gazette august 2013

IN This IssueCooking With Cannabis Page 4Sudoku Page 4Elsewhere on Marijuana Page 5Cover Story Page 6 The Town of Garden City

The Hash Man Page 7Edibles in Review Page 10Bud-O-Scopes Page 11WonderWord Page 11Grower’s Corner Page 12 Dealing with the Heat

What’s it Good For? Page 14 Marijuana Helps Fight Diabetes

News of The Weird Page 14

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Elsewhere on MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana Still Unavailable Statewide

Supporters of mar-ijuana legalization might be looking at Colorado for hope af-ter it made the use and sales of marijua-na legal even for rec-reational purposes. But don’t look now, because it seems that some municipalities in the state are get-ting cold feet about legal pot in their area. At least until the state finally makes up its mind on how to go about the sale of both recreational pot and medical mar-ijuana later this year. State legislators are scrambling to come up with laws on how to regulate legal marijuana and the drug market in gen-eral. They have come up with a temporary set of regulations, which are largely described as “emer-gency rules.” These emergency rules have been effective starting July 1. These initial regulations include licensing laws and other regulatory laws until a more perma-nent framework can be drafted and rati-fied. Licenses, however, will not be issued un-

til 2014. In the meantime, municipalities and towns will have to make up their minds regarding whether they will be part of the legal marijuana trade or not. Surprisingly, not all communities are in favor of having a marijuana dispensa-ry in their neighbor-hood. In Denver, where medical marijuana dispensaries are al-ready found on main streets, recreational marijuana is large-ly welcome. A ma-jority of the voters here backed the bal-lot measure to make marijuana legal for any purpose in the state. The city coun-cil, understandably, has no qualms about starting the selling as soon as possible. Denver’s enthu-siasm is not shared by smaller communi-ties, however. Some areas, such as Mon-trose and Greeley, have already started to prohibit the sale of marijuana. Others, mean-while, have cho-sen to postpone the date when their res-idents could apply for licenses to run a marijuana dispen-sary. This is what

happened in Aurora, where they wanted their local legislators to have enough time to come up with their own set of rules. At the moment, there are 36 com-munities that have passed ordinanc-es that in some way limit or prohibit the recreational use of marijuana. Only 13 communities have signified interest in complying with Amendment 64. The communities that opted for the delay in giving out marijuana-related business licenses in-clude:• Aurora• Bayfield• Carbondale• Centennial• Craig• Crestone• Dillon• Erie• Federal Heights• Fort Morgan• Frisco• Fruita• Glenwood Springs• Lafayette• Lakewood• Littleton• Log Lane Village• Lyons• Norwood• Steamboat Springs• Vail The communities that are gunning for

prohibition are:• Blanca• Broomfield• Buena vista• Burlington• Calhan• Cherry Hills• Crawford• Crested Butte• Dacono• Del Norte• Englewood• Fairplay• Foxfield• Frederick• Greeley• Greenwood Village• Gunnison• Hudson• Johnstown• Limon• Lone Tree• Longmont• Montrose• Monument• Palisade• Parker• Superior• Thornton• Westminster• Windsor• Woodland Park

This might look like a blow to marijuana legalization, but it ac-tually isn’t. This just proves that marijua-na legalization is be-ing taken seriously in Colorado and nobody is moving forward hastily. It shows that the city councils and residents are weigh-ing out the pros and

cons and are carefully examining the differ-ent issues associated with it. Even if they have preliminari-ly asked to prohib-it or ban marijuana in their jurisdiction, they will have the chance to examine these regulations and see if they would like to continue with the ban or not. The state’s emer-gency rules, which took effect on July 1, 2013, come in a guidebook with more than 60 pages. Some of the more salient points in the new rules include:1. The state’s reve-nue department will be overseeing the sale of marijuana for recreational use.2. All marijuana products must have warnings such as:• “There may be health risks associat-ed with the consump-tion of this product.”• “This product is intended for use by adults 21 years and older. Keep out of the reach of children.”• “This product is unlawful outside the State of Colorado.”• “This product is infused with Retail Marijuana.”Continued on page 15

