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PROFILE:

On Page 10, Go Behind The Scenes At Bizzee Bee, A New Medical Marijuana Storefront Right In Snohomish County

January Strain of The Month |p. 12|

Dr. Rose is in: p.16

What you need to know about discussing medical marijuana with your healthcare professional.

How to talk legal and stay that way.

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NEWS....................6-7 OPINIONS..............8-9 FEATURES...........10-14 HEALTH..............16-17 GROWTECH.........18-19 MEDIBLES..........20-21 DIVERSIONS.......22-23 Cover Artwork by RAM Art Photography by Daniel Berman

NORTHWEST LEAF WELCOMES YOU! Thanks for picking up Northwest Leaf.

In doing so, you are helping to spread the cause of a natural plant that has more uses than any single plant in the world.

Northwest Leaf is a cultural publication dedicated to serving both the medical marijuana patients of Washington and the greater community throughout the state. We are committed to serving as a source of information and education, & covering relevant cultural events in the greater Seattle area.

Our goal is to reverse the stigma associated with Marijuana from decades of misinformation and fear, and replace it with truth. Marijuana is a growing solution to many medical issues, and should be viewed as a source of inspiration and hope for patients worldwide.

We also support the overall cause for hemp, which is a viable resource for a variety of commercial applications. Hemp is a clean, carbon neutral fiber source that is used all over the world, and can be used locally to lessen dependency on strained resources.

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The Northwest Leaf Staff

Co-Founders and Owners David Jablinske (Left) and Wes Abney are pictured here holding up a few of their favorite strains.

They founded the Northwest Leaf LLC in May of 2010 after a trip to California. Impressed with the amount of information available to patients there, the two decided to develop their own newspaper to benefit the patients of Washington.

David is a continuing college student studying business, and a master growing expert. Wesley is a continuing college student with a background in Journalism, and is preparing for Law School.

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513 pounds of marijuana seized in Queens, New York traffic stop

PHOTO BY MARINO/NY DAILY NEWS/TOKEOFTHETOWN.COM Clement Hunter is led away by cops on suspicion of driving a van, police say, contained 50-pound bales of marijuana in large black garbage bags.

Police say entire van was full of pot

By Northwest Leaf Staff

Nearly a quarter-ton of marijuana was found during a routine traffic stop that lead to a five-block chase through the New York City borough of Queens.

Inside the vehicle, cops say they spotted 10 black trash bags, some with green cellophane wrapping showing through.

A search revealed that each bag contained about 50 pounds of marijuana.

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The total weight confiscated was 513 pounds of pot, according to police.

Police say the entire back of the van was full of square bundles of pot.

The officers, who were driving an unmarked car, tried to stop the vehicle after it failed to signal.

The 30-year-old male driver gave chase for a few blocks, then fled on foot after turning onto a dead end road.

He tried to scale a fence, but was placed in handcuffs.

The man was charged by police with 50 counts of felony possession of marijuana in the first degree.

A suspect must possess at least 10 pounds to qualify for a first degree charge.

Ultimately, the man was arraigned on a single count of 1st degree felony marijuana possession and bail was set at $50,000.

January 7, 2011 Legalization campaign gets space in high-traffic highway location

Billboard on display through Nov. will be seen by millions each week

By Northwest Leaf Staff

Sensible Washington, the group seeking to legalize marijuana for adults in this state, has purchased billboard space along I-5 in the south-end city of Fife.

The words ‘Legalize in 2011’ are displayed huge on the board, beneath the advertisement’s tagline: “Because Drug Dealers Don’t ID.”

“Thanks to generous donations from two Sensible Washington volunteers and support and cooperation of the billboard company, we now have North and South-facing billboards at this location,” Sensible Washington said on its website.

According to the billboard’s owners, Gotcha Covered Media, the signage will be posted through the November 2011 election season and campaign efforts.

More than 2 million cars pass through the area each week, according to GCM.

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January 7, 2011

Massive success in food for joints promotion at California dispensary

California dispensary Granny Purps collected more than 11,000 pounds of food in a holiday promotion where patients received one pre-rolled joint in exchange for a four food item donation.

