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THE EDITOR’S DESK cannabis and business in the same sentence. “A water fall begins with only one drop of coverage by the mainstream However like it or not, we water. Look what comes from that.” media to change. This explo- are, according to Quentin PK, The Power of One. ration within the movement is and many others, “in a positive; it means we have classic early stage indus- try” already. What we As I was putting together this editorial reached a new level of aware- need to remind ourselves many people and events flashed through my ness and I believe we can move forward. However, we is; collectively, “we” can mind. This is our 2nd Anniversary edition. must all remain strong. Who ensure in this early stage There have been many changes over the last Barb St. Jean else will spur the mainstream of development, that ethi- two years and yet change has not come fast into the start of the inevitable “end of prohi- cal industry standards get implementation, enough for many. I’m reminded of Don bition”? It might feel at times, we are not so money generated from this new industry Appleby who wrote an article for us, THE moving forward, but we are. Public support can be used for good not evil. It will take a COST OF COMPASSION, in Issue 4, and for the use of marijuana as a medicine has meeting of the minds. Who’s in? I plan to how sad it was when we had to print IN reached the 90 percentile in Canada. explore this topic in future issues and I would MEMORY OF DON APPLEBY, as our last trib- Politicians are finally throwing away their like to hear your comments on the kinds of ute, in Issue 8. We followed Howard and his fears and taking a stand, but the pressure on “ethical standards and implementation strate- horse across America in support of Law the “powers” must increase and it needs to gies” we should adopt. Letters to the editor Enforcement Against Prohibition, and wit- start coming from all different directions. I are always greatly appreciated, please send nessed 175,000 people attend Seattle don’t understand why some of the “media” to [email protected]. Hempfest this year. We also saw DaKine go continue to prolong this agony by alienating I would also like to take this opportunity to into business and then out again, and Marc mainstream from the realities of prohibition thank all the Volunteers, Contributors, Emery and Tommy Chong get put in jail. A with clouds of smoke, but some already Advertisers, Distributors, and Subscribers. few of the so-called “news worthy” stories hit know just how powerful the “90% of the pub- Without all of you this magazine would not the media, creating quite the stir; unfortu- lic” can be if given the opportunity. be possible. All the people in this movement nately the media doesn’t always show the have touched my life and left a lasting same compassion that we, as activists, feel. Quentin Hardy, Senior Editor for Forbes impression on my soul and I am looking for- How could they really, they spend all their magazine, told us in a recent interview, what ward to another exciting year. time filming people blowing smoke at the the mainstream media will cover. “Basically camera, whenever the word “Marijuana” is Forbes is interested in this as a financial Barb St.Jean, Editor mentioned. story. You know what they say in journalism, ‘Follow the money’. If you want to under- There has been a lot of controversy within stand something, figure out the business ”Changes can come from the power of many the “cannabis movement” lately, as well. The part.” Many of the grass roots activists but only when the many come together will activists are questioning the future direction strongly disagree with using the words there be the power of one.” and roles we need to play in order for the OFF THE WEB – US Marijuana Temecula, CA bars medical pot dispen- Oakland, San Francisco, West Hollywood goes up. The support for medical marijuana saries - Officials say the ban allows for and Ukiah. Information provided by the patients goes up,” said Americans for Safe study of therapeutic issues and potential group states that it has 142 employees and Access spokeswoman Hilary McQuie. In the legal conflicts. more than 7,000 members and serves more eight years since California voters approved than 20,000 medical marijuana patients as Proposition 215, support for medical mari- A temporary ban on medical marijuana dis- far away as San Diego. juana has gone from 56 percent to 74 per- pensaries was approved by Temecula early cent. And the number of medical marijuana Source:www.pe.com/sharedcontent, Press- September following a standoff between stores has grown to about 100. Enterprise local advocates and City Councilman Jeff Source: SacramentoBee Stone. The showdown left three medical mar- Roseville, California Medical Marijuana www.thekcrachannel.com/health/3716533 ijuana advocates grumbling that Stone, a Store Reopens /detail.html pharmacist whose term as a Riverside Just days after federal agents raided a County supervisor begins in January, is Medical marijuana clinic in Bend closed-minded on the issue. The advocates Roseville medical marijuana shop, the did not lobby for a , but instead “open” sign is back up and customers are The Oregon Medical Marijuana Program wanted to educate the council on marijua- lining up. At the federal courthouse in (OMMP) has announced that the number of na’s medicinal uses. They volunteered to Sacramento, a dozen medical marijuana patients legally using medical marijuana in serve on a committee that would study the supporters protested against this most recent Oregon is over 10,196. Many patients issue and return to the council with a recom- raid. But they also said that — in some ways report that cannabis provides relief when mendation. The dispensary inquiry was — the federal government is actually helping other methods and medicines have failed. received July 30 from Compassionate their cause. “Every time the DEA attacks Source:www.bend.com/news/ar_view%5E Caregivers, which opened in February 2001 another medical marijuana facility, the pub- 3Far_id%5E3D17794.htm and now operates cannabis clubs in lic awareness of medical marijuana rights

4 CANNABIS HEALTH YOUR TURN TELL US WHAT YOU THINK

VAPOR LOVER full scrutiny of law enforcement officers and My wife and I both use cannabis primarily unable to finance my needs by buying a lit- for health reasons. She for pain management tle amount and sharing with others in need. and for myself, it helps me sleep through I then realized that I was taking my medicine Tinnitus. We purchased a vaporizer about 6 as a result of a work injury and asked to be months ago and are very impressed with the compensated at federal rates for medical results. Not only does the amount required pot. I was flatly refused at first and have per dosage lessen with vaporizing, but the been put in the position of appealing their ’s effects are noticeably stronger and refusal. I obtained a copy of the seem to last longer. All this relegates to a lot Saskatchewan WCB act that pertains to me. less (expensive) consumption and - Wow! - Under the act it states that an injured worker no cloud of smoke lingering for hours to is entitled to have any medical aid related to advertise what you have smoked. The dog the injury, prescribed by a physician or really appreciates this and doesn’t leave the deemed necessary, paid by the WCB. I fail room like he used when we lit up. to understand why I was flatly refused a medical aid that is directly related to my Also, being a back woods cyclist, I have injury. The WCB has no answers either! My noticed a huge improvement in my lungpow- argument is quite simple. I have established er and stamina. It’s the same feeling I my need with their doctor and want to be received 12 years ago after quitting ciga- compensated at what the federal govern- rettes. The final bonus is because we are not ment says is their cost recovery base of actually burning the product - a lesser grade $5.00 per gram. I have spent a vast sum of TELLTELL USUS of cannabis can still be run through a vapor- money to build a technically sound system to izer without poor taste ruining the ability to grow high-grade organic cannabis. Then medicate properly. Now leafy shake from YOURYOUR STORY!STORY! there is the monthly operating expenses as trimming can be used for more than just well and the ever-present danger of having CHJ is asking readers to send in their brownies! something happen to the crop. stories, of 500 words or less. Allen Town ~ British Columbia I have done my due diligence in going We are looking for personal experiences that were meaningful, happy, NO COMPASSION OR COMPENSATION! legitimate and am now faced with financial hardship staying legitimate. I‘m calling it as sad, or funny. On Oct 1 / 85 I was injured at work by a I see it. I have jumped all the hurdles to play Pictures or artwork will also be accepted. 14,400 volt power line. The resulting injuries by society’s rules and now they don’t want Each entry will be entered in a draw for a left me a double amputee and suffering from to play ball? WONG BONG PIPE. phantom limb pain. I’ve known for years that If we publish your story you will receive Concerned law-abiding citizen cannabis helped rid me of the pain better a free one year than anything that is commonly prescribed. HI CANNABIS HEALTH subscription to the journal. Recent developments allowing medical Anonymity will be respected. access prompted me to go through the licens- I just recently received my copy of the Send your entries and contact ing process to become legitimate with my Cannabis Art and Spirituality issue of information by use. I highly recommend anyone that needs Cannabis Health. It is great to receive the email or snailmail to: cannabis go through the process. It brings magazine, although I often have to wait my [email protected] you a new freedom. turn to read it, as it usually ends up in my Or hubby’s bag for a little while. Becoming legitimate also left me under the Cannabis Health: Contest Long-time subscriber Box 1481 Grand Forks BC VOH1HO Entry Deadline December 31, 2004

