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SPRING 2017 COVER ARTIST Jonathan Hill ART DIRECTOR Derek Harrison
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eople are nervous — a little paranoid, maybe — about the future of legal weed. President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have made it well known that they’re not fans of cannabis, or the supposed scourge of reefer-mad hippies. So far, however, it’s been plenty of talk and not so much action. That could change at the speed of a late-night tweet, of course, but Washington state officials say they’re ready to defend the legal cannabis market that voters approved in November 2012. (See our coverage on page 4.) Also in this issue: Discover some of the best, lesserknown stoner movies (page 6); explore Spokane’s potfriendly B&B (page 14); and learn the art of rolling the perfect joint (page 8).
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NEWS
War on Weed How Washington’s governor, attorney general and legislators are arming themselves for battle with the feds BY DANIEL WALTERS
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.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions hates marijuana. He hates it so much, he once said — claiming he was joking — that he thought the Ku Klux Klan “were OK until I found out they smoked pot.” He hates it so much that he called medical marijuana “only slightly less awful than heroin.” “I realize this may be an unfashionable belief in a time of growing tolerance of drug use,” Sessions told state and federal law enforcement officials in March. “Too many lives are at stake to worry about being fashionable.”
Sessions’ portrayal of life-or-death stakes regarding cannabis is factually suspect, to say the least. According to the Centers for Disease Control, “no death from overdose of marijuana has [ever] been reported.” Still, Sessions’ new “violent crime task force” plans to reassess Justice Department policies regarding marijuana. So as more growers and retailers have sprouted up in the state of Washington, the threat of a federal crackdown remains a serious concern.
THE CASE FOR DISCRETION
The problem for Washington — and the 27 other states (and the District of Columbia) that have legalized recreational and/or medical marijuana — is a basic one: Federal law still says that cannabis is illegal. And federal law typically trumps state law when it comes to controlled substances. Since August 2013, states have been relying on a memo from former Deputy Attorney General James Cole. The “Cole memo” makes it clear that marijuana is against federal law, but also says that the federal government won’t target most marijuana growers or retailers. Instead, the feds would concentrate on areas like drug cartels, sales to minors, and pot being taken
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across borders to states where it remains illegal. It’s a foothold — albeit a small one — for states like Washington to use to brace themselves against federal action. While Sessions has vaguely criticized the Department of Justice for not following the Cole memo’s guidance strictly enough, he expressed support for its principle. “We’re not able to go into a state and pick up the work that the police and sheriffs have been doing for decades,” he has told reporters. A letter from the governors of Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Alaska, sent to him on April 3, urges Sessions to abide by the constraints of the Cole memo. “Changes that hurt the regulated market would divert existing marijuana product into the black market and increase dangerous activity in both our states and our neighboring states,” the governors write. A letter from eight senators — including Washington Sen. Patty Murray — in states that have legalized marijuana pointed to President Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric. “On the campaign trail, then-candidate Trump stated that despite his personal views regarding marijuana use, legalization should
be left to the states,” it reads. Rep. David Sawyer — a Democrat from Parkland, south of Tacoma, who chairs the House Commerce and Gaming Committee — says that Washington has the advantage of being one of the most tightly regulated legal marijuana markets, where every plant is closely tracked. He suggests that it would make a lot more sense for Sessions to focus on other problems before targeting Washington. “I think it would cripple his capacity to do anything else, if he went after all these states,” says Sawyer. “It is not a decision he can take lightly. The cat is out of the bag. We now sell more cannabis than hard alcohol.”