The dispensary handed out about 2,000 of the complimentary joints, with one grow supplier even donating medicine for the dispensary to distribute in the promotion, reports

The Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper.

The recipient of the massive donation drive was Second Harvest Food Bank, which noted that the dispensary’s small staff of eight raised an amount more typical of a 30-or40-person business.

Granny Purps co-owner Nancy Black was impressed by her patient’s generosity in this troubling economy.

“We have an incredible group

of compassionate patients..I love that our patients are so compassionate,” she said, speaking to The Sentinel.

“When we told them that we were doing this, their response was amazing.”

Among other talents, Granny Purps is known for their tasty, homemade medible cookies and treats, and popular bud cookbooks. ## By Northwest Leaf Staff ##

Can you be fired for medicating after work & off-the-clock?

The State Supreme Court may rule in drug test policy case.

By Northwest Leaf Staff

This month, the Washington state Supreme Court will hear arguments from a woman who was fired from her job after a drug test revealed she was using marijuana.

The Bremerton woman, a legal medical marijuana patient, was recommended cannabis to help with myriad problems ranging from debilitating migraines to chronic pain and nausea.

She only medicated at home, and in such small doses, her lawyer said, that there is no way there could have been a lingering after-effect the next day at work.

Her marijuana usage was brought to light after the Coloradobased customer service job that hired her informed her of its drug test policy.

The woman notified her employer that she would certainly fail the test, but had medical documentation to prove her legal status.

She took the drug test, began working, and was fired about a week later after testing positive for cannabis, according to a December SeattlePI.com news article.

The Court of Appeals ruled against the woman last year, saying the state’s medical marijuana law

Photo by Northwest Leaf Staff protects patients only from criminal prosecutions, not in employment disputes, according to a SeattlePI.com article.

The woman’s lawyer says she is protected under the 1998 Medical Use of Marijuana Act, aka I-682.

Washington State’s medical marijuana laws may be clarified under a bill expected to be introduced to the legislature by State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Wells.

The bill seeks to ban employers from firing -- or refusing to hire

-- marijuana patients, solely because of off-site, medicinal use of cannabis.

Exceptions would include if the workplace involves physically hazardous or public safety duties.

“Patients suffering from terminal and debilitating medical conditions shouldn’t be forced to choose between a job and a therapy that helps them,” said Alison Holcomb, ACLU’s drug policy director, in a friend-of-the-court brief filed this month in the case. ## 7

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-Opinion-

January 7, 2011

When will the US do the right thing

and tax legal marijuana?

How long can we ignore the $13.9 billion addition to the economy, as estimated in a 2005 Harvard study by Jeffrey Miron? No longer.

By Moe Green // Northwest Leaf

13.9

billion is the number of reasons, in US dollars, that Harvard economist Jeffrey A. Miron has for legalizing marijuana.

In his 2005 study, Miron estimated that $7.7 billion would be saved in government expenditures and, if taxed comparably to tobacco and alcohol, $6.2 billion would be added to the tax coffers.

In a stronger 2005 economy, perhaps the $13.9 billion could be ignored. In today’s economy, that staggering sum cannot be ignored. America’s largest cash crop, marijuana, needs to be taxed.

That was not a typo: marijuana is indeed the largest cash crop in America. Furthermore, it isn’t even close. At a bustling

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$35.8 billion annually, marijuana tops corn, the closest competitor, by $12.5 billion, and wheat by $23.3 billion.

But, unlike corn and wheat, marijuana is not being taxed.

Thirteen billion dollars in possible economic benefits is being flushed down the toilet thanks to the Washington bureaucracy and their alcohol/tobacco lobbyists.

That said, while the $13 billion in economic benefits is not being used to fund schools and repair roads, it is going somewhere. Thanks to the so-called war on drugs, $36 billion is being handed over to drug cartels. Ending this futile war would devastate cartels and bring that money back to Americans.

Legalizing marijuana would benefit America threefold.

First, as previously explained, marijuana would bring billions of

dollars in tax benefits to the government.

Secondly, legalizing marijuana would save America billions in prosecution and incarceration fees. Third, legalizing marijuana would take a $36 billion industry and transfer it from the hands of drug cartels to deserving Americans.

The third benefit is often wrongly overlooked by supporters and critics alike.

