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Great Legalization Debates of 2012 — Round One

Wed., June 22, 2011

6:30pm to 7:00pm: Updates from Legalize2012.com
7:00pm to 9:00pm: Debate
9:00pm to 11:00pm: Music Provided by Colorado Goatherders

Casselman’s Bar and Venue, 2620 Walnut, Denver, CO

Free and Open to the Public

Moderated by Patricia Calhoun of Westword

Westword Debate Preview:

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2011/06/marijuana_legalization_debate_preview.php

Several Colorado groups are interested in putting a citizen’s initiative on
the ballot in 2012 to amend the state Constitution to “legalize” cannabis,
but what does “legalization” really mean? Can all these groups work
together to create true legalization based on cannabis freedom? In attempt
to find unity among these groups, Legalize2012.com has organized the “Great
Legalization Debates of 2012″. The goal of the debates is to discuss ideas,
policy and strategy on what will work best to protect Colorado cannabis
consumers from arrest, prosecution and discrimination. Colorado is a model
for the rest of the country, yet we don’t have a clear idea of what is the
best cannabis law for the state.

Participants:
- Legalize2012.com: The Cannabis Re-legalization Act
- Paul Danish, former Boulder County Commissioner and Boulder City
Councilman: The Danish Plan: Marijuana use shall not be punished
- Rev. Brandon Baker of the Greenfaith Ministry: Colorado Safer Communities
& Health Initiative, modeled after homebrewing
- Mason Tvert, MPP/DPA/Sensible/SAFER – gives DOR/Law Enforcement total
control of marijuana in Colorado
- Kathleen Chippi, the “Inalienable Right” model. Amend Article 2, Section
3 of the Colorado Constitution, making cannabis an inalienable right
- Corey Donahue, Crazy for Justice: Free Colorado Cannabis Act

With increasing public support for legalization, the question is not when
cannabis will be re-legalized, but how it will be re-legalized. Cannabis
hasn’t been legal in Colorado for all adults since 1937. Will Colorado’s
new legalization look like it did in the early 1900s, or will it look like
something new in the 21st Century? Now is the time for a Cannabis
Constitutional Convention, so we can all get together and discuss the
future of cannabis in Colorado.

Join us in this lively and friendly debate amongst legalization supporters
to determine the best path for a Colorado citizen’s ballot initiative to
amend the Constitution in 2012.

Join Us in Shaping Cannabis Policy for the 21st Century

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MODERATED BY PATRICIA CALHOUN OF WESTWORD
Patricia Calhoun, editor of Westword, Denver’s alternative weekly
newspaper, has agreed to moderate the debate. Calhoun has hosted many
political debates in her long career covering Colorado politics. Westword
has covered Colorado cannabis politics extensively, so Calhoun will be the
perfect unbiased referee to what is sure to be a heated discussion.

Please copy and redistribute this announcement.

Printable PDF Poster:

http://www.legalize2012.com/news/debates/debate.poster1.pdf

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The Great Legalization Debates of 2012 are sponsored by:
Legalize2012.com
“Take the Greed Out of the Weed”
P.O. Box 19084, Boulder, CO 80308
Phone: 877-420-4205
Web: http://www.Legalize2012.com

Despite what you may have heard about marijuana’s effects on the brain, the Scripps Institute, in 2006, proved that the THC found in marijuana works to prevent Alzheimer’s by blocking the deposits in the brain that cause the disease.

Today Governor Jack Markell signed SB 17 – as he had indicated he would – making the state of Delaware the 16th in The United States to legalize medical marijuana, plus Washington D.C.

Tax and Regulate Cannabis
Does Colorado need an extra $18 million in sales tax?
Do you want to stop the funding of illegal drug gangs?
Do you want to make your community safer?
Then it’s time to end Prohibition — again!
CNN estimates that Colorado would gain an extra $17.6 million in tax revenue if marijuana were legalized today.

For medical cannabis patients, the Legalize 2012 Constitutional Amendment is an important step in fixing Amendment 20, Colorado’s flawed medical marijuana law that was passed by voters in 2000. Amendment 20 was poorly-written by out-of-state interests and has allowed the state to take over the medical marijuana program to the point where there is now a new branch of law enforcement dedicated to fingerprinting and videotaping patients and tracking every gram of cannabis from “seed to sale.” Citizens can write a better initiative that will allow all adult Coloradans to have safe access to cannabis, thus protecting the rights of sick people to also have unfettered, safe access.

Get involved in the real grassroots effort to put an initiative on the ballot in Colorado: Legalize 2012

(CannaButter) Recipe
CannaButter is something that many people would love to know how to make.

Well, to be honest it is quite simple! However, you want to do it right as you’re using material that is not necessarily ideal to waste. If done properly using this recipe you can maximize the quality and quantity of the CannaButter you make.So to start we will begin by listing some of the things you are going to need…

**Proper Clothing Is a MUST. When you have fats and water together they tend to be very volatile and burning your arms is not a part of this recipe. So please use HOT GLOVES and long sleeves as you may or may not accidentally burn yourself.**

Materials you will need:
– A strong grinder to grind the Cannabis material.
– A stove to heat the CannaButter.
– A medium sized heavy duty sauce pan/pot with lid. It’s important to have the pot the same size as the element that it is on to ensure even heat distribution.
– A measuring cup.
– A whisk or a large fork to mix the material with the water/butter solution in the pot.
– Cheese cloth to strain the material before cooling.
– A bowl large enough to hold and cool the CannaButter material.
– A space in your refrigerator to cool and separate the water from butter.
– A heavy duty plastic wrap to handle and compress the CannaButter into a smaller, easier to handle shape.
– A freezable container to store the material
– A space in your freezer to store the finished product.

