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by James Bridges HERBAGE MAGAZINE “All of my life people all around me have said they experience some sort of Dejavu or spiritual moment. It seems strange, but it’s normal to me.”

Alex Lestrange’s voice was telling me something I already knew as I was asking her about her work and life. I knew because I had experienced something once I noticed the painting that is currently on the cover of this magazine. I recalled a very vivid dream that I had about two weeks before.

The unnecessary naming of a condition called anxiety has become such a household diagnosis that I question my motivations to even write the term down. Anxiety…

“Cannabis helps me with my art, but it helps me get through my day.

I have severe anxiety. I consider myself somewhat of a hermit. I spend a lot of time alone and I try to work on myself.” Alex’s voice was quiet.

I asked her about this painting specifically. I wanted to know if it meant the same thing to her as it did to me. She told me it was from one older Japanese style of art. It meant luck.

Though it wasn’t the same meaning that was swimming in my head, it was a very positive one.

I noticed a flare of energy come from the phone as I felt Alex didn’t want to miss the chance to say, “I wanted to do this art for my Grandmother. She passed away recently. This was for her.”

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About The Cover

By James Bridges

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You Egotistical Bastard

By James Bridges

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A Growing Concern - Cowboy Cannabis Pharms

By James Bridges

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Music Scene - Chad Watson

By Brittiany Ralls

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Sweet - Strain of the Month

By James Bridges

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R&R - Hempton Heights

By James Bridges Sowing The Seed

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Event Coordinator Randi Kay Robinson Randikay@herbagemag.com

By Chet Tucker Lotus Letters

By Kathy Long-Barker

22-24 Changing The Law - The Arrow Cowan Story

By Michael Kinney

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The Vulchers Still Lurk

By James Bridges

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Cannabis 101

By Jasmine Harvey Life of Katz

By Kathey Long-Barker Dear Banana

By Anna Ervin Tarot Reading

By Anna Ervin

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Then The Key Turned

By Charles Duncan

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The Bus

By Jessie Smith

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You Egotistical

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by James Bridges HERBAGE MAGAZINE

I got this photo taken the other day. It appeared in my inbox. The first thing I thought to myself was EGO. I looked around and couldn’t find any good, print worthy, photos of myself so I thought, what the hell? Maybe my son will use it as a rolling tray one day…

Over the last few years I’ve really gotten a chance to take a good hard look at my ego. On a better note...I have been fortunate enough to have the ability to step back and examine the handling of my own ego. We all have one. It’s just a matter of controlling it.

Of course my ego has popped up quite frequently throughout the years. Without self reflection. No wonder it got out of hand. I was under the spell of what once had me and now the truth has shown me the mask.

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It’s a very dramatic way of saying, damn. I really screwed J HARVEY Portrait Studio some things up… It’s also become a very dramatic way of me saying, damn, I’m really starting to clean some stuff up.

Not uncommon to the largest of egos is a blow to the head with a hammer full of the most terrible things imaginable.

Your past.

Humbled and chewed up a bit, I’ve come to realize that most of my problems have derived from that bastard inside my head called Mr. Ego. The good thing is, I may still have a little time.

Letting go has given me a glimpse of the life I didn’t live. I regret that my ego wasn’t given the gut punch until later. Not so much because of the experience. I’ll never want to change that. It’s because later in life the weight of that hammer is very near unliftable.

It’s the most complex puzzle I have ever attempted. I flirt with conceding daily.

It’s fascinating to me as I look into this digital copy of my eyes of how much they have changed. It’s not age. It’s just... different. I can see some things. But it’s not what I imagined. I feel as if I were talking to a mirror and the mirror is condescending me.

Mine eyes see true yet innocence... never forgotten.

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A Growing Concern

by James Bridges HERBAGE MAGAZINE Andrew Green, owner of Cowboy Cannabis Pharm in Dover, OK, grew up in somewhat of an “Americana” atmosphere. It’s not new. It’s actually more common than not.

Once you look around at the ones that actually matter to you and your well being you realize something simple. Almost all of them would never have given a damn if you consumed cannabis if it were not for the LAW. “I’ve been around cannabis since I was a kid. I was more brought up with alcohol and tobacco and stuff you know? I never knew the medicinal benefits of cannabis. I always knew that it was put on this Earth for good.” Andrew was bringing me into his world.

About 5-years-ago my dad passed away after being diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer two years prior. So, I did more research. All of my research kept leading me towards medical marijuana.” I could tell where this was going. Andrew was still driving though. “Dad was kind of old school. He wouldn’t try it. There was too much of that stigma around it being illegal. After he passed away we actually found a little of what we tried to give him stashed away and never touched.”

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“I was working in West Virginia and there was an old man up there that had a greenhouse. He told me that I need to get into this, you know. He talked to me about his stories and about his business.” Andrew was recalling as the story unfolded.

I felt like I was on a train ride that had to get to its destination with a sense of urgency. Andrew knew exactly how he got into this business. Step by step it seems that every move the universe around him made was to assist him to get to this point.

“I came home and I was in my local bank that day. My ex partner, Monty Taylor, actually walked into the bank. I looked at him and it was a little bit of a shock. Like fate or something. It seemed like there was a reason why our paths crossed.”

Andrew’s passion was starting to show.

“So anyway, he started telling me about his father-in-law who had cancer in Colorado and basically beat it. He had stage 4. He beat it with medical marijuana and eating right. We started talking about all of the research that I had done. His experiences and mine. So we partnered together to grow.”

Later down the line the two have ventured toward different paths in the cannabis world. Monty is more on the dispensary and retail side of things. Andrew seems very comfortable on the grow side.

Andrew’s uncle, his father’s brother, passed due to cancer only one month after his father. Another uncle soon after was moved to hospice care because of stage 4 cancer.

“Now an uncle on my mom’s side of the family is suffering from stage 4 cancer. Cancer is a big issue for me and my family. It just scares me. I know this stuff can help so many people. If the government would just get off their tail.” I could tell Andrew had enough, like so many of us.

