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Editor’s Note Should home grow be hands-on or hands-off? Last month I talked about the people I’ve met in this industry collectively being cool, and it mostly remains that way. But the homegrowing issue really has revealed sharp divisions. Even those usually on the same page as far as wanting Washington’s cannabis framework and marketplace to succeed are miles apart on if, why and how adults can grow their own plants for personal use, or if the state’s role should change in making sure it’s done by the book. Some industry associations have come out against current proposals, saying the provisions aren’t good enough and too invasive. Some marijuana opponents are actually siding with some who want more homegrowing. (They still don’t like that the stuff is legal, but they do like the idea of personal privacy more.) Washington is unique among “legal states” in that personal growing provisions weren’t included in the citizen’s initiative that created the current marketplaces. Writers of I-502 have said there was fear that including “the ability to grow your own,” along with everything else in there, would be a dealbreaker for already cautious voters, so the issue was punted into the future. Today, apart from some medical exemptions, the only approved growers are commercial. This fall, the Liquor and Cannabis Board began seeking input on three options: 1) don’t change a thing; 2) require all
homegrowers to obtain a permit for a small number of plants; 3) require a permit plus tracking of every plant, similar to the commercial growing regulation process. Some say options 2 and 3 cross the line and intrude too far into people’s private lives, and will put extra burden on police, who normally don’t bother cracking down on small-scale growing unless it becomes a public problem. Others say any path to homegrowing is a fine step forward. While some retailers or growers worry about a drop in business, others compare the matter to homebrewing, where most amateur beermakers still enjoy visiting stores and bars. Authorities say permitting/ tracking provides a better idea of the number of plants, while a hands-off position may increase the in-state supply, boost black markets and attract federal attention. A public hearing took place in Olympia earlier this month, and a formal LCB recommendation is expected Dec. 1, so there’s still time to submit your official opinion. Of course, there will still likely be plenty of wrangling and opportunities to sound off during the next legislative session. Although some want a blackand-white OK/not OK position, the solution may need to remain a little grayer for a little longer. Joe Bulter, Managing Editor
Marijuana and marijuana-infused products are legal for Washington residents 21 years and older. It has intoxicating effects and may be habit forming. It can impair concentration, coordination and judgment. There may be health risks associated with consumption.
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By DAN WEBSTER
EVERCANNABIS Correspondent
HAPPY
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Pot fans like getting funky with colorful fall costumes, treats Halloweed: Doesn’t it sound like you’re pronouncing the name of an October holiday while suffering from a bad head cold. You know, as in Halloween? Actually, for any number of cannabis fans, the two are one and the same. Not only is Halloween a time to dress up and act ghoulish, it’s a time -if you’re so inclined -- to dress up and reflect the marijuana culture you’ve come to embrace. Quick disclaimer here: Cannabis these days comes in all shapes and forms, from the hand-rolled doobies made famous by the comedy duo Cheech and Chong to various assortments of oils, tinctures and edibles. That latter-most group, which includes everything from mints to gummies (in other states), is a particular cause for caution during Halloween. Candies, after all, are popular treats, so trick-or-treaters beware: Look before you eat.
That said, in the years since Washington legalized recreational use of marijuana for adults 21 years and over, four Halloweens have come and gone. And retail outlets that specialize in marijuana-themed products and/ or party supplies do a lot of holiday business. Looking for a costume? Well, nothing says Halloween more than a mask. And Marcus Johnson, manager of the Piece of Mind store on North Division, sells lots of a certain kind of mask before every Halloween. He calls them “smash masks.”
hoodies and other products that can be modified easily into a costume. That camo-colored hat there, for example, could make you look like a smoke-happy pot farmer. Or a refugee from “Duck Dynasty.” Or both. Craig Walter, owner of the Halloween Express outlet at Wellesley and Ash (the old Hastings store), said he has some cannabis-themed items, even something as simple as a fedora with a faux marijuana band. His supply, though, was still growing as of midSeptember.
These are gas masks (priced at $45 each) but they aren’t intended to keep smoke out. They keep it in. “So you get smashed,” he said.
“We have a big store, but right now we have only about four or five items that have a marijuana theme to them,” he said. “We’ll get a bit more because we’re still getting shipments in.”
