John Sinclair: Michigan Medical Cannabis Cup spurs and rewards creativity

from the Metro Times:



Raise high the Cup
Michigan Medical Cannabis Cup spurs and rewards creativity

By John Sinclair
Published: October 26, 2011


The first Michigan Medical Cannabis Cup came to Detroit earlier this month, in time for the harvest season, and handed out first, second and third place cups to an impressive list of local producers of buds and medibles.

The two-day expo, held at Bert's Warehouse Theatre in the Eastern Market, brought out a steady stream of people to look into the wares and services being touted at the vendor booths, listen to the seminars (the speakers were broadcast throughout the house over the sound system), and enjoy the friendly atmosphere generated by this curious congregation of local vipers and medical marijuana patients. (Don't recognize "vipers"? Hey, that's classic lingo for smokers going back to the '20s.)

The competition that gives the event its name was established at the Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam many years ago and spurred the Dutch grow community to higher and higher levels of creativity and production with each successive year.

Since the establishment of legal medical marijuana in almost a third of U.S. states, High Times has responded by staging Medical Cannabis Cups in Denver, San Francisco and now the Motor City to recognize and award the dedicated souls who grow our medicine in the newly liberated zones. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://metrotimes.com/mmj/raise-high-the-cup-1.1223149