1. A LETTER TO OUR READERS
Recently we lost one of the great American heroes. Neil
Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died August 25.
In the aftermath I was reminded of the massive undertaking
we, as a country, embarked on with the race to the
moon. The quote from our 35th President seems just as
poignant today when you take into account the enormous
challenges our country is facing on a variety of fronts.
“We choose to go to the
There are so many issues that, by and large are being
ignored by the powers that be because to solve them is moon in this decade, not
because it is easy, but
just too hard of a task. Climate change, the federal deficit,
future water shortages and an antiquated infrastructure
to name a few, these are large problems that take long
term plans to solve. Yet no one is moving quickly on
them with any aggressive solutions. Why face today
because it is hard, because
what we can shove off to someone else’s desk tomorrow?
that goal will serve to
This is why we chose to do a hear no - see no – speak
no cannabis themed cover. It seemed fitting to emphasize organize and measure the
the fact that neither political party wants to talk about any
benefit of the cannabis plant even though the people do. best of our energies and
In the past few months I have heard a lot of opposition
to measure 64. One of the common concerns regarding
skills, because that challenge
the possible passing of 64 is that it will bring down the
wrath of the federal government on Colorado, which
is one that we are willing to
is something some industry professionals are afraid
of. I’m not saying this fear is unwarranted but I caution
accept, one we are unwilling
that if we let fear overcome the need for progress than
we will never get to the proverbial cannabis moon. to postpone, and one which
With three states looking to fully legalize both hemp and
marijuana and seven more states looking to legitimize
we intend to win.”
medical cannabis, we are almost at the tipping point
where legal states can become the majority. There
are jurors who are refusing to find defendants guilty
on marijuana possession charges even though -President John F. Kennedy, September
within that state’s laws they should be. The people
are speaking and hopefully, with enough success 12, 1962, at Rice University, Houston,
this election, the feds are going to have to listen. Texas.
So if we do have a fight on our hands here in Colorado, I
say let’s lace up the gloves. We have more people in our
corner than ever before. The time is now for a reemergence
of cannabis into our mainstream culture and economy.
Retractions: In the last issue we inadvertently included
articles with the following errors and misspellings: Pg
35. Dr. Bob Melamede quotes are from his blog and
not from personal interview; Amanda is Tina Cross’
wife and not sister; Give photo credit to Paul Tokin in
the extract article on page 30. The Hemp Connoisseur
apologizes for these errors.
David Maddalena
Editor-in-Chief
David@thcmag.com
4 October/November