Alvin DyForeign

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Garden City owes its existence to the end of prohibition in 1933. When the nationwide ban on alcohol sales ended, towns in Col-orado had the option of remaining ‘dry’ by a majority vote of the residents. When citizens of Greeley voted to prohibit li-quor within the town limits, the Sheriff showed up the next morning to shut down the town’s two liquor stores. One of the liquor store owners, I. P. Norton, then moved his operation just outside of Greeley limits and Greeley of-ficials responded by passing a law that liquor could not be sold within a specific number of feet out-side the town limits. To get around this law, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Ray, who owned most of the land di-rectly south of Gree-ley, attempted to form a new town on their property. How-ever, State law re-quired that 30 land owners had to peti-tion to incorporate a town. To fulfill this requirement, Mrs. Id Ray began selling

small parcels of land for $100, with a $10 down payment. Once the Rays had the required number of land owners, they tried once again to incorporate. Their first two attempts were thrown out by the court, but a third effort was successful and Garden City was incorporated in 1938. Rosedale, anoth-er small community adjacent to Garden City, incorporated in 1939 under the same circumstances. The two small towns merged in 1987. Before the merg-er, when bars in the two towns were com-peting for custom-ers, bar owners in Rosedale would cross the street to persuade customers in Garden City bars to visit their establishments. Gar-den City bar owners, in turn, would try to coax the customers back. It’s reported that some of the bar owners carried guns on their hips to help with their persua-sion. With a total land area of less than one square mile, Garden City’s population is only about 350 peo-ple. However, 62

businesses operate in Garden City and each one is vital to the sustainability of the Town. Sales tax revenue generated by these businesses supports the services that the Town is able to provide to its citi-zens.

Welcome to Garden City We hope you take the time to enjoy and explore our little town. Garden City is built on a tradition of thinking differ-ently and the ideal of personal freedom. We proudly continue with these values to-day. Garden City was founded at a time when communities around us hung on to the failed idea of Prohibition. Since 1938, our town has stood up for our be-liefs and provided a safe and fun commu-nity to visit and enjoy a libation. Today this tradition is alive and well - stop in and wet your lips and share a story at one of our watering holes. Ex-perience the BIG fun our small town has to

offer in person. But the Town of Garden City has much more to offer than just getting a drink. We invite you to visit our diverse selection of locally owned small busi-nesses. Whether your car needs a tune-up,

your stomach is in need of good eats or you have the shop-ping bug, your sup-port of Garden City helps keep our com-munity vibrant and successful. We wel-come you and appre-ciate your business.

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Hello fellow hash lovers! Congratulations to our winners in last month’s contest! Hope you en-joyed your hash! Now get ready to have your senses challenged, as we are starting a new contest this month. I will put together a Mys-tery Hash. You buy a gram and then tell me what strands I used. You will win a free gram of your choice of Bubble Hash and I will reimburse you for the gram of Mystery Hash you purchased. Don’t worry, in the beginning I will make it easy, but as the contest progress-es, it will be harder and harder to guess! Now, on to this month’s lesson in hash! In its many forms, can-nabis has a long his-tory of wide-spread use for relief from the symptoms associated with a variety of med-ical complaints. The primary value of Can-nabis medicine lies in its analgesic ability to relieve symptoms of disease, rather than its ability to prevent or cure them. However, there have been reports of people being cured of certain things by us-ing cannabis instead of pharmaceutical drugs. We are just scratching the surface of the many potential uses it holds.

Cannabis, through-out history, has been

used to relieve depres-sion, pain, drowsi-ness, insomnia, mus-cle spasms, menstrual cramps, hypertension, nausea, diarrhea, and constipation. However, these are just symp-toms of underlying dis-comforts, disorders, or diseases. So far, his-tory told us that Can-nabis only relieved the accompanying symp-toms. For instance, cannabis can relieve menstrual cramps very effectively, but they re-turn when the high is over. However, recent research has shown that Cannabis has made enormous strides in curing some diseas-es. Both hashish and marijuana have been eaten and smoked for medicinal relief. The big difference between

the two is the higher concentrations of the medically active can-nabinoids in hash-ish, compared to the marijuana of an equal weight. Therefore, this makes the hashish a more concentrated medically appropriate source of the active can-nabinoid compounds. Recently, people have started juicing it and are having remarkable results. Well known phar-maceutical companies were manufacturing cannabis fluid extracts from as early as 1885 up to 1937, when the Marijuana Tax Act ef-fectively made canna-bis illegal in the US. Many studies have shown that the recre-ational use of canna-bis does not pose any serious threat to the

health or moral char-acter of its users, ac-cording to the Indian Hemp Commission Re-port. In 1977, Tippo concluded that the ste-reo-typical connections between cannabis use and deviant behavior were completely false. In 1993, a study done by the US Army in Pan-ama showed there is no evidence that mari-juana is a habit form-ing drug in the sense of cocaine, opium or alcohol. It does not cause increased crim-inal behavior, sexual over-stimulation, or addiction, in the med-ical sense of the word, and does not lead to the cocaine, heroin, or morphine kinds of ad-dictions. Researchers have found that both recreational and medic-inal use of Cannabis is

perfectly safe and can be very beneficial! We should have listened to those guys back in 1885! Well, that is all for today. Don’t forget to enter the mystery hash contest, known as “Name That Hash!,” at both our locations and good luck! Until next time, keep your stash full of hash!

