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EDITOR NOTE...............................7NATIONAL NEWS.........................8NWCC EVENT..............................12AK LEGEND GARDENS................22STRAIN OF THE MONTH.............28TASTY RECIPES..........................32JESSE VENTURA.........................36POT PROPERLY..........................40BOOK REVIEW...........................44HEALTH & SCIENCE.....................48SIRIUS DAYDREAM....................50GROWTECH........................52BEHIND THE STRAIN..................54

PROFILE | ANDREW BAKERPiece of Mind Alaska Buyer & GM

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AUTHOR DAVID BIENENSTOCK

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Brandon Gomez of Swamp Donkey Seeds talks to an attendee about his Appalachian Thunderfuck (the 2015 1st Place Indica).

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summer is here and the new Cannabis industry is gaining momentum every day! Along with the sunlight, which really is quite amazing. It has been a real special treat to experience the wonders Alaska has to offer, especially the goodwill and quality Cannabis we’ve found all over the state.

This issue is packed full of fun and interesting interviews, profiles and event coverage. We had the pleasure of coming up last month for the Northwest Cannabis Classic, which featured a Cannabis competition as well as a solid showing of business booths. The excitement was electric that weekend, and it is safe to say that there are high hopes for the industry.

In this issue, I had the pleasure of interviewing David Beinenstock, former editor of High Times and Vice contributor, and author of a new book: “How to Smoke Pot (Properly).” He is a really fun and friendly guy who is also extremely passionate about our plant and the path the industry is taking, and the interview is a great

read. You can also check out Steve Elliott’s take on the book, as well as his snappy and fun news coverage.

We also feature a look inside a Mat-Su Valley garden that’s being threatened by roller coaster legal changes, and explore the effects of the continued banning of legal pot in the Valley. For the glass lovers,

we have a sweet Q-and-A with Piece of Mind Anchorage’s manager, Andrew Baker, and learn what he looks for when buying glass for the shop.There’s also a fire Strain of the Month, tasty recipes and much more to check out!

Remember, if you have any story ideas/pitches or want to share a dank budshot with us, feel free to email or call using the contact info on this page. Big thanks for reading and sharing the Leaf and spreading the truth about Cannabis with as many people as possible. Enjoy the second issue issue of Alaska Leaf!

Even as the industry is picking up steam, legal challenges are threatening Mat-Su development

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Denver Police are combing Craigslist and Facebook to find black market marijuana dealers who illegally promote their products online, law enforcement said on May 13.

Recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado for adults 21 and older, but Denver Police Department spokesman Doug Schepman claimed pot dealers are circumventing state law by using online marketplaces like Craigslist and Facebook to stimulate sales, reports Andrew Blake at The Washington Times.

The Denver-area Craigslist page on May 20 had more than 700 postings where marijuana is listed under the “for sale” category. Thousands of people are using the website to sell pot online, reports Kevin Torres at Fox 31 Denver.

“I think the black market in general is still very active and Craigslist is a perfect example of the active black market,” said Lauren Harris, owner of Dynamic Consulting, a Cannabis-consulting firm that helps dispensaries navigate the rules of Colorado’s legal marijuana industry.

Law enforcement, always fond of making easy pot busts, are, of course, just delighted that marijuana deals done over the Internet are still illegal. “I think the easiest rule of thumb for people to understand is in Colorado, there’s no legal marketplace online for buying and selling marijuana,” Schepman said.

“Our narcotics unit does conduct undercover operations where they reach out through ads just like this,” admitted the police spokesman, referring to the hundreds of active online posts where dealers list prices by the ounce, or in some instances ask for “donations.”

“When you go to the point of saying, ‘I’m going to transfer marijuana to you for a trade or a donation,’ [you’re] breaking the law,” Schepman said.

“The only people who can sell Cannabis are licensed dispensaries or a caregiver who provides it to a patient in accordance with the voluminous state rules and regulations,” said Lauren Davis, a Denver-area criminal defense attorney, reports Susan Squibb at The Cannabist.

There have been plenty of pot dealers on Craigslist and Facebook in Denver, even before marijuana became legal

more than two years ago. They can still attract plenty of customers because they aren’t subject to the double-digit taxes imposed by the state on licensed shops.

One loophole does exist in Colorado: citizens can legally give away Cannabis.

“It is legal for adults to give away up to an ounce of Cannabis ‘without remuneration.’ Remuneration includes any compensation or trade,” Davis said, “so in other words, you can gift it to someone when that transfer is not part of a tit-for-tat exchange. Otherwise, you are in violation of the criminal law.”

Denver Cops Comb facebook, craigslist for Marijuana Sales

Oregon Cannabis Industry Generates $46 Million in New WagesA new report shows that the Cannabis industry is making a huge impact on Oregon’s economy.

The Oregon Cannabis Jobs Report, written by consulting companies New Economy Consulting and Whitney Economics, uses data gathered from surveys given to dispensaries across the state.

According to the report, the marijuana industry in Oregon has created 2,156 new jobs in the state, and those jobs have generated $46 million in wages.

The overall economic impact the Cannabis industry has in Oregon is expected to reach $196 million by 2017, according to the report, and the legal Cannabis industry is projected to continue growing at a steady pace.

“The key finding of this report is that the market is much stronger than might have been imagined,” according to the report. “As other sectors of the market come online, we expect to see a steady increase in the jobs created to sustain the new Cannabis economy in Oregon.”

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file this under are you serious? In another development on the fast-breaking front regarding the corporate takeover of Cannabis, a New York-based company wants to produce cannabinoids in plants other than marijuana, particularly in tobacco.

22nd Century Group Inc., a plant biotechnology company that calls itself “a leader in tobacco harm reduction and Cannabis research,” on May 12 announced that it is launching a major new initiative to produce medically important cannabinoids in plants other than Cannabis, including tobacco plants.

In support of this initiative, the company also announced it has opened its own fully outfitted molecular biology laboratories in the Cleveland BioLabs building on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. 22nd Century said its new laboratories will host cutting-edge research in industrial hemp/Cannabis and tobacco biotechnology.

Dr. Paul J. Rushton, the company’s recently appointed Cambridge- and Max Planck Institute-educated vice president of plant biotechnology, will manage the company’s research efforts at the new laboratories.

Under a worldwide license agreement with Anandia Laboratories Inc., 22nd Century claimed it “enjoys exclusive rights in the U.S.

required for cannabinoid production in the cannabis plant.” The plan seems to be genetically modifying tobacco so that it produces the same cannabinoids as marijuana.

