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What’s Inside,
6 Strain Review: Doc Holiday
9 The Other Boston City Hall Extortion Story
12 Boston George Returns to His Roots
18 Legal Weed: The Grey Market of the Green Rush
24 Massachusetts Marijuana Madness Continue
26 Ice Water Sieving
36 United Boston Legalization Opponents Include
Doctor who Blamed Marathon Bommbing on
Cannabis
44 Chalice Festival Photographs
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Strain Review
Strain Name: Doc Holiday
Genetic Lineage: Kurple Fantasy #1 x Star Dawg.
(Old Man Purps x ‘92 OG) x (Chem 4 x Tres Dawg)
Sex: Regular
Type: Mostly Indica
Flowering: 63 - 70 Days
Height: Medium
Area: Indoor & Outdoor
If your a fan of purple cannabis, you are going to LOVE what the Star Dawg does to the Kurple Fantasy #1! These
are 2 of my favorite strains combined, bringing the best of both worlds in one strain! Kurple Fantasy #1 is a multiple
award-winning strain here in Colorado bred by Fuji of Imperial Genetics. Bubba, Josh, and Paul of Imperial
Genetics are also responsible for sourcing the ‘92 OG from Florida in the Early 1990’s, which also is in the Kurple
Fantasy. They sourced the “Old Man Purps” from an old man growing up in the mountains that turned hermaphrodite.
They collected the pollen, dusted several strains they had at the netime including the ‘92 OG they were growing.
They collected seeds the ‘92 OG produced from the Old Man Purps pollen, popped them, pheno hunted that
round of seeds, and from there is they discovered the Kurple Fantasy # 1 and #2. Take caution when working with
anything that has Old Man Purps in it. There is a higher than usual male-female ratio, so be prepared to pop your
whole pack. Just know whatever female comes out of this cross, could be an excellent cup-entry phenotype, but
don’t limit yourself to only getting one pack of the Doc Holiday! The genetics from the Old Man Purps are definitely
something special, so don’t miss your opportunity to score these
The growth structure should be very short, medium growth speed, pretty solid and chunky, the purple colors
should start showing towards the 2nd half of the flowering period. No need to drop the temperature to bring the
color out, because no matter what, it should show wether its a little or a lot. It is in the Genotype from the Old Man
Purps, not the Phenotype. Genotype + Enviorment = Phenotype. Doc Holiday’s aroma ad flavors should range
anywhere from Licorice/ Lavender/ Floral/ Spicy/ Pine/ Bleach/ Ajax/ Carpet Cleaner and Lilac Chemical Air
Freshener. Doc Holiday’s effect is going to be pretty heavy, depending which phenotype you select so be prepared to
sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride! This strain could be excellent for dry sifting. The Kurple Fantasy #1 looks incredibly
resinous to the naked eye but its mainly trichome stalks, and not the trichome heads. The Star Dawg might
give some phenotypes of the Kurple Fantasy #1 more bulbous heads that will made sifting easier. Look out for the
phenos that might have purple trichome heads! This strain should give you just about everything you want. Bag
appeal, aroma, flavor, heavy effect, good yields on flower and resin, and a short to medium plant size. If you sleep
on these Doc Holiday packs, you might just want to slap yourself for missing out on one highly anticipated release
that’s surely worth the time and money. 2 award- winning strains, combined with a legendary strain. How can you
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THE OTHER BOSTON CITY HALL EXTORTION STORY
How officials put police pressure on cannabis activists
BY ANDY GAUS
The United States Department of Justice may be investigating
Boston City Hall employees for allegedly pushing
Boston Calling music festival promoters to hire union
stagehands, but there is another form of similar extortion
that has continued unabated for years. Just consider
MassCann’s annual struggle to secure permits for its
Freedom Rally each September.
Before issuing permits, officials often hold a so-called
citywide meeting with representatives of all affected
departments of government. One such meeting took
place on May 16, chaired by the since-indicted Kenneth
Brissette, then director of the office of sports, tourism,
and entertainment for Boston. At that meeting, city
officials asked MassCann to hire a contingent of Boston
police officers as security. Speaking for MassCann, activist
Bill Downing said the group planned on hiring the
park rangers to secure the festivities, and didn’t need the
police. The meeting ended inconclusively, and instead of
approving the permit, the city called a second citywide
meeting on June 6 — the first time there has been a second
such meeting in the rally’s 29-year history.
At this point, however, there is still no official resolution.
US Attorney Carmen Ortiz,
ARE YOU LISTENING???
Andy Gaus is a Massachusetts-based cannabis advocate
and a member of MassCann-NORML.
The second get-together was not chaired by Brissette,
because he was arrested three days after the first meeting
on charges of extortion for allegedly holding up permits
for Boston Calling unless they hired union labor.
But even with Brissette absent, his spirit marched on.
Again, MassCann was asked to hire Boston cops. Downing
replied that cops present at previous rallies have not
spent their time on security but on arresting people, and
insisted that rangers could handle the job nicely. John
Swomley, lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union,
reminded the city that he had sued the city on Mass-
Cann’s behalf before and was prepared to do it again.
Hiring the cops is a particular sore point with Mass-
Cann, given the department’s history of trying to create
crimes from scratch, with undercover agents attempting
to buy small amounts of weed from rallygoers who otherwise
had no intention of selling. This year, MassCann
is determined to prevent the police from profiting off
the rally.
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Boston George Returns to His Roots
During the 2015 Emerald Cup I had the pleasure of interviewing Boston George, one of the world’s largest and
most famous smugglers.
I was at the all organics cannabis cup when a friend asked me if I had ever seen the movie Blow.
“Of course I have,” I told him. Who hadn’t seen Blow? While I admit it had been a few years since I had seen the
film myself, it’s kind of hard to forget that Johnny Depp played Boston George in a movie based on George’s life.
“Boston George is here. Would you like to interview him?”
He joked with me about our conversations being scotch talks, “Mind you I’m on scotch because the federal governby:
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Even though I was nervous, I jumped at the opportunity and somehow managed to muster up some questions about
his life, the movie, and about his cannabis smuggling days. I even had the chance to meet his lovely daughter,
Christine.
Three days later, back at home, I answered a call from an unknown number by chance and was shocked to hear
Boston George’s voice on the other end.
“Uncle Stoner it was a privilege meeting you and I enjoyed our interview,” he told me, “and I’d like to thank you
for not trying to jam me up. Do you mind if we talk for a little while?”

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ment won’t let me smoke cannabis. It’s just a plant!
