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420 RALLY PRESS RELEASE

THE LEGEND OF 420

11 NOT BAD FOR THE LUNGS? 16 GROWING WITH ENZYMES 18 PAT ROBERTSON’S SHOCKER 22 ON THE BALLOT: THE TIME HAS COME 26 PATIENT RIGHTS IN JEAPORDY

MARCH/APRIL 2012

32 MARIJUANA IS HERE TO STAY 35

REDMAN CHILLS WITH CRONIC

40 CRONIC STRAIN REVIEWS 44 USING MOLASSES, HONEY AND SUGAR 46 MEN OF THE MMJ INDUSTRY 48 CULINARY CORNER 49 ADVERTISER INDEX 57 LOVE AND CANNABIS 62 CANNAPAGES.COM MMJ DIRECTORY

A New Look from the Editors

This year, with a chance to vote for cannabis legalization, Cronic Magazine is eager to produce a new image of professionalism and progress. As voters weigh moral and economic impacts of the bill, it’s extremely important that they never question the sincerity, reputation, and class of cannabis-users. We must all become better human beings, starting with our attitudes, and extending to the way we dress and act in public. Don’t forget--even without a red card, cannabis is still a naturally-grown plant with healing properties. Medical marijuana has helped turn the tide of public favor to support cannabis in general; in this issue we address not only the ballot initiatives, but odd endorsements from those like Pat Robertson. This could be the year of historic cannabis legalization, but it will be up to us to carry the gospel of ganja with us wherever we go--and do so in a way that gathers the respect of our society. Cronic remains a magazine about cannabis lifestyle--and there’s no ignoring the fun that comes from chilling with Redman at 4:20 in the morning. A change in appearance doesn’t always mean turning into the elderly political dinosaurs we see fighting against us on Capitol Hill. For Cronic, it means a commitment to class and excellence, injecting style and vision into what has long been a “let-itall-hang-out” Cheech & Chong lifestyle. The cannabis in Colorado has matured, and we at Cronic Magazine are proud to ride the waves with you, our readers.

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DENVER 420 RALLY BY ORGANIZER MIGUEL LOPEZ

For the first time and through 2014, the Denver 420 Rally will be for two consecutive days, Friday April 20th and Saturday April 21st, at Civic Center Park. We are assembling to celebrate community, exercise constitutional rights and petition our government for redress. This year’s rally will help determine the fate of cannabis in Colorado and around our planet. Emphasizing guest speakers, talented local musicians, unique vendors, national artist TOO SHORT and tens of thousands of cannabis lovers! This year’s theme is “Decision 2012”; it is the year that Coloradans will decide whether to continue to allow out-of-state interests to control the narrative about cannabis or show the world that cannabis can be used responsibly. We rally for the repeal of the Prohibition of cannabis. We rally to rid ourselves of laws that erode all our personal liberties and impose harsh penalties on young people of color. Empty the prisons of nonviolent drug offenders now! The Prohibition of cannabis erodes America’s trust in the Rule of Law. U.S. Attorney John Walsh’s threats to dispensaries show prohibitionists’ contempt for the decision of the People of Colorado to allow the medical use of cannabis. The U.S. Department of Injustice’s betrayal of patients’ caregivers restricts safe access to medicine. It’s time we fight for the rule of law in Colorado – medical cannabis is the Law. The Denver 420 Rally’s mission is to educate the public about the violation of civil Prohibition should be repealed the grounds of both civil and human rights. Cannabis prohibition restricts the ability of adults to cultivate, for therapeutic and industrial use. Cannabis prohibition is environmentally irresponsible as it prohibits a crop that produces a better fabric than cotton, trees for paper and has optimum nutritional value as food. Cannabis was cultivated by the earliest civilizations and today in over 30 countries, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Great Britain, France, Russia and Spain. As true grass roots, we are inclusive and actively en gaged with community affairs year round. The Denver 420 Rally supports equal economic and employment

opportunities for all. We are committed to getting the “GREED OUT OF WEED”, and oppose any laws, policies and ballot initiatives implementing regulations catering only to big business excluding average people from participating in the cannabis industry. We are against any irrational limits on adults who wish to grow cannabis for themselves. We believe that cannabis should be treated equally to another legally controlled substances, such as tobacco. We encourage everyone to educate themselves so they can see through a lot of misleading catch phrases. Please register and vote for the best long term solution for Colorado in 2012! 420 is just around the corner! So get ready for great food and beverages at down to earth prices, art & wares from pro-marijuana-movement artists, activists and vendors. We are already taking vendor applications and can accommodate anybody. Individuals interested in vendor applications should contact (720) 338-8766 for more information. Minors are not allowed to attend without being escorted by a parent or legal guardian at all times. The Denver 420 Rally is not liable for minors unaccompanied by parents or legal guardians. Truancy officers will be in attendance. As always, this rally is permitted and the coordinators of the Denver 420 Rally works with city officials, Denver police department, Mayor’s office of Cultural Affairs, and other communities to route morning, and afternoon traffic during the rally. Free legal defense for misdemeanor possession or petty distribution will be provided by Robert J. Corry, Jr. and Travis B. Simpson. Contribute and pitch in! To have a safer and healthy Denver 420 Rally this year!

