The Cannabis Issue 2018
Meet Pot Lawyer Tim Fair; Cannatrol’s Weed-Drying Technology; Blissing Out at CBD Yoga; 2018 Weeders Survey
Seriously: Cannabis Issues
In this episode, Bryan talks with Weed about some of the issues surrounding its forthcoming legalization. CREDITS Written, filmed and edited by: Bryan Parmelee Artwork/photography courtesy of: Luke Eastman, Sasha Goldstein, Oliver Parini, Jane Sandelman, Thom Glick, Bryan Parmelee, Dreamstime Logo/art direction by: Don Eggert Music/audio by: Bryan Parmelee, Freesound Related Stories
The Cannabis Catch-Up: A Week of Firsts
Normally, we use this space to discuss a big statewide or national news story. But this week, there’s so much going on right in our own backyard. For instance, have you read through Seven Days’ first ever Cannabis Issue? It’s on newsstands now (or read it here), and is absolutely crammed with cannabis content. We…
Obituary: Robert Dansker, 1955-2018
Robert Seth Dansker passed away on April 23, 2018. After being diagnosed with brain cancer, he beat the odds and lived for six additional and amazing years. He was a national ballroom dance champion, loved the Spanish culture, played multiple instruments, found nature to be a sanctuary, and was a natural philosopher and a true…
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Branch Out Burlington’s Tree Sale [SIV531]
5/5/18: Branch Out Burlington held its annual tree sale and planting last weekend at the UVM Horticultural Farm in South Burlington. Volunteers planted 160 trees in an outdoor nursery for future use in the city of Burlington, while 330 6′ tall trees were sold and donated for placement in homes, nonprofits and schools around Vermont.…
Hey, Cannabis Fans: Take the 2018 Weeders Survey!
On July 1, the Green Mountain State will get even greener as recreational cannabis becomes legal. Finally, Vermonters can try that weed stuff we’ve heard so much about! (Wink, wink.) We’re kidding, of course. Legality hasn’t proved much of an obstacle to cannabis consumption here in the past. Vermont has a long and well-deserved reputation…
Checking In, and Out, at CBD Yoga
Several years ago, my college BFF breathlessly told me about a type of marijuana that didn’t get you high. She was living in Berkeley, Calif., and had her medical card, a passport to the high-tech-pharmacy-meets-candy-shop-meets-knowledge-hub world of local dispensaries. She was hip; she was tuned in. CBD, my friend relayed to me, was an isolated…
Daniel Nelson’s Porcelain Bongs Are High Class
Anyone who uses marijuana has probably, at some point, smoked it out of a pipe. Those with greater enthusiasm may have used a bong — a tall pipe that pulls smoke through a water-filled chamber and into a mouthpiece. Most such pipes are made from blown glass, but some artists work in other mediums. Daniel…
Slam Poet Amir Sulaiman to Headline Youth Conference
It’s been two years since Muslim Girls Making Change performed at the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in Washington, D.C. But the high school seniors still gush about their experience. Not only did they get to learn from their peers about issues they hadn’t discussed in their own classrooms, but they also…
Four Albums From 2017 You (Probably) Missed
We can’t imagine life in Vermont without its vibrant music community and the never-ending outpouring of recorded music it produces. The sheer magnitude of records is truly staggering. The state’s output is so prolific that Seven Days doesn’t always have enough time (or space) to review every submission we receive in a timely fashion. While…
Album Review: Derek and the Demons, ‘Morning Comes Again’
(What Doth Life, digital download) For their fifth record, Derek and the Demons have amped it up, so to speak. Morning Comes Again finds the Windsor band in a pugnacious mood, playing with an edge unlike anything heard on their 2017 album, Out of the Woodwork. The drums are a little bigger, and the songs…
Quick Lit: ‘Everything That Follows’ by Meg Little Reilly
A crumbling coastal cliff serves as a vivid metaphor for the speed with which human lives can change in Everything That Follows, the second novel from Meg Little Reilly of Hinesburg. The book’s protagonist, Kat, is a young woman from a troubled background who’s built herself a good life as a glassblower on Martha’s Vineyard,…
WTF: Were Dogs Sickened by Eating Cannabis-Laced Poop?
