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8 Canna Biz — Help Wanted, How to Land Jobs in Cannabis

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12 Industry News — What is The Future for Missouri’s Cannabis Industry?

14 Special Committee Suggests Kansas Move Forward with Medical Cannabis 16 Ask Leah —

How Do I Set Up My Medical Marijuana Home Grow?

18 Research 101 — Cannabis vs Cancer, Study Proved the Opposite of Nixon’s Wishes!

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20 Canna Regulations — Up In Smoke, When Owners of Cannabis Assets Pass Away 22 Patient Advocates — Then and Now, as Dispensaries Open Their Doors in Missouri 24 Canna Convict Project — Patient Access Advocate, The Charles White Story

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26 Education & Industry News — Vigilance for Employee Rights in 2020 28 Home Grown — Lighting it Up, Lighting Options for Growing at Home 30 Seed to Sale — An Introduction to Patient-Focused Breeding 34 CBD & THC Recipes — Celebrate 2020 Cooking With Our Legal Cannabis 38 What’s Legal News — Missouri Medical Marijuana Patients Still Being Arrested 40 Been There, Done That, Tips for Missouri’s New Cannabis Entrepreneurs

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42 Health & Wellness — A New Year’s Resolution You Can Stick With 44

Canna Biz Entrepreneurs — Building a Secure Cannabis Transport Vehicle

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28 How To — Light Up Home Grows

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he Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) Section for Medical Marijuana Regulation announced in early December that it would begin issuing medical marijuana facility licenses before the end of 2019. As mention in its news release, it wanted to give all potential applicants enough notice of when to expect notification of application determinations, further stating the dates are tentative for all license issuance facility types.

DHSS announced Medical marijuana facility license issuance is expected to (approximately) occur on the following schedule: ● Testing facilities: December 19, 2019 ● Transportation facilities: December 23, 2019 ● Cultivation facilities: December 26, 2019 ● Infused Products Manufacturing facilities: January 10, 2020 ● Dispensary facilities: January 24, 2020 ● Seed to Sale: January 31, 2020

The DHSS further stated that per Article XIV, the Department would continue to receive and process applications for Transportation and Seed to Sale indefinitely.

The DHSS will announce license issuance via press release and on its website, and it will also notify licensees of their application approval via email to at least two individuals identified in the application, including the applicant’s listed primary contact.

According to DHSS rules, each facility application must be approved or denied within 150 days of the date on which the application was considered complete. Due to the timing of complete application submittals, the Department will meet this requirement for over 99.99% of the applicant pool.

“The high level of interest from patients and facility applicants has presented unique challenges for our team as they have implemented the constitutional amendment which will make medical marijuana available to qualified patients in Missouri,” said Dr. Randall Williams, director of DHSS Section for Medical Marijuana Regulation. “I am pleased to report that we have been true to our goal of keeping patients first by moving the program forward as efficiently as possible.”

It’s possible consumers/patients will be able to visit a dispensary

by May or June 2020. While there could be some opening sooner, remember, it is a plant, which begins with a seed that needs time to grow. Home growers, however, have been growing for several months now and are inching closer to cutting their first harvest or have already done so.

The Evolution Magazine wants to be one of the first to congratulate the new business license winners. We encourage you to contact us quickly regarding your free business listing within this magazine and the possibility of profiling your business to let our readers know what you offer Missouri Medicinal Cannabis Patients. Please email Bill.C@TheEvolutionMag.com with your complete business name and contact information. Please don’t delay, to make the next issue — time is of the essence.

Wishing Everyone a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year.

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO LAND JOBS IN CANNABIS

by Bethanie White, Contributing Writers

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he MoCann Trade’s Job Fair in November was the first time that I saw in person the human impact that the cannabis industry has had on the state of Missouri since medical use was legalized more than a year ago. I’ve seen the patient numbers continue to tick upward in weekly email reports. While this is great news, it is only numbers on a computer screen. It doesn’t have the same impact as witnessing almost a hundred applicants from the Kansas City area crowded in a hallway for their chance to speak to people looking to fill new jobs in the cannabis industry.

Nearly everyone looking to enter this industry possesses a passion for the cannabis plant. A person’s background and experience vary from candidate to candidate, yet the love of cannabis is always present. However, in an industry where the patient is the priority, employers are looking for more from an applicant.

Cannabis employees are under constant monitoring, and inspections required by the state.

Maintaining compliance, safety, and data are key employment attributes. Each plant is tracked from seed-to-sale. During this

time, the plant is carefully grown, manufactured, and tested to ensure that it is safe and effective for the patient. Because of this, cleanliness and attention to detail are vital for every job in the cannabis industry.

With internal job openings including cultivation, manufacturing, extraction, testing, and dispensary positions, and outside contractors needed in construction, design, marketing, and security; inexperienced applicants should not be deterred. In a state where the industry didn’t exist that long ago, finding a candidate with actual medical marijuana experience is rare. Many positions need to be filled, and there are many qualities one can bring to the table to set them apart from other candidates. To apply for a job today, it isn’t necessary to have had direct medical marijuana experience. Below are some attributes, by role, that would be useful to a prospective employer.

Cultivation operations experience (growing, trimming): • Horticulture • Agriculture, Botany or plant pathology • Knowledge of modern cultivation systems.

• Customer service, sales, marketing Manufacturing experience: • Food-service or commercial kitchen experience.

• Kitchen management.

Extraction laboratory experience: • Chemistry • Life sciences and biology • Mechanically inclined

Bethanie White is a marketing professional in Kansas City, MO. White has more than five years of experience working in medical and adult-use cannabis marketing for dispensaries in Denver, CO. With more than ten years of marketing experience, White currently is the Director of Marketing for Clovr. Clovr is a vertically integrated medical marijuana license hopeful located in Kansas City.Learn more at www.ClovrCannabis.com.

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Testing facility experience: • Chemistry • Commercial lab experience

Dispensary experience (receptionist, budtender, manager): • Nursing and Medical office • Compliance and Social work • Reception • Customer service, sales, marketing • Retail and inventory control

Working in a dispensary is more of an entry-level job, but it is patient-facing, so it is also one of the most important jobs in the industry. Having patience, a friendly demeanor, and having the ability to navigate through consumption methods, terpene profiles, strain information, and specific patient effects is vital. This is where the passion for cannabis is an important addition to any experience listed above.

Working in the cannabis industry isn’t as easy as walking in and filling out an application or submitting a resume as one would in another industry. Each employee working in cultivation, manufacturing, retail, or testing must submit their fingerprints for a background check conducted by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. One must also obtain an agent identification card containing a unique number before they can begin working in a licensed facility. These are valid for three years, and it isn’t necessary to obtain a card before receiving a job offer.

To apply for the agent identification card, the following is required: • Name, address, and social security number.

• A statement confirming you’ve submitted your fingerprints within the last six (6) months.

• Any fees required. The Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS): has stated that this will be $75 upon application and a $75 renewal fee yearly.

• A copy of a written offer of employment from a licensed or certified facility.

With great power comes great responsibility, and as an employee of a medical marijuana facility, you hold the power to reduce someone’s seizures, ease their pain, and even allow someone to get up and play with their grandkids. That is something not taken lightly by any license holder and an opportunity not given to just anyone.

Note: More information regarding employment opportunities can be found on page 46 and a www.TheEvolutionMagazine.com.

Watch for future issues and job posts as well.

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by Chris Dalton, Contributing Writer

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mendment 2, also known as Article 14 of the Missouri Constitution, provides qualified patients the ability to use cannabis for specified medical reasons and allows these patients the ability to grow their own medicinal cannabis.

However, as currently written, Amendment 2 does not allow small (cannabis) businesses in Missouri to thrive for a variety of reasons.

The required capital expenditures thrust on these new organizations have discouraged small business owners from entering the cannabis market, while attracting many large corporate interests, often from other states.

These out-of-state organizations often are the exclusive entities that have the capital and resources to enter the commercial cannabis market in Missouri. I thought Missourians were supposed to have the first opportunities in this emerging market, but that does not appear to be the case.

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is now apparently probing Missouri’s new medical cannabis program and many of the companies that applied to participate. It makes me wonder, “Are we getting what we signed up for”?

The stakes set forth by Missouri have been made so incredibly high that it has attracted greedy players, and it’s now expressing itself in obviously nefarious ways throughout the Missouri cannabis program. Is this really what we’re being given after volunteering time collecting signatures and donating money, and making now unfilled promises to the people of Missouri? With the looming threat of FBI investigations and potential future criminal or civil lawsuits, some doubt if the program will roll-out on its published timeline. If this is what we were really working toward, I’m feeling a bit betrayed, and it seems the patients wrapped up in this scheme have become pawns.

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have now submitted a new proposal (to be added to the November 2020 ballot) to the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office that will move Missouri into the “Adult-Use/ Recreational” market. While most of us agree that allowing for the recreational use of cannabis in the State of Missouri by adults is ultimately what Missouri needs to do, this Constitutional Amendment would further limit commercial participation in all areas of this market, including cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and sales.

A Group of Multi-State Corporations Are Trying to Corner The Market and Trick The Local Cannabis Community Into Going Along With Their Scheme.

To me, this potential move feels awfully similar to Brad Bradshaw’s unethical, antismall business, and ultimately failed previous campaigns. An extremely limited group of participants made up of large multi-state corporations are trying with renewed vigor to corner this market and trick the local cannabis community into going along with their scheme. Why wouldn’t they try — it is expected to mature into a $480 million per year market. This unjust scheme will offer legal (albeit likely poor quality) retail cannabis to all adults, monopolize the opportunities, then move those retail dollars out of the state to distribute among shareholders and other interests who have no connection, concern, or benefit to Missouri and its residents.

Let’s not become blinded by this blatant attempt to confuse Missourians into thinking that freely buying legal cannabis in this state is the same thing as freely buying legal cannabis grown, manufactured, distributed, and sold in ways that promote fair businesses practices.

In fact, it’s only through these fair practices

do we achieve a healthy level of competition in the market, which in turn positively affects quality, availability, and fair access.

Historical comparisons can be seen in the social media marketplace (Facebook and its current monopolistic power), computer hardware and software (Microsoft’s manipulation of the computer market in the 1980s and 90s), the commercial airline industry in the 1960s and 70s ending in deregulation in 1978, the telecommunications industry from the late 1930s to present, and countless more.

Time and time again, when the law is shifted to promote and benefit only those with the most, and degrade and disadvantage those with the least, competition stalls, innovation all but ceases to exist, quality fails, and the inherent benefits to the consumer (including but not limited to price) end. It is no different with the legal cannabis market. It’s clear to me, without significant change, a bleak future exists for the Missouri cannabis industry.

Why settle for this ineffective, unfair, and poorly designed system? Missouri, we can do better than this! Let’s come together and write an Amendment for Missouri that actually benefits the consumers. Let’s write an Amendment for Missouri that promotes fair business practices, encourages small-business participation, and subsequently engages and empowers Women-Owned and MinorityOwned businesses. Let’s write an Amendment for Missouri that embraces and encourages individuals previously incarcerated for cannabis-related offenses to participate in the market. Let’s write an Amendment for Missouri that won’t benefit out-ofstate corporations that will take and spend Missouri’s money in Colorado, California, and Oregon. Let’s write, support, and vote for an Amendment that will make Missouri the standard and not an embarrassment for the Missouri cannabis industry.

Chris Dalton is a store manager at Happy Rock Farms (Kansas City, MO), and serves on the board for MCIA and NORML. Dalton has been known for decades as a leading Missouri cannabis industry advocate.

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Special Committee Suggests Kansas Move Forward with Medical Cannabis

by Lisa Ash Sublett, Bleeding Kansas Advocates

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n October 30th, the Special Committee on Federal and State Affairs met to discuss the possible public impact of a state medical cannabis program and policy recommendations. The special committee recommended that the state move forward with establishing a state medical cannabis program, then further recommended potential regulations.

