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NOV/DEC 09 ISSUE #3

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PUBLISHERSLETTER

Hello and welcome to the 3rd issue of NUG Magazine!Last month Bonnie The Grinch Dumanis was up to her old tricks, again. She sa

a friend to the medical marijumunity and then raids the pestick their necks out to helpin San Diego access mediciShe is now stating that the onaccess medical marijuana is for yourself! Sounds exactly she stated after raiding and cof the local dispensaries in 2have heard from numerousthat did just that. They grew selves and maybe a few otheand subsequently had theraided and children taken awaour District Attorneys approveven modest gardens lead totients lives being turned upsIn our local court rooms, judpatients to take a deal and pl

to a crime that they are proteunder state law! The court rooscary and the possibility of lofreedom, your children or the thave worked so hard to build are even scarier! Sometimeseasier to say you are wrong eyou know youre not. So, wh

patients in San Diego still being harassed the way that we are? Law enforcement charge of whether someone is or appears to be sick enough to use cannabis. That ifor you and your doctor. No matter how major or minor the health problem you havenabis can provide relief, you are entitled to use it. IT IS A LAW!!!!

Ben G. Row

CONTENTS9\\:ADD NEWS

10\\:MAKING CENTS

13\\:ACTIVISM

18\\:NUG TIMES

25\\:SD HEMP HISTORY II

30\\:COOKING6 NUGMAG.COM | NOV/DEC 09

34\\:JESUS HOLY OIL

37\\:GROW

40\\:MARIHUANA OIL

47\\:MUSIC

49\\:MOVIE REVIEWS

50\\:LATE NIGHT EATS

52\\:TRAVEL

55\\:PRODUCT REVIEW

58\\:EVENTS

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A.D.D.Farmers,

Business

O w n e r s

and VoteHemp Board

Members

Arrested

ProtestingDEA Policies

Wash ing ton ,DC October14, 2009

On TuesdayOctober 13th,farmers WayneHauge of NorthDakota and WillAllen of Ver-mont were ar-rested at DEAheadquartersin Arlington,VA for plant-

ing industrial hemp seeds on the DEA lawn. Also arrested wBronner of Dr. Bronners Magic Soaps, Steve Levine of the Hemp Association and Vote Hemp, Isaac Nichelson of Livity OuternaAdam Eidinger of Vote Hemp.

Hemp Industries Association members were in Washingtotheir annual meeting and to lobby members of Congress to sup1866, The Hemp Farming Act of 2009.

Approximately 20 protesters arrived at DEA at around 10:3signs and ceremonial shovels and began digging and plantinghemp seeds on the lawn. DEA security began asking if the protea permit. The protesters explained that North Dakota farmers hafor DEA permits almost 2 years ago and still had not receiveThey were arrested a short while later by Arlington County po

were released later that day after being charged with trespassin

The Washington Post published a good story on the DEtoday and media around the US is picking up the story.

Thanks to your continued support, Vote Hemp has seco-sponsors for H.R. 1866 this year and we are pushing for hCongress. Vote Hemp is coordinating a North Dakota farmeagainst DEA in Federal Court. Vote Hemp is also working witand businesses to educate the Obama administration and tothem to review the policy on hemp farming and once again afarmers to grow industrial hemp.

Please consider making a donation today to support our ongoing work at:

http://www.votehemp.com/contribute.phpTo view a video of the protest and see pictures, go to:http://www.votehemp.com/DEAhempplanting.html

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One in 25 Globall Using Cannabis10- 19-09 Irish Times

ONE IN 25 GLOBALLY USING CANNABIS - according to a newstudy published in the Lancet.

The report, which uses estimates supplied by the UN ofce ondrugs and crime, reveals that cannabis continues to be the drugmost widely cultivated and used around the world.

The study indicates that 166 million adults aged between 16 and64 admitted to using the drug at least once a week during 2006,equivalent to 3.9 per cent of the global population.

Cannabis use was found to be highest in the US, Australia andNew Zealand. http://www.irishtimes.com

Revealed: Two California airports allowpassengers to y with potBy Stephen C. Webster10- 17- 09

A little noticed policy at two California airports allows properlyqualied passengers to y the friendly skies carrying up to a halfpound of marijuana, news agencies revealed Friday.

The policy [at Oakland International Airport] is spelled out ina three-page document quietly enacted last year by the AlamedaCounty Sheriffs Ofce, Mercury News reported. It states that ifdeputies determine someone is a qualied patient or primary care-giver as dened by California law and has eight ounces or less ofthe drug, he or she can keep it and board the plane.

San Francisco International Airport shares the policy, CBS 5 inOakland reported. But passengers travel with the drug at their ownrisk, the agency added.

Sgt. J.D. Nelson with the Alameda County Sheriffs Ofce toldMercury News that ofcers and airport security will issue warningsto those bringing marijuana into areas where it is not legal, but donot call the passengers destination to notify them of a traveler car-rying the drug.


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With President Obama pulling theFeds back, and Governor Schwarzennegersaying its time for a debate, there are 3 majorinitiatives making their way toward the ballot forre-legalizing marijuana in California- and its not just medical! No, these bills would downright,plain-and-simple, no questions asked, put itinto good ol English that Californians want theirmarijuana and its not criminal!

All 3 initiatives are in the signaturegathering stage and each have until February

18, 2010 to gather signatures from 433,971 reg-istered voters to qualify for the November 2010ballot.

Get involved- learn more at the end

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overview of whats

out there:

Assembly Bill 390Tom Ammianos AB 390was the rst initiative in-troduced this year andgarnered tons of state andnationwide attention. Thisbill would legalize the saleand use of marijuana forpeople over 21 years inCalifornia. The bill in-cludes creating permitsfor growers and a $50per ounce tax. Thoughthis one raised manyeyes and opened manyears early in the year,it has since wanedto make way for the

more well-funded and/or more liberal initia-tives, and has beentabled until next year.

Tax & Regulate Cannabis 2010TaxCannabis2010.org Oaksterdams Richard Lee kickedoff this campaign, putting in a million bucksof his own bread to get this one on the ballot,and launching an intense state-wide signaturedrive! This act would regulate cannabis likealcohol by allowing adults 21 and older inCalifornia to possess up to one ounce ofcannabis, give local governments the abil-ity to tax and regulate the sale of cannabis,and generate billions of dollars in revenue

to fund what matters most in California: jobs,healthcare, public safety, schools and libraries,state parks, roads, transportation, and more.

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The California Cannabis Initiativewould repeal all state laws that make marijuanaa crime, legalize hemp, and expunge all priorcannabis State convictions. The bill has thepotential to save millions of dollars as wecurtail the incarceration and supervision ofmarijuana consumers, as well as bring in billionsin revenue through the industrialization andregulation of hemp and cannabis.

There are active volunteers

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activismWhos trampling what?The 9-9-09 Raids

by. Ava MadisonSan Diego District Attorney shutting downmarijuana dispensaries.

California voters approved medical marijuanaover 13 years ago with Proposition 215 (theCompassionate Use Act), which intends to pro-tect persons who use marijuana when recom-mended by a doctor. The initiative, and Health& Safety codes, include protections for peoplewho help those patients get their medicine. Sofar this year, President Obama, the SupremeCourt and the Attorney General have all saidthat Federal law will NOT override State law.

Here in San Diego, our District Attorney issaying one thing and doing another as shedoes everything to STOP medical marijuana

operations.

(Note: The following excerpts are just that:excerpts. For the full press release, visit theDistrict Attorney web-site listed at the end of this

article).

First, a multi-jurisdictional task forceincludingFederal agents:

San Diego County District AttorneyBonnie M. Dumanis, along with UnitedStates Attorney Karen Hewitt, DEAs SanDiego Field Ofce Assistant Special Agent-

in-Charge William Sherman, IRS SanDiego Field Ofce Special Agent-in-

Charge Tami Steine, San Diego Sheriff

William Gore, San Diego PoliceWilliam Lansdowne, San Diego N

Task Force, San Marcos Mayor Jimond and Vista City Attorney Darroldannounced today that 14 search wwere served at 14 marijuana disries and six associated residencesDiego, the North County and South

Then the negative and deragotary insinuations:The warrants are a result of a four-month undercover invesand effectively shut down the businesses which were opunder the guise of selling marijuana and marijuana-laced pfor medicinal purposes.

Or is it that they were operating under the rights afforded by P215 and openly advertised as such, including the availibilty of f

with cannabis (for those whod rather not smoke it) and other solutions?Like most San Diegans, I support the use of legitimate anmedical marijuana use.

When?However, it appears these so-called marijuana dispensarnothing more than for- prot storefront drug dealing operati

by drug dealers hiding behind the states medical marijuansaid DA Dumanis.

For-prot? As non-prot businesses gain excess revenuemission, and cooperatives put their prot margin back collective efforts: currency is the means of transacting. At whathe investigation resolve a matter of for-prot?

