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“Once you are high on marijuana, stop smoking it. You won’t get any higher. And you are wasting pot.” ~Gallagher It’s been a rocky 12 months, but there are some things that will never change, say it with me: death and taxes. We can’t extend your life, but we can extend your dollars. And one huge money saver comes in the form of less being more – Microdosing. What is it? The new and improved dosing method
What is microdosing exactly and who can benefit?
We covered this before, but there is so much more data to support microdosing as the best way to handle your medical care. Recent data shows that you do not need nearly as much THC as you might think, and if you are looking to save your money while keeping yourself from the overdo effects of ‘Green-Outs’ (paranoia, shaking, sweating, freaking out), you should give microdosing a try. It is an easy and effective method to address your medical care without losing yourself to couch lock.
Using a microdose (MD) of MMJ is easy to do. Any dose under 10mg of THC is considered a MD. If you are new to this strange new world with all the technology and terms, grabbing a package of low dose edibles are the way to go. A dose as low as 1-5mg THC is a true MD and can be a huge help for any user; especially for headaches, depression, and pain. Microdosing has been a proven game changer for PTSD and anxiety too. Because Oklahoma has legalized MMJ, Oklahoman Veterans can legally use it to manage all sorts of issues,
despite Federal legalization taking forever (a VA doc cannot authorize your MMJ card, FYI). What are the benefits? There are multiple benefits to MD: less risk of couch lock, saves money, saves MMJ, allows you to go on with your day… the benefit list is endless. New users are less likely to suffer from paranoia and lack of energy. It also can curb munchies. How do we microdose safely (and easily)? First, find a dispensary where you feel like the budtenders are
interested in helping you. Be sure to tell the budtender that you are interested in MD and give them a list of reasons you are doing this as well as the issues you want to address. The best starter? Edibles. Smoking flower and vaping are harder to dose. THC-infused honey, gummies, chocolates are all easier to control. Many edibles come in 10mg and 25mg individual doses. You can break them into smaller doses to lower the amount of THC you take in. Do NOT eat the entire package or even an entire dose. THEN, you need to give it time to work; effects can take up to two hours to kick in. Your goal is to stick to a max dose of 5mg. A 1mg2.5mg dose is best. Who benefits from microdosing? Anyone who suffers from cancer, ALS, muscle spasms, epilepsy, Opioid Use Disorder, chronic pain, glaucoma, PTSD, HIV/AIDS, Multiple Sclerosis, epilepsy, or depression can reap huge benefits from MD. You will need to find the right product for you. continued on page 8
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a seed into the ground. What do I get for this money? A piece Metric is going to cause nothing of paper. I have waited as long but problems for the Legal as 30 days to get a response. Cannabis Industry in Oklahoma. When you ask OMMA a The training is all online, the question, here is the response “textbook” is 177 pages, the you receive (if I treated my illustrations are blurry. As far customers like this, I would be as I go I have to learn hands out of business): on, I learn kinesthetically - you can tell and show me all day “The OMMA appreciates your long and it will not sink in. email. If your email question Metric is also going to charge pertains to monthly reporting, $40 a month for the privilege violations, or complaints, OMMA of using their software. I have will provide a response. If your not spoken to anyone in this question is seeking further industry that feels metric is a guidance on state law or the positive move for us. Tracking, emergency rules in effect, testing and accountability as please reference the information good understandable rules are on our website at: http://omma. even better. ok.gov/rules-regulations. If you need additional clarification on If OMMA wants people out of interpreting the law or these business this is one fast way rules, please seek your own to accomplish it. The are so legal guidance. many things with the software that can go wrong and then So much for helping the small your out of compliance. At this grower. You are going to end stage I have doubts if I will grow up with large out-of-state after this year. To much office corporations providing you time I see 2 to 3 hours a day marijuana, with no local small minimum, and that is before you growers being in business. Do harvest. Labs are all over the you really want that? place as well, have to have a shipping manifest for them, list The state does not want 788 of transport licenses and now it and gives you zero support if 10 grams per sample for testing you have questions concerning per strain. the cumbersome and confusing law. I think there have been four So, $100 lost retail value on top changes to 788. They call these of $350 for a full panel test. emergency rules. Can’t they That cost has to be passed write a law right the first time? down to the dispensary and guess who gets it next? My formal learning ended right as computers were becoming I pay for all licenses and fees mainstream, the Radio Shack over $4,000 to OMMA to have TRS 80 had just hit the market, the ability to grow Medical I am not very computer literate Marijuana. This is before I place and have no problems admitting
that. I am sure I am not the only business owner who is in the same situation. With the introduction of Metric it confuses and muddies the waters in Oklahoma as far as legal Medical Marijuana goes. If one thing goes wrong in your data, you are out of compliance, which means you are breaking the law and could lose your license at the least. One of the more concerning issues with Metric is you have to project what the weight of your product when cured. There is no way to be accurate with this. So guess what? You are out of compliance. I can just see it: you project 2 pounds and it cures to 1 pound. What happened to the pound? Water loss. Prove it. I can’t, well you must be selling black market. Anyone else see a problem with this?
