NUG Magazine Issue 10

PUBLISHER’SLETTER JULY 2010 VOL. 2 ISSUE #7 NUG Magazine Staff: Publisher: Ben G. Rowin

Associate Publisher: Brandon Lee Editor: Dion Markgraaff Associate Editor: M.J. Smith Administrative Assistant: Gio Blitz Copy Editor: Hashley, George Alberts Events Editor: Cletus “KRON” Greathouse Music Editor: Ras Mike Photographers: William West, Courtney Pakalolo, Gio Blitz, Eric Fowler Calendar Editor: Courtney Pakalolo Videographer: Chris Gabriel Contributors: “The Guru”, Dion Markgraaff, Kim Twolan, Eugene Davidovich, James Dean Stacy, Scott Whytsell, Marc Emmelmann, Gerald Singleton, Dannabis Ruderalis, Pamela Jayne, Deborah Malka MD, Goldi Schiffner, Joseph Klare, Lance Rogers, Nancy Botwin, Larry Sweet, Michelle Huerta, Stephanie Singer, Zodiac Mama, Jasen T. Davis, Tiffany Janay, Eric Fowler, Chandra Woodhouse, Kristin Frederiksen Green Reefer Comic by. Joshua Boulet Sales Director: Ben G. Rowin

July marks our “1st Anniversary” here at NUG Magazine and a lot has happened since our inaugural issue. The cannabis community has grown tremendously in San Diego and more and more people are “coming out of the cannabis closet,” (I borrowed that last line from Craig Beresh of So Cal NORML). It is amazing how far we have come in such a short time. To celebrate, there is a big NUG birthday party planned at the “Slightly Stoopid Legalize It 2010 Tour” on July 17th at Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre. Keep an eye out on our social network for your chance to win free tickets. We welcome all of our readers to come out and join us!

The City of San Diego is also having its very own birthday party this month. On Friday, July 16th a celebration of San Diego’s 241st birthday will take place in the gardens of the Whaley House Museum in Old Town.

The 4th is always a fun time in San Diego as we celebrate our independence! The fireworks will be going on all month long at Sea World, making for a great night time outing for the family.

We will be adding some new monthly features to the magazine over the next few issues. This month is the beginning of our freshly cultivated horoscope that will dive into the male and female sign of the month, written by our own Zodiac Mama. And as always, we have some amazing interviews to bring you, including one of my new favorite bands, Rebelution.

Make sure you check out this month’s events calendar. July is popping with stuff to do! And don’t miss our feature article about all the wonderful ways to get fit in San Diego. Get out there, enjoy the San Diego sun, and get active!

As for the future…we are committed to continuing to push forward and bring the NUG readers information about cannabis and San Diego, all rolled up like a tight little blunt each month! As always, THANK YOU for reading NUG Magazine San Diego’s ORIGINAL Cannabis Publication!

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Update on the Benjamin Gasper Case By: Eugene Davidovich

SAN DIEGO - In another resounding defeat for San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and her fierce fight against medical marijuana in San Diego, the Honorable Judge Frederick Maguire today in Superior Court dismissed charges of cultivation of marijuana in the case of People v. Benjamin Gasper.

Mr. Gasper was charged with felony cultivation and possession of marijuana in November of 2009 after the San Diego Police found a warehouse where he and two other medical cannabis patients were collectively cultivating marijuana for their own medical purposes.

Bahar Ansari took on Mr. Gasper’s case months ago, at practically no cost and has worked tirelessly to provide him with superb representation and has been a true advocate against a DA’s office that for years now has been at the forefront of trying to overturn Proposition 215 and the will of California voters.

In March of 2010, at the preliminary hearing in Mr. Gasper’s case, Bahar Ansari called to the stand both collective members who testified that they all got together in October of 2009 and signed a Collective Agreement, which stated; “As qualified medical marijuana patients under California law, we choose to associate collectively or cooperatively to cultivate marijuana for medical purposes. All members of our medical marijuana collective will contribute labor, funds, or materials, and all will receive medicine.”

During a court recess that day in March, in a surprising move, the prosecution offered Mr. Gasper a plea deal. Mr. Gasper however, refused the offer, and Ms. Ansari proceeded to present the case.

Judge W. Krauel decided that day to bind the case over for trial, even though the testimony of both patients proved that this was a legal collective of patients cultivating their own medication. At the hearing, we heard narcotics detectives saying that they believed he was a “caregiver” therefore they decided to arrest and charge him.

Mr. Gasper and his attorney Ms. Ansari did not give up, they quickly filed a request for a hearing to review the decision Judge Krauel made in March, and today, after having reviewed all the evidence, and having heard all the arguments from both the defense and the District Attorney’s office, Judge Maguire dismissed the cultivation charge against Mr. Gasper.

Ms. Ansari, following the ruling said, “Judge Maguire in Department 53 granted our motion based on my argument that the preliminary hearing judge failed to weigh the evidence, make any credibility findings, or assess any of the evidence that was presented at the conclusion of the hearing. He stated that he felt the credibility findings and weighing of evidence was an issue for the jury. Today, Judge Maguire read the transcripts, heard my arguments, and agreed that Jugde Krauel did not carry out his duty of weighing the evidence; therefore Judge Maguire dismissed the cultivation charge.”

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When asked how she felt about the judge’s decision, Ms. Ansari said “I feel elated. I’ve been told that this judge hardly ever grants these types of motions. I went in there today thinking that he absolutely should grant it and if he wasn’t going to do it, I was already planning on appealing it. When he did grant it, I was absolutely and delightfully shocked.”

In explaining what kind of message today’s decision would send to the San Diego DA’s office, she said, “I hope that the message it sends to them is that they should not be wasting resources on persecuting medical marijuana patients. That is my hope. But given their conduct in the last few months, after the Jovan Jackson trial for example, they filed a new case against him, and based on statements from representatives of the DA’s office since then, it would appear that they haven’t stopped. The ruling in this case however, was based more on the preliminary hearing judge’s error in failing to weigh the evidence. The judge entirely failed to carry out his duty, to do exactly what he is supposed to do during a preliminary hearing.”

“I would advise patients to follow the law and the Attorney General’s guidelines to the best of their ability. At the same time, that is exactly what many people have done who have nonetheless been prosecuted by the San Diego District Attorney. So, I say that with a caveat, that this won’t necessarily protect them from prosecution. If they are prosecuted, however, they should fight it if they were following the law and should not take a plea bargain. It seems that the DA’s office refuses to follow the law and makes every effort to subvert the law. I think patients should continue to follow the law, and if forced to go to court, fight it, then there will be more cases like this where in the end they prevail.”

After court today, Mr. Gasper said “I feel fantastic and relieved that the charge was dismissed, but still am concerned about the system. I am hoping that no one else has to go through this in the future. Patients should not have to lose everything to prove their innocence.”

City of San Diego – Update on Medical Marijuana Regulations Over the last year, as opposed to the County of San Diego, the City of San Diego has taken a pro-active approach to regulating medical marijuana dispensaries. In September of 2009, after years of patients pleading with city officials for sensible regulations and a stop to the raids on dispensaries, the San Diego City Council through the leadership of Marty Emerald established the Medical Marijuana Task Force (MMTF) to advise the council on guidelines for patients, structure and operation of collectives and cooperatives, and guidelines for police department enforcement regarding medical marijuana.

Since then, the MMTF has issued two reports which provided recommendations to the City Council on all the issues they were tasked with. The recommendations the task force made, were reasonable, included input from community members on all sides of the debate, and held patient’s interest in mind.

In April of 2010, the San Diego Public Safety & Neighborhood Services (PS&NS) Committee directed the City Attorney to provide legal recommendations, and the Office of the Independent Budget Analyst (IBA) review the implementation, costs, fee structure, and how to implement the MMTF’s recommendations within the city government.

The MMTF, IBA, and PS&NS since, have all provided their reports and recommendations, and now the City Attorney’s office is supposed to be in the process of drafting a proposed ordinance which at some point this summer, the City Council is set to discuss and vote on.

Although the ordinance has not been issued as of the date this article was written, it appears that the proposed ordinance will include at least the following restrictions:

PERMITING All applications will be subject to a Process 4 Conditional Use Permit (CUP) Proof of non-profit status required for the CUP Existing dispensaries must come into compliance with the new ordinance COSTS (20k-40k) Full cost recovery to mitigate any costs borne by the City INSPECTION San Diego Police Department Inspections and Approval of dispensaries ZONING RESTRICTIONS (Limited To) Commercial* – Regional (CR), Office (CO) and Community (CC) Industrial – Park (IP), Light (IL), Heavy (IH) Any commercial zones must be without residential uses SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS Dispensaries within the City of San Diego shall not be located: Within a 1,000-foot radius of the following laundry list; schools, playgrounds, libraries, child care facilities, parks, places of worship, and youth facilities, including but not limited to youth hostels, youth camps, youth clubs and other similar uses.

Within a 500-foot radius of other dispensing cooperatives and collectives.

Additional consideration must be given to the zones with Planned District Ordinances.

ORGANIZATION Limiting dispensaries to organizing only as statutory cooperative.

Although the City of San Diego appears to be moving forward with trying to implement the law and a regulation for medical marijuana dispensaries, some in the city government are trying to derail this effort.

Code Enforcement, San Diego Police Department, and County District Attorney Investigators, are walking around from dispensary to dispensary and delivering cease & desist letters from the city, conducting criminal investigations, and claiming that all dispensaries are in violation of zoning because there is no zoning category specifically designed for them.

What they fail to mention to the dispensaries is that the City has in fact issued legitimate business tax certificates to a large number of dispensaries, and that the planning department has the discretion to place a business into a different category if one does not exist for them currently. In fact, several dispensaries in the community have already filed litigation challenging these cease and desist orders.

There are currently over one hundred dispensaries in the City of San Diego, and to the many thousands of patients who have never seen this level of safe access in the city, this is a dream come true, but to the reefer madness propagandists, this level of safe access is madness. Although we have not seen any increase in crime around these facilities, the city appears to be on the brink of adopting a moratorium against new dispensaries. What this means is that now, there is a unique window of opportunity for patients to unite and create new cooperative and collective efforts throughout the city, that could potentially be grandfathered in if the ordinance allows for it, and at the lease would continue to provide the very much needed medicine to many thousands of patients in the city.

To stay up to date on the latest with the City of San Diego Medical Marijuana Regulations, please visit www.safeaccesssd.org or call San Diego ASA at 619-303-1918 to join Americans for Safe Access (ASA) please visit www. safeacecssnow.org

Dear NUG, I noticed that you don’t have any dispensary listings in the back of your magazine. What is the best way I can find a dispensary located near me?

Thanks for your help, James We do not print listings in the back of our magazine because there are many wonderful online directories like MyMarijuanaCommunity.com that already provide this valuable service for local patients. We have instead partnered with them rather than duplicate their efforts. Thanks for understanding and check them out online next time you are searching for a dispensary or other MMJ related service!

Dear NUG, I have a collective in Orange County and I am interested in receiving your magazine for our patients. Is that possible and how do I set it up?

Peace, Vanessa At this time, NUG is only distributed for free in San Diego County. We have locations from Oceanside all the way down to the Mexico border.

For those outside of San Diego, we offer a subscription service online where you can purchase a 6-month or 12-month subscription for $4 per issue. Go to nugmag.com and click on subscribe. If you need more than one copy, we now offer business subscriptions as well. You can receive a 25 copy bundle shipped directly to your physical location (no P.O. boxes please) and the cost for this service is $15 per month. To set up a business subscription email Ben at info@ nugmag.com. Please understand we do not make any profit from offering these services. The costs are merely to cover shipping and handling.

Child Welfare Services By: Larry Sweet, SDASA

I have been somewhat reluctant to respond to the many negative references to Child Welfare Services (CWS) in San Diego, since I fully understand that there are few events in the history of a family that can be as devastating as having a child removed from a parents’ custody. I worked for CWS in San Diego for 14 years, spending the majority of that time investigating child abuse cases.

Let’s start there, at the complaint. Child abuse complaints are received at the Child Abuse Hotline. Anyone can call this number and report child abuse, including SDPD and other professionals. A hotline call is handled by a protective services worker that is trained to differentiate between the call from an angry spouse during a divorce and a real situation when a child may be in danger. The assessment is made by that PSW and perhaps their supervisor depending on the level of risk. The highest level is responded to immediately, while the others may require contact within 24 hours, 3 days, etc.

That complaint creates a file that is transmitted to a supervisor in one of the investigation units in the regional area where the child lives.

