My contribution to the revolution is teaching folks how to make a reduction tincture I've used for years--first for big screen movies and later to drastically reduce my use of the pain pills that were killing me.
The most addictive aspect of cannabis is once you start learning and sharing the truth, and seeing lives saved and lives restored...you can't stop.
Since I have no interest in living the life of a black marketeer, I am funding this addiction by building a festival product development company called Cannabis Rising; Most Excellent Goods/Made for the Revolution. Our first offering is the print Cannabis Rising by artist Douglas Lakota. Our second item is the Candana; a bandana screened with leaf scans of notable strains.
Building a cannabis biz in the Northeast is tough. Angel investors (the ones who btw enjoy cannabis) either squirm and look around to make sure no one is listening, or titter like schoolgirls at the idea that they would ever invest in a 'marijuana' enterprise. Alliances are easy to establish but very difficult to sustain because frankly there are more than a few all-talk stoners in this emerging industry.
In Southern New Hampshire, a state still ruled by prohibitionists, professional services can be difficult to nail down as well. One woman, a cannabis fan I've know for years and an Illustrator/Photoshop master, declined my offer to enhance CR images/files at $20/hr, saying she was 'uncomfortable with the whole out-on-a-limb cannabis thing, and I don't want to align myself with that..."
The day before a screen printer I just started working with sent a pdf proof for the Candanas/series #1 with a file name pot-leaf bandanas. I felt compelled to reply:
Cannabis Rising is about using specific words and images to help counter nearly 80 years of anti-cannabis propaganda. While we love and use pet names for this herb, at work we agree to stick with cannabis.
Just another day in the cannabis trades...
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