STRIKING BACK AT SESSIONS
But if Sessions decides to go after legal marijuana, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson tells the Inlander that he’s ready to strike back. “I don’t pick the day or time of the federal government if they choose to crack down, but we are prepared if they choose to move in that direction,” Ferguson says. If Sessions decides to crack down on marijuana in states where it’s legal, Nick Brown, general counsel for Gov. Jay Inslee, says there are a number of ways that he could target cannabis. Sessions could add to the priorities outlined in the Cole memo, targeting broader types of marijuana sales. That, Brown says, is the sort of thing that Washington state could adapt to. “At the front end, we have been trying to engage the feds as much as possible about any changes we need to make,” Brown says. Sessions’ approach could be bolder, initiating a number of legal actions against states which have legalized marijuana, risking fighting numerous legal battles against them at the same time. Or it could hit marijuana growers or retailers one by one. Individual U.S. attorneys, after all, have a lot of discretion regarding which cases they pursue. Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell, a candidate to become U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, didn’t discount the possibility of prosecuting marijuana retailers and growers if he’s picked. “Under federal law, marijuana is illegal,” says Haskell. “I believe in following the law unless it’s changed.” Still, federal prosecutors would then have to put a potential case before a jury. “The idea that you might convince a Seattle-based jury that a licensee currently operating under state law and with federal acquiescence?” Brown says. “You might face an uphill battle.” In the meantime, state legislatures are looking at their options. Colorado has been weighing a bill to automatically change their recreational growers and retailers to medical growers and retailers, if necessary. But that wouldn’t necessarily fix the issue. “As a policy matter, that may make some sense,” Brown says. “As a legal matter, they’re both illegal under federal law.” Sawyer and others in this state are looking at strengthening regulations that ban advertisements that appeal to children or are broadcast out of state, in an effort to ensure that the feds don’t have an excuse to pick on Washington. He also has another bill floating out there: Treat marijuana enforcement the same way that “sanctuary cities” treat immigration enforcement. “It would be against the law to aid the federal government in attempting to take down our legal market,” Sawyer says. “They could bring in a bunch of federal agents, but it would be very expensive to take down our legal market.” n
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FILM
Stoner Cinema Hollywood’s track record with movies for and about pot enthusiasts isn’t great, but give these trippy titles a shot
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t’s tough to find decent movies about stoners, let alone good movies that are more fun to watch if you are a stoner. Deliberately avoiding some of the more obvious choices — do Cheech and Chong, Harold and Kumar or Jay and Silent Bob need any more publicity? — here are a handful of the best (and weirdest) films for and about pot enthusiasts that might not be on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Hopefully you weren’t planning on getting off your couch for the next few hours.
ensemble cast featuring future Oscar winners Ben Affleck, Renée Zellweger and Matthew “Alright, alright, alright” McConaughey. EASY RIDER (1969): Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper were at the center of several major anti-establishment films during the Vietnam Era (see also: The Trip, The Wild Angels, The Last Movie), and this road trip odyssey is the best of the lot. It jumpstarted the American independent film industry, it made Jack Nicholson a star and it pioneered a laissez-faire depiction of casual drug use in mainstream movies. It’s both psychedelic (dig that freakout during Mardi Gras, man!) and sobering, and its groundbreaking soundtrack features “If 6 Was 9” by Jimi Hendrix, the Band’s “The Weight” and of course, Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild.”
DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993): One of the best films ever made about the ’70s, Richard Linklater’s free-floating ode to cheap beer, free weed and Led Zeppelin sometimes seems as drunk and stoned as its characters. Linklater is more concerned with capturing a mood than following a traditional plot arc, but that’s part of the film’s charm, and he assembled a great
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how much happens in Amy Heckerling’s teen comedy classic; the film is almost episodic in structure, weaving in and out of occasionally intersecting plotlines. But certainly everyone remembers Sean Penn’s brilliant comic turn as Jeff Spicoli, the tanned, blond surfer dude who skulks about in the margins of the film. His ordering-a-pizza-in-history-class bit is one of the great stoner wish fulfillment moments in modern cinema.
that Jack Nicholson) during a drug-fueled weekend retreat, so Head would no doubt play best when you’re out of your own.
