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Thanks for picking up our second-annual 4/20 Glass Issue! It’s got some amazing pieces...

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the first 4/20 I ever officially celebrated was at age 18 and working at Big 5 Sporting Goods, fetching shoes with a tie and a fresh shave for minimum wage. All my friends were out enjoying the festivities, and I begged a friend for half a blunt to smoke before my shift. That half blunt was one of the best smoking experiences of my life! But it wasn’t just because of the weed. Today I might have tossed that roach or given it away myself, but on that day, on that time, I felt like a true stoner in the best way possible. I was celebrating a culture of personal freedom and acceptance that only years before, I had condemned as druggie behavior.

I think it’s time we take back the word “stoner.” What was once a slur or hate-word of discrimination should be turned around and used for power. Stoners are a higher culture, literally, and we deserve respect while enjoying our identity.

Although four states and the District of Columbia have “legalized” pot, much of America hasn’t changed their perception of Cannabis from the Cheech and Chong days. Even worse, some still remember (and believe) the D.A.R.E. fried egg commercials and pamphlets that claimed pot caused testicular cancer. Cannabis users are still at risk of being labeled negatively without protection, denied jobs, housing and public assistance, and decried in public as a nuisance for consuming a legal plant. Why do we still accept this?

I know a lot of stoners, but most are known by their professional titles: writers, teachers, lawyers, politicians, doctors, actors, artists ... people. I, for one, am tired of my medicine and recreational choice defining me in the public eye, and especially in law. Both Washington and Oregon still lack consumption lounges and essential personal freedoms for Cannabis, but bars and casinos profit from carcinogenic vices that have well-documented social harm. Our culture needs to rise up and transform the definition of stoner, and change the perception of Cannabis users.

This 420, I encourage our readers to talk to others about the benefits of Cannabis. Talking to a neighbor, friend or coworker about how Cannabis is safer than alcohol or useful as a medicine could change a life. So embrace the culture and title of stoner, but change it to a term of pride, and then shift the conversation to the benefits of our beloved plant. Before you know it, you’ll be teaching strangers about the benefits of Cannabis and hemp. Much love & happy 4/20! ~Wes Abney, Editor

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Former Chicago Bulls guard and three-time Duke All-American basketball star Jay Williams believes it’s time for the NBA to get up-to-date on marijuana.

“It’s easy for doctors to prescribe you Oxycontin, and look, I was addicted to it for five years plus, so I know,” Williams told FoxBusiness.com. “But when you say, ‘marijuana,’ you get a reaction, ‘ahh, it’s a gateway drug.’”

Williams estimated that “75 to 80 percent” of NBA players use marijuana.

“You see pictures of guys in California going in and getting their medical marijuana cards,” he said. “And I’m not just saying athletes; let’s talk about society. I know a lot of people that use it.

“It’s something that the whole world is becoming more progressive with,” Williams said. “So it’s about time some of these entities do so as well.”

The NBA’s anti-drug agreement

specifies that players are subject to four random drug tests through the season. The tests are conducted by an independent third party without prior notice to the athlete.

Players who test positive for Cannabis and are convicted of the violation are required to enter a marijuana program. Second offenses result in a $25,000 fine and third offenses result in a five-game suspension.

“I know so many athletes that play on Percocet,” Williams said. “Have you ever taken Percocet by the way? It makes you way more groggy than rubbing Cannabis oil into your skin.”

“It’s demonized in society too,” Williams said. “Oh, he’s a pothead. No, I actually just use Cannabis oil because it helps with inflammation and takes away some anxiety.”

“I’m not condoning for anyone under 18 to use Cannabis or marijuana,” Williams said, reports Joe Rodgers at Sporting News. “But from a medical perspective, it’s about time some of these brands like the NBA and MLB become a little bit more progressive and start thinking forward instead of being held captive in the past.”

Former NBA Star Says 80% of Players Use Marijuana

REPS Call for Public Health Approach to Drug PolicyRepresentatives Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and John Conyers (D-Mich.) on March 17 led 12 other members of the U.S. House of Representatives in sending a letter to President Obama urging his administration to highlight the importance of a less punitive and more public health-centered approach to international drug policy at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem in April.

From states taking action to end the failed prohibition of marijuana to lifting the ban on federal funding for syringe access programs proven to reduce HIV infection rates, the United States has made significant advancements moving away from a punitive approach to drug policy to one centered on public health and healthcare, access to treatment services, and harm reduction tools that reduce overdoses.

“While there still remains much to be done in the United States to fully support a public health and harm reduction approach, under your [Obama’s] leadership, the administration has made changes in federal policy and has supported the work of these state and local leaders,” the lawmakers wrote. “We are moving in a good direction, and this shift in United States domestic drug policy over the last decade has the potential to serve as a model for the international community, cautioning other countries against a dangerously punitive response and demonstrating an approach to drug policy that is more compassionate, just and effective on the local and the international levels.”

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“IT’S ABOUT TIME SOME OF THESE BRANDS LIKE THE NBA AND MLB BECOME A LITTLE MORE PROGRESSIVE.”

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The United States Supreme Court on March 21 declined to hear the case brought by Nebraska and Oklahoma against Colorado’s marijuana legalization law. Oklahoma and Nebraska had claimed the Colorado law created an increased law enforcement burden in neighboring states.

The suit, filed by Nebraska Attorney General John Bruning and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, claimed that federal marijuana prohibition preempts the law that Colorado voters decisively adopted in 2012. The federal government filed a brief urging the high court to reject the case.

“There is no question about it: This is good news for legalization supporters,” said Tom Angell, chairman of Marijuana Majority. “This case, if it went forward and the Court ruled the wrong way, had the potential to roll back many of the gains our movement has achieved to date. And the notion of the Supreme Court standing in the way could have cast a dark shadow on the marijuana ballot measures voters will consider this November.

“But the justices correctly decided that this lawsuit is without merit and that states should be able to move forward with implementing voter-approved legalization laws even if their neighbors don’t like it,” Angell said.

“The Supreme Court’s rejection of this misguided effort to undo cautious and effective state-level regulation of marijuana is excellent

news for the many other states looking to adopt similar reforms in 2016 and beyond,” said Tamar Todd, director of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA). “Other states are looking to what Colorado has accomplished: the drops in racially disparate arrests, the criminal justice dollars saved, and the tax revenue raised and want to adopt similar marijuana law reforms.

“The dismissal of this action means that the four states that have adopted ballot initiatives by decisive margins to tax and regulate marijuana for adults, as well as the many states that have adopted laws to regulate medical marijuana, can proceed without interference at this time,” Todd said.

“This was a meritless lawsuit, and the court made the right decision,” said Mason Tvert, Denver-based director of communications for the Marijuana

Policy Project (MPP) and a co-director of the 2012 Colorado marijuana initiative that legalized Cannabis in the state. “States have every right to regulate the cultivation and sale of marijuana, just as Nebraska and Oklahoma have the right to maintain their failed prohibition policies.

“Colorado has done more to control marijuana than just about any other state in the nation,” Tvert said. “It will continue to set an example for other states that are considering similar laws in legislatures and at the ballot box.”

