professional way. Whether in the big city on the West Coast or in a small Alaska town, glass shops often have cheap Taiwan glass and high margin knockoff products.

Not here! From quality bangers and nails to the tools needed for any form of Cannabis consumption, the selection is clearly by stoners, for stoners, and we love it.

The shop is clean and laid out well, with the focus being on the heady pieces jumping out from every corner.

As much an art gallery as a store, this is a great place to stop in simply for the headies. They also carry CBD products and a full line of every rolling paper or smoking accessory possible, making this truly a one-stop shop.

We liked seeing the CBD products, especially considering the limited supply of Cannabis products still hitting recreational pot shops. There's also clothes, protective Pelican cases, Dime Bags, and more that you really need to see to believe. So no matter if you’re looking for a first-timer pipe or that sweet new dab rig, Dab Lab has you covered with a solid selection and a friendly attitude to help you find a piece that’s perfect for your needs.

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STEPPING INTO THE SHOP REVEALS A COMFORTABLE LAYOUT, WITH EVERY POSSIBLE SQUARE INCH STUFFED WITH BEAUTIFUL GLASS ART.

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local cross of Blueberry and an unknown AK strain, the Blue Beast is a unique and local strain that blends beauty and a loud smell and flavor, grown by a private citizen.

The purple-hued buds are solid and thick, with a tight trim job and a frosty coating of delicious trichomes. Opening a jar of the flower releases a heady loud smell of blueberry muffins, with a sharp and tangy lemon background and light earthy hint that lingers behind the brighter blueberry notes. This strain smells good enough to eat, but smoking it is the best way to enjoy the Blue Beast.

Each bud feels impossibly thick, with a firm density and a more oily than sticky feeling of trichomes and terpenes rubbing off on fingertips.

The cure is well balanced. Breaking off a piece of a bud is like pulling solid cotton candy, and reveals a deeper earthy and fuely skunk flavor that spreads from the stem.

Ripping a bowl through a water pipe reveals a truly mellow smoke, one that enters and exits and leaves the mind wondering, “Did I just take a toke?” Effects follow quickly, along with a tingly Blueberry taste that pops on the palate after exhale, and the answer is quickly revealed.

The hazy high sends the mind spinning sideways into euphoria and full-on time-warp.

The mind slows down to a speed that can only be described as superbly stoned.

This is the perfect strain to smoke before a movie, or for a relaxing evening, and has enough sativaesque carrying power to rise through the heady indica effects for a fun and relaxing high..

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recipes

By LAURIE WOLF | PHOTOS by BRUCE WOLF

My friend Freddi’s birthday is on 4/20. Lucky woman.

Mary and I are creating an infused appetizer and dessert buffet to celebrate! The plan is to have ten starters and eight sweets, all gently infused with either Canna-butter or Cannaoil. We’re featuring three of them here. Potency of each dish should be listed tableside, so you can maintain your dignity.

I almost always do.

These are a few of my favorite “go-to” starters from my book “Cooking with Cannabis” by Quarto Press.

Remember: #LessIsMore #Don’tFearTheEdible

Smoked Salmon & Cucumber w/ Cream Cheese A refreshing snack that is perfect for company or just one. You can mix the salmon into the cream cheese, but I prefer to place a little slice on top, with a squeeze of lemon and sometimes capers.

1. Slice cucumber & place on work surface.

2. In a small bowl combine cream cheese and the Canna-butter.

3. Spread cream cheese mixture on each of the cucumber slices.

4. Sprinkle with the scallions.

5. Top with pieces of salmon and

a squeeze of fresh lemon, if so desired.

INGREDIENTS 1 small cucumber, scrubbed clean with the ends removed 4 tablespoons cream cheese 2 teaspoons Canna-butter 2 scallions, thinly sliced 4 ounces smoked salmon 1/2 lemon, optional

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Party Dishes

All sandwiches serve Serves two 6

Continues pg. 44

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RECIPES Continued from pg. 42 Zucchini is under appreciated. With good quality ricotta and lemon, it is divine.

Crushed red pepper gives it a bit of spice.

1. Toast or grill the bread and

Bruschetta WITH ZUCCHINI & RICOTTA

immediately rub the peeled garlic clove over one side of each slice.

2. In a small bowl, combine the oils, drizzle over the toasted bread. Set aside.

3. Heat a medium nonstick skillet over

medium heat with a little olive oil. Add the sliced zucchini and cook, stirring constantly until the zucchini turns golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes. The zucchini should still have a little body. Toss with oregano, crushed red pepper, salt and pepper to taste.

4. Divide the zucchini slices between

the slices of bread, then top each slice with equal amounts of the ricotta.