HEAD (1968): The Monkees are best known as a squeaky-clean ’60s pop band thrown together for a short-lived TV show, but their only feature film vehicle is a crazed, trippy comic fantasia satirizing their own manufactured status. The deliberately disjoined screenplay was apparently written by the band, director Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson (yes,
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (2008): Arguably the best stoner comedy of the 2000s, director David Gordon Green explores the tantalizing what-if scenario of two permabaked dudes (Seth Rogen and James Franco, only one of them a regular pot user in real life) stumbling headlong into a violent actionmovie plot they’re hilariously ill-equipped to handle. And unlike a lot of similar movies, it’s even funny when you’re completely sober. REEFER MADNESS (1936): A classic of bad cinema, this anti-marijuana propaganda film depicts pot in the most alarmist ways imaginable: After just one puff of that devil weed, you’re transformed into a maniac junkie with a taste for crime. Made with terrible seriousness by a church group and screened around
the country under various titles, it was repackaged as an exploitation film and developed a cult reputation among mostly stoned audiences in the ’70s. And it’s now in the public domain, so light one up and head over to YouTube. TOMMY (1975): Pretty much anything directed by Ken Russell would be louder and more lurid while you’re under the influence, and his bigscreen adaptation of the Who’s 1969 rock opera about a deaf and blind pinball prodigy is no exception. This movie is totally bonkers from beginning to end, and its cast follows suit — cameos include Elton John, Tina Turner, Jack Nicholson (he popped up a lot on this list, didn’t he?) and Eric Clapton as a rock ’n’ roll preacher whose congregation worships a giant statue of Marilyn Monroe. Far out. n
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Assembly Required How to roll the perfect fat joint BY MITCH RYALS
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n a post-prohibition Washington state, weed users have easier access to many more options — vapes and concentrates, food and drinks, even lotion. But with the hype surrounding all of these new, often more efficient ways to get THC into your system, the art of rolling a good old-fashioned joint is perhaps getting lost. Lucky for you, Justin Fulton is here to put on a clinic. The 38-year-old is a manager and budtender at Lucky Leaf Co. in downtown Spokane. He taught himself how to roll joints as a teenager because he was tired of smoking out of aluminum cans made into pipes. The dude’s been rolling at a high level for the past 20 years, so take notes (or just keep this issue handy).
your hands might get sticky, which can make rolling a joint more difficult.
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Holding the rolling paper with the adhesive strip up, fold the bottom half in half. This creates a little trough, and will make the joint easier to form.
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• Weed (Fulton is using Sour Diesel, a sativa-dominant strain) • Grinder (optional) • Rolling papers (papers 1¼ inches in size are easiest to work with)
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Break the bud free of stems. Some grinders will do this for you; smoking stems should be avoided, as it can give the joint a harsher taste, Fulton says.
Holding the paper with one hand, start sprinkling the weed into it, starting at the end closest to your hand. Begin to lightly pack the weed together as you add more. Press too hard, and you’ll rip the paper. Don’t pack it tight enough, and you’ll have weed falling out of the ends. “My trick is just to pack it in there real good,” Fulton says. “I do about three or four presses to form it, and then push it in at the end, so a little paper is showing.”
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Roll it up. When you feel that the weed is packed tight enough that it’s not sliding around, roll the bottom edge up, starting with the end closest to your hand.
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Wet the adhesive strip. You can use your tongue or the inside of your lip. Wet it too much, and the paper will rip.
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Grind it up. Load the weed into a grinder and twist away. If you don’t have a grinder, scissors work well. Fulton says that a (clean) coffee grinder will do the trick, too. Or if you’re really old-school, just break it up with your fingers. Just be aware that
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Taper the end. Massage the smaller end (probably the end you were holding) into a point. “It’s to keep the stuff out of your mouth,” Fulton says. “And it creates a nice draft area, makes it easier to smoke.” n
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hen smoking cannabis, blood flowing to your brain attaches to cannabinoid receptors, which causes them to release dopamine and endorphins. The process creates a feeling of detachment from self-perspective, merriment and what can only be described as reflexive laughter. This explains why the marriage between pot and comedy has been going strong for all of these years.
