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Hello Readers,
I hope this finds you well. This issue marks the
fourth anniversary of the start of this magazine. I
remember fondly our debut issue. At the time there
was two or three (I don’t remember) other MMJ
publications here in Michigan. To date, the MMM
Report is the only free statewide publication that
is independently owned and circulated through the
entire state.
Let me take a moment to address you, the reader.
Thank you for reading this. Some people say print
media is dead, but you are the proof that it is just
not true. Years ago, trade magazines were the only
source for targeted and independent writers. With
the advent of the Internet, blogs and social media,
independent writers have a new place to express
themselves. Nowadays, alternative media is contained and often marginalized by the mainstream.
As cannabis becomes a mainstream issue, we, as
advocates of cannabis law reform, must try to appeal
to the non-marijuana user and find common ground.
In this issue of the MMM Report you will read about
a Survey USA poll regarding sales tax and pot tax in
regards to road and school funding. This story has
been covered by several mainstream news agencies.
We are proud to lead the way, shaping the discussion both through this magazine, the Vote Green
Initiative project in several petition drives, and the
CSG which has lobbied hard in Lansing and other
smaller communities. It was us, at the MMM Report,
that wrote the polling question and funded it.
I want to give a big shout out to Steve Sharp and
Everett Swift. Due to their efforts, and with the hard
work of others, industrial hemp farming is now legal
in Michigan. I also want to give another shout to
SSDP and NORML for their support of the magazine
and the recent poll. MI NORML is really shaping up,
and I am looking forward to see our chapter here
in Michigan return to being the leaders regarding
cannabis law reform. Remember, here at the MMMR
we are continuously dedicated to giving you the
straight dope.
Peace,
BH
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by Ben Horner
Deep Water Culture
There are many variations of the deep water culture
hydroponic systems used by indoor cannabis gardeners.
My favorite is the tote system, which is illustrated here in
this article and in greater detail in a How-To video online
at the MMM Report website.
The first reason I favor this version of the DWC is the
low cost, each tote can be produced for under seventyfive bucks. Secondly, the totes can be customizable for
different sizes, each tote can hold anywhere from one to
a dozen pots. Of course, the bigger plant limits the size
verse amount of plants per tote ratio. Third, each tote is
contained and has its own water culture, which compartmentalizes problems typically associated with hydroponics, such as pH and nutrient balance. Finally, the system is
crazy easy; just about anyone can make these. If you can
follow any basic food recipe and/or build a Lego Star Wars
x-wing fighter using the provided instructions, then you
can probably handle this.
Supplies:
30 Gallon Plastic Tote with Lid
Timer (15 minute interval analogue)
¼ inch Black Plastic Tubing (15 inches per pot)
¼ inch Barbed Plastic T’s (1 for every 2 pots)
1 foot ½ inch Tubing
½ inch Barbed Plug
½ inch Ring Clamp
1 Water Pump 200-300gph Submersible Pump
Net Pots
Hydroton
Label Stakes
Air Pump
Air Stone
Twist Tie
For more detailed instructions on deep water culture and
other instructional videos, be sure to check out the
MMM Report YouTube channel!
youtube.com/c/mmmreport
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3 Foot Air Line (1/4 inch standard)
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Tools Required:
• Drill & Drill Bits
• Utility Knife
• Compass
• Tape Measure
• Sharpie
• Scissors
Steps:
1. First step is to determine how many pots and what size you are going to use.
2. Use the tape measure and compass to map out your cuts in the lid.
3. Cut out pot hole using utility knife.
4. The next step is to assemble the irrigation system.
5. Attach ¼ inch hose to pump.
6. Insert plug and secure with clamp.
7. Make holes for T’s.
8. Insert T’s into pilot hole.
9. Attach ¼ inch hoses to the ends of the T’s.
10. Insert pump into the tote.
11. Drill pilot hole for hoses through the top of the lid.
12. Fill tote with 5 gallons of water.
13. Test the irrigation lines.
14. Add nutrients. Test the water.
15. Load plants into pots. Fill baskets with Hydroton.
16. Insert pots into the lid of the tote.
17. Secure water lines to the baskets, using the twist ties, ensuring that the water will be flowing close to the plant.
18. Attach air-line to pump, fish the line through the handle point on tote. Attach air stone.
19. Set timer. Connect pump and time and raise the power supply off the ground.
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Michigan News
Detroit
According to The Detroit News the medical marijuana program in Michigan has seen a decline in
the number of patients. The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs counted 118,368 identification cards for the program in 2013 compared to
only 96,408 cards issued last year. Some suspect the
decline is due to “overzealous” law enforcement in
some areas. There are others that believe the medical marijuana law in Michigan does not protect them
and there are no clear rules for medical dispensaries
which leaves them open to attacks from law enforcement. Whatever the reason, this trend is expected to
continue into 2015.
by MMM Report Staff
Lansing
A poll conducted by EPIC-MRA of Lansing shows that
50 percent of Michigan voters would support a ballot
legalizing possession or cultivation of marijuana by
adults 21 and older. They would also support taxable sales at licensed stores. The survey, which used
a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent points,
polled 600 voters over a period of 4 days. It found
that 46 percent of voters were against legalizing the
drug, while 4 percent were completely undecided.
Matthew Abel, an attorney for the Cannabis Counsel
in Detroit, said a statewide ballet proposal will most
likely be delayed because national funders would
want to see support closer to 60 percent before deciding to back an expensive campaign.
The Gallup poll, similar to the Lansing poll but
done at the national level, found that 51 percent of
Americans would support legalization. This number,
however, has dropped since the poll was done in
2013 when 58 percent stated they would vote in favor of the ballot. Kevin Sabet, president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, noted that support appeared
to drop around the same time marijuana stores
opened in Colorado and Washington.
State and Michigan polls showed that the majority in favor of a ballot are young voters between the
ages of 18 and 34. Michigan, in particular, showed
the strongest support comes from Democratic men
in the Metro Detroit area where as the strongest opposition comes from Republican women in the Bay
area.
Grand R apids
Last month we reported on the Kent County corrections officer, Timothy
Bernhardt, who committed suicide after pleading guilty to drug house
charges. Two of Berhardt’s co-workers that were accused of possessing
marijuana butter testified before a judge January 21st, claiming that the
butter helped with their conditions and they were complying with state
laws. Attorneys for the officers maintain their clients have done nothing
wrong. Both men possess medical marijuana cards but did have more butter on hand than what is allowed under
the marijuana act. However, the main problem lies in the law, which does not classify butter as a usable form of
marijuana. The hearing is expected to continue with testimony from both officers, though both have requested
a “stay” in their cases pending an appeal to the Supreme Court.
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C ass County
For the last year, Jamie Allison (commonly known as JAY
BUD) has been in battle for his freedom. Until Tuesday,
Jay Bud Allison was facing 15 years to life for being a care
provider under Michigan’s MMA.
The nightmare began in late January 2014, when Cass
County Drug Enforcement Officers showed on Mr. Allison
doorstep with a search warrant for the house and the pole
barn, where, police had been tipped off by an ex-girlfriend, Mr. Allison was growing Marihuana. After executing a search of the residence, police charged Jay Bud with two counts felony delivery manufacturing, one count
misdemeanor maintaining a drug house, and one count misdemeanor possession, despite the fact that Jay Bud
had valid cards.