INGREDIENTS

8 slices French or Italian bread, toasted 1 garlic clove, peeled 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 teaspoons Canna-olive oil 1 small zucchini, thinly sliced 1/8 teaspoon dried oregano 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper 1/2 cup ricotta cheese Salt and pepper

Spinach

Serves 4

RICOTTA & ARTICHOKE DIP

1. Heat oven to 340 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Use a food processor to combine the Canna-butter, cream cheese,

spinach, artichoke, mayo, ricotta, sour cream, Romano cheese and salt and pepper. Pulse to blend.

3. In a small bowl combine the crumbs with melted butter.

4. Pour the mixture into a ramekin and top with the bread crumbs and

dots of butter. Bake until golden brown. Serve with toasted sliced baguette or crackers.

INGREDIENTS

1 bag frozen spinach, thawed & drained 1 cup frozen artichoke hearts, chopped 1-8 ounce package cream cheese 1/3 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup ricotta cheese 1/4 cup sour cream 1-2 tablespoons Canna-butter 1/4 cup Romano cheese, grated salt and pepper, to taste 1/3 cup bread crumbs 1 tablespoon butter

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Dips are fun, hot dips are even more fun. This wellloved combination is enhanced with the addition of fluffy ricotta and some Canna-butter.

Serves 4

Reviews

By STEVE ELLIOTT Editor, Tokesignals.com

GROWING

MARIJUANA

By KEVIN OLIVER AND CHADD MCKEEN, 224 PAGES, $19.95

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started reading this book with the The fact is LED bulbs can be fine-tuned to the exact best of intentions, those being to (a), spectrums needed for growing Cannabis, both for learn more about growing Cannabis, the vegetative and for the flowering stages. Not only something for which I’m always ready, are these lights available, but many manufacturers and (b) review the book for the Leaf, often customize spectrums on the LED units they so that others will know sell to your specifications. whether it’s worth the $20.

The fact that a book from purportedThe fact that Truth to tell, I didn’t even take note of ly knowledgeable people can be so facta book from purportedly the authors’ names until I, to my surprise, free when it comes to an up-and-coming knowledgeable had found a few obvious mistakes in the technology like LED lighting is disturbpeople can be so book. The first was of the nitpicky kind, ing. My own experience with high quality fact-free when in the “Strains” section of the book on LED lighting runs completely counter it comes to uppage 21: the Berry White strain. to their claim, along with the experience and-coming technology is The problem here is that nothing of many, many other growers. I can only disturbing. crossed with White Widow is ever going assume that these are the words of someto be “100% indica,” so Idiot’s Guides: one who has never actually tried top of Growing Marijuana just plain got that wrong. the line LED lights. That would certainly be a lazy The second mistake that leaped out at me was man’s way of dispensing the assertion in the “Lighting” section of the book, of the topic in just one specifically page 115. We are given to understand paragraph. That, sadly, that LED lights “aren’t traditionally thought of as appears to have been exgrow lights, as they don’t produce the spectrum of actly what they did. light that people usually think of when it comes to That’s when I took a growing.” This is so glaringly, annoyingly incorrect, look at the names of the in a book on how to grow marijuana of all places, authors. I must confess that it cannot go without comment. the first thought I had

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upon seeing the name Kevin Oliver, Washington State’s NORML representative, was “Well, there certainly couldn’t be anyone more qualified to write an Idiot’s Guide than Oliver.”

This is based on several years of interactions with the man and his sloppy conclusions about I-502, which, no doubt, were influenced by his newly realized ambition to be the owner of I-502 retailers Washington’s Finest Cannabis, which decidedly isn’t.

While Oliver’s ignorance can be understood, McKeen, who has worked with several magazines and the OC Weekly, definitely should have known better.

If your budget for a grow book is $20, I’d definitely recommend you take your Andrew Jackson elsewhere.

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ROYAL KUSH DESCENDS FROM AFGHANI + SKUNK 1 THIS HYBRID IS KNOWN FOR BEING EUPHORIC AND IS WELL-SUITED TO HELPING ANXIETY, STRESS & INSOMNIA.

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Share them with us and they might appear here in a feature spread next month! Just email your top 2-3 not-taken-with-a-phoneunless-they-were-incredibly-superduper-steady high-resolution images to nwleaf@gmail.com along with the usual details on who to credit for the strain, breed, grow and photographer.

growtech

DEFICIT GROWING Incorporating the Vapor Pressure Deficit growing chart as a guide for managing relative humidity

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hat priority does managing humidity in as I could squeeze into a hobby grower’s budget, I was overlooking a your growing environment play? Is it a critical factor: maintaining the humidity. Humidity plays a critical factor you monitor in order to control role in plant growth, vigor and health.