-drug: cannabis-dealing:trade-operation:functionrun bydrug dealers:cannabis tradershiding behind the states medical marijuana law:Using Proposition 215 as a right and a defense.

We have not, and will not prosecute people who are legiand legally using medical marijuana. Its a shame that a fewdrug dealers are trampling on the compassion shown by vpassing Californias medical marijuana law, said DA Dum

Dumanis has promised to ght marijuana legalization ehas never demonstrated compassion towards the medical

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community. She is curenly prosecuting medicalmarijuana patients from her ongoing OperationGreen RX and Operation Endless Summer.

During the investigation, law enforcementobserved some of the dispensaries guardedby armed individuals and a series of securitydoors.

Who, as we will later see in the press release,will have rearms charges brought againstthem.

Other citizen complaints cited concernsover the proximity of the dispensaries to

schools and areas frequented by chil-dren.

Though the alleged storefronts, as searchwarrants and indictments reveal, were mem-bers only clubs who were raided only after sell-ing to undercover ofcers with valid doctorsrecommendations! None of the dispensarieswill be charged with selling to people under 18years old.

As a result of the search warrants, lawenforcement seized marijuana at eachlocation, more than $70,000 in cash andsix guns.

Obviously marijuana would be seized, as wouldcash, in this case a mere average of $5,000

from each location; and six guns would be con-sistent with businesses who have security in-terests, not to mention our Constitutional rightto bear arms.

So far, 23 people have been arrested dur-ing the sweep.

Most of them patients, volunteers, and directors.More arrests are possible and the investi-gation is ongoing.

Under the guise of stopping illegal drug dealingoperations.

Possible charges include the sale andpossession for sale of marijuana, conspir-acy and rearms offenses. Those charges

carry a maximum of penalty of up to fouryears in prison.

Charges are used as plea bargain leveragewhile the DA ghts to maintain a 94% convic-tion rate, tie up our courts, ll up our jails, andultimately prevent MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

Through strong-arm scare tactics, taxpayersdollars, media-use, and placing emotional andnancial strains on these suspects, the DistrictAttorneys ofce, and San Diego governance, iscontinuing marijuana prohibition, debt and ter-ror, and modern day slavery in San Diego!!

However, the PEOPLE are responding. Fol-lowing September 9ths raids, protests wereorganized by concerned individuals, who uti-lized resources to gather over one hundredpeople in front of the District Attorneys ofce.As cameras and newscasters reported, peoplevoiced their opposition to the raids and provendisregard of medical cannabis and Proposition

215 in San Diego by Law Enforcement. As timegoes on and support for medical marijuanaincreases, less people will be raided, charged,and/or convicted.

Stopping medical marijuana clubs means pa-tients are left without safe access to their Doc-tors recommended, alternative medicine. Toget their medicine, these otherwise law-abiding

persons must resort to the streets wcause of the hostile nature of prohibitare getting higher instead of lower, tis endangered, and they are exposeand deadly drugs.

Here is a list of the clubs that were ra

San Diego clubs:

Answerdam RxBenecial Care Collective

Green Tree Solutions Clairemont

Hillcrest Compassion CareNatures Rx, San DiegoSan Diego Discount CaregiversTop Quality Collective

North County clubs:

Movement in ActionThe Healing DragonSan Diego Dispensary Services

Beach area clubs:Pacic Beach Collective

Green Kross CollectiveMedicinal Solutions Patient CollectiveTotal Herbal Care

Visit the following web-sites for mortion on the raided clubs, the defendtheir status in the court system:NugMag.comSanDiegoMarijuana.comSDCDA.orgSafeAccessSD.org



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Set Us Free! The 9/9/9 raids are the most recent attackon our civil rights and our right to safe cannabisunder the law.

When I look at what the city and federalgovernments are doing, I cant help but drawcomparisons with the KKK and Jim Crow. Afterthe Civil War, people who did not want to acceptthat slaves were freed tried to prevent blacksfrom having equal rights. In an attempt to keepblacks under the fear of former slave owners,mobs would don masks, get guns, and attacktheir families.

In violation of the law, masked gunmen stole

blacks money, property, medicines, and mostinsidiously their sense of security. Althoughthose raids were illegal, members of the gov-ernment at the time looked the other way, oftenparticipated, and allowed these injustices tohappen for more than 150 years.It was not until the civil rights movement, only40 years ago, that blacks began to enjoy the

same rights as other Americans.The California Narcotics Ofcer Asso-

ciation is the same kind of rogue organizationas the KKK; they have meetings with thosepolitically or personally against cannabis and talkabout ways to undo the will of the peopleof California.

Prop 215 was voted on by Californians toallow sick people safe access to a medicinethat can improve quality of life, and SB420 gavepatients rights to cultivate cannabis individually

and organize as a non-prot collective.The current lie says operating not-for-protcannot involve a monetary transaction. Non-prots have been collecting money to pay fortheir operating expenses for a long time in thiscountry. Our local public television station,KPBS, gives gifts to those who donate to paytheir expenses. They do not give a gift to thosewho do not donate because they cannot affordto. The California Narcotics Ofcer Associationand local district attorneys, operate under thefalse premise that any transaction involvingmoney and cannabis is illegal, disregarding thatlaw allows the expenses of producing cannabisto be collectively recouped.

By taking this approach the California Nar-cotics Ofcer Association aims to force all medi-cal patients to attempt to produce cannabis andrisk federal prosecution.

Fifteen men with guns drawn, came to myhouse without a search warrant, entered, andhandcuffed my wife. While the police were ob-taining a warrant my wife asked one ofcer, If

my husband has a doctors recommisnt it legal for him to grow a plant?The ofcer said, No! Its all illegal.

So much for Bonnie Dumanis that, (cannabis) patients have to groselves.

Local district attorneys should not bnd ways to prevent safe cannabis ashould instead look for ways to ensusafety.

Now the emboldened California

Ofcer Association (CNOA) is brinmessage of breaking state law up to les. The CNOA has now urged the LoCity Attorney to proclaim that all canlectives are illegal.

When our government consistenheed the will of the people, then wevery freedom that is the reason for oracy.

Now is the time for all people toand demand that law enforcement laws enacted by the will of the peotime to stop the erosion of the rule ocivil rights. It is time law enforcementacking the medical cannabis comminstead begins working towards a rsolution consistent with the law anrights of patients.

James Dean Stacy

movementinaction.org

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San Diego court roomsare a nightmare!

Imagine being a medical marijuanadefendant, and the judge allows only lawenforcement to testify, while your witnesses

get denied, your Physicians recommenda-tion is ruled to be heresay, and the under-cover ofcer who went out and received avalid doctors recommendation with yourtax money is heralded as a hero, and your-self a dealer of illegal drugs and a threat tosociety. Week after week, marijuana is dis-regarded as the miracle plant that it is, andnonviolent offenders get dragged throughthe court process, being drained nancially,emotionally, physically, psychologically, etc.

Did you know that people are actually be-ing locked up for medical marijuana?

In the Downtown San Diego Courthouse,District Attorney Chris Lindberg suggesteda bail of $100,000 on, and resulting in theincarceration of, Defendant Cletus Great-house. Judge Kineshiro would not allow anexpert witness to testify on behalf of Great-house, instead she called him a man whodeals illegal drugs and is a threat to society.Testimony from 3 law enforcement ofcerstouched topics of commercialized marijua-

na packaging, myspace advertising, and busi-

ness cards for Cletus Kron Greathouse, whothey say established, co-owned and operatedChronic Care Providers, a medical marijuanacollective on Dagget St in San Diego.

There was no denial of a grow room, avail-able medicine, or the dispensing of medicalmarijuana by the defense. In fact, Greathousepromoted and still promotes the medical use ofmarijuana! However when the defense askedthat expert witness Bill Britt be allowed to testify,they were denied claiming theyve yet to provebeyond a sufcient measure that Greathouse isa medical marijuana patient. The defense pro-duced a photocopy of his recommendation andthe Court responded that the recommendationis unveriable: The recommending Physician ora Keeper of Records would have to be present.

Greathouse was incarcerated that day as aight risk because he did not have a permanentaddress. He spent the next 60 days in jail, be-fore taking a plea for his release.

In another case stemming from the same

Operation, Jovan Jackson of the An

Collective had his bail revoked and wasated for trying to represent himself in couMaguire decided that Mr. Jackson undergpetency hearing to see if he was t to rhimself. He spent the rst 3 days of hijail stay in solitary connement. Jackson been found competent, yet will be worCounsel to ght off these charges.

Jacksons case reaches trial in Novehe faces off with the District Attorney, preparing briefs and reports asking theNOT allow medical marijuana and Caliproved Proposition 215 in the court roocially in front of a jury.

Both men were incarcerated before bvicted of anything.