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“I think chemotherapy is such big business. It would cost my dad $75,000 for every treatment of chemo. The insurance would pay, but that was the bill. How is this happening? A plant from mother nature can help with this and we have so much greed going around that this is acceptable?”

Andrew’s facial expression most likely matched mine at that point which was disgust.

If throwing your hands up out of being ass-whipped then congratulations. Welcome to a rather large population of society that wonders, why in the hell are we still listening?

Now go do things like below: “We want to be like those guys that showed the world Charlotte’s Web. We want to be known as a company that cares. We are here for a reason. We love our patients and we are proud to help them get well. I don’t care about making the money as long as I pay my rent. It’s about helping people and making this a better place to live.” Andrew dotted the eye.

The enormous amount of good spirited people that I run into in this cannabis community is overwhelming. I can’t explain the feeling I get knowing that once we were all considered criminals. It truly is a good feeling to know that there are choices. For the most part those new choices of a cannabis life are much healthier, safer, less expensive, and less collateral damage causing.

“You can always make money doing something else. You just have to find it. This is something special. This is something that can give back to people.” He smiled. “To me… from all the things I might have done wrong, this may be my way of paying it back.” Andrew looked concerned.

A man can be torn down in many ways. The mind will most assuredly win a battle between itself and one’s physical size. So when you take a large and dominant figure like Andrew and witness him behaving out of self guilt for no apparent reason I raise a brow. To me, this means something or someone got into his mind. To believe that your own past requires you to claim redemption is pretty bold in my opinion. This is a small aspect of what our misguided principals and miseducation have done.

Once Andrew noticed an opening in the current vein of conversation he went for the grow rooms. He couldn’t wait to show me what’s going on behind the curtains.

The grow was very clean and something any respectable cultivator would love to work with.

Andrew let me know of a few challenges the team has been facing while growing with coco. Growing with coco and looking for high terpene output equals not a fun or short process of hitting oneself in the head. However Andrew showed enthusiasm as he shouted, “We are going to! We’re going to figure it out.”

“I consider ourselves to be more of a boutique type of grow facility. Yes, we are small. We care for each and every plant and we are comfortable knowing that it’s good medicine.”

Andrew and the gang have aspirations of getting into the edible market with his wife, Robin. “You can ask these guys. I mean come on. Robin’s cooking is delicious. Her cookies are so good. The problem is that you want to keep eating them.”

Who knows? Maybe the next time I’m out in the area I may stop in for a “magical” dinner and a smoke.

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With a little help from some friends and the support of his team, it’s a new world out there for him. With performances coming up soon in the Oklahoma and Texas area, we will have our chances to see him face to face.

Growing up in California, Los Angeles specifically, Chad developed a love for music, but didn’t decide till he was in his twenties that he would want to pursue a career in music professionally. Chad told me, “Music is my passion and the only thing keeping my head above water, often times. This life is a cut throat one, so diving head first into my craft deafens a lot of the chaos, and depression.” What better escape can an artist ask for than their craft.

The cannabis community has really brought to light some of these great artists. With support from the entire industry around the United States, we get to see artists like Chad Watson at our cannabis events and have the opportunity to experience something amazing. Freely experiencing cannabis and what it can do for musical artists and lovers of music alike is a feeling like no other. Creatively letting cannabis just fuel that passion, being a part of it in any capacity is a feeling all of us love once experiencing.

Hoping to inspire others with his music in the same way he has been inspired by Andre 3000 and Kendrick Lamar, Chad Watson hopes to show many the beauty that creating art can bring to your life. Be on the lookout for Chad Watson and make sure to show up and support him. Did I mention he models too!?! Oh, well he does.

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Chad not only hopes to inspire others only with his music but also through his philanthropic causes. By partnering with “Gaia Provides” to raise funds to donate to 3 hand chosen Animal Rescues: Hounds and Heroes, Lend-A-bone, and House of Deliverance. Giving back to his community and being an animal lover is just a day in the life of Chad. Living a life of inspiration, of the goodness you can give to this world is what Chad Watson had dedicated his life to. Speaking of animals, when I asked what animal he wanted to be he said, “Cliche but I’d be a Lion. It’s the king of the jungle and I feel like I’m a very alpha male type of individual. I even have a song lyric saying “I’m a Lion... In the lion’s lair. Lion’s king of the jungle so I lion everywhere”. That’s the opening of “can’t shyt get”.”

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none other than my own thoughts for the final two. The scenery reminds me of when I travel into places that I can’t stand. I can’t stand the jealousy that I feel knowing that at some point I will have to leave. It’s beautiful. Rivers, lakes, trees, and hills. There was even a kick ass area for Jeeps to go off and play. An adult playground. All I needed was weed.

I could literally throw a stone and hit the dispensary close to the resort. My shoulder would most likely be in some My month had gotten away from me. Again… The pres- pain. I may need to see someone soon after for medical sures of a deadline are there for a reason. It’s to keep me on advice. But it’s so close, you get the jist. my toes. I tend to use them as crutches at times. I have manipulated a deadline or two into becoming a symbol of in- When I enter the cabin I can hardly believe the sensation. spiration in my career. It’s not the most preferred method. Mere seconds ago I was wondering if I was going to be able to swim through the humidity just to reach the front door.

