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Editor’s Note Our Concentrates Issue is my favorite of the year, for

one simple reason: I love dabs! My first dab was around 2011 - in the century old boiler room below the now closed Northern Cross Collective Gardens in Washington state - and I remember feeling the oil touch the red hot 11 nail as the vapor burst into my lungs with the force of a thousand bong hits. The world closed in around me, and I felt the reverberation of raw THC as it pulsed in my blood and mind, sending me away for the CONCENTRATES next few hours - humming with a high that was unlike anything else.

HAVE THE ABILITY Over the last nine years of publishing TO IMPART HEALING and working in Cannabis, I have personally VALUES THAT seen the concentrate world evolve from Rick FLOWER ALONE Simpson Oil featuring Naptha (Coleman camp CANNOT REPLICATE, fuel) and open-blasted butane hash oil, to AND DELIVER A highly medicinal mono-cannabinoid extracts, PURE FLAVOR AND vaporizable concentrates of all kinds, and the EFFECT THAT WILL precursor to a new world of edibles, topicals, HAVE THE HEADIEST capsules and more.

For our Concentrate Issue we sought out WOOK SWEATING the best examples of the different types of AND SMILING FROM extractions, to share how they effect the body THE TERPS. and the science behind the scenes.

Concentrating Cannabis means exactly what it sounds like - taking a full plant and using a process or solvent to extract the purest essence of the plant.

Concentrates have the ability to impart healing values that flower alone cannot replicate, and deliver a pure flavor and effect that will have the headiest wook sweating and smiling from the terps. Concentrates cover every aspect of Cannabis, from the medicinal to the recreational, and everywhere in between.

Our comprehensive Concentrate Issue covers the different extraction methods, terminology, ways to consume and much more. So take a dab, flip through this beautiful, informational issue, and learn something new to share with someone in need of Cannabis - as a plant and as a medicine. As always, thanks for reading & sharing the Leaf!

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COLORADO EXCEEDS $1 BILLION IN CANNABIS REVENUE SINCE 2014 The Mile High State has earned more than a billion dollars in Cannabis revenue since legalizing recreational marijuana sales in 2014, the state’s Department of Revenue announced in June. The money, which comes from taxes, licenses and fees, helps fund public education programs and health services in the state,

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DISNEYLAND OF POT SHOPS COMING TO SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA

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Planet 13, which has attracted international attention since it opened what may be the world’s biggest marijuana store last fall in Las Vegas, has announced a second location which will likely be the largest pot shop in California.

The store, in Santa Ana, will open early next year, according to Planet 13. It’s being billed as the “Disneyland of dispensaries” and is opening just six miles from that theme park in an industrial section of the city, which abuts Anaheim.

“It’ll have to be different than Vegas, of course,” said co-CEO Larry Scheffler of Planet 13. “But it still has to be a destination, with different effects blended into the fabric of the Southern California lifestyle.”

Santa Ana is the only city that permits marijuana shops out of 34 cities in Orange County, according to The Orange County Register. With the city issuing just 30 licenses, there will be a maximum of 30 shops serving a county with more than 3 million residents and more than 50 million visitors each year.

“To us, it was like a red flag,” Scheffler said. “This is the place to go.”

according to Gov. Jared Polis. “[The Cannabis] industry is helping grow our economy by creating jobs and generating valuable revenue that is going towards preventing youth consumption, protecting public health and safety, and investing in public school construction,” Polis said.

There are currently almost 3,000 licensed Cannabis businesses in Colorado. They’d sold a total of $6.56 billion in weed products since legal sales began in January 2014. Last month, Gov. Polis signed into law a measure allowing marijuana delivery services and social use areas. The weed lounge will be “kind of like cigar lounges, which also help get the smell out of neighborhoods,” the governor wrote on Facebook.

“We want Colorado to be the best state for investment, innovation, and development for this growing economic sector,” Polis said.

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MARYLAND EXTENDS CANNABIS BUSINESS APPLICATION PERIOD AS ERRORS MAR DIVERSIFICATION PROCESS A series of technical errors has forced the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission to give companies 14 additional days to apply one of the state’s 14 new licenses to grow and process marijuana, state regulators announced on June 10.

The commission had more than 160 applications by the previous deadline on May 24. Applications came from firms seeking a license in a second round aimed at increasing the participation of minority and women owned businesses.

Maryland is issuing four new growing licenses, and 10 new licenses for processing the plant into medical products.

Companies were given until June 24 to submit new applications “following a series of technical issues that presented obstacles to a significant number of those attempting to submit applications electronically by the May 24 deadline,” the commission announced.

MARYLAND CANNABIS REGULATORS WARN OF LEAD CONTAMINATION RISK; EXPAND HEAVY METALS TESTING

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Medical marijuana regulators in Maryland have expanded testing for heavy metals in Cannabis products, warning patients about the risk for possible lead contamination in popular vape pens.

A June 14 advisory came from the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission “to notify patients and other stakeholders of potential lead contamination of Cannabis liquids in vape cartridges following exposure to heat,” reports The Baltimore Sun. The warning comes as the commission enacts new rules requiring heavy metals testing at the stage when products are sold. Cannabis growers in the state have been required to test for metals since the medical program began in 2017.

Joy Strand, executive director of the commission, said the new rules were “to correct an oversight of the original regulations.” Strand cited ‘the interest of public safety” regarding the commission’s requirement for testing to begin immediately on the vape cartridges.

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FINAL PUSH TO LEGALIZE WEED FAILS IN NEW YORK

New York’s effort to legalize marijuana this year collapsed on June 19, dashing hopes for a billion dollar industry that would create jobs in minority communities and end decades of racially disproportionate policing, according to supporters.

Democratic lawmakers had made a late push to get it done before the legislative session ended. But persistent disagreement about how to regulate the industry, as well as timidity from moderate lawmakers, spelled doom for the plan.

“It is clear now that M.R.T.A. is not going to pass this session,” Senator Liz Krueger of Manhattan said Wednesday morning. “We came very close to crossing the finish line, but we ran out of time.”

“Unfortunately, that delay means countless more New Yorkers will have their lives upended by unnecessary and racially disparate enforcement measures before we inevitably legalize,” Sen. Krueger added.

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D.C. MOVES CLOSER TO RECREATIONAL CANNABIS STORES The ability of the District of Columbia to regulate Cannabis effectively, including the legalization of recreational sales, has long been roadblocked by one guy, Congressman Andy Harris of Maryland. Harris is a conservative republican, and the main reason why DC had a gray market for marijuana, despite voters deciding in 2014 to legalize the stuff.

Every year since that vote, Rep. Harris proposed a rider to an appropriations bill - with the rider having the effect of preventing the District from using its own locally raised funds to create a system to tax and regulate the sales of recreational Cannabis. This stopped local officials from creating a legal structure within which pot stores could operate, and earned Harris a lot of enemies.

But with Democrats now in charge of the House, Harris didn’t offer up his lame rider again this year.

“The fact that he didn’t even both to offer it up is a sign of where we are nationally and for DC in particular. Harris must have known that he was going to lose and lose badly,” said Queen Adesuyi, policy coordinator at the Drug Policy Alliance. “I think DC needs to take a mini victory lap, even though the fight continues in the Senate.”

