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god, guns, and grass The legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd once sang: “My hair’s turning white ~ My neck’s always been red ~ My collar’s still blue.” These lyrics represent the basis of medical cannabis patients coming through the doors of Great American Strains (GAS) Dispensary located in Skiatook, a small city north of Tulsa. “The vast majority of our patients are 45 and older suffering from chronic pain and sleep disorders,” said Colby Briggs, manager of GAS. “Normally, we get a small rush of patients on Sunday after church. A

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1461 processors. Bringing in revenue of $34,867,093 for OMMA and $43,166,199 in State and Local Sales Tax for the first six months of 2021. (See: www.oklahoma. gov/omma.html) It seems an A population of approximately vast majority of our patients industry bringing $78,033,292 8000 residents, with eleven openly carry, or conceal carry, into state coffers, for the first six dispensaries, equates to roughly months of the year, should be handguns into our dispensary. 727 people per dispensary. If We welcome these customers regarded reverentially. But, alas, with open arms because nothing one in 10 people have a medical that is not the case. brings Okies together like God, marijuana card, then each dispensary could theoretically Guns, and Grass,” Colby says Interruptions in executing have 72.73 patients. And if each Oklahoma’s “seed-to-sale” laughingly, “We love America! That’s why we are called Great of these patients spent $100.00 tracking system for medical monthly with the dispensary it American Strains!” cannabis have bred confusion would be possible for all of the for businesses in the Oklahoma dispensaries to stay in business cannabis industry. Most notably – but not thrive. was lack of proper training on the METRC system. The new Oklahoma is the largest medical emergency rules, effective July marijuana state, per capita, in 28th, address seed-to-sale in the union. To meet the demand great detail. Here is how, at of Oklahoma’s 373,943 patients least one, may impact YOU and 2,192 caregivers the directly: Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority has issued 12,105 OAC 310:681-5-1.1. marijuana business licenses, Responsibilities of the license including 2,274 dispensaries, holder • Subsection (9): 8,247 grow operations, and continued on page 5

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These charges will be passed on to the patient making cannabis costs higher, which could drive people to black market marijuana and prevent them from using of safe, legal cannabis. This could further prevent the state from receiving much needed tax revenue.

responding to commercial license matters seem to be afflicting several cannabis businesses, particularly dispensaries. When a resident of Oklahoma files a new or renewal application, OMMA has ninety (90) days to respond. If something is deemed incorrect on an application it is returned to the applicant. OMMA gives the applicant 30 days to remedy the error. The application is returned to OMMA and they have another 90 days to approve or deny application. If it is determined there is an additional error the procedure starts over again. This process can go on almost indefinitely causing irreparable financial harm to the applicant.

Yet what about the things not addressed? Long delays when

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by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority they assert all errors on their first denial of the application. Give the applicant 30 days to remedy ALL of the errors, then grant or deny the application. The way things are currently done ninety days quickly becomes six to nine months. Meanwhile, the applicant is responsible for rent, utilities, phone, employees,

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joe KNows: are you stiff or limp? by: Joe Smith Get your mind out of the gutter, but pressure, and defined as the pressure remember stiff is always better than limp for measured by a fluid, measured at a certain many things. However, in this article, we are point within itself when at equilibrium.” discussing your girls. The proper word for a stiff plant is called Turgor.

water if you built your soil as I suggested, however, if you did not build your soil, all is not lost. Dr. JimZ Chicken Soup for the Soil is perfect, 100% organic, and a little goes a long way. It also feeds the microbes in the soil, so your girls get every last little bit of nutrition from the soil. This is unlike harsh chemical fertilizers that kill off those beneficial microbes.

If you’ve never heard of it, Turgor is defined as: “pressure exerted by fluid in a cell that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall. Turgor is what makes living plant tissue rigid. Loss of turgor, resulting from the loss of water from plant cells, causes flowers and leaves to wilt.

Turgor pressure is the force within the cell that pushes the plasma membrane against the cell wall. It is also called hydrostatic

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left and right. You only have to move the plant a couple of inches each way, if you feel resistance and it is stiff, you have a happy plant! A full and happy plant requires water. Proper watering is required to get nutrients to all areas of your plants. The goal is to get all the nutrients to your buds as possible.

water and you stress your plant(s) and your yield and quality suffer. Save yourself the headache (and avoid a dirty index finger) and buy a moisture meter like the one pictured. You can pick one up online for less than $10, including shipping. Take my word for it; they are well worth it.