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Once filed, all complaints must be investigated and either determined founded or unfounded by the investigating PSW. The decision to remove a child from parent custody is made by the PSW at the scene with approval from the supervisor who assigned the case for investigation. The criteria are clear and defined based generally on age and type of abuse suspected.

Obviously, children under five years of age with head injuries are a far more critical issue than a 16-year-old complaining of a spanking.

If the circumstances in the home require removal of the child, the child is taken to Polinsky as a rule. A new Court PSW is assigned to re-check the findings by the investigating PSW and either release the child back to their parents or set a court date for formal CWS action. Many of these children are returned if the Court PSW, in conjunction with their supervisor, determines it is in the best interest of the child to return home while the court case continues or is dropped altogether.

The other way children come into custody is through police action. If police are involved in an action where the adults are going to be arrested they typically call CWS to send a PSW to take the child into custody since there will be no supervision

for the child. When called in this manner, CWS does essentially the same thing as a hotline call, except the child is already in custody when the PSW gets there. The PSW is simply taking custody of the child from the SDPD and taking the child to Polinsky, where the Court PSW can make the determination regarding the child’s safety.

The majority of these children are released as soon as a suitable relative can be found.

The police may choose to file a charge of “Child Endangerment” or some such criminal charge against the parents. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CWS! The CWS codes for custody do not include “Child Endangerment.”

There are many members of our community that do not understand this.

One individual that I spoke to was complaining of CWS taking their child. Well, this is not true, the child was taken by SDPD and then custody was transferred to CWS, who sent the child home because they found no problem.

SDPD did continue to charge this individual with “Child Endangerment” and the individual continued to blame CWS, even though they agreed with him and helped him in every way possible. In this case and others, CWS makes a convenient target for the outrage and shame felt by parents in this situation. Impotence in this situation makes people feel crazy, which is the hardest part of the job.

In conclusion, there are several things to remember when dealing with CWS:

1. CWS is a reflection of the population at large, only far more liberal. Your PSW may have far more liberal views than you do, but they are there to protect a child, not discuss politics.

2. Because SDPD believes you are a bad parent, does not make it true.

3. Children need protection, who do you want doing the job, SDPD?

4. CWS workers, from the Director to the clerks, love children. There is no other reason to put up with the low pay, impossible work load, and unrelenting bad press, and emotional turmoil.

5. I am the kind of guy I want walking through the door to do a CWS investigation if it is my family involved.

CWS is full of people like me.

San Diego Americans for Safe Access www.SafeAccessSD.org Get involved, get active, and make a difference!

Join ASA - www.safeaccessnow.org

Keith Stroup, (J.D., founder of NORML), Kimberly Simms, Craig Beresh, Allen St. Pierre (Executive Director NORML and The NORML Foundation)

Kimberly Simms is a Medical Marijuana Attorney on a Mission By: Nancy Botwin

We caught up with Kimberly on her way to NORML’s National Legal Conference in Aspen. We asked how she is able to balance her many important roles in our local cannabis community.

Kimberly is a Medical Marijuana Lawyer, a Legal Cannabis Institute Instructor and a Southern California NORML Board Member – when does she sleep? Let’s ask and see.

Kimberly, how did you get involved with cannabis law?

I have always been interested in social and political issues as they apply to the practice of law. I am a long time supporter of an individual’s right to use alternative or holistic healthcare. When 14 Stores were raided on September 9, 2009 and people were arrested and private patient records seized, I realized I had to do more than just be a “supporter”; I had to be a vocal activist.

What aspect of MMJ Law is your primary focus?

I primarily focus on educating individuals on how to operate legal cannabis collectives or cooperatives. This is a tricky area of law and there are many legal issues and boundaries to consider. I help my clients navigate the medical marijuana laws in California. I also handle other civil issues arising from a patient’s use of medical marijuana such as landlord/tenant, employment, and child custody issues.

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How has it changed your life? Way of thinking?

The most amazing part of my job is the wonderful and unique people I get to meet. The marijuana industry draws from all professions and backgrounds. It is an honor to be part of such an incredible movement. Practicing in this area of law is a daily reminder that we, as a society, have no idea what kinds of problems or illnesses a person has and we cannot simply judge an individual by how they physically appear.

What do you do as the VP of the largest chapter of NORML? My duties vary from educator and fundraiser to right hand woman of who ever needs an extra set of hands! I also have the pleasure of organizing monthly legal team meetings for my fellow advocates.

NORML is also working hard to promote taxcannabis.org, encourage dialogue about the ballot initiatives, and motivate people to get out and vote!

You are becoming a local champion for the marijuana community; did I hear you are teaching as well? What do you teach at the Legal Cannabis Institute?

Teaching at the Legal Cannabis Institute is truly the best part of my week. I teach a class called “How to Start a Collective/Delivery Service.” The class is 3 hours long and I talk all about the important legal parameters and boundaries to operate a legal medical marijuana dispensary.

The two most important things we discuss in class are that collectives/cooperatives must be a closed circuit of valid medical marijuana patients or primary caregivers AND that collectives/cooperatives must operate as nonprofit businesses.

I saw you on the NBC news in June. Why? NBC did an excellent profile of the Legal Cannabis Institute. It’s San Diego’s first and only medical marijuana school and it is important that people know where to go to find accurate information.

What is the biggest misconception you come across while working in cannabis law?

Unfortunately, there are still many stereotypes and misconceptions that I confront on a daily basis.

I think the two biggest misconceptions would have to be: -All collective/cooperatives are running illegally and making huge profits. It takes a tremendous amount of time, energy and resources to run a legal and successful collective. Until you’ve seen a business’s books and talked to the managers – you have no idea what is going on inside their business. These blanket accusations are inappropriate and more often than likely, incorrect.

-Legalizing marijuana will make it easier for kids to gain access to marijuana. 85% of teenagers have reported trying marijuana – need I say more?

What would you like people to know about cannabis and current events in history?

It is so important that we all stay up to date and aware of things happening on the local level. Currently, San Diego is gearing up to draft an ordinance to regulate marijuana collectives/cooperatives. It is important that we all stay on top of this issue and be on the lookout for overly restrictive terms and speak with our city representatives about our concerns. I also cannot say this enough – If you are not currently registered to vote – please get registered! The November ballot contains four ballot initiatives related to marijuana. It is going to be such a close vote and this is a prime example of “every vote counts.”

Are you supporting Tax Cannabis 2010?

Absolutely! This is an extremely important initiative that could help close California’s billion dollar deficit, create jobs and most of all, law enforcement can stop wasting time chasing after recreational marijuana users and we can free up space in the overcrowded jails for the real criminals.

What is next for Kimberly Simms, Esq.?

I plan to just keep on fighting the good fight! I truly believe that every person can make a difference. I am continuing to work with Southern California NORML and San Diego’s Americans for Safe Access to help educate people, monitor the city’s progress on an ordinance, promote taxcannabis.org, and provide the best legal representation to those in need!

Randall Seiden

By: Eugene Davidovich, NUG Magazine

Psychic, Researcher, Ambassador In San Diego, on a sunny Friday afternoon, Randall Seiden will sit in a blue fold-out chair on the main El Prado drag of Balboa Park and watch tourists pass while enjoying a cup of coffee – as he’s done for the last 15 years. Periodically, someone will sit down in the chair next to him for a Tarot reading and usually find themselves in a deep and intriguing conversation about the past, future, or unexpected topics such as medical cannabis therapeutics and research.

Having grown up in Kansas City in a Jewish family heavily involved in international politics, Randall worked for the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles and traveled regularly

back and forth between the two countries by the time he was 17. Around the same time, he was diagnosed with CREST, a type of collagen vascular disease, and told he wouldn’t live to see 27. Now 56, Randall has lost several fingers, suffered a stroke, at times has been confined to a wheelchair, and forced to live with daily chronic and debilitating pain – due to the disease.

CREST otherwise known as Scleroderma, is a disease known by the symptoms its victims exhibit; Calcinosis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, Esophageal dysfunction, Sclerodactyly, and Telangiectasias. WebMD defines it as a chronic autoimmune disorder

that can cause tightening and thickening of the skin, thickening of blood vessels, and damage to internal organs.

There is no known cause for the disease, and only 55% of patients with the more serious form – diffuse scleroderma – survive past ten years after being diagnosed.

The disease and all the misfortunes it brought did not stop Randall from making great achievements in his life and defeating all odds. In 2006, San Diego City Beat said it best, “To classify him as a mere entertainer is, clearly, a gross underestimation of a man who’s earned six collegiate degrees and worked as an educator, an entertainer, an entrepreneur, an interna-

tional negotiator, a reporter, a medical researcher and a naturopathic doctor.”

Some of Randall’s degrees include a Doctorate in Cultural Medicine and Medical Anthropology from Tulane University, a degree in Rabbinical Studies from the Rabbinical School of America in New Jersey, and a Naturopathic Medical Practitioner degree from Pacific Western University.

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pounds found in cannabis; THC, CBD, etc. The facility exists today and continues to provide quality medicine to patients in need.

In 2005, Randall suffered a stroke, which temporarily disabled the movement on one side of his body and confined him to a wheelchair. He survived the stroke, but was hospitalized for some time, and moved back to Kansas to be with his family to get help with his recovery. areas were using to treat their ailments. He would attempt to identify and isolate the source of a natural remedy and bring it back to the United States, where the pharmaceutical companies could manufacture a synthetic version that could be patented, sold, and distributed.

On one occasion, during his research back in the US, Randall was searching for a specific targeted immunosuppressant that would take out or slow down B cell immunology without affecting the rest of the immune system – a find that could potentially help with his own disease.

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explained he wasn’t getting any positive results until he decided to drop a small bud of cannabis into the testing solution. To his surprise the needle on the spectrometer immediately fell into the correct position.

For him, this meant that cannabis had the potential to slow down the attacks on his body by his immune system, which explains why for all these years he has been feeling much better from using the plant recreationally.

Since that day, Randall has taken up “the cause” as his own and has become a dedicated advocate for medical cannabis. In early 2000, he helped a friend set up a medical marijuana dispensing facility in Northern California, where they both conducted research on the specific com-

Against all odds and his doctor’s predictions, now, with using an integrated medicine approach that combines western medicine with alternative naturopathic medicines and cannabis therapy, he is able to walk again and is back to work in Balboa Park reading Tarot cards as well as running a travel service.

Randall had a few words of advice for patients and collectives in San Diego. He said, “We need more research into the medicinal efficacy of cannabis and if the government wasn’t going to help, that patients should do it themselves.”

He urges patients to document what strains help with which ailments, collectives to keep track of these testimonies and continue to build a strong social network in our community for patients to be part of.

High & m o r F s w e N s i b a n n a C Low Times

By: Lance Rogers, Esq.

High Times

Washington D.C. - Council Approves Medical Marijuana Measure On May 4th, the 13-member Washington, D.C. Council voted unanimously to allow doctors to recommend medical marijuana to patients suffering from HIV, cancer, glaucoma, or other “chronic and lasting diseases.” This historic legislation means that D.C. will join 14 states that allow for the use of medical marijuana by qualified patients. Advocates expect Mayor Adrian Fenty to sign the measure into law, which will then force a showdown between city officials and the federal government. To block the law from taking effect, Congress and the White House must pass a joint resolution. Advocates should keep a close eye to see what action, if any, the federal government will take.

Australia – Supreme Court Judge Publishes New Legalization Book In his new book, distinguished former Australian Supreme Court Judge Ken Crispin calls for the legalization and regulation of drugs including marijuana. In The Quest For Justice (Scribe Publications, 32 | NUGMAG.COM

2010), Crispin writes, “The war on drugs has been an even more spectacular failure . . . the overall death toll of the war on drugs may be incalculable, but it clearly runs into many thousands each year.

This terrible carnage is too high a price to pay for empty positioning and aggressively phrased but deceptive political rhetoric.”

Colorado – Advocates Gear Up For 2012 Legalization Attempt On June 11th, Boulder-based Cannabis Therapy Institute announced that it will begin work on a legalization measure for the 2012 ballot in Colorado. The institute is forming a fundraising board legal committee to work on drafting the proposed language of the initiative. The group is tentatively calling the campaign “Legalize 2012.” The state’s last legalization attempt was back in 2006 with Amendment 44, which lost by 61% to 39%. In a recent Rasmussen poll, 49% of Colorado voters supported legalization, with 13% undecided and 39% opposed.

According to Greg Stinson, president of the Front Range chapter of NORML, “We’ve got considerably more manpower this time around, and the climate is a lot more favorable.”