I’ve locked myself away for days to write and that’s what I Once inside I was actually a bit cold. intend to do this time. Hempton Heights in Vinita, Oklahoma was calling my name. The bats in the belfry were just Here’s a great example of how generous and thoughtful the owners are and why I will and I encourage you to visit freabout to start bickering. It was time. quently. Remember, these are the owners of the very first Hempton Heights on paper is a getaway for those wanting cannabis friendly resort in Oklahoma. It is sold out on a peace and quiet. For me, it’s a peace and quiet in a, ‘I’ve got regular basis. It has ratings through the roof. to get out of this hustle and bustle before I snap’, kind of I was scheduled to stay inside of a yurt for 3 days. This was way. However, it is way more than that. eating at me a little as I wondered how in the world I was I live about 2.5 hours away from this luxury cannabis des- going to manage writing on my laptop while I was under tination according to the “shortest” route on my maps. I water. It was the only way I could calculate that I was going did what I usually do and chose the longer and hopefully to be able to survive. Then I received a text. It informed more adventurous route. The journey truly does come into me that Nicole and Jeff insisted that I stay in a cabin at no additional cost and that it would be ready for me when I play. arrived.

Lost are the souls that can actually sway with the melody I’ve not once felt as if I were unwelcome at Hempton and may you receive guidance from those that create it.

Heights. I have experienced wonderful dishes from a The music kicks in and I become entranced. This is a per- couple of private chefs in our Oklahoma group of badass fect opportunity to get the “real” work done. I start to cannabis chefs. I’ve swam in the amazing swimming pool and felt like a million bucks. I’ve walked the grounds and grind. experienced the soft lush grass with my bare feet and gazed I remembered the first time I visited Hempton Heights. It at the trees and the moon. I’ve sat at one of the comfortwas the first season they were open and I was so interested able fire pits and watched a dancer with glow streamers in this new venture for the couple of thoughtful folks that dazzle my imagination. I’ve sat inside the beautiful event barn and witnessed a small glimpse of the opportunities took the leap to start it. that await. I have done so many things that I have done in Nicole Holt and Jeff Lipe wanted to create a safe and re- so many cabins or hotel stays around the country. But the laxing place for others to go without any kind of fear of most special part is when you feel like you are really stayjudgment while medicating in peace. Nicole is a pancreat- ing somewhere that honestly cares about themselves, the ic patient herself. She has taken charge of her health and land, the buildings, the community, and you. was able to stop taking several prescriptions by replacing them with cannabis. This gave Nicole her life back. Both Back to my month.

Nicole and Jeff missed traveling and the people they would meet. Creating Hempton Heights has given them both the My intentions were there. I was motivated to get things opportunity to serve as well as live their dreams in peace. done. I needed to write. I was finally in a place of peace.

So much so that I was literally forced to stay away from Jeff sat down with me on the morning of my first visit a the internet. Thank’s At&t for having very poor services in few years ago. He was able to open his heart enough for areas that I frequent. Well, maybe just this time… me to know that, indeed, it was in the right place. There’s a special place for those that mimic the actions of Nicole Here’s my point. I was in a good place. Headspace was ready to flow onto paper. I sat and relaxed for a minute and Jeff. as I was finally able to breathe. I took a drink of water. I noticed the “only smoke cannabis” sign in the room. So. I drove on.

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The final trek of the now 3.5 hour journey was closing in. I looked over at my phone. It was 7:00 AM the next day. hemptonheights.com I had somehow managed to occupy my headspace with Maybe I didn’t need to write...

Sowing the Seed

by Chet Tucker As we conclude the basics and phases of seed to sale, we’ll begin exploring different ways to consume cannabis, including some different methods of processing and how the different forms of consumption may affect the endocannabinoid system. However, before we dive into the next articles, let’s have a “seventh inning stretch” and take a look at how we’re here and how the regulation of healthier plant based medicines continues expanding, further reducing the need for synthetic pharmaceuticals.

First, let’s look at where we are as a nation. As of June 21st, 2021, per Disa.com, there are only 5 states in which cannabis is “fully illegal”. Idaho, Wyoming, Kansas, Tennessee, and South Carolina are holding onto archaic “laws”. Texas, Georgia, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Kentucky are states that have CBD only or some stringent medicinal program where a landslide majority of the state have zero access. Inversely, there are 19 states (including DC) that are “fully legal” - whereas either medically or recreationally legal AND decriminalized. As we near half of the states in this status, we have to wonder how the gossamer’s thread hasn’t snapped.

With Oklahoma’s most permissive cannabis laws, there’s great hope that other states will understand the value of transitioning to plant based medicines. Opening up the right to cultivate and the right to choose what we consume should be a universal birthright. We’ve already legalized easily accessible substances like alcohol and a slew of pharmaceuticals that “legally” destroy the lives of our fellow men and women. So, for the safety of cannabis consumers, how should we police and regulate cannabis cultivation, processing, and consumption? It really is a trillion dollar question!

There are many forms of testing, calibrations varying from state to state, that assist in regulating the quality (or the lack thereof) of cannabis in all forms such as flower, concentrates, edibles, topicals, etc. Mostly, it’s about eliminating harmful pesticides and heavy metals that aren’t assisting in the healing properties of cannabis and can certainly have harmful repercussions. It’s critical that these baselines are not only set but regulated to ensure the safety of patients and consumers across any state. Ironically, what’s found in so much of our produce and processed foods aren’t as heavily regulated.

To boil it all down, we are consolidating from the big sweeping conglomerate of the U.S. to state to state and even further trickling down into tighter communities of production and consumption. It feels as though we are getting back to neighborly roots as we share and learn the best plant-based medicinals that aid in our mental and physical health. With that in mind, it’s important that we understand where our cannabis and processed medicinals are coming from and how well it’s cultivated or processed to retain the critical properties of a miraculous plant.

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LOTUS LETTERS by

Kathy Long-Barker

The water is perfectly steaming as you slip down a bit more, your chin just beneath the surface. Peonies float amidst, and you almost forgot about the cedar plank in front of you, hosting your Rich chocolate tea, a warm cardamom candle and what’s this? Another letter awaits…

Dearest daring divine,

These are some of the most trying times in human history. Everything around you is designed to enable your failure. Designed to help you sleep… All the while convincing you that you’re “being taken care of. That You’re comfortable.”

Fear and consumption is ever present and ever persistent. Even in our own circles of light we are tested. Even in our own minds. It is the only way we grow.