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PUGET SOUND HAS HIGHEST CANNABIS USE ON EARTH, WASTEWATER STUDY SAYS A new study using Puget Sound wastewater to understand trends in Cannabis use suggests that western Washington state is a world leader in marijuana consumption.

“We are part of an international study ... with 60-80 other cities around the world,” said Dr. Dan Burgard, who leads a team of researchers at the University of Puget Sound and University of Washington. “And according to wastewater, the Puget Sound area has the highest Cannabis use per capita, even over Amsterdam.”

Dr. Jonathan Caulkins, who studies trends in drug use and legalization as a professor at Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College, praised the research and said he hoped there’d be more studies like this.

“I hope the whole regulatory community recognizes its potential,” Caulkins said. “The US used to lead in innovative data collection on drug use, and we’ve lost that edge, but this is promising.”

The study suggests that the black market for weed was rapidly replaced by legal recreational sales in Washington state. While sales of legal marijuana increased rapidly from 2014 to 2016, there was only a small increase in the amount of THC metabolites detected in the waste stream. That indicates most pot users simply switched from the black market to legal pot shops.

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ILLINOIS BECOMES THE FIRST STATE TO LEGALIZE CANNABIS WITHOUT A REFERENDUM Illinois lawmakers in June were able to do what legislatures in other states have been unable to do: making Cannabis legal without a voter referendum. They thus became the first state where the Legislature made marijuana sales legal without a vote from the people.

That made Illinois the 11th state to legalize recreational weed, and the second Midwestern state to do so, following only Michigan, where voters approved legalization in 2018. Illinois lawmakers achieved legalization by addressing issues including minority representation in the nascent industry; such issues had derailed similar efforts in both New York and New Jersey.

The law sets aside $12 million for a Cannabis Business Development Fund to lowering licensing fee costs for minority entrepreneurs. The fund will also provide lowinterest business loans to minority owners, filling an important gap created by the skittishness of banks to make loans to Cannabis businesses due to weed’s illegal status at the federal level.

Regulators in Illinois are now tasked with creating a cannabis enforcement agency and setting up a system to license pot shops, growers and processors. Lawmakers set January 1, 2020 as the date for the law to go into effect.

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Youmaythinkhemp activism is for someone else. Yes, you support the hemp movement — butwhat canyoureallydo? Lots, actually.

Much more than you think. I daresay that you have more influence on the future of hemp than you give yourself credit for. You, your family, your friends and co-workers are a huge influence on the hemp market. You heard me right - you and those you know are the ones who will decide exactly how hemp will change the world.

We all agree that the signing of the Farm Bill (The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018) was an epic game changer. Hemp is legal.

It’s no longer a forbidden plant. In fact, hemp is the new black and the power is in your hands.

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>SHOP WITH YOUR FEET. VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET. You are a consumer. You get paid and you shop. How and where you shop and what you purchase are your personal decisions. Availability, price and other constraints temper your specific purchases, but walk into any retail outlet or go online and you’re assaulted with seemingly endless choices from vendor after vendor. But in the end you decide what you buy.

Hemp, and especially CBD hemp products, are no different.

Everywhere you look, brick and mortar or online, someone’s trying to get you to buy the latest and greatest CBD infused product. This is why you, the consumer, have so much power.

It’s up to you what you buy - if anything at all.

Each purchase you make has repercussions. Your actions at the cash register reverberate throughout the global supply chain. Don’t want to gamble on Chinese hemp that might have pesticides or heavy metals? Buy organic hemp.

Want to support small businesses? Shop local. Seek individual companies out and patronize the ones with exceptionally high quality products. Bonus points if their mission statement, goals

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and values mirror your own. Support those that are building the world that you want to live in. Look past the glitzy packaging, sparkly web sites and splashy social media posts.

Read up on the ingredients. Ask questions. Learn about CBD and other cannabinoids. Learn about whole plant, full spectrum products. Google the “entourage effect” and “Cannabis terpenes” and go from there. Learn enough to evaluate the products you’re buying so you can separate the good actors from the bad.

Moral of the story: buy what you support. Help those that help you.

Shop with your feet, vote with your wallet.

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If there are multiple hemp products on the shelf and you always reach for Brand X, you just voted. Not only did you vote for Brand X, you voted against Y, Z and all the other vendors. Businesses listen to customers and react accordingly. If you and everyone else tends to buy Brand X, guess what stores will stock? Those that don’t listen to their customers tend to go out of business. This is as true for retailers as it is for manufacturers (and even the farmers behind them all).

Our collective buying decisions make all the difference in the world, especially now. There are countless hemp companies trying to carve out a place in this wild, wild west of a market. All of us are building it from scratch. Having a lot of money doesn’t necessarily mean your products are going to be winners or even survive.

The barrier to entry is low right now, but the invisible hand of the market will winnow out the weak and reward the rest.

Who votes? You and your wallet. This is why I say that you and I, individual consumers, have a disproportionate influence on hemp as it enters the mainstream. What we buy will dictate what gets produced.

Do you want to see hemp foods? Then buy them. Hate plastic?

Investigate hemp alternatives. Pay what you must, but reach out to the companies behind your favorite products. You have no idea how gratifying an email from an enthusiastic customer #hashtagshout is to an entrepreneur trying to make their dream come true. I know because LeBlanc CNE isn’t my first startup.

>ADVOCATE WHEN YOU SHOP

The hemp marketplace is new — so new there isn’t a supply chain yet.

It’s all fluid, ad hoc and downright chaotic. At this early, embryonic stage individuals have a disproportionate influence. That’s right, you have a strong influence on the industry as it grows and morphs. Don’t waste this once in a lifetime opportunity. Your suggestions, editorials, social media posts, the conversations you have with strangers on the street - they all add up to a collective voice WANT TO in the void. Spread the word and help the hemp SUPPORT SMALL industry grow the way you want it to.Who needs petitions when you have a credit card? Lobbyists BUSINESSES? can’t counter what you buy and recommend to SHOP LOCAL. others.

SEEK INDIVIDUAL Yes, Big Money and Big Ag are waiting in the COMPANIES OUT wings, but meanwhile I encourage you to seek out good actors in the market now to insure AND PATRONIZE they’ll be there tomorrow. Yes, it might take a bit THE ONES WITH of effort to find reputable companies that make EXCEPTIONALLY honest products. Yes, you might have to pay more HIGH QUALITY for quality products, but you do that already with PRODUCTS. other consumer items. Why not hemp too?

In the end we all want hemp to win. We want BONUS POINTS IF hemp-based medicine, hemp foods to choose THEIR MISSION from, and hemp replacements for things like STATEMENT, GOALS plastic, paper from wood, and a host of other AND VALUES options. I for one can’t wait to buy hemp t-shirts MIRROR YOUR OWN. and jeans - my favorite outfit.

