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Featuring this Month Notable Voices Speak Out Against Taxation
- J.T. Gold 10

We Dig This! We Dig This: Cypress Hill SmokeOut - KLA 16

How to Roll a Blunt with Micky Avalon - KLA 24

An Interview with Adrianne Curry - Heather Gulino 28

Page 16 Growers Grove: Harvest Time - Jesse Martin 32

Cannabis Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis

- Mark E. Rose 34

A Soldier’s Story: Managing Medication - Jack Leblanc 40

Medical Merijuana Works - Steve Elliot 48

How to Roll a Blunt Medical Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer
- Fred Gardner 52
with Mickey Avalon
CA Assembly to Consider Medical Marijuana
Resolution SJR 14 - Heaather Gulino 54

Medical Marijuana:: What’s the Law - Robert Selan 56

Soapbox - Adrianne Curry 59

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Discover L.A. Live: Downtown Culver City
- Courtney Kreuger 60

Oakland Mayoral Candidate Don Perata

Endorses Tax and Regulate - J.T. Gold 62

Kush Kitchen: Cannabutter - Canna B. Chef 64

an Interview Game On! - Patrick O’Mally 66

with Adrianne Curry Science Toasts Asparagus as Hangover Remedy
- Charlotee Cruz 77

Sleeping With Ghouls And Ghosts: California’s

Haunted Hotels - Jane Quentin 82

Hemp Hemp Hooray! - H.D. Ghee 86

Page 28 An Interview with Corey Taylor of Slipknot

- Heather Gulino 96

The 2009-2010 NBA Season - Mateo Ramirez 102

Your Plants are Listening - Holden Gray 106

Cars are Cool - Chris Black 112

And we are happy to have Adrianne join the
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editorial team here at Kush LA. Read her
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Managing Editor Happy October, everyone! It’s been a busy month for all of us here at
Michael Lerner Kush LA and Daily Buds and we have a lot to get to. First, Kush LA is
Business Operations Manager excited to introduce our newest columnist, Adrianne Curry. Adrianne
Bob Selan will be writing a monthly rant column in her very own corner of
Associate Editors: Kush LA called The Soapbox. As always, you should catch up on her
Lisa Selan • Randy Miller blog on www.DailyBuds.com and interact with her and fellow online
Director Of Advertising
friends. Feel free to send in your questions, comments and letter to,
Michael Lerner for and about Adrianne to us at editor@kushla.com.
Director Of Sales: We are also closing monitoring the legal snafu taking place in Los
Audrey Cisneros Angeles and throughout Southern California that effects Patients and
Director Of Marketing Collectives alike, so please take a look at the “Medical Marijuana in
Michael Lerner Southern California; What in the hell is the law anyway? ” article in
Creative Director this months magazine and also check out our new Law Blog on Daily
Dave Azimi Buds, to keep current on what’s happening out there.
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In other exciting news, Kush LA is proud to be a sponsor of the
Jeannine Crowley
Cypress Hill Smokeout, hosted by none other then Cheech and
Copy Editor Chong. We hope you will join us at the San Manuel Pavilion in San
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Business Development the information you need in this issue as well as on our website,
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Contributing Writers a heart attack and collapsed on stage after delivering an impassioned
J.T. Gold, Heather Gulino, Jesse Martin,
Jack Lablanc, Mark Rose, Steve Elliot speech at Portland’s pro-pot Hempstalk festival.
Fred Gardner, Robert Selan, Chris Black,
Jack fell into a coma shortly after he was stricken and at the time of
Charlotee Cruz, Courtney Kreuger,
Jane Quentin, H.D. Ghee, Holden Gray this writing has not awakened from it. He is in an Emanual Medical
Mateo Ramirez, Patrick O’Mally Center intensive care unit.
Cartoonist Jack ‘s family said anyone wishing to contribute to Jack’s medical costs
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Voices
by J.T Gold
Speak Out Against Taxation

Everyone can agree on one thing. California needs money.

But is taxing marijuana like alcohol or tobacco really the
answer? Proponents of taxation and stabilization of medical
is a moral crusade. And it’s a moral crusade on their side and a
moral crusade on our side. We believe in plants and I don’t think
we should have to tax ourselves to get it to be free. And I just think
marijuana have shown us numbers that estimate California it is wrong to do it and I support the idea of getting Marijuana to
could generate $1.4 billion dollars annually. That’s a lot of be accepted and it is being accepted because people voted for it. They
loot. Since the passage of Oakland’s Measure F, which taxes think it is a medicine. So the idea is that we have to start feeding the
medical marijuana the same as alcohol, the media has been bear money to get him to stay away from us.
foaming at the mouth over the revenue potential of marijuana.
Articles have appeared in Time, The Atlantic, The San Francisco We have won and eventually the courts are going to come
Chronicle, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The down on their side and say hey Mr. Peron says all use is medical.
Economist, and Forbes. However, not everyone agrees that Therefore Proposition 215 Legalized Marijuana and maybe through
taxing medical marijuana is the economic or even moral the back door. So we go through the back door and they go through
answer to our problems. Dennis Peron, Ed Rosenthal and the back door. But now we have these taxes.
Jack Herer--all heroes of the MMJ movement--emphatically Ed Rosenthal on taxing medical marijuana
oppose taxation.
The 1.8 percent tax on the revenue from all businesses associated
Dennis Peron has been hailed as the father of the medical
with the sale of Marijuana. Now it’s not that I’m opposed to the
marijuana movement and was the guiding force and co-author
tax, per se. And I know Oakland needs the money. But in California
of California’s Proposition 215. Peron announced last month
there is no sales tax on prescription medicine. And Marijuana
that he returned from Burning Man to discover he had been
coming from the dispensaries all needs a recommendation from a
fired from Oaksterdamn U because of his opposition to taxing
doctor. So they’re not treating Marijuana as they are treating other
and regulating medical marijuana.
medicines. Instead this initiative is treating Marijuana much like
Oaksterdamn U has announced it intends to spend a
alcohol because bars and other establishments in Oakland that
million dollars to promote an initiative that would tax, regulate
serve alcohol, also have to pay a 1.8 percent tax. And I think
and control marijuana by city and county, as well as at the
that if they want to tax Marijuana it would be fine
state level.
to tax recreational Marijuana. But I don’t think
Dennis Peron on taxing medical marijuana that patients should have to pay a sales tax.
It has taken a strange course of events, none of If you hear the club owners, or other public
which I anticipated. And it is a strange thing officials, they say, “Oh no, the patients
in California because in California and won’t pay it.” But everyone knows that
the other states, medicine is not taxed. ultimately the patients will pay it. It
Now all of a sudden our medicine has doesn’t’ come out of the profits of the
to be taxed. And I don’t “get” this tax. distributors it comes directly from
It seems like we are trying to buy our the patients. And I don’t think that
way into this thing: to buy our way patients should have to pay a tax for
into acceptance. And I don’t think their medicine.
that is the way to go... Kevin Reed of The Green
And I know it sounds good Cross of San Francisco is
to say, “let’s just tax our way out another prominent voice in the
of this thing.” But you can’t. This movement that doesn’t think

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What: The Cypress Hill SmokeOut,
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When: Friday, October 23rd &
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Where: San Manuel Amphitheater
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the hemp industry. Already a world-class entertainment
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There will be alcohol available for those who are 21 &
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with Adrianne Curry
by Heather Gulino

The last thing I read on Adrianne Curry’s Daily Buds

blog was that she was quitting medical marijuana
for a while. According to her, she had been suffering
from horrific night terrors and was waking up in
such a panic, that her husband, Chris, was losing
sleep and occasionally afraid that she may become
violent. Night terrors are no joke. The anxiety that
followed was debilitating and she was ready to
try anything, even pharmaceuticals if they could
help. Fortunately, Adrianne met a man recently
who knew of her condition and was willing to help
her by giving her a potent Indica strain that not
only stopped the night terrors but also curbed the
anxiety and gave both Adrianne and Chris their
first peaceful night’s sleep in weeks. These are all
good things since the idea of taking pharmaceutical
drugs is both appealing and appalling to the reality
television star.
I sat down with Adrianne at her home in
Hermosa Beach that she shares with her husband
and two feline supermodels, Sgt. Pepper and Lucy
in the Sky With Diamonds, to talk about everything
from Hooters to her Libertarian views on drug
legalization.
KLA: I’m glad you found some relief for your night
terror. That’s scary.
AC: I was a heroin addict, you know. So Xanax
is good, but it’s not as good as heroin, and I was
worried about having to go on pills.
KLA: How long were you an addict?
AC: I smoked it from fourteen to fifteen and then
from sixteen to about nineteen, I smoked everyday
and occasionally shot up. I didn’t like to shoot up
though because rumors got around school real quick
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they couldn’t see any track marks on my arms and I was like, they (Willamina) hated her and they hated me. I was under
“No! No! I’m not! I just smoke it!”And then I was like, oh contract so I couldn’t leave, which made it a very difficult
fuck. I just admitted that I’m a drug addict. From nineteen to situation. I won a spread in Marie Claire Magazine, which
twenty I was really trying to wean myself off but to be honest, I got. And I won a Revlon contract. Now, we all thought
at the ass-end of it, I kept fucking up. I would be clean for two that the Revlon deal was going to be an ad campaign. What
or three weeks, fuck up. Clean for two months, fuck up. And it ended up really being was convention where I sat on a
then I did Top Model and I just decided as things progressed, chair and had makeup applied to my face in front of twelve
I would stop. If I made it on the show, I would stop. Ok, I’m people, which I was cool with because I was getting paid for
on the show. If I win the show, I’ll stop. (Laughs) It was hard, it. Newsflash: I’ve never been paid since 2003. So I have a
but I finally did it. little bit of a problem with ANTM because you know, I’m an
KLA: You’re a lucky girl. I don’t know anyone who did heroin honest person and you from blue-collar Midwest. You don’t
for that many years and is alive to tell about it. Are your drug work and not get paid there without knees getting broken. I
days over? don’t want to break anyone’s knees but you bet your ass I’m
going to call them out on their bullshit.
AC: Definitely. Thank God. I haven’t touched it in 7 years. Of
all my friends that I used with, there are only 2 still alive. I KLA: Those are pretty good prizes. Not bad for the huge
could have never been successful if I had stayed on that path. mean chick from Hooters, right?

KLA: I imagine that some of our readers may not be familiar AC: Yeah! Totally! I’m glad I did it, I’m glad I won and I’m
with your work. Take me through your rise in Hollywood. glad mostly because I learned so much about Hollywood. But
What were you doing in your life before America’s Next Top really it wasn’t until the Surreal Life that my career launched.
Model (ANTM)? ANTM was the prelude to prepare me for the beast that is
Hollywood.
AC: I had been struggling for about 8 months to stay clean,
I was with my then boyfriend of three years whom I was KLA: Is the Surreal Life by invitation? How does that work?
engaged to and thought I was going to marry. He was never AC: Kind of. They called my agency. I spent five months in
as deep into drugs as I was. He was one of those recreational Africa and I had just gotten back, so I went and interviewed
users. God bless them. Anyway, I was approached by and they said ok, we want to use her. And then I hear that
someone at Hooters, where I was working, who said he was Tyra Banks doesn’t want me to do it. She thought it would
involved with the show and he gave me his card. I thought make her show look bad and she was still trying to convince
it was total bullshit and threw it away like all the other cards people that she was making top models. At this time, I’m
I got every day. Then I saw a commercial for the show and I already miffed because it has been 7 months and I still
thought, I’m going to try this. I was trying to stay clean, trying haven’t been paid for the Revlon thing, so I was like, fuck
to save money to go to college, trying to get my life started. them! I’m going to do this shit. So I agreed to go on the
So there I was, working at Hooters, which I have to say was show, in spite of her. I was young, I was angry. What can
a lot of fun. I was mean to everyone. And I had no tits, so I you do? So I agreed to do the show, did the show and met
was just the huge mean chick. I loved it and the customers my husband, Christopher Knight, who played Peter Brady in
loved it. So they [ANTM] called me and I went to the semi- the Brady Bunch. He is everything that I never looked for in
finals of the auditions and then they picked me for the show. a man. He is not 6’4”, he does not have long hair; he does
That’s when I was like, ok; I’m not doing any more drugs. So not smoke weed; he does not listen to good music! Well,
I won the show and came home and my parents were going sometimes. He’s not really a music guy so when he does
through a really ugly divorce. My boyfriend had just turned listen to music it’s Pink Floyd or the Stones, which I like.
21 and the bar scene was way more appealing to him than But when I play Alice in Chains or Nine Inch Nails, he goes
a long-term girlfriend, so he dumped me. So my parents are crazy! He absolutely hates it. So yeah, I went on the Surreal
getting divorced, I just got dumped, but I won this TV show Life, met him and then we starred in a spin-off, My Fair
and I’ve gotta stay off drugs. It was a really complicated time! Brady.
KLA: Has the show changed much? KLA: Let me ask you an ignorant question. Is the Surreal Life
AC: ANTM was Tyra Banks’ attempt at a reality show to find just you in a fishbowl or is there a prize at the end? Is it a
the next top model. What it has become is a platform for Tyra contest?
Banks’ talk show and a way for girls to find fifteen minutes of AC: There’s no prize. They just put a bunch of fuckin’ weird
fame on TV. celebrities together in a house together. They just want to
KLA: So when you won, what did you win? Are you now a see how you interact. I lived with this model dude, Mini Me,
top model? Or a medium model? Or a lower model? Are you Da Brat, Chris, Jane Weidlin from The Go-Go’s, Chyna the
even a model? wrestler…myself…. It was really fuckin’ weird. Do yeah, then
we spun off and did My Fair Brady, one two and three. The
I should note that by this point in the interview we have both first season he proposed, the second season we got married
had a bong hit and as I transcribe this conversation from the and the third season we fought about having babies. And
tape recorder, I have to cut through at least twenty minutes of instead I got my tits done. I thought it was a wise decision.
laughter and endless streams of giggles.
Continued on page 70
AC: I won a two-year contract with Willamina Models, who
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Time
by Jesse Martin
It’s our favorite time of year here at Grower’s Grove. Harvest feed them water with no nutrients for one or more feedings just
is a multi-staged process and to help guide you through it, we before they are harvested. Tap water will have some chemicals
have compiled some information that should get you on your present, it is best to used distilled water or water treated with
way to a healthy and bountiful harvest. reverse osmosis for this purpose.
There is more to harvesting cannabis plants than just When you know the approximate time the plants will be
cutting them down. Before harvesting, the plants should be fed ready to harvest, you will be able to wait right before you are
plain water only with no fertilizer (nutrients). This is to remove going to harvest and give them water with no nutrients. In
any fertilizer that has built up in the plants themselves, and this way they are allowed to grow for the maximum amount of
the hydroponic media or soil they were grown in. After the time (large harvest) before being flushed.
plants are harvested, they have to be manicured and dried. The plants will use up the fertilizer they have stored in
Even with a small indoor or outdoor garden (less than 20 them and growth will not slow down, if done properly. If
plants) it can take a few hours to harvest, manicure, and hang nutrients are not flushed from the cannabis plants, the resulting
the buds for drying. A large garden (more than 50 plants) may cannabis will taste bad and may also be hard to ignite.
take a full days work, or longer. The plants must be manicured If you are growing hydroponic cannabis, start clearing
and hung to dry right after they are cut down, and this can be about 7 days before harvest. This can be done by changing the
time consuming. solution and using only distilled water or water treated with
Make sure you leave yourself a steady 6 hours of time to reverse osmosis (no nutrients). Some growers will change the
work, the first time you harvest a small garden. Make sure water two or more times before harvest because the media
you leave yourself a full day to work, the first time you harvest may still hold nutrients after the first flush.
a large garden. You can base the time it will take to harvest With soil you need to change to distilled water or water
future crops based on the amount of time it takes to harvest treated with reverse osmosis about 14 days before harvest.
your first crop. Avoid slow release fertilizers because they are hard to remove.
If you have grown a particular strain before, you will have Soil growers that have to use slow release fertilizer should
a good idea when it will be ready to harvest. If you are a first employ regular nutrients for the last month.
time grower or if haven’t grown a particular strain before, try With hydroponics, if you know that the cannabis strain
to get your seeds from someone who can tell you not only will be ready to harvest 10 weeks after flowering is started,
what strain it is, but also the expected harvest time. switch to water only feeding about 9 weeks after flowering.
The reason why it is so important to know when the With soil, if you know that the cannabis strain will be ready
plants will be ready to harvest is because prior to harvest, you to harvest in the middle of September, switch to water only
will need to remove the fertilizer contained in the plants. The feeding at about the beginning of September.
plants themselves and the hydroponic media or soil the plants When growing in soil, you can stop watering the plants 2
were grown in will store some of the nutrients that have been days prior to harvest. This is not essential but it will speed the
fed to them. drying process. Do not stop the flow of water to hydroponic
Cannabis plants need fertilizer so they can grow, mature, plants. If you do, they will wilt and begin to die within a few
and produce THC. In order to remove fertilizer from plants, you minutes to a few hours.
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harvesting cannabis plants
than just cutting them down.

Harvesting Cannabis Plants

The optimal time to harvest cannabis plants is when THC
production has reached its maximum. A rough guide as to
when to harvest is to wait until 50%-80% of the white pistils
(hairs) have turned dark (usually brown or red). But a better indica strains will be ready to harvest in 7-9 weeks. Mainly
method of determining when to harvest is to wait until certain sativa strains can take up to 12 weeks to reach maturity.
trichomes on the plant have matured. You can harvest the plants by cutting them down at the
Trichomes are small appendages that look like hairs, they base of the stem (with a pair of scissors or some other type of
are produced by cannabis and other plants. Some trichomes cutting tool), just above where the plant meets the hydroponic
on cannabis plants develop a resin gland at the top. These media or soil. This will allow you to harvest the entire plant at
trichomes are a rich source of THC, and monitoring them the same time. Alternatively, you can wait for each branch to
will allow you to best judge when the plants are ready for mature and cut it off separately.
harvesting. Once you have grown a strain, you will be able to better
On cannabis plants, trichomes with resin glands form in estimate the best time to start giving it distilled or reverse
the highest concentration on buds. They start out clear, turn a osmosis water to flush nutrients, and when to harvest future
milky color, then turn amber (light brown). To best judge when crops. Indoors you can be pretty sure that a strain will be ready
to harvest, wait until about a week or two before the expected in the same amount of time, if you provide the same conditions
harvest time (just before you go to water only feeding) and each time you grow it.
look at the trichomes on the largest buds on each plant daily. Indoor growing conditions will remain constant, unless
The best time to harvest a cannabis plant is when a you change something. When you grow outdoors, you can’t
majority of the trichomes have turned to a milky translucent assume that a particular strain will be ready in the exact same
color. Not all the trichomes will mature at the exact same time, amount of time, each time you grow it. This is because you are
so harvest when most of the plants are ready. Or harvest each not able to provide consistent conditions outdoors.
bud separately. After the cannabis plants have been harvested, they must
It is nearly impossible to see the trichomes with the human be manicured and dried. Manicuring and drying the cannabis
eye, so some type of magnification is needed. An inexpensive harvest is a very important part in the cultivation process. You
way to effectively view them is to use a pocket microscope may want to smoke the cannabis you have grown without
rated at somewhere between 20x to 70x. waiting, but this is not a good idea.
There is another type of trichome that can be found on
cannabis plants, they are called cystolith trichomes. This type Drying and Curing Cannabis
of trichome is mainly found on the underside of leaves. They Right after all the plants have been harvested, it is time to
look like small hairs with no resin gland at the top. Cystolith manicure them. Manicuring is simply cutting off the leaves that
trichomes are not a source of THC. were growing from the buds. Cut off all the leaves surrounding
When grown indoors, most cannabis strains will be ready the bud, so that just the bud remains.
to harvest 7-12 weeks after starting a flowering light cycle (12
hours on and 12 hours off per 24 hour period). Most mainly Continued on page 36
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 Cannabis Treatment
of Multiple Sclerosis
by Mark E. Rose, BS, MA
Licensed Psychologist

