In a new op-ed, the Denver Post stands in favor of new regulations that would essentially eliminate private primary caregivers.

See the article here and check the comments section for our response.

The Releaf Center is proud to announce we will now be carrying Nancy B’s amazing edibles.  You may have noticed their line of medicated sodas, or Puff Puff Potions in our shop already, but if you haven’t… get your head out of the clouds!  Their four flavors (Blackberry, Ginger Beer, Sarsaparilla and Strawberry Prickly Pear) are far and away some of the best tasting sodas on the market.  Don’t worry about high fructose corn syrup, either.  All of their sodas are sweetened with Colorado beet sugar.

We are always looking for ways to cater to a wide variety of dietary concerns.  Nancy B’s is unbelievable in this regard, offering gluten-free (Smokin’ Snickerdoodle, Red Velvet Brownie) low-glycemic (Carrot Cake) and vegan (Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffin) edibles that still deliver for your taste buds.  Strain specific items help you select a confection that helps you function in a variety of circumstances.  My favorite: the Sweet’nSalty, a bacon-infused chocolate that has an amazing smokiness to it.

Please stop in Friday, July 23rd and Saturday, July 24th between 11AM-7PM to try a free non-medicated sample of a variety of Nancy B’s Edible Medicine products, courtesy of The Releaf Center.

As always, see our website for a live menu, tour of the shop, and much more.

Isn’t a pot smoker’s money good enough for ya?

The potential (tax) revenue from legalized marijuana production for both individual states and the federal government, numbers which are guesstimated in the graphic below, exceeds three-quarters of a billion dollars (I’m assuming annually).

* image designed by Column Five Media for SloshSpot.com (original source)

No one knows what either state or country-wide legalization would truly “look like” yet, but there’s an entire Industry developing and blossoming before our very eyes, and there’s a bit more money to be made out there (than by simple taxation)…

Here’s the Scenario:

I wanna get mine (as does the next guy & gal).  I decide to start growing for myself as well as for a few patient-friends.

Since I don’t have a car, I decide to convert my as-luck-would-have-it nearly completely empty/gutted garage into my grow space.

First, Home DePOT gets me for tools, wooden planks & 2×4’s, some metal stuff, tubing, containers, fans, floor covering and some plant nutrients… and you know damn well on the way out the hot dog vendor is getting at least $10 from me as well.

Then I’m off to my favorite hydroponics supply store on my Big Wheel… keepin’ my carbon footprint low – WHAT! Fluorescent lights & various electronic gauges in my shopping cart, I use the same VISA that I had just used earlier in the day – the credit card company then gets a percentage (twice)-  and that should trickle down to its employees at some point… I get home and set everything up…

Holy sh** – I knew I forgot something… off to the dispensary to pick up the clones.

The dispensary makes a few bucks on each plant, which helps to pay their employees.  The employees then spend that income (some of it probably on medicine) and put it back into the economy again at Panda Express, for example… since it’s raining like a MoFo right now and I’m heavily medicated, I’m taking a taxi – the driver then gets paid from me, and then uses that money at a gas station or at an arsenal perhaps?

Then you have the people who actually cultivate vast quantities (within the limits of Colorado law) – the Big Dog commercial cultivators – generally, people with lots of money like to spend lots of money, so Chevrolet is making money off the Corvette the grower just purchased.  The contractor who builds in-ground pools and racquetball courts will be getting paid handsomely when the grower decides to renovate his pad… and on and on… the lucky contractor, the car’s engineer, the credit card company account manager, the line cook at the Chinese restaurant and the gas station attendant all are earning because of me and then spending along with me – simply, there’s billions out there to be made.

-Jason

Howdy Denver:

Stop by the shop when time permits and donate a bit towards our honorable cause -

We call it “The Ounce That Counts”, and this is our second go around at it.  Based on last year’s success,we had to bring it back for 2010.

We are asking for a minuscule $5.00 donation, of which 100% will be going to charity.

Which charity you ask?

Well that’s up to the winner of the drawing…

Oh yeah, and the winner also gets a free ounce of top-shelf medicine for themselves!

If we receive 200 entries, for example, then $1000 will be going to the winner’s chosen approved charity.

We will be holding the drawing during the afternoon of Thursday, July 1st.

… and yes, as a patient of The Releaf Center, you may enter the drawing as many times as you would like!

