Hello, and welcome to the 1st issue of NUG Magazine! We are excited to be able to bring this publication to the patients, activists, and cannabis community in San Diego! Please visit our website often to stay updated… www.nugmag.com

We are proud to dedicate our 1st issue to one of San Diego’s most notorious activists and our dearly missed friend, Steven McWilliams. Steve was a pillar for us in the community and fought up until his death in 2005 for patients and for safe access in San Diego. I met Steve at the Stir It Up Cannabis Coffee House and became the 8th member of his collective. Steve was a wealth of information and a tireless fi ghter for the freedom to use medical cannabis.

Many of you already know the story of how on his 51st birthday, in July of 2005… Steven, tired of living in pain and being forced not to use cannabis while awaiting sentencing for cultivation charges that stemmed from obvious retaliation for his activism, took his own life.

For those that do not know, please visit our website for links to his stories: Click on the “Links” tab, read the articles under “Steve McWilliams Memorial.”

I will never forget the conversations and time that I had the pleasure of spending with Steven. His energy and enthusiasm for helping others was and still is unmatched by anyone I have met. In Steve’s suicide note that was read aloud at his memorial, his last words to all of us were; “No retreat. No surrender.”

Those are the words we will live by here at NUG! To my old friend, I say…. sorry it took me so long! I miss you!

-Ben

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About 48,000 tons of hemp shives were produced in the EU. Shives are used for animal bedding, particle boards for construction, furniture and gardening, especially as a less acidic alternative to bark mulch. The most important new application for hemp shives mixed with Lime is for highly insulative wall construction in both domestic and industrial buildings. Hemp gives us the opportunity to lock up, sequestrate significant amounts of carbon in these constructions.

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Marc Emery is facing extradition on three drug charges for selling marijuana seeds by mail order to customers in the U.S. (CBC)Marijuana activist Marc Emery says he plans to drop his fight against extradition to the U.S. and plead guilty to one charge of drug distribution in a Seattle courtroom next month.http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/06/04/bc-vancouver-marc-emery-us-drug-charge-guilty-plea.html

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Feds accuse sheriff of Ill. County of drug dealingSHAWNEETOWN, Ill. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are accusing the longtime sheriff of a county in southeastern Illinois of selling marijuana, often while on duty. Gallatin County Sheriff Raymond Martin was arrested Monday and appeared in court on three counts of distributing marijuana and two counts of carrying a firearm while trafficking drugs.Martin has been sheriff of Gallatin County since 1990. The complaint accuses the 46-year-old sheriff of distributing more than 1,100 grams — more than two pounds — of marijuana between April 27 and May 11. A woman who answered Martin’s home phone Tuesday said the sheriff had no comment. A judge appointed a federal public defender for Martin. A detention hearing is set for Wednesday.

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In October, 2005, California’s Board of Equalization (BoE), which deals with state taxation issues, voted to tax monetary transactions involving medical marijuana. ASA is against the taxation of medical marijuana for two main reasons: a) the proposed sales tax is regressive and has the potential to significantly increase cost for medicine, and b) the requirement of providers to report receipts and other information would violate their constitutional right against self-incrimination. On August 10, 2005, ASA at-tended a public hearing with the BoE, and submitted a position paper on the matter.

On October 25, 2005, the Business Taxes Committee met to review its policy on sales tax of medical marijuana. In its review, the Committee and Board (as the Committee is made up of the entire Board) considered ASA’s position paper and its own BoE issue paper. Ultimately, the BoE decided at that October 25, 2005 meeting to amend its policy to require that all transactions of medical marijuana be subject to sales tax and to require all providers apply for sellers permits. But, because of ASA’s intervention, the BoE adopted a policy that allows providers to omit details of the product being sold in order to avoid self-incrimination. In February 2007, the BoE issued a notice to many of the dispensaries throughout California, explain-ing their obligation to apply for seller’s permits.

In early 2008, ASA and other advocacy groups conducted a study to de-termine the extent of sales tax revenue collected from the sale of medical marijuana at dispensaries across the state. As a result of that study, it was estimated that in 2007 patients and providers in California contributed more than $100 million in annual sales tax revenue to the state general budget.

SAFEACCESSNOW.ORG. ASA: SALES TAX <http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=4427>

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Jerry Sanders — the former San Diego police chief Murphy recruited to run the United Way three years ago and who will join the Red Cross’ board July 1 — stands on the other side of the issue. He says his total compensation stayed roughly level at about $165,000 when he moved from po-licing to fund-raising, and he now thinks it may have been a mistake to have taken that much. “No one expects a person working in a nonprofit to take a vow of poverty,” Sand-ers says. “You do have to pay for innovative people with good management skills. But I think the public has a threshold for the level of compensation it can understand, and I

think it’s around $150,000.”http://www.sandiegometro.com/2002/jun/giving.html

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NUGGETNUG editor: What is the significance of this document/order? Omar Figueroa: It reiterates the principle of limited federal govern-ment articulated by Justice Brandeis of the United States Supreme Court over 70 years ago: “It is one of the happy incidents of the fed-eral system that a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.” California’s exercise of of its state’s rights with respect to medical cannabis is certainly considered a novel social and economic experiment these days.

In effect, this presidential memorandum undoes a controversial Bush administration rule known as “preemption”, which misused federal regulations to override state laws on issues including the environment, health, and public safety. For example, during the Bush years, federal preemption provisions stopped California from enforcing a law limiting greenhouse gas emissions.