So yeah, I guess we’ll call this scotch talks,” he
told me.
You see a lot of people know George Jung as Boston
George, cocaine smuggler and Pablo Escobar’s
right-hand-man; even more think of him as, “the
guy Johnny Depp played in that movie with all the
coke,” but when I think about Boston George, I
think about his contribution to the cannabis industry.
Boston George wasn’t just a cocaine smuggler. He
smuggled cannabis, too; pounds and pounds of it
from Mexico and among those pounds of flower
were sticks, stems, and even a few seeds. Old school
cannabists found those seeds and crossbred them
with various genetics. So while George was moving
la mota and rubbing elbows with entertainment
industry elite like Janis Joplin, Jimmi Hendrix, Bob
Dylan, and Henry Garcia, he was also contributing
to the US Mary Jane genepool. That being said, Boston
George is a lot more than a smuggler or peddler.
During our scotch talks, Boston George told me
about his life when he was George Jung, the star
football athlete who went to school on scholarship,
and platoon sergeant Jung of the U.S. Army. He told
me about his life as Boston George the high-profile
inmate; how there was a market for cellphones on
the inside, but he didn’t mess with it because he
didn’t want to cause trouble. I heard him talk about
George Jung the writer and how like most writers,
he wonders if anyone even knows he can write.
On occasion, I would even get to hear about young
George riding his bike to the corner store for a cola
with a shiny new nickel in his pocket from his dad.
Trixie Garcia and Boston George
In all of our talks, I never saw Boston George the hardened coke dealer or international smuggler. I did however get
to know George the man; someone who values life and detests guns and violence. If you ask Boston George if he
has any regrets, he’ll tell you that, “Regrets are a foolish pastime. To waste your time on regrets in this life - which
is so precious - is a travesty.”
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“Life is a lot like a train station,” he told me, “except you never really know if it’s your train approaching. Very,
very few people know. You just have to follow that little voice, let the winds of fate take you for a ride, find your
destiny. It’s all destiny.”
After 21 years in prison, George is getting back to his roots - his cannabis roots. That being said, I still had to ask
him what he thinks his destiny is now.
“My destiny is to one day meet God and ask him what the fuck is going on here.”
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In the meantime, Boston George has been keeping busy as an activist and speaker. In September, he hopes to make
the trip back to Massachusetts to speak to his hometown base at the Boston Freedom Rally.
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Legal Weed:
The Grey Market of the
Green Rush
By Mark M. Ward
In regards to the legal cannabis industry
in much of the country, there is still
a seedy market; no pun intended. Initially
the affluent protected their markets from
being made obsolete by cannabis. The
lesser percent have taken the upper hand
from the cartels and they now form the
laws and create regulations. Consequently,
they are the only individuals and “corporations”
that are able to comply with legal
cannabis regulations. Hence the wealthy
control the effects of supply and demand,
and thus the market. Aspiring canna-businessmen and canna-businesswomen are finding that they are forced
to jump through preposterous hoops (regulations, codes, taxes, $$$$), so the average person cannot take part in dispensing,
cultivating or any other facets of the industry.
Most banks will not lend to a cannabis business so the use of “private investing” and older money is prevalent,
“It is ridiculous how impossible it is trying to get bank funding of a canna-business.” -says Scott Bettano, CEO
and Cofounder of Social High, the cannabis social network and app, “Hell we couldn’t even get a bank account on
the east coast.” This can be comparable to how the Mafia, or so called “corporations”, cornered the market with
gambling and casinos in Las Vegas. This is why states such as Rhode Island have law makers trying to tax patients
on each plant they grow, to further isolate the market as they disguise it as reform. This will drive this market solely
into the hands of major corporations or major crime. “When Medical marijuana is over regulated to the point where
the average patient is priced out, we are forcing those who seek it back into the underground market where it is sold
exclusively by those who are willing to break the law. Some of these individuals will also have other products available,
including drugs that are far worse than marijuana.” -Tony Jones, Libertarian Party of RI.
But, how is this currently possible? How is this still happening? It’s been about 80 years since American
newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst built the nation’s largest newspaper chain and paper mills run on
timber, which were threatened by the hemp industry. It’s been the same amount of time since Hearst used his papers
and position as a platform to scare the nation by slandering cannabis with racist propaganda and by calling it by the
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scary Mexican and misleading
title “marijuana”. Does the Mexican
scare sound familiar to modern
politics? Why is this known travesty
of American history still comparable
to the corporate smokescreens
backed by the federal government
today?
The correlation is that we are
still allowing corporations to take or
give us the allowance of this natural
right of a plant, and our opinions
are still affected or spoken over by
the loud whims of the more well-off
lower percent. With these barrages
of laws and regulation we are
taking gardens from the gardeners
and giving them to the governors.
Mom and pop could save the farm
and help some people feel good in
the process, but they can’t afford to
re-vamp, or they are too close to a
school zone. Apparently one doesn’t
do much farming in a silk suit do
they?
Patriot Care is a Massachusetts
based company that has licensing
for cannabis facilities in Boston
and Greenfield, and now have both
a dispensary and cultivation facility
in Lowell. The company is directed
by CEO Bob Mayerson, who would
know much about big business, as
former president and chief officer at
Eastern Mountain Sports and tending
financial roles in Pepsi and Staples.
Patriot Care’s Lowell facility
joins Ayer, Brocton, North Hampton
and Salem as the only cities in Massachusetts
with facilities supplying
medicinal cannabis to patients. Patriot
Care will be opening a Boston
facility as early as late spring and
one in Greenfield will be finalized
over the summer. They have also
made an agreement with the city of
Lowell including such stipulations
that it will pay $25,000 for every
dispensary that uses their cultivation
centers products. It would make
sense that legal recreational cannabis
would dismantle and negate such
large investments these companies
put into medical cannabis.
Activist and model Brianna
Morrel elucidates as to why Patriot
Care has lobbyists that work hard
to prevent this. “Patriot Care has
associations with the anti-legalization
campaign in Massachusetts.”
According to Morrel, “Patriot Care
has vowed to never become a recreational
dispensary even after legalization.
Their board has also voiced
support for Michael Flaherty’s
zoning bill which would restrict how
closely dispensaries can open to
one another. Patriot Care’s lobbyist,
Daniel Delaney, has filed an anti-legalization
effort (supposedly on his
own accord) dubbed “Safe Cannabis
Massachusetts”. Delaney also has
a second connection to Safe Cannabis
Massachusetts through Greg
Czarnowski, an outsourced contractor,
who is the owner of the domain
registered to the anti-legalization
group.” Once more, the very same
markets that risk losing capital are
the one’s creating and disseminating
false information. Big business is
fueling and maintaining wrongful
prohibition, laws and enforcement
with their power and pull of big
pockets.
