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You’re Number One, Oklahoma! It’s been just over one year since the OMMA opened the online portal for processing applications. Now over 170,000 patients have been approved for medical cannabis! Congratulations Oklahoma, according to MPP.org you have just surpassed California (3.44%) and Maine (3.43%) in terms of patients per capita. With a whopping 3.71% (and climbing) Oklahoma is now leading the nation! Oklahoma is NUMBER ONE! You did this! You deserve to
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be excited! Now more than ever we have an opportunity to show our fellow Americans in neighboring states how great things can be with legalization. We need to keep sharing our excitement and all the things we have learned about this medicinal plant, especially with our friends and family out of state!
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TIME FOR A FRESH START
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BRANCHING OUT
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A SMALL TOWN STORY
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SOONER JUSTICE
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WHAT IS THE ECS?
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CONCENTRATE GUIDE
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HOW TO GET LEGAL IN OKLAHOMA
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a study by the Prison Policy Initiative in 2014, people who have been incarcerated in the past often earn up to 41% less than their non-incarcerated counterparts, and that’s just the beginning. Many of these ODNOKD RSQTFFKD SN Ƽ MC RDBTQD GNTRHMF employment, and in some situations, their families are torn apart by state agencies taking custody of their children.
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year ago here in Oklahoma, we were still celebrating the passage of State Question 788, and rightly so: one of the most conservative states in the nation, and one that has been anything but an ally to the medical cannabis movement, passed one of the most liberal medical laws by a popular vote, and by doing so, gave thousands of Oklahomans freedom to choose medical cannabis. No more do patients who simply want a natural choice for their health have to skulk in the shadows of society. Rather than fear the consequences of being caught with a plant, they’re able to simply live their lives. Freedom is a beautiful thing, and for cannabis patients who have waited decades for it, a soothing reward after a hard-fought battle that continues in other states today. For many of those who have been involved with or advocated for cannabis
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2016, 24,696 Oklahomans were arrested for a cannabis possession related charge. Half a decade later, Oklahoma has 129,000 license-carrying patients. We’ve come an incredibly long way in a dramatiBy: Kayla Johnson cally short length of time, and there’s still HM SGD O@RS RDUDQ@K CDB@CDR SGD Ƽ FGS SN VNQJ SN AD CNMD 6DŗUD Ƽ M@KKX @BGHDUDC get to where we are now, with medical the freedom for patients to choose the legalization in over thirty states, medicine they need and even the freecontinues to have an impact on their lives dom to grow it for themselves if they today. For years, in many states across the wish. For some Oklahomans, however, country, cannabis was (and still is in some whether they faced false charges or prisplaces) treated harshly, and those who on time for choosing a plant, that freeused it even for medicinal purposes were dom is stained by the continued stigma branded addicts, and more often than not, surrounding their prior charges. For them, criminals and felons. Go into just about justice in the form of a clean record and a any city in any state, and chances are, fresh start is a new level of freedom, one XNTŗKK Ƽ MC RNLDNMD VGNŗR ADDM @QQDRSDC that should be available to all. in the past for cannabis, and there’s a good possibility that person served six months or more in prison. Some of these About the Author people have faced misdemeanors for two Kayla Johnson is a medical ounces. Others have faced felonies for cannabis and veteran caregiver far less, and all of them have faced the advocate, and a contributor for Herbage stigma of being a cannabis criminal. In the war on drugs, cannabis patients have often been the collateral damage, and that damage is lasting. According to
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Magazine and The Oklahoma Chronic. Johnson works to share the stories of the everyday patients and industry, and educate the public on real patients versus stigma.
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included in the bag, reminding patients of the legal purchase limits, what they’ll need to have on them to purchase at a dispensary, even information about what’s illegal, and tips on dosing your edibles. One of the biggest enemies of medical cannabis is a lack of information, and in addition to providing high quality products and customer-focused service, Vertica is striving to L@JD @ CHƤ DQDMBD HM RG@QHMF SGD knowledge. They plan to expand, with stores planned for Oklahoma City, Midwest City, and Stillwater, and there’s no doubt their DƤ NQSR SN DCTB@SD @MC HMENQL ODNOKD @ANTS SGD ADMDƼ SR @MC regulations surrounding cannabis use will continue to expand as well.