President Obama directed heads of executive departments and agen-cies to review regulations issued within the past 10 years (in other words the Bush years) for statements in regulations or regulatory pre-ambles intended to preempt State law, so that those can be amended to conform to the principles set forth in President Obama’s Preemp-tion Memorandum. “Executive departments and agencies should be mindful that in our Federal system, the citizens of the several States have distinctive circumstances and values, and that in many instances it is appropriate for them to apply to themselves rules and principles that reflect those circumstances and values.”

NUG editor: Is this document an order?

Omar Figueroa: The document is not technically an “Executive Order”; it is a presidential directive which commands, “Executive departments and agencies shall carry out the provisions of this memorandum to the extent permitted by law and consistent with their statutory duties.”

According to a U.S. Department of Justice memorandum issued to the Counsel for the President in 2000, “A presidential directive has the same substantive legal effect as an executive order. It is the substance of the presidential action that is determinative, not the form of the document conveying that action. Both an executive order and a presidential directive remain effective upon a change in administra-tion, unless otherwise specified in the document, and both continue to be effective until subsequent presidential action is taken.”

NUG editor Dion Markgraaff interviewed San Francisco attorney, Omar Figueroa, to get his take on the memorandum – what it means and who it will help.

NUG editor: This document was released soon after the end of the San Diego ID cards lawsuit. Is there a link? Omar Figueroa: Possibly, if one assumes President Obama sensed a change in how the Supreme Court would deal with issues of conflict between state and federal laws. Remember, the Supreme Court has recently declined to review pro-medical marijuana appellate opinions in both the Garden Grove (return of property) and San Diego (ID card) cases, so the outlook is encouraging.

NUG editor: To whom does this order apply? DEA, FBI, Border Patrol, National Parks, border checks?

Omar Figueroa: This presidential directive applies technically to all executive departments and agencies, including the United States De-partment of Justice, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as well Immigrations and Customs Enforce-ment. President Obama ordered that the memorandum be published in the Federal Register, where federal rules and regulations are promul-gated, so this is a formal directive.

NUG editor: Is this a document people can use in either State or Federal Court for their defense?

Omar Figueroa: Sure, but it may not get a case “thrown out” of court. At a minimum, it can be used to negotiate a more favorable dis-position for a federal defendant whose case is still pending. The impact in state court will not be as great.

NUG editor: Will it help Federal marijuana defendants like Charles Lynch and Eddy Lepp?

Omar Figueroa: Both of these defendants have been sentenced already, so it will take more than a presidential directive announcing a philosophical change in how the executive branch of government approaches matters of federalism to liberate Charles Lynch and Eddy Lepp from federal prison. And don’t forget Mollie Fry, Bryan Epis, and the thousands of other peaceful human beings languishing in cages at taxpayer expense. All Obama has to do is issue pardons, or at least commutations, to set free these valiant martyrs of cannabis prohibition!

Omar Figueroa506 Broadway

San Francisco, CA 94133415-986-5591

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ACTIVismCounties at a CrossroadsMay 19th, 2009 Posted by Don Duncan

The US Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal in San Diego v. San Diego NORML, solidifying an important victory for medical cannabis patients in California. Americans for Safe Access (ASA) intervened on behalf of legal patients when the County of San Diego sued to overturn provisions of the state’s medical cannabis laws in 2006. The Supreme Court’s decision upholds the posi-tion of the California Appellate Court – cities and counties can not use federal law as an excuse to ignore state law.The Supreme Court’s decision forces cities and counties to finally confront the voter’s mandate in Proposition 215 “to implement a plan for the safe and affordable distribution of marijuana to all patients in medical need of marijuana.” Jurisdictions like San Diego County and co-plaintiff San Bernardino County can no longer use federal law as an excuse for failing to implement state law. This means, at minimum, they must issue the medical cannabis ID cards mandated by SB 420, the requirement that triggered the county’s 2006 lawsuit. The ruling also indicates that cities and counties must begin the sometimes-controversial work of writing regulations for medical cannabis patients’ associations, developing law enforcement policies, and preventing discrimination against legal patients. Elected representatives do a disservice to their constituents when they ignore their obligation to implement state law. Research and experience show that sensible regulations for local access reduce crime and complaints; and ASA court victories against the Patrol, Department, and the City of Garden Grove prove that inappropriate law enforcement policies can be costly. The County of San Diego and other reluctant jurisdictions stand at a crossroads right now. They must choose between the benefits of regulation or the hazards of litigation. Now is the time for patients and advocates to make their voices heard at City Coun-cil and Board of Supervisors meetings anywhere implementation is wanting.

NUGMUSIC HIGHTIDEArticle featured by Daniel Archuleta San Diego, California. Popular for its pristine weather, beautiful scenery, and perfect surf breaks, this town became the stomping grounds for eight local musicians who got together to share their souls, and to col-laborate their infl uence of Dub, Rock, Ska & Reggae. On and off the stage the band not only remains committed to the music, but continues to be a cohesive family of brothers. Now known as one of Southern California’s most electrifying bands, High Tide has been expanding on its original style & eclectic sound since 2003. The band has toured throughout the entire Southwest-ern US, establishing their mark in several locales including Ari-zona, the bay area, and Orange County. High Tide spent most of 2006 and 2007 in the recording studio laying down tracks that would end up coming out on two separate cds. The 5 song Acoustic EP “Not For Profi t” was released in the summer ‘06 as a demo. The bulk of their hard work, how-ever, was put toward a full length 17 track album titled “Play Me Reggae”. Both albums have sold copies around the world including Japan, and Europe. All of High Tide’s music is also available on iTunes. Brandishing a confi dent live performance, High Tide has become known for winning lo-cal battles of the bands. In 2007 they had an opportunity to open the famous UCSD Sungod Fes-tival after winning an on-campus battle. This summer, aided by the dancehall stylings of frequent guest vocalist, Baby Mouse, High

