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BREMERTON — Clear Choice Cannabis recently opened in Bremerton, the 20th shop in Kitsap County.

Co-owner Chad Ritter said he thinks the growing community can handle another option for their cannabis needs. He believes the store offers the customer service, quality products and prices to draw customers in a crowded market.

The shop is in a former Kitsap Bank branch on Highway 303, giving it a high-visibility location. It offers 1,500 square feet of retail floor featuring packaged flower, pre-rolled joints, edibles, extracts, oils, medical remedies and glassware, and other products.

Ritter said the store is designed to appeal to Baby Boomers as much as millennials.

East Bremerton is the second location for Clear Choice Cannabis, which launched its first store in Tacoma four years ago. Ritter and his two partners took over a license from defunct Cannabis Crossing on Highway 303.

The opening of Clear Choice in Bremerton brings the county close to maximum capacity for cannabis retailers. Twenty licenses were granted, but a 21st on Bainbridge Island doesn’t have a location and isn’t expected to open anytime soon.

Agate Dreams in Suquamish and High Point in Kingston are owned by the Suquamish and Port Gamble S’Klallam tribes and were established under special agreements with the state.

SOAP LAKE – 2020 Solutions opened its doors in August, the first licensed cannabis retailer in this Eastern Washington city.

The shop is between Franklin Street and Grant Street in the Lakeview neighborhood.

It was purchased by an ownership group that also owns and operates 2020 Solutions locations in Ephrata, Bellingham and the city of Sprague, outside of Spokane.

“This location will be more convenient for Soap Lake residents and for people traveling on Highway 17,” said store manager Bruce Davis.

“Our success in Ephrata and the other communities shows that customers enjoy the high quality of our products, a knowledgeable sales staff and a safe, comfortable and attractive retail environment.”

Davis said the shop will provide a variety of options for medical and recreational customers.

“We believe the important elements of an enjoyable cannabis experience are ‘Purchase Responsibly, Consume Responsibly, Act Responsibly and Possess Responsibly,’” Davis said.

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EDITOR’S

Words of Wisdom Pot advocates call for better class of user Guess what, cannabis fans? You’re all nice and sophisticated now.

That judgment comes straight from “Forget Stoner,” a national campaign that’s trying to rebrand the image of the modern cannabis consumer into someone sharp, professional, alert, and creative.

This effort also includes strong emphasis trying to convince people to ignore silly pothead caricatures of the past like Cheech and Chong or Jeff Spicoli. It means encouraging people to stop thinking first of stereotypical Cheeto-hued connoisseurs who prefer spending their mornings on the couch watching cartoons, or evenings grooving to Phish or maybe that one song by Foghat.

You can still be that guy/gal, if the spirit so moves you, but this is no longer the everyman/everywoman image of the typical cannabis user that this group wants to hold up as a representative of the whole culture.

Now that cannabis is legal in more than the half the U.S., proponents want pot fans to be taken seriously. Which means the ideal cannabis user can show up to work on time ready to contribute. They practice good grooming and hygiene and can hold an intelligent conversation without saying “Whoah!” or “No way, man!” more than three times. They know a thing or two about cannabis stocks. (You can too after reading page 12.) Serious partakers are able to savor and describe terpenes as well as a serious wine enthusiast can talk about tannins and legs, rather than going straight for the high THC number.

Yes, Goofus has become Gallant. They recognize that it’s Dave at the door and will gladly open the door for him. Strange days, indeed.

This effort also invites media pros like us to change our language. “Don’t call them stoners” and “Don’t glorify the party lifestyle.”

We haven’t been, but thanks.

Since our first issue, Evercannabis has tried to present the cannabis culture as professionally as possible. The bulk of the people we meet, while most do like to have fun and chill on their down time, are often more focused on making money, growing great product, understanding and following the rules and helping the industry grow and thrive.

Although there is some natural resistance when outside groups tell us to start using certain preferred terms instead of others, we’re fine with avoiding the stoner talk, mostly because we never used it.

What do you think? Should the ‘stoner’ term be banished to the dust bin of marijuana history? Or does it always have a place in the greater culture?

Joe Butler, Managing Editor

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RAW PRODUCT PLANT CAN HAVE MULTIPLE BENEFITS

By TRACY DAMON EVERCANNABIS Correspondent

When your doctor reminds you to be sure to eat your greens, the recommendation probably doesn’t include cannabis plants. But maybe it should.

stems. She also uses male cannabis plants, which are often chopped down, destroyed and composted. Female plants produce the popular and commercially-viable buds and other products.

“(Cannabis) makes me feel about 10 years younger. It gives me energy, just amazing energy,” said Pam Dyer, a Spokane-area medical marijuana patient, health blogger and a founder of the Eastern Washington chapter of Women of NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana).

Many growers don’t want male plants because they pollinate the female plants and take energy away from growing the resin that provides the plant’s psychotropic effect.

Since becoming a medical marijuana patient about seven years ago, Dyer has been experimenting with ways to eat the parts of the marijuana plant that don’t have psychotropic effects. This includes turning stalks and leaves into tasty smoothies.

She was initially looking for ways to relieve pain and issues related to scoliosis and other health problems.

“I was going through health coaching school,” she said. “I heard a lecture

by David Wolf (an advocate for raw foodism, alternative medicine and vaccine denialism). He said, ‘If you ever get the chance to do so, eat raw cannabis. It’s the most nutritious plant in the world.’”

