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34 Hawaiian Bootube

A unique bamboo water pipe handcrafted in Hawaii will bring Aloha to your cannabis lifestyle.

42 KushCon

Sure to be the largest cannabis lifestyle convention ever, KushCon will be at the Denver Convention Center December 17-19. The not to be missed event of the year.

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New York hosted the Who’s who in the marijuana industry. Kush Magazine’s CEO as well as JB Woods hit the Big Apple to check out the latest information available.

66 We Dig This: Holiday Theater

A Christmas Carol performed in two different venues as well as Detective Dinner Theater -- all are sure to please those seeking some great holiday entertainment.

102 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

How a professional rescue EMT witnessed two traumatic helicopter disasters and found that medical marijuana was the only medicine that managed his PTSD. 6

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is hard to believe that this issue of Kush Magazine completes a full year that we have been publishing our magazine in Colorado. Kush is sold out of ad space month after month. We saw the proliferation of medical marijuana dispensaries beginning last December and the changes that have happened following the passing of HB 1284 in June of this year. To date, Colorado is the only state in the nation that has passed statewide legislation regulating growing, dispensing and infusing products made with cannabis. While the legislation is far from perfect, at least Colorado is dealing with this hot topic and is creating much needed revenue for the state. As we go to print we have witnessed South Dakota, Arizona and Oregon all vote down medical marijuana propositions. Arizona’s proposition, with over 1,300,000 voters casting votes, lost by a mere 6,700 votes; while Oregon and South Dakota’s propositions were a much clearer indication of how the voters in those two states feel about medical marijuana. California, the lone state with a marijuana taxation and legalization proposition also lost on the issue but at least over 46% of the voters were in favor of the proposition. It is only a matter of time before California will vote again on this issue.

To date, Colorado is the only state in the nation that has passed statewide legislation regulating growing, dispensing and infusing products made with cannabis. With the holidays just around the corner, Kush Magazine and dailybuds. com would like to give thanks to all of our advertisers, readers, writers, sales reps and office staff who help to make Kush Magazine such a popular and sought after magazine. We try our best to bring interesting and informative stories, as well as update our readers on current issues relating to the cannabis lifestyle and medical marijuana community. So what better way to celebrate the holidays as a community than with a mega cannabis lifestyle convention, KushCon II which Kush Magazine and dailybuds.com will be hosting at the Denver Convention Center this December 17th, 18th and 19th. With over 300,000 square feet of vendors, skate demos, concert quality entertainment including Mickey Avalon, Flobots, Dirty Heads, Mix Master Mike, Santana Lead Singer Gregg Rolie, Aaron Lewis of Staind, Asher Roth, War and amazing DJ’s throughout the event, this will be the can’t miss event of the year. For up to the minute info on the event, tickets, and other convention information please visit www.kushcon.com. Be sure to check out the video of Kush Con I which will definitely be out done by this bigger, better and sure to please everyone event. Also, tickets will be available from a limited amount of KushCon vendors who have purchased tickets for sale to their patients. We look forward to celebrating our one year anniversary with the entire cannabis community. This is a non medication convention, so no medical card is necessary and all ages are welcome. Next month, be sure to get your commemorative anniversary edition of Kush Magazine! See you at KushCon II. Kush Editorial Board, www.dailybuds.com

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Medical Marijuana Business Advisory:

is a monthly column highlighting the hottest state and national issues surrounding marijuana reform. This column is brought to you by Brian Vicente, the Executive Director of the advocacy group Sensible Colorado, and a partner at Vicente Consulting LLC, a full service medical marijuana law firm.

Dealing with Partnership Disputes By Christian Sederberg, Attorney, and Joshua Kappel, Law Clerk, Vicente Consulting, LLC

many, this summer was a race against the clock to comply with Colorado’s new medical marijuana laws. One significant task was the requirement that dispensaries create a vertically integrated medical marijuana business that cultivates 70% of the medical marijuana it sells. The rush to create these types of business led to many hastily assembled partnerships and employment relationships—or “shotgun weddings” — between growers, Medical Marijuana Centers, and Infused Product Manufacturers (“MIP”). Now that the dust has settled and all the summer deadlines have passed, many business owners are coming to the realization that their new business relationships are not quite what they were expecting. Some Medical Marijuana Center owners are realizing their new growers cannot really grow as well as they claimed, some growers are finding out their Center owners do not actually sell much, and many involved in the medical marijuana business are discovering that their “partners” are unfortunately less interested in building a successful medical marijuana business than they are in making a quick buck for themselves. The problems that plague these new business relationships range from minor to severe. Some, such as differences relating to the management of the business, can easily be resolved. Others, such as one partner violating the law (i.e. selling medicine “out the back door” or purchasing inventory from caregivers) require immediate attention. If you and your new business partner are going through some infighting, first and foremost you should sit down to try and work it out yourselves. If this does not work, talk with a trusted third party, a professional mediator, or your attorney. If you and your new partner still cannot find resolve, or the differences are irreconcilable, here are some tips to protect yourself, your investments, and your business: • Learn your options within your company. Read your partnership agreement (operating agreement for an LLC) and other corporate documentation. Are there options for amending the partnership, or for buyouts and/or restructuring of the business? Are there other contracts/agreements addressing the partnership and/or employment relationship? Is restructuring of management an option (setting up a board of directors or management committee)? • Explore your options with the Department of Revenue. The Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division of the Department of Revenue (“MED”) has recognized that many of the “shotgun weddings” are not working and has issued a memorandum outlining some of the ways medical marijuana business can amend their state application to address these issues. This memorandum specifically indentified (1) replacing cultivation locations; (2) adding/deleting managers, members, shareholders; (3) transferring

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or selling the business assets, and (4) increasing or decreasing the size of the proposed premise. However, any amendment to your state application needs prior approval by BOTH the local government and the state. • Protect your interests. The last thing you want to happen is to be associated with potentially criminal activity due to something your business partner has done. If you ever find out your business partner is using your business to break state or local law, you need to take appropriate steps to immediately sever the relationship. This is extremely important as your liberty and your ability to participate in the medical marijuana business in Colorado are on the line. • Document the “divorce.” In order to effectuate any separation of optional premise cultivation locations (“OPCL”) from a Center or MIP, the state has indicated that they would like to see documentation “releasing” the OPCL. Consult with the MED and your attorney to determine the appropriate documentation. • Hire separate attorneys. The attorney of the business represents the interests of your business, which are not necessarily your best interests. It is always a good idea to hire a separate attorney in any partnership disputes to ensure you have an effective advocate on your side. • Hire a CPA. Selling one’s interest in the business, divesting a partner, or restructuring a business has important tax implications. Speak with a CPA or tax attorney to make sure you address these concerns. • Stay Amicable. It is likely that both of you will continue working in Colorado’s small medical marijuana community, so it is in your best interest to maintain your professionalism throughout the process. • Do not make the same mistake twice! Make sure your next business partner is someone you are comfortable spending the rest of your “business life” with.

Medical marijuana is becoming an increasingly popular way to treat various ailments in Colorado, but it’s not necessarily fully embraced by society yet. That’s why Rhett Jordan opened a different kind of dispensary — one that’s hidden from the public so that a variety of patients can discretely buy marijuana, including well-known Colorado business leaders. High-end clientele such as stock traders, CEOs of big companies and staff from well-known businesses in the heart of Denver buy their medicine from Jordan’s store, called Native Roots Apothecary. “We have come to appreciate being off of a store-front property. It allows our patients to keep everything private,” Jordan said. “I think it’s important, especially in our industry now, because not everyone respects the use of medical marijuana.”

All of the products in Native Roots are from local vendors, including Rush Bowls — a Boulder-based company that produces all-natural bowls of frozen fruit mixed with yogurt and soy products, topped with granola. The product sells in Boulder as a non-medicated fruit snack. Bryan, who visited Rush Bowls while in college at CU Boulder, teamed up with the company’s owner Andrew Pudalov and Vice President Nichole Shapiro to sell a medicated version of the product by replacing the regular granola with medicated granola from Conscious Confections. “The feedback has been positive. I think it’s a good healthy way to get your medicine,” Shapiro said. “I think there’s a great market for it and a great market for other businesses as well. There are a lot of people who want to get in touch

The dispensary is located on the eighth floor of 910 16th Street, in a classical marble building along the bustling 16th Street Mall. The store opened on March 1, 2010. “We cater to the working force that carries 16th Street Mall. Our spectrum is probably larger than any other dispensary,” he said. Men dressed in tuxedos — on their way to The Denver Center for Performing Arts — often stop by Native Roots prior to seeing a show, Jordan explained. Yet operating a hidden dispensary has a few setbacks. Jordan and his staff rely heavily on marketing and word-of-mouth advertising. Another hurdle is keeping the other tenants in the building abreast to their presence as a medical marijuana dispensary and showing them that Native Roots is a legitimate business that provides wellness services to registered MMJ card holders. The dispensary employs five people who work hard to ensure they follow state laws and guidelines of Colorado’s newly robust world of medical marijuana. Native Roots has its own grow operation in a warehouse in downtown Denver. Reyna Bryan, who handles all of the administrative work for Native Roots, says the dispensary’s grow operation prides itself on delivering highquality marijuana. “We’ve been working to the bone to make sure our facility is in pristine sanitary condition,” said Bryan, adding that they go the extra mile to ensure their medical cannabis is all organic and free of spider mites and mold, which are common nuisances to many grow facilities. Native Roots has invested thousands to ensure it’s up to the latest specifications, which has been great for the local economy, Bryan explained. “We’re paying contractors and electricians,” she said, adding that when they first contemplated opening a MMJ facility, they wanted to do something to support the local industry and local economy.

with the natural foods, and I think medical marijuana is a good way to do it.” Native Roots also provides wellness counseling through Shahara Wellness. The dispensary organizes monthly wellness seminars with one on one counseling for its patients. “What we found is that professionals love this spot,” Bryan said. “They want a safe, classy place, but they want it to be discrete.” In fact, this particular location is so discrete that none of the dispensary patients wanted to go on the record with Kush Magazine in order to keep their MMJ use private.

Beau Hawkes is a 30 year old entrepreneur originally from Idaho, who now calls Maui his home. In 2004, Beau took a 6 month construction job in Maui, during the Idaho winter which turned into a two year experience. Beau felt a true connection to island life, but when work slowed down he returned to the mainland, determined to return. He felt an unspoken ‘mana’ with the island and wanted to return to eventually raise a family in the relaxed, tropical atmosphere that Maui has to offer. In September 2009, Beau returned to his island paradise, finally calling it ‘Home.’ On the first Sunday following his return, he visited his Sunday fun-day ‘church’, his favorite secret beach spot. Planning a relaxing day of hanging on the beach and soaking up the Maui rays, the beach was quiet and empty. Within an hour a colorful character walked up and politely asked Beau if he and a few friends could set up a volleyball net next to him, and that they were welcome to join them for a game. The tattoos and dreadlocks were a second to the warm smile and aloha radiating from him. Within an hour the beach was bustling with every sort of colorful Maui local, all seemingly there for their own Sunday tradition. He somehow knew immediately this was his Maui “ohana” or family. Over the next weeks and months Beau would get to know and love these amazing friends as they gathered for their sunset volleyball sessions. As it would turn out, one friend in particular who lived just up the street, would be instrumental in directing Beau in his new career. His name was Jason Harris, formerly of Jerome Baker the glass bong company. This industry was new to Beau, being a Mormon kid from a small town Idaho. He came to know Jason as a father, husband, friend, and creative consultant. During their daily coffee talk in his kitchen, they would talk and brainstorm about their favorite industry

industry would offer opportunities for someone willing to do the work. Beau couldn’t have found a better mentor. Somehow during one of their creative sessions the idea was born of a bamboo water pipe. With only six months until the C.H.A.M.P.S. trade show in Las Vegas, Beau was determined to create as many bamboo bongs as he could. Being a woodworker, it seemed a natural, almost easy task to create. How wrong he was. Over the next several months he experimented with different varieties and styles of bamboo, eventually leading him to one of the most progressive bamboo farms in the world, that happened to be right there in his own back yard. Beau learned that the bamboo species was key, and true to form, the ideal bamboo happened to be one of the rarest on earth. And so the bamboo tube or Bootube was born. During the research and development stages, countless trips in his 1971 VW bus were made to the farm by way of one of the windiest roads in the world. Weekly progress reports were given at his Sunday volleyball sessions, and he received constructive criticism from some of the most discriminating people in the industry. He knew if his colleagues would endorse his all natural, bamboo pipe; it would surely be able to be sold and used as a daily piece for others looking for an organic smoking piece. Just a week before the C.H.A.M.P.S show all the pieces finally came together. With all the pieces loaded into his suitcase he hopped on a jet plane full of excitement, wonder and anticipation. Literally putting the pieces together in his Las Vegas hotel room, it was there Beau saw his first perfectly finished Bootube. Although Beau and his Maui family and friends loved this new bamboo bong he was hoping the industry would love it also. Well the rest is history selling out of product their first day and taking orders from every corner of the country. Everyone wanted their own piece of Hawaii to take home. From its humble grass roots beginning to the overwhelming response, the Bootube remains the first daily usable bamboo water pipe that with proper care will last for years to come.

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Beau believes that, “Aloha is the way of life in Maui, and no-

that even in a down

where else is it more exemplified then in Kipahulu” where he gets his

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bamboo. During harvest time he gears up for his biggest harvest ever.

It’s an exotic black bamboo that he is after; found only a handful of places on the earth. Searching the globe for the perfect bamboo wasn’t easy, though finding uncles 180 acre organic bamboo farm right here in Maui certainly made Beau’s life easier. Beau says, “there is something about this place, maybe it’s the majestic ocean view that goes on for thousands of miles, maybe it’s the isolation from civilization where neither power lines nor cell phones can reach, whatever the case it is the tangible life energy or ‘mana’ that lives in each piece of bamboo that makes the Bootube so unique.” Hand picking the perfect bamboo shoots to create a Bootube wasn’t easy at first, but after countless walks through the bamboo forest, he says he “can almost feel the bamboo telling me which ones are ready to be transformed into a work of art and bring its aloha and mana to every corner of the globe.” Beau’s passion and a labor of love goes into each and every Bootube. After the arduous task of cutting the nearly indestructible bamboo, it’s time to load up his old VW bus, known as the magic bus and begin his journey back to the north shore. The bamboo will slowly cure in the warm Kula sun until the ideal moisture content is reached. Back to the north shore to their humble Bootube facility where each piece will be hand shaped, sanded, branded and finished, and finally adorned with a hand blown glass on glass sleeve and slide. Eager customers have been patiently waiting to get their hands on their own piece of island life. From the silky smooth hemp seed oil finish to the unique harmonic sound each piece makes, it is the ‘Aloha’ and ‘mana’ in each and every piece that truly make each Bootube a functional work of art.

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Question: I know THC is a medical treatment but what other medical properties does the cannabis plant have? -Edmund Vogel of Boulder County, CO

Buckie: Cannabinoids are the active chemicals in cannabis to which our our body and brain reacts. THC is one of these cannabinoids. Here is a quick run down of the most discussed cannabinoids: -THC(Tetrahydrocannabinol): This is the most psychoactive of the bunch. THC is responsible for changes in mood and brain processes from ingesting of cannabis. Many patients find THC helpful in “lifting” mood, which is very helpful in managing uncomfortable or painful symptoms. THC has also been found to act as an appetite stimulant and nausea suppressant, helpful to chemotherapy patients. Adversely, high doses of THC may be responsible for triggering feelings of anxiety associated with cannabis use. Don’t fret, CBD is next! -CBD(Cannabidol): CBD is the cannabinoid with the most medical indications. CBD is the super hero that has been found to attack cancerous cells in the body, increase mobility in multiple sclerosis patients, reduce inflammation, fight anxiety and reduce muscle spasms. It also helps relax those having trouble with the sandman. Experts suspect that medical marijuana with a CBD heavy ratio can inhibit some of the negative effects of THC. Because CBD has high anti-anxiety properties, those patients who feel a little tense after consuming medical marijuana may find it helpful to seek out a strain with higher CBD ratios. As you may know, many effects of cannabis consumption are very quick to affect the brain and the body. CBD is beginning to stand out in this department as evidence mounts that CBD’s helpful features have a slower and more lasting effect on the body than other cannabinoids. -CBN(Cannabinol): CBN is our middle of the road cannabinoid. Oxygen, light, and heat are the three main components of a break-down process called decarboxylation. Through exposure to oxygen, light, and heat, THC breaks down and becomes the cannabinoid CBN. CBN is similar to THC, but only about 10% as psychoactive. A major feature that sets this cannabinoid apart from THC is the ability to make a person drowsy. Strains with a ratio high in CBN are especially helpful in getting to sleep. For example, those who remember the days before accessible medical marijuana may be familiar with a lowgrade class of marijuana referred to as “shwag”. Shwag is not a strain, but a

process in which marijuana is cultivated and cured with little care. Typically, shwag growers would cultivate mass quantities of marijuana plants outdoors where they were cut and left to cure in the elements. The combination of sun and wind provided the necessary conditions for decarboxylation to occur. The result was marijuana with a high potential to make a person sleepy due to a high CBN and low THC ratio. Utilizing proper curing processes CBN is kept at relatively low levels in most available medical marijuana crops. Some patients seeking higher CBN numbers have experimented with the decarboxylation process in medical marijuana obtained from a care provider. It is important to note that decarboxylation occurs when smoking cannabis, which is a result of applying heat (a flame) to THC. Edibles do not require the application of heat to be consumed, therefore, THC is not converted to CBN after the edible has been made. This allows edibles to deliver a repeatable and measurable dose once they have been tested.

Question: I bought some seeds that are supposed to have 33% THC. How do I know if this is true? -Walker Tejano of Louisville, CO

Buckie: At this stage of cannabis research, we know that levels above 26% THC potency are extremely unlikely anywhere in a cannabis plant. We know that potency is a sign of a healthy cannabis plant. The conditions under which it is grown are primarily responsible for a plant reaching its full potential. As with any industry, competition can influence businesses to promise unreasonable results from a product. Testing and information sharing are very important in combating false potency claims. As a cannabis testing lab, Full Spectrum is sometimes faced with delivering disappointing test results to hard working growers who may have invested money in seeds on the basis of false claims. Additionally, disappointing THC levels can influence medical marijuana growers and care centers to keep test results private. Whether a result of inflated potency claims from seed providers or growing technique, it is important to share test results even if they fall short of a THC home run. Choices and information are key in selecting appropriate treatment using cannabis. As a patient it is important to understand which expectations are reasonable when selecting medical marijuana. Let your care provider know that you’re on board with squashing the hype.

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Who said it couldn’t be done?

Over 300,000 square feet of the Colorado Convention Center in Denver this December will be consumed by KushCon II the largest star-studded Cannabis Lifestyle convention ever to take place in the United States, and for that matter on the entire planet. The place will be buzzing (no pun intended) with thousands of people to partake in the largest collection under one roof of live concerts, entertainment, skate demos, and hundreds of vendors showing their cannabis friendly wares just in time for last minute Christmas shopping. To add more excitement, everyday at 4:20 Kush Magazine and Daily Buds will be giving away $1,000’s of dollars of holiday presents as part of the KushCon mega giveaways celebration. The gifts will be items you have on your Kushmas list including custom blown glass, leather jackets, jewelry and so much more. The Kushmas party continues with our daily concert series. Friday and Saturday conventioneers will be treated to first class recording artists and DJ’s including Flobots, Dirty Heads, Mickey Avalon, Asher Roth, Mix Master Mike, and Aaron Lewis of Staind. Sunday, we bring back Old School featuring performances by the legendary War, yes the band famous for such hits as ‘Lowrider’, ‘Cisco Kid’ and ‘Why Can’t We Be Friends’ to name a few. We are also headlining the distinctive voice of Gregg Rolie, founder and lead singer from the Santana Band and Journey with such hits as ‘Black Magic Woman’, ‘Evil Ways’ and ‘Oye Como Va’. “Nothing has even come close”, said Michael Lerner, the founder and publisher of Kush magazines and Daily Buds, and now his latest venture KushCon Cannabis Conventions. In the first KushCon this past April over 20,000 marijuana curious patrons attended; and even though no marijuana was permitted on the premises, they had a wonderful experience. For KushCon II we have upped both 44

the size and quality to epic proportion, but still no bud will be allowed on sight. Cooking with cannabis demonstrations will be conducted by some of the biggest chefs in the infused product industry. Scott Durrah from 8 Rivers, Lauren Gennett formerly of Mad Batter and Rachel Welpo of Baked at Mile High will be creating infused culinary meals for you to try at home. KushCon II is also about the dissemination of information about the marijuana culture. There will be breakout rooms with continuous speakers from within the medical marijuana industry and the marijuana movement. Some of the speakers slated include legendary growing experts Jorge Cervantes and Ed Rosenthal. U.S. Congressman Jared Polis and Matt Cook head of Colorado Department of Revenue who is in charge of medical marijuana enforcement will talk about the political climate. Attorneys Rob Corry, Warren Edson, and Brian Vicente will share their legal advice, recommendations and war stories. Medical information for patients and others about marijuana and its uses to treat certain modalities will be presented by Dr. Alan Shackelford and Dr. Robert (Bob) Melamede. There will also be speakers from NORML, MPP and other non-profit organizations from around the country. Among the prizes to be given away are Sheldon Black glassware, Vortex Gravity Bongs, Celebration pipes, cool original Kush Brand clothing and apparel plus a whole lot more. There will also be an opportunity to win a million dollars and a new car from one of our vendors. The event will be cannabis free and open to the public. At the first Kushcon Lerner said â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were happy to see a lot of parents with their kids checking out the vendors and all of the entertainment, and just having a good timeâ&#x20AC;? Continuous live remote broadcasts by Jammin 101.5 and Hot 107.1 DJs. To get KushCon II updates about the talent lineup, event information and to buy tickets check out www.kushcon. com. Tickets will also be available at several authorized medical marijuana dispensaries.