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If they don’t know what that when did cannabis first means, I explain the differences come into your life? It came into and then how hybrids work. I try my life at an early age. I was and pick their brains, see what around it growing up. One of my their plans are for what they are close friends, her mother used trying to do. Are they trying to be Cannabis. In my teens, I suffered active, like outdoors and hiking, from depression growing up and or are they trying to binge watch I talked to her mother about what a show all day? Asking them the I was going through, and how I right questions really helps me was feeling. She asked me if I had figure out what their intentions every tried Cannabis before, as are, and I can show them strains it helped her with a lot of similar that will enhance that experience. symptoms. She just happened to be smoking a bowl and asked me how do you like working at hillside? if I wanted to try it. She showed me I love my coworkers. We get the whole process of how to use along so well. We make a really the pipe, hold the lighter to the good team when it comes to bowl - and I took this huge hit and tackling tasks or managing a went into this coughing fit. Fast good rush of customers into the forward 15 minutes and she asked store. Other than that, I love what me how I was feeling. I didn’t Hillside Natural Wellness stands really feel anything, but then she for. I love our facility. It’s so nice asked what I was thinking about. and clean. I think it stands apart I couldn’t focus on one particular from a lot of the other stores that thing and realized I was actually are out there. I relaxed! It is very love that I get to by therapeutic, and “ASKING THEM THE myself at work. After from that point RIGHT QUESTIONS having to hide this on I was hooked.

REALLY HELPS ME aspect of my life for It has done FIGURE OUT WHAT so long, now I can amazing things THEIR INTENTIONS scream it from the for me. It is a ARE, AND I CAN SHOW mountaintops and truly wonderful THEM STRAINS THAT it will not effect my plant. It is job.

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favorite part of the job? When a customer comes in and tells me their story about fighting cancer or addiction, and how Cannabis has been the thing that has helped them the most in their fight. It is really encouraging to hear that there are many folks out there having this plant help them so much in their day to day lives!

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what is your preferred method for consuming cannabis?

I like big blunts and I cannot lie! Blunts would be number one. I cannot forget about my handy dandy trusty bong. Always dependable. A lot easier on the lungs.

And gas masks. I remember one time I had one on, and had this line of resin on my face from where the gas mask sat. Good memories, good times. what are some of your FAVORITE STRAINS and cannabis producers?

Mimosa is up there. I love the fruity, floral strains. I tend to smoke for taste.

Dark Star, Bruce Banner and Sour Diesel. I love that gassy taste as well. Can’t forget Frosted Cookies! I really enjoy a lot of products from Permafrost, Great Northern, Old School and Buffie, Refine, Lady Gray, Blue Bear Cannafarm.

There are so many good companies out there making fantastic products!

besides cannabis, what made you what are some of your want to hobbies/interests offbecome a budtender? the-clock?

Well I used to work I hang out with my at Really Neat Stuff Hillside Natural family a lot. I have selling tobacco Wellness a lot of friends that accessories, learning 8639 Toloff St, I have known for so how percolation Anchorage long that they are works and whatnot.

(907) 868-8639 basically family now.

My coworkers all HNWAlaska.com I like to toke up and smoked as well. binge watch some Then finally when of my favorite shows - Orange is legalization happened, I knew I the New Black in particular. I am wanted to work at a store. I waited honestly kind of a homebody. I a while, then I had a conversation like to stay at home and watch with a budtender about how easy my shows, play my video games. it was to get started. The next day I like Apex, Call of Duty and I took my test and passed, printed State of Decay. I was excited for off my resume and hit the town! the remaster of Spyro and Crash Ended up getting a job here at Bandicoot. When I am home, I Hillside and the rest is history. just want to stare at my screen and kill some zombies or watch HOW DO YOU FIND THE RIGHT Netflix. I also grow at home, so I STRAINS FOR A CUSTOMER? First I start take care of my plants as well. off with asking what they prefer It is a very rewarding process. sativa, indica type of questions.

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LIKE HIS OLDER BROTHER JOHN WHO PASSED AWAY TRAGICALLY AT AGE 33 - JIM BELUSHI IS A COMEDIAN, ACTOR AND MUSICIAN WHO HAS APPEARED IN MANY SITCOMS, FILMS, AND LIKE HIS OLDER BROTHER, EVEN DID A STINT ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE IN THE MID-80S. JIM BELUSHI IS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH – FUNNY, SMART AND TALENTED. YOU’VE LIKELY SEEN HIM IN SHOWS LIKE THE SITCOMS ACCORDING TO JIM OR TWIN PEAKS, OR MAYBE IN FILMS SUCH AS RED HEAT, TRADING PLACES OR GHOST WRITER. For a long time Belushi has been an outspoken proponent of Cannabis and its myriad health benefits for humanity. For one, he has gone on the record in many interviews saying that he believes that this herb can truly function as an ‘exit drug’ – that is, that Cannabis has the ability to shift people who are addicted away from more harmful substances. He often references this through the drug overdose death of his brother.

According to Jim, John was an football player linebacker, a position that is often prone to head trauma - who had seizures in high school. Jim

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THE ACTOR AT BELUSHI’S FARM, A RECREATIONAL CANNABIS GROW HE ESTABLISHED IN 2018 IN OREGON’S ROGUE VALLEY.

FOR A LONG TIME BELUSHI HAS BEEN AN OUTSPOKEN PROPONENT OF CANNABIS AND ITS MYRIAD HEALTH BENEFITS FOR HUMANITY.

believes that John would have benefited from legal Cannabis and its ability to act as a neural protectant.

These days, Jim is bringing his talents to the Cannabis scene in Oregon, where he purchased a farm in the southern part of the state along the Rogue River.

There, he grows outdoor Cannabis on his 93 acre farm, taking a hands-on approach.

Unlike most celebrity canna-brands, Belushi actually gets his hands dirty, taking care to use the proper nutrients, making sure the cure is right, and of course, the terpene profile.

Since Belushi has a rich knowledge of music, he’s even curating playlists for his plants that change with each stage of growth. He’s focused on growing what he likes, cultivating an Afghani hybrid called Captain Jack - named for a grower who used to supply Dan Ackroyd and John Be-

lushi with good herb back in their early SNL days.

He also grows a terrific variety of Cherry Pie that is widely available in and around Portland dispensaries.

Belushi’s brand is called Belushi’s Farm and has been a popular one around the state, impressing many a connoisseurs - this author included.

Belushi started smoking Cannabis at an early age in his home state of Indiana. He was even arrested twice for possession when he was young.

These days he consumes it in a more responsible manner by microdosing, saying that he vapes a few days a week and uses CBD on a daily basis.

As we inch closer and closer to the normalization of Cannabis across the world, celebrities like Jim Belushi are helping speed the process up a bit.

We’ll look forward to seeing just where he takes it, but for now, we can all say a big thank you to Jim for his activism and dedication to the cause.

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A fantastic cultivar from the guys at Calm N Collective and available mostly in the Matsu Valley, I definitely suggest trying this one for yourself!

AS YOU PROGRESS THROUGH THE SMOKE YOU FIND A PUNGENT AFTERTASTE THAT LINGERS ON THE PALATE - ALMOST LIKE A SPICED CINNAMON COOKIE

BY CALM N COLLECTIVE 22.26% THC | 0.03% CBD | 0.15% CBN

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TUNDRA HERB REVIEW by JOSHUA STAHLE / ALASKA LEAF

Opened in May, Tundra Herb Company is one of the newest stores to open in the downtown Anchorage area. The store has a very unique theme, Alaskan History, and I would definitely recommend going and checking it out. The staff is incredibly well educated and friendly, and the interior of the store is also a must see.

ENVIRONMENT & VIBE

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On the walls are items that scream Alaska, reflecting some of the state’s history. The interior is very well done, and the entire store is absolutely gorgeous. The joists on the wall have been in a separate structure before, the old Kenai Cannery to be exact, which really ties in the whole vibe of the place. If there happens to be a wait, sit down in the chairs they have set up and enjoy the fire place. The whole entry way reminds me more of a lounge then an entry.

