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ECWCCDecember 2010
A COMMUNITY OF COMPASSIONPatients attest to the quality, Lab results confirm it.
At the El Camino Wellness Center, our
medicine is held to the highest standard of
quality. Every batch of medicine, even from our
regular growers, is sent to a laboratory for
comprehensive testing.
We test for THC, CBD, and CBN levels
which allows us to offer a wide variety of
Cannabis, edibles and more which meet the
strictest safety and potency guidelines.
Healing is about more than medicine. Our
members have found great comfort in the
support of an active patient community.
Cooking classes, music and Ayurvedic
therapies, and even peer counseling are all
hosted weekly onsite. We don’t keep it all to
ourselves, however. El Camino Wellness
Center is a proud supporter of Students for
Sensible Drug Policy and Americans for Safe
Access. In many ways our community of
patients is as important as the medicine itself.
We’re proud to be Sacramento’s most
trusted wellness center, but we’re only as
strong as our patients. So come help make us
stronger, because getting well feels better
when we all grow stronger together.
SERVICES & CLASSES MONDAY MONDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
AccupressureTreatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific points on the body
HydroponicAn introduction to growing your own medicine using the basics of Hydroponics
Live DJCome hang out in the lobby with Selekta Lou every Friday for the best reggae jams!
Basic GrowThis covers all the fundamentals of cultivation. Vegitative to flowering to harvesting. Q&A session as well
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Strain of the Month: GDPGrand Daddy Purple is a very well
developed strain. It has a very pungent
odor and distinguishable nug structure. It
is synonymous to the “purple strain”. This
c lass ic s t ra in was deve loped by
Apothecary a breeder from northern
California. Grand Daddy Purple has taken
fi r s t p r i z e i n n u m b e r s c a n n a b i s
competitions such as the Inglewood
Medical Cannabis cup in 2004 and the
Green cup in 2004- It is said that the strain
is derived from Purple Erkel and Grape
Ape. However it is safer to say that these
strains are phenotypes of each other. The
genetics of the plant resemble that of
various Hawaiian indicas. Grand Daddy
Purple is a pure indica which grows in a
very short bushy stature. It is ideally grown
in a “super crop” method, making it easier
to control and train. The plant grows well in
soil or hydroponically. Grown in an ideal
environment with ideal settings GDP can
reach between three to five feet when
grown indoors, or above eight feet grown
outdoors. The genetics allow for close
node spacing, producing denser buds. The
strain grows well in cool conditions,
maintaining a 70 to 75 degree temperature
during its vegetative development is ideal.
Also, decreasing the temperature in the
final weeks of flowering to 60 degrees
yields a more colorful product. The plant’s
flowering cycle is typically eight to nine
weeks long. This interval of time ensures
that the plant has reached its maximum
trichome production and yield. Average
yield indoors is noted to be a half ounce to
approximately four ounces.
The aroma emitted from the plant is
very sweet and a back hint of grapes. The
taste is very similar to the smell; the flavor
seems to linger in your taste buds. The
buds themselves are usually dense with a
dark purple hue and orange hairs. The
strain is known to help patients alleviate
symptoms of nausea and pain, great for
patients coping with the after effects of
chemotherapy. The effects are very
physiological but in most cases it does not
leave you feeling very groggy.
CUT OF THE MONTH
SFV OGThis month El Camino Wellness Center
is highlighting a SFV OG Kush. It is a
Sativa-dominant hybrid. The acronym
stands for San Fernando Valley OG. It is
said that the strain is a S1, making it a self
seeded variation of Ghost OG Kush. It is
similar to the ancestral variety but has
tighter node spacing and sturdier branches.
This strain is used frequently as a parent
plant in breeding for Cali Connection seeds.
The leaves structure is that of a sativa, the
SFV has a variety of pale and dark leaves,
and dark pistols. Grown under ideal
conditions, the buds are semi dense and
have great trichome production. The aroma
emitted from the SFV is very strong. It has a
lemon pine flavor with a diesel undertone.
The flavor is that of a sweet kush with a hint
of citrus. The effects from plant are very
sativa, giving a strong cerebral high with
some physiological sensations. The latter
effects are somewhat lethargic. The typical
flower time for the plant is approximately 8
to 10 weeks. The plant does well when
grown in different types of grow mediums. It
is a mid yielding plant that can reach
towering heights. The temperature constant
should remain between seventy to seventy
–five degrees Fahrenheit. Many varieties of
OG plants thrive on magnesium, using a
supplemental nutrient such “CalMag” can
help prevent unwanted symptoms of
discoloration and nutrient supply. This is
strain is very easy to grow, and ideal for
many Sativa lovers.