Tide became fi nalists in both the Del Mar Fair Battle of the Bands and the San Diego Vans Warped Tour Battle of the Bands. They fi n-ished in the top three on July 4th at Del Mar and emerged victorious in the latter, which granted them a chance to headline the Ernie Ball Stage at the San Diego stop during the Vans Warped Tour 2008. High Tide has accomplished a great deal of success in 2008. They kicked off the year with their debut on San Diego radio. Rock stations, 94/9 and 91x began to feature High Tide regularly on their local shows, with tracks and inter-views. The band has had multiple songs from both their acoustic EP “Not For Profi t” and full length al-bum “Play me Reggae”, broadcast throughout San Diego County. They also recently recorded and released their debut music video for the popular album song, “So Slow”. Looking forward to anoth-er acoustic release in 2009 and a

subsequent follow-up album, High Tide has begun to write and perform new songs to crowds throughout the region. These guys truly display the love that they share for each other through music, in a way that mimics the deepest experiences known in this miracle we have come to know as --life.

FOR MORE INFO VISIT:www.sdhightide.comwww.myspace.com/hightide

CHRONICART Creator Cliff Maynard

BiographyBy Vinni Belfiore

Listening to Cliff Maynard describe his Chronic Art with statements like, “It’s kinda simple, really” could drive a person crazy with jealousy. The sheer complexity of the work would boggle lesser lights, but Cliff’s has a love of the art, and of course, the Chronic.

Born in the January cold of South Pointe, OH, the 37-year old artist’s rural roots are not in evidence today, except in perhaps his ability to create. There we see the inspiration of someone who was forced to use his imagination at an early age. That may explain his ability to seemingly shrug off a talent that is truly amazing.

Being one of Pittsburgh’s finest tattoo artists, Cliff’s forays into art include the human body as well as everything from Dungeons and Dragons-type model sets to a dragon sculpture made entirely of stems (tragically destroyed when a ferret found it’s way in to the box). But it his Chronic Art that has truly captured attention on a national scale.

As a student at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Cliff had the opportunity to explore the arts and clearly took his cue from the great mosaics of the past. “I was study-ing mosaics in school” recalls Cliff. “I just remember sort of making this connec-tion in my head between the tiles and roach papers.”

The results are works of art in and of themselves with the added attraction of being unique in so many ways. His portraits include rock stars like Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon and rappers Snoop Dog and Method Man, as well as legendary musician and smoker Jerry Garcia.

It’s when one sees the level of detail in Cliff’s work that the true amazement begins. Little bits of paper– otherwise thrown away– cut into delicate shapes and arranged together in such a way as to form a true work of art.

His first piece was a portrait of Jesus, and another piece he’s done also takes on the works of Michelan-gelo. “I don’t know” Cliff says with a chuckle, “I tend to gravitate towards religious imagery. Maybe it’s a Catholic thing...”

In addition to projects near and dear to his heart, Cliff does private commissions as well and is currently de-signing the official collectors poster for the 2009 Se-attle Hempfest, truly an honor.

Basic Info:Born January 4, 1972 in South Point, OHAttended Pittsburgh Art InstituteCurrently resides in Pittsburgh, PAOwner: Angry Moon Tattoo (est. 1999)

All photos courtesy of Casey BruceCliff’s Art can be found and purchased at:www.myspace.com/chronicartalso visit:www.chronic-art.comwww.angrymoontattoo.com

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FEATURE

By. Pat Hegarty Photos Courtesy of William West

The medical cannabis raids, which have occurred repeatedly over the years in San Diego, began happening again on Feb 2, 2009, Ground Hogs Day. In the days that followed, the raids continued with more and more people from the cannabis community being arrested. A multi agency task force executed the raids on people’s homes throughout San Diego County which led to the arrests of over 30 people, many of whom were mobile cannabis dispensing collec-tives; but not every publicly known medical source was raided. Quickly, the medical cannabis community reacted to the chaos and confusion caused by these raids by alerting one another to minimize the damage that was being created.

On February 10th, at a typi-cal looking press conference at the Hall of Justice, San Diego District At-torney Bonnie Dumanis never men-tioned medical cannabis; though the heart of the operation was a well co-ordinated campaign originally called “Operation Green RX”. Rather, most of San Diego was led to believe by DA Dumanis and her office that they were protecting the military while the troops are away. This is the official explanation on her web-site from the press conference: http://www.sdcda.org/files/operation_endless_summer.pdf