Background
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous precisely investigate the benefits of cannabis.
system (CNS). Although the exact cause of MS is unknown, In one survey of 254 MS patients, 68% had used
there is much evidence implicating an autoimmune cannabis to alleviate symptoms of MS. Patients were more
mechanism, with CNS white matter tracts providing the likely to use cannabis to control MS if they were married
focus for inflammation and demyelination. Pain is an or had a long-term partner, smoked tobacco, or had
important symptom accompanying MS; acute or chronic worsening disability. Compared to patients who could
pain syndromes occur in 30-80% of patients. The many walk unaided, cannabis use was more likely in those who
different types of pain seen in MS include musculoskeletal were wheelchair-bound or only able to walk with an aid.
pain, pain associated with spasms, and central pain from Interestingly, 71% of the patients who had never used
sclerotic plaque lesions affecting pain pathways in the cannabis said they would try the drug if
CNS. Debilitating pain occurs in 50-70% of MS patients it were available by prescription. In another survey
and is poorly understood. Pain, spasticity, tremor, spasms, study of 420 MS patients in Alberta, Canada, 96% was
poor sleep quality, and bladder and bowel dysfunction, aware cannabis was potentially therapeutically useful for
among other symptoms, contribute signifi­cantly to the MS, 72% supported legalization for medicinal purposes,
disability and impaired quality of life of many patients 43% had tried cannabis at some point in their lives,
with MS. and 16% used it for medicinal purposes related to MS.
There is no cure, and current symptomatic therapies Symptoms reported to be relieved included anxiety/
for MS are in some cases ineffective and may have a high depression, spasticity and chronic pain. Reasons given for
risk of serious side effects. This has led some MS patients to not trying cannabis were its illegality, concern about side
self-medicate with cannabis, and current research interest effects and lack of knowledge of how to obtain it.
in cannabis treatment of MS began with isolated reports A strong theoretical basis explains cannabis
by patients who were using marijuana for symptoms relief. effectiveness in the treatment of MS. Cannabis produces
Control of symptoms such as spasticity, pain, tremor and its medical benefits and psychoactive effects by activating
bladder dysfunction were among the beneficial effects cannabinoid receptors in different regions of the brain
reported by these patients. These anecdotal reports led to and body. The cannabinoid type I receptor (CB1) is the
large organized surveys of MS patients in order to more most abundant receptor, and functions as a regulator of
a number of neurological symptoms, such as pain and
spasticity. Alterations of this internal cannabinoid system,
termed the endocannabinoid system or ECS, are implicated
in several neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative
conditions. Complex changes to the ECS take place in MS
and influence crucial aspects of the disease and clinical
manifestation, and can potentially be modulated by drugs
targeting the ECS such as cannabis. Patient reports and
recent understanding of the function of the ECS have led
researchers to study cannabis treatment of MS.
Most of the cannabis administered to the MS
patients in the following studies consisted of sublingually
administered synthetic cannabis extracts containing
equal amounts of delta9-THC and cannabidiol, a natural
cannabinoid that does not act on the CB1 receptor. Some
of the studies used delta9-THC. Although none of the
reviewed research used smoked marijuana, the results
should be considered applicable to smoked marijuana.
Research Results
One of the first scientific papers describing cannabis for
MS was published by Meinck et al. in 1989, who found
that the chronic motor handicaps of a 30-year-old MS
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patient acutely improved while he smoked a marijuana nocturia, and daytime urinary frequency, which were
cigarette. This effect was quantitatively assessed by means sustained in a long-term continuation of the study. Dose-
of clinical rating, electromyographic investigation of the related emergence of hallucina­tions occurred in three
leg flexor reflexes and electromagnetic recording of the patients, which resolved with dose reduction.
hand action tremor. It was concluded that cannabinoids Among long-term cannabis patients in once study,
may have powerful beneficial effects on both spasticity a consistent abrupt-withdrawal syndrome was not
and ataxia that warranted further evaluation. observed; however, a variety of complaints were reported
Since that paper was published, numerous studies by several patients, including interrupted sleep, hot and
have been published that used large numbers of MS cold flushes, tired­ness, low mood, decreased appetite,
patients (one study enrolled 657 MS patients), and placebo- emotional lability, vivid dreams, and intoxication. A study
control, randomization and double-blind conditions. This examining the emotional and cognitive effects of marijuana
research design removes the possible contaminating use in patients with MS found that, compared with non-
effect of researcher bias and patient expectation on marijuana using MS patients, the cannabis users had a
study outcome, and is considered the “gold standard” in slower average performance time and a different pattern
experimental design. These studies found that compared of response. The researchers concluded that inhaled
with placebo (an inactive sugar pill), patients receiving cannabis is associated with impaired cognition in patients
cannabis treatment reported significant improvements in with MS. Other studies reported side effects consisting
pain, sleep quality, and spasms. One study showed that of confusion, crying, disorienta­tion, paranoia, and
patients who completed at least 1 year of treatment found hallucinations from the synthetic cannabis derivatives.
that the dramatic improvements in pain, spasm, spasticity, Summary
and bladder problems at 10 weeks were sustained into the
second year. Another study found that the biggest and Many of the symptoms of MS seem to lessen in
most consistent improvements in reduced spasticity and severity as the result of cannabis treatment, with symptom
pain were seen in patients who received at least 90% of reduction sustained with long-term use. Improvement
their prescribed cannabis dose. Also found by another in functioning and disability has also been observed.
study was significant improvement in the average time Although unpleasant side effects were reported in some
taken to walk 10 meters. of the published studies, smoked marijuana is less potent
Action tremor in MS usually involves the upper limbs, that the pharmaceutical products used in the research,
occurs in more than 50% of patients and is associ­ated with and patients have the ability to individualize the needed
disability in about 25% of these patients. As many as 50% dose so that they can obtain symptom relief and not the
of patients experiencing tremor report that they felt “much troublesome side effects. Marijuana clearly represents a
better” in response to cannabis use. valuable therapeutic option for patients afflicted with this
Central neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis (MS) condition
is common and often refractory to treatment. The most
common manifestation of central neuropathic pain in MS Sources
is extremity pain that is often accompanied by burning,
aching, pricking, stabbing, or squeezing sensations. Painful Baker D, et al. Br J Pharmacology. 2007;152:649–654.
spasms of the extremities have also been classified as a Centonze D, et al. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2007;82:171-86.
cen­tral pain phenomenon. The reported prevalence rates Chong MS, et al. Mult Scler. 2006 Oct;12(5):646-51.
for central pain in MS vary widely (range: 17% to 52%) with Collin C, et al. Eur J Neurol. 2007 Mar;14(3):290-6.
about one third of the patients reporting it to be severe Croxford JL, et al. Drugs Today (Barc). 2004 Aug;40(8):663-76.
and contributing to dis­ability. A 5-week study found that Deutsch SI, et al. CNS Spectr. 2008;13(5):393-403.
cannabis was superior to placebo in reducing the average Ghaffar O, et al. Neurology. 2008 Jul 15;71(3):164-9.
intensity of pain, sleep disturbance and quality of life, and Iskedjian M, et al. Curr Med Res Opin. 2007 Jan;23(1):17-24.
was well tolerated. Cannabis also raised the threshold for Katona S, et al. Clin Exper Immunology. 2005;140:580–585.
patients’ perception of pressure pain that was induced by Meinck HM, et al. J Neurol. 1989 Feb;236(2):120-2.
an auto­mated device. Page SA, et al. Can J Neurol Sci. 2003 Aug;30(3):201-5.
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) such as urinary Rog DJ, et al. Neurology. 2005 Sep 27;65(6):812-9.
urgency and urge incontinence occur in more than 90% Smith PF, et al. Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2004 Jul;5(7):727-30.
patients whose MS that has persisted for 10 years or more, Svendsen KB, et al. BMJ. 2004 Jul 31;329(7460):257-8.
often requires the use of a catheter, and is associated van Oosten BW, et al. Mult Scler. 2004 Jun;10(3):330-1.
with chronic uri­nary tract infections. MS-related LUTS is Wade DT, et al. Mult Scler. 2004 Aug;10(4):434-41.
associated with patient distress, disability, and impaired Wissel J, et al. J Neurol. 2006 Oct;253(10):1337-41.
quality of life. Survey data reveals that many patients
with MS who smoke marijuana report improvement of
urgency, urge incontinence, and hesitancy. A study of 15
patients with MS complaining of LUTS for more than 5
years found that treatment with cannabis significantly
improved patient reports of the number of daily
incontinence episodes, the volume of inconti­nence,
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taxing medical marijuana is such a hot idea. The Green Cross
issued a press release on July 25th that began, “The Green Cross
in San Francisco says that this is the first step towards pricing out
patients and demeaning the medical movement.
Kevin Reed on taxing medical marijuana
Medical Cannabis Dispensaries are taxed at the state and local
level, through sales tax, payroll tax, and income tax. Levying higher
taxes, like those resulting from the Oakland measure, will result in
higher prices for patients. Proponents say these taxes are a way to
legitimize and justify general adult use. However, such a sin tax
only works to punish patients, the only members of the California
adult population who currently are allowed to purchase cannabis
legally.

Jack Herer, also known as the Emperor of Hemp, gave an

impassioned anti-taxation speech at Hempstalk in Portland,
Oregon last month just moments before suffering a stroke.
Jack Herer on taxing medical marijuana
I don’t want to fucking give the United States government one
fucking dollar of taxes. I think that they should go to fucking jail
for getting you and me and 20 million people getting [sic] arrested
for pot. It is the safest thing you can do in the universe. And that
is what we are going to do in California. Okay? Come over to my
booth, over there, and I will see you next time.

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Work over a glass table or some kind of smooth flat surface.
This will make it easy to collect all the material that has been
cut away from the buds. It is lower in THC than the buds, but
rather than throw it away, you can use it to make hash oil.
When manicuring the buds, use a pair of scissors with
small blades (to reach hard to get leaves) that is comfortable
on your hands. If you have a small crop, you can handle the
plants with you bare hands. With a large crop, wear powder
free latex gloves.
The latex gloves will collect trichome resin in a similar
manner to the way live cannabis plants are rubbed to make
hashish. The latex gloves have to be powder free or the powder
will get mixed into the resin.
Do not touch anything other than the plants once you
have put the gloves on. If you have to do something, remove
the gloves you are wearing and put them in a plastic bag, prior
to doing whatever it is that has to be done.
When finished, put on a pair of new gloves. Material on
the first pair can be collected later. When you are finished
manicuring all the plants, remove the gloves and place them
in a plastic bag (to catch resin that drops off).
Put the plastic bag with the gloves in a freezer for 2-3
hours. The trichome resin can easily be peeled from the frozen
latex gloves and consumed the same way you would use
hashish.
If absolutely necessary, you can wait to manicure the buds.
However, the job will take more time if you wait. Manicuring
right after the plants are harvested will also speed the drying
process.
Instead of smoking cannabis directly after it is harvested
and manicured, it is best to dry and cure it. Some new growers
might be in such a rush to try the cannabis that they don’t
want to dry the crop, or they might be tempted to put buds in
a microwave oven to dry them out.
Drying Cannabis After Harvest
You probably don’t want to smoke cannabis that is harsh
and bad tasting. If you do not take time to dry the bud, you will
not get the best possible smell and taste your crop is capable
of producing.
Proper drying and curing will also ensure maximum
potency of the cannabis you have grown. Cannabis is not potent
just after harvest. Some of the THC is in a non-psychoactive
acidic form. Drying cannabis the right way will convert the
non-psychoactive acidic compounds into psychoactive THC.
The area where the drying is done should be dark. Light
and high temperatures (higher than about 80 degrees) will
cause THC to break down into less desirable chemicals, this
will lower the potency of the finished product.
A good way to dry the crop is to hang the buds upside-
down by the stem, from some string or wire. The drying
cannabis must have some circulation blowing over it at all
times. A gentle breeze that circulates over all the plants is
necessary.

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 A fan or two will circulate air within the drying room. Fans To cure the crop, you will need one or more containers
will aid in drying the plants evenly, and reducing the chances made out of glass or plastic. Some people say plastic can
of mold. If mold starts and is allowed to grow, it might ruin all impart a taste to the cannabis.
of your crop. Mold looks like white fuzz and has an odor that Containers that have a rubber seal work best, but any type
is unpleasant. of container with a tight fitting lid will do. One quart canning
You will have to keep the temperature and humidity jars do a very good job if you are curing a few pounds or less.
within a certain range for optimal results. Conditions should They have a rubber seal and hold 2 or more ounces of cannabis
remain constantly somewhere within the following ranges, per one quart jar.
temperature should be between 65-75 degrees F, relative Gently place your cannabis in the containers (cut buds to
humidity should be between 45%-55%. size if the are too big to fit in the container) and put the top
At temperatures lower than 65 degrees, drying time will on. Store the containers in a dark area where the temperature
be lengthened. At temperatures higher than 75 degrees, the is between 50-65 degrees and the humidity is between 40%-
heat will cause the outer portion of the bud to dry quicker than 60%.
the inner part, and the taste will suffer. You will have to open the containers for a few minutes to
At humidity levels lower than 45%, the cannabis will dry allow moisture to escape by fanning with your hand. If any
too fast and the taste will suffer. At humidity levels higher than moisture builds up on the inside of the cap on your container,
55%, the cannabis will take a long time to dry, and it will be wipe it off. Do this preferably 2-6 times daily, at regular 4-12
prone to mold. hour intervals.
Keep a hygrometer and a thermometer in the drying area, You should also re-arrange the buds by giving them a
close to the plants. A hygrometer will allow you to keep an eye quarter-turn once a day. This will ensure that different parts of
on the relative humidity level in the room and a thermometer the buds are exposed to the air in the container. Keep up this
will display the temperature. Some hygrometers have built routine for 7-10 days. When properly dried, cannabis will burn
in thermometers so you can measure the temperature and evenly when smoked in a joint (if stems are removed).
humidity together. The taste will be as good as it can be, and the THC will
Depending on the time of year and your location, a have reached a point where it is ready to be ingested or stored.
heater or an air conditioner may be necessary to adjust the You can keep any cannabis that will be consumed within a
temperature. To control humidity, a dehumidifier can lower few months (1 year maximum) in the same containers used
humidity and a humidifier can be used to raise humidity. There for curing, without having to keep opening them to release
are warm mist humidifiers and cool mist humidifiers. moisture.
A warm mist humidifier will raise the temperature while If the cannabis is to be stored for more than a few months,
a cool mist humidifier will not affect the temperature. There you can use a vacuum sealer (designed for storing food) to seal
are also humidifiers that allow you to switch between warm the cannabis in an airtight environment. If stored in a dark
or cool mist. If you are going to purchase a humidifier for this area that is between 40-55 degrees F, the cannabis in vacuum
purpose, take your climate into consideration and buy an sealed plastic will remain potent for up to 5 years.
appropriate humidifier. Dry cannabis can be stored in a frost-free freezer, but some
Warm mist models will actually heat the water and release of the THC on the outer part of the buds may be damaged when
warm humidity. Cool mist water isn’t cooled, it just means that frozen. A refrigerator is in the right temperature range but they
water is not heated. In most cases a cool mist will work best. To tend to be humid (unless you can control the humidity).
be safe you can get a humidifier that lets you switch between If stored in an area of high humidity for months or years,
warm and cool mist. even vacuum sealed cannabis can eventually become as humid
Curing Cannabis as the surrounding air. This will necessitate drying it again
before smoking. But, unless mold develops, humidity itself will
It will take at least a week or two to dry the crop with
not degrade the THC or make the cannabis any less potent.
temperatures between 65-75 degrees F and relative humidity
between 45%-55%. You will know when the cannabis is dry if Light will degrade some of the THC, so dark containers
the stems snap or break (rather than fold) when they are bent. can be used for storage. If you place the cannabis in a see
Try smoking a small bud (1/2 gram or less) in a joint to be sure through container, it will have to be located in a dark area that
it is dry enough. is not exposed to light or high temperatures.
At this time, small buds will be dry enough to smoke. But Always make sure to properly dry your cannabis prior to
larger buds should be cured (slow dried) to ensure that the storage, if you grow your own or if the stuff you have is very
cannabis is as potent and tasty as possible. If necessary, you moist. And remember that to preserve cannabis potency at a
can set aside buds that are less than 1/2 gram for smoking, maximum level, keep any exposure to air, heat, and light at a
while larger buds cure. minimum.
The cure lasts a week or two. The aim of what you are Happy harvest!
doing is evenly finishing the slow dry process, so that mold
will not grow when the buds are stored long term. Also, by the
end of the cure, any remaining inactive THC will be converted
to active THC (that increases potency).
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 A Soldier’s Story
Managing His Own Medicine

by Jack LeBlanc
Sergeant William Montejo will never forget the burning Doctors prescribed him to Viccodin and similar pain
sensation that radiated his arm, shoulder and neck late one medications, but Montejo said the side effects often eclipsed
night last December. painkilling properties of the drugs, causing him to take heath
A bullet tore its way through the back of his arm, up care into his own hands again.
through his bicep, out of his shoulder, and back into his neck, “The pills make me nauseous; they make me drowsy. I
where it stayed. The tingling, numb, hot sensation he felt as feel drugged all day, and I just can’t function,” Montejo said.
the bullet tore through his skin was the worst pain he had ever “No matter what time I take it at night, it knocks me out, and
endured. I just can’t function the next day.”
Blood gushed from his neck as he squirmed on the ground, So Montejo did what any sensible person would do—
taking cover behind a metal 50-gallon drum as a barrage of he started looking for another cure, and he found one right
bullets swarmed around him. here in his own city. He went to the doctor, got his medical
“You could hear the bullets just whistling by me,” he said. marijuana card, and now he manages his pain in a way that
“Bullets make very a distinct sound.” works for him.
And Montejo should know; he’s heard a lot of them.
While serving as a loader on an M1A1 tank for seven

Doctors prescribed him to Viccodin

and similar pain medications, but
Montejo said the side effects often
eclipsed painkilling properties of the
drugs, causing him to take health
care into his own hands again.

months in Iraq, Montejo saw it all: bombs, guns, and even the
country’s first election.
But this particular bullet wasn’t fired from the gun of
“A lot of veterans don’t want to get a medical card because
an Iraqi insurgent, but rather from an unseen gun with an
they think they have to take the medicine the VA gives them,
unknown shooter in a friend’s front yard right here in Los
but they shouldn’t have to,” Montejo said. “Different strokes
Angeles.
for different folks. Some people can take pills, some people
Montejo was a victim of a random incident, likely stemming
cant. I can’t.”
from gang-related arguments right here in his home town. He,
Montejo said that veterans especially can benefit from
along with three friends, was shot while sipping brews with
the use of medical marijuana, as the drug’s relaxing properties
his friends two and a half years after surviving a war.
can alleviate the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
When the bullets stopped, Montejo found himself in
(PTSD), a disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying
a daze with a bullet wedged in his scalp, severe pain, and a
event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was
$70,000 medical bill.
threatened.
The doctors didn’t want to take the bullet out because of
Montejo suffers from PTSD as well as traumatic brain
all the nerves located around the wound, so Montejo did it
injuries caused by the constant explosions he endured while
himself.
working on a tank.
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 “The pills make me nauseous;
they make me drowsy. I feel
drugged all day, and I just can’t
function,” Montejo said. “No
matter what time I take it at
night, it knocks me out, and I just
can’t function the next day.”

“I have constant headaches all day on and off. There is

always a headache there from those explosions,” Montejo
said. “I remember everything, but I especially remember
the bombs blowing up and the shooting. There was a lot of
shooting everyday for the whole seven months I was there.”
But when Montejo smokes, it mellows him out, allows
him to relax, and dulls the headaches.
These days, Montejo is using his G.I. bill to attend a trade
school, and he doesn’t seem bitter or even unhappy—after
all, euphoria is one of the side effects of marijuana.
Montejo said his time in the military taught him a lot
about his own manhood, gave him structure in his life, and
kept him out of trouble.
And while he supports the use of medical marijuana,
he said the scene should be regulated and those dispensary
owners who abuse the system should be punished.
While the effects of his injury and the trauma suffered
while serving his country still haunt him today, Montejo has
found something that gets him from one day to the next, and
who would want to take that away from him?

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 The Results Are In:
Medical Marijuana Works
by Steve Elliot
You can’t argue with results. conducted in the United States have shown signifi-
​“There’s no proof that medical marijuana works. cant and measurable benefits in subjects receiving
It needs more study. There’s only anecdotal evidence. the treatment.”
It doesn’t treat specific conditions. People just want Additionally, the article documents the grow-
to get high.” Every cannabis advocate and medical ing acceptance of the therapeutic use of marijuana
marijuana patient has run into these arguments, among organized medicine groups. More than 7,000
threadbare as they are in 2009. Even from profession- American physicians (in the 13 states where medical
als who should know better -- such as many medical marijuana is legal) have signed medical marijuana
doctors -- the same tired arguments come up again authorizations for a total of 400,000 patients, accord-
and again. ing to Aggarwal and colleagues.
As baffling as it may be, just listening to the Notably absent from medical marijuana patients
patients (what a concept!) isn’t considered “proof” in the published trials -- and in glaring contrast to
by the medical establishment, which considers such opiate drugs -- are withdrawal symptoms and other
evidence interesting, but “merely” anecdotal. signs of drug dependence. Adverse effects were rela-
But after a new groundbreaking round-up tively rare, and “the vast majority of reported adverse
clinical evidence for the ef- effects were not serious... It
ficacy of medical pot, how- is clear that as an analgesic,
ever, such misconceptions “In fact,” Aggarwal and cannabis is extremely safe
are going to be a lot easier with minimal toxicity.”
to shoot down. colleagues write, “nearly all Unfortunately, igno-
In the landmark article,
published in the Journal
of the 33 published controlled rance regarding marijuana
still remains widespread,
of Opioid Management, clinical trials conducted in even in the medical commu-
University of Washington nity, according to the article.
researcher Sunil Aggarwal the United States have shown “There remains a near com-
and colleagues document
no fewer than 33 controlled
significant and measurable plete absence of education
about cannabinoid medicine
clinical trials -- published benefits in subjects receiving in any level of medical train-
over a 38-year period from ing,” Aggarwal writes.
1971 to 2009 -- confirming the treatment.” “This is arguably the
that marijuana is a safe, ef- most thorough review of the
fective medicine for specific literature on medical mari-
medical conditions. juana since the Institute of Medicine report over a de-
“The most common misconception among cade ago, with a trove of data that wasn’t available to
doctors and the general public regarding medi- the IOM,” said Rob Kampia, executive director of the
cal marijuana is that its effectiveness claims are Marijuana Policy Project, which works for legaliza-
substantiated only by compelling anecdotes from tion. “It is simply incomprehensible that a medicine
patients,” Aggarwal told SF Weekly. “What is not that is so clearly safe and effective remains banned
acknowledged is that 33 separate controlled clini- from medical use by federal law and the laws of 37
cal trials with patients -- at least a third of which states.”
are of gold standard design -- have been conducted Under current federal law, marijuana is classified
and published in the United States by investigators as a Schedule I drug, defining it as having high po-
at major research centers using the same federal tential for abuse, unsafe for use even under medical
cannabis supply and mode of delivery. supervision, and lacking currently accepted uses in
“In fact,” Aggarwal and colleagues write, “near- the U.S.
ly all of the 33 published controlled clinical trials