To learn more about Jovan Jacksons coupdates, visit SanDiegoMarijuana.com


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 27, 2009

8:57 AM

Congressional Medical Marijuana Bil

Lifts Ban on Evidence in Federal Cou

CONTACT: Americans for Safe A

510.251.1856 or Toll-free 888.92

[email protected]

WASHINGTONOctober 27 - U.S. Repre-sentative Sam Farr (D-CA)and more than twenty origi-nal bipartisan co-sponsorsintroduced legislation todaythat would allow defendantsin medical marijuana casesthe ability to use medical evi-dence at trial, a right not cur-rently afforded them. Becauseof a June 2005 U.S. Supreme

Court ruling in Gonzales v.Raich, the government hasthe discretion to enforce fed-eral marijuana laws even inmedical marijuana states. TheRaich ruling also allows feder-al prosecutors to exclude evi-dence of medical use or statelaw compliance in federal tri-als, all but guaranteeing con-victions of medical marijuanapatients and providers.

Last week, the U.S. Attor-ney General issued guidelinesto federal prosecutors dis-couraging them from prose-cuting cases in which patientsand providers are in clearand unambiguous compliancewith existing state laws. Un-fortunately, the guidelines nei-ther direct U.S. Attorneys toabandon the more than two-dozen pending federal medi-cal marijuana cases, nor allowdefendants the ability to usemedical evidence to exoner-

ate themselves. This is acommon sense bill that willhelp stop the waste of lawenforcement and judicialresources that havebeen spent prosecut-ing individuals whoare following statelaw, Rep. Farrsaid on Tues-

day. We need strict druglaws, but we also need to ap-ply a little common sense tohow theyre enforced. Thislegislation is about treatingdefendants in cases involvingmedical marijuana fairly, plainand simple.

During the Bush Adminis-tration, more than a hundredfederal cases were prosecut-ed by U.S. Attorneys against

medical marijuana patientsand providers who were pre-vented from using medicalevidence at trial. Becauseof an inability to prop-erly defend themselves,scores of people havebeen convicted and havereceived sentences of upto 20 years in federalprison. While the JusticeDepartment guide-lines may resultin fewer federalprosecutions, theyare unlikely to as-sist defendantscurrently being pros-ecuted. Underscor-ing the needfor the Truthin TrialsA c t ,

San Diego U.S. AttorneyKaren Hewitt, a Bush appoin-tee, recently responded to theguidelines by claiming shestill does not have to prove aviolation of state law beforeprosecuting someone underfederal law.

The Truth in Trials Act willrestore the balance of justiceand bring fundamental fairnessto federal medical marijuana

trials, said Caren Woodson,Government Affairs Directorwith Americans for SafeAccess, the legislationsendorser. This legisla-tion complements therecent Justice Depart-ment guidelines forfederal prosecutors

and is now more neces-sary than ever.

Routinely, federalprosecutors seeklong prison sen-tences in medicalmarijuana cases.

Charles C. Lynch,a locally licensedmedical marijuana

dispensary op-erator from

M o r r oB a y ,

California who had port of his City Coulocal Chamber of Cowas prosecuted and cunder the Bush Adtion. Although Lynchcused by the federament of violating statcould not use evidencompliance with stattrial. I was denied antive defense despite

adherence to local amedical marijuana laLynch. Passage of thallow jurors to hear tstory. Lynch is currleased on bail pendinpeal.

The Truth in Thas been introducedgress in past sessionespecially relevant the Obama Admihas changed federal medical marijuana. Aof introduction, the Trials bill had been eby a diverse group than three-dozen ahealth, and legal otions, including AmerSafe Access (ASA), ACivil Liberties UnionNational Associationple With AIDS (NAPWtional Minority AIDS(NMAC), and AIDSCouncil. The Truth

bill is likely to be rethe House Judiciary mittee on Crime, Tand Homeland Secompanion bill hbe introduced in

Senate.

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By Dion Markgraaff

In part one of San Diego has a

huge hemp history we rediscovered a $3million San Diego cannabis corporation inChula Vista.

In part two, we explore one ofhistorys greatest crimes or lost opportuni-ties, when local historical icon EdwardE.W. Scripps had a chance to redirectthe course of mankind with cannabis.Cannabis vs. Trees the showdown thatwould alter the planets history took placeRIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO, almost onehundred years ago.

E.W. Scripps was literally afounder of parts of San Diego, buildingmost of the main roads at the beginning of

the last century which is the basis for thepresent day freeway system of the 5, 8,15, 163, and 395, with Scripps Ranch andScripps Institute still bearing his name.

The Scripps familys enormouswealth came from the newspaper indus-try. In 1889, Scripps and Milton A. McRaefounded the Scripps-McRae League ofNewspapers, which later became theUnited Press Association. The companyhad many newspapers, and other paperspurchased their syndicated material.

Accordingly, Scripps was veryinuential in a time of limited news media.By the 1912 presidential election, he hadaccess to nearly 70% of the voting popu-lation. After Woodrow Wilson won the USPresidential election that year, PostmasterBurleson of his cabinet wrote, [it was] theScripps papers that determined the elec-tion.

Therefore, one of historysgreatest questions is why Scripps, withone of the biggest newspaper businessesin America, whose entire company wasbased on the cost of paper, balked at us-ing a local, more reliable source such ascannabis, which provides superior qual-ity at HALF the price of paper made fromtrees.

Cannabis vs. Trees

The showdown between thesetwo raw materials for newspaper makinghappened August 3, 1917, at the famousScripps Ranch Miramar house (todaythe house would be located north of the52 Freeway and just east of the 15 Free-way). This was when and where GeorgeW. Schlichten, the inventor of a new hempber retting machine, met with Scrippspartner McRae, and Ed Chase, Scripps

inside the factory, the clean pulp th

produced as a by-product was grpaper. An effective ber decorticatinchine was potentially the equivalencotton gin for the hemp industry.

Cannabis activist, lawyefounder of The Ohio Hempery, Donashafter, has unearthed most of the devidence of Schlichtens revoluhemp decorticator machine, whichhave signicantly changed the couhuman history. Another well know in San Diego and leading machinisttime, Harry Timken called it the ginvention in the world.

Harry Timken was an in

and owner of the Timken Roller BCo. Today, there is a museum in Park named after him. Timken Schlichten to use his ranch in Imperley, east of San Diego. Schlichten p100 acres of hemp and some other mental crops. By August 1917, the ready to harvest hemp eld was sbumper crop that it received natiotention. Feature lm companies, incnewspaper rival and owner of timbeests Randolph Hearst, showed footthe 14-foot tall plants in their weeklyreels.

Timken, the founder of t

multi-billion dollar Timken Co. famtune, wrote Scripps on August 16, saam informed that this is the best hemever produced in the United States.

At the San Diego showmeeting at Miramar August 3, the line was - hemp is cheaper. From tcret recording, Mr. McRae made thement that paper, about seven montwas being sold under contract at

right-hand man. They were there to discuss the

viability of using cannabis/hemp for paper versusthe current process of using trees.

Secretly, the Miramar meeting show-down was transcribed into an eleven page docu-ment and mailed to Scripps, who kept it in hisextensive archives. The Scripps Company keptthis record of what was said and many letters toand from E.W. Scripps, giving future generationsinsight to this historic event and fateful decision.

The case for cannabis - with a revolutionary

machineIn 1915 the German born immigrant,

Schlichten, invented a unique hemp decorticat-ing machine. This machine separated the hemp

plant ber from the stem and produced betterquality ber than other standard practices andreduced the labor intensive costs by hundreds oftimes. The other benet of Schlichtens machinewas the ber came out in a continuous stream(sliver) of bers that were ready to be spun intoall kinds of high quality fabrics.

Separating the ber mechanically, asopposed to by hand as it was harvested fromthe eld, was the key change in labor savings. Inaddition, Schlichten realized having his machine

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$50.00 a ton, while it is now being sold at about $60.00 a ton, or at 3cents a pound, or a little more; he then asked Mr. Schlichten what hisidea would be of the cost of making paper using his material wholly orin part. Mr. Schlichten replied that it shouldnt cost in excess of $25.00a ton; and he made this statement with knowledge of the process ofpaper making, based upon the cost of the raw stock chemicals andother ingredients and their percentage, and also the cost of labor,etc.

Not only that, Schlichten said, every acre that I produce inhemp will preserve ve acres of forest. He goes on to say, But asfar as paper is concerned, it is actually a crime to chop down trees to

get a small percentage of paper.

In addition, cannabis made better quality paper. Schlichtensaid, Oh, yes, surely; but taking it for granted that the hemp hurdsmake superior paper, but if it is cheaper at the same time, why not useit for news. If it is cheaper for news paper stock, even though it willmake better paper, why naturally it is a substitute for wood-pulp. Thisis providing you can get it in quantities cheaper.