A symposium held in Colorado or California to discuss medical cannabis is not unique, but when it takes place in New York City—that’s a whole different story. The New York Hilton became sacred ground as medical cannabis pioneers, scientists, industry members, and business professionals discussed one of the fastest growing market segments today—medical marijuana. The Marijuana Conference, sponsored by DealFlow Media, was the first conference ever to be held in the Big Apple this past October. The forum of presenters and panel discussions were designed to educate and inform Wall Street professionals and entrepreneurs about investing in or starting a cannabis enterprise. Topics of discussion included scientific, medical, legal, legislative and financial aspects of the business. But it was possibly the personal stories that created lasting impressions upon the audience. Stephen DeAngelo, founder of Harborside Health Center in Oakland, California was a keynote speaker whose topic was “Future Funding of Deals: Is Institutional Investment on the Horizon”. Characterized by pigtails and a fedora hat, DeAngelo is a monumental figure in the medical marijuana movement. He eloquently described the levels of risk associated with being a cannabis dispensary owner or cultivator, as well as touching on the

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It was at a dinner party that Dr. Grinspoon and Betsy first learned of cannabis being used by an 18 year old cancer patient in Houston with positive benefits. Betsy suggested that they try marijuana with their son Danny, even though Dr. Grinspoon was concerned over the legal ramifications and possibly jeopardizing the treatment their son was receiving from Harvard Medical School. Before the next treatment that Danny was to receive, Betsy drove her son to the local high school to meet his friend who had access to marijuana. When Dr. Grinspoon visited his son and wife later in the treatment room, it became an entirely different situation. “They were smiling, they were joking. I thought this was some joke on me,” said Dr. Grinspoon. The cannabis was so effective in helping their son Danny with his nausea that it enabled him to have an appetite after treatment and go back to school. Holding back his emotions, Dr. Grinspoon said, “From that time on, we never had to be concerned about him being uncomfortable.” The conference was well attended and drew media attention from HBO, National Geographic and CNBC. The line up of speakers and organizations represented was impressive, and included many pillars in the industry such as: ancillary businesses that include equipment suppliers and advertising companies. DeAngelo reminded the audience that there are also benefits to being involved in the businesses that support the industry. He referenced Mark Twain’s description that “when everyone’s looking for gold, it’s a good time to be in the picks and shovels business.” DeAngelo invited the investment community such as hedge funds and venture capitalists to investigate the opportunities available within the cannabis industry. This group of “alternative” investors has a higher appetite for risk, and is subjected to fewer regulatory requirements compared to the institutional investor. The alternative investor has traditionally been on the sidelines, but DeAngelo invited them to investigate the cannabis industry. “My message to the alternative investors…you don’t have to hang back anymore—the water is fine.”

DeAngelo concluded his presentation by reminding everyone of the magnitude of the emerging medical marijuana industry. “We're talking about the richest market to emerge since the collapse of communism.”

Another keynote speaker was Dr. Lester Grinspoon, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of Marihuana Reconsidered. In the most poignant moment of his presentation, Dr. Grinspoon reflected back to 1967 when his 10 year old son Danny was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia and was being treated with chemotherapy. Danny’s reaction to chemotherapy wasn’t positive. The severity of the nausea, vomiting, and pain experienced by Danny was difficult to observe for Dr. Grinspoon and his wife Betsy. Dr Grinspoon described the after effect of chemotherapy treatment-- “he vomited in the car as we drove home, and on arriving he had to lie in bed with his head over a bucket on the floor.”

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Rob Kampia, Marijuana Policy Project Trish Regan, CNBC Anchor Dr. Robert Melamede, Cannabis Science Jeffrey Miron, Harvard University Steph Sherer, Americans for Safe Access Warren Edson, Kumin Sommers Brian Vicente, Sensible Colorado Jill Lamoureux, Boulder County Caregivers Troy Dayton, The ArcView Group Tom Ammiano, California State Assemblymember Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Washington State Senate Senator Joshua Miller, Rhode Island State Senate Roseanne Scotti, Drug Policy Alliance Ted Rose, See Change Strategies Justin Hartfield, Weedmaps.com Richard Cowan, Cannabis Science Paul Stanford, The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation Dale Gieringer, California NORML Joel Hay, University of Southern California Bob Selan, Kush Magazines, Daily Buds, KushCon Cannabis Conventions Jeffrey Miron, Harvard University Noah Potter, ESQ Justin Alpert, Escher Alpert James Koutsoukos, iweed.org JB Woods, Greenpoint Insurance It was truly a great networking experience for all the attendees, with tons of valuable information and insights exchanged. And although the marijuana business has evolved immensely since the hippiesque days of past, creating jobs and financial gains for many, business opportunities in this industry are still in their infancy. To sum it up Steve DeAngelo closed his presentation with “Not since the ending of communism has the world seen the emergence of such a rich market.”

MORE PEOPLE EVERYDAY ARE LOOKING EAST FOR ANSWERS TO health questions and general wellness. Acupuncture is a very big part of traditional Chinese medicine and its popularity in the United States has grown abundantly in the 20th century. While the exact origins of acupuncture are not clear, it is often studied and reported that acupuncture goes all the way back to the Stone Age in China. According to 1970’s novelist, David Frum, “The greatest exposure in the West came when New York Times reporter James Reston, who accompanied Nixon during the visit, received acupuncture in China for post-operative pain after undergoing an emergency appendectomy under standard anesthesia. Reston was so impressed with the pain relief he experienced from the procedure that he wrote about acupuncture in The New York Times upon returning to the United States. In 1973 the American Internal Revenue Service allowed acupuncture to be deducted as a medical expense.”

At the core of Chinese medicine is the belief that a type of energy or force known as qi (pronounced “chee”) flows through energy paths (meridians) in the body. Each meridian corresponds to one organ or group of organs that governs particular bodily functions. Achieving balanced flow of qi is thought to be the very key to health and wellness. Qi maintains the dynamic balance of yin and yang, which are complementary opposites. According to Chinese medicine, everything in nature possesses both yin and yang. An imbalance of qi (too much, too little, or blocked flow) causes disease. To restore balance to the qi, an acupuncturist inserts needles at points along the meridians. These acupuncture points are places where the energy pathway is near the surface of the skin. The effects of acupuncture are not easily understood or described. The research that has been done suggests that the needling process may produce a variety of effects on the brain and the body. Several theories have been written about and a common belief is that stimulated nerve fibers transmit signals to the spinal cord and brain, activating the body’ s central nervous system. The spinal cord and brain then release hormones that alleviate pain while improving overall wellness and health. Acupuncture may also increase our pain threshold which is advantageous for those who suffer from chronic pain. Acupuncture has also been reported to increase blood circulation and body temperature, positively affect the immune system by affecting white blood cell activity and triglyceride levels, and reducing cholesterol and restoring blood sugar levels. In the next installment, a look at the effects of acupuncture in treating cancer patients.

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When you hear the term “Chernobyl”, the first images that probably pop in you head are visions of nuclear catastrophe and post Cold War fallout. After all, the 1986 nuclear accident at the Chernobyl plant in the town of Pripyat in the Soviet Union was one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. But if you are an avid marijuana smoker, you probably have some other connotations associated with ‘Chernobyl’. It’s a somewhat mysterious strain, and we’re here to clear some of those confusions up. Chernobyl is a sativa dominant hybrid strain of Kush that originated in Canada, but can be found throughout California pretty easily. San Diego seems to be a great place to find Chernobyl these days, and that is a good thing for local medical marijuana patients. Searching around the internet I found all sorts of guessing about where it comes from and whether it’s an indica or sativa. Don’t get caught up in all of those rumors... it comes from our lovely neighbors to the north and it’s a good balance between indica and sativa, but more on the sativa side in terms of genetics. One of my favorite parts of going to a dispensary is smelling a variety of strains. Chernobyl’s lovely aroma caught my attention immediately with a fruity, tangy explosion in my nose. From what I’d heard and what I was smelling, I knew this was going to be a strain I wouldn’t regret buying. I’m pretty frugal these days, which makes price a big factor, but Chernobyl was right around the average of what I usually pay for my Mary Jane. So with all the right pieces in place, I grabbed my eighth and headed home for a relaxing evening of redbox movies, pizza, and this exciting little tube of 64

Chernobyl. (Sort of bit ironic having my Chernobyl pot in a green tube that looks like it belongs at a nuclear plant). The taste of this strain hits you very smoothly, with a sweet and tangy flavor to match the smell. The buzz comes almost immediately with a mild, cerebral high that is quite pleasant and calming, considering it is sativa dominant. I usually stay away from sativa’s or hybrids that lean on the sativa side, but this was a very nice high that didn’t kick up my heart rate too much or cause any anxiety, as I tend to get that with similar strains. It’s perfect for a night of relaxing and contemplating life... definitely a high that had me thinking about things on a much deeper level. For example, the movie I was watching - The Men Who Stare At Goats - came to have much more significant meanings than likely intended. The ‘heady’ part of this high really makes you think, which is a quality that I can always appreciate in a strain of cannabis. Overall, Chernobyl was a very pleasant strain that I would recommend to readers and friends, and also that I’d buy again in the very near future. I’m guessing that the name just comes from the fact that it’s green color resembles the color associated with nuclear waste. Someone was thinking a little too hard when they named it... likely after they smoked it. Chernobyl is a relaxing, soothing, and mellow high that works great for a night in, thinking about philosophical questions and the meanings to life. If you have a chance, definitely pick up some Chernobyl.

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and with the kids still jacked up from all the Halloween candy, you may be looking for some fun holiday activities to keep the whole family busy and happy. With all the hassles of work, school, cooking, shopping, and family visits, we have a little bit of escapism for both the adults, and kids. There’s nothing like the theater to take you to another place in your mind. A place where anything is possible, any character can become real, and for an hour or so, the realities of life can effortlessly drift away into the care-free part of your grey matter. Please take your seats, as this show is about to begin… For the adults, we have dinner theaters throughout Colorado with great murder mysteries in need of solving. These “PLAY” (MURDERS) take place directly around you, and allow you to be the private investigator. Do you have the deductive skills to figure out “whodunnit”? Was it the Waiter? The Hostess? Maybe the Chef 66

is behind it all? Who knows, maybe it’s the guy at your table who just passed you the dinner rolls? You have to figure that out. This fun, and exciting show is truly interactive, and puts unsuspecting people under the gun… if you know what I mean.

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many murder scenes under investigation around Colorado: In Denver, and Colorado Springs at the Embassy Suites Hotels, in Fort Collins at the Hilton, in Golden at the Table Mountain Inn, and in Boulder at the Millennium Harvest House Hotel. With over 20 years of improvisational theater, TV, and film work, the casts of these “dinners” subtly hide in the crowds as patrons and staff, putting your scrutiny and super-sleuth skills to the test. This compelling interaction makes for a fun-filled night of intrigue, mystery, and theatrics, all while enjoying a delicious meal. It’s no surprise that THE DINNER DETECTIVE - MURDER MYSTERY DINNER SHOW was voted 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 “Best Dinner Show” in Los Angeles and Denver. For more info on private Dinner Detective parties, or on how to attend one of the scheduled “MURDERS”, go to www.TheDinnerDetective.com for all the gory details. Now that you’ve planned something for just you and your significant other, it’s time to plan something for the whole family. With all the holiday fanfare around town, what better way to explain these traditions than through the eyes of Charles Dickens’ character, Ebenezer Scrooge. In this novella adapted to the stage,

cold, dark tale, Ebenezer must confront the ghosts of his past, present and future, dealing with the realities of death and despair. But as the seasons change from cold to warm, so does Scrooge’s heart, as he finally finds redemption. This play is one for the whole family, of all ages, and is sure to put you in the holiday spirit. A Christmas Carol takes place at THE DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, and runs from Nov. 26th Dec. 24th at The Stage Theater. Make sure to check out the Sat/Sun matinees at 1:30 for the little ones, and double check for the special holiday shows, as these are sure to sell out. For more information on schedules or tickets, go to www.DenverCenter.org.

Another production of A Christmas Carol is being performed by the COLORADO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL IN BOULDER on the University of Colorado campus’ University Theater, playing from December 2 – 24th, 2010, with evening performances, matinees and school day performances available for classes. If you are interested in this production, please visit http://www.coloradoshakes.org/box-office/a-christmas-carol So, first you need to go book a night with The Dinner Detectives - next, go plan an outing to see A Christmas Carol with the family, and then you’ll have two new “real” excuses as to why you can’t make it to your in-laws this holiday…

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issing Pink Floyd’s The Wall concert in 1980 was a huge disappointment. I was in sixth grade, and there was one kid at my school who went, and he wore his concert T-shirt with an overwhelming amount of deserved pride. I was incredibly jealous as an eleven year old, with fantasies of going to rock concerts, and being a part of those gatherings. Not long after that I went to my first concert, (Styx - Paradise Theater wasn‘t quite the concept album I had hoped to see) and now 2,000+ shows later, I think missing The Wall made me determined not to miss many others, and I haven’t looked back since. Seeing Pink Floyd in 1994 was amazing, even if somewhat dismantled. Seeing David Gilmour solo was fantastic, and seeing Roger Waters re-create the Dark Side Of The Moon a few years ago was the absolute ultimate concert experience, putting the audience in the middle of a musical and theatrical show, with lights, smoke, visuals, and amazing interactive props. This smorgasbord of the senses put the audience in the show, as opposed to just viewing it. The level of artistic vision has been unmatched since - possibly until now. Having said that, there was still a gap to be filled in this 30+ year saga. Re-creating The Wall was the obvious next move for Waters, and thankfully he’s obliged. Conceived out of Waters frustrations with the disconnect he felt between himself and large arena rock audiences, he wrote The Wall metaphorically to separate himself from said audience. Building a wall, brick by brick, allowed Pink

(the main character based on Waters) to deal with his self-imposed isolation from society. Pink’s life experience began with the loss of his father during the Second World War, and continued with the abuse from schoolteachers, an overprotective mother, and the breakdown of his marriage - all traumas adding “another brick in the wall”. The protagonist becomes a Rock Star, and while building this wall has to deal with the isolation from human contact. Culminating in an on stage hallucination where Pink believes he’s a fascist dictator with Neo-Nazi-like regalia, he sends his men into the audience after unworthy fans, putting them up against the wall. Plagued with guilt, he places himself on trial, his inner judge ordering him to “tear down the wall”, opening Pink to the outside world. The story truly comes full circle as it ends with the closing words “Isn’t this where….” (with the beginning track starting with “….we came in?”) with the continuation of the melody of the last song hinting at the cyclical nature of Waters’ theme. With the 2010 Roger Waters - The Wall Live tour hitting far more cities than it’s original venture (which was a losing proposition financially), there is NO reason at all to miss this experience. The reviews are in, and the general consensus is that it’s “…. the greatest show ever!” With only one night in Denver, Tuesday Nov. 23rd at The Pepsi Center, this show is sure to sell out, so go RIGHT NOW and secure your seats. You know this is going to be the concert of a lifetime.

For those KUSH readers under the age of sixty, try to imagine what it was like to grow up in the fifties. Imagine almost a whole decade before Leave It To Beaver - now add in some nuclear testing and a little post-war trauma, and you’ve got yourself one screwed up era. If there was ever a time to smoke a joint, it was then. So in typical contrast, what does our country do…? We implement The Boggs Act, which nearly quadruples penalties for all narcotics offenses and unscientifically lumps Marijuana in with narcotic drugs (which by definition declares it an Opiate, which Marijuana is NOT). I guess rational thinking was on back order then too. This all took place on Nov. 2nd , 1951. Was this just a sign of the times….? Let’s jump ahead 45 years to 1996, where a San Franciscan AIDS activist named Dennis Peron conceived Prop 215 (The Compassionate Use Act), which passed with overwhelming numbers in the liberal Bay area. Other cities in California soon followed, and with California leading the way, the fight has continued ever since. With many hurdles in this battle, we can see the future of California’s stance on the issue with the recent bill passed last month by Governor Schwarzenegger, essentially de-criminalizing Marijuana in amounts under one ounce, with a $100 fine, and no arrest. Finally the small time user is clear and free of a potential jail sentence based on their medical usage, or personal habits. This is a relief on our judicial system, as well as our society as a whole. With this watershed moment potentially leading the rest of the country in tow, we must reflect on how we got to this far. It’s been a lot of hard work by a lot of different people. It’s taken many individual and collective battles to get to this point. As California and other liberal states are fighting the cause, there are many more states fighting against it. If you’re reading KUSH magazine, you probably support the latter of these two historical moments. Let’s not ever take for granted what our forefathers have done, and/or what our politicians are attempting to do presently. We have a long road to haul, so let’s not rest on our laurels.

Q: Rob, I want to grow and provide cannabis to patients. Should I be a “Caregiver” or a “Center”? ~ BILLY BUDD, DENVER A: BILLY, IT DEPENDS. Each has advantages and disadvantages, and your own personal qualities will determine the best direction. Generally, “Centers” tend to be larger, retail, corporate, advertised, storefront operations, and “Caregivers” tend to be smaller, organic, personal, and discreet.

A Caregiver has ironclad constitutional protections under the Colorado Constitution, Article XVIII § 14, to grow and distribute cannabis to patients. The only way these constitutional protections can be eliminated is by a vote of the majority of Colorado voters, a firewall unlikely to be broken.

By contrast, a Center must follow a host of expensive bureaucratic requirements, and open operations to an infestation of armed technocrats. For this “privilege,” a Center must pay the state government a non-refundable application fee of $7500.00, plus another fee of $1250.00 to cultivate. A Center must grow 70% of its own on-hand inventory itself, a unique requirement in the American free market system. The Center may also be required to pay local government an additional fee, varying by jurisdiction. For example, Denver charges a $5000.00 annual fee. The Center must pay local and state sales taxes, federal and state income taxes, withholding, and federal and state taxes on its profits.

The Center concept is created in statute, House Bill 10-1284. The Center concept could be eliminated or modified at any time by a simple majority vote of the Colorado Legislature. The Senator who was prime sponsor of H.B. 1284 was motivated by his belief that many in cannabis medicine are “thugs and knuckleheads,” and his goal was to put “well over half ” out of business. Government is hostile to cannabis because in addition to medical benefits, cannabis can induce serious side effects such as thinking, happiness, and freedom.

The Center application can take many hours, and can consist of thousands of pages. Applicants must disclose private aspects of their lives, such as finances, details of divorce, all tattoos, and anything else that a government bureaucrat, sitting in a cloistered cubicle somewhere, could deem inconsistent with “good moral character and reputation.” An unpaid parking ticket disqualifies you as a Center. The government will require video cameras in Centers, constantly filming and recording patients’ previously-confidential registry cards. These film records are accessible to Big Brother, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and your friendly local Sheriff or police officer, “on demand.”

A Caregiver can operate independent of government approval, oversight, or knowledge, of its existence. A caregiver generally pays no taxes, submits to no inspections, fills out no written applications, pays no fees, and can grow an unregulated amount of whatever is medically-necessary. H.B. 1284 attempts to limit Caregivers to five registered patients designating that particular Caregiver, but does not place any limit on patients who leave the Caregiver designation blank, nor does it limit the number of patients who opt not to register with the State and rely on a physician’s advice. The bill also attempts to prohibit Caregivers from charging the patient more than the cost of producing the medicine, but does not prohibit charging the patient for Caregiver services.

The regulators overseeing Centers model the regulatory structure after casinos, racetracks, liquor stores, exotic dancing cabarets, and other “sin” industries that, unlike medical cannabis, are purely entertainment, and do not exist to serve suffering patients. The Colorado Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division (MMED) chief regulator is a former U.S. DEA agent, the same federal agency that singled out Coloradan Chris Bartkowicz for five years in Federal Prison for doing the exact same thing thousands of Colorado Centers and Caregivers do every day. Some DEA agents tell me that due to the culture of “brotherhood” in the agency, it is impossible to “leave” the DEA, i.e., that affiliation with the agency is lifelong. The MMED states it will not withhold any information from the DEA. So, those video camera records could be “Prosecution Exhibit A” in the next federal case. There is the theory that participating in the Center Racket and paying the government its “protection money” will shield a Center from criminal prosecution in a manner that Caregivers are not. After all, there is the truism: “Don’t Steal, the Government Hates Competition.” Time will tell whether government becomes addicted to medical cannabis revenue in the same way it craves the Drug War-Industrial Complex. Robert J. Corry, Jr. is an Attorney licensed to practice in Colorado, California, and the District of Columbia. This column does not constitute formal legal advice, and should not relied upon as such. Please submit comments or questions to www.RobCorry.com.