However, there are two
sides to be played and big taxes to
be paid, so the government allows
states the illusion that they make
their own choice. At the same time,
we allow federal cannabis laws to
stand by principles created after a
model which suggests that cannabis
has no medicinal value. A model
created by individuals who incidentally
hold a patent for medicinal
cannabis. We are told that we are
given the right to medical cannabis
in some areas, but we are not given
cannabis healthcare. Furthermore, a
patient’s license to use medical marijuana
from one state is not always
recognized by other states, even
if the state also legally recognizes
medical cannabis. These divide
and conquer techniques still pad
the biggest pockets. Phillip Morris
USA’s CEO Clifford Fleet owns
the cigarette companies as well as
all of the medications and tools to
quit using tobacco, so even if you
quit he still he doing ok. As a result,
those big pockets that are not getting
totally side winded by cannabis and
who don’t gain on both sides of the
legalization coin are getting smarter,
and they realize prohibition just isn’t
doing it for them.
Many cannabis businesses
halts and pitfalls are due to extremely
inappropriate and disproportionate
taxes, intended to keep the
industry in the hands of big business
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and politicians and not free
to the public market. I asked cannabis
entrepreneur and medical
grower Aleena Harney to reflect on
this topic, “I was from New Hampshire,
where the top 1% controls the
government and makes it difficult for
the everyday person to make money
with cannabis legally or illegally. It’s
a corrupt system. They tax it, pass
ridiculous laws and constrict who
can produce weed and sell it, especially
if you want to do it legally.
When I was in Washington, it was a
disaster trying to get my license as
a commercial medical grower. You
have to do so much paper work, have
back ground checks and they had unbelievable
restrictions on how I had
to grow, which limited the amount I
was allowed to sell. The taxes were
not worth doing it legally because
you can’t profit when you’re limited
on how much you could produce and
sell because regulations on plant to
product ratio do not make any sense.
If you grow one plant and it’s more
than the limited weight when ready
to harvest, they consider that illegal,
so you can’t even harvests fully
grown plants without it being illegal
even with a card. The system lets the
rich produce all the money because
they can afford the high prices of
the tax and the card set up, so only
commercial growing of big business
works. I ended up stopping because
it’s just not worth it. And people
wonder why everyone does it illegally?
I had over 100 plants because
I had employees, but I stopped after
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the first year because I didn’t make
any money. My limit was about 150
plants, and I had to pay more if I
wanted to raise the limit. I ended up
losing money in the end because I
couldn’t keep up with the taxes.”
Kevin Cintorino of Elevated
Vapor Lounge in Providence states
“It wasn’t taxes or regulations that
did us in, it was due to Elevated, or
any lounge for that matter, being the
final step that a patient would have
to pay for after obtaining a medicinal
marijuana card and paying for medication
since Elevated was b.y.o.m.
(bring your own medicine). When
you take all things considered, by
the time real non-recreational using
patients had received their cards
and paid for pricey medication they
did not have the funds to pay for an
inexpensive membership in order to
socially utilize this medication in a
non-hidden setting. Also, there was
a difficulty because patients with
medicine weighing even a small
amount over what they are legally allowed
to have were afraid to come in
due to being investigated. All of the
members that I had dealt with were
accountable and within their legal
limits at all times, but either way this
is predominantly an older and responsible
crowd we are dealing with
who are typically patients 40 years
old and up.”
When asked questions about
his feelings on patients legal plant
count vs. allowed end medicinal
product ratio in Rhode Island Cintorino
states, “This also a bit messed
up, that’s why Massachusetts allows
10 oz. on hand. You do not merely
get 2.5 oz. from 24 plants. If a
patient is properly growing healthy
plants, they will receive more than
2.5 oz. of usable medicine, beside
the fact that they have to be very precise
while taking down these plants
due to the fact that a plant can easily
yield over 3-5 ounces wet weight,
unusable product, which then needs
to dry and be cured but can easily
be confused by law enforcement as
usable medicine which makes the
patient worry over their legal limit
during their harvest.”
During a little pow-wow with
Phil Hardy of The Hardy Consultants,
Hardy and I got to talking
about actual patient help and our
ideas about true activism, “Like you,
I have assisted patients with needs
ranging from help making automated
gardens and with garden care,
to individuals who are just initially
trying the medicine and learning
how to roll a joint. But you don’t see
the dispensaries doing that. Do you
see representatives of Patriot Care in
Massachusetts or from the Rhode Island’s
Thomas C. Slater Compaction
Center at any NECC events (New
England Cannabis Convention)? If
they do show up they are just checking
it out. They are not at a booth as
part of the community and making it
known, you don’t see the people that
run these dispensaries on the DPH
stairs rallying and fighting for patient
rights. Would it make more sense as
an activist to take money and

see representatives of Patriot Care in Massachusetts or from the Rhode Island’s Thomas C. Slater Compaction
Center at any NECC events (New England Cannabis Convention)? If they do show up they are just checking
it out. They are not at a booth as part of the community and making it known, you don’t see the people that run
these dispensaries on the DPH stairs rallying and fighting for patient rights. Would it make more sense as an activist
to take money and pump it into lobbyists with anti-pot campaigns, or to donate that money to organizations like
Parents 4 Pot? Now what would it make sense for big business to do?”
The Journal of the American Medical Association in Internal Medicine published research in 2014 following
13 medical cannabis states over 11 years showing that cannabis could not only help the pharmaceutical dependency
epidemic by treating withdrawal symptoms of opioid dependency, but also by lowering overdose related
deaths in states with medical cannabis by 25%. A plant that could cure and treat cancers, mental and emotional ailments,
alleviate nerve pain disorders, and help individuals ranging from hospice patients to children with seizures
is being withheld and manipulated. This is the same plant Holland has found that over 40 years of adult use has not
raised consumption among adolescents, and in fact, Holland boasts half the underage cannabis use rate reported in
the US. The current situation is that we are taking away the medicine from healers, and putting it in the hands of
kings where it has no right to be.