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Smoking Marijuana
Does Not Cause Lung Cancer
by Fred Gardner
One in three Americans will be afflicted with cancer, we devoted to educating doctors and the public (as opposed
are told by the government (as if it’s our immutable fate to lobbying politicians). Some 30 MDs and nurses got
and somehow acceptable). Cancer is the second-leading continuing medical education credits for attending the
cause of death in the U.S. and lung cancer the leading event, which was held at Asilomar, on the Monterey
killer among cancers. Peninsula.
You’d think it would have been very big news in The National Institute on Drug Abuse, which
June 2005 when UCLA medical school professor Donald supported Tashkin’s marijuana-related research over the
Tashkin reported that components of marijuana smoke decades, readily gave him a grant in 2002 to conduct a
-- although they damage cells in respiratory tissue -- large, population-based, case-controlled study that would
somehow prevent them from becoming malignant. In prove definitively that heavy, long-term marijuana use
other words, something in marijuana exerts an anti- increases the risk of lung and upper-airways cancers.
cancer effect! What Tashkin and his colleagues found, however,
Tashkin has special credibility. He was the lead disproved their hypothesis. (Tashkin is to marijuana
investigator on studies dating back to the 1970s that as a cause of lung cancer what Hans Blix was to Iraq’s
identified the components in marijuana smoke that are weapons of mass destruction -- an honest investigator
toxic. It was Tashkin et al. who published photomicro- who set out to find something, concluded that it wasn’t
graphs showing that marijuana smoke damages cells there, and reported his results.)
lining the upper airways. It was the Tashkin lab’s finding Tashkin’s team interviewed 1,212 cancer patients
that benzpyrene -- a component of tobacco smoke that from the Los Angeles County Cancer Surveillance
plays a role in most lung cancers -- is especially prevalent program, matched for age, gender, and neighborhood
in marijuana smoke. It was Tashkin’s data showing that with 1,040 cancer-free controls. Marijuana use was
marijuana smokers are more likely than non-smokers to measured in “joint years” (number of years smoked
cough, wheeze, and produce sputum. times number of joints per day).
Tashkin reviewed his findings in April 2008, at a It turned out that increased marijuana use did not
conference organized result in higher rates of lung and pharyngeal cancer,
by “Patients Out whereas tobacco smokers were at greater risk the
of Time,” a more they smoked. Tobacco smokers who also smoked
reform group marijuana were at slightly lower risk of getting lung
cancer than tobacco-only smokers.
These findings were not deemed worthy of publication
in “NIDA Notes.” Tashkin reported them at the 2005
meeting of the International Cannabinoid Research
Society. They were published in the October 2006 issue
of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.
Without a press release from NIDA calling attention
to its significance, the assignment editors of America
had no idea that “Marijuana Use and the Risk of Lung
and Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancers: Results of a
Population-Based Case-Control Study” by Mia Hashibe1,
Hal Morgenstern, Yan Cui, Donald P. Tashkin, Zuo-Feng
Zhang, Wendy Cozen, Thomas M. Mack and Sander
Greenland was a blockbuster story.
Tashkin Defends His Findings
Investigators from New Zealand received widespread
media attention for a study contradicting Tashkin’s
results. “Heavy cannabis users may be at greater risk
of chronic lung disease –including cancer– compared
to tobacco smokers,” is how BBC News summed up the
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 It turned out that increased marijuana use did not result in higher
rates of lung and pharyngeal cancer, whereas tobacco smokers
were at greater risk the more they smoked. Tobacco smokers
who also smoked marijuana were at slightly lower risk of getting
lung cancer than tobacco-only smokers.
The very small size of the study –79 smokers took prostate, and lung cancer. THC has been
part, 21 of whom smoked cannabis only– was not held shown to promote apoptosis (damaged
against the authors. In fact, the small New Zealand study cells die instead of reproducing) and
was given much more coverage by the corporate press to counter angiogenesis (the process
than the large UCLA study that preceded it. by which blood vessels are formed —a
The New Zealand study was portrayed as the latest requirement of tumor growth). Other
word on this important subject. As if scientific inquiry antioxidants in cannabis may also be
were some kind of tennis match and the truth just gets involved in countering malignancy, said
truthier with every volley. Tashkin.
Tashkin criticized the New Zealanders’ methodology
COPD
in his talk at Asilomar: “There’s some cognitive
dissonance associated with the interpretation of their Much of Tashkin’s talk was devoted
findings. I think this has to do with the belief model to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
among the investigators and –I wish they were here to Disease, another condition prevalent
defend themselves– the integrity of the investigators… among tobacco smokers. Chronic
They actually published another paper in which they bronchitis and emphysema are two forms of
mimicked the design that we used for looking at lung COPD, which is the fourth-leading cause of
function.” death in the United States. Air pollution and
Tashkin spoke from the stage of an airy redwood tobacco smoke are known culprits. Inhaled
chapel designed by Julia Morgan. He is pink-cheeked, pathogens cause an inflammatory response,
70ish, wears wire-rimmed spectacles. “For tobacco they resulting in diminished lung function. COPD
found what you’d expect: a higher risk for lung cancer patients have increasing difficulty clearing the
and a clear dose-response relationship. A 24-fold airways as they get older.
increase in the people who smoked the most… What Tashkin and colleagues at UCLA conducted
about marijuana? If they smoked a small or moderate a major study in which they measured lung
amount there was no increased risk, in fact slightly less function of various cohorts over eight years
than one. But if they were in the upper third of the group, and found that tobacco-only smokers had an
then their risk was six-fold… A rather surprising finding, accelerated rate of decline, but marijuana
and one has to be cautious about interpreting the results smokers –even if they smoked tobacco as
because of the very small number of cases -- fourteen— well– experienced the same rate of decline
and controls -- four.” as non-smokers.
Tashkin said the New Zealanders employed “The more tobacco smoked, the greater
“statistical sleight of hand.” He deemed it “completely the rate of decline,” said Tashkin. “In
implausible that smokers of only 365 joints of marijuana contrast, no matter how much marijuana
have a risk for developing lung cancer similar to that of was smoked, the rate of decline was
smokers of 7,000 tobacco cigarettes… Their small sample similar to normal.”
size led to vastly inflated estimates… They had said ‘it’s Tashkin concluded that his and other
ideal to do the study in New Zealand because we have a studies “do not support the concept that
much higher prevalence of marijuana smoking.’ But 88 regular smoking of marijuana leads to
percent of their controls had never smoked marijuana, COPD.”
whereas 36% of our controls (in Los Angeles) had never
smoked marijuana. Why did so few of the controls smoke Breathe easier, everybody.
marijuana? Something fishy about that!”
Source: O’Shaughnessy’s
Strong Words for a UCLA School of Medicine Professor!
As to the highly promising implication of his own
study –that something in marijuana stops damaged
cells from becoming malignant— Tashkin noted that an
anti-proliferative effect of THC has been observed in
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 CA Assembly to Consider Medical
Marijuana Resolution
by Americans for Safe Access
The California Assembly will consider Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 14 after
the legislature reconvenes on January 4. The ASA-sponsored resolution
passed the Senate in August, but the clock ran out on the legislative calendar
on September 11 just before the Assembly Committee on Health was ready
to vote on the measure. ASA will be back in Sacramento in January to finish
the campaign to pass SJR 14.
Earlier this year, the White House and US Attorney General signaled a
willingness to develop a new federal policy. It is still unclear what that policy
will look like. SJR 14, which is authored by Senator Mark Leno (D-San
Francisco), calls for very specific changes to federal medical cannabis policy.
The resolution urges President Obama and Congress to ìmove quickly
to end federal raids, intimidation, and interference with state medical
marijuana law.î But, it goes further by asking the government to establish
ìan affirmative defense to medical marijuana charges in federal court and
establish federal legal protection for individuals authorized by state and
local lawÖî The resolution also addresses the need to expand research into
the medical benefits of cannabis, a recommendation of the White House-
commissioned Institute of Medicine report from 1999. Currently, a federal
monopoly on the cultivation of cannabis for research purposes has stifled
the ability to conduct FDA-approved scientific studies. To address this, the
resolution urges the President and Congress ìto adopt policies and laws
to encourage advanced clinical research trials into the therapeutic use of
marijuana.î

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 Sound Off
Medical Marijuana in Southern California;
What in the hell is the law anyway?

by Robert Selan and MMP really anticipate that cities the establishment of local regulations for
and counties would be deciding how dispensaries
Distribution is the question!
the state laws would be interpreted and So where does this leave the law?
This is the first time I am writing about enforced? It is the Wild West all over again. The
a topic that has now taken front and So what is really happening? law and the selective enforcement of
center stage in conversations, blogs Well, just this past May the County the law is very confusing and riveted
and news stories state and nationwide. of San Diego came up short with its with conflicts. While Prop 215 and
Literally a day doesn’t go by without constitutional challenge of Prop. 215. MMP are still the law of the land, cities
seeing a story about the plight of medical After a lengthy and costly lawsuit, the and counties are gaining traction with
marijuana on the evening news or in a U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the the help of the courts through local
major newspaper or magazine. matter meaning that The County San zoning and land use polices. At the
Prop 215, the Compassionate Use Act, Diego lost the case. The chief argument same time in the landmark decision
under which California voters approved in the case was whether or not federal of The People v. Hochanadel, a Forth
the use of marijuana for medicinal laws which make medical marijuana Circuit Appellate Court Case published
purposes is now over 13 years old. illegal over-ride California’s Prop. 215. last month, the court concluded that
The fact of the matter is that with The Supreme Court said no. storefront dispensaries that qualify as
all of the good intentions the forefathers Next, a couple of cities, Claremont “cooperatives” or “collectives” under the
of Prop 215 may have had, the law is at in LA county and Anaheim in Orange CUA (Prop.215) and MMP, and otherwise
best vague and ambiguous about how a County decided to take this pre-emption comply with those laws, may operate
grower is supposed to get the medicine argument one step further. What is good legally”. However in the Hochanadel
to the patients. The law is silent about for the goose is good for the gander, case the court found that CannaHelp, the
distribution, transportation and sales. right? dispensary in question did not qualify as
In an attempt to clarify and broaden a Primary medical marijuana Caregiver
Prop.215, in 2004 the legislature passed
SB 420, the Medical Marijuana Program Do federal laws under the law, and was therefore not
operating legally under the law.
Act (MMP). While adding some
patient guidelines on Cultivation and
which make medical Even though these cases may end
up having wide-ranging implications
possession, MMP did nothing to clarify marijuana illegal over- for cities and counties statewide, a
the law regarding point of purchase
(dispensaries). ride California’s Prop. Los Angeles City Council committee
in late September began considering
Many cities including Los Angeles
and San Diego have decided to try
215? The Supreme a proposed permanent ordinance to
regulate dispensaries.
and ban dispensaries. They are taking Court said “no.” So much for patients rights, right?
the position that all dispensaries Not so said Los Angeles Deputy City
with storefronts or conducting over Attorney Heather Aubry.“We are talking
the counter business are illegal since In the Claremont case the State about a collective cultivation model
nothing in Prop 215 specifically permits Appellate Court ruled last week that whereby patients, and caregivers, can
them. They have taken a zero tolerance California’s medical marijuana law does come together and cultivate medical
approach in their interpretation of the not require cities to approve zoning for marijuana for provision to their patients,
law and are unwilling to imply anything, dispensaries, and therefore Claremont which is in compliance with state law.”
even though it is obvious that the can ban dispensaries without violating The proposed ordinance allows
California voters did not intend to pass a state law. The Anaheim case which for the operation of medical marijuana
law that would not be implemented. was also heard last week, but has not collectives, which are groups of qualified
On the other hand the law does not yet been decided, contains the same patients, and primary caregivers who
state that a dispensary can not be a store legal argument as the Claremont case cultivate medical marijuana solely for
front. Thus the gray area! Buzz words but in addition it provides for criminal the qualified patients.
like Collectives and Caregivers have prosecution for dispensaries violating Under the proposed ordinance,
been used interchangeably by both sides the ban. A decision in the Anaheim case collectives must be at least 1,000 feet from
on the issue, creating more confusion is expected within 90 days. This conflict other collectives, schools, playgrounds,
then clarity. Did the drafters of Prop. 215 exists because neither state law compels Continued on page 70
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 Adrianne's
SOAPBOX
by Adrianne Curry

I
hate politics. I always have. Each side has its pros and each side has its cons. However,
lately I have been appalled with many in (and representing) the Republican Party. The
lies and hate they are spreading about our president are hitting a fever pitch. I mean,
I couldn’t stand Bush, but I didn’t spread bullshit. I just told everyone he was partially
brain dead and couldn’t publicly speak to save his life. I can barely form words for the
extreme racism I have witnessed since Obama stepped onto Ladin, only he is stirring a hornets nest of angry, uneducated,
the scene. I have heard him called things having to do with Christian extremists instead of angry, uneducated, Muslim
monkeys and the dreaded “N” word. Honestly, I grew up in extremists. This is fear mongering. It is the equivalent of
a blue-collar town. Everyone was pretty equal when it came running into a crowded nightclub or theater and screaming
to what you had and color was never something I witnessed “Fire! Fire!” just to start a riot. This is basically like a psychic
anyone having issue to. Now you have a half -black man run taking advantage of some poor bloke who thinks 2012 is the
for office, and suddenly the confederacy rises again! end of the world, feeding them lies and bullshit to drain their
What really bothers me is when you flip on Faux News, bank accounts and keep them coming back for more. At least
they will sit there and argue that no one is racist towards in Bin Ladin’s case,he is promising a slew of virgins! The only
Obama, that they only dislike him because of this and that. thing we are getting out of this is the death of this country.
This is untrue! I know a lot of wealthy people out here in Now more than ever we need to unite, unless we are fine
LA, and I wont name names, and I have witnessed the with losing our “super power” status.
most vile, racist remarks drop from the lips of friends who What I find the most frustrating is that Rush himself
I had never heard say these things before. Needless to say, is a fucking lying pill popping hypocrite. These extremists
I haven’t found an excuse to see these friends again. That follow his every word, not even bringing into question why
narrow-minded and weak way of thinking is so below me I they would follow a closet drug addict. They can always go
can’t bare to be near it. The animalistic hatred burning in the and listen to Glenn Beck, a man who publicly made fun of a
eyes of the Republican Party’s mouthpieces does nothing but woman who had a miscarriage by prank calling her on the
spark fear in my heart. I am just as frightened of them as I radio in order to get his show more listeners. I wonder which
am of Are all Republicans racist? No. But I have never heard of Beck’s “9 Principles, 12 Values” this would fall under? This
of all the KKK and neo Nazi’s joining the Democratic Party is The Grand Old Party! This is the home of Abraham Lincoln
lately, have you?? By the way, I am a Libertarian for the most and Theodore Roosevelt! What the hell has happened to you,
part, so don’t go accusing me of being some far-left weirdo. GOP?
My party has never been properly represented in the good What has happened to you, America? Jesus said,“Let the
ole U S of A. weeds be separated and burn them”. Maybe that is exactly
Just recently, 51 year-old Bill Sparkman, a part time census what all these bastards need to do. I know I’m going to!
worker and cancer survivor was murdered. Bill had been
The above are the views of Adrianne Curry only
going through cancer treatment while he worked two jobs
and are not necessarily the views of the publisher.
in order to obtain his degree. One of those jobs was being a
part-time census worker. He was found dead September 13th
hanging from a tree in Kentucky naked with the word “Fed”
scrawled across his chest. Why would someone commit such
a crime? Because the morons who keep calling into question
President Obama’s birth (they claim he is not an American
citizen) are claiming census workers are somehow tied to
the Federal Government in some conspiracy to take away
their rights. People like Rush Limbaugh do nothing but fan
the flames of these freaks. He sits on his soapbox, claiming
radical things about Obama.“He wasn’t born in this country;
He is a Muslim; He wants to turn our government into
Soviet Russia…” In my opinion, Rush is no different than Bin
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Discover L.A. Live
Downtown Culver City: A Hip Area that Lives Up to Its History
by Courtney Krueger
Culver City has always been recognized as a supplier of previously owned by John Wayne, came into existence in
entertainment, as it houses Sony Studios and creates the 1924, and it features rooms modeled after such stars like
magic of cinema within its city walls. However, this Los John Wayne himself, Judy Garland, and Marilyn Monroe.
Angeles metropolis makes more than just good movies; it It has accommodated several celebrities of the past and
also provides awesome cocktails! If you haven’t wandered present, and even housed the cast of “The Wizard of Oz”
the city’s downtown vicinity, it’s time you check out this while they were filming on the nearby lot.
newly renovated area, and enjoy a tantalizing meal and While you probably won’t see a munchkin running
beverage in this chic environment. Downtown Culver around (but hey, you never know), you will be able to
City is a scenic locale that’s jam-packed with unique bars experience historical Hollywood in the lobby bar, an area
and restaurants, so next time you’re craving a creative that’s encompassed by high ceilings, antique furniture,
cocktail or a night on the town, consider the following and plush couches. This vicinity allows you to socialize
hotspots. And who knows, maybe you’ll even spot a in a contemporary manner, while experiencing an old-
celebrity who just completed a day of work at Sony. fashion, and highly unique, vibe. Be sure to try one of the
specialty cocktails (as previously mentioned, go for the
Rush Street green tea martini), then relax to the soothing melodies
Rush Street was introduced to Downtown Culver City in created by the piano (yes, this is a piano bar).
2008, and it immediately energized the nightlife in the
area. The restaurant strives to follow in the footsteps of
BottleRock
Chicago’s dynamic party scene, and therefore can offer BottleRock is Downtown Culver’s ultimate wine bar! It
you quality food, a well-stocked bar, and an invigorating supplies an extensive list of over 800 wines that suits
club, all in one place! This Chi-town vibe is further every budget, as glasses start at $8 and are offered as
induced with a warm and modish atmosphere that’s low as $4 during happy hour. Whether your preferences
surrounded by dark brick walls, deeply colored furniture, include red, white, sweet, or dry, you are guaranteed
and contemporary artwork. Rush Street makes great use to find a grape-based beverage to satisfy your inner
of its available space, and it offers a friendly sidewalk enophile (aka wine lover). Do not disregard this bar if
terrace, an inviting mezzanine lounge (with a view of the wine is not your cocktail of choice, for it also provides
central dining room), a swanky rooftop patio, and a 35 an array of refreshing beer, from ales to lagers to stouts.
foot bar that’s fully stocked with all your favorite booze. Since quality alcohol deserves a counterpart, BottleRock
However, the section you’ll likely remember is referred serves up small platters such as gourmet cheeses, nuts,
to as the “star room,” an area that encourages dancing olives, and chocolates to bring out the distinct flavors in
and craziness with its wild decorations and vibrant DJ the drinks.
beats. It even features the accessory that completes every If wine is a true hobby of yours, you can attend one of
dance floor, a stripper pole! BottleRock’s hosted events like educational seminars or
While inside this versatile domain, you can feast the weekly wine tastings every Saturday from 1-4pm.
on steak or seafood, or opt for lighter fare like sliders You can also experiment with beers at scheduled beer
(available in the form of beef, turkey, crawfish and crab, tastings, and introduce your taste buds to delightful
pork, or sausage), hummus and pita chips, or lamb new flavors (check their calendar of events). This rustic
lollipops. Be sure to try one of their distinct cocktails and upbeat environment is the ideal place to unwind
(in addition to their fine wine and beer); with beverage after a day of work, socialize with a group of friends,
names like Blackberry Fizz, Bourbon Texas Tea, and and sample new beer and wines, all while listening to
Pineapple Upside Down Cake Martini, you can’t go contemporary guitar-produced music. Their website
wrong! And, if you get off work early or want to take a sums it up in 6 words: BottleRock is the place to “rock
late lunch (that doesn’t end), check out their happy hour out with your cork out!”
that’s offered from 3pm-7pm, and simultaneously please
your taste buds and wallet with $3 and $5 drinks. Backstage Bar
Culver Hotel Lobby Bar You cannot explore Culver City without visiting the
town’s renowned dive bar, the Backstage Bar. It is a short
The Culver Hotel is definitely worth paying a visit to, not walk from the central downtown area, located on the
just to taste the green tea martini, but to get a taste of corner of Culver Blvd. and Motor, directly across from
history as well. While inside these vintage walls, you’ll the studios (hence, the bar’s name). It is located in
be swept to the old Hollywood era and be able to feel the the heart of movie land, and this is another place the
traditional motion picture glamour. This establishment, Munchkins supposedly frequented during tapings. Here
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with the Culver City Slut (don’t get any ideas, it’s the
name of a cocktail), the dimly-lit friendly environment,
the tasty bar food, the low drink prices (always a plus),
and the lively karaoke on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
nights.

Ugo
Ugo is a quaint Italian café that resides on a corner lot in
the heart of downtown Culver, and it offers two outdoor
patios for an enjoyable, open air dining experience.
They feature an extensive menu that includes delicious
cocktails and fare, serving all the Italian favorites like
cannelloni, gnocchi, calzones, paninis, and an array
of pastas. This eatery provides one of the best happy
hours in DCC, so be sure to visit Ugo between 4pm-7pm
(Mondays through Fridays), and indulge in the deals
and the delicious Italian flavors. Quality beer bottles
are offered for $2 (yes, it’s cheap to get buzzed at this
hh), wines are $7, and martinis that pack flavors like
ginger pomegranate, passion fruit, and pear are $7.50.
Obviously, you’re going to need to coat your stomach,
and you can feast on Italian delights like meatballs for
$5, calamari for $6.50, caprese for $5.50, carpaccio for
$8.50, and prosciutto and melon for $5.00 (amongst other
things). Don’t forget to check out their attached wine bar,
where you can purchase a wine card and experiment
with different bottles. And, be sure to end your meal the
right way, by enjoying a creamy, cold treat at the gelato
bar (yum!).
There are many other great bars and restaurants that
abound in this land, but you get the point: Downtown
Culver City is pretty cool! Don’t neglect DCC when
deciding where to spend your Friday night, and come
experience the lively scene for yourself. And, you might
even be able to hit up a live taping on the lot while you’re

Downtown Culver City is a

scenic locale that’s jam-packed
with unique bars and restaurants.
So next time you’re craving a
creative cocktail or a night
on the town, consider
Culver City hotspots.
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 Oakland Mayoral Candidate Don
Perata Endorses Tax and Regulate
Medical Marijuana Act
by J.T Gold
According to a blog posted by the Chronicle’s Matier &
Ross, former State Senator and declared mayoral candidate
Don Perata will endorse a ballot initiative called the Tax And
Regulate Cannabis Act. The Oaksterdam-led legislation, now
kicking off its signature-gathering campaign, would allow
counties to choose to permit and tax marijuana for recreational
purposes. According to the reporters:
Perata said his decision to back the proposed initiative was
prompted in part by the overwhelming approval in Oakland of
a measure to tax medical marijuana earlier this year.
“It’s pretty well proven that medical marijuana has not
unraveled society as some feared,” Perata said. “This is taking
the debate to a new level.
“It’s not something that the state Legislature is going
to pass,” Perata said. There’s too much opposition from
conservative Republicans, he noted, and not enough support
from Democrats.
The reform, which aims to fix what supporters say is a failed
system of laws, calls for regulating cannabis like alcohol and
would allow anyone 21 or older to posses up to an ounce of
pot and grow it for personal use.
Backers of the initiative say it would also help the state’s
jobless rate and bring in funds for public schools, state parks
and libraries.
California already has some of the loosest rules on marijuana
for medical use under Proposition 215. The Compassionate
Use Act, passed by voters in 1996, allows patients with a valid
doctor’s recommendation to qualify for a medical marijuana
card.
Nearly 434,000 signatures of registered voters are needed
by Feb. 18 for the Tax Cannabis initiative to qualify for the
November ballot.

