GreenLeaf Magazine - July 2016

Tim Blake and The Emerald Cup
Green Leaf Magazine
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Brett Cog
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What’s Inside,
Strain Reviews: Ace High and Tomahawk by Green Point Seeds 6
Visionary Healing 9
Goldman Saacks: Patients to Protest Dispensary Opening 14
Galaxy Gnail Review 17
The Green Mile 20
The Emerald Cup 24
Rolling Debate 26
We Could Lose This 36
Cannaball Event 39
Mass State House Smoke Signals 42
Cont
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Eddie Funxta
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Strain Review
Strain Name:
Ace High
Genetic Lineage:
Ohio Lemon G x
Star Dawg
Sex: Regular
Type:
Mostly Sativa
Flowering:
63 - 77 Days
Height:
Medium-Tall
Area:
Indoor & Outdoor
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When you think of Ohio, whats the 1st thing to come to mind? Does cannabis come to mind? Well you should of your looking at this
strain! Lemon G is one of the most famous strains out of The Mid-West along with the “Death Star” (Sensi Star x Sour Diesel) and Indiana
Bubble Gum. This Lemon G strain should be renamed “Consuela” from Family Guy because the smell and taste is Lemon Pledge all the
way! This is definitely the strain for all those Lemon Terpene lovers out there. Not many people have the cut, and wasn’t circulated at all
really. Lemon G was hoarded by whoever had it at the time. It was a heavily guarded, well sought out strain from most people wanted at
time. According to Archive Seed Bank, apparently there are 2 different cuts of Lemon G floating around. The widely circulated one is the
Sativa version, which supposedly is Skunk Misty x Indica Lemon G. The growth structure of the Lemon G are incredible. Tall, stretchy, and
massive looking buds, but the flowers grow pretty airy, making it look like more than it is. The growth structure of this strain isn’t why it
is so popular. It’s the aroma and flavor. The smell coming off this is INCREDIBLY LOUD! Incredibly reminiscent of Lemon Pledge, and
Lemon Heads Candy, with slight hints of Lemongrass, and Lemon Peels. Its an incredible Lemon overload! For concentrates, if you like the
citrus terpene profile, you’ll be doing back flips for this. Because the Lemon G is incredibly dominant, if it were to be used for concentrates,
alone, Lemon G is almost too overpowering. Some people mix about 10% Lemon G with other flavors, just so the lemons wont drownedout
the other flavors present in the concentrate. The effect of the Lemon G are very sativa-esque. Happy, clear-headed, focused, creative, and
energetic, but not too Sativa for all those people who don’t like the paranoia, racy, speedy, borderline psychedelic strains.
When Lemon G meets Star Dawg, expect to find some impeccable phenotypes that will be hard to narrow down. The Star Dawg would
fill out those loose buds on the Lemon G making them tight, but keep an eye on certain phenotypes that will want to keep stretching. It
will also give the Lemon G-dominant phenotypes an acrid, sharp, pungent chemical cleaner aroma that should blend well. Make sure you
use all of your super cropping techniques and definitely use a trellis to maximize on the space you have. Smell and taste should range from
astringent, acrid, lemon chemical cleaner, nail polish, paint thinner, and yellow sharpie markers. You will have fun watching these grow,
and watching how different some can be. The Lemon G might dominate most phenotypes, since sativa traits come through more than the
Indica does in the hybrid strains, so if you find a Star Dawg-Dominant phenotype, Keep her around! The males from this cross should be
worth looking into as well, so if you find a good male, try and keep it or collect pollen for future projects
@T_H_Caeczar_

Strain Review
Strain Name:
Tomahawk from Green Point Seeds
Tomahawk
Genetic Lineage:
Gorilla Glue #4 x Star Dawg. {(Sour Dubble
x Chem Sis) x Chocolate Diesel} x (Chem 4
x Tres Dawg)
Sex: Regular
Type:
Mostly Sativa
Flowering:
63 - 77 Days
Height:
Medium-Tall
Area:
Indoor & Outdoor
Get ready to be the most popular kid on the block all over again! With this cross
of Gorilla Glue #4 from Josey Wales, to this Male Stardawg, there are sure to be
many phenotypes worth keeping, depending if your leaning more towards GG4
or Star Dawg. Gorilla Glue # 4 is a cross of {(Sour Dubble x Chem Sis) x Chocolate
Diesel}. Superb resin content, and spectacular bag appeal. When she’s grown
well and trimmed nicely, it looks like it was rolled in sugar! So many visible
cloudy trichome heads that are sticky to the touch, hence her name. Her terpene profile is incredible as well. If I were to describe the GG4 aroma, it
would have to down the lines of Soap/Detergent/Piney/Chem/Cocoa Butter. Slight nose tingle upon getting a big whiff. The room reeks of nothing but
skunky weed when you crack open the jar. The flavor of Gorilla Glue is incredible. Rich/Creamy/Chem/Cacao with a slight hint of some diesel coming
through on the back end. Alone, Gorilla Glue #4 test incredibly high in THC too. Might be a “1-Hitter Quitter” for the occasional cannabis consumer.