When my editor asked me to write a piece on the best holiday movies, I gladly accepted. I’m a big sucker for the holidays and that means that I buy Christmas albums from artists I like, I start decorating the day after Thanksgiving and when I start hearing the Christmas music in stores in October, it’s not a day too soon. So holiday movies are naturally a big part of my holiday cheer. But as I thought about the holiday movies I absolutely love, I realized that I have somewhat slanted taste and that most of it slants toward A Christmas Story. There is no suspense lost by me telling you that A Christmas Story is the best holiday film ever made, bar none. It’s so good that TBS airs it for 24 full hours! Guess what channel my TV stays on for 24 hours? So rather than compile a thoughtful and meaningful list of the top 5 holiday movies to enjoy this season, this list is really more of a “Holiday Movies to Watch When A Christmas Story is Not On” list. And believe me, the other four are wonderful, but there’s only one Ralphie, one Randy and one Red Ryder Carbine Action Air Rifle. The runners-up are not your traditional holiday flicks. Any website will tell you to watch Miracle of 34th Street, or It’s a Wonderful Life and you should. But sometimes you have got to mix it up.

The Wi zard of Oz I know what you’re thinking, and no, The Wizard of Oz is not a traditional holiday movie, but during a time filled with wonder, imagination, hope, courage and heart, there is no better film in all of the history of cinema to portray the holiday spirit. And if you don’t watch the Wizard of Oz once a year, you might need to follow the yellow brick road back to the place where you learned about Kansas for the first time.

Home for the Holidays Jodie Foster directed this sleeper in the 90’s and the cast alone makes it a holiday favorite at my house. Robert Downey Jr, and Holly Hunter deliver some of the finest performances of their careers and ooze discomfort that is special to going home for the holidays. And even though this one is a Thanksgiving story, everyone has an Aunt Edna, a family with secrets and a desire to be able to teleport away from the dinner table.

Big If you don’t like Big, you have never been a kid who wanted to be older. Tom Hanks has had a handful of great roles and Big is top 3, for sure. Nothing can unleash your childhood whimsy more than a story of a kid who gets big and get sot work at a toy company. The FAO Schwartz scene alone should get you in the holiday spirit.

A Nightmare Before Christmas Tim Burton was being Tim Burton long before Tim Burton was cool. This one might make a lot of holiday lists and it certainly makes this one for its sheer imagination and the animation. Burton took his slightly warped view of Christmas and turned it into a cult classic. Good for any time of year. 1. A Christmas Story Ho Ho Ho.

By Deanna Gabriel CCH CN • Certified Clinical Herbalist & Clinical Nutritionist When asked to name my favorite element of cannabis, I have to say the essential oils. Hands down this is one of the greatest constituents produced by this amazing plant! Everyone is familiar with cannabis essential oil, even if you are not aware of it. We all know these oils because they are responsible for the famous cannabis smell… yes that wonderful skunky fragrance of a classic indica or the fruity floral of your favorite sativa is brought to you by essential oils! Now think about the fantastic experience of inhaling a deep lung-full from a garden near harvest or of the pleasure of opening a jar of your favorite strain and having your nose tickled with the delightful aroma. This in itself is therapeutic. When that fragrance meets your nose a smile slowly begins to creep across your face, your shoulders drop their tension and you breathe a deep sigh of relief and pleasure. This my friends is cannabis therapy at its most basic level. Cannabis contains over 100 different types of essential oils known as terpenoids. These amazing oils are responsible for the delightful smell of cannabis but their power goes much farther than that. Terpenoids are antiinflammatory, increase blood flow to the brain andcan have a slightly sedating action in the body.This sedating effect may help reduce the possible anxiety occasionally associated with THC. Some terpenoids bind to cannabinoid receptor sites and work synergistically with THC. They can also act as serotonin uptake inhibitors, increase dopamine and enhance norepinephrine and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Basically, these beautiful oils assist

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in creating calm and happy feelings while relaxing the nervous system and actuallyenhancing mental function and memory. One specific terpenoid found in cannabis and all citrus oils , limonene, exhibits antimicrobial activity whichmay provide important support for patients with compromised immune systems. Limonene is also known to decrease memory loss by supporting acetylcholine, which enhances sensory perception and alertness. Studies indicate that damage to the part of the brain that produces acetylcholine may play a role in the memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Two of the most concentrated forms of cannabis essential oil therapy are CO2 and butane extractions (commonly referred to as honey oil). Basically, these extractions are essential oils. The concentrates contain high levels of THC bound in the resins. These oils are newer on the scene, relatively speaking, and should be approached carefully. The effect of these concentrates is highly dose dependent. Smaller doses tend to produce relaxed, euphoric states whereas larger doses can cause deep sedation or extremely altered mental states. It’s important to note that when opting for the butane honey oil, investigation should be done into the production methods and the quality of butane used. Poorer quality honey oils have been known to contain pockets of butane or to have been produced with low quality lighter fluid butane. Please be cautious with this extraction. On the other hand, CO2 extractions use carbon dioxide to separate the oils from the plant material. CO2 concentrates do not have the harmful potential that the solvent extracted butane oils can contain but they are less available on the market. Now at this point you may be wondering how to maximize the beneficial effects of cannabis essential oils when smoking dried buds. Unfortunately, the standard joint, pipe or bong is not going to cut it. You will inhale a small amount of these oils through combustion-style smoking; however the best way to gain the maximum benefit from these terpenoids is to use a vaporizer. Terpenoids vaporize at relatively low temperatures and cross the blood brain barrier when inhaled. Vaporizers heat cannabis to temperatures just below combustion, typically around 356-392 degrees. The lower temperature ensures that fewer oils are lost to the intense heat of combustion and setting your vaporizer to a lower temperature setting can deliver even greater amounts of essential oils per dose. Extracts of cannabis such as tinctures and oil infusions can have notable amounts of terpenoid essential oils if made properly. The proper extraction methods for preserving these oils utilizeclosed containers during infusion, particularly when heat is used during the extraction process. And there you have it… The “Essentials” of Cannabis. A deeper understanding of the wonderful aroma that delights the senses, brings a smile to your face, and relaxation to your body. Who knew that just smelling cannabis was therapy in and of itself! Now, go get a jar of your favorite strain. Take off the lid and inhale deeply. Beautiful.

Colorado Travel

Steamboat Springs by JANE QUENTIN

ki season is finally here! If you have been watching the leaves and the clouds and the jet stream is your daily gauge for fun, then the wait is over. It’s time to start checking the weather for potential powder days and calling in SICK! Make sure you get a good tune up on your skis or board, make sure you heave all the proper equipment and always remember, safety is sexy. As winter creeps on in and the holidays approach, it’s also time to start thinking about ski getaways. Sure, we all have our local hill where we know every run and love the bartenders, but it’s always fun to try some new slopes and since we live in land of awesome skiing and cool ski towns, make sure that when you can get away, you do.

First stop: Steamboat Steamboat Springs reminds me of Whoville and I can easily see The Grinch sliding down the mountain with a sled full of presents. Fortunately for us, Steamboat is a world-class winter destination (We really are so spoiled.) and offers a ton of things to do and of course, the legendary Champagne Powder*. The skiing really is pretty hard to beat and the town is full of nightlife and après ski can often turn to après hours. The Steamboat Ski Resort, while not gargantuan, boasts 165 named trails spread over 2,965 acres. Fourteen percent are classified as beginner level, forty-two percent as intermediate, and forty-four percent as advanced. It also contains the Mavericks Superpipe snowboard/skiing superpipe-- one of the premier pipes in the nation. Lodging is as expected in most resort towns—expensive. But for the cash-conscious traveler, there are a lot of great options like cheaper motels and locals pricing. The best way to catch a break is to call the hotel and talk to an actual person. They’re just like the rest of us and probably work at the hotel so they can get a discounted ski pass. And as I always say, the cheapest way to travel is to take friends, that way everyone chips in. Try the Rabbit Ears Lodge for no-frills, ski hard kind of an experience and if you’re looking to stay a few days, consider renting a condo. The Steamboat Springs Chamber of Commerce is a great resource for all things travel, and they live there so you will get the real scoop! If it’s your first time visiting this little gem of a spot, plan on giving yourself at least a day to get up there. It’s about a 3-4 hour drive depending on weather, so this getaway is best taken over a weekend or a few unfortunate sick days during the week. Head west on I-70 and then west on I-40 until you come tot a sign that doesn’t, but should say “Whoville”.

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Ozomatli 11.19.10 @ Ogden Theater (Denver) The kings of the eclectic sound, Los Angeles’ Ozomatli have been fusing together hip hop, rock, reggae, salsa, jazz, funk, rap, and more since 1995. In line with their diverse musical stylings, their live show is a real work of beauty and collaboration that entails somewhere between 7 and 10 band members on virtually every instrument you can imagine. The name Ozomatli comes from the Nahuatl word for the Aztec astrological symbol of the monkey, which is a God of fire, dance, music, and the new harvest. Releasing their 5th studio album, Fire Away, in April of this year they are touring everywhere, and you have an opportunity to see their spectacular concert on Friday, November 19th at Ogden Theater in Denver. www.ozomatli.com

DJ Shadow, Pigeon John 11.21.10 @ Ogden Theater (Denver) One of the most prominent hip hop DJ’s and producers of this generation, DJ Shadow has brought instrumental hip hop and sampling to a new level of existence. He comes to Denver in November, and Pigeon John joins him on his Dragon Slayer album release tour. The LA raised and based rapper, Pigeon John started his career in the early 90s, with four solo albums since then and a few more as a member of the well respected LA Symphony. This pairing should prove to be a highly enjoyable concert experience, and if you like hip hop, Ogden is where you should be on this Sunday night. www.djshadow.com, www.pigeonjohn.com

Swollen Members 11.17.10 @ Black Sheep (Colorado Springs), 11.18.10 @ Aggie Theater (Fort Collins) Swollen Members, the Canadian hip hop pairing of Prevail and Mad Child hailing from Vancouver, bring their innovative spirit and abstract style to Colorado in November with dates in Colorado Springs and Fort Collins. Formed in the mid-90’s, Swollen Members have released seven full-length albums, the latest being Greatest Hits: Ten Years of Turmoil, which was released in March of this year. Their live show is energetic and full of enthusiasm. Do your best to make it to one of these shows to see some good old fashioned, high quality hip hop. www.swollenmembers.com

Tame Impala, Stardeath and White Dwarfs 12.4.10 @ Bluebird Theater (Denver) Australia’s Tame Impala hail from Perth and make a style of psychedelic, hypno-groove, melodic rock music that really gets under your skin... in a good way. Their debut album, Innerspeaker, is a joyful listen, and their 4-piece live set is very nice. Joining them on this night at Bluebird Theater is Oklahoma City’s Stardeath and Whit Dwarfs, a solid ‘experimental rock’ band (whatever the hell that means). They have worked closely with the Flaming Lips (whom if you like, you will probably dig these guys) and released their debut album, The Birth, on Warner Bros back in 2009. If your into hearing something a little different from what you’ll get on the radio these days, this is the show for you. Good music, good vibes. www.tameimpala.com, www.stardeathandwhitedwarfs.com

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Eddie Money 12.8.10 @ Grizzly Rose (Denver) Just in time to get you all warmed up for the holiday season, Eddie Money comes to town on his Acoustic Christmas Tour. What that tour title exactly entails, we’re not sure. But we hope that he’ll play some acoustic renditions of old classics like “Two Tickets To Paradise” and “Take Me Home Tonight”. Either way, he’s a rock legend and won’t let fans down at the Grizzly Rose on December 8th. Plus, it’s the middle of the week... you just might NEED music to get you to the weekend! www.eddiemoney.com

Iration, The Movement, The Green 12.8.10 @ Bluebird Theater (Denver) If you’re not feeling the Eddie Money concert, there is still ample opportunity for good live music on this Wednesday evening. Sometimes the perfect way to warm up in the dead of winter is some good reggae! Iration, hailing from Hawaii but currently located in Santa Barbara, CA, is a very solid reggae-rock group headlining this irie bill. Joining them at Bluebird on this night are The Movement and The Green. Check them all out and you’ll quickly see what kind of vibe to expect from the show. We suggest you dabble in some Kush prior to and during this show. Never really a bad idea, and perfect for this night of jammin. www.irationmusic.com, www.themovementvibe.com, www.thegreenmusic.com

Jeffree Star w/ Guests 12.11.10 @ The Summit Music Hall (Denver) Looking for something a little bit “weird”? Well look no further than The Summit Music Hall on December 11th. American model, fashion designer, make-up artist, DJ, and singer/songwriter Jeffree Star brings his transgressive, androgynous self to Denver from the land of weirdos, Los Angeles. Aside from all of the gimmicks and whatnot, this should be a really fun concert showcasing some good electro synthpop. Not sure who the guests are, but with a plethora of famous friends, we’re sure some pretty cool folks will show up. Or maybe it will just be a bunch of Queens dancing on stage... either way it’ll be interesting. www.myspace.com/jeffreestar

Tokyo Police Club 12.13.10 @ Black Sheep (Colorado Springs) Tokyo Police Club is a Canadian indie punk rock band from Ontario. The four-piece group formed in 2005 and have already released two EPs and two full length albums, the most recent being 2010’s Champ. Their live set is full of energy and distortion, but they only play in Colorado sparingly so this is a great opportunity to get out and see them! Hit up Black Sheep on this Monday night and start your week off right. www.tokyopoliceclub.com

is the plant that every Cannabis consumer thinks they know. It’s the closely related species of Cannabis that can’t get you high, but makes stronger, longer lasting clothes than any other fiber (without the need for extensive pesticide use, like with cotton) and provides a host of other planet-saving uses such as renewable fuel. California’s Proposition 19 would legalize all forms of Cannabis plants, and technically that includes hemp (although a 25 square foot garden of hemp isn’t much of a hemp farm). However, Prop 19 does suggest amendments to include industrial hemp later and legalization of both hemp and pot is immanent in California, regardless of Prop 19’s outcome. As the Cannabis movement expands from a rolling snowball into a full-blown avalanche of momentum, Cannabis legalization is going to show up in every election from now until it’s a reality. Industrial hemp bills gain support each year in California, despite Governor Schwarzenegger’s constant veto. With the topic of Cannabis legalization on everyone’s lips, marijuana enthusiasts everywhere are wondering - What will a legalized (or largely decriminalized/regulated) hemp and cannabis market look like? How will the dominoes fall? What does it mean for the consumer? While many imagine pot-bars and pre-rolled packs of joints sporting corporate logos, there’s a crucial bit of horticultural information that the Cannabis Movement is overlooking. If industrial hemp varieties of Cannabis are grown anywhere near outdoor marijuana crops, the marijuana crops would be essentially destroyed by an invisible but potent force of nature: pollen. While indoor production of marijuana has been on a dramatic rise for the last decade (especially the last 5 years), outdoor marijuana still accounts for the majority of overall annual production. Ironically, one of the major reasons that growing seedless pot, or “sinsemilla” (Spanish for “without seed”) outdoors is even possible is due to the current prohibition on hemp, which would otherwise pollinate nearby marijuana varieties and render them worthless. In 98

order to understand this ironic problem, we need to once again go back to the board and look at some Cannabis Botany. Plants are scientifically defined and named according to their genus and species names. Cannabis is the “genus” name of the plant in question and the “species” names include familiar titles like sativa and indica – i.e., Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, etc. Hemp is technically defined as a subtype of sativa, but many consider Cannabis hemp to be quite separate from other sativa plants, mainly due to the total lack of THC, the primary psychoactive compound. Industrial hemp varieties produce less than 0.3% THC while medicinal varieties have 10-20+% THC. However, most of the time when botanical taxonomists define plant species; they do so based on whether or not a plant can interbreed with other closely related plants. In other words, plants typically defined as a species can only mate with other plants in that species. But Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica and Cannabis hemp can all cross-pollinate and produce hybrid seeds with each other. This is why many Cannabis botanists actually consider Cannabis to be the name of the species, with other names like sativa and indica designating sub-species or varieties. Ok, so all Cannabis plants, hemp and pot both, can breed together - what’s the big deal? Hold on for one more bit of botany and it’ll become clearer. Despite the similarities between pot and hemp as far as cross-pollination is concerned, the THC producing varieties of Cannabis (sativa and indica) are also quite different from hemp in one very important trait. Sativas and indicas grow into separate male or female plants (the botanical term for this is dioecious). Producers of medical marijuana grow only the female plants because those flowers, when unfertilized, swell up with psychoactive resin instead of non-psychoactive seeds. Growing female

marijuana flowers exclusively is easy because the flowers are on separate plants. Hemp plants, on the other hand, are “monecious”, which means that they produce male and female flowers on every stalk. Because male flowers cannot be removed from the crop, massive amounts of pollen are released into the air and can be carried by the wind for many miles. If pollen from these monecious fiber varieties of hemp lands on a crop of female marijuana plants, the marijuana plants will immediately lose potency and value because the flowers that should be filling with potent resin are filling up with non-psychoactive seeds instead.

conditions will destroy pollen immediately, so seasonal factors will greatly affect the issue and how quickly the drift occurs. Geographically protected mountain gardens far from hemp fields may never see this effect if the prevailing winds come from hemp free areas. For other areas, Cervantes suggests planting as late as August outdoors, after the hemp crops have finished flowering, but this would undoubtedly also reduce the potential yield from such outdoor gardens. June and July would be filled with pollen in the air, but are also usually filled with sunshine and currently supply a great deal of energy and crop size to outdoor gardens.

In a 1998 article titled Hemp and Marijuana: Myths and Realities, David West, Ph.D. points out: “Hemp fields, in fact, could be a deterrent to marijuana growers. A strong case can be made that the best way to reduce the THC level of marijuana grown outdoors would be to grow industrial hemp near it. An experiment in Russia found that hemp pollen could travel 12 kilometers. This would mean that a hemp field would create a zone with a 12-kilometer radius within which no marijuana grower would want to establish a crop.” 12 kilometers is about 7.5 miles. Noted Cannabis author Jorge Cervantes also points out that pollen from the mountains of Morocco can travel across the Mediterranean Sea to Spain onto crops intended to be seed-free (The straight of Gibraltar is about 9 miles wide at it’s narrowest, indicating an effective pollen range of well over 10 miles). Cervantes claims that pollen can drift up to hundreds of miles under dry conditions.

Hopefully, an increased awareness of this issue can help the Cannabis movement make the best decisions as we move toward legalization. Local municipalities traditionally used for outdoor marijuana production can perhaps regulate where hemp is grown and choose sites that keep pollen out of the main prevailing winds. Hemp crops grown strictly for fiber can be harvested before flowering while crops grown for seed could perhaps be grown in less populated areas. As we get closer to legalization, outdoor pot grows will become more common and the first few years after legalization will undoubtedly come with an influx of outdoor production. However, the influence of industrial hemp will show up at some point and it’ll be the “Pandora’s Box” of the Cannabis world. Given a long enough timeline, hemp will escape and seed itself everywhere, just as it did in Kentucky and other states where it still grows wild after more than 6 decades of eradication efforts. Despite the hundreds of millions of dollars spent annually to eradicate wild hemp, it still flourishes across much of the Midwest. More than any other type of Cannabis, hemp highlights the idea of eradication as preposterously foolish. Its durability and adaptability makes the task of getting rid of it impossible. But that’s also the way nature designed it and one of the many reasons why it’s such a valuable crop resource.

