The Hemp Connoisseur, January 2014 - Issue #13

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A LETTER TO OUR READERS It’s January 2, 2014. Day two of Cannabis Freedom here in Colorado and the sky hasn’t fallen.

The media circus surrounding the sale of adult use marijuana has been as substantial as the lines outside the already open retail dispensaries. Mainstream media has shown surprise and possibly disappointment that there is nothing negative to say about Cannabis Independence. As exciting as Cannabis Independence is, I’m more excited that they can’t find anything negative to say about the legal rollout. The smoke-out some of our officials were expecting never happened. Honestly I’m not really sure what they were expecting to see.

Did they think there would be junkies that couldn’t wait until they got home to light up? Don’t you wait until you get home to open a bottle of wine you just purchased? By the way, if you answered “No” to that last question. you might have a drinking problem.

While the scrutiny can be annoying at times, we are going to have to accept it for the next few years. The media and the rest of the world are watching Colorado to see how we handle cannabis freedom. Let’s keep up the good work and disappoint the media on a regular basis by treating our independence with jubilation and maturity. There are plenty of people waiting for us to fail. They want to point at Colorado as an argument for why it shouldn’t be allowed in their state. Let’s not give it to them.

We are blazing a path for the rest of the world and so far it is filled with positive vibrations. Of course, there are aspects here that could be better (consumption in Denver comes to mind) but we can legally buy cannabis! Remember all those smoke circles for the last 20 years where someone said, “Why don’t we legalize this and tax it? It just makes so much more sense.” Well here we are.

Let’s just breathe that in for a moment. (cough) Ahem, okay I’m back. Sorry ‘bout that, couldn’t help it.

What was I talking about? . . .

Oh yeah public perception. While we are all excited about our new independence, we may sometimes forget that the world is paying attention.

So keep it classy Colorado. And keep blazing the trail!

David Maddalena Editor-in-Chief David@thcmag.com 4 January 2014

“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.

For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

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CONTRIBUTORS

Editor-in-Chief

David Maddalena david@thcmag.com

Art Director

Christianna Lewis christianna@thcmag.com

Managing Editor

Rick Macey rick@thcmag.com

Editor

Caroline Hayes caroline@thcmag.com

Layout Designers

Caroline Hayes Christianna Lewis

Director of Sales and Marketing Christianna Lewis christianna@thcmag.com

Contributing Writers Rebecca Chavez Joshua Davis Caroline Hayes Citizen Jay Rick Macey Monocle Man Maggie Maxwell DJ Reetz John Schroyer Susan Squibb Christopher Tucker

Contributing Photographers Scott Lentz Christianna Lewis DJ Reetz Susan Squibb

Cover Art

Christianna Lewis

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American Web 4040 Dahlia Street Denver, CO 80216 ph 303.321.2422 fax 303.321.6636 The Hemp Connoisseur magazines are presented by The Hemp Connoisseur, LLC. All contents are copyrighted 2013 by The Hemp Connoisseur, LLC. For advertising or subscription info, please email sales@thcmag.com.

Josh Davis is a professional actor, singer and voice-over artist.

He has appeared in: Law and Order, One Life to Live, As the World Turns, Les Miserables and produced and acted in the feature film The Graduates. He first learned about hemp when he was given the book The Emperor Wears No Clothes and became a hemp enthusiast ever since. He lives in New York City.

Caroline Hayes graduated from Ball State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and a focus in Magazine Design and Writing. She moved to Colorado after college to pursue a career and enjoy the scenery. Caroline started as a freelance writer for The Hemp Connoisseur and has furthered her position there as as a page layout designer.

Citizen Jay is an archaeologist with a Master’s Degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder who has been an avid cannabis consumer for many years. He has been a Red Card holder for four years, which has allowed him to eliminate prescription drugs.

Previously contributed as a staff writer to The Daily Doobie and also contributes to The CM Report here in Denver.

Rick Macey is an award-winning newspaper, magazine writer and television producer. He is the founder of CannabisTube.net.

Monocle Man is a responsible, educated MMJ patient who enjoys the thrills of the cannabis industry. He takes all factors into thorough consideration and approaches each review with an open and objective mind. His knack for the trade assists him in creating valid reviews.

Maggie Maxwell is a copywriter, explorer and “spirit-lifter” in Denver, Colorado. With a diverse writing background and a knack for finding -- and living -- the best stories, she brings curiosity, enthusiasm and a quick wit to every endeavor.

DJ Reetz is a writer, cynic and marijuana enthusiast born and raised in Denver. As a native of the city he lives, breathes, and – on occasion – eats and drinks all that is Denver and the state of Colorado. Driven by a questioning mind, he seeks to inform readers and expose truth; and possibly have a good-ass time in the process.

John Schroyer covered politics and policy in Colorado for more

than seven years, including the Democratic National Convention in Denver in 2008. Since January 2013, he has been the video editor at The Colorado Springs Gazette and made himself famous by posting footage online of his car getting swamped by a flash flood in Manitou Springs. He moved to Colorado from Chicago in 2002 after finishing college and has vowed to never again live anywhere that doesn’t have mountains.

Susan Squibb is the Cannabis Maven. Susan is a product and market developer and writes freelance articles and reviews about products, events and cannabis culture. Susan is a strategy and operational consultant for edible kitchens at Kitchen Development Services, a cannabis event producer at 4 & 20 Blackbirds and the weekly marijuana advice columnist for The Denver Post. Her website is cannabismaven.com Chris Tucker is a contributor for the LocalMC as a member of their review board. He does content writing/copywriting for various websites and his first novel, an action/adventure novel, is due out within the next few months.

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Contents 4

A Letter to Our Readers

12

The Green Scene

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In The Spotlight

18

Featured Artist

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20

Tasty Meds

40

THC’s NYE Party

22

Lady Cannabis

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Headed Out West

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Frack Off

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The Cost of Hash

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Events and a do-it-yourself edible

Delicious hemp seeds and the Jetter bong Sean Dietrich and Vincent Gordon

Reviews of some of Colorado’s best edibles and smokeables Patients have questions, she has answers

Hemp Eats

Superbowl Snacks!

High Society

A moment with Cheryl Shuman

Swinging into the New Year with class Will the new laws bring more residents to CO?

More insight to the dangers of fracking One man’s trim is another man’s hash

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Cannabis News Around the World

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Denver’s 420 Tours

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Cannabis News Around Colorado

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Colorado’s Favorite Little City

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Cannabis History!!!!

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Denver Dispensary Guide Coupons Index

The Nation’s top MJ headlines

Rocky Mountain marijuana headlines

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20ish Questions

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Zeoform

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An interview with Oaksterdam’s Chancellor New hemp innovations from the land down under

The Do’s and the Don’ts

Whether you are a resident or a tourist, you will want to read up on what and whatnot to do with new MJ priviledges

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A talk with Matt Brown about cannabis tourism Why you should visit Edgewater

Colorado resident and Marine veteran Sean Azzariti makes first ever legal purchase

Dispensary Guide

DENVER 58 The Clinic 55 The Hemp Center 55 Mind, Body, Spirit Wellness Clinic 56 Northern Lights Natural Rx 56 Physician Preferred Products 59 River Rock 60 Southwest Alternative Care

COLORADO SPRINGS 57 Rocky Mountain Miracles

3937 W. COLFAX AVE.

1075 S. FOX ST.

720-287-3934

303-593-2931

DENVER, CO 80204

DENVER, CO 80223

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The GREEN Scene

E V E N T S

January 5th Hemp and Cannabis Expo 12:00p.m.-5:00p.m.

World Famous Cannabis Cafe 322 SE 82nd Street Portland, Oregon 97216 https://www.facebook.com/ events/715449315133172/?ref=br_rs

January 11th 16th Annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert Hosted by Ploppy Palace Prouctions and NORML of Florida Tobacco Road 626 South Miami Ave. Miami, FL 33130 https://www.facebook.com/events/234495780052090/ January 11th Tokeeasy DVD Release Screening 9:00p.m.- 11:55p.m.

The Oriental Theater 4335 W. 44th Ave Denver, CO 80212 http://www.theorientaltheater.com/event/156682 January 17th-20th Mile High Winter Break Buds, Brews, Music & Mountains Denver, CO winterbreak420.com January 17th Gangsta and Gals Fundraiser Party at Speak Easy Vape Lounge 2508 East Bijou Street Colorado Springs, CO 80909 speakeasylounge.info February 1st Northwest CannaBusiness Symposium 1333 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

Portland, Oregon 97232 nwsymposium.ezevent.com

February 4th Public Retail Marijuana Tours This will mark the second tour of several through Aug. They will start at 12:00p.m. and last 4 to 6 hours $99 per person 860-837-0420 www.coloradohighlifetours.com

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February 7th Medical Cannabis Health Fair The Oriental Theater 4:00pm-7:00pm FREE Every Friday - 10:00a.m.

River Rock South Sessions 990 W. 6th Ave. Denver, CO www.riverrockcolorado.com

Blazin’ Brownies by Blazin’ Bakery reviewed by Monocle Man Blazin’ Brownies from Blazin Bakery (formerly Mary Jane Mix) are specifically designed to incorporate your favorite herb into a ready-made brownie mix. I have tried products like this in the past and found that they didn’t seem to thoroughly mix well with cannabis.

So with cautious optimism I tested both the original formula and their three-minute microwave mix.

My first test was the original mix. For starters they have an instructional video on blazinbakery.com that I recommend watching before you make your first batch. The instructions are fairly simple. The first step was to heat up an eighth (dosage can be increased based on preference) of finely ground herb in a pan with vegetable oil. The instructions are to heat the herb in the oil at just under simmer for 45 minutes. I may have had my stove setting a little low as it actually took more than an hour for my herb to turn brown and the oil to turn the recommended green color. The brownies were a little dry, but the taste was good. The dryness could have been from my own error in heating the oil or possibly remedied for higher elevation by adding a teaspoon of water next time. What I really liked about the brownies was that the dosage was mixed perfectly throughout the mix. Each brownie had the same effect as the one before. If you read

my past edible reviews you know that consistency is one of my litmus tests for a good product and Blazin’ Brownies hit the nail on the head.Next time I will be increasing the amount of herb as it was a little lighter than I generally prefer, but that is the beauty of a doit-yourself mix.

My next test was the single serving three-minute microwave mix. The first thing that impressed me about the microwave mix was the compactness of the packaging. It all fits in a discreetly small screw top plastic bottle, which is great for those who want a fresh treat on the go. After following the simple instructions I had my own delicious brownie with my favorite herb in three minutes! The simplicity of this mix easily eliminates potential user error. My brownie was moist and medicated just right for a single serving. I was thoroughly impressed with the ease and speed in which I had a ready-to-go treat in my hands.

Whether you are a do-it-yourselfer or are afraid of your own shadow in the kitchen, Blazin’ Brownies are easy to make and a fast alternative to making your own canna-butter for baking. Impress your friends next time they come over with your own batch of blazin’ goodness! Blazinbakery.com

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In The Spotlight Proucts We Love

Hemp seeds are high in protein and contain nine amino acids including essentials like Omega-3s, which are valuable for healthy skin and hair, brain function, digestion and overall body health. They make a delicious and nutritious addition to salads, smoothies, oatmeal and even soups. So go ahead and stock your pantry with this new wave of health food that is here to stay.

Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts These raw, shelled hemp seeds come in natural or organic and bags come in a variety of sizes, up to five pounds. www.manitobaharvest.com

Ziggy Marley’s Hemp Rules These USDA organic seeds are offered as shelled or roasted. Roasted flavors are Carribean Crunch or Salt and Pepper. www.ziggymarleyorganics.com

Himalania Organic Hemp Seeds These tasty treats come in toasted dusted with himalayan pink salt, shelled or covered in dark chocolate. www.brainstorminc.com

Nutiva Organic Raw Shelled Hemp Seeds Cold-pressed and organically created.

Simple, pure and delicious. www.nutiva.com

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Navitas Naturals Kashmir Superfood Certified organic, raw and shelled hemp seeds www.navitasnaturals.com

Hippie Butter Organic Hulled Hemp Seeds Non-GMO, non-irradiated, non-allergenic, THC-free, pesticide-free, gluten-free, Kosher and vegan-certified. www.hippiebutter.com

As a lot of us will admit, it’s not easy or simple to acquire a new habit. We usually have our quirks, eccentricities, and preferences more or less worked out by the time we become young adults.

I begin this review of CanChew that way because of an important admission I must make: I have never been a gum chewing person. Not even as a kid.

So when I was asked to try this hemp CBD gum, I didn’t expect to take to it. I was wrong.

CanChew is a nifty new way to ingest CBD. It’s distributed by CannaGum Marketing Group in San Diego, California. As the world’s first hempbased cannabidiol chewing gum, it was developed by a team of dentists and physicians.

There is no sugar - the main reason I avoided gum - and no artificial

sweeteners or preservatives. It’s sort of the anti-chewing gum of chewing gum, if that makes sense.

That becomes more apparent when you first take one of the round pieces, which come in four packages of eight, and pop it into your mouth.

I tried the “cool mint” variety, and it was precisely that. It was surprisingly tasty. If you didn’t already know, you’d have no idea that you were ingesting 10mg of CBD derived from 50mg of hemp oil. It’s also quite tasty, especially considering it has no calories.

If you’re an active chewer, it takes only 10 minutes to reduce the gum to its basic gumminess, with no remaining trace of the dark specks of CBD. The mint flavor lasts a bit longer than it takes to deliver the CBD, which I think is pretty cool.

supplements.

There was no change in my health, which proved to me that the gum was equally as effective in delivering CBD. And when you consider how convenient it is, it becomes clear that this is one product without a downside.

As a quality nutritional supplement that is vegan - no soy or gluten CannaChew is easy to embrace. It’s not often an adult acquires a new habit.