Jay Bud prepared to fight. He fired three public defenders, who he believed refused to defend him properly.
His jury trial was to begin Tuesday January 14, 2014. On Monday, January 13, Jamie was denied the right to fire his
fourth public defender by the judge because he had the longest running case in the county. Jamie was nervous
about jury trial, so many cases have lost and had to appeal. He was facing 15 to life because he has a record.
When his son asked him why he was so stubborn, he called his lawyer and worked out a deal. Allison plead
guilty on Tuesday morning to maintaining a drug house and possession, two misdemeanors he feels he didn’t do,
but won’t take away his life. Jay Bud has to pay some small fines, he can no longer provide care, but is happy to
not be behind bars or on probation. He feels relived, but is still sitting at his kitchen table wondering if this was
the kind of protection the MMA was supposed to afford him.
Fenton
A proposed ordinance in Fenton would allow medical marijuana patients
and caregivers to only grow medical marijuana for one person in a residential setting. This means that caregivers growing for more than one patient
would have to find space in the industrial or commercial district. Under
Michigan law caregivers are allowed to grow up to 12 plants per patient
with up to six patients including themselves. However if the ordinance in
Fenton passes patients in that area will only be allowed to grow 12 plants
in their home and must branch out to another, commercially owned building to grow for their patients. Stephan Schultz, a Fenton attorney, claims
that being a caregiver is a business and should be conducted in a business setting, not a residential area and
that the matter is more of a zoning issue. Schultz says that growing marijuana in a home raises questions such
as safety, humidity, ventilation, electrical use, and traffic coming and going from the house.
Grand Blanc attorney Bruce Leach believes that proposed ordinance violates Michigan’s marijuana law. Leach
stated, “It’s clearly unconstitutional, I don’t believe they can restrict a caregiver to only growing for one person
in a residential area. Fenton is going to open themselves up for lawsuits. This is clearly someone’s misinterpretation of their power. It is an erroneous ordinance in many ways. State law trumps this.” He also believes that
anyone arrested under the ordinance would be immune from charges due to state law. City Clerk Renee Wilson
stated that the city leaders have not finished with the proposed ordinance and they first want to review ordinances set in other areas before moving forward with this one.
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Nation & World News
Illinois
A civil rights attorney in Illinois is working his way into the marijuana
business. Jon Loevy, along with his law partner Michael Kanovitz and
real estate developer Rich Silverstein, is part of a group attempting to
open a marijuana farm in downstate Edgewood. Loevy sees the marijuana industry as an opportunity to generate millions of dollars in profits.
He and his partners have pledged to give at least half of their earnings to various educational initiatives throughout the state. They plan to
fund charter schools in underprivileged areas to “improve educational
quality”. The owner of the 20,000 sq. foot area of land Loevy is hoping
to open the farm on is supportive of the cause and feels I will bring
much needed job opportunities to the area. For his part Loevy is not
only thrilled to be part of the new and budding market in Illinois but
is excited to begin making an impact on educational funding at a time
when it is really needed.
by Rachel Bunting
Seattle, OR
The marijuana industry has finally
gained some support from big
venture capitalists. Most large
investment firms have kept
some space between
themselves and the
controversial marijuana industry, but Founders Fund crossed that space
and has invested millions in
Privateer Holdings, a Seattle
private equity firm that deals
with medical and recreational
marijuana. Almost all investments come from individuals,
private investors, or friends
and family of business owners
but with an investment from
a reputable company such
as Founders Fund that could
soon change. Founders Fund
has backed big names such as
Facebook, Palantir Technologies, and Space X as well as
having well-known PayPal
co-founder Peter Thiel as an
employee. Privateer’s CEO,
Brendan Kennedy, believes the Founders Fund
investment will open the
door for other big name investors to become involved
in the industry.
Arizona
Arizona State Rep. Mark Cardenas filed a bill that could mean big changes for Arizona and the marijuana industry. The bill,
HB2007, would allow marijuana to be grown, processed, transferred, and consumed by any persons 21 years of age or older.
It would authorize cannabis to be taxed and regulated in a way similar to alcohol and tobacco. This bill differs from those
of other states because it doesn’t just decriminalize marijuana or legalize marijuana for medical purposes only, it will fully
legalize use of the plant.
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Austria
Greens MP Eva Muckstein is outraged with
Austria’s heath agency, AGES, after it was
revealed they had been growing medical
grade cannabis in their country and selling
it to pharmaceutical companies making cannabinoid painkillers, which are banned in Austria. While AGES did not
disclose the amount of money it had made from the sales,
Muckstein is more concerned with Austrian citizens who
need medical cannabis and are unable to benefit from
their own country growing it. She is calling for the laws on
medical cannabis in Austria to be relaxed.
Australia
The Australian Senate has been introduced a bill that
would create a regulator to oversee the growing and
distribution of cannabis for people who medically need
it. The bill is sponsored by Richard di Natale, and cosponsored by Melissa Parke and Sharman Stone. The
bill could be debated as early as February and may pass
swiftly, however if it fails the Labor and Coalition will
most likely work together to draft an alternative. The assistant health minister said there is support for the idea
but the government would be waiting on the results of a
trial planned in New South Wales.
The trial, costing $9 million, uses modified cannabis to
treat three categories of patients; terminally ill, children
with epilepsy, and cancer patients suffering from nausea related to chemotherapy. Prime Minister Tony Abbott
supports the state-based drug trials and believes state
law should govern these laws more than federal law
should. Stone and di Natale believe the trials are simply
a stalling technique and point to trials in the US, Canada,
and Israel as successful. They believe the evidence is
crystal clear and “Australians continue to suffer” while
the government attempts to reinvent the wheel.
Geneva
A year after Switzerland decriminalized possession of marijuana the Swiss district is now considering legalizing the
plant in an attempt to undermine the black market in cannabis. In 2013 UNICEF reported that the more liberal a
country’s drug laws the less likely the adolescents in that
country were to try marijuana. This is the hope of the Swiss
government as Swiss children and teenagers top the European list for experimenting with pot. The Advisory Commission on Addiction would like to see trial legalization in the
coming months, but the largest party in the federal parliament, the Swiss People’s Party, has vowed to stop the relaxing of any drug laws. As of 2013 anyone caught with under
10g of marijuana can pay an on the spot fine of $99 to avoid
a criminal record, continuing to move forward and creating a legal marketplace could end the underground sale of
marijuana making it less obtainable for adolescents. Supporters of the movement would like to see the government
mimic a model similar to the one in Spain where growing
marijuana for personal use is tolerated and private smoking clubs keep buyers from having to go to the streets to
purchase cannabis.
Beijing
Jaycee Chan, the 32
year-old son of Hollywood actor Jackie Chan,
has been sentenced to
six months in jail and
a $322 fine for possession of marijuana. Chan
has been jailed since
his arrest in August 2014 which was taken into account at
his sentencing. He was charged with “sheltering others to
take drugs” and having 3.5 ounces of marijuana at his home.
China is currently cracking down on high-profile celebrities
using drugs and has arrested over ten celebrities in the last
six months.