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 Welcome to Kush Kitchen
Cannabutter Recipe
Cannabutter can be used in any recipe that calls for regular butter or
margarine. Be sure to label the cannabutter very clearly to avoid any
confusion in the fridge!
Ingredients Equipment
• 4oz (115g) Butter
• Small saucepan
• 1/8oz (3.5g) Cannabis buds/hash OR
• Wooden spoon
• 1/4oz (7g) Cannabis leaves
• Sieve (optional)
Method
1. Melt the butter slowly in a pan. Add 1/8 oz (3.5g) finely ground
cannabis, and simmer on a low heat for around 30 minutes. This allows
the cannabis to infuse fully into the butter. Take care to keep the heat
by Canna B. Chef low, and stir continuously as the butter can burn easily.
You have to learn to crawl before 2. After 30 minutes, pour the butter into a jug or tub. As you do this, if
you walk, so here is the first lesson you want to remove the bud/hash/leaf, you can pass it through a fine
in canna cuisine butter! sieve. You won’t be wasting any “good stuff,” since all the THC
should have dissolved into the butter, but if you don’t mind getting
green bits in your teeth, you can just as easily leave it in.
3. Allow the cannabutter to set for around an hour, or until relatively
hard, before using.
4. Cut into small cubes, seal in a Ziploc and freeze for later use. Donít
forget to label!

Munchies! Grilled Peanut Butter and Jelly Waffles

This is a recipe for a big, fat treat that I Ingredients
picked up from a favorite chef of mine 2 frozen waffles. I prefer Kashi to Ego, but it’s your call.
in New York. You can make this with Peanut butter
or without cannbutter. It is simple, Jelly
ridiculously decadent and can be Butter
made in less than 5 mintues. Method
Prepare just as you would
Heat a skillet or any old frying pan on medium heat
a grilled cheese
sandwich. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in pan
Smear peanut butter over one side of frozen waffle. Make sure to get as much
Warning: This snack is so tasty that gooey goodness as possible in the holes!
you may develop a waffle habit. Add your favorite jelly or jam to one side of the other waffle
Don’t forget to eat a veggie
Place peanut butter waffle (peanut butter side up!) in pan and let cook
now and again! for 2 minutes

Enjoy! Place 2nd waffle (jelly side down!) on top of peanut butter waffle in the pan
Flip entire waffle sandwich 2-3 times each side for even grilling.

We always have the munchies!

We are busy cooking up new ideas and need your help.
Are you a cannabis chef with a recipe to share?
Send it on over to editor@kushla.com
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Game On!
by Patrick O’Mally
The holiday shopping season is here and that means that the publishers and developers are all scrambling
to launch their big-money hits in time. If you have been good this year, it looks to be one of the best
holidays yet for gamers. November looks like an awesome month with some cool movie-based games
and of course The Sequels! Here’s my wish list for November.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Modern Warfare 2 is set several years after the conclusion The game takes place in 15th century, Italy during the
of Call of Duty 4. The radical Russian Ultranationalist Renaissance, approximately 295 years after the first game.
organization has returned to prominence under the Like Assassin’s Creed, characters based on historical
leadership of Vladimir Makarov, a former associate of figures will be present in the game including Leonardo da
Imran Zakhaev with his own ambitions. Makarov has Vinci, Niccolò Machiavelli, Caterina Sforza and Lorenzo
publicized Zakhaev’s death as an act of martyrdom to de’ Medici. Unlike Altaïr, whose ring finger was amputated
garner support for his cause, enabling him to build a strong in order to accommodate use of his hidden blade, Ezio has
power base in Russia over the years. Fearful of Makarov’s not; bearing a ring displaying his family crest. This was
growing influence, the global community established Task made possible by just one of numerous technical advances
Force 141 to counter the threat posed by the resurgent made by his close friend – Leonardo da Vinci – who helps
Ultranationalists. Ezio throughout the course of the game.
Platform(s) : Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Platform(s) : iPhone OS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
Release date: November 10, 2009 3, Xbox 360
Release Date: November 17, 2009
Assassin’s Creed 2
It has been confirmed that the player will assume the James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game
role of a young nobleman-turned-assassin named Ezio On July 24 2009, Ubisoft announced that Sigourney Weaver
Auditore di Firenze. In an interview with Patrice Desilets, will reprise her role from the film and voice Dr. Grace
the game’s creative director, it was revealed that Ezio’s Augustine. Other actors from the film that will appear
father, a banker, had been murdered; thus, the essence in the game include Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi
of the plot is to get revenge on the rival families that and Stephen Lang. Michelle Rodriguez’s character, Trudy
murdered him whilst Ezio watches over his mother and Chacon, functions as the player’s chopper pilot throughout
sister. Like Altaïr in the first the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 system and PC versions of
game, Ezio is an ancestor the game. Ribisi reprises his role as the arrogant Parker
of Desmond Miles, the Selfridge, appearing exclusively in the Wii version of the
modern day bartender who game. The film’s antagonist, Col. Quaritch, played and
was captured by Abstergo, voiced by Lang, will appear in the Xbox 360, Playstation 3
with Ezio himself being system and PC versions.
a descendant of Altaïr.
Platform(s): PlayStation 3 (3D), Xbox 360 (3D), Microsoft
He is shown to wield two
Windows, Wii, PlayStation Portable
hidden blades, one of
Release date: November 2009
which is combined with
a rudimentary “hidden Ride to Hell
gun” located on the Ride to Hell set in 1969 follows the adventures of a man
same unit, enabling named Charlie who returns from Vietnam and has trouble
Ezio to fire a musket reintegrating into society. The conservative 1950s are over,
shot with the the hippie revolution has launched, and the horrors of
Assassins’ emblem war are still too fresh in his mind. He finds home in a
on it. The gun will motorcycle gang going by the name of Devils Hand. The
show an indicator, game’s main goal is to survive and eventually reach the
which can make top of the gang, recruiting new members and gaining
the player aim for strength as a group along the way.
the target. Ride to Hell is promoted as not being for the faint
hearted. The game is set in the last years of the roaring
1960’s, a time of Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N Roll. The biker
movement, rock music and the hippie counterculture all
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at the player who wants to become fully involved in
the original West Coast biker culture, with its hard
drinking, bare knuckle environment.
Platform(s): Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows,
PlayStation 3
Release Date: November 2009

Lego Indiana Jones 2:

The Adventure Continues
The game allows gamers to play a “tongue-in-cheek
take on all four cinematic adventures,”including the
latest film in the franchise, Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which was not included
in the previous game. Gameplay will consist of the
same drop in/out co-op play which has become a
staple of the Lego series. As of yet, there have only
been two new features announced for the game. A
level creator where the player(s) can create levels/objects social networks, many of which reference more famous
to play with and the 2 -player co/op will now be split online servers such as ‘Inner Tube’ (referencing YouTube).
screen, so the players will not have to stay close. Here, the player will encounter numerous characters and
The game also includes the original 3 movies with new many licensed cars ranging from Dodge Vipers to BMW’s to
levels and all the old ones. The August Game Informer Ford Transit Vans fitted with F1 engines, all of which have full
says that it is a great game but you should throw away damage modeling, a shield bar which can be used at any time
your other one. The game was rumored to have a sprint by the player to protect the car’s health bar from other weapons
mode, talking, and faster tagging. This game was also told and separate traits, such as Acceleration, Speed, Drift, Grip and
to have PSP remote play on the PlayStation 3 version. Stability. As the player races well, performs stunts and uses
power-ups in certain ways during races, the player will gain
Platform(s): Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, ‘fan points’, Blur’s equivalent to PGR’s Kudos system. These
PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows, iPhone points help the player progress through the career, purchase
Release Date: November 17, 2009 more cars and parts and earn more fans for the user base.
During the career, challenges will take place mid-race when
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 the player drives through a fan icon. Completing these short
Lionel Messi will be a key endorsement player for PES 2010 challenges (i.e. find a secret nitro power-up) will reward the
by featuring throughout the promotion and development player with a fan points boost.
of the game.He is set to feature on the cover alongside
Fernando Torres, another endorsement player. Platform(s): Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Release Date: November 2009
Platform(s): PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation
Portable, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Wii and Lego Rock Band
mobile phone The music portions of the game will remain the
Release Date: November 20, 2009 same as the Rock Band series, though easier skill
levels will be provided for “budding musicians”.
Band Hero [10] Only slight changes in the game’s main
According to Jeff Gerstmann of Giant Bomb, the game, interface have been made, most notably that
from its first trailer, appears to be functionally similar to notes are represented by colored Lego bricks.
the features of Guitar Hero 5, including bands composed Successfully completing songs will earn the
of any combination of four instruments, drop-in/drop-out players Lego studs which they may use to
play, in-song menus to change difficulty and instrument, build and customize their Lego-style avatars,
and additional multiplayer modes compared to Guitar staff, vehicles, and their “rock den”. There
Hero 5’s “Rockfest”. Taylor Swift, Adam Levine (of Maroon will also be Lego-themed challenges such
5), and the band No Doubt have been confirmed to be as demolishing buildings by successfully
playable avatars in the game. Artists performed motion playing songs. All existing music
capture for their in-game avatars. game controllers will work with Lego
Platform(s): PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Rock Band.
Nintendo DS Platform(s): PlayStation 3, Xbox 360,
Release Date: November 3, 2009 Wii, Nintendo DS
Release Date: November 30, 2009
Blur
Blur follows a career mode where the story plays out
through email messages sent through numerous fictional
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Adrianna Curry Interview continued from page 28
KLA: So what’s next for you? AC: I worked with one of the people who started Daily Buds
AC: I’m really into producing right now. I am pitching shows and he called me and said,“I couldn’t think of anyone more
to the networks and doing a lot of writing. I would love to prefect to blog for the site.”This is hysterical to us. I am,
have a talk show or be part of a panel. I have opinions. after all, the winner of not one, but three High Times Stony
Awards.
KLA: One of your projects is blogging on dailybuds.com and
now, I’m announcing it to the world, you are going to be KLA: What is that? What did you win for? They have awards?
a monthly columnist for Kush LA. How did you become a Adrianne glides over to a cupboard that most people would
“celebrity” in the medical marijuana movement? have to get a stepladder to reach and pulls out a glass bong
AC: It’s crazy to me that marijuana is illegal. I can get pills that has an inscription that simply says, High Times Stony
from a doctor and abuse the shit out of them. I mean, booze? Award. The other two are broken.
Are you kidding? I can go to the liquor store and get all AC: I don’t know what I won for. They don’t really have
different sorts of crunk, but don’t smoke a bowl? No. I don’t categories.
think so. And even more so, my mom’s best friend, who is KLA: But you got three.
like a second mother to me, has stage 4 cancer and knowing
that she could and wants to benefit from marijuana but AC: I know. I think one is for being a hot stoner chick and the
doesn’t because it’s illegal is so upsetting. It’s sick. But let other is for being on TV. I was like, cool. I get a bong for that?
me be clear about something. I think EVERYTHING should KLA: See. The beautiful truly are privileged.
be legal. Just so you know. Every. Single. Fucking. Thing. I’m
AC: I think as long as you smoke pot and have boobs then
sorry, but who am I or you or anyone else to force their will
guys like you. At least stoner guys.
upon another human being on what they can or cannot do
with their body? It’s free choice. If some crack head wants KLA: Dude, if you played video games you would be a stoner
to go smoke a rock...we’re not stopping him anyway…then guy’s dream.
let him. If you take the money away from the cartels and AC: I have an Xbox 360 downstairs. Are you kidding? But I’m
the drug dealers by legalizing everything, they are out of into older games like Silent Hill and resident Evil. You know..
business. Bye bye. We wouldn’t want that, would we? No. We Duck Hunt. I love that shit. I spent my entire teenage drug
like ghettos. America is not home of the free is it home of the years in garages stepping over controller cords listening to
oppressed. It seems very Nazi to me to tell some coke addict guys yell at me to get out of the fucking way. That was life.
it’s illegal and he can’t have it. Go kill yourself, you fucking
idiot. I used to be a drug addict and let me tell you, most of We decide to take a break and go out to the rooftop and
them aren’t going to pull out. There’s nothing you can do. If enjoy her amazing view. Chris comes home and announces
it’s legal and they go to rehab and still die, oh well. There’s that he’s going to go get a workout in. Adrianne and I chat
nothing you can do. about her upcoming column and enjoy the easy breezy vibes
and quiet stillness of a beach town in late summer.
KLA: Do you want to tell the readers how you came to be
part of the Kush LA/Dailybuds family? AC: You know, if I had stayed on drugs I would have never
had all this. I’m really happy.

What’s the Law Anyway? continued from page 56

child care facilities, religious institutions, public libraries, public that recently expired, resulted in the rapid growth of medical
parks, hospitals and rehab centers. marijuana dispensaries throughout Southern California. By
Collectives would also be limited to giving their members some accounts there are now in excess of 1000 dispensaries
medical marijuana only between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. They in LA County, out numbering McDonalds, and Starbucks in
cannot have more than five pounds of dried marijuana nor certain areas.
have more than 100 plants on their property at any time. What’s next: There have been three initiatives filed for the
Before collectives can begin operating, their location will 2010 election, as well as an Assembly Bill to regulate cannabis
be inspected by Department of Building and Safety officials to sales. There is also a federal bill to decriminalize up to 100
ensure compliance with the ordinance. grams for adults. The legalization movement and activism is
Once the collectives are in place, they are required not going away and is gaining more and more momentum as
to document each member’s participation in the medical time goes on.
marijuana cultivation, and provide an accounting of their This article is not about taxation or the revenue that can be
expenses. generated from the cultivation and sale of medical marijuana,
Collectives that began operating before Sept. 14, 2007, and which god knows we desperately need in California right
registered with the City Clerk’s Office before Nov. 12, 2007, will now. However with proper and reasonable regulations
be given 90 days to comply once the ordinance takes effect. over all aspects of this new and thriving recession resistant
Collectives that began operating after that time frame are industry, patients will get the quality medication they deserve
required to comply immediately, or be shut down. at reasonable prices, which is what Californians thought they
A legal loophole, more commonly referred to as a “Hard- had voted for in the first place.
ship Exemption” that was contained in a temporary ordinance Stay tuned, we have only just begun!
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 Funny News:
Oopsie! Police Slash Research Hemp
Instead of Pot
Dutch police who mowed down what they thought were
illicit marijuana plants were red-faced last month when it
emerged they’d ruined a research group’s giant, officially
sanctioned field of harmless hemp.
Police proudly announced in a press conference that
they’d found more than 47,000 cannabis plants, with an
estimated street value of nearly euro4.5 million ($6.45
million) concealed in a corn field in the Flevoland province
east of Amsterdam.
They mowed down half the plants only to be informed
they were the property of Wageningen University and
Research Center, a respected agricultural school.
The field contained a new strain of hemp that researchers
hope can be a sustainable source of fiber, Simon Vink, a
spokesman for the executive board of Wageningen University
and Research Center, said Thursday.
Hemp plants are related to marijuana but have only trace
elements of THC, the mind-altering chemical that cannabis
contains.
“The street value from a drug point of view is less than
zero,”Vink said.

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Science Toasts Asparagus
as Hangover Remedy
You may have a friend in the vegetable world.

by Charlotte Cruz
The next time you and your buddies decide to go big and have
one or six too many, consider the ramifications. A hangover can
be devastating, especially if the big night out was a school night
(oops). Nausea, headache, body aches, vomiting, dehydration,
the feeling like you have been hit by a truck.. (I’ll stop now
for those of you who are reading this indoors with sunglasses
on, trying to figure out why you have a bar napkin in your
pocket that says “ Banjo lessons, Fridays, Bring it!”) makes the
thought of working or doing anything beyond remote control
captaining seem impossible. Well, a scientific study uncovers
that you may have a friend in the vegetable world, ready to
fight off hangovers before or after you decide that Irish car
bombs are a good idea: asparagus.
That’s right, scientists have found that eating asparagus
before or after a night of drinking can help reign in the next
day’s headaches.
According to Rodale News, “In research to be published
in the Journal of Food Science, Korean researchers found that
extracts taken from the leaves and shoots of asparagus boosted
levels of key enzymes that break down alcohol after heavy
drinking. The good news is that such concentrated asparagus
extract isn’t necessary. Simply eating a healthy dose of the
green stuff before or after (or before and after) your drinking
brigade begins can have an alleviating effect.
So how does it work? Rodale explains: “Heavy alcohol
(ethanol) drinking leads to a number of unpleasant physical
and mental symptoms, including fatigue, thirst, headache,
nausea, vomiting, and so on. In addition, ethanol itself and
acetaldehyde, a metabolite produced in the course of ethanol
breakdown, may induce a number of toxic results, especially in
the liver. The two key enzymes, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH)
and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) quickly metabolize
ethanol into the nontoxic acetate”, explains Deokbae Park,
PhD, professor of medicine at Cheju National University School
of Medicine in Korea. “Our study basically aimed to find any
diet to promote the breakdown of ethanol by stimulating the
two key enzymes,” he says.“By adding the extract to liver cells
in the lab, they determined that asparagus is high in amino
acids that stimulate those enzyme functions, accelerating the
breakdown of alcohol. In an informal trial that wasn’t part of
the study, Park found that volunteers who drank a beverage
containing the extract reported fewer hangover symptoms.”
Believe the news or not, it seems like a pretty good idea to
try. It’s not like the science is suggesting that you drink a liter
of bong water or eat fried mayonnaise sandwiches. Asparagus
is one of the“super foods”that is a great source of fiber, B6 and
thiamin and is low calorie, no fat. I doubt any science could
say that it will replace the In N’ Out or omelette miracle that
will save you the next day, but it certainly can’t hurt. Cheers,
asparagus!
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 SLEEPING WITH
GHOULS AND
GHOSTS
California’s
Haunted
Hotels
by Jane Quentin

B elieve what you will, but the following hotels throughout

our fair state have been deemed haunted either by legend or
sounds of ghostly diners in an otherwise empty dining room, a
ghostly woman seen walking over the brook as if supported by
perhaps a morbid marketing person. So if you have travel plans a bridge removed long ago, and more. Brookdale Lodge, 11570
this Halloween and want to make a theme of it, try checking in Highway 9, P.O. Box 903, Brookdale, CA. 95007, 831-338-6433
to one of these haunted hotspots. If you dare.