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So why not pair your greenery with a few laughs, brought on by the traveling weed comedy showcase THE DOPE SHOW. Host Tyler Smith will conduct a challenge for comedians, as they perform two sets over the course of a night — one sober, one after a smoke session. The joke tellers will be challenged to try and replicate their earlier sets; easier said than done in their weed-fogged sets. Enjoy a night of laughs as comics attempt to battle their cannabinoidinduced states for what should be a back-and-forth, laugh-inducing night. — TUCK CLARRY The Dope Show • Sun, April 30 at 8 pm • 21+ • $15/$25 • Spokane Comedy Club • 315 W. Sprague • spokanecomedyclub.com • 318-9998
Power to Pot Why incentives for legal cannabis producers to become more efficient aren’t available to everyone BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL
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egal recreational weed opened the market for indoor growers of all sizes in Washington and Oregon, but depending on where they locate and who they get their electricity from, they may not be able to get help making sure they run as efficiently as possible. At first, utility companies prepared for what could have been a spike in electricity usage. But for the most part, it doesn’t appear that anyone has seen a significant jump in sales that can be attributed to cannabis growers, says Massoud Jourabchi, an economic analysis manager with the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. However, indoor facilities still use plenty of power, with the majority going to lighting. For growers who get power through investor-owned utilities, such as Avista, incentives to switch to LED lighting and make other efficiency upgrades may be available, the same as for any other industrial user. Most operations also have significant heating and cooling systems, dehumidifiers, and other equipment that could be eligible for upgrades. If growers install equipment that is
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more efficient than required by Washington state code, Avista will help offset the portion of the cost that is above normal practice, says Andy Paul, an Avista energy efficiency engineer. Lighting is the easiest switch to make, Paul says, but some growers have been hesitant to switch from what they know. “There’s certain growers who are kind of reluctant to change because this is what’s worked for them,” Paul says. “Keep in mind, we don’t sell lights, we leave that to vendors. We promote energy efficiency.” LEDs use between approximately 30 percent and 60 percent less electricity than standard lights that would be used in growing, and so far, those who’ve made the switch have reported that their crop yields are about the same. In Oregon, the nonprofit Energy Trust of Oregon has provided cash incentives and technical services to help indoor growers served by investor-owned utilities switch to more efficient systems. The nonprofit gave Hillsboro grower Yerba Buena $15,000 in cash to help offset the costs of a $29,900 upgrade to LED lighting. The company was able to use the same fixtures and reduce its
energy bill by $22,000 a year by not only slashing the amount of electricity needed for the lighting, but also by saving on cooling costs because the LEDs don’t run as hot as fluorescent lights, according to Energy Trust’s blog. Those incentives are made possible through small fees on utility bills that are accessible to every customer served by that utility, says Susan Jowaiszas, senior marketing manager with Energy Trust.
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ut for many public utilities, like Inland Power, incentives aren’t available. “Public utilities for the most part are not able to offer energy efficiency incentives because of their connection with [the Bonneville Power Administration] which is a federal entity,” says John Morris, co-founder of the Resource Innovation Institute, which wants to make the cannabis industry as sustainable as possible. The institute encourages growers to share best practices for energy and water usage. “We tell growers you don’t have to hide your energy data, it’s not the same thing as giving away your family plant’s growth strategy that’s been passed down from generation to generation,” Morris says. “We’ve got some work to do to overcome what I think has historically been a ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ relationship between growers and utilities.” Where Avista states that it has an obligation to serve all customers and doesn’t monitor what people choose to do with their power, BPA hasn’t made any indications that it would get into offering incentives for what is still federally classified as illegal activity. Inland Power gets 100 percent of its electricity from BPA, and serves 81 cannabis producers in the region. The smallest marijuana growing facilities on Inland’s system use about as much power as 11 average homes per year, while the largest use as much as 91 average homes (assuming the average Eastern Washington residence uses about 17,000 kilowatt hours per year). While there aren’t incentives on that system, customers who upgrade will still benefit, because they’ll save on their power bill, says Glen Best, chief operating officer for Inland Power. And, as more competition drives the price of cannabis down, growing facilities will want to save money wherever they can, Morris says. n