“The proprietary technology facilitates the modification of cannabinoid levels in Cannabis, providing 22nd Century Group an exclusive competitive advantage in the burgeoning area of Cannabis biotechnology,” according to the company’s May 12 prepared statement. “In

brief, the proprietary technology provides the company with tools to increase or decrease the production and content of all or certain subsets of cannabinoids in the Cannabis plant.”

Building on the company’s licensed technology and sponsored research with Anandia,

and utilizing proprietary “transcription factor” technology that the company purchased for $1.8 million from the National Research Council of Canada, 22nd Century said it is “pursuing multiple new research projects, including a novel new initiative to produce specific, medically-important cannabinoids in tobacco plants,” apparently through GMO methodology.

“This tobacco-based approach could ‘leap-frog’ existing Cannabis biotechnology and yield commercial medical products far more rapidly,” according to 22nd Century.

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recreational buyers in oregon gain access to variety of new products

Recreational marijuana users in Oregon will be able to purchase pot-infused edibles and extracts starting June 2. Anyone 21 and older has been able to purchase a small amount of marijuana since October.

Retail customers can now buy one low-dose marijuana-infused edible per day at medical marijuana dispensaries that sell to recreational customers.

“Low-dose” means an edible with no more than 15 milligrams of THC.They also can buy non-psychoactive marijuana-based topical products like lotions

and balms that contain no more than 6 percent THC. Vape people will be able to purchase one pre-filled cartridge or container of marijuana extract per day, typically consumed using a portable vaporizer device. The container may not contain more than 1,000 milligrams of THC.

Rec users can now finally purchase edibles, extracts, lotions, balms and cartridges

Unlicensed pot DISPENSARIES Thriving in Toronto restrictive Ohio Medical Marijuana Bill passed storefronts and are open to the public, says Adam Verk, a project manager at The Big Toke, which consults with and collects data on Cannabis-related businesses in Toronto.

“In the past six months, it’s gotten crazy, and a lot of them aren’t following protocols,” said Amy Brown, who has operated CannDo, a Toronto-based medical marijuana dispensary, since 2014.

It’s unclear whether new federal laws will legalize the dispensaries. The Liberal government won’t unveil its proposed legislation until spring 2017.

Toronto Mayor John Tory this week announced he’s considering regulations like the ones already being implemented in Vancouver that could shut down some dispensaries immediately.

The Ohio Senate’s State and Local Government Committee on May 18 accepted a substitute version of House Bill 523, the narrow and restrictive medical marijuana legislation passed last week out of the Ohio House of Representatives.

“This latest version includes a series of high-cost requirements that will effectively keep many patients from being able to access medical marijuana,” said Aaron Marshall, spokesman for Ohioans for Medical Marijuana. “These mandates, coupled with the legislature’s insistence that home grow be prohibited — and the Senate’s elimination of a medical marijuana discount program for veterans and low-income Ohioans — cements this bill as a deeply-flawed

More than 100 unlicensed marijuana dispensaries have sprung up in Toronto, most in the past six months, since the election of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who won on a legalization platform among other progressive issues.

Only a few dozen medicinal Cannabis producers have a license from the Canadian federal government to sell marijuana; all other outlets are considered illegal, reports Jacob Templin at Quartz.

A few medical marijuana dispensaries have existed for years in Toronto, catering to a small clientele, requiring doctor’s prescriptions and operating out of undisclosed locations. The new breed of dispensaries, however, tend to have

measure helping very few patients.”Also changed on May 18 in the

Senate’s new version was language specifying that a patient’s pain must be “chronic, severe and intractable” to qualify under a general pain provision. “In essentially making the pain threshold intractable, lawmakers are cutting off access to thousands of Ohioans who have severe, debilitating, but not intractable, pain,” Marshall said.

While the Senate’s bill added a pair of qualifying conditions, it still does not include autism, Huntington’s disease, muscular dystrophy, muscle spasms, wasting syndrome and severe nausea, which are all qualifying conditions under the statewide ballot issue proposed by Ohioans for Medical Marijuana.


rehashed by wes abney | event photos by Daniel berman MAY 14-15 | DENA’INA CENTER, ANCHORAGE | NWCANNABISCLASSIC.COM

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Megan Turner won a Banana Split plantgiven away by South Side Garden Supply.

The firstday of theevent broughta good crowd.

NWCC OrganizersCory & Kendra Wraywatch the awards.

Winners line-up

Samantha Oliver andSeth Pagel gave live

Cannacooking demos.

THE BEST TAKEAWAY IS THAT THE INDUSTRY AND

THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE IT UP ARE EXCITED AND

READY TO PUT THE SYSTEM INTO ACTION.

he second annual Northwest Cannabis Classic brought the emerging Canna-bis industry to the downtown core of Anchorage at the Dena’ina Center in a

fun and professional setting.Combining elements of a Cannabis Cup-style

competition and a business trade show, the in-dustry’s best came out for a weekend of friendly competition and education. The event featured dozens of booths ranging from up and coming farms to testing facilities, lighting companies, nutrients and more. Although consumption and sampling wasn’t allowed due to municipal build-ing policy, booths were able to display and show off their products, which kept at-tendees interested as they walked the expo floor.

One of the best parts of the show was the variety of educational sem-inars, ranging from cooking with Cannabis to legal topics and li-censing issues. For those looking to learn about the industry, the show was a solid success.

The dozens of entries ensured a healthy com-petition and the attitude amongst entrants was one of happiness and support. The award show featured some tears, some laughs and a lot of clapping and encouragement from the crowd.

While no event is ever perfect, and the lack of consumption was a setback for some, the overall impact of the Cannabis Classic was extremely positive, and the best takeaway is that the indus-try and the people that make it up are excited and ready to put the system into action.

For extra photos from the weekend, check out this story at akleaf.com >> Rehashed section.


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Q&AAndrew BakerPiece of Mind Alaska General Manager & Buyer


FEATURE INTERVIEW PG. 18

By WES ABNEY | PHOTOS by DANIEL BERMAN


FEATURE By WES ABNEY | PHOTOS by DANIEL BERMAN

what made you want to start the business?My focus was providing quality American glass to Alaska. There was a huge deficit before we came up here. We just hoped to show people that there was more to glass than the cheap Chinese stuff they were buying at the corner mart, and that glass isn’t supposed to fall apart or break because it’s cheap.

We really wanted to provide a service to the community. There's always been a want and need for quality glass. Also, we don't carry kratom or spice or anything that would be a detriment locally.