Please Make sure you have all these things before you begin and have them set aside as you will need them immediately during and at the end of the CannaButter making process.

Note:
To make a strong CannaButter you will need to adjust the amount of Cannabis you use in accordance with the strength of butter you would like. It is not recommended to make weak CannaButter or reduce the Cannabis:Butter ratio as you may feel “ripped off” after you’ve tried the butter.
This recipe will make about 350g of medium-grade strength CannaButter.
Remember you will have a small loss when handling the material.

So with that being said,

Ingredients you will need:
– 1lbs of unsalted butter.
– 2cups of water.
– 1 ounce of premium,middle or low grade Cannabis. Obviously the better product you use the better the butter will be.

That’s it!
Okay, Now go get your shit together and let’s cook!

To Prepare:
We’ll begin by grinding the Cannabis material very very fine. Way beyond the extent that you would grind it if you were smoking it. Make your Cannabis a fine powder. Using an electric coffee grinder dedicated to the purpose of grinding Cannabis or cleaning one VERY, VERY well. It’s suggest buying a rinky dink coffee grinder if you do not have one as cutting the Cannabis with scissors or grinding it with a space case grinder will not make the Cannabis fine enough.
You basically want a bowl of very, very fine Cannabis material.

Cooking:
Bring 2cups of water to a covered boil. Once the water is boiling, add your butter and melt it in the water. Once the butter is melted, reduce the heat to a very low setting so that when covered the CannaButter will simmer but not boil. We will now add the ground Cannabis material to the water and butter solution…Once you add the Cannabis powder you will whisk and mix it into the pot thoroughly, so that there are no clumps and nothing stuck to the bottom. Now that you’ve made sure there are no clumps in the solution, place the lid on the pot and leave the heat on a minimum temperature.
The CannaButter is now ready to simmer and cook for 22-24 hours. This amount of time is important. It is required to extract the THC from the finely ground Cannabis. However, you do not want to cook the CannaButter any longer than 24 hours. NO MORE THAN 24 HOURS. After 24 hours the THC will degrade and the butter will go bitter.
During this 24 hour cooking period you will need to check on the CannaButter every few hours to ensure that the boil is not to strong and to ensure that the butter has not reduced to much. If you find the solution reducing faster than expected it does not hurt to add a few table spoons of water over the 24 hour period.

Extraction:
Once you have simmered the CannaButter for long enough, turn the heat off.
Let the solution sit for 2-4 minutes and remove it from the heat.

USE APPROPRIATE CLOTHING AS THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN BURN YOURSELF…in other words.. don’t do this next step in your boxers.

You are now ready to extract the used Cannabis material from the CannaButter solution..
Place the cheese cloth over an open bowl and ensure that when the liquid is poured through the cheese cloth will not go with it. The idea here is to strain the solution using the cheese cloth so that you will not have bits of cannabis in the solution. Most of the THC is extracted by now. Once the solution has been strained through the cheese cloth and the material collected, you will have a solution in a bowl and cheese cloth full of soggy Cannabis material.
Squeeze and extract as much of the solution from the cheese cloth and material as possible. The butter solution is what you want, not the bi-product
which is the soggy Cannabis.
Remove as much of the solution as possible into the bowl.

Cooling:
Place the bowl with the CannaButter solution into your reserved space in your refrigerator and let it cool for a few hours, even overnight. This process will separate the fats from the water. The fat being our CannaButter. During this process you will be able to see the progress of the butter as it cools, much like watching Jell-o go firm. However, you want to let it sit long enough to ensure the complete separation of the fats from the water.

Removing Your Butter and Storing:
Removing the butter from the bowl may seem a bit tricky…but will be considerably less messy if you use the Heavy duty plastic wrap to handle the now solid butter. Simply remove enough plastic and use it like a doggy bag to remove the top slab of CannaButter from the bowl. Pat dry the CannaButter to remove any excess water. Now use the plastic wrap to compress the CannaButter into a smaller more manageable size. Store in a freezable,airtight container or mason jar.
Note:
Depending on the amount of CannaButter you make, it may be better to use a slotted spoon or spatula instead of your hands.

KEEP FROZEN AT ALL TIMES.
If kept frozen the butter will not go bad or lose any potency before you get around to using it.
The butter will melt quickly once it warms up.. so handle it quickly and keep it in the freezer as much as possible.
And that’s it! Now go lick clean some utensils and enjoy your CannaButter.

CannaButter can be used in a range of things and can even be used to bake goods like muffins,cookie and brownies. Some simply enjoy CannaButter on toast. Whatever you decide to use it in or on, remember that you do not want to re-cook it but baking it into something for a short period of time (about the length of time it takes to bake cookies or muffins) will not harm your CannaButter at all.

That’s it! get cookin’!

Simply the best vaporizer.

The Magic-Flight Launch Box is a small, fast, portable vaporizer useable by anyone, anywhere, anytime.

It provides a convenient, reliable and efficient alternative to smoking.

The Launch Box is easy to use: simply load with finely ground materials and insert a charged battery; the nearly instant heat-up provides immediate vapor. You can load, use, and reload without having to wait. It can even be used in windy conditions! In fact, the Box is so fast, small, quiet and odor free that it can easily be used in situations where nothing else can.