There have been more than a dozen cannabis-related bills put forward since 2006. This recommendation was a HUGE step forward for Kansas. Even though these recommendations are not binding to the overall legislature, it does carry weight with the other lawmakers. The belief among many capitol insiders is that this topic will be up for discussion right out of the gate when the new session of the Kansas legislature begins in early January. While some lawmakers may still be stuck on issues like FDA approval and state’s rights versus federal law, most were asking questions about how to best implement a state program and even asking about how to protect patients from overpricing and rights violations.

There has been a lot of misunderstanding about what was recommended and what it may mean for Kansas patients. First, while they did recommend that legal patients from other states be granted safe passage through Kansas, this was not meant as a substitute for establishing a state program for Kansas, as many misunderstood. It was simply presented as a policy point that they wish to see included.

The committee recommended that the Ohio state medical cannabis program be used as an example. Many of us are all too aware of the many issues with the Ohio program. They also recommended that smoking and vaping not be allowed. I reiterate that these are not binding recommendations. If patients have concerns about these issues, the best thing you can do is to go to www.openstates.org, see who your senators and house representatives are, and then email and call them. Be aware that most lawmakers are not using their official emails off-session. It may be better to send to the official email address, but carbon copy or “cc” their other email. They also will not be answering their office phone until January. You will need to utilize one of their alternative numbers, if available. You can find all of this information on ​www.kslegislature.org.​Just enter their names in the search box on the left. Let your lawmakers know that you support a state medical cannabis program for Kansas, and why. Then, if you disagree with the other recommendations of the committee, you must send research and information to help educate them and back up your stance.

Many people are working hard to educate lawmakers about the issues. Information that includes: the recent CDC findings pertaining to vitamin E acetate involvement in the vape-related lung illnesses; information about dry herb vaporizers and other types of vaporizers; why fast-acting inhalation methods work best for some symptoms; how proper regulation and enforcement equals prevention and protection for patients; and an outline of the problems that have occurred for 14

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patients within the Ohio state program.

Additionally, education on the fact that federal prohibition prevents FDA approval. Finally, 33 other states have established state programs with no fear from the federal authorities as federal lawmakers continue to prohibit the use of Justice Department funds to prosecute any participants of state-legal cannabis programs. They recently renewed this stance, as they have annually for the last five years. “The medical cannabis provision in question prohibits the Department of Justice from using its resources to prosecute individuals acting in compliance with state laws. The rider has been in place and renewed each year since 2014.1 “Proponents of this, they want to get high,” Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter said to the committee. “That’s my opinion of it, and that’s the opinion of law enforcement.” The Kansas Medical Society is against the proposal citing a lack of FDA approval. “Until it’s proven medically effective, we don’t support legislating what can be prescribed in that arena,” said Rachelle Colombo, the society’s director of government affairs. I will just note here that, to date, there are now over 20,000 published studies or reviews in the scientific literature about cannabis and its active compounds. According to the World Health Organization, there is most assuredly established efficacy2 and also per the National Cancer Institute.3 Finally, the National Institute of Health has recently announced their new research project to investigate minor cannabinoids and terpenes for potential painrelieving properties.4 The full list of who testified in opposition can be found, along with PDF versions of all the written testimony, both for and against, at http://kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/committees/ctte_spc_2019_fed_ and_state_affairs_1/documents/.

All in all, this was an important first step. The work must continue, and it will take teamwork to see victory. It is time to come off the bench and join the push to the end zone. You can join our team at www.bksadvocates.org.

References: 1. https://www.marijuanamoment.net/senate-approves-billprotecting-medical-marijuana-states-from-federal-interventi on/ 2. h t t p s : / / w w w. w h o . i n t / m e d i c i n e s / a c c e s s / c o n t r o l l e d substances/6_2_cannabis_update.pdf​ 3. https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/hp/ cannabis-pdq#_7​ 4. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-investigateminor-cannabinoids-terpenes-potential-pain-relievin g-properties​ Lisa Ash Sublett of Bleeding Kansas Advocates can be reached at 913.396.9675, or president@bleedingks.org. www.bksadvocates.org.

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How Do I Set Up My Medical Marijuana Home Grow?

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by Leah Maurer, Contributing Writer

As the medical cannabis regulations continue to be implemented in Missouri, medical marijuana patients are left with many questions as they navigate this new space (and freedom!). Word has it that the majority of Missouri MMJ patients plan to do home grows for sourcing their medicine, which is an excellent option and gives patients full control of strains, cultivation practices, harvest, and curing.

Plus, how freeing will it feel to have cannabis growing in your house after decades of prohibition?

To begin, learn as much as you can about compliance for home grows. The regulations will likely continue to evolve. Still, for now, Missouri law states that registered MMJ patients are allowed to grow plants at home upon receipt of a patient cultivation identification card. There is an additional $100 fee to grow per patient with security regulations that must be followed. When you fill out your patient cultivation identification application, be prepared to ensure the state that your home grow will be enclosed, locked, and that only the patient (or patient and caregiver) will have access to it. One qualifying MMJ patient may cultivate up to six flowering marijuana plants, six nonflowering marijuana plants (over 14 inches tall), and six clones (plants under fourteen 14 inches tall).

A native Missourian, Leah Maurer is a cannajournalist, creative marketing consultant, and activist who now lives in Portland, OR. She is also the Editorial Lead at www.TheWeedBlog.com, a cannabis news and information publication where she serves as the Editorial Lead. Leah was very involved in Oregon’s cannabis legalization, helping found New Approach Oregon, an organization responsible for drafting and campaigning for Measure 91. Additionally, in 2014 Leah founded “Moms for YES on Measure 91,” its grassroots efforts proved pivotal in the passage of legalizing recreational/adult-use cannabis in the State. Leah is a social justice and cannabis activist at the core and hopes to see the prohibition of cannabis end on a federal level and normalize it across America — and someday, worldwide.

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For more details and to stay current on any changes, check the “Medical Marijuana” section of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) website.

Once patients know the rules and are in full compliance, they can move on to assessing which space in their home is best for the grow to be set up. Many patients choose a closet or otherwise contained space or use a grow tent to contain their plants.

Some factors to consider when choosing a space in your home are: • Amount of space your plants will need • Whether your grow space will need protection from light (your grow space needs to be safe from any unwanted light, especially when the flowering period comes) • Airflow, temperature, and humidity • Cleanliness

If you can grow a tomato plant, you will very likely also have success growing cannabis!

After you have chosen a space in your home for cultivation, the main components that your home grow will need for success include: • Lighting: The quality of light in your grow room is a crucial environmental factor in the quality and quantity of your cannabis yields • Air: Plants need fresh air to thrive and carbon dioxide for photosynthesis, which means you will need a steady stream of air flowing through your grow room. Temperature and exhaust fans are also something to consider here.

• Controls/monitoring: Once you have selected your lights and climate control equipment, you may want to automate their functions. In particular, the timing of the light/dark cycle is essential when growing cannabis.

• Grow medium: While there are many soilless options for growing cannabis, I always advise patients to begin with soil if they have never done this before. Hydroponics, rockwool, vermiculite, expanded clay pebbles, perlite, and coco coir, to name a few, are also options.

• Containers: What type of container you use will depend on the medium, the system, and the size of your plants. Just remember that drainage is key here.

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Nutrients: Growing high-quality cannabis flowers requires more fertilizer, or nutrients, than most common crops. Your plants need Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium (collectively known as macronutrients) and will need micronutrients as well.

Water: Some water contains a high amount of dissolved minerals that can build up in the root zone and affect nutrient uptake. It also may contain fungus or other pathogens that aren’t harmful to people but can lead to root disease. For these reasons and others, many patients choose to filter the water they use in their MMJ home grows. Also, it’s imperative not to overwater your plants.

Each of these categories has a multitude of different product options, far too many to list here! I advise taking each category and assessing it for what your space will allow and what will work best for you. Keep in mind that even if your plants grow indoors, they are not safe from pests, excessive humidity, and other hazards typical to any gardening activity. Yet, there is no essential need to stock up on every single product available; just provide the best care possible and observe the plants’ symptoms if any issues arise.

Generally, your local hydroponics shop can answer any questions you may have. If that doesn’t feel like a good option, I encourage you to attend a local NORML chapter meeting where you can meet other patients and activists who may be able to answer your questions or send you in the right direction.

While all of this might sound confusing and overwhelming, it’s truly not that difficult — the cannabis plant was nicknamed weed for a reason! If you can grow a tomato plant, you will very likely also have success growing cannabis!

Growing high-quality cannabis flowers requires more fertilizer, or nutrients, than most common crops. Visit your local Hydroponics and Grow supply store for help and guidance.

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Research 101 Cannabis

versus

Cancer

Study proved to be exactly the opposite of Nixon’s wishes!

Part 1

by Peter Kershaw, Contributing Writer

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ne of the most significant figures in the history of cannabis prohibition is Richard Nixon.

“Tricky Dick” ordered several “marijuana studies,” each predetermined to show that cannabis is highly addictive, socially destructive, and dangerous to mental and physical health. Not one of Nixon’s studies ever produced the results for which he’d hoped. In fact, they consistently showed quite the opposite. Studies that didn’t produce Nixon’s desired findings were buried.

One of these studies was commissioned via the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1974 with the stated objective of showing a cause-and-effect relationship between smoking cannabis and lung cancer. When the study was completed the following year, it did show a cause-and-effect relationship. However, the effect proved to be exactly the opposite of Nixon’s wishes. The Medical College of Virginia’s study proved unequivocally that cannabis not only doesn’t cause cancer but that it curtails the growth of cancerous lung tumors and even kills off cancer cells.

The findings should have prompted further studies, including human trials. Instead, the study was suppressed. When the Virginia Study ultimately leaked a decade later, it was ignored by the American medical journals, and it received scant press coverage.

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Nixon’s success in classifying cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug has, for decades, hamstrung any meaningful scientific research in the U.S. on the health benefits of cannabis. The Federal government predetermined that cannabis has no medicinal benefits and, therefore, no research can be performed that might show anything contrary. Universities and medical research facilities are heavily dependent on federal grant money. Producing a study resulting in findings contradictory to federal policy can, and probably will, result in any and all such grants thereafter being permanently cut off.

Study proved unequivocally that cannabis not only doesn’t cause cancer, but that it curtails the growth of cancerous lung tumors and even kills off cancer cells.

The scope of U.S. government anti-cannabis policy has reached around the globe. Thankfully, not every government has succumbed to such pressures. Israel is a prime example where the study of medicinal cannabis has been ongoing for many years. The findings there on the medicinal use of cannabis for many ailments are overwhelmingly positive.

American hospital system doctors find their hands tied in recommending cannabis to their patients (not so much for private practice doctors). However, we occasionally find examples of oncologists who may give a wink and a nod to cannabis for their cancer patients suffering from the life-threatening effects that come from chemotherapy and radiation. Even Big Pharma, at least to some limited degree, has seen the benefit of cannabis-derived drugs, as evidenced by the FDA approved Marinol. Marinol is prescribed for nausea that

accompanies chemotherapy. Chemotherapy often results in significant weight loss due to persistent nausea. Patients can even starve to death. However, as is so often the case with pharmaceuticals, Marinol uses only one “active molecule” (THC) and therefore lacks the entourage effect of the plant’s many other cannabinoids. The drug often fails to produce the desired results. Furthermore, because Marinol is orally administered, nauseous patients will often just vomit it back up again.

There are more and more doctors who’ve come to recognize that using the burn and poison methods as cancer treatments are horrific for the patient and even life-threatening. There is even strong evidence to show that chemotherapy kills more people than it saves. Even if they survive chemotherapy, a patient’s long-term prognosis after undergoing such treatments is often dismal. Chemotherapy causes extensive organ and immune system damage from which a patient may never fully recover, which puts the body at a significant disadvantage in fighting off future cancers and other illnesses.

Cannabis has been scientifically shown to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors while not adversely impacting the immune system.

Many people have seen complete remission of not just cancer but other serious diseases too. However, to achieve the desired results, one must consume a high dose and concentration of cannabis oil, over several months. It’s typically administered orally, by suppository, topically, vaping, or a combination of these.