MASSACHUSETTS MARIJUANA MADNESS CONTINUES
With legalization looming, lawmaker lunacy hits fever pitch
BY MIKE CRAWFORD
Not a single day went by in April when some government
official or media fool didn’t move to block access
to cannabis. With a ballot referendum on legalization
coming in just under half a year, the reefer madness
never seems to end — from Boston Mayor Marty Walsh
teaming with Gov. Charlie Baker and House Speaker
Robert DeLeo to oppose the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana
Like Alcohol (CRMLA), to the Town of Norwood
playing games with dispensary applicants, to more lies
from the Lowell Sun, to state Treasurer Deb Goldberg
preemptively plotting to ban home cultivation and stall
implementation if Commonwealth voters approve legal
weed.
How did we get to this point? In part, it’s because some
of the current leading prohibitionists forging the narrative
have had unsubstantiated hangups for years. In
2008, Walsh, then a state representative, spoke in opposition
to marijuana decriminalization. Walsh then went
on to claim that cannabis leads to mental institutions,
jail, and death. Like a lot of others, he’s wrong on the
facts, and also on the wrong side of history: that November,
nearly two-thirds of Massachusetts voters ignored
the campaign against decrim and pulled in favor of a
binding initiative making possession of less than one
ounce a non-criminal offense.
Four years later, in 2012, Walsh led the campaign against
medical marijuana and again suffered a loss (reform won
with 63 percent of the vote). Alongside him in opposing
that initiative, all of the Commonwealth’s district attorneys,
in a last-minute panic, banded together and funded
a campaign to block patients from medicine. Behind
their sky-is-falling tactics, DAs appeared to be defending
their salaries, and the status quo. There is money in the
prosecution business, and any threat to the ongoing
drug war summons the idea and fear of budget cuts. Of
course, the Boston media is largely uninterested in that
storyline, though judging by their behavior, voters seem
adequately skeptical.
Back to the most absurd spate of state marijuana prohibition
chirping in memory — even more egregious than
the aforementioned obstructions. Earlier this month,
with the press on extra-sympathetic mode in the lead-up
to One Boston Day and the anniversary of the bombing
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of the Boston Marathon, Walsh and Baker announced
their newly formed Campaign For A Safe and Healthy
Massachusetts in opposition to the November legalization
question. They may have expected there to be little
public response given the timing. They were wrong.
An important side note — in 2014, my WEMF Radio
crew at The Young Jurks challenged Baker to a Beer vs.
Joint Challenge that went slightly viral. We got no direct
response, but in short time called it off after it seemed
Baker was working to help medical marijuana patients.
He even uttered some extraordinary statements to the
Boston Herald tabloid (of all places), calling medical
cannabis “a significantly improved solution” for patients,
“compared to some of the more traditional solutions like
opioids.”
That was then, this is now. Now the governor ignorantly
links marijuana to the opiate problem. All without any
real pushback from the Boston media, or challenges on
specific statements. Read, watch, and listen to the irresponsible
big outlets, and you won’t hear much about the
significant reduction in opiate-related overdose deaths
in states where marijuana is more readily and legally
available. Those studies consider the implementation of
medical marijuana regulations; imagine the possibilities
under a responsible legal system.
Instead, rhetoric is swirling. The Boston media covers
for political propaganda. Even worse, they piggyback
inaccuracies rooted in ancient taboos, offering scathing
rants along with news pieces built on false premises
— like one in which the Globe, in typical kiss-the-
Chamber of Commerce’s ass fashion, asked business
giants who have nothing whatsoever to do with legal
pot about their thoughts on the subject. Written from
the gut, these contributions to the conversation are
ironically gutless, one and all. Questionable “facts” go
unchecked, comments about grass being a gateway drug
leading to detox fly inconsequentially. All while the clear
hypocrisy of Baker and Walsh supporting increased
access to alcohol while campaigning against cannabis,
instead of being highlighted by journalists and radio
talkers, gets thrown back in the faces of activists who
dared to lampoon the actions of these opportunists as
amounting to, “Our Health Policy: Drink More Alcohol.”
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In the end, most of the city’s remarkable hacks (many of
whom probably burned in college) sided with sentimentality,
allowing Walsh to play the victim; a well-known
recovering alcoholic, the mayor’s team of flacks successfully
deflected complaints about his behavior by chastising
his critics for their line of attack. Nevermind that
every outlet in Boston ran the Baker-Walsh booze meme,
or that the idea behind it is truer than anything coming
from CRMLA opponents. Senior Baker Advisor Tim
Buckley even used the opportunity to broadcast on Twitter
his true feelings about cannabis advocates: “Tasteless
photo shop jobs — pretty much what you’d expect from a
few guys looking to get rich selling drug laced lollipops.”
Walsh used the opening to charge that CRMLA backers
have yet to identify any good reasons for legalization.
Once again, the press ate shit. For a prime example,
look no further than the Herald op-ed, “Weed War Gets
Wacky.”
A month ago, The Young Jurks reissued our challenge
to Baker and proposed to smoke a joint to every beer he
drinks in a marathon Sunday session in order to see who
makes it to work on Monday. We’re doing this in part to
show that despite so much prohibitionist media hype, the
public stands with liberation. Marijuana reform in Mass
is undefeated at the polls over the last 20 years, with
more than 80 straight wins in public policy questions
and ballot initiatives spanning every ward and precinct
in the Commonwealth — with an average 2-to-1 spread
for decriminalization, medical, and legal.
Luckily, the case for cannabis has been made — by advocates
including us as well as the voting public — and will
be further strengthened in November. Even readers of
the Globe, Herald, and Sun are hammering reporters in
their respective comment sections. To parrot CRMLA
campaign manager Will Luzier, who recently quoted
infamous former Boston Mayor James Michael Curley on
The Young Jurks, “Every knock, a boost.” Nevertheless,
Luzier also noted something else that Curley would have
likely stressed above the rest, “We’re going to win — just
as long as we get people out to vote.”
Mike Crawford is a medical marijuana patient, the host of “The
Young Jurks” on WEMF Radio, and the author of the weekly
column The Tokin’ Truth, which is produced in coordination with
the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. Andy Gaus is a
Massachusetts-based cannabis advocate and a member of Mass-
Cann-NORML.

Ice Water Sieving
by Frenchy Cannoli
Hashish is a psychoactive drug made from sieving
the resin glands from the dried and cured Cannabis
flowers, which is then pressed into a resin mass using
a source of heat.
Traditional Hashish producing methods protect the
wholeness of the trichomes, which house the full
psychoactive and medicinal potential of the plant.
Hashish is not only the repository of the wholeness of
the plant but this ancient methodology creates over
fifty new and rare compounds during the transformation
that can be traced to the live and dried plant.
Producing traditional Hashish is like making wine,
collecting the ripest fruit is only the first step of a
transformation towards excellence.
