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first, let’s go to the straight dope by: TCB Staff
4. No sense wasting time. Let’s Are you overwhelmed? We talk about your winter grow were too, but we sat in our story too. Yep, no rest for the meeting, trying to figure out weary. You’ll need something what to cover for our October to do this winter besides talk issue, and like you, we were to your family anyway. overwhelmed by it all. We need to make sure you get smarter on what’s going on out there. No 5. We have HarvestFest Winners! We also have other party politicking, no “Covid y’all” things to talk about and we’ll news, no “Russia still hates us” try to throw some lighter side news here, jus’ facts. stuff in there. Promise. We looked around and found that people have some But, first, BUSINESS. unresolved issues. Here goes: 1. Folks are still feeling like their doctor doesn’t always get them. Some people want more than, “Here’s your approval, now get outta here.” We hear you. 2. Oklahoma is looking to go legal for recreational again. We got news you need to know on that. 3. Are you growing your own? If you spent all this time growing just to be a nervous harvester, we are here to help you. We also have drying and storage tips to make the most of your efforts.
You need to vote. Yeah, I feel like I should be wearing mom jeans nagging y’all about cleaning your room, but it’ll be over soon. Facts you need to know right now: - If you are 18 on November 3, you do not have to be 18 when you register. If you will turn 18 on November 3, you can vote on Nov. 3. - FELONS CAN VOTE. You must have served your sentence, fulfilled your parole, probation and all judgments. Do not let your past control your future. You can also get a Medical Marijuana card.
See last month’s magazine if you have questions. - Oklahoma does not honor online voting. We can vote by mail. Go to www.ok.gov for the forms and info. - No one can submit your application to vote on your behalf. You must do this yourself. Your application must be postmarked by October 9, so get going if that’s your plan. - If you plan to vote in person, you can vote at select locations October 29, 30, 31 and at every poll November 3. www.ok.gov has polling info along with contact info for your county. - You will need a current I.D. when you vote (state issued, military, tribal) and some districts ask for your voter card too. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A CURRENT I.D., you can request a provisional ballot. Please bring as much stuff as you can to prove you are who you say you are (bills in your name, expired
I.D., Social Security Card, etc.). You will have to submit a sworn affidavit. - www.ok.gov has information on absentee ballots, voter registration ballots, voter districts, voter polling locations, sample ballots, check your absentee ballot status, and change your address or political party. Need more on why 2020 is the year to vote? There are so many websites out there, we could fill this magazine and say nothing else, but some good ones were: - USA.gov (U.S. Government site) - Vote.org (non-partisan site with good info) - Rockthevote.org (good site, gets to info you want) - Fivethirtyeight.com (has info on how to vote in 2020) - VOX.com (more info on how to vote in 2020)
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does your doctor get you? by: Amy Addams There was a time when I knew so much about my doctor, it was as if we were visiting like friends, not in an official capacity. Not so, lately. The doctor-patient relationship has gone from personal to all business and many patients feel like their doctor isn’t really engaged in their care. Worse, with MMJ, many patients are confused but doctors are not doing any better. It gets deeper when the doctor isn’t much of a fan of cannabis. How do we cross the great divide to get back to the way we were before? Much of the problem lies in the fact that MMJ is not legal at the federal level, so patients
who seek care through MMJ oftentimes find physicians that cannot, or will not, prescribe MMJ or who feel ‘off’ approving patients for a MMJ card. CBD has been legalized through the 2018 Farm Bill, but for some, that is just not doing enough to address what ails them. Other patients with epilepsy have found that drugs like Epidiolex are not doing anything, so they need more. Let’s not even get started on the whole scary world of terpenes, THC percentages, CBD’s and cannabinoids. It’s daunting on a good day. So, should you give up? NO! What you can do is get educated on your own, and that medical cannabis recommendations: monday-friday: 9am to 5pm
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seems to be the case for many things lately. You can educate your healthcare provider on how to best help you by gathering information from good sources. Use university findings, white papers from governments (even if they are not U.S. governments), medical groups like JAMA, NIH, CDC, FDA and state medical organizations. You will want to find papers that support your cause. If your doctor is not working with you, you may find that your relationship has reached its conclusion. These things happen. But don’t despair, just ask people you respect to suggest a new doctor or visit the OMMA website to see what doctors are out there. You may find that local doctors have placed flyers in your local dispensaries. Ask your budtenders if they have heard anything good, bad, or unusual about the doctor in question. If you can, ask if there is a doctor the budtender recommends. If you don’t like the doctor, that’s okay too. Keep trying. There are many doctors in Oklahoma that want to help you. We are going to keep an eye out to see who rises to the occasion in the coming months and we will keep you informed on who you need to see for specific health needs.