That sparked Dyer’s interest, so she started networking and getting to know area cannabis farmers who could provide her with leaves and

Initially, those industry contacts provided ample greens for Dyer to make smoothies and other concoctions with, until Washington State laws were changed that restricted how much cannabis can be personally possessed.

“It takes a lot of material to juice,” she said. “Now that all the laws have changed and there’s no home-grow, I have to get registered (as a patient) and am limited to what I can grow personally.”

Dyer has registered to grow her own plants but is still limited to only 15 (vs. four for non-registered medical marijuana patients). These limitations make it pretty much impossible for anyone but medical marijuana patients to acquire enough parts to consume regularly. The average shopper can’t currently buy their own plant stems or non-bud organic matter legally from retail stores.

Even so, Dyer wants to share her knowledge about the benefits of eating raw cannabis. A book she self-published, “Eat Raw Cannabis,” comes out this month and includes recipes for juicing and other ways to eat the plant.

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“When the plant is in the early stages the taste tends to be kind of mild, similar to a wheatgrass shot in flavor,” she said. “It’s like grass and green but very tolerable. As the plant starts to flower it gets stronger and spicier and a little harder to drink.”

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When that is the case, or when she doesn’t have enough material to just juice cannabis, Dyer throws in other fruit and vegetables as filler or for extra flavoring.

“I add things like citrus that have really strong flavor. Lemons are amazing and oranges are amazing too. Cilantro and parsley really complement the taste as well.”

Dyer also uses parts of the plant to add flavor to other dishes, such as salads. She has experimented with fermenting cannabis stems and leaves, and says that the fiber the plant provides is fantastic for the digestive system.

“I definitely use the whole plant. In the normal progression of a plant’s life you’re going to take leaves off in the summer anyway and plants actually do really well when you take the leaves off. It stimulates their growth.”

Dyer says eating those leaves and other parts of the cannabis plant stimulates her mood, acts as an anti-inflammatory and relieves her chronic pain.

“After about two weeks on it, it makes me really happy. Not like I’m high but I’m in a really great mood. For my medical conditions, I don’t have migraines. I don’t have hardly any pain. I have scoliosis and the pain that goes along with chronic back pain is minimized.”

Dyer says consuming raw cannabis has also relieved a friend’s rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. While she doesn’t get high from eating the leaves and stems, Dyer does say that she has to reduce how much cannabis she ingests through other methods.

“I would have to cut those way down because they would make me super high.”

Some people have other negative reactions to eating cannabis as well.

“There are lots of different reactions to it, some people don’t do well with that deep chlorophyll and end up running to the toilet with diarrhea. I’d start with a little and ramp it up from there.”

If you decide to try juicing cannabis yourself, Dyer suggests a powerful juicer/processor to cut through stems.

“It’s ideal to have a masticating juicer or one that’s kind of slower because you want to limit the heat,” she said, as heat is known to degrade cannabis. “Or a wheat grass juicer.”

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THE POWER OF POT CAN CANNABIS PUT YOU ON PATH FOR BETTER HEALTH?

By DAN WEBSTER EVERCANNABIS Correspondent

Joe is an ordinary guy. And Joe is a smoker.

He doesn’t want to smoke. He’s read the government statistics that say he’s among nearly 38 million Americans who smoke and that the habit causes some 480,000 deaths a year.

He’s tried to stop, and he’s failed.

But there may be hope, and that hope may come in the form of cannabis.

At least that was a thesis put forth in 2013 by a team of British researchers.

In a study conducted at University College London, the team – part of the university’s Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit – asked participants to use CBD (or cannabidiol) inhalers whenever they felt the urge to smoke.

Cannabidiol, it should be noted, is the major non-psychoactive ingredient of cannabis sativa, the plant from which marijuana is derived.

While trial subjects who were given placebos ended up smoking the same number of cigarettes a week, those treated with CBD reduced their cigarette consumption by 40 percent.

The verdict: According to the researchers, the use of CBD as a “potential treatment for nicotine addiction … warrants further exploration.”

And, of course, that’s the problem. The federal government continues

to list cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug, relegating it to the same category as cocaine and heroin. And because of this, federal monies for cannabis research remain limited.

Yet the situation seems to be changing. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency recently gave the Canadian firm Tilray Inc. approval to import cannabis into the U.S. for drug research. One main research question: to see if cannabis can effectively treat “essential tremor,” a neurological disorder that affects some 4 percent of people over the age of 65.

And that’s only the beginning. According to Bloomberg News, Tilray is running studies to see how well cannabis can be used to treat such ailments as post-traumatic stress disorder, chemotherapy-caused nausea, side effects of certain cancers and Dravet syndrome (described as “a rare form of pediatric epilepsy”).

Catherine Johnson, Tilray’s director of clinical research, told Bloomberg News that the DEA approval shows a belief is growing “that these cannabinoids may be effective at treating a number of diseases that people hadn’t thought of before.”

So much for diseases. But what about personal vices? We’ve already seen evidence that some forms of cannabis can help smokers quit that habit.

What about drinking?

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In 2004 the late Dr. Tod H. Mikuriya, a psychiatrist, cannabis researcher and author, theorized that cannabis use can indeed help those who abuse alcohol. Mikuriya conducted a study that involved 92 cannabis users and, he reported, “All patients reported benefit, indicating that for at least a subset of alcoholics, cannabis use is associated with reduced drinking.”