Let’s take a common example that can apply to many earth beings right now: Food.

Yes, the nourishing energy source that sustains, comforts and drives us in our days.

It’s no secret that we as a species hold a certain amount of guilt around food.

For plant based eaters, it’s animal products. For those trying to Shed unwanted weight, it’s carbs. For the teen next door dealing with acne, it’s sugar.

Regardless of who or why we can agree, when we consume what we promised ourselves we wouldn’t, we feel negatively.

Then it becomes a kind of internalized punishment. “I didn’t meet my expectations so what’s it matter anyway I’m just a failure. I can’t do it.” Then we eat more to comfort ourselves. Now it’s a vicious cycle.

Not only is our food designed to work against us with addictive properties, but now you are working against yourself too? Woah, wait a minute who’s team are you on here? Guys. You’re the only ones who can really help yourselves, so maybe lighten up a little? Be kind to yourself.

Let’s talk about transmutation starseed. It’s spiritual alchemy. The art of navigating higher and lower frequencies is essential to keep yourself in harmony so you remain the driver in your life and not just a passenger taking the road the matrix pushes you towards.

Let’s go back to the food example. Let’s suppose you’re plant based eater, but you’ve been put into a position that led you to eat meat. Regardless of the reasoning, you went against your typical set standard for yourself and had a steak.

Now if your first reaction is to feel guilty, disappointed, disgusted or anything of the like, STOP. Stop right there. Let’s transmute.

First off let us assess. Are any of those emotional frequencies going to change the fact that the animal was killed? Will it change the fact that you ate it? Furthermore will it ensure without a shadow of a doubt that you won’t repeat this action?

The answer is no.

At this moment you have a choice. You can drop down into the lower spectrum frequencies which will have you feeling horribly dense with no purpose or return.

You literally just become a downer for yourself and anyone around.

OR. Oooor. Or, you could view it in a different light that’s more positive. You could transmute this unwanted event into a moment of gratitude. Perhaps you were lacking protein and you weren’t even aware. Maybe it’s exactly what your body needed in that now moment.

Perhaps that animal made what is considered the highest sacrifice for the sole purpose of you learning how to transmute density into lightness. Because remember, death is an illusion. That cow is fine. That cow was probably John Lennon revisiting earth in disguise trying to make a point. “All you need is love.” So love yourself enough not to shift into the lower vibrations. You’re on a path of ascension, and we all make discoveries about what we prefer and what we don’t.

Forgive yourself for all the things, big or small. Because you are love. Love will transmute the world.

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Now would you look at that, just by understanding that point alone, the beginning of this letter is transmuted along with the Lennon cow. When you know you have the power to perceive something any way you choose, it’s plain to see that everything isn’t truly designed to help you fail. Everything is designed to help you grow.

Keep growing little starseed. You’re more powerful than you can imagine.

All my love and until we read again, THE YOUNIVERSE

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Changing the law

by Michael Kinney

Like many people across the country, Cheri Cowan sees the federal laws concerning marijuana as antiquated. As a 31-year-old single mother in Norman who makes her living in Oklahoma’s cannabis industry, she watched her home state thrive when medical marijuana became legal in 2018.

Cowan said she wants to see that same type of access across the country with the changing of federal laws that look at marijuana as an illegal drug. But she doesn’t want to see them change just because it would be a boom for her industry.

It is also because it may be the only way she can regain custody of her 5-year-old daughter Arrow Iyah’s Cowan.

Cowan hasn’t seen her daughter since April and is separated by more than 1,000 miles.

However, Cowan, a member of the Choctaw Nation, knows that in order to bring her daughter back home to Oklahoma she may have to force the third-largest Indian Nation in the United States to change its stance on marijuana.

“The custody case once finished will set a precedent in the Choctaw Nation court system meaning it will allow them to use my case in case studies,” Cowan said. “I have spent countless hours lobbying the Choctaw Tribal members including speaking at their monthly board meeting held in Talihina at the Choctaw headquarters.”

Cowan and her ex-husband, Roy Wesley Cowan, are involved in what appears to be a bitter custody battle over their daughter, Arrow. According to court reports and records from the Department of Human Services, both parents have made accusations against the other since they divorced.

However, that is not the story we’re here to tell. Divorces and custody battles can be messy, ugly and full of accusations that cannot always be corroborated.

Yet, it is one of those accusations that has led to Cheri Cowan having primary custody of Arrow taken away and has her wanting to overhaul federal drug laws.

“My end goal, aside from federal legalization, is to ensure that no mother or child or parent has to go through what I have been through,” Cowan said. “These last six months have been a nightmare. I am a mess. And it’s because of my child, I don’t know where she is. Right now, at this moment, I couldn’t tell you where my daughter is. That is a flaw in our justice system.”

Along with being a courier for RockinT Cultivation, Cowan holds a portion of the processing license for Dunder Mifflin LLC and DBA 77 Extracts. She is also the company’s compliance officer.

Cowan said she has a license for her work and has a state medical marijuana card.

Up until the first week of 2021, Cheri Cowan held primary custody over Arrow. Her ex-husband had limited visitation rights. But that did include certain holidays, such as Christmas.

“Around Christmas time I let my ex-husband have his Christmas visitation,” Cheri Cowan said. “He ran an exposure follicle test on her and it tested positive. It tested positive for THC (0.8 pg/mg).”

According to court reports, Roy Cowan, who is currently living in Florida, had the test taken because of photos he saw on Cheri’s social media accounts that showed Arrow in the vicinity of marijuana.

However, Cheri Cowan contends she doesn’t smoke around her daughter and keeps her products locked away.

“There are over 3,000 active grows in the state of Oklahoma. My argument is she simply could have gotten exposed simply by being in Oklahoma,” Cheri Cowan said. “My main job is compliance. I am not smoking around my child. I have all of my medication stored in a lockbox. I really don’t know, other than being around the grows, how she was exposed to it. But that is legal in Oklahoma. I brought that to the nation’s attention.”