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absorption enhancer for plants invented by award winning chemistry professor, Dr. John W. Willard PhD. This ground-breaking product is specially formulated using an extensive and patented manufacturing process, developed by Dr. Willard, in which a colloidal particle called a micelle is created. When the PlantCatalyst® micelle is added to ordinary water (tap water, purified water, well water, etc) the micelle, according to Dr Willard, causes a change in the structure of that water and it becomes a more efficient delivery system for nutrients. This altered structure serves as a catalyst or transport medium that can enhance the uptake and assimilation of nutrients in plants. Dr. Willard’s

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PlantCatalyst® is not a nutrient, but a vehicle for carrying nutrients throughout the plant’s cells”

Jetter Concentrate Bong The Jetter Bong by Jetter Systems is an unique brand that is a part of Colorado’s cannabis culture. The owner Chris Jetter has been producing these high quality smoking accessories since 1992. My first experience with a Jetter Bong was a few years ago at Bong-A-Thon. I loved the distinctive look that they had and it immediately caught my eye. First thing you will notice is the sturdy plastic square base that the glass runs through. They all have different colors and patterns worked into them, making them almost one of a kind. My favorite part is that the base also has a lighter holder on the regular bongs and a full dab kit for their concentrate bong. The concentrate Jetter Bongs come with a torch, dish, and borosilicate dabber all accessible from the base. They also supply you with a Halen honey hole dome-less quartz nail. The dome-less nail is awesome to use and makes dabbing a lot easier. I ran this piece through the gauntlet and dabbed every kind of concentrate I had. CO2 oil, BHO oil, wax, shatter, and all worked great with the nail. The bong its self hit like a champ just like the first one I tried years ago. This is a great bong to have out when you are having a lot of people over for a session. Keep your fragile crazy expensive glass rigs locked up and have a durable Jetter Bong out. If you are looking for a quality sturdy bong get yourself a Jetter Bong. A Colorado Legend. www.facebook.com/jetterbongs

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Featured Artists

Sean Dietrich and Vincent Gordon

by Caroline Hayes

When artwork is out-of-this-world original, I get excited to hear how artists explain their work, and speaking with Sean Dietrich was no exception. I couldn’t wait to hear what he had to say about his amazing collaborations with Vincent Gordon and their gallery show now up at HoodLab in the River North neighborhood of Denver.

When the San Diego resident was asked how the grand opening of his and Vincent’s show ‘Fear and Loathing Across America’ went, he said he was surprised at the turnout for how cold it was. “It’s funny how different cities surprise you in how the elements really don’t play into their thought process as to if they are going out or not. For instance if it was below zero in San Diego, our opening would be a ghost town — in fact, if it was below 50 degrees in San Diego, good luck getting the people out. Other than the weather, it was nice to network with new people, debut the new ‘Fear and Loathing’ art, and to further establish our presence in Denver,” Sean said.

I asked Sean what he hopes to achieve from the gallery show. He said, “Honestly, I’m not a fan at all of gallery shows. It’s a point of pride that I have built up a successful career as an artist without the help of galleries, so what I hope to achieve is maybe a different perspective on the gallery experience. I’m really hoping HoodLab can change my opinion about doing gallery shows. They are very accommodating to our needs and have worked to make it a creative presentation.”

As you the reader can see, Sean and Vincent have a fun, unique style. So unique that it’s hard to believe that their styles match so well. So how did they come to be such a great team? “We figured out how to combine two well thought out art styles, allowing intelligent thought and not ego to take over the canvas,” Sean explained. He said that the ‘Fear and Loathing in Austin’ (pictured on this page) is his favorite collabo piece with Vincent.

Working with acrylic and india ink, he creates innovative pieces such as one of his best sellers “The Red Baroness.”

It’s a “pin up version of Manfred von Richthofen and has dominated my sales over the last year.” It’s not pictured here but you should most definitey check it out and see just why it is a best seller.

As far as visions for the future, Sean says “I have a massive graphic novel coming out, as well as an ‘artist field guide’ that will cover the business side of selling art and managing a successful art career.” Very cool!

One last quote from Sean, directed toward you the reader, “If there’s any aspiring artists reading this, feel free to ask me any questions via sean@industriacide. com, or engage with me @seandietrich on Twitter, and facebook.com/seandietrich on FB. I’m always there to answer questions about the business and selling side of art. Cheers!” Visit his website www.industriacide.com.

“Fear and Loathing Across America” going on now at HoodLab through February 28th. Make sure you stop by!

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Tasty Meds reviewed by Monocle Man

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Skunk Haze Shatter by Better Concentrates If you have not tried Better Concentrates, do yourself a favor and check them out. They took home the best tested Shatter in the Hemp Connoisseur Championship a few months back for their Venom OG. The testing results they showed us for the Skunk Haze Shatter I tried were very impressive. It tested at 36.1% THC, 50.3% CBD, and 1.8% CBN. I love seeing high CBD products and wish there were more on the market. Their Skunk Haze Shatter is a cross of Catatonic from Resin Seeds and Skunk Haze from Mr Nice Seeds. Catatonic is known for its high CBD and it really comes through in the testing results. The Shatter had a light golden amber color that had a very clean looking extraction.

I was blown away with the smell that this sample had as the terpene profile was off the charts. The Skunk Haze Shatter made for some tasty dabs that were smooth each time. It made for a perfect daytime dab with the lower THC and higher CBD levels.

It was a very functional high and I was able to get a lot of work done throughout the day. I will be keeping an eye out for Better Concentrates whenever I'm at a shop from now on. www.sweetmaryjaneedibles.com

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Crystal Mix Blue & Orange by Better Baked Powered by Evo Labs CO2 This was my first experience with Better Baked's products. I have seen them at a few shops that I frequent but never had the urge to try them.

After seeing their Crystal Mix I thought I would give it a go. The one thing that really got me to try it was seeing that Evo Labs CO2 was being used. I am a big fan of their CO2 oil and wanted to see how it went with an edible. The Crystal Mix comes with two 100mg packages of Blue and Orange colored powder. Make sure to follow the directions because you will need to stir the powder in 1/4 cup warm water. After that you can pour it into any cold liquid and enjoy. I did one tablespoon of the Blue powder first. There wasn't much of a flavor I could notice as it tasted really watered down. I did notice light effects after an hour of drinking it. It seemed to be more of a body high which I enjoyed because I was dealing with back and neck discomfort. Overall it was a pretty solid product. One thing I would really like to see is better packaging since it seemed a little thrown together. bbcafe.homestead.com

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Cannabis Infused Bath Soak by Dixie Botanicals There is nothing more relaxing than a nice hot bath, or so I thought. Bath time just got a whole lot better.

From the time you add Dixie Bath Soak to the hot water in the bathtub, you are hit with a wave of calming aroma inviting you in to let your stress melt away.

With ingredients like lavender and rosemary oil, this bath soak is a deep penetrating, relaxation cocktail for your body, mind and soul. My aches, pains and stress of the day evaporated with the bath water. I normally have terrible insomnia but not after I used the Bath Soak. I was asleep before my head hit the pillow. I just found a new favorite product to add to my bathtime routine. dixieelixirs.com

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Medically Correct Incredibles & Sweet Stone Full Line Incredibles has won 2nd place two years in a row in The Hemp Connoisseur Championship in the edible category and taking home best tested in this year’s show. Their dedicated team has brought one of the best tasting and most consistent products to the market. They have become a patient favorite here in Colorado and now anyone over 21 can see why this year. The flavors include, Cookies n Cream, Peach Dream, Boulder, Monkey, Strawberry Crunch, Blueberry Bliss, Mile High, Peanut Butter, Mile Higher, and Fireberry. The bars feature new labels and new resealable packaging. The new silver packaging is also harder to get into and you will need some scissors to get it open. For our readers that are not familiar with their products, I will breakdown each delicious bar. First thing you will see once you open the package is that each bar has 12 small squares that you can break off for proper dosing. For those of you new to edibles, only start off with a few squares and wait an hour before ingesting more. I know it will be hard with how good these taste but edibles have come along way since you made brownies at home. The Mile High and Peanut Butter have a different mold and have three rectangular bars you can break off. And last but not least the Fireberry has three small squares that are 100mg a piece.

Strawberry Cough White chocolate with strawberries and a flax seed crunch. If you like Strawberry milk you will fall in love with this bar. This was my first bar I tried with Incredibles and remains one of my favorites.

Boulder Bar Milk chocolate and toffee made fresh in the kitchen. The new label features a buffalo and the flat irons showing the city of Boulder some love.

Peach Dream One of the newer bars Incredibles came out with. White chocolate and organic peaches bring a summer delight whatever season you are in.

The flavor of the peach Cookies and Cream A new addition to line and I’m glad it is. Creamy white chocolate and crushed chocolate cookies make this an instant classic.

Blueberry Bliss Organic blueberries flax crispies white chocolate. You get more flavor of the white chocolate in the beginning and finishes with blueberry.

Crumble up some of the Blueberry Bliss and add to your pancakes for a stoney morning breakfast.

Monkey Bar A flavor explosion of organic bananas, walnuts, and coconut in milk chocolate. I’m not big on bananas but with the Monkey Bar I make exceptions.

Peanut Budda Buddha A peanut butter white chocolate with pretzel chunks. This is now my favorite bar that they make and one of the best tasting edibles around. Want to take the Peanut Buttet Buddha to the next level? Put a Strawberry Cough Crunch on top and you have the best Peanut Butter & Jelly of your life.

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Mile High Mint A mint milk chocolate. Strong mint flavor like an after dinner mint that will freshen your breathe.

Mile Higher Mint The bigger badder version of the Mile High. Still has the same milk chocolate and strong mint flavor but with 300mg.

Fire Berry It starts off with the sweet raspberry and dark chocolate than quickly does a 180 and sets your mouth on fire with habanero. This is another 300mg and the bars are even smaller so just a bite can be good for most.

Firecracker limited time only White chocolate and Pop Rocks. Let the bar melt in your mouth and the pop rock candy will pop and tickle your mouth. Has to be to most ingenious edible I have ever tried.

Sweet Stone Candy

Another brand under Medically Correct that has quickly become a patient favorite is Sweet Stone Candy. Their giant Claudie Bears are a delicious treat that will take care of that sweet tooth. There are four different flavors to choose from (Green Apple, Blue Raspberry, Black Cherry and Straw-nana) all coming in at 100mg. If you like gummy bears like me than the Claudie Bears are going to be your new favorite edible. Not only is it one of the best tasting edibles around they pack a serious punch. They also came out with a few limited edition bears, the Toil & Trouble for Halloween and Chocolate Dipped Bears for Christmas. If you were lucky enough to try them while they were out you know how good they were. I hope they bring both of these back next year. The Colorado Gemstones is the other product. Each pack contains five 10mg hard candies that are a great way to discreetly take your meds. There are nine different flavors to choose from (Juicy Pear, Cotton Candy, Root Beer, Dr P, Cherry Cola, Straw-nana, Blueberry Cheesecake, Fruit Loop). My favorites are Juicy Pear, Cotton Candy, Straw-nana, and Fruit Loop. The Juicy Pear tasted like I was having a real Pear. Didn’t have a hashy taste like some hard candies I have tried. I look forward to seeing what else Claudie the Candyman and his team can cook up next. www.medicallycorrect.com, www.incrediblescolorado.com, www.sweetstonecandy.com

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HEMP EATS

Spice up your Superbowl menu with these hempy recipes

Cheezy Hemp Nacho Sauce

from the kitchen of Kristin Suzanne Yield: 1 1/2 cups Ingredients: 1/2 cups 1/3 cup water 1 clove garlic 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 red bell pepper, seeded, rough chopped (approximately 1 cup) 1 cup hemp seeds 2 1/2 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes 1 tablespoon Simply Organic chili powder 2 teaspoons tamari, wheat-free 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan crystal salt 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder Directions: Blend all of the ingredients in a blender until smooth and creamy. This can be stored in the refrigerator for 4-5 days.

Use this for dipping fresh veggies or corn chips.

Hemp Seeded Party Mix Ingredients: 3 cups toasted rice squares cereal 3 cups toasted wheat squares cereal 3 cups Cheerios 2 cups hemp seeds 1 cup peanuts 1 cup stick pretzels 1 cup garlic-flavor bite-size bagel chips or regular-size bagel chips, broken into 1-inch pieces 6 tablespoons butter

Spicy Chicken Kebabs Serves 4-5

NOTE: Allowing chicken to marinade longer will improve flavor so give yourself plenty of time!

Ingredients: ¼ cup hemp oil 1/3 cup honey 1/3 cup soy sauce ¼ teaspoon black pepper1 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/8 teaspoon Himalayan sea salt 8 chicken breast halves, cubed 2 garlic cloves- minced skewers – if using wooden, make sure to soak for 24 hours prior to threading the meat Directions: In a large bowl, whisk together the hemp oil, honey, soy sauce, cayenne, salt and pepper. Take out a small amount of the marinade to use while cooking. Place the cubed chicken in the marinade and refrigerate anywhere from 2 to 24 hours. Preheat pre cleaned grill to high then oil lightly. Thread the chicken onto the pre-soaked skewers. Cook chicken skewers for about 15 minutes. Be sure to turn and brush with marinade often.

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 1 1/2 teaspoons seasoned salt 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon onion powder Directions: Heat oven to 250°F. In large bowl, mix cereals, nuts, pretzels and bagel chips; set aside. In ungreased large roasting pan, melt butter in oven. Stir in seasonings. Gradually stir in cereal mixture until evenly coated. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Spread on paper towels to cool, about 15 minutes.

Store in airtight container.

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High Society with

Cheryl Shuman

“Wilfred” Renewed for Fourth and Final Season on FX This is my fourth season and final season as the Marijuana Expert on the TV series “Wilfred,” the hit FX Channel comedy featuring Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings) as Ryan. Ryan is a suicidally depressed, introverted medical marijuana patient who sees his neighbor’s dog Wilfred as a pot-puffing man in a dog suit.

“Wilfred” is based on the award-winning Australian series of the same name, and was adapted for FX by writer David Zuckerman (Family Guy, American Dad, King of the Hill), who also serves as the series “show runner” and executive producer, along with series co-star Jason Gann.

Gann, who co-created and starred in the Australian series, plays the title character as bit of a shamanic trickster, leading Ryan to overcome his fears and joyfully embrace the unpredictability and insanity of the world around him. Series regulars also include Fiona Gubelmann as Jenna, Ryan’s beautiful neighbor and Wilfred’s owner, and Dorian Brown as Kristen, Ryan’s uptight sister.

I’m the medical marijuana consultant on the show, hired to recreate authentic scenes for the “Wilfred Collective.”

Within 48 hours we transformed Ryan’s bedroom on the set into a lifelike medical marijuana collective, complete with (faux) medicine, vaporizers, edibles, medicated chocolates, and magazines. It was so authentic that many of the crew members said they felt like they should pull out their patient ID cards and place orders.

The series premiere of “Wilfred” was the highest-ranking debut sitcom ever for FX Networks, and it stayed in the top 10 shows for Thursday night cable TV throughout the first season. The show has also met with critical acclaim. Curt Wagner, writing in Redeye (The Chicago Tribune), penned, “Wilfred is the strangest new show on TV. And the funniest.”

