The cannabis can generation

Today is May 2015 and the first entry of this New Blog, the Cannabis can generation!
Not just five years ago, I did not think still that I  get would see cannabis become legal in my lifetime. Today, I am sure of it! Not just legal in my home state of California, but throughout the US and the world in my lifetime. It's is an amazing brave new world when it comes to cannabis, where everyday there is a newly invented "next best thing." I am so in awe of how we choose to use our cannabis it is far from smoking a fat joint anymore. Today, we can vaporize, dab, eat, rub, drink, our cannabis. I do think that there will always be people whole love to light up a joint, or smoke from their bong, but more and more our new cannabis generation, people are using alternative ways to use their cannabis or in my world our medicine.
My goal is to make this blog a creative a place where people who are new to cannabis or not, can have a site to come and find the information on the cannabis subject they want to know about. This will take me sometime (I am sure) but, I plan to blog on as many topics on cannabis I can. And please comment and write me and tell me what you want me to blog about next. If I don't know the info, I will research it and share the info that I find. So please know that not all posting will be my own, but I will promise to give full create to any blog article I post here in The cannabis can generation blog site!
A little about myself and why I want to write about cannabis. Hi! I am Leanne and a legal medical cannabis patient in California since 2003. I have been blessed to be able to grow my own medicine with my partner for the last decade. And in 2009 I got the best job on the planet, a dispensary front office position, and then not much later I became a budtender. My job also sent me to Oaksterdame University for a course in cannabis education. I remain at the same dispensary today, 6 + years later. Still loving what I do.
There are two things that I believe working at the dispensary has taught me most. First, is that cannabis is a medicine, I work with patient everyday I work, and I swear with all my heart that cannabis helps so many people get relief from their person issue. And secondly, how cannabis can be  used. And used variety of ways so patients have many options on how to use their medicine.
The days of just teaching a person about what kind of medicine do you want "Indica or Sativa" are long gone, and today I feel we are truly able to have access to a grange of cannabis products to fit specific issues.
So, my plans are to take all the knowledge and information that I try to give patients to you here!
I want to share, teach, inform people about the benefits of cannabis, and how they can make their own medicine. Don't get me wrong I love our dispensary. I believe California and having dispensaries are the best way to give patients to a variety of cannabis products.
I want a place where I can blog, and teach people about everything I can about  cannabis. Two + years ago, I started a blog on raw cannabis juicing. I challenged myself and blogged about the benefits of raw cannabis juicing for a 40 raw cannabis juice challenge.40dayrawcannabisjuicechallenge.blogspot.com
I will be adding articles from that blog, to this one as part of putting all the cannabis information I can here!
Cannabis is medicinally legal in over 23 states in the US now, and is legal in 4 states as of last years election. I now know I will see cannabis legal throughout the US in my lifetime. While It's still remains illegal today, and my blogging isn't allowed advertising rights like other blog sites, I pray that with my writings and hard work, one day this Blog will be something! Mean something, and have the rights to advertising money like all other bloggers! I am not selling anything, I am only writing about the benefits of Cannabis, and the many ways to use it.
I see everyday in this industry that someone is coming up with a new idea, new way of using cannabis. It is incredible on how quickly our industry is changing, and growing. I have people I know who have said to me " So you don't mind selling Pot to kids?" I always feel so puzzled by this question. My answer, " I see very little if every kids, and not even many young adults. The biggest growth of patients in my view is the AARP crowd. Yes! our older generation. They come in not wanting to use their prescribe medications, and want to see if cannabis can relieve their symptoms without all the horrible side affects that other pharmaceuticals cause them.
As I state above, we are blessed in California that we have fully stocked dispensaries, with knowledgeable staff to help educate patients. We literally teach people the best ways for them to use cannabis. Yes, unfortunately it is still trial and error for most patients. There isn't  one set dose, or instruction, or even on set recommendation on how exactly to use cannabis for your specific issue. Most patients, including myself have learned by trials of smoking cannabis, to eating it, to using it topically and more. What works best for me, may not work best for you. I believe even when cannabis becomes fully legal in the US, we still will have individual ways we like to use cannabis.
As California moves closer and closer to 2016  (where we will legalize cannabis in California once and for all) many people are not waiting for legalization and we  are seeing a growth in medicinal cannabis recommendation. People are encouraged by TV shows on medical cannabis, and they too want to see if cannabis will help them as well. It's actually quiet amazing in my opinion how many people are getting their legal cannabis recommendations and coming and trying cannabis! Our number of new patients continues to increase not decrease.
I understand that not all of you reading this are blessed like me. Even many of you cannot have access to cannabis at all. I promise you it is coming. Fight for it! Keep reading, keep talking to others about it. Ask questions! and YES! Try cannabis if you can.
I will have articles on ways to use cannabis to get the medicinal benefits with out the HIGH!
I will write articles on cannabis and the best way to get HIGH!
Please Join my blog, come back read my articles, and share them with other people!
Mahalo~
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