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Strainprint Technologies App: An Application as Unique as You Are

As the cannabis industry expands, gaps are discovered, and bridges are built. This is certainly true of the new Strainprint App, “a company of dedicated data nerds, who are very interested in helping advance the scientific understanding of cannabis and its validity as a therapeutic option,” says founder Stephanie Karasick.

After going online in 2017, Strainprint Technologies now puts the ability to track your cannabis use in the palm of your hands, making it easy and convenient to follow the footsteps of the strains and products that work best for you, while simultaneously granting users access to a community of resources, education and up-to-date reports on the most effective products and medical knowledge in the market today.

After losing her older brother in 1978, Stephanie suffered from severe depression, isolation, anxiety and a profound fear of death. Subsequently, Stephanie sought professional help and began an all too well known switch back journey of taking antidepressant medications in hopes of regaining stability in her life. After years of trial and error, Stephanie’s psychiatrist discussed the treatment of PTSD in veterans with her and recommended she consider using cannabis. This unconventional endorsement is what set her on a path of renewed self-discovery and the desire to share her experience with as many people as possible.

Compelled to record her experiences, Stephanie found an old moleskine journal and began to write down her experiences with each product and strain, “jotting down as many variables as [she] could and keeping track of how [she] felt”. She made a connection to her Fitbit, which tracks her daily steps, and she wondered to herself, “why is there no software that could track how I’m medicating”?

Shortly after her revelation, Stephanie sought to develop a simple prototype for the application to get a read on whether it could be useful or not. The response was remarkable and based on the collected data, Stephanie and her colleagues set out to develop a finalized version of the app that would encompass more than just a digital journal, but a collection of information and experiences that could be shared with the community at large. This would include patients, researchers, businesses, manufacturers, members of the medical community and beyond. 

So, in addition to giving the user an easy-to-use tracking app on their phones, it also grants them access to the experience of other consumers while storing and processing the analytics on a large scale, providing first-hand testimony, statistics and evidence to what works and why. “The more we learn about how people are using cannabis, the more the industry can evolve to suit the needs and wants of patients and consumers,” says Stephanie. All the data is stored and encrypted, ensuring patient privacy while creating a powerful portal with millions of data points that is revolutionizing the industry from the inside out.

Without a doubt, the benefits of this user-friendly application are being received from multiple angles, but from the perspective of the user, “Strainprint has helped them feel in charge of their health and helped them with the dialogue with their physicians, [as well as] gain a better understanding of how cannabis works (or doesn’t) work for you, [and] to understand the right strain and ingestion method that allows for optimal efficacy.”

Application Features

  1. Session Tracking – input what symptoms you’re treating, how bad it is, what strain you’re using, how you’re consuming it and how much you’ve consumed. After a bit, you’ll receive a notification asking how effective the strain or product was in treating your symptoms.
  2. Session History – search through past sessions organized by effectiveness to find what strains or products worked best for the symptoms you’re experiencing.
  3. Personal Log – access your personal logbook of all tracked sessions to share electronically with your healthcare provider, physiatrist, etc. for a clear picture on how your treatment is progressing. 
  4. Learn and Compare – use your personal data to compare to the efficiency of past sessions based on a ranking system with the most effective being at the top of the list, making it easy to see what works best for you.
  5. Strainpoints – redeemable points you can use at select locations simply by using the app for promotions and discounts.
  6. Community and Resources – access to a worldwide community of consumers to engage with for knowledge and support as well as a plethora of resources on strains, symptoms, retailers, brands and research.

“The company was started by patients to help other patients,” Stephanie says. “We’re always evolving with the goal of helping people use cannabis better. That’s always been our focus and will always be at the core of what we do.”

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Florida Cops Kill Man After Smelling Weed and Won’t Release Videos

On July 5th, a Pensacola, Florida police officer—the department won’t release the officer’s name—thought he smelled weed coming from a car. In some parts of Florida, where possessing up to 20 grams of cannabis is decriminalized, that officer might have just continued on his way. But this Pensacola cop made a traffic stop. The man behind the wheel was Tymar Crawford, a father of four. That traffic stop ended up costing Crawford his life. Police shot Crawford five times in front of his family, killing him.

At the time, Crawford’s shooting sparked protests and marches. Local residents gathered outside the Pensacola Police Department demanding justice for Crawford and the firing of the officer that killed him. Now, a layer representing Crawford’s family is fighting for the release of the dashboard and body camera footage of the killing. But Pensacola police are fighting to keep the video out of the public eye.

Family of Man Killed After Police Smelled Weed Demand Video of the Shooting

Pensacola police say they shot Tymar Crawford to death because he took an officer’s gun during a scuffle. That’s all it would take for the justice system to justify Crawford’s killing. But the Pensacola Police Department won’t release any dashboard or body camera footage from the fatal July 5th incident. Footage that would support their version of events.