David Wiegand, in the San Francisco Chronicle, wrote that “Wilfred works on many levels, something that may not become apparent until after you stop laughing.”

In last season’s cliffhanger ending, viewers were left with more questions than answers. Is Wilfred real? Was Ryan successful in his suicide attempt? If the dog who appears as a human in a costume does exist, will he remember Ryan?

What consequences will Ryan pay for ruining his sister’s marriage?

“Ninety-five percent of the cliffhanger is resolved in the premiere,” Zuckerman told me, adding, “That’s not to say there aren’t new questions asked.” While the cast is tightlipped on spoilers — Gann called himself a “story Grinch” — Zuckerman said that this season would continue to “explore

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Ryan’s journey toward enlightenment, with Wilfred tripping him up along the way.”

Going above and beyond to get Jenna her job back after she accidentally ate a brownie laced with marijuana, Wilfred was hit by a car in the last season. He wound up at the vet, and didn’t recognize Ryan when he woke up. Ryan questions whether or not Wilfred appeared to him at all, setting up a crisis of faith that was worsened when he returned home to find the door to the basement Wilfred inhabited leading only to a closet.

Writers on the show are currently “breaking” stories, with Zuckerman, Gann and Wood all hoping to see the return of Mary Steenburgen as Ryan’s nutty mother whose cat, Mittens, appears to her as a woman played by Rhea Perlman.

“We do explore her relationship with Ryan and their unique shared traits in sort of a fun arena,” Zuckerman said.

Also on the cast’s wish list to return: Dwight Yoakam’s “Bruce,” who also “sees” Wilfred and appeared to test Ryan’s faith in his canine companion. A podcast for the new episodes, allowing the cast and creators to provide hints along the way, is another possibility. I’m hoping to add content about vaporizers (a healthier way to medicate) to this season’s plot lines.

Wilfred is an amazing, groundbreaking show that I am

honored to be a part of. The show is a catalyst for discussions about marijuana at dinner tables and water coolers across the country. One criticism of medical marijuana collectives is that they seem to cater to healthy-looking young men. If those men are like Ryan, they may have serious reasons to medicate that are not obvious to the eye. According to a forthcoming study to be published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, the use of cannabis is associated with lower mortality risk in patients with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. Perhaps our modern souls need some “salve-ation” from the Hobbits’ “pipe weed.”

What’s next, you ask? Find out yourself! Tune in for the premiere!

Known as the “Martha Stewart of Marijuana,” Cheryl Shuman has 25 years of branding experience working with celebrities, media and public relations. She has transitioned her medical marijuana activism as cancer patient, Executive Director of Beverly Hills NORML, and founding member of the NCIA (National Cannabis Industry Association) into a career pioneering product placement for medical marijuana companies in the film industry.

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Cannabis News

by John Schroyer

Veterinarians Working on Medical Cannabis for Pets Although a lot of pet owners have had mixed results when trying medical marijuana for their ailing cat or dog, a new hemp-based medication called Canna-Pet is getting rave reviews on the West Coast.

Developed by Seattle veterinarian couple Sarah Brandon and Greg Copas, the medicine sells for just $1 a pill, and has helped cats and dogs recover from surgery, deal with arthritis, and more.

Canna-Pet took five years of experimentation and research to develop. Brandon and Copas believe they have it perfected. Canna-Pet can be purchased online.

“If you give an animal the hemp and use it for pain control, they don’t get hungry.

If you’re using it for controlling nausea, or help increase appetite, they eat better. I can’t explain it,” Brandon told the website MyNorthwest.

Academy Awards of the Cannabis Industry The annual Emerald Cup festival in northern California’s “Emerald Triangle” — Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity counties — drew hundreds, possibly thousands, of cannabis enthusiasts in mid-December to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. Judges took on the enormous task of evaluating 316 different entries, and announced the winners on Sunday, Dec. 15.

The festival is somewhat elite. Only organic farmers who grow marijuana outdoors and without the use of fertilizers or chemicals are allowed to compete in the judging. Rolling Stone magazine even labeled the Emerald Cup “the Academy Awards of the

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cannabis industry.”

The winning slots went not surprisingly to colorfully named strains: Lemon Skunk, Cherry Cola, Cherry Limeade No. 6, Royal Sour, Larry OG, and Girl Scout Cookie were the top six.

Marijuana Vendors Meet with Federal Banking Regulators Even though marijuana is legal in two states and adult use sales have started, there’s still a big problem for vendors who can’t open bank accounts. All their transactions are done in cash.

That was the focus of a high-profile meeting between industry stakeholders and the federal Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group, which could be the key to pushing through federal reforms that would allow dispensaries to set up bank accounts.

But the meeting wasn’t open to the public, and not subject to the Freedom of Information Act, so it’s not totally clear exactly what transpired at the meeting.

Still, the meeting itself was taken as a positive sign by many observers who say pressure from members of Congress — as well as other officials from Washington and Colorado — might be the push the Treasury Department needs to institute reforms.

South Carolina May Move on Hemp While Kentucky Stalls South Carolina may become the latest state to legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp, under a Republican proposal by state Sen. Kevin Bryant.

The measure has bipartisan backing, but faces opposition from the law enforcement community. It’s not clear yet whether Bryant’s bill will get a hearing during the South Carolina legislative session, which opens in January.

According to the organization Vote Hemp, nearly three dozen states have considered pro-hemp legalization, and 20 have passed permissive laws promoting the plant.

Kentucky is one such state, and has been on the front end of a national pro-hemp trend in recent years. But it seems lately that the state has stalled in its legalization efforts, since Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer said in December that he wants to be 100 percent certain the federal government won’t prosecute farmers for planting hemp.

“We’re going to fight to try to get this industry here, but I don’t want to do anything that would put one farmer in jeopardy of losing their farm, or one processor in jeopardy of losing their investment by coming to this state, until we know for sure the federal government’s going to leave us alone,” Comer said, according to the Kentucky newspaper The Courier-Journal.

Uruguay Legalizes Marijuana On Dec. 10, 2013, the South American country of Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalize marijuana.

The country’s Senate passed a finalized bill legalizing cannabis, and the nation’s president has been very supportive of the move, saying he wants the industry to start operating next year. Adults will be able to purchase up to 40 grams a month or own up to six marijuana plants after the new law goes into effect this spring.

The bill sets up a market that will be overseen and run by the government, not by private corporations. And Uruguay’s drug control agency has been given until mid-April to come up

Across the Globe with regulations for the industry.

Veterans Have to Choose VA or Medical Marijuana Many military veterans suffering from ailments such as post-traumatic stress disorder in Maine are having to choose between their medication of choice - marijuana - and benefits from the federal Department of Veterans Affairs.

According to a source quoted by the Maine Public Broadcasting Network, physicians for the VA can face “severe repercussions” from their superiors if they prescribe or even help a patient to get on medical marijuana.

Consequently, many veterans have to pay the entire cost of their marijuana, without any financial help from the federal government. For one Maine veteran, that often runs up to $800 a month.

Connecticut Now Home to Cannabis Convention Cannabis festivals, expos and conventions have been sprouting up across the country like dandelions, and a new one just landed in New Haven, Connecticut.

The first annual Connecticut Cannabis Exposition, held the weekend of Dec. 13, was an educational event, aimed at those who want to learn more about medical marijuana and its various applications.

Attendees learned about every aspect of marijuana, from horticultural habits to medicinal science to “how marijuana can change the modern world with replacing paper and textiles.”

New York Legalized Marijuana in 1980

Medical

Proponents of medical marijuana in the state of New York have a new weapon at their disposal. According to The New York Post, the state actually legalized medicinal cannabis decades ago, in 1980.

So the New Jersey toddler who became a symbol in an effort to change the state’s medical marijuana laws has now also become another symbol for the magnetic attraction of medicinal cannabis in Colorado.

The law was passed by the state Legislature and signed into law after being pushed by brain cancer patient and former state official Antonio Olivieri, and allows hospitals to dispense marijuana to cancer and glaucoma patients.

World Is Legalization

The little-known law is still very strict, and was never fully implemented by then-Gov. Hugh Carey, so there’s still plenty of work to be done by activists before many patients can light up legally.

New Jersey Family Colorado for Daughter

Moves

to

While the Garden State wrestles with whether to loosen medical marijuana regulations and allow patients to purchase marijuana out of state and consume it in New Jersey, the family that inspired the legislation has decided to move to Colorado.

The legislation was inspired by Charlotte’s Web, a particular strain of medical marijuana grown in Colorado that has proven very effective in treating severely epileptic children. Meghan and Brian Wilson, whose 2-year-old daughter Vivian suffers from Dravet syndrome, are not taking any chances with their child’s health.

The Wilsons have been begging Republican Gov. Chris Christie to let their young daughter use Charlotte’s Web, but he has so far not relented.

Christie has said he’s finished expanding the medical marijuana program “under any circumstances,” according to online New Jersey.

Watching

Colorado

Media members from around the globe descended on Colorado for Green Wednesday. It’s clear that the state’s adult use legalization is being scrutinized far beyond Colorado’s borders.

An article in The Denver Post mentioned several examples of this worldwide attention. Our neighbor to the north offered a global perspective.

Canada’s CTV reported, “Though pot has been sold for three decades at coffee shops in the Netherlands, (Colorado and Washington) are the first to regulate and allow a full industry.”

The Times of India said “there are signs that recreational marijuana has not just entered Colorado’s constitution, but also joined the cultural mainstream.”

The International Business Times focused on the revenue potential from out-of-state patrons with the headline, “Colorado To Blaze Marijuana Tourism Trail In 2014 With Legal Pot Shops.”

The Post also had an interesting quote from Al White, the state’s tourism director. Until now, Colorado officials and industry professionals have largely dismissed the potential of tourism.

“It’s still too early to tell if it will be a net positive or negative,” White said. “We don’t know how long they’re staying or how much they’re spending. It has the potential to rub either way.”

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Cannabis News

by John Schroyer

Will Adult Use Rush Deplete Medicinal Supplies?

Some marijuana activists called New Year’s Day “Green Wednesday,” a riff on Black Friday, and sure enough, there was a huge rush of enthusiastic shoppers on the first day that adult use marijuana was sold legally in Colorado.

Before the historic end of marijuana prohibition unfolded, there was some concern about Colorado’s supply of medicinal cannabis, as well as rising prices due to increased demand.

“My biggest fear is I’m going to sell out of product in a day,” said Mitch Woolhiser, owner of Northern Lights, a dispensary in the tiny hamlet of Edgewater, just west of Denver.

Northern Lights didn’t sell out of product.

But the approximately two dozen adult use shops did a brisk business. Since it’s not clear how many dispensaries will be selling marijuana in upcoming weeks, too few adult shops could create a bottleneck.

If so, with a lot of pent-up demand for legal marijuana, Black Friday might not be a bad analogy for what dispensaries like Northern Lights may have to deal with in the days after Green Wednesday.

Jay Griffin, general manager of DANK in Denver, said his shop is fully prepared for the aftermath of Green Wednesday.

He proudly related that DANK owns the #4 adult use license and is prepared to make the most of it.

Woolhiser had about 20 pounds ready to go for New Year’s Day at 8 a.m. He pushed through some red tape in the days before Jan. 1. He finally had all the proper licenses in hand. He’s still a little nervous, since his grow location had not yet been approved.

It’s not surprising that a conscientious marijuana business owner would care about doing things right. In fact, that’s part of the message of a video on The Denver Post website. The video featured Mitch going over the A to Z’s of adult use marijuana.

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The opening day ceremonies went well at 3D Dispensary in Denver, although lines snaked around every shop that was open throughout the state. Lines were shorter the next day, but demand is still high.

And it’s not just Colorado residents creating the supply problem.

At Medicine Man, where the Wednesday morning line stretched up to 75 deep by 10 a.m., a security guard checking identification at the door estimated that well over half of the customers were from out of state, according to The Washington Post. One customer, Kevin Schatz of Nebraska, said his 90-minute wait and the taxes paid were “well worth it.”

“It’s a huge deal for me,” said Andre Barr, a 34-year-old deliveryman who drove from Niles, Mich., to be part of the historic end of prohibition. “This wait is nothing.”

According to Barbara Brohl, Colorado’s top marijuana regulator as head of the Department of Revenue, Green Wednesday “went pretty smoothly.” That wouldn’t surprise Woolhiser. “We’ve planned this for over a year,” he said.

Colorado Increases Cannabis Enforcement Division The Colorado Department of Revenue’s Marijuana Enforcement Division is more than doubling its staff in advance of New Year’s Day, when adult use marijuana sales will begin in towns across the state.

The division is growing from 27 to 55 fulltime staffers, with offices in Denver, Colorado Springs, Longmont, Fort Collins, and probably in Grand Junction. But not all the offices will be open until June.

The staffers’ focus will vary on their region of the state, depending on local ordinances, but one thing they’ll all work on is keeping marijuana out of underage hands. It’s illegal to sell marijuana to anyone under 21.

Synthetic Marijuana Sickens More Than 200 Investigators from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention said in mid-De-

cember that 221 people in Colorado may have become ill between mid-August and mid-September after using synthetic marijuana.

A CDC report said the organization took a close look at 127 patients. Of those, 64 percent had high blood pressure, 32 percent reported being agitated, and 25 percent experienced confusion. The report is the result of a joint CDC-Colorado investigation of emergency room visits, which saw a spike in August of people complaining of symptoms after using synthetic marijuana.

Child-resistant Bags Sometimes Hard to Find Marijuana entrepreneurs may have another business opening, thanks to Colorado state regulations that require child-resistant packaging for adult use marijuana sales.

According to one story by The Denver Post, a Medical Marijuana Industry Group spokesman said some dispensaries are having “an incredibly difficult time” finding bags they need to comply with state law.

Some dispensary owners are even talking to companies from as far away as New York in their search for bags that meet the state standard. If dispensaries don’t find the bags they need, they might be faced with a choice: break the law, or don’t sell adult use marijuana. If they sell and they get caught by state overseers, they could be fined. But those penalties were still undefined as of early December.

Arrests in Colorado county down 65 percent In Larimer County, home to Fort Collins, marijuana-related prosecutions have dropped by 65 percent since Amendment 64 was approved by Colorado voters in 2012, and marijuana became legal to possess.

The county’s sheriff told The Coloradoan that it was “more of a licensing issue than it is a criminal violation,” and that his office has higher priorities to concentrate on.