What about hard drugs, such as those that the federal government lumps cannabis with? Earlier this year the Scripps Research Institute published the results of a preclinical study that involved applying a gel containing CBD once a day to the skin of rats; the results indicated that the treatment reduces the risk of relapse by alcohol and drug addicts.

Studies have shown that CBD can be effective in curbing the urge to overeat. A 2012 study done at the University of Reading in Berkshire, England, showed that rats given some strains of CBD showed less interest in food.

Here’s the caveat in all this: Much about the supposed palliative powers of cannabis, at least in terms of offsetting harmful addictions, is still speculative. Or anecdotal. Preclinical studies in particular typically involve rats, not humans. What’s called for is still more research.

Yet some practitioners are already convinced. The physician Peter Grinspoon stated his point of view in the Jan. 15 edition of the Harvard University Health Blog.

“I often hear complaints from other doctors that there isn’t adequate evidence to recommend medical marijuana,” Grinspoon wrote, “but there is even less scientific evidence for sticking our heads in the sand.”

Or in a cloud of smoke.

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WALL STREET’S SOARING MARIJUANA STOCKS

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By MARLEY JAY Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Reefer Madness has gripped Wall Street.

Investors are craving marijuana stocks as Canada legalizes pot, leading to giant gains for Canadabased companies listed on U.S. exchanges. Billions of dollars have poured into the stocks in the last few months, and investors smell green in the air as they consider the opportunities these companies might have as the marijuana market in Canada grows, along with the possibility that the U.S. and other countries could follow suit.

The value of one company, British Columbiabased Tilray, has jumped tenfold since its initial public offering in late summer. The company had $20 million in sales in 2017, but it’s now worth considerably more than Macy’s or Hasbro. With those huge gains have come extreme swings.

Late September was a trip for Tilray stock: after closing at $154 one day, it opened at $233 a share, soared to $300, and then plunged to $151 before rallying to close at $214. Trading was halted several times because of that volatility.

For some people on Wall Street, it’s bringing back unpleasant memories.

“We just went through this eight months ago with cryptocurrencies,” says investor Ken Mahoney, CEO of New York based Mahoney Asset Management.

He said the investors buying these stocks at their current prices are already betting on enormous successes, but even if legal marijuana takes off, some of the companies will fail.

It’s easy to see why investors are so optimistic.

Coca-Cola has acknowledged it could one day offer cannabis-infused drinks. That came after reports Coke was in talks with Aurora Cannabis about drinks containing cannabidiol, or CBD, a marijuana component that isn’t psychoactive. Aurora stock, which is listed in Canada, surged.

In August, Molson Coors said it will team up with Hydropothecary Corp. to sell marijuana-infused drinks, and Canopy Growth announced a $4 billion investment from Constellation Brands, the company that makes Corona beer.

The stocks jumped when the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at the University of California San Diego said the government will allow it to import capsules containing cannabis compounds from Tilray so the center can study their effectiveness in treating tremors.

“The total global (cannabis) category could reach upwards of $200 billion, as suggested

by Constellation Brands,” said Stifel analyst Christopher Growe.

Canopy Growth has more than doubled in value this year, and another rival trading in the U.S., Cronos Group has jumped 78 percent.

KushCo Holdings has surged 36 percent and GW Pharmaceuticals, which recently received government approval for a cannabis-derived drug used to treat seizures, is up 29 percent.

Growe said the value of the 22 largest marijuana companies trading in Canada has more than doubled since Aug. 15, when the CanopyConstellation deal was announced.

Recreational marijuana became legal across Canada on Oct. 17, and consumable forms of the drug will be legal in 2019. Marijuana remains illegal in the U.S. at the federal level, but it’s legal for recreational use in nine states and Washington, D.C., and for medical use in 31 states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Mahoney said if there is a bubble, larger investors will protect themselves and won’t overinvest in single companies, but smaller investors who see a chance to get rich quickly could suffer painful losses.

“The small investors always end up with the short end of the stick,” he said. “They don’t have the insight, they don’t have the experience.”

Cover: In this July 19, 2018, file photo Brendan Kennedy, CEO and founder of British Columbia-based Tilray Inc., a major Canadian marijuana grower, poses outside the Nasdaq in New York. Investors have been craving marijuana stocks as Canada launches legal sales, leading to giant gains for Canada-based companies listed on U.S. exchanges.

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New Age Beverages Corp. shares tripled in September. Alkaline Water Co.’s stock more than doubled. And IntelGenx Technologies Corp. did that in a single day at the end of that month.

On the surface, the companies may not have much in common -- one makes trendy Kombucha drinks, another pH-balanced water, while the last makes oral films for medications. But their plans in the emerging legal cannabis market has caught investors’ attention.

New Age Beverages owes its recent rally to a fall conference presentation where company executives showed a slide titled “Tested CBD Beverage in CO,” referring to drinks infused with marijuana-derived cannabidiol.

The stock added $14.5 million to its market capitalization that day alone, ending the session at $94.4 million.

The maker of Coco Libre coconut water and Bucha Live Kombucha has since announced plans to debut its portfolio of CBD-infused beverages at a trade show for convenience stores in Las Vegas next month.

As of Sept. 25, Torrance, Californiabased New Age carried a valuation of about $190 million.