But so far, police haven’t offered any evidence to support any part of their version of what happened. They just allege they smelled weed coming from Crawford’s car, that Crawford “fled at low-speed” then struggled with the cops trying arrest him outside of his family’s home. During that struggle, the police allege that Crawford tried to disarm one of the officers by grabbing his gun. That’s when officers shot him five times.

The gunshots and the aftermath were all caught on cell phone videos taken by witnesses. But cars and other objects blocked the bystanders’ view from the alleged “scuffle” that lead to Crawford’s killing. Those same witnesses, five of them, in fact, have challenged the officers’ version of events. They say police shot Crawford for no reason.

Joe Zarzaur, the attorney representing Crawford’s family, is demanding Pensacola police release the police footage of the incident. Zarzaur says the videos are part of officers’ routine duties and should be part of the public record. But the department says the videos are part of an ongoing investigation and are classified.

Pot Politics in Pensacola

Last November, Pensacola held a mayoral election. At least a couple candidates spoke openly about local changes to marijuana laws, but only one made decriminalization part of his platform. Drew Buchanan, a Pensacola businessman, proposed making Pensacola follow the more than a dozen other Florida municipalities that had decriminalized simple possession. On the campaign trail, Buchanan’s proposal “shocked” then-Comissioner Grover Robinson, who ultimately won the bid for mayor.

Another 2018 candidate for mayor also issued a prophetic response to Buchanan’s decriminalization proposal. While saying that it wasn’t “a campaign fight of mine,” candidate Lawrence Powell admitted that “granted, it does affect people.”

“If you get pulled over and in possession of, depending on how much and what your historical criminal record may look like, it can be a game changer — a life changer,” Powell said.

In Tymar Crawford’s case, it was a life ender.

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New York Medical Marijuana Patients Can Finally Buy Flower Products

New York state’s medical marijuana program could become slightly more accessible with the introduction of the first approved flower product. Currently, regulations prohibit patients from purchasing smokable flower. But the new product could be moving things a step closer in that direction.

Rolling Out Curaleaf Ground Flower Pods

Starting today, medical marijuana patients in New York can purchase flower for the first time ever. Sort of.

The state has approved cannabis company Curaleaf to market and sell its Ground Flower Pods.

The pods come pre-filled with a specifically dosed amount of ground cannabis flowers. From there, the pods can be used in medical vaporizers, which heat the ground flower to temperatures just below combustion but hot enough to vaporize the bud. To medicate, patients simply inhale the vapor.

As per a press release circulated today, Curaleaf’s Ground Flower Pods contain 350 milligrams of cannabinoids. More specifically, the pods come in a 20:1 ratio of THC to CBD. And the company is selling pods in both indica and sativa strains.

For now, Curaleaf has been approved to sell the pods in its dispensary located in Nassau County, Long Island. Moving forward over the next few weeks, the pods are scheduled to roll out across Curaleaf’s four other New York state dispensaries.

In addition to the new flower pods, Curaleaf also said it is selling its own tabletop vaporizer. The device works perfectly with pods.

And the company also has a delivery service for patients. Delivery is free with any purchase. But Curaleaf only runs deliveries Thursday through Saturday. Only patients registered in Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Kings, and New York Counties qualify for delivery.

Complying With State Laws

Importantly, the new flower pods walk something of a legal tightrope, given the difficulty of selling flower in New York state.

Under the state’s current medical marijuana regulations, patients can purchase, possess, and consume only the following products:

  • capsules, tablets, or lozenges
  • pre-measured oils for vaporizing
  • topicals
  • transdermal patches
  • certain types of measured ground plant preparations

Notably, these regulations prohibit any form of smokable marijuana as well as edibles. In practice, this rule essentially makes it impossible for dispensaries to sell actual bud to patients.

But Curaleaf’s pods manage to find some middle ground. That’s because they aren’t selling straight up nugs. They’re selling pre-ground flower in a specifically dosed pod.

Further, the pods can’t actually be smoked. Instead, they are designed to go inside a vaporizer, so that patients can medicate while still complying with the state’s rules against smoking.

Many in the state are optimistic about patients being able to purchase flower—even if it is still limited to pre-ground, pre-measured pods.

“As a practitioner in the Long Island area, I strive to help patients attain the most effective medicine to treat their conditions,” medical marijuana doctor Grace Forde said in the press release.

“It’s extremely beneficial to patients to offer more options beyond cannabis oil. In addition to being more affordable and all-natural, vaporizing cured ground flower cannabis produces effects faster than oral solutions and is therefore better suited for treating certain medical conditions.”

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