So, let’s say conservatively that hemp can pollinate other outdoor cannabis crops at a 7 – 10 mile range with enough influence to essentially ruin crops intended to be seedless. If that’s our radius, then hemp crops can create a 20 mile wide circle around them where cultivated marijuana would become seeded. Seeds produced by the union of hemp and medicinal forms of Cannabis would not only displace THC in the pollinated plants, they would produce a resulting generation of offspring that could self-seed and later, produce pollen of their own. With a viable range of 10 miles in all directions, it’s easy to see how just a few seasons worth of pollen drift could create self-seeding hemp plants in many of the same areas where marijuana is currently grown outdoors. Perhaps hemp fields wouldn’t immediately pollinate large outdoor grows a hundred miles away, but after a few seasons of pollen spreading, self seeding plants would pop up in remote guerilla grows all over the place. Remote grows ruined by seeds would more than likely be abandoned as it would not be worth the risk to haul out worthless plants. Those seeds will likely start again next season as hemp and its pollen would continue to spread beyond the boundaries of industrial cultivation each year. So, if you grow outdoors and you live at least 10 miles from the next nearest marijuana garden or hemp field, you may be alright. But since everyone in California is within 10 miles of an outdoor marijuana garden (and everyone in the famed Emerald Triangle is within about 10 feet of an outdoor marijuana garden), it won’t take long for pollen drift to impact the areas that produce the most outdoor pot each year if hemp is also planted. Some hemp producers that grow strictly for fiber harvest the plants before flowering, eliminating much of the pollen. Still, those same fiber crops traditionally need to have a portion of the crop left standing to produce seed for the following season. Even a small portion of a hemp field left to seed could produce enough pollen to frustrate outdoor growers miles away. Any hemp crop grown for seed would have to flower and inevitably would produce vast amounts of pollen in the process. In fact, there are few plants on earth that produce as much pollen as Cannabis and people with pollen allergies will want to stock up on allergy medicine if industrial hemp is to be grown in your area. The real question is not whether or not hemp will impact outdoor marijuana in a post legalization world, but rather how much impact it will have and how quickly it will occur. Pollen remains viable over great time and distance if kept dry, but wet

As for outdoor marijuana production, well, it’s gonna take a hit at some point. How much and when will depend on many factors. As the methods and supplies for controlled environment growing become more efficient, cheaper and more widely available, more growers will turn to controlled environments – grow rooms and greenhouses where the air can be filtered not only for pollen, but mold and mildew spores as well, which is a good thing. Of course, it’s very convenient to simply plant outdoors and let nature do her thing, but greenhouse grown sinsemilla will always be superior to pot that didn’t come from a controlled environment. So perhaps the silver lining to this will be an influx of cleaner, high quality greenhouse bud in the long run. Let’s not forget that the super potent hybrid varieties of marijuana that exist today are the direct result of prohibition. In countries where Cannabis is grown for hash, little work is done to improve the genetics of the plants. I mean, who cares about a few points worth of THC one way or the other when you’re just gonna turn the whole acre into hash anyway. But as prohibition attempted to eradicate pot in the US, grower ingenuity and resourcefulness teamed up with some Dutch breeding and – voila! – We now have plants that push the upper limits of how much THC marijuana can hold. We can grow more and stronger medicine in smaller spaces than ever before. Plus, we also now have strains in every flavor under the sun from chocolate to pineapple to artificial grape flavor (how does nature even know how to make the smell “artificial grape flavor”, anyhow?). So keep that chin up – hemp is a good thing. So are greenhouses and I think those looking to position themselves according to future trends would be wise to invest in a greenhouse with air filtration anyhow. There may be a few seasons worth of extensive outdoor production in a post-legalization setting, but sooner or later, hemp will do what it does best and we’ll just have to take our cue from the plant and learn to adapt to our new, post legalization environment.

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D emocrat John Hickenlooper won the gubernatorial race by a landslide on Nov. 2, and medical marijuana proponents aren’t quite sure what that means for Colorado’s robust ganja community. Some MMJ experts think Hickenlooper will help clarify some of the lingering confusion surrounding the massive marijuana legislation that was signed into law by Colorado’s current Gov. Bill Ritter. Others feel that Hickenlooper is a non-issue, and that his stance on marijuana won’t hinder cannabis reform in the state.

Yet Hickenlooper will be faced with a couple of complex bills in the 2011 legislative session -should they make it to his desk -- including cleaning up last year’s House Bill 1284, which regulates how medical marijuana is distributed and used across Colorado. “There’s going to be a number of cleanups to House Bill 1284. He will have to sign those into effect. I think some of those changes will be positive for patient access,” said Brian Vicente, executive director of Sensible Colorado, a non-profit organization that promotes a evidence-based approach to drug policy in Colorado. Another bill that will be introduced to Colorado’s General Assembly in January, outlines how to handle those who under the influence of marijuana while driving a motor vehicle. It’s a DUID (Driving While Under the Influence of Drugs) bill, that’s aimed to set forth rules and regulations for drivers and law enforcement concerning marijuana. “Hickenlooper will not be obstructive to the medical marijuana community,” Vincent said. “Generally I view him as somewhat neutral on this and that’s better than prior governors.” Medical marijuana advocate and attorney Jessica Corry said it’s yet to be seen how Hickenlooper will treat MMJ in the coming years. As Denver Mayor, Hickenlooper didn’t ban the use of MMJ for patients, and dispensaries continue to flourish in Colorado’s capital city, but that doesn’t mean that Hickenlooper was completely on the ganja bandwagon, Corry said. Hopefully he’ll promote it throughout the state and protect patients’ constitutional rights should the federal government try to step in and diminish the use of MMJ, she said. Also, Colorado is facing a $1 billion budget deficit next year, which will be a huge challenge for the elected governor.

HICKENLOOPER’S GOP WIN DOESN’T HURT OR HELP MMJ COMMUNITY “As Governor, Hickenlooper should understand that medical marijuana is one bright spot for Colorado’s economy,” Corry said, noting that the growing MMJ industry creates much needed jobs in the state. “I think that Colorado’s example has been a positive one,” she said. Hickenlooper’s campaign did not return calls for comment. Mason Tvert, the executive director of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation) Colorado, said that he’s not concerned about how Hickenlooper feels about marijuana. Tvert supports the full-legalization of cannabis and is helping put a measure on the ballot in 2012 to fully legalize marijuana, including recreational use of the drug. “Either he’ll work with us or he won’t be a factor. We’re not going to bend over backwards to hoard his support,” Tvert said. “We’re supporting a statewide initiative in 2012, and either he can support it, or we’re not going to worry about him.” Hickenlooper beat out Republican GOP candidate Dan Maes and American Constitution Party Candidate Tom Tancredo. Hickenlooper received 50.7 percent of the votes, Maes tallied 11 percent and Tancredo logged close to 37 percent. by Noelle Leavitt

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Becoming a firefighter/paramedic at the remarkably young age of 16, Derek had seen tragedy. Fatalities, and dealing with them, were part of the job. “Among all the living species on Earth, humans are the only ones who have learned to stop the dying process,” he says. “I was getting in the way of the Grim Reaper, sometimes head-on. On some days we won, some days we didn’t.” Those fatalities also included people he worked with. “In my time on the job,” he relates, “I personally knew five people who committed suicide.” After 20 years on the job, however, Derek appeared to be one of the last people who’d fall victim to the psychological trauma that plagues firefighters and medics to the extreme of taking their own lives. “From the time I was 14 years old,” he says, “I never thought of doing anything else.” Nothing in that 20 years, though, had prepared Derek to deal with the events of June of 2008, tragedies that pushed him to the brink of suicide after the initial treatment attempt he underwent completely and utterly failed. Forced to choose between permanent disability due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or curing himself, he created a treatment that finished fixing the damage almost completely on his own. And ironically, Derek himself would have never considered that the treatment would involve medicinal use of marijuana. “I’m not exactly a poster-child for pot-smoking,” he’ll still say now, looking more like the critical care flight paramedic that he was than a tie-dyed, bong-twirling Bob Marley fan. This also makes it easy to see him right in the middle of two tragic airrescue accidents that occurred in northern Arizona in June of 2008 - three

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helicopters crashes that caused seven fatalities within just 48 hours, an unprecedented event in helicopter rescue history. The first accident occurred on June 27th.

“At that time, I managed or assisted management of bases in Show Low, Prescott and Kingman,” Derek recounts, “pulling paramedic shifts out of Show Low. I had just gotten to sleep around midnight, and at 4am I got the call that Air Evac 31 went down and the crew was being transported to Flagstaff Trauma Center.” Air Evac 31 was responding from Prescott to an emergency call about 50 miles north when it went down at 3:30am, rolling over four times and throwing two of the three crew members out of the helicopter as it slammed into the ground. “You couldn’t have picked a worse place to crash,” Derek says. “It was in the middle of nowhere. Prescott was a base I had helped start up. Everyone there was family to me, so I was the first one notified.” As he rushed to the Trauma Center two miles from where he lived, Derek had no idea of the extent of their injuries. “I was told that they thought everyone was still alive,” he says, “but there had been some chaos. There was bad communication.” Procedure for emergency air rescue assistance calls for the highest-ranking member of the crews responding to determine the landing zone for the helicopter, and the FAA later determined that the wrong LZ was chosen for the helicopter - with disastrous consequences. “The LZ was like fine talcum-powder desert,” Derek recalls, “like walking on the moon. Every step you took kicked up dust. The crew is under nightvision goggles, so when the pilot tried to land dust kicked up through the rotor blades, throwing everyone’s equilibrium off. On the helicopter, what was happening outside looked completely opposite of what was really

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happen if I left,” he says. “I was “I thought something bad would w l any emotions at that point. I kne so sleep-deprived I couldn’t fee to it affect me right now. I needed I would, but I knew I couldn’t let be there for my guys.” happening. They came in tail low, the tail hit the ground, and blew the helicopter everywhere.” Derek arrived at the Trauma Center as three other helicopters were dispatched to rescue the injured crewmen. A familiar face there, where his wife (whom he was separated from at the time) also worked, he dashed straight through the lobby up to the helipad, waiting 45 minutes for the first helicopter to arrive. “It felt like it took forever,” he says. The first helicopter transported the male nurse, in need of an immediate assistance due to injuries causing him extreme difficulty breathing. “He was conscious, but I could barely recognize him,” Derek recalls. “His flight suit was all cut up, and his whole body was caked in that light brown powder. He was in shock, saying ‘I thought the helicopter was going to explode. I thought it was gonna burn up’.” The nurse told Derek he’d landed just 20 feet from the wreck on top of one of the rotor blades, covered in jet fuel. He couldn’t see the aircraft’s jet engine, which had landed three feet from his head, but feeling the intense heat, he was sure it would ignite the fuel and explode. Derek also learned the dust had been so thick that it took rescue personnel on scene a 20- minute eternity to find the crew. Derek held his injured crewmate’s hand, talking to him to him as he was transported down the elevator into the trauma room, and continued to hold his hand as the ER staff went to work. “Everybody knew not to push me away,” he says. “They worked around me.” Derek was soon informed that the second helicopter was five minutes away, transporting the flight medic, so he ran back up to the helipad to assist. The medic, who had been flying for 25 years, had sustained the worst injuries and was barely clinging to his life as he arrived unconscious at the trauma center. Derek was informed that the man had suffered severe internal injuries, and he repeated the routine of taking the medic’s hand, talking to him as he was taken down the elevator into the ER. “You learn in medic class,” he said, “that even if the patient appears unconscious, you still have to watch what you say because the brain could still be awake. They could be in a coma, but still be completely awake, in pain and not able to tell you.” As if the scene wasn’t chaotic enough, Derek’s phone then began ringing non-stop. “Air Evac has about 400 employees,” Derek says. “I was management, making my number easy to find, so people started calling my phone like crazy and I’m trying to be there for my guys, so all I could tell them was everyone was still alive and I had to go.” As he waited with the medic to get a CT scan, Derek realized the extent of the man’s injuries. “He was white as a ghost,” Derek recalls. They couldn’t get a pulse, he was about to go into cardiac arrest, and I actually expected him to die before our partner got out of his CT scan. They were about to start CPR when they finally found a pulse. In my mind, that changed it to he’s not going to die now, but he’s going to die tonight.” When Derek saw the x-rays on the injured medic, his worst fears were confirmed. “I thought there was no way anyone could live with what I’m looking at.” Amazingly, the man pulled through and eventually got back on a helicopter, though it appeared for months that he would never even walk again

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without assistance. Then Derek heard the third helicopter touching down with the injured pilot. “So I ran back up to meet the pilot, the best off of the three physically, but he was carrying a heavy burden. He was crying, ‘Oh my god, what did I do?’ At that point, he wished he was dead.” The pilot, suffering from fractures and other injures, had tried in vain to find his crew after the crash. “This was devastating to him,” Derek says. “He told me he could hear them calling for him but couldn’t find them. A firefighter there literally picked him up and carried him away from the wreck before it could explode, but he kept saying ‘No, I’ve got to go back for my crew.” With the pilot now down, Derek went back to stay with the still-conscious the flight nurse, and found himself taking on the role of liaison between the injured crewman, family members and other medical personnel arriving at the ER, though nothing in his training had prepared him for this and he was literally dealing with the situation as it unfolded as best he could. “I was just trying to stay focused on answering calls and being there for my guys,” he says. Derek began spending time in each room with his injured crewmen while continuing to act as liaison. Over the next 24 hours, the medic had multiple surgeries and repeatedly almost died while Derek fought to maintain his composure, watching his friend fight for his life and while continuing to deal with the mounting number of people arriving at the hospital. Of the 1200 hours of paramedic training Derek had underwent, only two hours were devoted to “coping” with traumatic situations, but “coping” wasn’t exactly what was taught. “What we had when I started my career” Derek says, “was called ‘Choir Practice’. You got off work at 7am, split a pitcher of beer and an omelet with your crew, talked sports, went home with a buzz and that was that.” When Derek was finally ordered to go home by his superiors Sunday morning at dawn, he still didn’t want to leave. “I thought something bad would happen if I left,” he says. “I was so sleep-deprived I couldn’t feel any emotions at that point. I knew I would, but I knew I couldn’t let it affect me right now. I needed to be there for my guys.” Unfortunately, the weekend’s tragic events were not over yet. Another horrendous situation was about to unfold, one even more devastating than the first.

Derek had been awake for only 30 minutes Sunday when he got the call that a second accident had occurred. “A flight paramedic from Air Evac called to tell me Lifeguard 2 had just crashed into the side of Mount Eldon. I asked him when, and he said right now, it just happened.” Though this helicopter was not from Air Evac, Derek still responded. “Why I felt like I had to do anything to this day I don’t know,” he says. “It was an automatic reaction.” As he rushed to his car, Derek could see the smoke plume from one of the two wrecks. At this point, he still didn’t know that a second helicopter had also gone down. “One accident site was just 500 yards from the ER entrance,” he recalls. “Half the ER staff was outside just standing there. A flight medic was also standing there catatonic. People were crying and screaming.”

The “catatonic” flight medic was part of the crew of one of the two helicopters that had just crashed. His helicopter couldn’t hover-land at the med center because it was overweight, carrying a full crew and patient, so it did a “skid landing” like a plane would land at an airport two miles away from the hospital. He then bailed out so it would be light enough to hover-land. Tragically, this would set in motion a chain of events leading to the helicopter collision just minutes later. A second rescue helicopter from another company was also converging on the med center with a patient, and though both pilots knew they were in close time proximity to each other, a communication breakdown failed to warn them that the crucial minutes they thought they had between landings were erased when the medic was let off. Moments later, both helicopters were on final approach from the north and south of the helipad and unable to see each other due to their landing angles. They collided 500 yards short of the helipad, sending both careening into the foothills of the mountain. “As I pulled into the ER,” Derek recalls, “I saw a medic and an EMT arguing about which way to go. This was the first I heard about a second helicopter involved.” Still not fully clear on what had happened, Derek launched into rescue mode. “I walked up, grabbed both of them and yelled go over there and you’ll know what to do when you get there, pointing then to the first accident site.” Derek then ran to the ambulance with them. He also called the director of Air Evac to inform him of the situation, and to let him know that he was responding with the Guardian ground crew. “The questions was,” Derek now says, “was I on duty at that point, or wasn’t I? He could have said you have no business being over there. Go be with our crew. In hindsight, that’s what he should have said, because I had just been through something very traumatic, and this is the reason why we pull people off the helicopters before going on other calls. He was supposed to put the brakes on, like I would have with one of my crew.” As the ambulance rolled towards one accident site, a police officer redirected them to the other accident site. Derek then fully realized that two helicopters had gone down. As they pulled up they came upon a flight nurse, who’d landed 80 feet from the wreckage and was unconscious with a serious head injury. Jumping out of the ambulance to assist the nurse, Derek saw the pilot still stuck in the wreck. He raced up to assist the pilot, and then ran back down to help transport the nurse to the hospital. Derek then returned with the ambulance crew for the pilot. When they arrived, they found the pilot of a state police helicopter who had flown in to assist giving the other pilot CPR. There were no survivors of the other crash. Tragically, the liquid oxygen tanks on the other helicopter exploded moments after the aircraft went down, killing the entire crew and patient before they were pulled clear of the wreckage. After transporting the pilot to the med center, Derek found himself standing outside in a daze. “That’s when all three days hit me,” he recalls. “I remember thinking ‘How could this have all happened?’. I felt my knees go weak, and I started to get sick.” He then realized his wife Kelly, working in the med center ER, had come outside to get him back inside to clean up. “The Air Evac nurse and pilot had to relive their accident tenfold when they were told their friends had crashed and not survived,” Derek remembers. “The nurse that I worked on, the only survivor of the collision on Sunday, died the next day.” The incident still weighs heavily on Derek to this day. “There are so many things you can look back on,” he recalls. “There are so many things that could have happened to stop it…but didn’t. The perfect combination of events led to this immense tragedy.”

Derek was again finally ordered by his superiors to go home Monday morning, where he collapsed and slept for 18 hours. “Over the course of the next week,” he recalls, “I never ate alone. I was always with co-workers, and we were never alone unless we went home to sleep. This was nothing official. We were just trying to be there for each other.” Group therapy sessions also began with counselors, members of the base, family and combinations of everyone meeting over the next ten days. “It was a way for people to vent,” Derek recalls. “People were mad. There was a lot of anger, a lot of misconceptions about how things should be dealt with.” Unfortunately, these sessions didn’t help Derek. “The people there,” he explains, “were all seeing it from the outside, being there hours or days later. Nobody was there from the very beginning like I was.” Derek also felt himself about to blow. “I sat there thinking, ‘How could you be so upset?’” he recalls. “You didn’t see it. You didn’t smell it. I understood them being upset, but still felt like I had much more of a right to be angry and depressed, and I was holding it together better than people who weren’t there. I was getting mad at them. It was like, how dare you? What I didn’t realize was that this was a protective mechanism that had kicked in.” The sessions did make it clear to Derek that he was going to need help himself. “I knew I was going to need to see somebody private,” he remembers. “During the group sessions they were asking me questions, and I was responding as best I could. I was helping them, but it wasn’t helping me. I was on the wrong side of the therapy.” People began noticing Derek was not himself, and that he was in trouble. “I was showing no emotions outwardly,” he remembers. “People could see that I was holding it in and ready to lose it, to explode and go off the deep end. I wasn’t looking normal. My facial expressions and reactions were different. I had what’s called the ‘thousand yard stare’, like you see in combat veterans. I was slightly catatonic without knowing it.” The counselors also noticed the difference, and alerted his supervisors. Unfortunately, they didn’t notice and try to get him help until a full week after the accidents. “I think that was a little late,” he says now. “I didn’t feel I had any input in it. I didn’t feel I needed or didn’t need it. I just did what I was told to do. I was on autopilot, but with less of my senses than when the accidents were going on. When I was with my partners in the ICU I had to focus. Now I had nothing to focus on. At that point, it was clear to them that at any moment I could go home and blow my own head off.” The assistance available to Derek was also fraught with problems. “I was left on my own,” Derek recalls. “They didn’t help me find anyone. If I wanted to do it through the company, I’d have to go to Phoenix over two hours away.” Derek did find out that he was guaranteed eight sessions with a mental health professional, so he located the only PTSD Specialist in Flagstaff on the company insurance plan. “Most of the counselors there were for rape victims or family trauma,” he says. “There was almost no one for a public safety worker in need of help. This was a whole different monster.” As no one could go back on duty without counseling, Derek set up an appointment. This would become yet another disaster that almost ended Derek’s life.