Despite her argument, on Jan. 4, Roy Cowan was awarded temporary custody of Arrow through the Choctaw Nation’s court system. Cheri Cowan believes it’s because she works in the cannabis industry.

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“That’s my fault. This is all because I thought my people would protect their people,” Cheri Cowan said. I thought whenever med passed it medicinally, the nation would jump on it because it’s beneficial for their people. We are a holistic culture.

I don’t understand why this isn’t more pressing and at the forefront of their lives as the right thing to do.”

According to Cowan, if she had gone through the state of Oklahoma courts with her custody battle, she wouldn’t be in the position right now of having to fight to get her daughter back. Because Oklahoma is one of 19 states (including Washington, D.C., and Guam) that have legalized marijuana in some form, the claims her ex-husband made would not have been enough to take her daughter away.

Cowan’s battle to regain custody of her daughter coincides with a new push for the federal government to legalize marijuana. New York Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, recently offered draft legislation to remove marijuana from the list of controlled substances and begin regulating and taxing it.

Under the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, businesses and individuals in states that have legalized its use would be free for the first time to sell and consume without the risk of federal punishment.

“It’s not just an idea whose time has come; it’s long overdue,” Schumer said at a press conference July 14. “We have all seen the agony of a young person arrested with a small amount of marijuana in his or her pocket. And because of the historical over-criminalization of marijuana, they have a very severe criminal record they have to live with their whole lives.”

Cowan believes it will take legislation like Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act to remove the stigma nationwide that is often associated with the cannabis industry across the country and on tribal lands.

However, the Choctaw Nation has recently started to address its laws concerning marijuana.

In April, the Choctaw Nation Tribal Council held a Special Session and voted to amend its Public Health and Safety Code to temporarily recognize medical marijuana. Before the vote, Choctaw nation members in possession of a valid state medical marijuana license, within the Choctaw Nation reservation, could have been arrested and charged for marijuana-related offenses in tribal court.

This ruling is only in effect until Nov. 13, when it will be repealed and the Choctaw Nation Tribal Council adopts other legislation.

In a release, the Choctaw Nation stated, “Tribal Council indicated that their intent is to research this issue further and propose better rules and regulations concerning medical marijuana for Native Americans within the Choctaw Nation reservation that minimize misuse of medical marijuana.”

Cowan said this move is a giant step forward for the Choctaw Nation.

“This is a huge milestone as patients who live in native housing were not allowed to consume their prescribed medications on tribal land in housing provided by the nation,” Cowan said. “Members of the tribe, such as myself, have been stripped of their rights due to the fact of the Nation’s hands being tied. We are a sovereign nation within a nation only allowed to operate within the (parameters) set forth by the federal government.”

Unfortunately for Cowan, none of this affects her custody case. The last time she appeared in court was March 22. At that time, Judge Mark Morrison with the District Court for the Choctaw Nation, ordered Arrow can stay with her father.

Yet, Cowan’s case is still alive.

“They are supposed to give me a decision on whether or not I regain my custody or I lose my custody,” Cowan said. “But I don’t know they can take my custody when they are currently infringing upon my civil liberties as a patient. That is my main argument. How is it that the state of Oklahoma can allow me to do all these things and the Choctaw Nation not? So my attempt is that the Choctaw nation needs to be at the forefront of federal legislation being passed. My court case can set a precedent for this to happen.”

Then The Key Turned

by Charles “Uncle Chuck” Duncan I grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s. I remember being told cannabis would make us crazy and in one major magazine ad, it would involve tuba playing during sex (true story).

Nancy Reagan and Mr. T told us that Marijuana was the enemy. Schools showed us films that warned us of the dangers of Marijuana. PSA announcements during after school specials declared Marijuana will make you crave harder “drugs”.

Luckily for me, I wasn’t a huge Reagan fan. I rarely believed what my school told me. Nor did I typically believe any After School Special PSA announcements.

If I was a mouse, the Pied Piper was imagination and creativity. The music and art I enjoyed were almost always created by people who used cannabis.

Bugs Bunny and Benny Hill influenced me just as much as COSMOS and Beakman’s World.

I also enjoyed Fantasy and Science Fiction work of any kind. Dungeon and Dragons, Star Wars, Lords of the Rings (animated version of course) and Post-Apocalyptic themes of Urban Survival.

I was in 8th grade when I first discovered Cannabis.

What interested me most was the effect cannabis had on my ability to create without the distraction of the logical side of my brain getting in my way.

Being able to write about a make-believe place without getting writers’ block from the logic dept. telling me my setting was impossible. Being able to hear music instead of just listen. The ability to immerse me in a good fantasy novel instead of poking holes in the writers’ work. It was all because of cannabis. It was like a key for me. Opening doors of imagination that were difficult to explain unless you experienced it. Thank you Mr. Hendrix.

Fast forward to 2018. Oklahoma is now a Medical Marijuana Legal state.

As Uncle Chuck, my biggest passion is talking about cannabis. In all of its forms. The plant itself, the lifestyles that surround it, the different products it creates and the differences it makes in peoples lives.

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The Bus

by Jessie Smith

It wasn’t until I got the chance to live on a bus that I realized I needed to get on the bus.

I had just taken a job running a hostel nestled in a backwoods hollow of the old hippie Farm in rural Tennessee. It was tradition for the innkeeper to get old yellow bus. Set up on cinderblocks with simple electric run by a single 16 gauge orange extension cord off the barn. This bus had a long strange trip to get to this final resting place.

It had history you could read from the walls. On the ceiling spelled “THIS IS NOT A CIELING” in cut up magazine images, which always made me fall asleep wondering, was the misspell intentional?. Mismatched paintings and mini-murals. Poetry and short messages on the walls. No one can ever be sure how many people had lived on this particular bus, but it was definitely in the high hundreds.

In my brief time there, I met a handful of them coming back to visit. I even met one gal born on it.