While the tax benefits get highlighted in newspapers across the country, almost no one seems to mention what a marijuana industry could do for America.

A low estimate of jobs created would be in the high tens of thousands -- a moderate estimate places the number in the hun-

dreds of thousands.

America, with her 9.3 percent unemployment rate, is sitting on a job gold mine. So why does marijuana remain illegal?

America can choose to wait idly as marijuana is slowly legalized town by town and state by state.

But this waiting game will cost Americans billions, possibly hundreds of billions of dollars, if the current course holds. Or America can do the right thing and bring billions of dollars back to the economy.

For far too long, legalizing marijuana has been the right thing to do. Now, legalizing marijuana is also the sensible thing to do.

By The

Numbers $36 billion value of illegal pot industry

$6.2 billion saved in drug prosecution if pot legalized

9.3 percent

of Americans are unemployed

15 and rising states with legal

medical marijuana

"Every day that marijuana remains illegal represents millions of dollars in losses, and millions of dollars in cartel gains."

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The rules for taxing MMJ in this state have changed.

Northwest Leaf and the local media were informed of the changes to Department of Revenue policy with the letter at left.

Everyone in the industry needs to stay up-to-date on current state & federal laws.

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You Better Bee-lieve It At Bizzee Bee Medical Group, North-end patients get access to a new medical marijuana storefront featuring great medibles, premium buds and even a delivery service.

By Wes Abney // Photos by Daniel Berman

BUD BUDDIES: The staff members of Busy Bee Dispensary are a tight-knit bunch. Each of them believe in providing patients with the highest-quality of care pos-

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here’s a new buzz hitting Snohomish Open 11-7 Daily County, and it’s not another over4400 168th st. done coffee stand.

SW Ste. 103

It’s the new medical marijuana collective with the unusu888-932-6380 al name of Bizzee Bee. With the colors and decontactus@ sign of bumblebees evbzbmedical.com erywhere, it’s easy to

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see why the theme fits the collective. Patients can buzz in and out in a convenient, discrete, and safe fashion.

As Sophia, lead bud tender and “Queen Bee” would say; “We’ll get you buzzin.”

Bizzee Bee is a hive of activity with two budrooms, a clone

tent display and a great selection of medicine.

The service is also great, and it’s easy to appreciate friendly female budtenders dressed in theme.

Their main location is in Lynnwood near Highway 99 and 168th, a great central area for patients to access. They’ve been

there for 6 months, and have helped improve the image of an oftenbattered medical marijuana industry.

With the robbery at Purple Cross in Seattle recently, there has been frequent negative coverage of medical marijuana collectives in the mainstream news

ABOVE: The dispensary features baked medible treats, tinctures and daily specials. BELOW: Strains for a donation. RIGHT: Tasty new tinctures

media. Based on these faulty reports, average citizens are now concerned that dispensary models are a threat to community safety.

Fortunately, it only takes five minutes inside Bizzee Bee to realize that these misconceptions are simply unfounded.

The truth behind Bizzee Bee, like most other collectives, comes from personal experience with sick patients that have had little or no success with traditional medicine. Nobody knows

this better than Sophia.

“My mom passed away last spring from a chronic debilitating condition -- she was on a cocktail of heavy pain medicine from the doctor that basically killed her,” she shared, pausing to take a breath.

“That was our wake-up call that there needs to be a viable alternative to opiate pain management for sick patients.”

It was that tragic wake-up that led Sophia and her father Jeff to start the collective. Jeff had spent his

“Bizzee Bee, like many collectives, came from the personal experience of having little or no success with treatments that used mainstream medicine.” life focusing on marijuana legalization and activism, and within a week of the death, a plan was laid to start the collective.

“I know in my heart that my mom’s death was the motivating factor in starting this patient network,” Sophia said.

“I want to help other people avoid what happened to us. That’s

why we’re here.”

The patient network they’ve created out of a sad situation has become a great legacy for Sophia’s mom.

The quality of service and medicine is better than any other network in the area.

There are 1520 consistent strains available inside, with donations ranging

from $4-15. They also have a great selection of edibles, with eight different vendors bringing in the best of their crop.