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hat happens when you take medical marijuana, place it in socialogical Mixmaster and add a brilliant dash of daring art and ardent activism? Simple. Beautiful creations of marijuana art, bursting from the creative womb of imagination and the everyday realities that combine to compose the artistic world of Jean Hanamoto, and her husband, George. In April of 1998, George was able to get a recommendation from his doctor to use marijuana for his glaucoma, and we joined WAMM (Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medicinal Marijuana), a patients co-op in Santa Cruz. Her art has been inspired by all the wonderful, generous, kind and concerned people in this group that are working together to grow and give away this potent herb as medicine. I recently had the opportunity to interview this fantastic artist about her life, her husband George, and the problems facing those in the medical marijuana community, who explained her love of life, her art, and the fact that on the front of medical marijuana use, the war isn’t over yet. How powerful a tool is art combined with activism, and do you find that art and activism are powerful weapons in the battle of the wills to change people’s perception of “the evil weed”? Very much so. My art has always celebrated the beauty and grace of this fine herb, and people are surprised by my colorful images. I’ve been entering marijuana “portraits” into various county fairs and shows over the last 13 years, and most were placed where everyday people saw marijuana as art for the first time. Even the California State Fair hung my piece “The Sink in WAMM’s Garden” prominently in the main rotunda. I was allowed to have a framed statement next to it explaining the WAMM philosophy (Wo/men’s

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Alliance for Medical Marijuana in Santa Cruz) that treats patients like family, and had worked out a method to exchange medicine for labor in the garden. How do you feel about the use of recreational marijuana in addition to the use of medical marijuana. Should it be legalized altogether? My views have changed over the years, especially since coming from the cocoon of my experience with WAMM. I would like legalization to be seen as an opportunity to legitimize and support small growers, allowing them to be some the employers this country needs. I’m all for having an age restriction, and children need to be taught respect for use, but it’s outrageous that alcohol is legal and marijuana is not. When my husband, George, and I joined WAMM in 1998, the founder Valerie Corral had strict rules in place. It wasn’t for nothing that it was called the gold standard of medical marijuana organizations. Medical marijuana was respected and all the rules were followed. If anyone was caught selling, they were not given a second chance. Medicine was distributed free to our members, and most worked in the community garden to provide it. WAMM believed in medical marijuana only, and had no tolerance for anything other than that narrow group. The patient was the point. Tell me more about George the Gardener and his garden projects? George has to be the guiding light in your art and he must give it a foundation that drives you and gives you strength. George has indeed been the light of my life for 25 years. Without his love, I would not have had the freedom to be the person I’ve become. We had a small repair shop when we were first married called “George the TV man”, along with my business “Artworks Frame & Gallery”, in the tiny town of San Martin (for an article, the local newspaper called us Magnavox and Magnolias, we were such an odd pair. I was painting flowers then). When we joined WAMM, he just naturally became “George the Gardner Man”. When he was first diagnosed with Glaucoma, George was the one who very much wanted to be

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legal, and we met Valerie when we came to Santa Cruz for their thenannual HempFest. She was a speaker that day and we waited to talk to her afterward. She was so encouraging, and invited us to visit a WAMM meeting the next week, knowing we were enthusiastic and motivated. Our bond was immediate. Being hired as “garden coordinator” for WAMM for the last three years before we moved was such a great pleasure for George. You would never know that he was close to 70 at that time. He worked as hard as anyone 40 years younger, and the work & marijuana kept him young. He loves to “experiment” with cross-pollination and growing methods, soil and fertilizers, happy in his own “cannabisian” world. At 76, he should be able to be safe and secure. He should not have to have worry about the law saying he is wrong in any way for using marijuana for his Glaucoma, high blood pressure, arthritis pain, and appetite. With health care so expensive and and pharmaceuticals that create so many side-effects, the calming pain and nausea- reducing effects of marijuana would replace many more dangerous drugs. Think that’s a big reason why it’s still illegal? Do you find that there is an appreciation for your art outside of the Marijuana camp? Has your art in some way fostered an appreciation for the medicinal uses of the herb by those who may have been on the fence? I’ve had many opportunities to talk seriously to individuals and groups about medical marijuana. I know from feedback that I’ve had a positive impact on countless non-smokers, many that came to me through my art. City and County fairs are usually not a showcase for outside-the-mainstream ideas, but I have been surprised by their willingness to “overlook” the fact that my subject matter is marijuana. Not only have I been awarded a number of 1st place ribbons over the years, but most of the time my work has been displayed on prominent, well-lighted walls. Tell me more about the garden, and how it started, and how it grew and involved others in the medical marijuana community that.

When Valerie organized WAMM in the early 90’s, she was struggling with Epilepsy and had discovered what a difference smoking marijuana made vs. the heavy drugs she was receiving from her doctor. She decided she wanted to start a garden for herself and some friends, mostly ones dealing with AIDS at a time when there was very little help for them. The garden came first because she did not want to buy or sell what she considered medicine. With help from her husband, Mike, she and the other members raised their first crop. It was decided that after the harvest, WAMM would have regular meetings and distribute to each member their weekly share of the bounty. No one was charged, but they all made a promise that either they or their caregivers were to help in the garden. We could only grow for a limited number of patients (350 at its peak, but sadly places opened up regularly). Donations were encouraged and appreciated. Having a long waiting list for membership made everyone grateful for what we had, and regular weekly meetings kept us informed about which of our family needed a phone call, a visit, a ride, or help in other areas of their lives. Our membership ran from business executives to the out-of-work and homeless. When we joined WAMM, the garden was so secret that only “proven” members were allowed on the property. When we finally were given permission to see it, it was a revelation. We’d never seen such a beautiful garden, and George was there every week after that until he became “garden coordinator”. Then it was 3-4 times a week from Morgan Hill, an hour-long trip. He loved it and did it for our last three years in the area. He was there at 7:00AM to open the gate to our working members, deciding what needed doing and getting everyone doing what was needed. It was a peaceful, sacred place, even more so after several of our long-time members had their ashes scattered in that beautiful setting. The sunsets over the ocean were spectacular, adding glorious color to this gorgeous, bucolic scene. George has always loved growing things, but nothing ever fascinated him like growing marijuana. When his family was moved back to California from the Topaz, Utah internment camp after WWII, they were given housing and jobs share-cropping strawberries for Driscoll Farms. George spent his boyhood working in the fields, with time left for school, but not much else. Baseball was out of the question. Even so, farming is in his blood, and marijuana farming was most fulfilling. Not only could he spend quality time with equally hardworking and dedicated friends, he felt he was helping as many people as possible. It’s a joy to watch these plants grow to maturity, to learn about how to make them better each year, to see patients at meetings and to know we’ve helped with their everyday lives and their pain. It’s a great reward. Belonging to a group with that much integrity was an honor. Do you consider yourself a crusader and how do you define your role as one? If crusading means putting my art into what was considered entirely inappropriate venues, or creating an art web site 13 years ago that was openly one of the few (or possibly the only one - I searched!) displaying marijuana art by a “marijuana artist” , or just being persistent in my calling without being intimidated, then I guess it’s yes. I feel so strongly about the medical part of the equation, and am so very fond of the recreational part, that I can’t very well deny being an advocate. It’s a miraculous plant. I read too that you mentioned something about a DEA bust. Was this a personal bust? That was the infamous DEA raid on the WAMM garden on Sept. 5, 2002. WAMM was well-known and trusted by both the city and county of Santa Cruz, even listed in the yellow pages, which

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was unheard of then. We had their 100% approval and cooperation. WAMM was, after all, a group that was helping very sick and dying people in a totally non-profit way. We were conducting research not done anywhere else in the US, filling out surveys every week for months to gather vital statistics for medical studies. We took care of our members needs over and above providing them with their weekly supply of medicine, with patients able to get help with services, housing, and personal necessities. Neither city or county law officials were informed before the DEA conducted the bust. The federal government knew the situation and went over the heads of the entire local government to prevent them from objecting. When George and I got there that morning after rushing from our home in Morgan Hill, they were already up the hill in the garden. We could hear the chainsaws destroying our life’s blood and imagined those booted feet trampling the fertile ground sprinkled with the ashes of our friends. The big gate at the bottom of the hill was closed, and a policeman was watching us, but we decided we would lock the gate behind them. When they came down with three big U-Hauls full of our precious harvest, we peacefully declined to take off the padlock, so they had to call the local sheriff’s dept. to rescue them from all the sick people. This is the same sheriff that they bypassed to get to us, so he was not too happy with them. He negotiated with us to get Valerie and Mike back from a holding cell in San Jose in exchange for letting the U-hauls and black-glassed SUVs off of WAMM’s property. He refused to disburse any of the WAMM members, allowing us all to go up and inspect the damage. It was a crime scene. It was devastating. Our almost-ready-to-harvest year’s supply for over 300 members was nothing but a few broken stems. People were overcome with grief at the sight of the destruction. It was a crushing blow to George, and he sat there in the garden for a long time just mourning the loss.

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They didn’t get everything. By the next week, we had arranged to distribute marijuana to our members on the steps of Santa Cruz City Hall. In front of a crowd of close to 1000 people, including the Mayor, the City Council, and numerous news vans, we were able to give each member their weekly share out of our remaining stores. It made the national news + the BBC. It gave us the opportunity to explain how we were conducting ourselves, and Valerie is always eloquent. Any thoughts on your feelings towards how the Federal Government stands on medical marijuana? If the Federal Government had any compassion or courage, it would take marijuana off Schedule 1. Why do they still pretend that it has no medical value? Are they completely blind to the truth? Apparently. George and I have found Mendocino County to be a wonderful place to live, but because of a backlash to destructive growers in the parks and forests, the sheriff and police are not really on our side. They have a hard time realizing that smokers are not automatically bad guys. Federal law says it’s still felonious to have and grow marijuana, even if Californians vote to legalize it in November. It has to be handled at the Federal level. I love my job! I’ve always been adamant that art is free to be bold and ahead of it’s time. My art is legal everywhere, and I’ve fought to remind people that that’s the case. Don’t tell me no. I’m so stubborn! hahaha!

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ith the election just behind us it is as good a time as any to address the results and their implications for the marijuana reform movement here in Colorado. By the time this magazine is released, we will know the outcome of Proposition 19, the initiative to legalize marijuana in California and regulate it similarly to alcohol. At the time of this writing, however, we are still in the dark and eagerly following a neck and neck race down to the wire. But here’s the thing: when it comes to the marijuana reform movement in Colorado, the results in California generally will not matter here in Colorado. At least not in any significant way. If California voters approved Prop. 19, it will certainly lend to our momentum moving forward and provide us with valuable insight into how it will be handled at the federal, state, and local levels. If the measure failed, it simply means California was not ready to make the leap. Either way, Colorado is poised to move forward with a similar initiative in 2012, and regardless of the outcome in California, Colorado has everything going for it. For the past six years, activists here have been pushing the reform envelope with local and state ballot measures, campus campaigns, and a major public education campaign directed at improving attitudes toward marijuana. According to the latest polls, support for legalization and regulation of marijuana in Colorado is now around 45 to 50 percent, and opposition has leveled off at about 39 to 42 percent. Compared to just 41 percent support and 59 percent opposition to Amendment 44, the 2006 statewide initiative to remove all penalties for possession, it is clear that we are moving in the right direction, and fast. More elected officials, organizations, and community leaders than ever are expressing support for significant marijuana policy reform, and activists across the state are as eager as ever to get involved and take action in their communities. The media is also up to date on the issue thanks to the ongoing efforts in Colorado over the past few years, and several major newspapers have already come out in support of making marijuana legal and treating it like alcohol. 112

Behind the scenes, organization leaders and stakeholders are meeting to discuss how best to word the forthcoming initiative so that it accommodates and expands upon the current system of medical marijuana already in place. In fact, having such a state-regulated system for medical marijuana really gives us a step up on other states, which have to start from scratch rather than simply looking to how state leaders and citizens are already handling a legitimate marijuana market. Of course, there is discussion underway regarding how such a campaign and the efforts around it will be funded. It is hoped, that many of the usual suspects who have funded marijuana reform efforts for years, will continue to lend their support. But at this point we also have a potential new source of revenue – the marijuana industry itself. Where alcohol companies have long funded efforts that benefit their businesses, we have reached a point where legal and legitimate marijuana businesses can begin doing the same. After all, it has to be good for business if they are able to open their doors to all adults instead of just licensed patients. Indeed, things are looking great in Colorado. Now we just need to keep up – and soon pick up – the momentum heading into 2012. And if all goes well, Colorado will become the first state – or second, depending on the outcome of Prop. 19 – to make the leap toward statewide legalization.

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ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BEEN A WHOLE YEAR THAT CHEF HERB HAS BEEN CREATING MEDICATED RECIPES FOR ALL TO ENJOY. DO YOU HAVE A HEMPED UP HOLIDAY RECIPE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH CHEF HERB? CONTACT CHEF @ WWW.COOKWITHHERB.COM

CRANBERRY SALSA DIP WITH CREAM CHEESE INGREDIENTS -1 (12-ounce bag) or 3 cups fresh cranberries, rinsed and drained -1/4 cup minced green onions -2 small (approximately 2 tablespoons) jalapeno chile peppers, cored, seeded and minced -1/2 cup granulated sugar -1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, minced -2 tablespoons finely grated fresh ginger -2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice -2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese -4 ounces (8 tablespoons) THC butter -Cranberries and/or cilantro sprigs for garnish DIRECTIONS Rinse, drain, and pick over cranberries, (discarding all that are soft or bruised). Place them in a food processor; pulse until finely chopped but not mushy. Place crushed cranberries in a bowl; mix together with onions, jalapeno peppers, sugar, cilantro leaves, ginger, and lemon juice. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours so flavors develop (salsa will be too sharp and tart to begin with). In a food processor, mix butter and cream cheese until smooth. On a serving plate, place cream cheese; cover with the dip. Garnish, if desired, and served with crackers.

BLACKBERRY ARUGULA SALAD INGREDIENTS -16oz rinsed and drained arugula -1/2 cup fresh blackberries -2 teaspoons organic apple cider vinegar -1 teaspoon organic blackberry jam -4 tablespoons THC olive oil 1/4 teaspoon sea salt -1/2 teaspoon ground pepper 114

DRESSING: Combine apple cider vinegar, Blackberry preserves, and THC olive oil. Chill. Pour mixture over rinsed and drained arugula. Sprinkle sea salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle berries on top for garnish.

HOW TO ROAST A TURKEY - ROASTING YOUR THANKSGIVING TURKEY MANY VARIABLES CAN AFFECT THE ROASTING TIME OF THE WHOLE TURKEY: -A partially frozen bird requires longer cooking. -The depth and size of the pan can reduce heat circulation to all areas of the bird. -An oven cooking bag can accelerate cooking time. -A stuffed bird takes longer to cook. -The oven may heat food unevenly. -Calibration of the oven’s thermostat may be inaccurate. -The rack position can have an effect on even cooking and heat circulation. -The meat thermometer must be placed properly in the thigh joint. -All these factors must be considered when roasting a turkey. TURKEY ROASTING INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Oven Temperature - Set the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Preheating is not necessary. 2. Be sure the turkey is completely thawed. Times are based on fresh or completely thawed frozen birds at a refrigerator temperature of about 40 degrees F. or below. 3. Placing Turkey in Roasting Pan - Place turkey breast-side up on a flat wire rack in a shallow roasting pan 2 to 2 1/2 inches deep. 4. Basting the Turkey - Brush the turkey with THC butter before roasting it in the oven. This will contribute to browning and adds a mild THC buttery flavor. 5. Turkey Cooking Times - See chart below. 6. Taking the Turkey’s Internal Temperature •Pop-Up Thermometer - If your turkey has a “pop-up” temperature indicator, it is also recommended that you also check the internal temperature of the turkey in the innermost part of the thigh and wine, and the thickest part of the breast with a meat thermometer. •Temperature of Cooked Turkey - The temperature must reach a minimum of 165 degrees F. in the thigh before removing from the oven. The center of the stuffing should reach 165 degrees F. after stand time. 7. Removing the Turkey From the Oven - Once you remove the turkey from the oven, tent it with aluminum foil and allow it to rest for 20 to 30 minutes, so the meat can firm up and hold the juices, making it easier to carve. •Letting the Turkey Rest - Resting allows for the redistribution and reabsorption of the juices in the meat. This makes for ultra-moist, flavorful meat while also giving the turkey a chance to cool for easier carving. If you skip this important step, you will both burn yourself and end up with a flood of juices on your carving board, not to mention a dry turkey.

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APPROXIMATE TURKEY COOKING TIMES: The new roasting times are based on the recommendations above and on a 325 degree F. oven temperature. These times are approximate and should always be used in conjunction with a properly placed meat thermometer. UNSTUFFED TURKEY 4 to 8 pounds.............1-1/2 to 3-1/4 hours 8 to 12 pounds................2-3/4 to 3 hours 12 to 14 pounds...............3 to 3-3/4 hours 14 to 18 pounds...............3-3/4 to 4-1/4 hours 18 to 20 pounds...............4-1/4 to 4-1/2 hours 20 to 24 pounds...............4-1/2 to 5 hours STUFFED TURKEY 8 to 12 pounds................3 to 3-1/2 hours 12 to 14 pounds...............3-1/2 to 4 hours 14 to 18 pounds...............4 to 4-1/4 hours 18 to 20 pounds...............4-1/4 to 4-3/4 hours 20 to 24 pounds...............4-3/4 to 5-1/4 hours.

HERB’S THC TURKEY STUFFING The below recipe is a guideline for making your turkey stuffing. Depending on your family’s taste, add or delete ingredients (onions, celery, mushrooms, and or nuts) to make to your liking. Be creative! INGREDIENTS -1/4 cup THC butter or THC oil -1 large onion, chopped -2 cups chopped celery -1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced -1 loaf day-old bread, toasted and cut into 3/4-inch cubes (about 10-12 cups) -1 egg, beaten -Stock from the turkey giblets and/or chicken broth (approximately 1 to 2 cups) -1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans -Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste -Dried crushed sage to taste -Dried crushed thyme to taste DIRECTIONS To make turkey giblet stock, place the turkey giblets (giblets and neck), water, and salt in a small saucepan over low heat; bring to a simmer and simmer for about 1 hour, uncovered. Remove from heat and strain the stock into a container for use with the stuffing. Alternatively, you can use chicken stock or just plain water with this recipe. In a large pot (large enough to hold all the prepared stuffing) over low heat, melt THC butter or THC oil. Add onion, celery and mushrooms; sauté until soft. Mix in bread cubes and egg with enough chicken broth to moisten. Add nuts, salt, pepper, sage, and thyme; stir until well blended. Proceed to stuff turkey in your usual way. Immediately place the stuffed, raw turkey in an oven set no lower than 325 degrees F. If you choose not to stuff your turkey, place stuffing in a oven safe pan and roast at 325 degrees for 35 minutes or until golden brown on top. Stuffs a 20-pound turkey.

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BUTTERY SMASHED ACORN SQUASH INGREDIENTS -1 pound (3 medium) yellow-flesh potatoes, cut into 3/4-inch chunks -1 small acorn squash (about 1 pound), peeled, seeded and cut into 1-inch chunks -Salt -3 tablespoons THC butter, divided -8 to 10 fresh (2 to 3-inch) sage leaves, stacked and cut across into ¼-inch strips -1/2 cup 1% milk (approximate) -Freshly ground black pepper, to taste DIRECTIONS In a 3-quart saucepan over high heat, add potatoes and squash chunks with water; add 1 teaspoon salt. Bring just to boil; reduce heat to medium, cover, and cook until tender, approximately 12 to 15 minutes. In a small frying pan or saucepan, add 2 tablespoons of the THC butter and the sage. Tilting pan and watching closely, cook about 3 minutes, until butter foams and begins to brown; remove from heat and keep warm. When potatoes and squash are cooked, remove from heat and thoroughly drain the water off. Reduce heat to low, return pan with the drained potatoes and squash to burner, and shake 1 to 2 minutes; remove from heat. Roughly mash with hand masher leaving mixture chunky. Gently mix in remaining 1 tablespoon THC butter and enough milk for consistency desired. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon into a large serving bowl and drizzle with brown butter/sage mixture. Makes 4 servings (about 4 cups).

CHEF HERB’S TASTY BUTTER RECIPES In a medium-size bowl, whip 1/2 cup unsalted THC butter (room temperature) until fluffy. Combine the softened THC butter and other ingredients (listed below) together until they are completely blended. TIPS FOR PREPARING COMPOUND BUTTERS: •The THC butter must first be brought to room temperature and softened by beating it. •The flavoring ingredients must be very finely chopped or pureed. If any extra liquid develops, it should be drained off thoroughly before mixing in the butter. •For the flavor to better penetrate the THC butter, allow it to stand at cool room temperature for a few hours before refrigerating. •Compound butters may be stored in freezer, tightly wrapped. Use a sharp knife dipped in hot water for cutting the frozen butter. Amounts below are guidelines - adjust to your taste. Let your imagination be your guide! In a large bowl, cream THC butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in honey and egg. Add pumpkin and milk; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the dates, pecans and poppy seeds. Chile Pepper Butter -1 chile pepper, deveined and seeded, finely chopped -1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt Chive Butter -1 tablespoon fresh chives, chopped -Pinch fine sea salt

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Chocolate Hazelnut Butter -Powdered cocoa to taste -Sugar to taste -1 to 2 tablespoons finely chopped hazelnuts Creamy Brown Sugar Butter -2 tablespoons heavy cream -1 tablespoon brown sugar Honey Butter -1/2 cup honey Honey Fruit Butter -1/4 cup honey -2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed orange juice -1 small banana -Marmalade Butter -1/2 cup marmalade (lemon, orange, or grapefruit) Kalamata Olive Butter -1 small clove garlic, minced -1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh parsley -1/4 cup pitted chopped kalamata olives Raisin-Nut Butter -1/2 cup finely chopped toasted walnuts -1/4 cup finely chopped raisins -1 tablespoon fresh-squeezed orange juice -1 tablespoon sugar -1 teaspoon ground cinnamon Rum Raisin Butter -3 tablespoon raisins or currants -2 tablespoons rum -Sugar to taste -1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Sweet Citrus Butter -1/4 cup honey -2 teaspoons grated orange or lemon zest -1 tablespoon fresh-squeezed orange or lemon juice -2 tablespoons sugar -2 teaspoons ground cinnamon White Chocolate Butter -2 tablespoons white chocolate, melted and cooled -Ground cinnamon to taste

STONER’S SMASHED ROASTED GARLIC MASHED POTOTOES INGREDIENTS -11 medium head garlic -1 tablespoon THC olive oil -2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and quartered -4 tablespoons THC butter, softened -1/2 cup milk -salt and pepper to taste DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Drizzle garlic with THC olive oil, then wrap in aluminum foil. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes, and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and chop. Stir in THC

butter, milk, salt and pepper. Remove the garlic from the oven, and cut in half. Squeeze the softened cloves into the potatoes. Blend potatoes with an electric mixer until desired consistency is achieved.