CANNABIS HEALTH 5 sinister glass

By Laurie Lee – Pipesmith

today have evolved through a con- the very next day. Even the most tinual process of experimentation basic materials I choose when and accomplishment rather than making glass pipes reflects this from simply following the proce- ideology, from the extra thick dures set down by anyone else. I walled high quality glass cho- find a great deal of other artists’ sen for durability to the anneal- glasswork to be phenomenally ing processes I utilize to reduce inspiring, but I don’t really want to point stress in the finished mimic so much as I want to draw pieces. Everything is based new inspiration from it. Find a When art upon providing a finished work fresh direction and run with it a bit of art that is altogether beauti- to see where it can lead. This is becomes ful, functional and as close to a where glass is such a nice medi- permanent investment as it’s um, it’s strict and forgiving! Glass your possible to be. allows you to test things out and if One of the only difficult something doesn’t work quite the business aspects in my job is the nega- way you planned you can always tive bias that is still sometimes just start out from fresh and try it all prevalent where cannabis asso- a little differently the next time and your Laurie Lee at work in her studio ciated products are concerned. around. I run an open shop where peo- I’d never thought of myself as somebody Curiously, as far as my products business ple can come in and watch me who would have gone on to become an go it’s been a region where the while I’m working and there active member in the cannabis subculture of consumer has defined the parame- becomes have been a few times when Canada. I thought even less of being some- ters of what I manufacture for my somebody will come across me body who would eventually seek a successful business. I’m an artist but I’m a art. sculpting a piece and will watch living by marketing into it. To be completely practical one, this is my living and in fascination until they realize honest I don’t think that I fit into any of the like everyone else at the end of the that I’m crafting a pipe which ‘typical’ stereotypes associated with the aver- day I’ve got to eat dinner. This just will most likely be used for age glass pipe maker at all. And yet here I happens to focus me more on pipe smoking marijuana. Then they’ll am today, I’ve done something that only a making than anything else as feel that voyeuristic guilt which rare few people ever find themselves lucky that’s what the majority of my our society has entrenched enough to accomplish and I’ve found a way clients are interested in right now. when it comes to all things still to build myself a career out of something that Before this I’d spent years working not politely acceptable and in I find to be truly creatively satisfying, express- as a marketer where I focused on these moments I can sometimes ing myself through the working of glass as an bringing untried products into the feel a little bit awkward. It’s not art. public sphere… it was a job and a common event though, and I first started lamp-working and blowing very little more than that. most people quickly become glass after watching my husband, he’s been However, from this background I’ve drawn a absorbed by the unique character of the a professional glass-worker for most of his rock solid ethic of professionalism and relia- glass working process to the point that even life. He began to play with glass artistically bility that shows in my reputation. This is one if they have a differing view concerning the as a pastime rather than solely technically as of those little areas where I’m pretty sure that finished product they still can appreciate the he does in his business. I learned the basics the colloquial image of the common pipe intricacies that go into the making of a beau- by simply watching and emulating him. maker differs from my own personal reality tiful pipe. Other than one small four hour seminar for as an entrepreneur. If a client places an spice you could say that since then I’ve been order, I’m working on it right then and I’m Sinister Glass Studio essentially self taught. The techniques I use not satisfied unless it’s moving to be shipped www.sinisterglass.com

6 CANNABIS HEALTH THE CANADIAN ELECTION SCENE By Brian Taylor

Shortly after the election, the new the guest addressed the issue of “Is smoking Canadian Liberal minority government under marijuana legal in Canada?” I was shocked Paul Martin confirmed that by October 2004 at the simplicity of her presentation and yet, they would re-introduce the so-called “decrim- as her host and co-worker questions con- inalization” of marijuana legislation. This leg- firmed, many people are at the same starting islation has been introduced twice before place. People are confused. They read con- and has never had the support of the Bloc, fusing media headlines; they see the cross the NDP or even some of the Liberal party’s the counter sale of marijuana, they hear ref- own MLA’s. Knowing that no amount of work erences to the compassion clubs, internet on this bill would garner the support of the cannabis sales, medical permits and licens- Conservatives, one can only assume that the es. The medical marijuana program is tread- government is prepared to consider the ing water; law enforcement is frustrated, and amendments that would be introduced by the commercial grow operations are threatening parties that hold the balance of power in this the safety of Canadian citizens. minority government. I would expect both the These are the pressures to which Martin NDP and the Bloc to ask for a small legal and the Liberals are responding. The situa- plant limit with no fines, the expunging of tion has become intolerable and increasingly criminal records for simple possession, and a expensive. Will the government risk “non commitment to a broader cannabis action confidence” on the pot bill? Clearly no. Will plan that will address the issues of driving, we finally see an acceptable next step youth and criminal activity. towards legalization? I sincerely hope so. This week on a local television news show, HEMPFEST 2004 JUNKYARD BONG CONTEST By Johnny Hempseed -Treating Yourself member and contestant

around the sprawling property to find materials to cobble together a working bong; not an easy task when you con- sider they were in the middle of the wilderness. Wandering the property a while, the members located a rich source of materials, in a small dump, complete with dilapidated school bus. The original idea for a bowl was to acquire an apple from one of the guests, but when none could be located, a lemon sufficed. The Team “Treating Yourself” piece was worthy of the event as it was a true “Junkyard Bong” and it actually Hempfest 2004 held near Sault St Marie, worked! After entering it into the contest Ontario was a very special celebration this and seeing it tested, it was only a matter of year. It was a first for many, and a couple of the crowd’s approval to make it official. members came from as far away as Kentucky Team “Treating Yourself” walked away with a and Saskatchewan! Treating Yourself, had trophy, an event hat and t-shirt, and a one of more members in attendance than any other a kind 4 person water pipe, “The Purple group and were victorious in two of the con- People Eater”, made by Chills for the event. tests held on Saturday. First place in the Next year promises another opportunity for “Most Unique Rolled ” contest went to members to compete again, and you can be Robert Neron. In a team effort, 3 members, sure they will be in attendance to represent Undereducated, Duck and J_Hempseed also the largest online medical marijuana commu- took first place in the “Junkyard Bong” con- nity... test! With Undereducated acting as team www.treatingyourself.com captain, the three medical users headed out CANNABIS HEALTH 7 LAKOTA HEMP DAYS By Bob Newland Hemphasis Magazine