A legendary figure in the world of medicinal cannabis is Canada’s Rick Simpson. In 2003, Rick was diagnosed with multiple skin cancers. He underwent repeated doctor treatments, but these only worsened his condition.

After giving up on his doctors, Rick applied a drop of cannabis oil to a bandage and placed it on a cancer lesion. He reapplied the treatment several more times, and within three days,

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the cancer was completely healed.

Rick ramped up production of his oil, ultimately providing it to many hundreds of patients. The results were remarkable. Rick became an activist and gained considerable attention across Canada with his “Rick Simpson Oil” (RSO). Like other cancer treatment pioneers who came years before him (e.g., Royal Raymond Rife, Max Gerson, etc.), he found himself being persecuted and prosecuted. Nevertheless, Rick soldiered on.

Given that anyone with the means to produce high-quality concentrated cannabis oil* can treat themselves or loved ones with only nominal expense, it’s unlikely we’ll ever see the day that the U.S. “healthcare” industry, and its lacky government protectors, will ever give their approval to treating cancer with cannabis. We can continue believing they know what’s best for us, or we can take our health into our own hands.

Next month, we’ll delve into the protocols and how-tos of cannabis oil for cancer.

Footnote: *Rick Simpson recommends no one produce the oil in the manner he originally did (he used cheap and unsafe solvents). The information is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content is for general information purposes only.

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Canna Regulations ►

When Owners of Cannabis Assets Pass Away

by Aubrey Gann-Redmon Contributing Writer

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magine this scenario: Mary Jane has suffered from severe, intractable migraines for years. Mary goes to her doctor and learns that she has a qualifying condition. No other medication has worked, she heard cannabis might be able to help and wants to try it for her migraines. She obtains a doctor’s certification and applies to cultivate her own medicine. She’s approved, and she begins growing a strain anecdotally known to help migraine sufferers.

Mary is also a mother and a wife. She wants to ensure that her family members are safe and cannot access her medical cannabis at home.

Mary keeps the grow room door locked and is the only one who knows where the key is hidden. She also locks up her medicine and paraphernalia in a safe that has a separate key, which is also kept in this secret hiding spot. Mary is compliant with the laws, and her headaches are dramatically improved. So far, so good.

Until, on the way home from the office one day, a tractor-trailer collides with Mary’s car on the highway. Mary is unconscious and taken to a hospital. Now what?

If Mary dies of her injuries, someone will have to notify the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and turn over the cannabis within 30 days (see rule 19 CSR 30-95.030(9)). Presumably, this will fall on the shoulders of Mary’s spouse, who will have to notify DHSS, obtain a disposal order with a transportation manifest, and then deliver the cannabis to a dispensary for disposal. DHSS presumably picks the dispensary where the cannabis needs to be transported to for disposal, but currently, the regulations leave more questions than answers.

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DHSS’s regulations. Under our constitution, patients now have a constitutional right to access cannabis if they are a qualifying patient, but who has the standing to exercise that right when qualified patients die? No one in the State of Missouri has legal authority to handle decedent’s assets upon death without at

If Mary dies of her injuries, someone will have to notify the MO Department of Health and Senior Services and turn over the cannabis within 30 days. least one of the following: (1) joint ownership (example: a joint bank account); (2) a beneficiary or pay-on-death or transfer-on-death designation (example: beneficiaries listed on IRAs or a life insurance policy or if a car title lists a transfer-on-death beneficiary, the beneficiary named gets the asset upon death); (3) the property is held in a trust by a trustee; or (4) someone petitions the probate court to open an estate for Mary and receives court authorization to handle the assets (usually a court order).

Currently, there is no permissible way under the rules to exercise options 1-3 for medical marijuana belonging to a patient, because only the patient has the right to access. The only way to delegate access would be to have a caregiver. Even then, the role of a caregiver is similar to a trustee or other fiduciary: they are permitted only to assist the patient in growing, processing, storing, possessing, transporting, and administering the medication. They have no authority to sell, gift, or otherwise transfer the cannabis. But, for

the patient without such a fiduciary and a husband who doesn’t know where to find the keys to gain access to comply with the rules, what’s next?

Another conflict exists between the rules and the probate code. The probate code requires that an estate be opened within one year of the date of death, while the rules require disposal within 30 days. For a husband to obtain a probate court order so he can obtain access to the medicine might take longer than 30 days.

In this scenario, a lawyer is left to wonder what the husband’s obligation is to carry out directives given by the DHSS that do not directly apply to him. He isn’t a patient. It isn’t his marijuana. He cannot access it. Yet it is presumably on his premises, so would he be liable by default? Probably. The rules have one primary purpose: to prevent diversion.

Marijuana left idle is presumed to be prime for black market diversion, but the rules do not require the appointment of a fiduciary to handle the assets. The rules also do not seem to contemplate cannabis as an asset. Under any other circumstances, a crop would be an asset that would be reportable to the probate court in an inventory. But is it a crop, a medicine, or both? We trust families to dispose of medicine hospice leaves behind without government involvement, which is arguably more dangerous than cannabis because people can fatally overdose from those medicines (but not cannabis). The key difference? The federal illegality of cannabis.

Further muddying the waters is the fact that under Missouri statutes at Chapter 195 (our Controlled Substances Act), a schedule 1 substance is specifically defined as not having any valid medical purpose. When Amendment 2, now Article XIV of the state Constitution, was passed last year, it gave marijuana medical status. So, is it still a schedule 1?

How can it be, if there is a medical purpose?

DHSS has yet to reschedule marijuana, and now there is a gray area in the law where the state constitution trumps the statutes.

Finally, if marijuana is sprayed with chemicals, or it is unknown what the plants were treated with, then the plants must be disposed of as hazardous waste. Who pays for that?

The state? The dispensary? The estate? What if there are creditors for this estate who want the assets liquidated to pay the debts they are owed? Why can’t the state permit the dispensary to pay for testing, and if the tests come back clean, resell the cannabis legally through the dispensary and then give a portion of the proceeds to the estate to pay the debts of the decedent? Does the fiduciary of Mary’s estate have liability for not liquidating assets to pay creditors as instructed by statutes? What if those creditors sue the fiduciary? What if one of those creditors is actually the State itself? Can the estate get credit for the value of the labor, supplies, and product that were produced from Mary’s efforts? That’s what we do for Medicaid TEFRA liens — if the decedent was on Medicaid at the time of death, and the state put a lien on the decedent’s home so it can be repaid for benefits paid out during the decedent’s life, that lien is reduced by amounts paid by decedent to improve the value of the home.

As the law stands right now, there is a tangle of complex constitutional, statutory, and regulatory schemes that do not work cohesively with one another, and trying to sort out which laws take priority over others will pose a challenge next year and beyond. As we head into the largest wealth transfer this nation has seen as we lose our baby boomers to ailments of old age, it behooves us all to keep these issues on our radar, otherwise, we will watch hundreds of pounds of medicine be laid to waste, “up in smoke,” while needy patients across the state struggle to pay for their medicine. There must be a better way. Let’s find it together.

Aubrey Gann-Redmon is a partner at Spark! Legal Solutions, LLLP, the first 100% women-owned cannabis law firm in Kansas City, MO. Aubrey has been practicing in the area of probate and trust litigation for the last decade. With her partners, she assisted clients in preparing and filing over 20 cannabis business licensing applications in 2019. www.SparkLegalSolutions.com.

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Patient Advocates ►

Then and Now

as Dispensaries Open Their Doors in Missouri

by Dolores Montgomery Halbin, Contributing Writer

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am thrilled to have the opportunity to write for The Evolution Magazine. When I got the email from Bill (the Editor) requesting an article for the January issue, the headline was “Dispensaries Open.” Wow! And there it was again. That feeling so deep inside me, followed by a self-reprimand. You’re supposed to be grateful, not angry!

I thought of the Grateful Dead song, “Trucken.” What a long strange trip it’s been, from a beautiful spring day in March of 2014, a Tuesday, when the giant black SUV pulled in our driveway and then swiftly left with our lives as we had known them, drafting us into the legalization movement. Now, five years later, we will open legal dispensaries in Missouri.

I thought about the first time I felt this way — at the Amendment 2 watch party at the Boulevard Brewery in KCMO in November 2018. Then about how I have felt since watching a billion-dollar industry bloom under Federal prohibition.

I had to leave the watch party early. As everyone celebrated the overwhelming “Yes Vote” numbers ensuring we would have legal, medical marijuana in Missouri, I had to find a hallway to cry, scream, a place to bang my fists. It never should have come to this. My husband should have been at my side celebrating; instead, his ashes are spread over our favorite places — State parks. Probably illegal! He died a rebel, and I will continue his legacy.

northwest Bates County.” Bradley explains, “Gene had taken a couple of hits when two strangers appeared at the door.” And they smelled marijuana.

“For the rest of the day, Halbin, 60, a retired air conditioning serviceman with a rare and severe form of glaucoma, sat quietly as officers carted out 41 plants, growing lights, a dozen or so guns and his grandfather’s pipe collection,” said Bradly.

The “41” plants included the three ready-for-harvest, three more that would have been ready to harvest in a couple of weeks, 15 clones, and about a dozen of my tomato and pepper starts.

Bradly called the article “Marijuana Raid in Bates County Illustrates the Evolution of an Issue.”

(March 29, 2014, Kansas City Star.)

A few days after the article came out, we were arrested on a $25,000 bond each. We spent a week in jail. My husband died as a result. Not right away — but die, he did.

Jennifer Hess and her husband, Homer Wilson, were watching TV on a Friday night last May with their two sons ages 11 and 15. They had just finished family pizza night and were in their pajamas when strangers knocked on their door. The couple was arrested for a bag of Cannabis. Their children were taken into Kansas State Custody where, at this writing, they remain. The $50,000 each bond took the couple two weeks to work out. That was one day too much for Homer. He died in jail the day they were to bond out.

This is a portrait of Missouri inmate Charles White done by a cellmate. Charlie is serving 10 years for cultivation. He is mostly blind and sees only shadows. He is an old man sitting behind bars. See I went to Eureka, KS, last fall to support Jenn at court. The quiet, shy 39-year-old was charged with more about Charles on page 24. seven felonies related to one bag of weed. We gathMy husband was a gun collector. His collection was generational ered around her and walked her past the gauntlet of police lined up to and meant the world to him and our then 12-year-old grandson. After testify about their part in the great Eureka, KS, Marijuana raid. One shooting practice, the two would spend hours together cleaning the police officer didn’t look old enough to have a chin hair. guns and talking about their day.

Jenn told me that day that she thought Homer died of a broken The weekend came to a perfect end with the St. Patrick’s Day parade heart. I agree. My husband’s heart broke when they took his on a Monday, but the luck of the Irish did not hold through Tuesday. garden and guns. But when we were handcuffed in front of our husbands and shoved into police cars in front of them, they broke for Don Bradley from the Kansas City Star would write in the following good. The last time Homer saw Jenn, her hands were cuffed behind weeks, “Halbin’s place sits way out of town, off the blacktop, down her back, her nightgown had slipped down, exposing her nipples, and a dirt road, round a bend, over a bridge and deep into the woods in no one would cover her up.

Before that Tuesday, we had a four-day weekend with the grandkids. We tailgated at our neighbor’s gun range during our monthly get together of the “Peckerwood High Society Gun Knife Slingshot and Bow Club,” officiated over by our 80-year-old neighbor Dave.

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In 1976, Robert Randall, a DC resident, was raided for his medical cannabis garden. Robert and his wife, my friend and fellow activist Alice Randall Leary, took their case to the Supreme Court and won.

The couple did such a good job proving cannabis was the best treatment for glaucoma, they inspired the government to start using some of their cannabis/weed to help glaucoma patients. Although legendary for its bad weed, workers on the 12-acre “pot farm” in Mississippi started doing research on marijuana in 1968. Later, they became the first distributors of medical marijuana. Each patient with glaucoma received a tin with 300 pre-rolled joints in the mail every month.