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About $3.5 million in taxes were collected from recreational marijuana sales in January, Oregon officials said.

The 25 percent tax on recreational marijuana sales began at the start of January and the state began collecting taxes from dispensaries in February.

Numbers released on March 17 showed the $3.5 million came from 253 individual payments. There are 309 medical marijuana dispensaries across the state. The discrepancy in numbers could mean 56 of the dispensaries elected to not sell recreational pot, or were late with their payment.

A spokeswoman for the Oregon Department of Revenue said they’ll have a better idea of the amount of tax income generated after dispensaries file tax returns at the end of the quarter.

CANADA MEDICAL CANNABIS TAX PETITION GAINS MOMENTUM

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Oregon’s 1st Month of Rec Taxes Nets $3.5 Million

Almost 7,000 Canadians who share the view that medical Cannabis should not be subject to taxation have signed a petition in Parliament urging the Canadian government to address the unjust tax burden medical Cannabis users pay on a daily basis.

With broad support from non-government organizations in the health sector, compassion clubs, marijuana dispensaries, clinics and federally licensed producers, Petition e-190 has galvanized all corners of a diverse industry, supporters said.

The petition is open for signature until June 14.At present, Cannabis is the only physician-

authorized medicine subject to sales tax. Without insurance coverage, patients already pay for their medication out of pocket.

Adding another cost is a prohibitive barrier that affects Canadians’ ability to choose the medical therapy that best manages their symptoms, said Hilary Black, the petition’s founder.

“The diversity of the organizations promoting this petition shows how important this issue is,” said Black. “There is a very simple fix and I hope our new federal government will act swiftly to treat Cannabis the same way it treats other prescription medications.”

If you know a particularly good budtender at a recreational marijuana store in Washington, you can now legally show your appreciation by adding a little greenery to the scenery.

Monetary tipping of budtenders wasn’t allowed in Washington recreational marijuana stores until March 14, when the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) revised its policy, effective immediately.

“The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board has received several inquiries asking about the practice of budtender tip jars,” Deputy Chief Steve D. Johnson said in an email under LCB letterhead. “In response, the LCB has reviewed their position and this bulletin is to clarify the policy on allowable tipping.”

The email goes on to clarify that, “tipping cannot be required or a condition of sale, nor can it be linked to the price of the product to avoid tax obligations. If a licensee allows tipping for their staff, licensees are reminded that there may be business or employee taxes associated with tips received.”

You have to love state Rep. Cary Condotta of Chelan, Washington. This straight-shooting libertarian-leaning Republican calls it as he sees it, and he’s very unhappy with Gov. Jay Inslee.

Inslee, piqued with the Washington Senate for not agreeing to a House budget, on March 10 vetoed 27 bills in a row, including an industrial hemp bill.

“Apparently in a childish fit of rage, our moron — yes, that’s what I said, moron — governor has vetoed a number of really good bills including our hemp bill, which was three years in the making,” Condotta posted on Facebook late on the night of March 10. “I would hope that Democrats and Republicans alike would immediately start a recall campaign for this idiot who has never had any business holding this office to start with.”

“I think we have grounds to find him unfit for office,” Condotta’s post continued. “He has accomplished absolutely nothing in his four years and now has unaccomplished a lot of hard work because he’s emotionally unstable.”

Condotta went on to call Inslee’s vetoes the “most outrageous action imaginable.”

The representative, no fan of former Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire, even went so far as to post, “she was very classy compared to this guy.”

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“I’m motivated by civil liberties for responsible adult users. I’m a travel writer and, for me, high is a place.”

As a global traveler and frequent face on TV, the Seattle native is spreading the word about legalization

ever watched public television? Then you’ve probably seen and heard Rick Steves. If not, well, he’s sort of the Bob Ross of trav-el shows — knowledgeable, friendly and politely square. He’s hosted his program, “Rick Steves’ Europe” on public television since 1991 and he also hosts a one-hour weekly radio show. So, you can imagine our collective surprise when we all learned that this Ned Flanders-type smokes Cannabis!

The fact of the matter is that this Seattle native is one of the best advocates in the world for Cannabis mainstreaming and legalization. Adding extra credibility to his stance, he’s been a Cannabis advocate long before any American states legalized it or the majority public perception shifted to-ward favorability of decriminalization. That, in this writer’s opinion, makes Rick Steves a true OG. Coming out in favor of smoking herb and its many benefits was often ca-reer suicide in the ‘90s. Thankfully, Steves owned his production house in Seattle, and thus did not have to risk losing his job over his views.

But this might also be where Steve’s mainstream everyman personality and mild manner served him well. I mean, how could you consider this gentleman to be irrespon-sible? He often advocates and speaks freely about Cannabis (which he calls marijauna) on his show, and said in a 2012 interview with LA Weekly, “I think it’s good cit-izenship to reconsider a law that might be causing more harm than good. Today’s marijuana laws — like the laws against alcohol during Prohibition — are causing

In our burgeoning, amazing age of Cannabis legalization in America, it can be easy to forget just how taboo it was to admit to being a consumer of this plant even a few short years ago. This column highlights a different amazingCannabis pioneer from historythat helped pave the way forCannabis’ greater acceptance.

more harm to our society than the drug they are designed to protect us from.”

Steves has been able to try Cannabis all over the world, and he’s seen firsthand the damage that United States-style prohibi-tion has done to Cannabis culture in other countries, noting, “marijuana is not legal anywhere because the United States made a trade law in the United Nations requiring everybody to keep marijuana illegal.”

Steves continues:“Because of this

law, any country that dares legalize marijuana will in-cur trade sanctions from the USA and all other signato-ries of that law. The United States has a lot of sway. That’s why I hear the word decriminalized a lot. You can’t legalize it, but you can say you’re going to ignore it.”

Steves often mentions the benefits of Eu-ropean social programs, many of which are desperately needed here in the U.S. On this front, Rick Steves has done a terrific job with his life’s work of talking up legalization.

“I’m motivated by civil liberties for re-sponsible adult users,” Steves said.

“I’m a travel writer and, for me, high is a place. Sometimes I want

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April, the month we get to officially write 4/20, the day known as the marijuana holiday — but who’s celebrating? Only the people who get to go to festivals or spend the day with friends and get to experience all the other things that four cold stone walls don’t offer. Prison is more than a place where bad guys are sent to learn to be good, but a place where good people accept their death, not their life. This is another horrible side effect of the Drug War. On 4/20, think of those that brought you that quality bud you smoked earlier and remember that everyone from your farmer/grower friend to your buddy the delivery man is guilty of a horrible crime that shouldn’t be a crime at all.

This month, we want to highlight some of the organizations that offer websites where one can find information about Cannabis prisoners. We have no stake in this Drug War game except to see it end. Hope can help make the incarcerated feel human again. Granted, it can be overwhelming, and as a pot-loving advocate, there will be many names you may recognize, but our advice to you is to pick one. Just pick one to love and make feel human again, pick another after that and say, “high.” Most importantly pick one. POW information can be found at: Life For Pot, LifeForPot.com; Can-Do Clemency, CanDoClemency.com; Marijuana Lifer Project, MarijuanaLiferProject.org; POW420, POW420.com; and The Human Solution International (THSI), THSintl.org.