have to tell us your personal information, but if we can help each other, that’s worth its weight in gold. Send your happy MMJ doc experiences to: amy@thecurrentbuzz.net. Tips for seeing a new MMJ Doctor: 1. Have as much data with you as you can gather. Have a list of medications, illnesses, previous doctors you’ve seen, medical tests and results if possible. If you can drop it of at the doctor’s office before your visit, you would be helping them out quite a bit. 2. Be ready to discuss your goals for wellness with the doctor. Having a game plan and goals helps them help you.
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oklahoma is pushing for total legalization
but are we ready? by: Amy Addams If you’ve been paying attention, we are poised to vote yet again for recreational use, and PLEASE sign up to say yes, but there are a few caveats to making our little state a utopia of weed. In places like California, Canada and Oregon, some tough lessons were learned. We could easily bypass them if our lawmakers play well with others:
people!), and it’s testament to the fact that prisons are big business, they target minorities (minorities are incarcerated two to three times more often on marijuana offenses than their white counterparts. True story), and we spend a lot of money to keep people in prison. Our tax dollars have better use…like schools, infrastructure and affordable housing for starters.
1. Greed and weed are not good together. If Okie powers tax the snot outta the weed market, the black market will 4. Black Market weed is not “the flourish, and they’ll lose same as the dispensary stuff”. all. The underground has no Let’s dispel that myth. Black scruples, and our lawmakers Market does not care what cannot afford to forget that they do to your “stuff”, they they will always be at least get your money, end of story. three steps behind the Black Many pop-up’s use excessive Market. amounts of chemicals, pesticides, fungicides, 2. Add to the above statement, herbicides, and cannabis will making weed something leach heavy metals from soil that caters to the rich elite naturally. Your discount Black pocketbooks has not done Market stuff could make you well. Oregon and Colorado sick. California is having big tried the big biz approach, problems with pop-ups killing even going so far to push local wildlife, contaminating low income housing out of waterways, and hurting various towns like Denver to people who wanted to accommodate grow opps save money. It’s also costing only to have much of the legal California almost all of their market tank. tax dollars to chase down these pop-ups, almost 3. There are numerous people destroying the happy feeling sitting in prison on weed from the tax money California charges in Oklahoma (yep, made. There are dispensaries true story). Some were popping up all over the place arrested even after we went as well, making their legal (proof that you need a problems even bigger. card until we go recreational,
What’s the takeaway? That’s easy.
3. Everyone must stay legal and honest. Canada was an example that Oklahoma 1. Lawmakers: don’t be overly chose to follow but Canada greedy with the tax thing. is having problems with illegal People will pay taxes, but 30 weed; only 46 percent of MJ percent? In a state that barely is bought legally in Canada, keeps the lights on? Get real. up from 21 percent in 2018. 2. Stop embracing the hate. We need to see the money gathered from taxes going to things other than prisons. Oklahoma is not unique in that we have the Haves and the Have Nots. The Haves are buying MMJ too. We could all benefit from better education, drug rehab for people who have addiction issues and a program for people who can’t afford MMJ for opioid withdrawal.
If we all play nice and legal, show where the tax dollars go, and people see benefit from paying into the tax system, Oklahoma could avoid these pitfalls. Massachusetts has been open and honest, used the money as promised for drug education and rehabilitation. While their system is not perfect, they are not investing so heavily in chasing down Black Market illegal operators.