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VGIP UPDATE
by Ben Horner
FLINT- The Michigan voters will return to the polls
to decide whether or not to increase the Michigan
sales tax rate from six to seven percent. According
to a recent Survey USA Poll commissioned by the
Michigan Medical Marijuana Report, Michiganders
would rather tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol.
The poll indicates that the majority of Michigan
voters are against raising state sales tax to pay for
roads and schools. A raise on sales tax was approved
by the legislature and Governor Rick Snyder during
last year’s lame duck session, and will be voted on
this May in a special statewide election. Of the 500
registered Michigan voters surveyed, only 43% support raising sales tax to pay for roads. 49% opposed
the hike and 8% were not sure.
The poll shows 64% of Michigan adults would
likely vote in favor of taxing and regulating Marijuana, as opposed to raising taxes across the board.
28% of respondents opposed regulating marijuana
like alcohol, and 8% were not sure.
“The road tax proposal is in serious trouble. Voters are suspicious of
more taxes imposed upon the general population. There are other, more
creative ways to generate revenue
to fund roads and schools. Regulation and taxation of marijuana is an
alternative voters seem to prefer.”
-Tim Beck, Safer Michigan Coalition Chair.
national Board of Directors. “Michigan is watching
states like Colorado and Washington, whose tremendously successful tax-and-regulate programs
have generated multi millions in revenue for spending on schools. Cannabis regulation is a bipartisan
issue in Michigan, and would be a major windfall as
our state struggles to fund its schools. Improved social outcomes and reduced criminal justice spending are further reasons for fiscally responsible Michiganders to join Students for Sensible Drug Policy in
supporting this important reform.”
Support for regulating marijuana was highest
amongst voters that identified themselves as independents (68% yes), where as democrats (65%
yes) and republicans (57% yes) were less. Of all
the demographics in favor of raising the Michigan
sales tax, young adults between the ages of 1834, showed the greatest support for increasing the
sales tax (49% yes). This poll of 500 registered voters was conducted on January 20, has a margin of
error of 4.5%. Approximately one third of the participants answered questions from cell phones and
two-thirds by land lines.
Intense discussions are taking place at this time
to analyze the poll, as well as an Epic MRA poll
commissioned by the Michigan chapter of NORML.
Typically, strategy is made by those who take the
time to get involved in related events and organizations that promote those issues.
“It’s not surprising that Michigan voters would
rather tax and regulate cannabis like alcohol to pay
for schools and roads, rather than increase sale tax,”
said Reid Murdoch, who directs a chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) at the University of Michigan Law School and serves on SSDP’s
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“The poll shows 64% of
Michigan adults would
likely vote in favor of
taxing and regulating
Marijuana, as opposed to
raising taxes across the
board. 28% of respondents
opposed regulating marijuana like alcohol, and 8%
were not sure. “
Upcoming Cannabis Community Events
Marijuana, the Law and Your Community
Lapeer County Center Building, presented by attorney Bernard
Jocuns at 7pm
February 17th from 7-930pm
Michigan Medical Marijuana Conference at the 28th street
show place Grand Rapids
February 27- March 1st
Seed to Cure Benefit Concert Series
March 20th at Shakespeare’s, Kalamazoo
March 21st at the Loft, Lansing
5th annual THC Expo at the Roostertail, Detroit
March 20-22nd
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by Ben Horner
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Growers that frequent Hydo Pros have
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s my readers will remember, last November marked the 50th
anniversary of the founding of the Detroit Artists Workshop, a seminal collective of cultural workers I’m proud to have been a part of.
This coming June will mark the 50th anniversary of the Artists
Workshop Press, which published my first books of poetry. And to
celebrate my half a century as a poet and writer I have collected
25 poems & 25 writings for Its All Good: A John Sinclair Reader,
which I hope to see published in an American edition this year, and
hopefully by the publisher of this magazine for which I’ve written a
column each month for the past four years.
Now I’m in the process of presenting excerpts from It’s All Good
in this column, and this month’s episode is a look at the Detroit Artists Workshop by two of the founding members several months after
its creation. This article has been edited from its original appearance
in a magazine called New University Thought.
In the context of this column, it’s worthwhile to note that the
Detroit Artists Workshop was a hotbed of weed smoking. We were
breathing together to forge a creative conspiracy in the decrepit city
of Detroit.
As we’ve seen in a previous installment of this column, the Detroit
Narcotics Squad pinpointed the Artists Workshop and this writer
as dangerous factors opposed to their utter control of the life of the
city, and they caused us a world of pain tists Workshop.in which
we continued to make our art and organize ourselves for effective
cultural action.
Finally, I gave the two joints in my famous marijuana case to an
undercover policewoman—at the Artists Workshop.
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Getting Out From Under:
The Detroit Artists’ Workshop Society
by Robin Eichele and John Sinclair
Detroit, despite all its pretensions, has
been artistically “dead” for longer than most
people here want to admit. Young artists
of all disciplines have made it a necessary
point in the past generation or two to get
out of Detroit as soon as possible for the vital centers of U.S. kulchur—New York, San
Francisco, even Chicago.
Detroit has really been nowhere, as the
saying goes: one halfway decent theater, one
museum, a decaying jazz scene, no community of poets, painters, writers, anything.
A group of young Detroit artists—at first
primarily poets and musicians, most of us
students at Wayne State University—got
together in the late summer of 1964 and
decided to do something to make Detroit a
viable and vital place to live and work.
A number of us, having found Detroit an
inhabitable urban environment, had made
various efforts to provide a focal point for
Detroit artistic activity in the past: poet
George Tysh’s “Touchstone” was a storefront gallery and meeting place that failed
to survive due to lack of strong support, and
more recently Tysh and painter Carl Shurer
operated the Red Door gallery, a center of
avant-garde film showings, exhibitions of
paintings, and general “hanging out” that
ceased operation with Shurer’s departure for
Greece in June 1964.
The people who had been active in
these ventures formed the nucleus of a new
group, the Artists Workshop Society, a totally cooperative organization designed and
structured to draw upon the resources of
every participating individual in order to
perpetuate itself—and promote community thinking on an artistic and personal
level—through its own cohesive community
nature.
Two artists who would play a key role in
the establishment of the Artists Workshop
met in June of 1964 and immediately began
looking for ways to draw the artistic community together into an effective working
group. Charles Moore, a musician, and John
Sinclair, a poet and writer involved in the
Detroit jazz scene, were at first concerned
with providing a place for musicians to rehearse and present formal concerts of the
new jazz music.
As the members of the core group talked
to more and more people about our concept
of a Detroit Artists Workshop, we found a
large (although rather cynical) interest, and
our original conception grew broader as
more of our friends and associates offered
ideas and support for its implementation.
On the 1st of November, 1964 the Artists Workshop Society presented the first
in what has become a series of free weekly
open Sunday afternoon “events” that integrate jazz, poetry readings, and exhibitions
of visual arts.
Moore’s group, the Detroit Contemporary
5, donates its time and talent for free concerts, the readings are done by Workshop
members and supporters, and Detroit artists and photographers display their work—
all for the benefit of the community rather
than financial remuneration.
The group wanted more than this surface
unity, however: Our goal was (and is) to pull
together the active and potential artists in
the Detroit area into a working, cooperative
community of human beings that would offer to each individual an open, supportive
artistic environment.