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What’s in a Name? The art and science of giving monikers to strains BY CONNOR DINNISON
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hen Adam had named the cattle, named “the fowl of the air” and “every beast of the field,” the forgotten flora felt, understandably, slighted. Along came the alchemists and herbalists, the scientists and biologists and other -ists of yore with their esoteric taxonomies and impossibleto-pronounce Latin nomenclatures. What a fine flowering herb with palmately compound leaves, they said of the pungent plant christened Cannabis sativa. But it’s just a “weed,” said the straight-edge suits and laymen; it’s just “dope.” And it was so. Until, that is, an awakening bestowed upon stoners the world over the linguistic ability to label the plant’s many varieties with the same bizarre and idiosyncratic nonchalance afforded the namers of Thoroughbred racing horses. Giddy-up. James Myers, manager and buyer at Satori’s South Hill location, says GIRL SCOUT COOKIES, of which the store stocks seven or eight different phenotypes,
is “literally one of the West Coast favorites” (blame rapper Wiz Khalifa). The infamous hybrid produces heavy body effects, says Myers, but still imbues an “enlightened” feeling. And because the strain is part Durban Poison (an energetic pure sativa), part OG Kush (a trance-inducing and medicinal indica-dominant hybrid), it is known, according to The Cannabist, as “the Jekylland-Hyde of marijuana.” An offspring of the aforementioned Girl Scout Cookies, DO SI DOS (blended with the hypnotic Face Off OG) is a bit deceiving in name. Because it’s a mash-up of “very strong strains,” Myers says it’s more “get off work and do-si-do home and get onto the couch and relax” than hit the grange for a square dance. The word CHERNOBYL brings to mind radioactive fallout, abandoned cities and the collapse of the USSR, but this sativa-dominant hybrid, says Myers, is “definitely [more] uplifting.” It’s a focused high, he says, with “smooth body effects” and a “bright, popping” effect, but it might not be
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ILLUSTRATION BY CALEB WALSH gnarly enough to warrant the moniker of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. CHOCOLOPE (no relation to the mythical jackalope) is a beloved sativadominant marriage between Chocolate Thai and Cannalope Haze (High Times named Chocolope its Strain of the Year in 2007). Its earthy flavor and dreamy, euphoric character has been praised by people battling stress and depression (not surprisingly, it’s most popular in our dark and wet corner of the country, says Leafly). It’s old news now: Chocolate makes you happy. “It’d be easy to get lost surfing the web while using this strain,” says a reviewer on Leafly of LODI DODI. No Creedence Clearwater Revival, Snoop Dogg or Slick Rick connections here, as the name would suggest (the mysterious strain is bred exclusively by a grower on the I-5 corridor near Seattle), but its tropical fruit and flowery flavor does scream “California!” If the reviewer is right, you need only inhale and dive into a Google image search to go there. n
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IN-DEPTH
Owners Gillian Cranehahn and Louie Flores III. YOUNG KWAK PHOTOS
Wake and Bake One Spokane B&B is getting in on the action
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t’s a gorgeous early April evening in Spokane’s Browne’s Addition neighborhood, the kind when everyone on the street seems more pleasant than usual because it’s so nice. A lawnmower rattles loudly nearby, producing simultaneous smells of gasoline and freshly cut grass, signaling the unofficial start of spring. And on the porch of 1899 House, Carl the cat wants a treat. Like most who step onto this porch — and inside the historic home built for Spokane’s 10th mayor, Edward Louis Powell — Carl the cat is just a visitor. He’s looking for catnip, which he may soon get from Gillian Cranehahn, whose lap Carl just jumped into. Human visitors to the bed and breakfast run by Cranehahn and her partner Louie Flores don’t come for the catnip. Though some do come for, well, another herb. “We can’t provide you with the product,” Flores says, “but we can give you a map [of where to buy it nearby].” The “product,” of course, is cannabis. Marijuana. Pot. Weed. Whatever your preferred term — Flores and Cranehahn gravitate to cannabis — it’s welcomed and