This wasn’t just any old hippie Farm. This was THE Farm.

Founded in 1971, it is one of the oldest communes (now intentional community) still in existence. With more than 10,000 souls that came through that gate to call that land home through the now 50 years these 1500 acres have been held in common. This particular bus was one of 60 busses, vans, and trucks that caravanned the country starting from The Haight-Ashbury Acid scene, traveling through towns to spread their message and pick up those ready to “get on the bus.”

Years later, I still remember my first night on the bus. A single string of lights and a lamp. The irregular sounds from an early spring frog in the nearby pond mixed with the occasional thud of a large insect hitting the illuminated window. Just out of range from the ancient satellite wifi, and far from any 3G signal, I would get occasional waves of a single bar - just enough to send a text to twitter, which relayed to Facebook. As I recall, it simply said, “First night sleeping on the bus. I wish I had internet to figure out if this spider is going to kill me in my sleep.”

Spoiler alert: it did not. But it was not my biggest threat.

I am officially the last person to live on that bus. Late one night, a particularly fierce storm with high energy passed through. No one knows exactly where the lightning hit - all we knew was the electrical system in both the hostel and the barn were completely fried, and that single extension cord to the bus became a completely frayed bundle of confetti, leaving a scorch mark on the metal and blown out windows from the shock. It was an ungrounded lightning rod.

I was lucky. Completely unaware of the storm, by chance I decided to stay on a friend’s couch rather than make the drive home that night. This bus now sits with boarded up windows and used for storage, a relic reminder of Americana history nestled in the hollow.

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Hermeticism is based upon and attributed to the teachings of Hermés Trismegistus, a sage based sometime around late antiquity. The very translation of the Hermetic corpus is what boosted The Italian renaissance. People such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were heavily influenced by this philosophical treat. Alchemy sprang forth from these ideologies, giving birth to modern day chemistry, Science, and Western thought. This art form was then transformed into the profane, taking away its very essence, the spiritual wisdom needed to change lead (material spirit) into gold (Sun source or pure spirit).

The works of Giordano Bruno, Italian Alchemist and influencer of Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos”, were stumbled upon by mixing Hermetic philosophy with Moroccan hashish...Proclaiming a Heliocentric model and that the universe was many infinite universes. This later had him burned at the cross. It is our belief that by ditching profane science and making our way back to spiritual alchemy, that we are to become one with ourselves and the plant.

It is our mission to mix spiritual philosophy with craft cannabis to bring the holy trinity of healing; which is the mind, the body, and the soul. There’s absolutely no questions pertaining around cannabis NOT being a valuable medicine for physical and mental ailments...but what about the spiritual sense?

The taboo nature of man itself which raises such questions of, “ why am I here? What are we doing here?

What does it mean to be alive” all these have meaning and are being acted upon within the garden of the Hermetic Flower Co. We focus on maintaining a standard of medicine that’s unheard of in the state let alone the south.

What else makes hermetic so special? They’re not only organic, living soil....they also make their own compost, on site, via vermicompost, AKA worm POOP! Using a specially formulated worm diet, Alex, the Director of cultivator and science, is able to influence the metaphysical properties of the body; specifically the seven chakras or seven alchemical planets through watering the compost in through a process known as ACT or Aerated compost tea.

This adds the beneficial microbiology and fungi from the high quality compost into the raised beds that team ALPACA cultivate out of. After the tea is complete, we then close the loop by disposing of the waste back into the Vemicompost bins where the process starts all over again. A full life and death cycle and we haven’t even touched on the plants yet!! Alex and his team of Alpacs, plant and harvest around the cycles of the moon.

“Nothing on the planet can move water like the moon can” As the Moon influences the water in the plant, we see it as a prime time to harvest and flip our plants into flowers. Even though an indoor grow, it’s important to remember that we’re dealing with nature and respecting and understanding the cycles of nature is of the utmost importance to us.

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DO OMMA’S NEW EMERGENCY RULES IMPACT PATIENTS?

by Sarah Lee Gossett Parrish Cannabis Lawyer The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority enacted a new set of Emergency Rules that became effective on June 28, 2021. These new Rules implement numerous changes, most of which apply to OMMA-licensed commercial medical marijuana businesses. However, some of the Rules also impact patients, as discussed below.

1. The new Rules prohibit caregivers from charging patients for cultivating medical marijuana “in excess of actual costs incurred in cultivating the medical marijuana.” OAC 310:681-2-3.

2. The new Rules amend the definition of “marijuana” to exclude Delta 8 and Delta 10 hemp products, which allows individuals to purchase such products without an OMMA-issued medical marijuana patient license. Hemp is grown under the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program administered through the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, not OMMA, and it is legal federally, unlike marijuana—whether medical or adult usage.

Other provisions of the new Rules of interest to patients in particular, while not new to the June 28, 2021, version, include the following: 1. A physician can recommend a patient for a short-term medical marijuana license lasting only sixty (60) days, instead of the standard, two-year patient license term.

2. Out-of-state patients with unexpired out-of-state medical marijuana patient licenses may apply for a temporary patient license that is valid for a term of thirty (30) days from the date of issuance; provided, the temporary patient license for non-residents “may not extend beyond the expiration date of the underlying out-of-state medical marijuana patient license.” OAC 310:681-2-5(e).

3. Patients whose licenses have been terminated on the basis that the recommending physician has determined the patient no longer meets the requirements for the license are entitled to notice and a right to hearing, as mandated not only by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, 63 O.S. § 427.1, et seq., but also by the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S. § 250, et seq.

4. Patients shall not sell or otherwise transfer any medical marijuana or medical marijuana products to another individual or entity. First offenses may result in a $200.00 fine, and second offenses carry a $500.00 fine and revocation of the patient’s license if it is shown that the violation was willful or grossly negligent. The same applies to licensed caregivers, who may not sell or otherwise transfer any medical marijuana to any individual other than the licensed patient on whose behalf the caregiver is licensed to grow, possess, or purchase the medical marijuana.