She can easily reach 24%-32%THC as seen on @GGStrains and @RB26CA Instagram page. Gorilla Glue #4 definitely lives up to the hype it has
received over the past 2 years. If you let her do what she wants, she will give you everything you want. Look, smell, taste, effect, and yield from both
the flowers and the oil. If you like making extracts, this will be something you always want to run. With no less than 20% returns, It will definitely be
worth your time for sure. She is a well rounded strain that belongs in every garden. This strain will be sure to replace some of those old OG strains that
are getting played out everywhere
It your a fan of the Sour Diesel or Chemdog Terpene profile, you’ll love what the Stardawg Male does to the Gorilla Glue #4. The aroma, flavor, and
effect all homogenize well together as if these two strains were meant to be together. An exquisite representation of these two powerhouse strains
clashing together to make this one prestigious strain. The all-around, great tasting, dank smelling, heavy-hitting Gorilla Glue #4 crossed to the Legendary
Chem 4-Dominant Star Dawg, give the Tomahawk some large-yielding buds with less internode spacing than just Gorilla Glue #4. It will also
produce a remarkable terpene profile all on the heavy, dank, putrid, pungent side of the spectrum. You definitely will need a good carbon filter for
this strain because of how much this plant will smell before, during, and after harvest. You can expect the aroma and flavor to range anywhere from
Gasoline/ Oil Spill/ Kerosene/ Diesel/ Petrol/ Acetone/ Bleach/ Ajax/ Under-The-Sink Chemicals to Halitosis/ Morning Breath/ Decay/ Dry Socket
with slight hints of vinegar. They all sound like offensive, foul odors, but when it comes to cannabis giving off those specific aromas, products like this
move QUICK! Most phenotypes will most likely finish around week 9, some might even go longer to about week 10, some even to week 11 due to the
amount of Sativa that is in her. BE PATIENT! Let her go as long as she can to get the maximum potential from the Tomahawk. Sour Diesel, Chemdog,
and Gorilla Glue fans should all rejoice, because when this comes around, we all will have a new favorite to brag about! Tomahawk!
@T_H_Caeczar_
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Visionary Healing
by Eddie Funxta
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Visionary Healing
I want to give a little background into the root of my work, as it explains the direction that I aim for… Health. I’ve been a medical cannabis
breeder since the early 2000’s in Southern California. Helping people with many devastating diseases and ailments such as AIDS, Cancers,
Epilepsy, Schizophrenia, Multiple Sclerosis, and Wasting Syndrome. To chronic illnesses like back pain, migraine headaches, hemorrhoids to
ulcers. Understanding how cannabis helped decrease the burden of their symptoms, if not cure them and give them back a quality of life we all
seek. I looked into more plant research and human health. Always believing in ancient medicines and spiritual shamans. I felt the information
following and calling me. Nowadays, My steps from helping the sick, have turned into helping people from Getting sick! Cannabis was
just a tool in the arsenal that mother nature has gifted us with understanding, with years of research. Now I stumble upon centuries old knowledge
of a magical medicinal healer in the forests all over the world known as “The Mushroom of Immortality” or Reishi Mushroom (Ganoderma
Lucidium). Reishi Mushroom is a polypore or “Conk” type mushroom growing off of rotting hard woods. Research keeps stacking up on the
benefits that this fungi carries. First and foremost its a cancer and tumor killer! Prominent in Ovarian Cancer Research, a Natural Killer Cell and
Lymphocyte Cell builder and supporter. These cells kill off bad cells that feed and build ailments and disorders in our bodies.
What about chronic illnesses that hinder our daily lives? Reishi Mushroom treats, if not helps cure, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Viral infections
such as Influenza, Swine Flu and Avian Flu. Reishi’s a powerful Respiratory healer, helping Lung problems such as Bronchitis to Asthma.
Reishi also helps with treating Insomnia, High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol. It’s a Heart health helper thats for sure! Research has
shown that healthy oxygen uptake leads to proper cell replication and smoother blood flow, leading to less ailments.
Adding Cannabis to Reishi extracts was a no brainer in my work. Making special custom recipes per patient has really showed me the
power of natural healing! Organic Mushrooms and Organic Cannabis… My belief to future healing of our planet and her beings!
I’m going to touch on a few other medicines that I truly believe in. Provocative to say the least, but extremely helpful in todays world of mind
tyranny, and societal stresses. These diverse compounds and chemicals are known as Tryptamines, Psychedelics, and/or Entheogens. Many can
be grown, known as “Teacher Plants” that have been documented for centuries. Shamans and Ancient Civilizations believed in these “visions”
sent from other worlds, as information to help mankind.
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Nobody knows how some of these century old concoctions were founded and discovered, but I for one, am extremely happy the information
hasn’t been lost. Most people know, and I’ve also written about Magic Mushrooms, but theres more powerful elements that grow wild or even
landscaped into our yards. Dimethryltryptamine or DMT is found in ALL living things. Known as “The Spirit Molecule” colliding
spirituality and science together. Brewed as tea in the jungles of Peru, mixing the bark of a tree and the leaves of another to make Ayahuasca.
This powerful antidote has cured many ailments such as PTSD, Alcoholism and nicotine dependency. Thats the just the noticeable part, fixing
their all around spiritual outlook is unmeasurable. Their feelings of compassion and love for themselves and everything around them
can only be explained as, a warm embrace of Mother (earth). 5-MeO-DMT extracted from the Sonoran Desert’s Bufo Alvarius Toad, is the most
powerful entheogen documented. 5-MeO-DMT is produced in our Pineal Gland, which is believed to be where melatonin is
produced to induce sleep and our natural knowledge of seasons. It is released during traumatic near death experiences, and at death. This chemical
is released in our brain and sends us into the after life. The Bufo Alvarius Toad has venom glands located on its neck and shoulders. When
squeezed, a white milky substance is harvested and dried which can be vaporized or smoked. My experience can be easily
explained as 50 thousand hours of therapy in 20 minutes! 5-MeO-DMT almost replicates serotonin, the happy chemical in the body, meaning it
absorbs relatively fast into the body with little to no residual effects. I work with Dr. Gerardo Isaac M.D. OB/GYN of the Bufo Alvarius
Foundation in Quintana Roo, Mexico. My Shaman. He has helped me with many tools for understanding in my work in the healing of myself
and others.