The state of Oklahoma needs to realize that legal marijuana in Oklahoma can develop into a multi-billion business if allowed to do so. I could go on and on about this, but I do not want to write a book. I just want to provide quality medical marijuana to Oklahomans. Metric is just another nail in the coffin to the medical marijuana industry. The next question is how did a minimum 10 million dollar bid never go public? Please withhold my name out of my concerns of reprisal. Anonymous
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celebrating cannabis
Should we celebrate 420?: YES! But do it safely by TCB Staff ask everyone to bring their own • People love to dress up. If you want to attend a 420 MMJ so no one shares germs Having everyone attend in a celebration this year, you are costume can be fun and offer not alone. Many people want something different. • Prepare: have masks and to get out and about, but it hand sanitizer available. Be appears that 420 events will be limited for 2021. There are some sure to have disposable towels • Ask attendees to bring a dish, drinks, or paper goods. local events, events in other in your bathroom, make sure You can ask them to bring your guests can safely states, and even a few abroad items that fit into the theme if you can get there. Confirm socialize by placing chairs and you’ve chosen, like gumbo for tables at safe distances, and your ability to get in before a Mardi Gras party or Mexican ask that everyone respect you book a flight or fill the gas food for Cinco de Mayo. We social distancing. tank. Many local dispensaries suggest you serve only nonare having 420 specials and • Keep your celebration small. alcoholic drinks. Mixing MMJ low-key celebrations until we and alcohol is not a good idea. Even though Gov. Stitt said he can do it right in 2022. Confirm was lifting restrictions, now is your event is happening, mask• Ask a local musician to play not the time to pack people in up, then get out and socially at your event (pay them some like sardines. Invite five to ten distance your 420 fun. money for their time. Many people, tops. musicians are struggling right If you are still unvaccinated, now). You’ll be supporting the • Choose a theme. Mardi that’s okay; by mid-April, our arts while making your party Gras, 1969, costume party, weather is warm enough to and American patriotism are all special. If you can, have music partake of 420 outdoors, on the that ties into your theme, just good themes; you can even deck, or in a garage. Just be don’t play patriotic music or mix in Halloween, May Day, careful to not overdo things so Bob Marley all day. Cinco de Mayo, or Easter into you are able to drive home. your event. You’ll have to get • Be sure to have things to creative with decorations, but Planning your own celebration: do to keep guests (and kids) think of the fun. occupied and entertained. • Be sure everyone at your You can have yard games like 420 is properly carded. And continued from cover Prove it. In 2012, 263 cancer patients were studied for five weeks, using different levels of THC and CBD. The results showed that lower doses (between 1-4mg, 6-10 mg) relieved more pain that 11-16mg in a day. The larger amounts of THC had no benefit. Anxiety sufferers get more benefit from low doses of THC as well. As a matter of fact,
larger doses of THC increased anxiety in many people, further supporting the cause for low doses of THC for anxiety and stress.