If that’s not exactly what you’re looking for in terms of your next costume party or neighborhood outing, any of the area’s head shops can probably accommodate you. All three of the Spokane-area Piece of Mind stores, for example, sell T-shirts,
Party Palace is another of Spokane’s party suppliers. In addition to Halloween-themed items, the North Division store, for example, offers a whole range of costumes that could help you win access to the “Duck Dynasty” shooting set, long
beards and all (for just $6.99). Sure the bickering businessmen/family members are more often affiliated with the conservative/law-and-order side of the political aisle than the liberal troublemakers. But that would be the joke. Or you could opt for something more cannabis traditional, say, a pair of peace-sign suspenders ($7.99). Or something someone still-lost-in-the’60s might don: a tie-dye T-shirt or a peace-symbol tanktop (both $12.99). Of course, if that is too much for your budget, you can always go the do-it-yourself route. Any of Spokane’s thrift stores, from Value Village to Goodwill, Salvation Army to Volunteers of America, can provide the cheap, raw materials. Combine what you buy with scraps from a lumber yard, some artistic ability and an active imagination, and you can accomplish anything.
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THE HIGHPHONE: Find life-size cardboard, paint the cover to resemble the face of your favorite Apple gadget, and you, too, can look like an iPhone 8.
THE ZIG ZAG MAN: Apply a bit of face paint, add a stocking cap and a bushy beard (available at Party Palace) and, presto, you’ve become the French guy on those popular cigarette papers. Oh là là.
CHEECH AND CHONG: You and your partner don dorags, jeans (or chinos), a tank top and suspenders, plus the appropriate facial hair, and soon friends will be asking you where Dave is.
A JOINT: Just wrap yourself from head to mid-thigh in white butcher paper, taper the top and cover with some artificial grass, cut a hole for your face, and there you have it. (For extra credit, dress your significant other as a Zippo lighter.) Whatever you do, remember that Halloweed – uh, Halloween – is supposed to be fun. Enjoy it responsibly.
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EVERCANNABIS VOLUME 2
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Rich history at
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When Prohibition hit, the federal government instructed pharmacists and homeowners to dispose of their now-illegal inventories of tinctures and elixirs. Most did, but not everyone got the message, or cared to follow the rules.
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Don E. Wirtshafter, an attorney and cannabis advocate from Ohio, has spent the last 40 years gathering pre-Prohibition cannabis items like bottles, posters and other packaging, which can be seen at the Cannabis Museum, an attraction currently housed at Dockside Cannabis, a retailer in Seattle’s SODO neighborhood.
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“They took all of these medicines out of the drug stores, thousands of products,” he said. “Through good luck and good help, I found these bottles, containers and advertising that marked the first golden age of the cannabis apothecary, 1850
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through 1937.”
By LINDA BALL EVERCANNABIS Correspondent Prior to 1937, marijuana was considered medicine, and its versatile parent plant, hemp, was grown and refined for the production of paper, textiles, clothing, biofuels and more. But that all changed with a variety of state and federal bans, and today, most cannabis products remain illegal, at least at a federal level.
Much of his collection includes hand-blown bottles and containers that have been preserved by an underground network of controlled substance artifact collectors. Wirtshafter continues to gather and curate these items for the Seattle location and a few private collections in other countries. The Seattle museum was chosen because of his connection to Aaron Varney, one of the owners of
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Dockside Cannabis. Both are also board members with the Center for Study of Cannabis and Social Policy, a non-profit educational program based at Seattle University. Wirtshafter said cannabis was the third-most used herb in compounded medicines for nearly 60 years, and nearly every corner drugstore once carried Cannabis Americana, a strain grown by pharmaceutical companies. It was even cheaper than tobacco.
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The Cannabis Museum Dockside Cannabis SODO 1728 4th Avenue S., Seattle www.docksidecannabis.com
Wirtshafter said medical authorities also recognized the value of cannabis as something with healing properties. “Pharmacists understood the difference between THC and CBD and used them for different diagnoses,” Wirtshafter said. (The letters are different compounds in the marijuana plant: THC generally provides more relaxation/highs, while CBD provides more pain relief.) Wirtshafter said many of the bottles are also significant for historical reasons because they show some recognizable names in today’s pharmaceutical circles, such as global manufacturers Eli Lilly and Parke-Davis. In the late 1890s, both companies combined forces to breed cannabis at Eli Lilly’s farm in Greenfield, Ind., creating the Cannabis Americana strain.