The retail floor is also very well spaced out, and you do not feel cramped when the store is busy. Overall, the layout is fantastic, and the aesthetic flair goes over the top!

PRODUCTS

4/5

Carrying a wide range of products from cultivators and manufacturers across the state, Tundra definitely has something that will suit your needs. At the time of our visit, the store was carrying 22 strains, which were well balanced between the sativa and indica categories, with a varying array of hybrids on both sides of the spectrum. On the concentrates side of things, they had a nice assortment of products including wax, crumble, shatter, hash and kief.

I would expect the assortment to grow as the store finds its operational footing and they really get going!

HISTORY & VALUES

5/5

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Very well aware of Alaska’s history, they have incorporated it into the store incredibly well. While the store will be trying to make its mark on the market and is just getting started, I couldn’t help but be blown away by some of the items they have on display. A scale from the late 1800s, visit Alaska posters from the 1940s, wood from the old Kenai Cannery - it’s truly part museum, part Cannabis dispensary. I love it.

BUDTENDERS

5/5

This is a very well educated staff. They will be able to help you find exactly what you are looking for each and every time. They will take their time with each customer, doesn’t matter if it is their first time using, or their 100th. The customer service is over the moon, and it is fantastic to see it in action. Aside from that, they are also a very friendly group, and you will not feel intimidated if it is your first visit into a store.

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520 W 6TH AVE SUITE A | ANCHORAGE, AK 99501 (907) 929-4372 | TUNDRAHERBCO.COM 9:00A–MIDNIGHT DAILY

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A SCALE FROM THE LATE 1800S, VISIT ALASKA POSTERS FROM THE 1940S, WOOD FROM THE OLD KENAI CANNERY—IT’S TRULY PART MUSEUM, PART CANNABIS DISPENSARY.

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ALASKAN BLOOMS 2443 ARVILLA ST FAIRBANKS, AK 99709 8AM – MIDNIGHT DAILY

REVIEW by JOSHUA STAHLE / ALASKA LEAF

Opening earlier this year, Alaskan Blooms is already a familiar name to the Alaska market, as they have been producing quality buds for awhile now. Finally getting their retail open gives you a direct place to come check out everything they have, plus more from around the state!

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They have lots of space here and I am eager to see what they do with it all! You definitely will not feel crowded out, even when the store is busy. The products are displayed across two counters, which helps to spread out the customers as they walk in. Overall, it is a strong interior to the store, with plenty of more room to expand!

PRODUCTS

5/5

Alaskan Blooms has a reputation for great Cannabis. If you haven’t tried their Bird strain, you really should! They have products available across the state, and now they have a place to carry their own! The store was carrying 12 strains at the time of our visit, with flower from both the interior as well as southcentral Alaska.

Well balanced on the spectrum of indica and sativa, they have products suited for just about everyone’s tastes! On the concentrate side of things, they carry products from Midnight Sun and Red Run at the moment! For edibles, expect to find the product lines of Treat Yo Self, Red Run, and Baked Alaska.

HISTORY & VALUES

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Alaskan Blooms has been in operation for a good while now, providing Alaska with some quality Cannabis across the state - and now they’ve come to the retail side of things. They have grown some fantastic products, such as the aforementioned Bird as a prime example, and now have a permanent home. It took some time to get to where they are, but I am excited to see where they take things in the future!

BUDTENDERS

5/5

Great staff at this location. Able to talk at length on all things Cannabis is a valuable thing to have behind the counter. Both folks were able to break things down for customers while we were in the store taking pictures. Aside from their knowledge, they were also friendly and engaging to the people who entered the store.

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WELL BALANCED ON THE SPECTRUM OF INDICA AND SATIVA, THEY HAVE PRODUCTS SUITED FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYONE’S TASTES!

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DABBING 101 HYDROCARBON CARTRIDGES CO2 OIL SOLVENTLESS FULL EXTRACT PRESSING ROSIN REFINE ALASKA COLD CREEK EXTRACTS

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TO DABBING SAFELY AND WISELY HELPS YOU NAVIGATE A SEA OF PRODUCTS TO LEARN WHICH CONCENTRATES WORK THE BEST FOR YOUR CANNABIS NEEDS. PRODUCED & REVIEWED BY ALASKA LEAF STAFF

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DABBING 101 ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY IS THAT NEW PRODUCTS AND INNOVATIONS ARE CONSTANTLY EMERGING. The downside of this breakneck pace can be a lack of information, especially for average users.

The perfect example of this knowledge delay has to be Cannabis concentrates. While most veteran patients are familiar with the likes of Rick Simpson and high-grade bubble hash, the dabbing era has caught many by surprise. It’s a fad no more. This primer breaks down the many types of concentrates, attributes to look for (and avoid) and common lingo and prices you should expect.

Concentrates are extractions of

Cannabis produced with or without a solvent such as butane, ethanol or CO2.

Common examples in Eastern medicine include essential oils. Anyone consuming concentrates for the first time should do so with extreme caution.

Dabbing is the act of vaporizing Canna-

bis concentrate and inhaling the vapor for medicinal or recreational effects. The vapor acts as a quick and easy delivery system for Cannabinoids, and is not meant to be held in for longer than three to five seconds. Dabbing can involve a torch and a vaporization surface, commonly called a nail, attached to a water pipe. The nail is heated until hot before a small amount of concentrate is touched to the surface.

Nails can be quartz or titanium, and heated externally or by a plug-in heating element, called an e-nail.

The user inhales through a water pipe and the vapor is exhaled without excessive smoke or coughing, assuming a proper dosage. Patients can also use dab pens or vapor cartridges, which allow for vaporizing in a portable manner and don’t rely on having a torch.

Temperature is critical.

Concentrates that are dabbed too hot will burn off the terpenes, leaving a bland taste behind. Concentrates that are dabbed too cool might leave pooled residue and not fully vaporize.

The best way to reach a happy medium is to use a carb cap, which sits on top of a nail once a dab is applied and holds heat and vapor in.

A carb cap is designed to vaporize an extract at the lowest possible temperature.

I find that letting the nail cool down sufficiently and then using the carb cap will produce a flavorful, fully vaporized dab.

Solventless extracts such as full melt bubble hash/ice wax should be dabbed at slightly higher temperatures.

To determine whether your temp is right, check the color of the residue. If it’s blackish, the dab was taken too hot. If the residue is a light brown, it means the dab was vaporized at the optimal temperature.

Experiment again!

THC percentages range from 20 to 90 percent, and can easily overwhelm first-timers or even more experienced users. Start with a grain of rice.

LEMON PIE BHO BY MANA EXTRACTS

Don’t hold a hit in longer than

three to five seconds because you’re not absorbing more cannabinoids, you’re just depriving your lungs of oxyen.

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DUTCH TREAT WAX

BY WILL’S WORLD This thick and saucy wax is rich with floral with earthy terpenes that deliver a balanced flavor and smooth hits that melt into the mind with a cerebral, happy high.

63.68% THC 4.46% Terpenes

MTF WAX BY WILL’S WORLD Loud and skunky with notes of lemon and grass, this terpy MTF has a saucy consistency and a smooth, warming body high.

65.99% THC | 3.77% Terps

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HYDROCARBON EXTRACTION refers to Cannabis

concentrate processed with a solvent like butane or propane that is hydrocarbon based.