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EXTRAVAGANZA

Edibles in Review:

Greeting and salutations! Can you believe it is August already? This summer is going by way too fast for me. I just got back from an amazing—and much needed—time with family. I’ll admit I’m sort of a momma’s boy, so I go see her whenever I can. She has always supported me without question and I love her for that. I really hope you guys got to see some fireworks over the fourth and spend time with the folks you love. As many of you may have guessed, I am a very frequent customer over at Nature’s Herbs and Wellness Center in Garden City. The folks that work there are constantly assisting me in my quest to expand my MMJ horizons—they are always helpful and knowledgeable. It is thanks to them that I’ve branched out from my regular edibles into new territories, like this month’s product! On my most recent visit to Nature’s, I was introduced to the “Vaped” glass globe attachment for the RemPen. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love their hash oil cartridges, and I love them even more since they went down in price. (OMG, have you seen the 750mg cartridge?!? Wow, the 250mg is awesome, the 500mg is amazing, but I have not yet tried the 750mg.) But this attachment is really cool because you can use your own medicine to medicate. I still use cartridges for the discreet way to medicate in public, but this attachment

is perfect for when you are home, sitting down. The attachment screws on the RemPen like the cartridges do, but the glass globe can be removed once it has been securely attached to the RemPen. Once the glass globe is removed, a small white cup with the heating element is exposed. Small pieces of hash will do just fine when gently placed in the white cup on top of the heating element. Place the glass globe back on and get ready for a “Brain Grenade”. For the best results, press the button and allow the heating element to start doing its thing. You will see smoke slowly fill the glass globe and then inhale slowly using the mouth piece. Do not inhale too hard; you might risk sucking the hash off the heating element, so easy does it. I really don’t need much to feel better but for some of you, a few pieces of hash will do the trick. I really like this product because I feel like I am not wasting any hash at all, unlike the times when I usually top it on a bowl. You know what I’m talking about, right? Take a look at it next time you are up at Nature’s or their Denver location. This could become my new favorite tool when I go snowboarding or just spending a day in the mountains. No lighter required, so don’t you worry about running into that situation. Just remember to have it charged up, because when you get this attachment, you will use the RemPen a lot more. Many patients buy two RemPen’s

like I did, so I always have one charged up and ready to go, but that’s just me. Check out this new attachment and ask the girls at Nature’s about it; they have a lot of knowledge about the different products they sell. I know I promised an article about the Incredible’s edible company, and their amazing kitchen, which is located in Denver. I promise it will appear soon, and all you readers will get to see pictures of their awesome kitchen, and the chocolate fountains they had on display at the 4/20 convention. The owners of the company

really understand what the patients want and their level of consistency is second to none. Keep an eye out for this article, coming soon to a Ganja Gazette near you. Before I say goodbye for this month, I would also like to thank the editors of the Ganja Gazette. Thanks for allowing me to do these articles. You have been a big help and a positive support from the very beginning, so THANK YOU!!! Like always readers, medicate with care and have a wonderful rest of the summer. See you in on the flip side.

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AriesMar. 21 - Apr. 19Escape the insti-tution, break away

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TaurusApr. 20-May 20This Friday, the universe is suggesting that you have a horror movie marathon, starting with the bloodiest movie of all time. Feel free to ignore universe this time, though.

GeminiMay 21- June 20If you haven’t been to Madrid yet, you

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CancerJune 21-July 22It’s time to let go of all the hate. Yes, Justin Bieber is heinous, but he’s just a boy. Doesn’t he deserve to be cut a little slack?

LeoJuly 23 - Aug. 22Have you been a hero to anyone lately? You

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VirgoAug. 23 - Sep. 22Houseplants are good for you. They give you someone to talk to, they produce extra oxygen, and they look pretty!