We saw Detroit as essentially virgin
ground—there was everything to be done,
the raw material was at hand, and we started
working to exploit the situation in what we
saw as the best interests of every artisticallyoriented individual in the community.
With the physical forces in operation,
a spiritual focal point quickly evolved. The
Sunday programs began to draw upwards of
100 people weekly, almost wholly from the
peripheral student-“beatnik”-artist community that already loosely existed.
No “outside” advertising was done: people were informed of the Workshop’s doings
by mimeographed flyers announcing each
week’s program, passed out hand to hand by
Workshop members to likely looking persons in the immediate vicinity.
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Our intention was to attract like-minded
people to the Workshop, which we regarded
as an emergency measure to help salvage the
salvageable; “outsiders,” e.g. entertainmentseekers and “culture-vultures,” would have
defeated the group’s purposes.
Cooperative “self-education” classes in
jazz history and music appreciation, practical film-making, and contemporary poetry
were organized and “taught” by Workshop
members to supplement the WSU’s meager
programs in these areas and as a means of
educating members in the community in
the artistic disciplines in which they were
involved.
Soon the Artists Workshop Press was
organized to mimeograph weekly bulletins
and other propaganda, with the ultimate
goal (soon to be realized) of printing books
of poetry and prose by Workshop members
for local and national distribution.
We are operating on what is truly a “grassroots” level—dealing with people, people
who still can be saved—and the success,
however large or small, of such a venture
depends entirely on personal, individual,
immediate direct action in the radical sense
of cutting to the root of the problem and
working from there.
We have come from nowhere—powerless,
no money, with only our personal visions
and energies to keep us working at what
we believe is useful—and we have made a
dent in the huge mountain of ignorance and
greed looming high before us in the dark.
We at the Artists Workshop believe that
if enough of us are willing to start at the
bottom, stop beating our heads against the
walls that society has put up for us, organize,
and GET TO WORK, to avert the “total disaster now on tracks.”
We don’t claim to have the “only way,”
or the “true way”—these labels are not relevant—but we do have a way, and we are following it. And we do mean business.
—Detroit
Spring 1965
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CURRENT CASES IN THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT
by Rachel Bunting
The Michigan Supreme Court currently has three cases on its
plate concerning medical marijuana, all from Oakland County.
These cases revolve around medical marijuana patients who
have been accused of possessing, growing, and selling medical
marijuana. These hearings will hopefully find a way to make the
laws protecting patients become less blurred.
Richard Hartwick is scheduled to be first heard in front
of the Supreme Court. Hartwick is accused of illegally growing and possessing marijuana. He was first charged in 2011,
where a trial judge and the state Court of Appeals rejected
his theory that possession of his card provided immunity from
prosecution. According to a summary of the case on the Michigan Supreme Court website there are seven different issues
being determined including whether ‘Hartwick’s entitlement
to immunity is a question of law for the trial court to decide,
whether factual disputes regarding immunity are to be resolved
by the trial court and what a defendant’s evidentiary burned
is to establish immunity or an affirmative defense’. Hartwick’s
attorney, Fred Miller, told the court his client had not done anything wrong. There was no evidence that he sold marijuana to
anyone else and he had less than four ounces in his possession,
which is acceptable under section 4 of the law as Hartwick has
five patients he is a caregiver to. Prosecutors, however, said that
Hartwick had six more plants than allowed under the law and
that his plants were not in a locked room. Hartwick’s case will
be held in Lansing beginning Jan. 22nd and will be followed by
the case of Robert Tuttle.
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The case of Robert Tuttle is more complex in the fact that he
was arrested for selling marijuana to an undercover officer. Tuttle is also using the defense that he believed his valid patient
ID card entitled him to immunity and an affirmative defense.
Four issues will be determined during this case. These issues
include ‘whether a registered qualifying patient who makes unlawful sales of marijuana to another patient “taints all aspects
of his marijuana-related conduct, even that which is permitted
under the act”’. Tuttle is charged with the sale and production of
marijuana and possession of a firearm during the commission
of a felony.
The final case involves Cynthia Mazur who was arrested
with her husband. Authorities found marijuana growing in the
basement of their home. Mazur’s husband is a medical marijuana patient and caregiver to two other patients. Mazur is
being charged with possession and manufacturing marijuana
with intent to distribute, and her husband pled guilty to similar
charges. Under the assumption that she is entitled to immunity
as well, she has moved to dismiss the charges against her. The
issue to be determined in this case is if Mazur is entitled to
immunity because her spouse is a registered qualifying patient
and caregiver. However it is also stated that the marijuana-related activities were not in full compliance with the Michigan
Medical Marihuana Act. Mazur has maintained that she did not
help her husband “grow, transfer, deliver, feed or otherwise care
for or deal with the medical marijuana plants”.
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WHY ARE CAREGIVERS AND PATIENTS STILL BEING PERSECUTED?
by Daniel L. Price, Esq.
The voters of the State of Michigan expressed their desire to
provide for the use medical marihuana. Yet, the government
is still prosecuting marihuana patients. Government actors
do not recognize your right to self-determination. There are
prosecutors who simply do not care about the MMMA, or local
ordinances decriminalizing marihuana. Exhibiting their bigotry of marihuana users, and desire to force their own beliefs
on others, they continue to prosecute patients and caregivers.
That is why we must fight for our rights. One way to fight is
to understand the difference between illegal marihuana and
legal medical marihuana.
I approached MMMReport with the idea of this column to
help people in this fight. I do this because I understand that
freedom cannot be enjoyed, if we don’t fight for our right to
self-determination, which includes the right to ingest marihuana.
Therefore, it is crucial to understand that the law distinguishes between marihuana, medical marihuana, and usable
marihuana as well. Under the Michigan Medical Marihuana
Act (“the MMMA”), “marihuana means the term as defined by
the Public Health Code. [MCL §333.26423(e)] According to the
Public Health Code, “marihuana” means all parts of the plant
Cannabis sativa L., growing or not; the
seeds; resin extracted from any part of the
plant; and every compound, manufacture,
salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of
the plant or its seeds or resin. It does not
include the mature stalks; fiber produced
from the stalks; oil or cake made from the
seeds; any other compound, manufacture,
salt; or the sterilized seed which is capable
of germination. [MCL §333.7106(3)]
Clear as mud? Well, not so fast. If using marihuana for
medicinal purposes, you must know what is “medical use”.
Medical use means the acquisition, possession, cultivation,
manufacture, use, internal possession, delivery, transfer, or
transportation of marihuana or paraphernalia related to administering marihuana to treat or alleviate a registered qualifying patient’s debilitating medical condition or symptoms
related thereto. [MCL §333.26423(f)] Simply, you must grow,
acquire, possess, use, deliver and transport marihuana in accordance with the MMMA, in order to safely grow or use marihuana.
So how do you know if it’s usable or not? The MMMA says
you may have an amount of usable marihuana that does not
exceed 2.5 ounces. [MCL §333.26424(a)] The MMMA explains
that “usable marihuana is the dried leaves and flowers of the
marihuana plant, and any mixture or preparation thereof, but
does not include the seeds, stalks, and roots of the plant”.