The Voices of the Cannabis War respectfully requests that you consider writing to

Drug War Prisoner Ferrell Scott, a father and grandfather sentenced in 2008 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a marijuana conviction he received in Texas. A jury of his peers took

a mere four days to sentence this man to a lifetime away from his

family and friends because of a plant. Contact from supporters on the outside is an easy way to help make his time less painful.

Mail Ferrell Scott at the address: Ferrell Scott #27797-177, USP Allenwood, US Penitentiary, PO Box 3000, White Deer, PA 17887

Seattle Hempfest Leapfest Party - On Feb. 27, Seattle Hempfest members gathered together to raise commissary money for their adopted prisoner, Jimmy Romans. Romans is serving a life sentence for Cannabis. Seattle Hempfest members also sold raffle tickets to raise money for adopted life plant prisoner George Martorano and life plant prisoner Jeff Mizanskey, both recently released. Seattle Hempfest will invite them as speakers to help celebrate their 25th year of Hempfest!

The evening was a fun social event, but the prisoners were not forgotten. They also collected about 200 signed letters for President Obama requesting that he grant clemency to Craig Cesal, Antonio Bascaró, John Knock and Jimmy Romans. For more information on how you can purchase your raffle ticket to help, please contact the Seattle Hempfest directly at Hempfest.org

OREGON - According to recent reports, the trouble has not ended for Joy Graves nor the Oklevueha Native American Church (ONAC). As previously reported, Graves faces charges for driving infractions and a Cannabis-induced DUI after being targeted by police following a protest Graves organized against the U.S. Postal Service in Portland, Oregon. The protest was in response to the confiscation of church sacraments: Cannabis. Attorney Matthew Pappas has since filed a lawsuit on behalf of the church.

The latest news is that Linn County has issued a warrant for Graves’ arrest due to failure to appear for a March 2 hearing. Graves apparently provided the court with a physician’s note indicating she was

not medically capable of work due to influenza-type symptoms. The court ignored the doctor’s orders due to the use of the word “work” and issued the warrant. Graves remains very ill and fears she will be rearrested and thrown in jail.

To add insult to injury, just days prior to Graves’ scheduled court date, elder church member Crockett Bain Anderson of Blue River, Ore., was pulled over in Summit County, Utah. He was on his way to deliver the Mother Sacrament (Cannabis) to other church members in need. He identified himself as an ONAC member and explained his sacred mission to law enforcement, only to be arrested and charged with marijuana offences.

News about ONAC and its members’ plight for personal and global freedom of the plant changes daily. For full details and the most up-to-date information please visit http://onackmoregon.wix.com/news-and-current-aff.

WASHINGTON - Tacoma native, Chad Latham continues to acclimate to his unexpected freedom after receiving clemency from President Obama just a few months ago. Since his release, Latham has been transferred from prison in Sheridan, Ore., to a halfway house, and then to his family’s home with an ankle monitor. He is currently waiting for his last step towards freedom, the removal of the ankle bracelet and the beginning of his probation, within a few short days. We continue to wish Latham well as he gets back on his feet and we look forward to hearing about his future success.

Tacoma - The nightmare continues for Lance Gloor, a caregiver who has awaited sentencing since he was found guilty of manufacturing 73 plants and conspiracy to distribute 1,000 grams (roughly 2 pounds and 3 ounces) of Cannabis in January 2015. In the meantime, Gloor has been on 24-hour lockdown at home and has not been allowed to work, with the exception of urine testing and medical appointments. Regardless of Gloor’s negative, regular urine tests, and drug evaluation, his parole officer has insisted he has a problem with

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doing a good faith exam on three medical board investigators who were posing as patients. Dr. Allen says there is no definition of a good faith exam and prop 215 “protects doctors who approve of patients’ uses of Cannabis.” Dr. Allen needs your help! He is looking for legal representation and support from Cannabis activists who want to protect a doctor’s right to recommend Cannabis.

“The medical board protects the pharmaceutical industry by suppressing doctors who spread this new science of the endocannabinoid signaling system. Suppression is taking the doctor’s career and making them impoverished. Their efforts won’t help the Drug War, but it does prevent me from supporting society with taxes from my now closed business,” Dr. Allen said. If you would like to help, please e-mail Dr. Allen at [email protected].

Terre Haute, Indiana - Listed under “inmate rights,” the FCC Terre Haute Prisoner Handbook states, “you have the right to health care services, based on the local procedures at your institution. Health services include medical sick call, dental sick call and all support services.” Despite the claim of dental care being a right, inmates at Terre Haute are denied even potentially lifesaving dental care.

Craig Cesal, who currently serves a life sentence with no chance of parole, said in an email that the dental department has five employees: a dentist, a dental assistant, two oral hygienists and a clerk. On Nov. 27, 2015, a suction pump died. The patients were told to leave, and as of today, no patients have been treated by dental.” Cesal further stated that many inmates have swollen faces due to abscesses, which are dangerous and very painful.

Health care as well as dental care should be basic rights for all, whether you are a federal prisoner or not. Please help those suffering by lending your voice to those without one. Call the BOP at (202) 307-3198 and ask to speak to the warden or the warden’s executive assistant of Terre Haute, or email THA/[email protected] and voice your concerns regarding inmates being denied dental care. With our voices joined, we will be heard!

Cannabis and alcohol and has ordered a mental health evaluation, which if he refuses, he could be arrested and taken into custody.

Gloor is waiting for his pre-sentencing investigation (PSI) report, which will give the judge an idea of how much prison time to sentence him to. We cannot let Gloor go to prison for our plant. Please mark your calendar for his sentencing on April 15. This date may change, so pay attention to Facebook for announcements. Gloor needs your presence in the courtroom and help in the form of letters to Judge Leighton requesting that he be as lenient on Gloor’s sentence as possible and that he remain free from federal custody while the appeal is pending. Letters can be emailed to [email protected] voicing your opinion on Gloor’s case. Every letter counts, so please let your voice be heard. This is a federal case, so you don’t have to be a Washington resident to write a letter; letters can come from all over the nation! Please help end federal prohibition and write your letter!

Bellingham - Members of the Kettle Falls family are still waiting for the outcome of their appeal. United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit continued their case briefs to June 2016. Their case is separated from other cases at the 9th Circuit, because of Section 538, which prohibits the federal government from using federal funds to prosecute those in states where marijuana is legal. If the appeal does not work in their favor, the family will be forced to serve their prison sentences. For more updates about their case, visit their Facebook page or their website at www.kettlefallsfive.com.

We would like to highlight an ex-POW, one who never forgets the people she left behind in prison: Stephanie Landa of California, founder of the non-profit Freedom Grow.

Landa works tirelessly to raise money to put on the commissary accounts of Cannabis POWs. In the last few months, Landa has raised enough money to send more than 50 prisoners much-needed money. Everything from bar soap and toothbrushes to shoes and socks must be purchased by the prisoner despite the fact that they work for just pennies an hour.