NO BAKE PUMPKIN PIE WITH GINGERSNAP COOKIE CRUST

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INGREDIENTS -3 large eggs, separated -3/4 cup firmly-packed light brown sugar -1 (15-ounce) can solid-packed pumpkin -1/2 cup milk* -1 teaspoon ground cinnamon -1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg -1/2 teaspoon salt -1 envelope unflavored gelatin** -1/4 cup cold water -1/4 cup granulated sugar -Sweetened whipped cream (optional) * If desired, substituted some of the milk with either whisky, brandy, or rum (your choice). * 1 (1/4-ounce packet) of granulated unsweetened gelatin = total of about 2 3/4 teaspoons gelatin

INGREDIENTS -3 (14.5-ounce) cans French-style green beans, undrained -4 uncooked bacon slices, chopped -2 tablespoons chopped onion -1 green bell pepper, cored, seeded, and chopped -1/2 cup chopped pimiento, drained -2 tablespoons THC butter or THC oil -1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted -1 (2-ounce) can mushrooms, undrained -1/2 pound processed American cheese, cut into cubes -1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce -1 cup crushed Ritz crackers or canned onion rings (your choice) -THC Butter DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, cook green beans with bacon pieces and onion long enough to cook bacon and season beans; remove from heat. Drain bean mixture and place into an ungreased 2-quart casserole dish. In the same saucepan over medium heat, sauté bell pepper and pimiento in THC butter or oil. Add mushroom soup, mushrooms, American cheese, and Worcestershire sauce. Cook, stirring occasionally, until cheese is melted and mixture is thick. Remove from heat and pour over beans. Sprinkle the top with crushed Ritz crackers or onions rings and dot with THC butter. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes or until top is golden brown and thoroughly heated. Remove from oven and serve. Makes 8 servings.

GINGER SNAPS INGREDIENTS -1 cup THC butter, softened -4 cups all-purpose flour -1 cup white sugar -1/3 cup molasses -1 egg -1/2 teaspoon lemon extract -2 teaspoons ground cinnamon -1 teaspoon ground ginger -1 teaspoon ground cloves -1/2 teaspoon baking soda -1/4 teaspoon salt DIRECTIONS Cream the THC butter for 2 minutes at medium speed. Add 2 1/2 cups of the flour plus the sugar, molasses, egg, lemon extract, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, baking soda and salt. Mix well on medium-high speed. Stir in the remaining flour until blended. Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove dough from refrigerator, and with a teaspoon, scoop out rounded measures of dough. Roll dough into balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with the bottom of a glass dipped in white sugar. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 11 minutes. Let stand for approximately for 30 seconds on cookie sheet before removing to cooling racks. Cool completely and store in airtight containers.

DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Position baking rack in the center of your oven. Prepare pie pastry of your choice. In top of a double boiler, combine egg yolks, brown sugar, pumpkin, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt; whisk to thoroughly blended. Place the pan over the boiling water. NOTE: The bottom of the pan should not touch the boiling water below. Cook, approximately 15 to 20 minutes, stirring frequently until thick (like a pudding). Remove from heat. In a small bowl, combine unflavored gelatin and cold water, stirring until gelatin is completely dissolved. Add gelatin mixture to the hot pumpkin mixture, stirring to combine. Cover bowl with wax paper to prevent mixture from forming a “skin.”Let cool to room temperature, and then place in the refrigerator until partially set, approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours. In a large bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add the granulated sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. Using a spatula, gently fold the beaten egg whites into the partially set pumpkin mixture. Do not over mix; retain some streaks in the mixture. Gently pour the pumpkin mixture into the pie crust of your choice. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or until filling is set. This pie may be prepared up to 2 days in advance. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Serve with sweetened whipped cream. Makes 8 servings.

GINGERSNAP COOKIE CRUST: INGREDIENTS -1 1/2 cups (about 40 cookies) gingersnap cookie crumbs, finely ground -1/4 cup granulated sugar -1/3 cup unsalted THC butter, melted and cooled DIRECTIONS In a food processor, grind gingersnap cookies and sugar until fine, but still crumbly; add THC butter, blending until combined well. Press mixture onto the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch glass pie plate. Bake crust for approximately 15 minutes or until crisp and golden around the edges. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack before filling.

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DISPENSARY LISTING ADAMS COUNTY

Dispensaries

(720) 329-5763

1111 13th St. Boulder, CO 80302

Rocky Mountain Caregivers

ALAMOSA

Sensitiva Hollistic Therapeutics 451 Santa Fe Ave Alamosa, CO 81101 (719) 589-0420

ALMA

High Country Medical Solutions

5783 Sheridan Blvd. Suite 101 Arvada, CO 80002 (303) 725-1629

ASPEN

Alternative Medical Solutions 106 S. Mill St., Ste 203 Aspen, CO 81611 (970) 544-8142

Locals Emporium of Alternative Farms (L.E.A.F.) 100 S. Spring St., Ste 2 Aspen, CO 81611 (970) 920-4220

AVON

Tree Line Premier Dispensary

40801 Hwy 6 Suite # 215 Avon, CO 81620 (970) 949-1887

AURORA

Rocky Mountain Patient Services 16295 Tower Rd. Aurora, CO 80122 (720) 275-9436

BERTHOUD

Herbs Medicinals Inc. 435 Mountain Ave. Berthoud, CO 80513 (970) 344-5060

BOULDER Doctors

CannaMed USA 1750 30th St. Boulder, CO 80301 (877) 420-MEDS

Holos Health

3000 Center Green Dr. Ste #130 Boulder,CO 80302 (720)273-3568

New Leaf Wellness

1325 Broadway, Ste 211 Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 408-9122

Crème de la Chron

11:11 Wellness

2450 Central Ave. Boulder, CO 80301

(303) 440-8208

Dr. Reefer’s Dispensary

Boulder Botanics 1750 30th St. #7 Boulder, CO 80301 (720) 379-6046

Boulder Compassionate Care 5330 Manhattan Cir., Ste A Boulder, CO 80303 (303) 554-2004

Boulder County Caregivers 2955 Valmont Rd. Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 495-2195

Boulder Kind Care 2031 16th St. Boulder, CO 80302 (720) 235-4232

Boulder Kush

1750 30th St, Unit 8 Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 447-2900

Boulder Medical Marijuana Dispensary 2111 30th St., Unit A Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 449-2663

Boulder Meds

1325 Broadway St., Ste 216 Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 440-8514

Boulder MMC

2206 Pearl St. Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 449-2888

Boulder Rx

1146 Pearl St Boulder, CO 80302 (720) 287-1747

Boulder Vital Herbs

2527 ½ N Broadway St. Boulder, CO 80304 (303) 440-0234

Boulder Wellness Center 5420 Arapahoe Ave., Ste F Boulder, CO 80303 (303) 442-2565

Boulder’s Unique Dispensary 900 28th St. Boulder, CO 80303

Colorado Care Inc

2850 Iris Ave.

Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 250-9066

1121 Broadway, Unit G-1 Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 727-0711

Evolution Medicine Services 4476 N. Broadway St. Boulder, CO 80304 (303) 588-3335

Flower of Life Healing Arts, Inc.

MMJ America

1909 N. Broadway St., # 100 Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 732-6654

Mountain Medicine Group 2515 Broadway St. Boulder, CO 80304 (720) 542-9943

New Options Wellness 2885 Aurora Ave., Ste 40 Boulder, CO 80303 (720) 266-9967

3970 N. Broadway, Ste 201 Boulder, CO 80304 (303) 444-1183

Ohana PC

Green Belly Co-op

Options Medical Center

918 University Ave. Boulder, CO 80302

Boulder, CO (720) 381-6187

1534 55th St. Boulder CO 80301 (303) 444-0861

Green Dream Health Services

Root Organic Healing MMC

6700 Lookout Rd., Ste 5 Boulder (Gunbarrel), CO 80301 (303) 530-3031

Healing House

5420 Arapahoe Ave., Unit D2 Boulder, CO 80303 (303) 443-0240

SOMA Therapy Lounge

1303 ½ Broadway St. Boulder, CO 80302

1810 30th St., Unit C Boulder, CO 80301 (720) 432-SOMA (7662)

Helping Hands Herbals

Terrapin Care Station

2714 28th St. Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 444-1564

High Grade Alternatives 3370 Arapahoe Rd. Boulder, CO 80303 (303) 449-1905

High on the Hill 1325 N. Broadway, Ste 214 Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 545-9333

Indigenous Medicines LLC 1200 Pearl St., #35 Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 402-6975

Lotus Medical Boulder 3107 B 28th St Boulder,CO 80301 (303)339-3885

Medicine on the Hill 1089 13th St. Boulder, CO 80302

MediPharm 800 Pearl St. Boulder, CO 80302

5370 Manhattan Cir., Ste 104 Boulder, CO 80303 (303) 954-8402

The Bud 2500 Broadway, Ste 100 Boulder, CO 80304 (303) 565-4019

The Dandelion 845 Walnut St. Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 459-4676

The Farm 1644 Walnut St. Boulder, CO 80304 (303) 440-1323

The Green Room 1738 Pearl St., Ste 100m Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 945-4074

The Greenest Green 2034 Pearl St. Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 953-2852

The Hill Cannabis Club (THC), LLC 1360 College Ave. Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 245-9728

The Medication Company 4483 N. Broadway St. Boulder, CO 80304 (303) 635-6481

The Pearl Co. 1445 Pearl St., Ste 100 Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 733-6337

The Village Green Society 2043 16th St. Boulder, CO 80302 (720) 746-9064

Therapeutic Compassion Center 1501 Lee Hill Dr., No. 22 Boulder, CO 80202

Top Shelf Alternatives 1327 Spruce St., Ste 301 Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 459-5335

Trill Alternatives 1537 Pearl St. Boulder, CO 80301 (720) 287-0645

Vape Therapeutics 1327 Spruce St., Ste 300 Boulder. CO 80302

WELL Dispensary 3000 Folsom St. Boulder, CO 80304 (303) 993-7932

BRECKENRIDGE Breckenridge Cannabis Club

226 S. Main St. Breckenridge, CO 80424 (970) 453-4900

Medicine Man 101 N. Main St., Ste 6 Breckenridge, CO 80424 (970) 453-2525

Organix 1795 Airport Rd., Unit A2 Breckenridge, CO 80424 (970) 453-1340

CARBONDALE C.M.D.

1101 Village Rd. Carbondale, CO 81623 (970) 306-3231

Green Miracle Medicinals 443 Main St. Carbondale, CO 81623 (970) 963-1234

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Dispensaries

8455 W. Hwy 24 Cascade, CO 80809 (719) 687-2928

1150 E. Fillmore St. Colorado Springs, CO 80907 (719) 434-1665

CASTLE ROCK

A Cut Above

Eagle’s Nest Sanctuary

Mile High Medical Gardens 858 Happy Canyon Rd., #150 Castle Rock, CO 80108 (720) 249-2492

Ozee Inc. 858 Happy Canyon Rd., Ste 150 Castle Rock, CO 80108 (720) 249-2492

A Cut Above

3750 Astrozon Blvd., Ste 140 Colorado Springs, CO 80910 (719) 391-5099

All Good Care Center 329 E. Pikes Peak Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80903 (719) 630-5500

CENTENNIAL

Alternative Medicine Colorado Springs

Credit

2606 W Colorado Ave. Colorado Springs, CO. 80904 (719) 358-6955

Best Card, LLC 7108 S Alton Way Centennial, CO 80112 (303) 741-2313

Dispensary Credit Card Processing 7108 S. Alton Way, Bldg G, Ste 101A Centennial, CO 80112 (303) 981-8885

CENTRAL CITY

Altitude Organic Medicine 204 Mt View Ln., #10 Colorado Springs, CO 80907

Altitude Organic Medicine 822 W. Colorado Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80905 (719) 313-9841

Altitude Organic Medicine

Annie’s Central City Dispensary

409 S. Nevada Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80903 (719) 434-7918

135 Nevada St. Central City, CO 80427 (303) 582-3530

Aromas & Herbs, LLC Go Green Cross

Gaia’s Gift 125 Main St. Central City, CO 80427 (303) 582-5329

CLIFTON God’s Gift

571 32 Rd. Clifton, CO 81504 (970) 609-4438

2514 W. Colorado Ave., Ste 206 Colorado Springs, CO 80904 (719) 930-9846

A-Wellness Centers 2918 Wood Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80907 (719) 258-8406

Best Budz

COLORADO SPRINGS

4132 Austin Bluffs Pkwy, Ste 4132 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 598-0168

Doctors

Bijou Wellness Center

CannaMed USA 2935 Galley Rd. Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (877) 420-MEDS

Herbal Health Systems 1235 Lake Plaza Dr., Ste 221 Colorado Springs, CO (720) 576-HERB or (877) 304-HERB

2132 E. Bijou St., Ste 114 Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (719) 465-2407

Briargate Wellness Center 890 Dublin Blvd., Ste C Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 598-3510

Broadmore Wellness Center 1414 S. Tejon St. Colorado Springs, CO 80905 (719) 339-7999

Canna Goods

DrReefer.com

Mira Meds

2363 N. Academy Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (719) 638-MEDS

2231 E. Platte Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (719) 434-7166

3132 W. Colorado Colorado Springs, CO 80904

Cannabicare

Emerald City Wellness

1466 Woolsey heights Colorado Springs, CO 80915 (719)573-2262

1353 S. 8th St. # 102 Colorado Springs, CO 80905 (719)344-8046

Cannabinoids MMJ

Epic Medical Caregiver

516 Arrawanna St. Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (719) 344-9461

3631 Galley Rd. Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (719) 638-4596

Cannabis Alternative Care Services

EZ Natural Alternatives

Natural Advantage Medical Marijuana Center

3475 Pine Tree Sq., Ste E Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (719) 694-9384

925 W. Cucharras St. Colorado Springs, CO 80905 (719) 533-1177

Floobies

Natural Remedies MMJ

2233 Academy Pl., Ste 201 Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (719) 597-4429

408 S. Nevada Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80903 (800) 985-7168

Front Range Alternative Medicines

Nature’s Medicine Wellness Center

5913 N. Nevada Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 213-0118

11 S. 25th St., Ste 220 Colorado Springs, CO 80904 (719) 213-3239

Genovation Laboratories

Nature’s Way

957 E. Fillmore St. Colorado Springs, CO 80907 (719) 632-6026

5012 North Academy Blvd Colorado Springs, CO. 80918 (719)531- MEDS (531-6337)

Hatch Wellness Center

Old World Pharmaceutical

1478 Woolsey Heights Colorado Springs, CO 80915 (719) 591-2151

3605 E. Platte Ave Colorado Springs,CO 80909 (719) 393-3899

Integrated Caregiver Services

Pikes Peak Alternative Health and Wellness Centers

2579 Durango Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80919 (719) 393-8843

1605 S. Tejon St., Ste 101 Colorado Springs CO, 80905 (719) 575-9835

JP Wellness

Pikes Peak Cannabis Caregivers

Mountain Made Meds 5162 Centennial Blvd Colorado Springs,CO 80919 (719) 528- MEDS (528-6337)

Mountain Med Club

296 A S. Academy Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 80910 (719) 571-9677

Cannabis Connection of the Rockies 4850 Galley Rd. Colorado Springs, CO.80915 (719)42- CCMMJ( 422-2665)

Canna Care 1675 Jet Wing Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80916 (719) 596-3010

Canna Caregivers 3220 N. Academy Blvd., Ste 4 Colorado Springs, CO 80917 (719) 597-6685

Cannabis Therapeutics Caregivers Cooperative 907 E. Fillmore St. Colorado Springs, CO 80907 (719) 633-7124

Cannabis Therapy Center 5953 Omaha Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 80915 (719) 686-4626

Canna-pothecary, LLC 1730 W. Colorado Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80904 (719) 633-2511

Colorado Cannabis Caregivers 2203 N. Weber St. Colorado Springs, CO 80907 (719) 634-7389

Colorado Cannabis Center 1905 N. Academy Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (719) 574-4455

Doctors Orders 2106 East Boulder St. Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (719) 634-8808

1741 S. Academy Colorado Springs, CO 80916 (719) 622-1000

4465 Northpark Dr. Ste 201 Colorado Springs, CO 80907 (719) 599-4180

3715 Drennan Rd. Colorado Springs, CO 80910 (719) 216-5452

Marimeds 222 E. Moreno Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80903 (719) 634-8285

MC Caregivers 6020 Erin Park, Ste A Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 264-MEDS (6337)

Medical Marijuana Connection 2933 Galley Rd. Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (719) 297-1420

Pikes Peak Compassionate Care Center 2845 Ore Mill Rd. #6 Colorado Springs, CO 80904 (719) 633-8499

Sibannac LLC 586 S. Academy Colorado Springs, CO 80910 (719) 572-1325

Simple Care Wellness Center 8270 Razorback Rd. Colorado Springs, CO 80920 (719) (719) 268-0612

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DISPENSARY LISTING Sunshine Wellness Center

U-Heal Apothecary

CannaMed USA

Alpine Herbal Wellness

Cure Medical Pharm

31 N. Tejon St., Ste 400 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 (719) 632-6192

101 N. Tejon St., #102 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 (719) 465-3471

6855 Leetsdale Dr. Denver, CO 80224 (877) 420-6337 or (303) 388-2220

313 Detroit St. Denver, CO 80206 (303) 355-HERB (4372)

990 W. 6th Ave. #5 Denver, CO 80204 (303) 893-2873

THC (The Highland Collective)

We Grow Colorado, LLC

Alternative Medicine on Capital Hill

Denver Med Stop

Happyclinicdenver.com 1211 S. Parker Rd., #101 Denver, CO 80231 (720) 747-9999

1401 Ogden St. Denver, CO 80218 (720) 961-0560

Health Star Medical Evaluation Clinic

B*GOODS MMJ Apothecary

710 E. Speer Blvd. Denver, CO 80203 (303) 586-1200

80 S. Pennsylvania St. Denver, CO 80209 (303) 777-5239

Herbal Health Systems

Buds on Colfax

2777 S Colorado Blvd. Denver, CO 80222 (303) 237-1223 or (877) 304-HERB

1515 S. Adams Denver, CO 80206 (720) 389-9375

332 W. Bijou St., Ste 101 Colorado Springs CO, 80905 (719) 442-6737

2502 E. Bijou St. Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (719) 634-4100

Westside Wellness Center The Green Earth Wellness Center 519 N. 30th St. Colorado Springs, CO 80904 (719) 633-6337

The Healthy Connections

2200 Bott Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80904 (719) 344-8441

Security Urban Armor

1602 W. Colorado Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80904 (719) 203-6004

(719)209-7870 (719)440-5379 jjay@urbarmor.com brad@urbarmor.com

The Healing Canna

Watchpoint, LLC

3692 E. Bijou St. Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (719) 637-7645

5971 Omaha Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (877) 277-6540

The Hemp Center

Smokeshops

2501 W. Colorado Ave., #106 Colorado Springs, CO 80904 (719) 633-1611

Weirdo Willies Smoke Shop

The Highlands Cooperative 332 West Bijou St., Ste. 101 Colorado Springs, CO 80905 (719) 442-6737

The Organic Seed 2304 East Platte Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80909 (719) 201-7302

The Parc (Patient Activity Resource Center) 957 E Fillmore St Colorado Springs, CO 80904 (719) 632-6026

Today’s Health Care 1635 W. Uintah St., Ste E Colorado Springs, CO 80904 (719) 633-1300

Top Buds, LLC 575 Valley St. #10 Colorado Springs, CO 80915 (719) 591-7411

Tree of Wellness

3033 Jet Wing Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80916 (719) 392-4012

COMMERCE CITY Colorado Coalition of Caregivers 7260 Monaco St. Commerce City, CO 80022 (720) 987-3669

CRESTONE

High Valley Healing Center and Wholesale Apothecary 116 S. Alder St. (Sangre de Cristo Inn) Crestone, CO 81131 (719) 256-4006

DACONO

Dacono Meds 730 Glen Creighton Dr., Unit C Dacono, CO 80514 (303) 833-2321

MaryJanes 5073 Silver Peaks Ave., #103 Dacono, CO 80514 (720) 421-7012

1000 W. Fillmore St., Ste 105 Colorado Springs, CO 80907 (719) 635-5556

DENVER

Trichome Health Consultants

Amarimed

2117 W. Colorado Ave. Colorado Springs CO, 80904 (719) 635-6337

Doctors Dr. Alan Shackelford 2257 S Broadway Denver,CO 80210 (720) 532-4744

5926 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80220 (303) 573-6337

Denver Relief

600 Grant St. #350 Denver, CO 80203 (303) 309-6704 or (720) 287-3440

Smokeshops Blown Glass and Accessories 4815 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80220 (303) 388-1882

Head Quarters 1301 Marion St. Denver, CO 80218 (303) 830-2444

Heads of State 3015 W 44th Ave. Denver, CO 80211 (303) 433-6585

Herbal Daze Smoke Shop 4530 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80220 (303) 333-1445

Herbal Daze Smoke Shop 6525 N. Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80221 (303) 427-1445

High Fashion Glass 42 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80209 (303) 766-5473 or (303) 766-5437

DENVER CENTRAL Advanced Medical Alternatives 1269 Elati St. Denver, CO 80204 (303) 351-WEED (9333)