And it’s not alone. Here are some of the other companies looking to get in on the green rush. A custom index of the cannabis-related stocks shows them outperforming the ETFMG Alternative Harvest exchange-traded fund, as well as the S&P 500, since the start of the year.

ADVANTIS The over-the-counter packaging company gained 22 percent on an agreement to package cannabisinfused gummy edibles. The Jacksonville, Florida-based company said the candies “will be the first of several edibles to be packaged by Advantis.”

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MENTION LUATIONS ALKALINE WATER Investors in this high-alkaline bottled-water manufacturer have seen their fortunes grow by 72 percent since the company announced that new products coming to market soon will include a hemp-derived CBD-infused Alkaline88 water.

COCA-COLA CO. Even mega-cap Coca-Cola can’t ignore this hot industry. The Atlantabased soft-drink maker said it’s monitoring the cannabis industry and is interested in CBD-infused drinks. The move follows alcohol maker Constellation Brands’ multibillion dollar investment in Canopy Growth.

CORBUS PHARMACEUTICALS The biotech stock saw a 54 percent spike on September 20 after saying it licenses about 600 compounds that target the same system in the human body that marijuana affects -- even though its products are derived from synthetics and not the cannabis plant itself.

INTREXON Shares in Intrexon Corp., the Zikadrugmaker and genetic engineer of salmon, surged 32 percent Monday after announcing it had engineered a yeast strain to extract “low-cost, robust and consistent” cannabinoids for medical use.

INTELGENX TECHNOLOGIES The maker of VersaFilm -- a medication delivery product that dissolves in a patient’s mouth -- has a non-binding letter of intent with pot provider Tilray to develop cannabis-based uses. The stock more than doubled on the announcement.

SHOPIFY The e-commerce platform is becoming the website provider of choice for Canada’s pot rollout after signing deals with several provinces and companies, including Aurora Cannabis, to host sales channels.

POT STOCKS: SHOULD YOU INVEST?

By LINDA BALL EVERCANNABIS Correspondent With recreational marijuana now legal in Canada, along with the growing popularity of the nonpsychoactive CBD strains, investors in the United States and Canada are taking a hard look at cannabis stocks.

But while these are fun to talk about, adding them to your own portfolio might be tricky because cannabis is still illegal under federal law. This ban doesn’t just apply to actual trafficking in the various products and paraphernalia, but investing in companies that grow and sell the stuff.

You will be hard pressed to get any of the major investment firms such as Wells Fargo or Merrill Lynch to talk to you or advise you about the pros and cons of investing in cannabis stocks, since many of them have their own internal rules prohibiting them from dealing with companies involved in possible illegal activity.

However, a private individual who is a Registered Investment Advisor may be able to help you with your purchase.

The larger cannabis companies that have gone public are mostly based in Canada, but some do have a presence on U.S. markets and exchanges.

Constellation Brands, Inc., a Fortune 500 company based in Victor, New York, has more than 400 brands including Corona beer, Robert Mondavi, Clos du Bois, Pacifico and Black Velvet Canadian Whiskey.

Constellation Brands has also invested approximately $4 billion into Canadian marijuana grower Canopy Growth Corp. (CGC), which is setting itself up to be a big player in cannabisinfused beverages.

According to Dow Jones, three big beer companies, Constellation, Heineken and Molson Brewing Co., have all developed plans for cannabisinfused beverages.

In August Molson Coors announced it will be teaming up with Hydropothecary Corp. to sell cannabis infused drinks including non-alcoholic beverages.

Heineken’s Lagunitas brand has launched a cannabis-laced hop flavored sparkling water in California.

American investors are warming to Constellation Brands. Its fiscal second-quarter adjusted earnings jumped 16 percent, aided by a 10 percent increase in net sales.

Canopy Growth has more than doubled its value since the beginning of the year, and another cannabis stock that is trading in the U.S., Cronos Group (CRON), has jumped 78 percent.

The Motley Fool said that Cronos is active in several international medical marijuana markets and is the exclusive distributor for German pharmaceutical distributor Pohl-Boskamp.

Similar to the Canopy arrangement, an investor in the U.S. can get into the Cronos market by purchasing stock in Pohl-Boskamp. Cronos has also signed a supply agreement with Delfarma to serve the medical cannabis market in Poland.

Additionally, Cronos has formed a joint venture to supply medical cannabis in Australia as well as another joint venture to serve Latin America.

Cronos has secured supply agreements with British Columbia and Ontario, the two most populated Canadian provinces, for the recreational market in Canada.

Additionally, Cronos has accepted supplier terms with Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

Cronos also penned a joint venture to launch retail cannabis stores with MedMen Enterprises, the largest U.S. cannabis retailer.

In October the U.S. DEA announced that it has moved some drugs with CBDs to schedule V according to Yahoo Finance. This says the U.S. government now believes that CBDs have a lower potential for abuse, which can someday open the door for pharmaceutical companies with marketready cannabinoid products.

The smaller Village Farms (VFFIF), a produce company in Canada, formed a joint venture with Pure Sunfarms which is busy retrofitting Village Farms’ greenhouses to grow cannabis rather than produce. Per the Motley Fool Pure Sunfarms expects to grow 7,000 to 8,000 kilograms this year, and thinks its annual production will jump to as much as 52,000 kilograms by the end of 2019. It doesn’t appear that these two stocks can be traded in the U.S. yet.

Whatever you decide to invest in, keep in mind that there is always risk in new markets, so choose carefully.