Cannabis, Mushrooms and Herbs for the body. Bringing in Tryptamines and Visionary Entheogens along with a healthy counseling of
understanding to heal the mind. Psychedelics are in the early steps of legalization, just as cannabis was when I was a teenager. I know this is the
future of mental medicine… from the past!!
I’m Eddie Funxta…Thank You For Your Mind!
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Mike Crawford is a medical marijuana patient, the host of
“The Young Jurks” on WEMF Radio, and the author of the weekly
column The Tokin’ Truth, which is produced in coordination with the
Boston Institute forNonprofit Journalism. He formerly wrote the column
Blunt Truth under the name Mike Cann.
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Medical marijuana patients in Massachusetts have fought for
years for more cannabis dispensaries. Though voters approved
such facilities in 2012, there are still less than half-a-dozen statewide.
But when the long-awaited Patriot Care opens for business
in Lowell this week, the occasion will be met with protest.
For relevant intents and purposes, this leg of dispensary-related
dissent in the Bay State broke out last month after Adam Vaccaro
of Boston.com published an article titled, “Medical marijuana
lobbyist to oppose pot legalization push.” The piece revealed that
a hired gun named Daniel Delaney, who is registered with the
Commonwealth to represent the interests of three Patriot Care
dispensaries (one of which is in Boston), started a campaign
called Safe Cannabis Massachusetts to oppose the Campaign to
Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol initiative that will appear on
the ballot in November.
A DPH-registered nonprofit expecting to open three locations
in Massachusetts, Patriot Care is owned by Columbia Care, an
industry behemoth that boasts “leadership … from renowned
businesses and organizations including Goldman Sachs, Staples,
PepsiCo, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institutes.” Led by former
Goldman investment bankers, the company operates more than
a dozen medical marijuana dispensaries in five states besides the
Commonwealth.
In speaking to Boston.com, Patriot Care spokesperson Dennis
Kunian praised Delaney while denying that the dispensary is
involved with the anti-legalization campaign. “He’s doing this
independently of us,” said Kunian of lobbying efforts. “Although,
if he’s doing it, he’s pretty darn smart, and it’s something we’re
going to be taking a look at.”
In any case, public records for the Safe Cannabis website show
that yet another Patriot Care contractor is tied to the anti-legalization
campaign as well. The domain is registered to Greg
Czarnowski, whose name recently appeared in my email inbox
with an invite, on behalf of Kunian, to the Patriot Care grand
opening this week. Asked about this coincidence, Kunian replied
in an email:
Greg is an outsourced contractor working for me on a number
of events for both Columbia Care and Patriot Care among other
things that he does for me … He is a terrific web designer and
3 years ago I introduced him to Dan Delaney who has been our
lobbyist in Ma. since the very start. We are not involved in any
of Dan’s other activities, other than his work for Patriot Care.
We have not donated to Dan’s drive to oppose the Ballot issue as
it is written, nor will we donate in the future. As hard as people
in the recreational area have tried, they will find no link between
what Dan is doing for Patriot Care other than helping us
get open in Mass.
Kunian assures that his company has “no voice in the recreational
issue positive or negative and will always continue to
stay our own course.” Delaney claims the same, saying that
Czarnowski designed the anti-legalization campaign website,
but he says those jobs are independent of any work for Patriot
Care.
“This CRMLA Initiative is MPP (Marijuana Policy Project),
Washington, DC boilerplate that did not consult all of the stakeholders
in the Commonwealth such as law enforcement, municipal
groups, and property owners,” Delaney says regarding
his rationale for creating the opposition campaign. Delaney says
he’s seeking input from all stakeholders, including anti-marijuana
Mayor Marty Walsh as well as those in the medical marijua
na community, and expects that it will take $2,000,000 to defeat
the current legalization initiative.
CRMLA political director Will Luzier says the Bay State initiative
is an improvement over legalization in Colorado, which
is being held up as a failed experiment by the likes of Delaney.
Among other differences, Luzier says cannabis in Massachusetts
will be taxed at lower rates in order to cut deep into the black
market. On the other side of the argument, Delaney doesn’t
like that the CRMLA proposal allows for adults to grow up to
six plants per person or a dozen per household, with only civil
penalties for anyone caught with up to double that amount.
“Even for medical marijuana,” says Delaney, “I think you would
be hard-pressed to find many medical patients needing to grow
24 plants.”
Many medical cannabis patients are supporting CRMLA so that
they can grow their personal supply without permits or licensing.
Bill Downing, a controversial caregiver who provides medical
marijuana outside the dispensary system and is currently
facing heat from the Suffolk County District Attorney, wrote
in an email to other local activists, “Patriot Care’s support of
Delaney and potential support of his effort to stop legalization
could have a terrible cost. Many cannabis activists and patient
advocates understand, as I do, that cannabis regulation has great
advantages for patients.”