5. Patients and caregivers may only grow medical marijuana on real property owned by the patient or on real property for which the patient has the property owner’s written permission to grow. Patient grows shall not be accessible to the general public, and shall not be visible from any street adjacent to the property. The Rules define “visible” as “viewable by a normal person with 20/20 eyesight without the use of any device to assist in improving viewing distance or vantage point.” 310:681-2-9 (c).

6. Patients and caregivers are prohibited from operating or otherwise using “any extraction equipment or processes utilizing butane, propane, carbon dioxide or any potentially hazardous material in or on residential property.” 310:6812-9 (f).

7. Patients smoking any smokable, vaporized, vapable and e-cigarette medical marijuana and/or products are “subject to the same restrictions for tobacco” as set out in the “Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act”, codified at Title 63 O.S. § 1-1521, et seq.

So…what’s the take-away?

Patients must be mindful of OMMA’s most current Rules, as they apply not only to OMMA commercial business licenses but also to licensed medical marijuana patients.

Information contained herein provides general information related to the law and does not provide legal advice. It is recommended that readers consult their personal lawyer if they want legal advice. No attorney-client or confidential relationship exists or is formed between you and Ms. Parrish as a result of this article.

The Vulchers Still Lurk

by James Bridges HERBAGE MAGAZINE

things like that. So that was my choice. At the age of 16, to say no more.”

In close company with cannabis is jail time. Not anything new to the cannabis community. However, something “I was around 7-years-old when my cousin’s and I thought very new to a far more superior holistic medicinal industry it would be a good idea to steal a joint from my aunt. Ever that does and will forever exist in this world. since then I have loved living with cannabis.”

“The first time I got in trouble I was riding around with my friends and we were pulled over. I had about 3/4 of an ounce of bud on me. That was the first probation. A misdemeanor probation. I got through that year of probation. I had literally just turned 18-years-old. So that gave you my first ‘strike’. Here, there’s a 2-strike-rule. On the second one “Once I really got into smoking I liked the way I felt. It it’s a felony.” We moved into the future of the timeline. “I wasn’t just being high. Even as a kid it took a lot of stress was twenty-two and I thought I was a big shot. I got caught off of me. My home life wasn’t necessarily the best life you with about an ounce and a half of weed. I felt lucky they know, but it’s what we had. I remember times with no elec- didn’t get me for distribution or anything. I wasn’t distribtricity. Some nights I would crawl out my windows to stay uting. But because I had it in two different bags they could at a friend’s house. You know, I was eating over there. My have charged me. However, I did get a felony.” mom worked three jobs. I remember at one time she was working four jobs. She was coming home and getting two Chris was so nonchalant about his experience I wondered hours of sleep, you know?” He was recalling vividly. “As if desensitization may be a larger issue in the cannabis a kid I would stay away from home as much as I could. community than I previously thought.

So, being over there with older friends, I really got introduced to weed and smoking a lot more. I was right around “I know everybody wants to stay with weed, but systems twelve-years-old when I really started smoking every day.” make it so so hard for people to even get it. I mean you’re charging people $200 for a card that says they can now I myself remember being that age very clearly. It was the choose medication which is going to cost the patient monage I began experimenting with all kinds of “new” things. ey on top of that. I mean where does that make sense?

Like Chris, it started off as something that was cool. I no- Where do the people see that money? When do we see it ticed my friends could step up and handle the strongest. coming back into schools? When do we see it back to fixing I wanted to prove myself as well. As for Chris, it became the streets? I mean there’s a thousand streets around here right now with huge potholes. We can drive right down the somewhat of a best friend. street,” Chris pointed East, “there’s a big hole right down Chris teed it up, “I wanted to do exactly what they were here. I mean it makes no sense.” I could see the cavalry doing. So yeah, it was more on the cool side at first. I also readying the horses. liked the way that it made me feel.” The animated gestures revealed his passion. “Whenever you get a really good sa- “They are charging all these people getting caught with tiva, I get that really nice head high, you know? It just kind weed that don’t have their cards X amount of dollars. I of zones me in on the important things, you know? Then mean $400 a ticket. It comes from the ground. A natural I’m not running around all confused and anxious. It just herb. They’re making a business off people’s downfalls.” helps the day go by a lot faster. I’m not thinking about the stress at home. I guess it became more of a medication to Chris’ passion could easily be mistaken as anger. Howevme.” Chris seemed as if he could breathe now with that off er, in my opinion it goes hand-in-hand. Sometimes in order for those with enormous self appointed power to hear his chest. what you have to say it is a necessity to be both.

“I was diagnosed with ADD when I was about 10-yearsold. Cannabis, even at that time, I noticed it really called “I need help. We actually have a solution to help these me down. I had actually broken my back in the fifth lumbar people right here without it costing a dime to the governbefore as a kid. I had a lot of back pain. I was given Lortabs ment. Pharma wants the government to have their say in consistently three times a day until I was about 16-years- it.” Chris took a breath and sighed. old. So prescription medication was something and is something I very much want to stay away from. Cannabis If you really want to know who would like to be involved in cannabis there are many ways to find the right connechas given me that opportunity.” Chris seemed at ease. tions. However, if you look at the traditional connections “Cannabis doesn’t take me out of my mind. When I am between the government and those that would like to contold by big pharma that Lortabs and their medications are trol cannabis, just follow that little trail of money that’s fallthe answer and I mistakenly follow directions, I don’t real- ing off the fan leaves. That’s where all the vulchers like to ly know exactly what I’m doing, how I’m functioning, and hang.

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Naturally he was introduced to experiences in life that many would have to be patient and wait for their time. Not Chris. He was all in. He found something without even knowing it.

Cannabis 101

Introduction to History

by Jasmine Harvey HERBAGE MAGAZINE We know Cannabis Sativa can be a daunting lady to get to know. Don’t fret! I am here to ease your introduction into the world of cannabis and all of its benefits.

