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Last month was all about getting your
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grow on. This month we follow up with insider info from attorneys on the legalities of cannabis.
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Chocolate, Cupcakes and Bread by Chavez
Since I began reviewing medical cannabis products to be found in Sacramento area dispensaries for SacAlt, I have come across a variety of terms used to describe the foodstuffs that contain the medicine. “Digestibles” and “Medibles” are popular and call attention to the fact that the products are digested and medicinal. For my reviews, however, I will stick with “edibles,” simply because I’m old-school like that. This week’s product review assignment practically fell into my lap. I was talking with my massage therapist about her possibly using THC lotion when she works on me. After we talked a bit about medicine and dispensaries, she told me that her boyfriend, Loren, co-manages a dispensary called Alpine Alternative. When she said I should go meet him and see his dispensary, I didn’t dare disobey. I know what her hands can do. Alpine Alternative is in a small nondescript blue building situated in a warehouse park near Power Inn Road and Folsom Boulevard. The address numbers are printed boldly and clearly in front of the building but I stared at them for about two minutes before I decided that this was the place (too much walnut bread). Loren met me in the front office and led me back to the product room. SacAlternative | June 2014
He told me that he began using medical cannabis because he has epilepsy and the medicine stopped his seizures. Having been at this dispensary since last August, he was a fountain of knowledge regarding its products.
chocolate completely masked any medicine taste. I ate one square, which began to take effect in about 40 minutes. All of my symptoms subsided for about four hours. I definitely would recommend these to all chocoholic patients.
Loren directed me to a large refrigerated case filled with delicious looking edibles, an amazing variety of cookies, pies, cakes, brownies, rice crispy treats, breads, butters and more. I chose walnut bread, black bottom cupcakes, some chocolate squares and even scored a free honey stick for being a new patient. As we talked, it became clear that Loren has the compassion of 13 saints. I felt as though he “got” me and truly understood my needs. I told him that I had pain 24/7 but was concerned with overmedicating and he explained that I should use products that are high in CBD (non-psychotropic) in the mornings when I have to get tasks done yet need pain control as well. He said that I should take products higher in THC in the evening when I am home and won’t be driving. Having control of my faculties is important to me, so I will try to get products higher in CBD than THC.
Black Bottom Cupcakes (Two cupcakes) – Taste was good, but I could detect medicine in the cupcake. I waited a full hour and still had symptoms, so I ate the second cupcake. I waited but my pain remained. I would not recommend these if you have intense pain unless you eat six of them. Um, please don’t go do that.
Now, on with the product review: Day Dreamer CBD Chocolates ($25.00 per bar, 6 doses) – Delicious, rich, dark
Walnut Bread ($10 per slice, 8 doses) – This product was amazing, the best walnut bread I’ve ever tasted. No medicine taste, just moist buttery goodness and the bread’s potency became evident just 30 minutes after two bites. My symptoms disappeared completely, but the downside was I could not keep my eyes open for more than three seconds. If you are, like me, always looking for the most effective medication for your symptoms, you should visit Alpine Alternative for some of the best “edibles,” “digestables” and “Medibles” you’re likely to find.
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Powerin’ Through Local Brews Pt. 2 Last month we featured New Glory Craft Brewery, one of two new breweries off Power Inn Road. This issue features Device Brewing Company. by Dan Scott
Photo left by Dan Scott. Photo above via devicebrewing.com.
Down a barely paved section of 14th Avenue, alongside companies that sell bounce houses and mattresses, Ken and Melissa Anthony own Device Brewing Company, one of Sacramento’s newest breweries. While the typical start-up struggles in its first year, Device has exploded off the blocks and attracted many fans with bold ales and a passionate dedication to brewing beer its way. Device released its frothy offerings September 2013 to a handful of local pubs. The taproom opened two months later. Anthony looked at locations from West Sacramento to Elk Grove, but the Power Inn location had the advantage of easier permitting, room for parking and growth, and ready access from Tahoe Park, East Sacramento and Highway 50. The definition of “device” that inspired the brewery’s moniker is “a plan, plot or scheme to advance a purpose.” For the Anthonys, it designated an escape from the boredom of the 9-to-5 world through the creation of a business that would better suit the flexible needs of a young family. Ken’s vision was to bring a scientific, technical perspective to craft brewing and a pragmatic approach that has as its goal the beer itself. He does not wish to chase market trends or appeal to the least common denominator, but simply to brew beer that he enjoys drinking in the hope that others will also appreciate it. Some of the first offerings from Device Brewing fell into the category of “extreme beer,” which can be challenging to the SacAlternative | June 2014
craft beer neophyte intimidated by more aggressive flavor profiles. Seasoned aficionados, however, seek out precisely such brews. Device is best known for a trio of outstanding IPAs. The hop formula for each is proprietary, but all are dry-hopped with Mosaic and Simcoe. The standard West Coast single IPA is Integral, a name inspired by Anthony’s days as a calculus tutor at University of California, San Diego. It is crisp and hoppy yet easier to drink than many other 7.0 percent ABV beers. The double, my go-to when I visit, is Anguish, named for the time in a cubicle that prompted Anthony to take the leap into professional brewing. The Basilica Triple IPA, with a heavy dose of Mosaic hops, was inspired by his love of the mosaic art at St. Peter’s Basilica. At 10.5 percent ABV, it is served in a brandy snifter and best enjoyed slowly so the layers of flavor and aroma develop as it warms. Device has a number of brews besides its hop aggressive IPAs. Brits in Moscow is a Russian Imperial Stout brewed with an English ale yeast, an unusual tactic that gives it a surprisingly smooth and creamy feel in the mouth. Pale as Night Black IPA is another surprise, with remarkable balance that eludes most brewers in this style. Blond Ambition was supposed to be a one-off brew, but was so popular with patrons that it worked its way into the regular rotation, and may even find its way into distribution. It originated as the winner of Device’s first and only homebrew
contest held earlier this year to celebrate Sacramento Beer Week. A creation of local brewer Phil Csik, it is one of the few locally made Belgian-style ales, a golden strong infused with lemon and orange zests and anise seed. For those who are looking for lighter brews, Device always has one on tap and plans to add more for the upcoming summer months, even a few low-alcohol session beers. Existing selections include Lost Boy Stout, Nosegrind Pale Ale and Derby Gurl American Amber, named for Knee High Ninja of the Sac City Rollers. In July, Anthony plans to double his square footage by taking over the property next door. He will also double the number of tap handles and add a second, smaller tasting area. A number of new sevenbarrel fermenters are expected to arrive this summer, which will significantly increase his capacity beyond the target of 500 barrels (15,500 gallons) in the first year. Anthony’s vision for future brew projects also includes casks for aging his darker beers and for delving into sour beer. He is also considering a line of Belgianstyle ales such as a wit, dubbel or strong pale ale. Aside from growing, Anthony plans to continue brewing the beer he wants to drink and keeping his tasting room friendly to beer lovers, families and dogs wishing to get away from it all for a pint or two.