In response to news that the same people advocating for Patriot
Care are pushing against legalization, CRMLA supporters are
planning a protest outside Patriot Care in Lowell on Tuesday.
Quite the optics there, patients picketing the same dispensary
they backed through the approval process. Delaney isn’t worried,
and denies that he is helping to protect regional dispensary
monopolies; the lobbyist says there’s no good reason for him
to oppose the CRMLA, because if passed, the initiative could
potentially create even more work for consultants like him.
While Delaney will make bank either way, it’s easy to see why
the Patriot Care poobahs who pay him may be concerned. In
Boston, for example, the company stands to dominate virtually
all of downtown — especially if zoning measures recently proposed
by City Councilor-at-Large Michael Flaherty take hold.
Rooted in an unsubstantiated reefer madness and irrational fear
of pot shops popping up on every corner, according to what
Flaherty told reporters, his arbitrary rule would “literally protect
the West End, North End, Downtown, Beacon Hill and some
other neighborhoods from getting another [dispensary].”
All while protecting the interests of Patriot Care and limiting
future access for patients.
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Galaxy Enails Review
By Wayne Burrini
So, it is 2016 and you are no longer a virgin to concentrates. By now you know there
are a few things needed in your dab dojo, your dab station, in order to become a
seasoned dabber: A rig, a fancy name for a bong that converts, rig, if you will, to start
using concentrates. A nail, a heating element that allows one to vaporize cannabis
concentrates. Most nails are made from glass, quartz, titanium, or ceramic. A dabber,
a tool used to scrape the concentrate onto the nail. A launch pad, similar to a mouse
pad, helps keep the rig from moving. A torch, although I suggest you skip this step and
go straight to an e-nail, an electric nail! An e-nail is one of the ways to make vaping
cannabis concentrates romantic. How so? Firstly, you don’t look like a crack head
using the torch. Instead, your nail is set to the desired temperature and is ready to use
when you are. It will no longer take 30 seconds to light the torch and get the nail to the
perfect temperature for each dab.
There are many brands and types of e-nails. We will be reviewing the Galaxy-Enails,
specifically their “red” package kit. The Galaxy-Enail utilizes state of the art manufacturing
processes providing you with the ONLY Quartz Infused Ceramic Dish and an
all Ceramic Air Pathway.
Each Kit Includes:
One Stainless Steel Enail with Red Ceramic Overlay
One Enail with Quartz Dish
One Ceramic Carb cap
One Ceramic 14/18mm Female adapter
One Ceramic 14mm Male adapter
One Ceramic 18mm Male adapter
One Dab Tool
One LaunchPad with power cord
It is easy to clean!
Automatic shut off after 90 minutes of use!
A three year warranty against manufacturer defects!
Galaxy-Enails is a small West Coast Company that prides itself on making products
from suppliers only in the USA, providing a one of a kind customer service experience
and making products that allows their customers to experience a Journey that will
allow them to Taste their Concentrates the Way Nature Intended.
All that needs to be done is set the Galaxy Enail up to your rig and hit the power
button. Within five minutes your desired temperature will be set and you will be ready
to dab! Now, I have heard all kinds of crazy temperatures people like to dab their medicine
on. Many people prefer different temperatures on different nails. I feel ceramic is
the better nail to use in order to truly taste your concentrate. I have heard as low as 500
all the way up to 710. I personally enjoy 620-640.
More importantly, Galaxy Enails have won me over. The taste of the concentrates are
amplified using the Galaxy Enail and one can truly taste the flavor of the concentrates.
It is a much cleaner taste, so much so I will not use a titanium nail again. The ceramic
doesn’t expand when heated, unlike titanium and most other nails. What I can tell you
is, if you get a Galaxy Enail you are about to consume copious amounts of concentrates!
If you don’t have an e-nail or would like a quality e-nail, it is time. Throw away
your torches, go to GalaxyEnails.com, order your Galaxy Enail, start enjoying and
tasting your terps!
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The Green Mile.
Whether due to campaign contributions or pure ignorance, Boston City Councilors restrict patient access and claim otherwise.
BY
MIKE CRAWFORD
AND
ANDY GAUS
A few weeks ago, on the Boston.com
Morning Show with Kim Carrigan
on WRKO, Boston City Councilor
Tito Jackson was asked by a listener,
“Will you oppose the proposal for a
Boston medical marijuana ban on
new dispensaries within one mile of
an existing zoned site?” The conversation
led to Jackson saying that
some patients are still having difficulty
gaining access to cannabis as a
result of high cost and low accessibility.
The councilor wasn’t sure about
how he would ultimately vote on the
issue, but seemed to understand that
the proposal on the table would hurt
patients.
Others have expressed far less enlightened
viewpoints.
Later the same day, the City Council
considered the zoning proposal,
formally introduced by Councilor
Michael Flaherty, which seeks to
keep new medical facilities — or
future retail stores if marijuana is
legalized through a ballot initiative
in November — from opening within
one mile of an existing dispensary. It
was the first round in the latest series
of clueless Council maneuvers to pit
medical outfits against recreational
shops, precipitating the now-infamous
anti-pot op-ed in the Boston
Globe by Mayor Marty Walsh, Gov
Charlie Baker, and Attorney General
Maura Healey. With some members
expressing concerns and saying they
needed more information, the issue
was delegated to a newly formed
working group set to meet at a later
date.