In 2012, Larimer County Jail took in 268

Across Colorado

people charged with marijuana-related offenses. As of early December, only 95 people were booked in 2013 for marijuana offenses.

Moratoriums on Adult Use Marijuana Sales

Marijuana enthusiasts around the Pikes Peak region will have to wait a little bit longer for a local store to begin selling adult use marijuana. Manitou Springs, which is the only locality in the area that hasn’t banned recreational sales, decided to extend its moratorium on sales licenses through the end of January, to give the city council time to finalize regulations for would-be local sellers.

The city is expected to permit only two sales licenses, most likely for the town’s two existing medical marijuana dispensaries.

Meanwhile, Lakewood has also extended

its moratorium, but much further and for different reasons. The city council voted at the end of October to push its moratorium through all next year, for time to study the effects of marijuana sales on other communities, such as neighboring Denver.

department looked at how to even out the bottom line. The fee reduction, which got a thumbs up from the board, will go into effect in February.

Medical Marijuana Patient Fee Shrinks by $20

Colorado marijuana dispensary owners will have to attach radio frequency tags to every cannabis plant they grow and every bag they move from store rooms and grow rooms under a new tracking system revealed by the state in December.

Until recently, medical marijuana patients in Colorado had to pay an annual $35 fee to the state to get a license to purchase medicinal cannabis. That just got slashed to $15 under a new proposal adopted by the Board of Health.

The state fund that oversees the medical marijuana patient registry has an enormous surplus of $13 million, so officials suggested reducing the price patients have to pay for medical marijuana cards.

The fee isn’t supposed to be such a cash cow, according to state statutes, so the

Radio Technology Unveiled to Track Marijuana Sales

The Marijuana Inventory Tracking Solution — or MITS — cost the state $1.2 million and has been in the works since 2011. Under the online system, dispensary owners have to punch information from the tags into a state-monitored website, including the weight of the marijuana they harvest.

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Off To See The Chancellor

20ish Questions With Oaksterdam’s Dale Sky Jones

by Josh Davis

Dale Sky Jones is keeping me waiting, and that’s just fine because I have some things to explore in this lobby.

vomiting syndrome. I sometimes just throw-up a lot and can’t stop.”

To my left is a tall glass case layered with the memories of cannabis’ medicinal past: Old brown bottles that at one time held tinctures for everything that ailed you, like depression, ulcers, pain, inflammation, migraines, and even sexual disorders.

She runs her fingers through her curly strawberry locks, pushing them behind her ear and tosses me a pretty smile.

It’s hard to believe a few minutes ago she was tossing cookies into the porcelain goddess.

To the right is another case filled with old books and videos. A copy of Popular Mechanics’ February 1938 issue touts hemp as the “New Billion Dollar Crop,” VHS copies of “Reefer Madness” and “Hemp for Victory” sit next to a well worn copy of Jack Herer’s famous call to arms, “The Emperor Wears No Clothes.”

By the looks of all of these historical knickknacks, it’s quite obvious I’m in a place of education. I’m staring into the hemp food section filled with products from modern day companies like Nutiva, Living Harvest, Dr. Bronner’s, and the Body Shop, when a woman’s pleasant voice says, “We moved the Cannabis Museum into the lobby after we got raided last year. Sorry to keep you waiting, I was throwing up. Welcome to Oaksterdam University.”

Dale Sky Jones is many things: a mother, a wife, a teacher, a manager, an outspoken supporter of marijuana reform and the Chancellor of Oaksterdam University (OU). However, as she greets me in the lobby of OU, nothing is more obvious than the fact that she is also a very, very pregnant woman, “I’m due like today. Bursting here. Look at me.”

I am. I motion to her belly and blurt out, “I’m sorry. Are you ok?” She notices my accusatory gesture and quells my concern, “Oh, no, no it wasn’t the baby’s fault. I have cyclic

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“Ok, let’s do that interview!” she says with gusto and turns for the classroom.

THC: Dale, O a k s t e r d a m University was founded in 2007.

How did you come to be a part of this place?

Dale Sky Jones (DSJ). It was an interesting journey.

I had spent a lot of time working in corporate America and in small business as well. A business acquaintance of mine was trying to get me to move to California to manage a bunch of doctors and eventually I moved to Southern California to help a doctor open a clinic to do part-time medical cannabis evaluations. My first job was to learn the lay of the land, the laws, and how to protect the doctors, and immediately I realized it was about how to protect the patients too. By law the doctors were really not allowed to talk to the patients about cannabis too much. They can recommend cannabis as a first amendment right, but they can’t prescribe the dosage if it hasn’t been vetted by the FDA. They also cannot tell you where to find it - that would be a felony - and if they work with a dispensary, that’s considered collusion. So there was this black hole when it came to medicinal cannabis.

THC: Is this still the case?

DSJ: Well that is still the law, but as you go from northern to southern California you sort of go through a time warp.

The prices double as you go south and the laws get more archaic. It gets more and more unfriendly as you get closer to the border. They have different concerns down there, plus the north has also been a hippy-friendly Bay Area culture.

THC: So after you realized the state of medical cannabis in California, what propelled you toward education?

DSJ: Education became immediately important to me, and because I had previously worked as a corporate trainer as well as a manager, I immediately pulled together what I could to teach patients and then started looking for where I could send them to get more information. I stumbled upon the Patient ID Center because they were the only ones teaching classes and could tell people where to go to get their cannabis.

THC: And that Oaksterdam?

led

you

to

show up to city council meetings and he thought, “Well, I’ll teach them how to grow cannabis, but first I’m going to teach them the politics, history and legality of it all and they’re going to show up to these council meetings, because you can’t not show up once you understand these things.” And people started calling and he realized that he had so much interest he had to put a class together in 2007, and it just grew from there.

THC: Who is Richard Lee? DSJ: Richard Lee was a cannabis activist and grower in Texas who ran the Hemp Store. This area where we are now in downtown Oakland is known as Oaksterdam.

Jeff Jones opened the very first city approved dispensary here and called it the Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative (OCBC ). And they had an agreement with the city to provide cannabis to the medical necessity patients. The operators of the OCBC had to source their cannabis from somewhere and one of their providers was Richard Lee.

“...we teach everything you would ever want to know about cannabis...from horticulture to federal and state laws, methods of ingestion, economics, politics...”

DSJ: Yes, I came into the nexus around the same time that Jeff Jones and Richard Lee were talking about Oaksterdam University and I was extremely supportive of the concept. I became a volunteer for the first year and a half. At the very first class I attended, the doctor that was supposed to teach how to become a qualified medical cannabis patient got lost on his way to the school. Knowing I worked with doctors, the facilitator asked me to fill in. I did and as a result ended up teaching that first class and subsequently taught every single science class that happened in Oaksterdam University, Los Angeles.

THC: What exactly is Oaksterdam University?

DSJ: It’s a school like any other, but we teach everything you would ever want to know and need to know about cannabis.

Our classes range from horticulture to federal and state laws, methods of ingestion, economics, politics and history, and patient relations.

THC: And how did Oaksterdam University come into being?

DSJ: When Richard Lee founded OU he was really creating an army of social justice advocates and it all started as a marketing trick to see if he could get people civically more involved in their community. He was trying to get people to

Jeff didn’t feel comfortable getting pounds of marijuana in the mail so he convinced Richard to move out here and become a primary grower for the OCBC. After Jeff was forced to stop dispensing by federal authorities, Richard went after the permit and opened up what has since become the longest running dispensary in the city of Oakland.

THC: Did anything become of the OCBC?

DSJ: Richard took over the OCBC and opened a couple different businesses around the area. He had a gift shop, the dispensary, OU the school, and he had a nursery.

Richard founded OU in 2007, but the education had actually been happening prior to that. The OCBC became the Patient ID Center. They continued to offer all of the services to their medical necessity patients except for the actual cannabis itself. They issued ID cards as a third-party verifier, taught marijuana related classes including horticulture and how to have successful law enforcement encounters, and they ran a store that sold medical devices like vaporizers. They just didn’t sell the marijuana. So essentially they became a service organization.

THC: Let’s get back to your role in all this. You were involved in the education in the classroom. How did you move in front of the camera?

DSJ: When Richard decided he wanted to run Prop 19, which was then the “Control, Tax and Regulate Act of 2010,” thcmag.com 31

he asked Jeff to be his co-proponent on the ballot measure.

Jeff agreed and they submitted language that eventually hit the ballot of 2010 and I became the spokeswoman for that, quite inadvertently I might add. Up until that point I had successfully stayed off camera. I was involved in the world but not in the limelight. I knew that stepping out in front of a camera to talk about marijuana is hard to put back in the box, and if I ever wanted to get back to a corporate career it would be tough once I stepped into the light. So I avoided it for quite some time.

The real reason for this was that I always felt there was someone else in the room that could do a better job. If there was a reporter in the room, I would find the expert to talk to the reporter and what I discovered was that having surrounded myself with all these experts I eventually became one myself. Also, through my interactions with the students at OU, I became trained in debates, at taking tough questions and in dealing with personalities and ideologies like FOX News. It was just a normal byproduct of dealing with the myriad of questions that come up in a classroom.

THC: You mentioned being on FOX News. Is that network open to this discussion of cannabis legality?

wife.’ So the rank and file get it. It’s the Democrat lobbyists that are still hellbent (on keeping marijuana illegal.) It’s just not in the best interest of the public.

THC: How do you mean?

DJS: For whatever matters to you in your life, prohibition affects it in a negative way. For instance, one person has children and all that is important to them is education. Well, let’s talk about that ‘cause we are building prisons instead of schools. The resources we are putting in are not going after pedophiles to keep your kids safe, they are going after pot smokers in their own homes.

We need to influence people by showing them two things: that what’s in it for them is worth it, and that it is achievable.

THC: How do you think we are doing on this?

DJS: People have been saying pot is the new gay. By that I mean if you look at the poll numbers, there’s been a dramatic approval rise. And the polling numbers for marijuana policy reform and LGBT rights are almost identical.

THC: What is allowing for this dramatic change? Why now?

DSJ: Well ironically enough I’ve been on there quite a bit. They’ve let me talk about this a lot and when people say, “Wow that was such a ‘gotcha’ interview.” I say, “No, they gave me the chance to address what was on everyone’s mind in the interview. I thought it was awesome.” I’m kinda the sweetheart of FOX News and FOX Business. It’s trippy.

THC: That’s probably the only trippy thing about FOX News. I should note the views and opinions of this interviewer do not reflect those of THC Magazine.

DSJ: Hah! I know what you mean, but being on FOX News is exactly what I want because if you look at the viewership of MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, Al Jazeera - they don’t reach the FOX viewership and whose minds and hearts do we need to change?

FOX viewership!

THC: Why is changing FOX viewership perceptions important?

DSJ: Because the Democrats can’t seem to get it right. This is evidenced by Gov. Jerry Brown (D-California) this week vetoing the “De-felonization” Bill that even Republicans agreed on to have smaller government and to quit putting people in jail that don’t need to be there. Like really? The legislature got it right finally and now we have a Dem governor listening to the scare tactics of the Democratic Lobby for The Narcotics Officers and Police Officers’ Associations.

THC: Speaking of police, do you find the police on the ground are supportive of legalization?

DJS: What’s interesting is the rank and file, for the most part, even if they are not supportive of legalization, are supportive of clarification. They want to know what they should do and what their community expects of them and how they should prioritize their time. Ask any cop on the street the last time they walked into a domestic violence situation that involved alcohol and the last time one involved marijuana and they will be hard-pressed to remember one that was, ‘Oh, he got high on pot and beat his

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DSJ: We are at a time in history that knowledge and facts are not being filtered through the power elite. It used to be that we all got our facts through two or three newspapers, through say William Randolph Hearst. So we had a few powerful people with agendas controlling the message. And with all the propaganda that came out it was understandable why the general public would think cannabis was illegal for a darn good reason. Now we can rely on the internet and other news-worthy organizations to convey the truth about cannabis and not the propaganda that had infested society.

THC: What differentiates OU from other cannabis learning centers?

DSJ: First and foremost, our job day-to-day is to set up for success, prepare for the worst, and in-between we wing it. What breaks us apart from other learning institutions is we have a cornucopia of experts for our students to learn from. They walk out of the city council chambers, doctor’s offices, law-makers’ offices and into our classroom. Some of the lawyers we have on our team have gone to the Supreme Court on this issue. The horticulturalists and authors we have like Ed Rosenthal and Jeff Jones are people the experts go to when they are stymied. So having such a large stable of experts that are able to stay on the cusp of the science and the law is what sets us apart.

Secondly, we feel like we have a moral responsibility to teach you what not to do and best practices before we teach you how to go and get in trouble. People know what they want to know, like how to grow marijuana. But they don’t necessarily know what they need to know, like how to stay out of jail. We are constantly changing our classes to keep up with the changing environment.

More than half our students are from out of state now, and that is a testament to the trust our students have in us.

THC: What sorts of students are you getting here? Is it just the hippy who wants to grow in their closet or is it further reaching?

DSJ: The diversity of our student base is phenomenal. I’ve had

collared priests sitting next to retired police officers sitting next to nurses. It’s amazing! And in some cases it’s people who have never graduated high school and they become the best grower a dispensary ever had. In other cases we’ve had MIT graduates and people who have multiple masters degrees, and they get their little Oaksterdam certificate and they are the most proud of that than the other ones they have.

THC: I see you are growing actual marijuana in the classroom.

Do the students work with that?

DSJ: Not unless they are qualified medical marijuana patients.

If they aren’t, they work with rosemary. We don’t dispense, our only focus is on education. The marijuana you see here is grown legally by our gardeners. It’s then donated to a local wheelchairbound woman who suffers from a debilitating case of MS. THC: Tell me about the raid on April 2nd, 2012.

DSJ: Well, the affidavits are still sealed. So no one has been charged in the raid of Oaksterdam University or Blue Sky, the dispensary. Usually you get charged when you ask for your stuff back and Richard forfeited, so he has not been charged with anything. The interesting thing is that it was not the DEA who raided us, it was the IRS and the good news of that was that they have a different set of laws. They can’t share that info with other agencies, so the DEA can’t get any of the info that was taken and they basically took everything, which is why instead of the 150-seat classroom that we had we are now in this 40-seat classroom. Actually our last room sat 120 people, and now just capped at 35.

chemotherapy patients have it. I used to go to the hospital a couple times a year because I would go through nasty cycles of vomiting and dry heaving. I was hooked up to IV’s all night because I was losing so much fluid. The only option was to take a pill and how do you keep that down when you are throwing up everything? Now once I feel it coming on I have some cannabis and shortly thereafter I feel better and can go about my normal day. It’s much less traumatic and expensive than paying thousands of dollars staying in the hospital. But yeah, I don’t just teach about it. I use it as well.

