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FEATURES

THE FIRST ANNUAL THC EXPO SHOWGUIDELos Angeles Convention Center

WELCOME TO THE RESISTANCEThe War against the War On DrugsWords by Joe Rogan

A HEMP SPORTS CARThe Lotus ECO Elise

THE RESOLUTIONARYQ&A with Julia Butterfly

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LETTER FROM THE EDITORWords by Todd McCormick

A TRANSDERMAL CANNABINOID PATCHWords by Lawrence Brooke

CANNABIS CROP REPORTSThe Economics of LegalizationWords by Richard Cowan

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THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLDSmoking Cannabis DOES NOT Cause Cancer Words by Fred Gardner

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We live in a very strange time in human history. We have moreaccess to information today than any other culture ever by a longshot, and yet when it comes to cannabis we still nd ourselvesunder the inuence and rule of laws that were formed by lies anddisinformation over 70 years ago.

Most of the United States at the time I'm writing this stilloperates under the astonishingly hypocritical guidelines wherecigarettes and alcohol are available at grocery stores and potent,brain-altering anti-depressants can be had by virtually anyone willing to complain to a doctor, but if you're caught with an

incredibly benecial plant that grows naturally and kills no one, you can be "legally" locked in a cage. Now ain't that some shit?

It is complete, total insanity, and it's not like any of this informa-tion is a secret. e positive effects of cannabis and the hypoc-risy of the organizations ghting against its legalization can beresearched almost instantly by anyone with an internet connec-tion. Did you know that the folks that make those wacky,nonsensical TV ads and call themselves "A partnership for adrug free America" have received millions of dollars fromalcohol and tobacco companies? Pharmaceutical companies arestill to this day sending fat checks to help ght the good battleagainst the evil weed.

Just stop for a minute and think about how fucking crazy thatis... alcohol and tobacco companies making commercials againstpot is like hookers making commercials against strippers. Even worse, it's like hookers that beat you up or kill you makingcommercials against strippers you fall in love with and marry.Not even including drunk driving some 70,000 people die fromthe effects of alcohol every year in this country, and during thatsame time pot will have killed 0.

For all the people that tobacco kills every year (around 400,000in this country alone) do you ever hear politicians talk about

making it illegal? I can't remember a single one ever. Everyfucking few years the nonsense debate on gay marriage getsbigots inamed and politically active, yet I can't remember thelast time I saw a demonstration against the cigarettes that aresilently killing their families and loved ones.

is past November in Los Angeles I did see a woman protest-ing against gay marriage while breathing from an oxygen tank. All I could think of was there's a woman who at one point inher life could have really used a joint and a hug.

ere are plenty of people that still think there's something eviland life-sucking about marijuana, and I don't blame them,because for a long time I was one of them. For most of my adultlife I thought that pot was for losers and burnouts. It wasn'tuntil I was 30 years old that I started smoking it and realizedhow misled I had been. I know that if I had it wrong, there's

got to be a lot of other people that bought into the propagandatoo, and that's one of the reasons why I'm so vocal about thesubject. It's a very important aspect of my life and I think thatthis information can help a lot of people.

Marijuana has enhanced my creativity, expanded my conscious-ness, and made me a kinder, gentler and more introspectiveperson... and it's schedule 1 illegal substance classied as moreof a no-no than heroin. at, my friends, is just plain fuckingnuts, and it needs to stop. e nonsense and propaganda that we've been subject to our whole lives does not have to be passeddown to our kids. It can end right here with the internetgeneration.

ere are a host of natural, psychedelic substances that humanshave been using for thousands of years that are currently illegalfor no reason other than fear. Fear that the counter culture willrise up like it did in the 60's, fear that prots for syntheticpharmaceuticals would drop and companies would lose moneyand have to cut employees, fear that white women will starthaving sex with blacks and Mexicans - all of which are true, andall of which are good.

is empty, material-driven society that we're currently trappedin is primarily a prison of the mind, and even the jailers them-

selves are being held captive. I rmly believe that all of thesenatural substances; mushrooms, peyote, marijuana, ayahuasca -all of these things are tools for expanding your consciousness,and no tools, even dangerous ones should be illegal. Pot is justlike a hammer - you can build a house with one, or you could just hit yourself in the dick if you're fucking crazy.

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resistance.Words by Joe Rogan

“Marijuana has enhanced my creativity, expanded my consciousness,and made me a kinder, gentler and more introspective person... and it'sschedule 1 illegal substance classied as more of a no-no than heroin.

at, my friends, is just plain fucking nuts, and it needs to stop. “

at doesn't mean hammers should beillegal, and when the same logic is applied toresponsible adult use of cannabis there's norational argument against that either.

e war against drugs isn't really a waragainst drugs, it's a war against the drugs thatgrow naturally. It's a war against conscious-ness that's being waged for prot - ironicallyby the very people in our culture that couldbenet from these drugs the most.

It is high time (no pun intended) that thisshit came to an end. is current generationof activists and artists has opened many eyes

to the benets of the sacred plants.

In southern California alone hundreds ofmarijuana dispensaries have opened up, andthe movement is growing daily. e genie isout of the bottle, and it's not going back in. is is the war against the war on drugs.

Welcome to the resistance.

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LOTUS ECO ELISE

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The Lotus Eco Elise project promotes a different perspectiveon "green", one which does not revolve solely around tailpipeCO2. This holistic approach is in keeping with the progres-sive Lotus culture, driving Lotus to become the world's greenautomotive consultancy. Sustainable materials, hemp, ecowool and sisal have been developed for body panels and trimand, combined with hi-tech water based paint solutions,

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he new green materials sourced for this car have beenarefully studied to ensure that each technology usedduces the environmental impact of the vehicle. The life

f the components has been analyzed; during theroduction stage, in-use and at the end of the vehicle'sfe. The technology used aims to offer lower emissionsf both solvents and CO2 in the lifecycle of the vehicle,ith reductions in energy consumed during manufacture.

he Lotus Eco Elise will be displayed in the Greenerriving Pavilion at the 2008 British International Motorhow from 23rd July until 3rd August. The project

splays affordable green technology that is intended toe feasible and production viable in the near term future.he renewable materials have been incorporated into theroject, with hemp, eco wool and sisal providing natural,odegradable engineering materials. Cleaner manufac-ring processes have been sought, utilizing the latestater based paint technology. Using this paint system

aves energy and reduces emissions of solvents from theaint shop. Solar panels have been set into the hempard top to help power the electrical systems and give a

means of renewable energy generation.

With the use of locally farmed hemp, the carbon miles toproduce the Lotus Eco Elise are reduced, in keeping with theholistic approach to this vehicle.. The Lotus Eco Elise puts anemphasis on efficient driving techniques by using an "economy"gear change display to improve fuel efficiency and promotegreener driving. The car has undergone a weight reductionprogram to add a little extra lightness, assisting in moreeconomical, greener driving.

The green credentials of the technology on show in the Lotus Eco Elise have beenanalyzed throughout the lifecycle of the car. A green gear change display has beenintegrated into the dashboard to promote greener driving as well as a weight reduc-tion program, illustrating the holistic approach taken.