So how do you tell if your plant has enough water? Well, the first is to look at it. If it droops, guess what it needs? Water. That’s pretty self-explanatory. One popular method is to stick your index finger up to the knuckle and see if it’s damp. Not to be rude, but if you are doing it that way, you are wrong.

Every plant is going to be different when it comes to water and nutrients; I think we all would agree on that. With that said, two gallons per plant is not a one-size-fits-all solution, you have to use the stiff plant method and moisture meter to see how much water the plant needs. Once you get to know your plants, you can get close enough to how much water they need by touching them. Next month we will discuss water deprivation for increased potency. Until then, happy growing. “Joe Knows”

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gmo’s vs organics: what’s the diff and who cares?

by: TCB Staff (with help from the USDA)

OMMA defines contaminants as “Microbial”, “Metals”, “Pesticides”, “Mycotoxins” and “Foreign Material/Filth” with no exact amounts listed. What is acceptable for organic is not covered, and if you are concerned about GMOs, then MCB was never for you. With all the excitement about the “naturalness” of cannabis, we thought it was time to enlighten us all on some overused terms that don’t always line-up with our perceptions. Two of the biggest ones, GMOs and Organics, are often described incorrectly.

We are inundated with info on food and consumables that sounds scary, important, promising, and odd, but we’re left wondering what’s truly important and what’s nonsense? In the MCB (Medical Cannabis) world, there’s no federal oversight, except the USDA overseeing the hemp market, and the OMMA’s website information is vague. We wanted to know why it matters. Here’s what we learned:

2. Production Batch A (MCB is made into a concentrate or extract), and 3. Production Batch B (MCB is made into “edibles and other products”).

Labs will test for lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic, “pesticides” (OMMA does not explain which pesticides or active ingredients they look for), water activity (def: “a measurement of bioavailable water… available outside OMMA has three points requiring testing if you are in the of the cells of the sample”), microorganisms, yeast, mold, MCB biz: THC levels, terpenes, “and 1. Harvest Batch (requires more”. The OMMA-approved labs do not list specific data and flower testing),

GMOs: GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism; we’ve been genetically modifying plants and animals long before we understood genetics. You’ve been consuming them and they ain’t all bad, just misunderstood. Modifying (changing) genetics has been key to helping plants and animals resist disease, pests, fungus, mold, and other problems instead of using chemical intervention. Of course, there have been some ‘oops’ moments and a few ‘oh crap’ ones too, but GMOs are a large part of our food supply. GMOs got a bad rap a few years ago when it was revealed that GMO corn used to make animal feed was also an ingredient in taco shells and many consumers freaked out. We

share our foods with animals all the time, but the term started a firestorm of fear. In the cannabis world, dang near every strain is a GMO these days. Strains are cross bred to increase THC and terpenes, make plants resistant to pests, fungus, or disease, and to enhance desirable traits. SCIENCE STUFF: Non-GMO seeds and plants are called Heirloom in the fruit and vegetable world, and in the cannabis community, non-GMO cannabis strains are called Land Race Strains. Organics: We’ll save you from most of the tech-speak, but in general, organic farming avoids many of the chemicals that became agricultural game-changers after World War II. It did not work as well as expected, as invaders and diseases have become resistant to the chemicals, forcing agricultural producers to continually increase toxicity and some have become broadspectrum (meaning the chemical kills everything, even the good bugs and bacteria). Damage to soil, water, people, and loss of profits for farmers have led to many farmers looking at organics as an easier way to go. To be recognized as an organic farmer, you must meet USDA’s stringent requirements (USDA

conversing cannabis has a list at: www.ams.usda. gov/rules-regulations/organic). You can request permission from the USDA to be an organic farming operation, but there are many hurdles farms must clear to get that certification. Once a farm is approved to be organic, every step of operation must be recorded: seeds, water, fertilizers, feed, inputs, and processes are logged by the farmer and checked by the USDA. In the MCB world, many growers have gone indoors where every component of growth is controlled, from lights to humidity to air flow to soil contaminants to water supply. If other products, such as carrots were grown in this kind of environment, we would not be able to afford carrots at $25/ pound.

There are so many genetically modified and non-organic foods grown and processed to feed our growing global population, chemicals have become a necessity. State oversight of MCB oftentimes has no federal experts to consult for contamination limitations and parameters like they do with organic foods. What’s worse, the federal gubmint still sees cannabis and medical cannabis as a Schedule 1 illegal substance. Until cannabis is decriminalized at a minimum, the contaminant parameters will be sketchy. BUT, things are improving.