In the 80s, under the harsh new War on Drugs, this program was abolished. Randall and other patients sued. As a result, those in the program continued to receive marijuana, but no one else was allowed to enroll. Today, there are just two patients alive still receiving those tins.

In 1998 the Federal Government purchased the patents on Medical Marijuana. Patent #6630507. Even with broad support from both sides of the aisle and certainly among the public, we have made little progress undoing the damage of Federal Prohibition or stopping the brutal raids.

There are an estimated 3,000 senior citizens serving life sentences.

Some have been locked up for over 30 years — for a plant!

The Federal Government has been growing and studying marijuana for 51 years. That’s a long study. They have been distributing marijuana to glaucoma patients for 43 years, based on a 1976 Supreme Court decision! And, let’s not forget that really lengthy patent stuffed away in the U.S. Federal Government’s basement.

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For a government to hide medical treatment or deny medical help to someone while it has the means to treat them is medical abuse and neglect. If they die, as a result, it is negligent homicide. If we tell a lie and hurt someone, that is a crime.

To deny children, veterans, and old guys like my husband with glaucoma lifesaving treatments while you hide the patents in the basement is beyond outrageous and criminal. If there is not tort here, tort does not exist. (Tort Definition: The law term which allows an injured person to obtain compensation from he who caused the injury.)

It has never been easier to make our voices heard. You can Google “who are my politicians,” enter your zip code, and all your politicians come up with links to email, call, or write them!

When we call the Governor, a cheerful aide answers the phone and has a dialogue with us, but if we never call, there is no dialogue, there is no change, and we don’t evolve. That’s our bad! Get involved, make change happen.

Dolores Montgomery Halbin, RN, BSN, resides in SW Missouri. After her husband passed in 2015 (as a result of incarceration for his cannabis garden used to treat his Glaucoma), she retired from nursing. She worked with the 2014-2018 Missouri campaigns for legalized medical marijuana. She continues as a cannabis reform activist working toward Federal decriminalization through educational speaking and freelance journalism.

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Canna Convict Project ►

80-Year-Old Blind Man in Federal Custody The Charles White Story

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by Christina Frommer, Contributing Writer

magine you’re 80 years old, blind, and in failing health. How do you picture that scenario? Home with your family, under a trusted doctor’s care, comfortable in a loving environment? That is how most of us would like to find ourselves at 80. Now, imagine you’re 80-years-old in federal custody, spending what may be your final moments blindly wandering the halls of a dangerous penitentiary.

That’s the sad truth Charles (Charlie) White must “blindly” endure every day. You may have heard of Charles in recent years due to the bit of media and online attention drawn to his case, charged in rural Missouri in 2012 for conspiracy and cultivation of cannabis. The story of Charlie’s demise begins with a visit by the FBI to the wrong address, investigating unrelated identity theft. It ends with an illegal search of his property resulting in Charlie and his son-in-law Anthony Bearden’s conviction to 10 years each in federal custody.

Many may say, the two got what they deserved; after all, they broke the law, but I strongly disagree. The laws they violated were bad, harmful laws stemming from nearly a century worth of corporate greed, deeply rooted racist values, and fear tactics meant to control the perception of the masses. A message that has been perpetuated throughout our lives, and it is simply not true. This cannabis (hemp) plant is a medicine and can single-handedly replace our dependence on fossil fuels and synthetic textiles across the board. The most dangerous thing about cannabis is the laws surrounding it. And these two men are victims of the failed War on Drugs.

Personally, I think everyone should have a Charlie in their lives. Since we began our correspondence and advocacy, he has remained authentic and true. He has made me laugh, cry, and homesick as I sit in my home.

Charlie is just an old hippy whose tenacity and wit never goes out of style. A man who loves gardening, listening to music, and chasing beautiful women (his words). He’s openly shared his life’s adventures, which are absolutely captivating. He’s a peaceful person

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who hasn’t harmed anyone, nor is he a threat to society, social progress, or safety.

As you can imagine, corresponding with a blind person can be difficult. Luckily, Charlie is well liked and has many friends to assist us. Though he can’t read what we write, he can type back. He just puts his hands in position on the typewriter and goes to town. He always includes a little bit of humor, which is much appreciated. He needs to keep that mental spark alive even when everything else seems to be falling apart.

Charles (Charlie) White and his wife.

As Charlie’s health is rapidly deteriorating, his safety remains at risk. For example, recently, he was walking with his walker when he accidentally bumped into another inmate and was nearly assaulted. He’s fallen down the stairs resulting in injuries. Charlie can’t watch TV, draw, or any number of other stimulating activities. Sadly, this leaves him vulnerable to conditions such as dementia due to age and lack of stimulation. For a short period this summer, Charlie was allowed to have a small garden. Unfortunately, the guards came back weeks later and ripped up his beautiful creations, and informed him, he hadn’t received permission through the appropriate channels and was not allowed to continue. Heartbreaking. I can’t imagine the loss he felt that day. He finally had a productive outlet, and it was taken away without warning or the ability to appeal.

So, how do we anticipate helping Charles? As we are ultimately seeking clemency for all our

canna POWs*, we must approach the Fed’s a little differently. We are currently comparing his previously denied “Compassionate Release”* request with others that have been successful and filing a new one on his behalf.

We must convince the warden that Charlie isn’t a threat. We must clearly articulate the ways in which his health and safety are at risk. We must make everyone understand the legal market he has always dreamed of and currently incarcerated for is now available.

Yet, he can’t participate because he was a few years ahead of the game.

This can’t go on any longer. Currently floating around the internet is a Charles White clemency petition, which I encourage everyone to sign. Below, please find the link and give him your support. He’s very grateful to those who’ve already signed and thanks everyone for their commitment to his release. If you’re able to take a few minutes out of your day to write him a letter of support, here is his contact information: Charles White #05268-045 USP Leavenworth US Penitentiary Satellite Camp, PO Box 1000, Leavenworth, KS 66048. You can put money on his books by mailing a money order to: Charles White #05268-045, PO Box 47470, Des Moines, Iowa 509470001. (You must include your full name and return address on the envelope.) *A link to Charles White’s clemency petition, which needs your signature can be found at www.facebook.com/CannaConvictProject.

*The term “Canna POW” with all due respect to our valiant veterans is our acronym for “Prisoner of War on Drugs.”

All Canna Convict Project Canna POWs are incarcerated for nonviolent offenses.

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EDUCATION & INDUSTRY NEWS ►

VIGILANCE

FOR EMPLOYEE RIGHTS IN 2020...

Smoking a joint to relieve chronic pain puts you at risk of job termination.

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t’s a new year, and change is coming fast to Missouri. By this time next year, there will be hundreds of legal, medical marijuana (cannabis) businesses operating across the state. However, while this is excellent news for patients in need of safe access to medical cannabis, all is not safe in this brave, new green world. Consuming cannabis, even with a medical ID card, can still have dire consequences.

Two recent polls conducted by Gallup and the Pew Research Center both found that two-thirds of Americans approve legalization for adults, which is more than double from 20 years ago. As we begin the new year, 33 states plus our nation’s capital have legalized some form of cannabis use (that’s two-thirds of all states for those counting at home). However, in the 23 years since California pioneered legal cannabis, failing a drug test can still cost you your job, even as a qualified medical patient.

performance, they will follow through with disciplinary measures or termination — even if you are a qualified medical patient.

Medical cannabis policy around employment is, unfortunately, foreboding for employees.

THC in your system is rarely explicitly allowed, even for therapeutic reasons. Drugtesting companies look for illicit drugs, which include THC, because it has “no medical use” as far as federal policy goes. For this reason, cannabis cannot be prescribed as other, far more dangerous drugs can be. It is merely “recommended,” which offers no legal protection. This is the current reality, and it is upside from how things should be. For instance, opium is illegal. Yet it is permissible to have opium in your system if you have a prescription for opiates or opioids.

The only legal option to pass a drug test would be a prescription for dronabinol (Marinol), the synthetic THC pill. One can, ironically, receive a prescription for THC if a pharmaceutical company sells this synthetic version to you, but the cultivation of its identical natural form is federally illegal.

As long as marijuana continues to be classified as a Schedule 1 illegal drug by the federal government, consuming an edible on a Saturday night or smoking a joint to relieve chronic pain puts you at risk of termination, or not getting hired at all. In all but a couple of those 33 states, it doesn’t matter if you have a medical recommendation or if the state has deemed adult-use legal.

Your employer’s preference is the law when it comes to cannabis, and the workplace is a far cry from photo by Martti Tapio Salmela democracy.

Employers retain their right to establish and enforce a drug-free and alcohol-free workplace, as part of their obligation to public health and safety, and there are no laws that would ever force them to accommodate adult-use. When they believe that the use of a drug, be it legal or illegal, has the potential to create a safety hazard or impair job

Now that an overwhelming majority of states permit medical use, employers are left wondering how that will impact the workplace. It is this question that all Missouri businesses are facing in the coming year, all because some staffers might choose cannabis over oxycontin.

Missouri employers need to consider how medical cannabis use will impact their current policies and practices related to drug testing, as well as disability-related accommodations in the workplace. The big issue is knowing whether or not an employee is a danger “under the influence” while working — which we know current drug testing is

not adequate to answer. That edible you had last weekend, or on your vacation, is still in your system. Your employer has no way of knowing if you are medicating on or off the clock. We don’t know how to tell the difference between well people being “high” versus sick people being “better.”

This concern is one of the reasons why the State of Missouri is considering a bill that would allow any employer to drug test both current and prospective employees, using inadequate cannabis testing standards, and give employers the discretion to take action based on the results. Senate Bill 227 was introduced photo by Maxim Lupascu last year by the state senators and is still a frightening possibility, as it has strong support among senators. Though it will not make drug testing mandatory, when you take into consideration concerns of workplace safety, this bill encourages employers to cave into their worst fears. As a bonus, it will enrich drug testing companies using unscientific measurements that are biased against a natural, therapeutic substance.

Contact your state senator and let them know that you do not want this bill to pass. Tell your senator about Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, and Rhode Island — these are all states with statutes that expressly prohibit employers from discriminating against employees who are medical cannabis patients. And it is even worse to discriminate against those with disabilities, including PTSD and chronic pain. Look to Florida, where an estimated 300,000 card-carrying medical cannabis patients have learned the hard way Concept Dispensary that state law still permits employers and schools to enforce drug-free policies without consideration of their conditions. These unforeseen consequences led lawmakers to propose a new bill that will provide employment protections to medical cannabis patients.

Tell them about New York City, New Jersey, and Nevada, all following in the footsteps of Maine, making it illegal to skip over a job candidate simply because of their previous cannabis use. Beginning this year, prospective employees in these parts of the country no longer need to worry about whether they’ll be denied a job based on a pre-employment drug test, all because of that joint they smoked the week before.

Keep in mind that these new laws do not pertain to specific jobs such as healthcare, construction, and others that have high safety concerns.

Nor do they force companies to tolerate workers impaired on the job.

As the culture continues to shift in favor of cannabis legalization, these protections could be the beginning of the end for a discriminatory drug test that has been commonplace for decades. This shift is reflected in the courtroom as well as across the country. In years past, rulings had gone against medical cannabis patients, but more recent clashes between federal and state laws have come out in favor of the patient.

Stay vigilant, Missouri, the fight is not over. Do not take for granted the cannabis rights for which your vote has won. Your vote gave qualified patients safe access to medical marijuana. Now do not let them suffer loss of employment for simply making a legal, medical decision.

NOTE: If you live in Missouri and have a Medical ID card allowing you to take cannabis, but work on the Kansas side of the stateline, then you must know the Kansas laws regarding workplace drug testing policies. Help can be found at Bleeding Kansas Advocates at 913.396.9675 or www.bksadvocates.org.

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Lighting It Up

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hrough our articles so far, we’ve discussed some of the basics of growing at home. This month we will discuss what can be considered the most important factor in any indoor growing environment. When customers visit Happy Rock Farms with the goal of putting together their first growing system on a limited budget, our advice is usually to prioritize lighting. While other factors are important, if plants aren’t receiving “good” light, plants will starve and not produce. Let’s review some of the more popular lighting types for indoor growing.