Grand Daddy Purple
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GROWING CLASSESThe growing classes offered
by El Camino Wellness Center are detailed classes teaching patients how to grow medical cannabis. The purpose of these classes to help further the development of medicinal grade cannabis and help patients save money. I have grown cannabis for over eight years. I have supplied numerous collectives with medicinal grade cannabis and cuttings. I currently work in the cannabis industry and am the grow liaison for El Camino Wellness Center. I promote the development of organic cannabis and emphasize the necessity of cannabis to be developed for medicinal purposes.
Each of our classes are specifically catered to each individual patient present during each class. The classes are held twice a week, once on Monday evenings and the other on Saturday afternoons. Having two days allows more time to be spent with each patient, a lso i t g ives the instructor a more specific lesson plan. During the beginning of the class patients are asked how extensive their knowledge is on growing cannabis, the majority are beginners. In this instance the grow instructors go o v e r b a s i c g r o w procedures. The first step is determining the type of grow the patient desires, whether is indoor or outdoor. If the patient chooses indoor the instruction begins with setting up the room and lighting. There needs to be a certain physical calculated area designated for the desired lamp wattage. After the set up has been designed basic plant development is reviewed. We begin wi th seed germination if that is a preference over using a cutting as a starting point.
The next step is to go over the different type of grow mediums that patients have to choose from. If a patient prefers to grow hydroponically we will go into detail about hydroponic systems, timing, nutrients, solution mixtures and grow tips. Hydroponics
growing methods are discussed in greater detail on the Monday evening classes. However, if patients choose other grow methods and mediums such as soil growth we will discuss the typical procedures necessary for deve lopment . We w i l l d i scuss vegetative growth and plant training allowing growers to manipulate the manner in which the plant grows. A variety of topics are discussed in each of the different methods of vegetative growth such as supplemental nutrients and certain growing advantages such as taking plant cuttings. If patient knowledge is more advanced, plant cutting methods are discussed, if not this topic is saved for a following class. The classes also discuss climate control, temperature constants, pest control and water management (i.e. pH
a n d E C c o n c e n t r a t i o n ) . The final topic discussed in the class is the flowering cycle for cannabis. The instructor discusses light intervals and nutrient regiments needed for flower development. Usually patients come for more than one class and designate one class for vegetat ive growth and one for cannabis flowering. Patients also learn about curing procedures and effective ways to attain better color development and taste. These classes are effective ways for patients to promote the development of cannabis and maintain a quality supply for their medicinal needs.
If you ask me, the month of
December is all about the abundance of
delicious baked goods, friends and
family. More than any other time of year,
we put our healthy diets on the shelves
a bit to indulge in sweet, spiced, and
festive treats, and in favor of getting a
little tipsy. On that note, OMEGA Spiced
Cookies by Class One Kitchen fit the bill
in a big way, only contain 34 calories
each (no blown diet required), and add
to that, the obvious- they get you high
too!
But the question on everyone's
minds is: how high? I tend to be an
edible heavyweight, owing to the fact
that I typically smoke cannabis, and
smoke it often. So I opted to eat both of
the 2 dose cookies for a total of 4 doses
so I could really impart what kind of
buzz these puppies could give. The
result? A heavy, stoney high, followed
by a four hour nap, from which I awoke
feeling clear-headed and free of
physical discomfort.
And secondarily, you're probably
wondering how they tasted! Made with
cannabis-infused honey, flour, egg,
sugar, butter, baking soda, cinnamon,
salt, and cloves, these edibles are low
in sugar, and thereby diabetic friendly.
The infused honey gives it a sweetness
that won't make your grown-up taste
buds pucker, and in sum they pretty
much tasted like sticky, dank ginger
snaps; delicious.
We also carry Class One Kitchen's
OMEGA Honey Buttons and OMEGA
Apple Bars, all of which cost $8 a pop!
EDIBLE OF THE MONTH
Learn How To Grow
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RECIPESHARVEST SPECIAL
We have quite the laundry list of harvest specials this December wherein we will pass on our savings to our members. This month, the following strains will be available for the low cost of $14/gram, $42/eighth, and $275/ounce!
Sour P: Sour Diesel crossed with G-13. Indica dominant hybrid. Dense buds with a sour, rich smell and flavor. Heavy high with a strong body buzz.
Lemon Trainwreck: Trainwreck crossed with Lemon Haze. Sativa dominant hybrid. Smells like lemonhead candy, with a lemony flavor that brings a sweet, herbal aftertaste. Strong, stimulating head rush and body buzz.
C-4 OG: Chem-4 crossed with OG Kush. Sativa dominant hybrid. Dank, sweet and sour smell and flavor, bearing an immediate, strong head high.
OGiesel: SF OG Kush crossed with Giesel. Sativa dominant hybrid. Sweet diesel flavor and taste with a spacey yet creativity-inducing high.