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Discrimination in the 21st Century by Josh Burke
Michael Sam was recently drafted by the St. Louis Rams as the 249th overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft. With tears of joy streaming down his face, he kissed his same-sex partner, former Missouri varsity swimmer Vito Cammisano. Both ESPN and the NFL network aired the footage without hesitation, marking a milestone in the history of major league sports in the United States, the NFL in particular. Jeff Fisher, coach of the St. Louis Rams should be commended for his courage, and willingness to make a non-issue out of the sexual orientation of someone who happens to, at the end of the day, be a very good football player. We’ve come far as a nation in recent years where LGBT issues are concerned, but some of the reactions were not so positive. One commenter on a recent Yahoo News article covering the story had the following to say: “It wasn’t (sic) good enough for them to just show it once but over and over again and then to be subject to a 30-minute discussion on top of that. The entire thing was discussding (sic) to me. I will not be watching ESPN anytime soon and for that matter the NFL network!” Sigh. So, we still have a long way to go. Personally, I’ve never understood why some people have such a hard time understanding and accepting that homosexuality is just part of the human make-up. It’s just who some people are. Why? I don’t know the answer, but I suspect a genetic reason will be discovered. The argument that it’s a lifestyle choice, something one has control over, is blatantly absurd. It’s as if they are saying gay people could just as easily “choose” to be attracted to the opposite sex, but for some reason they just decide to fall in love with and be aroused by their own gender. Are these people saying that they have a choice about their heterosexuality? Did Greg, the Yahoo News article commenter, wake up in the morning one day and say, “You know, I find other men attractive, but since the Bible says it’s a sin, I’m only going to pursue sexual relations with women”? Of course not. And Michael Sam didn’t decide to turn off his attraction to women in order to pursue men out of some perverse desire to defy God. It’s just who he is. And really, even if it were just a choice, who cares? It’s none of your business. Fortunately
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the majority of people out there these days seem to be able to accept this as obvious, and allow our LGBT brothers and sisters to live the way that makes them happy. But even as we make progress on discrimination based on sexuality, racism is still rearing its ugly head. The recent drama with Donald Sterling, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has proved once and for all that anyone claiming racism is a relic of the past is standing eyeballs deep in bullshit. And to think the NAACP was prepared to give this guy an award! As with the NFL, the NBA should be congratulated for taking a firm stance and banning Sterling for life. But, the fact that they overlooked his obvious racism for so many years is a blight upon the record of a sport dominated by black athletes. Meanwhile in the world of soccer, or what the rest of the world rightly calls football, bananas are still being hurled at black athletes. Seriously, people? The childishness and ignorance on display here is perplexing. How in the 21st century are we still allowing our fellow humans to taunt talented and intelligent people this way based purely on the color of their skin? And it doesn’t stop there. In the recent NHL Stanley Cup finals, a number of Boston Bruins fans were denounced by Bruins president Cam Neely for directing racial taunts (via social media) at Montreal Canadiens P.K. Subban. Props to Cam Neely for sticking up for an opposing player who was treated monstrously based on the color of his skin, but massive jeers to these un-evolved mouthbreathers on the Boston Bruins sidelines whose minds still haven’t left the 19th century. Humanity is in deep doo-doo if we don’t all start seeing ourselves as one family, interconnected, interdependent, and equally deserving of the rights our country was founded upon the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We share a planet together, and it’s about time we all started treating each other with decency and compassion regardless of any superficial differences.