The ordeal resumed in the Council
chamber on Tuesday, March 1. Since
Flaherty’s amendment to the Boston
Zoning Code was already the subject
of a prior hearing, last week’s
meeting was open to the public but
without an opportunity for people
to offer testimony. On the surface,
that seemed understandable — lord
knows testimony can drag on — but it
made for some frustration. Councilors
conceded that they have no idea
what’s going to be in this upcoming
recreational marijuana initiative.
Meanwhile, marijuana advocates like
Nichole Snow of the Massachusetts
Patient Advocacy Alliance and Will
Luzier of the Campaign to Regulate
Marijuana Like Alcohol, both of
whom know a considerable amount
about the move in play, sat in polite
silence.
This while
councilors
demonstrated
how
much
information
they
lacked
and cited
outdated regulations about dispensary
placement that were changed
months ago by the Department of
Public Health.
Councilor Sal LaMattina of East Boston
urged caution. “The sky hasn’t
fallen in Colorado,” he said, presenting
a chart showing just how restrictive
a mile radius would be in most
parts of the Hub. Likewise, speaking
with audience members after the
meeting, Councilor Mark Ciommo
of Allston-Brighton suggested that it
was, on the whole, time for marijuana
to be legal and regulated.
Overall, none of the councilors expressed
righteous horror at the prospect
of legal recreational marijuana.
Nevertheless, most seemed chiefly
concerned about imaginary threats
posed to residential areas. “I’m not
trying to keep people from smoking
marijuana,” Councilor Frank Baker
of Dorchester said. “I just want to
add an extra layer of protection for
the neighborhoods … It should be
difficult to open a pot shop. If it’s
easy, we’ll have them all over the
place.”
And then there was Flaherty, who
claimed that some mom-and-pop retail
stores in Colorado — hair salons,
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been displaced by pot shops that pay
exorbitant rents. The chief intention
of his amendment, the councilor
from South Boston explained, was
to avoid creating a stoner version of
the old Combat Zone. Flaherty also
argued that forcing marijuana retail
outlets (medicinal or potentially
recreational) to spread out would increase
access by ensuring that outlets
would be spread out across the city.
“When this passes — and I don’t think
there’s anyone in this room who
thinks it isn’t going to pass — the action
will be fast and furious,” Flaherty
said. Bracing the body for a vote on
his amendment the following day, the
councilor put forth the notion that
his measure was the only thing keeping
residential blocks from turning
into Red Light districts overnight.
All 13 councilors were present for the
one-mile vote on March 2. Flaherty
announced that after speaking with
some stakeholders and in order to
quell skeptical colleagues, he decided
to adjust the amendment back to a
half-mile. Then Flaherty repeated his
theatrics. “We know this is going to
pass. There will be a mad dash once
that happens … I don’t want to have
another Combat Zone.”
chusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance
filed an open meeting complaint
against Linehan with the office of the
Commonwealth attorney general. In
the complaint it alleges:
The open meeting rules were violated
when the Boston City Council
moved the zoning amendment 0271
to a vote during the meeting, and the
resulting vote therefore cannot stand.
Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance
believes that these open meeting
law violations were intentional.
The City Council was aware since at
least Friday, February 26, Massachusetts-based
cannabis advocate and a
member of MassCann-NORML
2016 that MPAA was opposing this
zoning amendment. We were denied
the ability to speak or participate in
the political process on several occasions
even after explaining that we
were the primary stakeholder.
turned to the Massachusetts Office
of Campaign and Political Finance
(OCPF).
As it turns out, all the councilors who
received contributions from people
affiliated with Patriot Care, which
currently has three locations planned
for the Commonwealth, voted for
the measure, which will seemingly
benefit the medical dispensary by
drawing a half-mile No Competition
Zone around its coming Milk Street
location in downtown Boston. It’s become
apparent over the past couple
of weeks that Patriot Care is fighting
to put competition at a disadvantage.
According to OCPF records, the
councilors who collected the most
contributions from Patriot Care
are the same ones who introduced
zoning that will ostensibly benefit the
enterprise.
With a vote looming, we attempted
With the half-mile amendment put
to a vote, Downtown Councilor Josh
Zakim told the group that he wasn’t
trying to deny marijuana to anyone.
He called medical marijuana “necessary
and important,” and put forth
the argument that forcing dispensaries
to be apart from each other
would ensure that various parts of
the city are served. Eventually, the
amendment passed, with only Campbell,
Ciommo, and Pressley voting in
the negative.
Following the hearing, the Massa-
The MPAA complaint also noted that
Flaherty’s “amendment was created
based upon misinformation presented
by the creator and predicated on
incorrect and outdated information.”
Whether the meeting was legal or
not, one has to wonder why councilors
would deny stakeholders a chance
to testify. Looking for answers, we
to contact the officials who received
campaign contributions from individuals
associated with Patriot Care.
Councilors Zakim, Matt O’Malley,
and Baker, as well as Boston Mayor
Walsh — each of whom received
between $150 and $300 — did not respond
to our requests for comment.
Councilor Flaherty, who reported the
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most Patriot Care-related contributions
for a total of $850, did
respond, but rejected the notion his
zoning proposal was made as the
result of any donations. In a phone
interview, Flaherty suggested that
his having 4,000 donors proves that
no single contribution — or in this
case, four donations — could sway
him.
“I would note that I did not support
Patriot Care in their zoning appeal
on Milk Street,” Flaherty added. “If
I could be swayed by a donation,
why didn’t I support them then? I
chose to side with the neighborhood
opposition, if you remember, and
money had nothing to do with my
actions in regards to this zoning
proposal.”