From August 25th through the 29th, 2004, thirty hemp enthusiasts from all over America harvested and manufactured hemp on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota. Billed as the “3rd Annual Lakota Hemp Days”, the event was designed by Hemphasis magazine and the South Dakota Industrial Hemp Council (SDIHC) to illustrate the versatility and functionality of indus- trial hemp. In 1998, the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, the governing body of the Pine Ridge Reservation (recognized, sometimes, as a “sovereign nation” by the U.S. government) re-legalized the production of industrial hemp on the reservation, making a distinction between hemp and marijuana, and removing the legal barriers to industrial hemp production. Alex White Plume, a Lakota farmer and rancher, planted a hemp crop in 2000. In August of that year, U.S. government paramilitary terrorists in the employ of agencies such as the DEA, FBI and BIA raided White Plume’s crop and stole it. White Plume sued, but Rapid City Federal Judge Richard Battey said he could see no merit in a suit charging the U.S. government with plundering the crops of a peaceful farmer in a neighboring nation. White Plume planted again in 2001. Again, the feds destroyed his crop in August. In 2002, Alex planted again, and pre-sold his crop to Madison Hemp and Flax of Lexington, Kentucky. In August, there was considerable news coverage of White Plume and the actions of the feds. As he harvested, he was served with an injunc- tion, signed by Judge Battey, prohibiting him (or his “agents, assigns, heirs, family, or employees”) from taking any action in fur- therance of production of industrial hemp. A violation of the injunc- tion would draw a “contempt of court” citation and could result in Brian LaBatte (Manderson, SD), harvests green hemp plants. White Plume’s being imprisoned for 18 months on no more author- ity than a snap of Judge Battey’s fingers. Craig Lee produced a shock of legally imported Canadian hemp Had White Plume not been injoined, he would have delivered the stalks at that 2002 event. He used a hemp break to shatter the stalks hemp he and his family had harvested in 2002 to Madison Hemp and extract the fiber, which he then combed out and refined to the and Flax. Instead, a group of celebrants/mourners gathered to point that one of the celebrants was able to braid a bracelet, which reflect on this fact. another of those present purchased. The U.S. government claimed that Alex was growing “marijuana”, Canadian (and Romanian, Russian, Chinese) hemp is regularly and destroyed his crop. Alex was not arrested, even though he trucked past barely-surviving U.S. farms to supply a rapidly rising admitted growing what the government called “marijuana”. In three U.S. market. U.S. farmers are barred from participating in the multi- successive years, White Plume advertised that he was growing indus- billion dollar world market for industrial hemp. Such is the political trial hemp, called “marijuana” by the feds, and did so, yet he was concern, from both the Republican and Democrat wings of the not arrested. Imperialist Party, about the “loss of family farms”. Judge Battey, in his injunction, specified that Alex could not pro- In 2003, the Hemp Industries Association held its annual conven- duce “marijuana or industrial hemp”. This action, and the ones list- tion at Kiza Park, near White Plume’s home on the reservation. ed directly above, are clear evidence that the feds understand (and Hemphasis and the SDIHC thought the tradition should solidify in apply, in a way so perverse that it could only make sense to a social- 2004. Why we originally called it the “2nd Annual” event, we don’t ist/fascist federal judge) the difference between “marijuana” and know. industrial hemp. On August 25, 2004, we met at Kiza Park, just north of The shocks (bundles) of Alex White Plume’s industrial hemp stalks Manderson, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Reservation. There, the were lying on the ground between Alex White Plume and Craig Lee 30 of us rented camping and meeting places from Alex White Plume. (from Madison Hemp and Flax). Stripped of their leaves and flowers, Over the next four days, we harvested wild hemp growing on the the hemp stalks were ready for manufacture. Neither man could reservation, and placed it in Wounded Knee creek for retting, and touch the stalks for fear of violating the injunction. then stored it to dry. Using dry hemp stalks we had harvested last year from hemp patches in South Dakota, we separated fiber from 8 CANNABIS HEALTH hurd and manufactured several saleable hemp products. Was Alex flouting the injunction? We don’t think so. We paid for a four-day stay at a privately owned camping park. Alex may have been aware of our specific hemp activity, but did not take part in it. Furthermore, we followed all of the specifications laid out by the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) for harvesting wild hemp. We har- vested only the stalks, after separating the leaves, flowers and seeds from the plants. While feral hemp grows in abundance in road ditches, along waterways and in fields all over America’s farm country, there is no other place we could have a gathering like “Lakota Hemp Days” without interference from local law enforcement officers, although harvesting wild hemp is technically legal all across America. We hope readers will take the initiative to get permission of land owners and harvest wild hemp in the same manner we did at Lakota Hemp Days, setting up the rudimentary infrastructure needed to con- vert hemp from stalk to concrete for homes, or paper, etc. Folks can harvest nature’s most useful crop legally without getting a permit from the DEA. Hemp is harmless and this is why the CSA makes a distinction for it. Most people just don’t realize that they can harvest the crop legally. We made a couple of tiles and refined some fiber to the point it could be spun into yarn. We made paper from hemp hurds. By so doing we no doubt amuse some folks, who think of a cottage industry as something “” do to avoid working for Wal-Mart or the government, but not something that has any “seri- ous” commercial potential. Yet, with a few scraggly hemp stalks and 30 people, none of whom had experience with a hemp break or comb and little or no experience mixing and forming concrete or spinning yarn or mak- ing paper, we made saleable products in a few hours. Attendees experienced first hand how hard hemp farmers and processors of yesteryear had to work to refine hemp fiber. Prior to Emancipation, some slaves earned their freedom by breaking hemp for several years. Any farmer with a moderately-equipped farm shop has the capa- bility of adding value to hemp by extracting fiber and hurds from the stalks, or by pressing the seeds to make bio-diesel fuel, food oil and hemp cake for livestock feed, or by making paper (albeit crude paper, absent specialized machinery) and insulation. Local farm cooperatives could form marketing units to sell the crop and its value-added products. Imagine a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand such indi- viduals and co-ops; suddenly we have marketing power and hope for those who want to make a living off the land, but who find the idea of sterilizing the soil and poisoning the world around them with crop petrochemicals—fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides— abhorrent. By the time Hemphasis publishes again, the multi-national cor- porations will have chosen either George Bush or John Kerry to con- tinue the task of destroying family farms. Neither they, nor any of their water-carriers in Congress will speak, except derisively, of the potential of the most versatile crop on Earth. They will speak with pride of their accomplishments in the “drug war”, proclaiming, we presume, that it’s been a good thing to promote (by saying “mari- juana” makes girls more sexually accessible, among other absurd- ities) and tax (through fines and seizures) pot smoking, while mak- ing the world safe (free from competition from hemp) for Eli Lilly’s, Cargill’s and Monsanto’s toxic products and policies.

CANNABIS HEALTH 9 DA KINE By Pete Brady BRADY/DA KINE-REVISED/WITH PHOTOS/COPYRIGHT 2004

Ten years ago, Don Briere was busy day laying the groundwork for opening a and night in British Columbia. He had 100 Dutch-style marijuana shop. He was on employees and dozens of business locations parole, and faced immediate parole revo- in the province. He worked 20 hours a day. cation if his parole officer suspected he He made millions of dollars. The good times was involved with marijuana. When Briere ended in 1999, when Royal Canadian began to campaign as a British Columbia Mounted Police officers from Surrey, BC candidate in provincial arrested Briere for money-laundering and elections two years ago, his parole officer growing marijuana. Briere’s business was so warned him he would be sent back to substantial that the media called him “the pot prison if he continued to speak publicly in czar.” He was running hundreds of thou- favor of marijuana. “I would not let them sands of watts worth of high intensity lights intimidate me,” Briere recalled. “The drug in grow operations that dwarfed any seen war is a real war, and some people like me before. He had long been a hemp and legal- are going to be casualties, not because we ization advocate, but few had guessed that want to, but because we have to. If they Carol Gwilt the mild-mannered, cheerful, blonde-haired send me back to prison, so be it. Once I businessman headed a provincial marijuana made that decision, all my fear went away; growing collective. The evidence against him it liberated me to tell the truth and imple- was rock solid, and he was betrayed by a ment my business plan.” family member who became a police witness In the autumn of 2003, Briere teamed up against him. Thus, in October, 2001, he with an idealistic, mild-mannered pled guilty to marijuana cultivation and other Canadian businesswoman and marijuana charges, and was sentenced to four years in activist named Carol Gwilt. The pair prison. Canadian income tax officials added prowled the streets of Vancouver, looking insult to injury by slapping him with an order for a location for their first Da Kine shop. to pay nearly $1.5 million in back taxes. Gwilt had no criminal record. She says she In Canada, where growers caught with ran a “cannabis-friendly public café near Cannabis at Da Kine 1,000 plants routinely receive suspended Vancouver before becoming involved with sentences and no jail time, Briere’s severe Da Kine.” She had also been a college- sentence is indicative of the stature of his educated teacher for disabled children and grow ops in the eyes of police, prosecutors, adults, known for being especially success- and the judge. Briere served part of his sen- ful helping people who had developmental tence in prison, and was released as a disorders such as autism. “I always parolee in late 2002. While in prison, he enjoyed helping people; I knew marijuana endured physical and emotional pain, sur- helps people,” Gwilt said. “I have a chron- viving heart attacks and assassination ic vertigo condition that has dogged me attempts. Alone in his cell, since I was seven. Doctors had given me grieving and bitter about the bust and about all sorts of prescription that hurt me the death of his eldest son from a drug over- instead of helping me. When I was a dose, Briere focused on his love of marijua- teenager, I smoked pot and discovered that na and the business of growing and selling it got rid of the nausea caused by the ver- it. “Just before I went to prison, I founded the tigo. When I met Don, I felt I had finally Canadian Sanctuary Society,” Briere met somebody who believed in marijuana explained during interviews I conducted with as much as I did. “In January, 2004, Gwilt him beginning in November, 2003. “I and Briere leased and began renovating a intended to grow and sell marijuana for business space at 1018 Commercial Drive medical need. In prison, I refined the idea of in Vancouver. “The Drive” is described by my Da Kine cafes for selling marijuana. As tourist brochures as “bohemian, fun and soon as I got out of prison, I rented a semi- funky.” It was already home to several mar- nar room and advertised my marijuana busi- ijuana-related businesses, including the ness seminar. I explained how to run mari- Melting Point store, owned by Marcus juana businesses. Everybody said I was Richardson, aka “Bubbleman,” who is Don Briere crazy. “Crazy or not, Briere began secretly credited with popularizing the use of ice