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Cannabis Cultivation vs County Code Enforcement by Ron Mullins
The City of Sacramento and Sacramento County have both banned medical marijuana outdoor cultivation … now what!? The governing bodies have made it a crime; well, more like an infraction comparable to upgrading your home in some way without getting the proper permits from code enforcement. It isn’t really all that sexy; but it does, technically, make growing your own medicine (no matter how small an amount) a revolutionary act in our town. Firstly, we all know that new laws don’t deter criminals from their behavior; they are criminals and accustomed to working outside the law. Prohibitions such as these only keep the law-abiding citizens from being able to exercise their rights voted on by the California voters in the form of Prop 215. So the idea that this is going to have any impact on these “profiteering,” “environmentally harmful,” and ”dangerous” grows that keep cropping up in huge numbers in order to make a large profit and sell to the dispensaries is ludicrous. These groups are going to continue to do everything they have done in the past; they’re just going more secretive about it. Meanwhile, a lawabiding mother of two who wants to grow six plants is now led to believe that somehow she is a criminal. This is simply not the case. In fact, the head of code-enforcement, in a private meeting, said they would review small cases, and that they usually choose to ignore many small grows. During the hearing at the Sacramento Board of Supervisors’ meeting on March 22, 2014, the Sacramento County Sheriff repeated, over and over again, that the Sheriff’s Department was not overly concerned with small grows that are not creating an actual nuisance. But, in spite
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of that, it is now written into county code that marijuana, by its very nature, is a nuisance when planted outdoors, in the Sacramento city and county. It will be treated as such if discovered and complained about. Now, groups like Crusaders for Patients’ Rights, Sacramento National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law, Sacramento Americans for Safe Access and others are in the midst of lobbying against an overly restrictive indoor ordinance, as well as weighing their options on fighting the bans in city and county, be it via lawsuit, referendum, recall attempts, or getting a sympathetic District Attorney, like Todd Leras, elected. What happens in America when harsh laws are passed? When things like voting rights, marriage rights, a woman’s right to choose are attacked, Americans revolt. When where one sits on the bus, or even how many articles of women’s clothing a man can (safely?) wear are turned into revolutionary acts, Americans revolt. We do things in defiance of bad laws, we get arrested, and we challenge it in court. We kneel in the street, unyielding while the police shoot us with pepper spray and fire hoses. In the case of this law, many, honest and otherwise lawabiding citizens will become revolutionaries and will grow their plants anyway. I’m not telling you to commit a crime; growing cannabis is just a civil and bureaucratic matter, not criminal. Roberta McGlashan, the county supervisor who wrote and pushed the ordinance banning cultivation, repeatedly stated that they were NOT seeking criminal penalties. Even so, I can’t tell someone that they should commit an act of civil disobedience; that is a personal decision an activist has to make.
One does have to wonder, “If I’m going to revolt, what will happen to me?” and I think I can shed some light on that topic. If the behavior of the county last season is any indication of how they will be behaving this season, you will see more code-enforcement sweeps. Helicopters flying around, searching for large grows, and then visiting people in violation of the grow limits is a real possibility. Codeenforcement reserves the right to call as few as one plant a nuisance, but even they are aware that they have very limited resources and need to prioritize. When they do visit a person’s home they, generally, have to try and get the resident’s permission to go on site; they’re not given warrants. If somehow they are able to verify the total number of plants in a home and they decide to act, they will send the homeowner a letter giving with a deadline to remove the plants, or a fine per plant will be levied. So, unlike an act of defiance that could result in being sprayed down by a fire hose or maced, this revolutionary act is mostly bureaucratic in nature and less dramatic than some of the other news sources out there might make it sound. I’m not telling anyone what to do, but those who are choosing to grow their medicine outdoors are committing a defensible act of civil disobedience. These dissidents and revolutionaries are the type of people that get remembered. No one remembers the city council that passed the harsh laws that allowed the cops to raid gay bars in New York in 1968, or the police raiding the Stonewall Inn. Instead, we remember the rioters. Most people don’t remember the cop who arrested Rosa Parks; they remember her and her quiet dignity. People remember the resounding revolution that comes after an act of civil disobedience. If you choose to do so, you will be on the right side of history.
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That is more important than being on the right side of code-enforcement. So, as outdoor cultivation inevitably heads towards becoming a revolutionary act, there are many working hard on keeping indoor cultivation as an option in the county. County officials called a meeting with the heads of groups, including Sacramento National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, Sacramento Americans for Safe Access, Crusaders for Patients’ Rights, Health and Education for Legal Patients’ Rights, NORML Women’s Alliance, met in county offices to discuss important issues to be considered when writing any sort of regulation of indoor plants. Two major points of discussion were whether or not the county would allow greenhouses to be considered indoor cultivation, and whether or not we should be limited by space or number of patients. While nothing has been officially voted on the county staff members decided on recommending a plant limit rather than a space size though the groups lobbying argued against plant limits. The number looks like it will be 18 with very few other limitations, which is better than what we have in the city--a complex series of rules and the requirement of approval of lighting plans by the Sacramento City Code Enforcement. To date, no one has filed for one of these inspections. Therefore, no one is actually growing legally indoors in the city now.
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Another source of contention was greenhouses. The county staffers basically went along with the outdoor ordinance that specifically mentions greenhouses as being outdoor growing and prohibited by county code. The lobbyists requested this be amended, but staff told them that was not likely to happen. There was a very heated debate where staff member Lori Moss admitted, out loud, that the banning of greenhouses was not based on any polling or science. That is was a completely arbitrary decision placed within the ordinance by MacGlashan and voted in favor of by the five people sitting on the Board of Supervisors. The cannabis community is going to present a 10-minute PowerPoint presentation at the beginning of the May 28 meeting when the Board of Supervisors will vote on indoor cultivation. It is hoped that this organized presentation will convince the board to adopt the 18-plant measure and not add any more highly restrictive and cost prohibitive regulations to indoor growing. Overall, it seems like the county wants to keep large grows from accumulating and causing a negative impact on communities and the environment. But some think that the County Board went down to zero plants for outdoor growing so they wouldn’t have to get involved when people have their plants stolen and; therefore, not having to use any resources protecting patients. It’s not clear whether
they’re going to have massive sweeps, but I had a long discussion with Carl Simpson, the head of county code enforcement. I specifically mentioned some of the miscommunications and downright lies that were told by many of the “inspectors” who came around to the farms last year. Most of them did not identify themselves by leaving a card, so we’ll never know if they were code enforcement or sheriffs. This idea that they claim they were doing “compliance checks,” when there was really no such thing as compliance, was very deceptive. Simpson says he did not endorse that practice. Therefore, we will try to ensure he receives letters, directly from our community, if another misinformation campaign happens again during harvest season. Our community has a long way to go before we have full cultivation freedom, before we are allowed to grow a few plants in our yards, and not be compared to people who are operating meth labs. They stipulate simple rules like keep it out of view, and don’t let people smell it. Without all these other regulations, that pretty much makes it impossible for people to be able to afford to grow their own medicine. Someday, I hope all we’ll be able to operate grows without the fear of police raids. Until then, be careful. Always get a business card from anyone who claims that must inspect your garden. Lock your doors. Lock your gate. Put up no trespassing signs. It’s your right.
