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Books like Marijuana Growers Handbook are written once in a lifetime. My hat is off to Ed Rosenthal for this book, when you’re old enough to know it all and still have the energy to write it down it’s an accomplishment. The book does have a young energy to it along with a distinct agenda of excellence noticeable when just thumbing through. The pages are full of photos, diagrams, charts and of course text. Marijuana Growers Handbook is a fountain of grow information for the knowledge thirsty grower. It’s all revealed. The science, the folk lore and even the history of medical use is detailed. Everyone mentions the introduction on history by Michael Aldrich and how good it is.
It turns out Marijuana Growers Handbook has a practical purpose - it’s not all photos and fluff. It’s a definitive reference guide for growing marijuana. You can’t disregard science and have a perfect harvest. Marijuana Growers Handbook is used often at the hydro store where I work and has been found to be the final answer to the tough questions we get at the store. It also serves as the course study for the Oaksterdam University Horticulture Department and at the UniCann University of Cannabis and it serves that purpose extremely well. It dawns on you after checking it out that it’s laid out as a text book, with a ‘quick points’ chapter highlights section at the end of each chapter. Experienced grower will want to keep this is mind to find info quicker. All growers will benefit from the explanation of the science of plants this book presents.
The Marijuana Growers Handbook is a technical update to every grow book on the market. A lot of new techniques are coming to ‘light’ and the book addresses some new concepts that will take some time to get used to. To keep it on the cutting edge of technology the book has a website for updates at http://mjgrowers.com. The book is a handy size but has 500 pages. An interesting feature is this book has lay-flat binding like computer manuals, and stays open to the page you selected nicely. A brief breakdown of the 5 main chapters follows.
Marijuana the plant
You might think being an experienced grower you can skip this chapter but hold on buddy. This chapter breaks down the strains and especially the terpenes in a way you’ve never seen before. How THC affects and is used by our bodies is also detailed in this chapter. It get’s technical early. The lighter side is variety descriptions and cannabis uses.
What are plants and what do they want
Plant life cycle and everything the plant needs. Repeat after me… Light, nutrients, C02, water with a chance of death by temperature and humidity. A good portion of this chapter is devoted to light but the book shows many methods for each required element. Pay attention to how plants take up water and water chemistry in the scientific portions of the chapter. This chapter emphasizes the balance of the plant’s requirements.
Setting up your garden
Here’s one we all need to pay attention too. Don’t be the guy foliar feeding the power cord to your fan. A well planned garden is so nice to work in and it’s safe too. I like the handy chart for lighting your 25 square foot garden. This is also where soil and hydro is explained and the benefits and drawbacks of each. The book tends to get be very detailed even though my descriptions aren’t. The information scales up or down real well, you can amend 5 gallons of soil or 40 acres of soil from the diagrams in this book. Another aspect covered that should have been mentioned first, security is well covered here.
Let’s get growing
Here’s where the tire hits the road, the gears start to mesh and this thing takes off. I think most growers will veg faster and ripen faster in flowering after reading this chapter. You’ll learn more about the dark cycle in flowering and new methods and the conventional methods for flower ripening. You learn when to harvest as the next chapter takes you into post harvest.
Harvest and beyond
One of the most perplexing dilemmas faced by the new grower is the harvest, drying and curing process. There are not a lot of new techniques for the experienced grower, but there is plenty of just good old fashion butter making and maripill (happycaps) making info. Everyone wants to dry and cure their private stash to be the best it can be and a proper cure goes a long way at attaining that. Keep in mind it’s easier to manipulate live plants than dead ones so a good cure doesn’t benefit poorly grown weed as much as you may hope. If you’ve paid attention to the other chapters then expect a nice reward at harvest.
Top 5 ways to get the most from this book.
1. Smoke a big fat joint before reading, THC is like bacon for the mind, it makes everything better.
2. Actually read it, you won’t be a better grower by just buying it.
3. Pay attention, sometimes the information will be detailed only once.
4. Read the technical parts several times, until it sinks in, skip it if you’re a noob.
5. Keep it within reach for reference, don’t misplace it.
In summary
There’s only so many up to date grow books on the market. I’ve read most of them. This one stands alone in the information it contains and the presentation of that information. It stands alone as the only course of study book and for it’s reference style layout. It will help new growers gain some ‘roots’ to their growing knowledge and it will remove any questions experienced growers might still have. I can recommend this book for all marijuana growers and to friends or relatives that might need the reference.
Who Is to Blame for the DEA's Medical Marijuana Raids?