Properly processed in a safe environment with medicinal grade solvent, hydrocarbon extracts can be some of the highest quality and tastiest extracts on the market.

BHO or PHO are made by forcing the solvent over plant material at high pressure, stripping the Cannabinoids, terpenes, waxes and flavonoids from the plant and concentrating them into a delicious and beautiful extracted oil. BHO is known for capturing the essence of a strain, especially when using all nug-run material or live-resin style, which involves fresh frozen Cannabis.

Propane is often present in BHO extracts, as many processors use a blend of the two gasses. Pure PHO tends to have a lighter and more orange color and can generate a fluffy consistency that doesn’t appear with BHO. Propane is a quality solvent and can be purged from the extract in a shorter time and at lower temperatures than butane, which can help preserve terpenes and flavors.

When flowers are processed into concentrates, they need to be purged of residual solvents to be safe for consumption. There are many harmful chemicals that can end up in the oil if it isn’t processed properly, and you should only buy tested and safe concentrates for consumption.

Purging through heat and pressure is what removes the solvents, leaving only the delicious oil we all love to dab.

It’s also important to remember that with all concentrates, you are taking a large amount of plant matter and “concentrating” it into a small amount of oil. This takes the “good” aspects we desire, the Cannabinoids and flavors, but will also transfer anything “bad,” like pesticides or chemicals.

Look for concentrates that are processed with material from sustainable and conscious farms, and never be afraid to ask for test results to ensure your oil is clean, and tasty!

BOWSER BHO

BY REFINE ALASKA X SNOWCAPPED GARDENS Like a fresh squeezed citrus juice, this terpene rich concentrate smells like Cannabis orange fields. With an instant cerebral sativa high and super tasty flavors on the inhale/ exhale, the Bowser delivers euphoria and energy in each golden glob.

74.07% THC | 2.03% CBD 8.79% Terpenes

PURPLE SKUNK MASS BHO BY GOOD TITRATIONS Beautiful golden diamonds of deliciousness, the Purple Skunk Mass has a fruity flavor with pleasant earthy undertones and a powerful body and head high.

76.35% THC | 1.08% CBD 2.49% Terpenes

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LSD SHATTER BHO

BY CANAMO CONCENTRATES Thick and golden shatter that delivers a tasty lemon citrus flavor and a heavy creeper high, sneaking up on you and lasting for several hours.

75.99% THC 0.22% CBD

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BY GOOD TITRATIONS Beautiful golden shatter delivers tons of flavors and great looks with a tart citrus and lemon flavor unleashing a strong, kushy high.

65.91% THC | 1.76% CBD 6.27% Terpenes

MAUI MANGO DIESEL SUGAR WAX

BY CANAMO CONCENTRATES Golden thick wax crystals are a breeze to dab and deliver grassy, floral and earthy notes, with a relaxing, well-balanced hybrid high that is perfect for breakfast dabs or to end the day.

80.56% THC 0.32% CBD

MAC BHO BY REFINE ALASKA X SNOWCAPPED GARDENS The Refined signature live resin delivers a bouquet of earthy and piney flavors, with cookies dominating the exhale on this smooth concentrate that delivers a chillaxed hybrid body and head high.

79.01% THC | 6.29% Terpenes

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CARTRIDGES THERE ARE A COUPLE BASIC RULES TO ENJOY THE BEST EXPERIENCE WITH A CARTRIDGE...

First, ask the budtender if it is cut with any solvent, or look on the packaging.

We recommend avoiding anything cut with Propylene Glycol, especially for patients, because there are safer and healthier options available.

Also, avoid anything with an artificial sounding flavor like Blue Raspberry or Waffles. Look at the vape package to see if the flavor is naturally derived, and if so, go for it.

While there are no rules governing flavors in E-cigarettes or Cannabis cartridges currently, we feel that strain specific and naturally processed options are the best!

Vaporization can be one of the most desirable and pleasurable ways to consume Cannabis, especially when discretion counts.

You should not vape indoors or where ever it is specifically mentioned, such as on an airplane or bus. Feel free to use outdoors when your vapor will not bother others or be near children.

Consumers will find a variety of battery options, from disposable types that have a non-rechargable battery and last about 200 hits, to ones with USB charging capabilities and changable cartridges.

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SUMMER TIME CANDY CARTRIDGE BY GOOD TITRATIONS Summer tastes sweet and syrupy with a heady high that relaxes as well, thanks to a nice balance of CBD and THC that will send you right into chill mode with this hard hitting cartridge.

84.93% THC | 5.83% CBD 5.81% Terpenes

GRANDADDY PURPLE CO2 CARTRIDGE

BY GLACIER EXTRACTS GDP is a classic go-to indica, and the golden light from the CO2 tokes up smoothly with a heady, mind and body numbing high - accentuated with delicious grape notes and a sweet, mild exhale.

64.3% THC 3.14% CBG 0.79% CBD

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS CO2 XUUL POD BY GLACIER EXTRACTS We love the simplicity of the pods for on-the-go dabs, and this pod delivers big vaporous tokes of the infamous Pineapple Express. With a syrupy sweet flavor and uplifting, sativa high, this is a great option for mobile dabbing!

66.64% THC 2.12% CBG 0.98% CBN

CO2 OIL CO 2 is among the cleanest and safest

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS DISTILLED CO2 OIL

BY GLACIER EXTRACTS Perfect for eating or dabbing, this distilled CO2 has a lovely golden color and light texture. With a generous blend of cannabinoids including a lot of CBG, we found this to be a mood elevating sativa that will definitely brighten up a summer day.

66.64% THC 0.98% CBN 0.76% CBC 2.12% CBG

methods of extracting any type of plant matter. Carbon dioxide is pumped at often supercritical temperatures under high pressure to pull cannabinoids from the plant material, leaving a pure concentrate.

CO2 is not toxic to humans and kills any microbial growth in the process of extraction. Plus, CO2 can be used to create natural essential oils in addition to Cannabis concentrates.

Mainstream products processed with CO2 include herbal essential oils, hops for beer and decaffeinated coffee. Because of the considerable investment required to process CO2 (roughly $75,000) the average gram retails for around $30$60 per gram.

The cell walls of the Cannabis plant can sometimes contain large wax concentrations. Unfortunately for consumers, plant waxes are one of the leading causes of excessive coughing when dabbing.

By washing the concentrate sample with alcohol, the wax will remain in the container and the cannabinoids will be absorbed into the alcohol and distilled off as the alcohol evaporates in a separate container.

Concentrates with higher amounts of plant waxes and lipids will require a higher temperature to dab and, as pointed out earlier, will cause more irritation on the throat and lungs. Special note: Any concentrate that has an ethanol wash should be tested for residual alcohol. Residual alcohol at high ppm can be harmful if vaporized.

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PEAK EXTRACTS TERPENE RICH CBD C02 OIL HALF GRAM AND FULL GRAM CARTRIDGES Peak Extracts specializes in terpene rich CO2.

As stated on their website, “While butane and propane are excellent solvents, they are flammable, and can leave harmful residues in the end product. In addition, being derived from petroleum, they are not environmentally friendly.

Peak Extracts is dedicated to providing patients with the cleanest, safest extracts as possible, with the least environmental impact.”. Not only is Peak Extracts aware of the impact the legal Cannabis industry has on the environment, they are also a female owned company - another rarity to support in the Cannabis industry.