Low Times Canada – Marc Emery, “Prince of Pot”, Extradited and Facing Five Years in Prison In a sad reflection on U.S./Canadian relations, the Canadian government caved to pressures by the U.S. and agreed to extradite Marc Emery last month. For years, Emery was the largest supplier of cannabis seeds to growers throughout the United States. He channeled most of the proceeds back into marijuana defense and legalization efforts in North America. In a plea agreement – orchestrated over the past five years – the 52-year-old pleaded guilty – on May 24th in U.S. District Court – to one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana.

He now faces five years in federal custody. In exchange for Emery’s plea, the U.S. Attorney’s Office agreed to spare his two employees from prosecution and jail time. Emery will remain in a federal detention facility in Seattle until his formal sentencing on September 10th.

Then he will likely be transferred to federal prison in El Reno, Oklahoma, where prison officials will decide where he will be sent to serve his time.

e b o l G e h t Around Montana – Anti-Cannabis Group Planning Attempt to Repeal MMJ Law A new opposition group called “Safe Community Safe Kids” recently received an approved petition in an attempt to repeal Montana’s medical marijuana law.

Republican Senator Jim Shockley, who helped draft the statement, told reporters, “It’s perfectly clear. You are either for the current medical marijuana act or you’re against it, and that’s the choice

the voter gets.” The group must collect more than 24,000 signatures in less than a week. Marijuana advocates are hopeful that this attempt is merely a publicity stunt and lacks serious merit.

Colorado – Vail Town Council Bans MMJ Collectives On June 1st, the Town Council of Vail, Colorado voted to ban all medical marijuana dispensaries within town limits. Acting under the authority granted by recent state legislation, the Council voted

6:1 for the ban. Mayor Dick Cleveland told the press, “We’ve spent how many millions promoting this town? It seems this kind of flies in the face of the tone we’ve tried to set in this community.” Lone supporter Councilwoman Margaret Rogers said she didn’t feel comfortable banning something that Colorado voters clearly approved.

Instead, she would rather allow it, regulate it, and tax it. Sound familiar?

Photos By. Hans Fink

Medicinal marijuana is a proven, legitimate treatment. The pills and potions one can imbibe that are prescribed by doctors from pharmacies are really just chemical compounds separated from plants and then broken down into a more scientific design for postindustrial mass consumption.

In many cases the laws of our society prevent a very simple treatment in the form of a plant that was utilized by the founders of our nation for more than a century until Hearst and DuPont teamed up to make the plant illegal in order for them to obtain a monopoly on the sales of rope, pharmaceuticals and paper, more than 50 years ago. I invite you to google the subject the next time you are on the Internet.

Hell, I double-dog dare you.

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outdated laws of our society.

The lackluster cures that exist legally are a poor replacement, and are oftentimes expensive with crippling side effects.

Keri and Brett Stack’s story about how medical marijuana saved her life is an example of this problem, and why all bans and censorship of the positive effects of medical marijuana need to cease.

Keri was a young woman who surfed, attended classes at Cal State Fullerton and spent time with her boyfriend, Brett Stack. Her life was rather normal until 2003, when a series of health problems rapidly destroyed her ability to function.

The symptoms were mild at first, ranging from indigestion, diarrhea, nausea, severe stomach pain and an increasing difficulty in eating and keeping food down. As the pain worsened, insomnia resulted. Since sleep is essential to healing the body, this

additional malady only worsened an already serious problem.

“I had insurance through the college, and at first it wasn’t a big deal,” says Keri. “I would say it was about five to six months before I felt like I had to go to the doctor.”

When Keri finally spoke to a physician he recommended her to a gastrointestinal specialist. The specialist diagnosed her with Crohn’s disease, an autoimmune affliction of the digestive system, which results in the body mistakenly attacking itself and can result in crippling, brutal agony as the intestinal tract, the throat and the stomach become damaged and in some cases can even fester.

For nearly three years Keri and Brett went from doctor to doctor in a futile attempt to ease her condition. After Keri lost her insurance because she could no longer go to school or work, her medical bills skyrocketed to $2,000 a month.

symptoms alleviated by marijuana.

Obtaining some from a local source, he learned how to simmer the cannabis in goat’s milk, since Keri was unable to smoke the substance in her condition.

The doctors Keri went to could only inform her that the cause of Crohn’s disease was unknown, and there was no existing cure. The symptoms could only be managed, usually by modern medications and expensive, horrific surgeries.

“I went through a loop of medications.

I was on more than a few,” says Keri.

“I was taking pills for the nausea, the pain, but nothing worked for very long and I had to take more and more pills.”

Keri’s weight dropped to 80 lbs. She would have to go to the bathroom every fifteen minutes, and could only sleep 2-3 hours a night. The constant pain only worsened and she became a complete invalid, rarely leaving her house. Depression set in as modern medical science was unable to help her. She was prescribed medication and ended up taking as many as 27 pills a day, including Vicodin, Valium, betazine, azathioprine, Asacol and cortisol and codeine.

“One doctor even asked, ‘Why are you taking these pills? Oh, you must be going to an older doctor.’” Brett says. “Apparently, one doctor was just prescribing older medications… old, old remedies.”

The problem was that many of the drugs suppress the immune system of the body, either by design or side effect. While this is a good way to alleviate the effects of Crohn’s disease, choking down a horde of pills for the rest her life wasn’t going to cure Keri.

At one point during the interview, Keri said that her memory was so bad during the time that Brett had to answer questions for Keri about nearly

two years of her life, especially in regards to how every cure provided by doctors seemed useless. “I don’t have a lot of recollection. I was in a lot of pain.” Keri says. “It was terrible.

She went to four different doctors, and none of them could really help.”

Brett added.

Brett could do nothing except treat his girlfriend and quit his own job to become her full-time caretaker. In our interview, Keri described her condition as being so terrible that she could find no real comfort for her insomnia.

Any sleep she got was only after she had passed out from pure exhaustion. The couple survived mainly on money donated to them by both of their families. Keri’s condition worsened.

As a final treatment, Keri’s doctor suggested a surgery. Large sections of her intestine would be cut out, and she would be given a colostomy bag. The operation would cost nearly $20,000, and there was no guarantee that it would solve her problem.

“That was the last doctor we took her to. Basically, he wanted to make her an invalid. He didn’t mention marijuana at all. It didn’t make sense. The disease is because of the immune system, not her intestine or colon.

How does that solve the problem?” says Brett.

During this time, Keri’s medical bills skyrocketed. Brett said, “My mom paid all of Keri’s bills. She took a second mortgage on the house. The final total was around $140,000.”

Brett Stack had been researching the disease for years, when he stumbled upon instances where sufferers of Crohn’s disease had found their

Keri consumed a cup of the mixture, and her pain subsided. That night, she finally experienced a full night’s sleep for the first time in years.

Brett visited a Dr. Sullivan at a clinic in Lake Forest to obtain a license for medical marijuana. When he left, Brett took with him several pamphlets which contained information about the various ailments that medical marijuana could treat. One of them was Crohn’s disease.

Brett was shocked. For years all of her doctors, even the specialists, had failed to inform either of them about the medicinal benefits of marijuana.

Dr. Sullivan later explained to Brett that as a doctor he couldn’t advertise about the healthy benefits of medical marijuana…he could only treat patients who came to him.

“Cannabis doctors can’t tell you anything. You have to go to them.” says Bret. “I went to four different doctors, and not one of them mentioned marijuana.” says Keri.

Keri was able to stop taking all of the pills prescribed by her doctors, and instead drank the marijuana mixture on a regular basis. She gradually found her life returning to normal, and regained her original weight. A later test showed that her body had actually repaired the damage it had taken from her disease.

Keri’s parents were somewhat reluctant to accept the treatment. Her father, an ex-cop, especially disagreed with the use of marijuana. But as the months passed they could not argue with the results. The two became married, and her father later apologized to Brett for his initial reluctance in regards to medical marijuana. The older man had to admit that his sonin-law had saved his daughter’s life.

As her health returned, Kerri found herself able to live life again. The couple started a business, www.medicalmarijuanapatient.com, dedicated to helping the general public become

aware and informed of a low-cost alternative to many expensive treatments doctors are still prescribing for a variety of illnesses.

I can understand why modern society still follows laws developed by falsehoods decades ago which ban a plant that has been used by hundreds of cultures for centuries to deal with health problems that still hurt people today.

Growing your own medicine would eliminate the middle men, the pharmaceutical companies, which prefer to charge you thousands of dollars for pills derived from the marijuana you could create yourself. A profit would be lost.

However, we must continue following outdated laws until we are able to overturn them through legislature we can only present to our elected representatives. All we can do is educate ourselves‌and vote.

HYDROPONICS IS NOT A DIRTY WORD By: Michelle Huerta

Last year, Richard and Armando opened up Ramona Hydroponics. Due to the recession, this was a very risky enterprise, but Richard and Armando persevered and tried their hand at opening a new business in spite of it all. It was not your usual business, but a Hydroponics store.

Armando’s knowledge and contacts paved the way to opening the store, and keeping it going while Richard talked to people, old and young, about their venture. They set out to open a successful business, and despite some public opposition to opening a hydroponics store in Ramona, they seem to have won over the town of Ramona, educating people along the way. It’s been almost a year and with 3 newspaper articles in 2 local papers, they are well on their way to surviving that first most difficult year in the life of a business.

Richard’s vision was always to educate children, and let them get their hands dirty with the joy of planting and growing.

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He’s been an advocate for healthy eating, nutrition, and teaching children the joys of planting and tending a garden. He hoped to open doors that would normally be closed to many children – especially those in apartments and the inner city.

Before Richard and Armando opened the store, Richard started out in an El Cajon city school helping them plan and plant a thriving school garden. He got donations from East County hydroponics stores and nurseries to help provide plants, and the gardens grew vegetables which the children were able to eat. If you don’t think getting kids to eat vegetables is one mean feat, then you don’t know kids!

Shortly after opening their shop, one of their customers showed so much interest and knowledge of horticulture, Richard and Armando let him hang out at the shop and do odd jobs. The young local man, William, has since proved to be an integral part of the success of the shop. Since the opening of their shop in Ramona, Richard and Willie went on to help a Ramona elementary school with their neglected garden. On Earth Day, Ramona Hydro

brought about 60 tomato, cilantro, jalapeno, and bell pepper plants along with 2 huge trays of soil and pots. Children (and parents) planted and left with their own plant to care for and nurture. The shop was honored with a PTA Service award for their efforts, time, and donations. Richard’s new plan is to help another nearby Ramona school in the coming year.

And what of Ramona Hydro’s efforts with the original El Cajon school? A friend of Armando and Richard, and an avid grower and worm farmer, with some of Richard’s shared visions, has taken his place. Kurt Castle started 4th graders with a worm farm and composting, and has continued Richard’s plans of supporting children’s gardening efforts. Kurt’s plans, with the help of Ramona Hydro are to make the entire school into a Green School, expanding the gardens school wide, and brewing their own Worm Tea. Will hydroponics continue to be a dirty word? With education, and the efforts of people like Armando, Richard, Willie, and Kurt, there will be no dirt in hydroponics – oh wait!

There ISN’T!

Raw Cannabis Medicine without the High By: Deborah Malka MD, PhD

Cannabis in its raw state provides a “supergreen” food, high in chlorophyll, giving our cells oxygen, antioxidants, and medicinal cannabinoids. In addition, the vitamin/mineral content of the plant is most highly preserved in this form. It is a difficult plant to eat raw due to the stalactites; tiny hairs on the stem that may irritate the mouth, throat, and stomach. The flowering tips, which are more concentrated in the cannabinoids, have a bitter taste and contain a sticky resin that will stick to your mouth. One can avoid these problems by taking only tender young leaves, or juicing the leaves and buds.

Raw cannabis has rarely been studied as a medicine because it has a low content of THC – the chemical in cannabis that causes the psychoactive effect. So, if not to “get high,” why would anyone want to deal with eating prickly sticky plant matter, while running the risk of ingesting mold or other contaminants, in order to use it raw? It turns out that in California, due to the liberal growing allowances in some parts of the state, enough patients have been able to experiment with raw cannabis to rediscover its remarkable medicinal properties. I met such a patient this past year, who presented at the International Cannabinoid Research Society Conference. She has had multiple chronic diseases, which were all improved to the most remarkable extent that I have ever seen in my career with over 10,000 medi-

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cal marijuana patients. When I asked her to what she attributes her success, she replied, “using raw cannabis.” She was treated by Dr. William Courtney in Mendocino, CA, who is at the forefront of using raw cannabis as a medicine.

