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Scenes from 4/20 Vancouver as 2017 marijuana festival gets going at Sunset Beach

Kirk Smol by Kirk Smol
April 20, 2017
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The 23rd annual marijuana festival in Vancouver is on.

Featuring what organizers describe as the world’s largest cannabis farmer’s market, 4/20 Vancouver has rows and rows of booths offering everything from joints to cookies, extracts, plants, wellness products, clothing, pipes, and jewellery.

“Everybody should have the freedom to do with this plant,” Tina Koller, owner of House of Cannabis (houseofcannabis.ca) told the Georgia Straight. “It’s a plant medicine.”

A House of Cannabis guy starts rolling a doobie. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

Koller and her guys have a booth offering various strains of marijuana at Sunset Beach, home of the festival for the second consecutive year. She hopes to open a dispensary in Tsawwassen sometime in the fall.

A battle rapper, who goes by the handle Ruthless, was offering cannabis dabs or marijuana extracts.

According to Ruthless, he grows his own plants and uses the buds to produce a concentrate. “This is just one drop and you’re getting medicated right away,” he explained. He said that he can be found at his Instagram account @Ruthlessdabs.

A young woman gets a dabbing experience from a rig. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

The federal government has introduced legislation to legalize recreational marijuana. The proposed law includes a provision allowing one individual to grow four plants at home.

Young plants are available for sale at the tent of Big Dank. The owner, who asked not to be named, said a plant is ready for smoking in just two months.

According to the Big Dank owner, one needs a pot, good soil, and high intensity discharge lights to grow indoors.

“It’s ridiculous that it’s illegal in the first place,” he said about the prohibition against growing marijuana.

Big Dank sells cannabis plants for $25 each. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

There are also plenty of edibles.

The owner of Kush Kookies (www.kushkookies.com) and her guys brought to the festival 2,000 bags with a dozen each of cookies. One can pick between Chips Ahigh or Kush Kisses.

Kush Kookies offers Chips Ahigh and Kush Kisses. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

“It’s very, very mild,” said the Kush Kookies owner about her product. She has been coming to 4/20 festivals for five years.

Over at Indica Jones and the Temple of Shroom, one can have a mushroom chocolate for $10 a piece or five for a special price of $40.

The mushroom chocolates are made with African cubensis, a type of psychedelic mushroom, and milk chocolate, according to Virginia, who was manning the tent with her friend Ananda.

“It has a mild euphoric effect that connects you to nature,” Virginia explained.

Virginia of Indica Jones and the Temple of Shroom says her mushroom chocolate has a mild euphoric effect. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

Over at the Love Buds tent, cannabis entrepreneur Curty Sanchez has something different.

“Everybody else is selling cookies, but I’m doing fucking pot sauce and beef jerky,” Sanchez said proudly.

Based in Aldergrove, Sanchez said that Love Buds can be found on Facebook and Instagram. His beef jerky is called O.G. Reef Jerky. He said O.G. stands for ‘Original Gangster’.

Curty Sanchez and his cannabis-infused beef jerky. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

Cannabis is known for its medicinal properties, and 4/20 Vancouver has many proprietors of wellness products.

Kaya McLaren of Kayabliss has essential oils, deodorants, skin balms, and other products made with organic ingredients.

For hurts and pains, McClaren’s Kayabliss has a salve with mint essences.

Kaya McLaren of Kayabliss, a company that produces wellness products from cannabis. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

Creams for muscle, joint, and skin pains are also available at the booth of Grandma Mir Mir’s, a Maple Ridge-based business.

According to the fellow at the booth, the company was started by someone who wanted to help a friend with cancer.

Creams for pain made with marijuana extract on sale at Grandma Mir Mir’s booth. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

There are also different kinds of marijuana paraphernalia at the 4/20 Vancouver event.

Mike Astral and his Hidden Village Creations are selling handmade pipes and bongs. He’s from Kelowna, and it’s his third year at 4/20.

Mike Astral (left) of Hidden Village Creations makes pipes and bongs. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

The guys from the local 9/11 Truth movement are also present at Sunset Beach. They’re selling 4/20 shirts.

Jewelery like necklaces and bracelets are available at the booth of Rim Rasta African Creation. The owner, who calls herself Rim Rasta, said that she uses most wood and glass beads. The booth also has bags and scarves for sale.

For herself, the woman brought a jar of marijuana buds. “I’m going to smoke these all day,” she said. According to her, she originally came from Uganda, and her Filipino boyfriend calls her ‘maganda’ [Tagalog word for ‘beautiful’].

Rim Rasta African Creation sells jewellery, bags and scarves. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

Sean Mittet, CEO of the newly-established eyewear company Summer Blues Optics Inc., is hoping that his products will be seen by many.

Mittet says his outfit specializes in “horticulture eyewear” that can shield growers’ eyes from harmful ultraviolet lights. The company also produces polarized glasses for everyday use. For details: www.summerbluesoptics.com.

Mittet says his outfit specializes in “horticulture eyewear”. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

Aadin Church, a downtown Vancouver barber, heard about the 4/20 event, and convinced his boss, the owner of Ammerose Hair and Nail Salon, that they should set up shop at Sunset Beach.

Church was doing his fifth client by around mid-morning. He said that the girl at the salon who does braids and hair extensions is coming later.

Aadin Church, a downtown Vancouver barber, sets up shop at 4/20. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

For smokers wanting all organic rolling paper, they can find what they need at the booth of Raw (www.rawthentic.com).

Ashley Lesperance with Raw explained that her company’s rolling papers are made with all natural and unbleached hemp paper.

Ashley Lesperance (left) says Raw’s rolling papers are made with unbleached hemp. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

There’s a lot of weed to choose from at 4/20 Vancouver.

VanCity Organics (www.vancityorganics.com) brought several pounds. The company’s most expensive strain is Kaviar Kush, selling for $35 per 3.5 grams. According to manager Mike, the company does mail order distribution and mobile deliveries, just like pizza.

VanCity Organics swears by its Kaviar Kush. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

Mary Jane of Kush Kraze sells joints for $5 a piece or three for $10. Her favourite is the Purple Candy strain, which she said is a B.C. strain.

Mary Jane of Kush Kraze likes the Purple Candy, a B.C. strain of marijuana. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

There’s also a lot of candy at the booth by Vee and her friend with thehighguys.ca.

Vee and her friend with TheHighGuys.ca sell candy. Credit: CARLITO PABLO

Kirk Smol

Kirk Smol

Kirk's journey through the digital realm began with lines of code and algorithms dancing in his dreams. Armed with a keyboard and an insatiable curiosity, he embarked on the path of software engineering. However, fate had a smoky twist in store for him. As the ones and zeros swirled around him, Kirk had an epiphany – he realized that he was more interested in the highs and lows of the cannabis industry than debugging lines of code. With a leap of faith that would make a bungee jumper blush, he bid farewell to the world of semicolons and database queries and embraced the intoxicating allure of cannabis journalism. Now, Kirk finds himself navigating a different kind of network, one that's all about buds, trichomes, and terpenes. Armed with a pen that's mightier than a vaporizer and a keen eye for detail, he's on a mission to unravel the mysteries of the green world.

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