The True Story Behind Stoners’ Favorite Numbers

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 420 RYAN GRIM Warren Haynes, the Allman Brothers Band guitarist, routinely plays with the surviving members of the Grateful Dead, now touring as The Dead. He’s just finished a Dead show in Washington, D.C. and gets a pop quiz from the Huffington Post. Where does 420 come from? He pauses and thinks, hands on his side. “I don’t know the real origin. I know myths and rumors,” he says. “I’m really confused about the first time I heard it. It was like a police code for smoking in progress or something. What’s the real story?” Depending on who you ask, or their state of inebriation, there are as many varieties of answers as strains of medical bud in California. It’s the number of active chemicals in marijuana. It’s teatime in Holland. It has something to do with Hitler’s birthday. It’s those numbers in that Bob Dylan song multiplied. The origin of the term 420, celebrated around the world by pot smokers every April 20th, has long been obscured by the clouded memories of the folks who made it a phenomenon. The Huffington Post chased the term back to its roots and was able to find it in a lost patch of cannabis in a Point Reyes, California forest. Just as interesting as its origin, it turns out, is how it spread. It starts with the Dead. It was Christmas week in Oak-

land, 1990. Steven Bloom was wandering through The Lot--that timeless gathering of hippies that springs up in the parking lot before every Grateful Dead concert--when a Deadhead handed him a yellow flyer. “We are going to meet at 4:20 on 4/20 for 420-ing in Marin County at the Bolinas Ridge sunset spot on Mt. Tamalpais,” reads the message, which Bloom dug up and forwarded

“The day has managed to become something of a national holiday in the face of official condemnation.” to the Huffington Post. Bloom, then a reporter for High Times magazine and now the publisher of CelebStoner.com and co-author ofPot Culture, had never heard of “420ing” before. The flyer came complete with a 420 back story: “420 started somewhere in San Rafael, California in the late ‘70s. It started as the police code for Marijuana Smoking in Progress. After local heads heard of the police call, they started using the expression 420 when referring to herb - Let’s Go 420, dude!” Bloom reported his find in the May 1991 issue of High Times, which the magazine found in its archives and provided to the Huffington Post. The story, though, was

only partially right. It had nothing to do with a police code -- though the San Rafael part was dead on. Indeed, a group of five San Rafael High School friends known as the Waldos - by virtue of their chosen hang-out spot, a wall outside the school - coined the term in 1971. The Huffington Post spoke with Waldo Steve, Waldo Dave and Dave’s older brother, Patrick, and confirmed their full names and identities, which they asked to keep secret for professional reasons. (Pot is still, after all, illegal.) The Waldos never envisioned that pot smokers the world over would celebrate each April 20th as a result of their foray into the Point Reyes forest. The day has managed to become something of a national holiday in the face of official condemnation. This year’s celebration will be no different. Officials at the University of Colorado at Boulder and University of California, Santa Cruz, which boast two of the biggest smoke outs, are pushing back. “As another April 20 approaches, we are faced with concerns from students, parents, alumni, Regents, and community members about a repeat of last year’s 4/20 ‘event,’” wrote Boulder’s chancellor in a letter to students. “On April 20, 2009, we hope that you will choose not to participate in unlawful activity that debases the reputation of your University and degree, and will CRONIC | 7

encourage your fellow Buffs to act with pride and remember who they really are.” But the Cheshire cat is out of the bag. Students and locals will show up at round four, light up at 4:20 and be gone shortly thereafter. No bands, no speakers, no chants. Just a bunch of people getting together and getting stoned. The code often creeps into popular culture and mainstream settings. All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction, for instance, are set to 4:20. In 2003, when the California legislature codified the medical marijuana law voters had approved, the bill was named SB420. “We think it was a staffer working for [lead Assembly sponsor Mark] Leno, but no one has ever fessed up,” says Steph Sherer, head of Americans for Safe Access, which lobbied on behalf of the bill. California legislative staffers spoken to for this story say that the 420 designation remains a mystery, but that both Leno and the lead Senate sponsor, John Vasconcellos, are hip enough that they must have known what it meant. (If you were involved with SB420 and know the story, email me.) The code pops up in Craig’s List postings when fellow smokers search for “420 friendly” roommates. “It’s just a vaguer way of saying it and it kind of makes it kind of cool,” says Bloom. “Like, you know you’re in the know, but that does show you how it’s in the mainstream.”

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AT 4:20” The Waldos do have proof, however, that they used the term in the early ‘70s, in the form of an old 420 flag and numerous letters with 420 references and early ‘70s post marks. They also have a story. It goes like this: One day in the Fall of 1971 - harvest time - the Waldos got word of a Coast Guard service member who could no longer tend his plot of marijuana plants near the Point Reyes Peninsula Coast Guard station. A treasure map in hand, the Waldos decided to pluck some of this free bud. The Waldos were all athletes and agreed to meet at the statue of Loius Pasteur outside the school at 4:20, after practice, to begin the hunt. “We would remind each other in the hallways we were supposed to meet up at 4:20. It originally started out 4:20-Louis and we eventually dropped the Louis,” Waldo Steve tells the Huffington Post. The first forays out were unsuccessful, but the group kept looking for the hidden crop. “We’d meet at 4:20 and get in my old ‘66 Chevy Impala and, of course, we’d smoke instantly and smoke all the way out to Pt. Reyes and smoke the entire time we were out there. We did it week after week,” says Steve. “We never actually found the patch.” But they did find a useful codeword. “I could say to one of my friends, I’d go, 420, and it was telepathic. He would know if I was saying, ‘Hey, do you wanna go smoke some?’ Or, ‘Do you have any?’