The energy expended to manufacture the car has been evaluated, working to the3R's - Reduce, Re-use and Recycle. Mike Kimberley, CEO of Group Lotus plccommented, "This Eco Elise is a great example of the advanced and affordablegreen technologies Lotus is developing. We are at the cutting edge of environ-mental technology and are determined to push forward with our green agenda.The Lotus brand values of lightweight, fuel efficient, and high performance aremore relevant today than they ever have been. We are keen to ensure that Lotusas a company and its products offer an ethical, green option that appeals toour customers". In keeping with the "performance through light weight" philosophy, the LotusEco Elise weighs 32 kg (70.5 lbs) less than the standard Lotus Elise S, which

means that the efficient Elise S engine in the Lotus Eco Elise will give higher fueleconomy figures and even better performance. Dramatic improvements to the

culture and operations at Lotus has rewarded the company with staggering reduc-tions in energy (Electricity 14%, Gas 30%) and water (11%) consumed across the

Hethel headquarters in 2007, compared to 2006. These advances have coincidedwith improvements in recycling, with 57% of waste product now being recycled.

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ank you very much for sitting down with HEMPIREMagazine and being part of our rst issue and lending your time and support to the THC Expo. As you know,the environment is very important to most Hempstersand you have been an inspiration to many of us, so thank you.

You have been one of the most recognized voices in the

mainstream environmental movement and one of thefew to actually speak up and out about the benets ofhemp as an alternative resource. Would you commenton why you think it is important for stewards of theplanet to speak up in favor of hemp?

JB: First thing I like to ask is “Why is everything thatis GOOD for our bodies, our communities, our worldand our planet called the ‘alternative’?”

Hemp is not an alternative. Hemp is a VITALSOLUTION to the current crisis facing humanity. We need to stand up loud and proud for Hemp anddeclare we are not an alternative culture, rather we are

the solution culture. I call us “resolutionaries”! It isshameful and highly destructive that hemp is illegal.Hemp is a solution for food, fuel, paper, clothes and somuch more. It is a vital solution to the problems ofmal-nutrition, petroleum, deforestation, and water/nutrient/ chemical-intensive cotton.

What do you think the hemp movement can do to makemore progress?

JB: We need to make “consciousness cool” and“sustainability sexy”! Hippy is cool, but it only speaksto a small segment of society. We need to branch outand communicate more effectively to mainstreamsociety.

Also, we need to be willing to take more risks on behalf of what we care about. e greatest changes inhistory (and herstory) have happened when peopleput their bodies where their beliefs are and took risksin order to create a lot of the rights many of us take forgranted today.

Because hemp history was literally hidden from thepublic, many of us have a story about how we rst foundout about the connection hemp had to the developmentof humanity and its connection to cleaner industrial

solutions; do you remember how you rst came acrosshemp’s many benets?

JB: I actually knew very little about hemp until shortly before my two year tree-sit. I had seen some hemp jewelry and things like that, but it wasn’t until I wentto California for the rst time that I started to learnabout all of its properties and benets. Sadly, not onlyis hemp history hidden, there is also a lot of misinfor-mation in our society. We have our work cut out for usto rst undo the misinformation as we work toeducate people about how vital and wonderful hemptruly is.

You are known as quite the vegan chef to your friends; do you use hemp inrecipes?

JB: I love making hemp milk. I use hemp seeds in a vegan, raw parmesan-lsprinkle for salads and pasta. I have made hemp-crusted tofu. And the oh yummy list of hemp in food goes on and on.

Have you found a health benet to using hemp foods in your nutritional plan

JB: Hemp is so important as a powerful protein source. Being a joyous vegaone of the most important things we can do for the health of the planet and o bodies—not to mention a more compassionate choice. Being a joyous vegrequires paying a little more attention and intention to what we eat, and hemcan and should play a very important, as well as tasty, role in our dietary nee

Do you wear or use any hemp?

JB: I have some hemp clothes. Although this is where I have to complain a bMost of the hemp clothes on the market just don’t work for me. I actually wato work with a hemp clothing company to design my own line so we can hemp clothes on the market that people like me will wear. I use hemp lip baand a few other hemp personal care products as well.

Not too long ago you built an environmental bio diesel bus for touring and eduing people about the environment called ‘We e Planet’, is there any hempboard and can we smoke it?

JB:Our “We e Planet” bus has hemp fabric curtains and mattress ancushion covers; beautiful and beyond sustainable. You could smoke it if y were looking to get a big-ass headache. Way better to smoke marijuana w THC if you want to get high.

Do you think Cannabis will be re-legalized for industrial use?

JB: Cannabis will be re-legalized for industrial use when enough people speout and take risks and get active. Get involved, get active, get healthy, HEMP!!!!!

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING THE FIRST ANNUALTHC EXPO BEING HELD AT THE LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER!

Please help us by keeping this event hassle free by not Smoking, Vaporizing orConsuming Cannabis while inside of the Los Angeles Convention Center.Our goal at the THC Expo is to represent to society how benecialCannabis is and bring together the community, while showcasing themany available products made from or available for, the Cannabislifestyle. We are proud to present to you the widest array of Cannabisproducts ever offered under one roof. As you roam the 96,000 ft.

of exhibition space dedicated to your favorite plant you willsee our Hemp pavilion which highlights the many qualitiesof Hemp environmentally and industrially. Hemp has been amainstay and industrialized society through out humanity, only inthe past century have we seen the decline of the industry, it is our goalat the Expo to bring that industry back.

We have divided the oor into two groups; one is all ages, where we arehighlighting the environmental, professional and media related side of

the Cannabis. e second side is 18 and over, more information aboutthat section you can nd on the other side of this magazine; TotallyHip Culture, or simply T.H.C. which we have dedicated to themore psychedelic and inspirational side of Cannabis. We have divided the rows from row 100 to row 1800 with thebooth numbers starting at 01, so that you can easily nd whateveryou’re looking for.

e all ages stage will be run by Oaksteram University, wherewe will be highlighting the various topics they cover throughoutthe day. We will have wide array of speakers as well as guestappearances throughout the day. Please look for theauxiliary bulletin being handed out around theExpo oor specic times and appearances.

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Right now, all across Amer ica, and throughout the world, people aresuffering from numerous disabling conditions that could be relieved with Cannabis based medications. Ranging f rom acute pain tocongenital illnesses, these individuals suffer without relief. Why?Because government regulations prevent scientists and doctorsfrom developing and administering the medications that could helpthese individuals. I developed the Transdermal Patch, not as areplacement for smoked or vaporized cannabis, but as a complimentto the inhaled form of administration. Many individuals prefer notto inhale cannabis so for them the Transdermal Patch is an ideal way to administer medication. Physicians prefer the standardizedand dose-pred ictable pharmaceutical . Unique to the TransdermalPatch is its ability to provide long-term low-level application of themany specic Cannabinoids that can be extracted f rom Cannabis.

Developing technology - ough the accumulation of knowledge ofmedical applications for cannabinoids has been slow, the vast arrayof therapeutic benets contains some surprises. Recent studies inSpain and Italy indicate that THC appears to cause some types ofbrain cancer cells to be destroyed by the plant extract through aprocess called autophagy, essentially the cancer cells are digested bythe body.