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The pointy leaf on the sign is red, not green. Workers greet customers at the door with computer tablets to assist and take orders. Front-row parking spots are designated for “Elders only.”

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The shop is in Quil Ceda Village, a popular shopping area that includes Walmart, Cabela’s, The Home Depot, Seattle Premium Outlets and the Tulalip Resort Casino.

The flagship store north of Everett is owned by the Tulalip Tribes, a sovereign nation with its own governing body and laws. Out of 497 licensed cannabis stores, this is the sixth to open on tribal land.

More than half of the village’s hundreds of thousands of tourists are Canadian, said Les Parks, an elected member of the Tulalip Tribe’s Board of Directors. This is part of the reason for the red leaf, which was initially supposed to represent gathering around a fire.

Sleek and modern, it boasts glass display cases like a jewelry store.

An artsy Pacific Northwest mural encircles the room.

“When they see that, they are thinking maple leaf. ‘Here’s a Canadian restaurant.

Let’s get something to eat,’” Parks said.

“They come in and find out what it is and they walk out the door giggling.”

“Oh, man. It’s impressive,” said Randy Ervin, a Tulalip resident who came for sativa concentrate at the opening in August.

The Tulalip Tribes waited four years after recreational cannabis stores opened in Washington to partake in the retail action. The tribes and the state have a compact, a negotiated agreement that spells out mutual guidelines for dispensing cannabis products.

The tribes invested in the latest technology for merchandising and security. There are 62 cameras, with plans to add more.

The windows are stylishly boarded with polished wood as a design accent.

Cannabis on the reservation was once a dream for Parks, a longtime tribal leader who became the driving force for this initiative.

Ramie Faust, left, is assisted by Jeni Birmingham at Tulalip Remedy, a retailer opened by the Tulalip Tribes.

Photo by Kevin Clark / The Herald

The tribes also are funding research at Stanford University to study the medicinal attributes of marijuana.

There are 51 cannabis retailers in Snohomish County. Before Tulalip Remedy, Tulalip members had to leave the reservation for their cannabis needs, which meant Everett, Arlington or Lake Stevens. Marysville has banned sales.

Not all members were excited.

“They said this tribe will never get into the marijuana business,” Parks said.

Washington has 29 tribes not bound by state restrictions. In 2015 the first tribal cannabis compact was signed by the Suquamish. The Puyallup Tribe has a testing lab and a store. In July, the Muckelshoots opened Joint Rivers in Auburn with the state’s first retail drive-thru window, which Parks said will be coming soon.

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Barcodes and Radio Frequency Identification Device tags are on every item to track sales.

“It allows the tribes to be assured that we have 100 percent control of our inventory at all times,” said Doug Boon, store manager. “It gives us more consumer intelligence for patrons who come here and allows us to build better points of sale for them.”

The Tulalips Tribes also has established its own regulatory body, the Tribal Cannabis Agency, to monitor itself. This is the first tribe to create this type of agency.

THE CURE Parks dispels the old stereotypes of ‘reefer madness.’ “Our customers are not Cheech and Chong,” he said. “The old theory that cannabis is the gateway to addiction is outdated. That’s Nixon theory.”

He and others believe the plant could possibly offer the cure for more serious addictions, such as opioids.

Crystal Puckett looks over the cannabis products at Tulalip Remedy.

Photo by Kevin Clark / The Herald

Tribal stores are required to tax the same percentage as what others stores pay to the state, 37 percent. But that amount is retained by the tribes instead of city and state coffers.

“A percentage of the profits is going to addiction and problems on the reservation,” such as homelessness and mental health, Parks said.

There are nearly 5,000 members of the tribes. About half live on the 22,000acre reservation north of Everett and west of Marysville.

Many of Tulalip Remedy’s 62 employees are tribal members. All underwent extensive training. Service is personal and concierge style, using the Apple store model.

“We’ve taken the traditional budtender away from the counter and put them on the retail floor. We’ve given them hand-held units so they can walk up to each person and engage them where they are in their cannabis journey,” said Jonathan Teeters, assistant manager. “Whether you’re a firsttime customer or never used cannabis or you’re a pro.”

Tribes are sponsoring research at Stanford’s Barron Lab, performed by bioengineering professor Annelise Barron. “This is exciting because it is still difficult to obtain federal funding to study for the benefits of cannabis,” said Barron, who got her undergraduate degree in 1990 at the University of Washington and also earned post-doctoral degrees. “We’re doing a rat study to determine the efficacy of cannabinoids to treat opioid addictions.”

Another research project focuses on its use for Alzheimer’s disease.

Already, CBD, a non-psychoactive cannabinoid isolated from the cannabis plant, is in products targeted for issues such as pain and insomnia. CBDs don’t contain the THC that gets users high. But that euphoria is why many shop here.

Parks expects Tulalip Remedy to reap a bundle. “Twenty million a year in sales is not out of the question,” he said. “If you’re earning $20 million in revenues, that’s $10 million in profit.”

Still, pot has nothing on gaming. “By gaming standards, pot is not a big revenue-producing impact to tribes, but it is an impact. And every little impact is a positive to each tribe’s membership,” Parks said.

Tulalip Remedy is managed and overseen by the Tulalip Economic Development Corporation. The store is just the start for the new tribal organization geared toward business.

Budtenders wear red and carry tablets that explain the menu. Behind the counter, cashiers in green ring up orders. Managers don black shirts.