Further proof of cannabis usefulness for paper provided by the

US Government

A year earlier in 1916, the United States Department ofAgriculture produced BULLETIN No. 404 - PROFESSIONAL PA-PER -HEMP HURDS AS PAPER-MAKING MATERIAL, by Lyster H.Dewey, Botanist in Charge of Fiber-Plant Investigations, and JasonL. Merrill, Paper-Plant Chemist, Paper-Plant Investigations. The re-port itself was printed on the hemp paper they produced. Schlichtenpoints out at the showdown meeting at Miramar, The hemp hurd is apractical success and will make paper of a higher grade than ordinarynews stock. The Government has made on a large and practical scalepapera beautiful sheetand I can show you governmental reportsprinted on paper made from hemp hurdsthe leavings after takingthe ber out.

The report shows how cannabis was more productive thantrees for paper. One acre of hemp would equal 4 times as much paperas trees would over the lifetime of the trees.

The USDA conclusion states Semi commercial paping tests were conducted, therefore, on hemp hurds, in cooperaa paper manufacturer. After several trials, under conditions of trand manufacture which are regarded as favorable in comparithose used with pulp wood, paper was produced which receivfavorable comment both from investigators and from the trawhich according to ofcial tests would be classed as a No. 1 mnish printing paper.

By the end of the meeting at Miramar, cannabis appbe the showdown winner. McRae wrote to Scripps that same dgust 3, 1917 I was somewhat of a skeptic about this propositio

I rst received your letter. But I have been wonderfully impresthe interview we had with Schlichten, and within a week or twobe able to give you some more denite information in the prem

Further proof of the rst round going well for cannAugust 7, 1917, McRae had Scripps secretary purchase ately from Superintendent of Documents, Government printinWashington, 20 copies United States Department of Agricultletin Number four hundred and four, describing hemp hurds amaking material. ... Give two copies to E.W. to read ... Ed Chmaking thorough investigation of new paper making scheme. .No. 404, as described in above telegram, which is a valuable doit is a contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry. The Bullissued October 14, 1916, and contains an article entitled Hemas paper-making Material by Lyster H. Dewey, Botanist in chber-plant investigations. The bulletin itself is printed upon pape

factured from hemp hurds, so that the paper contained in the ba sample of what can be made from hemp hurds in the manufapaper... You might say to Mr. E.W. Scripps that there has been cable advance made in paper making from hemp hurds since thewas issued, according to Mr. Schlichten. Ed Chase is giving

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deal of his time to investigating the possibilities of our getting cheappaper from hemp hurds. You will recall that E.W. Scripps himself wroteme several letters urging that this be done. Please let E.W. see thisletter.

The follow up by Scripps & Co. seemed good for cannabis

On August 28, Ed Chase provided a detailed report toScripps and McRae on his examinations into using hemp for paper.This record veries the viability of the venture. Chase wrote that theSchlichten process was an advancement over that reported in BulletinNo. 404. He conrmed the $25 per ton priceless than half the 1917market price of wood paper.

Chase proposed a paper mill in San Diego, which was thenearest harbor to the Imperial Valley hemp elds. Also a considerableacreage will probably be raised between Del Mar and Escondido.With this, Chase gured hemp could supply all of Scripps PacicCoast newspapers, with left over pulp for more businesses.

Chase says, I have seen a wonderful, yet simple, inven-tion. I believe it will revolutionize many of the processes of feeding,clothing and supplying other wants of mankind. The cost of Schlich-tens operation located at the Timken Ranch in Californias ImperialValley was detailed. Chase goes on to explain the value of this inven-tion to Scripps:

ADVANTAGES OF HEMP HURDS FOR PAPER STOCK

FIRST: We make paper from an an-

nual and thus help to preserve theforests, the streams and the soils.SECOND: We make paper at lowercost than is possible from wood, forthe following reasons:A. Wood must have the bark, knots,etc., removed. The hurds are readyfor the digester, when, as a by-product, they leave the Schlichtenmachine.B. ...less caustic soda....C. Sulphite must be mixed withground wood pulp; but not with thepulp from these hurds.

Furthermore, hemp paper, Chasesays, is of better quality than news-print stock.

More factors for consideration, the prices were forecasted to go

higher for wood pulpIn August 14, 1917 another letter from Scripps, who was

an innovative and progressive person for his time, talks about theprospect of the costs of wood paper used by the Scripps Companiesgoing up 50% or $1,125,000, which sum is equal to about what ourprots were last year.

Further conrmation of the protability of the local canna-bis production prospects comes from another letter from Timken toScripps dated September 5, your man has been out there investigat-ing the paper proposition and seems well pleased with the prospects.

Personally, my impression is that a paper mill could be built and oper-ated in San Diego to advantage, as soon as we get these machinesworking in a reasonable number If I go into the Schlichten Decor-ticator business, you start a paper mill in San Diego and Sprecklesstarts a bagging factory, we would make a real start in doing some-thing for San Diego and incidentally for ourselves; or rather, primarilyfor ourselves and incidentally for San Diego. I trust you will give thequestion of a paper mill very serious consideration and thought.

On recount trees were better?By September 17, 1917, just over two weeks after Chases

seemingly great report from August 28, McRae and Chase traveled

to Cleveland and spent two hours convincing Timken that could not be made cheaply enough from hemp. McRae saisented to Timken such information as to convince him besonable doubt, that while hemp herds can be utilizedby aprocessfor making high grade book paper, that hemp herbe utilized for making newspaper cheaply enough to be usenewspapers, but Timken agreed with me that there was nowhat hemp herds could be utilized successfully in making paused by printers but not newspapers.

McRae then instructed Chase to drop the matter ised Scripps a full report later, but no evidence of anything f

been found.

What happened? Why?

Why and how they reached this conclusion is aPerhaps Chase didnt receive support from the governmenroads, the paper mills, or Scripps. Maybe these forces workethe idea, in some conspiratorial vein.

Scripps had his own problems that fateful year, 1to a ght with his daughter, in May he left San Diego. HWashington DC to help his newspapers cover World War Ially in September, Scripps was ghting with his oldest soncompany, while both his sons were under national pressdrafted into the war.

Schlichten led and received patents in 1920 forments on his hemp decorticator machine. However, withoutSchlichten and his machinery fell into oblivion, and he died ary 3, 1923 of heart problems from over exertion and worryingly, his death certicate states that his heart condition hading on for 3 years and 9 months, which is right when the sat Miramar Scripps Ranch happened.

Schlichten had a chance to sell his decorticatingIn 1916, he took his production of hemp sliver to the New Yowhere it sold for a record price of $100 a ton, more than any ohad previously. A spinning mill owned by J. D. Rockefeller pSchlichtens entire crop and paid him to supervise spinningmiliar bers into yarn. The mill was so impressed that they trexclusive rights to the invention and offered Schlichten moreally wanted. Schlichten turned the offer down.

The exact reasons for all these fateful decisions rknown and need more investigation. Many lingering questioanswered. These events are a part of the legacy of our histo

forever be questioned by future generations asking why, wing this practice was morally criminal, humans cut down thethe world for an inferior, more expensive paper product (inand long term).

Schlichten expressly told these corporate decideforget, Mr. McRae, that the time will be seen when wood used for paper any more. It will be too expensive or forbiddeI tell you, that with the production of an annual, with my byevery acre that I produce in hemp or in cotton stock hurdserve ve acres of forest But as far as paper is concernedally a crime to chop down trees to get a small percentage o

By the mid-Thirties, technological innovation alpulping of southern pines which alleviated the pulp shorpulping of forests surged and a new industry grew in the Sthe help of the government.

In the late 1930s, as Schlichtens patents expiinventors suddenly came up with decorticators Anton F.Robert B. Cochrane, Karl Wessel, as well as several otherwas the inventor of the 100 ton hemp machine here in San1927, located at the Imperial Linen Company in Chula Vista

Cannabis versus treesthe environment lost whbis lost the showdown at Miramar Scripps Ranch. Through paper companies have ravaged the worlds forests, whichingly unnecessary. END

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by Kim Twolan, Mother Earth Co-op & Collective, San Diego 92103

Grateful for the recognition of medical marijuana and its place inherbal healing and alternative medicines, we are striving to progress forward withthe multifunctional herb, placed on earth by our creator. It is absurd to think ofrestricting access to a natural plant that is benecial without side effects.

Much research and passion has gone into these recipes. Proven factsin these articles are a work of dedication to demonstrate that people can feelhealthier naturally instead of using heavy narcotics and allowing their bodies tofail, rather than using an herb they were led to believe is criminal.

This holiday season we should all try to bring more peace andunderstanding to each other. As the medical marijuana community is under a

BAKED BRIE WITH CHERRY BOMB CHUTNE

(Appetizers)

1 (8-oz.) pkg. Brie cheese 1/2 tsp1 lb cherries (dark, sweet, pitted) 1/4 tsp1 cup brown sugar 1/4 tsp1 large apple (Granny Smith chopped) 1/4 tsp

1/2 cup onion (nely chopped) 1 loaf F1/3 cup apple cider vinegar

Combine all ingredients except kief* and brie inpan and stir to mix. Bring to a boil over mediReduce heat to medium low and cook gently futes until thickened, stirring occasionally and aat least one hour before serving. Heat Brie in ton HIGH for 30 seconds to one minute, or until s1 cup cherry chutney over Brie and serve withFrench bread.