Historical fans may also enjoy seeing a bag of the first legal recreational marijuana sold in Washington on display at the city’s Museum of History and Industry. If your travels take you to other communities or countries, check out these historical venues:
The 1910 Parke-Davis catalog lists Cannabis Americana at $1.65 per pound, which was packaged in one-ounce packets or small cardboard boxes. This strain was popular until Congress enacted nationwide cannabis prohibition in 1937. Wirtshafter said Eli Lilly and Parke-Davis worked together 15 years to try to create a pure CBD variety and a pure THC variety, but were ultimately unsuccessful. Tinctures were also very popular, pre-Prohibition, which consisted of the plant extracts in an alcohol solution. Early tinctures could be manufactured elsewhere or blended at a local apothecary to the prescribing physician’s preference. Wirtshafter said tinctures could be potent, enough to make someone sick if abused, but the herb itself wasn’t dangerous. Because of the uncertainty, tinctures were required to be labeled ‘poison.’ Even in the 1920s and 1930s, when social forces were organizing against marijuana while easing up against alcohol, the American Medical Association was continuing to support further research and use for cannabis. Henry Anslinger, who Wirtshafter called the “first drug czar,” led the efforts to get Congress to issue the ban on cannabis. “He created the cannabis scare in the 1930s while the AMA was saying, ‘wait, this is useful stuff,’” Wirtshafter said. Wirtshafter will be traveling overseas soon to add to his collection. He said he has already collected more than 60,000 items that once promoted cannabis as medicine, textiles and more, and plans to rotate new items into Dockside for display. “This is just a sneak preview of where we’re going with the museum,” he said.
The Cannabis Museum offers a variety of artifacts from the early days of legal marijuana, including medicine bottles designed to aid all sorts of remedies. Photos by Linda Ball/EVERCANNABIS
The Hash Marihuana and Hemp Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands hashmuseum.com
Oaksterdam Cannabis Museum Oakland, Calif. oaksterdamcannabismuseum.com
U.S. Hemp Co Museum Santa Cruz, Calif. ushempcomuseum.com
The History of Cannabis (THC) Museum Washington, D.C. thcmuseum.org
Hemp Embassy Vienna, Austria hempembassy.org
Whakamana Cannabis Dunedin, New Zealand www.cannabis.kiwi.nz
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CANNABIS NEWS FROM AROUND THE NORTHWEST
STATE CONSIDERS HOMEGROW
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RAD EXPO INVITES RETAILERS
OLYMPIA – Increasing requests to
legalize homegrowing of marijuana have led the Liquor and Cannabis Board to consider creating a “personal use” recommendation to the Washington Legislature. The LCB has been collecting data and held a public hearing Oct. 11. It expects to finalize its recommendation by December. “The agency is actively engaging other states, the public, the industry and stakeholders. We know there are many perspectives and we want to ensure they are captured for our report and recommendations,” said LCB Director Rick Garza. Proposals include not changing the legality; allowing adults to grow up to four plants, provided they have a permit and each plant is registered; and allowing four plants with a permit but not requiring tracking. Though Washington allows licensed commercial producers to grow recreational or medical marijuana, it never has included homegrowing except for medical exceptions. Critics worry homegrowing will draw business from licensed retailers, could make it easier for children to access marijuana, or stimulate black markets. Supporters say most homegrowers will still visit retailers for other varieties, but also appreciate being able to grow their own supply. Divided lawmakers requested an interim growing study during the 2017 session.
PORTLAND – Oregon’s Secretary of State plans to audit the state’s enforcement of sales and production. This move follows accusations from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that state officials, including the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, aren’t doing enough to control illegal growing and selling. The audit will look at effectiveness of financial regulations, the amount of produced and sold cannabis and state guidelines provided to growers and retailers. Sessions contacted governors in all states with legal recreational programs this summer, alleging improper controls and growing black markets. The Oregon State Police also created a report showing that the state remains a source for illegal growing and selling within and outside of Oregon. Gov. Kate Brown said Sessions’ letter and the OSP findings were based on inaccurate, outdated information. Oregon Liquor Control Commission employees and law enforcement plan to focus more attention on black market diversion and enforcement. A separate audit of the state’s new cannabis program released earlier this year concluded that the biggest challenges to the new marketplace are legislative changes and inconsistent enforcement. Commission leaders hope to remedy this by adding more staff and hiring a public safety director.
