Hawaii Cannabis Magazine: Issue 02

Hawaii Cannabis Magazine OAHU • BIG ISLAND • MAUI • KAUA’I • MOLOKA’I

SHIRLEY RAMEY CELIA TAPP ANDREW SIMMONS SUMMER SOLSTICE W/ SALT MATTHEW BRITTAIN

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Contents

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SHIRLEY RAMEY

CELIA TAPP

ANDREW SIMMONS

PAGE 02 \ A LETTER FROM SHIRLEY RAMEY ON MAUI

PAGE 06 \ AN ARTICLE ON PLANT TISSUE CULTURE BY CELIA TAPP OF FRESH FARMS ON BIG ISLAND

PAGE 12 \ AN ARTICLE ON ACTIVISM IN HAWAII BY ANDREW SIMMONS OF PAKALOLO IN PARADISE ON BIG ISLAND

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MATTHEW BRITTAIN

PAGE 18 \ AN ARTICLE ON HEADY HAWAII EVENT ‘SUMMER SOLSTICE WITH SALT’

BY BAILEE ‘BAILEAF’ RABY ON OAHU

PAGE 26 \ A COLLECTION OF FAQ BY MATTHEW BRITTAIN, MA, LCSW, DCSW, DABFSW ON BIG ISLAND

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A LETTER FROM SHIRLEY RAMEY Hawaii has a long history of plant-based medicine

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and the incorporation of plants for healing.

Cannabis has had a history of healing properties for over 5000 years. Medical Cannabis research has shown effective outcomes for multiple health conditions worldwide. In the state of Hawaii, there is a list of possible qualifying conditions that a patient must fit in order see a certifying medical professional to apply for a 329 certification.

These conditions include Post Tramatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Cancer, Glaucoma, Lupus, Epilepsy/Seizures, Severe Pain, Severe/Persistent 02

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Muscle Spasms including Crohn’s Disease, Cachexia or Wasting Syndrome, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, HIV/AIDS, and Severe Nausea.

As a member of the American Cannabis Nurse Association, I continue to follow the most current research regarding Medical Cannabis. In 2018, I completed a program in Cannabis Nursing. In addition to ACNA, I am also a member of the American Holistic Nurse Association which supports integrative healthcare.

I have been a LPN for over 25 years with a focus on integrative healthcare - which can be defined as a state of well-being, of mind, body and spirit.

Medical Cannabis and Wellness is Integrative Health.

I continue to support and provide educational opportunities to the community pertaining to Medical Cannabis. In August, 2019, I held the first For Nurses by Nurses Medical Cannabis Conference on Maui, which was well received. This event created an opportunity for nurses to have access to medical professionals working with patients and medical cannabis.

In June, 2020, through University of Hawaii, Maui College’s Extended Learning, I will be offering a class on Thursdays from 6:00 - 7:30 pm, June 4th, 2020 thru June 25th, 2020. The course is titled: Medical Cannabis in Wellness.

Mahalo, Shirley Ramey

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THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CLEAN VIRUS-FREE PLANT PROPAGATION

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HE YEAR WAS 1902 WHEN GERMAN BOTANIST GOTTLIEB HABERLANDT CAME UP WITH THE THEORY CALLED TOTIPOTENTIALITY. HE BELIEVED THAT INDIVIDUAL

PLANT CELLS WERE CAPABLE OF GIVING RISE TO A WHOLE PLANT, AND HE WAS RIGHT! ALTHOUGH HABERLANDT WAS NOT THE FIRST TO SUCCESSFULLY DIVIDE ISOLATED CELLS, HIS INTELLECT CERTAINLY EARNED HIM THE TITLE, ‘FATHER OF

CELIA TAPP PAGE 06 \ AN ARTICLE ON PLANT TISSUE CULTURE BY CELIA TAPP OF FRESH FARMS ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. IMAGE BY CELIA TAPP

PLANT TISSUE CULTURE’.

Plant Tissue Culture is a collection of techniques used to grow and maintain plant cells, under sterile conditions on a nutrient medium.

PTC was developed to store and supply clean plants for the future!