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Farm Fresh Local Chefs Dish on the Bounty of the Season by Steph Rodriguez
Seasonal and fresh ingredients are featured on a variety of menus in the midtown and downtown restaurant scene, and most chefs, credit the abundance of farmers markets now in full bloom. With more than eight markets operating from X Street to Oak Park to Roseville, fresh-picked commodities like stone fruits to savory greens are all widely available. SacAlt asks executive chefs and restaurant owners about the variety of hand-picked dishes they prepare, and most importantly, how they honor not only the bounty of Sacramento produce, but the relationship between farmer and chef.
SHOP WITH CHEF When the Wednesday morning farmers market at Cesar Chavez Plaza opens, Oliver Ridgeway, executive chef of the Grange Restaurant & Bar, is sure to be there—with carts. For the past three years, Ridgeway and his fellow sous chefs simply walk across the street to gather an assortment of farm-fresh ingredients for the restaurant’s hyper-seasonal menu. The market even inspired Ridgeway’s “Follow the Chef” series each week. From now until the end of September, small groups of 15 can sign up to follow the chef, shop the market and return to the Grange for a three-course farm-inspired lunch. Not to mention, a glass of bubbly. “Guests get to see the relationship between farmer and chef,” Ridgeway says of the series. “Here, you can talk to the farmer and understand where it’s grown. It’s nice to have that organic
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banter with someone and see their passion, and usually, if they’re passionate, it transcends into the food. You then have a connection to the food through the person that grew it.” Sign up to accompany Ridgeway during his “Follow the Chef” series every Wednesday at 11 a.m. from now until the end of September. Small groups are encouraged, so be sure to reserve those spots for hungry friends beforehand. Grange Restaurant & Bar, inside the Citizen Hotel (926 J St.), www.grangesacramento.com.
WHERE’S THE BEEF? Not only does Lucca Restaurant & Bar feature farmers market finds on its menu, proprietors Ron and Terri Gilliland also sell their Lucky Dog Ranch beef at five different market locations. Executive chef Ian MacBride credits the bounty of fresh, locally grown produce as the inspiration behind Lucca’s Sunday “Farmers’ Market Dinner”. “It almost always features the Lucky Dog Ranch beef. With that, the first course is usually a salad in the summertime and the dessert will also be something using seasonal fruit,” MacBride says.
“A lot of the produce I use in the restaurant now comes from relationships I’ve built through the farmers market,” MacBride says. “The farmers have become friends over the years and a part of my family. I can even leave my kids with them while I wander around the market.” This season, the chef looks forward to his recipe for a tender squash ragout with tomato, basil and chili peppers. However, MacBride also admits he loves a variety of beans, like the Romano, yellow and wax variety. “I have a braised Romano bean dish that’s one of my favorites,” he says. “It’s braised down with red onion, carrots, and celery, some rosemary [and] garlic. They suck up all the flavor of everything in the pot and it’s so delicious.” Visit Lucca Restaurant & Bar (1615 J St.) for its farm-fresh Sunday dinner. Chef’s tip: Monday is also a great time to experience the seasonally inspired menu. www.luccarestaurant.com.
FRESH ON J As soon as Dad’s on J opened its doors more than three years ago, co-owner Mick Stevenson says he immediately noticed the Cesar Chavez
A frequent farmers’ market face, especially at the X Street location under the freeway, MacBride says it’s only natural for a bond between chef and farmer to develop.
Plaza farmers market on Wednesdays. And although Stevenson admits the majority of his busy-bodied customers are more interested in 100 hamburgers versus 100 salads, word
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spread quickly through the Capitol about his daily special board. “It took about a month into last summer for everyone to notice that I always had something related to the market on the special board,” he says. “I would go over there with my big, stainless steel bowl and come back with it all filled with whatever looked good to me.” With Dad’s located merely steps away from the weekly market, Stevenson clearly has dibs on the variety of farm-grown fruits and veggies used to spice up items featured on his menu. Whether it’s a few sweet cherry tomatoes paired with New Zealand spinach as side salads, or a chilled summer salad with penne pasta and grilled squash, in this kitchen, if it’s fresh, it’s plated. “When the customer is blown away because it
SIMPLE AND CLEAN On the vine in the afternoon and plated in the evening is what executive chef Patrick Mulvaney, of Mulvaney’s B&L, looks forward to this time of year. In fact, he recently featured farmer Heidi Watanabe’s summer squash in this very timeframe. Born on the east coast, Mulvaney says Californians tend to forget just how fortunate they are to enjoy the abundance of the land.
“The first thing that comes to mind when we see products is, ‘Who raised that?’ In New York, they ask, ‘How was it cooked?’”
looks fresh, that’s awesome,” he says. Still, the chef keeps his more carnivorous brethren in mind with this special’s board sandwich idea that features plump cherries, “I was thinking about making a cherry-barbecue sauce for a cherry-barbecue glazed chicken with some gruyere cheese.” Look out for Stevenson’s Wednesday farmers market specials at Dad’s on J (1004 J St.), www. dadssandwiches.com.
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“We’re spoiled by California produce,” he says. “We live in this beautiful, bountiful place. The first thing that comes to mind when we see products is, ‘Who raised that?’ In New York, they ask, ‘How was it cooked?’” As a chef who views food with a simple and classic eye, Mulvaney says he enjoys reintroducing fresh ingredients in myriad forms. If copious amounts of porcini mushrooms are available, guests will see them as grilled Carpaccio, deep fried served with bleu cheese, sliced in pastas and more.