Without community, we wouldn't be where we are today. Because of this great support, we are able to be as nice as we are and carry the glass we do, and we truly appreciate the support and the love Anchorage has shown us since we opened up two years ago.

what approach do you take with helping a customer choose A PIECE TO BUY?I've always told people I will pull out every single piece in the cases until you find something you like. We don’t want people settling. People buy a piece and it becomes their best friend for all the

years they have it in their possession. When you bring your baby to someone’s house, you want it to work well and you want to be able to show it off and have people see and enjoy it! In a lot of glass stores, a customer goes in the store and the shop just sees them as a dollar sign. We don't see people as dollar signs; we see them as family. So we're not trying to sell something they won’t be happy with, which goes back to finding the right piece for them, not trying to get them to spend extra money.

How do you decide what to STOCK in the shop? We carry everything from the classic multi-com-partment metal pipes to $10 glass pipes on up to $4,500 heady rigs. I go out of my way to sell the widest range of products possible so that anyone who walks in can find a piece that will work exact-ly for them. We are extremely picky, with focus not just on quality function but aesthetics as well.

We also have a good range of glass artists, from starving individual artists to big names like Toro, Hitman or Sovereignty. We are also very quick to drop a product from our store if we get customer complaints — I refuse to sell a subpar product.

What is your favorite part of the job?Being able to personally pick out a particular piece and sell it to someone and see it become their daily driver that they love and adore and share with friends. It is absolutely an amazing feeling because every day I am listening to cus-tomers and hearing what they want. It’s awesome to be able to do that and bring those products in and help even more people.

what do you make of this new industry?The future is exciting! With how rapidly the industry is evolving and how socially acceptable it’s becoming, things change constantly. We are seeing old-time smokers coming out and buying a pipe and being so excited that it doesn’t have a stigma, seeing how the industry has changed since they were younger. I love watching their reactions to the art, that is really rewarding. It blows their minds that artists create these pieces with such intricacy and detail while still being functional. We hope to expand and make this ac-cessible to people in every region of the area and help everyone find the piece that they want.

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‘‘PEOPLE BUY A PIECE AND IT BECOMES

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THEY HAVE IT IN THEIR POSSESSION.


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Greedy invited us into his home in the Mat-Su Valley where he has perfected his growing tech-niques under the recreational personal limits and is hoping to transition to a licensed grow this fall. His amazing flower, The Bob, won best in show at this year’s NW Cannabis Classic. Yet The Bob is under threat. Setbacks with the Valley vote and continuing regulatory changes make the future for him, and many growers like him, uncertain. We asked him a few questions about his strains, his techniques and what he hopes the future holds for Cannabis in the Valley.BLUE DREAM OG

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The strain is named after a close friend

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THE BOB AK Legends Garden

Signature Strain

Thick, pillowy buds with flowing hair-like outer leaves make this strain a 10 in the bag appeal department. Covered in trichomes from stem to tip, each bud is like a THC-coated treat for tastebuds and mind. Snapping a nug releases warm and tingly smells of spiced mandarin oranges with a sweet and earthy smoke that is exceptionally clean. The effects are quick to hit, with a happy head high that puts the mind in the moment, while relieving pain and anxiety.

Bob was the kind of friend who was always down to do anything, always had a smile, and was always having fun. He was also an incredible grower, and taught me a lot of what I know today.

What is now called The Bob was his personal devel-oped strain, and our friends have had the cut for 20 years. It is my litmus test to compare all other strains to. The Bob grows eight weeks, start to finish, can yield two plus pounds per light, it completely resin tacos out, and it’s easy to grow and so across-the-board.

It checks all the boxes: flavor, yield, potency and looks. It really has it all. Even all these years later, it’s amazing to me now that other people are being exposed to it, and amazed now like I was in the day.

It’s a perfect legacy for a friend that touched a lot of lives, and now that energy lives on through the strain.



What is your favorite part of growing Cannabis, and have you always had a green thumb?Probably growing new strains. Seeing the genetic po-tential of new stuff and the possibility of what those strains might be able to do, to find a stud to cross with my old school AK strains are great.

Plus, I love spending time in the garden; I'm a farmer. Even my grandma grew weed, and her name was literally Granny Green. I have a great photo of her standing next to a huge plant. The green thumb and the passion for gardening runs in the family.

What has life been like for you since legalization?Having the opportunity to grow the six legal plants has given all of us a chance to avoid the underground grows and the PTSD that goes along with them.

I don't think most people realize what good grow-ers go through to produce good flower. There’s a lot of sleepless nights, fore-going a lot of relationships, having to pick and choose who comes over. It's a lonely lifestyle. I’m looking forward to and hoping for the opportunity to become a full licensed recreational grower, although nothing is certain at this point.

How do you feel about the law and latest veto?AK law has been eye-opening. It’s my first time to ever deal with politicians and politics. Seeing how it's so easy for them to manipulate the system is really frustrating. We planned to move away from the Valley after the first moratorium, then we thought we were going to get a shot with the mayor vetoing the mora-torium, and now everything is up in the air. The only

way to recoup an investment is to get a crop off be-fore the vote in October, and now that isn’t possible. Our landlord still wants us, and has offered us free rent until the vote, but it doesn’t guarantee it.

Is the state and Valley respecting the vote?We passed an initiative to tax and regulate Cannabis like alcohol, but they aren't taxing or regulating like alcohol. I can go into any liquor store in the state and if I have capital, buy every bottle in the state. The double-standard of having to keep pot in a bag and in the trunk, and all the other laws that don’t apply to alcohol are ridiculous.

They want to treat Cannabis like alcohol when it suits their purpose, but the laws have not at all reflected the spirit of the bill. Imagine if you had a bar and the state told you, “we’re going to tax you

super heavily and then limit you to two beers per person.” That's not a feasible business model. But they are doing it with Can-nabis and expecting different results.

How disconnected are politicians on these types

of Cannabis business issues? What can we do?Every politician has the same response. “Well, if it's the will of the people I will enforce it, but …” and it's a big, contentious but … “I didn't vote for it.” We have no one backing us politically; no one is jumping onboard. Our industry needs to start lobbying, getting involved politically, and ultimately grow up. That’s how the oil companies get their way, and we need to do the same.

Continued from pg. 23 AK Legend Gardens Grown by “Greedy“

IF WE DON’T ALL GET TOGETHER AND STAND UP FOR A “YES” VOTE AND MAKE SAFE, LEGAL CANNABIS AVAILABLE, THEY WILL TAKE IT FROM US AND IT WILL BE OUR OWN FAULT.

What is your hope for the Valley this October?My hope is really that the Valley stands up this fall. We did not have a lot of people come out for the first vote, and some people are afraid to be out in view. But if they don't get out, the Reli-gious Right and fear-based folks will change and influence our laws. They're the type of people that make campaign contributions.