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toxins are not just in your weed by: J.P. Baker of mercury - consume sparingly at best. The analysis concluded by saying: “While 11 percent of the rolling papers in this study would fail above the action limits for inhalable products in California, it should be noted that the paper constitutes only a fraction of the overall mass of a cannabis pre roll product. Although the ratio of the mass of paper to cannabis flower varies within pre-roll products depending on a number of factors, it is safe to assume that rolling paper products that fail near the action limit would most likely not cause a compliance failure when combined with ‘clean’ cannabis.”. So all of this isn’t as bad as it sounds, but it still is cause for concern. One thing to remember is that the thicker your paper is, the higher level of carcinogens it might contain. Considering there are no widely recognized safety standards for We’ve all got our preferred the problem. 118 products from lead (with lead being the most cannabis products, we have to Amazon and local smoke shops common). brand of rolling papers, finding be very careful here. Findings were immediately tested. So one is a rite of passage for like this can cause serious panic SC labs did not disclose the anyone who smokes. Once you what are the numbers? Well, and irreversible damage to the find one you like, that’s that, 16 percent failed with detectable names of these products, industry as a whole. Symptoms but the main offenders were right? Well perhaps it shouldn’t levels of toxic pesticides, from smoking carcinogenically be. with 5 percent testing beyond flavored blunt wraps and contaminated paraphernalia California’s legal safety limit for cellulose-based “clear” papers. inhalable products. Sure, that’s Some of the clear papers tested include neurotoxicity, cancer, SC Labs in Santa Cruz, CA kidney failure and a whole other at over 100 times the safety ran some tests in July that had pretty bad, but a whopping 90 subset of problems that we some alarming results. They percent of products were found limit for lead contamination, would be better off without. The had a large number of precontaining heavy metals with so absolutely stay away from best thing we can do in light of those. The labs recommended roll specimens test positive 8 percent of them testing over these facts is to shop smart and for heavy metal and pesticide the state-mandated safety limit. treating these products in the ask questions about what is in The metals were identified as same way as one should treat contamination. The weed was seafood with questionable levels the things we consume. clean, meaning the papers were cadmium, mercury, arsenic &
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is twitter turning on us? by: J.P. Baker Social media is somewhat of a mixed blessing these days. In one sense, it helps us stay “connected” (whatever that means); but inverse to that, it can grant a disproportionate advantage to certain ways of thinking.
substances? Although alcohol is the more dangerous culprit and a prime candidate for this level of concern, it gets away with a simple PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY. Those capital letters really emphasize the message, right? Feels like there is something else going Case in point - Twitter recently on here... Matt Sutton, director instituted a warning to every of media relations for the Drug search for ‘marijuana’. The Policy Alliance, had this to warning proclaims that “Help say - “It is not surprising that SAMHSA would be behind is available” for substance abuse, complete with a stigmatizing content like this, but 1-800 number for anyone it is surprising that a platform struggling with substance like Twitter would allow them abuse. It’s interesting that this to co-opt entire search terms, warning shows up for illegal regardless of a person’s drugs such as ‘cocaine’ and reason for searching for them,”. ‘heroin’, but not for marijuana’s He went on to point out - “It legalized counterpart ‘alcohol’. goes back to the same false According to the World Health dichotomy that people who use Organization (WHO), alcohol drugs are struggling and need is responsible for over 3 million help verses the reality that most deaths each year, while the DEA people can use drugs nonthemselves have declared that problematically, while a small “no deaths from overdose of portion of the population tends marijuana have been reported”. to struggle with substance use disorder.” We’re being warned about a dangerous substance, All of this came about when correct? How about we warn U.S. Surgeon General Jerome everyone about all dangerous Adams went on a crusade
against marijuana use, urging all Americans to “KNOW THE RISKS. TAKE ACTION. PROTECT OUR FUTURE.”. A foreboding message, to be sure, but what has Adams all worked up all of a sudden? Well, the timeline of this all happens to coincide quite nicely to when the MORE Act was introduced. To those unfamiliar, the MORE Act (Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement) aims to completely decriminalize and de-schedule marijuana as a controlled substance and was put to a vote by Congress on September 21st of this year. Enter Twitter. The influential social media platform that lets us speak our minds and doesn’t judge us for it. Right. Well, they recently partnered with government agency SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) to institute the warning mentioned above in a
move that is not entirely dissimilar to mandating that “Reefer Madness” be shown in dispensaries across the nation. For a social media platform to partner with the government for the purpose of further demonizing a plant that saves lives is reckless on their part. This government interference in social media could be a slippery slope for times to come. Something designed to bringing people together should have no business interfering with political issues and Twitter has blatantly overstepped their bounds in doing so, especially in such a crucial time for the future of marijuana. Putting disclaimers and warnings on certain terms is one thing, but it needs to be comprehensive if they are going to do it at all, otherwise it is just plain irresponsible. The right thing to do here would be for Twitter to just calm down and be Twitter. Leave the decisionmaking up to the people that are affected by them.
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We ALL need to vote this year. It’s not just a presidential year, there are plenty of seats in the Senate, along with local people and stuff you need to vote for. Here’s what’s up:
- If you are a felon, you can vote, provided you have served your sentence, probation, parole and paid your judgements and fines. Do not let your past define your right to vote.
- Election Day is November 3, but you can vote October 29, 30, and 31 in select locations in each county. Every polling location will be open Nov. 3.