10 CANNABIS HEALTH water to make . Richardson was had verbal discussions too, and in those dis- “We couldn’t keep up with demand,” said arrested in Vancouver in 1998 after police cussions, they indicated that they would Gwilt. “We couldn’t find enough staff or bud. discovered cash, 13 pounds of marijuana, issue us our license anyway, and we told We would spend all day and night trying to and in his car. Richardson said the them we were going to sell pot. We were led find product, weigh it, package it, and get it marijuana was destined for a Commercial to believe they had decided to treat us the to customers. We were providing a fantastic Drive marijuana dispensary known as the same as Hilary’s club.” menu, with seven or eight types of marijua- BC Compassion Club Society, founded in Despite objections from police and some na, imported and domestic hash, potent pot 1996 by activist Hilary Black. The club is still community members, the City gave Da Kine food, measured dose capsules, in operation about a mile from where Briere its business license. The shop opened quietly and Budder. But it got out of control. We and Gwilt leased their space. It sells smoke- in early May. During its first weeks of opera- were the only real aboveground cannabis able and edible cannabis, and clones. Gwilt tion, customers were required to provide a shop in North America, and people were fly- says Black’s club was an inspiration for Da physician’s documentation or sign an affi- ing here from all over the world to be our Kine. Emboldened by Black’s success and by davit stating that they used marijuana for customers. Don and I felt overwhelmed. “In comments from Vancouver’s Mayor and City medical purposes. The shop, decorated with Council endorsing legalization of marijuana an Egyptian theme and photographs of mar- and a “” approach to drug ijuana flowers, offered an ever-expanding law enforcement, Da Kine’s founders menu of pipes, top-quality marijuana, believed they could keep open a marijuana hashish, edible cannabis, capsulated club if it followed guidelines similar to those cannabis, and concentrated cannabis. Da in place at Black’s club. Kine was the first cannabis shop in the world In early discussions with city officials and to sell a solvent-extract cannabis product police, Gwilt was dismayed when officials called Budder, which tested at 82% THC. said Black was the only person allowed to Budder is best consumed from a hot knife run a marijuana club because “Black and the heated by a propane torch, so Da Kine City have a memorandum of understanding” opened an illegal “smoking room” and that the City would not grant to anyone else. began offering mind-numbing “Budder “We told them that if they are going to allow hoots” for five dollars each. one club to operate, then they cannot dis- The popularity of Budder generated a sharp criminate against someone else doing the increase in business as the June tourist sea- same thing,” Gwilt recalls. “They said it was son began. Gwilt was by now official man- a technical violation of the law to allow ager and spokesperson of the shop. Hilary’s club to operate, and we said, Briere, afraid publicity would alert his ‘Exactly, so if you are going to look the other parole officer, toiled away in the back- way with her club and also bend the drug ground. “We totally avoided media cover- laws to allow the city’s safe injection site for age; we didn’t need or want publicity,” hard drug users, you have to do the same Gwilt said. “We especially didn’t want with Da Kine.’” From January, 2004 until Da Don’s name in the press.” Briere’s anonymi- Kine opened on May 4, Gwilt had repeated ty ended when his name, his connection to run-ins with city officials. The problems Da Kine, and his parole status were dis- involved marijuana, and unauthorized reno- closed without his permission by a free-lance vations. The activist informed neighborhood journalist on the website groups, police, building inspectors and busi- in late spring. ness license personnel that Da Kine intended Soon thereafter, Briere received a stern to sell marijuana. She was told not to sell warning from his parole officer. “He request- marijuana or to allow smoking in Da Kine. ed a meeting, and I was sure he was going Unbeknownst to Gwilt, a few community to revoke my parole and send me back to members had begun a campaign of opposi- prison,” Briere recalls. “He asked me if I had tion to Da Kine. Representatives of the local been doing media interviews and if I was community policing center and parents con- involved with Da Kine. He said ‘higher-ups’ cerned about Da Kine’s “close” proximity to were interested in me, and that I was in dan- local schools, complained to the police ger of being revoked.” Briere escaped with department and City Hall prior to the May only a warning. In the meantime, Da Kine 4th opening. “It was obvious to everyone was becoming excessively popular. what we intended to do,” Gwilt said. “We Customers were waiting outside the door didn’t try to fool people. In April, a building when the shop opened in the morning, and inspector came in when we had marijuana the shop was standing-room busy until its plants and buds all over the shop. He just late-night closing time. At the beginning of pushed the buds out of the way and told us July, Da Kine put on a “BudderBowl” to coin- to make some changes to our handrails. The cide with the Toker’s Bowl. The shop was city will show you some paperwork and tell packed with customers and received tons of you we agreed not to sell pot. Well, we publicity. CANNABIS HEALTH 11 DA KINE hindsight, Briere and Gwilt admit they could reporters and other media crews camped has to show what it looks like to be free. I not manage Da Kine’s popularity. They had like vultures outside Da Kine, telling Gwilt wasn’t going to let anybody run me out of no time to train staff. They collapsed in they were waiting for a massive bust that my own building.” exhaustion to sleep for two or three hours on police informed them would be happening On September 9th around 6 pm, approxi- the shop’s floor night after night. They didn’t as soon as the lead story ran. Gwilt closed mately 45 Vancouver police officers, some always insist that customers follow medical her shop early that night, just as the CTV wearing masks to hide their identity, cor- cannabis guidelines. The ventilation system report aired. Uniformed and undercover doned off a huge section of Commercial in their illegal smoking room failed; clouds of police showed up that night and subsequent Drive and then smashed their way into Da pot smoke poured onto the street. nights. They repeatedly invaded and sur- Kine. A crowd of 200 protesters gathered to Undercover police officers made controlled veilled Gwilt’s shop, along buys. Street dealers broke the shop’s front with another counterculture window and burgled the store, threatening shop on Commercial Drive, further retribution because Da Kine provided called The Spirit Within. On a competitive alternative to their business. one occasion, Gwilt physi- Da Kine averaged 600 customers per day. It cally prevented an under- resembled a busy potshop in Holland, with cover officer and two uni- no pretense of being a medical marijuana formed officers from club. For a few weeks during the height of entering her shop, telling summer, Da Kine was the hippest place in them that their actions