An increasing number of medical marijuana patients in Humboldt and Mendocino are experimenting with juicing the raw leaves. A dispensary in Arcata has given out juicers to patients, provided free raw leaves, and is currently gathering data on the effects.

Fresh green raw leaves should be used, taken right off the plant and not dried or heated in any way. If you dry the leaf/ bud, it’s no longer raw and its chemical composition changes. Dr. Courtney advises the use of large shade leaves or fan leaves picked from a plant that is 3 months of age. The leaves should be soaked in water for 5 minutes before juicing. 8-10 leaves a day is one dose for one person. You can mix it with other juices or raw honey to improve the flavor. In a recent interview, Dr. Courtney comments, “Maybe nowhere else in the country could a pot doc advise growing 40 plants -- enough for one juicing each day on the 45-day cycle required of the auto-flowering strain.

Not only is it possible here, but a striking number of patients truly do not want to get high.

It is currently thought that raw cannabis has medicinal properties due to the presence of cannabinoidacids. All natural cannabinoids, such as THC and CBD, come from precursor carboxylic acids. This carboxyl group is unstable; heat, light, or alkaline pH make it evaporate as CO2, resulting in the more well researched cannabinoids. Even just drying for a while causes these precursors to break down.

THC-Acid is not psychoactive and accounts for almost all of the cannabinoid content in the raw plant.

We don’t know what component of the medicinal properties in raw cannabis is a result of these acids, what portion is due to the nutrition in the raw food, and what component relates to the detoxification process that accompanies the inclusion of raw juice in one’s diet. The action of cannabinoid acids is currently being researched.

Raw cannabis may be a good way to take your medicine during these warm summer months. For more ways to prepare it, see http://www.cannabis. uk.net/raw%20cannabis/RAW%20CANNABIS.htm.

SOURCES: Vick, Karl, Form of medical marijuana won’t get you high, but it’s creating a buzz, Washington Post, June 1, 2010, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ content/.../AR2010053103231.html.

Verhoeckx, Kitty C.M. et al., Unheated Cannabis sativa extracts and its major compound THC-acid have potential immuno-modulating properties not mediated by CB1 and CB2 receptor coupled pathways. International Immunopharmacology, 6 (2006) 656– 665.

Are you as Green as your

Ganja?

By: Chandra Woodhouse & Kristin Frederiksen As Americans, we consume an estimated 84 billion plastic bags of varying shapes and sizes annually, according to Californians Against Waste. It has been reported by the author of www.reusablebags.com that an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide each year. As medicinal marijuana users, we are largely contributing to this plastic waste problem, one sandwich baggie at a time!

In the landfill, plastic bags that we throw away take 500-1,000 years to decompose, however that’s not the only scary news. Once these bags do finally break down, they are believed to become tiny toxic particles. Since we only started using sandwich bags in 1957 and other types of plastic bags became more popular in the 1980s, we really have no idea yet as to just how toxic these bags will become. If all of those stats didn’t turn your stomach, how about this: the U.S. alone uses an estimated 12 million barrels of oil annually to make the plastic bags we consume.

There are alternatives to traditional plastics being offered, however most scientists and researchers are skeptical about the environmental impact of these bags. They come in many different names and most seem to be getting good reviews for durability and usefulness. We found three types of seemingly eco-friendly plastic bags including bioplastics, biodegradable plastics, and recycled plastics. The makers of bioplastics, made from corn starch, claim they take two thirds less energy to produce and produce 70% less greenhouse gases. These bags can also be composted. Biodegradable plastics contain additives to help them break down more quickly, but they are still made of traditional plastic materials. This type of plastic cannot be composted as it still leaves behind a toxic residue and it would probably take longer to break down than you’d like in your compost bin.

Recycled plastics are made of recycled plastic material. There are no recycled baggies on the market, but there are things made of recycled baggies so recycle your plastic!

The best way to be “green” is simply to reduce and reuse. Start reducing the number of plastic bags you use TODAY and reuse the bags that you can. Even better, use other containers that can easily be reused as an alternative to plastic bags. For medical marijuana, there are so many great alternatives to the plastic bag, it is surprising to go into a collective and come out with a baggie, but it still happens on occasion.

One such alternative we found recently is the Grindtainer by Dragon Chewer.

They offer 2 different size medicine bottles specifically for cannabis with a grinder built into the bottle. The larger size bottle includes a divider, providing storage for two types of medicine in one bottle. We like the multi-functional features which encourage you, the patient, to keep and reuse your medicine bottle.

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because the material is safe for your meds and it is easy to clean and reuse a limitless number of times. You can find anything from large mason jars to tiny vintage pill bottles to hold and store your medicine. 420 Science is a company we like for its varied selection of glass jars you are sure to want to keep and reuse. Want to reduce your carbon footprint even further? Go to a local store and buy locally hand-blown glass to keep your meds in. You will have a special container that you’ll always know is yours and you are sure to want to keep for a very long time.

Although there are still those few using baggies, most collectives are now predominately using the pill bottle as a way to dispense medication to their patients. There are few we have found who offer a recycling program for these bottles and incentives for you, the patient, to bring them back in on your next visit. Such programs offer a weekly drawing or free meds once the patient brings back a certain number of bottles. If your collective does not offer a recycling program, please encourage them to do so. You can go one step further and volunteer at your collective once a month to clean and organize the pill bottles they have collected. Still the best way to do your part on a daily basis is simply to take your bottle(s) back in for a “refill” of your favorite medicine.

Be an advocate for the earth and its inhabitants. In the short time that plastic bags have been in use, they have already started to cause major damage to earth and its inhabitants. Bags are only a small part of what is being dubbed “The Plastic Plague,” but they are causing grave damage on a very large scale. As a coastal county, it is even more important that San Diego be diligent with the recycling, waste management, and use reduction of these plastic bags. Many bags end up in the ocean and Planet Ark reports over 100,000 marine animal deaths annually

directly related to plastic bags. The next time you pull out a baggie for a small nug or to mummify your dog’s waste, think about Lilly the Whale and all of the other sea life adversely affected by our pollution.

For more information on the containers mentioned, visit www.dragonchewer.com www.420science.com.

Hemp History Week was sponsored and organized in conjunction with The Hemp Industries Association. This new holiday has now become a part of national history, to educate and encourage the citizens of America to send their pledge to Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder to decriminalize the growth of hemp in our country.

ecuted with much success. The Brew House quickly became a standing room only event.

During the week of May 17-21 cities throughout the U.S. hosted events with the intent to gather the public to educate them about the past, present, and future uses of hemp and the many benefits it has.

It seems as if the ban on growing hemp in the United States began as a total misunderstanding due to an unfair relation to marijuana. Although many products are sold with hemp included, it is illegal for our farmers to grow it here, which means that it must be imported, which in turn keeps the cost of hemp products higher than need be.

The event was held May 17th at the La Jolla Brew House. Dion Markgraaff, David Bronner, Tiffany Janay and Malik Zakee of Organic Blood organized it. The event was ex-

Dion and David educated attendees on hemp’s history in our city and pointed out the roots it has in San Diego, traced all the way back to Mr. Scripps. It was also brought to our attention that many buildings in Balboa Park were constructed with the help of hemp.

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products with hemp supported the event in a major way. Several thousands of dollars worth of products were donated from the following companies: 420 Science, Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap, Satori Movement, Forbidden Leaf, Nutiva, Dime Bags, Lazy Dog Designs, Colorganics, Bee Line Hawaii, Ruth’s Hemp Food, 420 Energy Drinks, Hemp Ale, and Seedless.

This was the 1st year of Hemp History Week in San Diego. With all the positive feedback and support we received, it is already being planned to make this an annual event on a much grander scale.

In honor of Hemp History Week we encourage you to do your own personal research on ways to include hemp into your life. You can eat it, wear it, and craft with it. Once you know how useful it is and how easy it is to replace other products with hemp, you will join the peaceful pursuit to decriminalize hemp.

It’s only natural.

Visit www.TheHIA.org for their directory of companies that create products with hemp and support the movement.

Story by Tiffany Janay www.tiffanyjanay.com Pictures by Keshia Clark www.KeshiaClark.com

Here we go again. Three strains, three days, one Chronisseur. Hopper went back to the bong to review this month’s offerings of Mr. Nice, Mars, and Cheese OG. Cheese OG (Good Karma Collective): “I admit that I don’t have a vast knowledge of the cheeses, they seem to be the latest bud trend. I am not sure if this is a UK Cheese cross, or if it’s another Cheese crossed with the OG. Whatever it is, it’s good. It was clearly tended to with care. Buds are tightly grown. It smells very OG, but I don’t really get the ‘stink’ of the Cheese though. I’m digging the intense dome-run.

Hats off to the grower, this one definitely did not disappoint.”

Mars (Good Karma Collective): “One of the planetary kush strains. It looks and smells absolutely phenomenal. A tight bud, draped in trichromes. It looks like this was a fun one to grow, for sure. Very pungent OG aroma. The expansive hit has a clean, well-flushed flavor. I give this one an A+.

I’d like some cuttings for myself! Overall, I guess you could say the Mars is outta this world.”

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Mr. Nice (Good Karma Collective): “Dense bud. It shows a lot of purpling, as well as shiny, glistening trichromes when you look at it in the direct sunlight. The aroma is sweet and hashy with a hint of floral fragrance. This strain has been around for quite awhile, it’s always been one of my faves. Nice heavy hit. The hashplant really comes through in this one. Overall, I’d say it is just like the name says…nicely done. It was grown and cured well and packs a nice, almost instant head high that I’d be willing to bet keeps creeping.”

“I gotta tell you,” Hopper said while we were finishing up our third session, “NUG Mag is nine for nine on the flavors that have been submitted so far. San Diego’s medical marijuana community keeps outdoing itself when it comes to quality indoor grown meds. These three have set the bar pretty high, but I’m still really looking forward to what next month has to offer.” I thought we were done, but there was one more thing he had to add. “It’s like Jim Morrison said, he yelled as I was walking down the stairs, “The west is the best.”

Story by Pamela Jayne Photo by Derek Plank Nug Shots by M.K. Jack

Cannabis

Cooking with Kim

Written by Kim Twolan, Mother Earth Co-op ♥ Serving San Diego MMJ patients since 2005 Happy Birthday America!!

On July 4, 1776, we claimed our independence from Britain and “Democracy” was born and so the legend goes. Every day thousands leave their homeland to come to the “land of the free and the home of the brave,” so they can begin their American Dream. So let’s break out the fireworks and fire up the grill and… It’s time to celebrate Independence Day with a rocking 4th of July party and being kind to each other.

The following recipes are taken from Mother Earth Co-op’s ® “Special Medicinal Recipes – A Medical Cannabis Cookbook.” Kim Twolan © 2008.

Cookbook available at finer co-ops, collectives and physician’s offices or online at www.motherearthcoop. com/products U.S. APPLE THUNDER TEA (Beverages) 4 bags black or herbal tea 1/8 tsp. kief * 4 cups boiling water 1 tbsp lemon juice 2 cups apple juice 1/4 cup honey Steep tea bags in boiling water for 5 to 10 minutes. Discard tea bags and add remaining ingredients stir well. Chill for 30 minutes and serve. Makes 4 therapeutic servings.

CURRIED PANAMA RED POTATO SALAD (Salads) 3/4 cup red lentils 2 cups vegetable broth 4 large potatoes 4 medium tomatoes, diced 1/2 cup yogurt (plain)

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1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup cilantro 2 tsp. curry powder 1/4 cup cannabutter 1 scallion (thin)

Combine the lentils with 2 cups broth in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer, then reduce the heat and simmer gently until the water is absorbed and the lentils are done but still firm, about 25 minutes. Drain off any excess cooking liquid and let the lentils cool to room temperature. Meanwhile, cook potatoes in their skins, until tender but still firm and when cool enough to handle, peel and dice.

Combine the lentils and potatoes in a serving bowl and add the remaining ingredients. Toss gently but thoroughly and serve at once. Serves 6 to 8.

SWEET GANGA BABE LEMONADE (Beverages)

APPLE ALEX POT PERFECT (Desserts)

1 cup honey 12 whole cloves 2 sticks cinnamon 1 1/2 cups lemon juice

4 apples (cored) 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup water 1/3 cup cannabis (chopped)

1/8 tsp. kief * 1 quart water crushed ice sliced lemons

4 cherries 1/2 cup raisins 2 tbsp. cinnamon 1/4 tsp. nutmeg

Put honey, cloves and cinnamon in a saucepan and simmer together for 5 minutes. Stir in fresh lemon juice, kief, mix well and let stand for one hour. Combine with the water in a pitcher. Stir and pour into tumblers over crushed ice. Garnish with lemon slices. Makes about 12 curative servings.

