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Humming Hummus
Skill Level: Easy Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: about 5 minutes Chill Time: N/A Serving Size: 3-4 ounces/60-85 ml Yield: about 5 cups/1185 ml Ingredients ⅓ cup/80 ml MagicalButter Coconut Oil 2 cans (16 ounces/450 g each) low-sodium chickpeas (garbanzo beans),...
But HIPAA protects me! Well no…
What in the world is HIPAA and what does it do? I hear this question a lot and have learned over the years that many people do not understand what HIPAA is and what rights it protects. With the passage of SQ 788 and everyone’s questions about privacy, legality, guns,...
A NURSES PERSPECTIVE: Cannabis and The Immunocompromised Patient
For immunocompromised patients, it can be dangerous to assume that because medical cannabis is legal throughout most of the United States and that it can be bought in dispensaries, that it is safe. However, the only thing that can deem medical cannabis as safe is full...
Terpene of the Month: Humulene
New healthcare options are causing patients across the state to forget about side effects such as, hair loss, memory loss, tremors in hands and legs, and nodding off (to name a few). Dispensaries around the state are now open with a variety of medicine. Oklahomans can...
No Apologies
Slowly redefined in medicine, religion, law, and education are traditional words and concepts like ethics, oaths, preventative healthcare, clean water, real food, patient rights, and the least invasive and most compassionate medicine. Changed is the understanding of...
Free Patient Recommendation Drive
Sunday, November 18th 2018 was a historic day for Oklahoma! Strange Leaf Dispensary, Leafly, Guerilla Grow Supply, and Ounce Magazine held Oklahoma’s first ever free medical cannabis patient recommendation drive. Organized by Samantha Richardson and with the help of...
Roadblocks to Research
One of the most common questions asked by healthcare professionals regarding medical cannabis is “Where are the clinical trials that show cannabis has medical benefit?” This can be difficult to answer as cannabis does not have the same scientific backing that medical...
Leaving The Secret Garden
Having a secret cannabis life that you are afraid to discuss with others can be a hindrance and unhealthy. It can hinder you from building meaningful relationships with people because you are afraid to be judged if they knew you consumed cannabis. It can cause you to...
A Fighting Chance
Everyone has something that happened in their life that has shaped who they are and what they do. And for Sean O’Grady, Lightweight Boxing Champion of the World, this is no different. Sean was born into a life of boxing; trainer Pat O’Grady and promoter Jeannie...
The 5 W’s of Cannabis Testing in Oklahoma
As owner/operator of F.A.S.T. Laboratories, an analytical testing lab for cannabis, I am receiving questions daily regarding all facets of testing cannabis for efficacy and contaminants. In this article, I want to attempt to summarize some of the most common questions...
Trellising and Staking Cannabis Plants for Support
Cannabis plants can grow very tall and most likely will require you to give them some sort of support to keep from falling over causing irreversible damage to the plant. This support is crucial to ensure the crop can be systematically grown to its’ full potential...
Pruning & Training Cannabis Plants for Maximum Production
Growing cannabis can be an artful process. There are so many ways to grow the plant and so many different pruning techniques that can bring huge benefits when properly executed. I look at the cannabis plant like a bonsai tree in terms of allowing me to create the...
Cloning 101
Cloning, also known as propagation, is not as hard as some folks make it out to be. With healthy plants, good techniques and environmental controls you can easily create many clones with ease. There are many things that can cause clones not to root and by having a...
Oklahoma Dispensaries, Let The Refunds Begin
I stopped into The Peak dispensary (2120 NW 23rd St. OKC, OK) as I heard they had some specials on pre-loaded vape cartridges. I was greeted by a very friendly staff and nice looking shop with a large cultivar selection of preloaded cartridges. I ultimately ended up...
Lemon Jeffrey (VAPE) – Sparky’s Oklahoma Cultivar Review
Producer: Simple Cure Extraction Method: CO2 Cultivar: Lemon Jeffrey Cultivator: Unknown Available at: Strange Leaf Dispensary Packaging: Blister Pack I was fairly skeptical going into this review as I'm pretty critical of preloaded vape cartridges, especially...
Blue Widow – Sparky’s Oklahoma Cultivar Review (SEE PHOTOS)
Cultivar: Blue Widow Taste like: Sweet candy Bud Structure: Large hard buds Scent: Slightly sour with heavy pine smell after grinding Cultivator: New Leaf Medicinals Available at: New Leaf Medicinals Just a short drive down the turnpike from Oklahoma City, located in...
A Patient’s Guide to Buying Cannabis the First Time
Although there are still a lot of things we don’t know about cannabis, what we do know is this; it is most effective consumed in whole-plant botanical formulations (versus isolated CBD or THC), it cannot kill you, and it is generally safer than the bulk of...
An Open Letter To Dispensary Owners From An Army Veteran & Medical Cannabis Patient
Dear Dispensary Owners, Can you believe we did it? We are finally here with legal medical cannabis sales happening in the state of Oklahoma in 2018. It's your day as a business owner to shine, but there are a few things we need to remember. We all need to...