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hurl abuse at the police as they busted the shop. Officers detained and “processed” 33 customers, but didn’t arrest any of them. They did arrest Gwilt and seven Da Kine staffers, charging them with a variety of offenses, including possession and traffick- ing of marijuana. Police claim to have seized 20 pounds of marijuana, a pound of hashish, and $63,000 in cash. Gwilt and her staffers spent nearly 24 hours in jail, and face serious penalties if convicted. When Gwilt returned to Da Kine after being Gwilt outside Da Kine released from jail the next day, she was overjoyed to find that volunteers had re- opened the shop. BudderKing, the inventor town, hosting music, activism, and a non- against Da Kine were “nothing more than a of Budder, was in the smoking room giving stop pot party. It was Amsterdam in Canada. job creation program for law free Budder hoots. Customers were lined up In August, police started visiting the shop. enforcement.” Police responded by setting a on the street, giving defiant interviews to They hassled a few customers, but generally trap in back of her shop, where they dozens of reporters who broadcast reports ignored the open marijuana retail operation, detained and interrogated several of her all over the world. Some Vancouver City concentrating instead on telling Gwilt to employees. Council members expressed cautious sup- close Da Kine’s illegal “smoking room.” For a week following the CTV report, Da port for Da Kine, but Mayor Larry Campbell Gwilt argued with officers and largely Kine played cat and mouse with police who ran away from his earlier support of mari- ignored their warnings, although she eventu- threatened to stage a massive raid. British juana legalization while critics demanded ally shut down the smoking room. Columbia’s top law enforcement official, that Da Kine be shut down forever. On August 30th, Gwilt received a call from Solicitor General Rich Coleman, pressured Da Kine continued openly selling marijua- CTV television reporter Rob Brown. “He said Vancouver officials to close Da Kine. Briere’s na despite threats of more police raids. Gwilt somebody had complained about pot parole officer banned Briere from being at took advantage of the media attention to smoke, and that the police were onto us,” the shop, but he defied the order. “Carol push her view that Da Kine was a harm Gwilt said. “He wanted to come here and do needed me there,” he said. “It was my reduction experiment that the City should an interview. I consented. I wish I hadn’t. His place, my dream. It was our attempt to do for support. “We reduced street crime. We report gave us publicity we did not want or Vancouver what the first cannabis cof- never had a fight, a date rape, a theft, or need, and it forced the City to come out feeshop had done for Amsterdam thirty any other problem in our whole time being against us.” Brown’s report was scheduled to years ago, which is to show the people that open, despite the fact that we had hundreds be the lead story on the 6 o’clock news on marijuana stores cause no problems but of customers a day. We proved that marijua- August 31st. For most of the day, CTV instead provide benefits. I felt like somebody na consumers are good people, and that a 12 CANNABIS HEALTH marijuana business can operate safely. Our be suspended or revoked at an October 6th she and Briere intend to sue police for their shop was far more orderly and harmless City Council hearing. Even if the license is conduct during the raid, and for “misuse of than bars and other establishments. not revoked, Da Kine is likely to close public funds.” She says taxpayers should be The media and the police created the prob- because Gwilt is unable to find the will, outraged that their money is spent “busting a lems, not us or our customers,” Gwilt insist- money, marijuana, and staffing to keep it peaceful shop instead of on health care, ed. open. Indeed, after Gwilt was re-arrested, schools, the environment, transportation, On Sunday evening, September 12th, her lawyer issued a statement that Gwilt had and other ways of improving society.” “I am Briere went out for a short drive and never decided to stop selling marijuana at Da not ashamed for providing marijuana. Da came back. Gwilt spent the next 24 hours Kine. Kine proved that the Dutch model frantically searching for him. She finally In the post-mortems for Da Kine are many can work in Canada,” Gwilt said after her learned that he had been arrested on conflicting opinions. Some members shop was raided. “If they want to put me in Sunday, had a heart attack, was hospital- of the pot community and mainstream media jail, that’s their choice, but I consider Da ized and then returned to jail. She was pre- condemn Gwilt and Briere, accusing Kine a necessary step on the road to free- vented from seeing him, and worried con- them of “recklessly” defying the law in a way dom for our culture, and I am proud stantly about his health and his civil rights. that brought heat on other marijuana that Don and I took this step.” For Don Gwilt’s friends and attorney pleaded with providers. Police accuse Da Kine of being an Briere, an affable man who spent the last 15 her to stop selling marijuana at organized crime operation, and say the years growing and selling marijuana, Da Da Kine. She disregarded their advice. On shop had to be raided because it was open- Kine was a dream that turned into a night- September 16, she was arrested for violating ly flaunting the law. Other observers say mare. Nevertheless, it’s likely he would do it bail conditions and for new criminal viola- Briere and Gwilt were absolutely not con- all over again. The night before he was tions. Police allege that they found 14 nected with organized crime, that they were arrested, I asked him if he was willing to pounds of cannabis and $10,000 in cash in kind-hearted and generous employers and again go to prison for marijuana. I reminded her vehicle. activists, and that they should be lauded for him that he has young children and a heart condition. Was it worth it? “Absolutely,” he As this article is being written in mid- their vision and courage. These observers replied without hesitation. “During World September, it seems certain that Briere’s question police and media priorities and War Two, Canadians had to go fight Hitler, parole will be revoked, and that he will serve veracity, noting that police and media are and they died. I consider the drug warriors out the remainder of his original sentence aware of Hells Angels marijuana retail out- to be Hitler. Somebody has to stand up to behind bars instead of as a parolee. Another lets, brothels, and other illegal businesses in them. If they kill me, at least I died fighting.” near certainty- Da Kine’s business license will Vancouver which never get highlighted in the media or shut down by police. Gwilt says COOKING WITH CANNABIS Kick Ass Bruschetta By Delynn Armitage Ingredients Sometime ago, an old friend of the 1/2 cup marijuana butter family was diagnosed with lung 1 baguette cancer. Loss of appetite and con- 2 whole cloves garlic stant pain left him basically inca- 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves pacitated and he began searching 1 onion for answers. He has always been 2 jalapeno peppers(seeded) a believer in the healing properties 8 roma tomatoes of marijuana, but because he was 1/8 cup olive oil unable to smoke he turned his atten- 3 tbs balsamic vinegar tion to cannabis edibles. Knowing that I am a chef, he asked me to salt & pepper develop some appetite enhancing recipes other than the traditional 1/2 cup Asiago cheese cookies and brownies. He also needed natural alternatives to the multitude of pharmaceuticals he was taking. So after a lot of exper- Directions - Crush garlic adding half to the butter; mix well imentation in the kitchen, I think we have developed some great and spread on toasted sliced pieces of the baguette. (Toast recipes. The good people at Cannabis Health have allowed me this your baguette slices until golden brown before topping with forum, so we could share them with you. Hopefully, you will find bruschetta mixture.) Dice tomatoes to 1/4 to 1/2 inch pieces, them easy to make, as well as beneficial to your health, as my friend depending on your own taste. Finely chop onion and has. jalapeno and add to the tomatoes. Mix in the oil, balsamic vinegar and remaining garlic. Chop basil and fold into the One of the tricks I found to cooking with cannabis is to remove the overpowering taste of the marijuana, without changing the overall mix. Add salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle generously with flavor. Experiment with different amounts of butter in order to find Asiago cheese. Try one small piece to test the dosage... then the right mix, but more importantly, the right dosage to suit your share with a friend. needs. The first recipe I want to share with you is for a great tasting, visually appealing “Kick Ass Bruschetta”. This combination of fla- Effects can take 30 - 65 minutes to be felt. Please ingest vorful ingredients covers the taste of the marijuana fairly well, yet it responsibly. Overdosing on edibles can be very uncomfort- still leaves a hint of what you are eating. Enjoy! able.

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SELL MARIJUANA LEGALLY: A book by Wendy Little and Eric Nash Health Canada patients gain access to their worth billions of dollars seems well worth it. supply of . In the book To get your copy of “Sell Marijuana Legally you’ll find important information about the - A Complete Guide to Starting Your federal government application forms you Marijuana Business”, ask your local book- need filled out to produce and sell medical store, regional library or go to businesscom- cannabis. The book also tells you where to pany.com and order direct. get the forms, and which government depart- ment to contact. If you’re interested in gov- BOOK REVIEW ernment contracts worth millions of dollars, Barb St.Jean, Editor – Cannabis Health Sell Marijuana Legally covers this topic also. You’ll find out how the past contract was Wendy and Eric’s book “Sell Marijuana awarded and what to expect for future Legally” could soon make the list of #1 best contracts. Sell sellers in Canada. This book raises the cred- Marijuana Legally has a chapter devoted to ibility of medical marijuana as a legitimate selling your marijuana. It covers pricing, medicine in the eyes of the general public, packaging and shipping – as well as the and supplies the reader with all the resources tools and equipment you’ll need for cannabis and information needed to create their own distribution and sales. legal and compassionate agricultural busi- ness in Canada. I left this book on the store Increasingly there is mounting pressure by counter for a few minutes as I went to answer Canadian society to end the prohibition on the phone, only to come back to see that a Sell Marijuana Legally cannabis. For example, the Canadian feder- crowd had gathered. One comment from a A Complete Guide to Starting Your al government has been advised to legalize, man in his late 60s said it all; “I would love Marijuana Business regulate and tax cannabis by the Canadian to grow medical marijuana and be able to Authors: Little, Wendy and Nash, Eric. ISBN Senate, the Fraser Institute and Vancouver see my crop legal!” Eric Nash and his wife, 0-9736018-0-9 Mayor Larry Campbell. In Sell Marijuana Wendy Little, grow the healthiest pot in Legally - A Complete Guide to Starting Your Canada. They are the first federally licensed The first comprehensive book on how you Marijuana Business you discover many ways medical marijuana growers to have their can become involved in the legal business of to ensure your future in the legal marijuana crop officially certified 100 per cent organ- marijuana is now available. Sell Marijuana industry. You discover how to keep informed ic. They have followed the rules and used Legally - A Complete Guide to Starting Your about trends and the latest news on the common sense to provide a safe and secure Marijuana Business is written by Wendy Little cannabis industry. At the back of the book environment to produce cannabis and have and Eric Nash, federally licenced certified you’ll find a detailed Internet, books, and demonstrated that growing marijuana can organic cannabis growers. Now that government contacts resource. Already have be done legally and in a manner that does licenced growers can sell their marijuana to a growing book? This book is unique not harm or alienate the community. This patients, a legal industry has emerged. Sell because it clearly outlines how to start your book provides a solution to the medical mar- Marijuana Legally explains how you can be legal marijuana business. Now you can get ijuana supply issues patients currently face. part of this new legal industry in Canada. By a book on how to legally sell marijuana. The Thanks Eric and Wendy for a job well done. becoming a legally licenced seller of medical book’s price of $19.95 for information never marijuana you’ll be able to help authorized presented before about a legal industry