San Diego
Beverly Hills Hotel Del Coronado - Rising from the water’s edge on the
Beverly Hills Hotel - Presiding majestically above Sunset island of Coronado, this historic hotel has long been visited
Boulevard, the Beverly Hills Hotel has been welcoming by the rich and famous. Considered one of America’s most
royalty, legends, world leaders and luminaries to its luxurious beautiful resorts, The Del, as the hotel is known by locals, was
accommodations since 1912. Its bungalows are said to be built in 1888, by Elisha Babcok and H.L. Story, who dreamed of
haunted by several ghosts including Rachmaninoff and Harpo building a seaside resort that would be“the talk of the Western
Marx. Beverly Hills Hotel, 9641 Sunset Boulevard, Beverly world.” The 399 room grand resort cost over a million dollars to
Hills, CA. 90210, : 310-276-2251 or 800-283-8885. build, a staggering amount at the time. One of the Del’s most
often seen ghostly guests is a woman named Kate Morgan who
allegedly committed suicide on the beach in 1892. Ms. Morgan
Santa Cruz Area has often been spotted in the room that she stayed in - 3327,
and upon the grounds of the resort. In another room, #3519,
Brookdale Lodge - Sitting beneath the stately giant
a maid supposedly hanged herself here and this room is also
redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains, the Brookdale Lodge
said to be haunted. Other strange phenomena includes objects
has been serving customers since 1890. In the early 1920’s, the
are tossed about guest rooms as people sleep, the sounds of
beautiful dining room with the natural brook running through
disembodied footsteps, and mysterious temperature changes.
it was built and a feature of Ripley’s Believe It or Not served
The Hotel Del Coronado, 1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado,
to make the Brookdale Lodge world famous. In the 1940’s
CA. 92118, 619-435-6611 or 800-HOTELDEL.
the lodge became home to a number of gangsters and other
shady characters. At this time a number of secret passageways
and hidden rooms were installed throughout the lodge. It was Death Valley
during this time that buried bodies under the floor began to
circulate and a six year old girl drowned in the dining room Furnace Creek Inn & Ranch Resort - Sitting upon the
creek. Today, this historic lodge is haunted by dozens of specters glittering salt flats of Death Valley national Park sits this oasis
from the past as the little girl is seen running through the lobby, in the desert. The mission-style inn with its thick adobe walls,
ethereal voices and music are heard throughout the lodge, the opened in 1927, and not only continues to retain its vintage
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atmosphere, but also a vintage era ghost. This friendly phantom some not so good. Hollywood stars have come to the hotel
is thought to be that of Chef James Marquez, who worked to have affairs by the dozens, this is where John Bulushi died
at the hotel from 1959 to 1973. Forced to quit due to illness, from an overdose, and dozens of show biz deals have been
he died three years later. But, Chef Marquez evidently liked made and broken. It is also said to be haunted by a number of
his job so much, he continues roam “his” kitchen and dining ghostly spirits. One has even been known to climb into guest’s
room, mysteriously opening and closing doors, rearranging beds. However, you should know that the Marmont continues
equipment and tools, and making all manner of odd noises to protect its guests’ privacy and if you don’t rent one of its
in the middle of the night. Furnace Creek Inn, Death Valley very pricy rooms, you won’t be allowed to wander around
National Park, Hwy. 190, PO Box 1, Death Valley, CA. 92328, here. Marmont Hotel, 8221 Sunset Boulevard Hollywood, CA.
760-786-2345, 800-236-7916 90046, 323-656-1010

Healdsburg Lake Arrowhead

Madrona Manor - The manor was built in 1880 by wealthy Fern Manor - The brainchild of Chicago mobster, Bugsy
businessman John Paxton. The 17 room home called Madrona Siegel, this Alpine style inn was opened as Club Arrowhead
Knoll Rancho at the time was the grandest show place in the in 1929. The state of the art club catered to the rich and
area.The property remained a private residence until 1981 when famous of Hollywood, offering gambling, illegal liquor, and
it was renovated as a romantic country inn and restaurant. The prostitution. It also offered legal amenities such as an Olympic
inn, now on the National Register of Historic Places is said to size swimming pool, skiing, tennis courts, a bathhouse, and
be haunted by the ghost of a young girl in Room 101, as well as more. So successful was the resort, that Bugsy was soon
a spirit named Elsie he has been known to lurk in the Dining able to convince the bosses in Chicago to front the money
Room. Madrona Manor, 1001 Westside Road, Healdsburg, CA. for another little gambling spot in the middle of nowhere
95448, 707-433-4231 or 800-258-4003. -- Las Vegas. The brothel, known as “The Crib,” continued
operations through World War II and gambling operations
were maintained in the speakeasy up to 1955. Now a Certified
Los Angeles/Hollywood Historic Landmark in the State of California, Bracken Fern is
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel - At the start of Hollywood’s also said to be haunted by a former prostitute named Violet.
golden days, as the silent pictures were being replaced with The prostitute killed herself after the mob killed her lover
ìtalkies,î the Roosevelt Hotel was designed and built on and her violet scented perfume can still be smelled wafting
sprawling strawberry fields as a benchmark of glamour and through the halls. Another ghost of a small boy has also been
elegance. Named in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt, seen at this historic inn. Thought to be the son of a former
the hotel opened its doors onto Hollywood Boulevard on May prostitute he was trampled by a team of horses. Today his tiny
15, 1927, having been built at the then staggering cost of $2.5 footsteps are often seen in the snow. Bracken Fern Manor, 815
million. The most prestigious movie stars of the day, Douglas Arrowhead Villas Road, P.O. Box 1006, Lake Arrowhead, CA
Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, helped to bring the hotel to 92352, 909-337-8557 or 888-244-5612
life and the grand opening hosted the biggest celebrities of
the day like Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo, Will Rogers and
Clara Bow, among others. It quickly became the epicenter of Long Beach
Hollywood, the Entertainment Capital of the World. In 1929, Queen Mary - Considered the most luxurious ocean liner
the first Academy Awards ceremony took place in the Blossom ever to sail the Atlantic, the Queen Mary first set sail in 1936,
Room of the hotel. Today it is said to be haunted by the likes carrying 3,000 passengers and crew. After making more
of Montgomery Clift who continues to play his bugle in than 1,000 voyages across the ocean, the Queen Mary was
Room 928; and Marilyn Monroe whose image has been seen permanently docked in Long Beach in 1967. Today, it serves
gazing from a lobby mirror. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 as both a luxurious hotel and a museum and is the constant
Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028, 800-950-7667

Knickerbocker Hotel - Built in 1925, the building opened

as a luxury apartment before later becoming a hotel. This
Hollywood hotel, like many others catered to hundreds
of celebrities and if walls could talk, would tell a host of
scandalous tales. Today, several ghosts have been seen in the
old hotel including Valentino and Marilyn Monroe. 1714 Ivar
Avenue, Hollywood, CA. 323-962-8898.

Chateau Marmont - Built in 1929, this hotel has played

hosts to numerous celebrities over the years, including John
Lennon, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Jean Harlow, Dustin
Hoffman, Greta Garbo and dozens of others who are looking
for a little privacy. The majestic, castle-like hotel rises above
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source for stories of paranormal activities. Said to be one of in coffee cups during Prohibition. Today, the hotel has been
the most haunted hotels in the nation, this historic ship has a renovated with modern amenities but continues to maintain
number of spirits lurking upon its decks. The swimming pool at atmosphere of an earlier era. It is also said to be home to
is reportedly haunted by two women who drowned there, the a couple of resident ghosts. Allegedly, the hotel was once
ghost of a young woman in a white dress has been seen in owned by a Madame and was run as a brothel. This mysterious
the Queen’s Salon, children have been heard playing in the ìpainted ladyî is said to haunt Room 33, knocking on the door,
Forward Storage Room, and a 1930’s gentleman has been but disappearing when someone answers. A little girl has also
known to roam among the First Class Suites. These tales and been spied roaming the hallways and trying to get into Room
more are to be found at this floating haunted hotel. Queen 42. San Remo Hotel, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA.
Mary, 1126 Queens Highway, P.O. Box 1100, Long Beach, CA 94133, 415-776-8688 or 800-352-REMO
90802, 800-437-2934 or 562-435-3511.

Ventura
Bella Maggiore - Located in downtown Ventura, the Bella
Maggiore is a lovely 1825 Italianate building. It is also haunted
by a number of ghosts that are known to roam the hallways.
In Room 17, the ghost of Sylvia, a prostitute who committed
suicide in the room around the time of World War II, has been
known to knock on the door. However, she only knocks only
appears at the door if the room is occupied by a male. Bella
Maggiore, 67 South California Street, Ventura, CA. 93001,
805-652-0277 or 800-523-8479.

Pierpont Inn & Racquet Club - This craftsman style inn with
storybook cottages was built in 1910 with the intension of
drawing a growing breed of automobile drivers venturing
up and down the coast. Since 1928, this 11-acre resort has
Palm Springs been owned and operated by members of the Vickers family
Korakia Pensione - Nestled in the heart of the southern who have lovingly maintained its historical integrity. In
California desert at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains, this 1999, the inn began a full schedule of renovations that have
Moroccan style inn was built in 1924. The breakfast inn today brought about a number of ghostly spirits. One such visitor
actually consist of two historically renowned villas. Allegedly that appears throughouth the hotel is thought to be a former
it is haunted by the wife of a former owner who has been seen owner. This phantom lady, always dressed very formally, has
walking along the road on the anniversary of her death. Other been seen in massage rooms, dancing in the parking lot or
strange occurrences include cold chills on extremely hot days leaving wet footprints on the lobby floor for the cleaning crew.
and clothes that have been rearranged while guests are gone Another entity has been seen in the bar, appearing as a ghostly
from their room. Korakia Pencione, 257 S. Patencio Road, Palm mist. The Pierpont Inn & Racquet Club, 550 San Jon Road,
Springs, CA 92262, 760-864-6411. Ventura, CA. 93001, 805-643-6144.

San Francisco
Queen Anne Hotel - Opened in 1890 as Miss Mary Lake’s
School For Young Ladies, the school catered to the wealthy
young women of San Francisco. However, the school didn’t
last long and closed around 1896. Over the decades the
building changed hands numerous times until 1980 when
it was renovated and reopened as the Queen Anne Hotel.
Apparently, Mary Lake is reluctant to leave the hotel and lurks
about the fourth floor. Most commonly she is seen as a misty
figure, but has also been known to unpack visitor’s luggage,
replace dropped pillows back on the bed, and occasionally
even tucks guest into bed. Queen Anne Hotel, 1590 Sutter
Street at Octavia, San Francisco, CA 94109, 415-441-2828 or
800-227-3970.
San Remo Hotel - Just after the San Francisco fire destroyed
most of the city, the San Remo was built in 1906. Originally
called the New California Hotel, its small rooms and affordable
pricing attracted numerous immigrants, sailors, and penniless
artists. In 1922, the hotel was renamed the San Remo where
full course dinners began to be served and liquor was served
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 Follow Up:

Hemp Hemp Hooray!

The company that turned Hanes on to
hemp gets funding, a powerhouse partner
and a shot at the commercial market
by H.D Ghee
When Oregon Business editor Ben Jacklet sat down with Ken You know you’re talking to an entrepreneur when you ask
Barker of Oregon-based Naturally Advanced Technologies, how close they got to running out of money and you get a grin
he said, “Anyone who believes that the hemp industry is best and a nod. “We took it down to under $200,000 just 30 days
left to the half-baked stoners of the world should spend a few ago,” says Barker.“But once we were able to announce that we
hours talking textiles with Ken Barker. Five minutes into the had some global players signed on as partners, we went out
conversation it becomes clear that this guy is onto something and raised a quick million dollars. That’s enough to take it to
big, and he knows exactly what he is doing.” commercial production.”
Barker recently served as head of apparel at Adidas North NAT’s partnerships with the decidedly non-hippy
America in Portland. Before that he held executive positions powerhouses Hanes and Georgia Pacific offer hints about the
with Adidas and Levi Strauss in Canada. He knows how company’s plans. The goal is the no-nonsense, low-cost, mass
hard it is for apparel companies to meet the rising demand production of industrial hemp, initially for the apparel and pulp
for clothing from earth-friendly sources. When he was with industries and eventually for natural plastics and biofuels. The
Adidas he entertained proposals to make fabric from soy, company has trademarked a fiber technology called Crailar
bamboo, even seaweed. None of them made as much sense that Barker hopes to build into the next big apparel ingredient
as hemp, the plant that once served as the backbone of U.S. in the tradition of Lycra and Gore-Tex, but plant-based and
industry before it was banned in the 1930s. organic.
Barker and another former Adidas executive, David Howitt The idea isn’t to replace the mountains of petroleum-based
(a brain behind the success of Oregon Chai), run an investment polyester used by Nike and Adidas, or the fields of pesticide-
firm in Northwest Portland called the Meriwether Group. Two covered cotton gobbled up by Hanes and Levi Strauss, but
of the companies in their portfolio are hemp companies. One rather to introduce Crailar into the existing system of textile
is Living Harvest, which makes hemp milk, and is one of manufacturing, as an option for manufacturers interested
Oregon’s fastest growing companies. The second is Naturally in going green. Thus the partnership with Hanes and textile
Advanced Technologies (NAT), the company Barker researchers at North Carolina State.
has run since 2006, recently raised more than The same general principle applies to the pulp industry,
$900,000 and plans to get its product to which is in deep trouble these days and could use some fresh
market within six months. ideas. Think paper towels and napkins without the stumps.
The fact that Georgia Pacific has signed on suggests that the
potential is there.
Barker calls hemp a “super-crop.” There is no disputing
that hemp a proven performer that grows like a weed without
pesticides. It is also illegal, at the federal level, although Oregon
recently became the seventh state to vote to legalize it at the
statewide level. Barker argues that harvesting hemp locally
would make sense, but in the meantime he says it is easy to
import from Canada.
The potential for hemp has been there for decades—
make that centuries. What has been missing in modern times
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experience and expertise to take hemp production to the next
competitive level. Barker and his partners could end up doing
just that. If his plans come to fruition, they could breathe new
life into the nation’s suffering pulp and textiles industries
and offer a new option in the search for viable biofuels. All of
which would build nicely on Oregon’s strengths in the apparel
industry and in the business of going green.

There is no disputing that hemp is

a proven performer that grows
like a weed without pesticides.

Source: Ben Jacklet, Oregon Business

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 Interview with:

Corey Taylor
Of Slipknot
Headlining Day 2 of the 2009
Cypress Hill SmokeOut

by Heather Gulino
When I think of Slipknot, it’s hard not to first think about released three DVDs, including Disasterpieces, which
the visual experience. A stage full of supercharged dudes in was certified quadruple-platinum in the United States. In
jumpsuits wearing really fucking scary masks and screaming September of this year the band released a CD/DVD 2-pack
is not meant for the faint of heart. But then, there’s the 10th Anniversary Edition of the first album. The CD features
other side: Slipknot is a really good band. These aren’t just 25 songs - the debut album as it was originally released
morbid horror movie weirdoes who like to wail lyricless with the long lost classic ‘Purity’ as well as 10 bonus tracks
noise and beat on innocent instruments. These guys are including rare demos, remixes and B-sides as well as the
highly talented and their record sales prove it. There have unreleased demo for the single ‘Wait And Bleed’. The bonus
been other bands who have tried to be hard ñhitting, in- DVD contains a full length concert, live from Dynamo 2000,
your-face, metal, costume concept bands (Gwar comes to a full length 50 minute documentary with footage from the
mind, with their poignant lyrics; We are Gwar! We have band with commentary from Shawn (Clown) Crahan, and
guitars! We will go far! We are Gwar! Gwar! Gwar! Gwar! four music videos including the ultra rare ‘Surfacing’ video,
Gwar!) , but none have done it as well in this generation, or as well as the alternate version of ‘Wait & Bleed.’
arguably any, as Slipknot. The first noticeable thing about Corey Taylor is his
Slipknot has been around since 1995. They have moved voice. When we begin our conversation, I am drawn in
band members around like chess pieces on a floating board. to it and think, “Wow, I’ll bet a guy with that voice can
In 1999 the band finally found the cohesion they were really sing.” He can. The second thing I notice is that
looking for in singer Corey Taylor, sometimes known as Taylor is no dummy. He speaks of music with the authority
#8. Taylor was a fellow Ohioan whose band, Stone Sour, of a composer and could hold his own at any political
often played locally alongside Slipknot in Des Moines. One roundtable. Suddenly I forget that he is #8 (and that he’s
day while Taylor was working his day job at a local porn kind of freaks me out on stage) and begin to understand
shop, members of Slipknot came in to the store and sort of that underneath the mask is a brilliant musician from Iowa
pretended to browse. Taylor reflects that they all seemed who has made a name and career by molding a genre of
nervous, like a seventh-grader trying to get up the courage music that has held its own for a decade.
to ask a girl to the dance. Finally, one of the members
approached him and said, “Ok, dude. I’m just going to lay it KLA: So is this your first Cypress Hill Smokeout?
out for you. We want you to join Slipknot.”The rest is rock,
mask, barcode, jumpsuit and heavy metal history. CT: Ohhh yeah (laughs). I’ve been to one but never
The band’s self-titled, major label debut, Slipknot, played. I don’t remember much about it, but I think I had a
was released in 1999, featuring Taylor on vocals and was really good time.
followed by Iowa in 2001 and Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
in 2004. On August 25, 2008, the band returned to release KLA: How did you react to the invitation to play? Did you
their fourth studio album, All Hope Is Gone, which debuted have to think about it?
at the top spot on the Billboard 200 charts. The band has
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time and when they asked us to play the festival, we were seven bands?
like, “Fuck yeah!” I’ve always been a huge fan of the band.
When you see those guys live, you are blown away by the CT: Oh yeah. They’re huge fans of music. When my son
sheer perfectionism in their work. This is not a band to be was a baby, the other thing that would get him to go to
taken lightly. They are skilled beyond belief. It’s going to be sleep was if I played “Bother” over and over. So I used to just
great to play the show. We’re all really excited. press play and leave the room. In fifteen minutes, he would
be out. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
KLA: Ok, so who are Corey Taylor and the Junk Beer KLA: Is Slipknot the only one of your many bands playing
Kidnap Band (JBKB)? the Smokeout? It sounds like JBKB might be a perfect fit!

CT: Oh wow. Right now, we are tired. We played a show CT: No way!! I’m busting my ass just to get Slipknot on
last night at the Key Club with Steel Panther. The band is the stage. It’s an interesting thought though—Yeah, no. I
a bunch of my buddies from back home. We play one-part can pretty much guarantee that it’s never going to happen.
originals, one part Stone Sour tunes that I wrote and one
part covers. KLA: Too bad. Since this festival is the Smoke-out and
all, where do you stand on medical marijuana? Or just on
KLA: I saw some footage of that show. There was a song marijuana in general?
called Kansas that sounded, well, radio-friendly. The crowd
was singing along and it was ridiculously catchy. Is that CT: I think people are very funny in this county. The same
song an accurate snapshot of the band’s sound? people who are passionately against it love their two-fer
happy hours and prescription pills. I don’t smoke it myself.
CT: We do a little bit of everything. We play Prince’s “Let’s It’s never been for me but I’m not one to stigmatize. Also,
Go Crazy” and Nine Inch Nails’“Wish”. We are just having you would have to be an idiot to not know that alcohol and
a blast playing whatever the fuck we want. But if I had to tobacco are dangerous. Hundreds of thousands of people
describe it, think Parliament with Frank Zappa lyrics. have died from these drugs, but never marijuana. To get
bent out of shape over a joint is pathetic but really, I can’t
KLA: I heard you once referred to the music as being the say I’m surprised. I know how obstinate governments can
first stoner- rock- disco- funk band.” Which part are you? be. They just keep handing it over to the new guy in charge
The disco? and say, “ Here, you handle it.” It could go on like that
forever, unfortunately. I also think it’s dead wrong to lump
CT: (Laughs) Yeah, I’m all disco! I guess the disco part is weed smokers in with the heroin addicts and crackheads.
sort of inspired by the heavier K.C. and the Sunshine band It’s sad to me that it’s fucking 2009 and we still haven’t
stuff from their early days. The funk part sort of faded the sorted out weed.
more we played, but the stoner part is definitely still there.

KLA: I understand that you’re also working with Stone

Sour again. What’s that all about?

CT: Yeah, it’s been great. We’re

recording some demos right now.
That’s all, just demos. I’m working
on some solo stuff, too.
KLA: So you’re recording with
Stone Sour, playing live shows
with JBKB, headlining several
shows with Slipknot and working
on your solo stuff? Is that it?

CT: It’s insane. I barely have

time to sleep or eat or even think.
To be honest, I’m unofficially in
like seven bands right now! But
playing with my friends in JBKB is
amazing. It’s a great way for me to
unplug and remind myself what
this is all about, and that’s having
fun. It’s so much fucking fun!