If you would like to help a POW, please visit FreedomGrow.org. All your donations go directly to Cannabis prisoners in need and Freedom Grow makes it easy with just a click of a button. Landa personally makes sure the funds are put on commissary accounts across the nation. We thank Landa for her sacrifices, including serving her time.

Northern California – Good news! Last month, Erin O’Neil faced seven years for growing 46 plants, until his trial in El Dorado County, where all the jurors found him not guilty! Members of The Human Solution International (THSI) gathered in support at the tense trial, which lasted nine days and was quite heated at times. Sioux Colombe reported testifying on behalf of O’Neil, who was her grower. County prosecutor Worth Dikeman questioned why she would have a 33-pound recommendation from a doctor. She stated, “under the Attorney General guidelines, Prop 215 and SB 420 (People v. Kelly), I was allowed to interpret the law as I believe it states.”

After testifying, Colombe reported that tensions got high in the courtroom as the Sheriff was yelling at O’Neil’s attorney, Joseph Tully, and an argument broke out amongst them. Tully argued that they were just hurting families and children. Court supporters complained that law enforcement was not being fair, especially after they were threatened with arrest. The work of THSI court support coordinator Sioux Colombe helped lead to an innocent man not having to go to prison for our plant! This case was truly a win for MMJ — his medical defense freed him!

San Diego - On March 3, John Mazula was found not guilty on Cannabis-related charges by a jury after only 10 minutes! After two years of fighting his case, the worry is over for Mazula and his family. Remember, if you are called to jury duty, you have a right to not only judge if the law has been broken, but to judge the law. Jury nullification ensures you cannot be punished for delivering a not guilty verdict.

Sacramento - Dr. David Allen is in jeopardy of losing his medical license as the medical board is scheduling a hearing to take it away. He believes they are trying to suppress doctors who teach the science of Cannabis (the endocannabinoid signaling system). In efforts to bring cases against “pot doctors,” Dr. Allen is accused of not

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THE EXTRACTS SHELF was well-stocked during a recent unannounced visit. Clean, terpene-rich concentrates are available from Sterling Gold Extracts, Boom Extrax, Dr. Jolly’s and Alpine Extracts. Most concentrates are capped at $30/g, keeping the prices low for the patients who need it most. A nice variety of indica, sativa and high-CBD strains are available depending on patient preference.

Strains 4/5

THE GORGE GREEN CROSS offers up a neat variety of strains, mainly from growers local to the Gorge area such as Midnight Triche Farms. Each strain was displayed in a pop-top jar that was easy to open and close while also keeping the Cannabis fresh. Flowers are capped at $10/g for medical and $15/g for recreational (tax included) for strains like 9 Pound Hammer, Durban x Cherry Pie and Blackberry Cheesecake, many of which are grown in-house.

Edibles 4/5

TAKE-N-BAKE BROWNIES, Legal-brand beverages and Terpene Twists are just a few of the edibles on the shelf at The Gorge Green Cross. A separate display case and refrigerator keep the edibles organized and fresh. The tightly curated selection of medicated options such as drinks, brownies, taffies and savory items are sure to suit most patient’s palates.

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The front porch of the home was converted into a spacious waiting room that can smoothly handle large volumes of customers.

Environment 5/5

THE GORGE GREEN CROSS has a very welcoming feel to it right when you step in the door. The dispensary, which was previously a house, has a neat and organized design. The front porch of the home was converted into a spacious waiting room that can smoothly handle large volumes of customers. The medicine room is spacious and easy to navigate with knowledgeable budtenders waiting to assist you in any way they can.

Overall 17/20

PERFECT FOR anyone visiting Hood River or exploring the Columbia River, The Gorge Green Cross is right off the downtown strip. The shop is open seven days a week 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. to ensure that patients and customers can access top-shelf flowers, oils and edibles every day. Whether you’re in town for a week, or just the day, The Gorge Green Cross is worth a visit.

9 Pound Hammer is a unique cross of Gooberry, Hells OG and Jack the Ripper, bred by TGA’s Jinxproof. At first sight, the buds are absolutely caked with resin, reminding me of the Golden Ticket

phenotype of the Chernobyl strain. The smell coming off the buds is a sweet berry-like aroma that reminds me of blackberry marmalade. The cure is expertly done as each bud is sticky, yet snaps off the stem and smokes to a clean white ash. The smoke is somewhat harsh and expansive, but the flavor and effect are superb. Minutes after smoking a few Raw cones, I felt very relaxed and my

anxiety had dissipated. The calming effects of the Gooberry and Hells OG make this strain great for consumers looking for a more sedative effect. ($12/g)

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The Lamb’s Sour Diesel strain is growing in popularity all over Oregon, especially in Eugene. This CO2 sap is some of the best-smelling CO2 we have experienced. Wafts of Sour Diesel enter the nostrils as soon as the jar is cracked. The sappy consistency makes trying to scoop up a dab slightly difficult. It would be nice to see this extract packaged in something other than a silicone container, as even platinum-cure silicone is degraded by terpenes, which act as solvents. Aside from

the packaging, this CO2 sap was quite enjoyable. The taste reminded me of a sour lemon Warhead as this pheno seemed to be Sour Diesel-leaning. The effect is cerebral and uplifting and produced a very

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Concentrates 4/5

THE SHELF was stocked with a nice variety of extracts for patients to choose from. The CO2 Company, Dab Society Extracts and OM Extracts were just a few of the companies with products on the shelf. GreenSky keeps all their extract prices below $60/g in an effort to make all products available to all demographics. It was nice to see a large assortment of high-CBD and low-THC extracts available, as well as many patients preferring an extreme ratio of CBD to THC.

Strains 4/5

THE STRAIN SELECTION at GreenSky Collective included a nice variety of high-quality indoor flower from local cultivars. Strains such as Misty Bubble, Silverback Gorilla and Holy Grail were on the shelves at GreenSky from farms such as Eastwood Gardens and D9 Industries. Flower prices range from $6-14/g before tax and are neatly organized in a gorgeous, hand-built, wooden display case separating indicas, sativas and hybrids.

Edibles 5/5

GREENSKY has one of the largest and most diverse edible selections I have seen of any Portland dispensary. Cannavore, Baked by coco, Wyld Canna, Laurie & Mary Jane and Qi Co were just a few of the companies available on GreenSky’s shelf, which also included fruit gummies, vanilla caramels, assorted nuts, fudge and snickerdoodles — a truly impressive amount of offerings.

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Jack Flash is a sativa-dominant hybrid that is part of the Jack Herer family of genetics. The look and terpene profile are very similar to that of Jack Herer as the nose is very piney and sweet. The buds have vibrant orange hairs and dense trichome coverage. I smoked

two joints and was very impressed with the flavor and smoothness of the smoke. The flavor reminded me of sweet, piney bananas that lasted until the end of the joint. The effect is very heady and uplifting, perfect for trying to find a little daytime energy. The cure could have been a bit better, as some

buds were a little moist and some hits harsh, however the flush is well done as the joints burned clean white ash. I recommend this strain to consumers looking for an energetic, functional high that can be used to enhance whatever activity they do. ($12/g)

VERY HEADY AND UPLIFTING, PERFECT FOR TRYING TO FIND A LITTLE DAYTIME ENERGY.