THC: Dale this has been a great interview. Is there anything else you want to add?

DSJ: There’s a harsh truth to what prohibition has done. We are very close to Napa Valley here and there are dozens of beautiful wineries you can visit. You don’t see illegal grape growers in our national forests wielding machine guns and frightening campers.

Why? Because it’s regulated! The best way to strike the hardest blow to these criminal cartels is to legalize and regulate it. To take the profit away from them and give it to a regulated market. The benefits of cannabis legalization far outweigh the disadvantages.

And the best place to learn about the cannabis industry is right here at Oaksterdam University.

THC: I think I might have to enroll.

DSJ: I’m sure I can find a spot for you.

THC: Wait, the IRS did the raid?

DSJ: Yes, there were other agencies there - the DEA of course, but it was the IRS who authorized it. Richard was audited along with a bunch of other cannabis businesses and then he brought a criminal defense lawyer to the audit instead of a tax attorney.

They assumed because he had a defense lawyer that he had done something wrong, but the truth is he brings that attorney everywhere because that’s his attorney. Now the rumor is that a grand jury needed more proof of wrongdoing and this lack of proof forced the IRS to seek out evidence - hence, the raid.

THC: So why was Richard made to be the whipping boy of the IRS efforts?

DSJ: Richard took all his proceeds from running a marijuana dispensary and instead of buying a nice car and living a good life, he put it into politics. He put together Prop 19 and anybody who gets on the news and voices their opinions about regulation and control are immediately raided or threatened. And going after the people who are teaching the people how to grow and the people who are changing the laws - if you go after them you are basically scaring the pants off anyone else who wants to act like them - and it worked.

THC: So we started this interview with you throwing up and I’ve been wanting to ask - are you a medical cannabis patient?

DSJ: I am. As I mentioned when we first met I suffer from cyclic vomiting syndrome. It’s involuntary and typically only

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Solutions From Down Under

Australia’s Zeoform is Expanding Hemp Industry in America

by Maggie Maxwell

Already an emerging leader in production of sustainable, eco-friendly industrial materials, Australia’s Zeoform is looking toward the United States for customers, partners and producers.

Zeoform produces a patented industrial material by the same name that is comprised entirely of water and raw cellulose, the most abundant source of fiber on Earth. Zeoform uses a variety of materials to derive their cellulose, including paper mill waste, recycled paper, reclaimed cloth, and increasingly - and perhaps most notably - industrial hemp.

“This [Zeoform] is something we could bring to America to help revive depressed workers and to galvanize the whole industrial cannabis economy,” said Zen Joseph, Vice President of Brand Marketing for Zeoform.

Founded in 2008 by CEO Alf Wheeler and a team of inventors and scientists, Zeoform used reverse-engineering of natural processes to create a durable material from cellulose, the most common organic material on Earth. Flexible and adaptable, Zeoform can be used as an alternative to polymers, including hard and soft plastics, as well as wood and fiberglass.

Applications range from insulation and plywood alternatives to surfboard cores and furniture.

Z e o f o r m imitates a n a t u r a l p r o c e s s c a l l e d hydroxl bonding to create Zeoform material.

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cellulose, water and heat, waste fibers are bonded together to make extremely strong material. In raw form, these granules can be molded into countless forms for a variety of functions. Other natural additives are used to create various weights, densities and strengths.

Zeoform products are high-temperature resistant and are biodegradable.

At inception, Zeoform was conceptualized to be a hempfiber company with Zeoform material made from hempderived cellulose. However, translating that concept into reality proved problematic.

“It was difficult to look at this as a viable business model,” Joseph said of industrial hemp. “We turned to the waste paper model instead. But because of media exposure worldwide, recently there has been a ton of interest in the hemp industry again.”

Joseph, Wheeler and the Zeoform team again are focusing on the industrial hemp industry, and specifically in the United States. They are particularly interested in working with farmers in Colorado and Washington, since both states have recently given the go-ahead to production of industrial hemp.

Zeoform is interested in utilizing the often tossed-away hemp fibers - those fibers so small they cannot be used for cloth, paper or other production. Using the Zeoform production process, these tiny fibers are bonded together into durable, versatile material.

“These are fibers that are of such low value they are often used as stable bedding,” Wheeler said, “but they can be re-appropriated. These low-value fibers can turn into jewelry, into furniture. They can build houses.”

In conjunction with American and global outreach efforts, Zeoform is developing a turnkey, franchise factory system to enable its partners to produce Zeoform and related products from industrial hemp. Using crowdsourcing techniques, the company hopes to create complete out-of-the-box solutions - from design, to production to distribution - for entrepreneurs already in the industry.

“The hemp farmer doesn’t think of anything as waste.

They’re already producing this fiber, and this is where Zeoform is important,” Wheeler said. “We can add value. Factory owners can generate millions of dollars of revenue every year, making high-end, quality products; products that the market wants. And products that are clean, green and sexy.”

Zeoform actively is looking for strategic partners and

investors in the United States, and hopes to galvanize a community of support for its environmentally harmonious material.

“It’s no exaggeration to say that we have a material, using hemp and water and nothing else, that could change the world for the better,” Wheeler said. “Zeoform is a revolution.

We’re inviting people to join us.”

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Toke This Under Consideration

Do’s and Don’ts of Colorado’s Adult Use Marijuana

by DJ Reetz

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Welcome to the legal marijuana market. For those new to the state, or just new to the idea of purchasing your cannabis legally, we here at THC have drafted a quick guide.

Don’t over consume while you’re waiting for it to kick in.

Do’s and Don’ts

Do feel free to purchase up to the maximum allowable amount. For residents, this is one ounce a day. Out-ofstaters are limited to a quarter ounce per day.

While nothing is stopping you from hitting multiple locations in a single day, you are legally only allowed to carry a single ounce on your person.

Do feel proud of being on the forward edge of the cultural movement. Legalizing marijuana was a hard battle for a large group of activists. Purchasing your cannabis legally makes you a part of this. Congratulations!

Don’t buy from random people on the street. People may be telling you that these purchases are legal under the law, but don’t be fooled. By buying your cannabis from a licensed shop, you ensure that your money isn’t flowing into the pockets of criminals. And tax revenue from your purchase goes to fund Colorado schools.

Do grow your own (if you’re a state resident). Every person in this state has the right to grow in his or her own home, no matter what your local municipal government has said about recreational sales. Can’t get to a licensed adult use dispensary or just don’t want to pay the extra taxes? Just pick up some clones and hit the grow store.

Don’t think that legalization is your cue to start selling your own.

Just because you can set up a legal grow of 12 plants in your house doesn’t mean you should start your own illegal business.

The guys who are selling it legally have been doing this for a long time. You’re not going to do any better than they are. Setting up your own commercial operation is not only expensive, you’re also opening yourself up to criminal charges. “It’s legal now!” is not going to be a suitable defense when your grow gets raided.

Do enjoy your toke comfortably in your own home. Enjoying yourself on your own property is something you never need to worry about. If you’re renting, you may want to check with the property owner to make sure it’s ok to puff indoors. Despite a recent attempt in the city of Denver, it is still perfectly fine to smoke on your porch or balcony. If you are staying in a hotel, check with the management before you light up.

Don’t smoke “openly and publicly.” Amendment 64 specifically mentions this. While residents of this state are forward thinking enough to allow marijuana to be legal, most folks don’t want the state turning into a giant smokefest (we leave that for designated occasions). You can still be fined for smoking in public – think open container laws on booze – but in all reality the likelihood of getting busted for smoking a doobie while enjoying a picnic in the park is pretty slim. Just be sure to keep your smoke away from kids; that will definitely get the cops called.

Do try new products! The legal stores should be rife with a variety of products, from hash to grass to edibles as well as a variety of strains. If something piques your interest, go for it.

Don’t be shy.

Don’t overdo it. Chances are the stuff that’s sold in the store is a bit more potent than what you are used to. High quality strains can contain about 25 percent THC, so know your limits. If you’re new to hash, you may want to talk with your budtender before partaking. Dispensary employees will be pretty well versed. As for edibles, if you haven’t tried them before or just don’t want to smoke, give them a try. All legal products will have a THC milligram dosage on the package, so pay attention to this. The average product on the shelf will be enough to knock you into outer space if you consume it whole. Start off with a smaller dose, maybe around 10 milligrams, and see how it hits you.

You can always take more. Once you’re over the bad trip mark, it’s hard to come back. Also be sure to allow enough time for it to kick in. For most edibles, this is between one to two hours.

Don’t bring your marijuana across Colorado state lines when you go back home. The TSA has stated its intention to treat small amounts of cannabis as a low priority, but this doesn’t mean you should try to take it on a plane with you. If you are unfortunate enough to live in a state that prohibits marijuana, you still face the same risks of being prosecuted. No claim of buying it legally will save you from a possession charge that will likely remain on your record for years to come.

Do make sure you have valid, state ID. This means driver’s license, passport, or valid state ID showing you are 21 years or older.

Don’t try to buy marijuana if you are under 21. Dispensaries are some of the most highly scrutinized businesses in the state. The chances of getting served without proper identification are less than it would be at a liquor store. If you happen to be between the age of 19 and 20, you are in the unfortunate position of being eligible for prosecution if caught with marijuana. Eighteen and under are eligible for a diversion program.

On strains to try Though it seems like old hat to those of us that have been buying from dispensaries for years, you are going to want to consider the effects of different strains. Generally, sativas are the strains that energize you, providing a more cerebral high.

For this reason, many prefer sativas. They are great when hiking, creating, or just out and about town.

On the other end of the effects scale are indicas, which usually provide a more mellow, sedentary high. The “body high” from these strains can be great for stress relief. If you have a problem with a raging internal dialogue while stoned, you may want to try an indica. Be warned that indicas are typically associated with a phenomenon known as “couch lock.” It’s when you and your sofa become one entity.

Additionally, you can choose hybrid strains. These strains are marked along the lines of percentage sativa and percentage indica. The ratio - for example, 50 percent saliva, 50 percent indica - indicates what kind of high you can expect. It’s always a good idea to talk with your budtender. They can usually recommend a strain that will achieve your desired effect.

Where to buy You should purchase only from licensed adult-use dispensaries.

Many medical dispensaries remain open for medicinal use only, so don’t expect to get served there unless you have a red card issued by the state of Colorado. And remember that certain parts of the state have delayed or opted out of adult use sales. The city of Denver will have shops that will sell to you, as does Edgewater, Central City, Telluride, Aspen, Glendale, and

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Manitou Springs.

How much you can expect to pay The cost of cannabis may fluctuate with demand. If the prices at medical dispensaries are a trustworthy guide, you can expect to pay between $30 to $65 for an eighth, and $25 to $80 for a gram of hash concentrate, plus applicable tax. Not all cannabis is created equal, and that will affect prices. The cost of Edibles will vary even more based on the type of edible and the dosage.

While these prices may seem rather high, rest assured your tax revenue is going to fund Colorado’s beleaguered public schools.

Where to get smoke wear Many licensed dispensaries will sell smoking devices such as pipes, papers, and dabbing rigs for hash. Still, don’t forget there are shops all around that have been selling smoking devices since before marijuana was legal. Most of the time these head shops will have a larger selection than dispensaries, and often better deals. If you’re really interested in some high-end glass art to smoke out of, check out Illuzion Glass in Denver. Just don’t expect to get out cheaply.

Where to smoke As Vincent Vega said, “It’s legal, but it ain’t a hundred percent legal.” Yes, Coloradans have legalized marijuana, but with a caveat that explicitly forbids “open and public” consumption.

This means you can’t just walk down the street smoking a joint and expect not to get hassled. The key word here is discretion.

While you will likely not be ticketed – or worse, arrested – for smoking, it’s always a good idea to be considerate to others.

If a mother with a child can smell your good time, you can bet there’s going to be an angry call made to the police. So just be considerate where you light up and it won’t be a problem.

You’re definitely going to want to avoid smoking in or around the shop where you purchased your marijuana. The dispensary will mostly likely ban you as its license is at stake.

If you happen to be going out for a night on the town, smoking in a designated smoking area is usually advisable. Some bars may take issue with this, but should be polite in asking you to extinguish. You may be better off going somewhere that doesn’t suck. While Colorado law still designates this as illegal, you are not likely to get busted for enjoying a quick puff in an adults-only establishment.

Smoking inside a bar is unadvisable. This is already prohibited by the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act, which outlawed the use of cigarettes inside publicly accessible places and has been expanded to include marijuana. Some places will look the other way for portable vaporizers, though this may be more out of ignorance. There is always fear among bar owners that they could lose their liquor license over such behavior (however this has never happened).

As for concert venues, the above still applies, but there has always been an uneasy awareness of marijuana smoking during shows. This varies by venue. If security isn’t venue staff, don’t expect to smoke. You see those guys in brightly colored shirts with walkie-talkies? They work for a security company, not the venue’s owners. They will nearly always make you put out your puff, or worse, throw you out. Smaller venues are usually a little more laid back. At the legendary Red Rocks amphitheater, you are not likely to run into problems.

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with smoking indoors before you do it. Some hotels will charge outrageous fees if it is thought you’ve been smoking in your room. This reporter had a particularly bad experience with the America’s Best Value Inn in Boulder when management tried to extort an insane extra fee based on the smell of unsmoked buds alone. If your hotel room has a balcony you should be safe smoking there, although this too would be contingent on the property owner’s consent.

Smoking in your car It may not be such a great idea to smoke in your car. Although there is little empirical evidence to suggest stoned driving is as dangerous as drunk driving, Colorado has a driving limit of five nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood. This limit is likely lower than what regular smokers have coursing through their body at any given time, so not getting pulled over in the first place is probably the best bet. However, in order to test your blood, police generally need your consent, but refusing this request has negative effects. If a cop sees you blazing in your car, there’s a chance you’ll be nailed for a DUID. Be safe and be smart - don’t smoke and drive.

Keeping your job You can still be fired for failing a urine test. If you have the misfortune to be working for an anti-cannabis Nazi, you’ll have to find a way around it. Just because marijuana is both harmless and legal doesn’t mean you can’t be fired for it. Many head shops sell detoxifiers and concealers, so if it’s a problem for your boss, try one of these.