One of the most signicant applications for cannabinoids, theactive compounds from Cannabis, is the reduction inammation. is may be the most impor tant use since it is indicated for so many

therapeutic applications. Signicantly, it seems that the anti-inammatory treatment does not always require THC, the part thatgets people ‘high’ when they use marijuana. CBD and CBN as wellas many other active compounds are non-psychoactive and found insignicant quantities in some varieties of Cannabis. Applicationsfor these compounds include relief of neuropathic pain and even Alzheimer’s disease according to some studies. Other discover iesdemonstrate that patients suffering profound pain and being treated with powerful pain medications including morphine can greatlyreduce the amount of the addictive opium derived medication andstill get excellent pain relief when the patient is given THC plusCBD and CBN. ese patients become more lucid and are able toenjoy a better quality of life when the opiates are reduced. Cannabi-noids can also be used for appetite stimulation by AIDS and cancerpatients who are suffering from loss of appetite. By enhancing thepatient’s appetite, recovery from the debilitating affects of thedisease and the chemotherapy can be relieved.

e most important factor that different iates the Transdermal Patchfrom other methods of administering Cannabinoids is that a Patchcan be designed to provide a quick and powerful dose for a shortterm to relieve pain, or to provide a lower dose for a long period oftime; days in length for applications such as preventing epileptic

seizures, where a consistent application of low dose cannabinoid is

A brief History of the Transdermal Cannabinoid PatchBy – Lawrence Brooke, President, Patchtek Inc.Founder and President - General Hydroponics Inc.

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indicated. e Patch can enable a long-termconstant level of medication instead of tpowerful spike and consequential drift-downblood levels of the drug that follows inhalatisub-lingual, injected or ingested use. is alsappeals to Doctors who prescribe cannabinofor psychiatric conditions including marijua withdrawal symptoms for those who are ovcoming an addiction to marijuana, much lithe nicotine patch that tobacco smoker’s use

break their addiction to nicotine. Collectivethe studies that have been undertaken indicathat Cannabis contains a host of useful compounds that can bring relief to patients.

e underly ing problem in the United States ithat a system of prohibitions, going back ma years, is overriding the abil ity of doctor s ascientists to do the fundamental research woneeded to better understand the science Cannabis-inclusive medications. e victimare the many patients who suffer and are deni

relief for many conditions that can be relievthough cannabinoids.

e logical and appropriate procedure thamust be done at the legislative level is re-schedule Marijuana from schedule I schedule II or III. Numerous studies worl wide have provided conclusive proof of therapeutic value of Cannabis based medictions. e keys are good science, appropriaregulation, seeking standardization in tchemistries and developing modern tools fphysicians and patients. It is unconscionabthat in the 21st Century draconian laws anignorance prevail when so many people sufffrom a host of disabilities that could be relievby applying the natural extracts from ancient plant in conjunction with modermedical tools.

U.S. Patents 6,113,940 and 6,328,992European Patent - EP 1186298Canadian Patent - 2356020

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Given the current economic mess, and the

growing recognition that marijuana prohibitionis a counterproductive fraud, it is not surpris-ing that people are looking at both the r evenuepotential from legalizing marijuana and thepossible savings from ending prohibition.However, such is the absurdity of prohibition,it is easier to find good weed than it is to findgood numbers for any realistic economiccost/benefit analysis on marijuana prohibition.

First, estimates on the size of the currentcontraband cannabis market in the US rangefrom $10 billion to over $110 billion! Similarunworkable guesstimates have been current

in Canada, especially for “BC Bud”, which issomewhere between a $1 Billon and $7 Billionper year. And somewhere between 10% and90% of that was supposedly exported to theUS. (And then there is the r est of Canada. Butso what?)

Even if we knew the size of today’s contra-band market, we still would not know whatwould be the future average selling price oflegal marijuana. How many people would growtheir own? And how much would be bought atfull retail, as in Dutch “coffee shops”? (Theysupposedly pay The Netherlands about $500

million per year in taxes.) Consequently, wecannot realistically estimate the revenuepotential from taxing legal marijuana.

Inevitably, prohibitionists have used theuncertainty of these numbers as a reason tocontinue prohibition, as if not knowing lostrevenue caused by a government program is areason to continue it! However, there are otherareas in which the costs of marijuana prohibi-tion are truly incalculable. For example, DrLester Grinspoon in his seminal Marihuana,The Forbidden Medicine, argues that the fullmedical potential of cannabis cannot beachieved until it is fully legal. Unfortunately,during the 15 years since he wrote that, themedical establishment and law enforcementhave proven him all too correct.

So, what has the suppression of the medicaluse of cannabis cost our already hugelyexpensive health care system? What is thecost of the human productivity lost because ofthe disabilities resulting from the overuse ofopiates in pain relief? Similarly, “industrialhemp” – cannabis not grown for its cannabi-noid content – could contribute billions of

dollars to the economy, but it will take many years todevelop the infrastructure to grow and utilize largequantities of hemp. Although we might guesstimatethe ultimate size of a fully developed hemp industry,we cannot even begin to calculate the economiccosts of the suppression of this versatile plant overthe last 70 years.

Then there are the direct costs of marijuana prohibi-tion, arresting over 800,000 people per year, but atleast we have some hard numbers here. Forexample, Harvard economics professor Jeffrey A.Miron estimates that "legalizing marijuana wouldsave $7.7 billion per year in government enforce-ment of prohibition."

I don’t doubt Miron’s math, but I am sure that hewould agree that the real economic costs go farbeyond his calculations. For example, we don’tknow the indirect costs of having a marijuanapossession arrest record have been on the averagefuture earnings of the 20 million Americans whohave gotten “busted” over the last 40 years. Forsome, it has been a minor inconvenience, while for

The Economics of Legalization Versus the Economics of Prohibition.Asking the Wrong Questions.

others it has been disastrous, and we are not

talking about “pain and suffering” – or death just the actual economic costs. And then howdo we quantify the damage being done toMexico by marijuana prohibition, and how thcost spills over into the US?

In any case, calculating the obvious directcosts of law enforcement resources used onmarijuana prohibition completely misses thpoint. Frankly, it is very unlikely that laenforcement budgets will be cut significantlas a result of legalizing marijuana, but theeconomic value of law enforcement r esourcescan never be determined by their direct costs

If law enforcement resources are misused toarrest marijuana users instead of going afterviolent criminals – or terrorists – or fraudster – what did they really cost us?

Last January, The Seattle Post-Intelligencercarried an extraordinary article by PauShukovsky about how the FBI was aware foyears of "pervasive and growing" fraud in thmortgage industry that played a major role icreating the present mess, because after theterrorist attacks of 2001, “about 2,400 agentswere reassigned to counterterrorism duties.”Shukovsky reported that even though the

Bush Administration “was thoroughly briefeon the mortgage fraud crisis and its potentiato cascade out of control with devastatingfinancial consequences… (it) made thedecision not to give back to the FBI the agentit needed to address the problem.”

Of course, the Feds still had the law enforcement resources to arrest, prosecute, andimprison Tommy Chong for selling bongsWhile it is true that law enforcement resourceare not fungible, and any idiot could busChong, and one did, it seems obvious that thehuge law enforcement resources used onmarijuana prohibition could have been betteused fighting terrorism and massive mortgagefraud. The real economic value of legalizatiowill only become visible when the creativity the cannabis communities can be freelyexercised. If we pay protection money – AKtaxes – in exchange for ending prohibitionthat may be a good deal politically, but weshould not think that it begins to count theeconomic value of freedom.