Chocolope: Chocolate OG Thai crossed with Cannalope Haze. Sativa. Choco la tey nose w i th a f ru i ty, chocolatey flavor. Brings an energetic yet pain-relieving high.
Super Lemon Haze: Silver Haze crossed with Lemon Haze. Sativa. Sweet, lemony smell and taste that produces a crystal clear head high.
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour½ cup ground ganja ‘flour’3/4 teaspoon salt2/3 cup shortening6 tablespoons cold water
Get a large bowl and sift together flour and canna-flour. Next add salt; cut in shortening until crumbly. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. Divide dough in half so one ball is slightly larger than the other. Roll out the larger ball to fit a 9-in. or 10-in. pie plate. Transfer pastry to pie plate. Trim pastry with even with edge of plate. Pour
desired filling into crust. Roll out second ball; cut slits in pastry. Position over filling. Trim pastry to 1 in. beyond edge of pie plate. Fold top crust over bottom crust. Flute edges. Bake according to recipe.
Canna -Flour
5-6 cups fresh or frozen cherries (If frozen, defrost and drain.)1 cup sugar½ cup flour1 teaspoon cinnamon1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Fit bottom crust into pie pan. Set top crust aside, covered. In a large mixing bowl combine sugar, cherries and extracts. Let stand 15 minutes. Turn out into bottom crust and dot with butter. Cover with top crust, flute edges and cut vents
Cherr y Pie
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Ayurveda Consultations
Ayurveda is one of the many free holistic services
we offer our patients on-site at our medical
cannabis dispensary collective. Our in-house
clinical Ayurvedic specialist, Geoffrey Wood, has
been practicing this traditional medicine of India for
over a decade, and susses out his clients' needs
by a lengthy questioning process, pulse
assessment, and visual inspection. Once he has
assessed his clients' prakruti and vikruti, or
inherent and current state of the doshas, or bodily
humors, Geoff takes a methodical approach to
prescribing his clients with dietary and lifestyle
changes, coupled with herbal therapies, to restore
balance back to their bodies. He works closely with
his clients by following up on how the plan
implementation is working for them, and also by
helping them to identify roadblocks to making
pos i t i ve l i fes ty le changes they may be
encountering. Additionally, he offers Ayurvedic
perspectives, and recommendations for color
therapy, aromatherapy, and basic meditation-
pranayama (breathing exercises), and/or mantra.
Geoff also performs Marma therapy, which uses
points that lie along the body's meridians, or nadis,
similar to acupressure, to remove energy
blockages and effect the energetic flow of the body.
This bestows the client with an immediate
improvement in well-being that encourages them to
return for more comprehensive Ayurvedic
consultations and enact positive lifestyle changes
that will result in a better quality of life overall.
Tools needed:
A Couple of zip lock bags of trim or buds frozen (wet/dry)Bubble Bags set of 4 or 85 lbs of crushed iceH2o ice cold1 one gallon bucketStainless Steel Mixing Spoon1 Table spoonPressing Screen (one should come with your bags)Kitchen Towel4-5 pieces of card board (clean, no print is best)
1. Place the bubble bags, in ascending order (smallest number to biggest), in your bucket. Make sure to fold the bag over the rim of the bucket to prevent movement and to ease the removal process.
2. Once all the bags are placed in your bucket and secured place a layer of ice down in the work bag followed by the frozen trim/buds then cover with more ice and add water. Place bucket in your refrigerator for about 30 min. You want to be able to stir this so to much ice can make the process a bit difficult. Nevertheless you want your water to be as cold as possible.
3.Take your metal spoon and begin to stir vigorously for about 15 to 20 minutes. The mix will become frothy and green colored. You can use an electric hand mixer if you like, but the spoon method works well. After the 15-20 min is up let the bags sit for about 20 min to settle.
4. After your mix is settled begin to remove the work bag by pulling up and allowing it drain all of the water through its screen into the next bag. When most of the water has been drained from the bag set it aside to finish draining. Do this process for all remaining bags.
5. Now that the bags have drained you must harvest your hash fromthe bags. Take the first bag (not the bag work bag with all the trim) and carefully stretch the bag inside out over the top of thebucket and remove the hash that has collected on the screen withyour trusty table spoon.
6.Place the kitchen towel down on to a flat surface then place the pressing screen on top. Spoon the hash onto the pressing screening gently. Then fold the screen in half and press down to extrude the remaining water from the hash. Next place the semi dried hash on a piece of card board to further dry. As the hash dries its best to break it up to ensure proper drying. Repeat steps 5-6 for each remaining bag. Keeping the hash separated by grade or what color micron bag you used, will help you discern what bag gave you what hash. Last but not least you can press your hash or simply work the hash in your hand for a nice melty gooey treat!
HOW TO MAKE BUBBLE HASH
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DECEMBER DONATION: SACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S
HOMEFor the month of December, El
Camino Wellness Center's profits
w i l l b e a l l o c a t e d t o t h e
Sacramento Children's Home.