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The 2009-2010 NBA Season
by Mateo Ramirez
Ah October. The World Series looms, The NFL season is in the league; now they’ll have the best (or nearly the best)
unfolding before us, the college boys battle it out every Saturday defense. It’s hard enough to finish at the rim against their trio
and finally, itís time for the Lakers to defend their World of near 7-footers, but now perimeter players such as LeBron
Championship title. The 2009-2010 NBA season is about to will have to get through Kobe and Artest, two of the best
tip off and I looked to ESPN, a bunch of fanatical bloggers, perimeter defenders of the past 10 years, before even getting
bartenders and street vagrants alike to ask the question: Why to all that length.
wouldnít the Lakers repeat? After all, we are talking about Two words: Phil Jackson. He’s never won a championship
the LAKERS here. After sorting out the Eastern Conference without winning two more in succession. He’s the master of
and Western Conference last month, ESPN reached the ring the unique challenge of keeping his team both motivated and
ceremony in their NBA Summer Forecast series. Letís take a refreshed while defending a championship.
look at where amazing will happen this year. (I think we all The champs got better in the offseason, and of their core
know exactly where amazing happens. Hint: It rhymes with players only one (Fisher) is past his prime. However, in a
Maples Renter!) clutch, with .8 seconds to go and down by 2, who do you pray
According to 53 voters, the race to the NBA crown couldn’t to? D-Fish. Age shmage.
be much closer, with Kobe Bryant and LeBron James once If you were choosing a squad to play pickup ball in
again in a fierce battle for NBA hearts and minds. Bed-Stuy or to win an NBA championship, and you had to
But it’s not all about Kobe and LeBron. The panelists were choose between Trevor Ariza and Ron Artest to have on your
asked to explain their picks, and the names Ron Artest and team, who would you choose? Which one would damn near
Shaquille O’Neal came up a lot. guarantee victory? That’s what I thought, too. That’s what the
Without further ado ... Lakers thought. That’s why they’ll repeat.
The Lakers will repeat as champions for one reason and
Los Angeles Lakers (19 votes) one reason only -- Kobe Bryant. Having witnessed first the
Voters make the Lakers the slight favorites to win it all and assassin-like focus of Michael Jordan in the ‘90s, I see the same
have plenty of reasons for liking the champs all over again: glare in Kobe’s eyes. No question he’s got the talent, but he’s
The Lakers won’t win the title if they play as they did last also got that intangible “killer instinct” that maybe LeBron
season, because the bar has been raised in the East. But the James doesn’t have.
Lakers are more than capable of lifting it themselves, as they I feel that the Lakers will win the title. With the addition of
hardly got anything from Andrew Bynum or Jordan Farmar Artest and a healthy Bynum, I like their chances. They did lose
while winning the title and beefed up their defense against big Ariza, but by re-signing Odom they should be better than last
wings (read: LeBron) with the pickup of Ron Artest. season. Also look for a motivated Kobe to go back to back.
This pick is based on the premise that Andrew Bynum will I’d take the Artest addition over the Ariza subtraction any
be healthy -- or healthy enough -- all season, which allows time. Artest makes the Lakers that much more formidable.
their front line to pose more questions than any opponent has Behold the Lakers. Kobe Bryant -- say no more. Phil
answers. That advantage, plus Kobe, can overcome the decline Jackson -- ditto. But also Pau Gasol, who has solved the riddle
of Derek Fisher and the fact that Ron Artest is not and never of producing versus NBA playoff physicality, the big-hearted
has been any good playing in a system or as a third or fourth Derek Fisher, promising Andrew Bynum. Not only are they
option. the presiding champions, but I’m in the camp that suspects
Obviously, Ron Artest’s ability to keep his wits about him they got vastly better by essentially trading Trevor Ariza for a
is key, but assuming he does hungry and motivated Ron Artest. Be afraid.
that, the Lakers are Then again, most of the panel (64 percent) thinks the
going to be world- Lakers will come up short. A few reasons:
beaters. They ** To be fair to opposing voices, the following reasons why
already had the the Lakers wonít repeat are being published. I think itís fair
best offense to say that the 64 percent who oppose the idea of a league
annihalation are clearly drunk, but Iíll let them have their say.
Lushes.
Anyone who has watched Artest closely over the last few
years will attest to the following; he’s not nearly as strong
an on-the-ball defensive player as he used to be, specifically
defending dribble-drives (he’s still good at chasing shooters
around screens). And he has voluntarily taken more poor
perimeter shots than almost anyone in the NBA. Life always
gets more dramatic when he’s around. Maybe Jackson and
Kobe can get him to fall in line, but if they can, they’d be the
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 They deserve to be the favorites and they are. But the
best team doesn’t always win. Ron Artest is fierce, but in the
Finals against Boston, L.A.’s front line will face nasty guys like
Kendrick Perkins, Kevin Garnett and Rasheed Wallace, while
Paul Pierce and Kobe will cancel each other out.
Cleveland Cavaliers (18 votes)
The Cavs would like a do-over after falling a little short
last season, and 34 percent of our panel thinks they’ll get it
right this time, in part because of the addition of a certain
former Lakers No. 34:
I went with the Cavs over the Celtics in the East with a lot
of hesitation, but I kept coming back to the fact that we’ve all
witnessed LeBron take major, major steps forward each year
since he came into the NBA, and winning a championship is
the logical next step. I think a series against the Lakers would
be a classic seven-gamer, with the Artest-LeBron sideshow Antonio McDyess, and
making it even better, but I’d go with the young guy (LBJ) and if healthy, the Spurs can
the old guy (Shaq) being a little too much for the middle-aged stand straight up with L.A.
guy (Kobe) and his Spanish sidekick (Pau Gasol) in Game 7. It’s a big if, but not the biggest
The addition of Shaq will make things easier on LeBron if this offseason.
in all areas, plus they kept their team intact and brought in a I think the Spurs will win the
couple of more athletic types -- I like the additions of Anthony West. They lost Bruce Bowen and Fabricio Oberto and added
Parker (guarding 2s and 3s) and Jamario Moon (guarding Richard Jefferson and Antonio McDyess -- can you say
Rashard Lewis, Lamar Odom and Rasheed Wallace). Also, Mo “upgrade”? Offensively, they won’t have to rely on the Big Three
Williams will be better because he now knows what the big any longer and will have depth at every position. Ron Artest
stage is like. LeBron won’t leave Cleveland without giving the will doom the Lakers in the playoffs and the Nuggets aren’t as
city a championship. deep as the Spurs. Besides, some veteran will get bought out
Sure, the Cavs added Shaq, but I like the role players added and will go to the Spurs to try to win a title. Happens every
to the mix, particularly Anthony Parker and Jamario Moon. The season, and this season when it happens, it’ll really improve
added depth will allow the team to enter the playoffs fresher, the Spurs’ chances of winning a title.
and because both Parker and Moon are perimeter threats, it Championship-caliber teams don’t stick around for
will be even more difficult to pack it in on Shaq when he’s got a decade anymore, but the Spurs keep surviving. I love the
the ball on the block. And that says nothing about how well offseason additions for Tim Duncan’s team, and trust they’ll be
LeBron sets up his teammates on dribble-drives. a top West seed and go all the way.
The Cavs were the best team in basketball last season (also Boston Celtics (5 votes)
better than the Lions in football) and then they upgraded from The Big Three are now the Big Four, and Boston is just 15
Brick City Pavlovic to Big Daddy Diesel. That swap was like a months removed from winning its 17th title. But add it all up,
Huffy for a Bugatti, even if the Bugatti is old, dented and costs and only 9 percent of our panel sees the C’s raising another
extra to fill up. banner in 2010:
The Cleveland Cavaliers were the league’s most dominant I pick them to win the NBA title because it really is their
team last season with a 10.0-point differential per 100 last stand. Much like the 1968-69 Celtics, who won the 11th
possessions. Their probable path to an NBA championship title in Bill Russell’s career, this team is primarily a group of
was pushed off course by an Orlando Magic team uniquely proud veterans who want to achieve a special place in franchise
suited to exploit their vulnerabilities. Don’t count on that history. They won it once and may have won it last year had
happening two years in a row. With the additions of Shaquille not Kevin Garnett been hurt. With Rasheed Wallace in the mix,
O’Neal and some very effective wing defenders, the Cavs have Danny Ainge went all-in to win it in 2010.
insured that there isn’t a system in the league that can hijack Maybe Kevin Garnett and Rasheed Wallace aren’t what
their championship hopes in 2009-10. they once were, but the Celtics should get a pretty dynamic
San Antonio Spurs (8 votes) season out of the combination of the two.
Do the Spurs have a fifth title run in them? According to The emergence of Rajon Rondo was the dose of youth and
15 percent of our panel, yes, and here are some of the reasons energy the Celtics will need to get them back to the top of the
why: mountain.
Assuming the Spurs’ Big Three will stay healthy is just as The Celtics have the best starting five in the NBA and
dangerous as assuming Ron-Ron plays into the Lakers’ system added terrific depth in Marquis Daniels and Rasheed Wallace.
instead of outside it. But this team addressed its biggest hole With KG healthy, they may not be the best team in the regular
from last season, namely a lack of athleticism. Richard Jefferson season, but they will be in the postseason.
will make a big contribution right away, and youngsters George
Hill and DeJuan Blair are perfect energy guys with great Continued on page 128
basketball IQs (who are also very tough competitors). Mix in
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Be Careful What You Say and Play
Your Plants are Listenting
by Holden Gray
In 1973, a woman named Dorothy Retallack published a workers were more fatigued and less productive, when played
small book called The Sound of Music and Plants. Her book for several hours only, several times a day, the workers were
detailed experiments that she had been conducting at the more productive, and more alert and attentive than when no
Colorado Woman’s College in Denver using the school’s three music was played.
Biotronic Control Chambers. Mrs. Retallack placed plants in For her next experiment, Mrs. Retallack used two chambers
each chamber and speakers through which she played sounds (and fresh plants). She placed radios in each chamber. In one
and particular styles of music. She watched the plants and chamber, the radio was tuned to a local rock station, and in
recorded their progress daily. She was astounded at what she the other the radio played a station that featured soothing
discovered. “middle-of-the-road” music. Only three hours of music was
Her first experiment was to simply play a constant tone. played in each chamber. On the fifth day, she began noticing
In the first of the three chambers, she played a steady tone drastic changes. In the chamber with the soothing music, the
continuously for eight hours. In the second, she played the plants were growing healthily and their stems were starting to
tone for three hours intermittently, and in the third chamber, bend towards the radio! In the rock chamber, half the plants
she played no tone at all. The plants in the first chamber, had small leaves and had grown gangly, while the others were
with the constant tone, died within fourteen days. The stunted. After two weeks, the plants in the soothing-music
plants in the second chamber chamber were uniform in size, lush and green, and were
grew abundantly and were leaning between 15 and 20 degrees toward the radio. The
extremely healthy, even plants in the rock chamber had grown extremely tall and were
more so than the plants in drooping, the blooms had faded and the stems were bending
the third chamber. This was away from the radio. On the sixteenth day, all but a few plants
a very interesting outcome, in the rock chamber were in the last stages of dying. In the
very similar to the results other chamber, the plants were alive, beautiful, and growing
that were obtained from abundantly.
experiments performed Mrs. Retallack’s next experiment was to create a tape of
by the Muzak Corporation rock music by Jimi Hendrix, Vanilla Fudge, and Led Zeppelin.
in the early 1940s to Again, the plants turned away from the music. Thinking maybe
determine the effect of it was the percussion in the rock music that was causing the
“background music” on plants to lean away from the speakers, she performed an
factory workers. When experiment playing a song that was performed on steel drums.
music was played The plants in this experiment leaned just slightly away from
continuously, the the speaker; however not as extremely as did the plants in the
rock chambers. When she performed the experiment again,
this time with the same song played by strings, the plants bent
towards the speaker.
Next Mrs. Retallack tried another experiment again using
the three chambers. In one chamber she played North Indian
classical music performed by sitar and tabla, in another she
played Bach organ music, and in the third, no music was
played. The plants “liked” the North Indian classical music
the best. In both the Bach and sitar chambers, the plants
leaned toward the speakers, but he plants in the Indian music
chamber leaned toward the speakers the most.
She went on to experiment with other types of music. The
plants showed no reaction at all to country and western music,
similarly to those in silent chambers. However, the plants
“liked” the jazz that she played them. She tried an experiment
using rock in one chamber, and “modern” (dischordant)
classical music of negative composers Arnold Schönberg and
Anton Webern in another. The plants in the rock chamber
leaned 30 to 70 degrees away from the speakers and the plants
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15 degrees away. talking to their plants but exactly how it should
In 2007 South Korean scientist Mi-Jeong be done. We may even be able to standardize
Jeong claimed playing Beethoven’s Moonlight the practice by recording the perfect voice for
Sonata to rice plants encouraged quicker those less confident in conversing with their
growth and blossoms to bloom earlier. The plants.” Toby Buckland, lead presenter on
researchers claim they have identified plant BBC Gardeners’ World, says, “A lot of thinking
genes that can “hear,” potentially allowing behind this is that if a gardener is relaxed, it
farmers to switch specific plant genes on and helps the plants grow better. Plants do pick
off with enormous repercussions. The results up on your stress, that’s something that’s well
showed that sounds at specific frequencies known, and if you’re not confident, it’s as if it’s
– 125 hertz and 250 hertz - made two genes a self-fulfilling prophecy for failure.”
(rbcS and Ald) more active, whereas sound Professional gardener Ethan Folds says
waves at 50 hertz made them less active. it best: “It can be a very profound and life-
Because both are known to respond to light, changing experience to become comfortable
they repeated the experiments in the dark with how at ease others are in the realms of
and concluded definitively that the sound was the supersensible and plant sensation. It can
causing the effect. The researchers speculated literally change your view of the world on a
that the production of chemicals that lead dime. Could it be that plants can truly pick
to the genetic changes they observed could up on our emotions, that they can sense our
be harnessed to activate other specific genes presence and react to our voices? This may
that could trigger the enhanced flowering of be a new question for you, but how are we
crops. supposed to know unless we try? Rather than
In more recent studies, the Royal questioning whether plants are affected by
Horticultural Society (RHS), Britain’s leading sound, maybe we should be asking ourselves
gardening charity dedicated to advancing why they wouldn’t.”
horticulture, has initiated a serious study
investigating the efficacy of talking to plants. Sources:
Gardener Colin Crosby says, “We know that Progressive Gardens
sounds of between 125 hertz and 250 hertz Inc.,
can affect gene expression in plants and help The Secret Life of
them grow, but this has only been tested Plants, Wikipedia
using music. For the first time we will be able

Summer ends,
and Autumn comes,
and he who would
have it otherwise
would have high
tide always and
a full moon
every night.
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by Chris Black
Welcome to the first installment of our new column, Cars Cadillac will be selling the Escalade 2-Mode Hybrid SUV
Are Cool. We hope you enjoy our monthly drool sessions and again this year, 21mpg city/22 hwy. This is essentially a luxury
automobile 411 and invite you to share your own badass rides version of the GMC Yukon full size SUV, and as such the
with us. The November column will be all about muscle cars, mileage is pretty respectable given the size.
so bust out the pictures of your 1970 Chevelle SS and tell us
what she’s got under the hood. Send to editor@kushla.com. Ford offers the Escape hybrid, a compact crossover SUV,
Getting an impressive 31 mpg hwy, and 34 mpg city. They
Green Machines also offer the Fusion hybrid, a midsize with an estimated 41
Hybrids are no longer the future; they’re the now. With the mpg city 36 hwy.
economy in the tank and the environment under attack, The truck division of General Motors is producing the Sierra
the hybrid vehicle has become a popular option for anyone pickup and the Yukon SUV in 2mode hybrid form. They both
who wants to save the earth and a lot of dough at the same get 21mpg city/22 hwy. Not terrible for a full size pickup or
time. Thankfully the car companies have realized that normal SUV by any means. The trucks feature a 6.0L V-8 engine now
people want to drive hybrids and stopped designing them to compatible with E85.
look like spacecraft or a ride at Disneyland. Granted, the Prius
has gained cult status with its spacecrafty design, so there is a Honda already has two hybrid vehicles on sale in the US, the
market for that; it’s just not for everyone. If I could get my 1966 Civic Hybrid and the all-new Insight. Additionally, Honda has
Mustang to run on rose petals, you bet your left arm I would announced that an all-new sporty hybrid called the CR-Z will
come to the US sometime in the calendar year 2010. Details
about that vehicle are limited at this time, but it will be based
on the CR-Z concept vehicle that has been shown at several
international auto shows in the past couple of years.

According to BMW USA, they will introduce two hybrids in

Frankfurt, the BMW ActiveHybrid 7 and BMW ActiveHybrid
X6. They are the production version of our two first gas-
electric passenger vehicles. Lexus, a division of Toyota, offers the RX450h Luxury utility
The ActiveHybrid X6 will be the most powerful hybrid vehicle with an estimated 32 mpg city 28 mpg hwy, the LS
in the world and the BMW ActiveHybrid 7 is projected to be 600h L luxury sedan , the GS450h “Luxury Sport Sedan, and
the fastest hybrid in the world and each will feature between the HS250h at 34 city and 35 hwy and will be the first hybrid-
15-20% increase in fuel efficiency. The ActiveHybrid X6 is a only luxury car.
“two mode” hybrid featuring full-electric operation up to
37mph for 1.6 miles and it goes on sale in December 2009. Mazda offers the Tribute Hybrid crossover SUV for 2010,
The ActiveHybrid 7 is a “mild hybrid” and uses electric motors getting an estimated 34 city and 31 hwy.
to boost the operation of the gasoline engine and recaptures
energy in a lithium-ion battery and it goes on sale in the
Spring.

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Mercedes offers the S400 hybrid, a large luxury car getting 19
city and 26 hwy. Not great compared to some of the other cars
here, but pretty respectable for a large luxury car.

Mercury has the Mariner hybrid SUV getting 34 city 31 hwy,

and the Milan Hybrid midsize getting 41 city and 36 hwy.

Nissan has the Altima Hybrid, at 21mpg city 26mpg hwy. But
the really exciting news from Nissan is the full electric Nissan
Leaf. Although it won’t be available to the general public until
around 2012 the Leaf will be sold to government agencies and
corporate customers this year. The leaf will have a range of
around 100 miles on a single charge, and should be priced
comparably with other family sedans.

What do you do when your top-selling product is stigmatized

as anti-social? Make it a responsible citizen. That’s the rationale
for the upcoming 2010 Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid, the first
gasoline/electric vehicle from the renowned German sports-
car maker. It was supposed to be out by now, but engineering
setbacks have delayed introduction to 2010. Still, better late
than never. With a CO2 emissions cap pending in Europe
and tough new fuel economy standards coming to the U.S.,
Porsche needs a much cleaner, more fuel-efficient SUV to
keep Cayenne sales rolling-and silence Cayenne critics.
For Toyota, we have the Prius, of course, with an estimated 51
mpg city and 48 mpg hwy. Also offered in hybrid is the larger
Camry at 33 city, 34 hwy, and the Highlander midsized SUV.

Keep ‘em humming!