I found the Shark Shock CBD pen to rip like none other! The battery is universal, doesn’t require a button and works on inhale. It rips like a joint and the terpene rich oil is incredibly easy on the lungs. I think I smoked so much of it because it was so smooth and the terpenes didn’t agitate my lungs. As for flavor, the Shark Shock was tangy and bright. It took the edge off without over-medicating myself, making for an excellent summer day.

Strain: Shark Shock CBD: 38% THC: 18.5% Terpenes: 4%

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SOLVENTLESS LA CHOCOLATE ICE WAX BY GLEAF Made with only ice and water, you can rest assured knowing you have some of the cleanest medicine available.

The flavor of this ice wax is the quintessential hash flavor that you are looking for. Effects are very sedative and proved to be perfect for watching a movie at the end of a long day.

Terpenes: 3.07% Total Cannabinoids: 77.3%

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SOLVENTLESS HASH refers to hash, kief or rosin that has been processed and collected using only natural and sometimes ancient methods of extraction. These include ice water, which is used with filtered bags to create bubble hash, kief or sift, which can be separated by tumbling, sifting or beating trichomes off the plant, or rosin, which involves using heat to squish raw plant flowers or hash/kief previously extracted.

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GRAPEFRUITZ HASH ROSIN BY EVERMORE Hash rosin has always been a favorite of everyone here at Alaska Leaf. Exploding with citrusy and spicy flavor, this product left a smell of fresh squeezed grapefruit juice in my room. Being very high in b-caryophyllene (nearly 4%), this took away my pain and inflammation of my joints.

Terpenes: 11.85% Total Cannabinoids: 79.86%

FACE-OFF OG RSO BY GRASSROOTS After a long day, one of the best ways to eliminate physical and mental pain is with a nice dose of RSO. We tried Grassroots RSO after a long weekend of hiking, and it took the pain and swelling down on my feet and ankles. Make sure you have some time to sleep in if you take RSO at night, because it was much needed the following morning.

of beneficial cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids that are successful in treating a huge variety of conditions.

It should only be made with pure alcohol, food-grade ethanol or grain alcohol, and should be properly purged of residual alcohol before ingestion. FECO should never be vaporized or dabbed because inhaling alcohol is bad for the central nervous system and the brain. When eaten, the alcohol is safe for use.

While FECO should be made available at a compassion rate, the average price is $25 to $50 per gram in most recreational dispensaries and it can go higher.

FECO pulls a wide range

FULL EXTRACT CANNABIS OIL (FECO), aka Rick Simpson Oil, is a pure Cannabis extract that has been used for decades to fight cancer along with many other diseases.

in the range of 40-70 percent THC, meaning it has 400-700 mg of overall cannabinoids present per gram. Often the oil comes in CBD-dominant, THC-dominant or 1:1 ratios of THC and CBD, or can have a cannabinoid blend specific to the strain it is extracted from. Dosing FECO begins with a drop of the oil the size of a grain of rice, and can be consumed raw or in a capsule form. To help common ailments and treatments of pain this dose size is a perfect starter, and can be built up from there to larger amounts.

FECO is often

RSO BY NATURE’S HERITAGE Arguably some of the most authentic medicine to have hit the medical Cannabis market, RSO has helped so many people in so many ways. Nature’s Heritage was the first RSO I have ever tried, and continues to be my go-to when purchasing. Know what to expect with RSO, as a little bit can go a long way.

to treat cancer or other life threatening ailments, a more rigorous dosing protocol of FECO is recommended. This can mean up to a gram of oil or more a day, which is a dose that often comes with “Green Sickness,” which is an overwhelming response to the massive amount of cannabinoids the body is taking in. This can lead to anxiety, nausea and general discomfort, but it is also masking what is happening internally. The cannabinoids are going to work. Those interested in treating a terminal illness with FECO should look into dosing schedules that slowly build up tolerance, and ensure that they are prepared fully before starting a treatment plan. For those looking to receive more average condition medicinal benefits, starting small is always the best bet, because you can always eat a little more!

For those seeking

FECO/RSO

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ROSIN

You can press Hash using parchment, a MASH bag or another brand micron bag.

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Gloves Forceps Scale MASH bags Parchment Dabber for collecting And a press

Preparation Kevin Hartman walks us through the steps to DIY. Turn on your machine, get ready to start heating and have all the products ready to go.

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Turn the bag inside out using a pair of forceps, Why? it puts the seam on the inside of the bag and allows more oil to leave the bag in the pressing process and creates a cleaner separation, where the thread can potentially hold the oil in.

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Pack the bags, removing large stems and ending up with 0.3 to 0.5 gram nugs, aiming to pack the bag out evenly so that it squishes evenly and you get even expansion across everything. These 2x3’s have 4 grams, we run 4/20 grams of these. We tamp down the bud until it is a snug pack.

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Placement. Generally we will fold

over the last bit of excess, and we place the bag directly on the center of the plates, so it slides into the plates and holds in place.

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First press. This is our manual setup, so you hand pump and follow the gauge, and with this manual press, we run up to 2,000 pounds per square inch, and that starts the process of mechanical separation, and starts the timer for exposure time. We gradually increase pressure every 15 seconds for about 45 seconds to one minute, to have peace of mind that everything has been extracted out, then release and pull out.

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parchment paper, then use a scraping tool to collect the Rosin from the parchment paper.

We use a skillet tool, but generally a good skinny flat pointed dabber or a Rosin stamp for collection works well.

through gentle pulling of the oil from the paper or mesh with a dab tool. If polishing is chosen, press the oil into a finer mesh and re-squish to polish If needed.

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TECHNOLOGY HAS PUSHED THE EXTRACTION OF CANNABIS FORWARD WITH EXPENSIVE MACHINES, EXOTIC SOLVENTS AND METHODS REQUIRING MORE ADVANCED SCIENCE YEAR AFTER YEAR. BUT ROSIN IS A METHOD OF CANNABIS EXTRACTION THAT USES METHODS MUCH SIMPLER AND CLEANER THAN MOST SOLVENT P ROCESSES. ROSIN IS TOTALLY NATURAL AND USES ONLY HEAT AND P RESSURE. SO GET SQUISHING!

TEMPERATURE + BIG PRESSURE 200° F is the standard for Rosin, but can go down to 180F and as high as 220° F. The flower takes on 20 tons of pressure!

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“AS AN EXTRACTION FACILITY WE DON’T HAVE OUR OWN FARM, SO WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE QUALITY OF ALL THE VARIOUS CULTIVATORS IN THE STATE.”

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REFINE ALASKA SAM BENSON AND CHRISTINA TERSIN ARE THE ENGAGED CO-FOUNDERS OF THE REFINE ALASKA PROCESSING LAB. AT 25 AND 26 YEARS OLD RESPECTIVELY, THE TWO ARE ENTREPRENEURS WHO HAVE FOUNDED THE ENTIRE OPERATION WITH THEIR OWN MONEY, EARNED IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND INTERNET DEVELOPMENT. AFTER TRAVELLING THE COUNTRY TO SMOKE OIL AND FIND A PLACE TO LIVE, THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH ALASKA AND THE REFINE BRAND FROM SEATTLE - WORKING HARD TO BRING THE TWO LOVES TOGETHER THROUGH LAUNCHING THEIR COMPANY EARLIER THIS YEAR. INTERVIEW BY WES ABNEY/ALASKA LEAF | PHOTOS BY BOOM MEDIA

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COFOUNDERS CHRISTINA TERSIN AND SAM BENSON AT THEIR LAB

first experience with cannabis? I originally grew up in Wisconsin, so it was always very illegal there and it still is a felony to make concentrates. I started smoking in high school and eventually started working at a headshop selling pipes and bongs and extractors - which is how I got into dabs.