For the future of planet Earth and even for the future of planets beyond Earth. Anthropogenic impacts like habitat deforestation and rising levels of sulfur dioxide are some of the challenges that drive PTC science in an exploration of habitat restoration and germplasm storage.

PTC relies on three main principles. First, we isolate plant parts from an intact mother plant. We refer to this isolated plant material as the explant. Second, we provide an appropriate environment for development. This hinges on the control of factors like oxygen, temperature, relative humidity, nutrients, and light. The third principle involves sterility. All PTC labor is conducted under completely sterile conditions. Everything from the tools to the technician must be sterile.

In order to imagine the very beginning of a clean virus-free plant, we must start with the initial explant. Visualize a test tube from chemistry class. At the bottom of the test tube sits a small dollop of nutrientrich gel. This gel is called the media and acts as a food source for the explant. Already surface disinfected and chopped down to a small enough size, the explant is inserted into the media, buried at the base for nutrient uptake.

PTC is divided into four stages. Stage I Initiation is the most valuable time to address contamination and the release of undesirable compounds. Stage II Caulogenesis is necessary for shoot proliferation. It is during Stage II that we encourage shoot growth

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by @freshfarms so that we may divide a single explant into many more. Stage III Rhizogenesis inspires root growth, 08

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giving rise to a healthy plantlet. Finally, we arrive at Stage IV Acclimatization. In this final stage, we remove our plantlet from inside its clean vessel and expose it to the outside environment until it becomes happy and hardened with microbes.

Now, why on earth would we go through all those stages when we can just take a conventional

by @freshfarms for farmers in large numbers.

cutting? Perhaps we need to propagate plants

So how does one determine if a plant is clean

free from contamination and pathogens. Disease-

and virus-free? One of my favorite methods was

free plants are important in combating the

developed in part by Dr. Tanabe, right here at the

environmental issues of today. Especially here in

University of Hawai’i. The methodology involves

Hawai’i where we face catastrophic vectors like

Triple Indexing and it is not easy by any means.

Rapid Ohia Death and Taro Leaf Blight. Sometimes

The mother plant is cultured using an advanced

we also need to lean on PTC’s ability to provide

technique known as Meristem Culture. The plant

easier storage and faster clonal propagation. This

meristem is found at the apex, protected by new

lends us access to larger numbers of identical

growth and layers of leaf primordia. Anatomically

plants from a single plant, allowing plants of

the meristem lacks vascular components, making

economic and medical significance like ginger,

it less likely for a systemic pathogen to travel up

turmeric, awa, and cannabis, to be readily available

the plant to the tippy top. It is here at the very tip of

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the plant that unprogrammed cells reside, dividing

virus-free, we repeat the same process two more

at an alarming rate, differentiating as the day goes

times using the same plant material. After the third

on.

indexed results confirm there is no virus present, we can with some confidence celebrate successful

In the event that a plant is infected with a very

virus eradication.

catastrophic pathogen, let’s say Tobacco Mosaic Virus…Triple Indexing requires an additional step

Fun fact: “Plant Tissue Culture” is actually a misnomer. The terminology was adopted

Certainty is always difficult to attain, so of course, there is always the possibility that your pathogen is dormant. It is not until you grow the plantlet out into the world and divide it yet again and again, that

from animal biology ages ago. The term

you may uncover the sleeping virus. All ills aside,

tissue implies we are dealing with only

PTC is one of the greatest tools we have against

one cell type, which is oftentimes not the case. I prefer referencing “Aseptic In-vitro

battling contagious killers in the plant kingdom.

Whether it is a unique cultivar or an endangered subspecies, PTC is here to save lives! Ü

Micropropagation”. Break that down and it becomes “Sterile Tiny Plants in a Vessel”.

Celia Tapp is a Plant Scientist and University Lecturer in Hawaii. She specializes in aseptic in-vitro micropropagation

known as a Heat Treatment. The Heat Treatment

and analytical chemistry. Send her a message if you’d like

is exactly what it sounds like. If we heat the plant

your questions pertaining to PTC featured in the next issue of

material before it is cultured, we can kill off more

Hawaii Cannabis Magazine. You can find her on Instagram at

of the pathogens that we intend to outpace. After

@FreshFarms or through email at freshfarmshawaii@gmail.com.

the Heat Treatment, the plant meristem is cultured so that the plant material can be indexed. Indexing is a fancy way of testing for known pathogens.