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ten run down buildings get a breath of new, green life. One of those empty buildings sat right on Main Street in Norman, unused until Vertica came along. Their CNNQR NƧ BH@KKX NODMDC HM ,@X @MC while they’ve only been open for a short time, they’re making a big impression on patients, including myself on my own trip to the store. (ŗL @ Ƽ QL ADKHDUDQ SG@S @MX DWODQHDMBD purchasing medical cannabis should be easy-going, yet informational, and that’s DW@BSKX VG@S 5DQSHB@ NƤ DQDC LD 3GD BNL
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cannabis) changes how another substance (in this case the prescription medication) is absorbed, metabolized, excreted, or processed in the body. This is called a pharmacokinetic interaction. When you introduce both of these substances into your body, there is a metabolic bottleneck of sorts VGDQD XNTQ ANCX B@MŗS DƤ DBSHUDKX AQD@J them both down at the same time. This is because both medical cannabis and up to 60% of pharmaceuticals use the same P450 liver enzymes for metabolism. So when you take another dose of your prescription medication, without having the previous dose metabolized, you can increase the risk for ONSDMSH@K RHCD DƤ DBSR Conversely,itisalsopossibleformedicalcannabis to inhibit other enzymes (ex. CYP3A4) from processing a medication into its active form, and therefore the result is too little of SGD LDCHB@SHNM SN @BGHDUD SGD CDRHQDC DƤ DBS Some research suggests medical cannabis can cause possible condition interactions, particularly when taken at high doses. Some possible condition interactions include psychosis, schizophrenia, low blood pressure, glaucoma, and anxiety.
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medical cannabis? You should be honest with your doctor and your doctor should welcome honest communication from you. Don’t assume that your doctor is not open to it as a treatment. This should be a discussion where you both are actively participating in making a treatment decision. If you are certain your doctor is not open to medical cannabis as a treatment, ƥ MC @MNSGDQ CNBSNQ SG@S HR So why is honesty so important? Medical cannabis can cause medication interactions, where one substance (in this case medical
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A Small Town Story: Grace CBD and Dispensary
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When situations occur that some would deem “out of this worldâ€? some believe its phenomenons, miracles, mysteries, Five minutes into the drive on that high- J@QL@ @MC RNLD ITRS BG@KJ HS TO SN Ĺ™RSTƤ way you will see yourself staring at miles happensâ€?. Well for Melody Horton, the of farmland, cattle, and dirt roads with only thing she believes that saved her rolling hills that you can see until they husband Joe’s life from a horrible drug FN NUDQ NMD ĆĽ M@K GHKK HMSN SGD TMJMNVM addiction that cost him a welding busiYou will eventually pass through the very ness, was God’s Grace. So 9 years later, small town of Geary, OK which if you pass when they were open on a Saturday afthrough on a Saturday afternoon you are ternoon. likely to see a larger fellow in overalls with a mid-chest length beard sitting in a That was about the only positive thing chair in front of his little old house right he wanted to say about Grace when I NƤ SGD L@HM QN@C @R HE GDĹ—R V@SBGHMF @KK stopped in to ask him questions. He said who travels through his town. The next “He’s not pro cannabis, but it’s the law of thing you will notice on this drive shortly the landâ€? so he respects what they are do@ESDQ KD@UHMF &D@QX HR @ K@QFD GHKK NƤ HM SGD ing and hopes it does some good for the DBNMNLX ,DKNCX R@XR @S ĆĽ QRS SGD BHSX V@R distance. SQXHMF SN ĆĽ FGS A@BJ @F@HMRS SGD HMCTRSQX Living in most parts of Oklahoma all you but once they realized what the law was, RDD HR ĆŚ @SK@MC RN @ GHKKRHCD KHJD SGHR HR UDQX they accepted it and have actually been noticeable and awesome looking. You great to them. think you will never get to it and at times think the road will curve in the opposite Their store has even been featured in the direction but you eventually curve back local paper now twice. They said the peoaround to it. As you do, you notice a horse ple in the community have been great. KNNJHMF ĆĽ FTQD NM SNO NE SGD GHKKRHCD 3GDM Joe and Melody have since had a couple as you get closer you realize it’s a wooden patient drives and have helped almost creation of a Native American man sitting one hundred people in the community horseback next to three crosses as if to get their medical cannabis recommendaimplore you to remember all who trav- tions. eled this land before you. They themselves have been freed from Eventually you will come to the town of all of their former medications and have 6@SNMF@ .* ,X ĆĽ QRS SHLD HMSN SNVM ( never felt better according to Melody. swore I hit 88 MPH, got struck by lightning, They are like new people. The have expeand traveled back into time. After passing QHDMBDC SGD ONVDQ NE B@MM@AHR ĆĽ QRS G@MC a large mill, I turned onto Main Street and and now have their sites on sharing that went over some railroad tracks, passed a experience with the people of Watonga. rolling tumbleweed, and entered into his- If only more cannabis brands in the state cared about the people of Watonga as 10 OunceMag.com SUMMER 2019 much as they do.