If we don't all get together and stand up for a “yes” vote and make safe, legal Cannabis available, they will take it from us and it will be our own fault. I have a lot of hope. Fingers crossed, but not holding my breath. That's my mantra now. And I really think that is kinda the mantra for the whole industry in Alaska right now.

What if the moratorium holds up in October?We would probably have to give up and head to Oregon. I’m an Alaskan and it hurts me to say that, but if there is no opportunity here or it’s sitting years out, I will have to move on.

What will your business model look like if you get the chance to go recreational?My business model is to try and stay small and be like the craft brewing market, a microgrower. I want to do most of it myself and stay hands-on and focus on quality over quantity and try to bring Alaska the highest-grade medical and recreational Cannabis available.

I really love growing weed, and I never want it to feel like it's a job. I want to keep hands-on and do enough work myself that it's not corporate pot, it’s for stoners by stoners.

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1. Place the avocados on your work surface. Sprinkle the lemon juice across avocado halves.

2. Divide the oils between the two avocados and top with the fresh cilantro leaves and shredded pepper.

3. Sprinkle with the salt and serve with a lemon wedge.

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PANZANELLA1. In a large skillet, heat the oils. Add the bacon and cook until the bacon is done, but not too crisp. Remove from oil and set aside. Add the potato slices and cook until tender and golden brown, turning once or twice. Add a bit more oil if necessary. Add cooked potatoes to the reserved bacon. What a duo.2. Add bread cubes to the pan and cook until golden brown, stirring occasionally. When almost done, add the garlic and cook an additional minute or two. Allow to cool.

3. In a large serving bowl, toss the avocado with the lemon juice. Add the tomato, cucumber, red onion and capers, tossing well. Add the bacon and potatoes and the salt and pepper.4. Drizzle with olive oil and some balsamic vinegar. Toss and serve at room temperature.

This Italian bread salad best showcases what’s available now in markets and perhaps your back yard. And in your weed stash. It is preferably eaten close to when the bread meets the other ingredients. You can prepare in advance and save the mixing for serving time.

Serves 4 (side dish) *AVOCADO SOUP1. In a blender, combine the avocado, canna butter, lemon juice, stock, cilantro and the ½ cup crème fraîche. Purée until smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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2 ripe avocados, peeled, seeded & cut in chunks4 teaspoons canna-butter, melted2 tablespoons lemon juice1 cup chicken stock2-3 sprigs of fresh cilantro½ cup crème fraîche or full-fat Greek yogurt½ cup bay shrimp4-6 tablespoons crème fraîche for garnishZest of 1 lemon, long shreds and gratedSalt and pepper to taste

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Jesse Ventura is an outspoken man, which is what made him so appealing as both a wrestler and commentator in the former WWF (now WWE). But that outspokenness didn’t just come from wres-tling. Ventura is a Navy veteran, who served on the Navy’s underwater demolition team during the Vietnam War. He has also had a successful act-ing career beginning in the late ‘80s with the films “Predator,” and “The Running Man.” He was even a bodyguard in the 1970s for The Rolling Stones. Currently, he’s a pioneer of off-the-grid living, re-siding in a solar-powered location on the Baja Pen-insula in Mexico.

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In our burgeoning, amazing age of Cannabis legalization in America, it’s 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 amazing Cannabis pioneer from history that helped pave the way for Cannabis’ greater acceptance.

JESSE VENTURAble four-year term as governor of Minnesota, his home state. He won office as a third-party candidate (Reform Party) and helped change the state’s tax structure, cre-ate better public transportation infrastructure and made cuts to individual income tax brackets. After he decided not to run for re-election in 2003, he became a visiting fellow at Harvard.

Ventura, AKA “The Body,” has always been someone who spoke his mind, and railed against ideas and poli-cies he’s found to be unfair or unjust.

Of course, it’s Ventura’s stance on Cannabis that we care about in this col-umn, and as you can imagine, it’s a pos-itive one. His latest book, “Jesse Ventura’s Marijuana Manifesto,” was released this Fall and is worth a read.

“Marijuana Manifesto” lays out Ventu-ra’s reasonable philosophy on Cannabis

and why he’s always been in favor of legalization. “Every month and every year that goes by, we find

out more positive things about marijuana,” he wrote. “The list is getting longer and longer and longer to the point where I’m starting to question why did they keep all this information from us. Why was marijuana demonized all those years when obviously this plant has a great deal of positive for not only medical … how did we go down this road to ruin about mari-

juana?” Ventura’s skepticism is rooted in the realities of a profit-driven world.

“Marijuana is money and that means bad for the pharmaceutical industry. Marijuana means bad for the energy people because it’s an alternative en-ergy. At what point are we going to take the blinders off and do what’s right for humanity and legalize this stuff?”

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DAVID BIENENSTOCK

WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE FORMER HIGH TIMES EDITOR AND VICELAND CONTRIBUTOR ON THE SEATTLE STOP OF HIS U.S. BOOK TOUR. BIENENSTOCK’S FUN NEW BOOK TAKES ON MODERN CANNABIS CULTURE AND AMERICA’S EVOLVING VIEWS, CAREFULLY INCLUDING THE AUTHOR’S OWN STORIES... LIKE HOW DANNY DANKO TAUGHT HIM THE FINE ART OF ROLLING A JOINT — LET’S JUST SAY NOT PERSONALLY.


PROFILE By WES ABNEY | PHOTO by DANIEL BERMAN Continued from pg. 40

you probably get this a lot, but how was your first experience smoking pot?

Actually, I tell the story in the book, but let's say I was a teenager, and it was behind a bowling alley with an apple pipe. As I say in the book, that was the first time I really got high, and it was one of the most profound experiences of my life. To an outside observer, it was just a couple people laughing behind a bowling alley, but to me, what was profound was that I was laughing at myself, which was an experience I sorely needed.

I had an epiphany. I was a per-son who looked at corruption in the world and felt angry about it and dis-affected and powerless to change it, and I wasn't always comfortable in my own skin. Not that it all changed that night, but the plant gave me a new perspective.

And by following up on that, and taking it seriously, having the release of the laugh set me on a new path in life to be able to laugh at myself and not take myself so seriously.

So Cannabis was a gateway of a different type for you?

People say the “Cannabis as the gateway to hard drugs” theory has been totally debunked, but to me, Cannabis was a gateway to a serious interest in so-cial justice, and it became one of the first things in my life that I seriously researched.

I might be dating myself here, but before the In-ternet, you had to really seek it out. A lot of the in-formation [on Cannabis] was really disinformation and propaganda, and now research is a major part of my job and something I enjoy, and the more I learned about Cannabis, the more I found it fasci-nating. It led me to question things and has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

What is your favorite part about Cannabis?