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When first start-ing out with a garden of your own, one of the biggest problems a budding grower must learn to over-come is maintaining consistent tempera-tures. This problem is especially severe in Colorado from July to September, when temperatures consis-tently sit at or above ninety degrees out-side. The obvious, and most expensive, op-tion for fixing this problem is to pur-chase and install enough additional AC to accommodate the large amount of heat that is put off by your lights. As a general rule o f thumb, each watt of light

will put off 3.41 BT units of heat. This means you are seeing an almost 3,500 BT unit increase for each 1,000 watt light you have in use. Couple this with the knowl-edge that each ton of AC will effective-ly combat 12,000 BT units of heat, and you can effectively cool three lights with each ton of AC available. But seeing as how this is a particular-ly expensive option, and it takes a good amount of additional electricity to add ad-ditional AC, it may be wise to look into a few easier, less expensive options to help beat the summer heat. One option avail-able to the financially minded grower is to purchase reflector

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hot air can then be effectively ducted out and removed without any temperature ex-change with the am-bient air in the room. You have to account for the fact that due to the natural ability for aluminum to conduct heat, it is not neces-sary for the hot air in your reflectors to come in contact with the air in your room for it to change the temperature; and as a rule of thumb, it will take less energy to maintain your cooler temps than it will to reduce ones that are already high. Another step the average home grower can take when looking to cool down their la-dies is to think about the lights they are us-ing. 600 watt lights are the most efficient light on the market and make the most effective conversion of watts to useable light, and keep your room temps much lower than their 1,000 watt counterparts. The is-sue with this is that 600 watts doesn’t of-fer the same output as 1,000 does, even if it is more efficient. Our solution to take advantage of the best of both worlds is to run 3 600 watt lights for every two 1,000 watt lights we were running before. This only generates 1800

watts of electrical use, compared to our pre-vious 2,000, and due to the better spread of the light, as well as the increased effi-ciency of our electri-cal usage, we can not only lower our heat generated, we can do so while also lowering our electrical costs and increasing the growth output of our lights. Another solution to our daily heat bat-tle lies in the use of CO2. CO2 is an am-bient presence in the air from 350-500 ppm. When we in-crease the availability of CO2 outside of the leaves, the high molar concentration of CO2 molecules outside of the leaves cause the plant stoma to be forced open, allowing for uptake when be-fore it was impossible, or even increased up-take and availability of CO2 compared to the ambient environment. This increase in up-take can even trans-late into an increase in yield, assuming all other growth factors are adequately ac-counted for. The last option available to the home grower is to just turn off a light! All other factors constant, a grower will generate higher yields of better quality product run-ning 2,000 watts at

75 degrees than they will generate running 3,000 watts at 90 de-grees. This is due to the fact that Canna-bis plants fit under the classification of a C3 plant in regards to the opening and closing of the plants’ stoma. This means that once a tempera-ture of about 85 de-grees is reached, the plant will close up its pores and stop sweat-ing to allow it to re-tain extra moisture to combat the heat. This effectively stops the uptake of water, slows down metabolic functions, and ceas-es plant growth. And plants that stop grow-ing stop producing. When growing can-nabis indoors, ac-counting for environ-ment is crucial. We as indoor gardeners are accountable for every environmental factor possible. This includes being ready to battle the effects of consecutive 90 de-gree days. The blaz-ing Colorado summer heat can wreak havoc on the unsuspecting gardener’s indoor ha-ven, but starting with these steps can really help turn down temps and turn up yields. If you have any ques-tions or comments, feel free to contact me at [email protected]!

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Lee Wildman, 35, and Adrian Stanton, 32, pleaded guilty in con-nection with a burglary at Durham (England) University’s Orien-tal Museum, in which they heisted artwork worth the equivalent of about $2.7 million and hid it in a field in April 2012. However, they have been un-able to help authori-

ties locate the bounty (even with the reward of sentence-reduction) -- because they have forgotten exactly where they stashed it. Even-tually, hikers uncon-nected with the case discovered it and noti-fied police. Said Judge Christopher Prince, “This is not an offense that can be described as sophisticated.”

In 2011, Julian Pel-legrino pleaded guilty to DUI involving se-rious bodily injury to Mark Costa in Chi-copee, Mass., and was sentenced to serve 18 months in jail, but that did not deter Pellegrino from filing a lawsuit in December, demanding $1.1 million for Costa’s somehow “caus(ing)”

his car to collide with Pellegrino’s. Pellegri-no (with a broken neck) was actually more seriously injured than Costa, who sued back, asking nearly $200,000. (In 2010, while Pellegrino was awaiting disposition of the case with Costa, he pleaded guilty to an-other DUI.)