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C) degrees. Powder the cannabis in a blender, then mix with sugar and water and stuff cores of apples with this paste. Sprinkle apples with cinnamon, nutmeg and top with a cherry. Bake for 25 minutes. Note: Serve warm or cold with ice cream or whipped cream.

BBQ CHICKEN ELECTRIC SALAD (Salads)

* “KIEF” is an age old way of extracting trichomes from plant material. Kief is the product derived from the kiefing process. Kiefing is a method in which you rub dry trim, buds and small leaves with crystals on them over a silk screen. The THC glands will form a powder that comes through the screen, then used in cooking or for smoking. It is usually a pale green to light brown dependant on the strain of the cannabis. Kief powder that is pressed together is called hash.

4 chicken breast halves 1/4 cup cannabutter 3 tbsp lemon juice 1/4 tsp. black pepper (ground) 6 cloves garlic (chopped) 1 tsp. oregano (chopped) 8oz watercress (chopped)

1 tsp. Greek seasoning 1 head green lettuce California fresh salsa (2-oz.) pkg. feta cheese 1/4 cup hempseed 1/8 cup Peppercini peppers 1/4 cup black olives (chopped)

Place chicken in greased baking dish. In medium bowl, mix together cannabutter, lemon juice, pepper, garlic, oregano, watercress and Greek Seasoning and pour over chicken. Place chicken in 350°F. (180°C) oven and bake for about 45 to 55 minutes, uncovered, basting occasionally. Place salad greens in large serving bowl. Top with salsa, feta cheese, hempseed, peppers and olives. Slice chicken in thin strips and arrange on top of salad.

Makes 4 medicinal servings.

BAKED CHICKEN BLAIR BLAZE (Poultry) 6 medium chicken breasts 4 tbsp cannabutter 1 pkg. onion soup mix 1 medium onion (chopped) 5 cloves garlic (chopped)

Wishing you a hempy journey to a healthier you!

Peace & Love

Kim

1 cup rice (uncooked) 3 cups chicken broth 1/4 cup cannabis (ground) 1 pkg. mushrooms (sliced)

Brown chicken breasts in frying pan with cannabutter, onion, garlic and mushrooms. Line a 13x9 inch pan with foil, spray with vegetable oil. Put rice in bottom of pan. Reserve 1 tablespoon onion soup mix, and sprinkle the rest over rice. Place mushrooms and very finely ground cannabis over rice, top with chicken. Sprinkle reserved onion soup mix over chicken breasts.

Add 3 cups hot broth. Cover with foil, bake at 350°F (180°C) for 45 minutes.

Remove foil and brown slightly for another 5 minutes. Serves 4 to 6 people.

Note: Serve this medicinal meal with fresh crisp veggies for a totally medicated meal.

PATRIOTIC POT-LUCK BEANS (Pork) 1 (14-oz.) can pork & beans 1/2 cup cannabis (finely ground) 6 slices bacon 1/2 cup molasses 1 medium onion

Note: Kief boxes are sold at some smoke shops and are easier to work with than the silk screens. In a kief box, the screen is above the collection drawer allowing the THC glands to pass through the screen, into the collection drawer. This makes it easy and compact, for the average user to collect the kief and use for smoking or cooking.

1/2 tsp. hickory salt 1/2 tsp. liquid smoke 2 tbsp. BBQ sauce 1 fresh pineapple (cut in rings)

Mix all ingredients together in a greased casserole dish, cover top with pineapple and bacon. Bake at 350°F (180°C) degrees for about 45 to 55 minutes. Serves about six medical patients.

Note: This great comfort food is best served with garlic bread.

Grow: Treating Spider Mites By: The Guru

Summer is approaching and so is the epidemic of spider mites, causing problems and destroying gardens everywhere.

Anyone who has ever experienced spider mites knows what I’m talking about.

Worst of all, it seems almost impossible to get rid of them. Many people can never get free of them. While it is possible to eliminate them completely, it takes time and dedication, and it can be a tedious job. Most importantly, you need the right products.

The most common spider mites are two spotted mites, but there are also the less common red spider mites. Mites are not insects, but arachnids in the same family as spiders. They have eight legs just like spiders. When looking thru a microscope or loop, two black spots are visible on their back.

Being the size of a poppy seed, they can be hard to notice in early infestation stages.

They are sap suckers, meaning they stick their needle like tube into the plant and suck out the juices. Outdoors, mites have many of their own challenges to fight off,

and don’t usually build up too bad. But inside, it’s like Club Med for them. It’s an environment with lots of food and no enemies to combat. Mites are known to lay eggs very quickly after they mature, about 2 weeks after hatching. Females lay thousands of eggs in their short lifetime, and they hatch in about 3 days, so you could easily have millions of mites in an infested garden.

Mites prefer to reside on the undersides of the leaves, hiding from the elements.

Noticeable signs include tiny brown spots with circles of yellow around it. When it gets really bad, webs can be seen with mites, using the webs as road ways, traveling from plant to plant. Webs most often develop in the corner areas of the garden where the air circulation is not as good.

Some plants and genetics are more susceptible to mites and diseases. If it seems like only one or two of your plants are heavily infested, remove only those infected plants. Put them in a plastic bag so no others get infected, and get it out of the area.

So, what do you do to get rid of these mites? When in vegetative stage, you have a lot more options. You should always try to eliminate them first before flowering your plants. Some of the products that are good for treating mites include Neem Oil, Pyrethrum, Azatrol or Azamax, and one of my new personal favorites SNS17.

Pyrethrum comes in a liquid for foliar spraying the leaves, or as a fogger, also known as a bug bomb. The liquids are still available, but most of the popular foggers sold in hydro shops have been recently banned and are now under commercial use only. Meaning you need to have a commercial license to purchase and use it. Pyrethrum was one of the most common products to use for spider mites, but not necessarily one of the best, as mites are known to build up a tolerance to Pyrethrum quite easily. But since foliar spraying flowering plants is never advisable, foggers were one of the only options to fight off mites in this stage.

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Azamax and Azatrol are both the same product, just under different brand names. Their main active ingredient is the same, azadirachtin, derived from the neem tree nut. The big difference is Neem Oil is 0.09% azadirachtin, and the Azamax or Azatrol is 1.2%. Azamax can be used as a drench, which helps by acting systemically. This is one of the only treatments that you can use during the flowering stage. During vegetative stages it can be used as both a foliar spray, and as a drench. Remember to never spray flowering plants past week 3 of flower, or once you have flower clusters, the moisture can cause flower rot from the inside out and destroy harvests very quickly.

One of the newest and most effective products I have seen is SNS17. This is an all natural and organic product made up of 100% pure rosemary botanical extracts. This product is a bit different than others, as it works by providing a barrier which is harmless

to the plants but fatal to the mites. The natural salts from the fatty acids derived from rosemary extracts, disrupt the mites cell structure and the permeability of its membranes. SNS-17 also kills the mite’s eggs by coating them with an oily shield that disrupts the respiration to the egg, drying the egg out, therefore no eggs hatch. This has definitely been a product with amazing results. IGS Hydro in Pacific Beach is the only place I have seen this product. They also have another new product SNS244, which is an all organic spray for powdery mildew that just hit the shelves. According to IGS it is gaining in popularity very quickly, just like the SNS-17, with the same type of results and feedback.

The best treatment for spider mites, molds, and other pests or diseases is the practice of using good preventive measures. When you get any new cuttings, always quarantine them in a separate area and treat them for a few weeks until you’re sure they are gone. Then you can introduce them into your garden and not infect it. Spray your plants up to two times per week with Azamax, Pyrethrum, or SNS-17. By doing this while they’re young and small, you have a very good chance at controlling and eliminating them.

Some people like to dip their babies into a full solution of Azamax, Neem Oil, Physan 20, or other similar products. When doing a dip, always use less, if not half, the recommendation. And always test a few out and see how they do. Many people try dips and mix them too strong, and the oils clog up the stomata’s of the leaf tissue, choking the plant and burning the leaves.

Be clean. Don’t work in the yard outside and go in your room without changing into clean clothes. Bugs use humans and animals as natural transportation vehicles, jumping on for a ride to wherever you go. Make sure that the room is sealed, or if in an open loop room, everything should be sealed except for the obvious vent holes for intake and exhaust. Even then though, the vents or ducts should have filters over them. I use charcoal filters for my intake and my exhaust. And always put some type of filter or screen over the intake duct for the air cooled lights, as pests get in and die, and the dust blocks the light when it builds up.

Taking the proper measures to prevent spider mites and other pests early, from the beginning of veg, thru the first 2 or 3 weeks of flower, will ensure you a healthy, pest free harvest. But you must be consistent and thorough with all your treatments and keep on a tight schedule. And make sure that whereever you get your clones, they are doing the same treatments and being just as clean. If they’re not, you can be sure to thank them for the spider mite infestation in your garden later on.

Home Grown Health and Fitness By: Goldi Schiffner

With the summer days upon us and swimsuits beckoning in our closets, it’s time to get that great beach body.

Whether or not you can reach your goal before summer time ends, it is important to start improving your overall health and well-being. Remember, just because you may enjoy medical marijuana, that doesn’t mean you can’t exercise and eat right!

Do you medicate before or after your work out?

After researching proven resources and documentation relating to the theory of smoking medical marijuana and working out, I had little success, so I began asking around. One friend said he pushes himself harder in his workouts if he smokes prior. He explained, when challenged with additional sets in weight lifting for example, he is more likely to do additional reps because he’s not focused on the pain or stress.

On a separate occasion, a former 24

Hour Fitness employee said, “working out is 50% mental, and 50% physical.

When you tell your mind you are tired, your body follows. Personally, when I smoke I get sidetracked into a song I’m listening to and run longer.”

The Internet commentary on this subject is comprised of forum posts, where friendly stoners around the globe voice their curiosities and opinions. Some claim that marijuana inhibits the effects of working out, while others state its benefits or neutrality. The arguments on forums and blogs across the World Wide Web show that there’s a lot of interest on the subject matter. Some proven facts of reference would be nice, so I hope this observation prompts a study at Yale in the near future.

With or without the sweet green leaf, the locals have the beautiful city of San Diego at their disposal. We’re spoiled with 70 degree weather almost year round, giving us the perfect fitness choice paired with fresh air, especially since the next

few months will be gorgeous. It’s time to get active, try exercising outdoors this summer, and choose better munchies.

Beach It and Burn Calories The beach, with its glistening water and cozy sand, is a perfect place to start your fitness adventure. The best workouts are the ones where you don’t even know your burning calories and building muscle. Case in point – body boarding and surfing are great activities/workouts because with these activities you can burn 215 calories per hour.

With surfing being a superior calorie burner to body boarding, it works out your core and arms as you ride the waves. From experience, I found La Jolla Shores and Coronado to be fun places to body board. Del Mar is the “beginners spot” for surfers, and Pacific Beach and Cardiff are perfect for the intermediate.

Advanced? Try Sunset Cliffs and Blacks Beach.

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Quick and cool disclaimer, I was recently corrected by a surfer who explained only the “uncool” would call body boarding by its more popular moniker “boogie boarding.” Call it what you will, but the more aquatic locals are sure to frown on your boogie boarding enthusiasm. Also, if you are body boarding, he explained that it is important you stay out of the way of surfers, especially if you have the kids along.

Some beaches separate body boarders from surfers, so pay attention to the flags to avoid getting hurt.

Without surf or body board, you can always enjoy the 500 per hour calorie burning benefits of swimming in the Pacific Ocean. Swimming is the perfect cardio work out that helps tone and shape a lean body.

Swim parallel to the shore, so that you don’t get carried away by the waves. And come prepared with goggles and a snuggly fit swim suit, swim out past the break and then choose a destination (house, pier, or bathroom) several hundred feet away and start your stroke!

If your sea legs need a break, try running on the beach to burn those calories and tone your legs. Running on the sand takes more muscle strength because your body is maintaining the velocity to power through the soft sand creating resistance. This resistance gets your heart rate up quicker and provides an intense workout.

Wear your running shoes to avoid injuries and tread the hard packed sand near the shore. If a long run is above your comfort level, start with a nice long walk on the shores. You can also walk in the ankle deep water, which is great resistance that pushes your muscles to work harder.