In the past few years, as technology has advanced and energy efficiency has become more of a focus, makers have innovated T5 bulbs in a variety of ways. In addition to full-spectrum bulbs, new bulbs now exist that allow growers more customization, including vegetative cycle spectrum specific (460 and 420) and bloom cycle spectrum specific (660 and 620), allowing more control over every aspect of the growing environment.

High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Grow Lighting

Fluorescent Lighting Most of us are familiar with Fluorescent home lighting, and Fluorescent grow lighting is virtually no different. The sub-types of Fluorescent lighting commonly used for growing are Compact Fluorescent Lighting (CFL) and T5 Fluorescent Lighting. CFLs are those twisty bulbs that will fit into most standard light sockets. While it’s not recommended to use CFLs for the more advanced vegetative and bloom stages of growth, CFLs provide a low-intensity spectrum that is perfect for cloning and plants in the early days and weeks of growth.

On the other hand, T5 Fluorescent Lighting can be used for all stages of growth, from clone through bloom. T5s do not have the intensity or the spectrum produced by some of the more powerful grow lights we’ll discuss below, but for the average home grower, this type of light can be the perfect fit. There are, of course, a variety of T5 configurations, including 2- and 4-inch models, and units containing as few as two to as many as 16 bulbs.

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Gas discharge lamps can be traced all the way back to 1675 when a French astronomer noticed that the space inside his mercury barometer glowed when he moved it. However, it wasn’t until 1955 when Robert Coble discovered Lucalox or Aluminum Oxide Ceramic, high-pressure sodium lamps were developed. Originally (and currently), Mercury Vapor, High-Pressure Sodium, and Metal Halide lamps were used for

It’s Time To Grow parking lots, roadways, tunnels, and other industrial, commercial, and civil purposes. Eventually, innovative growers found ways to move those lights inside, helping growers produce a powerful, full-spectrum, but unfortunately not very efficient light.

Typically, Metal Halide (MH) lighting is used for the vegetative cycle, while High-Pressure Sodium (HPS) lighting is used for the bloom cycle, but as with everything, there are exceptions. Frequently, it’s been found that MH lighting is helpful in the last week or two of the bloom cycles because it is helpful to the production of terpenes and the development of trichomes. HPS and MH lighting is industry-standard even today, with new innovations like double-ended lighting and more efficient digital ballasts helping to provide even more powerful, effective, and efficient results. One notable downside is that bulbs must be changed regularly, many suggesting as frequently as every six months.

LEC Grow Lighting

A new, more energy-efficient type of HID lighting has become popular in the past several years. Ceramic Discharge Metal-Halide, commonly called Ceramic Metal Halide (CMH) or Light Emitting Ceramic (LEC), can be used throughout the entire growth cycle and is only 315 Watts (a double-ended variety exists that is 630 Watts, as well). These lights operate similar to regular MH, except instead of using quartz, they use a ceramic arc tube, very similar to what’s used in HPS grow lights, and it has some distinct advantages. Compared to regular MH bulbs, LECs give off a more natural color, produce more usable light per watt, and last much longer. Often, when people are considering this type of lighting, they are also considering LED lighting because of their energy consumption benefits, bulb sustainability, and overall better yield per watt.

Light Emitting Diode (LED) Grow Lighting

HID Grow Lighting More than any other light, I hear more conversation and controversy about Light Emitting Diode (LED) grow lighting. While some believe it’s the only way to grow, others think the technology “isn’t quite there yet,” and some people think it’s a big waste of money. What makes LED difficult to assess easily is the range of styles, types, and designs available. There are three main types of LED grow lights: “Spread Style” (seen in the Fluence Spydr and others), the “Traditional Panel” (Kind LED and others), and “COB style” (Spectrum King and others).

Regardless of the differences, every LED grow light produces some spectacular results. Each is typically more energy-efficient, produces healthier plants, can produce a more targeted wavelength, operate at cooler temperatures, and is more environmentally friendly (no need to throw used light bulbs in the landfill). Unfortunately, these benefits come at a cost, and LED lights often have the highest initial cost of any grow light. Over time, however, LED lights become the least expensive as the average LED grow light will last at least 50,000 hours (under a 12/12 light cycle will give the user at least 4,100 days of light or 11 years).

The factors a grower must consider include the initial cost, ongoing cost, maintenance, grow room size, desired result, heat distribution, and as discussed above, much more. It’s the heartbeat of the entire system, and choosing one doesn’t have to be a complicated decision but is important and will impact every aspect of your grow.

Jason Davis is a lifelong Kansas City resident who co-owns and operates Happy Rock Farms: Fine Gardening and Hydroponics, providing highquality indoor gardening advice, classes, workshops, supplies, equipment, and tools to hobbyist and commercial growers, located in Midtown KC at 3816 Main Street. www.HappyRockFarms.com.

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Breeding 2.0

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An Introduction to Patient-Focused Breeding Breeding 2.0

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he prospect of a new year and peace of mind of having a workable option growing season presents breeders for home cultivation. with exciting ideas about projects and opportunities. As breeders, Meanwhile, a feminized seed stock means in we truly enjoy introducing our theory that a patient need not fear maxing out supporters to new, hand-curated varietals. their state-regulated plant count with a crop We also care deeply about interacting with of male plants. Autoflowering plants present patients concerning their medical needs; a unique set of multifactorial challenges to communicating with patients and supporters breeders. Its biological makeup prevents is thus an integral part of what we have been cloning for perpetual harvest and precludes pioneering in recent years as patient-focused the possibility of doing a true backcross. It breeders. Our two related interests – breeding also means the plant presents with slightly and patients – require that we strike a careful higher rates of intersex traits than does the balance between listening and responding general population of photoperiod plants to patients in our consultations, as well as with which we have been accustomed to helping guide them toward work as breeders. Despite the cultivar best suited its challenges, we began The concept of autoto offer them therapeutic incorporating feminized flowering strains is relief. autoflowering varietals simple: in time, plants into our breeding schedule Because conversing with will automatically flower to provide access to highpatients offers us a window quality genetics to patients as opposed to waiting into patient wants and who want and need them. for a specifically timed needs, often, these interactions steer our breeding light cycle. Meaning, the Since we receive so many program in unanticipated inquiries from patients plants begin to flower directions. For example, to medical cannabis, all on their own after a new over the past two to three being patient-focused also years, new patients espe- relatively short vegetative means that we help educate cially have increasingly patients about the different period of 2-4 weeks. inquired about feminized chemotypes available to seed stock in general, and autoflowering alleviate their symptoms, while simultanefeminized seeds in particular. I was initially ously offering a good range of seed stock puzzled by the sudden surge in popularity of for medicinal varietals. By way of example, feminized autoflowering varietals; this type of one of our most important projects in recent cultivar is relatively new to the canna-scene years has been cultivating chemotypes with and was not historically what a typical culti- a 1:1 ratio of CBD to THC. These chemovars vator would have grown in the home garden. offer therapeutic relief for a wide variety of Throughout my interactions with thousands ailments because they have a fuller spectrum of medical cannabis patients over the past of cannabinoids, but in recent decades have few years, however, a recurring theme has not been prevalent in the cannabis commuemerged: a patient committed to home nity. It is only within the last 10 years, with cultivation needs some assurance of being more affordable and easy access to laboratory able to produce medicine rapidly and on a chemotypic testing, that high-CBD chemomanageable scale. With a fast flowering time types were identified, stabilized, and subseand a generally slighter canopy footprint than quently proliferated by breeders. They then their photoperiod counterparts, autoflowering became popular among breeders who began plants provide the patient-cultivator with the developing specific chemovars that affect a

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Bean seeds grow similar to cannabis seeds, gradually emerging, seeking light.

wide range of symptoms. Introducing little-known chemotypes such as these to patients who will derive therapeutic relief from them is a source of great satisfaction to my breeder’s heart.

Focusing on patients and their requirements is at the core of our breeder’s program because, at the end of the day, we are here to facilitate access to the cannabis plant for people who can benefit from its therapeutic qualities. A wide array of businesses now makes up the burgeoning cannabis community, from dispensaries to grow shops to seed purveyors. Just as varied, a patient population exists, with a plethora of wants and needs. Among those who choose the therapy of medical cultivation, three main types of medical growers can be defined. Patient-cultivators embrace the holistic benefits of growing medicinally for themselves, while caregivers manage and tend medical gardens for patients who cannot or choose not to cultivate on their own. A breeder, meanwhile, is like a meta-caregiver, whose breeding projects directly serve the needs of thousands of people by providing access to high-quality genetic material for the other categories of growers. A breeder can only serve the broader community in this way through dedication to communication with patients about their symptoms, needs, and desires.

Listening, educating, and responding, that’s what patient-focused breeding is about.

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eah, it’s January, and the dispensaries will open soon! I know everyone is excited! So, for all of us who have our medical or caregiver cards, we are going to do something revolutionary, cook with our legal cannabis! All of a sudden, I can hear Bob Marley playing in the background and Snoop Dog saying, “Hell Yeah.” However, you don’t have to be a hippie or gangsta to use medical cannabis, everyone has the right to safe, alternative treatment of their ailments, and in Missouri, that’s a fact!

You know what? Even if you’re a first-time cannabis cook, there are ways to easily make your own tasty edibles.

After all, some folks just prefer not to smoke their green. I have found that edibles infused with small amounts of THC and a higher dose of CBD are a great way to ease into the use of medical cannabis. Studies have shown that when you use CBD and THC together, the CBD will lessen the psychoactive effects of the THC. So, let’s talk about how to prepare cannabis for cooking.

Studies show us that the health benefits of the THC, other cannabinoids, and even terpenes found in the cannabis plant are just amazing. Some people are using it to shrink cancerous tumors, free their children of daily seizures, and to lessen the effects of PTSD, while others are using this medicine to treat their migraines, anxiety-panic disorder, and digestive issues. Many say that THC helps them eat when they feel too sick to eat, and it helps them sleep when they need to rest and heal. Is this a miracle herb or what?

Everyone knows what cannabis can do to help people, so let’s get to cooking with it!

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We purchased our cannabis flower from the dispensary and want to add it to a meal or make some single-serving edibles for easy dosing. We need to “activate” the THC in the flower before cooking with it. Of course, you could just sprinkle some of the flower on a salad and call it a day, but unless you activate it, you are not going to receive 100% of the health benefits of the green, because until you decarboxylate the plant, the THC is in the form of THCA.

So, what is decarboxylation? People call it “decarb” for short.

It is the process of heating the herb. That’s it! When you apply heat to your plant, it creates a chemical reaction that turns the THCA into the psychoactive, THC. That’s why the herb is traditionally smoked to get the THC into the bloodstream. For cooking, we are going to decarb the green plant before adding it as an ingredient in anything so that we can receive all the health benefits of it. Note: when decarbing, it is important to not let the weed get too hot because it starts to lose health properties at about 311 degrees Fahrenheit.

There are many different ways to decarb the herb. You can experiment with them and find the method that works best for you. Other methods can be found just by doing a simple Google search for “how to decarb weed.” I have even had the opportunity to use an infusion machine made by a Missouri company that will decarb the weed for you! But what to do if you don’t want to invest any money on special equipment?

Well, with an oven and a sheet pan, you can decarb effectively at home on your own!

COOKING CANNABIS Here is the method:

1. Preheat your oven to 225 degrees Fahrenheit and place the oven rack in the middle position to ensure an even heat distribution.

2. Place a sheet of lightly crumpled aluminum foil on a baking sheet (this keeps your weed from becoming overheated by the metal baking sheet).

3. Then, break up the flower (cannabis) into small pieces, similar to the size of a pea, and spread across your foil. Then place another sheet of foil on top of the cannabis.

4. Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 45 minutes.

5. After 45 minutes, remove the baking sheet from the oven and let it cool for 30 minutes at room temperature. The cannabis should look lightly toasted and golden brown.

6. When your cannabis has cooled, you can place it in an airtight container for future use!

Friendly Neighborhood Smoke Shop Now we have activated the THC in our medical cannabis and are ready to have fun cooking with it! In future issues, we will explore baking with “decarbed” cannabis and fun recipes!