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Arleta Herbal Pain-Relief KB Center Glendale Hollywood
Center (HPRC) Compassion Care
Alternative 420 Medicard Artists Collective
Delivery 9960 Canoga Ave., #D7
Medical Solutions 300 W. Glenoaks Blvd., #202 Hollywood/LA/Valley
(888)389-6360 (818)576-9877
8932 Woodman Ave., Ste. 102 818) 550-8678 Deliveries
(818)920-6800 Herbal Solutions Platinum Club (323) 979-7822
21220 Devonshire St., #203 Marijuana Medicine
22122 Sherman Way #206 Hollywood
Arleta Herbal Center (818)704-1300 (818)998-2582 Evaluation Center
8942 Woodman Ave., Ste. B2 600 N. Brand St., #601 Berkeley Clinic
(818)894-4372 Holistic Alternative Inc. The Healing (800)420-1995 6430 Selma
(HAI) Center (THC) (323) 385-0765
Arleta’s Therapeutic 10239 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Granada Hills
21001 Sherman Way, Ste. 12
Alternative Canto Diem Collective
(818)703-1190 California Discount
8700 Woodman Ave #6 Colfax 5419 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 5
(818)891-6699 Hope Collective Caregivers - Deliveries (213)465-4420
20035 Vanowen St. Golden State (818)217-9876
Valley Patients Group Patient Care City Of Angels
(818)593-7720 California Herbal
8953 Woodman Ave. #101 233 State Highway 174 Wellness Center
(818)332-0736 Natural Relief Center (530)346-2514 Providers 6435 W. Sunset Blvd.
7223 Owensmouth Ave. 17458 Chatsworth St. (323)466-2295
Beverly Hills (818)703-8599 Downey (818)368-6567
Earth Collective
Beverly Hills 1 Stop New World Organics Herbal Solutions CA Organic Caregivers 5115 Sunset Blvd.
Patient Care Herbal Care of So Cal 13758 Chatsworth St., #201 (323)668-7633
292 S. La Cienega Blvd. #205 7230 Variel St., Ste. G 8830 Imperial Highway (818)232-3408
(310)289-1303 (562)904-8800 Evergreen
(818)884-1080 Caregivers Earth Compassionate
Marijuana Medicine Roscoe Compassionate Therapeutic Herbal Care Ordinance Collective
Evaluation Center 9968 Lakewood Blvd. 17050 Chatsworth St., #243 1606 N. Gower St.
Collective
8500 Wilshire Blvd. #103 562-861-2195 (818)530-2614 (323)466-2100
20943 Roscoe Blvd.
(800)420-1995
(818)885-8682 Encino Golden State Collective Green Guild
Medical Marijuana 10369 Balboa Blvd. 1640 Cahuenga Blvd.,
Sherman Way Collective Alleviations
Doctor 22147 Sherman Way (818)368-8180 Unit #206
8420 Wilshire Blvd. 15720 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 302
(818)932-9428 (818)788-1001 Granada Hills Discount (323)836-0013
(310)855-7504
So Cal THC (SCTHC) Encino Farmacy (GHDF) HCR
Canoga Park 7251 Topanga Canyon Blvd., 17656 Chatsworth St. 710 N. Van Ness Ave.
Encino’s Love Specialist (818)366-4433
247 GMMG Unit E 17936 Ventura Blvd (818)982-6699
20944 Sherman Way, Ste. 207 (818)626-1950 (818) 342-5622 Harbor City Hezekiah Inc.
(818)704-7577 Wellness Collective 6051 Hollywood Blvd., #202
Kind Meds South Bay Collective
2AM Dispensary Herbal Institute 17049 Ventura Blvd 1151 W. Pacific Coast Hwy. (323)467-6484
8239 Canoga Ave. 7226 Remmet Ave. (818)783-2768 #4-A HollyWeed
(818)264-0790 (818)929-9876 (310)530-1628
The Coffee Joint 1607 N. El Centro Ave.,
Canoga Park Carson 15826 Ventura Blvd. Green Guild 2nd floor, #24
Discount Collective (818)788-1835 26302 S. Western Ave. (323)469-9073
Herbal Blessings
7111 Winnetka Ave., Ste. 8 20761 S Avalon Blvd. (310)534-0013 Hollywood
Total Wellness
(818)456-1917 (310)329-6082 Compassionate
Caregivers Highland Park
Canoga Park House 16161 Ventura Blvd., #105 Collective
Castro Valley 1110 N. Western Ave., #204
of Clones (818)205-9042 Green Goddess Hollistic
20035 Vanowen St. Garden of Eden Care (323)467-7292
21227 Foothill Blvd. Gardena
(818)593-7720 57111/2 N. Figueroa St. Hollywood Patient’s
(510)881-2160 420 Hwy Pharmacy (323)259-3111
Discount Co-op Group
Chatsworth 18710 Normandie Ave., 6410 Hollywood Blvd.
21315 Saticoy St., Unit R Highland Park Patient
Unit D (323)464-6465
(818)887-0980 Collective
Chatsworth Caregivers (310)808-0420
5716 N. Figueroa St. KushMart
Herbal Logic Caregivers 21708 Devonshire St., #203
Gardena Compassionate (626)610-3145 6410 Hollywood Blvd.
7246 Eton Ave., Stes. B&D
(818)912-6304 Green Horizon Collective Caregivers (GCC) (323)464-6465
Medical Caregivers
9517 Irondale Ave. 534 W. 182nd Street
(818)349-3300h Association KushMart
Herbal Pain-Relief (310)817-7777
4344 Eagle Rock Blvd., #E Discount Kush
Center (HPRC)
Herbal Medicine Nature’s Holistic (323)551-5874 (323)518 5398
21521 Sherman Way
(818)716-1860 Care, Inc. Caregivers
10138 Topanga Canyon Blvd. 14000 A Crenshaw Blvd
(818)717-8710 (310)527-4341
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Patients’ Collective Belmont Shore Long Beach Specialty Absolute Herbal Pain Blue Water Industries
1617 Cosmo St. 5375 2nd St., #5 Health Solutions 1037 Cole Ave.
(323)464-6465 (562) 987-0210 4100 E. 7th St. 901 S. La Brea Ave., # 3 (323)463-1605
(562)434-2633 (323)932-6263
Sunset Collective Cancer Help Center Blunt Power Delivery
70651/2 Sunset Blvd. Herbal Collective Long Beach Vapor Adams & Hill Discount Deliveries
(323)464-0111 3381 Long Beach Blvd. Lounge Collective Center (323)335-6007
(562)424-4372 1088 Redondo Ave. 2602 S. Hill St.
Sunset Herbal Corner Bulldog Café Collective
(562)434-6761 (213)440-8595
7225 Sunset Blvd. Canna Collective Long 6105 Melrose Ave.
Beach (CCLB) Nature’s Top Shelf Adams Green Herbal (323)962-2001
Sunset Holistic
4010 Long Beach Blvd. 1530 E. Wardlow Rd. Caregivers
4477 Hollywood Blvd., Cali Meds
(562)492-6091 (562)989-0000 2603 S. Normandie Ave.
Ste. 200 6910 Melrose Ave.
(323)732-8717
(323)668-0402 Compassionate Health New Hope Medical (323)938-0506
Center 3741 E. Anaheim St Angel City Caregivers
Sunset OG California Caregiver’s
3751 E. Anaheim St. (562)597-7751 4411/2 E. 16th St.
7562 Sunset Blvd. Association
(562)985-0494 (213)291-8180
(323)882-6919 Patient Research Center 12107 Santa Monica Blvd.
Green Earth Center 757 Pine Ave. Apothecary 420 (310)826-3536
The Galaxy
3748 Atlantic Ave. (562)495-9500 330 N. Western Ave.
7224 Melrose Ave. California Caregivers
(562)989-0300 (323)836-0420
(323)401-0533 Quality Discount Association
Green Mediworks Caregivers Apothecary Collective 2815 W. Sunset Blvd., #201
Huntington Park
1088 Redondo Ave. 1150 E. San Antonio Dr. 5404 Alhambra Ave.
(562)433-6600 (562)988-8889 (323)222-4420 California’s Finest
Lakha Medical
Compassionate Co-Op
Clinic, Inc.
Green Nurse Collective Sanctuary South Aroma Revolution 8540 Venice Blvd.
7136 Pacific Blvd., #220
1532 E. Broadway St. Deliveries 5464 Valley Blvd. (310)838-5800
(323) 588-5467
(714)507-8270 (562)728-3219 (323)221-7264
California Herbal
Inglewood
Herbal Solutions Soothing Remedy (SR) Arts District Healing Center (CHHC)
All American Healing of So Cal 1521 W. Willow St. Healing Center 1437 N. La Brea Ave.
Group 1206 E. Wardlow Rd. (562)612-4388 620 E. 1st St. (877)420-KUSH
1261/2 S. Market St. (562)997-2929 (213)687-9981
Sunshine Holistic Care California Herbal
(310)412-0557
Herbal Solutions 678 Redondo Ave. At Downtown Remedies (CHR)
Healing Solutions of So Cal (562)434-5010 Wellness Center 5470 Valley Blvd.
333 E. Nutwood St., Ste. C 5746 E. 2nd St. 423 W. Venice Blvd. (323)342-9110
(562)434-5075 Supreme Holistic (SHH)
(310)228-3159 (213)746-3355
238 Cherry Ave. California Patients
Inglewood Discount Herbal Solutions (562)438-6232 Atwater Alternative Alliance (CPA)
Caregivers Inc. (IDCI) of So Cal Care Collective 8271 Melrose Ave., Ste. 102
United Patient
1121 S. La Brea Ave. 4311 Carson St. 3106 Glendale Blvd. (323)655-1735
(888) 993-HERB(4372) Caregivers
(310)671-0300 (Atwater Village)
745 4th St. California Wellness
(323)661-6200
Inglewood MCC HHA Collective (CWC)
Los Alamitos
Wellness Center 834 E. 4th St., Unit #E B. Green 5830 Bonsallo Ave.
318 S. Market St. (562)983-6100 Riteway Collective 10835 Santa Monica Blvd. (323) 758-7198
(310)674-4444 3562 Howard #D (310)234-6634
L B C Hydro Canna Care Relief (CCR)
(714)271-6733
Lawndale 2616 Magnolia Ave Beverly Hlls Green Cross 1716 S. Sepulveda Blvd.,
(714) 588-4774 Los Angeles 2370  S.  Robertson Blvd. Ste. 105
Marijuana Medicine (310)837-4420 (310)473-4105
Evaluation Center Long Beach Compassion 314 Olympic Herbal
15901 Hawthorne Blvd., #460 4 Patients Center Beverly Hills Herbal Canna Health Caregivers
(800)420-1995 3925 Long Beach Blvd. 314 West Olympic Remedies (BHHR) 5208 W. Pico Blvd.
(213)744-0036 2805 S. Robertson Blvd (323) 932-0370
Long Beach Long Beach Organics (310) 837-2447
(L.B.O.) 420 Grand Caregivers Cannahelp Caregivers
1am Natural Solutions Blue Moon Collective
851A Pine Ave. 28021/2 S. Grand Ave. 5027 W. Pico Blvd #5
743 E. 4th St. 5155 Washington Blvd.
(562)495-2000 (213)748-1992 (323)857-0204
(424)646-0326 (323)938-4600; (877)908-
Long Beach Patient 420 Medical Evaluations WEED(9333) Centinela Green House
1 Love Beach Club
Resource Co-op 2622 S. Robertson Blvd. Collective
2767 E. Broadway Blue Sky on Sunset
404 Ximeno Ave. (310)237-1277 4509 S. Centinela Ave.
(562)343-5388 5302 Sunset Blvd.
(562) 856-0423 (310)823-3505
420 Serenity Leaf (323)406-4732
Apothecary Assistant’s
Delivery Service.
Collective
(213) 221-8111
2805 E. Pacific Coast Hwy.
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Chinatown Patients Downtown Patients Gormet Green Room HerbalCure Cooperative JJ Herbal Pharmacy
Collective Group (D.T.P.G) 2000 Cotner Ave 11318 W. Pico Blvd. (JJHP)
987 N. Broadway 1753 Hill St., #8 (310)473-3509 (310)312-5215 12249 Santa Monica Blvd.
(213)621-2977 (213)747-3386 (310)979-3816
Grass Roots Collective Herbal Love Downtown
City Compassionate DPG 1914 S. Santa Fe Ave. (HLDT) Kelly’s Collective
Caregivers 928 E. 12th St. (213)622-0415 4120 S. Broadway 8638 W. Pico Blvd.
606 E. 4th St. (323)233-4420 (310)854-5874
Eagle Rock Herbal Grateful Meds
(213)617-0447
Collective 744 N. La Brea Ave. Herbal Medicine For You KFC Kind for Cures
CMCA 4729 Eagle Rock Blvd (323)939-9111 (HMFY) 9850 Exposition Blvd.
3430 Whittier Blvd. (323)257-4420 2637 Whittier Blvd. (310)836-KIND(5463)
Green Cross
(323)261-2009 (323)264-2224
East LA Caregivers 2912 Colorado Blvd. Korea Town Collective
Colorado Caregivers 1905 S. Santa Fe Ave. (818)241-6300 Herbal Remedies 3567 W. 3rd St.
1121 Colorado Blvd. (323)770-9319 Caregivers (213)384-2403
Green Cure Natural
(323)550-8043 4743 Fountain Ave.
East LA Compassionate Healing Center Kush Collective
(323)913-0931
Compassionate & Caring Caregivers 1716 Main St. 1111 S. La Brea Blvd.
Collective Caregivers 1905 S. Santa Fe Ave. (310) 306-5511 Herbal Solutions (323)938-KUSH
4C’s (323)770-9319 of So Cal
Green Earth Collective Kush Korner Caregivers
5013 San Vicente Blvd. 735 N. La Brea Ave.
Eden Therapy 5045 York Blvd. 2214 S. Vermont Ave.
(323)934-3875 (323)933-HERB (4372)
67571/2 Santa Monica Blvd. (323)982-9042 (323)733-2581
Crenshaw Holistic (323)463-8937 HHA
Green Heart Collective La Brea Collective
Caregivers 1400 S. Olive St.
Euphoric Caregivers 4203 N Huntington Dr. 812 S. La Brea Blvd.
4709 Crenshaw Blvd. (213)746-4445
1155 N. Vermont Ave., #202 (323)222-4203 (323)939-3374
(323)291-5420
(323)664-9900 HHC
Green Leaf Collective LA Collective Pharmacy
Cronicpractors 313 North Virgil Ave.
Exclusive Caregivers of 5607 Huntington Dr. North 1413 Los Angeles St.
Caregivers (323)660-0386
California (323)343-0100 (323)515-5568
5751 Adams Blvd.
21571/2 W. Century Blvd. Hill Organic Herbs
(323)399-9679 Green Medicine LA Compassionate
(323)754-2209 718 S. Hill St., 2nd floor, #200
7318 Melrose Ave. Caregivers
Culver City Collective (213)627-1004
Fairfax Organic Farmacy (323)930-6666 2626 S. Figueroa St., #A
(CCC) (213)454-9916
800 N. Fairfax Ave., Ste.100 Holistic Pain Relief
10887 Venice Blvd., Unit A Green Treatment Center
(323)951-0691 Inc. (Rampart Discount
(310)838-5888 111644 Ventura Blvd. LA Confidential
Center)
Farmacopeia Organica Caregivers
D-PAC GreenAid Pharmacy 264 S. Rampart Blvd.
468 S. Robertson Blvd. 7263 Melrose Ave.
4328 Melrose Ave. 3441 W. Cahuenga Blvd., (213)925-8962
(424)354-1700 (323)272-4738
(323)535-1919 Ste. 105
(323)436-0259 Hollywood Caregivers
Five Star Collective LA Organic Pharmacy
DANKSTAR DELIVERY 711 N. Virgil Ave.
2076 Westwood Blvd. 4911 Melrose Ave.
Westside, Venice, Hollywood Greener Pastures (323)669-9333
(310)474-1213 (323)463-3920
(818)319-7487 Collective
1101 S. Robertson Blvd., Hollywood Hills Holistic
Flower of Life L.A. Wonderland
Discount Patient Ste. 104 Medication
1950 S. Santa Fe Ave., #19 Caregivers
Collective (310)744-1600 1915 N. Highland Ave.
(213)488-9464 4410 W. Pico Blvd.
1200 N Vermont Ave., #A (323)874-5159
(323)936-4410
(323)663-3301 Fountain of WellBeing Greenhouse Herbal
Center Hollywood Holistic
3835 Fountain Ave. LAX Compassionate
Dispensary at Your Door 5224 Hollywood Blvd. 1543 Sawtelle Blvd.
(323)662-0900 Caregiver
Deliveries (323)666-2591 (310)481-0660
5710 W. Manchester Blvd.,
(310)432-3596 Garden of Eden Ste. 203
Healers on Third Hollywood THC
Collective (310)568-9602
Downtown Collective 3111/2 S. Sweetzer Ave. 5322 W. Sunset Blvd.
5679 York Blvd.
1600 S. Hill St., #D (323)951-9612 (323)465-9513
(323)254-3336 LAX Patient Remedies
(213)746-5420 5300 W. Century Blvd.,
Hot Box Collective
Go Green Bear Collective Heaven On Earth Ste. 124
Downtown Discount 143 N. Western Ave.
106 E. 17th Ave., #11 Healing (310)645-1330
Caregivers (323)460-6410
(213)747-7397 4847 Fountain Ave.
111 E. 9th St. (323)661-8894 Little Ethiopia Herbal
Hyperion Healing
(213)896-0016 Golden State Caregivers Healing Center
1913 Hyperion Ave.
5711 E Beverly Blvd Hemp Factory
Downtown Natural (323)953-1913 1051 S. Fairfax Ave.
(323)888-0865 6250 Santa Monica Blvd
Caregivers (323)934-4314
(310)890-8933
312 S. Wall St. Los Angeles
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Live For Care Collective Midtown Caregivers Precision Medical South Bay 420 Collective The Natural Way
1147 S. Robertson Blvd., #102 5113 W. Pico Blvd. Caregivers Delivery Service 5817 W. Pico Blvd.
(310)435-0028 (323)934-5242 3913 W. 6th St. (310)908-7764 (323)936-4300
(213)382-7971
Living Earth Wellness Natural Remedies Southwest Caregivers The Organic Pharmacy
Center Caregivers Purelife Alternative 4614 Hollywood Blvd. (TOP)
4207 W. Pico Blvd. 6231 Santa Monica Blvd. Wellness Center (323)660-3776 11607 Washington Pl.
(323)936-5000 (323)871-9500 1649 S. La Cienega Blvd. (310)915-1595
St. Andrews Green
(310)246-9345
Los Angeles Medical Nature’s Herbs 432 S. San Vicente Blvd. The Rainforest Collective
Caregivers 1713 W. El Segundo Blvd. Purple Heart (310)855-0420 12515 Venice Blvd.
5589 Manchester Ave. (323)777-1319 Compassionate (310)391-0011
Studio City Caregivers
(310)410-9954 5823 W. Pico Blvd., #B
Natural Remedies 3625 Cahuenga Blvd. The Spot
(323)938-8880
Mary J Caregivers Caregivers (323)850-1847 3200 Cahuenga Blvd. W
4534 Fountain Ave. 9271/2 N. Western Ave. Quality of Life Activities (323) 851-7166
Sunset Discount
(323)667-0010 (323)871-9500 (QOLA)
Providers Traditional Herbal
4323 W. Melrose Ave.
Mary Jane’s Collective Nature’s Cure Patient 1498 W. Sunset Blvd., #6 Center, Inc.
(323)644-1209
7805 Sunset Blvd. Collective (213)250-2244 4800 S. Centeral Ave., #B
(323)874-7805 4577 Valley Blvd Robertson Caregivers (323)233-8533
Sunset Junction Organic
(323)225-1815 2515 S. Robertson Blvd
Med X Medicine Trinity Holistic
(310)837-7279
441 ½ E. 16th St Nature’s Wonder 4017 W. Sunset Blvd. Caregivers
(213) 746-6256 1330 W. Olympic Blvd. Royal Temple of Zion (323)660-0655 131 E. 3rd. St.
(213)380-5874 2415 Eads St. (213)253-4733
Medical Advisory Center Sunset Organic Center
(323)663-2420
4221 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. Nirvana Pharmacy 2210 Woodman Ave. United Discount
170-15 1561 Westwood Blvd. Santa Monica Collective (213)908-7442 Collective
(323)965-0420 (310)479-5874 (SMC) 2703 W. 8th St.
Superior Herbal Health (213)739-7038
11957 Santa Monica Blvd.
Medical Caregivers Asso. Northeast Collective 1011 W. 84th Pl.
(310)473-8444
4344 Eagle Rock Blvd #E Group (323)971-6333 United Medical
(866) 809-KUSH 4515 York Blvd. Secret Garden Caregivers Clinic
Tai-Ma Remedies
(323)255-2526 Canna Meds 1248 S Fairfax Ave.
Medical Marijuana 1861 S. Bundy Dr #100
4346 Laurel Canyon Blvd. (310)358-0212
Evaluation Center Northeast Collective (310) 207-578-9629
(818)985-Help
4344 Eagle Rock Blvd. 120 S. Ave., #64 Universal Caregivers
(323) 255-5085 Tender Love Collective
(323)256-4000 Shiva’s Gardens Center
2439 Riverside Dr.
Caregivers 4154 Eagle Rock Blvd., Unit 4
Medco Organics Olive Tree Collective (323)660-2542
2002 S. Robertson Blvd. (866)975-7215
326 N. Vermont Ave. 643 S. Olive St., #415
(323) 660-9930 (310)841-0550 The Bluegate Collective
(213)909-7315 Vermont Herbal Center
3428 Whittier Blvd.
Silverlake Caregivers 955 S. Vermont Ave., #T
Melrose Caregivers Overland Gardens (323)263-3009
Group (213)387-5203
4906 Melrose Ave. 2452 Overland Blvd.
(323)957-7777 240 N Virgil Ave., #10 The Factory
(310)845-9117 VGC Venice Garden
(213)487-5442 5125 Hollywood Blvd.
Melrose Compassion (323)220-3711 Collective
P & C Los Angeles
SL Caregivers 10915 Venice Blvd., Unit A
Center 5763 W. Pico Blvd.
3003 W.Olympic Blvd., The Green Easy (310)202-0095
654 N. Manhattan Pl. (323)932-8266
Ste. 201 7948 W. 3rd. St.
(323)466-8700 W.T.C.
Pacific Support Services (213)487-1700 (877)321-5874
447 Western Ave.
Melrose Healing Center 1017 N. La Cienega, Ste. 110
Slauson Caregivers The Healing Center (213)381-5209
5788 1/2 Melrose Ave. (310)858-8602
Center 6614 S. Broadway
(213)465-5683 West Coast Collective
Pain Free Society 3708 W. Slauson Ave., (323) 753-3422
3133 N. San Fernando Rd.
Melrose Herbal Delivery Unit #B
The Healing Touch (323)551-5800
Collective (310)432-3594 (877)310-WEED
4430 Santa Monica Blvd.,
7257 Melrose Ave. West Hollywood Center
Pain Relief Discount Slauson Leaves #105
(323)937-4300 for Compassionate
Collectives (PRDC) 4435 West Slauson Ave. (323)644-7300
Melrose Holistic (MH) Unit B Healing
1359 S. Redondo Blvd.
The Holistic Co-Op 8921 W. Sunset Blvd.
4901 Melrose Ave. (323)935-0383 (323)298-2047
2627 E. Cesar Chavez Ave. (310)626-3333
(323)466-0036
Pico Collective Soto Street Collective (323)540-6700
Mid Wilshire 1260 S. Soto St., Ste. 1 Westchester Collective
1355 S. Genesee Ave. The Home of 8936 Sepulveda Blvd.,
Medical Clinic (323)262-8288
(323) 658-1303 Compassion Suite 202
3240 Wilshire Blvd., #270
2461 S. Robertson Blvd. (310)410-3200
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Western Caregivers Marina Caregivers North Hollywood Hollywood Patients Against Pain
Group 730 Washington Blvd. Compassionate 6240 Laurel Canyon Blvd., #B
(310)574-4000 A1 Organic Collective (818)752-7274
467 N. Western Ave. Caregivers
10540 Victory Blvd.
(323)464-5571 5126 Vineland Ave.
Organica Collective & (818)508-2400 Patients & Caregivers
(818)761-6378
Western Discount Center Delivery 6141 Vineland Ave.
13456 Washinton Blvd. AM Organic Solutions (818)588-1307
1570 S. Western Ave. Kush House Care
(310)578-2945 7248 A Fultan Ave.
(323)445-0164 6446 Lankershim Ave.
(818)764-5200 Saticoy Green Cure
(818)766-KUSH
Westside Compassionate Venezia Discount 12926 Saticoy St., #9
A-Z Caregivers 818-880-7530
Caregivers Collective Love & Spirit Co-op
4942 Vineland Ave., Ste. 112
10655 Pico Blvd. 3018 Washinton Blvd. 5651 Cahuenga Blvd.
(818)761-5467 Specialty Collectives
(310)446-0730 (310)827-3800 (818)753-9200
11307 Vanowen St.
Burbank Compassionate (818)358-4271
Westside Green Oasis, Midway City MMC
Co-op 7215 Whitsett Ave.
LLC Taylor’s Joynt
The Variety Co-Op 10859 Burbank Blvd., Ste. C (818)982-6696
11924 W. Jefferson Blvd. 5653 Cahuenga Blvd.
15052 Adams St., Ste. A (818)760-7400
(323)389-1899
(714)893-1263 Natural Herbal Pain
California Toluca Lake Collective
Westside Healing Center Relief
Mission Hills Compassionate Care (TLC)
6915 Melrose Ave. 11626 Ventura Blvd.
Network (C.C.C.N.) 11436 Hatteras St.
(323)965-7700 MHHC (818)508-0955
4720 Vineland Ave.
15534 Devonshire Blvd., Valley Holisitc
Westside Holistic (818)980-6337 NoHo Caregivers
Unit 104 Caregivers
Remedy 4296 Vineland Ave.
(818)424-5242 Cure With Herbs 7200 Vineland Ave., Ste 205
2346 Westwood Blvd., #1 (818)754-0834
12011 Victory Blvd., Ste. 104 (818)255-5511
(310)441-2800 Mission Hills Patients (818)985-4372 NoHo Compassionate
Collective Vanowen Caregivers
Westwood Organic Care - NOHO 5656
9911 Sepulveda Blvd. Divine Wellness Center 11232 Vanowen St., Unit B
1722 Westwood Blvd., 5656 Cahuenga Blvd.
(818)894-5100 5056 Lankershim Blvd. (818)980-3600
Unit #201 (818)762-8962
(818)508-9948
(310)441-1200 Newport Beach Northridge
NoHo CC
For Your Alternative
Wilshire Caregiver Holistic Club (Compassionate After Care
Healing (F.Y.A.H)
Group Pineapplekush.com Caregivers) 18749 Napa St.
6448 Lankershim Blvd.
6300 Wilshire Blvd., #160 201 Shipyard Way, #E 4854 Lankershim Blvd.
(818)509-1905 Alternative Care
(323)655-0303 (949) 723-9763 (818)980-9212
Collective
Galaxy Caregiver Group
Wilshire Compassionate Norco NoHo Herbal Center 8537 Reseda Blvd.
11428 Vanowen St.
Collective (WCC) 12032 Vose St. (818)349-6222
Marijuana Medicine (818)765-1220
3008 Wilshire Blvd., (818)765-5933
Unit #100 Evaluation Center Blue Banana Caregivers
Green Miracle Healing
(323)476-5280 1761 3rd St., #104 North Hollywood 18526 Parthenia Blvd.
7503 Laurel Canyon
(800)420-1995 Caregivers (818) 772-0420
(818)232-8684
Wilshire Healing 6760 Lankershim Blvd.
11906 Wilshire Blvd., #6 North Hills (818)982-2334 Cannamed of Northridge
Greenway Caregivers
(310)478-6655 9348 Melvin Ave., #9
105/405 13122 Sherman Way
North Hollywood (818)701-6666
15650 Nordhoff St. #105 (818)255-2202
Malibu Collective
(818)830-2600 Green Valley Collective
Harmony House 10929 Vanowen St , #110
Calm At the Beach 17017 Roscoe Blvd.
California Organic Collective (818)761-9430
Compassionate (818)881-4821
Collective 11651 Sherman Way
Caregivers of Malibu North Hollywood
15345½ Parthenia St. (818)982-4420 MMI Alternative
(CALM) Caregivers or Collective
(818) 893-9900 Medication
21355 Pacific Coast Hwy., Herb Doc Caregivers 12518 Vanowen St.
(818)764-0070 8924 Reseda Boulevard
#100 G-Spot 11024 Victory Blvd
(818)718-6336
(310)317-6298 8314 Sepulveda Blvd., #B (818)760-4004
North Hollywood
(818)893-3253 Neighborhood Canna
PCH Collective Herb Medical Center Healing Center (NHHC)
22609 Pacific Coast Highway 12509 Oxnard St., Ste. 208 12517 Oxnard St. Store
No Stress Collective 8323 Reseda Blvd., #102
(310)456-0666 9005 Sepulveda Blvd., Unit 1 (818)763-3334 (818)762-3766
North Hollywood (818)576-0422
Marina Del Ray (818)810-5864 Herbal Compassionate
Organic Medirex Northridge Caregivers
North Hills Cannabis Caregivers (HCC)
Green Bridge Medical Inc.
Collective 11565 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Consultations
Services #215 11335 Magnolia Blvd., #2D 8672 Lindley Ave.
3007 Washington Blvd., 15411 Nordhoff St. (818)772-1990
(818)830-1881 (818) 837-7776 (818)505-8805
Ste. 110
(310)821-9600