Skiing and marijuana Chances are, if you’re visiting Colorado to enjoy the newly legal marijuana market, you’re also going to check out some of the amazing skiing just a few hours’ drive from Denver International Airport. For some people, skiing and snowboarding is interwoven with getting lifted. It’s part of the culture, but it is important to remember that this isn’t technically legal. Ski areas generally operate on leased federal land, and on federal property cannabis remains illegal. Recently the general manager of A Basin stated that ski passes would be confiscated from people caught smoking, which is shocking since A basin is considered one of the most laid-back ski areas in the state.

Even so, you’re not likely to be hassled if you are discreet.

Smoking in a lift line while surrounded by families will always get you noticed. Ducking into a wind shelter in the middle of some trees by yourself is unlikely to do so. Some ski areas have legendary hidden smoke shacks. Ask that lift operator who looks like he’s chill, and he’ll probably tell you where to find them. Whatever you do, remember to be safe. We don’t want you hitting trees because you were hitting trees.

Enjoy the outdoors Colorado is known for its beautiful scenery. Getting blazed legally while enjoying it just makes things better. Remember when visiting any of the state’s amazing national parks that marijuana remains illegal on federal land. This means discretion.

State parks are a good option, and there are several beautiful ones within an hour’s drive of the metro area. Keep in mind that state parks also do not allow for open consumption, though you are less likely to run into problems than at a federally managed national park. Just be aware of your surroundings. Lighting up around families is not just extremely rude, but likely to end in trouble for you.

The following is a list of stores that either have both state and local approval to open on Jan. 1 — though some may choose not to — or of stores that have confirmed to The Denver Post that they expect to be open for adult use sales on Jan. 1.

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Breckenridge Cannabis Club 226 S. Main St., Breckenridge

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Strainwise The Annie’s, 135 Nevada St., Central City

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Green Grass Alternative Medicine 440 Lawrence St., Central City

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3D Cannabis Center, 4305 Brighton Blvd., Denver

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CitiMed, 1640 E. Evans Ave., Denver

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Dank Colorado, 3835 Elm St., Denver

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Denver Kush Club, 2615 Welton St., Denver

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Evergreen Apothecary, 1568 S. Broadway, Denver

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The Green Solution, 2601 W. Alameda Ave., Denver

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The Green Solution, 4400 Grape St., Denver

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Strainwise The Grove, 74 Federal Blvd., Denver

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Strainwise The Haven, 777 Canosa Court, Denver

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The Healing House, 2383 Downing St., Denver

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Kindman, 4125 Elati St., Denver

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LoDo Wellness, 1617 Wazee St., Denver

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Medicine Man Denver, 4750 Nome St., Denver

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Strainwise The Shelter, 4095 Jackson St., Denver

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Northern Lights Cannabis Company 2045 Sheridan Blvd., Edgewater

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Patient’s Choice of Colorado/Bud Med Health Centers 2517 Sheridan Blvd., Edgewater

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The Kine Mine, 2820 Colorado Blvd., Idaho Springs

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BotanaCare, 11450 Cherokee St., Northglenn

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Marisol Gardens, 922 Kimble Dr., Pueblo West

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Alpine Wellness, 300 W. Colorado Ave., Telluride

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Happy New Year!

by Susan Squibb

New Year’s Eve in Denver started with a collective puff and a champagne toast celebrating the end of marijuana prohibition in Colorado. At Casselman’s Bar and Grill, members of the cannabis business community and festive guests celebrated at the Black and White New Year’s Eve Gala Fundraiser hosted by The Hemp Connoisseur magazine.

This wasn’t a typical cannabis event. This was the party celebrating the end of Prohibition. Many of the jubilant attendees wore themed outfits from the 1920s and ‘30s, masquerading as flappers, gangsters, and the like. Two such character actors greeted guests at the entrance of Casselman’s. A newsy shouted the breaking headline and hoisted in the air a newspaper with a front page from the Denver Post archives. A brazen and industrious press reporter asked arriving guests for their reactions and comments.

Party organizer Ashley Brown described the historic inspiration for the upscale party. “2013 marked the 80th anniversary of the end of alcohol prohibition and 2014 marks the end of marijuana prohibition. It was the perfect theme for the Gala fundraiser.”

The prohibitionist theme came through in the venue’s decorations with giant barrel and crate props of cannabis from the fictitious National Harvest Products Corp., dated Jan 1, 2014.

VIP tables were labeled with the names of infamous gangsters. Feather boas, flapper beads, women’s headdresses, and mens’ derby hats were photo props.

Shannon Wilson of Mahatama Extreme Concentrates said the company was thrilled to co-host this New Year’s Eve event to celebrate the historic changes and the company’s successful year. Mahatma was one of the most impressive performers at the THC Magazine Championships last autumn.

“We’ve had an exceptional year,” she said. “We have an amazing staff and our company won or placed at the Denver Cannabis Cup, the 710 Cup and Mila Jansen’s hash competition in Amsterdam this year. We are very excited for the new year.”

Casselman’s exuded a permeable excitement that night as partygoers relished the impending start of adult use marijuana sales the next day. That is reason enough to throw a party, which was a fundraiser for Healing Homes. Spokesperson Samantha Walsh described the new organization as a research and development project formed in response to natural disasters, particularly the Waldo Canyon fire and Colorado floods.

“Hemp has fire resistant and mold resistant properties,” she pointed out. “With most of the recent flood damage caused by mold, we should be rebuilding homes from hemp building materials.” Healing Homes encourages American entrepreneurs to develop products for the building materials market.

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To Walsh, the prohibitionist party theme meant “getting rid of prohibition on any level,” including an end to laws that restricted hemp agriculture.

The designated smoking section was screened for additional privacy and partygoers were comfortably and happily consuming cannabis. The well-tuned swing band After Midnight kept the tempo upbeat. Party guest Carol Moser, who described herself as “the happy hemper,” jitterbugged and danced the Lindy Hop with her date for several songs.

A table of raffle prizes included Incredibles hats from Medically Correct, Sweet Mary Jane’s tincture, Cloud 2.0 vaporizer pens, Seebinger Hemp body wash, lotion and massage oil gift sets, annual memberships to Cannabis Patients Network, and gift bags from The Hemp Connoisseur loaded with a Grassroots hat, stash jar, and T-shirt. Raffle tickets were $5 and included gambling chips for the casino tables.

The craps and blackjack tables were surrounded by ladies and gangsters. Cigarette girls walked around with O-pen Vape pens filled with hash cartridges from OrganaLabs. The pert and debonair employees of Medically Correct tended to the flowing Incredibles strawberry white chocolate fountain while a flapper spun on the dance floor with the paperboy. A silent auction raised additional funds for the Healing Homes project thanks to a fierce bidding war on the ladies Hemp HoodLamb limited edition Jeremy Fish wearable art coat donated

by HoodLab Denver.

When the clock turned over at the auspicious hour, champagne sponsor Patients Choice servers poured a toast for everyone as silver and black balloons fell upon the crowd. All those who wanted to light up did and the assembled local, national and international media documented the moment. The band played “Auld Lang Syne” as the new era beyond marijuana prohibition was ushered in.

Josh Fink was looking dapper in pin stripes with a waxed moustache. The executive chef at Medically Correct, Fink described the memorable evening as a “mellow and exciting New Year’s Eve.” The Hemp Connoisseur will make the New Year’s Eve Gala an annual fundraising event to ring in each New Year in an upscale, festive and philanthropic way.

In addition to The Hemp Connoisseur and Mahatma Extreme Concentrates co-hosting the party, the event sponsors were Patients Choice (champagne sponsor), Medically Correct/ Incredibles (dessert sponsor), Casselman’s, Extraction Tech, RiverRock, AMA, MBS Wellness, Venom Wax, Canna Caregivers, Vicente Sederberg Law Firm, Leafly, Hoodlab/Hoodlamb, CannabisTube, Maryjane Entertainment, Club 64, Cloud Penz, Sweet Mary Jane, Seebinger Hemp, Cannabis Patients Network, O-pen Vape, and The Wright Group.

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The Great Marijuana Migration For Freedom and For Health, Colorado’s New Wave of Immigrants

by Citizen Jay

The New Year is upon us and with it the expectation of promise. Promise of a new land, a new freedom, a new way of life. Longed for by the masses for at least the last three generations, the liberty to consume cannabis has been a long and hard fought battle. But we have won! We have won.

And so they come …and so they come.

Over the past year many people have uplifted their lives in more ways than one by moving to Denver. For some, they come for the spirit of freedom, for others it’s about health.

They are coming in droves.

Population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau for the Denver Metro area expect population growth to exceed 1.4 percent in 2013. That’s after the almost 3 percent increase Denver has seen since 2010. The economic forecast is likewise looking up, with the Metro Area projecting in 2014 to

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regain all of the jobs lost during the last recession according to The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce .

But just what is driving this push to Denver? It surely has nothing to do with the fact that most of our country’s energy sector is located here … no. It’s not because the Denver Federal Center is essentially the Washington D.C. of the West … no. It’s not the beautiful climate or the lovely topography … certainly not. It’s just got to be the marijuana.

The “Green Rush” is in full swing. With the potential for unprecedented job growth, the industrious power of the nascent cannabis industry has been likened to that of the “dot com” boom. Denver in this analogy is Silicone Valley.

The people are coming and the industry is looking for its next Big Apple.

Many come looking for jobs. But it’s not an easy market. By all estimates, there are many more badge holders than there are jobs in the cannabis industry. Still, the chance to work brings the faithful to Colorado in the hopes that they too can find gainful employment with cannabis.

“I came here to be healed by medical marijuana...I had multiple surgeries and medical marijuana really saved my life.”

“I have people call me every day for a job. They tell me they’re getting ready to move here or have just moved here” says Jordan Helene Person, accounts manager at Caregivers for Life. Jordan understands. She came here from Florida herself just this last year.

“I came here to be healed by medical marijuana with hopes to then make a career of it,” she says. “I had multiple surgeries and medical marijuana really saved my life. Once I got to Denver, it’s what I wanted to do. I volunteered with Cannapages then volunteered bud-tending for AJ Hashman’s monthly MMJ Meet & Greets. That led to Caregivers for Life picking me up.”

seizures on the order of what can be hundreds of times in a month. Since the airing of Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s special on CNN of Charlotte Figi, treated with CBD oil developed by the Stanley brothers, many families have come here looking for the same kind of relief.

And their population is increasing. The number of registered pediatric medical marijuana users in the state went from four in 2012 to 81 as of October 2013. The stories are coming in.

Like the one about a family in Colorado Springs who reported in The Gazette about how their lives have changed after moving from Virginia in September. Doctors there said the only treatment left for their 9-year-old daughter’s nearly constant seizures was to remove half of her brain. Since moving to Colorado, they’re getting their daughter back without the dramatic surgery.

Whether it’s to treat epilepsy for their kids or to help grownups take their chemo, the people are coming to Colorado to experience the freedom to medicate in peace. They’re coming. They’re coming for the lifestyle. They’re coming for life itself.

Jessica Lynne Young moved here three weeks after Colorado legalized adult use marijuana. “We pulled in December 31, 2012,” she says. “We moved to Colorado to legally grow and to work with marijuana. I decided about three months after I moved to the Springs to pursue a career in the medical industry. I knew it was going to be hard to land a bud-tending job … Hands down [it’s] one of the best jobs I’ve ever had!

They pay well and treat us even better.”

Claude the CandyMan came to Denver in July of 2013, moving his SweetStone Medicated Candies Company from Michigan to Colorado. SweetStone made a deal with Medically Correct, the Denver company that produces The Incredibles Bar. When asked why he moved his successful Michigan business to Colorado, Claude says, “It’s the safety net of it being legal out here and more regulated so I don’t run the risk of getting raided or put in jail Still, cannabis may not be the only reason they’re coming.

Taylor Dockhorn writes, “I’m from the Kansas City area. I just signed a lease Saturday after graduating college earlier this month. I came mostly for legal access to herb plus quality and consistent concentrates. But [I] choose the city of Denver because it is the craft beer Mecca and I’m a huge beer geek.

I love snowboarding so that’s another big reason.”

The freedom to smoke marijuana isn’t the only reason people are relocating here. Many families have made the move to Colorado to pursue hope for a suffering loved one. Nearly 100 families have come to Colorado in the past year alone to find relief for their kids who suffer from Dravet’s Syndrome, a form of debilitating epilepsy.

Kids suffering from this disorder experience grand-mal

Moving to the Medicine A Canadian family has moved to Colorado to get a medical marijuana extract called “Charlotte’s Web” that is known to effectively treat severe epileptic seizures.

Barry Pogson told CBC Radio’s The Current that his daughter Kaitlyn was having seizures that lasted four or five hours. In one case, she stopped breathing.

A week after starting treatment with cannibidiol, Kaitlyn was more alert, slept better and hasn’t had to return to hospital emergency rooms for seizures, said her dad, Barry Pogson.

The strain of marijuana was named in honor of a girl who had dozens of violent seizures daily from the same lifethreatening form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome.

The strain, developed by the Stanley brothers from Realm of Caring dispensary, is exceptionally low in THC and high in CBD.

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No Fracking Zones Colorado Communities Prefer Need Over Greed

by Chris Tucker

Colorado's massive floods of 2013 sent chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing into water wells, lakes and streams. A new study reveals more evidence of danger to human health.

It took a monumental effort to ban hydraulic fracturing - fracking - in Boulder, Fort Collins, Broomfield and Lafayette during the recent elections. Coalitions of citizens, organizations, and lawyers came together to show that some Colorado voters will not be deterred in their efforts to make their towns a safer environment. Many people worked many hours to put what they need ahead of corporate greed.

There are more than 47,000 fracked wells throughout Colorado. That number could skyrocket in the next decade if the oil and gas industry has anything to say about it. Colorado is a major epicenter of fracking in the United States and a substantial expansion could be in order if Coloradans do not continue to make their voices heard. Voters who banned fracking dealt a major blow to the carte blanche previously enjoyed by oil and gas companies, but there is a long way to go toward a statewide ban.

The coalition group Protect Our Colorado takes a strong stance opposed to fracking and played an enormous role during the recent elections, spreading information and talking directly with voters in affected counties and towns.

The oil and gas industry in Colorado spending more than $900,000 trying to defeat the measures on ballots in Fort Collins, Broomfield, Lafayette and Boulder. Opponents of fracking, on the other hand, spent only about $26,000 to promote the bans. That speaks to the resolve of voters and what they feel is most beneficial for their communities.