PORTLAND – Retailer and dispensary
owners from around the country are invited to the Oregon Convention Center in January for two days of networking and info about how to sell cannabis better. The first-ever RAD Expo runs Jan. 17-18. Admission is free for anyone affiliated with retail and dispensary operations in states where either are legal, along with qualified applicants from states where these types of licenses aren’t currently issued. The trade show will include hundreds of vendors from around the country showing all sorts of products and services designed to improve efficiencies in everything from marketing to operations, along with supplies people can use to open their doors or improve an existing location, including shelving, lighting, software, security and packaging. Items to sell in stores will also be offered, including glass, edibles, seeds and more. Representatives from various cannabis growers will also be available to meet the retailers/dispensaries, and hopefully create partnerships in their respective states. The event is organized by Marijuana Ventures, a monthly business publication, and is designed to help educate and inform people in this developing industry. Portland was chosen to host the event because it’s in a legal state, and between two other legal states. www.theradexpo.com
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SMOKANE RELOCATES SPOKANE – A newly-expanded
Smokane officially opened its doors in late September, offering a variety of cannabis products to area shoppers. Owner Jay Low said he wants the shop at 3801 Sprague to be a place for every interest and level of experience, whether someone likes their cannabis recreationally, medically or hasn’t tried any. “At the end of the day, marijuana has a lot of benefits, especially when compared to alcohol or prescription drugs,” Low said. “We want this to be a store for all walks of life.” The store was originally at a smaller location on Main Avenue but began the process of moving last fall. However, plumbing problems with the new location, along with legal maneuverings from a nearby arcade, delayed the move until this fall. Low hopes to be a good resource for customers, and has stocked a variety of items from local producers/processors, including edibles, CBD products and concentrates. Prices range from a few dollars to more than $100 for other items. “We’re a lot more accessible and want people to come in and not have to hide,” he said. “We want to help change the stigma of shopping for pot products and make it socially acceptable. It’s OK to try it; it may change your opinion.”
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Chris Marr: From the WA Senate to pot farms Lawmaker now advocate for growing industry
Sean Green, third from right, is congratulated by Washington State Liquor Board member Chris Marr, after Green was presented his new Washington state legal marijuana license in March 2014. Green, a medical marijuana dispensary operator from Spokane, was issued the producer-processor license under the state’s recreational pot law at the Liquor Control Board meeting. AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
CHRIS MARR: From the WA Senate to pot farms Lawmaker now advocate for growing industry
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“In 2015 I left the Liquor Board – essentially the work was done to open the stores,” he said.
seriously.
This lobbying gig led to requests for advocacy for other industries, including health care, transportation and eventually cannabis.
“Chambers (of commerce) initially really wanted nothing to do with it,” he said. “Recently the Association of Washington Businesses wanted to pick my brain about how to engage the industry.”
Today he is a lobbyist and marijuana industry consultant living in Olympia.
Marr said his non-cannabis clients don’t have a problem with his work in the marijuana industry, especially since much of it is behind the scenes and advisory. “I do nuts-and-bolts work,” he said. “I will coordinate to tweak pieces of legislation.”
Marr says it’s an industry that wants to be engaged, and it has also changed since legalization.
“I normally call what I do ‘strategic and regulatory consulting,’” he said. “I really didn’t get into lobbying specifically for marijuana – it has only been in the last year-and-a-half that people have been contacting me.”
He enjoys helping clients navigate legislation they may not fully understand or agree with. For instance, he worked to improve elements of Senate Bill 5131 that governed processors being able to sell to other processors. That law passed.
In 2010, all he was hoping for was another Senate term. But that fall, Michael Baumgartner received more votes.
“Processors wanted the ability to make a batch of 100 cookies and sell them to you as a processor and you can re-batch and sell under your label,” Marr said.
At that point, Marr switched gears and began work for the Washington State Liquor Control Board, helping to create the recreational marijuana industry. After four years, he became a lobbyist for Group Health.
He says he currently has about a dozen cannabis clients, including retailers, growers and edible makers. The cannabis industry is growing in leaps and bounds, and is starting to be taken
...Seven years ago, Chris Marr was finishing his first term as a state senator from Spokane, serving as Majority Whip and Vice Chair of the Transportation Subcommittee.
“You see a lot of guys with grey beards with ponytails,” Marr said. “They know where the industry has been. But the people who know where it’s going are millennials and 30-somethings.” Marijuana business owners aren’t stereotypical stoners either, according to Marr. Many have business backgrounds, and most are serious about following the rules. “We hear more ‘how do you comply with it?’ rather than how to get around it,” said Marr. Although some Washington entrepreneurs fear an imminent federal crackdown, Marr isn’t as concerned.
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“Certainly it’s something to monitor – I think the risk is fairly minimal, but I think the bigger risk is for states ramping up to legalization,” he said. The uncertainty may remain for a few more years. “Marijuana is only three years past Prohibition so it will still take time to shake things out,” Marr predicted. “In the long run the market will follow its natural course, and large outdoor grows will be the rule rather than the exception.” Eastern Washington can benefit, including drier climates with long growing seasons and seasonal workers, especially areas like the TriCities. Larger businesses may eventually edge smaller ones out because prices are dropping significantly. “It’s a constantly transforming industry,” he said. “The marijuana industry is much more than you see when you walk into a retailer.”