Once we index the plant material and confirm it is

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ANNABIS LAWS ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THOUGH EACH STATE’S APPROACH

TO CANNABIS LEGALIZATION CAN BE VASTLY DIFFERENT. HERE IN HAWAII, WE CAN USE THIS TO OUR ADVANTAGE BY LOOKING AT WHAT DOES AND DOES NOT WORK IN OTHER STATE LEGISLATIONS.

Cannabis legalization is coming very soon at both the state and federal level. It is more important than ever to personally involve yourself in influencing how legal cannabis will look in Hawaii.

Hawaii grown cannabis will be in high demand in-state and worldwide once laws change globally.

Beyond the year-round optimal growing conditions, we also have an automatic selling point simply from being grown in Hawaii. Every shop in every state will want tropical, exotic island-grown flowers on their shelf. Supply will likely have a hard time keeping up with demand in the global market, which will keep Hawaii-grown flower prices much

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higher than the national average. This situation

Appellations are a great approach to protecting

creates an opportunity for a huge economic impact

craft farms and the unique flower that can be

state-wide. In my opinion, there is plenty of room

produced in a specific terroir. In Hawaii, we are

and a need for both craft cannabis and corporate

blessed with many microclimates, or terroirs. Each

cannabis to thrive side-by-side here in the Aloha

gives their own unique influence to any genetics

State. Look at the wine or beer industry. For

that are grown there. I could supply 20 different

example, do you think craft breweries and small

growers across the island chain with the same

family operated vineyards could truly make enough

clone and they each would end up with 20 very

beer and wine to supply everyday consumer

different end results, even if the plants were given

demands? I do not. There is a huge market for

only water! Obviously, each growers’ knowledge,

“Every shop in every state will want tropical, exotic island-grown flowers on their shelf.”

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affordable, mass-produced commercial cannabis

experience and personal relationship with their

and for craft cannabis that is unique, locally-

garden also play a huge role in the final product.

produced with love, and oftentimes of higher

Variety is the spice of life and consumers are

quality. Let’s talk appellations. In the wine industry,

willing to pay top dollar for top shelf flower, grown

appellations are used to distinguish influences

with love.

the soil and local environments have on the crop.

Agri-tourism will also have a huge economic impact state-wide with legalization! Again, much like the wine or craft beer industry, people are curious and want to know more about the people and the farm where their favorite products are grown. Vineyard tours and tasting tours at craft breweries bring in big bucks to small farms and local communities. They employ tour drivers, bar/bud tenders and extra staffing at the farm or tasting room. The opportunities are endless for Hawaii grown cannabis big or small!

Please take the time to personally write, email or call directly your local representatives and convey how you would like to see legal cannabis look in Hawaii. Be sure to mention the local economic

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impact state-wide legalization could create if done correctly. Ask them to support home grows, consumption lounges, craft farms, and no jail for a plant under any circumstances. Let them know the monopoly system does not help the average Hawaiian. They need to know the law should be written in a way that allows for export after federal legalization passes. It’s not a matter of if anymore, it’s when! Recent events at the federal level suggest that it’s coming sooner rather than later. Hawaii sun-grown cannabis is some of the best in the world and I look forward to the day that we can legally offer it to the world market! Ü

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HE AVERAGE PERSON TYPICALLY

understanding the significance of the approach

HOLDS A QUITE LIMITED VIEW AS

to this ever expanding realm of art. This style is

TO WHAT QUALIFIES AS ART. WE

typically functional in the sense that you can use it,

TYPICALLY BELIEVE THAT ART CONSISTS

but in no case is it appropriate to use functional art

OF NOTHING MORE THAN TRADITIONAL

for its purpose. Once used for its apparent purpose,

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it removes the art aspect from the piece. Ultimately,

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this usage will not only decrease the monetary

THAT APPEAR TO DO NOTHING MORE THAN

value, but it will also decrease the conceptual

SIT IN THE CORNER AND COLLECT DUST.

value of the piece to the patroning art community.