(Richard Cowan has a B.A. in Economics from Yale Universiis a former National Director of NORML, and publishMarijuanaNews.com)

BY RICHARD COWAN LOS ANGELES, MONDAY APRIL 20, 2009 HEMPIRE MAGAZINE

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Top Cash Cropsin the United States2003 – 2005

Average Production Value (Billions)

1 Marijuana $35,803,591,00

2 Corn $23,299,601,00

3 Soybeans $17,612,200,00

4 Hay $12,236,638,00

5 Vegetables $11,080,733,00

6 Wheat $7,450,907,000

7 Cotton-All $5,314,870,000

8 Grapes $2,876,547,000

9 Apples $1,787,532,000

10 Rice $1,706,665,000

11 Oranges $1,583,009,000

12 Tobacco $1,466,633,000

13 Sugarbeets $1,158,078,000

14 Sugarcane $942,176,000

15 Sorghum $840,923,000

16 Cottonseed $821,655,000

17 Peanuts $819,617,000

18 Barley $653,095,000

19 Peaches $474,745,000

20 Beans $467,236,000

Top Ten indoor Marijuana Producing States

Plants Production (lbs) Value ($1000s)California 4,222,055 930,788 $1,494,846

Washington 1,239,514 273,262 $438,858Florida 1,192,349 262,864 $422,159Oregon 595,925 131,377 $210,991

Texas 524,729 115,681 $185,784

Alaska 359,417 79,237 $127,254Indiana 301,991 66,577 $106,922

Michigan 300,502 66,248 $106,395Kentucky 295,280 65,097 $104,546

Ohio 248,962 54,886 $88,146

Top Ten Marijuana Producing States

Plants Production (lbs) Value ($1000s)California

TennesseeKentucky

HawaiiWashington

North CarolinaFlorida

AlabamaWest Virginia

Oregon

21,667,609 8,622,831 $13,848,267

6,779,093 2,980,853 $4,787,2506,467,186 2,786,396 $4,474,9525,447,131 2,378,196 $3,819,3832,074,349 641,354 $1,030,015

998,512 418,588 $672,2531,434,745 369,740 $593,802

810,287 354,551 $569,409723,986 307,801 $494,328967,307 295,126 $473,972

Top Ten Outdoor Marijuana Producing States

Plants Production (lbs) Value ($1000s)California 17,445,553 7,692,043 $12,353,421

Tennessee 6,742,057 2,972,688 $4,774,137Kentucky 6,171,906 2,721,299 $4,370,406

Hawaii 5,340,368 2,354,660 $3,781,583North Carolina 900,204 396,915 $637,446

Washington 834,835 368,093 $591,157Alabama 797,955 351,832 $565,042

West Virginia 672,200 296,385 $475,994Georgia 603,671 266,169 $427,467

Arkansas 599,632 264,388 $424,607

Marijuana Production in the United StatesBy Jon Gettman, Ph.D.

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rst arrived in Amsterdam in the early 1990s, when it wascity of light and hope for US Hempsters. We were amazedand delighted to visit coffee shops, and see for rst time inour lives what freedom looked and felt like.

I was one of wave of Americans drawn to Amsterdam bythe High Times Cannabis Cup, and the burgeoning Euro-pean hemp industry. First dozens, then hundreds, andnally thousands of Americans traveled to Amsterdam fortheir own taste of freedom, and possibility for the future. e trip became a rite of passage for US activists. Somedecided to stay and formed the core of what came to be a vibrant expatriate community of cannabis refugees.

At that time, the legality of cannabis in the Netherlandsseemed to be expanding. More and more coffee shops andseed companies greeted us every year. Positronics started therst cannabis university, and Dutch coffee shops beganadvertising in US magazines. We all assumed that progress would continue, and those of us who returned to the UScame back full of inspiration and hope.

So let’s fast forward to 2009. California is now home to the world’s largest legal cannabis market. Many of the activistsresponsible for that change were inspired by their Amster-dam sojourns, and have taken leading roles in California’smedical cannabis industry—people like Debby Goldsberry,

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Etienne Fontan, Todd McCormick, Rich Lee—and myself. e Netherlands provided us our rst model of what legalcannabis distribution could look like, and strongly inuencedour approach.

It is easy to see the signs of this inspiration in California’smedical cannabis industry. It is reected most obviously in

terminology such as the Bulldog Coffee shop and Oakster-dam University. Many other early California dispensariescalled themselves coffee shops and their interiors oftenemulated Dutch coffee shops, including espresso bars. Manyof the strains of cannabis sold by California dispensaries weredeveloped by Dutch seed companies and staples of the coffeeshops like pre-rolled joints and space cakes can be seen inmost California dispensaries.

Sadly, on my last visit to Amsterdam, the light of hope haddimmed somewhat. I found coffee shops being squeezed bygovernment pressure: new regulations strictly limited theamount of cannabis they could have in stock, and customers were limited to purchases of no more than ve grams. Alcoholcould no longer be sold in coffee shops, and tobacco wasrestricted to small cramped “smoking booths”—a major issuein a place where the most popular method of ingesting canna-bis is tobacco-hash joints. Worst of all, the government hadclosed many coffee shops entirely, and the rumors I heardindicated that they were planning on closing still more.

I found my Dutch friends who owned coffee shops and seedcompanies in a state of anxiety and depression. Some hadalready had their facilities closed, and others feared it wouldsoon happen to them. Ironically, I found them looking to the

US for hope. ey were following developments here veryclosely—all of them knew about AG Holder’s announcementthat the Obama administration would respect state medicalcannabis laws, and Tom Ammiano’s legalization bill--andthey were eager to learn everything they could about Califor-nia dispensaries. ey hoped that a change in the UnitedStates would relieve the pressure they were suffering.

e people who had so inspired American Hempsters withtheir pioneering models of legal cannabis distribution were

now looking to our shores for positive news. While this was a grfying sign of the progress we have made in California, it also terribly ironic and tragic.

e light that had so sustained us through our time of darkneseemed to be ickering. Our friends, who had provided us srefuge during our time of anguish, were now having the saanguish visited upon them. It made me sad and depressed, afearful that our own advances here might someday be pushed b

But I could sit with that sadness only so long—I was after all on way back to California. So I sat down and had a good smoconsulted the plant, and gave the situation some thought. I thoug

about the nature of light; about how it is always moving, alwaythe process of transformation. I considered how silly I was to sight of those facts, and expect light to be still and remain in oplace. And I realized that the light of hope that had inspired us Amsterdam was still present in our lives. It was here, well and ain California. And it was bright enough to send some comfortour friends in the Netherlands, as they had comforted us in otime of darkness. And that was not a tragic thing; it in fact that wa beautiful thing.

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e National Institute on Drug Abuse, whichsupported Tashkin's marijuana-related research overthe decades, readily gave him a grant in 2002 to conducta large, population-based, case-controlled study that

would prove denitively that heavy, long-term marijuana use increases the risk of lung and upper-airwayscancers.

What Tashkin and his colleagues found, however,disproved their hypothesis. (Tashkin is to marijuana asa cause of lung cancer as to what Hans Blick was toIraq's weapons of mass destruction-an honest investi-gator who set out to nd something, concluded that it wasn't there, and reported his results.)