Medical, developed an inhaler that ensures patients get the right amount of THC each dose. The inhaler will be released by a company called Teva. Syqe plans to share their results with Researchers in Israel have the FDA in the hopes that the found that specifically low doses FDA will change their tune on of THC reduce pain levels. marijuana’s benefits. If you want Three to four 5mg doses per to know more, check out www. day were given to patients in syqemedical.com. a double-blind study. Larger amounts of THC were given to How do I go from patients with astonishing results. macrodosing to microdosing? The results were so positive, the research company, Syqe We know there are many people
horseshoes, cornhole (or board games and coloring activities). If you really want to give your guests something to remember, offer prizes for winners - especially the kiddos. EVENTS Okie Stuff: April 4, 4:20 p.m. Oklahoma State 420 Holiday Download a petition to join the OK Cannabis Party Find out more on Facebook (918) 322-9568 April 17-18, Noon - 10 p.m. Chronic Palooza III, Jack Herer Cup Crossroads Mall 7000 Crossroads Blvd, OKC (866) 405-WEED info@chronicrxsolutions.com April 18, 3 p.m. - 9 p.m. Up in Smoke Puff-n- Paint Party / Snoop Dogg Tribute Dinner and Campfire Jam Hanging Rock Camp who use larger amounts of THC to get to their “happy place” and would like to get back to MD. There’s a fix for that. If you are using larger amounts of THC than you like, all you have to do is stop all MMJ/MJ use for 48 hours. That’s it. You gotta reset your system. After you’ve been clean for two days (you’ll live), you can start using MD to control your medical needs. Start smaller than you normally do. It’s easier than you think. And you’ll save money.
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Beyond Brownies: easy recipes for a 420 celebration worth remembering by TCB Staff We preface our recipes with this: it’s better to NOT serve cannabis to your guests at a 420 gathering, however, if you choose to do so, be sure to offer non-medicated options and label the cannabis-infused dishes clearly. As a better option, offer food without the cannabis and address the munchies. Soy and Orange Glazed OnePot Chicken Wings (Serves 2-4)
orange juice, honey, soy sauce, sesame oil, and ⅓ cup|80 ml water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to maintain a low simmer and cook, covered, until the chicken is cooked through, about 14 minutes. Remove the lid and increase the heat to a high simmer. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is reduced and thick, 8 to 10 minutes more. Transfer to a platter and sprinkle with the sesame seeds to serve. Cowboy Caviar
Ingredients: • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil • 2 pounds chicken wings • kosher salt, to taste • ½ cup fresh orange juice • ¼ cup honey • ¼ cup soy sauce • 1 tablespoon sesame oil • toasted sesame seeds to garnish Directions: 1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high. Season the wings all over with the salt and, working in batches, cook, turning as needed, until golden all over, 5 to 7 minutes per batch. 2. Return all of the wings to the saucepan along with the
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removed, diced into very small pieces • ⅓ cup Cilantro, finely chopped Tortilla chips for serving Dressing: • ⅓ cup olive oil • 2 tablespoons lime juice fresh preferred • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar • 1 teaspoon sugar • ½ teaspoon salt • ½ teaspoon pepper • ½ cup buffalo wing sauce • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder • ½ cup ranch dressing • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise Directions: • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder 1. Combine tomatoes, avocado, • ⅛ teaspoon ground black onion, black beans, black pepper eyed peas, corn, pepper, • 1 cup mozzarella cheese, jalapeno pepper, and cilantro shredded in a large bowl. Toss/stir well • 2 tablespoons scallions, so that ingredients are well chopped combined. 2. In a separate bowl, whisk Directions: together olive oil, lime juice, 1. Cook pasta according to red wine vinegar, sugar, salt, package instructions. pepper, and garlic powder 2. Drain and transfer to a large 3. Pour dressing over other bowl. ingredients and stir/toss very 3. Add chicken breast and red well. pepper and stir to combine. 4. Keep refrigerated. If not 4. In a separate, medium-sized serving immediately, be sure bowl, whisk together buffalo to toss/stir well before sauce, ranch dressing, serving. mayonnaise, garlic powder, and black pepper to make a Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad sauce. 5. Pour sauce over pasta Ingredients: mixture and stir until well • 8 ounces rotini pasta combined. • 1 ½ cups chicken, shredded 6. Stir in mozzarella cheese (it is (rotisserie chicken RAWKS) best to add this while the • ⅓ cup red pepper, chopped pasta is still warm so that the • ⅓ cup celery, chopped cheese mostly melts). (optional) 7. Top with chives and serve*
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bored? Darryl Starbird’s is the only way to go by TCB Staff (and beverages to rehydrate your drool supply), and even famous folks like Joe and Amanda Martin from “Motor Resurrection” and Von Hot Rod, the L.A. pinstriping guide and guru to the cars. Of course, there will be tattoo artists, rock music, pin-up girls, a beard and mustache contest, and Starbird’s “Forcasta” being brought out after 60 years under the tarp. But WAIT, there’s more!