We should collectively question this notion that

This concept of art is generally dubbed as

functioning pieces cannot be sublime works of

decorative or fine art. With this being the prominent

art; Allenchy further illustrates this by saying,

style of art for eons, at some point the creative

“functional art infuses these aesthetic ideals into

mind must venture away from the conventional

things that you might never have expected to view

to truly create. So within the minds of these

as art.”

passengers, they sail ships into unknown seas of new artistic spheres to evolve the craft, and thusly,

Continuing our journey into the ambiguous

the creative mind emerges into a different realm of

horizons of the art world, we venture into the realm

thinking.

that occupies space between fine and functioning art, heady art. With so many developments to keep

Far removed from the orthodox image of creativity,

up with in the art world, one begins to understand

we enter into the vast and uncharted world of what

why artists become so eccentric. So, what defines

many categorize as “Functional Art”. Just as the

heady art? This style incorporates fine artistic

Colosseum of Rome was not built in a day, neither

concepts into functional glass pieces that are

was the comprehension of functional art within the

centered around a developing culture within the

art community. Within this style, a physical purpose

cannabis community. An island favorite and

or use is served, as well as invoking a visual

featured artist, Who’s Your Gaffer Glass, considers

appeal to the audience. Alex Allenchy states in his

a heady piece as “being fully worked pieces, with

article “What Is Functional Art?” that “Functional

a lot of heart poured into them.” He also feels

artworks are highly crafted artistic creations that

that these pieces tend to “take more time than a

can perform utilitarian jobs, but that collectors

standard piece” and “cannot be mass produced

might prefer to keep on the display shelf.” While

easily.” The art community is just beginning to

identifying the fundamental styles and evolution

recognize the impact that functional glass is

of functional art, he further elaborates with the

having. Fine art galleries around the world have

following example: “Why use an expensive artist-

only recently begun to showcase heady artists

made hammer to drive in a nail when a hardware-

in fine art exhibitions. Not that long ago artists

store version will do?” These words are crucial to

would have to battle to be on the same floor as the

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more classically renowned artists. As this current movement creates more of a wave, we are now seeing more frequent features of heady artists in renowned galleries. However, we are still in the early evolution of this movement.

Propelled by passion, Mark and Shannon made a huge contribution to the Hawaii cannabis community when they founded the Heady Hawaii glass gallery. Since establishing in 2016, these guerilla curators have hosted events with prominent glass blowers, as well as made appearances at multiple glass art conventions across the country. Although the industry takes them nation-wide, Heady Hawaii still honors their local roots. They vitalize the Oahu glass scene by hosting events such as gallery style viewings and partnering with local artists such as OG Tubes to 20

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lead classes.

Thanks to these hosts and artists, we can now present you with the reason behind the madness and the drive behind our passion, the art! While in residence, Salt collaborated with many local artists including Who’s Your Gaffer Glass and OG Tubes.

‘Globular Caldera’ is one of the amazing works that was auctioned during the Summer Solstice with Salt event.

Who’s Your Gaffer Glass has a very distinct personal style. He creates airy nebulas from his use of color patterns that softly blend in and fizzle out of each other. Gaffer started working with soft glass back in 2003 while doing furnace work: vases, goblets, light fixtures, bowls and cups. He went to Murano, Italy for about a year with some of the world’s most underground and talented artists.

The “Globular Caldera” RipCurl collaboration by OG Tubes and Salt Glass depicts a monstrous volcano shaped body merged with a “Globularshaped lava caldera bursting at the top” as described by Heady Hawaii. There are also eye accents by Salt dispersed throughout the lava flow. Sheltered by this flow and hidden within the wall is the S.A.L.T. Perc, a Salt Glass signature.

This beast measures 6” high and 3.5” in diameter.

It also features teeth guarding the mouthpiece and though appearing to have a smooth disposition evolves to a textured base to further resemble magma.