Tashkin's team interviewed 1,212 cancer patients fromthe Los Angeles County Cancer Surveillance program,matched for age, gender, and neighborhood with 1,040cancer-free controls. Marijuana use was measured in"joint years" (number of years smoked times number of joints per day). It turned out that increased marijuana use did not resultin higher rates of lung and pharyngeal cancer, whereastobacco smokers were at greater risk the more they

O'Shaughnessy's publishes material of special interest to pro-cannabis doctors and their patients. ManagingEditor Fred Gardner is a former editor of Scientic American and public information officer for the District Attorney of San Francisco. Expanded versions of these stories can be found in the summer 2009 issue, nowavailable at doctors' offices and dispensaries, or at PCMD4U.org. ( at's PC as in "Pro-Cannabis.")

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Greatest Story Never ToldTashkin Reiterates: Smoking Cannabis Does Not Cause Cancer of Lung or Upper Airways

Words & Photos by Fred Gardner

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One in three Americans will be afflicted with cancer, we are told by the government

(as if it's our immutable fate and somehow acceptable).Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S.and lung cancer the leading killer among cancers. So you'd think it would have been very big news in June,2005 when UCLA medical school professor Donald Tashkin reported that components of marijuana smoke-although they damage cells in respiratory tissue- some-how prevent them from becoming malignant. In other words, something in marijuana exerts an anti-cancereffect!

Tashkin has special credibility. He was the lead investi-gator on studies dating back to the 1970s that identiedthe components in marijuana smoke that are toxic. It was Tashkin who published photomicrographs showingthat marijuana smoke damages cells lining the upperairways.

It was the Tashkin lab's nding that benzpyrene - acomponent of tobacco smoke that plays a role in mostlung cancers- is especially prevalent in marijuana smoke.It was Tashkin's data showing that marijuana smokersare more likely than non-smokers to cough, wheeze, andproduce sputum.

Tashkin reviewed his ndings in April, 2008, at aconference organized by "Patients Out of Time," areform group devoted to educating doctors and thepublic (as opposed to lobbying politicians). Some 30MDs and nurses got continuing medical educationcredits for attending the event, which was held at Asilo-mar, on the Monterey Peninsula.

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smoked. Tobacco smokers who also smoked marijuana were at slightly lower risk of getting lung cancer thantobacco-only smokers. ese ndings were not deemed worthy of publication in "NIDA Notes." Tashkinreported them at the 2005 meeting of the International

Cannabinoid Research Society. ey were published inthe October 2006 issue of "Cancer EpidemiologyBiomarkers & Prevention."

Without a press release from NIDA calling attention toits signicance, the assignment editors of America had noidea that "Marijuana Use and the Risk of Lung andUpper Aerodigestive Tract Cancers: Results of aPopulation-Based Case-Control Study" by Mia Hashibe,Hal Morgenstern, Yan Cui, Donald P. Tashkin, Zuo-FengZhang, Wendy Cozen, omas M. Mack and SanderGreenland was a blockbuster story.

I suggested to Eric Bailey of the L.A. Times that he writeup Tashkin's ndings -UCLA provided the local angle ifthe anti-cancer effect wasn't enough. Bailey said hiseditors wouldn't be interested for some time because hehad just led a marijuana-related piece. e Tashkinscoop is still there for the taking!

Tashkin Defends His Findings. Investigators from NewZealand recently got widespread media attention for astudy contradicting Tashkin's results. "Heavy cannabis

users may be at greater risk of chronic lung disease-including cancer- compared to tobacco smokers," is howBBC News summed up the New Zealanders' ndings. e very small size of the study -79 smokers took part, 21of whom smoked cannabis only- was not held against theauthors. In fact, the small New Zealand study was givenmuch more coverage by the corporate press than the largeUCLA study that preceded it.

e New Zealand study was portrayed as the latest wordon this important subject. As if scientic inquiry weresome kind of tennis match and the truth just gets truthier

with every volley.

Tashkin criticized the New Zealanders' methodology inhis talk at Asilomar: " ere's some cognitive dissonanceassociated with the interpretation of their ndings. Ithink this has to do with the belief model among theinvestigators and -I wish they were here to defend them-selves- the integrity of the investigators... ey actuallypublished another paper in which they mimicked thedesign that we used for looking at lung function."

Tashkin spoke from the stage of an airy redwood chapdesigned by Julia Morgan. He is pink-cheeked, 70ish wears wire-rimmed spectacles. "For tobacco they fou what you'd expect: a higher risk for lung cancer andclear dose-response relationship. A 24-fold increase the people who smoked the most... What about mari juana? If they smoked a small or moderate amount the was no increased risk, in fact slightly less than one. Butthey were in the upper third of the group, then their ris was six-fold... A rather surprising nding, and one has be cautious about interpreting the results because of th very small number of cases (14) and controls (4)."

Tashkin said the New Zealanders employed "statisticsleight of hand." He deemed it "completely implausibthat smokers of only 365 joints of marijuana have a ri

for developing lung cancer similar to that of smokers 7,000 tobacco cigarettes... eir small sample size led t vastly inated estimates... ey had said 'it's ideal to dthe study in New Zealand because we have a much highprevalence of marijuana smoking.' But 88 percent of thecontrols had never smoked marijuana, whereas 36% our controls (in Los Angeles) had never smoked mar juana. Why did so few of the controls smoke marijuanSomething shy about that!" Strong words for a UCLASchool of Medicine professor!

As to the highly promising implication of his own stud-that something in marijuana stops damaged cells frombecoming malignant--Tashkin noted that an anti-proliferative effect of THC has been observed in cellculture systems and animal models of brain, breast, protate, and lung cancer. THC has been shown to promoteknown apoptosis (damaged cells die instead of reproduing) and to counter angiogenesis (the process by whicblood vessels are formed -a requirement of tumogrowth). Other antioxidants in cannabis may also binvolved in countering malignancy, said Tashkin.

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Lab Starts Testing Cannabis Samples For Pathogens & Cannabinoid LWords & Photos by O'Shaughnessy's News Service

In December 2008, the founders of a lab in the East Baydoing business as "Steep Hill Medical Collective,"

emboldened by the election of President Barack Obama,notied dispensary operators that they had begun testingcannabis samples for something no one wants to nd ontheir medicine -pathogenic mold- and something every-one wants to nd out about -THC and CBD content. elab also reports levels of CBN (cannabinol, a breakdownproduct of THC that indicates time in storage).

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Steep Hill is gearing up to add tests for pesticides -whichmany indoor growers use- and terpenes. ere is anemerging consensus among researchers that aromaticterpenes work in concert with THC to create the charac-teristics and effects of a given cannabis strain.

Running the lab are two former growers, David Lampach,32, and Addison DeMoura, 35, who decided to nd adifferent niche within the industry. ey spent a year learn-ing how use the sophisticated testing apparatus and ren-ing their procedures under the tutelage of a sympatheticuniversity-connected chemist.

Lampach operates the gas chromatograph-mass spectrom-eter (GC/MS) and ame ionization detector (GC/FID).

DeMoura is liaison to the dispensaries, many of whoseoperators are eager to take part in the testing program, hesays. e hold-up has been development of a softwareprogram that will enable the lab to handle 100 or moresamples per day.