teachers didn’t know what we were talking about. Our parents didn’t know what we were talking about.” It’s one thing to identify the origin of the term. Indeed, Wikipedia and Urban Dictionary already include references to the Waldos. The bigger question: How did 420 spread from a circle of California stoners across the globe? As fortune would have it, the collapse of San Francisco’s hippie utopia in the late ‘60s set the stage. As speed freaks, thugs and con artists took over The Haight, the Grateful Dead picked up and moved to the Marin County hills - just blocks from San Rafael High School. “Marin Country was kind of ground zero for the counter culture,” says Steve. The Waldos had more than just a geographic connection to the Dead. Mark Waldo’s father took care of real estate for the Dead. And Waldo Dave’s older brother, Patrick, managed a Dead sideband and was good friends with bassist Phil Lesh. Patrick tells the Huffington Post that he smoked with Lesh on numerous occasions. He couldn’t recall if he used the term 420 around him, but guessed that he must have. The Dead, recalls Waldo Steve, “had this rehearsal hall on Front Street, San Rafael, California, and they used to practice there. So we used to go hang out and listen to them play music and get high while they’re practicing for gigs. But I think it’s possible my brother Patrick might have spread it through Phil Lesh. And me, too, because I was hanging out with Lesh and his

bis Cup - and we built everything around 420. The publicity that High Times gave it is what made it an international thing. Until then, it was relatively confined to the Grateful Dead subculture. But we blew it out into an international phenomenon.” Sometime in the early ‘90s, High Times wisely purchased the web domain 420.com. Bloom, the reporter who first stumbled on it, gives High Times less credit. “We posted that flyer and then we started to see little references to it. It wasn’t really much of High Times doing,” he says. “We weren’t really pushing it that hard, just kind of referencing the phrase.” The Waldos say that within a few years the term had spread throughout San Rafael and was cropping up elsewhere in the state. By the early ‘90s, it had penetrated deep enough that Dave and Steve started hearing people use it in unexpected places Ohio, Florida, Canada - and spotted it painted on signs and etched into park benches. In 1997, the Waldos decided to set the record straight and got in touch with High Times. “They said, ‘The fact is, there is no 420 [police] code in California. You guys ever look it up?’” Blooms recalls. He had to admit that no, he had never looked it up. Hager flew out to San Rafael, met the Waldos, examined their evidence, spoke with others in town, and concluded they were telling the truth. Hager still believes them. “No one’s ever been able to come up with any use of 420 that predates the 1971 usage, which they had established. So unless somebody can come up with something that predates them, then I don’t think anybody’s going to get credit for it other than them,” he says.

“We never made a dime on the thing,” says Dave, half boasting, half lamenting. He does take pride in his role, though. “I still have a lot of friends who tell their friends that they know one of the guys that started the 420 thing. So it’s kind of like a cult celebrity thing. Two years ago I went to the Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam. High Times magazine flew me out,” says Dave. Dave is now a credit analyst and works for Steve, who owns a specialty lending institution and lost money to the con artist Bernie Madoff. He spends more time today, he says, composing angry letters to the SEC than he does getting high. The other three Waldos have also been successful, Steve says. One is head of marketing for a Napa Valley winery. Another is in printing and graphics. A third works for a roofing and gutter company. “He’s like, head of their gutter division,” says Steve, who keeps in close touch with them all. “I’ve got to run a business. I’ve got to stay sharp,” says Steve, explaining why he rarely smokes pot anymore. “Seems like everybody I know who smokes daily, or many times in a week, it seems like there’s always something going wrong with their life, professionally, or in their relationships, or financially or something. It’s a lot of fun, but it seems like if someone does it too much, there’s some karmic cost to it.” “I never endorsed the use of marijuana. But hey, it worked for me,” says Waldo Dave. “I’m sure on my headstone it’ll say: ‘One of the 420 guys.’”

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band when they were doing a summer tour my brother was managing.” The band that Patrick managed was called Too Loose To Truck and featured not only Lesh but rock legend David Crosby and acclaimed guitarist Terry Haggerty. The Waldos also had open access to Dead parties and rehearsals. “We’d go with [Mark’s] dad, who was a hip dad from the ‘60s,” says Steve. “There was a place called Winterland and we’d always be backstage running around or onstage and, of course, we’re using those phrases. When somebody passes a joint or something, ‘Hey, 420.’ So it started spreading through that community.” Lesh, walking off the stage after a recent Dead concert, confirmed that Patrick is a friend and said he “wouldn’t be surprised” if the Waldos had coined 420. He wasn’t sure, he said, when the first time he heard it was. “I do not remember. I’m very sorry. I wish I could help,” he said. Wavy-Gravy is a hippie icon with his own ice cream flavor and has been hanging out with the Dead for decades. HuffPost spotted him outside the concert. Asked about the origin of 420, he suggested it began “somewhere in the foggy mists of time. What time is it now? I say to you: eternity now.” As the Grateful Dead toured the globe through the ‘70s and ‘80s, playing hundreds of shows a year - the term spread though the Dead underground. Once High Times got hip to it, the magazine helped take it global. “I started incorporating it into everything we were doing,” High Times editor Steve Hager told the Huffington Post. “I started doing all these big events - the World Hemp Expo Extravaganza and the Canna-