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This indica-dominant cross of Double Bubble and Blue Mystic makes for a very sweet and ripe-smelling flower. The buds are on the smaller side, but are

incredibly dense, hairy and covered in trichomes. Grinding up a few nugs for a joint released a strong lemon berry aroma that smelled like a fruit salad. Smoking two Raw

cones reveals a clean and smooth burn followed by a relaxing body effect. The cure and flush are proper as the smoke is smooth and the ash white. The taste seems to be limonene-dominant with hints of musky berries as well. The high is really sedative and relaxing, as I was pain-free within minutes after smoking a joint. I would recommend this strain to patients looking for a pain-relieving, relaxing body high that has very little psychoactivity. ($12/g)

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Environment 5/5

THE INTERIOR is swanky and all of the displays and desks are hand-built. The lighting and counters reminded me of a five-star restaurant. The medicine room is spacious, allowing for up to three customers to be helped at once should it get crowded. You’ll find cool art and an ATM in the lobby alongside a free popcorn cart.

Overall 18/20

GREENSKY is located right across from the MAX station, making it easily accessible from all areas of Portland. The Alberta Arts district and Mississippi St. are a stone’s throw away, cementing GreenSky Collective as a perfect stop for that Saturday excursion before a trip in search of great food and galleries.

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This Wedding Cake was grown in the Southern Oregon sun, utilizing the Applegate, and Sterling Creek subclimates on the Clean Green Certified farm of Liontree. The quality of the growing conditions is evident, as this is some of the best sun-grown herb we have ever had the pleasure of trying.

The Sterling Creek area of the Applegate Valley provides a unique microclimate that is truly ideal for growing Cannabis. Cracking into each nug reveals a sweet-smelling terpene profile reminiscent of cake frosting.

The buds are incredibly dense and covered in electric orange hairs. The smoke was smooth, yet expansive, and burned a clean white ash suggesting a proper flush. The effect was an even balance between body and head high as I felt pain-free, yet functional for hours.

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1. Place the chicken on your work surface. Combine the spices and sprinkle over both sides of chicken. 2. In a large saucepan, heat the oils. Over medium heat, add the chicken. Cook for 4-5 minutes, turn and cook an additional 4, or until the juices run clear. Place on a plate. 3. In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Taste for salt and pepper. 4. Divide the chicken on two plates and top with the salsa.

4 boneless and skinless chicken breasts (2-3oz each) pounded thin2 teaspoons oregano½ teaspoon salt½ teaspoon coarse black pepper½ teaspoon cumin2 tablespoons olive oil2 teaspoons canna-oil½ avocado, peeled and chopped and tossed with lemon juice2 teaspoons lemon juice½ mango, peeled and chopped½ small red onion1 small garlic clove, peeled and chopped1 teaspoon ground cuminSaltPepper

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Makes 4 servings *

Cooking seasonally makes total sense. Rather than a hard and tasteless tomato in February, wait till summertime. Same with strawberries; just because they are red does not guarantee flavor. It’s time for farmers’ markets that get more colorful and fragrant by the week. It’s really quite beautiful. Should you decide to make all three recipes for one meal, remember that that’s a lot of Cannabis. I am not saying it’s a bad thing; it’s just a thing.

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3 cups spring greens, rinsed½ head fennel, thinly sliced1 pear, cored and thinly sliced, tossed with 1 tablespoon lemon juice2 scallions, chopped4 radishes, thinly sliced2 tablespoons sherry wine vinegar2 tablespoons olive oil½ teaspoon Dijon mustardSalt and pepper to taste1/3 cup pecans, toasted*4 tablespoons goat cheese, crumbled

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STUFFED STRAWBERRIES1. Place the strawberries on your work surface. Cut the berries close to the stems and save them. With a small knife, core the strawberries.2. In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, honey and canna-butter. With a small spoon, fill the cavities of the berries with the cream cheese mixture. Place the stems back on the cream cheese. Chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

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Wyld Canna is a relatively new company to the Oregon medical marijuana scene with their raspberry (sativa) and marionberry (indica) fruit gummies. There are four pieces per pack, each individually wrapped and medicated with 25mg of either sa-tiva or indica oil. The packaging is a neat hexagonal box that can easily be opened and sealed depending on how many gummies you feel like eating. We decided to

consume the entire box. The marionberry did a great job at concealing the canna flavor while also tasting natural. The effects are incredibly intoxicating as I was couchlocked and pain-free after two gummies. Consuming the entire box might have been too much.

Given my high tolerance, I recommend these edibles to patients looking to experiment with higher dosages and those suffering from con-ditions such as nausea, chronic pain and in-somnia. @Wyld.Canna

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Dirty Arm Farm’s THC Lean Back Sizurp is widely available at dispensaries across Oregon, and now comes the CBD version. Adabinol is a high-CBD syrup derived from high-

quality, organic Cannabis, not industrial hemp. The syrup comes in a 1fl oz bottle that usually retails for roughly $15. The sole flavor is cherry, and goes well with a variety of hot and cold drinks. The syrup mixes completely into the drink, unlike the others we have tried

on the market that collect at the bottom. Adabinol is ideal for patients looking to keep their THC consumption low and their CBD consumption high for various conditions. We found Adabinol to be very relaxing and sleepy. Within minutes after consuming some, we were couchlocked and just about ready for bed as we could barely keep our eyes open. DirtyArmFarm.com


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AS FAR AS INGESTING THIS GOES, THE MOST DESIRABLE WAY TO CONSUME TERPENES SEEMS TO BE DIPPING DABS IN THEM FOR AN ADDED EFFECT.

Terpenes play an important role in the world of Cannabis as they account for much of its smell, taste and effects

The technology to isolate terpenes has been around for a bit, however, the yields are so small that no one

thought they could be marketed. Evolvd Organics has worked with numerous local growers to purify terpenes from their material. The ACDC terpenes came packaged in a little glass vial that looked like it held no more than a drop.

Opening the vial releases an incredibly strong floral, myrcene, profile that does not have the cherry cough syrup nose that many other CBD strains have. As far as ingesting this goes, the most desirable way to consume terpenes seems to be dipping dabs in them for an added

effect. I dipped a dab of Space Dawg into the ACDC terpenes and dabbed it at a low temperature, allowing a nail to rest 30 seconds. The floral taste of the ACDC complemented the Space Dawg perfectly,

creating this complex fusion of flavors that was reminiscent of lavender. The effect is cerebral, uplifting, calm and unlike anything I’ve felt before. It seems that vaporizing terpenes in this high of a concentration has a modulating effect on the endocannabinoid system.

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mocked the prosecutors and consumer affairs in-spectors. Don’t worry, he brags about that plenty in this book.

In any event, the book adopts a rather self-con-gratulatory tone for a man with a colorful crimi-nal past and something of a controversial present.

Medbox sells freestanding vending machines that dispense bags of weed to users in states where Cannabis is legal.

“We uncovered a host of disclosure issues, baf-fling related-party transactions and substantial problems with the company’s accounting — and

its accountants,” the Southern Inves-tigative Reporting Foundation wrote in 2013.