To date the lab has been testing eight to 10 samples a dayprovided by Oakland's Harborside Health Center, whoseproprietor, Steve DeAngelo, has backed the project fromits inception. "If you're calling for regulation, you've got to

get ready for inspection by public health authorities,"DeAngelo says.

Promoting quality assurance is a goal shared by the "CleanGreen" organic certication program, the Medical Canna-bis Safety Council and other industry groups.

e lab has found levels of mold - notably - AspergillusFumigatus that bear witness to unsanitary productionmethods. About 3% of the tested samples were found to

contain pathogenic mold and Harborside returned thepounds from which they came to vendors with instruc-tions to clean up their acts.

DeAngelo says, "It can't be the whole family and friendssitting around with all the dogs in the living room. We'reputting out the message: 'Clean up your trim areas, cleanup your storage areas, do not have cannabis curing in an

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David and Addison check samples for mold, THC and CBD.

area that's exposed to animals. Set up a clean room anput on different clothes when you go in. Wear gloves Wash your hands. In other words, remember that yourproduct is medicine and treat it as medicine.'"

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OU does not offer your typical student encounter. Oakster-dam University welcomes many students who are looking tochange careers, or simply brush up on horticulture skills.OU also attracts business owners who want to train theircurrent staff, folks who want to open their own business, andpatients trying to understand their rights. Severalconcerned parents have decided to send their young adultchildren to learn how to involve themselves with cannabissafely and responsibly, rather than continuing to irt withthe Black Market. e many motivations to learn about thiscontroversial plant create an interesting blend of individualsand opportunity.

Required study includes the legal, politics and historyclasses. Students learn how we arrived at the current politi-cal landscape, rst understand where we have been andrespect what might set happen you choose to cavort withcannabis. e classes continue to become more specic tomedical applications, ingestion methods, cooking, concen-trates and extracts. e Basic 101 Course covers core issueson how to help patients by providing better knowledgeabout cannabis, including working as a Budtender. Horti-culture is the popular anchor for all of the current courses.

e Advanced Course is focused on starting a business,Cannabusiness, and knowing your rights during law

enforcement encounters.

Soon, the question for officers and media to identifythemselves will likely cause every student in the roomto respond. Oaksterdam University is about to kickoff Law Enforcement Sensitivity Training to assistcops with identifying qualied patients and under-standing the changing community expectations. We will be lling the room with officers and officials forselect dates. is educational alliance brings newmeaning to the mission statement to “provide qualitytraining for the cannabis industry” and will helpgarner understanding and respect.

In June, during simultaneous events across California,Oaksterdam University will have a strong presence atboth the THC EXPO at the LA Convention Center,and the Harmony Festival in Sebastopol. Bothlandmark events are the rst time cannabis and hemphas been welcome within mainstream venues. e“welcome” was won through the diligence and politi-cal savvy on the part of organizers. e HarmonyFestival will mark the launch of OU Sebastopol(OUSB) offering the original weekend courses forNorthern California. Oaksterdam University Michi-gan (OUMI) just kicked off May 23 & 24th in Ann Arbor, MI with a 300 person educational symposium.

Not quite. Our front row seats ll rst.Class begins on time, with an earnestrequest for any undercover law enforce-ment officers to please identify themselves. e uncomfortable silence is only brokenby the restless students shifting in theirchairs as they look around for the Narc.

As the situation sinks in, you can almost see thethought cross their faces; “I am actually sitting in aroom with over fty other people to learn aboutpot.” After 2,500 students sat in OU chairs, no onehas stood up to identify themselves as a cop, andclass seems to continue with an increased sense ofawareness. e school asks the question to remindstudents that you do not really know whom you aretalking to, during school, at lunch or in life.

Does Oaksterdam Universityrun on Standard Stoner Time? Words by Dale S. Clare

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Plans are germinating for Rhode Island (OURI)and beyond. You can be a part of this buddingindustry. ere are already over 500 medicalcannabis dispensaries in California, creatingthousands of new jobs and millions of tax dollars.Become a freedom ghter at OaksterdamUniversity and earn a living while helping to endcannabis prohibition.

Richard Lee has been working to end cannabisprohibition for 17 years. In 1992 he co-foundedLegal Marijuana - e Hemp Store in Houston, Texas, one of the rst hemp products retail outletsin the United States. Lee moved to Oakland in1997 and co-founded the Hemp Research Com-pany, supplying cannabis to the Oakland Canna-bis Buyers' Club and researching efficient andenvironmentally friendly cannabis horticulture.

In 1999, he opened the Bulldog Coffeeshop, thesecond cannabis outlet in "Oaksterdam". In 2003Lee founded the Oakland Civil Liberties Alliance, the PAC that passed Oakland'sMeasure Z making private sales, cultivation, andpossession of cannabis the lowest law enforce-ment priority and mandating that Oakland taxand regulate cannabis as soon as possible understate law. From 2005 to 2007, Lee published theOaksterdam News quarterly newspaper with acirculation of over 100,000. In 2007, he foundedthe rst cannabis college in the United States,

Oaksterdam University. In 2008 he funded thestartup of the monthly magazine West CoastCannabis, current circulation 30,000. Since 2005,Lee has been serving on the City of OaklandCannabis Regulation and Revenue OrdinanceCommission, which was created after Measure Zpassed with 65% of the vote 2004. He managesseveral other Oaksterdam companies, includingthe Oaksterdam Gift Shop and Nursery. Hisdedication to ending cannabis prohibitioncontinues to play a crucial role in the revitaliza-tion and economic growth of Oakland.

Oaksterdam University was founded in 2007 toprovide students with the highest quality trainingfor the cannabis industry. e faculty iscomprised of the most recognized names in theCalifornia cannabis movement. e originalOakland campus is located on the corner of 19thand Broadway in revitalized downtown Oakland,adjacent to the renovated Fox eater withconvenient access to BART.

Los Angeles Campus (OULA) is hosted by the Patient ID Center• 323-852-1039 • 470 S. San Vicente Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048(Between La Cienega and Wilshire Blvd, south of the Beverly Center,cross street is Drexel, located on the rst oor) www.patientidcenter.org

Sebastopol Campus (OUSB) is hosted by Peace in Medicine www.peaceinmedicine.org

Michigan Campus (OUMI) is hosted by Michigan Medical Marijuana Association www.michiganmedicalmarijuana.org

Rhode Island Campus (OURI) is planning with the RI Patient AdvocacyCoalition www.RIpatients.org

To enroll, contact Oaksterdam University at 510-251-1544 www.oaksterdam.com

Oaksterdam University

Executive Chancellor www.OaksterdamUniversity.com

Medical Cannabis Safety Council (MCSC)Regional Coordinator, Southern CaliforniaEducation & Research Committee Chair www.CannabisSafety.org

Medical Cannabis Association (MCA)Director of Public Affairs and Patient Advocacy www.MedicalCannabisAssociation.org

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Human culture and its preparation of food markedly impacts thequality of the nutrition. Humans dissatised with the color and avoof food alter it by preparation or cooking to elevate it culturally. Aclassic example is our desire to grind off the outer cover of rice an wheat, feed the vitamins to the animals while civilization enjoy white rice, white bread and a case of Beriberi (B1 deciency).

Should we compost the leafor consume it?