I also reached out to Patriot Care
spokesman Dennis Kunian for
comment. He said his group had no
position on the zoning amendment,
and added that Flaherty “came up
with [the proposal] on his own.”
“My wife or I contributed to Councilor
Flaherty,” Kunian wrote in an
email. “We also gave to many other
councilors, city, state, and national
figures along with a number of
causes.”
Lewis, who are overseeing a special
committee on legalization that
just released a controversial report
warning against the pending voter
initiative.
For those trying to protect their
businesses from competition,
it’s seemingly money well spent.
Whether the impediment is stemming
from campaign contributions
or pure ignorance, Massachusetts
politicians seem more interested in
passing additional restrictions than
they are in increasing access for
patients.
Mike Crawford is a medical
marijuana patient, the host of “The
Young Jurks” on WEMF Radio, and
the author of the weekly column
The Tokin’ Truth, which is produced
in coordination with the Boston
Institute for Nonprofit Journalism.
Andy Gaus is a Massachusetts-based
cannabis advocate and a member of
MassCann-NORML.
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Which brings up a good point about
how much influence dispensaries
are peddling statewide. This isn’t
just a Boston issue. As the inevitable
medical vs. legal battle warms up
in the Bay State, it’s important to
keep in mind that people affiliated
with groups like Patriot Care have
donated to the campaigns of officials
including Sens Vinny deMacedo
and Brian Joyce, Attorney General
Maura Healey, and House Speaker
Robert DeLeo — all of whom oppose
legalization. Also on the receiving
end of such contributions are state
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by Chris Foye
Every person that has ever taken up
the mantel of activist in the United
States has envisioned themselves at
one time or another taking the fight
of reform to our nation’s Capital,
Washington D.C..It’s the Madison
Square Garden of social reform
fighters everywhere. Groomed from
decades of images romanticized the
marches of Martin Luther
King Jr for civil rights; The sit-ins
and walk-outs of thousands of students
fighting the war pigs over Vietnam;
Veterans leading the charge of
Dispatch from the MassCann/NORML Sons of Liberty Road Trip.
peace and awareness regarding the
seen and unseen scars of war; Our
LGBTQ brothers and sisters fighting
to be considered simply equal in the
eyes of the State. However, this isn’t
some history class I’m talking about,
and it most certainly isn’t some Hollywood
movie, not yet anyway. This
is the fight to end the prohibition of
cannabis. Over this past weekend,
cannabis warriors from all over the
country converged on our Capital
with two goals in mind: reform and
civil disobedience.
Thanks to the coordinating
efforts of the Washington D.C.
based reform group DCMJ, all
roads lead to the White House this
weekend for procannabis organizations
from all over the country. For
one well-known organization, the
Massachusetts Cannabis Reform
Coalition (MassCann/NORML),
that road started in their home state
of Massachusetts, where they are
deeply engaged in the fight to legalize
in November 2016. MassCann is
certainly no beginner to the fight for
cannabis freedom. The organization
has been the facilitator of The Boston
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Freedom Rally, the largest annual
pro-cannabis rally on the east coast,
for nearly 3 decades. However, with
the possibility of legalization coming
to their state in November, reform
organizations like MassCann are beginning
to ask themselves,
what comes after legalization for an
organization whose sole purpose is to
legalize? One of the obvious changes
in the mission of the organization is
the scope of their reform. MassCann
has plans of expanding their mission
scope to include reform for all of New
England, as well as direct involvement
in federal reform, which focuses their
aim towards D.C after 2016. So to the
directors of the organization, endorsing
DCMJ’s direct action event at the
White House, #Reschedule420 and
organizing as a group to make sure
MassCann was represented there was
a great first move towards stepping up
onto the national stage. The importance
of rescheduling cannabis can
not be over stated. Under the Controlled
Substances Act, the U.S. has
five “schedules” for drugs and chemicals
that can be used to make drugs.
Schedule I is reserved for drugs that
the DEA considers to have no “currently
accepted medical use.”
Marijuana has been classified
as Schedule I for decades, grouped
together with other substances like
heroin and LSD. Many reformers call
for the out and out descheduling of
cannabis, but whether we re-schedule
or deschedule,many believe either
move is really the first step in completely
eroding any argument the
prohibitionists have left. Most of the
blatant ignorance stems from the
ability to shrug and simply say, “there
hasn’t been enough testing.” So on a
wing and a prayer, and 2 days notice,
MassCann threw together their field
trip, they dubbed, “The Sons of Liberty
Road Trip,” resolute not to miss any
of the fun DCMJ was planning.
It’s not just enough to show up to a
party however, you have to make an
entrance, and
that is what
MassCann set
out to do with
their outing to
the
Capital. Dropping
the funds to
rent a 15 passenger
van and
hotels for its
people, Mass-
Cann set out to
fill their road
trip with activists
from as
many
state NORML
chapters and
other organizations
as they
could link up
within 48 hours.
They first set out
to fill seats from
their own ranks
of Massachusetts
activists, some
of those invited
included military
veteran/
activist Stephen
Mandile, Caregiver
and baker
Mary Beth of
CannaBeth
Consultants,
and Dr. Uma Dhanabalan of Uplifting
Health and Wellness, who was able to
squeeze a last-minute flight into her
busy schedule to show her support.
Hitting the road around midnight on
Saturday April 2nd, MassCann started
its trek down Route 95 for D.C..
