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My first year riding in the AIDS/LifeCycle10 back in 2011 was a life-changing experience. I made what seemed to be an impossible goal (raising a large sum of money AND riding 545 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles!) and achieved it. In fact, I kicked ass! Please Support Team “¡Sí SE PEDAL!” in the AIDS/LifeCycle11 to further awareness and help raise much needed funds for AIDS treatment and research.

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There’s a ton of interesting things happening around the Bay Area this 420 weekend ~ some of which are all about the medicine, while other events listed are just enjoyable. So, beginning at PCC, here are some options for your 4/20 2012:

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Following is Part 2 of our PCC Tests Potency and Safety with SC Laboratories blog which includes a profile of THC, the psychoactive and abundant cannabinoid found in all cannabis strains. We will also explain the most important reason to lab test our cannabis medicine ~ Safety.

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The availability of cannabis testing promotes better access to medically important cannabis options such as CBD-rich cannabis, through identification. Through cannabis lab testing we can be 100% sure that our medicine is safe and contaminate free. Laboratory testing is also key for strategic breeding programs and promotes the overall legitimization of cannabis for therapeutic use. Thus begins our relationship with SC Laboratories.

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Cannabis is no different in falling prey to fads and what is ‘trendy’. In the past, we have seen crazes over a variety of strains: from OG Kush, to Haze, to just about anything with the color purple. Most of the time it’s simply the appearance of something new to the cannabis scene: an effect that is more pronounced, a smell or taste that has never before been explored, or a look that seems to not belong on cannabis at all. It seems obvious then, when someone decided to breed not only OG Kush and Granddaddy Purple but Durban Poison as well, the result would be a bud almost universally loved: Girl Scout Cookies or G.S.C.

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This is our second annual Medical Cannabis Round-Up . As time goes by since the passage of Prop 215 by California voters in 1996, each year brings with it new challenges, successes, clarity and confusion. I sometimes feel like we are taking two steps forward and at least one step back ~ and 2011 was no different.

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