“This operation has rounded up drug dealers who were jeopardiz-ing public safety in military housing,” said DA Dumanis. “The dedicated men and women serving in the military, along with their families, de-serve a drug-free environment where they live.” “Operation Endless Sum-mer” was launched in the fall of last year as a response to concern over increased drug trafficking in military housing. The operation focused on drug dealers and violent criminals operating in a Fleet Concentration Area and negatively affecting the quality of life of families living in mili-tary housing. “The drug-fighting initiative ‘Operation Endless Summer’ is an excellent example of NCIS, ATF, the District Attorney’s Office and the San Diego Police Department pulling our resources together to eliminate a specific problem and make this com-

munity a safer place to work and live,” said Pete Hughes, Special Agent in Charge of the NCIS Southwest Field Office. “We are very pleased with the results of this operation,” said ATF Special Agent in Charge, John A. Torres. “We want our men and women in uniform to know that ATF and our partners will do all we can to protect their neighborhoods, just as they do all they can to protect our country.” The combination of the DA’s press conference and information received from the medical cannabis patients, who were still bailing out of jail days later, exposed a pattern of persecuting patient dispensing collec-tive. San Diego Americans for Safe Access (ASA) coordinator http://www.safeaccesssd.org/, and Nug Magazine editor Dion Markgraaff said, “It seems the Government had the San Diego Police Department cops get a fake California license, get a valid recom-mendation from a doctor, and go around and bust almost every known source in San Diego County. They just went down the CANORML patient dis-pensing collective list and got provid-ers to come down to a street in Pacific Beach that has military housing.” Even the first story the San Diego Union-Tribune reported showed a crack in the Government’s story, “I know there are people out there that can legitimately benefit from marijuana,” coNT.

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said Steven Walter, chief of the narcotics division of the Dis-trict Attorney’s Office. “It’s our policy that people that fit that category; we let them do their thing. But these people crossed the line.” When the San Diego medical cannabis community began to realize the scope of the Government’s actions, they started to respond. The local chapter for ASA and many other groups came together for a day of rallying the public and to tell the Government that the citizens want to be “Free from fear of our Government not following the law.”

THE MEDICAl CANNABIS COMMUNITy MARCHES IN PROTEST The February 17th rally and march was called “A Walk Towards Freedom”, the theme taken from Nelson Mandela’s autobiography “A Long Walk to freedom”, and started at 8:30 am at the County Board of Supervisor Building, where over 25 people gathered. Among them were Don Duncan - the Califor-nia Director of ASA and victims of the District At-torney’s “Operation Endless Summer” Donna Lambert and Richard Hertz. The demonstrators demanded “an end to the Govern-ment’s irrational lack of lawful policies which leads to an enor-mous waste of money, time, and energy, and the needless suffering of many. Our society cannot afford the status quo. We want to end the fear of our Government not following the law.” Their message called for civil rights for medical can-nabis patients and regulations. The crowd chanted, “What do we want?” answering “SAFE ACCESS NOW” while walking to city hall. On the march they carried a giant 6-foot check “to symbolize the money saved and the money earned when the Government follows the law and sets clear and proper poli-cies…. brought together in the light of day through; the health community, government institutions, law enforcement agen-cies, and patients concerns.” The rally continued at the San Diego City Council Chambers, where the cannabis community once again plead-ed with their local leaders to help them with the ongoing chaos and continual cycle of crisis. As Markgraaff told them

“there is not an easier, more moral action you can take than helping those who are sick.” http://vimeo.com/3274143 After getting no response from the Council, they marched to DA Dumanis’ office at the Hall of Justice again chanting, “What do we want?” and answering “SAFE ACCESS NOW” along the way to all who could hear their cries. Once there, they presented a letter which in-cluded a general list of complaints about her office and a request that she look closely into the latest round of raids on the cannabis community. The letter read: We want to live free from the fear of our Gov-ernment not following the law. From our perspective, your San Diego County’s District Attorney’s office maintains costly and cruel

policies. Some examples: Some patients live in fear of having “too much” medicine. Remember the state law of 8oz per person is the floor, not the ceiling amount that is permissible. Peo-ple v. Phomphakdy Your office has stated during previous raids that patients can get cannabis from other people who grow it. How is that chain of events legal and/or different from what happened in your latest sting, operation “Endless Summer”? Deputy District Attorney Damon Mosler 07/27/06 - Medical Marijuana from your first pod cast. “There are licensed clinics that dispense marijuana, there are hos-pices. There is a mechanism for people to get it other than having to grow their own.” Is this true?

Your office cannot be an ignorant participant in court, meaning prosecutors often act like the law never passed over a decade ago. At every stage of cases, from arraign-ment to probation, the full weight of your legal authority is brought down on most patients. From high bail amounts with restrictions, to probation that often leads to more trouble and no access to their medicine. Going forward – Changes we want to see from your San Diego County’s District Attorney office.Participate in the dialog of finding community based solu-tions. Change is coming, from the US Federal Government to our soon to be implemented ID card system, and we should work together. Respect these changes (ie. SB 420) – esp. consid-eration of the fact SALES of medical cannabis are LEGAL, 11362.765. (a) Subject to the requirements of this article, the individuals specified in subdivision (b) shall not be subject, on that sole basis, to criminal liability under Section 11357, 11358, 11359, 11360, 11366, 11366.5, or 11570. Act in accordance with the State’s Attorneys Gen-eral guidelines. We can exercise our rights anywhere, mean-ing “store fronts” are LEGAL.

The letter was signed “Sincerely, Common Sense and Compassion Coalition”. The impact from the cannabis community’s re-sponse and the march is hard to measure, but by February 23rd the SD Union-Tribune article “Many in drug sting lack military ties” reported: http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/23/1m23sting221239-many-drug-sting-lack-

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Court declarations signed by Operation Endless Summer investigators make no mention of complaints about drug dealing from residents in military neighborhoods. Instead, they spell out how agents used confidential informants to arrange drug buys at the Pico Street house, and how San Diego detectives posed an undercover officer as a patient after learning medical marijuana was available on various Web sites. It goes on to quote DA Dumanis, coNT. 21

“We didn’t just trump up this idea,” said Dumanis, who faces re-election next year. “These were people who were preying catch those people.” NCIS Special Agent in Charge Pete Hughes was more nuanced during an interview last week. “Illegal drugs are often sold in military communities and the Navy must discourage such activity. This wasn’t us targeting people who were targeting mili-tary families,” Hughes said. “The Navy community is in and about San Diego, so San Diego’s problems are our problems, as well.”