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INTERCHANGE FALL 2017, RENTON. This private gathering and networking event is designed to connect cannabis retailers with producers and processors to discuss new products and future business opportunities. www.marijuanaventure.com/interchange LIFTED ART, VANCOUVER. The monthly community art class at The Green House features custom joint rolling, with instruction form Brian Lee from High End Market Place and Papers. Supplies will be provided including a rolling mat, grinder, filters and papers. www.eventbrite.com PUFF, PASS AND PAINT, PORTLAND. Get creative at this two-hour painting workshop at Slabtown Dispensary. No cannabis will be provided, but there is a private consumption space next door for people who want to bring their own. 21 and over. www.eventbrite.com CANNABIS WOMEN’S ALLIANCE HOLIDAY SOIREE AND GIFT EXCHANGE, SEATTLE. Celebrate the state of cannabis and bring along a $25 gift to be shared, or money for local charities. The group also has suspended its womenonly rule for this month to admit men if they’re guests of members. www.cannabiswomensalliance.com
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Rules are rules, but guidelines can be “subject to interpretation.” And, in the newly legal cannabis industry, these interpretations sometimes can create confusion for growers, for sellers, and sometimes even for those charged by the State of Washington to ensure everyone follows still-evolving rules. “We have about 65 Retail Enforcement officers across the state spread over four regions, so, because the rules are still developing, that can sometimes mean 65 different interpretations,” said Lt. Rob Reynolds, who oversees retail marijuana
stores for the Eastern Washington offices of the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board. This includes locations in Spokane, Pasco, Yakima and Wenatchee. The LCB focuses on enforcement and education, everything from signing off when a new retailer is ready to open its doors, to answering questions and hearing concerns from owners and the public. “I spend a good part of my day fielding questions,” Reynolds said. Officers must visit every store in the region at
least three times a year for compliance checks. They also can visit or call other times to answer questions or respond to complaints. Inquiries regularly come in about advertising, everything from whether images might be targeted to kids or if print advertising uses proper wording. Shop owners or growers have asked the LCB if they can ‘adopt’ a stretch of highway for litter cleanup (yes) or if they can sponsor a baseball team (probably not, and definitely not a Little League team).
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ugh education and collaboration are preferred, CB can issue ďŹ nes, make arrests, suspend licenses en shut down shops if public safety violations are .
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...To improve the depth of the area’s cannabis knowledge, he recently received approval to start a new pilot project where certain LCB ofďŹ cers volunteer to work closer with Eastern Washington retailers. In return for them providing extra attention to shops, Reynolds reduced their alcohol and tobacco workload and related duties. There’s a similar LCB Non-Retail Marijuana Unit that regulates only the producer/ processor side. “This makes sure the stores have one guy they deal with regularly, and essentially creates smaller subject matter versions of me,â€? he said. “I’ll help train them in the laws, and help them give a consistent message.â€? One member of this pilot program is OfďŹ cer Jon Christner, who has worked for the LCB for two years and previously worked at Airway Heights Correctional Center. “I like trying to create good rapport with licensees,â€? he said. “I try to be on a ďŹ rst-name basis with a lot of them, which is easier than liquor establishments, since there are only about 35 cannabis retailers in Spokane. When I was working liquor there could be a different bartender every time I visited.â€? Reynolds said the LCB is also happy to share advice with anyone currently in the business or interested in setting up an establishment. “Just about anyone could apply for a license, but that doesn’t mean you know how to run a store,â€? Reynolds said. “We have to work together, and if people are always butting heads, it’s not going to work.â€?
Cannabis advertising generates the most complaints, said Lt. Rob Reynolds from the WSLCB. Businesses are restricted to two signs, and can’t use other items to attract notice, such as inatables, sandwich boards, or anything that could appeal to kids. Print and radio advertisements must include speciďŹ c warnings about marijuana having intoxicating properties and related wording. TV ads are prohibited. Other retail requirements include: s .O ENTRY OR PURCHASES FOR ANYONE younger than 21. Compliance checks can include someone under 21 trying to enter and buy something. The penalty for a ďŹ rst-time ‘furnishing to minor’ violation is $2,500 or a 10-day suspension. s .O CANNABIS CONSUMPTION ON SITE 4HIS includes employee-only areas. s (OURS OF OPERATION 3TORES MUST HALT SALES between midnight and 8 a.m. s #LEAR VIDEO SURVEILLANCE #AMERAS MUST record interior and exterior public and nonpublic areas, anywhere that marijuana may be present. Recordings must be accessible for the last 45 days. For more info visit lcb.wa.gov.