It opened me up to, and I love, humor, and the cre-ativity that comes with Cannabis. Using Cannabis doesn't just make you feel more creative; it does make you more creative and enjoy the moment. As much as we've learned about medical Canna-bis, which is just astounding, the next frontier is how much we are going to learn about Cannabis and creativity, and see that we are just at the start of understanding the potential.

It's something that the creative community has always known. Just think of all the songs that are odes to marijuana and listen to people talk about it going all the way back in history.

It's something that I think science is going to catch up to the same way patients were talking about medicinal benefits long before the scientific in-stitution and the establishment were taking it seriously.

Do you use Cannabis medicinally OR RECREATIONALLY?

I have a sort of all-of-the-above approach. I think it's a pleasure. It's most certainly a medicine for me. A creative tool. A spiritual tool. I feel it helps that as well. Somebody once asked me in an interview, “what do you think you'd be doing with your life if you never smoked pot,” and the implication was that I’d have been a professor at Harvard or a rocket scientist, and I said, “I'd probably be an asshole.” Weed is not a cure for being an asshole, but it is a first-line treatment, a wonderful use for that.

For me, it enhances things I enjoy like ice cream or music or hanging at a beach or sharing time with loved ones: all of above. Learning and having clear intentions about why you are using Cannabis and understanding all the ways it can help people will help you get the most out of it — and it is a big part of smoking pot properly. Knowing how and why you smoke is critical. Allow those intentions to guide the experience you want.

CANNABIS WAS A GATEWAY TO A SERIOUS INTEREST IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AND IT BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I SERIOUSLY RESEARCHED.

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MAY 18, THIRD PLACE BOOKS BOTHELL, WA At a reading, he revealed that he learned to roll joints after years at High Times, not from Senior Editor Danny Danko personally, but from watching Danko’s prolific how-to videos repeatedly on Youtube. “Anyone actually holding right now?” he asked the crowd. A woman passed up to him a recreational pre-roll joint. He then encouraged everyone to join him in “standing up and lighting up!” before glancing at an employee shrugging his shoulders nearby. He strongly suggested that anyone caring about the movement could meet him after the reading in the parking lot.


How do you feel about the War on Drugs and the social issues that have sprung up around Cannabis?

I think that on the macro level, if you understand what a wonderful plant this is, and you understand this whole system of oppression built around CB and users, then that's just got to lead you to ques-tion everything about who holds power, how it's applied to our lives, and the illegitimacy of that sys-tem and the lies it takes to prop that up.

The establishment has gone with a terribly op-pressive system, including not just the government but the medical system saying the plant has no medical value. And the media that has until very recently basically been a propaganda arm of war on marijuana, and has been used to justify everything from mass incarceration to stop-and-frisk and right down the line.

For me, once you feel that in your own life, wheth-er the feeling of looking over your shoulder all the time, or having yourself or someone close arrested, you should never forget that, and it’s inherent on us as a community that has been targeted to feel close to every other community that has been targeted or marginalized. It's inherent on us to fight for our own liberty and fight as part of a larger struggle

These tones come up in the book, which is both positive about the future but concerned for the culture of the

plant. How do you feel about the shifting culture?

Part of this book is about how wonderful and amaz-ing it is that we are entering a post-prohibition era.

But we need to understand that we can forgive, and the plant can teach us to forgive, but we can never forget, and it can happen again and still hap-pens to other groups under other guises for all the same reasons. That's a real value of the underground culture in this community, and we need to make sure it stays part of Cannabis culture.

The industry needs to bring the set values and culture with us along with the plant as we move into the wider culture. We don't need Wall Street values to move in and corrupt our plant. The biggest thing is to end the arrests. That is the most import-ant goal. But along with that, if we do allow Canna-bis to be viewed as just another consumer product, we will lose what made our culture special.

Have things changed a lot since your time at High Times and throughout your experiences as a smoker, and

what has impacted you the most?

I like to say I started with “will you please get in

the trunk of the car and go to my part farm” era and now I'm in the “getting cards from hedge fund douchebags” era. I leave it to peo-ple to decide which is a more fun way to spend an afternoon.

You're dealing with a communi-ty that was so demonized and ille-gal, but all the people I met were wonderful and welcoming into homes and sharing meals and sto-ries, just wonderful kind-hearted people. It showed how arbitrary and punitive this whole system is.

if you had to pick, what has been the Biggest highlight of your career?

I would say that working at High Times was the best professional experience of my life. I met lifelong friends, [and it was] where I met my wife. At the time, it was really with a few exceptions one of the few places in media with any real reach that was telling truth about Cannabis.

Now, what's wonderful to me is how many other media outlets are there for people, and I think that hopefully High Times — by holding down that for so long — has been an inspiration to others. It's fantastic to me.

I understand since leaving High Times, you’ve published the book and started writing for VICE and co-producing a show called “Bong Appetit?”

VICE has been a wonderful experience. I’m very proud of not just the work I've done there, but the breadth of reporting VICE does on CB and the quality and perspective that the reporters and vid-eo teams there have. I'm just really proud to be a part of that, and especially for an outlet not Cannabis-specific to report so much and well on the issue is great, and brings info to a lot more people.

What is your favorite part of filming the show?

It's super fun. The first episode was sorta lightning in a bottle. I think food is a great way to bring peo-ple into a new culture that is inclusive and enticing and puts people at ease.

Food functions that way for every culture, and Cannabis culture is the same way. Almost every episode ends with people sharing a meal and Can-

nabis and when people see that, even if they don't want to be a part of the culture, they will understand it and not be afraid, and the essence is to share some food, laughs and to be welcom-ing to people.

How is life on a Summer book tour? What has been the most fun part?

I did about 10 cities, and the best part of it is meeting people, hearing stories, sharing a laugh.

I don't think [it would] shock anybody to say that almost ev-ery event ends in a parking lot or alley with a more informal Q-and-A.

It's just fun and I feel the love of that community, and it's very, very gratifying. And again, it's just an honor to have people leave their homes and come to a place and hear what I have to say.

What is your favorite part of being in this industry?

The best part of this job is sharing stories and meet-ing people. If I had been a baker or a candle mak-er, I would have smoked every day anyways, so pot wasn’t the best part, it was people that I met. And when you cover something underground, it’s an honor to have people trust you and have people share stories. A lot of the book is sharing stories of people I’ve met and told me, and it really is an hon-or and a privilege to help give voice to others who were so marginalized in society, and to see things come around to this new place where we are ac-cepted is pretty emotional. It’s felt like being a part of something historic. It’s been my life’s journey.

What are your hopes for the future of cannabis culture and the plant?