Mehdizadeh is no longer with Medbox (which was once valued at more than $2 billion, hence his book’s billionaire claim in the subti-tle), as he’s gone to pains to point out for a couple of years now.

The company is no longer valued at anything close to a billion dollars — the stock plummeted by 95 per-

cent as alleged schemes to lie about finances and claim unearned revenue were revealed.

The book is almost unreadable, consisting of page after page of torturous explanations of the horribly bad management at Medbox.

If you enjoy a sociopathic display of self-jus-tification by one of the predatory capitalists re-sponsible for the current disreputable state of the Cannabis industry, knock yourself out.

Otherwise, you might wanna find something else to read. Mehdizadeh’s current venture is called Pineapple Express, if you need to know whom to keep an eye on.

ome autobiographies are insightful, worthwhile examinations of the au-thor’s life, from which we can all hope-fully glean a bit of wisdom. Others are exercises in narcissism, the works of

self-absorbed diarists, which amount to hubristic ego stroking.

“Huma Rising,” self-published (as the Self-Made Foundation, Inc.) in February by Medbox founder P. Vincent Mehdizadeh, decidedly falls into the latter category.

Now, before we take a look at Mehdizadeh him-self, let’s briefly touch upon what a huma is to help us better understand the author.

“The Huma,” we learn from the back cover of Mehdizadeh’s book, “is a leg-endary bird within Persian mythology and is said to be phoenix-like, consum-ing itself in fire every few hundred years, only to rise anew from the ashes.”

“The Huma is considered to be a compassionate bird. It is named as a bird of fortune since its shadow (or touch) is said to be auspicious. The shadow of the huma bird on a person’s head or shoulder were said to bestow (or foretell) king-ship.” Now, it sounds as if Vince may be con-vinced he’s some sort of king here, but you’d have to ask him to be sure.

I’m starting to sense an analogy here: Back in 2013, Mehdizadeh pleaded no contest to various criminal charges involving impersonating a lawyer and agreed to pay $450,000 in restitution to his victims, thereby avoiding a four-year sentence in a California penitentiary.

Mehdizadeh then went on the offensive, put-ting out a series of press releases that openly

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the road or two power plants. More than 6,000 tons of smog-form-ing nitrogen oxides were released into the air — the equivalent of almost 1.5 million vehicles or 263 power plants. And 300 tons of sooty particulate matter were released into the air — the equiva-lent of more than 1.2 million cars or 53 power plants. The typical

American prepared meal contains, on average, ingredients from at least five countries outside the United States!

One of the biggest tangible benefits of eating seasonally is that you’ll save money on food. Out-of-season foods are much more expensive because of the time, the distance, and the number of people involved in getting those food items to the grocery store shelves. When you buy produce in season, you buy food that’s at the peak of its supply, and costs farmers and distribution companies less to harvest and get to the grocery store. Better yet, purchase your items directly from the farmer at a farmer’s market. Get to know your farmer and where your food comes from. It sup-ports small and midsize local farmers and the local economy.

Produce picked and eaten at its prime has more vitamins, minerals and antioxidants than foods harvested before they’re ripe and then shipped long distances. Seasonal food is fresher and so tends to be more flavorful. Local food doesn’t spoil on a long-distance trip. And just because you buy sea-sonal doesn’t mean that a huge food distribution company won’t harvest early and keep your food in a warehouse for a while. You may get that food for

health & science

iving in modern times affords most people the abil-ity to walk into a grocery store and purchase just about any fruit or vegetable they want regardless of the time of year. Food processing and world-wide distribution make supermarket shelves look the same in December as they do in July. Converse-ly, eating foods when nature produces them is what

people the world over have done naturally through most of history, before mega-grocery stores and processed foods became ubiquitous. Seasonal eating is not just the newest foodie trend; it is a cornerstone of several ancient and holistic medical traditions that view it as integral to balanced health. While it may seem like a luxury to have any food we want any time we want it, eating foods in season offers many benefits, and buying local foods in season offers even more.

The costs associated with shipping and handling food through global dis-tribution networks are staggering. Environmental impacts of our food choices are real. It takes a lot of energy and associated carbon emissions from boats, planes, trains and trucks to transport foodstuffs from around the world. Food miles are a way of discussing and quantifying the environmental impacts of the distance traveled in the shipping of a food item. A food mile is defined as a mile over which a food item is transported from producer to consumer, as a unit of measurement of the fuel used to do this. Food miles — and the result-ing pollution — increase substantially when we consider produce and goods imported from halfway around the world. In one year alone, approximately 3 million tons of fruits, vegetables and nuts were imported from overseas into California. That equates to 250,000 tons of global warming gases released — the equivalent amount of pollution produced by more than 40,000 vehicles on


IN HARMONY WITH THE HARVESTBY OREGON LEAF

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. SCOTT D. ROSEL

EAT RIGHT FOR THE SEASON

SEASONAL EATING IS NOT JUST THE NEWEST FOODIE

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less money, but there’s no guarantee that food is at peak freshness, flavor and nutrition.

If you buy locally, you’ll have a better chance at getting foods that are seasonal, fresh, and support local farmers. Farmers’ markets are a direct link to the farmer but there are other options besides shopping at the mega-grocery store. Food co-ops are usually consumers’ cooperatives where the de-cisions regarding the production and distribution of its food are chosen by its members. Puget Sound Cooperative (PCC) is an example of a successful co-op in the Seattle area. Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) projects are a particular network or association of individuals who have pledged to support one or more local farms, with growers and consumers sharing the risks and benefits of food production. CSAs provide a unique relationship between you and a farmer, where the farm bene-fits directly from your financial support by offering “shares” of a seasonal harvest, while you reap the rewards of helping small farms stay viable and en-joy good food, grown with care. Then there are the many fresh food delivery services that will deliver a box of seasonal produce to your door every week. Many of those farms and businesses also likely of-fer organic or sustainable options if you’re looking for them. You may wind up spending more to put your money where your taste buds (or personal eth-ics) are, but it may be a tradeoff that’s worthwhile to you in the long run.

To date, little research has been conducted in the area of seasonal eating. In one research study con-ducted in 1997 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fish-eries and Food in the United Kingdom, significant differences were found in the nutrient content of pasteurized milk in summer versus winter. Iodine was higher in the winter; beta-carotene was higher in the summer. Researchers in Japan found three-fold differences in the vitamin C content of spinach har-vested in summer versus winter. More research could be done, but the evidence put forth about the envi-ronmental impacts alone should persuade the deci-sion to trust the age-old practice of seasonal eating.

One ancient and holistic medical tradition that adhered to seasonal eating was Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). According to TCM, the world

is a harmonious and holistic entity where all living beings are viewed in relation to the surrounding environment. People are part of the holistic entity, and take their cues from nature.

One common way to prevent disease and main-tain health in TCM is to consume different foods according to the season. By consuming season-al foods that are similar in nature to the external environment, you can remain in harmony with the environment and better adapt to changes in the seasons and maintain and strengthen your health.