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self having options. In small town dispensaries here in the state that are located far from the city limits, that is not the case. Unless a grower or processor is in their area, most of these dispensaries only see products leaving through the front doors of their shops and never entering. I started to get that feeling more and more on my Tokie Tee travels, but I saw this in Melody Horton’s face SGD Ƽ QRS SHLD ( LDS GDQ @S SGD &QDDM&QNV Expo at the beginning of March. She asked how many designs of ours she would have to order for us to mail her shop some to Watonga, Ok. I told her forget mail, if she ordered even one of our designs, I would personally deliver them so I could visit the shop my brand was being welcomed in. If her jaw was any KNNRDQ GDQ LNTSG L@X G@UD GHS SGD ƌ NNQ (SŗR KHJD RGD GD@QC SG@S SGD D@QSG V@R ƌ @S She was shocked. And I knew at that moment that the dispensaries, and in return, patients in these small towns are being forgotten about. -NS NMKX HR HS G@QC ENQ SGDL SN Ƽ MC OQNC
TBSR ATS HSŗR G@QC SN Ƽ MC OQNCTBSR SG@S don’t come attached with a minimum order requirement within the ideal purchase range for a small town dispensary. Joe Horton, like many of these small town dispensary owners, has to drive to the city 1 to 3 times a week to get products for his shop and for his local patients. They literally have to go the extra mile for those needing medical cannabis in small town,
rural Oklahoma. For some patients in the area, they just go into the city themselves and stock up on medicine while shopping for other things they can’t get in their little town which makes for slow weekends at the shop. Others don’t have that luxury or capability. It is up to each business owner to decide how far they are willing to go to help each Oklahoman in this state have access to the best medical cannabis options this state has.
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ness plan they had set for their company in the beginning. In the meantime, the folks of Grace CBD and Dispensary and all the other small town caring dispensary owners will do what they have to do to get there patients the best options they can get. +HUHMF HM SGD .*" LDSQN @QD@ ENQ XD@QR MNV (ŗL RSHKK ƥ MCHMF new things to do and seeing places I haven’t seen before. The big city life provides so much fun and excitement. It provides whatever you need to not only survive in life, but to live it to the fullest and biggest and fastest. There is so much excitement in the future and what tomorrow’s technology may bring. There is so much within a call or even a text away. And all of that is great. For the most part. Sometimes though, it’s good for us to take a trip down memory lane and remember where we, and this state, started so that we may appreciate the road that lies ahead even more. Sometimes in life it’s good to unplug, unwind, and detach yourself from the day to day things that keep your mind mouse running which keeps that wheel of thought spinning. Especially for folks like myself who battle anxiety. Sometimes it’s good to wake up, medicate, and plan a day of nothing but you and the road and whatever that road may bring. And if you don’t know
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“Someone had to challenge these fucks,” Foster said, “I never said ‘guilty’ one time and I never will. If you say ‘guilty’ you give up everything.” During the trial, Foster recruited longtime High Times Magazine columnist, activist, author and cannabis cultivation expert Ed Rosenthal as a witness at his trial. When @RJDC HE SGD @Ƨ KH@SHNM L@X G@UD GTQS GHL Foster quickly replied that it really didn’t matter because he was already “doomed” ENQ BGNNRHMF SN ƥ FGS GHR B@RD Based on the rules laid out by the prosecutor to the jury, they had no choice but SN ƥ MC GHL FTHKSX (M )@MT@QX NE GD was sentenced to 93 years in state prison, CDROHSD ADHMF @ ƥ QRS SHLD MNMUHNKDMS NE
fender. He was 38-years-old. “Juries do what prosecutors say. If you think I am the only person that received an outrageous sentence for pot [in Oklahoma], you are grossly mistaken,” Foster says. “There are people in prison right now doing horrendous amounts of time.” continued next page
According to the Oklahoman, there are currently 55 state prisoners serving life RDMSDMBDR ENQ MNM UHNKDMS CQTF NƤDMRDR many for simple possession, thanks to the state’s controversial three strikes law. Twenty four are serving life sentences VHSGNTS O@QNKD ENQ CQTF SQ@ƧBJHMF Unlike so many other prisoners, Foster didn’t go quietly. Through the help of local activist and founding member of Oklahoma NORML, Norma Sapp, as well as constant support from Ed Rosenthal @MC GHR MNM OQNƥS &QDDM HC 3GD ,DCHcal Marijuana Legal Defense and Education Fund, Foster’s story gained both local and national attention and was featured on Dateline, Frontline, 20/20 and Inside Edition, among other nationally syndicated programs. “I was lucky, Ed sent me money all the time. He had fundraisers for me, raised thousands of dollars for me when I was in prison. I didn’t do without, Ed made sure of that,” Foster said. /LIH %HKLQG %DUV Almost all of Foster’s incarceration was RODMS HM ENQ OQNƥS OQHU@SD OQHRNMR VGDQD his psoriatic arthritis gradually worsened. According to a report released in 2018 by the Sentencing Project, a higher rate of prisoners in Oklahoma, 26.6 percent, are serving their sentences in private prisons than all other American states except for New Mexico (43.1 percent) and Montana (38.8%). The same report shows that since the year 2000, the private prison population nationwide has grown by nearly half.
private prison companies, CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America) and Geo Group, have increased year over year, from $8 million a year in 1999 to $92.7 million in 2015.