Please call (303-458-5323) or email (thereleafcenter@gmail.com) if you have any questions. You can also contact us through Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, DailyBuds, and/or WeedMaps

- Jason

*** Our current referral program has the Lower Highlands very happy and very medicated.  If you’re a current patient of ours, bring in a friend [who has not been here before] the next time you come by and reap an amazing perk: your friend buys a gram, you get a FREE GRAM – if your friend buys an eighth, you get a FREE EIGHTH (limit is 3.5 grams, and we allow one purchase daily per patient).  In other words, the amount of FREE MEDICINE that you can acquire over time is a function of how many friends you bring in! ***

HB 1284:

1.) requires dispensaries to be licensed at the state and local level
2.) requires dispensaries to grow 70% of the medical marijuana they sell, eliminating wholesale marijuana growers
3.) bars recently convicted felons – or anyone convicted of a drug-related felony – from owning a dispensary
4.) prohibits people who haven’t lived in Colorado for 2 years from opening a dispensary
5.) allows local governments – or voters – to ban dispensaries in their communities
6.) makes a legal distinction between dispensaries and “primary caregivers”, which are small-sclae marijuana providers whose work is specifically protected in the state’s constitution
7.) prohibits people operating as primary caregivers from serving more than 5 patients in most cases and requires them to register with the state
8.) some provisions take effect immediately – dispensaries must apply for a state license by August 1 – while others go into effect July 1, 2011

SB 109:

1.) requires doctors who recommend medical marijuana to complete a full assessment of the patient’s medical history, to talk with the patient about the condition that caused them to seek marijuana and to be available for follow-up care
2.) prevents doctors from getting paid by dispensaries to write recommendations
3.) bars doctors with restrictions on their medical licenses from recommending marijuana
4.) takes effect immediately

* info extracted from Denver Post article: http://www.denverpost.com/news/marijuana/ci_15248235

-Jason

From our friends across the pond… just saw this story from last week… had to post it.

Don’t Go to Sleep… EVER!

If you’re not a subscriber, The Sun is a daily tabloid in the UK, but this seems like something that could happen.

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Also, residents of the city of Aurora might need to [continue to] find their meds outside of city limits come November 2010…

Aurora to Vote…

-Jason

The Merits of Medical Marijuana

It’s subtle, but did you notice the subtitle “… conditions it may help”?  Hey, it’s 2010. Don’t make us Windows-folk switch to using Macs like former Walmart shoppers who have switched to Target in light of the Joseph Casias struggle – at least MSN isn’t hating on it, though… yeah Fox News, I’m talkin’ about you!  Joseph, if you happen to be reading this after Googling yourself or whatnot, I’m sorry, but I had to deactivate my Facebook account permanently and lost my “friend-status” with ya.  Hope all is well, except for the Red Wings!

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As to why I found the following article, I am unsure.  The article is from 2 years back (before both Lady GaGa and Snookie existed), though the information would seem good enough to stand the test of time… and now I can taste my own vomit.

How to Make a Skull Bong

It should be noted that digging up cemeteries, stealing from high school science classrooms, and/or procuring via eBay are potentially criminal acts and are in no fashion endorsed by myself or the company which I currently represent; on top of that note, let’s toss in the fact that bongs are a relatively unhealthy way of getting your meds… and then add the speculation that while the bong water will remove some toxins from the smoke it will also remove THC… while the smoke may be cooler, the concept no longer is.

Maybe it’s a little silly, and I suppose it’s the same question of who from History would you like to have dinner with, but who would you want “to smoke out of” and why [assuming you can get past the morbidness]?  Example: Jason, I would like to smoke out of, oh I dunno… Colorado-grown musician Big Head Todd – because his big head would mean a bigger hit of medicine to alleviate the chronic pain associated with my fibromyalgia.  In truth, I’ve looked at – actually, thoroughly examined –  Todd’s head in relation to that of my own and have concluded that either we both have big heads or neither or us do; the logic’s a bit fuzzy, but: I don’t have a big head, so neither does Todd.  Maybe it refers to his cockiness or bravado or something like that… damn rock stars with your creativity!  Send me your answers.

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DJ Short does not spin records (as his primary job, at least) – he’s a Titan in the marijuana breeding business and has been for some time now.  This photo is not of DJ Short:

If you have any interest in medical marijuana genetics, cultivating for yourself, and/or in dispelling the myth that growing the highest-quality, medically-efficacious marijuana is a simple thing to accomplish, then this article ahead could be for you… well, relatively speaking, growing IS simple(r) now, in part because of this man’s genius.  Note: I’ve read this article 3 times now and I’m once again (GRRRRR!) asking myself why I didn’t study botany in college – perhaps then I could understand the full meaning of this information.  Warning: if, like myself, your attention span is short like Herve Villechaize, then this might not be for you… and if you wanna get all fresh and tell me that you want to smoke from HIS skull, then that’s just disrespect to my boy and you shall receive a lifetime ban from my heart.