THE COURT BATTlE - DUMANIS VS. THE PATIENTS Since the raids, and the rallies against them, the dispute between the two sides has moved into the court room. Most of the accused medical cannabis patients quickly pled guilty to felonies and were sentenced to probation. This helped them to avoid our justice system in which their rights are not guaranteed. Many of the victims of the raids lost their jobs as well as their residences from their landlords. In addition, at least one couple had their children taken way by Child Protective Service (CPS). While in CPS custody, a CPS agent reportedly stuck a q-tip up their 6 year old child’s penis. The whole picture of the non-medical cannabis people caught in “Operation Endless Summer” is not yet clear. However, one defendant who was a clerk in a smoke shop sold non-medical cannabis to an undercover cop and received

two misdemeanors for his actions. In the few cases that are making their way through the court system, the Government’s tactic has been to threaten the defen-dants into not seeking justice, by offering increasingly bad plea bar-gains. One person being represented by the public defender’s of-fice was offered six months in jail to plead guilty which he declined so he could seek private council. After hiring an attorney for $7,500 - the offer turned into one year in jail the next time he appeared in court. When those few do take the gamble to proceed to trial they are being met by a Kafkaesque Orwellian world, one where a judge ruled against a motion to dismiss a case based upon the vague-

ness of the law (i.e. no guidelines) ruling the law was a “serpentine road-map”. In another example, the key undercover cop Detective Scott Henderson revealed in court that he had never had any medical canna-bis training and had never read the medical cannabis law, Health & Safety Code 11362.5. Yet another major ex-ample occurred on April 23, 2009 when the DA’s office, represent-ed by Chris Linberg, stated in the case of defendant, Donna Jean Lambert, that the controlling San Diego Ordinances dealing with medical marijuana are not legal. To which an audience member in court correctly said “MORE LIES”. According to Markgraaff, Linberg’s statement was news to his boss, Assistant DA Walter who is in charge of Dumanis’ narcotics unit. Because Walter was initially skeptical that Linberg would make the radi-cal claim that laws passed by the San Diego Council were not legal, Markgraaff sent him a letter on May 13 titled “Proof that San Diego

“the key undercover cop Detec-tive Scott Henderson revealed in court that he had never had any medical cannabis training

and had never read the medical cannabis law, Health & Safety

Code 11362.5.”

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DA Dumanis’ office is not following the law” with a copy of the Court’s transcript. The letter read in part, “There are many examples [that San Diego DA Dumanis’ office is not following the medical marijuana laws] that we will continue to document and forward to the pub-lic and your office….. We want to find solutions to the ongoing problems. Scheduling a meeting to present these problems and answers to all the questions of the law and enforcement policies, should be the next step on this path.” So far no word back from Dumanis’ office. The few court cases which are ongoing from the “Operation Endless Summer” raids need the public’s support. Discovery from these cases has proven this whole scheme was originally called “Operation Green Rx”. The undercover cop Henderson got his California physician’s recom-mendation on June of 6, 2008, and stated in his affidavit, “The goal was to purchase marijuana from vendors ….. I conducted a computer check of several Internet websites under the heading, ‘Marijuana Delivery’.” The evidence appears to be stacked against San Diego’s DA Dumanis, who is up for re-election in 2010. Public support for medicalcannabis is at the highest levels ever. There is more scientific proof of cannabis’ medical proper-ties than ever. The US Federal Supreme Court has ruled twice this year for California’s medical cannabis laws and President Barack Obama sup-ports our state’s rights. The jury of the public’s opinion will be noted. Will her office follow the same laws the

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medical cannabis community tries to follow? Can she change with the times? The verdict will soon be known. DA Dumanis claimed she was protecting the military with “Operation Endless Summer” but the evidence shows she was actually targeting medical marijuana with “Operation Green Rx.” If Dumanis continues to follow a path of deception, her sentence will be to report to the unemployment line. END

Hemp foods are expanding onto the shelves of grocery and natural food stores across North America. By definition, these are foods contain-ing whole hemp seeds or the oil, nut (hulled seed) and/or flour (ground seedcake) derived from the seeds. Examples of currently available hemp food products include milk, ice crème, salad dressings, nutrition bars, breads, cookies, granola, waffles, nut butter, chips, pasta, frozen deserts and cold-pressed oil supplements. These products are sold for much more than their “hemp cachet” alone; manufacturers promote hemp foods for their exceptional nutritional and taste benefits.

Like other oil seeds, the hemp nut consists mainly of oil (typically 44%), protein (33%) and dietary fiber and other carbohydrates (12%, predomi-nantly from residues of the hull). In addition, the nut contains vitamins (particularly the tocopherols and tocotrienols of the Vitamin E complex), phytosterols and trace minerals. Overall, hemp’s main nutritional advan-tage over other seeds lies in the composition of its oil, i.e. its fatty acid profile, and in its protein which contains all of the essential amino acids in nutritionally significant amounts and in a desirable ratio.