“When you first get those, you just want them simple, right? Sautéed with butter and fresh thyme on a little grilled ciabatta bread,” Mulvaney says. “Last night, we had a lot of mushrooms. We had some dark-roasted chicken stock, with a little house-made pancetta, sautéed down with garlic and shallots and thinly sliced porcinis. It just makes a beautiful pasta dish.” In late June or early July, when tomatoes are ripe off the vine, Mulvaney once again serves the fruit to customers multiple ways. The whole tomato is used in Mulvaney’s kitchen—even the tops. Pureed with horseradish, jalapenos and Worcestershire sauce, the tops are then strained through cheesecloth. Through this process, the tomato blend becomes a clear liquid, which Mulvaney describes as, “summer in a glass,” or also, a Bloody Mary. “Everybody is looking forward to tomatoes,” he says. “But, what most of our customers would say they’re looking forward to is, the handpulled mozzarella with heirloom tomatoes. It’s cool because the cheese comes out to your table still warm and creamy.” Try the hand-pulled mozzarella this tomato season, stretched to order at Mulvaney’s B&L, (1215 19th St.), www.mulvaneysbl.com.
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Complex A Brief History of the Secretive Bilderberg Group’s Annual Conference by Joey Cline
Under the cloak of secrecy the 62nd Bilderberg conference convened from May 29 to June 1 in Copenhagen, Denmark at the Marriott Hotel— which was in a state of lockdown in protection of the infamous secret society. Although the location is typically not given out in advance, an early announcement of the conference’s location in a May 24 article by Mark Anderson of the American Free Press Newspaper had the rumor mill running at full steam. Many speculated that advanced notice of the meeting’s location was a red herring to prevent interruptions by demonstrators– a decoy site meant to thwart the activities of those pesky protestors. Crowds at last year’s meeting in London were misled to believe the meeting was being held at the Watford Grove Hotel when it actually took place at the Selsdon Park Hotel, a luxury hotel which once was the seat of the Bishops of Rochester. The annual invite-only conference brings together business, economic, media, financial, political, academic and military leaders in a forum for both open and off the record discussions of current events and global issues.
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It is a secretive and highly secure meeting of the world’s leaders or their emissaries and represents the true powers that control the globe’s wealth and power. In order to achieve a balance of sorts, two representatives attend from each selected nation, one conservative and one liberal. This conference has been held annually since the group was formed May 29, 1954, although meetings in 1955 and 1957 adjourned due to tensions in Asia, and the one scheduled for 1976 was cancelled when the sitting chairman, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, was convicted of taking a $1.1 million bribe in a scandal involving the sale of Lockheed Aircraft from the late 1950s into the 1970s. Representatives attend from countries that favor American activities around the world and promote an agenda of global cooperation and shared responsibility for maintaining world peace and conducting wars. The 2009 conference, held in Vouliagmeni, Greece, discussed the following topics:
+ Cyber-terrorism: Strategy and Policy + Sustainability: Post-Kyoto Challenges + Iraq: Role and Responsibilities in the Region + Afghanistan and Pakistan + A New Order: The United States and the World + Lessons from a Crisis + Challenge to Market Economies and Democracies + Russia and China: New Imperialisms + Current Affairs: How does Industry See the Future A New Order: The United States and the World has been discussed many times at Bilderberg conferences. Representatives from Europe and North America typically come to an agreement on the topics listed, no matter what the news media report. According to an organization that calls itself the American Friends of Bilderberg, the 2008 agenda dealt “mainly with a nuclear free world, cyber terrorism, Africa, Russia, finance, protectionism, US-EU relations, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Islam and Iran.” Its website (http://www. bilderbergmeetings.org) provides past agendas
+ Governments and Markets + After the G20: The Role of Institutions + Protectionism: How Serious?
by decade. No details are given about conclusions or plans, but the lists make clear that this is a meeting of the world’s leading power-brokers.
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If this truly a purely innocent meeting of world leaders, bankers, and businessmen discussing how they can all work together to benefit humanity, then as informed citizens, maybe we should ask: why all the secrecy? John F Kennedy once said, the very word “secrecy� is repugnant in a free and open society. We will be following up this story in the July issue with whatever details we can acquire regarding this years agenda. Stay tuned.
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Watch_Dogs by missfitz
I park my motorcycle at a corner in downtown Chicago to play a cup and ball game offered by a street vendor when suddenly a notification pops up onto my screen to inform me that another player has invaded my game. That enemy player is somewhere in my vicinity in a bustling, but decidedly drab and dystopian, adaptation of Chicago. My heart rate elevates as I frantically scan every person on the block with my souped up smart phone, learning little bits of personal information about each person I scan as I go. I’m about to give up and let the other player finish their hacking of my personal assets and leave when I spot a car down the street veer ever so slightly out of their lane. Found you, fucker. I begin running toward the enemy player to stop the download of my in-game secrets to their phone and the player guns it, crashing through a group of civilians as they speed down the sidewalk to flee. An epic chase ensues through the streets of the impeccably crafted game world. The chase results in my hacking a traffic light with my phone and forcing the other player to crash. This is Watch_Dogs, and the seamless integration of online play into the single-player experience is a brilliant design choice that adds to the game’s theme of societal surveillance and quickly becomes one of the most addicting mechanics offered in a game with no shortage of things to do. After 17 to 20 hours of gameplay, the similarities in formula between Watch_Dogs, GTA, Sleeping Dogs, and Assassin’s Creed become more
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apparent, but the care of the developer to craft something great shines through as the unique abilities offered by the smart phone device keep the play fresh. Ubisoft has given life to a world set in near-future Chicago where every civilian is overtly monitored by a central operating system, and you are Aidan Pearce, a brooding super hacker on a quest for revenge. Revenge tales are common place in television and films, and the gaming industry has proven no different. This is Watch_Dogs’ Achilles’ heel. It becomes frustrating how seemingly lifeless this revenge story has made Aidan, and by the end of the game I was fantasizing how it could have soared to even higher heights with narrative adjustment. However, Watch_Dogs offers a lot in the supporting characters to make up for the cookie-cutter badass antihero. The side characters show us a hint at the true potential of this franchise and the studio responsible for its birth. There are many references to embracing alternative lifestyles. In a surprisingly poignant moment, I hacked into a civilian’s phone conversation to overhear the break-up of a lesbian couple, one of many examples of Ubisofts successful attempts to humanize the city’s inhabitants. This coupled with a number of pro weed-culture references suggest a studio that is willing to embrace subcultures and progressive views. However, I can’t help thinking that they could have gone further. For example, the lack of a character creation and no choice to play through the narrative as a female similar to the fantastic Saint’s Row franchise suggests that there are some “risks” Ubisoft is not ready to take.