After an eight-year hiatus, Gaffer had an epiphany that inspired him to hop back on the torch. He started off using a crock pot with vermiculite as a kiln and figured out flame and color chemistry. He eventually found his main material: boro. Gaffer explains his love for boro stating that, “the details we can achieve in boro seems limitless. Though

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soft glass does and always will have half of my

a piece, he is thinking of where they live, what their

heart, there are just some things boro will never

name is, what they eat. While he is creating, he’s

understand that soft glass can do. I’ve only been

imagining their world and he thinks about it so

doing lampworking for four years now but I’m very

seriously, it comes through very genuinely in his

stimulated and excited to see where my art will be

work,” commented Heady Hawaii. Salt’s genius

in more years to come.”

lies in his shaping and layering methods as well as his creation of the S.A.L.T. perc, standing for

Salt Glass is a formidable artist with a wide breadth

Sculpturally Applied Linear Tube. The S.A.L.T. perc

of technical skills in which he uses to create his

is an innovative design that conceals the perculator

psychedelic organisms. Each piece sprightly looks

within the wall of the sculpture. He is a pioneer

back at you with hyper-real textures that carry a

on conceptual and technical fronts. Salt reviewed

consciousness all their own. “When he is making

some of his signature techniques at the demo he instructed for the Heady Hawaii event. During his stay, Salt did what he does best and pumped out several original, mind-blowing creations.

This community is built around sharing knowledge and interests with others. It’s no different from the more traditionally recognized art scene: everybody knows different artists and likes different pieces.

When you converge with everyone in one room, you get a knowledge pool to swim in and further your insight with people who desire to do the same.

This is a movement of empowering a subculture of art that has been forced underground for years, the passion of the people is what fuels the flame.

Events such as these are the catalyst that will continue to propel the functional art movement forward.

When we think of art, we think of passion, creativity

A creation in a class all its own, the Zen “Soul Window” Rip Curl created by Salt Glass and Who’s Your Gaffer Glass features a wave like appearance with a touch of texture. The color work features a dichro over stack and Wig Wag design by Gaffer. In the ribs of the creature lies the “Soul Window”, referring to the window exposing the 2-hole S.A.L.T. Perc on the side wall. Salt Glass then got his hands on the tube and added a multi-shaded blue eye and a perfectly shaped row of teeth down the back and side. This Zen tube measures 6.75” tall and 3.75” in diameter.

and beauty. We think of craftsmen that transport us to other worlds by the skill of their hands. These artists are fundamental building blocks to our movement. They give the cannabis cause a culture, and culture is fundamental to any community.

Both functional art and medical cannabis have

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Appreciation: A huge thank you to those who made it happen: Heady Hawaii (@headyhawaii) for hosting this astonishing event and motivating our community to interact.

OG Tubes (@ogtubes) and Who’s Your Gaffer Glass (@wyg_glass), our local artists who are creating art for a movement!

Salt Glass (@saltglass) for taking his time to teach and share his knowledge base, as well as give us the opportunity to enjoy his work in person.

The team at Hawaii Cannabis Magazine (@hawaiicannabismagazine) for creating a connecting platform for our community!

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movements that were once underground now get This Multi-Faced WarpCurl is a piece that carries many entities within itself!

A Warp Curl has “a pushed up center base causing the water to sit in a donut shape”, as noted by Heady Hawaii. This promotes the water to function in a unique circular motion. An ensemble of faces structure the neck of this piece, leading down to a region of teeth that protect the lustrous transparent base and dual holed gill perc. Fathered by Salt Glass, this collage of characters features Purple Rain, Haterade, Gold Amethyst, Blue Dream, and Raindrop. Housing a dual hole S.A.L.T. Perc, this being also holds accents of Gold and Ruby on the mouth piece and joint. Standing 7.5” tall and 3.2” wide, the technique and artistry speaks for itself.

Heady Hawaii perfectly explains this terrestrial sculpture, the Salt & Danger Visual “Solstice Island” volcano rig: “This piece was originally designed by Danger Visual for our Summer Solstice with Salt show flyer. It was brought to life by Salt! What a stunning execution by both artists. Made with Gun Mount Gray, Silver Strike, Roswell, Timber and Chocolate. There is so much detail and energy in this piece! The volcano erupts a twisting tentacle surrounded by molten lava. The volcano is further accented with a fiery eyeball milli, a row of sharp teeth around the beach, palm trees, and a view window on the back to view the S.A.L.T. Perc function. Also includes a (removeable) burst of lava plugs the 10mm joint.