“The oil and gas industry is lowering our quality of life along

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with our property values,” says Audy Leggere Hickey of Boulder County Citizens for Community Rights. “Governor Hickenlooper needs to show strength, courage and integrity.

He needs to stand up for the people of Colorado to ban fracking.”

Gov. John Hickenlooper fully supports the industry. He says that there is no harm caused by the thousands of chemicals left behind by fracking. He claims that he had a drink of water from one of those wells.

Way to take a stand there, Governor … you drink “one” small glass of water and didn’t succumb to any health related illnesses. You are quite the ambassador. You are now free to go back to your mansion and drink your filtered, unaffected tap water.

But what about the residents who are forced to drink, cook, and farm with fracked well water on a daily basis?

Who speaks for them? Remember the lesson from John Hanger, former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, who actually took a stand for the citizens of his state. He took the fight directly to the oil and gas industry - and he prevailed.

Casey Sheahan, CEO of Patagonia, Inc., has said “Fracking endangers our health and contaminates our clean air and water. For the future of our children and our state, it’s essential that we stop fracking in Colorado and move immediately to a

renewable energy economy.”

and men, and another study has shown the same in animals.

Fracking is environmentally hazardous. Citizens, not corporations, pay the price for those hazards as evidence links fracking to health-related illnesses. Hormone-disrupting chemicals linked to cancer, infertility and other health problems have been found in water samples collected at and near fracking sites in Colorado.

Suzanne Spiegel is with the group Frack Free Colorado, which is part of the Protect Our Colorado coalition. She has a video on YouTube about a horrific fracking related incident.

Members of a family were forced to move from their home after their farm animals’ offspring began suffering from birth defects. They also showed major signs of trauma from polluted air caused by fracking wells.

The journal Endocrinology recently published a new study which revealed that elevated levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, or EDCs, were found in surface water and groundwater samples collected in the state’s Garfield County, a fracking hotspot with more than 10,000 natural gas wells.

The Colorado River has also been found to contain significantly higher than normal levels of EDC’s. Susan Nagel, who is the lead author of the recent study on fracking and EDC’s, has said, “With fracking on the rise, populations may face greater health risks from increased endocrinedisrupting chemical exposure.” Because EDCs interfere with normal hormone action, they have been linked to a number of health issues.

The World Health Organization issued a report last year highlighting the health risks associated with EDC’s, including cancer, infertility and impaired neural and immune function.

Previous studies have also suggested that EDCs may have adverse effects on the reproductive system in both women

“When citizens across the front range realized that their local and state officials intended to do nothing to protect their communities from the dangers of industrial fracking, they were forced to take matters into their own hands,” Spiegel said. “Residents that had never been activists before came together in a fight to protect their families and homes. Each city formed a citizens group that introduced a municipal ballot initiative restricting fracking … We mobilized volunteers, hosted educational events, and helped raise enough money to print educational materials. Being vastly outspent by oil and gas [companies] on these campaigns made our wins all the more astounding. It was incredible to be a part of a movement whose vision for Colorado united citizens across the front range, and ultimately, overcame all odds.”

Since Colorado’s governor is not willing to be the voice of the people, citizens must continue to steadfastly fight until fracking is banned once and for all.

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Let’s Hash This Out Byproduct to Avoid Waste is Now in Good Taste

by DJ Reetz

Some may think of hash as the byproduct of marijuana, a concentrates, and that drives up the cost. method of squeezing out that last bit of THC from the leaves While you can expect to pay cut from the buds. In anywhere from $20 to $50 for an days gone by, hash was This closed-loop extractor from emotek recycles butane. eighth of flower, concentrates are icing on the cake for Machines like these are becoming the industry standard. increasingly expensive, ranging growers, just another from $20 to more than $50 for a process undertaken to single gram. generate more revenue from parts of the plant For Cook it’s a simple equation. that would otherwise end up as mulch.

“You know that you’re currently coming in and purchasing eighths But increasingly, hash at X price, you can figure out [what] has become the product a pound would then cost you if you of choice in a growing were to purchase that,” he says. market of connoisseurs “If on bud we’re getting anywhere looking to cut the amount from 15 to 20 percent yields [on of particulate matter hash by weight] it’s actually a pretty inhaled from smoking easy math problem to figure out.” flowers, or simply looking for a more intense buzz.

For commercially viable eighths In Colorado, as the sold at $25 – no easy feat when market expands, prices considering the high quality that increase too, leaving smokers have come to expect in some people wondering this state – a pound why a supposed works out to $3,200. byproduct would cost Budder has to be carefully extracted to maintain For the sake of this such a seemingly terpene profile and protect the distinctive flavors, as example we can use exorbitant price. well as properly purged of butane. the generous estimate of a pound yielding 20 The answer to the percent of its weight in high price tag is fairly hash; a roughly 450 straightforward.

Hash gram pound would is no longer the byproduct, says Ryan Cook, yield 90 grams of hash. general manager of The Clinic. It is the desired commodity.

Through simple division we can then “For all intents and purposes, trim product was a understand that a waste product,” says Cook. “Now it is no longer gram of hash made a waste product, it’s actually extremely valuable from bud under and very challenging to be able to obtain in this these rather ideal, industry.” perhaps unrealistic of circumstances would The demand for high-grade hash such as budder have to be sold at and shatter means that dispensaries have to go $35.60 per gram to beyond their supplies of trim for the extraction.

Photos by DJ Reetz merely pay for the wholesale product.

“Between MIP companies and the dispensaries eating up that product on their own, there’s just not enough More expensive flower will yield more expensive hash. An to go around,” says Cook. It’s a phenomenon that’s causing eighth of flower costing $50 would have to be sold for $71.20 dispensaries to rely more and more on their flower to make per gram for the equivalent amount of hash.

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There are however some caveats to this very rudimentary equation. Obviously, a lot of hash is still produced from trim, which would otherwise be waste. This means trim hash can still be sold at the lower prices consumers expect, although Cook estimates the hash return on trim to be around 10 to 18 percent by weight due to the lower concentrations of THC found in leaves.

For Tony Verzura, chief operation officer of River Rock, the conventional pricing of hash at around $25 a gram is unsustainable. “The only way we can offer that pricing is doing bud runs from the green house,” he says.

By using untrimmed plants, Verzura says River Rock is able to save some money on the cost of production. Still, he says, the company loses money selling budder at $30 a gram. The only way to make hash sustainable is to raise the price. “For $50 a gram, I’ll turn all my product into concentrate,” he says.

“For all intents and purposes, trim product was a waste product,” says Cook. “Now it is no longer a waste product, it’s actually extremely valuable and very challenging to be able to obtain in this industry.”

“You look at the cost to, say, run a close-loop extraction machine for $35,000, well also turn around [and] look at what the cost is to do just even one of those items,” says Cook.

At The Clinic, hash is sold in three tiers. At the bottom is the trim “You’re going to not only be in the building department for product, extracted from plant material that wouldn’t be sold quite some time, you are going to be under a lot of scrutiny otherwise. It’s cheaper for because what you’re doing obvious reasons. Next up The much sought after shatter requires the use of the vacuum oven. does have an unsafe is “nug run,” a term used nature to it. There’s a huge by different dispensaries piece to this that people to mean different things, need to think about.” but in this case it refers to hash made from smaller Creating shatter takes this buds that aren’t pretty process a step further. enough to be sold to Among hash aficionados, customers. Finally, at the shatter is seen as the top is the lab grade, the ultimate form.

The hash made from the primo mentality seems to be, buds that would otherwise as Cook puts it, “If it ain’t go on the shelf. shatter it don’t matter.”

To make this purest form Another caveat to the of hash requires putting equation is the high price the extracted butter into a of extraction machines. vacuum oven for several While the process of hours, crystallizing it into producing bud for market the sought after glass-like consists of growing, trimming and curing plants – an hash. This requires more labor than simply leaving budder in expensive undertaking as THC reported last month – making the oven as you would a loaf of bread. hash from the plant material requires costly machines. Gone are the days of cheaply extracted bubble hash made by “You can’t just put it in there and walk away,” says Cook. running ice water over plant matter through a series of micro “You really need to be attentive and involved and standing in screens. front of the vac oven. That’s where additional cost comes in.”

Producing the highly concentrated budder consumers are used to necessitates a deftly engineered machine, which Cook estimates at $35,000. These machines consume CO2, or in many cases butane. Noxious chemicals are subject to environmental regulations and safety concerns.

To safely and legally operate one of these machines, a producer would need to have installed proper ventilation and air scrubbers, as well as fire suppression systems. Setting this up, says Cook, requires engineers, not just veteran hash makers who may think they are aware of the dangers involved in making these products. Special consideration must also be made for a building’s electrical system, as the flammable gas that comes from butane extraction can seep its way into electrical fixtures and cause explosions.

This all ends in a product that can be around 90 percent THC, and as demand increases for bud and hash, Cook estimates the cost could approach $100 for a gram plus taxes.

Concentrate makers are faced with the task of making the purest product that still manages to contain the terpenes that give it an identifiable flavor while under a heavy financial burden and facing slim profit margins. It’s something that both Cook and Verzura can agree is best left to professionals, both for the sake of quality and for safety.

The cost of hash may be increasing, but so too will the quality. It will be up to consumers whether the higher prices are worth it, but for those in the industry it’s a no-brainer.

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My 420 Tours

Matt Brown Talks About Colorado’s Marijuana Tourism

by Rick Macey

It was shortly after 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. Matt Brown, creator of My 420 Tours, was catching his breath in his hotel room.

chums, and planted the seed for the tours - catering to curiosity about cannabis. “Giving people the experience, whatever that means,” he said.

On this historic opening day of adult use marijuana sales in Colorado, more than 90 tourists took part in his first event.

He has the tour schedule mapped out through April. There will be different packages.

“It went fantastically … not as expected,” Brown said. As he chatted, he hoped to see a TV sound bite about the tour from ABC News at any moment.

For example, people who want to learn about growing, extractions, and finished products will be able to do so. Folks who prefer socializing, shopping, and entertainment will find a tour that works for them. Brown plans to introduce a weekend package for couples in February, as well as a “science of cannabis” tour.

In the morning, he was scheduled to appear on FOX News in a business report. Media from around the world descended on Colorado for the “Green Rush” of Day 1 of adult use.

Less than one week ago, Brown’s venture was in jeopardy when he received last-minute notice that Denver city council was banning the tour within city limits. He described the message of that Friday’s letter as “No how, no way.”

At issue was private consumption within public view in and around commercial venues. With all the uncertainty, Brown was reluctant to seriously promote the tour in the weeks before the event.

“We could have had 5,000 people on the tour today, with lines wrapped around the block three times just like every dispensary in town,” he said.

Brown had hoped to prove the tour’s value, with hundreds of tourists taking shuttles to shop and enjoy restaurants. The tour concept revolves around 420-friendly hotels, restaurants, grows, dispensaries - just about everything cannabis in Colorado.

Instead, one the enduring images of this initial tour could be the 15 people sitting around and doing dabs all day. “Giving people a photo op that none of us necessarily wanted,” Brown said.

“When I woke up this morning, I didn’t really know what was going to happen, although we had the feeling it was going to be an awesome day. So we just showed up and rolled with it. It worked out better than expected.”

Brown was motivated to do My 420 Tours in the weeks after Amendment 64 was passed. People picked up on the mantra, “Pot tourism is coming,” but nobody was stepping forward to define what that was.

Until now, no one, not even Brown, knew what marijuana tourism would be like. Now the picture is becoming clear.

“That’s one of the most exciting things about it,” he said. “We all know that when you’re first and everyone’s watching, there’s a responsibility with that” His goal is to set a standard of professionalism so that the tours are accepted, if not welcomed. Yet his vision appeared to be in jeopardy when Denver announced its ban.

He summarized the letter as saying, “There is no such thing as a private event outside of your house.”

The scene was complicated by several other people, including Jane West, planning events. West, who envisioned private dinners and wine tasting, helped out with the My 420 Tour.

Denver’s city council members recoiled from the requests for clarification about what is and what is not allowed. It was simpler to say no.

Brown speculated that Denver’s worry was media attention that would give a black eye to Colorado on the first day of legal sales.

It was blessing in disguise. Brown said his initial promotional budget was $4.50, spent on Facebook ads. He had a much larger budget, around $15,000, ready to go for banners, printed material, ads, etc. The letter arrived just in time to halt his promotional spending, which amounted to about $1,000.

In some ways, this first tour was “sacrificed” to open up the discussion about what is permissible now that marijuana is legal, he explained.

A medicinal marijuana patient since 2007, Brown is a true believer in the healing properties of cannabis. Inspiration for the tour is in large part a result of his early experiences with legal cannabis.

“At the end of the day, legalizing pot means you no longer have to be embarrassed or scared or hide in your house or on your front porch,” Brown said.

Visiting friends were fascinated by his 10x10 square-foot personal grow. He’d give them a quick speech about Colorado’s medical marijuana laws.

Although his first tour was not all he had hoped for, the cannabis civil rights movement is far more important than his new business, he said.

“Just being there and standing next to this plant that has been banned and so vilified, they had so many questions,” Brown said. “ It wasn’t the biggest grow, certainly. I had one light.”

“Colorado is now a place where no one has to explain why they use marijuana and justify that they are a good person,” he said.

“The other thing is that we’ve opened up medical marijuana to the masses.”

In high school, Brown seemed like one of the last people who, as an adult, would use marijuana. That amazed his childhood

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Colorado’s City of (Cannabis) Choice

by Rebecca Chavez

Edgewater prides itself on being “The City of Choice” in Colorado.

This blink-and-you’ll-miss-it municipality on the western outskirts of Denver is a friendly place for cannabis connoisseurs with the choice of four dispensaries and no local sales tax on adult use marijuana.

despite their big city neighbors. The small, old-fashioned houses are well kept, and the streets themselves are wide enough to allow for plenty of biking during the summer months. Younger families are moving to Edgewater to ditch their vehicles, while enjoying a slower pace of life.

Nestled between Wheat Ridge, Lakewood, and Denver, the city of Edgewater packs a lot of personality into one square mile of space.

Three of dispensaries have adult use licenses - Northern Lights Natural Rx, Greenwerkz, and Bud Med Health Center. The fourth is New Age Medical, which is not yet licensed.

Much to the delight of Mayor Bonnie McNulty, these “younger families are moving into Edgewater and are becoming more and more involved in government.” This is especially important as Edgewater is a “home rule” government, and citizens are expected to be involved in keeping order and creating new city programs.