Two brothers, celebrat-ing a winning lottery ticket in Wichita, Kan., in February, bought a stash of marijuana, but then, attempting to light a bong using bu-tane lighter fluid, one

accidentally blew up the family home. That brother was hospital-ized with second-de-gree burns, and the other was arrested for marijuana possession.

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When it comes to the medical benefits of mari-juana, we are firm believ-ers. We have seen a lot of patients being able to lead normal lives despite their conditions because of marijuana. This is the reason why we totally support its legalization. Marijuana has been seen to be beneficial in pain management, stress management and even in curing some con-ditions. But a new study suggests that medical marijuana might just prove to be a valuable ally in fighting diabetes. The study, published in the American Jour-nal of Medicine, was conducted by Harvard School of Public Health’s Elizabeth A. Penner, BS, Hannah Buettner, BA and Murray A. Mit-tleman, MD, DrPH from the Cardiovascular Epi-demiology Research Unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Depart-ment of Medicine. The study involved more than 4,600 respon-dents who were part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted be-tween 2005 and 2010. Around 40% of the re-spondents indicated that they have used marijua-na in the past and 12% said that they were cur-rent marijuana users. What Penner, Buettner and Mittleman

found is astonishing: those who are current-ly using marijuana had lower fasting insulin lev-els than those who are not currently using mar-ijuana. Marijuana users are also less resistant to insulin. What this means is that marijuana users are more likely to avoid Type II diabetes. The findings support and give more insight to earlier studies that found that marijuana users are less predis-posed to get diabetes.ited to diabetes. The cur-rent study also shows that those who use mar-ijuana have higher levels of good cholesterol. This actually helps your body guard against heart dis-ease. Marijuana can also help you keep fit. The researchers found that on the average, marijua-na users have a 1.5 inch slimmer waistline than non-users. Again, these findings are consistent with ear-lier studies that have found marijuana users

having lower body mass index, therefore they are less likely to become obese. You know how some-times, when you smoke marijuana, you tend to eat a lot or get theContinued on page 15

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munchies, so to speak? This is because the can-nabinoids in marijuana affect that part of the brain that controls me-tabolism and appetites. However, we could not find any study that could pinpoint the exact mech-anism that affects insu-lin and helps you to lose weight. In short, nobody knows just what exactly is going on. But there are clues. A lot of people think that THC is the only chemical substance found in mar-ijuana. It is not. A very likely chemical found in marijuana that may af-fect appetite is cannabi-diol. Cannabidiol affects the appetite and metab-olism part of your brain. It makes you want to eat more. However, as you con-tinue to use marijuana, you will develop a toler-ance for it. So much so that cannabidiol will not have any effect on that receptor anymore, mak-ing it inactive. As it be-comes more and more inactive, you have less appetite. So you tend to eat less. But does it really mat-ter? We agree that more studies are needed to find out for sure if marijua-na could help you avoid being obese or keep you

from getting diabetes, but for sure the effect is there. As more and more people get access to legal marijuana, it would be helpful for them to know its benefits on their bod-ies. At the same time, health care professionals would be able to know how marijuana affects certain diseases and fac-tor these effects in the care of their patients. The problem with re-search involving mari-juana and health is that it is always overshad-owed by politics. We might see states legal-izing or decriminalizing marijuana one by one, but there will always be political pressure to keep it in the shadows. As such, research into mar-ijuana and its effects on the brain and on certain diseases tend to meet re-sistance. The bigger crime is not these politicians and conservatives making it hard for patients who rely on medical marijua-na to manage their dis-eases, but anti-legaliza-tion factions that muddy up the issue. If we con-tinue to keep marijuana in the shadows, we will never know for sure if it really is a great way to fight obesity or diabetes. Instead we will only see it as the weed that should be banned.

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• “This product was produced without reg-ulatory oversight for health, safety, or effica-cy.”• “The intoxicating ef-fects of this product may be delayed by two or more hours.3. All marijuana prod-ucts must come with a complete set of instruc-tions on how to use them. It must also list down the active ingre-dients and their poten-cy.4. All herbicides, pes-ticides and fungicides used in cultivating the marijuana should also be listed.5. Buyers must show a valid Colorado ID that indicates their age. They should be 21 years old or older in order to purchase mar-ijuana.6. Residents could grow up to six mari-juana plants, but not with more than three of these flowering at the same time.7. For non-Colorado residents, they can only buy up to a quarter of an ounce of marijuana. Remember that these rules are only temporary until a bet-ter framework is in place. Until that time, Colorado is taking the slow and steady steps necessary to keeping marijuana legal and available to those who need it.

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