In 1997 PBS’s Frontline published a letter from Foster where he pleaded for attention to the absurdity of his, and other When former Governor Frank Keating Oklahoma prisoners’, lengthy sentences SNNJ NƧBD HM SGD M@SHNMŗR OQHRNMR for non-violent drug crimes. were swelling as a result of the War on Drugs. Under Keating, the state passed a “Now I am in prison at the expense of all series of “tough on crime” laws that led you good souls because twelve people to many life and near-life sentences for decided that smoking and/or growing non-violent crimes. marijuana is more harmful than murder. That’s what it really comes down to. My As Oklahoma’s prisons reached capacity, sentence is longer than the terms given to Keating, a former FBI agent and U.S. attor- murderers, rapists and child molestors… MDX DMSDQDC SGD RS@SD HMSN SGD ƥQRS NE @ Since I have been incarcerated, I have reseries of contracts with private prison cor- ceived no medical treatment whatsoever. porations to begin housing the surplus. As I risk the loss of my left leg from the knee a result, since 1995 there has been a 37 down. Is this the way it was meant to be? percent increase in incarcerations. State I served my country faithfully when she contracts with the nation’s two largest needed me, and now I need her, where is she? Hiding behind the skirts of ‘law and
order’,” Foster wrote. Foster didn’t lose his leg, but the joints HM GHR ƥMFDQR VDQD HQQDUDQRHAKX C@L@FDC during his prison time due to a lack of proper nutrition or medical care. He says all that was made available to him was Motrin, which he had to pay $2 a pill for. While in prison Foster began working on what he calls his “unwanted education”. He spent his time pouring through books in the prison’s law library and putting together all the paperwork for his attorneys SN ƥKD SN FN SGQNTFG SGD @OOD@KR OQNBDRR His case made it through to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. The court voted 4 to 3 to uphold his conviction, although the three in dissent stated they preferred to throw out the case in its entirety. In 1998 the Court stated that the 93-year sentence “shocks our conscious” and unanimously voted to reduce Foster’s sentence from 93 to 20 years. OunceMag.com SUMMER 2019
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After Foster had his sentenced reduced, he fought every chance he got to be released on parole, which was twice denied by Governor Keating. In 2001, after four @MC @ G@KE XD@QR GD V@R ƥM@KKX FQ@MSDC O@QNKD @MC VHSG @ UDQX RODBHƥB BNMCHSHNM leave the state of Oklahoma.
“When I got home his wife was there, her family was there, but my dad wasn’t there. I think that is probably something… everyone was just crying,” Anna recalled in a 2013 interview I did for Ladybud Magazine about her family’s story.
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“He called and we talked on the phone and I just remember crying and not really understanding. I kept asking, ‘When am I going to see you again?’ He was heartbroken, I know it was hard for him. He just answered truthfully and said, ‘I don’t know what’s going to happen. I don’t know what’s happening.’”
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5HIXJH LQ &DOLIRUQLD When Foster left prison he moved to Oakland, California with the help of Ed Rosenthal. He obtained a medical cannabis card, legal under state law, and was able to grow and use cannabis to treat GHR @QSGQHSHR @F@HM 3GD HMƦ@LL@SHNM @MC C@L@FD GD G@C ADDM RTƤDQHMF HM OQHRNM Anna says her family split up when her calmed. dad went to prison. Going into middle school, she kept her family’s story a seAs Rosenthal soon learned, Foster is a cret from most of her friends. She only skilled cannabis grower. He began work- was able to see him twice during his four ing as a consultant designing and setting and a half year incarceration because he up systems for large-scale grows, and V@R ADHMF RGTSSKDC @QNTMC CHƤDQDMS OQHmany of his gardens have been featured vate prisons and her mom didn’t have the in Rosenthal’s articles and best-selling extra cash to make the trips. books, such as the 2010 edition of the Marijuana Growers Handbook. “I remember writing him letters and then not writing them for awhile and feeling His daughter, Anna, had always earned a guilty. I tried not to think about not havliving through jobs in Northern Califor- ing him in my life, but things would build nia’s emerging cannabis industry. When I up and I would just wish he was there,” met her, she was handling all of the ad- she said. ministrative duties for Rosenthal’s book publishing house Quick Trading Company Then things started changing, national as well as his natural pesticide line Zero media was paying attention to Will’s case. Tolerance. In 2008 I took a job as Rosenthal’s editorial assistant and started vol- “When I saw him in High Times I was TMSDDQHMF ENQ GHR MNM OQNƥS &QDDM HC SN more relaxed about it and not so much publicize medical cannabis court cases. ashamed. I wasn’t as worried about being As the only two full-time employees at judged anymore.” the small business, Anna and I quickly became friends. When she was 16-years-old, she came home from school to a note on the door Anna never told me about her dad and that read, “I am grabbing something to what had and was happening to him, until eat, be right back, love Dad.” it started happening again. She was just 11-years old when her dad’s house was She didn’t know he was being released raided. Although she was at her mom’s and she only had 24 hours with him behouse at the time, the event was traumat- fore he had to leave the state and move HB @MC NMD SG@S VNTKC CDƥMD SGD SQ@IDBSN- to California. When he had gotten estabry of her life too. lished, he brought her out to visit. She had always known her dad used canM@AHR @MC RODBHƥB@KKX SN SQD@S GHR BNMCHtion, but she had never had any idea he was growing it. When she went to school the last day of his trial she wasn’t expectHMF SN BNLD GNLD SN ƥMC NTS GD VNTKC AD locked up for the rest of his life.