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Smoking Cannabis Is Not Bad For the Lungs Says The American Medical Association “There also may be other damaging effects that don’t manifest until extremely high levels of exposure...” It’s been a landmark year for the truth about the most used illegal substance in the U.S. and around the world. Earlier this year the American Medical Association changes their long time stance and admits Marijuana does have medical value, and now they release a new report stating that casual Marijuana smokers may actually have stronger lungs than non smokers. The 5000 person, 2 decade study of both Men and Women looked at the lung function and capacity of casual Cannabis smokers from 5 different cities in America. The cities: Birmingham, Chicago, Oakland, California and Minneapolis played host to the study conducted by researchers at the University of California San Francisco, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “With marijuana use increasing and large numbers of people who have been and continue to be exposed, knowing whether it causes lasting damage to lung function is important for public-health messaging and medical use of marijuana,” says the study’s senior author, Stefan Kertesz, M.D., associate professor in the UAB Division of Preventive Medicine. “This is not the first study to show that marijuana has a complicated relationship with lung function. However, the size of the study and the long duration of follow-up help us to paint a clearer picture of the ways in which the relationship changes over time,” says Lead author, Mark J. Pletcher, M.D., of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Stefan Kertesz goes on to say: “The relationship changes for people who get to high levels of lifetime exposure,” he says. “At that point, the data suggests there is a decline in lung air-flow rate. There also may be other damaging effects that don’t manifest until extremely high levels of exposure; we did not have enough very heavy marijuana smokers in this study to determine this.” What’s this really mean for Marijuana smokers? Well if nothing else, it means your government lied to you again about the real facts about marijuana. It also means smoking a joint, or a few bong loads a day isn’t going to kill you. In fact it just may make increase your lung capacity. Happy Smoking!

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One of many ways you can increase the health of your root zone (or rhizosphere) as well as the rest of your Cannabis plants, is by adding Enzymes to them. There are many popular enzyme products on the market today, including arguably the most popular, Hygrozyme and it’s biggest competitor Sensizym. Professionals everywhere use Enzymes, and sometimes without knowing anything other than their plants like it. What Are Enzymes? Enzymes are protein molecules that are created by amino acids, and aid as well as increase the rate of chemical reactions. These chemicals reactions can either be the construction, or destruction of things. Enzymes are present in every living thing on earth. How Do Enzymes Help Marijuana Plants? In plants Enzymes perform a variety of functions, below is just a few of the more important Enzyme functions. It is important to note that not all of the Enzymes below are available in product form. Some of them are naturally occurring inside the plants themselves. What that means basically, is while there are some Enzyme products you can buy at the local hydro shop, not all of the enzymes perform all the tasks below. Breaking Down Nutrients / Molecules Nutrients and other molecules (like sugars and starches) can be too large for plants to properly consume them. Enzymes help to break down the molecules into smaller more manageable molecules that the plant can use and consume. These Enzymes that naturally occur inside the plant, and ARE available in over the counter products. Breaking Down Dead Matter Similar to the way that Enzymes break down nutrients and molecules into smaller usable sizes, Enzymes break down dead matter into usable nutrients for the Marijuana plant. These Enzymes naturally occur inside the plant, and ARE available in over the counter products. Kills Algae Enzymes are a popular algae control as well. Most of the store bought plant specific enzyme products are very good at doing things. If you have algae problems, Enzymes are an extremely effective and healthy way to get rid of it. These Enzymes that naturally occur inside the plant, 16 | CRONIC

Enzymes and ARE available in over the counter products. Fixing UV Damage from Light Believe it or not, the UV rays from sunlight would kill Cannabis plants if it weren’t for naturally occurring enzymes inside the plants. These Enzymes are triggered by light, and know exactly what to do, and how to fix the damage caused by those UV rays. These Enzymes naturally occur inside the plant, and AREN’T available in any over the counter products. Prevent / Repel Pests & Diseases Some plants can prevent and repel pests when they contain certain enzymes. If you have ever found some strains of Cannabis do not as easily get infested by spider mites, mold or other pests, enzymes are very likely the reason why. Even in a room full of infested plants, certain strains of Marijuana can remain healthy and untouched by the pests thanks to enzymes. These Enzymes naturally occur inside the plant, and AREN’T available in any over the counter products. These Enzymes vary between different strains of Marijuana, so while one strain may be resilient to Spider Mites, other strains may be resilient to Powder Mold. Should I Add Enzymes To My Marijuana Plants? Definitely, without a doubt! That is assuming your budget can afford it. Enzymes tend to be one of the most expensive additives at the hydroponic store. While they are concentrated, most Enzyme formulas still require you to use 5ml – 10ml per gallon of the product to achieve the desired positive effects. At $80 - $120 a gallon, you can see how that price could quickly add up. Both soil and hydroponic growers can benefit by adding Enzymes to their Cannabis Plants. Hydroponic growers especially find huge benefit in the algae control and prevention. What Enzyme Products Should I Buy? Arguably the 2 most popular Enzyme products are Hygrozyme by Sipco, and Sensizym by Advanced Nutrients. Hygrozyme is definitely the better of the 2, but you will pay for that extra quality. Hygrozyme on average is $20 - $40 more per gallon than Sensizym. However it also requires 2ml less per gallon of the product.