- No one can vote on your behalf, and no one can submit an application to vote on your behalf. You must do this yourself. Make sure you sign and date your application.
- If you are voting in person, you must bring a current, valid I.D. (driver’s license, military ID, tribal ID) and some polls ask for your voting card. If you do not have an I.D., you can request to vote with a provisional ballot. You will have to fill out a sworn affidavit.
- If you are voting by mail, your application must be postmarked by October 9. Oklahoma does not have
- The Oklahoma Voter Portal has absentee ballots, voter registration information, a voting district map, polling
- You do not have to be 18 when you register as long as you are 18 on Nov. 3.
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Indica - 8 weeks after If you spent 2020 doing flowering your first grow, you may be Sativa - 10 weeks after approaching your first harvest. flowering While that can be exciting, let’s Autoflower - 10 weeks not get ahead of ourselves by from seedling to bud slopping it up at the very end. We’re here to help you not make fatal errors in harvesting, curing Preparing to harvest: and storing your cannabis Some of our readers get a little plants. Ready? fertilizer happy. If that’s you, it’s good to stop feeding your plants NO! You are NOT ready. Do 7-10 days before harvesting NOT get to cutting down and use a flushing agent with plants just yet. BEFORE you distilled water to get rid of that begin, you need to do a little chemical smell and taste. Have prep. You need supplies: a dark place to let your plants dry a space ready where you can (where the whole neighborhood hang your drying plants by won’t smell your efforts), quality their ‘trunks’ or by branches, scissors (plant trimming scissors untouched by kids, pets, LIGHT are a great idea), a razor blade, (drying and curing need to happen in the DARK) and have rubbing alcohol, disposable an air circulation system (a fan) gloves, clothesline and some clips (or some coat hangers), that can move the humidity out of the room (without skunking labels, a marker, and you need a good eye to know WHEN to up the neighborhood - much). Hang your line(s) before you cut them down (trichomes are our friends*). One rule of thumb start harvesting. You might want is: to make your labels now so you know what’s what as you go.
Before you get to cutting, here’s a relatively simple 12step process to make you a harvesting cultivator (read the directions BEFORE you get to cutting): 1. Put your gloves on. Powder-free latex are best. MMJ/MJ is sticky. Your bare hands will be sticky in no time. And you’ll contaminate your MMJ. Stop it. 2. The time of DAY you cut is critical to your success**. Morning is best. If you are indoors, turn on the lights, make a coffee, watch a half hour of Simpsons, and get to cultivating (nighttime is resin production time, you want to reap the benefits). Some folks have asked whether to cut WET or DRY. We found that each method has advantages. We’ll let you decide for yourself, but, if you decide to trim dry, your product will need less dehumidifying. If you trim wet,
you will get better taste if you can be patient and dehumidify properly, but you need to go slow and watch what your plants are doing***. 3. Harvesting: Start by cutting a branch or plant; cut your branches at an angle and use an outward motion, cutting away from the plant. If you are careful, you can trim the outer buds first, allowing the inner buds to ripen up a bit more (‘ripe bud method’), but you can also do the ‘whole plant method’ where you cut the whole plant down. Be gentle to not crush your buds. Either way, you want to trim outer leaves from the buds as you go. You can trim the bigger fan-like leaves before cutting the branch from the plant. You want to cut larger leaves as close to the stem (petiole) as possible. If you are dry cutting, you will ONLY want to remove the largest leaves, and if you are wet cutting, you want to remove as many of the
cultivating cannabis leaves as possible****. You want to clean your scissors with a razor blade to save your residue and wipe them with alcohol when they get sticky and when you go to a different plant. 4. Hang your plants over your ‘clothesline’ and clip onto the line if necessary. You are drying your plants upside down, like you are hanging clothes out to dry. 5. DRYING PHASE: You want your buds to dry in darkness with about 50-60% humidity and temperatures between 65 and 73 degrees. Use an exhaust fan to keep everything going smooth and provide fresh air flow. Check in on your plants each day for fungus and mold; if you find any, put it in a baggie,
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zip it up and get it out of your drying room. 6. You should be getting close to done with the drying phase at five to 14 days. At Day 5, going forward: take a sample from your product, see how well the drying is going. Squeeze your buds for dryness, smell for aroma, and listen for a creaky sound when you bend a stem. It can take up to a month for your plants to dry fully. Do not rush this. 7. CURING PHASE: you want to do this to make your MMJ taste better. Three things matter most: temperature, humidity, and light. Okay, FOUR things: glass jars! Mason jars with screw on lids are the best.