Included in the selection of medibles are wheat and glutenfree items, a valuable option for patients with stomach or digestive problems.

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NORTHWEST LEAF STRAIN OF THE MONTH

"EEYORE" A cross between DNA Genetics CanNalope Haze and the original OG Kush.

A powerful medicinal sativa strain, created four months ago by a Washington grower.

Look for it at West Coast Wellness Opening January 2011

Description From Dnagenetics.com The Cannalope Haze Cannabis Seeds are renowned for their very sweet smelling buds that have a melon taste.

This translates into silky smoothness on inhale and exhale, as well as amazing flavour to titillate your taste buds!

The heady hitting high is a top one that hits you in the temples and eyes.

She is fast finisher and produces a good yield, making her a very easy plant to grow. Mild Haze qualities, with an expansive smoke and good resin production, results in great water hash.

This cross was made from Cannabis Seeds acquired separately from some close friends of us at DNA. The low flowering time of the Cannalope makes her a great strain to breed. This is yet another award-winning mother and one of our favorites!

2nd - Sativa IC420 Breeders Cup (2005) 3rd - Sativa IC 420 Breeders Cup (2004)

UP CLOSE WITH A MICROSCOPE

The Busiest Bees Of All

Online, patients can check the inventory of medicine, with in-depth pictures and strain info even order ahead for quick and easy pick-up.

FAMILY MATTERS: At Bizzee Bee, father and daughter work behind-the-counter together to help their patients.

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nother great feature with Bizzee Bee? The website.

Online, patients can check the inventory of medicine, with in-depth pictures and strain descriptions.

This cuts down on wait time, and patients can even order ahead for quick pick-up.

Also available is Green Dragon honey, tinctures and glycerin.

They even have skin and joint creams.

“Sophie infuses oils, and together we sit down and try and

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make as many helpful products as we can imagine. She is great with skin creams and lotions, which help with arthritis and other muscle/joint pain,” Jeff said, displaying a proud grin. “We’re always working to find new things and infuse the essential cannabis oils.”

For one budtender at Bizzee Bee, the gluten-free products and honeys have made a major difference in her life.

She is Cat Bryan, the platinum blonde girl

who you would never expect to work at a collective.

In March of 2001, Cat went into a routine surgery for her abdominal area. During the procedure, a nerve in her stomach was negatively affected, and the result was a paralyzed stomach. She was forced to spend the next eight years on a feeding tube, unable to enjoy food and her previous quality of life.

Eventually, after medicine and painkillers prescribed by

her doctor had failed, she turned to medical marijuana.

“I’ve now been off the feeding tube for a year and a half,” she said. “Because of my experience, I’m very passionate about the work that I’m doing here.” Cat went on to explain that the traits she values most in a collective are honesty and kindness for patients.

Unfortunatel,y as she has seen time and time again, it’s not something every collective practices.

“I’ve worked at several different places, and had to leave one because of how they treated their patients. And that’s why I’m here at Bizzee Bee. I know the values I stand by are in place here, and we’re able to focus on our main goal: helping sick people.”

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January 7, 2011

Staying Legal. Spreading Awareness.

Talking With ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Scott Rose is a Naturopathic Physician /Acupuncturist in private practice in Kirkland, WA. Dr. Rose sees patients for evaluation & recommendation for the use of Medical Marijuana. For more information, please call 206-713-7811

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any people who use Cannabis (Medical Marijuana) as medicine in the US have traditionally done so under the label "self prescribed".

This means that the individual had a positive experience with the medicine and may have continued to use to derive a desired therapeutic effect.

Due to the laws in the US, that individual has historically subjected themselves to criminal charges and penalty, engaging in illegal activities to procure or produce their medicine.

Medical Marijuana is now accepted in 15 states in the U.S., including Washington DC, and Arizona as the newest. Medical Marijuana laws have changed the rules for patients with legitimate, documented, ap16

ly addictive drug with negative repercussions. This is the reason that illicit drug use is way under reported on medical intake paperwork and often omitted entirely in direct questioning.

be used in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia (prescription and over-the-counter medicines) until 1942 when the American Medical Association gave up its fight for the continued medicinal use of Cannabis.