Finally, bring a football, baseball or Frisbee to your next beach day and get everyone involved in burning up to 100 calories per hour. Work your shoulders, triceps and biceps while having fun.

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Remember to wear sun block. It’s no fun being burnt and put at higher risk for skin cancer, so start your summer with a nice bottle of SPF 15 and lather up every time your outdoors. Always reapply sun block throughout your day at the beach.

Get Moving and Enjoy San Diego County Southern California features some of the most appealing beach destinations, but there’s even more to discover when you go a few steps inland. Get moving around San Diego and experience outdoor fitness at one of these spots: Located between La Jolla and Del Mar, Torrey Pines is a hidden gem that many locals haven’t experienced. Imagine taking in the ocean breeze and hiking on a wild trail at the same time? If this fits your fancy, the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve is for you and it’s the perfect way for even the inexperienced hiker to burn calories. Situated against Torrey Pines beach, the natural reserve is home to rare Torrey Pine trees, eight miles of hiking trails, and a lagoon that accommodates migrating sea birds.

If you are up for a more advanced hike – three miles of twists and turns – try going inland to Poway’s Iron Mountain trail. Hiking Iron Mountain is a blast and you’ll be pleased when you reach the top to enjoy an expansive view, extending to Del Mar. Mission Bay is filled with fun activities for the whole family, couples or even a good group of friends. Being one of the largest man-made aquatic parks in the country, you can find kayak, personal watercraft and wakeboard rentals in the area.

Try a nice walk or jog around the bay, or pull out those dusty rollerblades. Rollerblading is an excellent way to burn 900 or more calories per hour while enjoying the San Diego sun. For a memorable summer day, set up a barbeque with your closest friends and family, bring healthy skewers with vegetables and chicken along with some cold fruit. Don’t forget to pack a football or Frisbee, and challenge everyone to a run around the park!

If you keep yourself moving, you’ll be helping to keep yourself fit. Take in all the great sites listed in this article by making a weekend activity calendar. Hit all the fun and fit destinations this summer and enrich your life with more of what San Diego has to offer.

Eat Better Munchies Weight control and fitness rely on a proper diet. If you’re a medicinal marijuana user you may succumb to the occasional case of the munchies - and that’s okay.

If you are trying to slim down, the catch is enjoying that sinful piece of cheesecake occasionally. Make better choices with munchies all the time and share the health with your friends.

There’s a simple trick to weight loss, and it’s based on medical and mathematical facts. If you take in 200 calories less each day by making better eating choices, and burn an additional 200 calories you’re cutting 400 calories total.

Cut 400 calories a day Monday through Saturday and you’ve ridden yourself of 2,400 calories. Losing one pound equates to eliminating 3,500 calories.

You may need to step up your goals if you have more weight to lose and would be advised to talk to your doctor or a weight loss professional.

If you fall off the health and wellness wagon don’t be discouraged, instead make a better choice with your next meal. By sticking to a healthier regimen you can improve your well-being, here are some tips: Summertime is the perfect time for produce, especially berries.

Raspberries, strawberries and blueberries have been called “super foods” because of their great nutritional content. Not only

are they filled with sweet goodness and provide half your daily value of vitamin C, but they also have ellagic acid, which is an anti-carcinogen. Carcinogens are chemicals that cause cancer. Ellagic acid binds with carcinogens making them inactive. Try going to a smaller market, like Trader Joes or Whole Foods to get these berries on sale. Make it a treat by adding frozen or regular non-fat yogurt to your berries.

It is easy to get enough fiber in your diet.

If you’re trying to lose weight, the truth is, you’re going to have to get rid of it somehow and there’s only one way for it to go properly. A great place to jump start the effort is by making sure you are getting the proper amount of fiber in your diet.

The two types of fiber are soluble and insoluble. Making up 75% of your daily requirement, insoluble fiber passes through our intestines largely intact and promotes regular bowel movement. Insoluble fiber also removes toxic waste from our colon more rapidly and prevents cancer causing microbes in the intestines. You can find the ever important soluble fiber in corn bread, wheat bran, fruit and vegetable skins, seeds and nuts.

Soluble fiber is the other 25% of the equation, and you need it because it helps to regulate the LDL

cholesterol, known as the “bad” cholesterol. You’ll find soluble fiber in dried peas, nuts, fruits and vegetables, barley, flaxseed, and oat/oat bran.

It has been scientifically proven that fiber provides many health advantages. To start you need 20 to 30 grams of fiber per day. By having a high fiber diet you can promote weight loss and a healthier heart. Buy trail mix, fresh fruit and high fiber cereal next time you are at the market. Make it a habit because it’s an effortless way to maximize your fitness results - all you have to do is eat right.

For years you’ve heard “breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” and it’s actually true. To avoid gorging throughout the day and allow yourself to make better food choices, you have to start your day with breakfast. Unfortunately, “wake and bake” doesn’t actually count as the breakfast of champions.

Studies have shown that those who eat a balanced breakfast are generally more fit and can maintain a healthier weight. The most researched and known beneficial breakfast choice is cereal. Cereal is an easy way to start the day right. You can find a wide variety of high fiber cereals at your local grocery store. Don’t be afraid to check out the nutritional facts on the cereal boxes – after all, your entire day is counting on it. I usually look for at least 20% of my daily value of fiber per serving.

If eating breakfast is a challenge, try brainstorming different things you may find appetizing. There a r e

many choices so think outside the box and prepare your next grocery list; eggs, beans, meat, nutritional drinks, spaghetti and pancakes.

Fit the fitness into your schedule In real life, a fun beach day and health food kick aren’t always on the menu.

An outlook that I’ve established is to go about living my life as a healthy individual. That means, when you’re looking at the restaurant’s menu to decide what to order, think, “I should get a vegetable as one of my sides,” and “do I really need those Jalapeño poppers?” Or, order a salad at lunch, even if your friends will make fun of your dainty Cesar dressing.

We’re all born with one body. With every healthy choice you make, your body will thank you for it.

There are many other activities you can keep in mind for a weekday or morning calorie burn. Dedicate at least 30 minutes to an hour per day toward some physical activity and you will notice a significant change in your physique over time.

Try making it a routine, where you take a walk around your neighborhood or on your lunch break at the office. Try a fitness DVD that looks fun and get into the groove for at least 30 minutes per day.

Ride your bicycle in the evenings for some exhilarating exercise. Instead of driving to the corner store, make it a goal to bike or walk there occasionally.

Each and every time you get to the grocery store, park far and make it a habit!

If you park farther away you are forcing yourself to walk an extra distance, do that all the time and it adds up. Don’t forget about ice skating this summer, because it burns up to at least 500 calories per hour and makes for a heat wave getaway.

With these tricks, I have kept the weight off and have a body that’s not exactly toned, but a work in progress. I never said I was perfect, instead I believe in living a fit lifestyle as opposed to being stifled by difficult diet regimens and workout routines. Life should be happy and enriched by your personal fitness endeavors, not limited by them.

America ranks as one of the unhealthiest nations in the world, despite being one of the most advanced in medicine. Many attribute the bad health to the large fast food companies cramming their slogans, ease of access, and branding down our throats for years. If you’re an anarchist, you’ll certainly enjoy the organic and whole food approach that douses the corporate company wallets while making you healthier. Review this article and create your next grocery list and fun fitness outing that takes advantage of the vast outdoor offerings in Southern California.

It can be challenging to maintain or begin a healthy lifestyle, but as Benjamin Franklin once said, “You may delay, but time will not.”

By: Joseph Klare Those of us who are 30 years old and older remember the internet when it was practically empty and slow, when you could say things like, “I just got AOL 3.0” and still be considered cool. I used to do a “podcast” before that word even existed and it was brain surgery trying to get the audio online. Now, we have 4 year olds posting videos and going “viral.”

For the many of incredible advances we have made in media sharing, we can gladly thank YouTube.com.

YouTube went public with a beta test in May of 2005 and is celebrating its 5th anniversary this spring. According to rankings on Alexa.com, YouTube is the 3rd most viewed website on the World Wide Web. Its revolutionary platform allows anyone with an internet connection to share their videos with the world, and even become famous – or infamous.

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in buying YouTube for over $1.6 billion in November 2006. And they didn’t expect the vast array of people and groups that would flock to their video sharing experiment – they just wanted to be able to post videos online.

Marijuana users – generally young and technology savvy – took to YouTube early on, and built up quite a visual culture.

Thousands of videos are devoted to things like marijuana cultivation, activism, news, video blogs, civil disobedience, and “how to” videos.

For example, if you search “how to roll,” you’ll get about 800,000 results on how to roll cigarettes, joints, blunts, cross joints, tulip joints, spliffs, and so on. YouTube is one of the best things to happen to stoners since the invention of television.

But one stoner pastime has gotten some into hot water when it was posted on YouTube. Earlier this year, a Nebraska man was arrested and charged with misdemeanor child abuse and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Authorities found over 90 videos of him smoking pot with his 19 and 17-year-old sons. The 19-year-old was cited for marijuana possession, and his younger brother ended up in foster care. A search of the man’s home turned up some 50 bongs and pipes. I imagine they wish they would have left the camera off.

There are so many “smoking” videos on YouTube that authorities couldn’t possibly arrest everyone. I assume the Nebraska man got on their radar by smoking with his under age children.

A search of “smoking marijuana” has over 45,000 results alone and most of those smokers would never be found.

Common sense tells us to avoid things like giving our names and location when we record a video. Many of us like to show off our cool bongs and pipes, but a little discretion can go a long way – keeping us off the cop’s minds and out of jail.

Having said that, most stoners love those “smoking” videos, especially the ones with attractive girls smoking out of…well, anything. As a webmaster I know the amazing amount of traffic you can get for a “hot chick smoking” video.

A search of “hot chicks smoking” will turn up the video “hot chicks smoking pot” that has over 27,000 views and “hot girls smoking!” with nearly 35,000 . Think about it – something as simple as a girl smoking has been seen 35,000 times.

This goes for girls smoking cigarettes too. I’m sure this has more to do with the girls than the smoking – but for many, a girl smoking pot has that extra little sense of danger that draws us to her video instead of your run-of-the-mill hot girl discussing world events.

Then you have the YouTube channels devoted to marijuana. “HIGHTIMESPresents” – the official YouTube page of High Times Magazine – currently has over 5,400 subscribers and just about every upload has garnered more than 20,000 views. Some of their videos have gone “viral” – a Kid Cudi interview has been seen over 373,000 times and a 49 second preview of “Master Growers” has gotten roughly 353,000 views.

The Technology Director at High Times also has a channel with over 4,100 subscribers. “Craigcoffey” has videos like “High Times How To: Roll a Joint,” (483,000 views) and “High Times Presents: The Top Ten Strains of The Year,” which was uploaded in October of 2008 and is approaching a whopping 1 million views. Several more of his videos have passed the 200,000 mark.

The “Marijuana Policy Project” channel boasts almost 12,000 subscribers, while some guy in his living room – known as “MarijuanaMan” – has gotten over 6,700 subscribers. As a matter of fact, if you search channels for the word “marijuana,” you get 1,650 results. That’s enough weed

channels to keep you watching for months upon months.

So why do stoners love YouTube so much?

Marijuana heightens your senses; making use of them is more enjoyable. It’s why we are so into music, we can feel the sounds better. You add a visual piece to that, and stoners are in heaven.

As I said before, stoners are generally young, and young people are usually more into things like the internet. Besides that, many around my age grew up in this internet age. We missed 8-track players and the Betamax, but I think we came along at just the right time.

Whether they use it to show off their awesome new bong or how far their plants have come along or rant about the latest injustice of the drug war, stoners are everywhere on YouTube – furthering the cause of ending marijuana prohibition.

Every new video uploaded by an “out-ofthe-closet” pot smoker represents a little piece of us becoming mainstream on the Web. It’s a great place to get our point across.

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Want to see B Real with the biggest joint ever? Check out the Spring Gathering Video.

Did you miss Rebelution at this year’s OMBAC Coming Out Party? We didn’t! Check out the footage!

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Monumental Weekend For the Pipe Making Community Smoked Volume 2 Book Released in NYC Gallery By: Stephanie Singer Having an art show in New York City can legitimize anyone’s craft, especially if you are a pipe maker. Consistently stereotyped as paraphernalia, the caliber of artistic talent in this underground movement is surpassing the notion of anything besides art. Over the course of the past decade, this growing industry has spread its wings across the United States, recruiting artists from all regions to join its army.