Note: Exotic healing treat for the discriminating thelp with sleep and ward off nausea.

EUREKA HAZE SQUASH SOUP

(Soups)

4 tablespoons cannabutter * 3 medium green apples (diced)3 cups onions (nely chopped) 2 cups apple juice1 teaspoon ginger (ground) 5 cups broth (chicken or veggie)1/2 teaspoon mace (ground) 2 tablespoons parsley

3 medium butternut squash (seeded, diced)

Melt cannabutter * over low heat and add onions, ginger, mace and cookcovered while stirring occasionally until onions are transparent (about 13to 15 min.). Add squash, apples, broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heatand simmer partially covered for about 25 minutes. Puree in blender orfood processor, add apple juice, heat for a few minutes and serve hot withparsley garnish. Serves 8

Note: This soup is unusual and helps stimulate the appetite and alleviatenausea

TOTALLY BAKED SMASHED POTATOES

(Vegetables)

6 cups water 2 tablespoons garlic (minced)8 medium potatoes 4 tablespoons cannabutter *1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup Half & Half8 slices bacon 1/2 Cheddar cheese (grated)

1 medium onion (chopped)

Boil potatoes in the water with salt until cooked (15 to 20minutes). Cook bacon, onion and garlic in frying pan whilepotatoes are boiling. Cut bacon in small pieces. Drain thepotatoes and add garlic, bacon, melted cannabutter *, half &half and cheese and mash totally together and serve hot.

Note: This is a great comfort food for those who have a dif-cult time eating or with appetite.

microscope and continues to be unfairly targeted, it is imperative thatogether. Lets celebrate a time of peace and appreciate everything thevery one of us is doing to assist in educating the public on medical m

The following recipes are taken from Mother EaSpecial Medicinal Recipes A Medical Cannabis Cookbrecipes are suggestions to be used in part with your Thanksgiving drecommended that you choose a few dishes for medicating and that is wprovided choices. If cooking all of the following recipes for the same menothing else planned for the evening would be in order and sleepingthe agenda!


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YUMBOLT YAMS

(Vegetarian)

4 large yams 1/4 teaspoon sea salt1/2 cup brown sugar 2 medium apples (sliced)1/4 cup cannabutter * 1/2 cup walnuts (chopped)3 tablespoons water 1 cup marshmallows1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon lemon pepper

Wash and cook yams in oven until almost cooked. Combine brown sugar,Cannabutter *, water, cinnamon, pepper and salt in skillet over mediumheat until sugar has dissolved. Stir in apples and cook 3 to 4 minutes.Combine with cooked yams and turn into casserole dish. Bake at 350F for25 minutes. Add walnuts and cook for another 20 minutes.

Note: If adding marshmallows, put them over the top and brown, approx.5 minutes.

* KIEF

1 silk screenmedical grade cannabis

Kieng is an age old way of extracting trichomes from plant material. Kief is theproduct derived from the kieng process. Kieng is a method in which you rub drytrim and leaves with crystals on them over a silk screen (110 or 120 screen) on toa glass surface. The powder that comes through the screen is then scraped off theglass and used in cooking or for smoking. It is usually a pale green to light browndependant on the strain of the cannabis.

* Cannabutter recipe, please refer to the rst edition of Nug Magazine

PUMPKIN HIGH PIE

(Dessert)

1 (9 inch) unbaked deep dish pie crust 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger3/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 large eggs

1/4 teaspoon salt 1 (15 ounce) can 100% pure pumpkin1/2 teaspoon kief* 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk

Preheat oven to 425F. Combine sugar, salt, kief*, cinnamon, ginger and cloves insmall mixing bowl. Beat eggs lightly in large bowl. Stir in pumpkin and sugar-spicemixture. Gradually stir in evaporated milk. Pour into pie shell. Bake for 15 minutes.Reduce temperature to 350F bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until knife insertednear center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 2 hours. Serve immediatelyor refrigerate.

Note: Serve warm or cold with ice cream or whipped cream. Helps relieve holidaystress and great for appetite building.

BIRD STUFFING A LA MOTTA

(Poultry)

5 cup bread crumbs 5 cloves garlic (chopped)2 tablespoons poultry seasoning 4 tablespoons cannabutter * (melted)1/2 cup raisins 1 tablespoon savory (ground)

1/2 cup almonds (sliced) 1/4 cup cannabis (nely ground)1/2 cup celery (chopped) 2 tablespoons Sherry or dry white wine1 medium onion (chopped) 1 turkey or chicken

Mix onion and garlic together and brown in cannabutter*. Add remaining ingre-dients and mix well. Stuff cleaned chicken or turkey and cook bird as needed,dependant on the weight of the bird.

Note: Helps relieve holiday stress and great for appetite building.

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Jesusand his holy oil

a famous medical

marijuana dealerBy. Dion Markgraaff

Many people today might be surprised to know that one of the most famous medical cannabis

activists was Jesus Christ, the son of god.

The title Christ or Messiah literally means to be covered in oil or Anointed.The very denition of being a Christian is to be anointed with the holy oil.

What is in this holy oil?

This recipe below is from the Bible via a translation from http://en.wikipedia.org

The Holy anointing oil described in Exodus 30:22-25 was created from:

500 shekels (about 6 kg) of myrrh.

250 shekels (about 3 kg) of fragrant cinnamon,

250 shekels (about 3 kg) of kaneh bosm/cannabis (calamus),

500 shekels (about 6 kg) of cassia, and

a hin (about 4 L - 7 L) of olive oil.



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When made in the traditional method, all of these ingre-

dients are mixed with water and then boiled until all the

water has evaporated. The oil is then strained and ready

for use.

The foremost expert on this subject today is Chris

Bennett. He has researched and written about Jesus

and his holy oil for many years. Bennett is the author of

the book, Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible, and high-

lights the critical modern mistranslation of calamus,

the word has been translated as fragrant-cane in most

modern Bibles, and specically designates the fragrant

owering tops of cannabis.

In an example of the power of the cannabis oil used

by Jesus, Bennett points out, One of Jesus most well

known miracles is his healing of lepers, which appears in

the rst three New Testament Gospelsleprosy can ac-

tually refer to any number of skin diseases, usually sys-

temic infectious lesions or extreme allergic reactions

due to its topical anti-bacterial properties, cannabis has

been used to treat a variety of skin diseases.

One wonders if Jesus was in San Diego today -

Would District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis arrest and pros-ecute Christ for being a proting drug dealer?

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GrowPROPAGATIONPropagation is simply the creationof new plants. Many growers propagatehydroponically to benet from early root-ing and faster growth rates. This is possiblebecause hydroponic media provides the rootzone with easy access to water, nutrients, andoxygen.

Propagation: seed vs. cuttings

Firstly, as with any type of propaga-tion, you need to decide whether you want togrow from seed or from cuttings. Generally,growers who propagate from seed do sobecause it gives them peace of mind that theirplants will be disease and pest free. How-ever, the main draw back with this method isthat the characteristics of plants you producecan be inconsistent. Whereas, with cuttingsits much easier to produce plants that areidentical to their healthy parent. Other advan-tages of cuttings include:

earlier owering improved plant stock plant species which are more adaptable toclimatic variations

Also, if you use your own cuttings,its still easy to create insect and disease re-sistant plants. However, for your rst garden-ing venture, youll probably have to start grow-ing from seed. This is ne so long as you onlyplan to grow a single crop. Youll need to ger-

minate any seed you plan to use. Its advis-able to germinate several seeds at the sametime. Youll then be able to choose a mother(stock) plant from which you can take cuttingsin the future.

Taking cuttings:

Setting up - Youll need the following items 1. Rockwool propagation cubes / Fleximixplugs. 2. Rooting hormone, such as Gel 4 Plugs. 3. Heated propagator / unheated propagator,such as the Stewart Propagators. 4. Fluorescent lighting, such as the Visi Luxlighting unit. 5. Sterile scalpel. 6. Spray bottle. 7. Vegetative nutrient, such as Vita LinkGrow.

8. Rooting stimulator, such as Vita Link Bio-Plus. 9. Perlite and / or vermiculite.

This article explains how to propa-gate using rockwool cubes. However, theprocess is basically the same for all types ofpropagation, such as FlexiMix plugs.

The Mother/Stock plant:

Youll have to grow your seedlingsunder 18 hours of light until they are suitableto take cuttings from. This is usually when

they are between 12-18 inches or hinternodes. Always give your cusame mark as the mark you haveplant you took them from. You shgive your seedlings 12 hours of 12 hours of dark to determine wfavorable characteristics (i.e. quickand/or best ower development). your cuttings will need 18 hours o6 hours of dark. The cutting with mark as the seed with the most characteristics should be takenMother Plant.