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Attorney Dan Viets is the Board Chair for The Missouri Cannabis Industry Association (MCIA). MCIA is dedicated to educating Missourians on the multitude of opportunities provided by the cannabis industry in fields including healthcare, agriculture, and small business. www.mocia.org. Dan Viets, 573-819-2669 or DanViets@gmail.com.

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espite the passage of Article XIV by 66% of Missouri voters more than a year ago, many patients are still being subjected to harassment, confiscation of their medicine and, in some cases, arrest and prosecution for activities which are clearly protected under the Missouri Constitution.

Many Missouri law enforcement officers are under the mistaken impression that no medical marijuana can be legally possessed until retail dispensaries open next year. This is simply not true.

Over 22,269 Missourians have been certified as legal medical marijuana patients (as of 12/2/2019). Approximately 7,000 of them have also obtained a license to cultivate cannabis legally and have been doing so since as early as June 28.

In addition, Article XIV does not require that cannabis be purchased from a dispensary or cultivated by the patient or the patient’s caregiver. Patients with valid Missouri Medical Marijuana ID Cards may possess and obtain cannabis, whether from illegal distributors, or not, are still protected under Article XIV. To be clear; for patients with valid Missouri Medical Marijuana ID Cards it is not a crime to cultivate cannabis (with proper state license) or purchase cannabis, even from an illicit dealer.

It would normally be a crime to possess such cannabis, but Article XIV provides protection

for these patients who possess cannabis in amounts set out in the Missouri law. Therefore, even though cannabis may be purchased from an illegal source, it is not a crime for the patient who possesses it.

Dan Viets, President of New Approach Missouri, Article XIV campaign committee and Missouri NORML Coordinator, who has represented defendants in Missouri courts for over 33 years on marijuana charges, stated that, “It is going to take time for law enforcement officers to be educated about what Article XIV actually says. The law is long and complex. We are doing our best to assist the Missouri Attorney General and prosecutors in our state to educate law enforcement officers about the rights of patients under Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution.”

Know your rights. Patients with valid Missouri Medical ID Cards may possess and obtain cannabis, under Article XIV. Make sure that you always carry your Missouri Medical Marijuana ID Card!

Dan Viets is the Board President of Missouri NORML a Missouri Affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Affiliates include, Greater St. Louis NORML, Mid-Missouri NORML, MU NORML, NORML KC, Springfield NORML, St. Charles NORML, SEMO NORML. www.newapproachmissouri.com.

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Been There, Done That

Tips for Missouri’s New Cannabis Entrepreneurs Oklahoma medical cannabis commercial cultivation and dispensary owner shares his knowledge. A must read!

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he reality of what so many dedicated advocates fought to bring to Missouri for so many years will soon be — “Open for Business.” Those advocates made the inclusion of Amendment 2 on the 2018 ballot possible, resulting in voters choosing to legalize a plant for medical use.

This year, Missouri Medical Marijuana (cannabis) dispensaries, cultivation, labs, and other related businesses will work frantically to get the doors opened for businesses — hopefully by spring to early summer. Meanwhile, those businesses, many of which are cannabis business novices, will begin the process of designing, constructing, and implementing every aspect required by the State to provide a safe product and environment for consumers. Those seeking knowledge and help from others who have “been there and done that” will open for business faster, operate more efficiently, and excel in profitability.

That’s where companies like Jeremy Electrical, Heating & Cooling and owner Jeremy Tollie can greatly expedite buildouts and offer valuable help for Missouri’s new cannabis business entrepreneurs.

Tollie has “been there and done that!”

In 2010, shortly after medical cannabis was legalized in Colorado, Tollie’s company traveled there to help a cannabis dispensary and grow facility with its buildout from the ground up. “It fascinated me, and ultimately, it led me to open an electrical contracting company in Evergreen, CO,” said Tollie. “We mainly performed service and maintenance for existing commercial grows and personal medical home grows.

Then in 2018, when Oklahoma passed Selfie of KC native, medical cannabis, I became a 25% out of Jeremy Tollie at his state owner/partner of a commercial cultiOklahoma commercial vation center/dispensary in Tulsa, OK, and cultivation grow. managed the cultivation operations.”

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Tollie says, his Colorado experience gave him a basic understanding of the importance of proper electrical installations regarding safety and climate control (HVAC) for commercial cultivation and dispensaries.

“As we moved forward to other Colorado and Oklahoma projects, it showed us that no grow is the same,” said Tollie. “Especially knowing the specific traits and phenotypes of plant genetics which can help determine how to effectively set up productive gardens.”

I asked Tollie to share his knowledge and experience with our new Missouri commercial cannabis entrepreneurs and homegrowers.

(Q) What should new cannabis business owners prepare for, which they may not have expertise in regarding buildouts and/or daily operations?

(A) Ongoing and continuous maintenance. A clean operation with quality climate control (HVAC) is extremely important for a productive commercial cultivation facility or a home-grower. Good mechanical and electrical equipment is a must. Equipment fail could cost you your crop.

(Q) What buildout tips would you offer new commercial cultivations, dispensaries, or home growers?

(A) Our experience has taught us that installing the correct equipment, proper planning, and preparation are critical.

Doing it right the first time makes all the difference. Don’t cut corners.

Again, cleanliness is very key — from seed to sale!

(Q) As an experienced cultivator, what HVAC Tollie installed at have you learned about the cultivation his Oklahoma commercial and dispensary business in Oklahoma that could help Missouri businesses? cultivation center.

(A) It all boils down to the time you invest. If you put in the time and effort it takes to have a superior product, you will be successful and have the advantage. I’ve seen many cannabis businesses come and go because of a lack of superior quality products, services, and attention to every detail. You simply cannot cut corners and do well in the cannabis industry — the bar today has been set very high.

(Q) What would you like our readers to know about your business expertise — your final thoughts? ◄▲Tollie’s Oklahoma cultivation includes both indoor and outdoor grows.

(A) I believe, Jeremy Electrical, Heating & Cooling and I fit the complete description of someone who is tried and true as far as a licensed and insured business since 2007. When it comes to the cannabis business with indoor and outdoor cultivations, you must have safe and properly installed efficient equipment. A decent knowledge of what you’re doing, and the willingness to seek experienced advice to achieve great product [cannabis] and not lose your investment.

▲Tollie has installed lighting and HVAC for cultivation and dispensary businesses, both indoor and outdoor in Colorado and Oklahoma.

This year should be exciting for all who have fought so hard and long to see medical cannabis come to fruition in Missouri. For the new Missouri cannabis entrepreneurs entering the business and preparing inaugural buildouts, knowing that businesses like Jeremy Electrical, Heating & Cooling with “been there, done that” knowledge should provide anxiety relief by knowing help to a faster, more efficient, and profitable business launch is only a phone call away.

For help, tips, and advice, contact Jeremy Tollie at 913.514.2393 or visit www.JeremyKC.com.

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New Year’s Resolution A You Can Stick To

by Carrie Hudson, Contributing Writer

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ike most people, when the New Year comes around, I take a personal inventory of the things I can or should be doing better over the next year. My resolutions are often based around having a better work/life balance or organizing my space better.

Resolutions are very ambitious. How many people make New Year’s resolutions? How many keep them? Forty to 45% of American adults make one or more resolutions each year. The top three New Year’s resolutions are weight loss, an exercise program, and quitting smoking.

The following shows how many of these resolutions are maintained as time goes on: ● past the first week: 75% ● past two weeks: 71% ● after one month: 64% ● after six months: 46%

Half of the people who make resolutions give up by the end of June.

Half of the people who started — actually succeed. Which half do you want to be in? It’s not necessarily going to be easy to succeed, but it will be easier if you are prepared.

In my profession as a Whole Health and Wellness Coach, I get questions from my clients about how they can succeed. My first piece of advice to them, and to you, is to start slowly. I will break it down into small, manageable (and attainable) goals.

Commit to a Manageable Exercise Regiment Gym memberships are at the highest in January when everyone commits to more exercise and a weight loss program. By October, only 22% of members who began in January are still actively using their membership. Don’t be one of those people. You can still exercise, still lose weight and maybe still attend a gym, just make it work for you and your lifestyle. Don’t set yourself up for failure, and don’t be a statistic. Starting slowly is the most important piece of advice I can give.

Here are some examples: ● Take the dog for a walk or perhaps find a friend or family member to start walking with you. If you must go alone, use this time as your own personal time without distractions. ● Park farther away from where you work or shop or even take the stairs instead of the elevator. Get your body invigorated and energized. Walk to small errands or break up your workday by taking a quick walk during your lunch hour.

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Think of every possible opportunity as a chance to get to move your body, engage with the world, and use the everyday tools around you to accomplish some very realistic healthy goals. It is not life-altering but rather “life-engaging.”

Healthy Snacks – The Weight Loss Resolution Take a look at your dinner plate and try this: look at it as though it were a color palette. Is it mostly white (pasta, rice, potatoes), or is it filled with vibrant colors and textures such as leafy greens, broccoli, carrots, beets, green peppers, zucchini, and more? Try adding a few of these beneficial veggies to your regular meals slowly and then increase gradually. And, remember, water, water, water. It is so important.

And Finally, What About Cannabis?

If quitting smoking is on your list of New Year’s resolutions, you may not be talking about cigarettes. If you are smoking cigarettes, quitting as soon as possible is the obvious choice to better health. Smoking cannabis is the most popular method of consuming cannabis. So how do we maintain the healing properties of cannabis and give up smoking? This may be the perfect time to consider alternate ways to ingest.

As I mentioned earlier, I do, in fact, include cannabis as part of a whole, healthy lifestyle, but my choice is not to smoke it. Here are my top three favorite methods for using cannabis as part of a whole health and wellness regiment. Tinctures, sublingual, patches, and gel pens! A gel pen? YES! Rub it in like an essential oil on your wrist and jugular vein on your neck and experience relief in as little as five minutes, and it lasts four to six hours — it’s magnificent! Patches usually last eight to 12 hours and kick in as soon as 20 to 30 minutes, time-released, fabulous! I often tell people it’s a “Game Changer!”

Micro-dosing a tincture under the tongue is probably my personal favorite, although I have come to enjoy all three of these delivery methods. Here’s why I love these methods: they are socially acceptable, discreet, and less is more! I don’t have to use as much, and I have better control over the outcome. Most importantly, I can find the exact dose that works for me and repeat it time and time again and get the same relief and not have to continue to increase my dosage! Another option I really like is cannabis infused topicals, and deep acting cannabis balms you rub into your skin on the area where you have pain or

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We have explored just a few ways you can work New Year’s resolutions into your lifestyle without disrupting your entire life and still attain your goals of becoming healthier. Most importantly, this is a commitment to “Self” to start and be committed to “You” because You Are Worth It! Small but meaningful changes each day turn the key to small victories, which over time, will lead to giant, massive accomplishments. After all, life is meant to be a journey of self-discovery, not a race!

Good luck and Happy New Year!

Writer Carrie Hudson is a Certified Health Coach and passionate about cannabis education, truth, and change. Originally from Missouri, Hudson now resides in Colorado with her two dogs and is actively engaged in teaching how to live a true. whole-health lifestyle.

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The information contained herein is not intended to replace a one-to-one relationship with a doctor or qualified healthcare professional. Therefore, this information is not intended as medical advice, but rather a sharing of knowledge and information based on research and experience. The information is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content is for general information purposes only.

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by Kevin Ellison,Contributing Writer

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have always been a “car nut,” as my mother calls it, so much so that my first word was “car.” Forty some years later, I am still just as fascinated with cars and trucks as I was as a toddler.

Because of this lifelong obsession, my family was not surprised when I started “Granddad’s Trucks,” a custom upfitter of security vehicles. I will save the long story behind the name for another issue, but the important part is that I have been customizing and doing work on my own vehicles for decades.

vehicle, which can affect handling, tire wear, and many other aspects of the vehicle, including collision performance such as timing for airbag deployment. Collision performance is critical because it can affect the safety of your employees, whether or not your insurance covers an accident and legal liability. Upfitting guides from the manufacturers tell companies how to adjust shocks, sensors, and other parts of the vehicle to maintain the manufacturers’ collision avoidance and energy absorption specifications.