[MCL §333.26423(k)]
So cool, you are a registered patient, with 2.5 ounces of
the choicest Gorilla Glue that replaced the last ounce of the
stuff you used to make some butter. You made that butter
infused with THC extracted from marihuana resin so you can
eat some marihuana brownies. Hey, everybody likes brownies, right? You’re feeling good about yourself, a law abiding
citizen, who just finished a delicious brownie. Suddenly, a hit
squad of black clad badges with automatic weapons busts in
your front door during a no knock raid, because of an anonymous tip. Talk about the fuzz killing the buzz, right?
After you change your pants, you show your card and let
officers inspect the 2.5 ounces of the Gorilla. Officers see
brownies on the counter. Feeling good about your legal status, you explain those brownies were baked to get you baked.
An officer laughs, and arrests you. They seize your marihuana,
brownies, money, furniture, and your home.
A few weeks later, you’re before a judge who rules your
brownies are not usable marihuana, because they were made
with THC extracted from marijuana resin. [See People v. Carruthers, 301 Mich App 590, 837 NW2d 16 (2013)] As a result, you had a total amount of marihuana
in the house that exceeded the 2.5 ounces
allowed under the law. Therefore, you
violated the controlled substances act and
the MMMA, and are guilty of possessing a
schedule 1 controlled substance. Worse,
if you have any prior drug convictions, you
now face a felony which could put you in
jail for many years.
Let’s be clear. You can have medical marihuana in your
possession. However, do not have more than 2.5 ounces, and
do not have anything other than the dried flowers or buds. If
you have 2.5 ounces, even a roach puts you over the limit and
leaves you open to persecution, um, prosecution. Until this
legal mess is cleared up, if it’s not part of a dried flower or leaf
do not have it! Just like your mom used to tell you, “it’s better
to be safe than sorry”. I suggest you keep no more than 1.25
ounces in your possession, just in case you have any roaches
you forgot to burn.
Next month I’ll address the transportation of usable medical marihuana by patients and caregivers.
Till then, keep rolling on.
This article is intended for informational use only. If you are in need of legal services, Daniel Price
as well as other professional services’ contact info is listed in the back of this magazine.
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pheno selection:
Stressing
When creating a new strain, I plant dozens of seeds in
order to get a good gauge of the pheno-variance. Usually
there are at least 2 different phenos in any singular cross.
Once I establish the pheno-variance, I take a look at the
male to female ratio. If the seeds are feminized, then the
ratio will be 0:1, naturally. Typically I start all my crosses
off as regular crosses so that I can stabilize my strain before feminizing. A stable strain will be less likely to succumb to stressors like light stress, spider mites and other
insects, molds and mildews, or hermaphroditism.
I try to pick the plants that look the healthiest. As the
seeds grow into healthy plants, I make clones and then
subject each clone to a specific stressor to see how well
the plant does against it. Certain strains will be more
likely to get mites or molds than others. Plant genetics
can carry these traits from one generation to the next so
stabilizing a strain is a lot more in depth than just crossing the genetics and hoping that it will turn out the way
you want.
When choosing which plant to use in a cross you
want to choose the healthiest, but also one that exhibits traits suited to its survival, such as resistance. I try to
cross strains that are more resistant to mites or mold than
their parent plants. It is possible, through modifying the
genetic properties of your strain, to remove spider mites
completely from your garden. Some strains are genetically
programmed to not get mites or molds. What it comes
down to is finding the plants which mites find least-desirable. I have actually seen mites covering the whole canopy
of one plant while the plant next to it remains untouched.
To genetically modify your plants, you must choose
genetics that lack the traits you’re looking to remove and
have the traits you desire. It is then a process of crossing
with the original mother or father until you obtain the
results you desire. Let’s say we have a male plant that no
matter what we do will not get mites or mold. We cross
this with a mother plant that always has bugs no matter
what we do. We plant the new seeds and realize that 2/3
of the seeds grow plants that have the trait from the male
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to be highly likely to not get mites or molds. We would
select a plant out of these 2/3 and cross it with the original male. Now we plant the seeds and see that 4/5 of the
new seeds grow and lack molds and mites. This is a more
stable strain than the original, more susceptible strain.
This same principle applies to every other characteristic in the plant from, high THC content to large yields
and leaf shape. If you’re looking to pass on any specific
trait, you must first isolate that trait and assess the likelihood of it being passed onto the next generation. Let’s
say we have a super colorful strain that grows really nice
purple buds. However, when we cross this strain with our
male, we realize that a majority of the next generation of
seeds lack this color trait. That means that or male has
more dominant traits than the colorful female we wished
to cross. Now we must change our ball game. In order to
isolate this purple gene we must pick out a male from
our first generation of seeds and cross it with the original
colorful female. We do this hopefully to flip the genetics
and isolate the colorful gene.
When crossing most breeders use the same male in
their crosses and pick out a new female to cross with. In
order to stabilize a genetic, one must use one of the same
original genetics from the first cross and pick out a new
genetic from the seeds. This is called selective breeding.
The reason most breeders use the same male is because
they want to select the traits to pass on by using the specific female plant that has the traits they want to pass
along. I have said it a million times, and I will say it again:
If you want a tall lanky plant you won’t chose the shortest
and stoutest plant in the bunch!
When breeding a male dog that has three tones in
its coat with a female dog that only has only two tones
in its coat, and the resulting litter bears all two-toned
puppies, it would be safe to assume that the mother had
the dominant recessive genes. This is important information because if the breeder wanted all the puppies to be
three-toned like the father-plant, then knowing a certain
female has dominant recessive genes would help him to
determine not to cross that male with that specific female.
Now if the male was three-toned and the female had a
two-toned coat, and the male possessed the dominant recessive genes, then most of the puppies would be threetoned, resulting in the desired effect.
Sometimes certain strains are desirable for different
reasons, just as they would be in dogs. Some breeds of
dogs have multiple distinguishing features, and if a certain feature like a curly coat is desired, then getting that
trait right the first time will save a lot of time and money, not to mention puppy food. Knowing your strains and
their dominant recessive traits is like knowing where gold
is buried. It takes a lot of work out of looking for it.
Keeping a detailed log of all your data is essential to
selective-breeding. Details pertaining to what the mother
and father plants were and the traits they possessed; of
those traits, which were passed along and which were
not; of which were passed along, which were dominant
and which were recessive; keeping track of how the traits
you desire for your cross fare, and so on will help eliminate a lot of the guessing that goes into crossing.
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Cannabis
History
2006-2014
compiled by mmmr staff
2006
Rhode Island Approves Medical Marijuana
2006 would see the 10th state
to approve the use of medical marijuana. Rhode Island
allows for up to 2.5 ounces of
marijuana possession, and up
to 12 plants per patient. Rhode
Island’s state-run dispensary program allows for 3 provisioning centers state wide, of which there are currently
only 2. At the time of this writing, Rhode Island had just
under 10,000 registered marijuana patients.
2007
Super High Me Released
Doug Benson creates a different
spin on Morgan Spurlock’s SuperSize Me with Super High Me. This
documentary followed Benson as
he smoked weed for 30 continuous days after abstaining from
cannabis for 30 days to measure
the effects on his body. Benson’s
physician concluded that his health was not affected by
the use of cannabis. The most undesirable difference was
an eight pound increase in weight during the “high”
month.