Quality of cuttings:

The hormone content ting determines its quality. If you whealthy plants, its important to consty. The highest concentration of growcentrated at the base of the plant ainner shoots. This is where you shyour cuttings from. Growers often resection of the plant as the zone ofWithout stripping more than 25% age, take as many cuttings from tplant as possible.

Also, its preferable to uswhich have a few leaves. Cuttings leaves tend to be unable to absorb

water through their stem. Those wstems will also root much faster thawith fatter stems.

Fluorescent lighting:As stated above, seedli

ers need to be grown under 18 hourescent light and 6 hours dark. Howthey are well rooted, youll need to12 hours of HID light and 12 houto initiate owering/fruiting. In the before the roots have formed, cuperform best with the Visi-Lux ligpositioned 4cm away from the propAlternatively, you can use 55 wat

uorescents 30cm away. You shouse HID lights for propagation as thlot of light intensity and heat.

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Wernard Bruining is the founder of the worlds very rst coffeeshop in Amsterdam Mellow Yellow as

Amsterdams rst grow store Positronics. He has been a highly regarded activist and author in the c

community for more than 30 years.

MAKING MEDICINAL

MARIHUANA OIL WITH

ALCOHOL IS DONE

LIKE THIS!

arihuana oil is regarded as potent medi-cine, just Google Run from the Cure and you willnd on YouTube the Rick Simpson story. In thisinternet movie you will hear people explain howthey got miraculously cured by eating at least 4drops of marihuana oil per day for a period of 60days. The oil seems to be able to cure all sorts ofinternal cancers but also skin cancer and ecze-mas. In Run from the Cure, the oil is distributedin plastic syringes. I have tried the syringe andfound that the thick oil is hard to administer, be-

fore you know it you push out a squirt instead of asingle drop.

Thats why I dilute the marihuana oil with someordinary hempseed oil. The thick marihuana oilbecomes more uid and can be administeredper drop with a pipette. Administering the oilunder your tongue has the advantage that theoil becomes effective in 5-10 minutes, you canfeel the drops fall and count them. Ingesting oilunder the tongue is a third way of ingesting can-nabinods besides inhaling (effective in 10-20seconds) and through the stomach (effective in40-60 minutes).

In Run from the Cure you can see how Rick

makes the oil by evaporating the alcohol in arice cooker. He describes this process as ex-tremely dangerous. I have developed a methodthat is so simple and safe anybody can do it athome on his kitchen sink!

Making medicinal marihuana oil

with alcohol

There are two kinds of alcohol you can use:

1) Pure alcohol (96%). Depending on the coun-

try you live in this ethyl alcohol can be obtainedfrom a pharmacy or a company that sells prod-

ucts you need for making your ownbeer, wine or liquor.2) Ordinary alcohol from a liquorstore, such as vodka and rum. Bestis of course to pick out a drink withthe highest percentage of alcoholand the least amount of added a-vor such as sugars. Usually suchdrinks have an alcohol percentageof 40-50%, the rest is water. When

you want to evaporate the uid after

extracting the cannabinods, the water is thehardest to get rid of. Alcohol evaporates much

easier than water, so evaporating the water aswell will take more time. The other disadvantageis that the uid contains only half the amount of

alcohol, so alcohol from the liquor store has onlyhalf the capacity of dissolving cannabinoids.

Beware: there is also a cheap alcohol for

cleaning purposes, but it contains the dan-

gerous, poisonous methyl alcohol and is

not suitable for human consumption. It does

irreversible damage to human organs and

eyes, and can turn people blind! In order to

scare off potential drinking a bitte

added. Of course the alcohol is main

rated, but stay safe; do not use th

alcohol!

For producing your own marihuan

alcohol you need:

Tip: check for 96% pure alcohol and hoil on the internet!

Fig.1Marihuana buds, but clippings and leok.

A baby bottle heater with adjustable he

An air pump as used for aquariums

Pure alcohol 96% or strong liquor withcohol level

A thermometer

Two small mineral water bottles that wbottle heater

A funnel

A package of nylon socks, a sort of sho

A few new glass bottles (10 CC) withscrewed on top

Hempseed oil. This is oil made out ofhempseeds. The oil does not containnabinods

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Fig. 2 Crumble the marihuanaand ll the rst bottle about 25-75%. Now add the alcohol andll the bottle almost up to the top.Let it sit for two days and shakefrequently. The alcohol will turngreen as the alcohol dissolvesthe cannabinoids.

Fig. 3 Slip a ne nylon sock overthe rst bottle and pour the greencolored alcohol through the funnelinto the second bottle. Position thesecond bottle in the bottle heater.Rell the rst bottle with fresh al-cohol and soak the marihuana asecond time, to make sure youextract all cannabinoids.

Fig.4 Position the second bottlewith the green colored alcohol inthe bottle heater. Fill the bottleheater with water to improve heattransmission. Guide the tube ofthe air pump rst through the watersurrounding the bottle to increaseair temperature, then straight intothe bottle, all the way to the bot-

MATERIALS

FILTRATION

FILLING THE FIRST BOTTLE FILTRATION EVAPORATION

F

tom. Do not use any devicend of the tube. Switch opump and the bottle heatethermometer next to the bowater and adjust the tempe34C, or 93F. This low temevaporation will protect scannabinoids and improve ity. Rell the bottle in the hegreen alcohol from the rsyou like. Evaporation of a of alcohol takes about 24 h

Alcohol isammable a

alcohol fumes

closed environm

are explosive

ensure evapora

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DISSOLVING

FIG. 5

USAGE

Fig.6 Pour some hempseed oil in the bottle,diluting the marihuana oil 10-20 fold. Dilutingthe marihuana oil makes dosage safer andmore exible, (One can choose between 1-20drops per day). Mix the oils well and pour themix into several pipette bottles.

After 12-24 hours of heating and

bubbling you will see a thin layer of thick

oil at the bottom of the bottle.Fig.5 Make

sure all the alcohol is evaporated, if not

let the evaporation process continue for

another day.

Dropping oil, the third wa

Applying oil is the third way of administering medicinal cannabinods. Smoking is the numethod, it works within 10-20 seconds and lasts an hour or so. Eating or drinking is thmethod. It works after 40-60 minutes and lasts for 5-6 hours. Taking oil under the tonthird way. Oil under the tongue becomes effective after 5 minutes and works for about 4Oil can also be eaten, just drop some on a piece of bread and swallow it. If you do not whigh,( to ght nausea for instance) just use 1-2 drops. If you need to take more, take ththe course of the day. CONT.

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Increasing effectiveness.

In Run from the Cure, you see people working with bigbuckets lled with product and lots of alcohol. This will cost you a lotof alcohol. There are two things you can do to reduce these costs andincrease effectiveness: reducing the volume of product and recyclingthe alcohol

1. Reduce volume of product by pollinating it or applying the ice-o-lator technique. There are several types of pollinators and ice-o-latersavailable in grow shops or on the internet. Basically these techniques

reduce the volume of product to only 5-20%. These powders can beeasily extracted again in the small bottles. Of course powders absorbless alcohol than the leafy material.

2 Recycling the alcohol. When making marihuana oil on a more regu-lar basis you will nd that reducing the cost of alcohol becomes animportant factor. The ultimate way of doing that is by recycling thealcohol by condensing the fumes.

Fig. 9Punch two round holes in the screw on cap of the secondbottle. Make sure the holes are round, yet hold the tubes tight. Usea nail or any other round pin to punch the holes. Guide the tube ofthe air pump through one of the holes. Make sure the tube will reachthe bottom of the bottle! This tube will pump in the fresh pre-heatedair and build up an air pressure in the bottle. Take a second tube and

insert it just a couple of inches or cm through the second hole. Thistube will be the outlet of the alcohol fumes. Lead the second tube to athird bottle in which you want to collect the alcohol.

There are two

methods to

condensate the

alcohol gasses.

1. Fig. 10 Ice bucketPlace the third bottle inan ice bucket. Hold theempty bottle in place with

three big elastic straps toprevent oating. Guidethe condensation tubethrough the ice waterrst, then straight into thethird bottle, all the way tothe bottom.

2. Fig. 11. Refrigerais the most functionalmethod. Punch a smathe plastic rim of a rtor. Punch the hole rigthe magnetic rim to ecomplete airtight seal wdoor is shut. Guide thesation tube through and into a third bottl

placed in the bottom sthe refrigerator door. Pbottle heater and the bler on top of the refswitch them on and leaon for a day or so!