This Illustration of craftsmanship measures 5 inches tall with a base diameter of 3.5 inches.”

to see the light of day. Art is a universal language that has the ability to reach people on impossible levels; and to be honest, this author would hate to see where the Cannabis Movement would be if there weren’t some pretty sick bongs to look at. Ü

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UE TO POPULAR DEMAND, I AM OFFERING THIS ARTICLE TO CLARIFY VARIOUS LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO MEDICINAL CANNABIS IN HAWAII. THIS IS

NOT A COMPLETE ANALYSIS; RATHER, ANSWERING THE MOST IMPORTANT (IN MY OPINION) QUESTIONS. WE TRAVEL THE ISLANDS AND CERTIFY PATIENTS ON MOST ISLANDS, AND THE INFORMATION I WILL TELL YOU HERE IS IMPORTANT, NO MATTER WHAT ISLAND YOU LIVE ON.

Will I lose my County Housing (Section 8) if I get a cannabis card?

Only if the inspectors find it. The county housing office has no access to the cannabis registry. Therefore, they won’t know that you have a 329 card. Furthermore, even if you show it to them, that is not proof that you actually have ever used or possessed cannabis. Therefore, they can’t penalize you for simply having a 329 card. I’m not sure if county housing authorities are able to seize your biological sample for drug testing without a warrant. Does anyone have information on that topic? Theoretically, if they can, then such would be bad news. I have never heard of this happening, though.

The most common reason that people lose their county housing related to cannabis is that they get arrested and charged for cannabis outside of their Section 8 home. Once an individual is a persecuted drug offender, then county housing can terminate their benefits.

If, however, a person has their 329 card, then they are at a much lower risk of getting arrested and charged, and hence their Section 8 housing is protected. Just don’t grow plants at a section 8 residence.

It is hard to move them when inspection time comes along. So, bottom-line, having a medical cannabis card actually reduces the chance of losing county housing benefits.

Who has access to the 329 registry at the Dept. of Health?

Only law enforcement, and only when they have reason to believe a certain location or individual has cannabis; also, dispensaries need to confirm that a patient is certified before a sale is made. Employers do not have access to your medical records, and medical insurance

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companies have no access to the 329 registry. The

Why? Too many idiots have blown themselves up.

VA does not have access to the 329 registry, and

Yes, it’s true, right here in Puna at least two people

besides, the VA has not levied any consequences

didn’t curb their enthusiasm and decided to hit

on any veteran who is known to be on a state-

that dab right after blasting a few cans of butane

approved medicinal cannabis program.

through their extraction tube in a small, enclosed room. BOOOM! Dead. Interestingly, any other

What about parents with minor children?

solvent is fine, legally speaking.

Child custody infringement is prohibited as long as

Law enforcement calculates the amount of

the parent(s) who test positive for cannabis during

concentrates that a person is allowed by following

child welfare service investigations have a valid

a fairly simple rule: Concentrate weight is

329 card. Also, parents can’t be prohibited from

calculated on a 5 to 1 ratio with a bud (flower).

visitation, under the same circumstances.

Why? Because good bud is about 20% THC.

Clarification/Addendum: All cannabis containers in a home with minor children present must be childproof. Violations of this law are criminal in nature.

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Can I legally make my own extracts?

YES, as long as you don’t use butane. Butane Honey Oil (BHO) is a Class B Felony in Hawaii.