While not bothersome in some of Ubisoft’s other monster franchises (Assasin’s Creed, Far Cry) the lack of a choice of a female protagonist in the progressive, alternative embracing world of Watch_Dogs is quite a jarring indication of the imbalanced state of the gaming industry. I can only imagine how much more satisfying playing through a mission mid-game that abolishes a sex-trafficking ring would be as a female avatar. Overall, Watch_Dogs is an extremely fun take on the open world genre that offers new mechanics and beautiful execution. It is easy to get lost in the dystopian Chicago, and it is nice to see a massive developer that is willing to touch subject matter that is politically and socially progressive. There are surely great things on the gritty horizon for Watch_Dogs.
8/10 - Pretty Badass
Stephanie, “Missfitz,” is a small business owner / artist by day and hardcore gamer by night. Her love of geek culture and gaming stems from a deep appreciation of technology and storytelling via digital media.
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by Ron Mullins When I considered Jason Burgess (not his real name) as a subject for the patient profile, I thought at first he was too healthy to have a compelling story about cannabis as medicine. Almost 20, Burgess is a clean-cut, goodlooking college student with a calm demeanor and an infectious smile. During the interview, however, I came to realize that sometimes cannabis works so well you can’t even tell people have problems. As a child, Burgess led a non-verbal existence. He started speaking at age 4, but was detached and antisocial. He also displayed symptoms of overstimulation, manifesting in the form of involuntary actions such as hand gyrations and fidgeting. He was also prone to fits of social anxiety that caused dizziness, light-headedness, and confusion. Later he came to call them “spells.” His mother and grandmother took him to UC Davis Medical Center. He was misdiagnosed with attention deficit disorder and subjected to a host of pharmaceutical treatments, including Ritalin, Prozac, and Zoloft. Within a few months, he was dependent on them. While his symptoms seemed to abate and he felt less anxious, Burgess became lethargic and despondent. By age 11, his medications made him feel like an outcast—a feeling reinforced by the glasses and braces he wore. At one point during his preteen years, overwhelmed by bullying, aware he was somehow different and convinced something was wrong with him, he locked himself in his room and refused to come out. He told his mother, “I feel like God made a mistake when he made me!” After this incident, Burgess’ mother decided he needed to see a psychiatrist. The doctor immediately took him off all medications and changed his diagnosis to Asperger’s syndrome. Withdrawal from Ritalin caused sleeplessness, some of his previous symptoms returned, he threw up frequently and had the shakes.
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In eighth grade, Burgess developed an attraction to another boy in his class. “Oh great,” he said to himself, “Another thing to tease me about.” However, he was one of the lucky gay kids, able to come out to his mom, who was not at all homophobic and gave him great support. They found the local gay community center and he began to attend its youth support group, which he says helped him immensely In his senior year, he and his mother discussed going back on psychiatric medications. The stress of high school had brought back a flair-up of his tics and his periodic “spells” of almost seizure-like disorientation and shakes. His insomnia increased and his appetite disappeared. “I was terrified at the notion of becoming a zombie again,” Burgess says. “I knew there had to be some kind of happy medium between feeling anxious all the time and feeling nothing at all.” The fear of going back to a life he had been unhappy with led Burgess to research medical cannabis. He was very surprised that it was effective for most of his problems. He talked with a girl he was close to, a confidant who had known him for a while and to whom he had come out. He found out that Amanda had been using cannabis herself to treat severe cramps for which she had been prescribed Vicodin. Barely 18, and not yet licensed, the young friends got a small bag of buds from someone they knew. Burgess’ suspicions were confirmed. Smoking just a few small hits from a glass pipe immediately calmed the nervous gyrations in his hand. He felt relaxed and happy, and he didn’t feel overmedicated and lethargic. Cannabis proved to be a no-brainer and he resolved never to go back to the pills. He would become a legal patient and use cannabis when he needed it for his spells and other issues.
documentation that showed his past anxiety, nervous tics, and the prescriptions he had been given as a very young child. “I was very surprised to see how clean the doctor’s office was, he says. “There are a lot of horror stories about unprofessional marijuana doctors going around, but I was very happy and very comfortable with their office.” It’s been over a year and a half since that time, and Burgess has continued to have success using cannabis when he feels a spell coming on or as a preventive measure. He has regained his appetite, balanced his weight, and flourishes. He is able to work full time and is a part-time student. He is definitely not a “zombie.” While his mother isn’t 100 percent happy that he is smoking his medicine, she is pleased with the stabilizing effect it has had on his moods. It minimizes his spells and promotes overall well- being. Burgess has told both his primary care physician and psychiatrist of his cannabis use and they agree he is progressing well. At the same time, they explain they cannot write recommendations, or even officially approve of it on the record. Burgess now has a healthy spiritual outlook and is learning yoga and chakra meditations. He eats more conscientiously than an average 20-year-old and avoids substances like alcohol, cigarettes, hard drugs and pharmaceuticals that could make his condition worse. We hope to see a future in which troubled youth aren’t over-medicated on harsh drugs and put on a path to pills, psychiatric hospitals, and other sad realities. If they require relief from seizures, tic symptoms, tremors, and other nervous conditions, they will be allowed to use cannabis as a sensible treatment rather than Benzodiazepines and other harsh pharmaceuticals, even if they are as young as 18.