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It is rumored that re was a gift to humanity, stolen from Zeusby Prometheus. For 10,000 years we have been enjoying ourpurloined pleasure, re, by roasting, toasting and smoking thefood around us. By report, Prometheus paid dearly for hisstealing of re from Zeus, it is clear now that we share inPrometheus’ fate to some degree. Humans stand out from therest of the animal kingdom in our application of heat to canna-bis. We smoke, simmer, sauté, steep our way to one desired

endpoint, the increase of THC. In India, the non-psychoactivelarge green shade leafs of the cannabis plant are simmered for10 minutes, then the leaf is ground up and rolled into balls.One is mildly psychoactive, two moderately and three signi-cantly psychoactive. None of them have the original medicinal value.

If we wind back the clock 10,000 years, humans ate cannabisraw as did the deer, horses, rabbits and cats. e particularprole of terpenes, cannabinoids and avinoids found in raw,green leaf represents 34 million years of evolution and it will bea few more years before we fully understand the synergistic

actions of the 400+ molecules found in raw cannabis. At last years International Cannabinoid Research Society symposiumattention was paid to the delicate cannabinoids that aredestroyed by heat. Turns out these delicate Cannabinoids haveunique medical properties that are lost after the plant is heated.

In addition the delicate cannabinoids, the terpenes are drivenfrom the plant with heat. e terpenes, which are volatile atroom temperature, are responsible for the unique odor thatdistinguishes one strain f rom another. In addition to the aroma,the terpenes have diverse medical functions; anti-inammatory,analgesic, anti-oxidant, antibiotic and they are reduced if notlost in drying, grinding and in the application of heat.

One cannot begin to appreciate the wide range of the medicalbenets provided by cannabis until one understands theimmune system. A couple of hours spent with Wikipedia, willadd signicantly to one’s understanding of how cannabis, theultimate immune modulator, helps the immune system main-tain and restore health. e terpenes are known act synergisti-cally with the cannabinoids to restore optimal function to theimmune system. In summary the raw green leaf is a balanced

offering of primary and secondary immune modulatorsdegraded by heat, drying or age.

e green leaf was evolved to be eaten and will one day berecognized as a dietary essential. Don’t wait till it makes it to thefood pyramid though, consume don’t compost the shade leafs,one of the best parts of the plant. Make sure there are no toxicmiticides, store the leaf in one of those green bags, use ten largefan leafs per day in juice, salsa, pesto, salads etc. Since thecannabinoids are cleared rapidly from the blood, frequentconsumption of a small amount of juice is ideal. Leaf is notpsychoactive so it can be used around the clock. Since the

cannabinoids are fat soluble and stored in the fat tissue it cantake 4-8 weeks to saturate for a given dose of leaf. Raw greenleaf gradually but powerfully modulates the immune systemconsequently it is not effective for acute symptom relief. Breakthrough pain is nicely complemented by vaporization of yourfavorite high CBD strain.

William L. Courtney, [email protected], Willits, Garberville & Arcata

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“I inhaled,frequently;

that was the point! ”-President Obama

“I inhaled,frequently;

that was the point! ”-President ObamaTHE FIRST ANNUAL

THC EXPO 2009LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER

THE FIRST ANNUAL

THC EXPO 2009LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER


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TABLE OF CONTENT

VOLUME 1 NO. 1

PREMIER ISSUE

JULY/AUGUST 2009

FEATURES

FRIDAY AT THE STUDIO

With DJ Pooh

LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT

Words by Todd Mccormick

STRAIN HUNTERS: THE MALAWI EDITION

Words By Arjan Roskam

THC LEVELS

BLAZING HOT FLICKS

Who Burns It Up

HASH RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME

Hashish EnlightenmentWords By Robert C. Clarke

CLASSIC BOONDOCKS

By Aaron Mcgruder

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE HIGH KIND

A High Def Photo Gallery

CALIFORNIA LOVE

Cali Girls Photo Gallery

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Welcome to the 18+ side of the THC Expo, here youwill find all of the cultivation, medication, and para-phernalia accessories available to the industry.With medical marijuana becoming so popular inCalifornia and the talk of legalization on thetongues of sitting senators it is high time we

acknowledged the Cannabis user as a demo-graphic that is to be respected and not oppressed.

Please do your part to help us keep this eventhassle free by not Smoking, Vaporizing or other-wise Consuming Cannabis while in the Los Ange-les Convention Center.

We are proud to have a mix of businesses from allover the world from local medical marijuanadispensaries to European seed companies to

Canadian cultivation equipment manufacturers.Here you will find everything you’re looking for aswell as things you never knew you needed.

Our 18 and older stage will have a more adultoriented theme and a focus on the more advanced

side of the industry; we will feature comics,lectures, celebrity appearances and even a fashionshow.

Our new magazine is designed much in the sameway as our Expo to best highlight the diversity ofthe subject matter; we hope you enjoy the concept.We at the THC EXPO hope you have a wonderfultime at this year’s expo and we hope to see younext year!


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Letter to the PresidentTHC EXPOLos Angeles Convention Center June 13 and 14th, 2009

The White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President,

We at the THC Expo wanted to take a moment to congratulate you on succeeding to the highest Office in America. We applaud you fortelling the truth about your past Cannabis use. In doing so, you proved to the world that responsible adult use of Cannabis is no big dealand that people who use Cannabis can go on to become anything they want in life. We Cannabis users have been plagued with thestereotype that is completely falsified by the propaganda surrounding the current prohibition and your elevation to the office ofPresident is the shining example that makes all these allegations clearly false.

“Yes We Can” was a motto that many of us related to; we certainly hoped that you would be the difference that we the people have notseen for so long in Washington, quite arguably; if ever. Your wonderful speeches and amazing optimism inspired us all; upon yourinauguration you united billions of people worldwide with your breaking of racial boundaries and doing what most people said could notbe done in our lifetime. By doing so you inspired us all to dream our own personal, albeit sometimes seemingly impossible, dream andwe thank you. We were however very dismayed when you so easily dismissed the topic of re-legalization of Cannabis on change.org.The topic of legalization of marijuana was your most voted on question and the fact that more people voted for marijuana legalization onyour website than any other question posed should tell you something; that maybe this topic is long overdue for review and that thepeople are ahead of the politicians and that this plant prohibition is long over in the eyes of the American people.

We at the THC Expo would also like to remind you of your history, for when Columbus arrived he brought with him on all of his shipsCannabis/Hemp, it was a vital necessity to any seafaring culture, for without Cannabis/Hemp they could not sail the open seas:Cannabis/Hemp alone was responsible for all of the ropes and all of the sales, all of the maps, Bibles and clothing that the sailors woreand used were also Hemp, and history also tells us that the fiber matting called ‘oakum’ that was pressed between the boards of the hulland kept the boat buoyant, was made of primarily Hemp fiber, as well was the paint they used to seal the hull was processed fromHempseed oil. Cannabis/Hemp was such an important commodity at the founding of our nation that for over 200 years the federalgovernment, that you now preside over, accepted raw Cannabis/Hemp as payment for taxes because it was indispensable to the military.All of the feral Hemp that grows across the Midwest was planted there by the settlers of this great country, all the canvas that covered allthe canvas-wagons that crossed this country settling the West was made from only one plant; Cannabis.