During the first week of April, Charlotte dog owner Elisabeth Robert posted flyers at Mount Philo State Park warning fellow hikers about an unusual trail hazard. The flyers read: WARNING: Multiple dogs hospitalized after walking Mt. Philo. Tested positive for MARIJUANA POISONING after eating human feces or other dropping of THC compound. Subsequent media reports,…
Soundbites: After the Storm: Recapping Waking Windows 8
I hope you’re all successfully decompressing from the eighth consecutive year of Waking Windows madness. The three-day music and arts festival in Winooski was one for the ages — though, through no fault of the fest’s organizers or scheduled performers, it wouldn’t be accurate to say the festival went off without a hitch. Mother Nature…
Album Review: Teece Luvv, ‘Semantics’
(Equal Eyes Records, digital download) Teece Luvv is the latest incarnation of JCOE (John Carter of Earth), a rapper/singer/producer and founding member of Vermont hip-hop crew Maiden Voyage. It’s not a side project — the JCOE moniker is permanently retired. That’s fitting because, over the past year, the multitalented artist has evolved into something new…
Hen of the Wood and Hotel Vermont Celebrate Fifth Birthday
On May 9, a double whammy of a party at Hen of the Wood in Burlington and Hotel Vermont celebrates the fifth birthday of the Cherry Street establishments. Hen of the Wood will offer $1 oysters from 4 to 6 p.m., followed by free snacks from 6 to 10 p.m. Beer from Hill Farmstead Brewery…
Eat This Week, May 9 to 15, 2018: Eat the East
Sustainable Woodstock launches its first annual food truck gathering to support its East End redevelopment initiative. Tap into the flavors of summer with Vermont and New Hampshire vendors. Food items include a creamy ice cream cone courtesy of Sisters of Anarchy Ice Cream and a fresh New England lobster roll from Boisvert’s Curbside Kitchen. And…
Mocha Joe’s to Purchase Building for Brattleboro Roastery
Mocha Joe’s Roasting Co. in Brattleboro and Capy Campman Holdings are the recipients of a $350,000 loan from the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, according to a press release from the agency. The loan is for the purchase of a building at 35 Frost Street in Brattleboro, which “will be used for coffee…
For Noncitizen Immigrants, Marijuana Legalization Does Not Apply
The law is not equal for everyone when it comes to marijuana possession. That’s the message immigration lawyer Erin Jacobsen is sharing with Vermonters before adult possession and consumption of recreational marijuana becomes legal on July 1. “Because marijuana is still a controlled substance, and immigration is governed by federal law, it doesn’t really matter…
The Cannabis Issue
This week, Seven Days staffers were really in the weeds — or rather, the weed — as we rolled up our spliffy, er, spiffy, first-ever Cannabis Issue. No, we didn’t clam bake in the 7D supply closet. After all, aside from the medical stuff, marijuana is still technically verboten in Vermont. But with legalization less…
Movie Review: Not Much Is Good About Horror Thriller ‘Bad Samaritan’
Once upon a time, Dean Devlin had Hollywood by the balls. As half of the Roland Emmerich-Dean Devlin juggernaut, his name was synonymous with big budgets, big stars and big hits. Blockbuster followed blockbuster, from Stargate (1994) to Independence Day (1996) to Godzilla (1998). The duo looked unstoppable. Then it stopped. Emmerich carried on making…
House Rules: Weed Remains Illegal for Federally Subsidized Tenants
The tenants of Burlington’s Bobbin Mill Apartments got the word three months ago: Come July 1, according to a flyer affixed to every door in the complex, marijuana would be legal in Vermont. But as occupants of federally subsidized housing, they would remain bound by U.S. law that prohibits cannabis use. “You cannot smoke marijuana,…
Movie Review: ‘Tully’ Poses Tough Questions About Motherhood
Tully is a movie about motherhood and exhaustion. Charlize Theron embodies both with utter conviction in the role of Marlo, a human-resources manager with two young kids and another on the way. When her order of a decaf latte gets a side-eye from a bystander (“There are trace amounts of caffeine in that, you know”),…
Law Schooled: Burlington Attorney Runs Vermont’s First Cannabis Practice
Burlington attorney Tim Fair has two prospective clients who anticipate legal battles when they start new businesses after recreational marijuana becomes legal in Vermont on July 1. One wants to deliver T-shirts to local customers for $100 — with some cannabis thrown in as a free gift. The other wants to offer massages, with a…
Q&A: Departing Legislative Leaders on Civil Unions, Clean Water and Bowling