Nearly as old as Sacramento itself,
the Sacramento Children's Home
was founded
in 1867, and this facilitative refuge offers
24 hour community and educational
programs that assist 1,800 families annually in the
Greater Sacramento area. The programs play to parents' and children's
needs from the prenatal stages to young adulthood, and aim to prevent
child abuse and neglect while empowering kids and their families, utilizing
long-term solutions.
Their mission statement reads, “The Sacramento Children's Home is
committed to helping build strong families; to opening doors to the future;
to maximizing potential; and ending the cycle of child abuse. El Camino
Wellness Center would like to thank our members for their patronage,
which not only keeps our doors open, but has a profound effect on the
community.
Please visit their website for more information:
http://www.kidshome.org
D E C E M B E R F O O D D R I V E T O B E N E F I T SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES!
As you enter our facility in the month of December, you'll notice a
large donation bin outside our front door. We are hosting a Spirit of Giving
food drive to be picked up at the month's end by Sacramento Food Bank
and Family Services, and its contents will be distributed to families in need
throughout the Greater Sacramento area. If you are able and willing, here
is a wish list of items for food assistance:
Dry pasta, especially whole wheat or gluten-free
Proteins-canned/dried beans, canned tuna, peanut butter,nuts/seeds
Canned fruit packed in water or natural juices- no heavy syrup
Canned vegetables- low
sodium
Grains- brown/wild rice,
oats, couscous, quinoa,
amaranth, millet, ...
Cereal- items high in fiber,
vitamins and minerals, no
sugary cereals
Healthy snacks- fruit leather, granola bars, etc.
Canned/dry soups- low sodium, no MSG Juice- 100% juice, no
artificial colors or flavors, non-perishable Ensure,Pop-top canned foods
Baby formula (Enfamil, Lipil, Gentlease, soy based) Non-food health
education items such as yoga mats, jump ropes, hula hoops, and
children's books about nutrition, gardening and healthy eating
Anything you can donate will be welcomed and appreciated by those
in need within our community. El Camino Wellness Center thanks you for
your contribution. For more information about Sacramento Food Bank and
Family Services, please visit http://www.sfbs.org.
Patient Testimonial: Lawrence“I use cannabis to manage my cluster headaches. I find concentrates to be most congruous to my needs, and both selection and quality are unparalleled in the area. The staff has been a prime source of knowledge and compassion and are, without a doubt, the key to the center's enduring value. I smoke hash almost exclusively, but your edibles are difficult to pass up.It's hard to recommend anywhere else, truthfully it's a peerless resource for patients in Sacramento.
DONATIONS-WHERE YOUR PROCEEDS GO
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Bog seeds presents: bushy old growers “tip of the month”Greetings Growers…. Last month Mrs. BOG and I had the pleasure of conducting a grow seminar at El Camino Wellness Center. We discussed many of the basic growing principles presented in our book, “Bonanza of Green”. Several topics were discussed including mite control. As I have stated previously “mites and mold are the banes of growers”. They are both common problems. We can discuss mold later, but for now lets talk mites. Many products are available and mite control is a must. Often growers hesitate to use insecticides and these are not normally sold in California grow stores. Organic plant based remedies are available and we can recommend a product that is readily available. Safers Soap is usually adequate for outdoor plants, but Azamax combines 3 actions and it works very well. This product is plant based, organic and safe. At a rate of 2 tablespoons per gallon, this product is sprayed at 1 week intervals if heavy infestation is present and every 2 weeks to prevent the mites. Heavy infestation is when you see webs. Light infestation is when you just see bite marks. Azamax can be used right up to harvest unlike synthetic pesticides such as Avid or Floromite.
Keep the mites out of your gardens and stay thirsty my friends, BOG.
ONLINE MENUWe are proud to be the featured dispensary on STICKYGUIDE.com. This website just launched two weeks ago and has a brilliant menu system which allows you to search for your medication by ailment, strain, and effect. It also has zoomable picture and you can review each strain!
BOG’s
TIPS
SpecialsWe offer different specials on different
days. On Mondays we offer 10% off
medicine in the green tier. On Wednesday,
we offer 10% off all grams of concentrates.
Our menu changes daily and specials
rotate depending on our stock levels. Make
you visits frequent to make sure you don’t
miss our amazing specials.
Rewards Card• $15 = 1 Stamp• 1 Card = $20 value• Combine 3 cards for a Top Shelf 1/8th
New PatientsWe love new patients! So much in fact that
we will have a gift for the new patient and
the patient who referred them w/purchase.
Just make sure you come together.
ECWCC2511 Connie Dr Sacramento CA 95816 916.473.2427 www.elcaminowellnesscenter.com https://twitter.com/ECWCCNEWS/