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Medical marijuana is artistic endeavor for Life is Art

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Oct 232010

Medical marijuana is artistic endeavor for Life is Art

On a hillside just east of Santa Rosa, a small band of artists cultivates marijuana plants and assembles artwork side by side. They claim the pot is grown legitimately for medicinal purposes and the proceeds are used to underwrite their nonprofit art organization. The 120-acre site near Hood Mountain is home to twin registered nonprofit organizations, American Medicinals and the Life Is Art Foundation, Dan Taylor reports in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. The property owners say they created American Medicinals, which grows medical marijuana for member patients, to support the nonprofit foundation Life Is [...]

Bud’s Blog: Medical cannabis still playing the name game

Bud's Blog, Cultivation, Dispensaries, Featured Content, Health and science

Oct 012010

Bud’s Blog: Medical cannabis still playing the name game

I’m hardly the first one to observe that names like “Green Crack” and “Durban Poison” don’t go hand in hand with good medicine. If first impressions count, and they do, the medipot industry is a teenage boy who shows up on your doorstep in baggy jeans and a “Smoke Weed” T-shirt, hoping to share his “medicine” with your daughter. You can spout off all you want about medical cannabis and its many benefits, but all the good stuff tends to get drowned out because of the names we use. Exhibit A: “God’s Pussy” was the [...]

Panel: Marketing is key to growing cannabusinesses

Bud's Blog, Business, Featured Content, Marijuana News

Sep 302010

Panel: Marketing is key to growing cannabusinesses

While Prop. 19 was on the minds of many at the International Cannabis and Hemp Expo, the panel presentations were focused on issues unique to cannabusiness. Among the best was “Branding Cannabis: An Industry Talk.” You’ll want to hear what these experts say about the importance of branding, social media, packaging and building relationships with other growing businesses. Also, take notice of how they name-drop their own brands frequently as they talk. Good stuff, and easy to put into practice at a chamber mixer, farmer’s market or Facebook page. To see other INTCHE panel presentations [...]

Bud’s Blog: Raucous Prop. 19 debate is a joyful sound

Bud's Blog, Featured Content, Legalization, Marijuana News, Medical marijuana

Sep 262010

Bud’s Blog: Raucous Prop. 19 debate is a joyful sound

Sunday night update: My brain is still chewing its cud on the import of Saturday’s Prop. 19 debate at the Cow Palace. Opponents have raised numerous concerns that seem to me more fearful than factual, but like any new law the lawyers and judges will have the final say. I only heard part of Richard Lee’s opening statement, because he blurted it out so quickly. Chris Conrad and George Mull gave informed perspectives on Prop. 19′s legal impact, something it’s only fair we debate. Then there’s Bishop Ron Allen, a Sacramento pastor and former crack [...]