Robertson’s Shocker: Supports Legalization The Evangelical Leader thinks Marijuana Use Should be Legal Says He “Absolutely” Supports the Colorado and Washington State Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiatives Pat Robertson is the latest and maybe most surprising person to come out in support of legalizing marijuana. Last week on his show, “The 700 Club,” the signature program on his Christian Broadcast Network, he spoke out passionately against locking people up for possession of marijuana and noted that it was costing us billions of dollars. Then on Wednesday, in an interview with The New York Times, Robertson went even farther by saying that he not only supported legalizing marijuana but that he “absolutely” supports the Colorado and Washington State marijuana legalization ballot initiatives on the 2012 ballot. Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance issued the following statement on the significance of Pat Robertson coming out for legalizing marijuana: “Pat Robertson’s clearly stated and well-reasoned comments throw a curve ball into the growing debate over legalizing marijuana. Pat Robertson is neither a liberal nor a libertarian. The millions of people who listen to and respect him are mostly conservatives, Republicans and older Americans – who, according to Gallup’s latest poll, have been the least likely to support legalizing marijuana. His cogent arguments, and his willingness to speak out clearly on this issue, will prompt lots of people who have opposed legalization to think again. 18 | CRONIC

“At least as significant is Pat Robertson’s statement that he ‘absolutely’ supports the marijuana legalization initiatives that will be on the ballot in Colorado and Washington State this November. His endorsement is certainly the most surprising and significant one by a national figure to date – and will surely give the campaigns in each state an important lift. “Defenders of marijuana prohibition – both Democrats and Republicans – must be wondering if it’s only a matter of time before theirs proves to be a lost cause. Americans under age 50 overwhelmingly favor legalizing marijuana. Some of the most respected elder statesmen in the world – from George Shultz and Paul Volcker in the United States to former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and distinguished former presidents in Europe and Latin America – says it’s time to move in that direction. During the past few weeks, a conservative ex-general who recently was elected president of Guatemala has put the issue firmly on the agenda of Latin American leaders. And now, lo and behold, evangelical leader Pat Robertson says he agrees too.”

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etting busted for pot possession may become a thing of the past in Colorado come this November, when voters in that state decide whether or not to make the drug clear and legal for recreational use. As reported by the Seattle Times, Colorado joins Washington State, which in early February tallied enough signatures to place a referendum before the voters on legalizing marijuana. If the initiative passes in Colorado, individuals 21 and older will be able to legally possess up to one ounce of marijuana for personal use. The measure would also allow residents to grow up to six marijuana plants in their home, and specially regulated stores would be licensed to sell the drug. The measure includes an option that would allow communities to ban such businesses if they desire. While Colorado voters rejected a similar referendum in 2006, attitudes toward marijuana have been changing over the past six years, with even erstwhile conservative Americans becoming more open to legalizing what was once considered a dangerous drug. A recent Gallup poll found that around 50 percent of Americans now support legalization of pot. However, passage of the measure is far from certain. In 2010, California voters defeated a referendum to legalize recreational marijuana by 54 percent. Reuters reported that unlike the failed 2006 measure, Colorado’s 2012 referendum will create a taxation and regulatory plan. The first $40 million in taxes will be earmarked for public schools, with the remainder placed in the state’s general fund. Mason Tvert, one of the initiative’s major promoters, said he and other pot proponents would use the time before the November ballot to build a “broad base of support” for passage of the measure. “Coloradans have a chance to make history this November, and we believe they are ready to do just that,” he said in a statement. The Denver Post noted that the referendum nearly fell short of the needed petition signatures. “Proponents came up short of the required 86,105 valid signatures in their first attempt at submitting petitions,” reported the paper. “Given the chance to collect more signatures, they handed in another 14,000. Nearly 7,000 of those were found valid, putting the initiative over the top.” Writing in Time magazine, author and Yale Law School instructor Adam Cohen noted that Washington

State’s referendum “would treat pot much like alcohol, so the sale of marijuana would be restricted to people over 21. The new law would give the Liquor Control Board the authority to license marijuana farms, and marijuana tax revenues would be directed to health and drug-abuse prevention programs.” Baptist Press News reported that opponents of the measure “argued that legalizing the recreational usage of marijuana would lead to an increase in drugged drivers and road deaths, an uptick in marijuana’s usage among teens and young adults, and an increase in crime statewide.” Canada’sDalhousie University released an analysis of several studies demonstrating that individuals who had used marijuana within three hours of operating a motor vehicle were twice as likely to cause a wreck. Additionally, many opponents insist that pot is a “gateway” drug that can lead users to harder drugs such as cocaine or heroin. A University of Michigan survey found that pot use among high school students is already at a 30-year high, even as alcohol consumption has decreased. Cohen noted that up to now the debate in many states has been focused strictly on marijuana for medicinal use. “The argument that cancer patients and others with chronic pain should be able to alleviate it by using marijuana has been prevailing in state after state,” he wrote. “Today, 16 states — including Washington and Colorado — and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for medical purposes.” Even if the referendums fail in Colorado and Washington, proponents say the issue is not going away, and will only intensify as younger voters continue to push for legalization in other states. Presently, activists in California, Montana, and Michigan are working feverishly to get referendums on the ballots in their states. Surveys show that support for legalized pot has been rising steadily over the past 40 years, from 12 percent in 1970 to 50 percent today, with Americans age 18-29 leading the pack at 62 percent. Cohen predicted that with such a combination of “fast-growing support and solid majorities among the young,” it appears to be just a matter of time before the national discussion turns from “whether to legalize marijuana to how to do it in the most prudent way.”