Oil can give you a nice feeling for 5-6 hours!I call marihuana oil the great stabilizer; it brings balance in your

life after using it for a couple of weeks. The high is different thansmoking or eating, less pushy, less dominant, more relaxed andcontemplative. As if you look at events from a distance while goingwith the ow. On the contrary, with smoking one does not feel tiredafterwards. The red-eye effect is also less visible. Even when mas-sively overdosed the consumer does not lose control but experi-ences a light trip, proving the medicine to be safe. If you suffer fromlow levels of anandamine (that makes you happy) take a drop of oil.If you want to relax, pour some in a hot bath!

Did you know that?One out of four adults get a cancer during his/her lifetime. 5

of cancer patients die within 5 years after diagnosis. There arereal good medicines against cancer. There is surgery, radiathormone treatments and chemo therapy but they all have their ltations and downsides. Chemo is basically a poison administein the hope it will kill the cancer before it kills the patient. Chemalso a serious threat to the immune system; it breaks it down, ming the patient vulnerable to any other disease or infection.

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How does

marihuana

oil actually

work?

A recent researchproject (2008) fromthe ComplutenseUniversity in Ma-drid, working with

scientists fromother universities,found that the ac-tive component ofmarihuana, tetra-hydrocannabinol(THC), causes can-cer cells to undergoa process called

autophagy -- the breakdown that occurs when the cell essentiallyself-digests.

The other medicinal effect of marihuana oil is that cannabinoidsreduce the amount of VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor).VEGF is a biomolecule thats essential for development of new cap-

illaries. VEGF is abundantly present in the fetus and later in maturelife only in minor amounts for the restoration of damaged tissue. Itis assumed that cancers can only develop when an abundance ofVEGF is present in the human body creating new capillaries so thetumor can be fed and grow. Reducing these VEGF molecules stopscancers and tumors from growing.

FinallyRick Simpson claims he has cured hundreds of patients in the past I have less experience since I have only experimented with oil forof months now. But I do have some excellent results in treating chrodepression, nausea and basically all the medical problems peopsmoke cannabis for.

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MiKeyWhisKeyhands!NUG INTERVIEW with MikeyWhiskeyHands Photo: Vishnu Rajan

Ian Rie of Nug Magazine met up with Mike, current drummer of indie rock band Pierce The Veil to discuss his latest project, MikeyWhiskeyAccording to Mike, this started off almost as a joke, just for fun, but as he progressed and released more tracks, heads seem to be turning and

to be taken as something serious. We met up with Mike to get the inside scoop on whats really going on with his hip hop project.

Lemme start this off by lightin this joint and sippin this cocktail...

NUG: First things rst, we noticed you play drums in a rock bandcalled Pierce The Veil. A lot of drummers seem to have a strongpassion for hip-hop, so what is it about those drum beats that getthese rhymes owing?

MWH:What a lot of people dont know is that I was listening tohip-hop a long time before I started listening to punk rock. Itwasnt till I was 13-14 when my homie took me to my rst punkrock show. I was instantly hooked. The vibe in the scene wassomething I had never been exposed to, and I wanted to be a partof it. By 15-16 I picked up my rst drum kit and taught myself ev-erything I know to this day. Having a beat in my head constantlyhelps me with my rhymes. Being able to understand the rhythmmakes the writing process smooth and most of the time everyverse is done one take.

NUG: These beats we hear in your tracks are hot and could eventurn Dres head. Who is the master behind these?

MWH: (Laughs) DJ Architechhh is the man. This whole thingstarted as kind of a joke. Wed be out on the road with my bandPTV and my bassist, (DJ Architechhh) would come up with thesebeats. One thing lead to another and I laid down my rst trackwaiting to play a show in Vegas. It was one of those things, werepartying, smoking and having a good time, and I laid down averse just fuckin around and kids dug it. So here we are doingit for all the same reasons as back then. Now were nding wayswe can enhance ourselves and extend our capabilities, not justfor us, but for the listeners.

NUG: What impressed us the most is how well produced thesetracks are. What kind of equipment do you guy use to record

some of these tracks?

MWH: Thank you. Im sure DJ Architechhh would be thankful aswell. For all the samples/beats we use REASON and when track-ing all the vox we use CUBASE. I just want to make a note that alltracks are recorded diy/guerilla style in a very small studio, andwe do it for the love of music and our fans.

NUG: Who are some of your musical inuences?

MWH: If you got a beat and a rhyme Ill listen.

NUG: We assume this is a side project considering the popularityand success of your band PTV, but every WhiskeyHands trackyou put out just keeps getting better and better, any plans or de-sire to take this to the next level?

MWH: Theres been a lot of talk lately about dropping an albumor even an EP, so who knows, anything can happen. If the fanswant it, I gotta give it to em, but for now be on the look out for that$EX, Drugz, and WhiskeyHands t-shirt! Its gonna be hot!

NUG:Who is this Dr. Craig person? That guy can sing! Up andcoming R&B artist maybe?

MWH: Funny you say thatDr. Craig is a homie with a gift. Iveseen this fool sing half a verse to some ladies at the club and itsdone. Next thing you know hes goin home with 2 chicks (laughs),nah but seriously hes got more soul than anyone I know. Hesings in a band called Emarosa and just recently released a solorecord as Jonny Craig. Were always fuckin with him calling himthe White Usher and shit (he loves it though). But yeah were

actually working on an R&B number right now thatsall the ladies wet, so ladies watch out!

NUG: Medical Marijuana, how do you feel about th

MWH: I think its long over due. Being on the road fof the year, you cant always rely on your street hoosaries have helped so many of us card holders leg

juana on the road. Ive been to some award winnimet some good, down to earth people through menforcement should be focusing on the real drugs

NUG: Alright, alright! So how do you feel about thof marijuana?

MWH: Obama is a homie and knows whats up! I tmatter of time before he makes the right decision, wization of marijuana. Luckily I live in one of the mostates, but we still have a ways to go. Go ahead anlet me smoke in peace:)

NUG: Thanks for your time, we look forward to tracks! Maybe a MikeyWhiskeyHands special perfPierce The Veil show? We know you rep S.D. hardand give your shout outs!

MWH: Shout out to all my homies in the Spades fans, and all the weed smokers out there! Stay up

xo Mike xomyspace.com/partywiththeband

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For the last eight years, Mike Pinto has crafted an exceptional style ofsongwriting, with truly unique rhymes that raise the bar in todays music. Pintos soundblends Reggae, Ska, Surf, and even Latin rhythms, but its his distinct voice andseamless storytelling that has brought him success in the U.S. and abroad. With hisrst full-length album, Little District (2005), Mike combined his lyrical vision with fullhorn sections, organs, heavy bass lines, samples, and hip-hop beats.

With the release of his debut album, Mike began his attack of thePhiladelphia music scene as a solo artist. By 2006, immediate undergroundsuccess allowed him to expand, playing clubs, colleges, radio stations and festivalsthroughout the East Coast. Mike then tried his luck westward, with two nation-widesolo acoustic tours playing in 20 US Cities. After the second tour, Mike Pinto decided torelocate to Ocean Beach, San Diego, where he immersed himself in the thriving SoCalmusic scene. He assembled a band to help fully conceptualize his work and continuedwriting what would soon become his self-titled second album. Horn players fromthe band Slightly Stoopid and John Browns Body have backed his act. His singleOne More Time was also featured on San Diego Sound Scope, a compilation ofwhich 20,000 copies were produced and distributed by Insomnia Radio in an effort toencourage tourism in the San Diego area.

Mikes music quickly traveled out of the states throughout Japan, Guam, and

Hawaii. Mike became part of a compilation in Japan for One Big Family Records. Hetraveled to Guam, where he played on three radio stations and sold out two shows. Hedeveloped an underground following in Oahu, the Big Island, and Maui, packing smallclubs which he promoted on local radio stations. In November of 2007, Mike Pintoreleased his self-titled album, collaborating with legendary drummer Chuck Treece (GLove, Bad Brains, McRad). In 2009, Mike and his band have toured constantly in theU.S., and plan on making that a habit for the following years to come.

photo: irieazphoto.commyspace.com/littledistrict

sTay huMBle and donT TaKe PeoPle FoR GRanmyspace.com/southbaywailers By: Ras

Based out of the South Bay area of San Diego, South Baare a group of six talented men who decided to form a reggae band

2009. The band members are all very close. Drummer Emmanueman Rigo are brothers, vocalist Jesse is Emmanuels neighbor anin-law, Brandon the guitarist and Tony the percussionist are alneighbors, and Victor the keyboardist is a childhood friend of Jes

South Bay Wailers draw their inspiration from various pplaces. Living so close to the border has opened their eyes tonation full of poverty, survival, and war. Another inspiration comchildhood friend, Kenny Diaz who recently passed away uneKenny was all about accepting everyone, believing in the highand spreading peace and love. He would have wanted them tthe band in a positive and uplifting manner, and the band tupon this as a source of inspiration.