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THE HEMP CHURCH For nearly a century in North America get a rise out of those with closed minds. hemp has been restricted or prohibited by Anyone who holds similar views is wel- law. These misguided legal restrictions have come to join the congregation as a member targeted industrial hemp as well as cannabis at no cost. Those who want more than just hemp. Throughout the world battle lines are membership can be Ordained as a High being drawn over hemp. While the United Priest or High Priestess of The Hemp Church. States is currently demonstrating the most The ordination can be formally and legally broad and draconian approaches to regulat- completed so that members of our ing hemp, these misinformed regulations are Priesthood can act in an actual ministerial also found in Canada and most other west- capacity…meaning that they can conduct ern countries. official ceremonies such as weddings. It’s Pro-Hemp activists are currently fighting the also makes for a great start to a pro-hemp system with a variety of approaches and conversation when someone comments on many are winning significant victories. In the your ordination shirt. Take a moment to US, activists have succeeded in having ballot Two ordained ministers of The Hemp Church priesthood. check them out on the web at: initiatives passed providing state-level legal www.thehempchurch.com exemptions for medicinal marijuana users. Where does The Hemp Church fit into this The Hemp Industries Association of America battle? The founding members of the Church (HIA) won a lawsuit quelling an attempt to had some diverse opinions on the subject of ban non-psychoactive hemp foods. Others hemp. Some wanted to see total legaliza- are taking on the laws regulating cannabis tion. Others were more moderate, support- hemp as a “recreational” or a “medicinal” ing and medicinal use. product. Many are paying for their activism Some were interested in the environmental with their freedom. Political parties are run- benefits of industrial hemp. Despite diversity ning candidates pursuing legislative change. in opinion, there was common agreement While these diverse groups are able to take that: (1) regulations on industrial hemp need- on a wide range of hemp issues there is also ed to end, (2) laws on cannabis need to considerable fragmentation in what they change and, (3) individuals should have the advocate. freedom to choose as long as it doesn’t harm For every victory there are setbacks. others. This common ground is the real Government agencies are working to stifle beauty of The Hemp Church. With this com- the pro-hemp movement. Compassion clubs mon ground we are able to unify hemp pro- are being raided. Police target medicinal ponents and initiate rational discussion of the growers and users. Pro-pot websites and issues regarding all forms of hemp. publications are under attack from heavy- While we are quite serious in our activism handed authorities. Governments are also The Hemp Church also is also about good undermining the production and use of indus- fun and humor. With tongue firmly planted trial hemp. The lack of common ground in cheek, the name The Hemp Church is built among hemp supporters allows for anti-hemp off the acronym THC, our ministerial mem- groups to take a “divide and conquer” bers are “High Priests” or “High Priestesses”, approach to maintaining prohibitionist agen- and anti-prohibitionist slogans like “God das. Gave Us the Grass” are dropped in just to

CANNABIS IN EUROPE enforcement is lax. possession of a “minimum daily dose” of PORTUGAL: Cannabis is illegal, but marijuana. those possessing small amounts are : Possession of cannabis was BRITAIN: From January 2004, marijuana, no longer jailed but are instead given decriminalized in 2002. formerly Class B, will become a Class C mandatory counseling, and sometimes : Possession of marijuana for per- drug. Possession carries a maximum term community service or a small fine. sonal use carries no sanction. of two years, but most offenders will get off SWITZERLAND: Cannabis remains ille- THE : Legislation dating with a warning. gal, but probably not for long. A govern- back to 1976 decriminalized cannabis. : Possession of soft drugs risks a ment attempt to decriminalize it narrowly Consumption and sale of the drug is heavy fine and a year in prison, but failed (2003), but police still turn a blind allowed in coffee shops, with annual sales cannabis users are seldom prosecuted. eye to those smoking it in public. about UKP 1.8 billion. : Cannabis use is illegal, but CROATIA: Prosecution for possession for Source: those possessing small quantities are sel- personal use has ended, but selling it is www.reconsider.org/issues/marijuana/Po dom prosecuted. punishable by up to 15 years in jail. t%20Possesion%20in%20Europe.htm GREECE: Users can face prison, but ITALY: A 1993 referendum decriminalized

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questions, provides good information, and BOOK REVIEW has pictures and humour scattered through- out. I found it to be a very informative read. A Comprehensive Guide to “BIG BUD” To order: Online: www.growweed.com Mail Marijuana Cultivation order: CJ Harper, 9250 Hilltop Dr, New Port Author: CJ Harper Richey, FL 34654 ,Download: $19.95, CD www.growweed.com Rom: $24.95, Book: $29.95 CJ Harper gives insight into the world of Cannabis Health hydroponics in her new book. If you are a newbie gardener thinking of going hydro or just a little curious about all the talk sur- rounding hydroponics, then this is the book for you. Have you ever wondered what “lumen” or “foot candle” means? CJ explains both in the chapter on lighting. The book, A Comprehensive Guide to “BIG BUD” Marijuana Cultivation, answers all the basic

MS STUDY RESULTS BETTER IN those results. The long-term results of a UK study finally have. LONG-TERM Source: AMERICANS FOR SAFE ACCESS Even though a huge number of MS patients, A national coalition of 10,000 patients, including talk-show host Montel Williams, doctors and advocates, Americans for Safe have reported that marijuana helps enor- Access is the largest organization working mously with the pain and muscle spasms solely on medical marijuana. associated with the disease, clinical studies have had trouble objectively measuring www.safeaccessnow.org

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MONTEL WILLIAMS TOUCHES THE HEARTS OF THE NATION By Barb St.Jean institutionalized after their source of marijua- for its marijuana, and they just say NO. na was taken away, because of the irrational NIDA’s mission is to lead the Nation in bring- actions of their own government. One main ing the power of science to bear on drug question Montel posed was - in spite of the abuse and addiction. In a “Progress Report federal government’s attacks on the use of on Marijuana Research and Dissemination medicinal marijuana, why has it been pro- Efforts from the National Institute on Drug ducing and delivering its own medicinal mar- Abuse” they claim; Marijuana is the most commonly abused illegal drug in the United States. NIDA is committed to reducing the Montel Willliams use of this drug and disseminating new find- ings to a variety of audiences. Their Fiscal On Tuesday, September 21, we watched Year 2005 budget request is Montel Williams devote another entire show $1,017,655,000. to the topic of medical marijuana. Montel Ed Rosenthal reported on February 21, pledged to use his celebrity to help find a 2003 that seven percent of the total criminal cure for multiple sclerosis (MS) after his diag- justice system expenditure in the US is spent nosis in 1999, but if that’s not enough, he is jailing marijuana users. The total govern- now openly advocating the use of marijuana ment expenditure on marijuana law enforce- as medicine. Tears filled every eye in the ment is over $15 billion a year with more office as we watched Montel and his guests than 100,000 prisoners serving time for pour their souls out for all to see. They talked ijuana for the past 20 years to a select num- marijuana convictions. Just think of the num- about how marijuana improved the quality ber of patients? Medicinal marijuana has ber of police officers, judges, lawyers and of their lives, or the lives of their loved ones. been approved by 9 states and is currently prison guards, not to mention prison con- One mother of two, Angel, explained how being considered for legislation by 6 others. struction firms and other providers of basic marijuana kept her out of a wheelchair and Yet the US federal government still has power prison services, who are employed through gave her back the ability to hug her children. to negate the decisions passed by state leg- marijuana’s criminalization. islatures and often targets both producers Another Mom and grandmother of a boy Montel was right on, “follow the money”. It and users of medicinal marijuana. Montel with severe mental disorders said medicinal seems to be the only logical explanation for exposed the truth behind his government’s marijuana was the only thing that helped him the lack of compassion from the powers that refusal to research the medicinal qualities of live a life of normalcy, and we listened to the be. Montel opened my eyes and made them marijuana and its prohibitionary measures to repercussions they had when their boy was weep. keep it away from the patients who need it. “Follow the money” he said. Source So I did. The National Institute on Drug www.norml.org Abuse (NIDA) controls the only legal supply www.mpp.org/USA/news_3346.html of research grade marijuana in the United www.angeljustice.org States. Before scientists can study marijua- www.JefferysJourney.com na’s medical benefits, they must ask NIDA www.montelshow.com

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CANNABIS HEALTH: ON THE ROAD

Seattle Hempfest is by far the largest and based seminars for the future, which would Rosenbaum, medical sociologist and director most well known event of its kind. Despite include education on safer use and sub- of San Francisco’s office of ; and this year’s soggy weather, spirits were high. stance misuse. In a movement that often Keith Stroup, founder of the National This annual marijuana-law-reform rally, now claims that any and all cannabis use is Organization for the Reform of Marijuana in its 13th year, had more than175,000 in healthy, it would certainly be a positive step Laws, or NORML. The organizers of the attendance. There appeared to be a new towards legitimizing marijuana use if we event are to be applauded for taking this twist in the works this year as Hempfest took took a stance on what constitutes responsible very positive step forward. Hopefully they on a partisan stand for the election. The usage. Keynote speakers included Ethan will be rewarded for their efforts by receiving theme was “Vote Freedom!” Nadelmann, founder and executive director record breaking attendance next year. Participants were also asked to fill out a of the ; Ed Rosenthal, a questionnaire that proposed harm reduction- world authority on marijuana; Martha Visit www.seattlehempfest.com

The Shambhala Music Festival is an event like no other, a spiritual awakening in the forest atop a mountain not far from Salmo, BC. The woods and Zen-like beaches are transformed into a musical amusement park complete with lights and rides. Freedom of lifestyle is expressed openly here and alcohol is non-vis- ible, not the norm of most events. We were amazed as 7000 people from all walks of life gathered for peace, love, celebration, dance, music and culture without incident or vio- lence. Shambhala offers the best feelings life has to offer, awareness, acceptance, and enlightenment.

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CANNABINOIDS AND BRAIN CANCER Science gives new hope to brain tumour sufferers.