A Hashishin is a craftsperson, and as such needs to
have a deep knowledge of all aspects of the substance
they work with. Learning the science behind the
formation and development of the terpenes and
cannabinoids inside the trichomes will help to master
the craft but more importantly leads to appreciation
of the magic of this unique gift from Mother Nature.
The resin we collect is the bibliography of the plant’s
life, the Book of the Hashishin.
A craftsperson’s mastery of their art is also determined
by the tools they use, in our case we use a
sieve, which is “a device with meshes or perforations
through which finer particles of a mixture (as of
ashes, flour, or sand) of various sizes may be passed
to separate them from coarser ones…”. The definition
of the word clearly implies that the sieve has to be
absolutely clean at all times, the process of separation
simply cannot happen when the perforations
that form the sieve are blocked. Less obvious, but as
important, is the ratio of raw material to
sieving surface. Working with a small
quantity of material on a large sieving
surface is much more efficient than
working with a huge pile of material on a limited
sieving surface.
Hashishins the world over hunt the “melt” which is
expressed by the amount of resin formed in the resin
heads. We seek perfect ripeness and maturity, as well
as purity, meaning the cleanliness of the trichomes
collected.
In producing countries, the quality of dry-sieved
resin is largely determined by purity, contaminants
are unavoidable when working with dry and brittle
material; the more force applied to the handling of
the material the more impurities will be created. Trichomes
have a tendency to fall easily, little agitation
is initially necessary to break the resin heads from
their stalks but the process needs to be repeated a few
times, with more force applied with each subsequent
agitation in order to collect the majority of trichomes
from the plant matter. Quality, in producing countries,
is mostly dictated by purity and not maturity.
Dry sieving is made up of two inseparable processes;
the agitation of the material and the separation of the
falling matter through the meshes of the sieve. The
incorporation of water into this equation is a game
changer.
By using water we have the ability to rehydrate brittle
material beforehand and work with plant matter that
has fully regained its suppleness. The obvious benefit
is to limit contamination of the resin by broken leaf
matter but more importantly, the sieving process
becomes two separate steps - 1. Agitation in the machine
and 2. Separation (sieving) in the bags.
Water gives us the ability to agitate and separate optimally
without contaminating the purity of the resin.
We can now focus on the most important aspect of
resin quality, seeking the ultimate ripeness of the
resin heads, the perfect melt.
The following sieving bags sizes, measured in microns,
are available on the market; 220, 190, 160, 120,
90, 73, 45, 25. Each bag size represents a slice of the
plant’s cannabinoid and terpene spectrum.
The vast majority of modern Hashishins hunt the
melt by the size of the trichomes; the smaller resin
heads range in the 25-micron size while the largest
can be from 220 micron up to 500 micron. It is
impossible to separate adequately resin and contaminants
in the 25-micron and the 160-micron bags
because trichomes and impurities are similar in size
and cannot be separated by sieving.
The industry recognizes the optimal size of mature
trichomes in a range from 45 microns to 120 microns,
73 microns to 90 microns offering the best results. It
is important to note that the ideal size of trichome
development is dependent on the plant’s genetics as
well. Generally speaking, a Sativa dominant strain
will have smaller resin heads than an Indica dominant,
which makes the evaluation of optimal melt by
tricomes size problematic.
I would not trade the wholeness of what I call “full
spectrum” Hashish (sieved together using 45 to 160
micron bags) for a concentrate that represents just
a single slice of the spectrum, however “full melt” t
resulting resin may be. The melt is an important
element when evaluating quality but there is more
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The Tools:
The Mini-Washer
Mini-washers are available on Amazon and E-Bay for $70 to $90. Do not buy a model with a pump. You want the most basic version using gravity to empty the machine.
These machines are not designed for cannabis resin collection. This is most apparent in the structure of the exhaust hose, which is made of groves that collect resin and
contaminants. This can be easily fixed by opening the bottom of the washer and replacing the accordion hosing with a 3/4-inch diameter vinyl waterline and two elbows, one
with a stopper. Cut one 2” piece of hosing and a second piece 10” to 12” long. Connect them to the elbow pieces. Use metal clamps to secure in place.
There is also a plastic cover over the exhaust point, which has to be taken off completely, or depending on the washer model, the orifices have to be cut larger so that the flow
of the water is not hampered when emptying the machine.
The vortex created by these mini washing machines is simply the most effective agitation tool available. It is powerful but gentle and not only “shakes” forcefully the material
but the water current created literally strokes the resin heads from their stalks, optimizing the process to new level.
The loose trim, nugs, or flowers are sucked down to the bottom of the machine and into the eye of the vortex, which spins the material in an ever-widening circle toward the
surface where the material is then pushed towards the sides of the machine and sucked down to the bottom for another revolution.
For many concentrate manufacturers the standard practice is to put the dry leaf material into the 220-micron workbag that is zipped shut and put into the washer. When the
workbag is put directly into the washer the agitation and sieving process are combined, forsaking the advantage of splitting the two processes. Loosing such an advantage is
illogical but using a 220-micron workbag also goes against all the basic principles of sieving. It is challenging to use a workbag without having the material bundling at the
bottom; the matter is furthermore made worse by the vortex of water constantly twisting the bag into a tighter bundle, creating less than optimum sieving conditions. It is
also challenging to clean the meshes of the workbag while processing, which is possibly the biggest handicap of using a workbag especially when working with live resin.
The inadequate agitation process combined with the use of a sieve with plugged mesh holes will affect the resin yield; a loss of resin is inevitable.
The only advantage is the protection the workbag offers from the grinding power of the ice used in the process.
The Sieve
I had custom-made full-mesh bags to optimize the most important principle of sieving - the more sieving surface available the more effective the separation process will be.
The full-mesh Boldtbags are lighter, stay cleaner, and are designed to facilitate water flow, maximize resin separation and collection. They are made from scientifically engineered
material so that the integrity of the size of the perforations is maintained over time.
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I pull my bags over separate food-grade 5 gallon plastic buckets that have had the
bottoms cut off at different heights to allow a 2” to 3” separation between each bag
when hanging on the buckets.
These buckets become a frame that holds the bags perfectly. The bottom of the bags
do not touch each other which allows the water to flow easily from one bag to the
next in order to optimize the sieving done by gravity and the weight of the water.
I generally use three bags stacked together: the 190, which is my catch bag, the
160, which harvests the ripest and larger resin heads (but harder to clean to perfection).
The third bag is my main collecting bag, the 45-micron.
I use also the 25-micron bag, but separately. All the water used in the processing is
filtered through it. Nothing is lost this way, even the smaller and most unripe resin
heads.