Jacob Sullum | July 22, 2010
Yesterday half a dozen drug policy reform groups asked President Obama to withdraw his nomination of Michele Leonhart to head the DEA, citing her continued enthusiasm for raids on medical marijuana suppliers as the agency's acting administrator. "Under Leonhart’s leadership," says the joint statement by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, California NORML, the Marijuana Policy Project, the Drug Policy Alliance, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, and Students for Sensible Drug Policy, "the DEA has staged medical marijuana raids in apparent disregard of Attorney General Eric Holder's directive to respect state medical marijuana laws." As an example, the statement cites a recent raid on Mendocino County, California, grower Joy Greenfield, who "paid more than $1,000 for a permit to cultivate 99 plants in a collective garden that had been inspected and approved by the local sheriff." When told that Greenfield had approval from local law enforcement, the DEA agent in charge of the raid reportedly replied, "I don't care what the sheriff says." NORML et al. argue that "the DEA's conduct is inconsistent with an October 2009 Department of Justice memo directing officials not to arrest individuals 'whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana.'" Read More...
Oakland Ca -- The Oakland City Council tonight moves another step forward in regulating and taxing large grow op collectives with a vote of 5 ayes, 2 no and 1 abstaining. The ordinance will have another reading. The 4 large grower permits are costing $211,000 each. While it sounds like a lot of money it’s what the writers of the ordinance estimated the regulating, testing, inspections and implementation would cost each collective.
The chamber heard almost 5 hours of citizen comments. They heard form mom and pops,and small business owners about being forced out. They heard how smaller growers are already banding together in hopes of a permit. They heard about creating jobs in Oakland and giving back to Oakland. Local hire, fair labor and environmental concerns, small C02 footprint and recycling were some of the topics.
At the end the council had their say.
Council member Quan spoke as a proponent to the ordinance. She brought up the point that when they brought up the idea of permitting 4 medical dispensaries in Oakland. Quan stated that now as then the opposition said the industry would be stifled or even killed with just 4 dispensaries, yet it brought a successful model for stabilizing the industry was copied by other cities.
Kernighan gets it. She wants a detailed ordinance, she emphasized the point smaller patients and 3 patient collectives can still grow freely as ever. She brought up a very good point that the so-called medium sized grow ops are operating as a business, not a collective like the big 4 grow op collectives will be. They are going to see the most scrutiny, the cash croppers presently in Oakland warehouses. She placed a difference that small growers are probably a collective but the medium sized grows in warehouses now are most certainly for profit businesses.
Council member Kaplan, who co-author the ordinance spoke on a collective system being considered later for the medium growers. She wants the 4 permits to go live in January 2011. Kaplan said until January gives the council time so they could revisit the medium sized growers by then. The grow op collectives can sell to all permitted dispensaries in the state. Kaplan also agreed to have the labor movement involved. She wants to detail the safety and security and testing for metals, pests, midew, mold and contaminates and potency. She brought up how they were contacted by Montel Williams and by a large grow op licensed in the Nederlands concerning testing when they wrote the ordinance.
Council member Brooks is happy the liberal Oakland council is well versed in cannabis issues. She’s concerned about the recycling of dollars in the city of Oakland . She wants the grow op collectives to funnel profits and extra money into Oakland’s foreclosure and other community based projects. She spoke and got a hand from the crowd when she said this is about medicine for patients and the quality of the medicine most be assured along with small carbon impact, recycling, energy savings and low impact on the environment.
Council member Nadel wanted to draw the issue out and seemed to lack the urgency to realize there is ramp up time in the RFP and other administrative processes and the permits take effect in January. She wanted to cap growers and seemed somewhat inexperienced in patient issues. If she had a point it was missed by an ability to communicate it.
Council member De La Fluente wanted the tenant growers out of neighborhoods and regulated and zoned properly. He liked jobs for Oakland and best possible solution for environmental concerns. He understood the reasons for the timing on the issue, but had trouble making a clearly worded motion that confused many watching and ended when they eventually turned the wording over to Brooks. He seemed unwilling to let the ordinance go without putting his spin on it. The waters were also muddied for medical marijuana patients watching by the president of the council Brunner who had to be reminded by both Brooks and Kernighan this is medicine required by patients regardless of the exact tax rate or the vote in November.