Discount Medical Marijuana 970 Lincoln St. Denver, CO 80203 (303) 355-9333

Front Range Dispensary Buds on Federal

MMD- The Medical Marijuana Doctors

1 Broadway St. Denver, CO 80223 (303) 420-MEDS

82 S. Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80219 (303) 955-0070

Cannabis Medical 762 Kalamath St. Denver, CO 80204 (303) 912-2013

Canna Center 5670 E. Evans Ave., Ste 216 Denver, CO 80222 (720) 222-3454

Caregivers for Life of Cherry Creek 310 Saint Paul St. Denver, CO 80206 (720) 536-5462

Carribbean Connection 6th Ave. & Santa Fe Dr. Denver, CO 80204 (720) 209-2454 or (720) 217-6786

Denver, CO 80203 (720) 620-4463

Go Dutch Collective 1111 Lincoln St. Denver, CO 80203 (720) 220-9029

Good Chemistry 330 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80203 (720) 524-4657

Green Cross of Cherry Creek 128 Steele St., Ste 200 Denver, CO 80206 (303) 321-4201

Green Karma Medical 1115 Grant St., Ste G2 Denver, CO 80203 (303) 815-1585

Greenwerkz

City Park Dispensary

907 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80218 (303) 647-5210

3030 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80206 (720) 389-9735

Hawaiian Herbal Health Center

Colorado Care Facility Medicinal Marijuana

1337 Delaware St., #2 Denver, CO 80204 (303) 893-1200

5130 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80220 (303) 953-8503

Colorado Caregivers Denver, CO (720) 258-6847

Cured Therapeutics 877 Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80204 (303) 868-1269

Herbs 4 You 20 E. 9th Ave. Denver, CO 80203 (303) 830-9999

Lincoln Herbal 424 Lincoln St. Denver, CO 80203 (303) 955-0701

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DISPENSARY LISTING Mile High Alternative Medicine

ALCC, LLC

Mahooka Meds

The Happy Harvest

The Healing Center of Colorado

Denver, CO 80203 (720) 289-9654

2257 Curtis St. Denver, CO 80205 (303) 297-3435

2400 Larimer St. Denver, CO 80205 (720) 536-0850

2324 Champa St. Denver, CO 80205 (303) 997-4425

1452 Poplar St. Denver, CO 80220 (720) 389-9285

Mile High Green Cross

Apothecary of Colorado

Mayflower Wellness

DENVER EAST

Verde Dispensary

852 Broadway St. Denver, CO 80203 (303) 861-4252

1730 Blake St., Ste 420 Denver, CO 80202 (303) 296-5566

1400 Market St. Denver, CO 80202 (303) 862-4164

MMJ America

Ballpark Holistic Dispensary

Mile High Cannabis

1321 Elati St. Denver, CO 80204 (720) 296-1711

Nature’s Cure 2 2740 W. 9th St. Denver, CO 80204

Pain Management of Colorado 110 Cook St., Ste 103 Denver, CO 80206 (303) 423-7246

Pride in Medicine 731 W. 6th Ave. Denver, CO 80204 (303) 999-0441

Pure Medical Dispensary 1133 Bannock St. Denver, CO 80204 (303) 534-PURE (7873)

Rocky Mountain Farmacy 1719 Emerson St. Denver, CO 80218 (720) 389-9002

Sense of Healing 1005 N. Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80204 (303) 573-4800

2119 Larimer St. Denver, CO 80205 (303) 953-7059

Botanico, Inc. 3054 Larimer St. Denver, CO 80205 (303) 297-2273

Budding Health 2042 Arapahoe St. Denver, CO 80205 (720) 242-9308

Cannabis Station 1201 20th St. Denver, CO 80205 (303) 297-WEED (9333)

Denver Kush Club 2615 Welton St. Denver, CO 80205 (303) 736-6550

Denver Patients Group 2863 Larimer St., Unit B Denver, CO 80205 (303) 484-1662

Discount Medical Marijuana 2028 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80206 (303) 355-9333

Tender Healing Care Plaza de Santa Fe 1355 Santa Fe Dr., Ste F Denver, CO 80204 (720) THC-4-THC

The Grasshopper Alternative Medicine 1728 E. 17th Ave. Denver, CO 80218 (303) 388-4677

Universal Herbs 4950 E Evans Ave Ste#106 Denver,CO 80222 (303) 388-0086

DENVER DOWNTOWN 24/7 Healthcare Centers 3535 Walnut St. Denver, CO 80205 (720) 287-1245

Green Docs 3330 Larimer St. The Good Building Denver, CO 80205 (303) 339-0214

Greenhouse Wellness Center 2403 Champa St. Denver, CO 80205 (720) 328-0412

Lodo Wellness Center 1617 Wazee St., Ste B1 Denver, CO 80202 (303) 534-5020

Lotus 1444 Wazee St., Ste 115 Denver, CO 80202 (720) 974-3109

899 Logan St. Denver, CO 80203 (303) 955-6203

Mind Body Spirit 3054 Larimer St. Denver, CO 80205 (303) 297-2273

MMD of Colorado 2609 Walnut St. Denver, CO 80205 (303)736-9642

MMJ America 424 21st St. Denver, CO 80205 (303) 296-3732

Native Roots Apothecary 910 16th St., #805 Denver, CO 80205 (303) 623-1900

Natural Remedies 1620 Market St., Ste 5W Denver, CO 80202 (303) 953-0884

Patients Plus 4493 N. Washington St. Denver, CO 80216 (720) 435-0546

RiNo Supply Co 3100 Blake St. Denver, CO 80205 (303) 292-2680

Rocky Mountain High 1538 Wazee St. Denver, CO 80202 (303) 623-7246 (PAIN)

Rocky Mountain Wellness Center East 2232 Bruce Randolph St. Denver, CO 80205 (720) 350-4056

Summit Wellness 2117 Larimer St. Denver, CO 80205 (720) 407-8112

Cannacopia

3857 Elm St. Denver, CO 80207 (303) 399-3333

City Floral

5101 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80220 (303) 474-4489

DENVER NORTH 420 Wellness

1440 Kearney St. Denver, CO 80220 (303) 355-4013

4986 Lowell Blvd. Denver, CO 80221 (303) 492-1787

Flavored Essentials

Colorado Herbal Center

3955 Oneida St. Denver, CO 80207 (303) 377-0539

7316 N Washington St. Denver, CO 80229 (303) 287-6815

Herbal Care

Denver Canna Club

2866 N. Colorado Blvd. Denver, CO 80207 (303) 321-4433

4155 E. Jewell Ave. #903 Denver, Co 80222 (303) 578-0809

Jane Medicals

Doctors Orders

7380 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80220 (303) 388-JANE

5068 N. Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80221 (303) 433-0276

Kindness Medical Cannabis Center

Elite Cannabis Therapeutics

5702 E Colfax Ave Denver, CO 80220 303-733-9956

6401 N. Broadway, Unit J Denver, CO 80221 (303) 650-4005

New Millennium Solutions

Green Medical Referrals Clinic - Denver

1408 N. Oneida St. Denver, CO 80220 (720) 318-3275

Med Stop 5926 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80220 (303) 573-6337 (MEDS)

Rocky Mountain Farmacy 6302 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80220 (720) 389-9002

Stone Forest Bakery 846 1/2 Forest St. Denver, CO 80220 (720) 297-0990

Supreme Care Strains and Wellness Center

5115 Federal Blvd., #9 Denver, CO 80221 (303) 495-5000

Medicine World 4950 East Evans Ave. Denver, CO 80222 (303) 300-5059

Nature’s Choice 2128 S. Albion St. Denver, CO 80222 (720) 447-3271

Rockbrook, Inc. 2865 S Colorado Blvd. Suite 323 Denver, CO 80222 (303)756-0595

The Healing House

6767 E. 39th Ave., Ste 105 Denver, CO 80207 (720) 877-5216

123 W. Alameda Ave. Denver, CO 80223 (720) 389-6490

The Clinic on Colfax Dispensary

DENVER NORTHEAST

4625 E. Colfax Denver, CO 80220 (303) 333-3644

4620 Peoria St. Denver, CO 80239 (303) 307-4645

Golden Meds

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DISPENSARY LISTING Timberline Herbal Clinic and Wellness Center

Grass Roots Health and Wellness

3995 E. 50th Ave. Denver, CO 80216 (303) 322-0901

2832 W. 44th Ave. Denver, CO 80211 (303) 325-7434

DENVER NORTHWEST

Herbal Connections

Alive Herbal Medicine 4573 Pecos St. Denver, CO 80211 (720) 945-9543

Alternative Wellness Center 2647 W. 38th Ave. Denver, CO 80211 (720) 855-6565

Altitude Organic Medicine Highlands 1716 Boulder St. Denver, CO 80211 (720) 855-MEDS (6337)

BC Inc. 4206 W. 38th Ave. Denver, CO 80212 (720) 323-2383 or (720) 988-3184

Biocare 2899 N. Speer Blvd., Ste 105 Denver, CO 80211 (303) 455-3187

Cannabis and Co. 4379 Tejon St. Denver, CO 80211 (303) 317-3537

Chronic Wellness 3928 Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80211 (303) 455-6500

Denco Alternative Medicine 2828 Speer Blvd., #117 Denver, CO 80211 (303) 433-2266

2209 W. 32nd Ave. Denver, CO 80211 (720) 999-6295

Herbal Wellness, Inc. 3870 N. Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80211 (720) 299-1919

Highland Health 2727 Bryant St., Ste 420 Denver, CO 80211 (303) 455-0810

Highland Herbal Connections 2209 W. 32 Ave. Denver, CO 80211 (720) 999-6295

Highlands Square Apothecary 3460 W. 32nd Ave. Denver, CO 80211 (303) 433-3346

Kushism 2527 Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80211 (303) 477-0772

Kushism 3355 W. 38th St. Denver, CO 80212 (303) 477-5171

Pure

Botica Del Sol

Healing Buds

3533 W. 38th Ave. Denver, CO 80211 (720) 335-6336

754 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80209 (720) 340-1SOL

468 S. Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80219 (303) 936-0309

Broadway Wellness

Higher Ground, MMC

1290 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80210 (303) 997-8413

2215 E. Mississippi Ave. Denver, CO 80209 (303)733-5500

Burnzwell

Medicinal Oasis

1406 W. 38th Ave. Denver, CO 80211 (303) 720-6761

108 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80209 (303) 200-0565

4400 E. Evans Ave. Denver CO 80222 (303) 333-3338

Sweet Leaf Inc.

Standing Akimbo 3801 N. Jason Denver, CO 80211 (303) 997-4526

Sunnyside Alternative Medicine

Cannabis 4 Health

Patients Choice of Colorado

5100 W. 38th Ave. Denver, CO 80212 (303) 480-5323

1221 S. Pearl St. Denver, CO 80210 (720) 296-7563

2251 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80210 (303) 862-5016

The Giving Tree of Denver

CannaMart

Rocky Mountain Caregivers

2707 W. 38th Ave. Denver, CO 80211 (303) 477-8888

1450 S. Santa Fe Dr. Denver, CO 80223 (720) 388-8420

285 S. Pearl St. Denver, CO 80209 (720) 746-9655

The Grasshopper Wellness Center

Citi-Med

Tender Healing Care

1640 E. Evans Ave. Denver, CO 80210 (303) 975-6485

1355 Santa Fe Drive, Suite F Denver, CO 80204 (720)THC-4-THC (8424842)

Colorado Alternative Medicine

THC: The Herbal Center

2243 Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80211 (303) 501-2010

The ReLeaf Center 2000 W. 32nd Ave. Denver, CO 80211 (303) 458-LEAF (5323)

The Tea Pot Lounge 2008 Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80211 (303) 656-9697

Therapeutic Herbal Comfort, LLC

Local Caregivers of Colorado

Denver, CO 80214 (720) 298-8909

5316 Sheridan Blvd. Denver, CO 80214 (720) 233-5482

Total Health Concepts 2059 Bryant St. Denver, CO 80211 (303) 433-0152

Doc Danks

Mary Jayz Natural Therapeutics

4785 Tejon St., Unit 101 Denver, CO 80211 (720) 276-5956

4900 W. 46th Ave. Denver, CO 80212 (720) 855-7451

Full Spectrum Labs

MMJ America

3535 Larimer St. Denver, CO 80205 (720)335-5227

4347 Tennyson St. Denver, CO 80212 (303) 339-0116

Grassroots

Platte Valley Dispensary

1911 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80210 (720) 536-8965

3867 Tennyson St. Denver, CO 80212 (303) 420-6279

2301 7th St., Unit B Denver, CO 80211 (303) 953-0295

Back to the Garden Wellness Center

Urban Dispensary 2675 W. 38th Ave. Denver, CO 80211 (720) 389-9179

DENVER SOUTH A Cut Above

1755 S Broadway Denver,CO 80210 (720) 877-3562

2394 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80210 (720) 379-7295

Colorado Apothecary & Wellness Center 4025 E. Iliff Ave. Denver, CO 80222 (303) 757-4361

Daddy Fat Sacks 945 South Blvd. Denver, CO 80219 (303) KIND-BUD

Delta 9 Caretakers LLC 2262 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80210 (720) 570-2127

Denver Patients Center, LLC 2070 S. Huron St. Denver, CO 80223 (303) 733-3977

Earth’s Medicine 74 Federal Blvd., Unit A Denver, CO 80219 (720) 542-8513

Ganja Gourmet 1810 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80210 (303) 282-9333

1909 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80210 (303) 719-4372

The Candy Girls Denver, CO 80219 (303) 219-6020

The Health Center 2777 S. Colorado Blvd. Denver, CO 80222 (303) 758-9997

The Herbal Cure 985 S. Logan St. Denver, CO 80209 (303) 777-9333

The Kind Room 1881 S. Broadway Denver CO, 80210 (720) 242-8030

The Wellness Shop 5885 E. Evans Ave Denver CO, 80222 (303) 756-3762

Walking Raven Dispensary 2001 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80210 (720) 327-5613

Wellspring Collective 1724 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80210 (303) 733-3113

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DISPENSARY LISTING VIP Wellness Center

Little Brown House

The Clinic on Holly

Mile High Therapeutics

2949 W Alameda Ave. Denver, CO 80219 (720) 279-3615

1995 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80223 (303) 282-6206

1479 S. Holly St. Denver CO, 80222 (303) 758-9114

1568 S. Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80219 (720) 389-9369

DENVER SOUTHEAST

Little Green Pharmacy

Very Best Medicine (VBM Club)

Nature’s Cure

A Mile High LLC 63 W. Alameda Ave. Denver, CO 80223 (303) 722-3420

Alternative Medicine Of Southeast Denver 6853 Leetsdale Dr. Denver, CO 80224 (720) 941-8872

Altitude Organic Medicine - South 2250 S. Oneida St., Ste 204 Denver, CO 80224 (303) 756-8888

Amsterdam Café 1325 S. Inca St. Denver, CO 80223 (303) 282-4956

BioHealth, LLC 4380 S. Syracuse St., Ste 310 Denver, CO 80237 (720) 382-5950

BuddingHealth 4955 S. Ulster St., #105 Denver, CO 80237 (303) 770-0470

Green Around You 970 S. Oneida St., Ste 17 Denver, CO 80224 (303) 284-9075

Green Cross Caregivers 1842 S. Parker Rd. Denver, CO 80231 (303) 337-2229

Green Ribbon Clinic 4155 E. Jewell Ave., #403 Denver, CO 80222 (720) 296-8035

1331 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80223 (303) 722-2133

6853 Leetsdale Dr. Denver, CO 80224 (720) 941-8872

Metro Cannabis Inc. 4101 E. Wesley Ave., Ste 1 Denver, CO 80222 (720) 771-9866 or (720) 542-3022

Metro Cannabis on Hampden Inc. 3425 S. Oleander Ct., Unit B Denver, CO 80224 (720) 365-5307

Mile High Remedies 4155 E. Jewell Ave., Ste 310 Denver, CO 80222 (303) 419-3896

Rockbrook, Inc. 2865 S. Colorado Blvd., Ste 323 Denver, CO 80222 (303) 756-0595

Rocky Mountain Farmacy 2420 S. Colorado Blvd. Denver, CO 80222 (720) 389-9002

Rocky Mountain Marijuana Dispensary

Rocky Mt. Organics VIP Wellness Center 1850 S. Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80219 (303) 935-2694

Wellness Center 330 S. Dayton St. Denver, CO 80247 (303) 856-77983

DENVER SOUTHWEST SUBURBS 420 Wellness

2960 S. Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80236 (303) 493-1787

Alameda Wellness Center 183 W. Alameda Ave. Denver, CO 80223 (303) 736-6999

Altitude Wellness Center 3435 S. Yosemite St. Denver, CO 80231 (303) 751-7888

CannaMart

1126 S. Sheridan Blvd. Denver, CO 80232 (303) 219-4884

3700 W Quincy Ave., #3702 Denver, CO 80236 (303) 730-0420

Sleeping Giant Wellness

Clovis, LLC

45 Kalamath St. Denver, CO 80223 (303) 573-3786

4000 Morrison Rd. Denver, CO 80219 (303) 284-3165

Southwest Alternative Care

Denver Metro Cannabis Couriers

1940 W. Mississippi Ave. Denver, CO 80223 (303) 593-2931

Grass Roots Organica

SweetLeaf Compassion Center

399 Harrison St. Denver, CO 80209 (303) 645-4881

5301 Leetsdale Dr. Denver, CO 80246 (303) 955-8954

1562 S. Parker Rd., Ste 328 Denver, CO 80231 (720) 227-6939

Green Tree Medical, LLC 3222 S. Vance St. Denver, CO 80227 (720) 838-1652

Home Sweet Home

Herban Wellness Inc.

Tetra Hydro Center

4155 E. Jewell Ave., #405 Denver, CO 80222 (877) 702-4MMJ (4665)

9206 E. Hampden Ave. Denver, CO 80231 (303) 221-0331

20 Sheridan Blvd. Denver, CO 80226 (303) 922-8777

Mr. Stinky’s

Karmaceuticals

The Cherry CO.

4 S. Santa Fe Dr. Denver, CO 80223 (303) 76-KARMA

111 S. Madison St. Denver, CO 80209 (303) 399-6337

4283 W. Florida Ave. Denver, CO 80219 (303) 934-9503

314 Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80219 (720) 243-0246 (303) 736-6188

1015 W. Evans Ave. Denver, CO 80223 (720) 479-8905

Rocky Mountain Patient Services 934 S. Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80219 (720) 882-5521

DURANGO

Nature’s Medicine - Durango 129 E. 32nd St. Durango, CO 81301 (970) 259-3714

Nature’s Own Wellness Center 927 Highway 3 Durango, CO 81301 (720) 663-9554

EDGEWATER

Bud Med Health Centers 2517 Sheridan Blvd. Edgewater, CO 80214 (720) 920-9617

Greenwerkz 5840 W. 25th Ave. Edgewater, CO 80214 (303) 647-5210

Northern Lights Natural Rx 2045 Sheridan Blvd., Ste B Edgewater, CO 80214 (303) 274-6495

Pain Wellness Center 2509 Sheridan Blvd. Edgewater, CO 80214 (720) 404-0174

EDWARDS

New Hope Wellness Center 210 Edwards Village Blvd., B-110 Edwards, CO 81632 (970) 569-3701

Rocky Mountain High 105 Edwards Village Blvd. Edwards, CO 81632 (970) 926-4408

ELDORADO SPRINGS Green Belly Co-OP

3330 El Dorado Springs Dr. Eldorado Springs, CO 80025 (720) 381-6187

ENGLEWOOD ADG Herbal Medicine 11 W. Hampden Ave. Englewood, CO 80113 (720) 278-0419

Herbal Options 3431 S. Federal Blvd, Unit G Englewood, CO 80201 (303) 761-9170

Nature’s Kiss Medical Lounge 4332 S. Broadway Englewood, CO 80113 (303) 564-9690

FEDERAL HEIGHTS

Colorado Patient Coalition 9460 Federal Blvd. Federal Heights, CO 80260 (303) 427-0151

Front Range Dispensary, LLC 8876 N. Federal Blvd. Federal Heights, CO 80260 (303) 429-2420

FORT COLLINS A Kind Place

123 Drake Rd. Ste. B Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 282-3811

Abundant Healing 351 Linden St. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 482-1451

Bonnee and Clyde’s Caring Cannabis Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 443-6206

BuddingHealth 1228 W Elizabeth St., Unit D8 Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 484-6337

Cannabis Care Wellness Center 227 Jefferson St. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 689-3210

Colorado-CHRONIX Medicinal Cannabis Community Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 227-3366

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DISPENSARY LISTING Colorado Herbal Remedies 1630 S. College Ave., Ste B1 Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 472-0203

Colorado Wellness Providers 1425 Cape Cod Cir. Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 217-0900

Elite Green Organics 804 South College Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 214-6626

Emerald Pathway 4020 S. College Ave., Ste 11 Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 377-9950

Essence 1740 S. College Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 817-1965

Friendly Fire 1802 Laporte Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 631-8776

Kind Care of Colorado 6617 South College Ave Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970)232-9410

FOUNTAIN

Rocky Mountain Organic Medicine

660 S. Santa Fe Ave. Fountain, CO 80817 (303) 578-0809

420 Corporate Cir. Ste I Golden, CO 80401 (720) 230-9111

FRANKTOWN

GRAND JUNCTION

Medical Herbs of Fountain

S.E.C.A.M. (Serving Parker, Elizabeth, Castle Rock) 7517 E State HWY 86 (720) 346-2772 or (303) 660-2650