The 2018 Farm Bill took a giant step towards legalizing marijuana nationwide, and there is a bill awaiting the Senate’s The difficult part is what defines return from another vacation. ‘Organic’: There are many Growing support for cannabis chemicals considered “organic” legalization from voters of all but dangerous to our health, ages, races, and ethnicities and there are chemicals that are shows that Americans are ready perfectly safe, but do not get a for proper oversight. USDA organic sticker. Baking soda is safe and non-organic, and arsenic is not safe, yet it is organic. Organic bakers use baking soda all the time, and list it as a non-organic ingredient. If they used arsenic, they would be organic, yes, but they would kill customers, so the organics industry allows for a little bit of non-organic ingredients in organic foods. Yes, we are leaving out a lot of data, but these two overused terms mean extraordinarily little.

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Let’s talk about hemp, baby by Amy Addams this, they started levying new taxes on Americans, thereby setting the stage for the Boston Stamp Act in 1765 where all things British were boycotted. Just shows how great hemp is, yeah?

We can’t help our need to fill your head with all kinds of cannabis knowledge, and since finding out that we missed July’s month of hemp happyness, we need to make up for it. Did you know July is (was) Hemp Month? Particularly the week of July 17-23 has been labeled Hemp History Week, initiated by cbdMD company since way back in 2019 to enlighten and inspire us all to know more about how this plant can do so much more than we think. Cannabis dates back to 8000 BC with origins in China, where it is called ‘ma’, female plants (flowering cannabis) is called

‘cha’ and male plants (hemp) are called ‘his’. Easy enough, right? What all those years of growing hemp taught them was that the male plants made better clothing and the female plants made better seeds. Move up about 10,000 years and we find that early American settlers grew weed too. As a matter of fact, Americans grew LOTS of hemp before the Revolutionary War. It may be what made the Brits mad as Americans exported very little of this magical crop back to England and chose instead to keep all they produced (some say it was because the settlers did not have cell phones. What else was there to do but lightup?).

Oddly, Great Britain was also a big producer of hemp and their rulers wanted what America grew to be returned to them as well, but American settlers sent for Irish weavers who taught them all kinds of ways to make fabric, rope, and paper. The Brits got so cranky over

Hemp got so popular in the U.S., farmers were forced to grow it or be taxed by the U.S. gubmint (there’s logic in here somewhere), and hemp kept its popularity until the 1930’s when “Reefer Madness” was accepted as some new logic and America broke up with weed, but many believe it was the oil, cotton and timber industries that had bigger roles in the destruction of hemp farming. We told you before that America went chemical in its agriculture post-WWII. Hemp could have helped to leach some of the trace chemicals and heavy metals from soils, but instead other chemicals were manufactured and sold to farmers to help enhance production and feed the growing global population.

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cannabis & campfires: what s’more can you ask for?

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like a charm. Your cannabis chocolate melts nicely and tastes good but doesn’t get too hot to lose its potency.

Nutella: I’d stir this stuff in my coffee if I could, so why not dribble a little tincture into your Nutella then go crazy?

Other ideas:

Healthy options: it’s good, we swear. Bananas, apples, oranges, cherries, raspberries, and even blueberries make for nice toppings. They also add new flavor to an old favorite.

Peanut Butter: adding a bit of cannabis-infused peanut butter on top of the chocolate is simply divine. And you get to your happy place right quick. You can use peanut butter instead of chocolate and make a fluffernutter S’more. Best. Thing. EVER.

Spice: How ‘bout a bit of cinnamon and chili powder? Oooooh, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. Some people mentioned a dash or Nuts: walnuts, pecans, peanuts, rock salt. It’s worth trying once. mixed nuts: they all up the yum factor, just chop and add to your Bacon: YASSSS. Bacon, either smore (even better, roast nuts candied, or plain old crispy in the oven for 5-10 min at 350 cooked bacon can be added degrees). to marshmallow-chocolate greatness. If you use Ritz Coconut: Chopped coconut can crackers, you get salty-n-sweet. take your smores to the islands. Cook it before you do s’mores. Add a little pineapple, with or without chocolate, and you have More ideas: Plan your fireside You don’t have to know a lot s’mores or you’ll have a glob of a pina colada s’more. fun with some cookies from the to make canna-treats over the goo that could over-medicate. tube or break-n-bake (replace campfire – the most important Make sure others know that you Canna Jam: fruit jelly or jam your graham crackers with thing is to not over-heat or have medical canna-chocolate can be canna’d to infuse your chocolate chip, peanut butter, overdo your cannabis and keep so they can avoid it, and keep s’more with more flavor. You or sugar cookies; to DIE FOR!). canna-infused edibles away it in a separate container, away can’t beat strawberry; the Grab Ritz Crackers or pretzel from children. The rest is easy from the regular chocolate bars. seeded stuff works well with chips if you are a big fan of that and loads of fun. decarbed flower, chocolate, and salty-n-sweet thing. The PROCESS: Make your marshmallows. The strawberry How to make S’mores with smores just like always, except seeds make the flower go down Whatever you do to make canna chocolate: add-in only a small piece of easier. your campfire cooking more canna-chocolate, not a whole pleasurable, be sure to bar. Stick it right on top of BEFORE YOU BEGIN: Be Caramel: caramel with warm medicate slooooowly, don’t sure to check the dosing on the the everyday chocolate bar. melty chocolate, a little MCB, overdo it, and keep your cannacanna-chocolate, then break the Allowing the partially melted and all that yum factor from the chocolate away from the kids. marshmallow melt the candy bar marshmallows is just, well, you bar into sections accordingly. The rest is only limited by your Keep it cool until time to make and your canna-chocolate works get the idea. imagination.