The council spoke on the extra money these not for profit grow op collectives would not be allowed to keep. The Walmart theory thoroughly debunked. The extra money will go into projects through a funding process to allow bankrolling local charities and community based non profits. They also spoke on the need for assuring the purity of medicine for the benefit of all medical marijuana patients. I witnessed some odd voting at the end but I think the Oakland city council get’s it right to the benefit patient consumers.
Tell Senator Orrin Hatch that Drug Testing the Unemployed Is Discriminatory — and Dumb
by Megan Cottrell June 24, 2010 10:00 AM (PT) Topics: Employment & Unemployment
Republicans are always calling for smaller government. How dare the government ask you to wear your seat belt! How dare progressives who want everyone to be able to go to the doctor when they're sick! How dare "big government" ask for your money for trifling things like schools for children!
But now, Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican from Utah, is asking for the ultimate government intrusion: a cup of your urine.
Well, only if you're unemployed or receiving welfare.
Yes — that's right. Hatch says we should drug test the unemployed and the poor before giving them benefits.
"A lot of people are saying, 'Hey, it's about time. Why do we keep giving money to people who are going to go use it on drugs instead of their families?'" Hatch said.
I'm sorry, Senator Hatch. In my understanding, you have to have reasonable suspicion of a crime before you search someone. When did being down on your luck become a crime?
The proposed law is ridiculous and clearly unconstitutional. In fact, other states have tried it and failed. Michigan previously imposed a law requiring all welfare recipients to be drug tested. HuffPo notes that it wasn't very successful — especially since marijuana is currently legal for half of all citizens and urine tests don't pick up Americans' favored drug-of-choice — alcohol. Drug testing is unreliable, but also illegal. Michigan's measure was struck down by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Why? Because no one should have to take a drug test as a condition of receiving a public benefit, the court determined.
Unemployment and welfare are just two of a long list of public benefits that the government hands out. Do we require homeowners to get a drug test before they get their mortgage tax deduction? Nope. And I bet you if you picked any quaint little suburb, started knocking on doors and telling June Cleavers everywhere that they had to pee in a cup for their IRS forms, there's plenty of people who would be up in arms. Drivers aren't even drug tested before being given a license.
That's the thing — we're fine with persecuting the poor because we're sure they deserve it. After all, good responsible citizens are never poor, right? And now, we're adding the unemployed to that list of people who deserve what they get. Just recently, companies started deciding that they wouldn't even consider the unemployed in their new job listings. Hatch's measure shows we've started to turn on the unemployed. They used to be victims of the recession, and now we're deciding that they don't deserve our sympathy. Instead, they deserve our persecution.
Hatch himself doesn't have to worry about being drug tested. Although he stated he thought members of Congress shouldn't be exempt from the rules the American people have to follow, the courts have already ruled that drug testing can't be a requirement for running for office.
Drug testing is inefficient, ineffective and moveover, illegal. I'm outraged that Orrin Hatch is proposing illegal searches of innocent Americans. If you are too, take a minute to send Hatch the message that this is unacceptable behavior in the land of the free.
Dear Senator Hatch, I don't know if you've noticed, but the economy's still tanking. There's millions of gallons of oil ruining the Gulf. We're fighting two wars. And one-fifth of America's children are wondering if there's even going to be dinner tonight. Perhaps you can find something more worthwhile to work on?
Megan Cottrell is a reporter and writer living in Chicago. She writes about public housing and poverty for True/Slant, as well as freelancing for the Chicago Journal and AOL.
Former USF player dies in BudTrader deal-turned-robbery
OAKLAND — The former University of San Francisco basketball player who was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Emeryville Ikea store had been in a group that was trying to rob a marijuana dealer, authorities said Monday.
Hyman Taylor Jr., 23, of Oakland was killed and a 27-year-old San Francisco resident was injured at 7:35 p.m. last Tuesday outside the store at 4400 Shellmound St. Authorities are still searching for the gunman but have arrested a suspect in the alleged robbery plot and charged him with Taylor’s slaying, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Cassidy O’Connor, 20, arrested early Thursday, was charged Monday with murder and attempted robbery under the provocative-act doctrine, which holds accomplices responsible when their crime partners act in a way that leads to death.
Police who responded to the reported shooting found Taylor dead on the 1500 block of 40th Street, several blocks east of the store. The other gunshot victim, whose name was not released, was found on the east end of the parking lot and was taken to a hospital.
Although the store is in Emeryville, the parking lot is within Oakland’s city limits, and the shooting is under investigation by Oakland police.
Taylor, the wounded man and O’Connor had gone to BudTrader.com, a medical marijuana marketplace, and identified someone willing to sell them a large amount of marijuana, said Tom Rogers, Alameda County’s chief deputy district attorney.