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ř( QDLDLADQ SGD ƥQRS SHLD ( UHRHSDC GHL [in California]. I was amazed to be with my dad, I was amazed with Oakland,” she said. San Francisco and Oakland have long been the epicenter of both the cannabis industry and activist movement in the
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In 2002 Will was re-arrested for being 45 miles outside his allowed parole radius. He had been working as an expert witness and had left the county to take photos. He would spend six months in a county jail ƥFGSHMF DWSQ@CHSHNM A@BJ SN .JK@GNL@ ADfore the charges were dropped. This left Anna home alone. “I was 16-years-old and had a whole apartment to myself with no parents.” Activists in the community stepped up to pay her rent and bring her groceries, and ultimately she moved in with Ed RosenSG@K @MC GHR VHED )@MD *KDHM SN ƥMHRG GHFG school in her district. Will was in county jail when Anna graduated. “My grandparents came [from Oklahoma] and Ed and Jane came, that’s it.” Will’s odyssey still wasn’t over yet. In August 2008 the Sonoma County SherHƤ Q@HCDC 6HKKŗR KDF@K LDCHB@K B@MM@AHR garden and he spent the next year in jail ƥFGSHMF DWSQ@CHSHNM A@BJ SN .JK@GNL@ again. Although Sonoma County did end up dropping the charges because the garden wasn’t illegal under state or county laws, Oklahoma parole authorities won DWSQ@CHSHNM @MC GD V@R QDSTQMDC SN ƥMHRG the last seven years of his 20-year sentence. “Every human being whose life is disrupted because of the marijuana laws deserves our attention, but Will’s case is HLONQS@MS ƥQRS ADB@TRD ODNOKD @KQD@CX know about the terrible injustice done to him back in Oklahoma, and second because it’s just so weird and egregious,” continued next page
are running Herblix, a state-licensed breeding and cultivation operation in Tulsa. Fougère and Foster met in Northern California playing pool and competed in professional championships together. Will bred a new cannabis variety to be O@QS NE GHR ĆĽQRS G@QUDRS @MC QDKD@RD NM SGD legal market and Fougère and Foster realized the perfect name for the new cut; “Norma’s Dreamâ€? in honor of Oklahoma’s original cannabis activist Norma Sapp, who never gave up on Will, or Oklahoma, CDROHSD XD@QR NE ĆĽFGSHMF ENQ KDF@KHY@tion in the biggest prison-state in the nation. Rosenthal said in 2008. “People just shake their heads and say this shouldn’t be happening. We’re trying to get him out, and we’re trying to bring this injustice to the attention of people who don’t already know about it‌ Apparently, Oklahoma has a lot of money to burn on this vindictiveness. This is a sad and stupid case.â€? Green Aid began coordinating again with Norma Sapp, and together we all worked to publicize what was happening in attempts to prevent the extradition, but we were unsuccessful. The attention was then turned to the parole board and SGDM FNUDQMNQ !Q@C 'DMQXĹ—R NƧBD (M -Nvember 2009, Henry granted him the release back to California. Both Anna and Will have since moved to Mendocino County, in the Emerald Triangle, and have both continued to work in the legal cannabis industry. Anna now has her own successful compliance consulting business and Will has continued SN FQNV (M 6HKKĹ—R O@QNKD G@C ĆĽM@KKX come to a close, and he was free. %ULQJLQJ ,W $OO %DFN +RPH *URZLQJ 1RUPDĹ›V 'UHDP On April 20, 2019, I had the pleasure of watching Will walk Anna down the aisle at her wedding on a private lake retreat in California’s Emerald Triangle. Will wore a button-down hemp shirt with a pattern featuring lush colas and a real cannabis ĆŚNVDQ HM GHR ANTSNMMHDQD (S V@R MNS KNRS on us that, had Will not fought so hard with the help of a nationwide network of dedicated activists behind him, he would still be living in a private prison in Oklahoma for the next 70 years and missing this moment.