I want us to bring the values of underground cul-ture with us as we take a place in society that we deserve, and create a kind of economy around Can-nabis that will rep values of plant and people in the culture, and that is going to help us save capitalism from itself by pivoting to something that works for everybody but not just a few.

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o longer demonized as “the Devil’s lettuce” and blamed for all sorts of deviant behavior — well, excluding ex-treme whackjobs — Cannabis is enjoying a well-de-served renaissance. With mainstream society finally willing to reconsider weed’s place in polite company and almost a dozen states considering legalization

in 2016, Vice columnist and former High Times editor David Bienenstock charts one possible way forward in “How To Smoke Pot (Properly).”

With stops along the way for “pro tops” from his friends in high places, including Cannabis celebrities and thought leaders, Bienenstock covers ev-erything from blazing basics to how marijuana makes humans more creative and collaborative, nurtures empathy, catalyzes epiphanies, enhances the plea-sures of life, promotes meaningful social bonds, facilitates cross-culturing understanding and offers a far safer alter-native to both alcohol and pharmaceuticals.

All that, plus answers to “burning” questions ranging from “how can I land a legal pot job?” to “should I eat a weed cookie before boarding the plane?”

While the book explores many topics of interest to just about every dedicated stoner, one of the most significant portions of the tome deals with the Cannabis subculture as an oppressed minority. Bienenstock effectively makes the case that our segment of society has been given a very raw deal.

“Like all oppressed minority groups, marijuana users have faced scapegoating, scare tactics and false stereotypes meant to demonize and demean us,” he writes. “So now that the squares and the establishment at long last seem ready to rethink Cannabis culture’s place in polite society, how can we repre-sent ourselves proudly and properly in the wider world — without forgetting our roots, or losing our cool?”

Bienenstock rightly calls out clueless marketers who want to advertise to this demographic, yet make ignorant statements like ad executive Olivia Mannix’s recent pronouncement that “we’re weeding out the stoners. We want to show

the world that normal, professional, successful people consume Cannabis.”“Which means she must see frequent pot smokers as abnormal, unprofes-

sional failures,” Bienestock writes. “Or, more charitably, she believes the world sees ‘stoners’ that way after a century of government propaganda, and that image is getting in the way of her clients making money.

“Instead of telling people that they’ve been all wrong about who smokes weed (which is true, of course), I think we need to focus on the far more sig-

nificant fact that they’ve been all wrong about weed itself. Way wrong! Unbelievably, catastrophically wrong!”

The “Cannabis and Creativity” chapter brings Bienen-stock’s point to full fruition, where he asserts that marijua-na is not a cultural deficit, but a definite, emphatic cultur-al asset. “So you don’t just feel more creative when you’re stoned,” he writes. “You are more creative, provided you utilize your high.”

In the concluding chapter, “Keep Pot Weird,” the author makes a much-needed, much-appreciated clarion call for the Cannabis culture to stay true to its roots. For now, as he rightly points out, those of us firmly in the weed culture still share the status of a persecuted minority, but we are rapidly being “mainstreamed,” albeit mostly in the name of corporate profits.

Will the culture of this plant maintain its independence from typical commercialization and a corporate, big-money takeover? Don’t bet on it. This culture’s roots extend to the very beginnings of human civiliza-tion, and will continue as long as there are human beings.

Buy this book. Read it. Take it to heart.

(PROPERLY)

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marijuana makes humans more creative and

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It’s becoming more and more difficult to get the kids away from screen technology devices. Advancements in technology have made social media interractions, playing video games or watching on demand movies much more appealing and convenient than going outside or playing a board game with friends.

Experts differ in their definition of screen addiction. Screen addictions, particularly video game addictions, are seen more often in boys than girls. Multiple studies link screen overuse with negative health effects rang-ing from impaired social skills, eye strain, impaired sleep, metabolic syndrome and worse. How much time do you spend in front of a screen anyway? It’s more than you may think, and the reper-cussions may make you rethink your screen time, especially for the kids.

All kinds of screen-based devices — tablets, iPods, laptops, mobile phones — are common in our everyday lives. There’s de-bate about how much screen time is too much screen time, specifi-cally for children, but also for adults.

For decades, the American Academy of Pediatrics has warned that chil-dren need to cut back on their screen time. The group now recommends that entertainment screen time should be limited to two hours a day for children ages 3-18, and 2-year-olds and younger should have none at all.

The Kaiser Family Foundation found that 8- to 18-year-olds log an aver-age of seven and a half hours a day with media, including television, com-puters, cell phones and music players. When you take into account that they spend much of this time media multitasking, the total daily exposure to electronic media rises to an almost unbelievable 10 hours per day.

They send texts too. Eighty percent of all 15- to 18-year-olds own a cell-phone and their texting has skyrocketed 600 percent over the past several years. The average teen sends 3,000 text messages a month, and 42 percent of teens say they can text blindfolded. Not shocked? Then consider how much less time these youths are spending in more meaningful interpersonal interactions. When it comes to screen time, the only thing that seems con-clusive is that there’s such a thing as too much and that it may be different

for everyone and depend on the circumstances.Today, the most popular service offered by libraries is Internet access. Ninety-nine percent of public libraries in the U.S. provide computers that connect to the Internet, and more than three quarters offer Wi-Fi networks so patrons using personal laptops can surf the web. The prevailing sound in the modern library is the tapping of keys, not the whisper of turning pages. Mentally,

gadgets plus perpetual connectivity equal information overload. According to research performed at the University of California,

San Diego, the average person today consumes nearly three times as much information as the average person did in 1960.

Like the public library, our minds are being overhauled by screens, and more specifically, the perpetually connected, superficial world they open to us. Mentally, moments of peace and solitude are few and far between. Our minds are devoid of quiet space. There’s nowhere to flee that is free of noise and distraction. In many cases, this screen-induced overhaul of the mind is changing the way our brains work, the way we absorb and digest infor-mation, the quality of our thinking and ultimately, the nature of our lives. Screen addiction is literally rewiring our brains. SH

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Dr. Scott D. Rose has written about Cannabis and health for years in the pages of Northwest Leaf and Oregon Leaf. He is an acupuncturist with a pain resolution clinic in the Crown Hill area of Seattle.

Screen time is creating subtle damage in children with “normal” ex-posure, considering that the average child clocks in more than seven hours a day. Sensory overload, lack of restorative sleep and a hyper-nervous system — regardless of diagnosis — is often called Electronic Screen Syndrome or screen addiction. These children are impulsive, moody and can’t pay attention. Research suggests that screen time can have lots of negative effects on kids, ranging from childhood obesity and irregular sleep patterns to social and/or behavioral issues.