In Washington, there are three separate license tiers: producer, processor and retailer. State law prohibits people from doing all three.

After paying with cash, customers get a ticket number for orders, which are quickly filled in the back, then placed in a small, protected window.

But state law does not govern sovereign nations like tribes.

Shoppers can also order ahead online and their order will be ready when they arrive.

There’s a Remedy rewards program for specials and discounts. Sign up and get a text for 10 percent off.

“We can do all three. Our compact allows it,” Parks said.

He envisions a grow operation, a testing lab and a processing facility to supply this store and possibly more to come.

“We are going to get there. It’s not a question of if, it’s when.”

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CANNABIS NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

SEATTLE TO TOSS OUT POT CONVICTIONS

COMMISSIONERS REJECT FEE PROPOSAL

QUESTIONS ABOUT BAINBRIDGE LICENSE

MYSTERY PLANT TOPS AT FAIR

SEATTLE – More than 500 convictions for non-felony marijuana possession are expected to be dismissed this month.

Mayor Jenny Durkan and City Attorney Pete Holmes began the process earlier this year of vacating the convictions of people convicted of pot possession between 1996 and 2010 in city limits.

All seven Seattle municipal court judges agreed with the plan, which Durkan said will provide people with a clean slate for loan or rental applications, and remove barriers to opportunities which the convictions created.

“For too many who call Seattle home, a misdemeanor marijuana conviction or charge has created barriers to opportunity - good jobs, housing, loans and education,” she said.

The judges also said the convictions targeted people of color. Of the 546 cases, 46 percent were African-American, which was a higher percentage than the city’s population, about 7 percent AfricanAmerican.

In order to have a conviction vacated, the defendant must receive a notice from the city which will provide the opportunity to learn more, object or ask for an individual finding. Convictions will be automatically vacated for people who don’t respond.

The city hopes it will encourage other communities to also vacate convictions. Manhattan recently dismissed about 3,000 marijuana cases and convictions.

YAKIMA – County commissioners

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND – The last active Liquor and Cannabis Board license in Kitsap County remains stuck in legal limbo.

The state LCB originally allocated two retail licenses to the City of Bainbridge Island when it began the distribution process statewide. The first went to Paper and Leaf, which opened in 2015 in an industrial park on Day Road — the only spot on the island approved for marijuana businesses.

The state licensed a second retailer called Cannabis Super Store on Eagle Harbor Drive, but that address falls outside the small area the city has zoned for marijuana businesses.

License holder Gene Morgan said there’s no space available within the approved zone on Day Road.

For now, he’s sitting on a license he can’t use.

“The city isn’t getting any tax dollars, we’re not getting any revenue,” said Morgan, who also owns a store in Cle Elum. “They need to loosen things up.”

The Bainbridge City Council has not had any recent discussion about expanding zoning for marijuana businesses, city spokeswoman Kristen Drew confirmed.

Kitsap County has been allocated 20 licenses. The 20th was activated at the end of summer for a new shop in Bremerton.

COLVILLE – Officials at the North

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refused a proposal to allow cannabis businesses to operate in unincorporated areas if they purchase a $20,000 permit.

Jamie Muffett, owner of Sticky Budz, suggested an annual fee as a way for his business and 27 others to stay open, following the county’s announced intention to shut down all retailers and growers.

“We inject more than $2 million into Yakima County every year — why would you want to ruin this?” Muffett said. “Why would you want to throw this away?”

Cannabis operations are still permitted in cities such as Union Gap and Yakima. But 28 businesses in unincorporated areas fall under the ban on recreational cannabis activity.

Medical dispensaries and farms were originally allowed, but when the state merged medical and recreational systems two years ago, all growers and retailers were classified as recreational.

A county advisory vote last fall indicated that about 60 percent of county residents supported a ban.

Washington law also allows local governments to restrict cannabis businesses, even if state licenses have been issued.

Commissioner Mike Leita said the prospect of extra annual revenue, potentially $560,000 if all businesses comply, doesn’t change his view.

“This isn’t about money; this is about democracy and the voters have spoken about their position on marijuana,” he said.

East Washington Fair were trying to figure out how a cannabis plant was not only able to be part of the flower exhibit but receive a blue ribbon.

While not every fair visitor in late August likely noticed the bushy green plant with the pointy leaves and the label that said “flowering bush,” flower booth superintendent Shelley Ericksen said she heard at least one complaint.

The plant also received an unofficial blue ribbon during the judging.

Fair director Lori Matlock said the bush had not been approved for entry and also had not been approved to be put on display.

Stevens County Commissioner Wes McCart ordered the fair staff to remove the plant.

As legal cannabis becomes more popular, some fairs have added a cannabis category in their agriculture areas due to increased legalization in different states.

In 2016, the Oregon State Fair began inviting growers to show off their skills in a cannabis plant category. Each entry’s quality and appearance was judged by a panel of expert farmers. The exhibit was held in a separate greenhouse than the other vegetables, and included security staff to check IDs.

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CANNABIS NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

DC COPS NO LONGER ARREST PUBLIC PARTAKERS

COURT ALLOWS STUDENT TO BRING MARIJUANA

Being caught using marijuana in public here will now result in a citation, not an arrest.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Police Chief Peter Newsham announced a new policy in September, which they hope will improve relations, better deploy resources, and allow officers to focus on solving or preventing larger crimes.