There is no better way to mark the progression of any movement than with documentation.

Whether it is a film, book, magazine article and, these days, a blog post, a snapshot of the current state has the potential to push the envelope that much further.

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“Smoked” series, “Smoked Volume 2,” at Easy Street Gallery in Brooklyn. Smoked Volume 2 is an art book featuring the works of over 35 artists, each with an interview and pictures of their work. Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio wrote the foreword and there are also interviews and essays with other key players in the movement.

Over 25 of the artists in the book made the trek to the big apple.

For some, it was their first trip to New York City. Micah Evans, an artist in his mid-30s from Austin, Texas said, “It was my first time to NYC and my first time to Easy Street Gallery. I guess it can be summed up by one fact: zero pictures taken, but a full sketchbook. Seeing my glass world thrive in the heart of the US because of the vision and hard work of the group of amazing people at GritCityInc. and Easy Street was truly inspiring.

It has cemented my perspective that our craft of pipe making is a beast all its own and I am so grateful to be a part of the book.” Another artist, Chad G.,

from rural Illinois was shocked at the high quality of both the book and gallery. “For me to see pipe art published and shown in the environment it is supposed to be is dream come true.”

The party began on Friday evening with a VIP party for artists and sponsors. Bottles of donated craft beer from Lagunitas, Stoudts Brewing Company, Left Hand and Ithaca Beer Co. were passed around. On Saturday, over 300 people attended the public launch. Gallery manager Korin Prince has been witnessing the momentum build in the gallery since it’s opening in October 2009. “Not only are collectors, fellow artists and glass enthusiasts taking note, but the movement continues to reach new audiences. The growing number of people taking interest in glass pipes is evident just in seeing the diverse turnout for the Sv2 launch here at Easy Street. This art truly spans both genders, many generations and cultures as pipes continue to make their mark on history.”

For old heads, this past weekend was a reunion and reminder that what they are doing is actually making strides. For those who are new to the scene, it served as their initiation process into a community of hardworking professionals who also like to have a ton of fun. As much competition as there is amongst the artists, the diversity of each piece lends itself to the level of innovation and personal aesthetic. “Everyone left their egos at the door and just came together in spirit of the glass pipe movement. East met west, and new friends were made. The opening was a perfect balance of business and fun, and the only thing I am sad about is the fact it’s now over,” adds Joshua Opdenaker aka JOP. “But it’s all good; I know Smoked Volume 3 is just around the corner.”

Smoked Volume 2 can be purchased through GritCityInc.’s website: http://www.gritcityinc. com for $29.99 plus shipping.

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By Ben G. Rowin Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, Rebelution has been showing up everywhere I look! I just caught them performing twice in the last month, once at the Spring Gathering in San Bernardino, and then again at the OMBAC Coming Out Party in San Diego. Both shows were amazing!

What I find most appealing about the band is their uplifting, inspiring music that makes the listener feel empowered!

They made me wish I would have listened to my little cousin, who brought me a copy of their first full length album “Courage to Grow” over a year ago. But I thought… what could this girl know about music? My bad! Rebelution has now become not only one of my personal favorite bands, but can also be heard coming out of the speakers in the art department and in the front office of NUG! Everyone on the staff has become huge fans of Rebelution and we were stoked when their publicist reached out to us to see if we wanted to do an interview with the band. First let’s give you, the NUG Magazine readers, a little background on the band.

The band was originally formed in 2004, members Eric Rachmany (vocals/guitar), Rory Carey (keyboards), Wesley Finley (drums), and Marley D. Williams (bass). The guys met while attending college. All were living in Isla Vista, a beachside community in Santa Barbara, which has a lot to do with their laid back, worry free sound.

“Courage to Grow” was heavily rotated on San Diego’s 91X as well as other major stations across California. The album hit an all time high when it was selected as iTunes Editor’s Choice for Best Reggae Album of 2007. In addition, “Courage to Grow” has been in the top 10 iTunes Reggae Album sales since its release two years ago. It remained in the Billboard Top Reggae Album Chart for 36 weeks, and peaked at #4.

On August 4th 2009 their second album “Bright Side of Life” was released and shot straight to the top of the iTunes charts, solidifying the #1 spot on iTunes in the reggae music genre, and the #3 spot for top albums downloaded in the U.S. in ALL genres of music. The album also debuted at #54 on the Billboard Top 200, #7 on the Billboard Indie Albums, and #1 on the Billboard Reggae charts. “Bright Side of Life” joined the likes of top artists such as Modest Mouse, Colbie Caillat, Whitney Houston, Black Eyed Peas, and Kings of Leon.

The release of “Bright Side of Life” marks the first release under Rebelution’s newly founded record label 87 Music, in association with Controlled Substance Sound Labs and Silverback Music, the California based music collective, which is also home to local artists Slightly Stoopid and Pepper.

We wanted to give the NUG Magazine readers a chance to learn more about Rebelution so we sent over this interview to get a deeper look into the band….

NUG: First off, I want to thank you for taking the time out to tell us more about the band!

REB: I’m Rory Carey and I play keyboards in Rebelution. We started playing music together in college in Santa Barbara, CA in 2004. By the summer of 2007, everyone finished school and we began touring fulltime. We started gigging in just California and Hawaii, but now we go all over the US and just recently completed our first European tour. We basically want to play everywhere in the world that we can!

NUG: Who chose the name Rebelution and how did you come up with it?

REB: A couple of the guys were driving one day and the word “Rebelution” just popped out. Everyone thought it was a catchy play on words and it stuck. Bob Marley referred to Reggae as “Rebel Music”, so it’s perfect.

NUG: Who are some of your biggest influences?

REB: Bob Marley is and forever will be my biggest influence. His dedication and work ethic is pure motivation to me. I also love plenty of the original Jamaican Reggae artists like Don Carlos, Michael Rose, Junior Reid, The Gladiators, Israel Vibration, Eek-A-Mouse, Gregory Isaacs, and Peter Tosh. I’m also heavily influenced by the New School bands of my time like Tribal Seeds, SOJA, and Ooklah the Moc.

NUG: What inspired your new album Bright Side of Life?

REB: BSOL came out of the need for positivity in this crazy world. It’s really easy to be stressed out and unhappy with our current reality. It’s important for every individual to recognize the great things in life and not dwell on the bad things. No matter how bad of a day someone has, there will always be a better one in the future.

NUG: After the huge success of Courage to Grow, did you feel any pressure during the creation of the new album?

REB: We don’t really feel pressure when creating songs because we love what we do! When we are working on new tunes or recording in the studio we like to have fun with it. If we started being too serious I think the music would suffer.

NUG: What are your goals for this album and beyond?

REB: We want as many people to hear and feel our music as possible.

And we are just getting started.

NUG: Can you tell us about your new record label 87 Music?

REB: We’ve released all of our albums independently, so with BSOL we figured it was time to officially start a label. We all lived at this house in college where the address number was 6587, so that’s where 87 Music comes from. We played our very first show there, so it’s a special place for us. Right now it’s just Rebelution releasing under 87 Music, but in the future people can expect some other bands on the label as well.

NUG: We heard that you grew up in San Diego. What do you think of America’s Finest City and its music scene?

REB: I feel very lucky to be born and raised in San Diego. The Reggae scene is incredible and I wouldn’t be doing what I do today if I didn’t grow up there. I was able to see so many of the A and B Reggae acts and that changed my life forever. San Diego also has the super dank nugs!

NUG: Where is your favorite place to perform live when you come to San Diego?

REB: I love playing outdoors, so one of my favorite shows was at the Wave House last summer. It was a free show and only 1,000 people could come in the venue but several thousand showed up!

Everyone was piled on the beach right outside the venue and it was crazy. The cops almost didn’t let us play!

NUG: Are there any must visit food places that you have to hit up when in San Diego?

REB: I always have to eat at Pokez Mexican Restaurant downtown. The best vegan Mexican food ever!

NUG: How was your experience at Dr. Greenthumb’s Spring Gathering 2010 hosted by B-Real?

REB: That was a very great day for me. I did a celebrity stoner panel with B-Real and Tommy Chong about music and marijuana.

I was listening and watching these guys for years and there I was on a panel with them! I can check that off my life to-do list! The awareness those guys are raising for cannabis is really important for the whole movement.

NUG: How have you seen the evolution of your music in the cannabis community?

REB: Reggae music and cannabis go hand in hand. You can get high from using cannabis and you can get high from listening to Reggae. Put them together and you have the most powerful conscious awareness tool there is. Cannabis makes you think and our music is supposed to do the same thing. We have two pro-cannabis songs called “Green to Black” and “So High.” These ones are loved by the cannabis community because they shed light on the value of this truly remarkable plant.

NUG: How do you feel about cannabis? Are there any personal stories that you can share with our readers?

REB: Cannabis is a very important part of humanity. It’s been used as long as mankind has existed, especially because of the medicinal qualities. No one has ever died from consuming cannabis yet people die from “legal” substances everyday. People in power don’t like the masses using herb so they let things like alcohol be legal to suppress conscious thinking. I have used herb for 14 years and I will always support it and talk to anyone about the benefits of this plant. Society and the government have done a great job keeping the real facts away from the general public. That’s where Rebelution steps in . . . to tell people the truth about cannabis.

NUG readers can find more information about Rebolution by visiting the following websites: www.rebelutionmusic.com www.myspace.com/rebelution www.facebook.com/rebelution www.twitter.com/rebelutionmusic

You can now download a free iPhone app with the latest songs, photos, and videos from Rebelution.

You can also download their latest song “So High (Remix)” on their site.

BY: Eric Fowler

Nug: Thanks for taking your time to talk with Nug Magazine.

Tribal Seeds is a homegrown band from San Diego. Started in 2004 by brothers Steven and TonyRay, with heavy influences by Bob Marley, Steele Pulse, and Midnite, Tribal Seeds mixes a refreshing rock vibe with reggae music.

Tribal: Thank you guys for having us.

With the release of their first 2 albums “Tribal Seeds” and “The Harvest”, they have quickly made an impact in the reggae music scene. Playing sell out shows in the U.S, and sharing the stage with legends like Damian Marley, Steven Marley, and The Wailers, Tribal Seeds are here to stay.

Band Members: Steve - Vocals/Guitar T-Ray - Keyboards John - Bass Tony - Guitar Carlos - Drums Joe - Percussions

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Nug: How did you come up with the name Tribal Seeds?

Tribal: We came up with it 6 years ago. Tribal, because we’ve always liked the tribal mentality, like nothing lavish, just respecting nature and living off what you have. Seed, as in we’re the decedents of that kind of thinking, you know that kind of mentality. We were really young at the time, so it also means we are growing.

Nug: You have worked with artists like The Wailers, Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, Rebelution, and many others. Who did you like working with most?

Tribal: Rebelution is really cool. We’re about to tour with them. They’re up and coming and doing big things, so it’s awesome for us to be able to link up with them and get exposure on the East Coast. We all share a common interest, reggae music; it’s always fun to play with positive bands.

Nug: You have released two albums and both have made it big. Your self-titled album “Tribal Seeds” was released in 2008, and was picked “Best Of 2008 Reggae Albums” on iTunes. “The Harvest” that was released in 2009, debuted at the number 5 spot on Billboard’s Reggae charts. That’s a big honor!

Tribal: Yes it is. We still can’t really believe it ourselves. Thanks to everyone who supports us, buying our albums on iTunes and coming out to our shows.

It’s all about people sharing the vibe.

Nug: A lot of artists have rituals before they perform. Do you have any?

Tribal: Not really. We drink beer and smoke some herb to loosen up and get the vibe going.

Nug: You support some great programs such as World Beat Center, Monarch School, and Invisible Children. What do you provide for them?

Tribal: We do shows for them. We’re always happy to help out and raise money for a good cause. World Beat Center has always been there for us.

Makeda Dread has helped us out from day one. She is the World Beat Center.

We wouldn’t be here if she wasn’t here.

We appreciate what the World Beat Center has done for us. It’s an honor to just bring our music and be a part of their events.

Nug: Are you working on a new album?

Tribal: Yes, we’re going to come out with something next year. So we’re starting to work on some new stuff. Expect some Dub Mixes soon.

Right now we’re messing around with some ideas. Hopefully late this year, we’ll start recording again.

Tribal Seeds is hitting the road with Rebelution for a Summer Tour 2010 on the East Coast.