So, like many of us, he went on the internet, found a doctor, drove himself downtown, and got his recommendation. He had ample
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Shuttered All-Ages Music Venues, Another Chink in the Sac Music Scene’s Armor by Steph Rodriguez
Photo by Chris Lopez - Moore Media
Sacramento has long had difficulty supporting venues that provide a safe and secure environment in which all ages can enjoy local music culture. Much like restaurants, clubs come and go constantly. Remember the Cattle Club in the 90s or True Love Coffeehouse from just a few years ago? Together with The Loft, Javalounge and the Hub, these one-time hot spots have vanished from the scene. On May 17, Luigi’s Slice and Fun Garden, an all-ages concert venue and pizza-by-the-slice haunt, joined the ranks of vanished clubs. Opened by brothers Jose and Carlos Uloa, owners of Azul’s Mexican Food and Tequila Bar, Luigi’s was one of the first businesses to open its doors in the MARRS building back in 2007. Losing yet another all-ages location in an already small music scene further shrinks the pool of people who attend shows, as musicians, promoters and show-goers alike will all testify. It also skews even more the ratio between 18-and-over and 21-plus locations. Midtown Barfly on 21st Street, Café Colonial on Stockton Boulevard and the newer Witch Room on 19th Street pretty much comprise the present short list of all-ages options for youthful fans. Allyson Seconds, former co-owner of True Love Coffeehouse and a well-known Sacramento musician, says she and her husband Kevin intended their club to provide a safe and
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secure environment for all fans and musicians, regardless of age, of the local music community. “Who’s going to teach kids gig etiquette from audience member to … performer?” she asks. “[There is] every reason under the sun to have all-ages venues. [It’s] life-changing for some out there.” If the past is any guide, new places will open. Memories of past shows, new connections and networking opportunities that sprout from each event and the continued presence of a potential customer base encourage new venues to emerge in order to provide musicians and artists with new platforms in which to entertain and express their individuality. Having access to live music in Sacramento goes beyond just checking out the latest hot band, as musician Julie Bruce explains. “If I hadn’t been to shows before I was 21, I may never have played music or gotten into bands,” she explains. “Luigi’s Slice [and] Fun Garden was also a great loss because it was in a central location and seemed safe.” Although Luigi’s has now joined the ranks of the fallen, other venues continue to book shows, host a variety of ages, provide artists an outlet for creativity and keep local music lovers coming back for more. In a world in which music and the arts are minimal to non-existent in education, where else can young people turn?
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AltAndAbout SacAlt dropped by Cali Roots for some amazing performances from California-born musicians. Photos by: Michelle Allen, Chris Lopez & Sean McCracken for Moore Media. www.mooremedia.tv
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
WITH ATTORNEYS Isabell Flores
Roland Tiemann
by Josh Burke
I recently sat down with local attorneys, Isabell Flores and Roland Tiemann, to talk about their unique approach to justice, what they call “holistic law,” and to get some advice for SacAlt readers on cannabis law and patients’ rights. Flores is one of a very small cadre of law professionals who passed the state bar exam without going to law school. A self-made woman, she took the path less traveled, putting her nose to the grindstone via the Law Office Study Program. It’s a rarely used option in California and a handful of other states, whereby would-be attorneys receive an education in law without going into six-figure debt. Instead of law school, one trains and studies under the guidance of a practicing attorney for four years, and then takes the bar exam. It’s no easy thing passing the bar. According to the California State Bar records, only 61 percent of all law students between 2006 and 2011 passed in California. Only 26 percent of those who studied under the LOSP passed. So while some might think skipping law school to become an attorney might be a disadvantage, for Flores, it’s a badge of honor. Roland Tiemann, her partner in crime—or in defending those accused of a crime as it were— took a slightly more traditional path and studied at Lincoln Law School, taking night classes and paying as he went. He has an undergraduate degree in Biology and was considering being an orthodontist, but became interested in pursuing a legal career after helping his brother, a criminal defense attorney, for several years. He met Flores in 2008, and the two began working together representing DUI and drug cases. Cannabis law in California is still very confusing, with a lot of grey areas, much of it
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jurisdictionally driven. Whether or not you’re likely to be prosecuted for possession, growing, or intent to distribute often varies depending on the county you live in. On June 21, they’ll be at Vallejo’s Mexican Restaurant giving a free “Know Your Rights” seminar, as a way to give back to the community and help you get the fuzz out of dealing with the “fuzz.” So what are some of the most important things people need to know when it comes to medical cannabis law, their rights, and things they might be confused about that can get them into a lot of trouble?
Have a Good Doctor Who Will Defend You in Court RT: If you ever get arrested, you want a doctor that’s gonna be willing to come to court and stand up for their patient. A lot of these kind of...fly by night doctor operations... I do it all the time, I send them a subpoena, and I’ve had doctors say ‘I’m not gonna come to court, I don’t care if I get subpoena or not.’ Or ‘you’re not gonna like what I’m gonna say.’ We don’t need a witness like that. A lot of these more private doctors that do medical cannabis recommendations, that are true believers, they’ll come, they’ll write you a letter if you need one for a DA, or write a letter to the judge if you need one. It’s these types of important pieces of evidence [that you need].
Don’t Let Your Recommendation Expire RT: This is what I see a lot, [people] letting their recommendation expire. Thinking, ‘Nah it’s OK.’ The statute reads “oral or written recommendation.” I get a lot of [clients] who get arrested because the cops are all, ‘Hey,
you got an ounce of weed, where’s your recommendation?’ and they say, ‘Oh, I let it expire. I didn’t renew it.’ So they think they can renew it after the fact. Case law says you can’t renew it after the fact. But an oral recommendation, that’s where a good doctor comes in. IF: But you don’t want to rely on that. It’s a last resort. RT: Always keep your recommendation current. And a lot of problems happen with people talking to law enforcement about their usage, or their grow(s). Because cops are, you know, trained to get evidence against you to use in a criminal case.” IF: And they can legally lie to you.