Law enforcement in D.C. has received criticisms of targeting people of color more than other races, including for cannabis possession.

“We cherish the trust we have built between residents and the police, reduce the number of people taken into custody and better focus our efforts and resources on building a safer, stronger D.C.,” Bowser said.

Those given citations are required to visit a police station within 15 days and either challenge the matter in court or pay a $25 fine.

There are still circumstances where marijuana use can result in an arrest, including outstanding warrants, committing other crimes, juvenile offenders, or if the person’s identity can’t be established. Officers can arrest someone if they believe he or she wouldn’t respond to a citation.

Washington D.C. voters approved the legalization of cannabis for private use five years ago, but public use has always remained illegal.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – A state

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administrative judge ruled that a kindergarten student can use a cannabis-based drug to school to treat her seizures.

Brooke Adams, 5, suffers from a rare form of epilepsy. She requires a nurse to attend school with her and has special ointment for emergencies, which reduces the length and intensity of seizures.

However, the Rincon Valley School District told her family that the ointment wasn’t allowed on campus because it contained an active ingredient in marijuana, so the school would be in violation of state and federal drug laws.

Her family sued the school district, and a judge in the state’s Administrative Hearings Special Education Division allowed her to begin school in August but wanted more time to hear legal arguments.

The order became permanent in late September, to the delight of Adams’ family.

“I was so overwhelmed with emotion and joy that we don’t have to fight anymore after a battle of over two years,” said Jana Adams, Brook’s mother. “She can just go to school like any other child and we don’t have to keep pushing to get what she needs.”

District officials said they appreciated the legal guidance.

LOUISIANA ALLOWS MORE PATIENTS

CBD WATER AVAILABLE IN NORTHWEST

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When the state’s legal medical marijuana system was created, participating physicians could only recommend cannabis to 100 patients total.

This cap, which has caused a backlog in patients seeking relief, was recently removed by the Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners.

The board also removed a rule that required patients to see a doctor every 90 days to renew their medical authorization.

Patients and physicians shared that they understood that the board wanted to be cautious when developing new rules, but it limited access.

Dr. Victor Chou said he reached his 100-patient limit two weeks after receiving a license to provide recommendations. He now has 700 patients on a waiting list.

Patient advocate Jacob Irving said current rules make it difficult for people who can benefit from cannabis for health conditions, especially those seeking alternatives to opioids.

The board based the 100-patient cap on similar regulations for Suboxone, used to treat opiod addiction.

There are currently 47 physicians authorized to recommend medical marijuana, which means that only 4,700 patients could legally access it for 16 medical conditions. A recent study of chronic pain, one of the 16 conditions, said that 105,000 residents could benefit from improved access.

AMITY, Ore. – The first commercially available water containing CBD is now being distributed through Oregon and Washington.

Xanthic CBD Water is produced by a Pepsi independent bottler and distributed by a network of independent Pepsi distributors.

CBD is a natural compound in cannabis plants that’s considered to provide pain relief but not the “high” that comes from THC. Although federal laws are strict on many cannabis products, there are exemptions for items with small amounts of CBD. Xanthic officials say their beverage contains CBD from “natural sources other than cannabis,” which allows it be sold outside of licensed cannabis retailers.

Other beverage companies are currently looking into CBD options or creating partnerships with Canadian cannabis growers. For instance, Constellation Brands, which makes Corona and Modelo beer, made an investment in Canopy Growth, a public Canadian company.

Xanthic Beverages was formed in January 2018. It has created a partnership with Xanthic Biopharm in Canada.

“Some of the largest companies in the world in their respective categories have come to Oregon looking for ways to cash in on the cannabinoid opportunity,” said cofounder Ryan Stroud.

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crack down on edible candies

Tylar Salee, an employee at GrowOp Farms in Spokane, practices placing the correct amount of liquid on each piece of candy. These types of edibles could be affected by the state re-clarifying rules on certain candies.

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By KIP HILL The Spokesman-Review

Spokane marijuana industry professionals and advocates are reacting to a recent announcement from Washington’s Liquor and Cannabis Board that proposes to ban certain types of edibles as early as next year.

At its regular board meeting in October, the LCB announced that it would re-evaluate edible products that had previously been approved for sale, over concerns that some are overly enticing to kids.

This includes hard and “gummy” candies, including fruit chews, which likely won’t be allowed when new enforcement takes effect Jan. 1.

“Some products that are on the marketplace now had been approved at some point by us,” said Brian Smith, a spokesman for the Liquor and Cannabis Board.

“They look a lot different on the shelves, and we had some complaints about it.”

Ending such sales would bite into a relatively small portion of marijuana sales statewide. The board reported that 9 percent of pot sales in Washington (which totaled nearly $1.4 billion statewide in 2017) are edible products, and the types of candy targeted by the board make up only a portion of those sales.

But the products do provide one of only a few potentially lucrative revenue streams to an industry that is flush with weed, said Chris Marr, a former state legislator and board member who now consults with businesses in the fledgling industry.

Others have made major investments in their processing plants that allow them to produce candies, among other edible products that won’t necessarily be subject to stricter standards.

Rob McKinley, co-founder and chief executive of Grow Op Farms, upgraded the kitchen in his Spokane

Valley processing plant to produce candied edibles.

McKinley said rules would likely eliminate some of his most profitable products, but it’ll hurt smaller operations even more.