BBC News (Sun, 15 Aug 2004) reported noids. Although they only looked at two AlterNet (May 31, 2000) he writes: In 1974 the new research, led by Dr. Manuel patients, the researchers hope their findings researchers learned that THC, the active Guzman and conducted at Complutense could lead to new treatments. “The present chemical in marijuana, shrank or destroyed University in Madrid, Spain, saw cannabi- findings provide a novel pharmacological brain tumors in test mice. But the DEA quick- noids injected into mice with gliomas, which target for cannabinoid-based therapies,” Dr. ly shut down the study and destroyed its are fast-growing brain tumours. The cannabi- Guzman is quoted as saying in the article. results, which were never replicated — until noids appear to block genes making a pro- Mr. MacLeod also reports Dr. Richard now. tein called VEGF (vascular endothelial Sullivan, Head of Clinical Programmes at For further information on this and related growth factor) that stimulates the sprouting of Cancer Research UK, as saying: “This topics visit the following websites: blood vessels. Cutting off the blood supply to research provides an important new lead a tumour means it is unable to grow and compound for anti-cancer drugs targeting URL: spread. cancer’s blood supply. Although this work is www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1176/a In studies, cannabinoids significantly at an early stage of development, other 06.html reduced the activity of VEGF in laboratory research has already demonstrated that Website: www.news.bbc.co.uk/ mice. They also lowered VEGF levels in VEGF is an important drug target for a range Details: www.mapinc.org/media/558 tumour tissue taken from two patients with of cancers.” Source: BBC News (UK Web) glioblastoma multiforme, the most lethal type Dr. Sullivan is also quoted in the article as URL: of brain tumour. Only about 6% of people saying: “The key now will be to show further www.mapin.org/drugnews/v04/n1160/a diagnosed with these high grade cancers activity in pre-clinical cancer models, find out 03.html live for more than three years, because the in which combinations cannabinoids show Website: www.scotlandonsunday.com main tumour often avoids complete destruc- greatest activity and formulate a product that Details: www.mapinc.org/media/405 tion and grows again to kill the patient. can be tested in man. It is important to note Source: Scotland on Sunday (UK) Author: Murdo MacLeod reported in Scotland on that cannabinoids would need to generate Murdo MacLeod Sunday (Sun, 15 Aug 2004) that samples very strong data in the future as there are were taken before and after the patients already a number of VEGF inhibitors in clini- URL: were treated with cannabinoid solution cal development.” www.alternet.org/search.php?term=Raymon infused directly into the tumour. In both This is not the first time cannabinoids and d+Cushing patients, VEGF levels in the tumour were cancer treatments have been studied. In an Website: www.alternet.org reduced following treatment with cannabi- article written by Raymond Cushing for Author: Raymond Cushing (2000) IACM REQUESTS YOUR HELP - UPDATE FROM ISSUE 12 Personal greetings FRAN-GO, a non-profit organization found- date will provide a sufficient basis. from Dr. Franjo ed specifically for this cause, and in particu- Although we realize that for some donors a Grotenhermen - lar as a member of the board of the IACM, I donation of EUR 100 may mean more than a The International would like to express my heartfelt gratitude EUR 1000 for others, we would like to men- Association for for your immediate and overwhelming pre- tion by name those who contributed EUR Cannabis as paredness to donate. We are deeply 500 or more: Michael Behrends, Farmalyse Medicine (IACM). impressed by the willingness of friends and B.V. (Pieter Lieft), Raphael Mechoulam, I would like to colleagues of Franjo Grotenhermen around Ricardo Navarrete Varo, Manfred Reimers, thank all of you, who have, through your the world to help. Here is our interim bal- and Willem Scholten. EUR 1000 or more generous donation, allowed me to undergo ance: have been donated by: David Bronner, this important and effective treatment. I hope Between July 26 and August 20, FRAN- Delta-9-Pharma, Dale Gieringer, Hanfburg, you will accept that I have not been able to GO. received a total of 112 donations. 71 Storz & Bickel GmbH CO.KG, and thank each of you individually. Many of you donations were less than EUR 100, 41 dona- www.hanf-info.ch. have sent personal letters and e-mails and tions were in the amount of EUR 100 or more Heartfelt thanks to our major donors, but wished me a speedy recovery; others have with 12 of the donors giving amounts of EUR we also know: every small donation has pondered over and suggested alternative 500 or more. Total donations added up to helped. treatments. This show of sympathy has meant approximately EUR 17,000, about US$ much to my family and me 21,000. IACM and has helped us to cope with the current The treatments administered so far have Rueckertstrasse 4 crisis. It will likely take another few months to helped Franjo Grotenhermen much in over- D-53819 Neunkirchen overcome it but, with the support of so many, coming his life-threatening crisis. Whether Germany I have a realistic chance of recovery and 15 treatments at EUR 1,150 each will be suf- Phone: +49-2247-968083 continuation of my work. ficient to stabilize his health cannot currently Fax: +49-2247-9159223 Interim report and acknowledgement by be assessed reliably. However, we are hope- Email: [email protected] Dr. Martin Schnelle on behalf of the board of ful that the significant amount donated to http://www.cannabis-med.org 26 CANNABIS HEALTH

Numerous initiatives addressing mari- lishes a confidential state-run patient registry Berkeley’s four private medicinal cannabis juana policy and enforcement are slated to issue identification cards to qualifying dispensaries. to appear on various state and munici- patients. INITIATIVE STATUS: Campaigners have qual- pal ballots this fall. Nationwide polls INITIATIVE STATUS: Campaigners have qual- ified the Patients Access to Medical indicate that some eight in ten ified the Montana Medical Marijuana Act for Cannabis Act for the November 2, 2004 the Nov. 2, 2004 ballot. ballot. Americans back reform, in particular the legalization of medicinal marijuana for OREGON - If approved, Oregon Medical OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - If approved, seriously ill patients. However, politi- Marijuana Act (aka OMMA2) Oakland Cannabis Regulation and Revenue cians at the state and federal levels still (www.yeson33.org) seeks to amend the Ordinance(www.taxandregulate.com) would oppose even a minor change in the state’s existing medicinal marijuana law to establish new municipal guidelines directing existing policies. Congress refused to allow qualified patients to legally possess up “the Oakland Police Department to make hold hearings on two proposed bills that to ten marijuana plants. The act would investigation, citation, and arrest for private seek to exempt state-authorized medical increase the amount of marijuana patients adult cannabis offenses the lowest law marijuana patients from federal arrest can possess from three ounces to one pound, enforcement priority, effective immediately and prosecution. The public, because and increase the number of patients for upon passage of this ordinance.” The pro- whom caregivers can grow. The proposal posal also mandates the city of Oakland “to of the lack of support from their elected would allow state-certified nurse practitioners tax and regulate the sale of cannabis for officials, has taken the issues of mari- and naturopaths to recommend marijuana to adult use, so as to keep it off the streets and juana policy reform directly to the vot- their patients, and expand the definition of a away from children and to raise revenue for ers. qualifying medical condition to include “any the city, as soon as possible under state law.” other medical condition for which, in the INITIATIVE STATUS: Campaigners have qual- ALASKA - If approved, Alaska’s Cannabis determination of the attending physician, the ified the Oakland Cannabis Regulation and Decriminalization and Regulation Act medical use of marijuana would be benefi- Revenue Ordinance for the November 2, (http://www.alaskahemp.org/) would man- cial.” The proposal also mandates the state 2004 ballot. date that “persons 21 years or older shall legislature to promulgate rules to license and not be prosecuted, be denied any right or regulate medical cannabis dispensaries “to TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - If approved, privilege, nor be subject to criminal or civil ensure that medical marijuana is available to Practical Law Enforcement Amendment (aka penalties for the possession, cultivation, dis- qualified patients.” Such dispensaries could the PLEA) (http://www.signtheplea.org) tribution, or consumption” of marijuana for legally sell medical marijuana to qualified would amend the Tallahassee city charter to medicinal, industrial or recreational purpos- patients — a groundbreaking move if mandate “the City of Tallahassee Police es. The proposal also encourages the state passed. Department, City Attorney’s Office, City legislature to establish a system to regulate INITIATIVE STATUS: Campaigners have qual- Manager, and all other law enforcement pot “in a manner similar to alcohol or tobac- ified the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act for agencies acting in the city [to] make the co.” the Nov. 2, 2004 ballot. OMMA2 barely investigation, arrest and prosecution of mar- INITIATIVE STATUS: Campaigners have qual- squeaked by, turning in 77,782 valid signa- ijuana offenses [involving possession of ified the Cannabis Decriminalization and tures. It needed 75,630 to qualify. Petitioners under 20 grams], where the marijuana was Regulation Act for the Nov. 2, 2004 ballot. had turned in about 90,000 signatures ear- intended for adult personal use, the city’s Note: Alaska Court of Appeals ruled Friday lier in the year, then turned in another lowest law enforcement priority.” 27, Aug 2004, that police cannot execute 28,000 last month just to be safe. But with INITIATIVE STATUS: A federal judge ruled in a search warrant in a person’s home for pos- nearly 30% of the signatures disqualified, it September that the initiative might not session of less than 4 ounces of marijuana. still ended up being very close. appear on the November 2, 2004 ballot because the local initiative process may not MONTANA - If approved, Montana Medical BERKLEY, CALIFORNIA - If approved, be used to enact a municipal ordinance. City Marijuana Act (I-148) (http://www.mon- Patients Access to Medical Cannabis Act election officials had previously certified that tanacares.org/), would allow qualified would establish new municipal guidelines petitioners had gathered a sufficient number patients to possess and cultivate marijuana enhancing the amount of medicinal marijua- of valid signatures from registered voters to for medicinal purposes under the authoriza- na qualified patients may legally possess qualify for the ballot. tion of their physician. Patients diagnosed without penalty. The proposal would replace with cancer, glaucoma and HIV/AIDS quali- Berkeley’s 10-plant medical cannabis limit COLUMBIA, MISSOURI - If approved, fy for legal protection under this act, as well with an amount in accordance with an indi- Missouri Smart Sentencing Initiative would as individuals suffering from cachexia, vidual “patient’s needs,” as defined by the amend the Columbia city criminal code to severe pain, nausea, epileptic seizures, per- patient and his or her physician. The pro- reduce misdemeanor penalties on the pos- sistent muscle spasms, multiple sclerosis or posal also calls on the city to distribute med- session of marijuana and/or paraphernalia Crohn’s disease. The proposal also estab- ical marijuana if federal officials close to a fine-only offense. The proposal reads,