When the Vermont legislature adjourns this year, at least six committee chairs will retire, taking with them the knowledge gleaned from 104 years combined experience. Their departures mean new leaders will take on a broad range of policy areas, including education, water quality, cybersecurity, prisons and housing. While this change clears the way for fresh…
Process Versus Politics: Team Scott Games the System on School Funding
For the second year in a row, the closing days of the Vermont legislative session have been roiled by the last-minute reveal of a school funding plan by Gov. Phil Scott. In response to lawmakers’ complaints about his timing, Scott offered a very unwelcome suggestion: Postpone adjournment for a few weeks. Legislative leaders are still…
Cannatrol Applies Food Curing and Aging Science to Cannabis
In David Sandelman’s work, little difference exists between producing blue cheese, the ripened dairy product, and Blue Cheese, the indica-dominant strain of cannabis: To create either one successfully requires careful control of the products’ temperature and moisture levels throughout the aging and curing process. Get them wrong, and the finished product could end up rancid…
Letters to the Editor (5/9/18)
Mental Health’s Hot Potato The story of Francis and Simon [“Committed,” April 25] struck home; my 13-year-old daughter was just recently diagnosed with a serious mental illness, which afforded me a first-time foray into the tragically nonsensical and disjointed mental health care system in Vermont. The system is broken, which means critically ill patients are…
Scarlett Letters: My Husband Left and I Don’t Miss Him at All
Dear Scarlett, My husband left the family unit eight weeks ago, saying he needed time away to be himself, as he felt he couldn’t be himself when he was trying to be a family. I was devastated when he told me why he wanted to leave. We’ve been together 17 years and have three school-aged…
A Physician Assistant Opens a Cannabis Consultancy in Burlington
There’s a new cannabis consultant in town. Physician assistant Paul Jerard has launched the Vermont Cannabinoid Clinic, aimed at signing patients up for the state’s medical marijuana registry or dispensing advice to those already on it. A longtime University of Vermont Medical Center employee, Jerard said he became interested in cannabis as a pain relief…
Free Will Astrology (5/9/18)
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Born under the sign of Taurus, Edmund Wilson was a renowned twentieth-century author and critic who wrote more than 30 books. He also served as editor for Vanity Fair and The New Republic and influenced the work of at least seven major American novelists. When he was growing up, he spent…
Shelburne Craft School Director Sage Tucker-Ketcham to Step Down
After almost eight years as executive director of the Shelburne Craft School, Sage Tucker-Ketcham is moving on. When she first took the reins in 2010, the venerable institution was at a low point: The recession had forced SCS to close an external art and craft gallery on the village green and — like just about…
Vermont Employers Prepare for Legal Pot
Many “want ads” in Vermont note that prospective hires must pass a drug-screening test. Potential school bus drivers, air traffic controllers, postal workers and construction workers have long had to provide urine samples to prove they aren’t under the influence of substances that could impair their judgment. But what happens when recreational marijuana becomes legal…
Local Chefs Talk Cooking With Cannabis
In the spring of 2014, Dave Weiner was a food judge for High Times magazine’s Cannabis Cup in Denver. Weiner, who lives near Stratton Mountain, received a kit with about 45 edible products containing cannabis and an app for recording his scores. He had a week to judge the food — from sour gummies to…
Grilling the Chef: A Single Pebble’s Chiuho Duval
Chef Chiuho Duval Position: Chef and owner at A Single Pebble Location: Burlington Age: 45 Cuisine type: Classic Chinese, plus Taiwanese street food Education: New England Culinary Institute, graduated 2003 Experience: NECI Commons and Smokejacks, Burlington; started at A Single Pebble in 2003, became a business partner in 2005 and became sole owner in 2017…
ECHO Opens Healthy Living Café
Healthy Living Market & Café is the new operator of the café at ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain at 1 College Street on the Burlington waterfront. The South Burlington-based natural foods store took over the museum’s eatery, now called Healthy Living Café at ECHO, on April 18, said Nina Lesser-Goldsmith, co-owner and chief operating…