There are many thoughts as to why Cannabis was made illegal in this country; from squelching the use of hemp fiber in favor of synthetics, racial smears, politics, to improper dosing due to difficulties in controlproved complaints in these states.

There needs to be a shift in para- ling potency.

However, most patients are still digm away from the perception of reluctant to approach this subject the "smoking of pot" more for the The latter can likely be overcome with their personal physician. How recreational use, to the use as Can- through modern advances and furcan a patient talk with their doctor nabis as medicine. You as the pa- ther research in the field of Cannaand be above table with full disclo- tient can help shift this paradigm bis. Look into the justification for sure about their choice to use Can- through your own knowledge base. the prohibition of this substance in nabis as medicine?

You will likely be educating your the U.S. for yourself, and see if you

doctor as a relative expert with just find a good reason why this medicine has been taken from the hands Educating yourself, as a Medi- a little bit of reading. of our citizens. cal Marijuana patient, about the subject of your medicine is key to Surveys show between 1850 and knowing your stuff quite quickly, 1942 there were over 350 medici- Part of maintaining the current and having a more informed discus- nal products in the U.S. containing mindset of health care professionals, sion with your doctor. Most health Cannabis. These medicines were and perpetuating a stigma around care professionals are still stuck in made illegal due to the Marijuana the recommendation of this medithe mindset of Marijuana as a high- Tax Act of 1937, and continued to cine, is the current classification of Cannabis as a schedule 1 narcotic.

A schedule 1 substance is defined "Most health care professionals as "indicating a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical valare still stuck in the mindset of ue." This is the same classification marijuana as a highly-addictive as heroin, PCP, LSD, and crack drug with negative repercussions." cocaine - hardcore "drugs". There On average, if people even divulge it, alcohol consumption is reported at or under 50% of the actual amount consumed - and ethanol is a legal substance.

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-Health-

January 7, 2011

{Part 1 of a 2-part series }

Your Doctor: is no strict definition for the word drug - common usage and understanding is "a substance taken into a living system that alters function."

Cannabis is an herbal medicine not requiring of chemical alteration to bring about its effects, aside from heat activation. There has never been a documented case of death by overdose from the use of Cannabis in any way, unlike other schedule 1, schedule 2, and even schedule 3 substances.

With 15 states voting for and allowing the use of Cannabis medicinally, and an ever mounting body of knowledge in scientific research as to the therapeutic benefits of Cannabis, this classification must be changed.

A schedule 2 classification would be a start, recognizing it as "having a high abuse risk, but accepted as safe for medicinal purposes".

This might be a good start to help shift the paradigm, but still might not be the right classification - as other examples of schedule 2 are morphine, oxycodone (OxyCotin), and cocaine. Cannabis is rated

more addictive and harmful than stress disorder, in short example. morphine, oxy, and cocaine - really? The altered state of consciousness offered by Cannabis, can alter the Cannabis is often regarded as a rec- perception of a person's process, reational drug for its psychoactive, and offers a "stress relieving" mechor mind altering effects. The term anism or increased ability to cope. recreational drug is used when a substance is taken for "perceived" Many people who use Cannabis to benefits in consciousness, percep- help manage chronic pain describe tion, personality, and/or behavior. that the effects may not take the pain away entirely, but the mediCannabis, tobacco, alcohol, certain cine alters their perception of the mushrooms, etc. blur the boundar- pain, thereby improving their qualies between food, recreational drug, ity of life. and drug; as use can alter function of both mind and body.

Nearly every civilization on the planet in recorded history has In recent times, the psychoactivity sought an altered consciousness in of the medicine has been exploited some way. through the concentration of the only known psychoactive com- Human nature is such that we are pound delta-9-tetrahydrocannabi- generally driven by the pleasure/ nol, or THC. pain cycle to move towards pleasure and happiness away from pain and There are known medicinal effects suffering. In other words, it is natuof THC, but another cannabinoid ral to want to feel good.

- cannabidiol (CBD) is showing to have more medicinal effects, with Patients have a myriad reasons to no known psychoactivity. not divulge their use of Cannabis to their health care provider or anyone The euphoric effects of Cannabis currently in health care. may well be indicated for such cases as depression or post-traumatic ##NORTHWEST LEAF##

"Cannabis is rated more addictive and harmful than morphine, oxycontine & cocaine. Really?"