Eating seasonally is a great way to reconnect with nature’s cycles and the passing of time. It con-nects us to the calendar and even to one another, reminding us of simple pleasures ... apple picking on a clear autumn day, the smell of a juicy red to-mato in the heat of summer, celebrating winter solstice with root and squash vegetables (yams and pumpkin pie?). In the winter, we tend to gravitate

toward foods that are going to ground us and give us the warmth we need during colder months like root vegetables that grow under the ground. In the summer time, eating these foods can be taxing and make us feel heavy. That’s when we seek out lighter foods, such as berries, fresh salad greens, tomatoes and peppers.

Eating seasonally isn’t a new idea, even though it sounds trendy. Before global transportation was as speedy and commonplace as it is today, eating sea-sonally and locally were just things everyone did. No one assumed you could get peaches in the win-ter or potatoes in the summer. Those things were part of enjoying that season. Another function of the food mile is to get you to think about where your food has come from and what environmental effects were had. At first glance, eating seasonal-ly may seem simple — you eat foods that are in season, or being grown and harvested at the time of the year when you buy and cook them. There are real benefits to eating foods that are available at their peak right now. So determine what’s in season right now and dig in. You’ll be rewarded with high-quality produce, packed with nutrition at a lower cost. And your taste buds will definitely thank you for it!

Please remember that 1 in 7 people struggle with hunger in the U.S., one of the richest countries in the world. And those who consume the Standard American Diet — the “S.A.D. diet” — are calo-rie-rich and nutrition-poor.

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A GENERAL GUIDE TO SEASONAL EATING

IN SPRING, focus on tender, leafy vegetables that represent the fresh new growth of this season. Swiss chard, spinach, romaine lettuce, fresh parsley and basil.

IN SUMMER, stick with light, cooling foods: fruits like berries, pear and plum; vegetables like summer squash, broccoli, cauliflower and corn.

IN FALL, turn toward the more warming autumn harvest foods. Carrots, sweet potatoes, onions and garlic.

IN WINTER, turn even more exclusively toward warming foods. Remember the principle that foods taking longer to grow are generally more warming than foods that grow quickly. Fish, chicken, beef and lamb. Carrots, potatoes, onions and garlic.

For help in finding what is currently in season in your area, go to LocalHarvest.org or sustainabletable.org/seasonalfoodguide, or find farmers’ markets near you and seasonal produce guides.

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Forget what you’ve seen everyone else doing and light your plants in the magic zone.

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BY OREGON LEAF SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR

DR. SCANDERSON

Geez! She looks amazing! What are you feeding her?More often than not, this is the first question new gardeners ask

when witnessing favorable outcomes. The question is no doubt the result of millions of marketing dollars invested in bombarding any-one getting near the growing space with messages of products and formulas that are, in fact, the missing ingredient in your nutrient reg-iment and the secret to most of the best farmers’ results. And they are good at it too. So effective that many people assume the area that has the most influence in determining your success as a gardener is in the particular nutrients you select.

Nothing could be further from the truth.While it’s true that the way you feed your plants is one of the areas that will

most dramatically affect the outcome of your grow, if you’re a regular follower of Growtech, you already know that your plants don’t eat nutrients; they are fed by light and CO2. With this food (energy), they are able to assimilate biomass and carry out biological functions using the essential and nonessential elements the nutrients supplied through the medium.

So to answer the, “what am I feeding her?” question: the best light, maxi-mized through canopy manipulation to ensure the greatest amount of PAR lighting and CO2 reaches the leaf surface where they can be most efficiently absorbed and assimilated by the plant.

It also generally follows that those asking about the best nutrient line to bring their growing to the next level are also using one of the most widely run lamps available in today’s market: a single-ended high intensity discharge bulb. These lamps are frequently run horizontally in a reflector, sometimes in a sealed lens enclosure, allowing the gardener to vent the heat out of the garden with an inline fan.

Ring a bell? Well, something you may not be aware of is that those who run that type of setup are not using the lamp as intended in our gardens. Ready for this? Single-ended lamps are designed for vertical lighting applications, not horizontal.

And it makes sense, doesn’t it? The bulbs are circular in design, emitting light 360 degrees around the power source. This is one of the reasons that vertical

gardens easily boast the highest grams per watt — it’s not even close. Turning the lamp horizontally and installing it above the plant can-

opy directs at least half of the light away from your plants. As a solution, growers use reflectors that compensate for this misuse by reflecting the majority of this light back down towards the canopy. It’s from the benefits and deficits of this setup that the majority of

Cannabis canopy training techniques used today were birthed. But we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves.

Let’s back up and explore why so many indoor Cannabis farmers use their equipment with knowingly inferior installation. As much fun as it would be to propose that it’s the result of pure, unmitigated wookery left unchecked for too long, there is a method to the madness. No matter what, plants moved indoors are at a permanent and insurmountable disadvantage when it comes to a light source. Consequently, much innovation has been created around accounting for this shortcoming. Running commercial-grade air conditioning units in most Cannabis gardens, especially in the early ‘90s, wasn’t a popular option. As a result, growers were constrained to using more inventive ways to remove heat from their garden, maintain low costs and high levels of stealth.

The application of air-cooled lighting was a very low running cost, efficient, DIY solution for in-creasing the total number of lamps that could be run in a garden while maintaining an ideal climate. Prior to today’s popular models, most of us hung vertical bulbs naked (no reflector) or with a simple umbrella reflector for those bulbs above the canopy.

By switching to horizontal air-cooled lighting systems, you could almost double the number of watts run (that isn’t to say double the PAR output) and maintain a similar climate. Not to mention it would require a significant investment in new hoods, fans, ducting, silencers, filters and the like,

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Single-ended lamps are designed for vertical lighting applications, not horizontal.


so it was very much in the manufacturer and grow stores’ interest to push these products. Horizontal air-cooled lighting setups did prove to be effective, al-lowed for more plants and therefor more production and became widespread. With an entirely overhead lighting system, with intensity that was often flexi-ble with height adjustments, the pursuit of maximiz-ing these lighting applications began in basements throughout the country.

Taking an area that all indoor gardeners start at a disadvantage from, the lighting source, and then promptly inventing a lighting setup that uses the lamp in a less than optimal fashion may seem horribly inef-ficient (and in many ways, it is). But the silver lining is that in this area, the skill, techniques and ultimately self-expression of the gardener became evident in an entirely new way. Cannabis evolved grow-ing under the sun. This is obvious. But what may not be so obvious is just how superior the sun is at feeding Cannabis compared to even the most incredible indoor lighting available, especially in terms of sunlight’s intensity.

At roughly 150 million kilometers from Earth, sunlight takes approximately eight and a half minutes to reach your plants. But the amount of light intensity your plant receives at the top compared to the bottom isn’t different from an efficiency standpoint. After that kind of journey, the last 8-10 feet don’t make much of a difference. Consequently, Cannabis evolved a generally conical growth pattern suitable to having the greatest number of reproductive sites exposed on all areas of the plant. Sunlight that reaches the upper sites is just as energy-rich from the plant’s perspec-tive as that which reaches the lower and interior sites, which receive only obstructed light.

