CannaBudder Processing
Canna Butter (BUDder)
Ratio: 1 lb. butter (pieces) / 1 oz. cannabis (shake)
Stovetop:
Bring about 1 1/2" water to a boil, turn heat down to simmer, melt butter in water, stir in cannabis. Cook on low heat (not boiling) for anywhere from 1-2 hours (or more), stirring occasionally. Add more water if needed, it helps to separate the medicine and plant matter from the butter. Remove from heat and pour into heat proof container to cool, cover, and refrigerate. After it is cold, break the butter layer off the top and transfer to another heat proof container ~ a big old glass measuring cup is perfect. Most of the plant matter is left in the water to be discarded. Reheat the butter (I did this @ 55% in the microwave for 30 seconds @ a time just until well melted) and strain out the plant matter. I used layers of cheesecloth across the top of the container secured with elastics, then pushed the cheesecloth down a bit to make a well, poured the butter through the cheesecloth, took it off the container, gathered it @ the top, and squeezed the remaining liquid out. Chill it again and you will have beautiful green cannabutter on top with a little bit of water left underneath it. I chilled it in a glass container and just made a hole between the butter and the side of the jar to drain the water out.
Slow Cooker, Crock Pot, Bean Pot:
Put in hot water, melt butter, stir in cannabis, cover, slow cook for up to 9 hours. Proceed as above from there...
The Telegram: He's not in it for the High
Newshawk: Herb
Pubdate: 25 July 2011
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Author: Sue Hickey
He's not in it for the high
Meet David Shea and you might notice the skin on his face and hands is taut
and pale. It's not for lack of time spent outdoors, but because of an
uncommon condition known as scleroderma - a chronic systemic autoimmune
disease, mainly of the skin.
Up to 40,000 Canadians have the disease, which can make life very
uncomfortable.
That's why the Grand Falls-Windsor native, who now lives in Halifax,
promotes the use of medical marijuana to the public as well as to health
professionals - not as a way to get high, but as a safe drug that can
alleviate the symptoms of various diseases.
He is the head of patient advocacy with the organization Maritimers Unite
for Medical Marijuana (www.mumm.ca).
He was studying accounting, but had to go on a disability pension when he
developed the disease. He tried to work at first, but one of the symptoms
when the autoimmune system attacks the body is that scar tissue develops.
In Shea's case, the symptoms made work too difficult and painful.
"The doctors prescribed me medications, but I've always been wary of drugs,
so I would research what medication they would recommend to me," he said.
"Often, with my condition, it was better to not take it at all."
He discovered that medical marijuana was thought to help alleviate several
symptoms among people with serious medical conditions, like cancer. Shea
said he knew that it would help him improve his appetite, and before he
started taking cannabis as prescribed, he ate rarely, and with chronic
pain.
"I learned that it was safe to use, actually phenomenal," he said. "That's
when I went to my doctor and I asked about it. I've been to two separate
specialists, and both of them were in complete agreement that it was the
thing for me."
He doesn't "smoke up" like recreational marijuana users. He gets it in raw,
unprocessed form but usually ingests it in baked cookies or something
similar.
Medical marijuana is approved for use by Health Canada, and people who want
to grow the plant in order to supply the market for that purpose have to
obtain a government licence approving the cultivator as a certified
grower.
Shea wants to dispel the idea that people using cannabis for legitimate
medical purposes are always "under the influence."
"That kind of intoxication is something that happens the first week of
using it, but if you're using it on a continual basis, that doesn't happen
anymore," he said.
"And if I don't take it, the chronic pain comes back. Eating was a very big
issue for me, and if I don't take medical marijuana, I don't want to even
look at food."
As a patient advocate, he has worked with other patients who have seen
doctors who have told them the product is illegal, which isn't the case.
"My hope is to educate patients and let doctors know there is a legal
program to allow them to recommend cannabis," he said.
Shea buys his supply from Health Canada.
"I've never met people who recommend opiates for pain, but I've met loads
of patients who recommend cannabis," he said.
MMAR Application Procedure and Requirements
MMAR APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Complete the MMAR Application Package as follows:
Application to Possess Medicinal Cannabis
> FORM A (Required)
Form A is your Application for MMAR Exemption or Authorization to Possess (AP).
Physician’s Authorization
> FORM B1 or B2 (Required)
Form B1 is the form to be completed by your Physician (GP or Specialist) IF you have one of the following conditions: Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury or Disease, Cancer, AIDS/HIV, Severe Arthritis, Epilepsy OR *Compassionate or End of Life Care
*PLEASE be sure to complete this section also if undergoing Chemical or Radiation Therapies
Form B2 is the form to be completed by your GP if you have any condition aided by the use of Medicinal Cannabis other than those covered on Form B1. Section B2-5 must include your condition and the Specialist who diagnosed it.**
** The Specialist DOES NOT have to sign the application. This is to attest to the diagnosis ONLY. The name, area of specialty, and date of diagnosis are all that is required in Section B2-5.
Source of Medicine
> FORM C (Optional)
Form C is to be completed if you want a Personal Production License (PPL) to grow your own medicine. You must also complete and include Form E2 (we recommend that you do not purchase seeds from Health Canada, but this is required for approval). If you plan to produce it in your home and do not own it, or if you want to produce it on someone else’s property you must also include Form F – Consent of Property Owner.
> FORM D (Optional)
Form D is to be completed if you want to designate someone else to grow your medicine for you. It requires both you and the Designated Grower (DG) to contribute to the completion. You must also complete and include Form E2 (we recommend that you do not purchase seeds from Health Canada, but this is required for approval).
> FORM E1 (Optional)
Form E1 is to be completed if you want to purchase medicine from Health Canada. We do not recommend this option.
> FORM E2 (Required)
Form E2 is required if you are growing your own medicine or designating someone else to grow it for you.
> FORM F (Optional)
Form F is required if you plan to produce medicine in your home and do not own it, or if you want to produce it on someone else’s property.
Renewal
> FORM R
Form R can be used for Renewal of Authorization IF you have no change to: a) Physician; b) dosage; c) location of medicine production; or d) source of medicine (different Designated Grower, switch from DG to Personal Production License, etc.). A full application package is required with any of these changes. Photographs are only required for renewals after 5 years.
Cannabis Compendium
Courtesy of Cannabis Research A-Z
http://yougroove.webs.com/cannabisdatabank.htm