“It doesn’t really affect us as much, even if we have to get rid of some products,” McKinley said. “But some of the smaller processors, they don’t have any other business.”

The main hit will be in packaging, McKinley said.

Grow Op has already ordered a substantial amount of packaging for future candy products that will have to be disposed of or sold if the rule goes through.

Individual sellers will be able to appeal a ruling that their product can no longer be sold for being “especially appealing to children.” The rule has actually been on the books for the past five years, but regulators acknowledged last week they’d approved products that shouldn’t have been on the shelf in the first place.

Kevin Oliver, executive director of the Washington chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, said the sudden nature of the announcement, and the targeting specifically of candy and not other products that would also appeal to children, made the liquor board’s actions suspect.

Smith acknowledged that the board had received some complaints from legal businesses. The agency sent out a follow-up notification clarifying that not all edibles would be targeted for removal from store shelves, and that no rules were changing on Jan. 1, just enforcement of existing rules.

The LCB also postponed any action for a month to hear from more stakeholders and the public, and even said it would consider alternative suggestions.

This pause was partly due to concern from industry

groups including the Cannabis Alliance, the Cannabis Organization of Retail Establishments and the Washington CannaBusiness Association.

Mr. Wholesale, a processor on the West Plains, has been selling its Chill Pillz hard candies for the past four years, said Branden Perina, senior extractor for the business.

Mr. Wholesale could shift to other types of edible products, including cookies and baked goods that could pass inspection if they don’t include frosting or other decorations appealing to children. But Perina said those products don’t have the same consistency as hard candies.

“You might have a batch of 200 cookies, depending on which cookie you got tested, you’d have different potency,” he said. “With gummies, they’re far more consistent.”

The loss of a candy market may mean less for the state’s eastern side than western Washington, where marijuana tourism has taken off in a bigger way than in Spokane, said Ryan Burks, a manager at the Cannabis & Glass dispensary location on Francis Avenue.

But edibles are a popular choice among a certain section of the market: medical patients, who don’t want to smoke the product, said Oliver.

“They don’t smoke weed; they eat a couple pieces of chocolate and then they’re happy,” said Oliver.

He also said, through work with NORML and other industry advocacy organizations, that he’s heard the rule changes will significantly affect female-owned businesses in the state specializing in the candy market.

Existing candy products violating the state’s “especially appealing to children” rule may be sold through April 3, but will be prohibited afterward.

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3 packages yeast

1/4 cup warm water 4 eggs, slightly beaten 1/2 cup butter 1/3 cup honey 2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon almond extract 10-11 cups our 1 tablespoon cinnamon

Peel and chop pears. In a saucepan add ½ cup water and ½ cup sugar and put in your pears.

Simmer, uncovered for 10-12 minutes or until pears are tender. Drain well, reserving the liquid. Add water to liquid if needed so it will measure out to 1 cup, then set aside.

In a mixing bowl dissolve yeast in warm water.

Add 1 teaspoon sugar and let stand 10 minutes. Add in eggs, butter, honey, almond extract, salt, 4 cups our, pears and liquid. Beat until smooth.

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I love bread so many different ways with so many different toppings, swirl bread especially! If you have some or make some, don’t just save it for a special occasion or a holiday, eat it now! It is savory, sweet and beyond delicious.

Strawberry Cannabutter 1 cup cannabutter (sidebar) 10 strawberries 1/2 cup powdered sugar Combine ingredients in a blender and beat until smooth and creamy. It’s best served at room temperature but can be stored in the refrigerator. Set aside until ready to eat/ serve.

Add enough our to form a soft dough ball. Put onto oured counter or board and knead until smooth. Add more our as needed. Place in a large greased bowl and let rise until doubled in size, about an hour.

Punch dough down and divide into thirds. Roll each portion into a 16 x 8 inch rectangle. Combine cinnamon and ž cup sugar. Sprinkle over each rectangle up until within ½ inch of edges. Roll up jelly roll style starting with the short side. Pinch seams to seal. Finish all rolls. Place seam side down in greased bread pan. Cover with towel or plastic wrap and let rise for about 45 minutes or until doubled. Remove wrap.

Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Cover loosely with foil and bake 15-20 minutes longer.

Remove and place on wire racks to cool. Spread infused strawberry butter over top. Or slice, toast and cover each piece with jam.

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HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN CANNABUTTER í˘ą Preheat oven to 240 degrees. Spread marijuana plant material in a single layer on a baking sheet with sides. Bake for 40 minutes, turning the sheet a couple of times to ensure even heat. The cannabis will become dry and crumbly.

í˘˛ Boil 1 quart of water in a medium saucepan.

When water is boiling place butter in the pan and melt completely. I use 4 sticks of butter to every ounce of marijuana.

í˘ł Once the butter has melted add the marijuana.

(If you want to vary the amount, be sure that the marijuana is always oating about 1 1/2 – 2 inches from the bottom.) Simmer for about three hours. It’s done when the top of the mix turns from really watery to glossy and thick. Place in heatproof bowl, with a double layer of cheesecloth over the top, secured with elastic, string or tape.

í˘´ Strain the marijuana butter over the bowl. When the saucepan is empty, undo the string, pick up the cheesecloth from all four sides and squeeze out remaining butter.

í˘ľ Allow cannabutter to cool for about an hour. Place in the fridge until the butter has risen to the top layer and is solid.

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