If you want to pay homage to Spring, 420 and you don’t mind celebrating a tad late, check out Darryl Starbird’s 57th National Rod & Custom Show happening April 30 through May 2 at River Spirit Expo Square. It’s the perfect place to go to get away from the boring lives we’ve all been forced to endure, and they’ve got plenty of entertainment for everyone, even the non-gearheads. And kids are welcome too. Lots of music, noise, shiny metal bits, burning rubber, yummy foods, great people, and good times to fill a day on the cheap. You get a t-shirt to commemorate the day you weren’t stuck on the couch with the TV clicker. Your family will be interesting again, you’ll be more of a human, and you may be willing to get back to life without throwing a tantrum.
What do you get for your money? The list of events is so long, we’d fill our mag with how much there is to do and have no room for anything else. It’s a carnival for car people: flaming tailpipes, smoking tires (yeah, they got a burnout thing), a demolition derby, and live acts like the Flaunt Girls High Flying Aerial Show are just the beginning. We can’t tell you about Rockin’ Billy Bash – it’s too much cool for print, but you’ll want to see it. Starbird’s takes up so much space, they are renting motorized scooters and wheelchairs to bring Grannie along, or sooth your tired tootsies while your senses take in all the mechanical yummy stuff that makes life worth living. They have food to keep your blood sugar normal, new shiny things to make you drool
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How do I decide what medical condition responds to which strain of medicine? How do I find out what might help me best? Have you ever heard of an anecdote? It’s another word for story. Or for a testimony someone gives: “when I wear my hair up, men whistle at me, which proves men like short hair.” Of course that’s your conclusion. There are other things that are involved – these are called variables. Perhaps you feel prettier when your hair is up, so you walk around with more confidence? Perhaps your face and neck look much better without hair lower than your chin? Perhaps your hair being up makes you look sophisticated, or older, or taller? All variables. So what? So you are needing information about what strain or version of cannabis will help any condition you may have. Do you want anecdotes? Stories from other people about what helped them? Or do you want pure scientific research about what the plant parts do under certain conditions, and in mice or in petri dishes? Because, anecdotal (story) information is not impressive to your Doctor or to the scientific community.
You can tell them all day long about someone who got rid of their skin cancer by putting CBD on it, or RSO (Risk Simpson’s Oil), and they will politely nod, hiding a yawn. To scientists, stories don’t count, they just form the basis for more questions. And questions ARE getting answered. There are tons of medical studies done on particular parts of cannabis especially as targeting a certain condition. Take weightlifting!
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understand where the research on cannabis is going. What about sleep? Insomnia? One of the most important topics in a healer’s life! If people aren’t sleeping they simply cannot heal…. They’re stressed, have shift work, eat wrong, haven’t got a My Pillow, use their computers and cell phones too much… Does cannabis offer any help for that? Scientifically?
The studies aren’t all saying the same things… Some studies have found that sleep can actually be impaired (or screwed up) by regular marijuana use. What we can all agree on, is cannabis changes sleep cycles.