We ask you now Mr. President to acknowledge history; past presidents that you quote so eloquently, were in fact, Hemp farmers out ofsheer necessity. Because they lived before nylon, tree- based paper, petrochemicals and synthetic-based paints, they had to looktowards Mother Nature to provide them with their bare necessities and in doing so, they found an organic and sustainable solution:Cannabis/Hemp. We all realize that you have the opportunity to rebuild America, to free us of the ignorance of past presidentialdecisions and implement a future based on what is right for the many instead of what is profitable for the few. You alone have the powerto make the changes that are needed to save our economy and to save our environment and to give back a history that has been stolenby corporate lies and government propaganda.

We need Cannabis/Hemp now as a nation just as we did in 1619 when our federal government passed the first laws that stipulated thatall residents had to grow it least 10% of their land as Hemp because it was such an important commodity in society. What worked thenwill again work now, as we can no longer afford your cheap tree paper, or your foreign oil at the expense of human lives. We can nolonger afford to have you lock up our citizens for choosing to use a benign plant instead of the other available poisons that are availableon every corner at any convenience store. And we can most certainly not allow our friends and family with cancer/AIDS and otherdebilitating diseases to stand by and suffer while we contemplate the ethics of denying them beneficial medication. It’s time the federalgovernment legalizes adult use of Cannabis and re-legalizes Cannabis/Hemp as a commodity for our foods, fuels, fibers and medicinesand we hope you will take the time to acknowlege our history and do what’s right and give back to the people their right to utilize thisGod-given gift.

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Our planet is home to millions of species of animal and plantswith their own habitat, and each plays a unique role in theperfect design of nature. Unfortunately many species of plantsand animals are victim of uncontrolled human development.Cannabis, one of the most ancient plants known to man, usedin every civilization all over the world for medicinal and recre-ational purposes, is facing a very real threath of extinction.

Besides the threath posed by human development, one of thegoals of the United Nations, published years ago in officialreports, was to wipe out the cannabis plant from the face ofthe earth by the year 2010. In reality this is far from beingachieved, because man keeps using the cannabis plant forreligious, medicinal and recreational purposes no matter whatthe law says. Most cultures cannot comprehend how a plantcan be made illegal.

In most people's perception, plants and animals stand above astatus of legality or illegality, they just exist in a higher designof nature that goes beyond human laws and regulations. Nev-ertheless most governments of cannabis-producing countriesare implementing drastic measures to destroy crops.


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Words & Photos by Greenhouse Seed Co.

Dangerous chemicals are sprayed over fields and over thefarmers themselves in most of the third world countries,and the poorest people of the planet are the ones payingthe highest price for cultivating a plant that does not kill.But in the economy of scale, where demand dictatessupply, the poorest people of the planet have no choicebut to cultivate cannabis as a cash crop to feed theirchildren and send them to school.

Communities that are isolated in remotes areas in thepoorest regions of the planet are often the keepers of veryspecial landraces. The worldwide prosecution on thecannabis plant generates the need to go hunting for thereal landraces that are left in the most remote corners ofthe planet. These strains, isolated for decades and some-times for centuries, costantly inbreeding, are at the originof all the thousands of variations that we know today inthe cannabis industry. In these landraces there arehundreds, maybe thousands of unique cannabinoidprofiles that have never been evaluated by the pharma-ceutical industry; nevertheless they could be of enormoushelp in the future, when the knowledge about the medici-nal properties of the cannabis plant will advance further.

One of these cannabinoid profiles could be hiding the nextmiracle drug for the treatment of very serious diseases.The concept of strain hunters stems from the need topreserve nature's gifts to man, in a quest for a betterfuture. Being a strain hunter is a personal challenge, a

passion, and a way of life. Strain hunting is a very delicatetask, one that involves social skills, a travelling-orientedmindframe and a pinch of crazy. Besides being physicallyfit, the strain hunter has to speak several languages, beable to blend and socialize in different environments, andhas to be willing to commit to a lifestyle on the fast-lane.From the jungles of Africa and Asia to the mountain rangesof South America, the strain hunters are on a mission tobring back the most important and isolated cannabislandraces known to man.

The logistical challenges involved in strain-hunting arequite considerable, but Arjan, owner and founder of theGreen House empire, has been devoting a great dealpassion, time and resources to this task. After twodecades spent strain hunting for the breeding programs ofthe Green House Seed Company, it is now time to showthe world what the hunt is all about. Strain Hunters is abrand new series of documentaries, real-life reports of thesearch for the greatest lost cannabis strains, a deepinsight in the typical "day at the office" of the mostsuccessful seed makers in the world.


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Part one: Constituents and Quality

There are two mechanical (nonchemical) methods forcollecting cannabis resin to manufacture hashish (orcharas). The resin gland containing psychoactive THC caneither be rubbed off living plants with the hands, or theresin glands can be collected by sieving after the plant hasbeen harvested and dried. While labor intensive, handrubbing requires no tools other than fingers and palms andwas told was the first method of making hashish. Evensimple forms of sieving our high tech compared to handrubbing; and sieved resin collection offers greater controlof hashish purity and potency, and production of largerquantities of resin powder in shorter periods of time.Collecting small amounts of resin by hand is easier thansieving, while sieving is much more efficient collectingtechnique.

Neither method extracts much more than one-half the totalTHC contained in the flowering tops. The remaining THCis trapped within or smeared upon the plant tissues, rather

than being contained within the resin glands. Resin collec-tion for hashish making only extracts THC contained withinand on the plant tissues. In terms of total THC consumed,smoking marijuana is more than twice as efficient asefficient as smoking hashish. Hashish smoking has otheradvantages that will be discussed in later editions/ hashishor charas is composed of psychoactive and non-psychoactive compounds. The relative amounts of THCand non-cannabinoid constituents determines the texture,purity and potency of hashish. The non-psychoactive com-ponents of hashish are derived from plant matter, water

and other substances. Some of these substances arenaturally occurring contaminants, others are intentionallyadded adulterants. There are some simple physical teststhat can be done to determine the quality of hashish.

What is Hashish?

Hashish is a psychoactive drug prepared from the isolatedresin glands of the female, seed-bearing, Cannabis plant.One common misconception is that hashish is made bygrinding dry Cannabis flowers into a powder and pressing

Hashish is easily the most misunderstood part of the Cannabis plant. Inour quest to take the mystery out of life’s simple pleasures, HEMPIREsaw the need to explain this much discussed mind-chocolate. RobClarke, best known for his book ‘Marijuana Botany’ will be our guide ina series of articles excerpted from his book ‘Hashish’.Words by Robert C. Clarke

This Cannabis p lant was growing in aeld of Poppies in Southern Afghani-

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(cannabinoids and terpenoids), vegetable matter, water-soluble com-pounds, insoluble dust and dirt, and volatile matter. The higher the con-tent of alcohol soluble compounds, the higher the quality of hashish.The sticky oily liquid terpenoids and cannabinoids serve as the glue tohold the matrix of particulate vegetable matter and dust together andform a solid but pliable mass. A basic knowledge of the physical prop-erties of the various hashish constituents is key to an enlightenedapproach to hashish preparation and use.

Given that THC is relatively neutral in aroma, terpenoids must beresponsible for the bulk of the other aromatic characteristics of hash-ish. A host of terpenoid compounds, with varying chemical makeup andphysical characteristics, account for differences in the integral adhe-sive structure of a piece of hashish. Terpenoids are largely responsible

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