Opposite page, Lt. Rob Reynolds, right, from the Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board, talks with Cinder owner Justin Peterson. Left, Reynolds and OfďŹ cer Jon Christner, center, visit with Smokane owner Jay Low. Top, Apex Cannabis welcomes LCB input, including budtender Katt Breach. (Photo courtesy Apex Cannabis). Photos by Joe Butler/EVERCANNABIS
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Super Rosin
Sesh Technologies provides mobile solutions By TERRY BAIN
EVERCANNABIS Correspondent
SESH Technologies provides a variety of equipment to area producers/processors, including a rosin press and a mobile processing center. Photos by Terry Bain/EVERCANNABIS
With the explosion of the cannabis industry, more companies are springing up to meet the everadvancing needs of growers, producers and consumers. One company is Sesh Technologies (STM), a Spokane start-up that began when a grower asked friend Jason Dueweke, if he could create something that could press more rosin than what was currently on the market. Dueweke, an engineer who works in the aerospace industry, agreed, made it happen, and STM was born.
result is a translucent amber liquid that some processors compare to shatter, another heat-treated extract. But rosin is produced without the use of solvents, such as butane or carbon dioxide. When extracted properly, rosin rivals the flavor, potency and yield of shatter and other solvent-based extracts, but contains zero parts per million of any residual hydrocarbons.
But back up a second: What’s rosin?
Shatter makers typically remove the bulk of any solvents during the production process, but rosin remains naturally clean, a prime selling point for Sesh Technologies’ rosin press.
Rosin is a cannabis extract produced by applying heat and pressure to the marijuana plant or flower using a special press. The
Another side benefit of using the rosin press is that once the rosin has been extracted, the smashed-down “puck” left behind in the press can
be shredded and turned into joints using STM’s RocketBox pre-roll machine. The machine is capable of filling 453 cones in a few minutes. And the extra rosin in the joints can create an even more potent experience for consumers. Longtime cannabis users may have experienced rosin made with a hair-straightener or something resembling a T-shirt press, but the STM 4.0 Rosin Press goes beyond low-tech solutions. Dueweke, Chief Operating Officer, created a machine that looks like it would be appropriate for a hightech electronics factory instead of a cannabis processing line. You can’t even get your hand near the press area without breaking a laser that automatically shuts the machine off.
All STM products are made with commercial grade components, touch-screen controls and stainless steel casings. The platen on the press is made of food-grade stainless steel. All STM processing products are made with materials manufactured in the U.S. Dueweke said some customers ask if all the commercial safety standards aren’t overkill, but STM is making products for where the industry is going, rather than where the industry is right now. “Some of the regulation for processing isn’t here right now, but it’s coming,” Dueweke said. “People are handling this stuff around high heat and pressure, and then the final product is injected by humans.”
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He believes it’s not a matter of ‘if’ cannabis production will someday be regulated by the state or federal government, but when. At that point, STM products will already have the highest safety standards. STM has developed an entire branding initiative known as the Clean-Green Cannabis Initiative, which promotes products that use its technology and focuses on using every part of the plant, so no waste or recycling is needed. Besides Dueweke, company leadership includes co-founders Aaron Ray, CEO, Erik Blackerby, CTO, and three silent partners. Growers and other producers interested in using the rosin press and the RocketBox might also be interested in the STM mobile processing service. The company’s first fully self-contained mobile processing unit was built on a Kodiak C5500 truck, and contains everything needed to turn cannabis into rosin, joints, or bubble-hash. The first unit was recently delivered to Colorado, and there are nine more in the works. Though the mobile processing unit began as a side project, it has really taken off recently, and is one of the big ways STM is pushing into many states at once, including Oregon, Arizona and Florida.
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In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine warm milk, yeast, sugar, salt, butter, and eggs. Add in flour. Once the flour starts to incorporate into the dough, increase speed to medium. Add more flour as necessary so dough pulls away from sides of the bowl. Dough mixture should be tacky and soft, but not sticky. Add more flour until the dough reaches the desired consistency. The amount of flour you add in bread making is always an approximation and you should go by feel. Transfer the dough to a lightly greased mixing bowl. Cover with a towel or plastic wrap and let rise until it doubles in size, about 1 hour. Lightly grease a baking sheet. Punch down the dough and roll into a 12-inch by 18-inch rectangle. Brush dough with ½ cup melted butter. In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle on top of the melted butter or just rub it down with your hands. Add nuts or raisins if you desire. (I like to fold the sides in just a little before I start rolling the dough. Make sure you roll it tight.) Use plain dental floss or a sharp knife to cut the dough into 12 one-inch slices. Place the slices onto a lightly 9x13 pan. Cover and let rise 30 to 45 minutes. Letting it rise a second time will make your cinnamon rolls bigger and better. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Bake the rolls for about 14 minutes, until just kissed with brown on top. Keep checking them, if they are not done, continue baking in 5 minute increments.