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Do you have a question for Dr. Rose?

Email nwleaf@gmail.com with subject line "Doctor" and it could appear in a future Northwest Leaf!

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-Health-

January 7, 2011

The Ultimate Bubble Hash Guide Hashish has been used around the world for centuries, but it hasn’t been until the 21st century that hash gained the potency and purity that it has now.

With the invention of water extraction in the early 1990’s, hash has become one of the purest methods to use your medicine.

Hashish has a variety of medical uses, and can be made to different purities, depending on your personal medical needs. This tutorial is meant to help illustrate the entire process of making bubble bag hash.

After the bags are tucked into the smaller bucket, pour the trimmings/bud in the bag.

To make good quality hash it takes a bit of time and a clear understanding of the process, and of course good material. First order some bubble bags on line.

These bags are necessary to catch the tricomes. 5 gallon bags are the easiest to use, but they can be ordered all the way up to 32 gallons. If using the 5 gallon bag, you will also need a 5 gallon bucket.

Next you’ll need about a quarter pound of trimmings, actual bud can be used, but in my opinion, it’s a waste of good bud, so use trimmings you planned to throw away (leaves, stems, etc.) At this point, soak trimmings in water so they don’t float as soon as they are put into the bubble bags.

Place bags in the bucket, one at a time, with the finest mesh bag on the bottom.

After this is done, pour trimmings into bags and then pour ice water in so the mix almost fills the bucket. Now it’s time to start mixing it up. We used an electric kitchen hand mixer, but a drill with a paint mixer attachment can also be used. Mix everything in the bucket for 30 minutes, making sure there is enough ice to keep it cold.

Once it has been mixed, pull the first bag out with ice water and trimmings and set it aside in a large bowl. You will be repeating this all one more time to make sure all tricome is removed. Next keep pulling the rest of the bags out one at a time, using a spoon to collect all the tricome on the screen of each bag. Put all the material collected on a glass bak-

While the trimmings are soaking in the ice water you want to blend them as thoroughly as possible to unsure the tricromes are breaking free. Once blended, squeez the bag to force all the water out as shown below. Then scrape, transfer bags, and repeat the process.

ing pan in different piles for each bag. Each one is a slightly different quality hash.

Next, repeat the whole process again through the series of bags to make sure all the THC has been removed before setting the bag aside. As you get through each bag, the mesh gets finer, collecting a higher concentration of hash each time. When you get down to the last bag, scrape everything possible, and then rinse all the bags and let them dry.

The next step is to dry your hash.

The best method for drying is to leave it out in the air for a couple

days and cure naturally. But for a quick dry, place the tray in a conventional oven turned down very low with the door left partially open.

Our final product from this batch was a 8 gram ball of hash, part of which is shown in the picture at-right-center.

Enjoy a high-quality hash bowl!

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-GrowTech-

January 7, 2011

Don't forget to flush!

No, not your toilet... Your Buds!

When it comes to producing high-quality medicine, there’s more to the growing process than simply planting the seeds and watering them.

New growers often walk into a grow shop and are instantly overwhelmed by the number and variety of modern fertilizers.

Labels like “Bloom Booster” and “Grape Blend” promise sweet tasting benefits and positive nutrients for whatever type of plant people might be growing. In most cases, people experience larger yields from their grows, with larger and more potent buds in the end.

The downside to the nutrients is that the chemicals can linger inside the bud after harvest, producing a harsh smoke and chemical aftertaste. This isn’t suitable for medical use, and it can ruin a crop.

The secret to getting the positive results from the nutrients without compromising the crop is a proper flush. Two weeks before plants are ready to be cut down for curing, all nutrient use should stop completely. During each watering for the final two weeks, only 100% pure water should be used.

Above: A properly-flushed cannabis sample sits next to a flushing agent and a PH testing device.

The water naturally filters and flushes out the chemicals, leaving the buds pure and preserving the sweet taste while medicating. While some people only flush for 2-5 days, the longer the flushing period, the more chemicals that will be removed from the plant.