2007
New Mexico
Approves
Medical Marijuana
Allowing for a generous
6 ounces of medicine and
16 plants, New Mexico
became the 11th state to
make provisions for medical marijuana patients within
the state, however the state of New Mexico does not currently recognize out of state patient ID’s.
2008
Michigan Approves Medical Marijuana
Michigan becomes the 13th state to allow marijuana to be used medicinally
for patients with debilitating medical
conditions. Proposal 1 passed with
63% ‘yes’ votes. With requirements
for growing to be done in secure
facilities, also included in the proposal as well as mandatory transportation of marijuana to be in an
enclosed case in the trunk of a vehicle. It also provided
a defense clause for persons without a card or who use
cannabis to treat ailments not covered by the law. Despite
laws calling for the cards to be issued within 20 days, the
typical wait was 6 months.
2008
Archaeologists Score:
Discovering the World’s Oldest Pot Stash
While excavating a tomb near Turpan, China, researchers came across over 2
pounds of “still-green plant material” among other rarities buried with a 45 year
old Caucasian man in the Gobi desert.
Originally thought to be coriander, further analysis of the plant material revealed
it to be none other than cannabis. The 2,700 year old weed is no longer effective,
although testing confirmed that this particular sample at one time used to be the
sticky icky, with THC concentrations comparable to that of modern dank.
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New Jersey Allows Medical
Marijuana
The New Jersey legislature
approved a measure that
would legalize the use of
cannabis for medical patients with severe chronic
illnesses. New Jersey does
not accept patients with out
of state ID cards. There is a fee
of $200 to receive medical card
and patients are able to carry up to
2oz of usual marijuana.
2011
Delaware Approves
Use of Medical Marijuana
The senate in Delaware passed a bill
approving medical marijuana use for
patients with a serious medical condition, making it the
16th state in the union to allow for medical marijuana.
The bill passed with a 17-4 vote and signed two days later by Governor Jack Markell. Under the bill patients are
allowed to possess up to six ounces and state-licensed
businesses can grow and dispense cannabis to patients
18 and older. Though the law was passed, no forward
movement has been made to provide steps for patients
to receive their cards.
2012
Connecticut and Massachusetts
On June 1st Connecticut became the 17th state to legalize medical marijuana after the bill was approved by the state senate and signed by the Governor. Some portions of the bill took longer to take
effect than others. Connecticut does not permit the use of medical cannabis by card holders from
other states and patients of the state may only have a one-month supply of usable marijuana, that
exact amount is to be determined.
Massachusetts quickly followed behind Connecticut becoming the 18th state, with voters approving the Massachusetts
Medical Marijuana Initiative. Sixty-three percent of voters supported the legalization of medical marijuana and establishing a state-regulated distribution network. Patients may have a 60-day supply of cannabis for personal medical use.
2013
Illinois and New Hampshire
The governor of Illinois
signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana in August
2013. The bill allows for 2.5
ounces of marijuana to be
prescribed every two weeks as
long as the prescribing doctor has provided prior and ongoing care and the
patient is suffering from an ailment on the
list of specific illnesses allowing marijuana
use. Though the bill was signed in August it
did not go into effect until January 2014.
New Hampshire governor, Maggie Hassan, signed HB 573 in July, making
New Hampshire the 19th state to
allow cannabis for medical use.
Under the law patients are permitted two ounces of useable
marijuana for a 10 day period.
2014
New York and Minnesota
After a bill allowing medical marijuana was turned
down in 2013, New York’s Governor Cuomo announced, in 2014, an initiative to enact medical marijuana laws by executive order. Later in the year the Legislature passed a bill allowing the use of non-smokable
medical marijuana. Under the bill signed by Cuomo
patients may carry a 30 day supply of non-smokable
cannabis.
Minnesota was already one of the first states to decriminalize marijuana in the 1970s, but in May 2014 a
bill was signed to establish a medical marijuana program in the state. Much like New York, Minnesota allows for patients to
carry a 30 day supply of non-smokable
marijuana and neither
state accepts medical
ID cards from out-ofstate patients.
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MMM Report Featured Artist:
by Hemptress Jolene
Michigan’s Music Scene is littered with amazing
events, festivals, bands and people constantly dedicated to enriching the lives of the people of this state with
amazing soul-felt music. Nicholas James is one singer
songwriter out of Grand Rapids, who is doing just that.
Nicholas James Thomasma and his back up band, the
Bandwagon, hit the music scene several years ago with
their foot stomping good time, and Nicholas has been
present and accounted for ever since.
Thomasma, a wonderful heartfelt passionate performer whether playing with the Band Wagon or in
a powerful duet with his partner Clouds, delivers an
excellent performance every time. His lyrics are clever,
fun and current, whether set to the Americana County
background of the Bandwagon or his guitar and Clouds’
violin, he is sure to offer something that will please the
listener.
The background of the band wagon is led by Pete
Weatherhead on Pedal Steel and fiddle which helps to
fill in the band’s traditional folk country sound. We
can not forget the rest of the Bandwagon, Joe VanAcker
on Bass, Greg Baxter on Guitar, and Chris on the drums
who bring a vibrant and supportive performance to
every show. Led by his soulful heartfelt lyrics and powerful and often haunting violin of his partner Clouds,
Nicholas James and the Bandwagon are sure to give
you a night of great music you won’t soon forget.
Nicholas James and Clouds will performing at
the 9th Annual Medical Marijuana Conference in Grand Rapids
on February 28th and March 1st. To learn about Nicholas James and to
“Hop on the Bandwagon” as they say,
follow them on Facebook at: facebook.com/NicholasJamesandtheBandwagon
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“Scientists have invented a new strain of cannabis without the high.
They celebrated with non-alcoholic beer and furious dry-humping.”
-Stephen Colbert
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Jesus
was a pothead–
long hair, beard,
sandals, carpenter
do the math.
It all adds up.
Living with twelve
guys , and no visible
means of support.
-Ralphie May
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Horoscopes February 2015
j
Capricorn
(Dec 22- Jan 19)
You seem to be the epitome of
antisocial and pessimistic.
k
Aquarius
(Jan 20 – Feb 18)
You don’t have any friends now
or in your future.
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Pisces
(Feb 19 – Mar 20)
You can’t use your past as an
excuse to be a lowlife. Move on.
a
Aries
(March 21- April 19)
It’s hilarious how easy it is to irritate you, everyone knows that
Aries can’t always be right.
b
Taurus
(April 20-May 20)
You are sexy, but not when
you’re eating cereal on the
couch. It would be a good idea
to get back on that diet your
spouse suggested.
c
Gemini
(May 21 – June 21)
You’re a cool person to be
around when your bipolar
doesn’t show, but unfortunately
nobody knows until they date
you.
d
Cancer
(June 22 – July 22)
You are way too needy to have a
best friend that is just as needy
as you. You are still living in the
past. Get over it.
e
Leo
(July 23- Aug 22)
g
Libra
(Sep 23 – Oct 22)
When someone passes you a
joint, peer pressure is too much
for you to handle so you’re like,
“alright.”
h
Scorpio
(Oct 23- Nov 21)
Nobody likes to go to you for
advice because you consistently
hide the truth.
i
Sagittarius
(Nov 22- Dec 21)
You’re personality is like Kelso
on that 70’s show.