8. You might want to trim your freshly dried buds for the smaller leaves if you prefer****. Place your newly dried buds in the jars. Make sure the lids are screwed on tight. Place them in a dark place, just like you are storing preserves or canned tomatoes. You want a temperature of around 60 degrees and 50-55% humidity. Curing should take about two to three weeks, tops. 9. You want to open the jars each day for 10 minutes for about three weeks. You are degassing your buds. 10. Here’s the fun part: taste your flowers each week for ripeness. If your stuff is not flavorful, try putting some citrus peels in the jar for about eight
Page 13 days. This will enhance the flavor. 11. At four months (if you have anything at this point), open your jars for 20 minutes a few times a month, at month five, open them once for 10 minutes and you can halt ventilation on month six. 12. At month eight, curing stops. Your MMJ will start to lose a bit of its flavor and smell, but don’t think that means it’s gone crap. It will get more sedative in effects. If you like flavor, you can always trade with someone who makes edibles for newbies for flavor-y buds or make your own edibles.
* It is critical to your cannabis strength to watch for the little hairs in the buds (trichomes) to no longer be clear (VERY little THC), half-clear (brief high, THC=meh), half-clear to amber (perfect! CUT, damn you, CUT!), and amber (you’re in the backside of trichome lifecycle – call in sick! CUT NOW!). Trichomes are tiny, usually about 1-2 mm in length. For our fellow ‘half-blind’ readers, use your zoom feature from the phone’s camera and zoom in on a bud to see where your trichomes are. Once you know what you are looking at, you are half-way to being a trichome expert. Had a pest, fungus or viral problem? You may have to cut sooner, try to stay within the 10 days of optimum harvest if possible. We’ve heard from some growers that when the bud leaves turn yellow and the buds swell-up, you are at peak cutting time, but when the secondary leaves (fan leaves) go yellow, you are passing your peak, but it’s not a big deal. It makes the THC more narcotic-like, despite being milder in flavor, so be prepared to be sleepy when you consume. FYI. ** A theory we hear is that you should leave your plants in total darkness for 36 hours before harvesting. This is SUPPOSED to increase potency by shocking the plant into creating resin with the last of her energy. We can’t guarantee the accuracy of this info. *** Leaf trimming thoughts: if you are in a high-humidity area (over 65%), trim the exposed bud leaves off or you’ll get mold. If you are in low humidity (under 40%), leave the bud leaves on. The leaves will prevent your buds from drying too quick and the smaller leaves will protect the buds, so “leave” them on until the end (if you have 25% or less humidity, a humidifier is a good idea, and leave the fan leaves on for a little while). In Oklahoma, we have strange weather, so we are covering both schools of thought on wet and dry cutting. Our suggestion to you: check in with 2-3 weather apps and see what the weather is predicted to do in the coming weeks. This will impact your indoor environment (unless you can climate control everything). Use that as a guide. A temperature and humidity monitor is worth the investment. **** You want to keep those little leaves! They have use for edibles as they are THC carriers. De-carb trimmings for cannabutter and edibles.
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winter is coming... time to grow by: Amy Addams (Charts courtesy weekendgardener.net) And given all we’ve been through this year, it can’t hurt to have your stuff gathered up ahead of time so you aren’t waiting at the curb for the mailman to deliver your autoflower seeds that should have arrived 2-3 weeks ago. Let’s start with the beginner stuff. You’ll need to make some decisions on: - The biggest consideration: MONEY. If you are growing indoors, you will need more than chemicals. Consider
humidifiers, HID lighting, exhaust fans, heaters and a grow hut if you can’t devote a room to your grow. Make sure you shop your chemicals, seeds and equipment and find what you can live with. Do not go cheap on buying crappy soil over good cannabis soil. We also must forewarn you that seeds are not cheap. If you are new to this, consider autoflowering seeds. They are easy to use. - Whether you want to grow outdoors or indoors. Oklahoma can have some rough winters, then we have winters that feel like spring. If you are planning to go outdoors, you don’t want nighttime temps below 65 degrees F, daytime temps above 80 degrees F and the decreasing sunlight until December 21 can be a
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problem for confusing the flowering cycle. If you can go with HID lights and indoor growing, you’ll sleep better as well as have a better harvest. - How many plants can you handle, and what strains? We’ve researched this extensively and it seems that monoculture (planting only one strain) is not the best idea, especially in Oklahoma. If that strain falls to disease,
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mold or pests, you could lose everything. If you plant a variety of crops, you stand a better chance against Oklahoma’s mean critters and diseases. We have a list of good strains for colder times to help you plan. Now that you’ve played some scratch-offs to afford your grow, you need to decide what strains you will be planting. We can