Cannabis has long since been a staple in humanity’s growth with it’s early use being dated back to as early as 12,000 years ago in Asia 500 B.C. Cannabis has been used to heighten one’s awareness in spiritual practices as well as aid in medicinal relief for certain ailments throughout history.

Now, I know you are wondering why the history lesson?

Well, we always want to start with a full basic understanding of what we are consuming and how it came to be, right? First step is knowing and understanding how long the Cannabis Sativa plant has been around and it’s uses.

Knowledge is power and I am here to be your guide.

With Cannabis and Hemp having more than 25,000 uses you can see why it has become more common but the education is just catching up. I will guide you on how Cannabis synergistically works with your body and the hows and whys behind it.

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blue feather next to him hints at throwing out everything you THINK you know, because there’s so much more than you can imagine.

This piece has endless explanations, but I’m going to take this next moment to introduce you to one of my guardians and my very first cat daughter. Her name is PutPut. My friend Hayley gifted her to me when I was 16, she was the only midnight kitten, and upon first contact she gave me kisses on my nose. We’ve been inseparable ever since.

I find she’s helped me most in developing my fifth dimensional gift of sight, as she’s seen and protected me against many a shadow man or looming energy in the houses we’ve lived in over the years. We’ve definitely incarnated together before, and That’s why out of all the cat pieces, I feel like she’s connected most with “The Bishop Gate” Remember kids, appreciate your furry or feathered guardby Kathy Long-Barker ians. You never know who’s remote viewing without your knowledge. They’ll keep you safe.

SALUTATIONS AND HELLO welcome to the inner workings of my very Mercurian and Fairfarren everyone.

Protean being. My name is Kat, and I have precisely four cats. Or as I like to call them ‘Keats’. I also create lots of cat inspired art. So here I am, sharing my life, The life of Katz!

I want to start off by introducing you to a piece that took nearly a year and a half to create. It’s one of four currently, and come to think of it they all took around the same time to manifest!

Life Of Katz

This particular piece is called “The Bishop Gate” as they portray and radiate a portal for curious observers to reach higher realms. Or maybe it’s because they have a star gate for a face...Hm. The role of a bishop in simple terms is to teach and govern. Here I’m trying to convey that in all reality we play many roles for ourselves, including high ranking ones. As we wake and ascend, more of the mask comes off and we realize that we are sovereign teachers and are capable of educating and governing ourselves. No longer are we bound to the illusion that we are incapable.

The themes present were not mapped out before the piece was started. It was smack dab in the middle of 2020 and I was making it up as I went. That’s how I work, it’s divinely channeled whenever Source wants to leave a memo.

COVID stalked around every corner and humanity had lots of time to revel in the deeper questions, shadow work, and inspirations to create. Hints a germafied Mad Madam Mim, Merlin with his fibonacci spiral, and Absolem asking the grandest question of all. Who are you?

The Lorax asks you to think of the trees, while Johnathan Livingston Seagull asks you to think of yourself. Thoth simply suggests that you think in general, and if you’ve ever read illusions by Richard Bach, you’ll know that the

Dear Banana

by Anna Ervin

Hi, it’s me, but also you. The truest version of you, the little voice that soothes you when you’re upset, or encourages you when you’re searching for strength, or fills you with light when you find yourself alone in the dark. I am your intuition, that feeling you get in your gut when things go wrong, or the “butterflies” you feel in your heart when everything is right – the subconscious part of your mind that communicates even more clearly through your dreams and written words.

Speaking of words, I’m writing to you today from a place of love, because you haven’t seemed to give yourself a surplus of it lately. I know it can be hard at times, which is why I’m here to gently nudge you back on course. Sometimes the slightest change in perspective, or subtle encouragement toward the right direction, is all you need to find your way back to yourself.

Did you ever in a million years imagine your life looking like this? To any unsuspecting bystander it probably seems as though things are going swimmingly well for you lately, and that’s certainly not an inaccurate observation. However, I know that the glimpse of your world that you so meticulously grant to others does not tell the whole story.

When sharing your life with even the people closest to you, you tend to draw more attention to your wins than your losses, or your joy, rather than the pain. I have silently observed thus far because I know you don’t do this out of pride, but instead a relentless fear of either burdening others or victimizing yourself. You’d rather let everyone think you have it all together, that there’s no need to worry, than to see the bits of your life that don’t sparkle quite as much.

I wish you would accept that it is okay to let others see you struggle every now and then. That it is not your responsibility to protect them from bearing witness to your journey on the more difficult days.

That when someone asks you how you’ve been, it’s okay to sometimes say “I could use a friend,” if that is your truth. That if someone chooses to be in your life despite the weight of your emotions, they probably don’t see you as the burden you think you are. I wish that you could trust that even though sharing the depths of your soul can scare away the wrong people, it can also bring you closer to the right ones.

Furthermore, I wish you understood that it’s okay to allow yourself to feel all of the things, no matter how ugly they may be. I know you’re afraid that if you stop pretending that everything is okay, even when you have absolutely nothing to prove, things will only get worse. But we both know it’s important to process even the most difficult feelings if we’re ever going to learn how to make things better.

Now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, please don’t mistake me for a fool. I know that you are not so easy to convince when it comes to seeing your own worth, or potential. Your stubborn little banana heart remains skeptical of any mention of self-improvement unless someone makes you believe that it was your idea to begin with.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it a thousand more times before I die, words are powerful. So, I’ve chosen a few that I will be reciting religiously, whispering them into your existence until you believe them wholeheartedly: I am safe in my feelings. I allow them to flow freely, without resistance or hesitation.

I love myself unconditionally, and the people in my life match that energy.

I learn new things about myself when I allow myself to explore feelings of fear, anger, and sadness in a healthy way.

I attract positive, empowering and healthy relationships into my life that make me feel supported and appreciated.

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