The Pressure rinse
I use the “Flat” setting of a garden sprayer to forcefully move the resin material
around the bag, very much like you would card dry-sieved resin over a screen.
The gentle power of the spray agitates the resin over the screen and separates the
heads in a unique way that offers the most efficient separation process I have ever
experienced.
The Material:
The Trim:
A Hashishin does not make quality; it is a gift that only a grower can offer.
The more knowledgeable one is about the material being worked with the better
the process can be fine-tuned as defined by the specific characteristics of the plant
matter, trim, nugs, flowers and genetics being used.
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in order to optimize our process.
A flower for instance will take longer to rehydrate than sugar trims, an Indica dominant
hybrid like Girl Scout Cookies can be agitated more forcefully than a Haze
without being damaged and a live plant will require a colder working environment.
I work solely with live plants or dried material that has been cured a minimum of
three months, the oldest material I have run was two years “old” and the resulting
resin was remarkable.
Live resin, at the peak of the plant’s flowering cycle, has a terpenes profile made
up of 120 plus terpenes, many in minute quantities but all important to the overall
psychoactive and medicinal properties of the resin. Live resin is very much like
Himalayan Charas; the experience is clean, cerebral, vibrant and energizing.
I never freeze fresh material because plant matter is made of 90% of water
contained between the cell walls. When water freezes there is an approximate 9%
expansion of the water mass, small ice crystals are formed in the plant tissues and
damage the cell walls, which will release a lot of chlorophyll upon defrosting. The
membrane holding the resin volatile compounds will most certainly be weakened
as well by freezing, which is a threat to the protection of the terpenes and the final
overall quality.
Every Hashishin of every producing country with the exception of Afghanistan (In
Afghanistan the resin is collected when the plants are dried and is kept for months
in an enclosed and airtight container, traditionally a goat’s skin.) cures the resin on
the plant three to nine months, fresh resin is never smoked as far as historic and
traditional evidence shows.
Cannabis connoisseurs unanimously prefer their flowers cured and not just dried.
High quality flowers and resin needs to be cured slowly, over a period of at least 3
months to reach its full potential.
There is a major loss of terpenes during the drying and curing period of the flowers
that is inevitable; approximately 80% of the terpenes present in the live plant
evaporate. However, the remaining major terpenes are transformed through a polymerization
process, which ultimately changes the terpene profile, apparent in the
olfactory difference between a fresh flower and a cured flower. A perfectly cured
flower and resin represent the second peak of quality offered by the plant.
Dry and cured resin is very much like traditional Hashish; the experience is relaxing,
comforting, warm and soothing.

The Medium:
The Water:
Water is the perfect medium for sieving, while being classified as a solvent it does not act as such with trichomes; beyond rehydration and optimal agitation, water is also an
effective containment medium for a product that is hard to handle when dry. However, water too often contains sediments and many chemicals that are not only dangerous
to consume but that could potentially weaken the structure of the resin gland membranes.
A water filtering system is mandatory. Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems are recommended but not mandatory. Remember, the purity of the collected resin is dependent to a
degree on the purity of the water source.
The Ice:
I classify ice with water because it is part of the medium that agitates and receives the trichomes, and for that reason the ice cubes should be made with pure water only. Ice
is actually your nemesis. It is the only variable that has the potential to crush and damage rehydrated material. Roundish ice cubes are recommended for that reason. It is
important to understand that ice is only necessary to create a cold environment that will facilitate the handling of a product that is sticky by nature. Ice is not a tool to break
the resin heads from their stalks. The courant of the water will do that.
Optimizing:
The ratio of water, ice, leaf material and the length of the wash cycle are the deciding factors of the agitation process.
Water is the receptacle and the power that detaches the resin heads from their stalks. As a principle, the more water and the less material and ice there is, the more powerful
and effective the courant of the water vortex will be.
Ice gives the ability to work in a cold environment but it has to be used sparingly. Too much ice will grind the leaf matter and hamper the flow of the vortex.
The material requires space for agitation, the more space the more effective the process, the less material the more powerful the water courant. Simply put LESS IS MORE. I
recommend working with approximately 300 grams at a time, less when doing live resin.
The length of the cycle represent the power behind “shaking the tree” to collect the different dimensions of ripeness. The first cycle is hardly half a minute long, it is the first
light shake that will detach the ripest trichomes.
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The Process:
The Ice Sandwich:
Complete rehydration of the plant material is required
at the beginning of the process to avoid leaf matter
breakage and contamination. I initially make an ice
“sandwich” to create a cold working environment,
and to keep all my material submerged underwater
to absorb the water evenly. I place a little ice first to
avoid resin sticking to the bottom of the machine and
jamming the turning plate. It is not pleasant to have
to release the plate manually, in ice water, even with a
gloved hand.
The top layer of ice keeps the trim submerged.
However, this requires a disproportionate amount of
ice, for that reason the first cycle of the machine will
constantly have the potential to grind the material and
create contaminants.
Different materials will rehydrate at a different rates.
The time necessary will be defined by the specific characteristics
of the plant matter, trim, nugs, flowers and
genetics. The rehydration process takes approximately
ten to twenty minutes; the best way to assess complete
rehydration is by manually checking the suppleness of
the material. When the material is sufficiently hydrated
it will bend like a live leaf without any breakage or
tearing.
The First Wash:
The ratio of water, to ice and material is disproportionate
during the first run. The excess ice will grind
the leaf. To avoid this challenge a very short cycle is
required which essentially fits into our approach of
collecting the different dimensions of ripeness - only a
small shake is necessary for the ripest fruits to fall.
I stop my first cycle after only a few seconds, as soon
as the upper layer of ice cubes is sucked into the vortex
with the material. The sound of the ice is the best
guide. The grinding sound is unmistakable, a deep
and unpleasant “grrrrr” noise that indicates, “Stop the
cycle!” as soon as you hear it.
The stacked buckets holding my sieving bags are
supported by a metal grille placed over a large plastic
storage container that allows gravity and water to flow
freely through the bags and into the storage container,
offering the first natural separation in the sieving
process.
The color of the water varies from fluorescent green
to a dark shade of red and purple depending on the
coloration of the plant. The water should be cloudy
with resin heads but not muddy green from grinded
leaf matter.
Rinse lightly the 190 bag with the sprayer set on
“Shower”.