You are arrogant and think that
you’re better than everyone else,
you will be surrounding yourself
with losers. Eventually, you will
be a loser too.
f
Virgo
(Aug 23 – Sep 22)
You think way to much about
things and what they could be
to the point of creating a false
reality. You’re pretty crazy.
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E v en ts
Sunday
1
Farmers
Market
@ Think Live
Lansing
8
Farmers
Market
@ Think Live
Lansing
15
Chris Brown,
Trey Songz, and
Tyga
Joe Louis
Arena, Detroit,
MI, US
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Farmers
Market
@ Think Live
Lansing
Monday
2
9
Dab
Wars
Detroit
Dab
Wars
Detroit
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Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Linkin Park Rise
Against
Of Mice and Men
7:00 PM
Van Andel Arena
10
11
Dab
Wars
Detroit
5
Dab
Allstars
Lansing
12
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Katie Pederson
Crazy Wisdom
Tea Room, Ann
Arbor, MI, US
13
Comedy Show at
Bullring Sports
Grill
Goodrich, MI
14
Dab
Allstars
Lansing
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Marijuana, the Law &
Your Community
Lapeer Cnty. Center
Building, presented
by attorney
Bernard Jocuns
7-930pm
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Thursday
19
Happy
Valentine’s
Day
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21
27
28
Dab
Allstars
Lansing
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25
26
Dab
Allstars
Lansing
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Conference at the 28th Street Show
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February 27- March 1st
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a few thoughts...
by Drew Dorr
Over the many years of my relationship with Mary Jane,
one thing worthy of mention that I have observed is that
her effects, more often than not, leave me feeling somewhat
less than productive. In other words, sometimes it makes me
feel like a lazy piece of shit, if I may. And although this may
not always hold completely true, most of the time when one
overstimulates their body with too much THC, laziness, hunger, confusion, absent-mindedness, fatigue, empty bank accounts from binging on Taco Bell and Budweiser, or any other
potential “negative” (inconvenient, perhaps?) side-effect of
consuming cannabis, can be amplified to, at times, exponential degrees. And though the effects of cannabis may, at the
right dosages, seem to sharpen and elevate the senses, it may
be possible to experience the more “inconvenient” side effects of cannabis while being completely and wholly unaware
as to their occurrence.
Marijuana is a miracle worker. It can help almost everyone
(if not everyone) in some way, shape, or form. When used
correctly, it can be the difference between night and day
concerning ailments that may otherwise ruin your life. It can
help relieve pain, ease the aches of cancer or chemo, relieve
almost everything from head aches to heartburn to asthma;
the list as expansive as it is impressive. Unfortunately, and
although this plant was, for thousands of years before, and
also not so long ago (any Google search done on the history
of Hemp during the colonial era will reveal its long and storied relationship with these United States), there is prevails a
right-wing-backed, and falsely perpetuated stigma regarding
its legality and legitimacy. Due to this, and although many
may not be, per se, against it, many still regard Marijuana
with a sense of trepidation and uncertainty. Sure, they may
not believe that the plant is as bad as has been said, but
they’d be damned if they would be willing to risk their job,
their tuition, or their social status to find out otherwise for
themselves.
Most employers test for the presence of marijuana, as
well as many other substances, in the presence of their
pre-existing, or prospective employees. This is not restricted
to states that have yet to embrace and legislate medicinal
marihuana; even in our good state of Michigan, the possibility
of being terminated or barred from a position of employment
is a very real one. In essence, you may find yourself without a
job due to someone else’s ignorance regarding the legitimacy
of YOUR doctor prescribed medicine, in spite of you being
well within the confines of your legal rights to use it. I have
noticed, over the past few years in the marijuana industry,
the looks and sneers I have received just for smelling like
my garden, or for being overheard talking to a friend about
some marijuana related topic. It seems that there will always
exist some faction of the populace that regards marijuana
with fear, incredulity, and ignorance, in spite of its thoroughly
researched, and clinically proven medicinal value. There are
those who actually look down on people who use marijuana,
and even go so far as to regard them as something of a
second-class citizen. They needn’t worry us, however, for anyone who has experienced cannabis’ medicinal benefits will
understand that it is as multi-faceted as it is effective when it
comes to medicinal value.
Often times I find myself getting mad over stupid situations or things I can not change. One little dab of some of my
concentrates and I’m happy as a sailor on a swell day at sea.
Not only can marijuana help my pain and my stomach ulcers,
which I manage to struggle with on occasion, but it also
helps keep my anger in check. I am a very happy go lucky
guy usually, but I do struggle with anger and anxiety. This is
where marijuana helps me the most.
There are people who say they tried marijuana once and
experienced extreme paranoia, or that they saw the face of
God and noticed that he had crumbs in his beard, or even that
it gave them a slight headache and tasted bad, or whatever
else.
Are there not hundreds of strains to choose from? Did
they perhaps smoke the Brown Frown? Are there not indicas
to help with pain and sativas to give you stamina? There are
high CBD strains that don’t get you high at all. They simply
aid in relieving pain, opening airways, and even eliminating
the seizures experienced by those afflicted with epilepsy.
The amount of ways marijuana is beneficial to people is mind
blowing! Yet, it seems as though the majority is still always
against us.
Yes on occasion we can be pot heads or burn outs, and yes
we can occasionally say “dude” or “yeah man” excessively.
This does not mean that marijuana is a bad thing. Anyone
who DABbles (get it?) in using marijuana can tell you that
there are times you like to over consume and times you don’t
like to consume at all. Sometimes you want to consume it
before you do a task to make the job easier or more fun to accomplish, and sometimes that results in less motivation and
increased procrastination. Sometimes, that is..
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Attitude Adjustments
by Citizen Jay
Now that cannabis has been legal for adult use in
Colorado for a little over a year attitudes towards its use
have had to change at least a little bit, eh? One would
hope so.
Over the past little while, people in Colorado have
been getting used to the idea that cannabis is NOT the
demon they’ve been historically and repeatedly sold it is.
Still, the logistics of transforming the system hold true to
the maxim that change doesn’t happen overnight. Especially when given the enormity of the task at hand. We
are talking about more than simply changing people’s
hearts and minds…we’re talking about undermining a
well-established cultural norm reinforced over the last
80 years by a relentless, propagandized political machine
that is the War on Drugs.
Acceptance of cannabis use has to be approached at
several levels. There was a time, before the 20th Century, when cannabis was not only accepted but actually
required. Need I remind everyone that the Constitution of
the United States of America is written on hemp paper?
That the flag sewn by Betsy Ross was made from hemp?
That in the midst of the largest conflict the World has
ever witnessed (WWII), the US Government demanded
hemp crops from American farmers? Not you, Reader, I
am sure. You are, after all, an aficionado as evidenced
by your subscription to the Michigan Medical Marijuana
Report…
A recent ad campaign launched by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)
aims to educate residents and visitors about the “responsible” use of marijuana. It’s a HUGE change in the state’s
disposition towards cannabis as evidenced by the last ad
campaign funded by the Governor.
Just this last summer, the Governor’s office spent over
$2 million rolling out a marijuana youth use-prevention
campaign involving the use of giant metal cages and
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more than a few lose references to rats. The ugly images placed “strategically” around town aptly demonstrated the negative attitudes the Governor’s office held
and still holds towards cannabis and those who use it.