On the south side of 25th Avenue, which is the main street, you can check out Northern Lights, located on Sheridan across from Sloan’s Lake. As you pull in to park, a sign warns of parking for clients only. “Violators will be stoned.”

In the past year, the city has worked to promote Farmers Markets, Winter Tree lighting, and The Celtic Festival. There are also summer block parties and community picnics to bring the people in the community closer together.

“Nobody notices that,” said co-owner Mitch Woolhiser.

When asked what local businesses to check out around the city, nearly everyone I spoke to was enthusiastic about US Thai Café.

This reasonably priced restaurant offers plenty of options for curry and pad thai lovers. Along the same road, a visitor can find a great little coffee shop and the Providence Tavern, with great food and a fine selection of brews.

Mitch and Eva take pride in quality products and superior service at Northern Lights. “As you enter our lobby, you’ll feel welcome and comfortable among friends,” they said.

On the north side of 25th Avenue is Bud Med. “I love these guys!” exclaimed Kaycee Belt in a Google review. A few doors away is New Age Medical, which has “the best shatter in town,” according to Bryce Moltane.

And on the corner of 25th Ave between the Fire House and Sloan’s Bar and Grill, there is Greenwerkz, one of the most award-winning businesses in Colorado. With these marijuana options, all within a short stroll, perhaps Edgewater should change its slogan to “The City of Cannabis Choice.”

The main street of 25th Ave is peppered with dramatic murals that take up wholes sides of the buildings that house the city’s unique small businesses. When you get to the residential parts of town, it is easy to see that the residents care about creating a small town feel,

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For those interested in getting a little history of the city, a visit to the library is a must. Though the space is small, the staff is knowledgeable. Many are Edgewater residents who take a special interest in sharing the history of the town with the people who stop by to visit when it isn’t too busy.

Those who aren’t in the mood to sit inside will have fun exploring the town by foot. The city sidewalks are well-maintained. Across Sheridan Boulevard is Sloan’s Lake, one of Denver’s better walking, biking, fishing, and recreational outdoor sports venues.

Edgewater is a hidden jewel with small town charm and a chill environment. Put it on your list of adult use destinations. You won’t be disappointed.

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Adult Use Is Reality

Marine Veteran Makes Historic First Purchase in Denver

by Susan Squibb

The first sale of adult use marijuana from a licensed business was ceremoniously observed on January 1, 2014 at 3D Cannabis Center in Denver, Colorado.

Sean Azzariti, a Marine veteran who lives with PTSD from tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, was the first person in the world to buy cannabis legally.

All adults 21 years and older can now legally purchase marijuana in licensed centers in Colorado. Media representing news outlets across the world were documenting the momentous day inside and outside the building as customers lined up.

In a press conference preceding the purchase, representatives from the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, the campaign for Amendment 64, framed the historic event with brief speeches.

Brian Vicente, a primary author of Amendment 64, declared this a “watershed moment.” He summarized Amendment 64 as the law which allows to possess and privately use marijuana, and for the state to regulate marijuana sales and hemp agriculture.

Campaign director Mason Tvert said “Regulating marijuana works. We have not seen significant problems, we have seen significant benefits.”

From Mason’s perspective, marijuana legalization is not an ex-

periment. Marijuana prohibition was the experiment and it has failed.

Betty Aldworth, Advocacy Director for the campaign, said “Marijuana doesn’t have to be a burden, it can be a boon.” The shift from underground sales into a regulated market makes “a stronger Colorado,” she added.

Next year, Colorado will see estimated marijuana sales of $400 million. Approximately $2.34 billion of cannabis economic activity is expected across the United States.

Reporters, photojournalists, and TV news crews packed 3D to capture the first sale seen around the world. It was one eighth of Bubba Kush grown in house at 3D, and a truffle manufactured

by Dixie Elixir & Edibles. The purchase totaled nearly $60 and was sealed in a child resistant bag. Sean proudly displayed his receipt of purchase.

Cannabis activists, advocates, business owners and allies who worked on the successful campaign and subsequent state regulations were present to support and celebrate.

A line of casually dressed people wrapped around the building.

Enthusiastically but calmly, local Coloradans and tourists waited an hour or more in the cold and intermittent snow to purchase marijuana as legal customers on the historic first day.

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www.thecliniccolorado.com The Clinic Colorado 3888 East Mexico Ave., Ste. 110 Denver, CO 80210 303-758-9114 The Clinic Highlands 3460 West 32nd Avenue Denver, CO 80211 303-997-7130 The Clinic Capitol Hill 745 East 6th Avenue Denver, CO 80203 720-536-5229 The Clinic on Wadsworth 3600 South Wadsworth Blvd.

Lakewood, CO 80235 303-484-8853 The Clinic on Colfax 4625 East Colfax Avenue Denver, CO 80220 303-333-3644 The Clinic On Jewell 12018 W Jewell Ave Lakewood, CO 80228 303-997-9171

The Clinic is an award winning medical marijuana center with six Denver metro locations!

The Clinic is Denver’s premier medical marijuana center having won over 20 awards for both it’s high quality cannabis, concentrates and charitable contributions! The Clinic’s staff is extremely knowledgeable and friendly while the atmosphere at their locations reflect the immense amount of care that they provide to their patients as well as their medicine.

The Clinic is also a long time supporter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, as it’s a cause that directly affects their patients, friends and family. As such, The Clinic has raised more than $100,000 for the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter of the National MS Society since they first opened their doors in 2009.

The Clinic has remained at the forefront of the medical marijuana movement by raising the standard for medical marijuana centers everywhere, not only through their patient driven mission but through their dedication to the community! Make sure to stop by The Clinic and see why their mantra holds true: Our Patients Live Better.

9:00am - 7:00pm Daily

Concentrates

Budder & Shatter The Clinic offers both budder and shatter, which are butane extracted concentrates, from our award winning marijuana infused products division, The Lab.

Awards

2013 High Times Cannabis Cup 1st Place Sativa - Tangie 3rd Place Sativa - Stardawg Guava 3rd Place Hybrid - Ghost OG

2012 High Times Medical Cannabis Cup

1st Place Best Sativa - Stardawg Guava 1st Place Patient’s Choice - Kosher Kush 2nd Place Best Concentrate - Strawberry Cough Nectar 3rd Place Best Hybrid - Raskal OG

Pre ‘98 Bubba Kush

High Times Cannabis Cup: Highest CBD Strain

Grape God Bud

Spring 2010 Colorado Caregiver’s Cup Winner: Patient’s Choice, Best Aroma, Most Photogenic 2011 Aspen Cannabis Crown, 2nd Place Overall

2013 The 710 Cup

2nd Place Best Sativa Shatter - Tangie 1st Place Best Sativa Shatter Terps Tangie

The Hemp Connoisseur Championship 2012

Strains Kosher Kush

2012 High Times Cannabis Cup (Denver) Patient’s Choice Winner

Stardawg Guava

2012 High Times Medical Cannabis Cup (Denver) 1st Place Best Sativa

Grape God Bud

2010 CO Caregiver’s Cup Triple Crown-win2nd Place Indica and Connoisseur’s ner and 2nd place 2011 Choice - Kosher Kush 1st Place Sativa and Patient’s Choice - Aspen Cannabis Crown, this is the hottest indica Stardawg Guava 3rd Place Hybrid and Patient’s Choice - in town.

Ghost OG 1st Place Concentrate and Connoisseur’s Choice - Earth OG Nectar

Raskal OG

One of the most visually appealing and potent OG kushes around with The Hemp Connoisseur Championship 2013 a distinct diesel fuel aro1st Place Indica, Connoisseur’s Choice ma. 2012 High Times and Best Tested - Kosher Kush Medical Cannabis Cup Patient’s Choice Hybrid - Grunk (Denver) 3rd Place Best 2nd Place Shatter and Patient’s Choice- Hybrid Tangie

LA Confidential

Winner of the 2008 Indica High Times Cannabis Cup, this DNA Genetics strain has opened new doors in the world of MMJ.

Ghost OG

THC Champions Cup 3rd Place Overall Hybrid & Patients’ Choice Hybrid. 2013 High Times US Cannabis Cup 3rd place best hybrid winner

Fall ‘97

This indica-dominant strain is a sweet tasting cross between OG Kush and Purple Urkle.

Skywalker

Edibles Beverages

CannaPunch, Dixie Elixirs, Keef Cola, Green Dragon, and MarQaha

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OG

This clone only pheno of OG Kush has quickly become a patient and staff favorite.

Super Lemon Haze

Winner of the 2008 and 2009 Sativa High Times Cannabis Cup

Tangie

2013 High Times US Cannabis Cup 1st place best sativa winner

Pre ‘98 Bubba Kush

2011 High Times Denver Medical Cannabis Cup highest CBD strain winner

Platinum OG

Purp x Master Kush x OG Kush - Strong kush aroma with sweet and smooth taste.

Durban Poison

A classic landrace sativa from Africa that is mouth watering and known for it’s soaring cerebral effects.

Baked Goods/Candies

Sweet Grass Kitchen, Julie & Kate Baked Goods, Mountain High Suckers, The Growing Kitchen, Mile Hi, Incredibles, and Cheeba Chews.

Reserva Privada Colorado: The Clinic carries the full line of Reserva Privada Colorado’s Confidential Collection and Sour Series.

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www.riverrockcolorado.com Twitter: RR_Wellness, Facebook: RiveRockColorado, YouTube: RiverRockTV

RiverRock’s proprietary organic growing techniques deliver award winning medical cannabis - free of harsh chemicals - that is safer for our patients and the environment.

Artisan growing methods combined with cutting edge technology ensure the consistency, value, and potency of all RiverRock products. We oversee the production of our cannabis, edibles, concentrates, extracts, and supplements allowing us to offer more affordable prices to our patients across-the-board.

RiverRock’s professional staff is dedicated to developing effective cannabis treatments that address the particular needs of our patients. We offer daily incentives to our patients with discounts of 15%-25%, loyalty points, complimentary wellness services, weekly patient appreciation parties with monthly giveaways including glass, concert venues, restaurant deals, and merchandise. We sponsor a range of patients including; SSDI, SSI, Veterans, and patients with terminal illnesses to ensure the most affordable access to all of our medical cannabis products.

Strains

We offer our patients over 100 organically grown strains in rotation between both our centers. We provide one of the largest selections of the highest tested THC & CBD based genetics found world wide. We provide patients with only the highest quality lab tested edibles, extracts, topicals, supplements, and concentrates.

Awards Include: Jack Frost, OGiesel, OG18, Cataract Kush, Moonshine Haze, Ghost Train Haze

501 OG (RD) 707 Headband x Blueberry Abusive OG (RD) AK x NL Alaskan Ice Atomic Northern LIghts Blackberry Kush Blackwater Blue Dream Blueberry Bruce Banner #3 Bubba Kush Bulldog Haze Cataract Kush Chem Dawg #4 Cinderella Cindy Dom Death Star Facewreck (RD) Fire OG Flo Ghost Train Haze #1 (RD) Grape Stomper Grape Trainwreck Harlequin CBD

Inferno OG Jack 47 Jack Frost Jacky White Juicy Fruit Juliet #2 Larry OG Lee Roy (RD) Martian Mean Green Mob Boss Moby Dick Moonshine Haze (RD) NYC Diesel Pepe la Dank PMP Haze (RD) Purple Buddha Purple Indica Scott’s Blue (RD) Sensi Star Sour Diesel Sour Tsunami #2 CBD Tahoe OG Tangerine Haze (RD) Trinity

4935 York St. Denver, CO 80216 303-474-4136 Monday-Friday 9:00am-7:00pm Saturday-Sunday 10:00am-7:00pm

990 W. 6th Ave. Denver, CO 80204 303-825-3314

Monday-Friday 8:00am-7:00pm Saturday-Sunday 10:00am-7:00pm

Edibles, Extracts & Concentrates

Health Creations 100mg (S/H/I/OG)

Healthy Creations 200mg (S/H/I/OG) RockBudder (Compound/Shatter) Award Wining Activated CBD Oil Activated Sativa, Hybrid, Indica, and OG Oil CBD & THC Tinctures (Glycerin/MCT) CBD & THC Tea’s CBD & THC Salves Fresh Cannabis Juice

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www.southwestalternativecare.com Southwest Alternative Care, your neighborhood medical marijuana center.

Their mission is to provide Colorado patients with the best alternative medicine and services at the lowest possible prices. At Southwest you’ll find a large selection of top shelf medicines and edibles, all at affordable prices.

Southwest Alternative Care provides the most potent Earwax and Shatter BHO in Colorado. We work with 2012 Cannabis Cup winners Top Shelf Extracts, to stock our shelves with the best of the best. We also provide high quality cold water, full melt, extracted bubble hash. We offer a variety of strains from 25 micron to 190 micron.

1075 South Fox Street Denver, CO 80223 303-593-2931

We haven’t met a center yet who didn’t claim to grow “fire” but unlike many, Southwest can back it up. With an award-winning grow team, legendary genetics, and perhaps the cleanest facility in the state, Southwest Alternative Care has redefined what it means to produce top shelf medicine.

3937 West Colfax Avenue Denver, CO 80204 720-287-3934

Southwest Alternative Care has over 25 top shelf strains, all hand trimmed, including Glass Slipper, Kool Aid Kush, OGre 99, Bubba Kush, Golden Goat, Moonshine Haze, Tangerine Haze, Dairy Queen and many more. The extracts they cull from these high-grade selections set a new standard in terms of quality. Find ‘em on Facebook for a current menu. Check out our coupons in the back of the magazine.

Monday-Sunday 10:00am-6:50pm

Edibles

Canna Punch Incredibles Sweet Stone

Canna Cappuccino At Home Baked Edi Pure

Concentrates Earwax and Shatter BHO 2012 Cannabis Cup winners Top Shelf Extracts Full Melt, Bubble Hash Vape Pens

Staff Favorites Glowing Goat Bubba Kush Dope Diagonal

Tango Chem 4 Purple Trainwreck

Testimonials

Best Meds in Colorado Southwest Alternative has the best meds in Colorado hands down. Pricing is spot on with the meds. All the employees are amazing. Makes you feel like you are a regular your first time in.

AWESOME!!!!! - seige55, weedmaps.com This place is the best kept secret in Denver I have been a member with Southwest for about a year now, and have nothing but raving reviews. But the original shop wasn’t very close for me as I do not drive. With this new location in the heart of Denver has made buying my meds even easier. Best benefits in town, they give out the most free stuff for members by far.

- FACEwreck5360 weedmaps.com

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