Therefore it takes at least 5 ounces of bud to make one ounce of extract like Shatter, Wax, Rosin or C02 extracted Dabs. Realistically though, it takes more than five ounces, as some of the product is lost in the manufacturing process. Law enforcement doesn’t care about that, though. For other extracts, like coconut oil-extracted herbal preparations, the product is tested for its THC content and subjected to the same formula, accounting for the

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additional volume of additives such as beeswax

Does cannabis produce psychosis in patients,

and stabilizers. So, for instance, a topical salve at

or is that a scare tactic produced by the

5% THC: 20 ounces would be the equivalent of one

prohibitionist community?

ounce of bud, and given that patients are allowed 4 ounces of bud total, that means that 80 ounces of

There is research to suggest that psychosis

said salve would be the legal limit.

can be a result of consuming THC. Specifically, the research shows that developing brains are affected by having certain parts of the frontal and prefrontal cortex knit together in an abnormal way, between the ages of 15 and 22 or so. Interestingly, I, myself, started to experience psychotic reactions to weed beginning at about age 14 and getting progressively worse until I just could not use it at all without experiencing a major paranoid/ psychotic reaction. Even now I can’t use it without having a very unpleasant set of delusions and

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hallucinations. I can, however, tolerate topical use and perhaps half a puff.

What’s with the CBD craze?

In my vast experience of seeing thousands of It’s a craze. That means people are crazy about it.

cannabis patients and non-patients in my mental

Does that mean insane crazy, or over-enthusiastic

health practice as an LCSW, I have come to the

crazy? BOTH! Yes, CBD has been shown to be

conclusion that about 7% of the overall population

very effective for treating such things as seizures.

has a “paranoid” reaction to weed. This can vary

However, there is literally NO oversight on the

between mild anxiety to a full-blown psychotic

industry, which means that any given “CBD”

episode, depending on the individual, setting, and

product has not been tested for safety, efficacy,

dose.

or whether or not there is actually any CBD in it at all. Unscrupulous sellers can sell a product that is

It is important that you participate in the

totally devoid of any cannabinoids, and still, legally

legislative process by submitting testimony to

call it CBD oil. Buyer beware! Some people say that

the committees that hear cannabis-related bills.

products that contain some THC as well as CBD

Your testimony has a powerful effect on the

are more effective. It should be noted, though, that

lawmakers’ decision-making process. Create an

there are more cannabinoids than just THC and

account at www.capitol.hawaii.gov and then track

CBD. At last count, I recall that there are at least 80

the movement of bills. Get your friends to join

cannabinoids, and that does not include the many

you in this civil activity, and exercise your rights to

therapeutic effects of terpenes and flavonoids.

influence the lawmaking process. Ü

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EET CONTEMPO SPECIALTY PACKAGING, A COMPANY THAT WE CAN ALL GET EXCITED ABOUT. As consumers, it’s important to think about the waste

that is being created when purchasing our medicine’s packaging.

Plastics can cause staggering damage to the environment.

Sustainability is more important than ever and must start becoming a norm. We are more than excited to see this happen.

Let’s start by making a good choice, let’s change our conversation on being Sustainable, it’s no longer a question of ‘if we should’ but rather a question of ‘how we do it’.

Contempo realizes the importance of creating sustainable packaging to hold our medicines, knowing that the containers won’t be held for long and will soon be disposed of.

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manufacturing so that the packaging decomposes in a safe way. They are working on several options which will be home compostable!

With a history in the fashion industry, Contempo’s jars are beautifully designed and can be personalized for any type of business that would need them. They fulfill wholesale as well as private orders.

In Christmas 2019, Contempo unveiled the latest additon to their product line: the child-proof jar called The Industry Jar. They’ve proven that child proof doesn’t mean giving up on style.

Be sure to check out The Cannabis Packaging Show, Contempo’s educational YouTube channel that breaks down in-depth the sustainable options of packaging manufacturing. Which I highly recommend. Ü Article written by Coral Mathison

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notable character in the islands for five

stories. His passion for art has taken him across

decades, Chris Pittman is a well known

the country, studying both in Arizona and California

fixture on Maui’s beaches and water. His

before finding his inspiration and home in the

many colorful stories, funny memories, and lively

islands. Chris’ exploration into the arts crosses into

imagination all emerge in his beautifully depicted

many different mediums, but regardless of whether

artwork. A picture might be worth a thousand

he’s carving, weaving, painting, or even gardening,

words, but when you gaze at his artwork, you

the love and artistry of this man is apparent in

realize that every painting can tell hundreds of

everything he does. Ü

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