There is often a lot of leaf matter in the bag which happens
most frequently with small leaf material (sugar
trims) and is due to the need to maximize the exhaust
flow; simply put the collected leaf matter back into the
machine and clean the bag thoroughly with alcohol if
there is any stickiness. The cleanliness of the meshes
defines the amount of trichomes that can pass through
the sieve into the collection bags.
Put the bucket frame holding the 190-micron bag on a
clean surface. If dirt or other contaminants stick to the
bottom of the bag it will end up later in the 160-micron
bag that is stacked under it.
Rinse thoroughly the 160-micron bag by moving the
resin around as widely as possible across your sieving s
urface to maximize the separation. It is important to
avoid cleaning the resin of the 160-micron bag over the
45-micron bag to prevent unnecessary contamination.
I do not collect the resin from the 160-micron at every
wash for the simple reason that there is often little
enough of it. I simply rinse and clean the 160-micron
at every wash until the last. Otherwise, l collect the
resin from the 160-micron solely if there is simply too
much of it, and it hampers the flow of water and by doing
so captures too much of the smaller micron resin
heads in its mass. The amount of resin collecting in the
160-micron is a good, if imperfect, indicator of quality.
Large size resin heads usually indicate maturity.
Put the bucket holding the bag on a clean surface and
top it with bucket holding the catch bag so that any flying
contaminants will not land in the 160-micron bag.
The 45-micron bag is obviously the most important.
The first wash will not be the cleanest or offer the most
return, as we have hardly shaken the material/tree, and
at this stage are collecting only the ripest trichomes,
which will have the darkest coloration.
Rinse thoroughly the resin, moving it across the
sieving surface pointing the spray under the mass of
resin. When powerfully rinsing the 45-micron bag,
foam will form over the resin. The bubbles hold all the
contaminants and can easily be pushed through the
sieving surface of the bag.
Rinse until the color of the foam is exactly the same
color than the resin and gently push the resin toward
the middle of the bag in as small a puddle as possible
to facilitate collecting.
Gathering the Sieved Resin to Dry
Drying is the most difficult and
delicate part of the ice water sieving
process. It has to be perfectly executed
so that there is a minimum loss of terpenes
and no humidity left that could
later degrade the resin
stability and quality.
Drying in a Room
Room Requirements: Separate room with stable
humidity level of 35%, a temperature of 55°F, air ventilation,
shelving, small fridge.
Tools: Frisbee, dull knife, Pyrex dish, 25-micron pad,
metal sieve, metal spoon, parchment paper.
Squeeze most of water out of the sieving bag with your
hands before placing the bag between two clean towels
to gently remove as much of the remaining excess
water as possible.
Stretch the bag carefully across a Frisbee and over a
large Pyrex dish. There are always jumpers.
Scrape the resin with a very dull knife from the 45-mi
cron bag onto a 25-micron sieve pad laying flat in the
Pyrex dish.
Step into your drying room with the Pyrex dish holding
the collected resin; take the spoon and the metal
sieve from the fridge where they had been placed
previously to chill.
Place the resin in the metal sieve and use the metal
spoon to push the resin through the perforations over
the parchment paper. It is necessary to keep moving
slowly and steadily over the surface of the paper in
order to spread the resin evenly and as widely and
thinly as possible over the surface of the drying rack. It
is not recommended to try separating the resin further
by hand. After a night of drying, the resin will be easier
to manipulate and spread more.
Drying with a Freeze Dryer
A freeze drier or vacuum oven can guarantee a perfect
drying process in approximately 48 hours. The drying
process does not limit the overall production any longer.
Since someone will ask, I currently use a Harvest
Right freeze drier.
However, we need to do comparative testing in order
to choose the drying technique best suited to protecting
terpene quality.
Since someone will also ask, I have not yet had the
opportunity to test a vacuum oven.
The Second Wash:
The excess ice from the first wash will melt to a large
degree by the time you have filled the machine with
water for the second wash; the water ratio, ice and trim
will not yet be perfect but the grinding power of the ice
will be greatly diminished. The sound of the ice will be
your guide again; the sound should be more musical
but still a little menacing. The second wash should be
approximately 2 minutes.
The color of the water will be slightly lighter, the water
should be cloudy with resin heads but not muddy
green from grinded leaf matter.
Follow the step described in the First Wash for cleaning
and collecting the resin of the different bags.
Gathering the sieved resin to dry will be similar every
time, please note than separating washes on the drying
rack is important, every one is a different dimension of
ripeness, unique in itself.
The Third Wash:
The machine will have almost no ice left by the third
wash. It is recommended to add ice before filling the
machine with water for a 3rd time so that little ice
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Empty the machine by hand, take the moving parts off and rinse with water.
Clean thoroughly all your bags and tools using ethanol alcohol.
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Pressing Frenchy Style
Room Requirements: similar to the drying room with
stable humidity level of 35%, a temperature of 55°F, air
ventilation, shelving.
Tools: Solid wooden table, an electric teakettle, a transparent
wine bottle with all labeling removed, 2 insulated
potholders, oven bags (some times referred to as turkey
bags), and nitrile exam gloves.
Cut a turkey bag in four equal pieces.
Place the room dried loose trichomes or a freeze-dried
resin patty in the turkey bag and constrain the pressing
to a limited area by folding loosely the bag like an
envelope.
Apply the bottle to the resin inside the turkey bag. High
quality resin will start melting as soon as the bottle
makes contact; slowly stretch out the resin like you
would a piecrust. The amount of pressure necessary
is also a good indicator of quality; the less pressure
required the higher the quality.
Flip the bag over to change sides and continue to spread
the resin like a piecrust slightly wider.
Flip the bag again and press the resin still wider.
After a few pressings on each side, the resin will fuse
partially in a mass showing the lighter sandy texture of
un-pressed resin heads and often different shades of color
from light to darker amber, especially when multiple
washes are mixed together.
After half a dozen more pressings, the resin will be like
a pancake still showing some sandiness but with a more
homogenous coloration and texture.
Wait a few minutes to let the resin cool down. It will be
easier to snap the turkey bag off the resin. Fold it back
into a mass and place it back in the turkey bag.
Press again with a bottle of newly boiled water.
The pressing process lasts 10 to 15 minutes and is
repeated 3 times so that over 30 minutes optimal decarboxylation
is completed. The color will be uniform and
no sandiness should be apparent after the final pressing.
Rolling the resin into a compact ball between the palms
of my gloved hands until I have a perfectly smooth
surface is the last step of the pressing; it is an amazing
resin preservation technique from the Nepal, traditionally
done with Charas that I tailored to my needs. I let
my “Temple Ball” rest on a drying rack for a week to ten
days before storing. The mass of resin goes through a
“chemical reaction stage” after pressing, a final polymerization
of the terpenes and chlorophyll dissipation that
needs time to “settle down” to a less-active stage.