On Sharing Weed with Friends RT: “There’s a common misconception that if I have a recommendation, and you have a recommendation [that you can exchange cannabis]. I can’t give you weed, that’s illegal. Selling you marijuana, that’s illegal. The only thing that makes that transaction between you and [me] legal is if you and I are part of a collective.
On Selling Your Cannabis to Other Patients Through the Internet RT: Don’t advertise your weed or your clones on the internet, ’cause you got cops trolling the internet at all times. I represent a number of people right now who’ve been busted selling clones, who’ve been busted selling cannabis on the internet. When I talk to people I say, ‘What made you think that you could do this?’ [And their response is,] ‘Well, five other people did it
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and I got mine from somebody else, and they said they never got busted.’ But it’s hit or miss, it’s Russian roulette. IF: Be on top of it, make smart decisions, [and] don’t do the most obvious [things that will get you in trouble]. We have one video clip I’m going to show at our seminar [that we got] from our friends at flexyourrights.org [of] people sitting there just lighting up in their car, just driving around. You have no rights in your car— you have no privacy in your car. But one thing [people need to know] is to ask for a warrant for a search…and then just shut up.
You Have the Right to Remain Silent IF: The point is...you shouldn’t be talking to them (the cops) at all. Tell them I’m going to remain silent; I’d like to see a lawyer. But be nice! RT: Say “Officer, I’m going to respectfully decline to answer any of your questions,” OK? So you want to look like you’re cooperating, but [do] not cooperate. I always advise people to say, ‘I’ve consulted with an attorney and they’ve advised me not to make any statements regarding my medical cannabis [use].’ And so you look like [you want] to help, but you’re maintaining [your] constitutional right to remain silent. IF: And they’ll usually continue inquiring. Just remember, anything you say from the moment
you’re stopped is being put into a police report—to be used against you.
Careful with that Cell Phone RT: The California Supreme Court has made a ruling that cops can search your cell phone without a warrant. So, this is what happens: they pull you over for speeding, smell weed in the car and say, “Hey, you got any weed in the car?” And you say, “Yeah, I got my recommendation, I got a pound or a half a pound in the trunk,” or wherever you keep it. They say “OK, well come on out let’s search your car.” You’ve given them probable cause... they grab your phone, and if you don’t have a lock on it (password), they start reading your text messages. (If they see messages like) “You got some smoke? You got an eighth?” You just went from a legal marijuana user to an illegal marijuana user. Once they see a text message like that; I’ve got people with an ounce, two ounces getting busted for drug sales, because they had text messages on their phone.
On Hashing it Out With Butane RT: Don’t make butane hash whatever you do. That’s the worst thing you could possibly do. There’s a statute that was really designed for meth manufacturing that the courts [say] applies to the chemical process in the making of hashish. So you can make it with cold water, if you do it that way, that’s fine. And there’s
a question on C02, whether that’s legal, but definitely once you introduce chemicals like butane, it’s a big no-no. I’ve had people busted just because they find butane on the premises... not that there’s even actively any manufacturing going on. But when they roll in, and they find cabinets full of butane, and there’s weed growing there, you’re going down. They’re gonna get you for that.
On How Much Cannabis is OK to Possess RT: This is what the law says; you can possess, transport and cultivate the amount of cannabis that’s reasonably related to your medical condition. So, whatever you can get a doctor to come in and say is reasonably related to your medical condition, that’s what you can have. So I see these 99 plant ’scripts, to me it’s not worth the paper it’s printed on, in some jurisdictions. In other jurisdictions, if you’re in San Jose, Mendocino, Oakland, you’ve got a pretty lax jurisdiction and they don’t trip, right? They’re like, “Yeah, whatever, OK, 99? It’s all good, you’re under 99, OK.” In Sacramento, 99 plants for one person—that’s not gonna fly, you’re probably getting arrested.
What are the Principles of “Holistic Law”? IF: Well that we care about people. We don’t want to see injustice. I know Roland cares a lot.
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RT: Look—if you get caught up in the criminal justice system, I see the anguish on people’s faces. I mean this is someone with no criminal record, who thought they were doing everything right, based on what the law was, or what they understood. And they come to you, facing three or four felony charges. IF: I mean we’ve had people commit suicide. RT: I’ve had many clients commit suicide over things that if they would’ve just let me handle it...I get people all the time, [that say] “I never thought this would happen to me. I thought I was doing everything right!” And you’re looking at three felonies, a potential prison sentence! IF: And that’s sad, too, when you have a client that...is a good kid, he made a bad mistake. He did something dumb.
On Standing up For Your Rights IF: One of the things people are talking about now is jury nullification. One of my favorite organizations that I really support is the Flex Your Rights organization. They’re doing a lot of work on that. But...our mission with the Legal Ed seminars is not just the marijuana [cases]. People have a right to be educated. They have a right to know how to best take action, and to claim their power back, and to know what their rights are! Even if you’re just going into traffic court, you get people who, if they would’ve just kept their mouth shut, they would’ve helped us out [defending them]. And you don’t want to get to the point where you’re in the jury trial already. That’s why it’s important to keep active in the community, and keep talking to the people who are making the laws. RT: Right, it’s important to support California NORML, National NORML, El Dorado County Growers association; I’m sure Sacramento has one. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, right? IF: We see so much stuff, where if people just knew their basic rights, they could save themselves so much trouble. And it’s very frustrating to us sometimes. But, also just in general, you know being out there in the community and helping people, that’s just kind of our thing. Ideally we don’t want you in a situation where you’re getting yourself in trouble. We would hope we don’t want to have to come get you out of a situation. Once you’re in the system, it’s a whole other ballgame. Flores and Tiemann are unanimous that the single most important thing is, if you’re pulled over or otherwise approached by law enforcement, you have the right to remain silent. The Constitution protects your right against self-incrimination. So be careful, be smart, don’t say anything until you talk to your attorney.
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