Most oil seeds contain plenty of linoleic acid (LA), an essential fatty acid (EFA) from the “omega-6” family, yet they offer little alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), the other EFA from the “omega-3” family. Health agencies around the world agree that humans should ingest these EFAs in an omega-6/omega-3 ratio of about 4:1. Since common seed oil and animal fat, both low in omega-3, account for most of our fat intake, Western diets typically have omega-6/omega-3 ratios of 10:1 or more, which is far too rich in omega-6 and correspondingly too deficient in omega-3. Recent clinical research continues to identify this imbalance as a co-factor in a wide range of common illnesses, including cardiovascular dis-eases, arthritis, diabetes, skin and mood disorders. A 1999 workshop by the U.S. National Institute of Health (see http://ods.od.nih.gov/news/conferences/w6w3_abstracts.html) demonstrated the impressive benefits of a balanced omega-6/omega-3 ratio in our diet: reduced risk of atherosclerosis, sudden cardiac death and certain types of cancers, decrease in the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, mood improvement in bipolar disorders and optimized development in infants.In clinical studies, these benefits are often achieved using omega-3-rich fish and flax oil supplements.A more “holistic” approach consists of shifting our general dietary fat intake towards nuts and oils offering a better omega-6/omega-3 ratio. Hemp nut and oil offer an omega-6/omega-3 ratio of 3:1 or less, depending on plant variety.

This exceeds the target ratio of 4:1 and com-pensates in part for omega-3 deficiencies in the rest of our diet. No other vegetable oil offers EFAs at such high concentrations and, more importantly, in such a desirable omega-6/omega-3 ratio. Hemp oil also provides significant amounts of the more rare ‘super’ polyunsaturated fatty acids, notably gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) and stearidonic acid (SDA). These are not essential themselves, but our body only naturally pro-duces them from the LA and ALA essential fatty acids, respectively. GLA and SDA content in hemp seed vary considerably with variety and this needs to be consid-ered when using hemp oil to treat such symptoms.

Hemp protein is also of exceptionally high quality in terms of amino acid (AA) composition and protein

structure, the latter affecting digestibility and utilization by the human body.Hemp protein contains all of the essential amino acids in more nutritionally significant amounts and at a ratio closer to “complete” sources of protein (like meat, milk and eggs) than all other oil seeds except soy. Hemp protein consists of two globular proteins, albumin (33%) and edestine (67%), with a structure very similar to proteins manufactured in our blood and is thus read-ily digestible. Hemp protein appears to be free of antinutrients that are found in soy to interfere with protein uptake. Hemp’s nutritional advantage over other sources of fats and protein thus lies in its highly desirable balance of basic nutrients. Simply put, when eating hemp seed, nut and/or oil, our body obtains much of what it needs without the caloric ballast of non-essential nutrients. Yet, unlike fish and flax oil supplements and assorted protein powders, properly processed hemp seed offers these benefits with the additional bonus of a nice flavor profile - hemp tastes good.

Gero leson, D.Env. is an envi-ronmental scientist and con-sultant in food and fiber uses of hemp and other renewable resources.Excerpted from the 2002/2003 Vote Hemp Report.

MEETTHEGURUThe Guru is an old school hippie that grew up in Santa Cruz, growing and hiking in the hills of Big Sur since he was a teenager. Hiking, the great outdoors, and being self sustainable while preserving Mother Nature, became his own form of religion. For many years he learned from old school growers the ins and outs of guerilla grow-ing, understanding the plants he was growing and how they reacted in almost every situation possible. He spent many years learning things the hard way, by trial and er-ror.Then, after about 10 years of growing outside in soil, he discovered the new age way of growing through hydro-ponics. Hydroponics is the art of growing plants without soil. It made sense, the Aztecs have been using hydro-ponics for hundreds of years, so why shouldn’t we. It conserves water, results in less pests and diseases, and produces healthier, heavier, and more nutritional fruit or produce.Being a general contractor as well, it was easy for the Guru to design and build the ideal grow rooms and environments. Each room he built got better and more efficient, using what he had learned from the previous room. After 30 years total experi-ence growing plants, and 20 plus years of that using hydroponics, the Guru can truly be called the Guru of growing. He has taught hundreds of people to be better growers and made them very successful, in a much shorter amount of time than others, due to his knowledge and years of experience.Each issue the Guru will be writing tips and advice on different subjects to help you become a master gardener as well. So make sure to pick up each issue of NUG magazine to make sure you’re the best grower among your friends! You can send all grow related questions or tips to: submit@nugmag.com

GARDENINGTIPSHyDROPONICS(from the Greek words hydro water and ponos labor)

HyDROPONICS: Growing plants without soil. The key is a complete nutrient that is water soluble, including trace elements. Grow lights along with the efficiency of controlled environment gardening. ADVANTAGES OF HyDROPONICS: Faster growth, no weeds, no pests (since most pests live and breed in soil), and great plant quality and taste.

The West Coast is the birth place of Hydroponics. This is where it all started boys. Back in the day when some pinhead named W.F. Gericke coined the term Hydroponics right here in Cali.