Crazy DJ Short article from Cannabis Culture magazine

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Finally, on a somber note, one of my all-time favorite basketball players, Manute Bol, has recently fallen quite ill – as of today, he is still the all-time leader in block percentage in NBA/ABA history. Get well soon, Manute.

-Jason

PS: If you visit our funky fresh establishment in the Lower Highlands-area of Denver any time soon, ask us about our in-house JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH [HALF MELT] HASH… the best Jack Flash in Colorado will probably make the best Jack Flash hash in Colorado as well, wouldn’t you think? Coming soon!

We have reached the 11th hour. HB1284 is poised to be passed, leaving patients and dispensaries little time to adapt to state regulations. Portions are wholly unconstitutional. It’s time to make our collective voices heard. Please take one minute to call.

Phone: (303) 866-2471
Fax: (303) 866-2003

Write to the Governor here: http://www.colorado.gov/apps/oit/governor/citizen/assistanceUtility/welcome.jsf

*** updated June 11, 2010

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World:

I’m going to be keeping an ongoing list here of Blueberry-related MMJ strains…

Initially, I am compiling the basic genetic information from the world’s various official seed bank websites.  I can only hope that by acquiring information directly from the ‘cultivators’ (‘enablers’?) that it will be accurate… then onto “reference” books like The Big Book of Buds… then I’m open to suggestions from anyone in the know.

Please feel free to send me any genetics-related information on Blueberry hybrids that you know of (along with a source if possible) and I will update my list; as well as any errors that you feel have been posted.

Here’s what I have gotten so far (alternate names are italicized):

21 Blueberry x Sweet Tooth (Centennial Seed Co.)

Avalon Blueberry x Afghani

Berry White Blueberry x White Widow

Big Blue Blueberry x NL #5

Blue Apollo Blueberry x Apollo 11

Blue Bubblejuice Blueberry x Bubblejuice

Blue Buddha Oregon Blueberry (clone) x Buddha’s Sister

Blue City Diesel (Blue City) Blueberry x NYC Diesel

Blue Crystal Blueberry x White Heaven

Blue God Blueberry x God Bud

Blue Grape #1 Blueberry x Grapefruit

Blue Haze (Blue Dream) (Blaze) Blueberry x Haze

Blue Cheese Blueberry x Big Buddha Cheese

Blue Hash Blueberry x California Hash Plant

Blue Hen Blueberry x Super Silver Haze

Blue Jack (Jackberry) Blueberry x Jack Herer

Blue Rhino Blueberry x White Rhino

Blue Rhyder Blueberry x Lowryder

Blue Skunk Special Blueberry #1 x NL #5 (then backcrossed w/ Holland Skunk Special)

Blue Thunder Blueberry x Matanuska Tundra

Blue Widow (Blue Venom) Blueberry x White Widow

Blueberry Purple Thai & Highland Thai x Afghan indica

Blueberry x Nice Blueberry x Mr. Nice Guy

Blueberry x Northern Lights Blueberry x Northern Lights

Blueberry Haze [DJ Short's] Blueberry x a “secret” Haze

Blueberry Punch Blueberry x Romulan

Blueberry Skunk Blueberry x Skunk #1

Bubbleberry Blueberry x Bubblegum

Crimea Blue Blueberry x Ukrainian Hash Plant

Django Blueberry x Jack Flash (Centennial Seed Co.)

F-13 Blueberry x Flo

Kushberry Blueberry x OG Kush

Malberry Blueberry x Malawi

Midnight Kush Blueberry x Hash Plant

Orange Crush Blueberry x California Orange

Silver Blue Blueberry x Silver Pearl

SoGouda Blueberry x Cheese x G-13 Haze

Skywalker Blueberry x Mazar

True Blue Blueberry x Blueberry

Please join us on Saturday, May 29th, from 8pm-2am at Quixote’s True Blue for the 2nd Mile-Hi Medicinal Bash.

There will be food & drink, live music and medicine for all… also, there will be a crazy amount of giveaways, including t-shirts, vaporizers and medicine.

Your valid Colorado MMJ card or doctor’s recommendation is required for entry.

Hope to see ya there!