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science says... by: Amy Addams We do our very best to find the most recent and accurate nformation out there, digging into medical papers, government press releases, university findings and anything official we can get our hands on. BUT, sometimes, there isn’t enough information to make a story worth the space. We like our data useful, but a page of fluff is blech. So here’s some data bits we thought you needed to know about now, but they aren’t quite page fillers:
responding to CBD or MMJ at all. 3. On that note, another study has found that CBD and MMJ are about 60-70 percent effective in pain patients who have been in pain for less than five years, are in relatively good health, and who do not have advanced osteoarthritis. That’s not to say that it can’t work for advanced patients, it might take a while to find the right strain(s) for you. Keep trying. As we find out what terpenes are most helpful, we’ll get back to this…
4. Sports fans, check it: for 1. Vaping ain’t so bad. A study some reason, some people care about which sports fans get high done at Yale found that the the most. As crazy as it sounds, vaping world got a lot of bad if there is funding, there’s a press from the big biz vape study for it. E-Sports and UFC folks trying to keep the little fans like to get high the most guys down. Where MMJ/MJ has been legal, vaping has been and NFL/MLB/golf fans are the least likely to puff, puff, pass. sorted out and vaping is pretty What REALLY got us curious dang safe; less than one injury were the number of TENNIS per 100,000 vapers. Where fans who like to partake. Thirty MMJ/MJ was not legal, vaping percent of tennis fans are injuries were 1.4 per 100,000. smokers, coming at number 3 Legalization has its perks. on the most users. WHAAAAT? 2. CBD can rock your sore 5. THCP is getting a lot of knees. A couple studies have shown that CBD is not just some love in Europe. We covered this a few months ago, but not random initials, but it has all kinds of uses for osteoarthritis a lot of U.S. attention has been given to this phytocannabinoid. and pain management. We are not advocating CBD or MMJ THCP is unique in that cannabis creates a lot of this miracle for every ache and pain; the study DID find that CBD did not medicine versus other plants work for everyone. If this is you, like eucalyptus, but Schedule 1 status by the feds keeps discuss this with your doctor, you may have advanced beyond research from being had here
in the U.S. Fortunately, Europe is advancing along in the study of Cannabis and European research group UNHEMP
funded a project in Italy to see what this cannabinoid can do. Right now, we know that it is 30 times stronger
Esports, UFC Fans Most Likely Among U.S. Sports Fans to Use Marijuana U.S.-based fans of each sport were asked how often they partake in each activity Share of fans who partake in each activity often or sometimes
The surevey incvolved 1,269 U.S. participants and was conducted from Aug 13 - 15. - Via Morning Consult
6. Did you know that 30 states have some kind of canna-vote on the ballot for Nov. 3? Yeah, it’s like that. There are many people who want marijuana legal in 2/3 of the country. It’s mind-blowing when you stop and think back on how we were all shocked when California went legal back in 1996. It’s your job to keep the science accurate when you hear the lies. We’ll do out part to break it down for you.
10. We’ll round-out Science Says with a little tidbit about Covid. We avoid this topic like the plague (pun not intended; we swear), we think you get enough of it everywhere else. But just this little bit of info did our hearts good to know; we found out that MJ for recreational use has been a lifesaver in places where alcohol abuse was once a big problem. People started using MJ over alcohol and 85 percent stated that MJ/MMJ helped so much more with anxiety and depression than alcohol. One study we found said that rates of alcohol abuse are decreasing in states where MJ and MMJ has become acceptable. The cannabis market has grown 45 percent since the beginning of the year.
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9. Speaking of the science of Economics, Illinois legalized recreational January 1 of this year, and after Covid hit, this proved to be a boon to keeping the lights on for many state and local governments. 35 percent of the tax money was returned to local govs, some going to areas where communities were hard hit by MJ criminalization. Right now, the bigger picture is Covid, and there are some communities using a bit of their boon to provide free Covid testing.
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7. Speaking of California, let’s keep an eye on their need for green. Not the of the cannabis variety, but of the tax dollar type. It seems that where politicians get greedy, the Black-Market creeps in and grows like, well, a weed. Where states have kept their greed in check and their taxes reasonable, the Market has faded, having no place to sell their chemicalladen garbage pot. It is up to us to keep our leaders in line and remind them that a 30 percent pot tax is not the only solution to our financial burdens.
and all but disappeared when everything went legal 20 years ago, but is Oregon ready? It’s only a matter of time before other states entertain the notion as well. We’ll keep you posted.