BY ALASKA LEAF and limit fungal growth and disease Humidity is the measurement of water vapor in the air at any SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR prevention exclusively? Does high hugiven temperature. Water vapor is water in its gaseous form being DR. SCANDERSON midity make you nervous? Do all these held between the air molecules. Temperature plays a critical role in questions sound like a hack opening? a humidity measurement. Higher temperature causes gas to expand As a gardener who chooses water as their medium, I’ve always adwhile lower temps cause it to contract. I think of warmer air as having hered to different practices to achieve results rather than what I would read more space for water vapor to fit inside and as a result, warmer air often about on forums. One of those practices included running my rooms at humidity holds higher humidity than cooler air. This is why when lights turn off in an levels 15 to 25 percent higher than what I understood the “agreed to” set points indoor environment, humidity will spike to dangerous levels if not regulated. are. Like most things in my growing career, I stumbled across the benefits of The warm water vapor-rich air suddenly rapidly contracts as the temperature a high-humidity environment quite by accident. Leave it up to an equipment decreases from the lights going off. As a result, the air pushes out water droplets “failure” to create a radical shift from my intention and toward that of the plants. (water in liquid form) as the space to hold water vapor molecules in the air deI couldn’t help but notice a healthier, perkier, improved color display from the creases — a circumstance most gardeners are familiar with. plants subsequent to running them unintentionally in higher humidity. And so In order to create a uniform and relatable measurement, “relative humidity” is I shifted my ranges for the next run and saw still more improvements running used to describe the percentage of humidity in the air compared with the total higher humidity. It was as if I had stumbled across some rare vortex where the amount of water vapor that could potentially be held at any given temperature. plants I was cultivating thrived under a different set of conditions than what I So, for example, when we say that the relative humidity is 60 percent, we are believed “the rest” of the scene was using and chalked it up to the unique features saying that at the current measured temperature, the air is holding 60 percent of a deep water culture system. of the total amount of water vapor possible. So while less total water vapor may Looking back on my experiences now with an expanded knowledge base proexist in lower temperature air, it may be supporting a higher relative humidity vides a much more clear understanding of how my environment was being manmeasurement than the same amount of water vapor being held at a higher temaged, or mismanaged as it were. Constantly battling the high heat loads of my perature air simply because the higher temperature air can hold more total water high intensity discharge lights with as much air circulation and air conditioning vapor as it’s comparatively expanded.

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HOW PRESSURE IMPACTS GARDENS Plants rely on pressure differentiation to pull up nutrients through the roots, transport minerals, maintain turgor pressure and a variety of other functions. Plants also have stomata: tiny pores, predominantly on the leaf surface that the plant can open or close, allowing for transpiration (the release of internal water vapor through the stomata into the surrounding environment). The stomata is also the mechanism through which the plant intakes Carbon Dioxide.

The relative humidity in your room is additionally a measure of the amount of pressure being exerted on your plants. If you think of your plants as maintaining 100 percent relative humidity inside the leaf surface, the plant will monitor and adjust the amount of water vapor it releases through transpiration based largely on the relative humidity outside that leaf surface. If the relative humidity or RH, outside the leaf surface is very high, there is literally more pressure pushing back onto the stomata, which limits the amount of transpiration the plant is required to perform and thus allows the stomata to open fully and stay open. Conversely, if the RH outside the leaf surface is very low, the air will “suck” more water vapor from the plant through the stomata and the plant will lose more water to transpiration. Plants will close or shrink their stomatal ideal VPD range can be supported without bringing opening in response to higher transpiration rates as a the RH to such dangerous levels. It also shows that if defensive mechanism to conserve water. your rooms run warmer and dry from all the cooling The differential pressure created between the RH equipment, you can create an immediate improvement inside the leaf surface (fully saturated at 100 percent) to your plant’s health by adding in a humidifier or othand the actual RH outside the leaf surface (the room’s er device capable of raising the RH in the room while RH) is known as the Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD). lights are running.

Since gases will move from areas of higher pressure to The healthier, more vigorous plants that are proareas of lower pressure, the greater the VPD, the faster duced through managing to this table have higher the plants will lose water due to the Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR) higher “evaporation power” of the air response, providing a more naturally (think of high pressure air pushing on I COULDN’T HELP BUT resistant plant to mold a fungal infesthe walls of an inflated balloon, sudtation. Furthermore when combining a NOTICE A HEALTHIER, denly escaping to the lower pressure sustained VPD during both periods of PERKIER, IMPROVED COLOR the plants light cycle any microbial deair of the room it occupies). VPD is measured in millibars or kilopascals DISPLAY FROM THE PLANTS fenses you are foliar feeding your plants and is a unit of pressure constantly with becomes increasingly effective.

SUBSEQUENT TO RUNNING Freshly brewed microbial tea makes an acting upon your plants.