7/4 House of Blues in Atlantic City, NJ 7/13 20th Century Theatre in Cincinnati, OH 7/15 Northern Lights in Clifton Park, NY 7/16 The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ 7/17 Webster Theatre in Hartford, CT 7/23 Crocodile Rock in Allentown, PA 7/28 Port City Music Hall in Portland, ME 7/31 Pearl Street in Northampton, MA

Photos By. Priscilla Valdez

By. Ben G. Rowin Castillo is a Rock en Espanol band from Imperial Beach, CA. Fronted by our own Oscar Castillo. Most of you know Oscar as the guy who delivers NUG Magazine every month to ALL of the San Diego locations. Oscar has also been delivering San Diego CityBEAT for over 5 years. He is very wellknown in San Diego and has been in the music scene here for years. In fact it is a common joke that he might be a vampire since he looks so young but has been playing in local bands for over 25 years! The first time I saw Oscar perform live I was 14 years old, so it was 20 years ago, in a local band called “Live to Tell.”

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He also fronted “Wild Tribe”, which played at the Whiskey a Go Go and The Roxy, and his music was played on early San Diego radio stations.

Oscar has been playing rock in San Diego since the big glam, hair days, and has a unique sound that is very reminiscent of that time.

Never really catching the “big break” into the mainstream music industry, Oscar has been plugging away, just making music and staying positive.

His new band Castillo however, is on the verge of breaking into a market that they have been playing for the last 5-6 years…the Rock en Espanol market.

Playing songs in both English and Spanish has really opened up a new audience to the music and being in San Diego, so close to the Mexico border, Castillo has built an enormous following, packing shows at local venues like House of Blues, Ramona Main Stage, Brick by Brick, Del Mar Fair, and so many others. Castillo has also played one of the main stages at the Rock and Roll Marathon for the last 6 years and their songs have been chosen to appear on the New Balance Rock and Roll Marathon CD. Joining Oscar in Castillo is Jose Luis Peraza on guitar and Jesus Arambula on bass.

What these guys have going for them most is their live shows! They are total rock stars on stage, and you can tell Oscar has been doing this for years. His comfortability on stage shines through in his performances. The music is rock with a Latin flare and vibe, capturing the essence of the mixing pot that is Southern California.

Currently, the band has been invited to play a small tour in Hawaii, their second time out to the islands; they will be playing the Mexican Independence Day, Mexican Centennial celebration.

We at NUG recommend checking them out next time they are playing in San Diego. This is feel good music at its best! You can stay up to date on upcoming shows on their space at: www.myspace.com/castillo www.castilloband.com

The San Diego Undead Show!

Hailing from the Midwest, Bret Barrett, Jason Gould, and Kelly Hutchison are three full-time artists who each found their home in Southern California along separate paths. Jason is a contemporary abstract painter. He works with mixed media in an improvisational style that combines cultural iconography and influences of folk art, Americana, surfing, graffiti, and music. Bret employs paint and motion to create both paintings and kinetic sculptures. His work ranges from precision realist to biomorphic surrealism that displays a diversity of imagery and materials. Kelly’s magnificently bizarre paintings range from surreal to pop art in style. He is prolific at applying his artistic creativity to other endeavors as well such as print media, design, and animation. Although each artist’s work is unique, they share a common interest that art can, and should, be anything but boring.

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was always there. However, it wasn’t until recently that the technology became available to make it a reality. It became possible in the sense that a small team of artists such as Bret and Kelly could take on a project of this magnitude without the manpower and budget that they would typically require.

Bret and Kelly had just begun production of the Zombie San Diego Undead video game when they crossed paths with Jason.

Jason had just opened an art gallery in his art supply store. The Visual Art Supply located in Normal Heights is a natural space for art collaboration and the idea to host a gallery in this venue is brilliant. While San Diego has always maintained a handful of galleries, what could be better than a place where artists already meet up and congregate on a daily basis?

The venue will provide a location to see and enjoy the art in the traditional sense, but attendees will also be able to interact with the art in video game format at the event. The game is in first-person shooter format and the setting will be frighteningly close to the actual event. The player will fight off zombies, find hidden weapons and unlock secret doors. The

video game provides a way to connect and appeal to a broader audience such as people in a younger age group, or people who would typically not attend art events.

The event is a celebration of the art with a welcoming and exciting atmosphere, costumes, fun, and a good time - completely unstuffy. The video game also transforms the event into a timeless occasion as it can be revisited and enjoyed on a permanent basis as opposed to a typical exhibit that only lasts around 30 days or so.

More information can be found at the following websites: Kelly Hutchison www.darkvomit.com or www.interactiveartshow.com

Bret Barret www.bretjbarrett.com Jason Gould www.gouldpaint.com or www.visualartsupply.com Participating artists include...

Andrea Rushing Alex Julian Big Toe Blake Winter Bobby Lane Bret Barrett Brian Dombrowsky Cale Chris Hartschuh Cindy Rodriguez Dan Allen Dark Vomit Dasha Biggs David Russell Talbott Eric Wixon Garrett Wear Greg Brotherton Gustaf Rooth

Hot Dog Boy James Ivey Jason Feather Jason Gould Jennifer Storm Jeremy Diego Jumanan Jim Sherman Julie B Karen Mears Karla Magana Kelly Orange Kim Riot Matt Webber Mike Biggs Mike Maxwell Monty Montgomery Neko Nicholas McPherson

Paul Brogden Perry Vasquez Peter Geise Poor Al Rick Milano Richi Braendli Richard Wilis Jr. Samantha Milner Sean Dietrich Sergey Gornushkin Stacy D’Aguiar Stephanie Allison Stephen Caddell Tom Nordstrom Vincent Gordon Wendy Starling

Sometimes we need to step out of our comfort zones to experience something new, something different, something that reawakens our enjoyment and appreciation of life. Engaging art can often be this experience.

When was the last time you attended a Live Arts event or signed up for acting or dance classes? Get into it!

One of San Diego’s finest theatres is in Balboa Park at the famous outdoor Starlight Bowl. There are many events there, everything from MMA events to musicals! From July 15th–August 1st, “The Pajama Game” takes the stage -- a comedy about the dangers of workplace romance; Tsk Tsk. Will you find out what happens at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory? It’s a great “date night” – how can you beat live theatre under the stars?

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carved into the mountain! From July 23–Aug 8 you can see “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” a creative rock-operetta! You know -- the story of Joseph and his eleven annoying brothers! Lots of drama – with sibling rivalry, parental favoritism, slavery, harassment, imprisonment, career advancement and forgiveness.

Melanie Dellas is producing a monthly performing arts night at Ocean Beach’s Portugalia, starting in August – the third Saturday of every month – at 10pm. Any kind of performing artist can participate, from dancers to musical theatre to bands and everything in between. Professionals and amateurs are encouraged to come out! Go to perform, mingle, or just people watch. Each performer will get 2 drink tickets and photos! To get involved, drop a line to mdellas@ dance-sandiego.com and let her know NUG Magazine sent you!

A new arts space is opening up in the East Village called “Space for Art.” It

will have 30 work studios and 5 live/ work studios for San Diego’s artists, designers and craftspeople. This is great news for East Villagers AND San Diegans. Find out more at www. sdspace4art.org Check out www.artsmonthsd.com to find out why “Arts Month” in September may be something that we’ll be hearing about for years to come.

There will be a true buffet of special offers and happenings – visual and performing arts are being celebrated together, hooray!

The San Diego Symphony celebrates their 100th anniversary this year.

The symphony has 80 members, led by Music Director Jahja Ling and Principal Pops Conductor Marvin Hamlisch. They have their special “Summer Pops Concerts” throughout July and August. I’m looking forward to their next editions of “Silent Film Nights” too! We can all do the birthday dance for them on Facebook.

Show them your San Diego support by “LIKING” them on Facebook!

On the avant-garde side of things, Nikki Harriatos has taken over Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School. It’s where art school meets the cabaret. Expect cocktails, music, drawing, dancing, and Jug Jug. They last met at the Ruby Room. Find out more at www.drsketchysandiego.com More shows: The doo wop musical “Hairspray” is taking place at the Lyceum Stage in downtown San Diego this July & August. Have you heard of it? It’s kind of famous.

The Ion Theatre Company, in their 5th full season, will be presenting Parasite Drag and Song of Extinction at the intimate BLKBOX Theatre (6th & Penn). www.iontheatre. com.

Lastly, don’t forget “Celebrate Dance Festival” at Balboa Park! Over 70 dance groups will participate from August 27–29. The festival presents a range of dancers including world forms, modern dance, contemporary dance, jazz, tap, ballet, hip-hop, butoh dance and much more!

If kids are in the mix, get them involved in the arts via The Academy of Performing Arts, San Diego Children’s Choir, San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, San Diego Youth Symphony, ACT San Diego, or San Diego Junior Theatre. That’s just the tip of the iceberg of what is in San Diego for youth. Lastly, a call for volunteers – help get guitars into public schools and volunteer with the San Diego Music Foundation and their impeding festivals in North Park, such as the “North Park Music Thing” in August. Email contact@SDMusicFoundation.org and tell Kevin Hellman that NUG Magazine sent you!

Visit www.sdartstix.com for your musicdance-theatre deals and discounts. Email artstix@sdpal.com to join the Arts Tix e-club.

Arts Tix will put you on a free ticket giveaway list – Arts Tix is often given a surplus of tickets to “paper the house” as they say! – If you sign up!

“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.” -George B. Shaw

By: M.J. Smith Cannabee Products, Inc. is a Southern California company that has developed a full line of 100% natural homeopathic cannabinoid infused spa products.

Their products can be used to provide relief from pain, inflammation, anxiety, insomnia, or even just to pamper yourself.

I personally, really like their line of lip balm, Lip Service. It is so soothing and healing that you can actually feel it working!

I gave a sample to a friend of mine who said it was the best lip balm he had ever used in his nothing has worked. This is the first time in 20 years I can get that life. burning feeling to go away.”

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In addition to NoTox™ they have a product called Pain Eraser™. This is the product that can be used for those everyday aches and pains. It is formulated to stimulate the cannabinoid receptors in your body. It also works well as an all over massage lotion and has a pleasant cannabis mint aroma that adds to its soothing powers.

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I have seen a bunch of keif boxes over the years…Mr. Keifbox recently sent us over one with our NUG logo burned into it. They make a quality product customized for your needs. Of course they offer regular ones too, as well as some with amazing art work - including some

by Cliff Maynard of Chronic Art. The box they sent over to us works great and is well constructed. Their motto is “If you can think it we can build it!” Check them out online and get yourself a box!

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ASTROLOGICAL PERSONALITY Of

By Zodiac Mama

| June 21 – July 22 | Lucky Numbers 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 23

The Greeks, Mayans and Romans all believed in the Stars, Sun and Moon. Astrology has been used over time to predict the future, understand personality traits and when to plant herbs.

Cancerian Female July is the perfect month to get your little feminine cancer clones in their special little mound for that end of the year harvest. Cancer seeds, just like cancer women, are sensitive, tender and not stingy with their yield. Under their hard shell, and when taken care of properly with lots of attention, an occasional dinner out, or a miracle grow kind of feeding they will flourish, giving you a full yield of ever changing highs that you just can’t put down. Smoke’em if you got’em, women born under the sign of Cancer the Crab are ruled by the moon and their moods are known to change like the tides. Don’t play with their hearts, they are loyal but they need constant attention and require lots of work to keep that smile on their face. A sativa bowl or two will lift the spirits of the princess who likes to stay at home and just chill under the full moon. They are most compatible with Taurus, Leos, Virgos, Scorpios or Pisces.

Others need not apply. She’s no mans fool, she’s a tower of strength.

Cancerian Male Unlike the cancer woman, the man born under the moon is not an open book. Secrecy and privacy are his ways. Planting just any old cancer seed will require hard work and patience to know him. It takes time to figure out if you want to keep him around or just pluck that male out of the garden. Cancer males are content at home, backyard herbs are in his stars. He looks for long term or permanent relationships. Sensitivity and intellect make him a natural leader but beware of him on those nights of the full moon. He will fill his bowl to the top, medicating with a good indica.

His advice on medicine should be listened to. He has an analytical mind. Great food, casual dress and a clean pipe are what make the cancer male feel at home. Being a good listener and leader makes him sympathetic and ready to help when someone has a problem. He will keep a friend forever, but moody and unpredictable at times, you never quite know what you’re going to get. The moon is his ruler; the waxing and waning provide marvelous highs or mellow lows. He needs constant encouragement. He enjoys playing the role of teacher and if the woman is wise she will let him believe whatever he wants. With an eye for beauty he has learned to stop and smell the buds along the way.