28 CANNABIS HEALTH “When any law enforcement officer suspects City Council shall authorize, license, and any adult of possession of a misdemeanor regulate a reasonable number of medicinal amount of marijuana and/or possession of marijuana distribution centers in the city of marijuana paraphernalia, that person shall Minneapolis as is necessary to provide serv- not be required to post bond, suffer arrest, ices to patients who have been recommend- be taken into custody for any purpose nor ed medicinal marijuana by a medical or detained for any reason other than the osteopathic doctor licensed to practice in the issuance of a summons, suffer prosecution, state of Minnesota to the extent permitted by suffer incarceration, suffer loss of driver’s state and federal law.” license, or any other legal punishment or INITIATIVE STATUS: The Minneapolis City penalty other than: the issuance of a sum- Council have refused to place the mons and, if found guilty, a fine of up to Minneapolis City Charter Amendment on the $250.” The proposal also mandates all such November 2, 2004 ballot — arguing that cases regarding the misdemeanor posses- the proposal fails “to relate to the general sion of marijuana “shall only be referred to governance of the city,” Petitioners have the Municipal Prosecuting Attorney, and no announced plans to legally challenge the other prosecuting attorney, and the Council’s decision. Municipal Prosecuting Attorney shall not refer the matter to any other prosecutor.” BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, a so-called INITIATIVE STATUS: Campaigners have qual- ‘liberal’ state will debate decriminalizing ified the Missouri Smart Sentencing Initiative marijuana and legalizing its medical use for the November 2, 2004 ballot. and it may be heading to the ballot in a handful of MetroWest communities this fall. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - If approved, Ann The state spends an estimated $25 million Arbor Medical Marijuana Act annually to arrest and prosecute adults for (http://www.freedomactivist.net/aammi.ht marijuana possession. ml) would amend the Ann Arbor city charter to allow qualified patients to possess and cul- Another issue is the NEVADA secretary of tivate marijuana for medicinal purposes state’s decision to rule invalid the petition sig- under the authorization of their physician. natures of people who signed up in support The proposal would mandate “no incarcera- of the Nevada marijuana-legalization ballot tion, probation, nor any other punitive or initiative, claiming they had gathered about rehabilitative measure” for qualified 2,000 fewer signatures than the number patients, and establish an “affirmative required to secure the initiative a place on defense to a prosecution under this section the November ballot. A district judge sided that the use or intended use of the marijuana with the organizers and ordered a recount. or cannabis relieves, or has the potential to Supporters wait on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court relieve, the pain, disability, discomfort or of Appeals to give a final nod on the initia- other adverse symptoms of illness or medical tive fate. treatment, or, restores, maintains or improves, or has the potential to restore, Seven states - Alaska, California, Colorado, maintain or improve, the health or medical Maine, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, quality of life of the user or intended user or have passed workable medical marijuana users of the marijuana or cannabis.” laws through the initiative process, while vot- INITIATIVE STATUS: Campaigners have qual- ers in Arizona in 1996 passed a measure ified the Ann Arbor Medical Marijuana Act that has been unworkable. In Hawaii and for the November 2, 2004 ballot. Vermont, medical marijuana has come through legislative action, while Maryland DETROIT, MICHIGAN - Sixty percent of city legislators passed a lesser bill allowing residents voted August 3, 2004 in favor of medicinal use to be used as a defense in Proposition M: The Detroit Medical marijuana possession cases. Marijuana Act. The measure amends the Detroit city criminal code so that local crimi- Cannabis Health nal penalties no longer apply to any individ- ual “possessing or using marijuana under Sources: the direction ... of a physician or other Austin Chronicle (TX) licensed health professional.” AlterNet (US Web) Parksville Qualicum Beach News (CN BC) MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - If approved, MetroWest Daily News (MA) Minneapolis City Charter Amendment Drug War Chronicle (US Web) (http://www.cohr.org) would amend the NORML: www.norml.org Minneapolis city charter “to require that the Cannabis Health wishes all of our dedicated distributors a prosperous 2005!

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A good place to start the plan is with a com- ture better than ceramic or terra cotta. The plete list of supplies, ingredients and equip- seedlings spend the first 2-3 weeks in these ment needed. You want your soil to be light, pots, building roots and their first few sets of well draining or porous, yet capable of hold- fan leaves. Once the seedlings are root ing water. I have had success with a 50/50 bound, transplant into 5 gal. pots to give rich potting soil and Perlite mixture. them space to mature into a medium size However, avoid the pre-fertilized soil mix- plant. Avoid black - it can heat up the soil tures as they are too hot and can burn the and that can stress the plant. 10 gal. pots are young plants. Seedlings should not require only needed for large strain plants. However, fertilizer for the first 3-4 weeks anyways, more soil provides a better nutrient buffer, and when you do start fertilizing you want to meaning you are less likely to get sudden be able to control the application of nutrients deficiency problems. yourself, to attain the desired results. MOISTURE METER – essential for checking SOIL MIXTURE AND INGREDIENTS - the soil moisture in the root-ball and the bot- Rich Black Potting Soil (2 parts) Peat moss (1 tom of the pot. part) Perlite (2 parts) Dolomite lime (1 cup WATERING CANS - 5 gallon cans are best per 20 gallons of mixed soil) as you won’t have to refill as often, resulting LIGHTING - Fluorescent-lighting banks can in fewer watering errors. The Hawes ®) be used. These inexpensive cool white lights cans, in my opinion, are the best. are good for the early seedling sprouts. They CONSTANT VELOCITY PUMP SPRAYER can be hung very close to the young plants – useful for applying insecticide soap. It can without fear of burning. Metal halide lamps, simulate the occasional rain shower, washing ballasts and hoods are needed for the vege- any excess soap off and keeping the leaves tative and main growing stages of the plant. healthy. They produce a high output intense light, in MAGNIFYING GLASS - a must for bug the right spectrum for strong growth. High inspections and checking buds for ripeness. Pressure Sodium Lamps, ballasts and hoods GARDEN SNIPS – are useful as cannabis are optional. The yellow spectrum of these stalks are incredibly tough and the snips can lamps simulates the slanting yellow rays of make short work of cutting down the main the autumn sun. HPS are the lamps of choice stock. during the flowering period, as they help SUPPLIES - Miracle Grow tomato food, promote bud growth and resin production. Safer’s Insecticidal Soap, Hydrogen Peroxide They can be used with or without the Metal 3% USP, Crystallized Epsom Salt () Halide lamp. The Cannabis plant has special nutritional IN-TAKE/OUT-FLOW FANS - used to requirements, which are very much like that draw cool fresh air into the room and force of the tomato plant. Tomato food-type fertiliz- out unnecessary heat build up. Fans may ers tend to work well. Anyone with experi- also be attached to a thermostat to regulate ence growing tomatoes should find the tran- the room temperature. Intakes should be sition to Cannabis an easy one. positioned on the bottom of the room with the outtakes up high to draw out the excess Hope this helps your garden grow in the right heat. direction. POT SIZES - 6” Plastic pots are recom- All the best, mended for seedlings, as they hold the mois- Klozit King

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