We had a chance to chat, and I immediately began raving about the medical cannabis program rolling out in Oklahoma, thanks to the 2018 passage of State Question 788. My introduction to cannabis in Oklahoma was through his case and now having spent the last ten years watching and writing about the roll out of cannabis programs nationwide, Oklahoma is the last place I would have ever expected to see what is now happening in Oklahoma. Will smiled, he already knew. In March 2019, after visiting Tulsa again ENQ SGD ƼQRS SHLD RHMBD SGD DWSQ@CHSHNM GD decided it was time to come home and grow legally. Not only that, he told me a EDV NE SGD ONKHBD NƧBDQR VGN G@C DWDBTSed the phony search warrant for methamphetamine on his home that fateful day in 1995 were serving 10-year prison sentences for a corruption scandal that had resulted in the illegal incarceration of at least 40 Oklahomans. Harold Wells, the RDMHNQ NƧBDQ @S SGD GD@QS NE GHR B@RD G@C already been in prison longer than Will ever was. 6DKKR @MC SGQDD NSGDQ NƧBDQR G@C ADDM convicted in federal court of a corruption scandal that exposed a history of using E@JD BNDQBDC @MC CD@C BNMƼCDMSH@K HMENQmants to secure the type of search warrants they had used to raid the Fosters’ home. They stole money seized during Q@HCR @MC TRDC @ BNMƼCDMSH@K HMENQL@MS both to resell the drugs they and help them obtain new warrants for new raids. Wells was also caught making negotiations with an undercover federal agent posing as a meth dealer. Today Will and his partner Trevor Fougère
“Norma is 30 years deep here in OklahoL@ 2GD G@R ADDM ĆĽFGSHMF ENQ ODNOKDĹ&#x; year after year, being the eternal optimist. Every time anyone is feeling down and like it’s a lost cause, she is the cheerleader who says we still have a chance and we can do this,â€? said Isaac Caviness, a co-founder of Green the Vote, an organization that worked to support the passage of SQ 788. Caviness’s business, Okie Express Transport and Sales, is the exclusive distributor of Herblix products, including Norma’s Dream. Sapp is largely regarded as the mother of Oklahoma’s cannabis community. When she helped start Oklahoma NORML in 1984, it was just her. She had moved to rural Norman and had just started farming as she was learning about all the things that could be done with the hemp crop. She started holding “Free Breakfast for Farmersâ€? events at a local cafe where she showed the movie Hemp for Victory. Over the years she has advocated for all of the state’s drug war victims and continued to bring the community together around any petition to improve state or local cannabis regulations. “None of us would be here today if it was MNS ENQ -NQL@ 2@OO 2GD HR RN RDKĆŚDRR RGD does all of this without any expectation of wealth, glory, fame or compensation,â€? says Fougère. “Norma, she is something else,â€? says Foster. “Norma was always there, ever since I have known her. She came to every day of my trial, she asked me to call her from prison once a month.â€? “I don’t know why I didn’t lose faith,â€? Sapp OunceMag.com SUMMER 2019
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says about why she never gave up on Oklahoma. “I knew what was right and my attitude was always, ‘I can only do what I can do’ and so I just kept doing it, whether people agreed with me or not. I can only do what I can do, so I kept doing it.â€? 6HKK @MC -NQL@ ĆĽ QRS LDS HM RHW months before Will’s Tulsa home was raided. Norma was working to publicize the case of Jimmie Montgomery, a paraplegic in Sayre who was sentenced to life plus 16 years for two ounces of cannabis he was using medically. Montgomery had also fought his case in court and lost. The private prison where Montgomery was incarcerated was not set up for wheelchair access. Montgomery ended up with a bedsore that contracted infections which ultimately led to the removal of one of his legs, and nearly his death. He had been in his mid-20s at the time and earning a good living rebuilding engines in a garage his late father had designed for him to work in from his wheelchair. His father had built the home for him and his mother and prosecutors had NƤ DQDC GHL VG@S GD G@C BNMRHCDQDC SN be an unreasonable plea agreement; the charges would be dropped in exchange for Montgomery forfeiting the property. He refused, and took the case to court and lost. His sentence was eventually reduced and Montgomery died at home years later. “I had heard about Jimmie because Norma was putting out press releases. When I read one in Tulsa World, I called her. Six months later, I got busted and I called her again,â€? Will says. For Norma, doing nothing in the face of these injustices was never an option, she saw how these raids and life sentences tore apart families and communities. Even when Will, Jimmie and others were serving their sentences, Norma fought to keep their memories alive outside the prison walls. She has continued to dedicate her life to changing the minds of legislators, QDFTK@SNQR @MC NSGDQ HMĆŚ TDMSH@K NƧ BH@KR around the state, as well as being a focal point for activists to rally around. “I knew abuses were happening in the state and I went to every legislator in that capitol to tell them,â€? Sapp says. “Some-
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body has to keep talking about it, because we get too comfortable in our own lives.� Thanks in part to Sapp’s unrelenting dedication, the fruits of Oklahoma’s hardfought medical cannabis law are now growing all around her. She is thrilled with the changes, but hasn’t stopped defending them and pushing for more justice. “I think it’s wonderful that people get to come home, it’s like a reverse Grapes of Wrath,� Sapp says.