But the trio was bent on robbery, Rogers said. Taylor and the San Francisco man were hiding in some bushes when a female marijuana supplier and a man acting as her protector drove up, the prosecutor said.
After the woman got out of the car, Taylor and the San Francisco man – each armed – came out of the bushes and tried to rob her, Rogers said. Taylor fired his .22-caliber handgun, and the woman’s protector returned fire, striking Taylor and the San Francisco man, who remains in critical condition, authorities said. The woman and her protector fled; a woman who was with Taylor’s group at the time of the shooting was interviewed by police and is cooperating, Rogers said.
Oakland - UniCann - University of Cannabis is the first cannabis school in the world to offer cannabis trade education online via video conferencing. “It’s a major technological improvement” cited Dhar Mann, UniCann founder. “Cannabis patients and enthusiast worldwide can now attain certified cannabis education through our initial offering of 8 online classes”. “A complete online curriculum is already through the planning phases and ready for the masses”. He adds. Oakland is the home of several cannabis universities, most notably Oaksterdam University, the nation’s first cannabis trade school.
Oakland lives up to it’s reputation of being a marijuana mecca and the leader in cannabis education as well as using cannabis as a tax revenue generating agent. It’s the secret ingredient to California’s billions of dollars per year underground economy, and organizations like UniCann are blessed with city council endorsements, and even city council graduates. Desley Brooks, Oakland city council member feels her education at UniCann the University of Cannabis will serve her well while addressing marijuana policy decisions she is responsible for.
Desley Brooks
Quote:The knowledge I gained at UniCann - University of Cannabis will be invaluable in my role as a policy maker and regulator of cannabis. UniCann has highly qualified professors with a depth and breadth of theoretical and practical information. The whole experience was rewarding and I am proud to have attained my Diploma of Certified Seedling from such an outstanding institution.
Project Relief, an activist group fighting for Medical Marijuana patients rights is organizing a rally and march in Stockton CA on June 2nd at 10:AM. The gathering will start at Eden Park at El Dorado and Acacia Streets and march 4 blocks to the Mayor's office at about 11:AM.
This rally and march is in response to the City of Stockton ordering the closure of Pathways Health Co-Op at 20 E. Acacia Street as well as 2 other dispensaries.
Volunteers are needed, RSVP Project Relief at (213) 270-3412.
Pathways Health Co-Op is remaining open. They are ready for this fight.
It's time to show our support for those that support us.
In February, I wrote the following about a drug raid in Missouri:
SWAT team breaks into home, fires seven rounds at family's pit bull and corgi (?!) as a seven-year-old looks on.
They found a "small amount" of marijuana, enough for a misdemeanor charge. The parents were then charged with child endangerment.
So smoking pot = "child endangerment." Storming a home with guns, then firing bullets into the family pets as a child looks on = necessary police procedures to ensure everyone's safety.
Just so we're clear.
Now there's video, which you can watch below. It's horrifying, but I'd urge you to watch it, and to send it to the drug warriors in your life. This is the blunt-end result of all the war imagery and militaristic rhetoric politicians have been spewing for the last 30 years—cops dressed like soldiers, barreling through the front door middle of the night, slaughtering the family pets, filling the house with bullets in the presence of children, then having the audacity to charge the parents with endangering their own kid. There are 100-150 of these raids every day in America, the vast, vast majority like this one, to serve a warrant for a consensual crime.
But they did prevent Jonathan Whitworth from smoking the pot they found in his possession. So I guess this mission was a success.
I've exchanged emails with the mother of the family, who was in the home at the time of the raid. I'm waiting on her permission to publish her account of what happened.
SAN FRANCISCO — As a longtime Democratic consultant, Chris Lehane has worked for presidents and managed scandals. But his current gig — as a strategist for the campaign to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana in California — is the one that has really caught the attention of his colleagues.
“I’ve got a lot of people calling looking for business on this one,” Mr. Lehane said.
Medical marijuana has been legal in California since 1996. But the new ballot measure would allow anyone over 21 to buy, possess, use or cultivate marijuana. It would bar personal possession of more than one ounce as well as smoking the drug in public or around minors.
Supporters have encouraged legalization as a potential boon for sales tax revenue — up to $1.4 billion annually, according to some estimates — in budget-crunched California. But the measure is expected to be strongly opposed by law enforcement, which says it would actually end up costing the state in increased public health and safety expenses.
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