FRISCO

Bioenergetic Healing Center 842 N. Summit Blvd #13 Frisco, CO 80443 (970) 668-3514

Medical Marijuana of the Rockies 720 Summit Blvd., Ste 101A Frisco, CO 80443 (970) 668-MEDS

GARDEN CITY

Cloud 9 Caregivers 2506 6th Ave. Garden City, CO 80631 (970) 352-4119

The Generations Natural Medicine 2647 8th Ave. Garden City, CO 80631 (970) 353-2839

Medicinal Gardens of Colorado

GEORGETOWN

420 S. Howes St., Ste D (Stone House) Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 217-0575

1402 Argentine St. Georgetown, CO 80444 (303) 569-0444

Natural Alternatives for Health

Clear Creek Wellness Center

GLENDALE

Nature’s Best

1630 North College Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 221-0229

4601 E. Mississippi Ave. Glendale, CO 80246 (303) 386-3185

Organic Alternatives

GLENWOOD SPRINGS

346 E. Mountain Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 221-7100

Northern Colorado Natural Wellness 1125 W. Drake Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 689-3273

Solace Meds

Botanica

2520 S. Grand Ave., Ste 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 (970) 945-1422

Green Medicine Wellness 1030 Grand Ave. Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 (970) 384-2026

Greenwerkz

301 Smokey St., Unit A Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 225-6337

2922 S. Glen Ave. Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 (970) 366-4600

Table Mesa Wellness Center

GOLDEN

1612 Laporte Ave. Fort Collins, CO.80521 (970) 672-0885

Golden Alternative Care 807 14th St., Ste A Golden, CO 80401 (303) 278-8870

Doobies, LLC

239 27 ¼ Rd, Ste 1 (on frontage road) Orchard Mesa/Grand Junction, CO 81503 (970) 242-2281

Elk Mountain, LLC 477 30 Rd. Grand Junction, CO 81504 (970) 270-7229 or (970) 270-7452

Greenlight Care 216 N Ave., #11 Grand Junction, CO 81501 (970) 609-MEDS

Green Natural Solutions, LLC 753 Rood Ave., Unit 3 Grand Junction, CO 81501 (970) 424-5331

Heavenly Healing, LLC

Weeds

Mr. Nice Guys

719 Pitkin Ave. Grand Junction, CO 81501 (970) 245-4649

12550 W. Colfax Ave., Unit 119 Lakewood, CO 80215 (303) 233-6423

GREELY

Natures Herbal Solution

Cannabis Care Wellness Center 2515 7th Ave. Greeley, CO 80631

HIGHLANDS RANCH Hatch Wellness Center 3624 E. Highlands Ranch Pkwy., #105 Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 (303) 470-9270

IDAHO SPRINGS 420 Highways

2801 Colorado Blvd. Idaho Springs, CO 80452 (303) 567-9400

Mountain Medicinals, Inc. 1800 Colorado Blvd., Ste 5 Idaho Springs, CO 80452 (303) 567-4211

LAFAYETTE

420 Highways

1225 N. 23rd St. #106 Grand Junction, CO 81501 (970) 242-2488

201 E. Simpson St., Ste B Lafayette, CO 80026 (720) 434-5210

High Desert Dispensary, LLC

Ka-tet Wellness Services

1490 North Ave., Ste S Grand Junction, CO 81501 (970) 424-5357

High Desert Dispensary Highly Herbal

489 N. Highway 287, Ste 201 Lafayette, CO 80026 (303) 665-5599

LAKEWOOD

Great Scotts Total Care

555 North Ave., Ste 4 Grand Junction, CO 81501 (970) 778-5151

9187 W Jewel Ave Lakewood,CO 80232 (720)304-5940

Mesa Alternative Health and Wellness

Green Meadows Wellness Center

605 Grand Ave. Grand Junction, CO 81501 (970) 424-5264

1701 Kipling St., Ste 104 Lakewood, CO 80215 (720) 435-3830

Naturals

Green Tree Medical

624 Rae Lynn Dr. Grand Junction, CO 81505 (970) 424-5291

3222 S. Vance St., #230 Lakewood, CO 80227 (720) 838-1652

Nature’s Alternative

Kind Pain Management Inc.

496 28 Rd. Grand Junction, CO 81504 (970) 245-2680

2636 Youngfield St. Lakewood, CO 80215 (303) 237-KIND(5463)

Nature’s Medicine

Lakewood Patient Resource Center

1001 Patterson Rd #1 Grand Junction, CO 81506 (970) 424-5393

7003 W. Colfax Ave. Lakewood, CO 80214 (303) 955-5190

9699 W. Colfax Ave., Unit A Lakewood, CO 80215 (303) 232-2209

Post Modern Health 5660 W. Alameda Ave. Lakewood, CO 80226 (303) 922-9479

Rocky Mountain Ways, LLC 1391 Carr St., Unit 303 Lakewood, CO 80214 (303) 238-1253

Rocky Mountain Wellness Center 1630 Carr St., Unit C Lakewood, CO 80214 (303) 736-6366

The Healing House 10712 W. Alameda Lakewood, CO 80226 (720) 389-6490

Doctors

Herbal Health Systems 1630 Carr St., Ste A Lakewood, CO 80214 (720) 279-2379 or (877) 304-HERB

Smokeshops Heads of State

9715 W. Colfax Ave. Lakewood, CO 80215 (303) 202-9400

Lazy J’s Smoke Shop 10672 W. Alameda Ave. Lakewood, CO 80226 (303) 985-2113

LARKSPUR

Larkspur Herbal Services (Inside Pony Express-o Cafe) 9080 S. Spruce Mountain Rd. Larkspur, CO 80118 (303) 681-3112

LITTLETON

Blue Sky Care Connection 1449 W. Littleton Blvd., Ste 10 Littleton, CO 80120 (720) 283-6447

CannaMart 72 E. Arapahoe Rd. Littleton, CO 80122 (303) 771-1600

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DISPENSARY LISTING Colorado Medical Marijuana LLC 2 W. Dry Creek Cir. Littleton, CO 80120 (303) 625-4012

Footprints Health 8250 W. Coal Mine Ave., Unit 4 Littleton, CO 80123 (720) 981-2818

Green Mountain Care

The Blueberry Twist

Nature’s Medicine

725 Main St. Longmont, CO 80501 (303) 651-7842

843 North Cleveland Ave. Loveland CO, 80537 (970) 461-2811

The Longmont Apothecary

Smithstonian

1314 Coffman St. Longmont, CO 80501 (303) 702-4402

123 N. Lincoln Ave. Loveland, CO 80537 (303) 578-0809

The Zen Farmacy

LYONS

5423 S. Prince St. Littleton, CO 80120 (303) 862-6571

323 3rd Ave., Ste 3 Longmont, CO 80501 (303) 774-1ZEN (1936)

Mother Nature’s Miracle

Doctors

315 W. Littleton Blvd. Littleton, CO 80210 (303) 794-3246

CannaMed USA

Southwest Alternative Care 2100 W. Littleton Blvd., Suite 50 Littleton, CO 80120 (720) 237-3079

The Hemp Center 2430 W. Main St. Littleton, CO 80120 (303) 993-7824

Doctors

Herbal Health Systems 10475 Park Meadows Dr., Ste 600 Littleton, CO 80124 (720) 279-2379 or (877) 304-HERB

LONGMONT Botanic Labs

1110 Boston Ave., Ste 210 Longmont, CO 80501 (303) 260-8203

Colorado Patients First 1811 Hover St., Ste G&H Longmont, CO 80501 (303) 449-1170

Longmont Cannabis Club 650 2nd Ave, Ste A Longmont, CO 80501 (720) 340-1420

Nature’s Medicine 1260 S. Hover Rd., Ste C Longmont, CO 80501 (303) 772-7188

New Age Wellness 625 Main St. Longmont, CO 80501 (720) 381-2581

Stone Mountain Wellness 600 Airport Rd., Bldg A, Ste F1 Longmont, CO 80503 (303) NUG-WEED or (303) 803-3062

650 2nd Ave, Ste B Longmont, CO 80501 (877) 420-MEDS

Smokeshops

High Society Smoke Shop 608 9th Ave. Longmont, CO 80501 (303) 502-7620

LOUISVILLE AlterMeds

1156 W. Dillon Rd., #3 Louisville, CO 80227 (720) 389-6313

Compassionate Pain Management 1116 W. Dillon Rd., Ste 7 Louisville, CO 80027 (303) 665-5596

LOVELAND Cannabis Care Wellness Center 1505 N. Lincoln Ave. Loveland, CO 80210 (970) 613-1600

Colorado Canna Care 129 S. Cleveland Ave. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 593-1180

Magic’s Emporium 2432 E. 13th St. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 397-1901 (970) 667-4325

Marry Janes 4229 W Eisenhower Blvd., Ste B2 Loveland, CO 80537

MedicalM, LTD (970) 669-5105

Nature’s Herbal Relief Center 528 E. Eisenhower Blvd. Loveland, CO 80537 (303) 219-6834

Headquarters Emporium Dispensary 310 Main St. Lyons, CO 80540

Medicinal Wellness Center 5430 W. 44th Ave. Mountain View, CO 80212 (303) 333-3338

MONTROSE ColoMedCenter

PAGOSA SPRINGS Good Earth Meds

PO Box 1149 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 (970) 731-2175

PALISADE

Colorado Alternative Health Care 125 Peach Ave., Unit B Palisade, CO 81526 (970) 424-5844

PALMER LAKE

Mile High Holistics 626 Hwy 105 Palmer Lake, CO 80133 (719) 291-3335

Palmer Lake Wellness Center 850 Commercial Ln. Palmer Lake, CO 80133 (719) 488-9900

4860 N. Townsend Ave. Montrose, CO 81401 (970) 252-8880

PARKER

MONUMENT

10290 S Progress Way, Ste 204 Parker, CO 80134 (303) 325-5187

Palmer Divide Green Meds (303) 912-2818

MOUNTAIN VIEW Berkeley MMC, LLC 4103 Sheridan Blvd. Mountain View, CO 80212 (720) 389-8081

NEDERLAND Grateful Meds

110 Snyder Street Nederland CO, 80466 (303) 258-7703

NEDICATE, LLC 150 N. Jefferson St., Ste B-3 Nederland, CO 80466 (303) 258-7141

NedMeds (303) 258-7981

One Brown Mouse/ Cannabis Healing Arts 35 and 95 E. First St. Nederland, CO 80446 (303) 258-0633

Tea Alchemy 98 Hwy 119 South, Ste 2 (303) 258-3561

NORTHGLENN

Green Medical Referrals Clinic - Northglenn 10781 Washington St. Northglenn, CO 80233 (303) 495-5000

A Kinder Way

Colorado Medical, LLC 11257 Tumbleweed Way Parker, CO 80134 (303) 588-0372

Organic Solutions 356 S. McCulloch Blvd # 106 Pueblo West, CO 81007 (719) 547-5179

Rocky Mountain Herbal Health Center 434 S. Culloch Blvd. Pueblo West, CO 81007 (719) 562-0420

SALIDA

Medical 420 7595 West Hwy 50 Sailda, CO 81201 (719) 214-9515

SILVERTHORNE

High Country Healing 191 Blue River Pkwy Silverthorne, CO 80497 (970) 468-7858

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Aloha’s Medical Marijuana Center 21600 US Hwy 40 Milner, CO 80487 (970) 875-0420 (970) 846-7490

Rocky Mountain Remedies

Insurance

2750 Downhill Plaza #205 Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 (970) 871-2768

Green Point Insurance Group

THORNTON

11479 S. Pine Dr. Parker, CO 80134 (303) 841-8999

PUEBLO

Grassland Greenhouse LLC Pueblo, CO 81004 (719) 671-8857

Inthebowl.LLC Pueblo, CO 81007 (330) 703-7500

Medimar Ministry 112 Colorado Ave. Pueblo, CO 81004 (719) 545-0100

Doctors

Herbal Health Systems 1014 Eagleridge Blvd., Unit A Pueblo, CO 81008 (720) 279-2379 or (877) 304-HERB

PUEBLO WEST

Marisol Therapeutics Wellness Center 177 Tiffany Dr. Pueblo West, CO 81007 (719) 547-4000 or (800) 584-MARI (6274)

Street Glass

8671 Washington St. Thornton, CO 80229 (303) 301-5117

WESTMINSTER

Colorado Patient Coalition 9460 Federal Blvd. Westminster, CO 80260 (303) 427-0151

Herbal Remedies 3200 W. 72nd Ave. Westminster, CO 80030 (303) 430-0420

The Nichol’s Factory Westminster, CO (720) 422-5714

WHEAT RIDGE

Cannabis Kindness Caregivers 4045 Wadsworth Blvd. #306 Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 (303) 431-4994

Clone Depot 3505 Kipling St. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 (303) 547-2252

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DISPENSARY LISTING NatuRx 10107 W. 37th Pl. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 (303) 420-PAIN (7246)

WINDSOR

A New Dawn Wellness Clinic 520 ½ Main St. Windsor, CO 80550 (970) 599-6896

In Harmony Wellness 4630 Royal Vista Cir., Ste #12 Windsor, CO 80528 (970) 222-5555

WOODLAND PARK

Mobile Dispensary LLC Denver, CO 80220 (303) 396-5710

Nature’s Medicine Pagosa Pagosa Springs, CO 81447 (970) 507-0148

Littleton, CO 80165 (720) 227-5816

Chronic Express Denver, CO 80224 (303) 656-7300

ClearLabs Windsor, CO 80550 (720) 785-4788

Colorado Cannabis Therapy, LLC Grand Junction, CO 81501 (970) 460-3017

Colorado’s Absolute Alternative Denver, CO 80205 (720) 327-8572

Dignity Group LLC Denver, CO 80218 (303) 238-4428

Dr. Green Genes Denver, CO 80202 (720) 329-3643

GeNEDics Medical Delivery Service Nederland, CO 80477

Herbal Delivery Services Denver, CO 80210 (303) 868-0242

Mile High Relief Center Denver, CO (303) 886-7030

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Victory Gardens

(888)884-4ATM (4286) www.ezatms.com

Grand Junction, CO 80501 (970) 314-5725

Denver, CO 80203 (720) 306-8339

Alternative Health Center

(510) 677-6053 or (303) 955-5190 www.doobtubin.com

Denver, CO 80203 (720) 382-0890

1750 East Highway 24 Woodland Park, CO 80863 (719) 687-2221

Commerce City, CO 80022 (720) 422-0503

355 S. Harlan St. Lakewood, CO 80226 (303) 935-GROW

Dragon Chewer Sublime Wellness Center

Zen Cafe

A1 Mobile Meds (MMJ)

Mile Hydro

(866) 928-1623 www.dixieelixirs.com

Doobtubes

Comfort Care Centers

DELIVERY SERVICES

Dixie Elixirs

Fantazmo Farmaceuticals South Denver Denver, CO 80219 (562) 209-0632

LAWYERS

Full Spectrum Labs

Rachel K. Gillette

fullspectrumlaboratories.com (720) 335-LABS

801 Main St, Ste 210 Loouisville, CO 80027 (303) 665-0860

The Joffe Law Firm Danyel S. Joffe & Sheri Gidan 1776 S. Jackson St., Ste 602 Denver, CO 80210 (303) 757-6572

OTHER BUSINESSES

Global Transaction Solutions (800) 728-6597 ext. 1616 www.globatrax.com

MMAPR P. O. Box 40862 Denver, CO 80204 (303) 386-4001 www.MMAPR.org

OTD Cycle Sports 7010 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80220 (303) 399-5447

Dazys www.dazys.info (303) 818-0083

Denver Mile Hydro 355 S. Harlan St. Lakewood, CO 80226 (303) 935-GROW (4769)

Lakewood Patient Resource Center p 32

Annie’s Central City Dispensary p 31 B Goods p 57 Ballpark Holistic p 56 BioCare p 61 Blown Glass p 60 Botica Del Sol p 31

Bud Cellars p 69

Denver, CO 80204 (303) 861-0033 www.saferchoice.org

BuddingHealth p 18 & 19 Canna Mart p 21 Canna Med p 2

Maryjanes p 83 Medical Herbs of Fountain p 31 Medical Marijuana Connection p 2 Mersa Tech p 41 Metro Cannabis p 15 Mile High Mikes p 49 Mile High Remedies p 31 Mile Hydro p 77 MMD of Colorado p 77 MMJ America p 5 and insert Natural Advantage MMJ Center p 77 Natural Remedies p 20 Natural Remedies MMJ p 70

Cannabinoids MMJ p 75

Nature’s Best P 31

Canna License p 47

Nature’s Kiss p 3

Cann Labs p 16

Naturx LLC p 71

Caregivers for Life p 68

Ozee Inc. p 71 Patient’s Choice p 41

Greenfaith Ministry

Sensible Colorado

Cheeba Chews p 73

P.O. Box 024 Nunn, CO 80648 (307) 221-2180

P.O. Box 18768 Denver, CO 80218 (720) 890-4247 sensiblecolorado.org

City Park Dispensary p 31

Post Modern Health p 68

Colorado Alternative Medicine p 130

Pure Medical Dispensary p 4

Colorado Cannabis Caregivers p 87

Rob Corry p 83

Colorado Patient Coalition p 85

Rocky Mountain Herbal Health Center p 75

2260 S. Quebec St., Unit 4 Denver, CO 80231 (303) 695-8004

www.cqbk9.com (719) 494-0345

Kushism (backcover)

Altitude Organic p 16 & 17, 92

www.rxhydro.com (304) 69Hydro (304) 694-9376

Safer Colorado

KushCon p 43

Alternative Wellness Center p 53

Broadway Wellness p 7

Joe’s Salon & Barbers

CQB K-9

Altermeds LLC (insert)

Boulder Kush p 2

Anti-Aging and Wellness

(714) 602-2169 www.cooljars.com

Kindness Medical Cannabis Center p 40

A Mile High p 31

RxHydro

(877) GROW-SUPER (877) 476-9787 www.supercloset.com

Cool Jars

Karmaceuticals p 20

Alpine Herbal Wellness p 31

Blue Sky Care Connection p 103

Super Closet

www.cheebachews.com

Highland Health p 129

Alive Herbal Medicine p 50

plantmedicineexpo.com (303) 991-6196

1955 Broadway Ave. Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 440-3820

Cheeba Chews

Higher Ground p 128

A Cut Above p 59

BC Inc. p 65

1550 Blake St. Denver, CO 80202 (303) 623-3422

(970) 381-1621 www.myorenda.com/ tammyhiattmonaco

420 Wellness p 36

Plant Medicine Expo HealthCare Provider Conference

Installation Shoe Gallery

8 Rivers Restaurant

List of Advertisers

KushCon II www.kushcon.com

Lindsay’s Boulder Deli 1148 Pearl St. Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 443-9032

marQaha medicated beverages www.marQaha.com

MersaTech 8795 Ralston Rd., Ste 225 Arvada, CO 80002 (303) 955-2655

Mile High Mike (719) 646-2984 www.milehighmike.com

Comfort Care Centers p 56 Cool Jars p 33 DenCo p 131 Denver Canna Club p 30 & 31

Rocky Mountain MMJ Dispensary p 78 Rocky Mountain Organic Medicine p 101

Denver Kush Club p 41

Rocky Mountain Wellness Center East p 31

Tastee Yummees

Denver Patients Group p 62 & 63

Safer p 113

P.O. Box 181457 Denver, CO 80205 (720) 937-1559

Dixie Elixirs p 26

Sense of Healing p 46

Doctors Orders p 25

Sensible Colorado p 86

Doobtubes p 32

Smithsonian p 31

Emerald Pathways p 83

Southwest Alternative Care p 47

Floobies p 31

Stone Mountain Wellness p 31

Full Spectrum Labs p 39

Sunnyside Alternative p 79

Ganja Gourmet p 23

Sweet Leaf p 81

Golden Meds p 37

Tender Healing Care p 51

Good Meds p 74

The Dandilion p 55

Grassroots p 36

The Farm p 48

Green Cross p 10

The Grasshopper Alt. Medicine p 127

Green Cross Clinic p 14

The Green Earth Wellness p 81

Tingly Treats

Grass Roots Organica p 13

The Health Center p 28

Denver, CO 80204 (720) 545-8322 www.tinglytreats.com

Green Miracle Medicinals p 31

The Hemp Center p 81

Green Mountain Care p 11

The Herbal Cure p 93

Green Point Insurance Group p 86

The Kind Room p 91

Greenwerkz p 29

The Releaf Center p 87

Hatch Wellness Center p 27 Herbal Care p 37

Timberline Herbal Clinic & Wellness Center p 103

Herbal Connections LLC p 24

Today’s Health Care p 9

Herbal Remedies (centerfold)

Top Buds p 31

Herbal Wellness Inc p 109

Urban Dispensary p 53

Herbs Medicinals p 31

Ute Miracle Medicinals p 31

High Society Smoke Shop p 89

VBM p 2

The Mad Hatter Coffee & Tea Co. P.O. Box 140266 Edgewater, CO 80214 (505) 690-1316 www.MadHatterCoffee andTea.com

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