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Pondering Prohibition and Bans on Booze have their voices heard for the first time and become involved in civic affairs. By LARA KAMINSKY Cannabis prohibition, on the other hand, had racial EVERCANNABIS Guest Columnist roots. The 1910 Mexican Revolution led to many Mexicans escaping northward. Although many Americans were already using cannabis for medical gtanti-immigration on state, havin shinfor Waeasy purposes, forces At the beginning of the 20th century, American adults g it ito is legal itinwas could easily purchase alcohol and cannabis. ossessionaccuse the new arrivals of importing marijuana. Eln your Paso, Texas, became the first U.S. city to ban marijuana But from 1920 until 1933, liquor wasle banned. pot p And i h when adults could begin buying W and drinking legally in 1915. Likewise, marijuana’s popularity among musicians again, federal attention shifted to marijuana, seen as another social ill. led to accusations that African-Americans were also responsible for its spread. Its ban began in 1937 and remains in place at the The racial undertones of cannabis use continue, federal level. according to a report released by the ACLU in 2011. It Today, a growing number of voices are saying that it’s said that 52 percent of drug arrests nationwide were for time to undo cannabis prohibition, especially as more marijuana (7 million people from 2001 to 2010). states are voting to create their own recreational and It also shared that African-Americans and Caucasians medical marketplaces. In order to get to legalization, it helps to learn more age 18-25 reported using marijuana at the same rates, about the roots of prohibition for both substances, but that African-Americans were four times as likely to including why different social forces targeted both – be arrested for possession than Caucasians. and why the booze ban only lasted 13 years, not 80 and counting like cannabis. How to change The crack-down on alcohol was driven by many Over the last 80 years, generations have learned that factors but a primary motivator was the women’s cannabis is linked to increased violence, crime and suffrage movement. The growing popularity of other socially deviant behaviors. This makes the task of temperance was an easy platform for women to changing established thinking patterns slow.
But the gradual acceptance of medical marijuana shows that the process can work. California was the first state to vote for medical 21 years ago, and other states have begun to follow suit. Undoing alcohol’s ban came about at the federal level first due to nationwide social and economic pressure. Consumption rates didn’t change, but significant tax srevenue ystem went away at the same time that organized crime gained is trai foothold. ckie made repealing Prohibition Franklin D. Roosevelt r part of his presidential platform, calling the new law “a matter of the highest importance.” He included liquor law reform as part of the New Deal economic stimulus. Cannabis reform, on the other hand, remains a grassroots/bottom-up effort, with local and state governments creating their own systems. This has created a patchwork of laws and policies at multiple levels, including inconsistent standards for banking, research, education and even DUI standards. Hopefully, learning about both prohibitions can place the current push in a better context, especially when advocates of cannabis legalization try to un-do decades of differing narratives and experiences. Lara Kaminsky is the Executive Director of The Cannabis Alliance, a Washington-based non-profit trade association.
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to be tested before being sold to stores, it doesn’t currently mandate air quality standards for indoor processors. (Various air quality agencies through the state do regulate outdoor odors.) “We don’t have pesticides, solvents, residuals, anything,” West said. “Eventually, we hope to sell a medical-grade of oil that doctors can prescribe to patients.” ODO Fine Oil prefers to purchase its cannabis from Eastern Washington farmers and requires their batches to be tested for quality before extracting. Olson and West especially enjoy working with local retailers and meeting consumers at area shops when possible. In the future, West and Olson hope ODO could be a showcase for how to create oil as safely as possible. The lab includes windows, so tour groups could possibly watch the extraction process without having to disrupt the sterile environment.
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“We’re excited to see everything evolve,” Olson said. “We expect to see CBD/medical products in high demand.” West said there’s plenty of potential to help people once federal cannabis research restrictions are lifted. Eventually, certain compounds in the plant could be targeted to certain parts of the body or brain, not unlike essential oils, that can stimulate everything from relaxation to weight loss to pain relief. Of course, the current lack of federal funding and research protocols isn’t necessarily a bad thing either. “If we had to jump through all the federal hoops for all of our strains, it would take 30 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars,” West said. “We do have a little freedom right now.”