Maintaining a VPD between 7.5 THEM UNINTENTIONALLY IN outstanding inoculant, preventing all to 10 is considered by many the ideal types of mold, mildew and disease inHIGHER HUMIDITY range for maximizing growth potenfestation. The beneficial microbes eastial while minimizing risk factors of ily outcompete the pathogenic spores exceedingly low VPDs (high humidity). From the when applied properly and allowed to survive. These chart, one can see the higher the room’s temperamicrobes need to be applied in an environment supture, the faster water vapor is removed from the air porting RH humidity levels ideally between 65 and 75 and consequently, a higher RH is required to mainpercent, and allowed to exist on the leaf surface. Most tain the ideal VPD range. Many indoor farmers’ foliar sprays are most effective indoors when lights are skin will crawl at the idea of running rooms higher off however, it’s during this dark period when most dethan 70 percent RH and with good reason as mold humidification equipment is running to prevent and and disease is considerably harder to prevent under control the humidity spike mentioned earlier. It’s not these conditions. That is one of the many reasons it uncommon as a result, for microbial tea to be applied is imperative to properly size your cooling needs to in an environment that is actively scrubbing water vaexceed the heat delta your gardens create so that an por from the air targeting RH humidity levels under

50 percent. In these circumstances, the tea is applied only to quickly be evaporated off the leaves, all but completely mitigating its efficacy.

When following the VPD chart and minimizing the variance between daytime and evening temperatures, microbial tea is applied in an environment considerably closer to — if not inside — the ideal range for the microbes in the tea to live for extended periods of time on the leaf surface and work their magic.

As the Cannabis plant reaches more and more cultivators hands imparting the knowledge and lessons she has to share, we as farmers will continue to evolve our techniques and understanding of creating an ideal environment to maximize genetic potential and minimize risk.

Incorporating the Vapor Pressure Deficit growing chart as a guide for managing your relative humidity can be just one of the tools in the arsenal of today’s indoor gardener.

For more information on how to achieve or maintain humidity in a specific environment or for general questions on Vapor Pressure Deficit, please don’t hesitate to contact me at DrScanderson@protonmail.com and as always, happy gardening!!!

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DOUBLE BARREL OG KUSH BAG APPEAL & SMOKE REPORT Densely stacked golf balls of pale green calyxes,

complete with plenty of bright orange hairs have that overall “sandy” look from the generous helping of medium sized disco balls that scatter the blooms through out. With a proper 45+ day cure, a delightfully light yet potent scent of fresh lemon chiffon cream pie and pine needles invades the senses. The Devastation pheno hits high on the marks for lemon on citrus lemon cream OG’s almost completely devoid of the ghastly kushy, fuelly flavors that some OG’s are so well known for. Gigantic lung expansion and an immediate head change solidifies the wake of grateful patients that OG kush garners.

HOW IT GROWS like most elite og kush’S, these are not easy to grow —

BY ALASKA LEAF SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. SCANDERSON

Like a quad-shot of espresso minus the heart attacks. I’m centered and ready to take on the day — or night.

Name says it all

LINEAGE

on this one. Dank House goes out on a limb with an F1 hybrid and ends up with a super champion. This strain sounds like the entire elite OG arsenal combined, and it is.

Gene collectors lucky enough to secure these STFO beans can expect a nice variety of POTENT OG pheno’s. From tall fox tailing super sour and pine nut smelling to medium height, more classic golf ball shaped flowers, wreaking of kerosene and pine sol that both yield handsomely for Elite OG’s.

The Devastation pheno is more of a White fire leaning pheno that prioritize trichome production and stretch over yield, tipping the scales for THC, testing consistently over 21%, each one is simply a matter of the gardener’s preference.

GENETICS: WHITEFIRE #2 (RASKALS FIRE OG X THE WHITE) X RASKALS OG KUSH (FIRE OG X SFV OG)

PHENOTYPE: DEVESTATION // FLOWER TIME: 52-55 DAYS

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they absolutely demand high levels of calcium and magnesium in veg and early flower but nutrient sensitive to higher salt environments. These girls are sensitive to heat but also grow best with lots of light.

Early training and pruning is a must if getting any sort of substantial yield is a priority. 45-50 days of veg build a nice wide base that will hold the weight and account for the vicious stretch they are capable of. Run veg for 60 days + and you can expect pak-a-plant-plus results. Vegging for this long requires advanced experience in height mitigation as these ladies will more than double in size during the first 2 weeks of flower.

When dialed in, she responds so very quickly to super cropping they can be some of the most exciting plants to work with. These OG’s like the nitrogen well into flower and show very little natural resistance to mold so clean environments, best practices and plenty of air movement is a must if you’re gardening in the PNW.

EFFECTS My head has reached, the stratosphere, contact

mission control. The definition of heady must have been created from this medication. Like drinking a quadruple shot of espresso minus and jitters or heart rate the world is now clear and I’m feeling centered, inspired and ready to take on the day, or night. Thoughts come racing in to which I categorize, create action item list for and get started.

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