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Patient Rights In Jeapordy Signal Time to Legalize â&#x20AC;&#x153;We feel strongly that, in order to protect patients, cannabis must be legal for all citizens.â&#x20AC;?

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The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled on 2/2/12 that medical marijuana patients who are on probation should not be allowed to use cannabis as medicine. This ruling is a huge blow to medical marijuana patients statewide, many of whom will be forced off of their safe, effective and natural cannabis medicine and forced to use dangerous and expensive pharmaceutical alternatives. For many patients, cannabis is the *only* medicine that works for them, especially for patients who are using cannabis as a non-toxic alternative therapy to treat their cancer. Previously, probation departments across Colorado had wide discretion into whether or not a patient on probation would be allowed to use their medicinal cannabis. With the Court of Appeals ruling, the ability of probation officers to address individual patient situations on a case-by-case basis has been eliminated and replaced with a statewide “Zero Tolerance” policy for medical cannabis use and probation. The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that, since people on probation in Colorado are required to refrain from committing further offenses while on probation, the use of medical marijuana cannot be allowed, since marijuana is illegal under *federal* law. The Court of Appeals case comes, not surprisingly, out of Arapahoe County District Court where prohibitionist District Attorney Carol Chambers once threatened to prosecute patients if they testified at a trial on the Centennial medical marijuana ban. The Court also cited a 2011 ruling in the case of

Beinor v. ICAO, which stated that the authors of Colorado’s medical marijuana law failed to establish a “right” to medical marijuana use. THE SOLUTION: CANNABIS RE-LEGALIZATION ACT The Cannabis Re-Legalization Act citizen’s ballot initiative, which was also filed on 2/2/12, would solve this problem by replacing the flawed language of Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Amendment with a broader and better-written law. First, the Cannabis Re-Legalization Act makes cannabis use a fundamental Constitutional right for Colorado citizens. Then, the Cannabis Re-Legalization Act protects all cannabis users by prohibiting the government from punishing them or denying them any right or privilege for their cannabis use. We feel strongly that, in order to protect patients, cannabis must be legal for all citizens. It is only through full legalization that medical cannabis patients will no longer be singled out as a second class of citizens. The Cannabis Re-Legalization Act also requires state Attorney General John Suthers to file lawsuits against the federal government to stop their enforcement of federal marijuana prohibition laws, something he currently refuses to do. SIGN THE PETITION! Sign the virtual petition online:

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By Lester Grinspoon, M.D The only way for our society to realize the full potential of cannabis, including its full medical potential, is to free it from the regulations controlling prescription drugs and the criminal laws controlling psychoactive substances. In 1967, because of my concern about the rapidly growing use of the dangerous drug marijuana, I began my studies of the scientific and medical literature with the goal of providing a reasonably objective summary of the data which underlay its prohibition. Much to my surprise, I found no credible scientific basis for the justification of the prohibition. The assertion that it is a very toxic drug is based on old and new myths. In fact, one of the many exceptional features of this drug is its remarkably limited toxicity. Compared to aspirin, which people are free to purchase and use without the advice or prescription of a physician, cannabis is much safer: there are well over 1000 deaths annually from aspirin in the United States alone, whereas there has never been a death anywhere from marijuana. In fact, when cannabis regains its place in theÂ US Pharmacopeia, a status it lost after the passage of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, it will be seen as one of the safest drugs in that compendium. Moreover, it will eventually be hailed as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;wonder drugâ&#x20AC;? just as penicillin was in the 1940s. Penicillin achieved this reputation because it was remarkably non-toxic, it was, once it was produced on an economy of scale, quite inexpensive, and it was effective in the treatment of a variety of infectious diseases. Similarly, cannabis is exceptionally 32 | CRONIC

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safe, and once freed of the prohibition tariff, will be significantly less expensive than the conventional drugs it replaces while its already impressive medical versatility continues to expand. Given these characteristics, it should come as no surprise that its use as a medicine is growing exponentially or that individual states have established legislation that makes it possible for patients suffering from a variety of disorders to use the drug legally with a recommendation from a physician. Unfortunately, because each state arrogates the right to define which symptoms and syndromes may be lawfully treated with cannabis, many patients with legitimate claims to the therapeutic usefulness of this plant must continue to use it illegally and therefore endure the extra layer of anxiety imposed by its illegality. California and Colorado are the two states in which the largest number of patients for whom it would be medically useful have the freedom to access it legally. New Jersey is the most restrictive, and I would guess that only a small fraction of the pool of patients who would find marijuana to be as or more useful than the invariably more toxic conventional drugs it will displace will be allowed legal access to it. The framers of the New Jersey legislation may fear what they see as chaos in the distribution of medical marijuana in California and Colorado, a fear born of their concern that the more liberal parameters of medical use adopted in these states have allowed its access to many people who use it for other than strictly medicinal reasons. If this