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CANNABIS NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
MAINE DISCUSSES DRIVE-THRUS AUGUSTA – Proposed marijuana rules from the Maine Legislature would allow retailers to offer drive-thru service, plus online ordering and home delivery. Any of these options suggested by a legislative committee would require purchasers to be 21 or over, display ID and pay a 20 percent sales tax. The set-up would be similar to the state’s alcohol retail sales structure so would be easier to create. Opponents say that the proposal will make it too easy for people to buy cannabis, difficult to track sales and increase access to minors This method could also allow residents to buy it, even if they live in municipalities that already have banned sales, and possibly increase black market exports to other states. The committee officially presented its recommendations in late September, and the Legislature is considering the proposals this month. Maine tentatively hoped to issue licenses to begin sales in February, but many predict the structure won’t be ready by then. Cannabis advocates say the high tax could stifle the new industry. “The committee agreed that delivery would help combat the black market,” said Paul McCarrier, whose advocacy group Legalize Maine helped pass the statewide ballot measure. “We know that convenience is one of the big reasons that somebody turns to the black market, but price is an even bigger one.”
Source: Press-Herald
GOP SENATOR ADVOCATES MORE RESEARCH SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. Sen. Orrin
Hatch, who generally advocates conservative causes, recently introduced a bill to speed up research into potential medical uses and benefits of marijuana. The 83-year-old filled his announcement with a variety of playson-words about it being “high time” to do this. “Now all puns aside,” he said. “It will surprise no one that I am strongly against the use of recreational marijuana. I worry, however, that in our zeal to enforce the law, we too often blind ourselves to the medicinal benefits of natural substances like cannabis.” His bill, called the Marijuana Effective Drug Study Act of 2017, focuses on reducing over-regulation that he feels impedes research, and that benefits can be found to study topics like safety and appropriate dosing, and how effective the product could be for chronic and terminal health conditions. At a state level, Utah residents are currently collecting signatures for a medical marijuana ballot item for 2018. More than 25,000 people have signed the petition since September. It requires 113,143 signatures by April to appear on the ballot. If successful, it will permit physicians to prescribe marijuana for certain medical conditions. It will be available for purchase from dispensaries.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
MED SCHOOLS LACK TRAINING ST. LOUIS – Even as marijuana becomes
available in more states, there’s less training in how to prescribe it, according to a study from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The school surveyed medical school deans, residents and fellows at medical schools in North America and concluded that medical marijuana is not being addressed in medical education. “Medical education needs to catch up to legislation,” said senior author Laura Jean Bierut, MD, the Alumni Endowed Professor of Psychiatry at Washington University and a member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse. “Physicians in training need to know the benefits and drawbacks associated with medical marijuana so they know when or if, and to whom, to prescribe the drug.” Doctors are being asked to guide patients through areas in which most have no training, she explained. The research team surveyed to medical school curriculum deans at 172 medical schools. Two-thirds (66.7 percent) reported that their graduates were not prepared to prescribe medical marijuana. “As a future physician, it worries me,” said Evanoff, a third-year medical student. “We need to know how to answer questions, but there is a fundamental mismatch between state laws involving marijuana and the education physicians-in-training receive at medical schools throughout the country.”
Source: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
CANADIAN SCHOOL OFFERS GRAD-LEVEL CULTIVATION CLASS TORONTO – Niagara College is the first
Canadian school to offer a post-graduate program in commercial cannabis production. Students must already have a degree in horticulture, agriculture sciences or a related field to be part of the one-year program that teaches plant pathology, how to manage the crop, plus current regulations and legal requirements to produce it legally in Canada. “There’s a huge need for highlyskilled, well-trained workers who are not only knowledgeable about the crop itself, but the legal requirements governed by Health Canada,” said Al Unwin, associate dean of environmental and horticultural studies. The program already has a greenhouse and a curriculum. Now it’s seeking 25 students for the first class. Students will also visit commercial cannabis producers, although much of the curriculum will focus on medical, hemp fiber and hemp seed. Upon completing the 10 units, students will receive a certificate. Unwin said the growing industry is seeking more trained workers especially if the country makes cannabis legal in 2018. There are currently 59 producers in Canada, with 32 in Ontario. Another Canadian school is offering a cannabis technician program, but this is the first post-graduate program that focuses on cultivation for commercial production.
Source: The (Toronto) Star
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Rick Misterly is a Washington resident whose interest in cannabis dates back to the 1960s and has taken him around the world. He’s currently the cannabis and hashish curator for Green Barn Farms in Addy and writes the “Rick’s World of Hashish� blog.
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