Finally, I wrap the temple ball in natural cellophane (not
polypropylene) put it in a glass container that is kept in
a dark and cool place for aging.
Cannabinoids stability is influenced by light, temperature,
humidity and oxygen availability; the choice of
container and aging environment is crucial.
Most connoisseurs would agree that the aging process
helps mellow the smoke and improves the flavors of
Hashish but there is no scientific data available on the
subject. However, there is plenty first-hand reports
about quality Hashish as old as 12 years, 3 to 5 years being
common. Like tobacco, wine, hard liquor or cheese
whose essences are enhanced by aging, Hashish cured
and aged to perfection has no rival in quality.
Frenchy Cannoli is a consultant, educator and writer in
the Cannabis industry with special focus on hash making
using traditional methods. Frenchy can be reached
through his website at: www.frenchycannoli.com or seen
on Instagram @frenchycannoli.
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United Boston Legalization Opponents Include
Doctor Who Blamed Marathon Bombing On Cannabis
As I've written many times here, the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts is
prime political territory for a modern
reefer madness scourge.
This is especially true since the
death of a state trooper who was
hit on the road by a driver who had
recently made a legal purchase at a
medical marijuana dispensary. Not
surprisingly, the organized campaign
against an upcoming November
ballot question that would legalize
recreational use and tax cannabis like
alcohol has poured gasoline on the
narrative that "commercial" weed is
bad for the Bay State.
The assault against cannabis is coming
from all angles. In the media,
where prohibitionist politicians
like Boston Mayor Marty Walsh are
parroted without having demonstrably
false statements corrected. In the
courts, where there have been two
lawsuits filed by marijuana opponents
to stop the ballot initiative.
And now in your doctor's office, as
state officials are railroading physicians
who prescribe cannabis.
Access to medical professionals who
are authorized to write "recommendations,"
as permission is called in
Mass, is a major issue of contention
in several states with medical cannabis
programs.
In New York, where activists have
gradually, successfully weakened
a notoriously prohibitive medical
system, the state assembly recently
passed legislation that will allow specially
certified physician assistants
and nurse practitioners to prescribe
cannabis.
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to recommend cannabis
In Massachusetts, despite voters
having approved medical cannabis
in a ballot initiative in 2012, there is
still apparently no official protocol.
Which is what led to Dr. John Nadolny,
M.D., medical director of Canna
Care Docs, having his license suspended
last month. (Full disclosure:
Canna Care Docs is a sponsor of my
streaming radio show, The Young
Jurks, and Nadolny wrote me my
recommendation for medical marijuana.)
Outlets, including the Boston Globe,
reported that Nadolny was suspended
for violations including "failing to
diagnose patients with a debilitating
medical condition as required by
law and delegating to nurse practitioners
the authority to make such
diagnoses." Which was strange, since
the law states that Certified Nurse
Practitioners (CNPs) are allowed
to recommend medical marijuana.
To quote the Mass General Laws:
"CNPs are authorized to issue written
certifications of marijuana for
medical use as provided pursuant to
the mutually agreed upon guidelines
between the NP and the physician
supervising the CNP's prescriptive
practice."
Last year, cannabis doctors in the
state and fellow activists with whom
I have spoken say they believed the
Medical Use of Marijuana Program
was working with stakeholders. But
that has since changed ever since
Governor Charlie Baker started
publicly campaigning against the
November legalization initiative.
As the DPH obstructively did not
yet allow CNPs to register their legal
recommendations, it appears that Dr.
Nadolny sent them in under his ID
(Canna Care spokespeople are unwilling
to speak on the record at this
time). Basically, for trying to comply
and disclose, and for his attempt to
help patients in the face of the state's
non-functioning protocol for nurse
practitioners, Nadolny's license was
suspended.
Legalization opponents join forces
Most local coverage of the doc's
suspension prominently noted the
death of the aforementioned state
trooper. For example, our local Fox
affiliate reported that "Massachusetts
is investigating a group of medical
marijuana clinics tied to a pot patient
who prosecutors said plowed
into and killed a state trooper on the
Massachusetts Turnpike in March."
So where is this conflation coming
from? Well, the opponents to
legalization are banding together
from many different quarters - from
healthcare and addiction specialists,
to profiteers from another enduring
industry, law enforcement and prosecution.
For one, look at Dr. Robert Dupont.
He's a big time guy in medicine today,
a kingpin - a national figure who
now has a local legion of proteges
parroting all the same non-evidence
based junk science for their own
ends. His Institute for Behavior and
Health works with people like Heidi
Heilman of the Mass Preventional
Alliance, which profits from selling
anti-marijuana materials.
All of them recently signed on as
plaintiffs in one of the lawsuits
attempting to toss the November
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legal ballot initiative. Dupont has a
deep War on Drugs pedigree, having
served as the Director of the Narcotics
Treatment Administration under
President Richard Nixon. This is one
of the central characters driving the
prohibitionist side of the debate in
Mass. A Nixon crony! More recently,
Dupont has graduated to profiting
off drug-testing and anti-drug consulting
for large companies through
his namesake affiliation with the
Chicago-based Bensinger, DuPont &
Associates.
Some opponents blame marijuana
for marathon bombings
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Then there is Dr. Steven Adelman, a
protege of Dupont who once notoriously
blamed the bombing of
the Boston Marathon on marijuana
withdrawal. Dupont felt similarly:
"What if Jahar had been required to
take drug tests to obtain and maintain
a driver's license? Might he have
changed his behavior if faced with
real and immediate certain consequences
for his drug use?" he wrote
in May of 2013.
I called Senator Jason Lewis, who is
a plaintiff alongside Dupont against
the pending legalization initiative,
requesting comment on Dupont's
history, specifically regarding his
marijuana marathon remarks. "I find
the statement distasteful," Lewis said
by phone. "I'm against the initiative
because of the deep dive I did on
this. I'm not opposed to legalization
but not for commercial use."
Meanwhile, Mass Gov. Charlie Baker
is publicly asking for "reforms" to
be made. What reforms, you ask?
Testing. Yep, Baker wants to establish
marijuana testing for drivers.
Score one for Dupont.
Mike Crawford is a medical
marijuana patient, the host of The
Young Jurks on WEMF Radio, and
the author of the weekly column The
Tokin' Truth, which is produced in
coordination with the Boston Institute
for Nonprofit Journalism.

Photography by Sly Vegas
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