Rhode Island NORML was first on
the way south. RI NORML reps Mark
Ward and Arthur McCarthy hopped
in the van early Saturday morning as
the MassCann crew trucked onward
through the night towards its next
pick up in Philadelphia. Sleep was
made all the better by the donation of
medibles by Beast Coast Bacon and
The Hardy Consultants.The van rolled
into the City of Brotherly Love at
about 7am to meet up with an all-star
team of New Jersey and Pennsylvania
activists. New Jersey NORML member
Ricardo Rivera was invited to join
the trip. Ricardo advocates tirelessly
for his young daughter, Tuffy who suffers
from Lennox Gastaut Syndrome,
a rare and catastrophic form of epilepsy.
Fresh off his federal probation
for his Smoke Down Philly antics 2
years prior, PhillyNORML member
and FreedomLeaf editor Chris Goldstein
joined the parade, as well as his
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Philly partners in crime, Panic Hour host NA Poe, and
Marine Corps. veteran/activist Mike Whiter. With so
much activism and cannabis products packed onto one
van, it would have really made for an interesting police
report if some lucky prohibitionist happened to stop our
weed warriors on their way to the White House. But of
course, that thought was far from the group’s mind as
“The Sons of Liberty Road Trip” continued on its journey
to Washington D.C..
Things kicked off at the DCMJ offices at about
1:15pm, located just a couple blocks from the White
House. Activists hustled at rolling out the boasted 51-
foot joint, attempting to move it into position directly in
front of the White House. Right then, the police stopped
the procession of the huge inflatable joint being carried
down the streets by 100s of supporters from proceeding
any closer to the White House. A short stand off ensued,
and for a moment things seemed like they were going to
go south before they even got started.
Rather than head-butt a wall, protesters opted
to appease Big Brother and deflate their giant doobie,
and move the crowd to President Obama’s lawn. With
a beautifully simple PA on a hand cart and powered by
car batteries, DCMJ opened up the mic to any and all
advocates to address the crowd and add in their opinions
to the collective discontent. Among many of the great
speakers that come to D.C. in solidarity, some of the
standout speeches came from the Sons of Liberty crew;
MassCann’s own Dr. Uma Dhanabalan, NJNORML’s
Ricardo Rivera, Philly’s NA Poe and Mike Whiter, all
stirred the crowd.
As the designated time, 4:20, to light-up in
peaceful civil disobedience approached, there was an
ever growing police and secret service presence.
Located just a block away, were dozens of cruisers and
paddy wagons on stand by. But as the bell tolled and the
smoked rose, the sky did not fall. There were no mass
arrests, there were no images to share of young people
being dragged through the street of our nation’s Capital.
There were no arrests at all, as far as I have personally
heard of. There were in fact two $25 dollar fines, as
dictated by D.C. “legalization” laws. However, in the true
spirit of solidarity, NA Poe was seen personally paying
the 2 protestors fines, handing them cash right from his
own pocket. The crowds slowly began to disband after
about an hour of undisturbed peaceful civil disobedience,
and the participants of the event left with the
charge to continue the fight, where ever it may need to
be fought.
Let’s talk about civil disobedience for a minute
before I wrap this up, for it is the focal point of a never
ending debate raging among activists. The argument
revolves around whether or not it is a viable tactic that
helps facilitate change or it’s a counterproductive hypocritical
action that compromises the message of a
movement by breaking the law. Henry David Thoreau
once said, “Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey
them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey
them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress
them at once? Men generally, under such a government
as this, think that they ought to wait until they have
persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if
they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the
evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the
remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse.” I have
always tended to gravitate towards Thoreau in his views
of civil disobedience as a catalyst for reform. But it is a
tool of activism and like any other tool, you want to have
the right tool for the job. Sometimes playing nice is the
correct form of action, sometimes demands need to be
made, sometimes reform needs to be taken because it
will never be given. So I’ll leave you with this to reflect
on; 2 days after the massively successful #Reschedule420
protest, the DEA announced, “The Drug Enforcement
Administration plans to decide whether marijuana
should reclassified under federal law in “the first half of
2016,” the agency said in a letter to senators”. Coincidence?
I like to think not!
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WE COULD LOSE THIS
by Andy Gaus
For the past few weeks, opponents of
legalization have been piling on. A now-infamous
op-ed by the Commonwealth’s governor,
attorney general, and most powerful
mayor in the Boston Globe. The report of
the state Senate committee on marijuana.
A declaration of the Massachusetts Hospital
Organization. Against, against, against.
Arguments range from the anticipated evils
of Big Marijuana (apparently the only kind
of business that shouldn’t be big) to the dangers
of edibles. But two arguments — both
equally spurious — stand out as candidates
for the Big Lie treatment in the coming
campaign.
1. “Legal marijuana will be more available to
minors.” More available
than the current 100 percent? Well, perhaps
a few minors can’t get ahold of any weed,
but if so, it’s because they have no friends.
Kids themselves, when surveyed, respond
that alcohol is harder to get than marijuana
because it’s sold in stores where they check
ID. But what do the kids themselves know
about what is and isn’t available to them?
Surely not as much as our wise legislators.
BIG LIES Emerge Against Legal Marijuana in Mass.
2. “We already have an opioid crisis, we
don’t want marijuana too.” This,
of course, is also the opposite of the truth.