How did you end up in Alaska? My fiance/business partner

- co-owner Christina Tersin - and I met after high school and started a relationship in 2012. She was going to school for a chemistry degree while I was going to school for business, and had a website take off that now has nine million fans on Facebook. That was our career after college. Once she finished school, I dropped out of business school and we knew we could move anywhere, and took two road trips across two summers to the West and East Coasts, smoked weed and saw the whole country. Then we decided to go check out Alaska and it fit all the right things. No income tax, which fits well with the internet company, and we could work on the internet from the middle of the woods as long as we had a connection. We slowly wanted to get Christina back into something that took advantage of her passion for science, and it all quickly snowballed into us having a manufacturing facility.

How did you enter the world of extracting Cannabis?

It was basically selling extractors when I worked at the smoke shop. I was selling rigs and nails and all that stuff, so I quickly had to learn what I was talking about - being a good water pipe salesman. It was very interesting to talk about butane extraction, so starting in my freshman year of college I started open blasting concentrates and that was the beginning.

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And also what made me realize we had to leave Wisconsin. We lived in a place where processing was a felony. I didn’t want to end up in jail, so we had to move somewhere with legal weed where we could have some property and be out in nature, and Alaska really fit all those categories.

What does the Refined brand stand for and why was it important to you to bring it to Alaska? We originally met with Ryan [Refine Seattle’s

founder] over IG through social media, but we had always appreciated the brand’s value of transparency and upfrontness about quality. It was the quality standard being top notch when it was in the Refine box, and that was something we wanted to bring to the box. Whenever we were in Seattle, we always knew we could walk into a store and buy anything that had the Refine label on it and be happy when we got home. We had been reaching out to Cannabis companies and had these connections, and after being on our road trip and smoking oil from anywhere we could get it around the country - Craigslist and dispensaries - we always said that if we could get oil from anywhere it would be Loud Resin from Refine. Once we got to Alaska we saw that the legal market was super lacking when it came to concentrates, so we reached out to Refine once we had a plan together for our facility two miles from our house. I knew once we were open, all I would have tried to do was copy Refine - both the packaging and product offerings. So, it was a classic if you can’t beat them join them scenario. It was a perfect match!

What types of products does your lab specialize in? Loud Resin and

NW Concentrates are the two lines we are producing currently. Loud Resin is the premium line of products, and NW Concentrates is our next tier product line. Loud Resin is made with dried and cured buds, which has that true to strain flavor where you notice the difference between the strains. It has been a little hard to find full time employment in a city with only 800

year round residents, but we recently hired two full time employees to help us get off the machine and build products and the business, instead of making oil ourselves. From the start it has been me and Christina running everything at the lab. It’s been hard to meet the demand ourselves, but now that we have new employees, we hope that this summer we will have our loud carts and distillate on the market. That will be our next big thing, with Cannabis derived terpenes from our strains that have good separation. Eventually we will also have our own edibles and drink lines coming, including apple cider, coffees, green teas and an agave nectar sweetener.

Where do you source the material that you process?

Snowcapped Gardens is definitely one of our favorite farms right now. They are growing the Bowser and the Mac, and their Blueberry is really good. They provide exclusively to us for processing, but we also work with lots of other cultivators. We try to get as much material as we can from everybody, because as an extraction facility we don’t have our own farm, so we want to highlight the quality of all the various cultivators in the state. It’s not up to us to say which farm is the best, but we want to highlight the Cannabis that each of the cultivators are growing.

What is your favorite type of concentrate and how do you consume?

I have to say Loud Resin. Even before I was running Refine Alaska, I would have said Loud Resin. I’ve tried all the big names and I would still say that it’s what I want to smoke. It has the most true to strain flavor, the best effect, and the best combo of it all. We are dabbing it out of a Mothership with a Toro Grail, and those have always been the trusty daily drivers. When you’re making high quality oil, you gotta spend time and money to smoke it out of something that is just as high quality. P.S. I want to make sure that Christina gets just as much proper credit, if not more than I do. She’s the one who has been starving away in the lab making the hash, and she’s the scientist behind all the beautiful oil.

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CADE INSCHO IS THE CO-OWNER AND OPERATOR OF COLD CREEK EXTRACTS IN ANCHORAGE. A PASSIONATE PLANT ADVOCATE, CADE BEGAN USING CANNABIS MEDICINALLY AFTER A SNOWBOARDING ACCIDENT LEFT HIM WITH A FUSED SPINE AND YEARS OF CHRONIC PAIN. USING THE PLANT OVER PHARMACEUTICALS AND OPIATES, HIS PERSONAL HEALTH STORY LED HIM TO CREATE PRODUCTS TO HELP OTHERS IN SEARCH OF MEDICINE—AND TASTY CLEAN CONCENTRATES.

How did Cannabis come into your life?

I started in high school like many of us, and continued through college until I ended up breaking my back in a snowboarding accident. I over rotated and caught a front tip, landing on my head and compressing several levels of my spine. I had to have fusions through several levels of my spine, and have part of my lumbar spine removed and wrapped in a stainless steel cage to relieve the inflammation

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so I could walk. I’m here because the advancements in western medicine are pretty amazing.

How did Cannabis help with your pain after the accident? At first I

“I FOUND THAT SMOKING IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH THC EDIBLES P ROVIDED ALL MY PAIN RELIEF, AND THAT’S WHEN I KNEW THERE WAS MORE TO CANNABIS THAN SMOKING FLOWER.”

didn’t have access to Cannabis therapy as a medical patient, so the doctors pushed opioids on me heavily. After about seven years of addiction, I was heavily abusing my prescriptions and my Wife left me for six months. That’s when I started experimenting with Cannabis, just smoking it, and it was giving me decent relief - where pain wasn’t the primary focus in life anymore, and I could focus on my family. So that’s when I got super curious and started diving into the Endocannabinoid System, and learning about degrading THC, converting to CBN, and how it helps those leaving opiates but needing narcotic effects and pain relief. I found that

smoking in combination with high THC edibles provided all my pain relief, and that’s when I knew there was more to Cannabis than smoking flower.

How did you start in the world of extracting? I actually

met my business partner through the AA Spine and Pain Clinic - my pain specialist Dr. Steven Johnson - and he encouraged me to learn about how extracts could help. I started with infusing butter because flower wasn’t enough, and I knew I could get deeper into pain relief, and overall quit smoking flower with extracts. So I started experimenting with bubble hash and rosin, to isolate the trichomes and get the most potent medicine possible, which was important to me at that time. I adopted a pharmaceutical mindset to get the concentrates as pure as possible to consume, to the least amount as possible. Where I

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had been chain smoking joints before, a 10th of a gram of oil could provide relief from pain for five or six hours.

About 2014 is when I really started messing with ethanol extractions and processing my own crops, and really getting into solventless extracts

What type of products does Cce produce?