Take these evolved efficiencies and dramatically change one of the reasons they evolved this way and you have a gap that needs to be bridged. This is where the indoor gardener has a unique set of challenges and where many of us find our self-expression, our art form and our soul’s purpose. It’s like a dance we perform with our plants by guiding and encourag-ing them to maximize their genetic potential while working inside of those characteristics, which are often counterproductive due to being evolved for a different light source entirely. The desired result, in this case, is getting the canopy and all the bud sites as well as a gross majority of leaf mass to evenly and fully occupy one area of the room. The area in ques-tion, the Magic Zone is the areas of the canopy space where the combination of the highest levels of PAR

lighting and ideal microclimate meet. The depth of this space is usually only 12-24 inches depending on your lighting intensity, and it’s in this space where you can maximize your plant’s production.

Various techniques have been developed to cre-ate shorter, bushier plants capable of accommodat-ing the limitations of ceiling height and horizontal bulbs while still producing ample numbers of flower sites in the Magic Zone. Make no mistake, low-stress training, super cropping, screen of green, lollipopping and other techniques were all created with the goal of landing the greatest number of flower sites and leaf mass in the Magic Zone.

Light is by far the most precious and limited com-modity in the indoor garden. Plants that grow out of the Magic Zone will suffer. If they stretch too close to

the light source, they’ll be too close to the heat source as well. Although there may very well be more PAR light-ing up there, it’s a very hostile environment for your plants. Even mild entry into the heat field emitted by an HID lamp can be detrimental. Remember when using your thermostat that the surface of your plant’s leaf can build up more heat than the air around it. This creates foxy, strung-out, wispy-looking buds that often brown at the tip with lower levels of health and therefore lower levels of essential oil and cannabinoid production.

Flower sites that slip below the Mag-ic Zone or that are covered due to in-adequate pruning and branch selection will suffer a similar fate of being small, larfy and underdeveloped. Furthermore, keeping multiple sucker branches that are not properly manicured and lighted will impede airflow, decreasing CO2 contact with the leaf surface and O2 exchange and making your plants more susceptible to infestation and disease.

Assuming your plant had a healthy vegetative life, there is a predetermined genetic limit on the total amount of flower that particular plant will produce. How and where it’s produced is another product of this relationship between the plant and gardener. When allowed to grow completely naturally, a female

will produce a flower site at just about each in-ternode and begin building buds in hopes of receiving pollen. It’s most efficient for the plant to stretch up to the tallest and highest point it can and then develop flower sites and calyxes from the top all the way to the base to create the greatest surface area for pollination to oc-cur. This, however, does not create the most de-sirable sinsemilla.

The most efficient and productive plants grow indoors when flower sites are selected with intention so that the maximum number with adequate space are allowed to develop strictly inside the Magic Zone, where PAR lighting and climate are ideal. Even with proper airflow and light penetration, strictly due to the expo-nential rate at which PAR lighting decreases as distance from the light source increases, grow-ing flower sites out of the Magic Zone is simply inefficient. This isn’t to say they are unusable, but the “usable” larf you grow instead is absolutely taking away size and density from the flower sites above it in the Magic Zone.

Another approach is to remove those lower sites, allowing the plant to focus its energy on producing a flower site where conditions are optimized and end up with the same overall yield, only split over fewer individu-al flower sites, resulting in larger and denser flowers. Now I’m no extract artist (I’ve hardly found my way past blooms and paper), but I’ve heard you can make extracts from larf as well as

dense vendable buds.Now that you have a little (or perhaps too

much) information on the evolution of the types of lighting systems used in indoor gar-dens, you can start to apply your techniques with a heightened sense of awareness. If you’re anything like me and just got the same setup as the person you learned from, you may be able to use some new knowledge and make chang-es to your lighting setup, which can improve

efficiency and more closely suit your growing needs and style. With adequate cooling capacity, one can hang both horizontal and vertical light-ing fixtures, which allows for a more consistent intensity

over a larger portion of the plant, effectively ex-panding the Magic Zone.

Mastering height mitigation techniques as well as branch selection, site pruning and leaf thinning in a horizontal lighting application will invariably increase your yields and quali-ty. So start doing what makes sense to you and not what you’ve seen everyone else doing. Go ahead, get horizontal. Do it in the Magic Zone.

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The Magic Zone is the area of the canopy space where the highest levels of PAR lighting and ideal microclimate meet.

The desired result is getting the canopy, all the bud sites and themajority of leaf mass to evenly and fully occupy the magic zone.

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BEHIND THE STRAIN

GOLDEN TICKET

LINEAGE: This very special phenotype of TGA’s popular strain Chernobyl was originally discovered when Dioxide ran a 100+ seed selection run of Chernobyl and found this pheno that he dubbed Golden Ticket. This particular plant was once considered a one-of-a-kind cut, until the breeder clarified that it was a specific, albeit very rare phenotype of his Chernobyl line, encouraging others to open more chocolate bars, as it were. Thankfully so, as the subject of this review is not Dioxide’s cut, although his is very nice, but a selection from Grateful Gardens, which this reviewer happens to prefer.

GENETICS: Selected Pheno of Chernobyl: [Jack The Ripper] x [Blood Wreck (Trainwreck x Trinity)]

BREEDER: The Green Avenger Subcool Seeds

She’s a fast rooter and average-paced plant in veg. Responding extremely well to even limited training or topping, a firm, wide and branchy structure steadily forms. Once a solid root mass has been established she will accelerate growth, developing reasonably large internodal spacing that will benefit from super cropping, especially in veg where many shoots can grow into a chaotic mess if left unchecked. Leaping into bloom, she stretched considerably more than I would expect of a naturally bushy structured plant, however this balance creates a nearly perfect, evenly spaced canopy with heavy branch selection and pruning.

I certainly prefer the terps found when run no more than 55 days, and with the amount of frost, it’s helpful to load up on P and K much earlier than I would full 8- 9week varieties. A firmer hand with branch thinning and flower site selection is helpful in creating attractive, medical-grade blooms of average to above-average yields.

HOW IT GROWS

This is absolutely one of the most shockingly frosty strains on the planet. Obscene layers of trichomes heavily embed green calyxes with copious orange hairs. The buds at first glance almost appear completely blond when cured properly. Unlike most, if not all, the other varieties of Cannabis that approach this level of frost production, the terps from Golden Ticket are just as loud.

When pulled in the early 50s, she delivers an abusive dose of nostril-puckering lime that eventually fades into the sweet fermented scent of a lime margarita. The smell translates robustly through the smoke where a most vivid display of lemon lime candy terps explode into fireworks of flavor, leaving a distinctly sweet lemon aftertaste, absent the lemon peel, and sour lime flavors I’ve found in other versions making this selection my favorite.

BAG APPEAL & SMOKE REPORT

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This potent medicine is not for the inexperienced smoker. As smoke spilled out, an immediate disorientation coupled with beads of sweat quickly formed across my brow and under my eyes. This familiar sensation, usually reserved for worm globs and other heady activities, is the result of a plant that produces resin and essential oils with the utmost of priority, and we are ever so thankful for her. A true head spinning, lip sweating, highly organized, bordering on frantic sativa experience is what patients who find this medicine can expect. Special thanks to Grateful Gardens for providing the opportunity run and enjoy this plant; she will be cherished for years to come.

THE EFFECT

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