South Bay Wailers use roots reggae and a touch of bluestheir message of life lessons, personal experience, peace,Jah. They hope their music inspires you to go after your d

true to yourself, always be humble, and never take people ofor granted. The band has performed with Tribe of Judah, Renant, Bredren, South Town Generals, Caution, and the list goes on. them at a park or community event dont be scared, they have a HUG

and lots of friends. RIGHT ON CHAD for the invite, by South Bay WailersDrums - Emmanuel Madrid

Vocals - Jesse Castillo

Keys - Victor Rojas

Guitar - Brandon Lopez

Bass - Rigo Madrid

Percussion - Tony Cumplido

Local bands & MCs

we want to hear from you

E-mail [email protected] and as always...

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HIGH: THE TRUE

TALE OF

AMERICAN

MARIJUANA

Filmmaker John Holowachdirects this documentary aboutthe war on drugs and theeffects it has on politics andeconomics; examining thedrug rehabilitation programs,and the ght against theabuse of pain medicine. Thisdocumentary will open youreyes to the misuse of govern-ment funding and resources thatare put into keeping the war on

drugs alive, through the spread of lies and misinformation. It brings tolight some of the atrocities that happen when government programs(that cost millions of taxpayer dollars) designed to help addicts areconsidered inhumane and cruel and actually do more harm thangood. After seeing this lm you will understand how our governmentcontinually hinders any and all scientic studies that would furtherprove the benets of using cannabis.

SMILEy FACE

This is not your typical stonercomedy. Starring Anna Farris and

directed by the abstract GregAkai, Smiley Face will keep youlaughing throughout the movie.Unknowingly scarng downabout a dozen medicated cup-cakes, Jane goes through a crazyadventure just to pay back herdealer and save her super com-fy bed. Blaze a bowl and watchthis movie, and you will denitelyhave a smile on your face.


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Pokez947 E StSan Diego, CA 92101-6511(619) 702-7160www.pokezsd.com

You can tell this food is made with LOVE!Poke, Rafa and the whole crew treat everyonelike family. Great veggie and vegan items as wellas classic Mexican dishes round off their menu.I am a carnivore and yet I still always order thevegan chorizo because the avor is amazing.This place makes me feel like I am eating at mymamas house. No pomp, no circumstance, noair, just good food and laid-back people.

Cit Deli535 University Ave(between 5th Ave & 6th Ave)San Diego, CA 92103(619) 295-2747www.citydeli.com

A few weeks ago our Publisher and MusicEditor were out delivering NUG Magazine andthe Music Editor asked where the best NewYork style deli is. Ben took him to City Deli, aHillcrest landmark since 1984.

City Deli is one of our favorite localeateries with something on the menu for ev-eryone, from deli favorites to breakfast served

all day. They are open late and have beer ontap, what else could one ask for? Specializingin food made entirely from scratch, includingtheir bakery items. A no fuss atmosphere anddelicious food!

Maries Caf3016 University Ave(between 30th St & Ray St)San Diego, CA 92104(619) 220-0142

Maries is a small 50s style diner in NorthPark, great for late night eats or breakfast aftera night of debauchery. Located in the heart of

North Park on University Ave, it is easily over-looked. We at NUG feel that overlooking thisspot would be a mistakeStop in here anytimefor some home cooking and affordable prices.

Lucha LibreGourmet Taco Shop1810 W. Washington Street

San Diego, CA(619) 296-8226www.TacoSmackDown.com

So well admit we have never been here, butwe are on our way as soon as we lay this issueto bed. Our graphic designer raves about thisspot! He says the dirty dog is the BEST late-night eats to satisfy your cravings. You can evenreserve a spot at the VIP table made of gold,surrounded by velvet ropes. Nice! TJ style foodwith a wrestler theme, we are en route!



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Mountain

DazeMountain High Mountain High is Southern Cali-fornias closest winter resort. Thearea consists of three separate moun-tains (Mountain High East, West, andNorth), and offers a wide variety of liftsand trails, the world class FaultlineTerrain Park, and the regions largesttubing park. Snowmaking covers morethan 80 percent of the mountain and

the resort operates seasonally fromNovember to April. Guests can get upto the minute snow and weather condi-tions at mthigh.com.

From San Diego

The drive couldnt be easier either.Take Interstate 15 North and exit High-way 138 West. Make a left on Highway2 and go three miles past the town ofWrightwood. Travel time from down-town San Diego is 2 hours and 15minutes.

Bear MountainBear Mountain is conveniently lo-

cated in the Big Bear Lake area of theSan Bernardino mountains. The ad-dress is 43101 Goldmine Drive, BigBear Lake, CA 92315.

From The San Diego Area:Take Interstate 15 North, to the 215

North, stay on the 215 North through-out the 60 / 215 merger, to Interstate10 East, to the 210 West, to Hwy. 330East to Mtn. Resorts, which will takeyou up into the mountains. Hwy. 330goes through Running Springs andturns into Hwy. 18. Follow Hwy. 18 East

and turn right across the Big Bear Lakedam. Stay on Big Bear Blvd. throughthe Big Bear Village or turn left onPaine Rd., which turns into Big BearBlvd. For Snow Summit: stay on BigBear Blvd. to Summit Blvd. and turnright. Follow this road to Snow Sum-mit. For Bear Mountain: stay on BigBear Blvd to Moonridge Rd. and turnright. Follow this road and stay to theright as signs indicate.

October 30th 2009 is opening day atBear Mountain.Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Weekends: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.You get more at Big Bear Mountain

Resorts- two resorts with one seasonpass. Your 2009/2010 dual mountainseason pass is valid at both Bear Moun-tain and Snow Summit. Bear Mountainseason passes are priced at a level tobe affordable for young snowboarderslooking to spend their days riding THEPARK. As an additional bonus, BearMountain-only passes are valid forSnow Summit night sessions so youcan ride on almost every Friday andSaturday night, all season long! If youare a frequent skier or snowboarder

who goes at least once a month, thena season pass will save you big bucks.No other discount, coupon or promo-tion will save you more!

With interchangeable season pass-es and a free shuttle between the tworesorts, Snow Summit and Bear Moun-tain gives Southern California skiersand snowboarders more options thanever before. 26 lifts, 430 developedacres, 55+ runs and the most amaz-ing collection of parks, pipes and railsaround. www.bearmountain.com

Snow SummitSnow Summit is conveniently lo-

cated in the Big Bear Lake area of theSan Bernardino mountains. The ad-dress is 880 Summit Blvd, Big BearLake, CA 92315. Big Bear MountainResorts area use ticket is good forboth Snow Summit and Bear Moun-tain. Take advantage of the free shuttleservice where you can park once and

ride the shuttle to and from both moun-

tains. Its just a 10-minute ride andshuttles depart from each resort everyhalf- hour.Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Weekends and Holidays: 8:00 a.m. to5:00 p.m.Most Friday, Saturday and HolidayEvenings: 3:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.**Get passes at ofce Saturdays 9-3Sundays 9-1Packages starting at $69www.snowsummit.com

Snow ValleSnow Valley is very convenient to

get to and is only 30 minutes from thebase of the San Bernardino Moun-tains. Take the I-10 Fwy to Redlandsand transition to Hwy 210 north to Hwy330. Follow Hwy 330 up the moun-tain where it joins Hwy 18 in RunningSprings. Snow Valley is just 5 mileseast of Running Springs on Hwy 18.www.snow-valley.com

Snow Report: 800.680.SNOW

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Mammoth MountainSome people come to Mammoth for the

150 trails. Others for the 3,100 feet of verti-cal. A few show-up with their sights set onexploring the 3,500 acres of terrain. Andthe size-matters crowd shows up becausetheyre the tallest ski resort in California witha peak elevation of 11,053 feet. Lovers of

snow hang their helmets here because ofthe more than 400 of annual snowfall. Folkswith family-sized bottles of sunscreen cantget enough of the more than 300 days ofsunshine. With bluebird skies like that, win-ter never gets old and sticks around for along time -- the season typically runs fromNovember until June at a minimum. But theone thing everyone comes for is to play big.And theres no better venue on earth thanMammoth Mountain.Hours: 8:30am 4:00pm dailyTo Mammoth from The San Diego Area:Driving from the San Diego area will take ap-proximately 7.5 hours. Take the 15 freewaynorth to Highway 395 north. Exit on Highway203 to Mammoth Lakes.Approximately 400 miles.

www.mammothmountain.com

June MountainJune Mountain is scheduled to be open Dec.19, 2009 - April 12, 2010Hours of operation: 8:30am to 4pm dailywww.junemountain.com

To June from The San Diego Area: take

I-15 north to US 395 north to Hwy. 158 (388miles).

If you are headed to Mammoth

check out one of these Bakerseld

collectives/cooperatives.

Bakersfeld Co-op

311 Fairhaven Dr. Bakerseld, CA

93546

Mon-Sat 930-730 Sun 11-7[661] 322 5150

American Caregivers Collecti

3615 Gillmore Ave. Bakers

93546

10-7 Daily

[661]324 1357

California Compassionate Se

376 Bernard St. Bakerse

935469-7 Daily