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San Fernando Valley Global Triage Discounted Caregivers The Springs The Shop @ Greenbush
Patients Group 19301-B Saticoy St. 993 S. Glendora Ave., #2 11703 Los Nietos Rd. 13425 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 100
8801 Reseda Blvd. (818) 357-3650 (626)337-8310 (562)699-8960 (818)995-5755
(818)734-2778
Happycation Collective Harbor Area Collective Santa Monica Valley Independent
Smokes for Less 6740 Reseda Blvd., Unit C 600 S. Pacific St., #104 Pharmacy
(310)514-1556 The Farmacy 13650 Burbank Blvd.
18110 Nordhoff St. (818)757-3574
2305 Main St. (818)997-1787
(818)700-8700
Herbal Valley Caregivers Natural Wellness (323)848-7981
Sweet-D 17718 Sherman Way Caregivers Group Silverlake
1111 S. Pacific Ave. Sherman Oaks
8349 Reseda Blvd., Ste. D (818)342-0420
(310)514-9665 House of Kush
(818)882-8955 101 Emerald Triangle
House of Kush Inc. 2823 Hyperion Ave.
18119 Saticoy St. PR Collective Ministry (323)664-KUSH
The Strain Station
(818)996-KUSH, 136 S. Gaffey St. 13321 Ventura Blvd.,
17317 Saticoy St.
(310)832-2420 2nd floor Mr. Greens Collective
(818)457-4219 (818)339-6576 cell
(818)386-2998 3740 W. Sunset Blvd.,
Today’s Health Care Humbolt Relief Southern California 2nd floor
4ever20 (323)913-0668
(THC) 6670 Reseda Blvd., #107 Herbal Network
(818)300-0020 600 South Pacific Avenue 15149 Ventura Blvd.
18118 Parthenia St.
(818)582-3239 The Higher Path
(818)700-2842 Suite 104
KV Caregivers 1302 Sunset Blvd.
(310)547-4500 Daddy’s Collective (DC)
Valley Co-Op 7537 1/2 Reseda Blvd. (213)484-1001
(818)757-3503 Spiritual Awakenings 14430 Ventura Blvd.
8363 Reseda Blvd., #203A
(818)817-9517 South Gate
(818)727-1419 Delivery
Los Angeles Valley (310)793-6556 Elixer Medical Group Natures Remedy
West Coast Evaluations Caregivers
4312 Woodman Ave., #101 10435 Atlantic Blvd.
8349 Reseda Blvd., Ste. F 6657 Reseda Blvd., #202 The Healing Center
(877)99-Elixer (323)357-7900
(818)701-0420 (818)654-9731 (THC) - Delivery
(909)349-7759 Holland House South Gate Herbal
Pacoima Natural Care Collective
14006 Ventura Blvd. Healing Center
18341 Sherman Way, #213 Santa Ana
Folk Remedies Factory (818)849-5500 13194 Paramount Blvd., #B
(818)344-7420
11203 Glenoaks Blvd., Unit HLHC (Healthy Living (562)634-1354
Medical Marijuana Relief
2B Nature’s Natural Hospice Center)
Clinic Studio City
(818)834-8304 Collective Care, Inc. 1800 East Garry Ave,
14303 Ventura Blvd.
6951 Reseda Blvd. Suite #221 Alternative Medicine
JayJay’s Collective (818)783-3888 PH
(818)344-1102 (866)575-5430 Group
13312 1/2 Van Nuys Blvd. (818)783-4488 FX
10964 Ventura Blvd.
(818)686-2023 Reliable Relief Collective Marijuana Medicine
Mendica Caregivers (818)762-5886
7125 Lindley Ave. Evaluation Center
Panorama Providers 4622 Van Nuys Blvd.
(818)881-4420 1125 E. 17th St., #W237 Buds and Roses
13807 Roscoe Blvd. (818)789-0420
(800)420-1995 13235 Ventura Blvd.
(818)895-4820 Reseda Discount
Perennial Holistic (818)907-8852
Caregivers Orange Co. Patient
San Fernando Valley Wellness Center
6102 Reseda Blvd. Group Collective California Organic
Discount Medicine 14542 Ventura Blvd., #201
(818)757-0434 2315 E. 17th St., #4 Treatment Center
(SFVDM) (818)728-4883
(714)547-2525 11644 Ventura Blvd.
13550 Roscoe Blvd. True Healing Collective
Sherman Oaks (818)506-5948
(818)908-9951 (THC) Santa Clarita
Collective Care
7329 Reseda Blvd. Cannabis Card Center
Woodman The Patients Group 14200 Ventura Blvd., #101
(818)705-6780 4344 Laurel Canyon Blvd.,
Compassionate Delivery Service (818)783-8332
Ste. 2
Caregivers Westwood Organic (818)297-0704
So Cal Herbal Care (310)889-5648
8205 Woodman Ave., Ste. 106 Collective 13238 Riverside Dr.
(818)453-8153 18845 Sherman Way, Ste. F Santa Fe Springs
(818) 501-5554 City Organic Remedies
(818)478-8929 Discount Collective of 11306 Ventura Blvd.
Playa Del Rey SOHO Sherman Oaks (818)980-1122
Riverside Santa Fe Springs
Beach Enlightment and 11823 E. Slauson Ave., Health Organization
Compassionate Care
Compassionate Healing Cannabis Patient Care Unit #29 Collective
13619 Moorpark St., Unit A of Studio City
Center Delivery (562)945-1450
(818)205-9265 11314 Ventura Blvd.
310 Culver Blvd. (619)865-2573
Santa Fe Springs (818)506-7207
(310)821-4420 The Greenhouse Herbs
San Pedro Specialty Health Center
Reseda 5156 Sepulveda Blvd. Holistic Care
10016 Pioneer Blvd.,
Compassionate (818)386-1343 of Studio City
Bud Vendor, Inc. Unit #112
Caregivers of San Pedro 12406 Ventura Blvd., #B
18320 Sherman Way, Ste. D (562)949-0100
(CCSP) Therapeutic Medicinal (818)985-5551
(818)996-8787 Health Resources
410 S. Gaffey St. The East Group
(310) 732-2109 12150 Bloomfield Ave. Unit B 14836 Burbank Blvd.
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IVXX Green Moon Healing Foothill Green Collective AH Herbal Care Green Dragon
11222 Ventura Blvd. Center (FGC) 14015 Van Nuys Blvd., Unit B Caregivers
(818) 985-4899 12737 Glenoaks Blvd., Unit 6815 Foothill Blvd. (818)899-3112 14546 Vanowen St.
#15 (818)353-7999 (818)442-0054
LAHC (818)367-1397 ApotheCare Collective
11101 Ventura Blvd., Unit 1 Foothill Wellness Center 6016 Tyrone Ave. H.I.N.T Caregivers
(818)506-6364 Urban Health 7132 Foothill Blvd. (818)373-4526 13616 Victory Blvd.
12431 San Fernando Rd. (818)352-3388 (818)781-4440
Natural Herbal Pain (818)364-5700 Balboa Caregivers
Relief SCI 16900 Sherman Way, #6 Herbal Healing Remedy
11626 Ventura Blvd. Tarzana 10037 Commerce Ave. (818)902-0201 Center Plus
(818)508-0955 (818)273-4567 7344 Van Nuys Blvd., #7
Compasionate Patient Best Meds Factory
(818)782-6383
Studio City Medical Resources Tujunga Hills Caregivers 7301 Sepulveda Blvd., Unit 2
Marijuana Patient 19237 1/2 Ventura Blvd. 6920 Foothill Blvd. (818)787-2428 Herbal Relief Caregivers
Collective (818)343-3690 (818)352-9400 6850 Van Nuys Blvd., #204
Boo-Ku
4707 Whitsett Ave. (818)951-9992
HC Remedies Valley Village 6817 Sepulveda Blvd.,
(818)487-1887 2nd Floor
19327 Ventura Blvd., #A HLA Collective
(818)758-9613 Caregivers Medical (818)908-9255 7123 Sepulveda Blvd.
Studio City Private
Resource (818)453-8085
Organic Therapy Medical Wellness Center C.A.R.E.
12458 Magnolia Blvd.
11557 Ventura Blvd. 14530 Archwood St. Hollywood’s
(MWC) (818)980-8420
(818)506-7144y (818)387-8467
19654 Ventura Blvd. Compasssionate
(818)881-8744 Dr. Green Meds Caregivers
The Wellness Earth Cali-Care Collective
4741 Laurel Canyon Blvd. 7255 Woodley Ave.
Energy Dispensary So Cal Co-op 13247 Victory Blvd.
(818)985-6337 (818)909-7785
120211/2 Ventura Blvd 19459 Ventura Blvd. (818)761-6944
(818)980-2266 (818)344-7622 Herbal Healing Center
California’s Choice Kester Caregivers
(HHC) 6817 Kester Ave.
Xenobiotic Wellness Caregivers 6722 White Oak Ave.
5507 Laurel Canyon Blvd., (818)988-6600;
10938 Ventura Blvd. 18663 Ventura Blvd., #230 (818)881-1489
Ste. C (877)401-WEED
(818)623-8823 (818)300-0035 (818)505-9772 California Collective
Sun Valley Kush Corner Collective
Zen Medical Garden Holistic Therapeutic Center
14532 Friar St., Ste. A (KCC)
Brandford Caregivers 18957 Ventura Blvd. Center (H.T.C.+)
(818)781-8865 7135 Kester Ave.
12065 Brandford St., Ste. 7 (818)774-9480 12410 Burbank Blvd., #103 (818)568-2202
(818)890-0954 (818)980-5999 Clover Collective (CC)
Thousand Oaks
5658 Sepulveda Blvd. Kushism
Master Collective HTC 7555 Woodley Ave.
Canna Med of Thousand (818)785-3622
11623 Sheldon St., #A 12410 Burbank Blvd., #103 (818)994-3446
Oaks
(818)504-2400 (818)980-5999 CannaMed -Doctors
1879 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Lake Balboa Collective
Valley Holistic (805)497-9190 Nature Medical Center Office
17616 Sherman Way
Caregivers 5301 Laurel Cyn Blvd. #112 6309 Van Nuys Blvd. #105G
Torrance (818)609-0119
7200 Vineland Blvd., Ste. 205 (818)980-3232 (866)624-1191
(818)255-5511 Delta 9 Modern OG Collective
TLMD DEC Medical
1321 W. Carson St. 5658 Sepulveda Blvd., #210
V.N.C. Holistic Care 12458 Magnolia Blvd. 6309 Van Nuys Blvd., Ste.203
(310)618-3582 (818)785-3622
8879 Laurel Canyon Blvd., (818)761-8973 (818)781-1070
#C Green Cross of Torrance Montana Caregivers
Valley Village Caregivers Delta 9
(818)230-2806 1658 B W. Carson St. 13655 Victory Blvd., #205
4843 Laurel Canyon Blvd. 7648 Van Nuys Blvd.
(310)533-9363 (818)782-7641
Sunland (818)505-1330 (818)997-1003 s
Mother Nature’s Remedy
The Little Cottage Caregivers Van Nuys Discount Relief
South Bay Canna Clinic Caregivers
8133 Foothill Blvd. Collective
1555 W. Sepulveda Blvd., #J 420 Discount Collective 17302 Saticoy St.
(818)353-7204 6309 Van Nuys Blvd. #110
(310)517-0420 56161/2 Kester Ave. (818)345-MEDS
(818)849-6751
Sylmar (818)904-6797 Neighborhood
Tujunga Durman Inc. Caregivers
Greenlight Discount 818 Collective Caregivers Collective
ALCC (DIC)
Pharmacy 7232 Sepulveda Blvd. 6315 Van Nuys Blvd., #A2
7624 Foothill Blvd., No. A 16045 Sherman Way, Unit H1
15507 Cobalt St., #4 (818)442-0200 (818)988-8989
(818)353-WEED (818)908-0881
(818)256-1964 OG Art Collective
A Nature’s Best Organic Eden Caregivers (EC)
Foothill Discount 14522 Vanowen St., #7
Solutions 6742 Van Nuys Blvd., Ste. 203
Caregivers (818) 994-2040
14545 Friar St., #224 (818)376-0115
7245 Foothill Blvd.
(818)844 6774
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Organic Health Solutions Venice West Hollywood Woodland Hills West Valley Patients
(deliveries available) Group (WVPG)
Alternative Caregivers Alternative Herbal Boulevard Collective 23043 Ventura Blvd.
14540 Victory Blvd., #100
122 S. Lincoln Ave., #204 Health Services (AHHS) 19709 Ventura Blvd., Ste. #A (818)224-4146
(818)270-1419
(877)219-3809 7828 Santa Monica Blvd. (818)710-1166
Our Green Planet (323)654-8792 Woodland Hills
China Inn Conscious Caregivers Treatment Center
Collective
812 Lincoln Blvd. Los Angeles Patients Collective 5338 Alhama Dr., 2nd floor
14624 Victory Blvd.
(310)883-3924 & Caregivers Group (818)941-9912 (818)884-8338
(818)376-8512
LAPCG
Evaluation Center For Green Hills Collective Zenergy
Prime Selection 7213 Santa Monica Blvd., #C
Medical Marijuana 22831 Ventura Blvd. 22102 Clarendon St., #6
Caregivers (323)882-6033
1307 Oceanfront Walk (818)979-1750 (818)712-0871
6322 Vesper Ave.
(424)744-8020 The Farmacy West
(818)376-1160 Green Magic
Hollywood Bail Bonds
Herbology Collective 23002 Ventura Blvd.
Progressive Options 7825 Santa Monica Blvd.
1811 Ocean Front Walk, #D (818) 224-3061 420BailMeOut.com
14545 Friar St., Ste. 202 (323)848-7981
(310)823-2909 Marijuana Bail Bonds
(818)782-4900 Green Mile Caregivers
West LA Collective (866)545-9353
Ironworks Collective 19901 Ventura Blvd.
Red Moon Inc. Caregivers (WLACC)
4100 Lincoln Blvd. (818)710-7993
14350 Oxnard St. 7901 Santa Monica Blvd.,
(310)305-8425
(818)997-6912 #206 Herbal Solutions
Natural Remedies Collective (HSC)
Safe Harbor Patients West Hollywood
Services 22728 Ventura Blvd., Unit #A
Collective
76 Market St. Zen Healing (818)704-1300
5953 Hazeltine Ave., Ste. B
(310)450-4420 8464 Santa Monica Blvd.
(818)902-0015 MedGo Compassionate
(323)656-6611
Van Nuys Nile Collective Corp Caregivers
1501 Pacific Ave. Westlake Village Delivery
Southern Cal. Caregivers
(310)392-9900 (323)202-2807
15333 Sherman Way, #Q Amazing Healing Supply
(818)988-0699 Supplemental Organic (AHS) New Age Compassion
Solutions, Inc. 31194 La Baya Dr., Ste. 207 Care Center
Strain Balboa Caregivers
2501 Lincoln Blvd. (888)735-3231 19720 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 101
Inc.
(310)450-9141 (818)610-8019
7207 Balboa Blvd. Evaluation Center for
(866)440-7894 The Farmacy Venice Medical Marijuana The Grasshopper 215
1509 Abbot Kinney Blvd. 3825-R E. Thousand Oaks 21146 Ventura Blvd., #206
Suite 215
(310)392-3890 Blvd. (818)340-KUSH
16760 Stagg St., #215
(818)787-5215 (805)497-7546
Venice Beach Care The Hills Caregivers
Center Westwood 20000 Ventura Blvd., Suite B
The Green Earth
410 Lincoln Blvd. (818)999-3265
6811 Woodman Ave. The Farmacy Westwood
(310)399-4307
(818)994-1045 1035 Galey Ave. Topanga Caregivers
Ventura County (310)208-0820 6457 Topanga Canyon Blvd,
The Willshire Clinic
6741 Van Nuys Blvd., #A (818)716-9200
Ventura County Wilimington
(818)997-0633 Compassionate West Side Caregivers
Kush Korner II 22148 Ventura Blvd., #A
Universal Caregivers Caregivers
813 Cristobal Ave. (818)887-2106
13611 Sherman Way Deliveries
(818)988-9333 (805)558-8300 South Bay Wellness West Valley Caregivers
Vernon Network 23067 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 104
Valley Healing Caregiver 1127 W. Anaheim St. (818)591-5899
Center Best Quality Herbal (310)847-6199
7232 Van Nuys Blvd., #204 Medicine
(818)908-0198 1833 E. Vernon Ave., #105
Van Nuys Compassionate (323)233-1779
7026 Van Nuys Blvd.
(818)660-2646
West Hills
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7230 Medical Center Dr.,
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NBA Season continued from page 103 Our Advertisers
Orlando Magic (3 votes) 314 Olympic Herbal Center.......................11 Kush Korner Caregivers............................61
And here’s the case for the defending East champs to win it all: 420 Medical Evaluations...........................63 Kushism..................................................129
A lot of folks are focused on the Hedo Turkoglu-Vince 420 Medicard............................................79 LA Organic Pharmacy.............................131
Carter “swap.” Since you can argue that one in either direction, 420 Serenity Leaf.....................................36 LA Wonderland..........................................65
let’s call it a draw. So now you have a team that went to the 4Ever20....................................................78 Lake Balboa Collective.............................79
Finals without its All-Star point guard, who has returned to Adams & Hill Discount Center...................30 Lakha Medical Clinic................................36
join VC in the backcourt, with an improving superstar in the Arleta’s Therapeutic Alternative..............100 LAX Patient Remedies............................100
middle, a tough new power forward in Brandon Bass, an All- Belmont Shore Natural Care.....................57 LBC Hydro.................................................63
Star forward in Rashard Lewis, a driven coach in Stan Van Berkeley Clinic..........................................31 Living Earth Wellness Center..................107
Gundy, and a deep roster all around. And they’ll be extremely Best Meds Factory Inc..............................22 Long Beach Organics................................57
motivated by personal and team goals to finish the job this Best Quality Herbal Medicine...................62 Long Beach Patient Resource Co-op........94
Boulevard Collective.................................50 Marina Caregivers....................................65
season. What’s not to like?
Bud Vendor Inc..........................................58 Med X.......................................................41
Orlando, of course. Take the league’s best defense, subtract
California Compassionate Care Network....51 Medco.......................................................71
the overrated Hedo Turkoglu and add Vince Carter to a lineup
California Compassion Center..................74 Medical Advisory Center...........................23
that already had three All-Stars, and what do you have? A team
California Herbal Healing Center..............68 Medical Marijuana Evaluation..................87
that’s ready to handle Boston (again) and Cleveland (again) and
California Organic Collective....................92 Melrose Healing Center............................46
get past a somewhat aging Lakers team (to whom the Magic
Canna Health Caregivers..........................44 Mendica......................................................9
gave away two Finals games in June).
Cannabis Card Center...............................94 Montana Caregivers..................................77
Cannabisco...............................................62 Mother Natures Remedy.........................108
Cannabis Planet........................................72 Nature Medical Center..............................15
Canna Med..............................................100 Natures Wonder........................................85
CCCMS.........................................insert card Neighborhood Canna..............................130
Centinela Green House Collective...............3 New Hope Medical....................................41
Compassionate Caregivers of San Pedro...81 NHCC........................................................50
Compassionate Health Center..................95 NOHO 5656...............................................92
Cypress Hill Smokeout..................... 43 & 80 Organic Medirex Consultation................128
Discount Collective of Santa Fe................95 Patients & Caregivers.................................5
Discount Co-Op.......................................114 Pico Collective..........................................78
Doesha Cup..............................................89 Pineapplekush.com................................111
Dr. Green Meds.........................................69 Rampart Discount Center.........................90
Eagle Rock Herbal Collective....................57 Red Moon.................................................61
East LA Compassionate............................73 Reseda Discount Caregivers.....................55
Eden Therapy............................................21 Roscoe Compassionate Caregivers............2
Evergreen.................................................54 Santa Monica Collective.........................109
Folk Remedies Factory.............................75 South Gate Herbal Healing Center..........117
Foothill Discount Caregivers.....................18 Southbay Wellness Network.....................91
Galaxy Caregivers.....................................69 Specialty Collective..................................47
Go Green Bear Collective..........................49 Sunset Herbal Corner...............................93
Grateful Meds...........................................42 Sunshine Holistic Patients........................95
Green Cure Natural...................................94 Supplemental Organic Solutions..............76
Green Earth Center...................................58 Tai Ma Remedies......................................87
Green Guild...............................................21 Tender Love Collective..............................96
Green Miracle Healing..............................19 The East Group.........................................96
Green Valley Caregivers............................45 The Green Easy.......................................118
Greener Pastures......................................14 The Healing Center...................................41
Greenway Caregivers................................58 The Hills..................................................110
Harbor Area Collective..............................38 The Shop...................................................24
Healers on Third.....................................115 The Strain Station.....................................26
Herb Doc...................................................97 TLMD......................................................127
Herbal Solutions of So California................4 Traditional Herbal Center..........................76
Hill Organic Herb.....................................113 United Discount Collective........................88
HLA Collective...........................................12 Universal Caregivers...............................113
Hot Box Collective.....................................37 Valley Holistic Caregivers.......................132
House of Kush.........................................104 Van Nuys Organics..................................101
IVXX........................................................117 Venezia Discount......................................81
Kelly’s Collective.......................................73 Western Discount.......................................7
Kester Caregivers.....................................27 Wilshire Healing......................................115
Kush Collective.......................................116 Woodvic....................................................36

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