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are you a newbie? there’s a fix for that by: J.P. Baker adding more. Less is better with both of these methods.
I don’t know about you, but it occurred to me the other day that many of us born in the late 1950’s through the 1980’s tried MJ when it was taboo. We knew nothing about terpenes, Sativa, Indica, or cannabinoids, and we couldn’t have cared less. Many of us had that nasty taste of washing our mouths out with a swish of Budweiser stuck in our throats for hours on any given weekend. That was life. Today, MMJ and MJ have gone gourmet like craft beers. And ne’er the two shall meet. We have more on that later, but for now, you need to know that as someone new to this But what about your Aunt Bettany who couldn’t imagine getting high with you just three short years ago, who now sits on her doily-covered couch, and wants to light up with you now that she learned how MMJ can
fix her aches and pains. You should help her, but you don’t want to overdo. Today’s medical grade cannabis is much more potent than the 2-3 percent THC we smoked at a house party back when. This is serious medicine. You don’t want to make anyone’s first time go bad. Here are some tips for the first-timer: - If you decide to smoke or vape: start with one or two very small hits and the ol’ adage, “you gotta cough to get off” does not apply here. Take a few small hits that do not fill your lungs and make you feel like coughing, hold for a few seconds and release. - If your first time is with edibles or tinctures, start with HALF the suggested dose and wait ONE HOUR before
- If your newbie has gone a bit overboard, you can bring them back from the paranoia of a ‘Greenout’. Two methods of settling an overdo are: use CBD to counter the effects of the THC or sniffing black peppercorns (it really works).
- What strains do the experts recommend? Jack Herer is a commonly suggested favorite. It is a Sativa-leaning hybrid that doesn’t make users too couch locked. If Indica effects are the If you are on your own: goal, Bubble Kush has been suggested. If you can’t find these two, always hedge your - NEVER BE AFRAID to ask a budtender what to do, how to bets with a low THC strain. do it and how much to use. Most budtenders can suggest If all the equipment to smoke gentle strains that won’t or vape is daunting, get some send your first timer into the edibles. You can’t beat food. Stratosphere. Go easy. The amount suggested should be halved - DON’T use dabs if possible. to start. That’s the stuff for the pros. If that’s all you have access - ASK QUESTIONS UNTIL to, don’t hold the smoke in YOU ARE SATISFIED. You your lungs and ONLY DO are spending money ONE. and have every right to ask questions. If your budtender - DON”T use alcohol with MMJ. is not helping you, don’t buy That’s really something you from them. There are enough should know for everyone. dispensaries in our state They call this ‘crossfading’, that you should find one that where the effects of MMJ and makes you comfortable. alcohol can increase the This is medicine, you can ask effects of the other and make questions for as long as it you feel more drunk. If you do takes to feel right about it. this, we suggest you stop. Do Take notes if you need to. one or the other. - If you have someone who is way too enthusiastic to get high, we suggest you sort out their thinking a bit with calm discussion on why this is not a race to the finish line, but a leisurely stroll through the options until you find what suits them.
- SMOKE, VAPE, OTHER with someone else your first time, especially if you feel nervous. You will not suffer any fatal effects, but if you feel nervous, having someone else around can be a big help.
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joe knows: to chop or not to chop
When to harvest marijuana plants according to trichome ripeness
by: Joe Smith
While there will always be few variations, you can use the following rules to better identify the harvest window of your plants according to the ripening stage of their trichomes:
You have put a lot of time and effort into your grow. After a long time and hard dedication, you have finally arrived at this crucial moment. How to know when to harvest your marijuana plants? I will do my best to explain what the best moment is to harvest your marijuana plants. Now you will be able to harvest your girls depending on the desired effect. The marijuana harvest window is an aspect that, unfortunately, is rarely taken seriously. Other times, what happens is that the grower just don’t have enough patience to wait for a few days to ensure highest levels of THC. Some cannabis strains are better when harvested at their THC production peak, while others will be better if harvested a few days later. When resin trichomes are near their THC concentration peak, they have
a translucent color since the plant is still producing resin in the trichome glands. At this moment, THC production is at its peak, while CBD levels are still low and stable, since molecules quickly become THC. Terpene aromatic molecules production is also at its peak, developing gorgeously aromatic floral clusters. Many growers harvest their cannabis plants at this moment because they prefer a more clear and cerebral effect. At this moment, THC has few sedative effects due to low CBD and CBN levels. What does it all mean? If you are growing mostly Indica hybrids, it is better to harvest your plants when the resin glands are completely developed but not fully ripen before they turn amber unless
you want to be glued to your sofa. The harvest time depends mostly on marijuana strains and phenotypes and can vary from several days to a few weeks between different cannabis varieties. If you extend too much the flowering period of an Indica strain, it will dramatically affect its taste and effect. Fortunately, extending only a few days the flowering stage don’t usually cause major issues for most people. I recommended to look at your ladies with a jeweler’s loupe. If growing sativa hybrids make sure that all resin glands are fully developed and 30% of them are amber before harvesting your plants.