is correct, it is consistent with my view that it will be impossible to realize the full potential of this plant as a medicine, not to speak of the other ways it is useful, in the setting of this destructive prohibition. Marijuana is here to stay; there can no longer be any doubt that it is not just another transient drug fad. Like alcohol, it has become a part of our culture, a culture which is now trying to find an appropriate social, legal and medical accommodation. We have finally come to realize, after arresting over 21 million marijuana users since the 1960s, most of them young and 90% for mere possession, that “making war” against cannabis doesn’t work anymore now than it did for alcohol during the days of the Volstead Act. Many people are expressing their impatience with the federal government’s intransigence as it obdurately maintains its position that ” marijuana is not a medicine”. Thirteen states have now decriminalized marijuana. And, beginning with California in 1996, another 15 states and the District of Columbia have followed suit in allowing patients legal access to marijuana, and others are in the process of enacting similar legislation. These states are inadvertently constructing a large social experiment in how best to deal with the reinvention of the “cannabis as medicine” phenomenon, while at the same time sending a powerful message to the federal government. Each of these state actions has taken a slice out of the extraordinary popular delusion known as cannabinophobia. Perhaps in part because so many Americans have discovered for themselves that marijuana is both relatively benign and remarkably useful, moral consensus about the evil of cannabis is becoming uncertain and shallow. The authorities pretend that eliminating cannabis traffic is like eliminating slavery or piracy, or eradicating smallpox or malaria. The official view is that everything possible has to be done to prevent everyone from ever using marijuana, even as a medicine. But there is

also an informal lore of marijuana use that is far more tolerant. Many of the millions of cannabis users in this country not only disobey the drug laws but feel a principled lack of respect for them. They do not conceal their bitter resentment of laws that render them criminals. They believe that many people have been deceived by their government, and they have come to doubt that the “authorities” understand much about either the deleterious or the useful properties of the drug. This undercurrent of ambivalence and resistance in public attitudes towards marijuana laws leaves room for the possibility of change, especially since the costs of prohibition are all so high and rising. It is also clear that the realities of human need are incompatible with the demand for a legally enforceable distinction between medicine and all other uses of cannabis. Marijuana simply does not conform to the conceptual boundaries established by twentieth-century institutions. It is truly a sui generis substance; is there another non-toxic drug which is capable of heightening many pleasures, has a large and growing number of medical uses and has thepotential to enhance some individual capacities? The only workable way of realizing the full potential of this remarkable substance, including its full medical potential, is to free it from the present dual set of regulations – those that control prescription drugs in general and the special criminal laws that control psychoactive substances. These mutually reinforcing laws establish a set of social categories that strangle its uniquely multifaceted potential. The only way out is to cut the knot by giving marijuana the same status as alcohol – legalizing it for adults for all uses and removing it entirely from the medical and criminal control systems. Lester Grinspoon, M.D. is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, emeritus, at Harvard Medical School and the author of Marihuana Reconsidered and (with James B Bakalar) Marijuana, the Forbidden Medicine. CRONIC | 33

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After Redman rocked the mic Cronic Magazine held Redman’s after party at Diamond After Dark in Denver. The party was from 10pm-4:20am and was raging until the very end. Beautiful women, local DJs and top-shelf cannabis made the night right for our special guest. The very next day Cronic had a photo shoot at Crude Clones grow facility and got a mile “How High” with some Vanilla Kush! Events like this are a great way to bring musicians and artists together that support marijuana, Colorado’s patients and our readers. Special thanks to all who participated in this event.

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You can tell good Chemdawg by its smell: the extreme chemical / cleaner fragrance should come right through the container. Given its countrywide commonplace (like mail-order Faberge Eggs - with scores of knockoff brands) you can’t always find genuine Chem 4 among the imitations. We decided to review a golden-rod haired sample from Dank, which blatantly possessed the odor, the kind that fills up the house even when you try to double-bag it and hide it in the closet. The bud was meaty, but ground well and conjured more of the Chem smell, along with a lilt of strawberry, and maybe pistachio. In general, most critics felt the power of the first hit nearly 5-10 minutes after puffing. A wowing rush ensued at that point, with various scores of mindbending madness or confusion. Some of us where overwhelmed, disoriented, disorganized, and more. The brain recoiled into a quick mellow, as if shocked by pure electricity with a blurry return to focus. Our cerebral sensations continued to grow. The body, meanwhile, was permanent and heavy after only 20 minutes, abuzz and centered in the core. After a half-hour, the initial craziness had died into a manageable high but warranted an encore. The second puff struck strongly but not quite as brilliant a supernova as the first. Still, one reviewer (at 160 lbs.) men-

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tioned a sort of out-of-body sensation. Knees knocking and fingers flying, everyone was able to accomplish their day-to-day tasks. One reviewer wanted to relax more during the weekend, but said he was so focused on projects and outstanding debts or errands that he could do little to enjoy his day off, and could not sit still, despite feeling the need to. The strain isn’t a good all-day companion due to burnout. Focus is no problem; its the hand-eye coordination and syntax that suffer. Absolutely brilliant for music (and probably art) or any freestyle expression, Chem 4 may even offer the concentration needed for an early afternoon meeting. Two reviewers reported doing ‘exceptionally better’ at the office (in moderate doses). Judgement and rationale were even heightened. Be forewarned, however: multi-tasking is difficult, and directions or plans are bound to be lost somewhere in the footwork. Avoid multiple-stimuli environments like malls, school events, ball games or carnivals. The strain also had energizing effects at night. But if you’re over the hump of exhaustion, you’ll welcome an expedited snooze. Dank’s Chem Dawg 4 was hands-down, the best thing we’d tried all week, and not for the casual smoker. Perfect after a long day of work, expect to melt into statue-mode on the couch for a maximum duration 4-5 hours at maximum dosage--a perfect prelude to sleep. Munchies ranged from sweet to savory; we recommend yogurt-covered pretzels.