It’s a good idea to stop using electronics in the evening so the brain can wind down for bed. Many, especially teens, say they need their phone in the bedroom because it’s their alarm clock. Get an old-fashioned alarm clock! At least turning over those mobile devices each evening really can help kids get a better night’s sleep. In February 2015, The Journal of Pediatrics published a study of 2,048 fourth- and seventh-graders that shows sleeping with a small screen decreased sleep time by 20 minutes, usually because of delayed bed-times. The association between small screens and reduced sleep increases with age. In its conclusion, the study’s findings “caution against unrestricted screen access in children’s bedrooms.”

Kids are spending more time than ever in front of screens, and it may be in-hibiting their ability to recognize emotions, according to new research out of the University of California, Los Angeles. The study found that sixth-graders who went five days without exposure to technology were significantly bet-ter at reading human emotions than kids who had regular access to phones, televisions and computers. We may be creating a whole new generation of people who may not be as able to process emotions as previous genera-tions once did.

Multiple studies have shown atrophy, or shrinkage of tissue volume in the gray matter areas of the brain where processing occurs. This was found in studies on Internet/gaming addic-tion. Much of the damage occurs in the brain’s frontal lobe, which undergoes massive changes from puberty until the mid-20s. Frontal lobe development largely determines success in every area of life, from sense of well-being to academic or career success to relationship skills. Volume loss was also seen in the striatum, which is in-volved in reward pathways and the suppression of socially unacceptable impulses. A finding of particular concern involved our capacity to de-velop empathy and compassion for others and our ability to integrate physical signals with emotion. Aside from the obvious link to violent behavior, these skills dictate the depth and quality of personal relationships.

The Pew Research Center reported that 97 percent of youths ages 12 to 17 played some type of video game and that two-thirds of them played action and adventure games that tend to contain violent content. Other research suggests that boys are more likely to use violent video games, and play them more frequently than girls. A separate analysis found that more than half of all video games rated by the ESRB contained violence, including more than 90 percent of those rated as appropriate for children 10 years or older. There’s a lot of fun that can be had playing outside that can’t be had while sitting in front of a screen; there are so many more interesting things to do. It’s also use-ful to give children a chance to get bored so they can be creative on their own.

Aside from the brain restructuring issues, screen time is also recognized

as causing other problems, including eye strain, metabolic syndrome and an early death. Computer Vision Syndrome is caused by staring at a screen for uninterrupted periods of time and can cause dry eyes, headaches, eye strain, fatigue, redness of the eyes and neck pain. Any screen can cause this ailment.

Metabolic syndrome combines diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure and is linked to an abnormally sedentary lifestyle. One study found a pretty strong link between screen time and metabolic syndrome, even if the kids also did a bunch of physical activity after the fact — so the effects of sitting still for hours can’t be undone with a single bout of exercise.

The same is true for the overall increased risk of mortality, or death. A 2011 study of 4,500 adults showed that a high degree of screen time raised one’s likelihood of death by up to 52 percent, while being a good exerciser only lowered that by about four percent. So it’s not just the sedentary lifestyle, it’s something about screen viewing itself that causes our bodies to work less well.

In the year 2000, there were roughly 500 million cell phones in the world. Today there are almost as many cell phone subscriptions (6.8 billion) as there are people on this earth (seven billion) — and it took a little more than 20 years for that to happen from basically zero.

So what can be done about it? Lots! Take back your social life by having regular family dinners, interpersonal contact and relations with no screens al-lowed. Special no-screen hours can be set for yourself and your family, and you can make an effort to spend less time on the Internet and more time out in

the world. Plan physical activities you can do with others such as hiking, biking or a walk and talk with a friend.

There’s a lot of fun that can be had play-ing outdoors that can’t be had while sitting in front of a screen. Increasing awareness of just how much time kids and adults spend in front of electronic screens, and what the adverse effects of doing so are, is of para-mount importance. Where several decades ago, television was the only tech distraction, kids now have smartphones, tablets and laptops — not to mention gaming. Parents may want their children to be tech-savvy, but they also want what is best for their child and should be informed of the current research findings and the inherent risks of electronic babysitters.

Many argue that the content they allow their children to view is educational, yet re-

search suggests that less than half the time kids between the ages of 2 and 10 spend in front of screens is spent consuming “educational” material. It is likely that the reality will be not to get rid of the technology but to lower the dose and set limits. Once again, excessive screen time appears to impair brain struc-ture and function. Use the research to strengthen your own parental position on screen management and to convince others to do the same.

This screen-induced overhaul of the mind is changing the way our brains work, the way we absorb and digest information, the quality of our thinking and ultimately, the nature of our lives. Screen addiction is literally rewiring our brains.


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From a high-altitude view, organic cultivation refers to the inputs the gardener uses to supply the plant with the nutrients needed to thrive. It’s somewhat of a fallacy to state that organic gardening is concerned with what types of food sources are provided to the plant because a farmer using organic gardening methods never ever feeds the plant; although the result of the practice is that the plant receives all the nutrients needed to thrive in ideal proportions and at the ideal time. But the specifics of how organic farming works is not what makes it a popular requisite for serious gardeners and consumers alike.

As a gardener who enjoys publishing my personal deep water culture grows where very little organic farming methods are employed, many are surprised to learn I consistently recommend — especially to newer growers — the use of soil and organic farming methods with good cause and consideration.

Organic farming concerns itself with providing the right conditions and composition of soil so that a healthy and robust population of microorgan-isms may thrive in the medium the plant lives in.

These microorganisms are responsible, in concert with the plant itself, for creating an ample supply of readily available nutrients in precisely the correct ratios exactly when the plant needs them. As a somewhat accomplished water farmer who attempts to circumvent this system by controlling the feeding

directly, let me tell you, we humans are a laughable if not insulting comparison to the performance of these organisms.

Trying to emulate the perfection that Mother Nature provides us with on a moment-to-moment basis is an exercise in futility. Combining the miracle of photosynthesis, a plant’s ability to con-

vert the sun’s energy directly into sugars with the soil food web, the ecosystem responsible for supplying the plant with the adequate

nutrients needed to thrive with only a priority to preserve the balance is nothing short of miraculous.

Our curiosity and inquiry has allowed us to understand certain parts of this process so that we can participate in the system ourselves. For our pur-poses, let’s cover some generous basics about how the soil food web and organic farming methods work.

Think of everything that goes on below the dirt in the container as one complete living organism that we can readily see only a small portion of. One of the byproducts this system can produce when properly balanced happens to be a Cannabis plant. The plant’s roots work in harmony with the microorganisms in the soil to feed the plant by many different reactions that take place in the area immediately next to the root’s surface, known as the rhizosphere. Here, the plant receives readily available nutrients

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Like a feather in the cap of noteworthy attributes, “organically grown” has become the go-to qualification that farmers, budtenders and Cannabis

connoisseurs are just itching to use. But what does it actually mean? What practical benefits can the end consumers expect?