While the campaign was supposedly aimed at convincing young people to think twice about the unknowns of
cannabis use, its underlying meta-message was loud and
clear: CANNABIS USERS BELONG IN CAGES. Given the
enormous discrepancy of just WHO is put in prison traditionally over the possession of cannabis the campaign
was inherently racist—whether the people at the ad firm
or in the Governor’s office realized it or not.
The new campaign is softer, gentler… It’s geared for
mass appeal using a medium other than chain-link to
impart its message. The new website (goodtoknowcolorado.com) opens with supple colors and elegant fonts:
“Whether you choose to use or not, you might not know
as much as you thought. Be educated. Be responsible.” It
seems a far cry from “get-in-yer-cage-pothead.”
Instead of cages, they’ve made cute little rhymes:
• Public Space is NOT the place…
• To buy, have or use some, you must be at least 21!
• For those underage, it’s just not okay. Their brains are
still growing, so keep it away.
• Store it right: locked up out of reach and out of sight!
• What you get here can’t go out there.
In addition to its online presence, the campaign also
includes billboards, print ads, and radio spots. The first
time I heard one in my car, I have to admit, I was impressed with its tone. Where was the judgment? The
condemnation? The fear-mongering and negative connotations implied by sinister cages?
This campaign seems different. “It’s a deliberate attempt to educate without alienating,” says Dr. Larry Wolk,
Colorado’s chief medical officer and the director of the
CDPHE. It demonstrates a subtle, underlying recognition
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that cannabis has become closer to the main stream, even
if only the smallest bit. That those who choose to partake
of it are no longer confined to the fringes of our society.
It’s not just jazz musicians, lacrosse players, and beatniks
anymore. And while the missive to keep cannabis out of
the hands of children is still fervent throughout, the campaign acknowledges the role of the responsible adult. In
so doing, it treats us all more like people able to make
critical decisions rather than mindless rodents trapped in
an imaginary cycle of violence and depravity.
But as fun and forward thinking as this new campaign
in Colorado is, the fight goes on, the war is NOT over.
Hearts and minds are one thing; employment policy is another. For the last 25 years, the “Drug-Free Workplace Act”
has created requirements for federal government workers
and contractors leading even private companies to utilize
pre-employment and ongoing, sometimes random, drug
screening.
Last September the Colorado Supreme Court heard the
case of Brandon Coats, who was severely injured in a car
wreck and uses medicinal cannabis off-the-job to cope
with the permanent immobilizing physical symptoms created by his condition. During a random drug screening,
Mr. Coats lost his job at Dish Network when he tested positive for cannabis use in a saliva sample. He is now suing
the company. While there is no way for Dish to establish
whether Coats was under the influence at work, he contends he never was. His exemplary record at the company
seems to back him up. Still, the company fired him carte
blanche with no compassion as to why or how Mr. Coats
used his medicine. [Funny, he could come to work hopped
up on Vicodin and there’d be no problem, eh?]
The case is ongoing with Colorado’s Supreme Court
expected to return a decision later this year. For now, it’s
still up in the air. Under state law, companies can prohibit
the use of cannabis at work. However, there is another
Colorado law—the “Lawful Activities” statute—that strictly
prohibits an employer from firing an employee for engaging in lawful activities off company property outside of
working or business hours. So what’s an employer to do
now that cannabis is legal in Colorado and other states?
It’s a mixed message to be sure. Until the Federal Government reverses its stance on the legality of cannabis or at
least until the Colorado Supreme Court comes back with
an outstanding verdict, attitudes towards cannabis use
even outside the workplace will remain hard.
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Ask Doctor Beth
Dr. Beth Fisher is the Chief Creative Officer for Senior Medical Cannabis. Senior Medical Cannabis
provides seniors with a wide range of information and supports relating to Cannabis; legal/legislative, medical, political, and social issues. She is also the co-host of HempWorks radio show on
Fridays at 2:00 p.m. on the Time4Hemp radio station: time4hemp.com/hempworks/
To ask Dr. Beth a question, email her at [email protected]
Dear Dr. Beth:
Dear Dr. Beth
My plants are almost ready to be harvested. What hints or tips do
you have on trimming to help this be my best crop ever?
I like sticky buds, but now I have sticky scissors, sticky hands, and
sticky everything! Even the light switch is sticky to the touch. Help!
What can I do? My wife says I have to clean it up and I can’t find
anything that works. This is my first grow and I need help.
Sincerely, Hazel in Houghton Lake
Yours Truly, Sticky in Standish
Dear Hazel,
Indoor harvesting can be exciting and exasperating at the same
time. You have these beautiful. mature plants with their sticky
buds and beautiful scents. But what you do to them BEFORE
and AFTER you cut them down is as crucial as all the weeks
leading up to harvest.
Think of trimming in three parts; before, during, and after. This
is the best way to really make sure your flower buds are free of
as much chlorophyll as possible. Chlorophyll on the live plant
is wonderful; on your cured plants chlorophyll’s green hay smell
takes away from the fragrance of the flower. So the secret is to
carefully trim each time to remove only the leaves and not the
flowers.
Perform the first trim before harvesting. Remove big leaves
from the stalk, then focus more detailed trimming on the top
third of plant. Trim less on the second and third section of the
plant. (Your top third holds most of the thick, firm buds.) Be sure
to mark the main stalk and thicker stems with the microstrain
name of the plant in permanent marker as well as draw a horizontal line at each third of your plant. (Trust me, this will save
you time and aggravation.)
When you have completed this first trimming step, it is time to
cut your plant. Hang her upside down at a height you can reach.
Then proceed to trim for a second time. What you want to get is
any left over leaves from your first section of trim. Then begin
to trim (for the first time) your second and third sections. Your
final trim should take place after the drying and curing stage.
Dear Sticky,
What you call sticky, I call trichomes. Trichomes hold the active
ingredients we love. Here is an article that explains it in greater
detail. (http://forum.grasscity.com/harvesting-processing-medical-marijuana/1052112-inside-trichome-sizetypespotancy.
html)
Now that you know more about trichomes, you can keep those
“sticky smears” from appearing on light switches, scissors, and
any other place where you touch, by using disposable gloves
when trimming or handling the cut plants. Get a box of disposable gloves and use them to prevent trichomes from attaching
to your skin.
For clean up, I use a product called “Simple Green.” (http://simplegreen.com/) I like the smell of this product. Not my favorite,
but this solution cleans my scissors better than anything else. I
gently fill a quart glass canning jar with Simple Green solution.
Then I place my scissors blades down into the glass, screw on
the top, and walk away. In an hour or so, I am able to wipe any
any residue off. I then rinse my scissors clean with warm water.
I use the spray bottle of this solution to clean trichome residue
off flat surfaces.
If you use gloves when you trim, and use the above solution
to clean, then you won’t be seeing those black sticky smears
around your grow. Good luck!
A solid trim results in great smelling and tasting flowers. Use
the three step method to ensure quality medicine. Good luck
and happy trimming!
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(989) 748-4420
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1825 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing
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39463 Joy Rd., Canton
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New World Seeds
502 E. Front St, Traverse City
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(231) 570-7003
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119 W. State St, Montrose
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1620 E. Michigan Ave, Jackson
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Michigan Organic Solutions
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310 W. Front St., Traverse City
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dragonflyprovisions.com
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