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et another topic often debated by many Cannabis growers, is whether or not adding ingredients like Molasses, Honey, or Sugar Water increase a plants health, and quality of the buds it produces. What does sugar do for Marijuana Plants? There are 4 primary reasons most growers report using sugars in their Cannabis grows. It sweetens the flavor of your smoke. One of the most touted reasons to use sugar in your cannabis grows is to increase the flavors of your buds. This is something we have experienced firsthand in some of the grows we have been a part of in the past. However many other growers suggest that sugar does not improve the flavor of smoke at all, and that this is just a myth. It helps to bulk up the buds. Another benefit claimed to be a myth by some growers, and to be fact by others, reportedly adding sugar to your Cannabis grows will increase the size of your buds. We have experienced some of our biggest buds while use sugar in our nutrient programs. However without a proper scientific control we can’t give you any exact numbers yet. 44 | CRONIC

It helps to harden the buds. Some growers suggest that by using sugar you can actually increase the hardness of the Marijuana buds. While not as widely accepted, this may be a case of strain specific results, and not as easily duplicated. It feeds enzymes and other beneficial bacterium’s in the grow media. One of the only benefits not debated is the usefulness of sugar in soils or mediums that have an active living root system filled with Mycorrhizae. Sugars and carbohydrates help to feed the colonies of bacteria to keep them healthy, a byproduct of which is healthy plants. What Forms of Sugar Can I Feed My Marijuana Plants? There are numerous companies that make different types of sugar based products. Some of the more popular sugar products are:Bud Candy, FloraNectar, Hydro Honey, Sugar Daddy, Grandma’s Molasses. As far as cost, Grandma’s Molasses is the cheapest, and can be found at almost any local grocery store. As far as quality, in our experience Hydro Honey by Humboldt County’s Own was the best. This is probably because it contains 88% molasses along with other ingredients that are formulated to be more stable in hydroponic environments that straight molasses is.

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HOW TO PREPARE CANNABUTTER FOR YOUR RECIPES Directions 1. Using a double boiler (or 2 pots), melt the butter on low heat. If using 2 pots, fill the larger (bottom) pot with water and the smaller (top) pot with butter. Once the butter has melted, add your cannabis. 2. Simmer on low heat for at least 30 minutes (stirring every 5 minutes.) To extract more THC from your cannabis, simmer for 2-3 hours. 3. Let the melted cannabutter cool for 5-10 minutes then strain the cannabutter using a strainer or cheesecloth into a small container. 4. Cover and refrigerate your cannabutter until semi-solid (or as required by your recipe.)

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Double boiler or 2 pots 1 lb unsalted butter (4 sticks / 2 cups) 1/4 oz to 1 oz marijuana buds Strainer or cheesecloth Small container

Cannabis Quantity I’m sure by now you are wondering, “How much marijuana should I use to make cannabutter?” Because CBD and THC levels vary from strain to strain, it’s difficult to say exactly how much to use in order to achieve the desired results. Therefore, it is always better to be on the lighter side until you know your tolerance to marijuana edibles. This recipe can also be made using olive or canola oils instead of butter. Simmer it for 12-18 hours in a Crockpot on the low setting. RASTA PASTA 12 oz fettuccine 3/4 C CannaButter 1 C green peas 1 can button mushroom pieces 1 C Portobello mushroom pieces

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While the fettuccine is cooking, in a large skillet melt cannabutter over medium heat. Sauté garlic for 1-2 minutes. Stir in 3/4 cup cream and stir constantly over medium heat 2-3 minutes. Add fettuccine, red peppers and mushrooms to the skillet. Stir in remaining cream, cheese, salt, pepper and parsley.

BHANG TEA 2 C water 1/2 C cannabis butter 4 C warm milk 2 Tbs finely chopped almonds 1/4 Tbs of Garam Masala (cloves, cinnamon and cardamom) 1/2 Tbs finely chopped fresh ginger 1/4 C honey Melt the cannabutter in a 2-qt saucepan. Stir in milk until mixture reaches boiling. Stir in honey continuing to mix, then almonds, garam masala, ginger and water. Bring to a boil. Cover the saucepan and turn off the heat. Leave it for 10 minutes. Pour into mugs letting almond residue stay in the bottom of the pan. CANNA-MATE 4 C water 1 C marijuana shake/leaf 2 of your favorite Yerba Mate tea bags Honey (optional, but good) Milk or cream (THC binds to the fats and “enhances” the effect) Boil water and leave the leaf simmering in water for about an hour. Add tea bags and or milk/honey and boil for another 5-10 min. If adding milk, pour very slowly so the milk doesn’t curdle or heat the milk first so it’s a little warm before it mixes with the boiling tea. 5-MINUTE CHOCOLATE CAKE IN A MUG 4 Tbs flour 3 Tbs milk 4 Tbs sugar ½ tsp vanilla extract 2 Tbs cocoa 3 Tbs chocolate chips 1 egg (optional) 3 Tbs cannabutter or cannabis canola oil 1 large coffee mug (microwave safe) Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and melted cannabutter or oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (optional) and vanilla extract, and mix again. Place your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don’t worry it won’t fall. Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate or eat out of the mug with a spoon.

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