We create cold wash ethanol sugar wax and shatter, and we also distilled that product to make distillate with Cannabis derived terpenes and commercial botanical terpenes. My main passion is solventless extraction, so bubble hash, hash rosin, flower rosin - and our newest development will be solventless rosin carts. We also offer distillate carts with both terpene options, and do a solventless sauce with terps fractioned off of the solventless hash.

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You also offer a really unique topical option, right? Yep, the Alaska Rescue Balm, which is one of the things that probably keeps me off over the counter pain meds the most. It’s a topical preparation I started making for myself in 2016. I notice substantial pain relief when applying activate THC onto my skin, and honestly it’s a miracle. Our last batch had 483mg of THC in a 60ml tin of topical! We also offer our capsules as a fair priced edible. For years I was providing capsules free of charge to medical patients, and once I got licensed I had to cut them off. After getting calls from people in tears who couldn’t afford medicine I was heartbroken, so I wanted to come out of the gate and provide capsules at half the market rate.

Where do you source the material that you process? All over the state right now!

We definitely have some key cultivators that we like to work with, mainly Guest Services, the Connoisseur, and Stoned Salmon. Those are some of our top cultivators, and beyond that we source anybody that has clean material available. I like to go into gardens we source from, check out their cultivation techniques and get into their mindset. If they’re in this for the plant or the money, that plays a big part in who I work with and who I promote. I definitely prefer to work with cultivators who are in this for the plant and the people versus profits.

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What are your goals as a brand and company?

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What is your favorite type of concentrate and way to consume?

I gotta say hash rosin, and bubble hash right behind that. And that would be dabbing it on a not too hot banger at that point. Same for hash, I don’t like to hit it with a flame. I love to dab it.

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Right now it’s to get quality Cannabis products in the hands of everybody for a fair price, providing safe access to this plant and its resins. That is really our main goal!

We want to educate people and get them less afraid of THC. Everyone is really afraid of the big bad THC monster and we really think AK Rescue Balm will bridge the gap.

People can get the benefits of THC without the psychological effects, and I think it will open people’s minds to the benefits of the plant. We also want to educate people to ask about where their CBD was grown from or processed, to see more than the price point, and ask for sourced CBD that was grown here, not flown here. We’re passionate to get this plant into people’s hands, that’s what we want to do!

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RECIPES

HELLO JULY! AND GREETINGS TO ALL THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE, FRESH AND FRUITY GOODNESS IT BRINGS! THIS MONTH WE’RE FEATURING A RECIPE SELECTION RANGING FROM THE PATRIOTIC TO THE PLANT-BASED, BRINGING THEM ALL TOGETHER WITH, OF COURSE, AN INFUSION OF CANNABIS. I LOVE MY COUNTRY AND MY CANNABIS, AND NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED SOME INFUSED GOODIES BRINGING US TOGETHER. #DONTFEARTHEEDDIBLE

RASPBERRY WHIP & CHIPS Serves 4-6

1 ½ cups nonfat Greek vanilla yogurt, drained in cheesecloth or fine strainer over a bowl overnight 1-2 tablespoons honey 2-4 tablespoons orange juice 1-2 tablespoons canna-oil, melted and cooled 2 teaspoons vanilla 10 ounces raspberries, fresh or frozen, pureed 1/3 cup chocolate chips

“POTRIOTIC” RED, WHITE AND BLUE STUFFED ANGEL FOOD CAKE Serves 12

1 cup sifted cake flour (not self-rising) 1 1/2 cups sugar 12 large egg whites 2 tablespoons finely grated orange zest 1 tablespoon orange juice 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 cups sliced berries 2 teaspoons sugar 2-4 tablespoons melted canna-butter or canna-oil 12 small scoops vanilla low fat ice cream

1. Place the yogurt in a large bowl.

Add the honey, orange juice, infused oil and vanilla. Stir well to combine.

2. Using a spatula fold in the raspberry puree and chips, creating swirls.

Divide the mixture between 4-6 glasses or bowls.

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1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees, with rack in lower third of oven. Sift flour and 1/2 cup sugar into a bowl.

2. Whisk whites with a mixer on medium speed until frothy, about one minute. Add orange zest and juice, cream of tartar, vanilla, and salt. Continue whisking until soft peaks form, about 2 1/2 minutes. With mixer running, gradually add remaining cup of sugar.

3. Increase speed to medium-high. Continue whisking until firm, not stiff, peaks form - about two minutes.

Sprinkle whites with 1/3 of the flour/sugar mixture.

Using a rubber spatula, gently fold to combine.

Sprinkle remaining flour/sugar mixture over whites in two additions. Gently fold to combine.

4. Transfer batter to a 10-inch angel food cake pan with legs. Gently run a knife through the center of the batter to remove any air bubbles. Bake until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.

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1 cup coconut milk, almond or soy 1 cup fresh or frozen mango chunks 1 large avocado, pitted peeled and tossed w/ 2 tablespoons lime juice 2/3 cup fresh pineapple cut in chunks 1-2 tablespoons honey 2 teaspoons canna-coconut oil

1. Place all ingredients in blender.

Blend on low to start, then crank up to medium high to finish. Enjoy!

5. Remove pan from oven, and invert onto its cooling legs. If your tube pan doesn’t have legs, invert it over the neck of a wine, or similarly shaped, bottle to cool. Let cool, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Run a knife around the inner and outer edges of cake to remove. Invert onto a serving platter. Use a knife to separate cake from bottom of pan. Let cool on a wire rack.

Unfrosted cake can be stored in an airtight container for up to two days.

6. Place the cake on your work surface. Carefully, with a serrated knife, cut the cake two inches from the top. Scoop out the cake creating a well, but keeping the sides intact.

7. In a bowl, combine the berries with the sugar and the canna-butter or oil. Place the ice cream in the dug out cake, along with the berries. Place the top on the cake and serve.

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Remember that movie where the guy is dying of thirst in the desert and he keeps thinking that he sees water up ahead, but it’s only a mirage? Well, that is what your brain is doing when it tells you that if you drink more alcohol, you’ll feel better. And be more amazing. And be a more amazing singer. You know how it works; the progression casually begins at Friday happy hour with a beer and a shot just to take the edge off - a reward for the tempest of horseshit you weathered all week.

Then things turn professional with more pints before throwing all caution to a stiff wind with the kind of reckless abandon that involves consecutive rounds of mystery shots with trendy names, followed by hard high fives and puckered faces. Inevitably, the evening will wind down with a large cocktail and another beer that goes half drank, before waving the proverbial white bar nap in staggering surrender. Your mind, body and spirit are separate entities now, clashing like titans, fueled in a paradoxical lather of physical imbalance. And a false sense of mental fortitude.

With your better sense of rationale completely disregarded and your level of sobriety stubbornly defended, you’re in no position at this point to make calculated decisions. Like whether to invest the $43 for an Uber ride home, or drive yourself. Or whether to provoke an argument with another drunk person, or your significant other. Or whether to provoke an argument with your drunk significant other. Or whether it’s a good idea to eat. And eat a lot. This is called the Drunchies.

Be it the Denny’s Grand Slam loaded with maple syrup and a banana split chaser, a super-sized Big Mac meal accentuated by dubious packets of ketchup and a crushed Oreo McFlurry, or a fully loaded bacon wrapped street dog - a liquor induced feeding frenzy is a recipe for a boiling volcanic cauldron.

Note: Under no circumstances should this condition ever be confused with the munchies.

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