As one of the founders of Cannabis Security and Technology Solutions (CST), I manage the Security and Video System division as well as the Transportation division. Last summer, when I began looking to source transportation vehicles that would meet the DHSS regulations, I discovered that the existing customization companies were willing to add whatever I needed. However, without knowing the regulations, they didn’t know what exactly might be required.

As did more research, I found that it wasn’t quite as simple as I had expected because some of the options that I felt were critical, required knowledge of security panel configuration as well as an understanding of what is most vulnerable when transporting cannabis.

So, I decided to take a company that I had started as a hobby into a company that creates custom vehicles for security companies and secure transportation.

Anyone who is transporting cannabis has to determine what kind of vehicle they want to use based on what they will be carrying and how far they might be going. Typically, in other states, companies have used vans for cannabis transportation, which from a security point of view, is the main reason for not using a van. If a criminal is targeting a transportation vehicle, they will be looking for vans leaving or arriving at facilities. They will be less likely to suspect a truck or SUV. A further consideration for anyone transporting flower and trim from cultivation facilities will be odor. Flower will be packaged in an airtight bag, but trim, that will be used in extraction, may be bundled and not in sealed bags, which will make the van and anyone in it smell heavily of cannabis. Prepare to be pulled over by law enforcement if that is the case. In a truck bed, the bed can be sealed and even have its own air handler with a carbon filter to remove cannabis odor.

The first vehicle my company, Granddad’s Trucks, built for the Missouri cannabis market is a Ford F250 that will be used by CST Solutions as a transportation vehicle. I personally have over 200 hours of research into the changes and additions we have made. This research only has to be done once per vehicle model, but it is vital to map out all of the changes, including weight, electrical needs, and impacts, longevity, etc. You may have seen the truck on display at the Kansas City show in November, or there are pictures of it on our website, www.granddadstrucks.com. This truck is a good example of what anyone in Missouri should consider for a transportation vehicle.

As a reminder, in Missouri, any facility transporting cannabis has to follow specific regulations, whether it is a transportation company, cultivation, manufacturer, dispensary, or testing facility.

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Using a company that focuses on building commercial vehicles, typically referred to as an “upfitter” by manufacturers, is essential to customizing any vehicle for commercial use. All of the manufacturers have precise guidelines for upfitters to follow to keep the vehicle within certain specifications. Anytime you add items to vehicles such as shelving, it adds weight to the vehicle beyond what the manufacturer had intended. This changes the geometrical dynamics of the 44

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Heavy-duty steel bumpers and push bars bolted to the frame enable drivers an escape if a criminal pulls in front of the transportation vehicle to block their path. Extremely bright LED lights front and rear deter ambush risk when pulling into dark areas.

Cannabis CST chose a truck for the first vehicle since cultivation transportation will be the first transportation that is needed. As a ¾ ton truck, it already had upgraded suspension, but we added the extraheavy-duty suspension from the snowplow and trailer towing packages, which allows for the added weight of the modifications plus up to 1,500 pounds of cannabis while remaining within the manufacturer specifications. We also upgraded the tires and wheels to improve traction and to better handle the additional weight, without changing the geometry of the wheels or the circumference of the tires.

We replaced the stock bumpers with heavy-duty steel bumpers and push bars bolted to the frame so drivers can escape if a criminal pulls in front of the transportation vehicle to block their path. We also added extremely bright LED lights front and rear, so the driver never has to risk ambush when pulling into dark areas. This is especially important during winter months when there are more hours of darkness. A heavy-duty metal bed cover with double locks will protect the contents of the bed.

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Truck Interior Security Features

protection to prevent vehicle theft as it will not start without a badge scan. The security system can be monitored and managed remotely by the security company or the owner of the transport vehicle. There is also an integrated transport DVR (the same type used by bus and rail transit in many metropolitan areas), which connects to the vehicle’s built-in cameras allowing a full 360-degree view of the truck at all times. The camera system is further supplemented by an interior camera pointed at the driver and a sixth camera monitoring the cannabis in the storage area.

Location Tracking (required by MO State regulations) provided by a telematics module constantly shows key information about the vehicle’s location, direction, speed, engine status, tire status, and other critical pieces of information. Reporting allows the review of each driver’s habits and averages such as speed and braking force.

The requirement for constant communications with the driver will be managed by a combination of cell phones and shortwave radio.

SUVs and Vans will use many of the same types of systems, though slightly different due to the sizes of the vehicles. For transporting from manufacturing facilities to dispensaries, the dual drawer system will be replaced with a six-foot-long, four-foot-wide slide-out shelf that can facilitate wrapped pallets or large locking containers, which allows easier transportation of packaged goods with minimal changes to the vehicle. The shelf can hold 1,500 pounds, so a significant amount of product can be held. There are also other secret security features that for obvious reasons cannot be mentioned here.

 Kevin Ellison shows interior truck features; a locking drawer system in the bed of the truck to hold large individual boxes of cannabis that can be sealed with manifest tags or stickers. The transporter only has to unlock the drawer for each facility stop.

We installed a locking drawer system in the bed of the truck to hold large individual boxes of cannabis that can be sealed with manifest tags or stickers. The transporter only has to unlock the drawer for each facility stop. As required by the regulations, the drawers, boxes, and the truck bed can all be easily washed and disinfected between transportation runs. We wrapped the bed in Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) blocking film (like Faraday Fabric-EMI RFID) to prevent criminals from using RFID scanners to identify vehicles that have a large amount of RFID signals. We also added a layer of insulation to help the truck-bed maintain proper temperatures in extreme cold or extreme heat conditions

The vehicle’s integrated commercial security system allows the use of motion detectors when the vehicle is shut off as well as extra

Recap

Whether you use Granddad’s Trucks or a different company for your vehicle, please verify that they are an upfitter that takes the required measurements to ensure the vehicle remains within manufacturer guidelines. Using correctly modified vehicles along with following proper maintenance procedures will ensure that your transportation efforts don’t suffer the expense of out of service vehicles. We purchasing vehicles from a great fleet dealer based in the St Louis area. Contact me directly via email, phone, or through our website to get the dealer’s contact information. I truly want the cannabis industry in Missouri to be successful, so I will happily share any information I can whether you are using Granddad’s Trucks for your vehicle upfitting or not. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you may have; we all want a safe and successful industry.

Kevin Ellison Co-Founder and CEO of Cannabis Security and Technology Solutions and Owner, Granddad’s Trucks, Building a Secure Transportation Vehicle. Contact Ellison at 417.877.0512 or kevin@cstsolutionsgroup.com. Visit online www.granddadstrucks.com or www.cstsolutionsgroup.com.

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WORKFORCE: Meet prospective employers at events in the St. Louis and Kansas City markets at the Career Expo where dozens of operators, employment firms and staffing companies will converge to find the brightest talent in Missouri to fill jobs in cultivation, extraction facilities, and retail dispensaries.

CAREER EXPO ONLY: $29 (This ticket grants entry to the Career Expo only.)

EXPO+SEMINAR: $59 (This ticket grants entry to the Career Expo and entry to the Seminar.) Bonus Add On: Resumé Service: $29 (This ticket offers the Resumé Service option. Your resumé will be electronically distributed to every employer and sponsor of both the St. Louis and Kansas City Career Fairs prior to the event.) Register today at www.MidWestCannaExpos.com.

EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS: Sessions are 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Confirmed speakers include Gary Easter from Greenman Group; Tiffany Wesley from Bloom Academy. Session topics include cannabis job training, career possibilities in cannabis and how to obtain a worker ID card.

FOR EMPLOYERS: Sponsorship pricing includes presence options at both St. Louis and Kansas City Canna Career Fair and EXPOs. Basic table pricing is $500 for participation at one event or $750 for a table at both career fairs. Sponsor options available contact Alycia Mundell at Alycia@MidwestCannaExpos.com or 636.744.4036. Space will go quick — reserve your’s today!

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Stores Listed Alphabetically American Shaman .................816.491.2452 19321 E US Hwy 40, Independence, MO American Shaman .................816.434.5059 1638 SE Blue Parkway, Lee’s Summit, MO American Shaman .................816.858.6039 1303 Platte Falls Rd, Ste CC, Platte City, MO Blue Sky Farms CBD.............. 816.228.4080 Inside Blue Springs Fitness www.BlueSpringsCBD.com 1300 NW 7 Hwy Blue Springs, MO Blue Springs Botanicals .........816.295.1921 1412 MO-7 STE G, Blue Springs, MO Brookside Holistic Solutions 816.524.4367 819 NE Woods Chapel Rd, Lee’s Summit, Brookside Holistic Solutions 816.361.4367 118 West 63rd St, Kansas City, MO Buddha Leaf .......................... 816.385.5480 3613 Beck Rd. St. Joseph, MO Buddha Leaf ........................... 816.873.5677 408 B West 6th St, Kearney, MO CBD American Shaman......... 885.526.6223 5501 #104 S US Hwy 71, Grandview, MO CBD American Shaman......... 816.680.8805 2008 N MO 291 Hwy, Harrisonville, MO CBD American Shaman.........885.526.6223 1036 W 103rd St, Kansas City, MO CBD American Shaman.........816.599.6010 3518 NE Vivion Rd, Kansas City, MO CBD American Shaman.........816.745.7977 100 E 6th St, Suite 6, Kearney, MO CBD American Shaman.........816.381.6333 8038 North Oak Trafficway, KC, MO CBD American Shaman.........855.526.6223 307 A NE Englewood Rd, KC, MO CBD American Shaman.........816.437.8261 13125 State Line Rd, Kansas City, MO CBD American Shaman.........816.472.1900 2024 Swift Ave, North Kansas City, MO 50

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CBD American Shaman.........816.702.1042 6302 N Chatham Ave, Kansas City, MO

Hemp Haven .......................... 816.222.4173 214 MO Hwy 291, Liberty, MO

CBD American Shaman.........913.249.7794 1005 Middlebrooke Dr, Liberty, MO

Hemp Haven .......................... 816.944.8601 419B SW Ward Rd, Lee's Summit

CBD American Shaman......... 855.526.6223 9438 E 350 Hwy, Raytown, MO

Hemp Haven .......................... 913.961.9742 5536 NE Antioch Gladstone, MO

CBD KC ................................. 816.569.4838 4279 Sterling Ave, Kansas City, MO

It’s a Dream Smoke Shop ..... 816.753.5733 3942 Broadway Ave, Kansas City, MO

CBD KC ................................. 816.550.0063 2419 Burlington St, N Kansas City, MO

KC SmokZ .............................. 816.656.5090 3957 Broadway Blvd, Kansas City, MO

CBD Mind & Body ................ 816.600.6271 705 SE Melody Ln, Lee’s Summit, MO

KC Smoke & Vape ................. 816.931.4434 1605 Westport Rd, Kansas City, MO

CBD Plus ................................ 816.701.6358 7422 Wornall Rd Kansas City, MO

Let’s Vape & Smoke Shop .... 816.753.8100 3745 Broadway Blvd, Kansas City, MO

Complete Care CBD ............... 816.520.3304 18801 East 39th St S, Independence, MO 64057 (inside Independence Center Mall)

Martin City Kratom & CBD... 816.209.1073 13608 B Washington St, Kansas City, MO

Ed’s CBD Oils ........................ 816.569.3142 9025 E US 40 Hwy, Independence, MO Englewood Station Healing and Arts ................................................ 816.812.3273 10910 E. Winner Rd, Indepen., MO 64052