1) When the bulbous heads of the trichomes are fully developed but still translucent, plants will produce a “high” and stimulating effect, less sedative. It is the perfect moment to harvest strong Indica strains. 2) When these bulbous heads turn milky is probably the best moment to harvest most available hybrids. 3) When 70% of these trichome heads are milky and 30% amber, it is the perfect time to harvest mostly Sativa hybrids and long flowering strains (like Haze). It is also the best moment to harvest plants for making hashish. Couple of final points I would like to share, when you’re getting close, check the trichomes at least twice a day and different locations. If you have any questions stop by Great American Strains and the friendly and knowledgeable staff will be happy to help.
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THE SHAKEDOWN - october We got LOTS of shake for y’all, and it just keeps coming. But what shake we found is what some call ‘bunk’. We try to never judge, but did you read the story on what Twitter is up to these days? MJ is ‘addictive’? Wow. Let’s get back to facts. Smarter patients make smarter decisions. We are here to smarten everyone up as much as possible. Ready. Set. Know! Oklahoma contracts out safety stuff
with consistency, chemicals and traceback. Businesses will be expected to use this system in the upcoming weeks. The entire process will take about six months to fully integrate into the MMJ business side of things. Check out www.metrc.com for more. We also heard that OMMA has contracted an Arkansas company to oversee the labs in Oklahoma to the tune of TEN MILLION DOLLARS! Wow. They better do a good job since they have about six dispensaries in Soo-Wee Country and they all come over here for their medication. Not my hair you don’t!
by the color of your hair. If you have dark hair, your hair’s melanin may ‘hold’ some drugs longer than others just because of the color. Black hair can hold some drugs 15 times more than light hair, further supporting the theory that the drug testing industry treats the Black and Latino people unfairly. The group in charge of this test, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), acknowledges the hair test may be an issue and they said that any positive test will be followed by a saliva or urine test for confirmation. Many private companies may also adopt this testing once the feds accept it as protocol. Know your rights before you allow your boss to test your tresses. Animals and CBD
A company called Metrc has been contracted to set-up a seed-to-sale tracking system for the Oklahoma MMJ system for OMMA. Metrc, operating in 14 states already, will ensure we are safe from bad stuff in our MMJ. The system will help
We did not know this, but hair follicle tests, often used to detect drug use going back farther than a few days, are not only unfair, but they are sometimes inaccurate. Worse, the feds want to use them more widespread as a test for drug use.
We’ve discussed this before, but you may have forgotten that any cannabis product out there is still not permitted to be administered to pets under federal law. If you are looking Hair follicle tests can sometimes to help your pet with it, your veterinarian may not be able return a positive result months to prescribe something. Which after use, even if you’ve been leaves it up to you. behaving yourself, but even worse, they can be influenced
If you are looking to help your pet with pain relief, edibles or tincture is the best way to go, you will want to use CBD meant for human consumption, stay clear of THC as well as chocolate, and keep your dosing on the lower side. Match the dosing with your pet’s body weight. Cats will not like citrus flavors, FYI. A university in Texas is working toward understanding how CBD can help horses and dogs who suffer from seizures. We’ll keep you posted. Speaking of animals…A zoo in Poland is trying to cure their elephant’s depression over the loss of her mate with CBD after she has spent many months in mourning. Be nice to your local dispensary! At least don’t trash the place. A lot of dispensaries in California have suffered big losses by customers who felt they were entitled to the free stuff, so these customers decided to do a little B&E action to score some free weed. When the culprits found that the weed was locked away from sticky hands, instead of going back from whence they came, they trashed the place. Some shops suffered almost total losses from vandalism. But that’s only the beginning of the story. Because our federal
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