legal to use in their business, which is also their home, under certain conditions. The fenced-in side yard is out of public view from the street. And just as with tobacco, indoor smoking is prohibited. Cranehahn and Flores didn’t set out to open a B&B specifically for travelers wanting to take part in the growing marijuana tourism industry. But in Washington, Colorado and other states that have since legalized recreational sale or use, there is a business opportunity catering to out-ofstate (and country) tourists. They opened in 2012 after remodeling the house, which had been converted to apartments from its original floor plan. “We’re always reconstructing, deconstructing or remodeling some aspect of the house,” Cranehahn says. “It’s very similar to the potholes in Spokane, though not as annoying.” The journey to being a stop for marijuana tourism started with a regular guest, a naturopath, who used medical marijuana and prescribed it for patients. Flores inquired with county and state officials about how to comply with laws, which coincided with Washington passing I-502 legalizing recreational pot in November 2012. “We haven’t seen a negative impact from B&Bs who advertise themselves as pot-friendly. They still are professional businesses,” says Chase Nobles, who runs the Seattle-based pot tourism company Kush Tourism with his business partner Michael Gordon. As part of their business, Nobles and Gordon called every bed and breakfast in Washington and asked about
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their openness to marijuana use by guests. That’s how Kush Tourism found and started promoting 1899 House. “If you’re traveling and you consume cannabis, you’re probably going to choose a place that is friendly,” Nobles says. Cranehahn estimates that only 15 percent of guests come for the marijuanafriendly atmosphere. Walking into the house, there are no overt signs (or smells) you might normally associate with weed, other than a few pamphlets and business cards of local marijuana retailers. The ornate detail of the décor and original 1899 wood floors and furniture are what catch the eye. She points to the centerpiece couch in the parlor, still with its original 19th century upholstery. It was previously in the lobby of what she calls “one of the best whorehouses in Spokane.” Sensing what anyone might be wondering, she adds with a wry smile: “There’s not a spot on it.” The traditional charm, friendliness and “homey” feeling of a bed and breakfast are what Cranehahn and Flores are going for with 1899 House. They say openness to marijuana use is just like welcoming LGBTQ guests. “The cannabis aspect isn’t a big focus or major factor,” Flores says. “It’s an amenity, like a glass of wine.” One telling, yet subtle, sign does greet all 1899 House guests, whether or not they know it. The antique wooden clocks in the living and dining rooms are permanently stuck on one time: 4:20. n
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The Bud Biz Q&A with Greenhand budtender Jerrika Morrow BY WILSON CRISCIONE INLANDER: How did you become a budtender? MORROW: I got into it here in Spokane through a friend, but I worked with medical marijuana over in Missoula before. So when recreational popped up [in Washington], I got an interview. And I already had that experience of growing, and working medically with it. So recreational wasn’t a huge transition. What do you like most about doing this? Oh, helping people that need it, 100 percent. Whether it be for pain relief, anti-anxiety, or something to help them cope in a healthy manner with day-to-day stresses or ailments or anything like that — that’s the best part, definitely.
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What happens when you tell other people, like your friends, that you’re a budtender? What’s their reaction? [laughs] Some laugh. Because it’s just such a new thing! But overall, it’s a positive reaction from everybody. What do you usually find yourself explaining to people who come in? What the difference is between and indica and sativa, constantly. They always want to know, ‘What’s the one that’s not gonna put me in the couch?’ But if you’ve got, like, high anxiety or something like that, indica isn’t really gonna put you to sleep, it’s just gonna mellow you out. So I always have to explain that.
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How long do you see yourself being involved with the legal marijuana industry? I hope for a while. Actually, the one part I’m most excited about is the tinctures for dogs that have CBD in them. I would like to go kind of in that direction as well, because if people can benefit from it, then pets can too. And I’ve personally had my cat benefit from ingesting cannabis, so I would really like to be in the field long enough to see like a whole pet case, honestly. How did your cat benefit? She likes to eat the leaves, and she actually went through cancer, and they said it should have spread throughout her entire body. And I said, well, she’s been eating marijuana leaves since she was a baby, and [the vet] said that’s probably what kept it from spreading all over. Now she’s been in remission for over a year. n
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