So what’s a grandma, or There was a study done in 2008 stressed business owner to Hardly a “condition”, but I that looked at sleep before and do? MD experts suggest a full-spectrum product (see last got your attention, didn’t I? after using cocaine, ecstasy month’s issue) so you can get Apparently, the boredom and cannabis. They found that the effects of the CBD, without that sets in while doing reps ingesting cannabis strains with having to use a high THC dose perfectly, over hours and hours higher levels of THC typically for sleep. And, you want to use of elite training, is relieved by reduced the amount of REM it only when needed. Remember a toke or two during workout. sleep (that’s the dreaming the Vet with nightmares? He/ The mind is able to drift a little, part of your sleep: Rapid Eye she may be able to take a good, and let the athlete concentrate Movement). So, less dreams moderately high THC dose at on different small parts of the would be great if you have night, or a CBD/THC combo movement. (*) PTSD, and you have frequent product and feel better and have nightmares. And if you’re not And the use of Cannabis in dreaming, then you’re probably less dreams for a few days. traumatic brain injuries is getting spending more time in the deep Then if the dreams start again, more and more attention. Real sleep state – this is the stage of take it again. You don’t have to use it every single night. positives are coming from the sleep that really restores you. studies. So if you know of a We will continue to discuss The problem is REM sleep football player with a head what strains seem to help what injury, a Vet who suffers after is important for your daytime conditions in future issues. thinking and for your immune a brain injury, or players of any system… and the study showed sport with painful injuries – cannabis may be a blessed find. marijuana with higher THC ** Epub (2008). Sleep Med And they would probably like levels could impair your sleep Review. Oct;12(5):381-9. quality if taken long-term. the website https://greencamp. What’s long term? Every single Taken from the worldwide web com/cannabis-and-sports. This 12/30/2020 doi: 10.1016/j. night could be long-term, they is a website out of Canada smrv.2007.12.004. which I frequently use to try and don’t specify.
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cannabis commerce Creating an annual marketing plan simply doesn’t work for the cannabis industry. Things change too frequently for an annual plan to be effective. In my opinion, setting quarterly goals works best for cannabis. Most marketing projects will prove themselves within 90 days. Anything less than 90 days does not allot suitable time for success or failure. Also, working in 90-day increments does not allow you to become locked in to long term agreements that fail to meet expectations.
Planning is essential for small businesses…especially Budgeting is an essential part of cannabis businesses. Create The moment cannabis is and ascertain whether new mentioned in a business opportunities are consistent with your marketing plan. Predictably, a plan, follow it, and make changes when needed. Review some commonplace marketing context one of two things your plan. More importantly, it your plan weekly. Remember happen immediately. Either helps you stay focused on your expenses include marketing when budgeting your money, someone doesn’t want to do business goals, and less time is salaries, marketing research, business with you, OR the spent running around putting out promotions, public relations and you should also budget your time for marketing, and put it advertising costs. As we know, price of their service or product fires. cannabis businesses don’t have on your calendar. It is easy to is tripled. Dealing with these the same opportunities as other spend too much, or too little, problems, over time, makes us I won’t pretend I know the businesses. Therefore, we must time on marketing. April kicks callous and we tend to forget best way to write a marketing off the second quarter, right? It’s be creative in development cannabis is a real business. A plan. There are lots of online not too late to create a winning of advertising and other business requiring everything resources to help you acquire advertising plan. other businesses need. Yet in that information. I will say a little promotions. an industry which transforms preplanning goes a long way in so swiftly, standard business developing a good marketing practices don’t always work. strategy. Get your financials Marketing plans, for example, together, a product/service list, are formulated annually. a competitive analysis, and SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, Perfecting a superior marketing opportunities, and threats) plan can increase your business Report if available, and start quicker than anything else organizing your data. Don’t you do. It compels you to think forget to ask your employees intensely about your customers, for their input. They are on your products/services, and the frontlines of your business the value provided by your daily making their foresight business. A good marketing plan invaluable. helps you set quantifiable goals,
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