Cannabis therapy is one of the
principal alternatives to opioids, and the
availability of medical cannabis has been
shown to lower opioid deaths by 25 percent
in states that have implemented medical
marijuana (which, of course, doesn’t include
Massachusetts). This line of falsification is
particularly disappointing coming from a
governor who has publicly vowed to fight
the opioid epidemic with every tool at his
disposal — except, apparently, cannabis.
We can’t let prohibitionists create the vague
feeling that legal marijuana “just isn’t safe.”
We need to counter loud and strong — and
soon — that marijuana is safer than alcohol
and legalization is safer than prohibition.
And so, to my colleagues at MassCann, our
allies at the Committee to Regulate Marijuana
Like Alcohol and other interested parties,
I offer, royalty-free, the following slogans,
suitable for billboards, bumper stickers and
hand-lettered signs, not
to mention sound bites and protest chants:
MARIJUANA —
SAFER THAN ALCOHOL LEGAL MARI-
JUANA WITH AGE
REGULATIONS —
SAFER FOR OUR KIDS
TAKE MARIJUANA SALES OFF STREET
CORNERS: LEGAL
MARIJUANA —
SAFER FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
LEGAL, REGULATED MARIJUANA —
SAFER FOR CONSUMERS
CANNABIS THERAPY —
SAFER THAN OPIOIDS LEGAL
MARIJUANA —
SAFER THAN PROHIBITION
Polls in Massachusetts have shown majorities
for legalization, but that could be eroded
if opponents create a thick enough smog
of fear and uncertainty. If our side doesn’t
come hammering back with the theme that
legalization makes us safer, our prospects in
November aren’t safe either.
Andy Gaus is a Massachusetts-based
cannabis advocate and a member of MassCann-NORML.
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Mass State House Smoke Signals
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By Mike Cann

Is marijuana legalization coming to Massachusetts
sooner than November 2016? Local advocates hope so
with two new marijuana reform bills filed with
the Mass Legislature as well as a new Marijuana Legalization
Committee just established by the new MA
Senate President, Stanley Rosenberg. Good news are
the house bills; HD3436, An Act to Regulate and Tax
the Cannabis Industry sponsored by Rep. David Rogers,
Cambridge and HD1502 which aims to help legal
medical marijuana patients get access and employment
protection among other things. HD1502 is sponsored
by Frank Smizik, Brookline. As of press time, it has
been confirmed that both bills have been filed, text of
the bills has not yet been released, posted to the State
House website.
Mass Patients Advocacy Alliance which helped write
HD1502 has posted a summary of that bill, which most
importantly hopes to protect legal patients in need by
lifting the arbitrary and cruel caregiver limits that the
Mass Dept. of Public Health enacted.
MPAA’s Deputy Director, Nichole Snow released this
statement to us, “Over the last two years, I have attended
wakes and funerals of patients that were waiting for
safe access since the passage of the Act for Humanitarian
Medical Use of Marijuana of 2012..Through
HD 1502, we are asking to expand patient protections
through ending employment, residential, and education
discriminations. We are also asking to exempt
medical marijuana from taxation and to increase the
amount of patients that caregivers can serve if they do
not have a dispensary open near their homes.
The status of the medical marijuana program is a public
safety emergency. Patients live in fear of losing their
homes or their employment. Some patients
continue to receive substandard medication on the
black market to treat life threatening illnesses. This
makes matters worse by forcing them to be involved in
criminal activity or worse; exacerbating an already dire
health situation.”
“The Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance will
continue to ask Representatives to sign on as cosponsors
to “An Act to protect patients approved by physicians
and certified by the department of public health
to access medical marijuana.”
“It’s not a tough question. Patients deserve these protections.”
“One dispensary is not enough to treat all. We need
caregivers serving more than one patient.”
Meanwhile the Rep Rogers sponsored bill
HD3436 would hope to legalize marijuana for those
21+ with reports that it is a comprehensive bill which
would legalize retail outlets and cafes, allow home
grow provisions, and even hope to grant blanket amnesty
for past marijuana offenses.
All good news, right?
Yes, but then there’s Senate Leader Rosenberg and
Charlie Baker. Rosenberg after announcing his Legalization
Committee went on Boston Herald Radio
making the case that the Initiative process for marijuana
reform is not the preferred way to pass “controversial”
laws, that the Legislature could do it better than
reformers who passed decrim in 2008, medical marijuana
in 2012, with plans for a legalization initiative for
2016. New Republican Governor Charlie Baker quickly
responded that he supported Rosenberg’s move to
study legalization but that he was still firmly in
opposition to any bill that would hope to legalize
cannabis. Rosenberg for all his harping about how this
Committee would do better than Initiative process
totally left out (as did the Herald interviewers) that
reformers have only turned to the Initiative process
because after decades of hearings, studies and double
talk at the State House, no new laws. If we had waited
for the state house to get it perfect? We’d still be talking
about decrim, never mind fixing medical
and going legal. It’s been decades since any marijuana
reform bill in Massachusetts has been allowed to pass
Democratic leadership in their various legislative committees
to even allow a final vote on the floor. It
remains to be seen if Rosenberg will help steer either
bill out of Committee should they be introduced in the
Senate.
If there’s any leadership up there, Baker and
Rosenberg will help push HD1502 and finally implement
the medical marijuana as intended the first
time around before Governor Patrick’s Department of
Public Health.
destroyed it.
In 2016, expect legalization to be on the ballot
on MA and that most local politicians are blowing
smoke signals about it until then.
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