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supplied primarily by bacteria decomposing organic compounds that are amended by the gardener into the soil. The plant is largely able to influence and even grow the types of bacteria and fungi it needs in order to provide adequate amounts of nutrients in precise ratios by secreting chemicals into the rhizosphere known as exudates. Specific exudates act as a food source and attract specific microorganisms, namely those responsible for providing the needed nutrients.

The symbiosis of all these microorganisms, chem-ical compounds and the physical substance they exist in is the complete organism living inside a plant container. The gardener’s goal is simply to provide enough organ-ic compounds and moisture for the soil organism to consume (a practice often incorrectly referred to as “feeding your plants”) and possibly some amendments that (re)introduce new populations of microorganisms and/or supply stimu-lants to these organisms.

Feeding raw organic compounds that the plant, on its own, can do absolutely nothing with along with stimulating and feeding only the microorgan-isms is primarily how the gardener helps to keep the soil organism healthy and in balance. Healthy bal-anced soil results in a thriving, healthy, productive Cannabis plant. The more healthy, robust and thriv-ing a soil organism you help to create, the better the resulting Cannabis plant it produces will be.

The benefits of this system are largely responsible for the popularity and demand for organic farming practices and a solid framework for why so many

gardeners wouldn’t consider anything else. One of the primary features of a properly balanced environ-ment for microorganisms is that no chemical fertiliz-ers (plant foods) are provided in the medium, as they are highly toxic to most of the micro-herd. Even if a large amount of raw organic compounds are amended in the soil, unlike an oversupply of chemical fertilizers, the microorganisms will not suddenly start overfeeding the plant.

This means as long as the gardener pro-vides raw organic elements inside the wide

range of acceptable amounts, the plant will not become overloaded with available nutrient compounds that adversely affect plant health, taste and po-tency of the final bloom. In this way, the gardener and the end consumer walk hand in hand.

True organic gardening methods also restrict the use of chemical pesticides,

which adversely affect healthy beneficial microor-ganisms. Evidenced by much of the recent press and discovery of many, if not most commercial Cannabis farmers claiming, (or, let’s just call it what it is: lying about their gardening practices and purporting or-ganically produced Cannabis) many farmers use the word “organic” as a punch line to sucker people into purchasing their Cannabis.

Informed consumers know that true organic prac-tices don’t allow the use of harmful pesticides, which is why many consumers choose Cannabis advertised to be grown organically. But there is no standard definition of what constitutes organic growing.

Neither the USDA nor any other organiza-tion that uses biology and ecology as its ba-sis for understanding has created a standard widely available for consumers to rely on.

Nonetheless, many people choose Cannabis labeled organic to prevent their consumption of harmful pesticides and other potentially toxic chemical compounds.

Nature’s perfection knows no bounds and is infinitely forgiving. The soil organism largely controls, buffers and adjusts the inputs sup-plied by the gardener to ensure an ideal en-vironment. Literally hundreds of billions of organisms are working all the time with no

sleep in flawless harmony with one another to ensure that balance is protected at all costs.

This system is reliable, stable and time-tested. It’s exceeding-ly difficult to make catastrophic errors using this method. That is by no means meant to undermine

the enticing challenge of achieving high-er-echelon results. Most people using organ-ic gardening methods have a tighter range of higher-quality end product regardless of their experience level, while much non-organically grown Cannabis is really, really of poor quality.

The next time you consider the best type of feeding schedule for your plants, you may be able to use some of the information from this month’s article to take pause and align your priorities. Concern yourself with feeding the soil organism and prioritizing a thriving and balanced ecosystem that your plant is part of, a partner in, but only one of the many compo-nents creating the ultimate result.

Working in partnership with microbiologi-cal organisms that assist the soil organism and the plant allows you to put the majestic per-fection of nature into the list of benefits you provide as a gardener inside this system.

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CHEESECAKEHOW IT GROWSThe dominant pheno is a fast and vigorous grower in veg, consistently developing above-average root mass and is a thirsty lady. Tall and stretchy in transition to bloom, she initially reminded me of some of the bud structure and development of the dreaded eraser-sized OGKB offspring I’ve worked with. She stretched heavy and developed long flowers sites at a slower-than-average rate. It wasn’t until weeks eight and nine that small, thin, deeply crusted flower sites began swelling, and swelling and swelling. Long, thin flowers became plump spears with stacked calyx fox tops crusted in the resin production Girl Scout Cookie cultivars have become so well-known for. Colors and intense smells reveal themselves during the last 10 days in my test rounds.

A genuine marvel of flavor combinations, the Cheesecake lends true to its namesake. Marrying sweet scent from the Confidential Cheese lineage with GSC whips up a symphony of delicate, but in no way subtle bouquets of gentle sweet cream scents with a distinct baked, doughy, combined-with-earthy, nutty smells. The long spears, often peaked with multi-stacked foxtails, are uniquely combined with a heavy sandy coating of crystals and present a unique and appealing flower. An eye-opening sour kushy inhale shocks the palate, setting up a scrumptiously sweet departure.

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BREEDER: Mad Scientist Genetics

GENETICS: Girl Scout Candy [Alien Rock Candy x Girl Scout Cookie] x Confidential Cheese

LINEAGE: One of the newer breeders to the scene to have used the famed Cookie cutting to create some incredible breeding stock, Mad Scientist’s Cheesecake and much of her successive progeny is a line not to be overlooked. Combining DNA’s proven Confidential Cheese with their very own Girl Scout Candy (an exotic mix of Girl Scout Cookie and Alien Rock Candy) delivers a unique variety that does so much more than just ride the wave of cookie characteristics. Cheesecake represents genuine progress in utilizing Cookie genetics and creating something wonderfully new yet comfortingly familiar. This is another breeder who I have personally experienced the over-the-top commitment to standing behind their gear.

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taking little time to translate its powerful, cheery, bright, yet decidedly relaxing qualities, Cheesecake is an effective daytime remedy for anyone spun up in a productive frenzy that is bordering dangerously on chaos. Without derailing even a hint of motivation, if only but to draw any amount of frenzied energy in an intentionally directed pocket of happiness, Cheesecake imparts a medicinal effect equally as unique and pleasing as its smell.

A true gem that isn’t the run-of-the-mill Cookie remake, Cheesecake imparts some genuinely intriguing and innovative character to an already well-balanced combination of two of the most elite varieties of Cannabis yet to be discovered.

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Effective daytime remedy for anyone spun up in a productive frenzy

bordering dangerously on chaos.

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