(In 1929, Professor William Frederick Gericke of the University of California at Berkeley)

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There are two major requirements that can make gar-dening all year long possible and easy to do in the home. First is controlling the environment including temperature and light-ing. Second is controlling the plants and their nutrition. Both are done very easily and can be done in small spaces. Of course when growing indoors, lighting is one of the most important concerns. With the new technology in grow lights, it’s just like bringing a piece of the sun indoors, and your electric bill does not have to go through the roof to grow plants in your controlled environment. Using these highly efficient light systems, you can control the length of day and the intensity of light to get faster growth, even in the short winter days. You can extend the sea-son to grow your vegetables or flowers all year long. In many cases, the indoor environmental control is already done by the heating and air conditioning systems. The rule of thumb is; if it is comfortable for you, it’s comfortable for your plants. Hydro-ponic gardening is one of the keys to easily satisfying the nutri-ent requirements of your plants. Hydroponics is simply growing plants in water and nutrients, without soil. A hydroponic garden is very clean. Without soil, there are no weeds, so a hydroponic garden does not require any toxic sprays. Without soil there are no soil born pests. Since most pests live and breed in soil, there is no need to use any pesticides. Natural pest controls can be used if any stray or flying insects get near your garden. Often,

all that is required to get started is a small hydroponic garden system. If you have a solar room, south facing windows, patio, or a greenhouse, a small garden system may be all you need. If you’re short on sunshine, a high intensity light or a LED grow light set up can easily solve that problem. So, for profit or for fun you can grow your favorite specialty herbs and plants organically, at home, all year long, including the winter months.

There is hardly any Nutrition or Hydroponic system that someone can not make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man’s lawful prey. It’s unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money--- that is all. When you pay too little, you may lose every-thing, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot --- it can’t be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better. No back room nutrients, no badly made hydro systems, no bad info, just the best nutrients, hydro systems and customer service from a very knowledgeable staff. So make sure you find the right store to hook you up, to grow the nug without the bug, so when you’re done you can kick it on the rug with your big ass nug.

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Cannabis Compound Can Help Cellsby PhysOrg.com. Posted on Friday, February 20 2009 02:20:27 PM

Neurons which have been labeled with a fluorescent marker.Cannabis has been used recreationally and for me-dicinal purposes for centuries, yet its 60 plus active components are only partly understood. Now scien-tists have discovered how a compound in cannabis can help cells to function in our bodies, and aid recov-ery after a damaging event.In a paper published in the Journal of Neuroscience, the researchers report on their studies into cannabidi-ol - a naturally occurring molecule found in cannabis.Also known as CBD, it is not the constituent that gives the high - that compound is called tetrahydrocannabi-nol or THC - and so may be more acceptable as a drug treatment.Both compounds are currently used in a pharmaceu-tical medicine to help patients relieve pain and other symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.

Now researchers have discovered how CBD actually works within brain cells.By interacting with mitochondria - which are the pow-er generators of all cells - it can help maintain normal levels of calcium allowing cells to function properly and providing a greater resistance to damage.Disturbance of calcium levels has long been associ-ated with a number of brain disorders. So the finding could have implications for the development of new

treatments for disorders related to malfunctioning mitochondria. Dr Bettina Platt, from the University’s School of Medical Sciences, said: “Scientists have known for a long time that cannabidiol can help with pain relief but we never really knew how it worked.”“However we have discovered what it actually does at the cellular level.”

“We are hoping that our findings can instruct the de-velopment of cannabidiol based treatments for dis-orders related to mitochondrial dysfunction such as Parkinson’s disease or Huntington’s disease.”Nevertheless, Dr Platt warned that smoking cannabis would not necessarily have the same effect.“There are different strains of cannabis out there and many no longer contain cannabidiol. In fact, these have been deliberately bred out to enhance the THC content,” she said.“As a result, smoking cannabis would not necessarily have the same beneficial effect, and could even exac-erbate neuronal damage.”

Provided by University of Aberdeen- Article from PhysOrg.com on February 19, 2009.

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Written by Kim, Executive Director of Mother Earth Co-op

Civilizations throughout the world have realized the benefits of cannabis since the inception of time; it is actually documented in the bible. The medicinal benefits are practiced in several cultures and cannabis has been used for centuries as a staple crop, source of fiber, and food. For centuries cannabis and food have been paired together just as cannabis and smoking have. Can-nabis can have a strongly distinctive and spicy taste that lends itself well to certain types of foods. However, cooking with cannabis is undoubtedly an art and not like other kinds of cook-ing. Thankfully, with the recognition of medical marijuana and its place in herbal healing and alternative medi-cines, we are striving to move forward with the multi purpose herb. The mere idea that someone can deny another person access to a plant is absurd! Cannabis, also known as marijuana or hemp, was not illegal in the United States until 1937. There are numerous ways of optimistically reaching a more natu-ral cure for certain ailments, making some medical treatments further hu-mane and tolerable. Our purpose is to support patients to find hope and alternatives, to ease the pain of their illness, and to help improve the quality of life. For optimal outcome medical marijuana should be used in context with a natural nutritious diet, exercise, and rest with a balanced lifestyle. Ingesting marijuana or its ac-tive ingredient THC is different than smoking it and it has diverse effects. Smoking produces a fairly immediate and controllable high that possibly will last a couple of hours. When the high declines it only takes a couple more tokes or inhalations to get back to the desired medical state. When individual capacity is reached in smoking, the patient will undoubtedly know almost immediately. The high from consumption of cannabis edibles is far from instanta-