Flushing agents like the one pictured above can also be used to help speed-up the process of removing unwanted chemicals. They are available at most shops, and can have a positive benefit on the quality of the flush, and the medicine that’s eventually produced.

For growers that do use chemical nutrients, please note that they should not be poured into the main water system after use. This can contaminate our ground water and is not environmentally-friendly.

Please dispose of your old water and nutrients in a safe and legal way. Do the right thing!

Chemicals like those pictured above will give your plants bigger buds & faster growth rates, but they can also linger in the medicine after harvest -- a concern to every grower!

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Reviews for the ADHD Generation:

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January 7, 2011

BY KYLE RYDER // FOR NORTHWEST LEAF

A quick and short guide to what's entertaining people these days.

With fewer words, more swearing and my pure unbiased thoughts on each title...

True Grit

Tron Legacy

The Fighter

Yogi Bear

Cowboys are all “Fuck Yeah!� this year, what with Red Dead Redemption winning a ton of Game of the Year awards. This Coen Brothers remake of a classic 1968 John Wayne film of the same name is pretty damn good. Jeff Bridges is still the man after all this years (*until I saw Tron). The story is a better adaptation of the novel than the original film. Hailee Steinfeld is brilliant as Mattie Ross. This is probably one of the best westerns I have seen in recent years. The Dude would have made the Duke proud.

Best boxing movie since Stallone fought the evil Russian machine-man some 25 years ago. Marky Mark is pretty kick ass for being a former underwear model turned actor. This film is generating Oscar buzz and for once I agree. The script holds tight and the fight scenes both in and out of the ring are pretty well-executed.

Nothing says Merry Christmas like Irish people and a bloody nose.

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Movies that really too heavily on visual effects annoy me. This movie is 85% pure eye candy but someone forgot to write a decent script. The light cycle race is awesome. I've seen better CGI in some video games as of late, which was a disappointment considering this should be the be-all-end-all in visual masturbation. Speaking of which, Olivia Wilde was in tight leather. Jeff Bridges (The old one) is pretty damn good with what he is given, which ain't much. Seeing it in 3D felt like a waste of money.

Note to Hollywood: Stop pillaging my youth.

I grew up watching HannaBarbara cartoons on Saturday mornings. I remember Yogi and Boo-Boo being witty, this was an affront to my memories. This movie is family friendly. Children that enjoy shows like Barney might enjoy it, while you the parent will wish you would have snuck a beer or mind-numbing medicine into the movie to dull the pain. Really, this is one bear that should have stayed in hibernation.

Welcome to a unique & special game review in 50 words or less, skipping the filler of usual garbled rhetoric and prose.

Because you have better things to do with your life right?

Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) Cowboys still kick ass, unless your in the Village People. This very stylized games places you in the in a western where you ride horses and shoot people in the head. Sweet.

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God of War 3 (PS3) Kratos is the baddest motherfucker in ancient Greece. He slices and dices like nobody's business. In his first real foray onto the PS3, the graphics have never looked so crisp and stunning. A must own for anyone PS3 gamer.

Heavy Rain (PS3) Wicked horror based game where you have to track down a serial killer before he kills off your son. Plenty of twists and turns, great ambiance and story telling.

You do have to deal with quick time events...

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (PC) The most popular online game in the world adds more fun good times to it's hermit inducing game. The expansion doesn't necessarily make WOW better, but gives the game new life and renews that feeling that you're part of something grand. Stock up on Mountain Dew and caffeine pills.

You'll be playing this for days straight.

Assassins Creed: Brotherhood (Xbox 360, PS3) Enzio's returns to stab people in the back and delve further into the mythos of the Assassins Creed universe. With the added multi-player capability, you can assassinate your friends as well as random NPCs. The game is absolutely gorgeous.

Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360, PS3, PC ) Story mode was OK, but the game really shines in multi-player mode. Stab, shoot and main your enemies with gusto. Drive a remote controlled C4 car and blow their limbs off. Great carnage fun times.

Rock Band 3 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii) Same old game with added bonuses, like all new songs. 3-part vocal harmonies allows more singers to join in. Playing keyboards can be quite fun too. The “story� mode can be a little off-putting and confusing, there is definitely a lack of real direction there. The best party game ever keeps getting better.

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