Not only have Oklahomans shown the rest of the country what is possible when grassroots activists work in the same direction towards a common goal, they are now pushing for sweeping changes in the state’s criminal justice system. In 2016, nearly 60 percent of voters approved state questions 780 and 781, criminal justice reforms that diverted non-violent NƤ DMCDQR NTS NE RS@SD OQHRNMR 2SHKK SGD tough-on-crime policies instituted in the R VGDM SGD RS@SD ĆĽ QRS DMSDQDC HMSN contracts with private prisons remain. &NUDQMNQ *DUHM 2SHSS SNNJ NƧ BD K@RS XD@Q promising reforms. “Right now, we’re incarcerating people we’re mad at. We’re not really afraid NE SGDLĹ&#x; (Ĺ—KK KD@C SGD DƤ NQS SN STQM SG@S around,â€? Stitt said.
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Cannabis treatment may be right for treating a wide variety of ailments. While RHLOKX RLNJHMF SGD CQHDC ATCR NƤDQ QDlief for many, more chronic symptoms or life-threatening illnesses require a large quantity of cannabinoids to be consumed. This is where concentrates come in. This guide is more of a simple introduction for patients just getting started and not meant to be a complete guide, there is much, much more! The term “dab” can be used as a noun, verb, or adjective. Example: You can dab a dab of dab. This is an easy (and fun!) way to say “consuming concentrated cannabis vapors”. There are several ways to consume concentrates. They may easily be added to a bowl or joint, some may be taken orally, or vapors may be inhaled. Many dispensaries, glass boutiques, and even vapor stores carry an array of equipment specific to concentrates. Electronic devices (dab pens) can be very stealthy, they have a look easily mistaken for a nicotine vaporizer. These vary greatly in price and quality. Some of these devices even come with water attachments to help cool the vapor. A little research B@M FN @ KNMF V@X VGDM ƥMCHMF SGD CDvice that’s right for you. Google/YouTube is your friend. A glass straw or nectar collector can be an easy entry for patients not looking to buy a lot of elaborate equipment. With these the tip is heated and once cooled can be placed directly onto the concentrate. Patients may need to transfer their medicine into a glass or silicone dish, it is also possible to consume directly from
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ŝ6ROYHQWOHVVŞ 5RVLQ Rosin is perhaps the easiest concentrate to produce. Cannabis buds are sandwiched parchment paper, but NEVER from a plas- inside parchment paper. tic container or wax paper. The packet is Obi Wan OG (1.8g rosin) Processor: Mittie’s Medicinals then placed Cultivator: Recreation Plantation A water pipe can also be made into a “dab Extraction: Rosin Press inside a heat rig” by replacing the bowl with a piece Credits: Tessy Dukes such as a banger, honey basket, or dome press, a hair and nail. They can be quartz, ceramic, or straightener titanium, each having its own advantages could also be used. The heat and disadvantages. and pressure Be sure you get the correct joint size for will cause the your piece, common sizes are 10mm, rosin to ooze 14mm, and 18mm. 10mm are the small- from the sides. Black Widow (5.5g rosin) est and the 14mm is about the size of a The rosin is Processor: Mittie’s Medicinals Cultivator: Pott Pharm dime. These pieces also come with male ready for dabExtraction: Rosin Press bing immediCredits: Tessy Dukes @MC EDL@KD ƥSSHMFR RN AD RTQD SN L@JD ately. MNSD NE VGHBG ƥSSHMF XNTQ CDUHBD G@R RN you can get the correct pairing. Kief An e-nail is the best way to heat a dab- Kief or “pollen” is trichomes and resin bing apparatus. This device heats your glands from cannabis buds. This lovesetup perfectly to insure your vapors are ly concentrate can not too hot. A torch is a trusted alternative be found in the botLDSGNC 1DƥMDC ATS@MD HR D@RX SN ƥMC tom layer of a 4-piece NMKHMD @MC BNRS DƤDBSHUD 8NT VHKK MDDC SN grinder, a guitar pick play with the temperature a little bit be- is usually included for B@TRD D@BG OHDBD CHƤDQR ATS @ FNNC OK@BD ease in scooping. to start is one minute of heating and one minute of cool down.
(6.89 kief) Kief may also be pro- Blue Dream Processor: duced on a larger Mittie’s Medicinals Cultivator: -$5$1 $5$1 BNMRTLD BNMBDMSQ@SDR NƤ NE scale. Cannabis buds Recreation Plantation Extraction: Dry Sift red hot glass. Read that again and remem- are placed into a mi- Credits: Tessy Dukes BQNM A@F UDQX ƥMD ber it, it’s important. strainer) often with dry Patients new to dabs, even those with a ice. The bag is then shaken vigorously. A GHFG SNKDQ@MBD ENQ ƦNVDQ RGNTKC ADFHM ƥMD XDKKNV ONVCDQ HR OQNCTBDC JHDEʖ 3GHR with a minimal amount. A good starting makes a great topping for a joint, or may point is about the size of a quarter of a be added to any bowl whether vaporizer or combusted. grain of rice.