neous, even on an empty stomach. The process of digestion can signify a wait of an hour or more before an appre-ciable high or medicinal effect is expe-rienced. When the stomach has other food it is digesting, the wait can be up to four hours or longer. The high will take at least an hour or possibly two hours to develop fully and will last between four and eight hours, or longer. Patients need to be very atten-tive and wait at least one hour before trying to ingest more. It is best to start with an undersized portion and wait an hour and try more if the desired effect is not felt. Taking it in sensible amounts is much safer than trying too much and wishing you had not. Even for an expe-rienced smoker, the wait for the medici-nal relief can seem forever, especially for those used to an instant hit from a water pipe or vaporizer. It is imperative to wait patiently for at least an hour for the medication to take effect. The tendency of a possible cannabis overdose is virtually unheard of in the smoking world, however when it is eaten it comes down to the way the substance is absorbed into the system. People have reportedly gone to the hospital thinking they were overdos-ing after eating too much cannabis. To date in the history of the world no one has ever overdosed or died as a result of marijuana compared to medically legal prescribed pharmaceutical drugs which result in 250 deaths daily. There are different types and strains of marijuana with each strain or plant type having their individual ef-fects. The two main types are indica and sativa. There are numerous com-binations of both indica and sativa in many varying percentages; what is known as hybrids. Indica flowers or the buds are typically more dense and tight. The aroma is generally in-tense and ranges from acrid, musky, pungent or skunky. Smoking indica is frequently lung expanding and cough inducing, with a heavy body lethargic pain reliever. Sativa characteristically

grows with longer slimmer leaves that are lighter green than the indica variety. The flowers or buds are commonly airier and lighter with smoke that has a sweet, fruity, spicy taste inducing a soaring, up-lifting feeling. The methods described will de-tail preparation of edibles with cannabis. We must stress the methods described are optimized for medicinal use with pu-rity and potency in mind. Medical grade cannabis is always organic and clean. Traditionally, cooking with cannabis in-volves sautéing the cannabis in butter, oil or milk. The simple rule here is too much heat can destroy THC potency while normal temperatures can increase it. Cooking cannabis in an oily me-dium is not only for the conversion of ac-ids. It is also a big aid to the assimilation of the active ingredients. THC is always much more easily assimilated if it is dis-solved in fats or alcohol first. When fats or alcohol are taken into the digestive tract, the digestive processes are natu-rally stimulated. Without that stimulation there may not be enough digestive fluids in the stomach to break down the sub-stance containing the THC. The use of cannabis for medici-nal purposes has spurred innovation and variety in cannabis products. Numerous patients are looking for an alternative to smoking. We’ve received numerous in-quiries about how to make butter for all of these recipes. We have been making butter from cannabis for quite an exten-sive period of time now and have tried several methods. There are several ways to make cannabutter or cannaoil and we have compiled the easiest way to make the butter or oil that is the key ingredient for most cannabis recipes. We will be fea-turing a few special recipes that you can try in each issue. All recipes involve slow and low cooking of dairy butter or organ-ic coconut oil and cannabis chopped bud (in roughly equal proportions) to produce a deep green butter. Always use high quality products for great results.

COOKING:CANNABIS

RECIPESMaking Cannabutter / Cannaoil:

1 oz cannabis (medical high grade) 1 lb butter or coconut oil

Using portions of one to four ounces of cannabis bud trim to one pound of dairy butter or organic coconut oil (vegetarian) will pro-duce tremendously powerful butter. We recommend using bud and trim, not the whole leaves of the cannabis plant. The whole leaf includes too much chlorophyll from the plant, giving the butter or oil an unpleasant taste. The higher grade the butter or coconut oil is the greater the application.

Melt the unsalted organic dairy butter or organic coconut oil in a crock pot set on low. Manicure and dry flowers and/or bud trim-mings. Grind slightly for a few seconds to separate buds with an electric coffee grinder. Gradually add the trim or flower with con-stant stirring. Cook in crock pot covered on the lowest setting with frequent stirring for two to four hours. Before the dark green butter cools, pour through a cheese cloth or French press and squeeze into containers. Once the butter cools cover containers and place in the refrigerator to finish cooling. Storage: Butter can be kept in the refrigerator as you would normally store butter or frozen in airtight containers for a few months.

Space Blaster Cookies

1 cup honey 1 cup nuts (almonds, walnuts)1 cup brown sugar (packed) 1 cup chocolate or peanut chips1 cup cannabutter or cannaoil 2 pkgs chocolate (Hershey’s kisses)1 cup peanut butter 2 large eggs2 tsp vanilla extract ¼ cup milk3 ½ cups flour 2 tsp baking soda

Preheat oven to 375 F (190 C). Blend honey, brown sugar, can-naoil or cannabutter (see recipe above) and peanut butter together well. In a separate bowl; beat eggs, milk, and vanilla, mixing well together. Sift in flour and baking soda and stir into milk mixture. Blend in the chocolate chips, peanut chips, and nuts. Mix all in-gredients together. Make dough into small golf ball shapes. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and gently flatten cookie with the back of a spoon. Bake for approximately 10 to 13 minutes. As soon as cookies come out of the oven, immediately place a Her-shey’s chocolate candy on top of cookie. Serve warm and enjoy!

Wishing you a happy journey to a healthier youPeace & Love Kim from Mother Earth Co-op

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The ancient Egyptian goddess Seshat (above in her role as the Goddess who measures) is depicted with a hemp leaf in her head dress. Pharaoh Tuthmosis III (1479 to 1425

B.C.E.) called her Sefkhet-Abwy (She of the seven points). Hemp was used to make mea-suring cords. Seshat was the goddess of libraries, knowledge, and geomancy, among

other things. Spell 10 of the Coffi n text states “Seshat opens the door of heaven for you”.

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