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a new thc you may not have heard of... YET by Amy Addams the military from 1949 until 1975 as a possible “non-lethal incapacitating agent” at a military base in Maryland as part of the Edgewood Arsenal Experiments. THC-O was given to dogs to see if THC-O could cause ataxia (lack of voluntary muscle coordination). It worked.

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our endocannabinoids work better in our bodies. THC-O is not a naturally occurring If further tests could be done, phytocannabinoid, but it is THC-O could help people who produced by adding chemicals have suffered traumatic events, to acetylate THC, creating but it could also help with other something new. It’s a bit like Here we go again, another psychoses such as Bipolar opium poppies being used to THC that promises to clean Disorder, Manic Depression, make heroin (but the results the bathroom, make dinner, and Chronic Depression. are not the same, comparable mow the lawn, and change our Flash forward to 1978 in Further chemical experiments to apples and throw pillows). lives. Having tried these miracle Jacksonville, Florida where are being done to biosynthesize THC-O can be as much as 300 components, I’m a bit skeptical THC-O was extracted from cannabinoids like THC-O from percent higher than the garden about how excited I should get cannabis using Soxhlet yeast. We looked at the science variety THC, but the other about a new one, and now there Extraction Method (a method of papers on this and what we cannabis compounds have is another to look out for: THC-O sifting out lipid compounds from understood looked promising, been stripped away. THC-O Acetate, or just THC-O as it is cannabis in small quantities). but it required a few tokes for us is odorless and flavorless and known as by friends. THC-O is The lipids were then distilled to keep reading. takes only 30-60 minutes for a cannabis component that can (like making gin). The process the body to process, giving a provide users an exciting new was printed in an underground The Future of THC-O new high more like psychotropic effect, giving many users a truly periodical and hasn’t been drugs. psychedelic experience. verified. YET. Some researchers of cannabis feel that smoking it is wasting it. A company in Colorado Warning: Science Folks in the United Kingdom About 75 percent of the plant’s has decided to take THC-O and New Zealand revamped usefulness is lost in the smoke, extraction to the next level, Eating THC has not provided THC-O interest in 1995, but most smokers burn cannabis looking for safer extraction the outcome some users hoped both governments shut down too hot (even a Bic lighter is too methods, using less dangerous for: when the liver breaks the experiments. There are hot!), and anything combustible extraction chemicals, and trying down THC (metabolizes), THC processors in Colorado looking near your esophagus is to determine safe consumption morphs into 11-Hydroxy-THC, at a clean method for creating dangerous. You are consuming amounts. giving a chill effect, sedating THC-O that bypasses the nasty smoke into your body. It has some a little too much. That’s chemicals that were used in inherent dangers. We’ll keep an eye on this why some users smoke flower the days of old, making the exciting new extract and let you or vape so the liver is not THC-O experience “spiritual and THC-O would be consumed as know what we find. controlling the buzz. If you have psychedelic”. a liquid “tea”, bypassing your consumed an edible, waited two lungs. You would not have the hours for something to happen, Why should we care? issues brought on by vaping or then consumed a second dose smoking, and as a liquid, your only to be knocked on your There has been extensive body would feel the effects in as research conducted on the keester, you know of what we little as 30 minutes. speak. That’s the edibles effect. positive effects of psychotics on veterans suffering from PTSD, THC-O, the unnatural one The History but no one is sure of the longterm effects. THC-O, if it can THC, CBG, CBD all work in THC-O (or THC Acetate be extracted safely and cleanly, concert in cannabis (they are ester) was first studied by could be a gamechanger for phytocannabinoids) to make

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