It’s not necessary to try to hold the hit for a long time, simply take a draw and exhale. Wait 10 or 15 minutes to see how you feel before trying another dose. 3GDQD @QD L@MX CHƤDQDMS SXODR NE BNMcentrates and more are surely being pioneered in labs around the country as you read this. Here are a few of the basics:
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tency. The end product could look a little pile of sand or a tiny brick. Hash is usually smoked out of a pipe, but can be vaporized, added to joints/bowls, or even dabbed. There are several methods to produce hash. Dry sift involves rubbing cannabis buds on a mesh screen. Making bubble hash (also called gumby and gravity) involves soaking and agitating cannabis buds and/or trim and ice before straining through a micron bag. Dry ice may also be used. This produces a higher yield, however less pure than other methods.
ŝ6ROYHQWVŞ CO2 CO2 extraction is a popular choice for processors as a more natural solvent with little work involved in post processing. Terpenes may also be separated and added back to the cannabinoids at the end of the process. CO2 Extraction could be either supercritical or subcritical depending on the temperature and pressure used this will also determine the type Processor: Simple Cure of product proExtraction: CO2 Credits: fb.com/SimpleCureOK duced. CO2 extracts are very versatile and may be added to topicals, made into crumble, shatter, wax, put into vapable cartridges or pods, and more! +\GURFDUERQ Hydrocarbon extraction is a popular choice for extractors. Butane and propane are two hydrocarbons commonly used for this type of extraction. When this process is done correctly, no solvent is left behind and you are left with a very clean Shatter product. Processor: Bootlegger 710
for its preservation of terpenes. BHO can centrate before swallowing. This ensures OQNCTBD L@MX CHƤ DQDMS SXODR NE ƥ MHRGDC none of the product sticks and you reproducts. cieve your proper dose. Depending on the starting material and the steps taken BHO could become shatter, wax, sugar, budder, or even live resin. Live resin can be taken through an additional process called Motor Breath Cookies “diamond mining” to Diamonds and Terp Sauce further separate the Processor: New Leaf Medicinals material. Using this Extraction: Hydrocarbon processors Credits: Courtney Boze method are about to achieve highly coveted, pure THCa crystalline cannabis diamonds.
These concentrates are VERY potent. New patients (non-terminal) should begin with a tiny amount perhaps the size of a grain or rice or smaller and wait 1 to 2 hours to see what happens before consuming more.
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'LVWLOODWH #HRSHKK@SD NQ ř"KD@QŚ HR @ SXOD NE QDƥ MDC concentrate. These concentrates are achieved by a distillation process that separates THC from most other plant matter. This process also activates THCa, turning it into THC.
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HOW TO GET LEGAL IN OKLAHOMA IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU MAY EMAIL THE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL MARIJUANA AUTHORITY DIRECTLY AT OMMAPATIENTS@OK.GOV
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TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR
Print and complete the patient information portion of the physician recommendation form.
Schedule an appointment with an Oklahoma MD or DO. During your visit present the Physician Recommendation Form for your doctor to complete and sign. Note: Minor patients need a recommendation from two physicians.
You can download a copy here: http://omma.ok.gov
HOW TO REGISTER AS A CAREGIVER If you are homebound you may choose to designate a caregiver. Complete the Adult Patient Caregiver Designation Form. You may withdraw your designated caregiver at any time using the Patient Withdrawal of Caregiver Form.
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This is NOT a prescription, your doctor’s signature is simply certifying you have a medical condition and may receive therapeutic benefits from the use of medical cannabis. This form must be submitted to OMMA within 30 days of the physician’s signature to be valid.
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Register with OMMA. Access the patient portal and create an account. Please note whichever email address designated to log in will be used by OMMA to send notices once the account is created. The application fee is $100 (Medicaid patients will pay a reduced fee of $20) and can be paid using a Visa or MasterCard credit or debit card. This fee is nonrefundable. You will receive an approval letter including your Patient Identification Card within 14 days of submitting the application.
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you have a powerhouse ready to ease even the most glum of moods. Luckily for .JK@GNL@ SGHR SDQODMD OQNƼ KD HR ENTMC within Herblix’s own Norma’s Dream! (M @CCHSHNM SN @ CQD@LX SDQODMD OQNƼ KD Norma’s Dream is packing in the cannabinoid department too! This Oklahoma variety racked in a massive 29.2% THCa, .52% CBGa, and .06% CBDa. Norma’s Dream total cannabinoids test at 30.5%, placing this Okie original on the tippy-top shelf. References 1. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ compound/Bisabolol 2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ articles/PMC6158398/ 3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pubmed/18640254 4. https://www.cir-safety.org/sites/deE@TKS Ƽ KDR AHR@ANKNK OCE 5. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/037851739190167M
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