Emerald Garden Dispensary 816.724.7806 9500 E 55th St, Raytown. MO Emerald Garden Dispensary 816.977.8848 110 E. MO Avenue, Kansas City, MO Emerald Garden Dispensary 220 W. 39th St, Kansas City, MO Good Life CBD ...................... 816.429.6668 8110 US-69, Pleasant Valley, MO Green Grove CBD .................. 833.425.5223 340 W. 47th St. Kansas City, MO Happy Rock Smoke Shop and Vape .................................................. 816.436.0226 334 NE 72nd St, Gladstone, MO Happy Rock Smoke Shop and Vape ............ ...................................................... 816.415.3814 603 MO 291 B Liberty, MO Hemp Haven .......................... 816.384.1153 2002 Main St, Kansas City, MO

Midtown Kava ....................... 816.541.3144 1415 D W 39th St, Kansas City, MO More Than Hemp .................. 816.216.1977 6000 N Chatham Ave, Kansas City, MO Mother Nature’s CBD & Natural Wellness .816.455.0480 520 NW Englewood Rd, Kansas City, MO Natural Remedies ................. 816.229.9520 2001 NW Jefferson St, Blue Springs, MO 64015 Natural Wellness CBD .......... 816.447.8927 7672 N Oak Tfwy, Gladstone, MO Nettie’s Living Naturally ....... 816.617.7290 545 NW 1501St. Rd., Holden, MO 64040 OG Smoke Shop .................... 816-214-5110 904 W 39th St, Kansas City, MO Organic Hemp Botanicals ..... 816.997.9006 1215 W 103rd St., Kansas City, MO Organic Hemp Botanicals..... 816.425.6026 144 Cedar Tree Square, Belton, MO Phoenix Natural Wellness..... 913.329.5981 817 E North Ave, Belton, MO R&R CBD .............................. 816.521.1159 647 E. 59th St, Kansas City, MO

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Ron Ron’s CBD Shop ............ 816.916.2516 9318 S MO 7 Hwy, Lee’s Summit, MO

Buddha Leaf ...........................573.303.9150 1414 Range Line St. Ste F, Columbia, MO

Roots Cannaporium ……..... 816.858.6005 124 Main St. Platte City, MO 64079

Columbia Urgent Care …...... 573.234.1070 621 N. Providence Rd. Columbia, MO 65023

Rustic Oils CBD .................... 816.434.5284 618 SW 3rd St Ste J, Lee’s Summit, MO

Dr. Alt Holistic Care ............. 573.875.4877 1715 W Worley St. Columbia, MO 65203

7th Heaven …......................... 816.361.9555 7621 Troost Ave., Kansas City, MO.

Good Nature ............................ 573.442.4242 23 N. 10th St. Columbia, MO

The CBD Store ....................... 816.474.7400 1729 Oak St. ,Kansas City, MO 64108 The Hub Smoke Shop ........... 816.701.6267 500 Delaware St, Kansas City, MO The Hub Smoke Shop ............ 816.420.0404 6410 N Oak Trafficway, Kansas City, MO

Grass Roots Smoke Shop ......573.449.4769 203 N 10 St, Columbia MO

Grass Roots Smoke Shop ......573.443.7668 202 E Green Meadows, Columbia MO

Lake of the Ozarks and Jefferson City Area CBD Stores American Shaman of Mid MO …............... ................................................ 573.616.2524 3702 W Truman Blvd. Ste. 200, Jefferson City, MO 65109 Buddha Leaf ........................... 573.658.9675 1418 Missouri Blvd Ste E, Jefferson City MO CBD American Shaman Lake of the Ozarks 573.317.9131 www.cbdloz.com 10 Camden Ct Suite 1C, Camdenton, MO Hemp Hemp Hooray - CBD ... 573.355.813 3797 Osage Beach Pkwy Suite F-1, Osage Beach, MO 65065

Hemp Hemp Hooray …........ 573-355-1285 Broadway, Columbia, MO 65201

SQeZ Juice & Health ............. 573.552.8790 3869 Osage Beach Pkwy, Osage Beach, MO

The Hub Smoke Shop ............ 816.492.5466 2631 NE Vivion Rd, Kansas City, MO

Your CBD Store – Columbia ..573.442.6706 1408 Interstate 70 Dr. SW. #106, Columbia, MO 65203

The Lime in The Coconut ..... 573.964.6786 Specialty Compound Pharmacy & CBD. 111 Crossing West Ste. 6, Lake Ozark, MO

True Balance Wellness …...... 816.326.8303 5510 Antioch Rd, Kansas City, MO 64119

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The Hub Smoke Shop ............ 816.321.2398 4027 N Oak Trafficway, Kansas City, MO

20 After 4 ………................... 816.259.5180 1303s N 22nd St, St Joseph, MO 64507 Vapor Loft KC ....................... 816.408.0400 310 Armour Rd, North Kansas City, MO

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Vapur of KC …………........… 816.214.5835 8103 North Oak Trafficway, KC, MO 64118

Springfield Missouri Area CBD Stores

World Hemp …..................... 816.569.6428 3630 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64111

Canna Bliss Natural Wellness 417.258.5770 210 W. Republic Road, Springfield, MO CBD of Springfield…............. 417.319.5522 3202 S. Campbell Ave Springfield, MO 65807 Hemporium ...........................417.324.7724 4139 S National, Springfield, MO 65807

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Kaleidoscope …….................. 417.883.9636 1430 E Sunshine St., Springfield, MO 65804

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CannaBelew’s Dispensary ...... 417.693.3061 105 W Sherman Way St107, Nixa, MO 65714

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Healing Partners of Ozarks... 417-278-3499 State Hwy 14 East, Sparta, MO 65753

St. Louis MO CBD Stores Pro Brady LLC Hemp CBD Superstore 866.943.6722 ● 1000 Warrenton Shoppes Ste 19, Warrenton, MO Sweet Leaf Emporium ........... 573.218.9552 100 Holly Tree Lane, Farmington MO 63640 www.sweetleafemporium.com Sweet Leaf Emporium ........... 636.683.1090 1100 Shapiro, Festus, MO 63028 Not to Worry! We will be adding more St. Louis area CBD stores. Stay tuned...

CBD Republic ….................... 417-818-1812 US Hwy 60 E, Republic, MO 65738

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Spotlight on Business Locations to Find The EVOLUTION Magazine Clayton Stallings, VP of Sales & Marketing for The EVOLUTION Magazine, out-and-about town, visiting with businesses where you can grab a copy of the magazine.

▲ Stop by American Shaman in North KC and say hello to RJ. Check out their huge assortment of CBD products. While there, grab a copy of the magazine — before they’re gone. They go fast here! ▲ Go see Cody at KC Grow Depot, North Kansas City’s premier grow shop. KC Grow Depot has all your at home grow needs. Grab the January issue of The Evolution Magazine while there. ◄ Stop by and see Rachel Crawford (right) at Rustic Oils/CBD of Lee’s Summit and check out the array of CBD infused products. Caught Sheila Watzlawick (center) doing some shopping while dropping off our December issue.

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▲ Go see The man, The myth, The legend — Jan Fichman, the owner of 7th Heaven!

Since 1974, he made it through his original store being firebombed by competition and then through a politically induced raid on his shop and survived the legal system trying to make an example of him during the peak of the “war on drugs” era. It’s OG’s like this that fire us up to continue the fight for access to medicinal cannabis!

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Missouri Medical Cannabis Certification Doctors NOTICE: Any Missouri state licensed medical Physician (M.D. / D.O. only) that wants to participate can write a certification for a Missouri Medical Marijuana Card. The following list of Missouri doctors are now serving patients near you.

Kansas City MO, Area Blue Bird Wellness Center …....... 816.944.3654 676 SE Bayberry Ln. Ste 105, Lee’s Summit, MO. Brookside Holistic Solutions ........ 816.524.4367 Dr. Herbert E. Dempsey DO 819 NE Woods Chapel Rd. Lee’s Summit, MO Green Health Docs ....................... 314.282.8017 435 Nichols Rd, Suite 200, KC, MO 64112 www.greenhealthdocs.com

East & Southern, MO Area Columbia, MO Dr. Alt Holistic Care .............................. 573.875.4877 1715 B West Worley, Columbia, MO 65203 Green Health Docs Columbia ........ 877.242.0362 Regus Building, 303 N Stadium Blvd 2nd Floor, Columbia, MO 65203

Springfield, MO Dr. Gil’s Immediate Care Center ........ 417.869.8000 Dr. Gil Mobley 3000 East Division St., Springfield, MO 65802

Green Clinics ................................ 816.514.0023 1303 S. 22nd St. St. Joseph, MO 64507 (Inside 20 After 4 CBD Store) www.20after4.life,

Elite Pain Management and Recovery Centers ......................................................... 417.888.0167 222 E Primrose St. Suite E, Springfield, MO

Green Cross MO ........................... 816.424.2420 800 E 101st Terr. Suite 350, Kansas City, MO.

Nature’s Green Health & Wellness Clinic ..........

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Green Sage Doctors ...................... 816.820.3004 4731 S. Cochise Dr Suite 110, Indep, MO 64055 www.greensagekc.com Kind Remedy Cannabis Clinic .... 816.379.6557 2400 Rt. 291, Unit B, Independence, MO 64057 www.kindremedykc.com Midwest Health & Wellness Center .....................

816.836.2200 Dr. Marc K. Taormina MD 3601 NE Ralph Powell Rd, Suite A, Lee’s Summit, MO 64064 www.midwesthealthandwellnesscenter.com Missouri Cannabis Clinic ............. 844.420.0362 10001 E. 67th St. Raytown, MO 64133 www.MissouriCannabis.Clinic My KC Green Wellness…..............816.301.5598

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Purpose Medical …....................... 816.226.7512 1201 NW Briarcliff Pkwy, Suite 200, KC, MO. The Releaf Clinic …...................... 816.897.4494 19201 E. Valley View Pkwy, Suite C, Indep, MO. www.TheReleafClinics.com Dr. Woods Wellness ..................... 816.888.5200 4963 NE Goodview Cir., Lee’s Summit, MO 64064

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St. Louis MO, Area Bell Chiropractic & Pain Mgmt. ..... 314.838.1983 493 Rue Francois Suite 1A, Florissant, MO

Green Clinics ................................ 816.514.0023 415 Delaware Suite 4W, Kansas City, MO 64105 www.TheGreenClinics.com

Green Flower Clinics .................... 816.615.8690 Dr. Name: Dimitri Golfinopoulos, D.O. 401 S. Platte Clay Way, Kearney, MO 64060

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Ozark Valley Medical .................... 417.317.5035 3259 E Sunshine St Suite AA, Springfield, MO. Shealy-Sorin Wellness Institute .... 417.351-5221 Dr. Sergey Sorin ● www.FloraWellnessMO.com 2840 E Chestnut Expressway, Springfield, MO, 65802

Green Clinics ................................. 816.514.0023 1618 S. Broadway, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 Green Health Docs STL. ............. 877.242.0362 2 Cityplace Dr Suite 200, St. Louis, MO 63141 Health City .................................... 314.200.1555 1760 S. Brentwood Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63144 www.healthcitystl.com Kathmandu Clinic ….................... 918.814.3996 111 Prospect Ave Suite 20 2D, Kirkwood, MO. Midwest GreenCert ..................... 314. 596.9955 2325 Dougherty Ferry Rd., Ste. 206 St. Louis, MO 63122 Medical Cannabis Outreach ........ 636.489.4293 Dr. Jerry Leech, Chesterfield, MO Medical Cannabis Outreach .........636.466.3871 Dr. Nassar: 7721 Clayton Rd. Clayton, MO 63117 Missouri Cannabis Outreach ...... 636.466.3871 2730 S. St. Peters Parkway, St. Charles, MO 63304 Vo Medical Clinic - Dr. Thanh Vo ... 314.776.1467 3334 South Grand Ave., St. Louis, MO 63118

The Higher Care Clinic (THC 2….417.413.3899 2424 South Campbell Avenue, Springfield, MO.

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Ozark Valley Medical ..................... 417.317.533 5571 N 21st St, Ozark, MO 65721 Ozark Valley Medical .................... 417.317.5318 1140 MO-76, Branson, MO 65616 Roark Family Health & Medical Spa . 417.847.1111 Dr. Lisa Roark ● 1101 N. Main St., Cassville, MO.

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