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Gun Rights Are Human Rights

July 1, 2021
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It’s Time we Toke About Gun Rights for Cannabis Consumers

The last time I posted in support of the Second Amendment I lost 800 followers overnight, so why post about gun rights again? Because yesterday in court I shared my victim’s impact statement about last year’s experience having a gun pulled on me. At that moment, a million things went through my mind, one of them being the ability to defend myself.

Did you know if cannabis consumers answer truthfully on background checks they will be denied the right to own a firearm because this plant is still federally illegal? I believe that is morally wrong. People who drink alcohol and take pharmaceuticals are allowed to own guns. So why not peaceful, responsible cannabis users?

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Fuck That COVID-19 Vaccine

June 29, 2021

Why I am so Vocal About the Covid-19 Vaccine

It seems everywhere one turns there is talk of the COVID-19 vaccine. Television reports, radio ads, social posts, group chats and now the cannabis community are just a few places people push this liability-free jab. However, “fuck that” isn’t exactly a fact-based argument. So today I share why I am so concerned about the COVID-19 vaccine.

Before I elaborate, I ask readers to please keep an open mind. Ad hominem attacks like “science denier” or “flat earther” (yes, I’ve been called both) will not be tolerated. If you take issue with the information I’m about to share, use facts to support your views. Anything less means you don’t know the issue and I’ll tune you out. Facts over feelings, which is why I’m about to dish out a ton below.

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Aeriz Arizona Facility Tour

June 15, 2021
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Take a Peek Inside Aeriz, an Arizona Cannabis Grow

On a recent Phoenix trip I got an opportunity to visit Aeriz, an aeroponic indoor cannabis grow. However this isn’t just any indoor grow, and it certainly isn’t just any tour host. Aeriz marks my first Arizona grow tour, and I can’t wait to tell you all about it.

Before I delve into tour details, let me share some backstory. Social media is an amazing place. I’ve known people online for years and never met. Yet it’s awesome to support their work and see channels grow. My Aeriz tour guide Jason, also known as @hip2thecrop, is one of those people. A great grower, talented photographer and #PlantsOverPills advocate, I feel so fortunate to tour this facility with a longtime cannabis creative.

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Cannabliss Organic Skincare

May 25, 2021
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Skin Is In with Cannabliss Organic Skincare

I’ve never been a woman to wear lots of makeup. It’s why it is so important to keep skin clean and clear. As I approach my mid-30’s and start to develop fine lines from life’s adventures, it’s even more vital to maintain the skin I’m in. So when Cannabliss Organic reached out to try their new line, I couldn’t wait.

From foaming face wash to eye serums and body oil, they have everything you need for your daily routine. Best of all, Cannabliss Organic products are cruelty free, all natural and eco-friendly. So not only does your skin look good, it feels good to look good.

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Full Spec Fresh Frozen Live Resin

May 19, 2021
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Control the Full Spectrum with Full Spec’s Fresh Frozen Live Resin

It’s no secret I love extracts. From flavorful carts to saucy dabs, this is my preferred consumption method. So when Full Spec reached out to share their fresh frozen live resin, I couldn’t wait to see the process.

Full Spec is a line of live resin extracts in Washington State. They are made from fresh frozen single-source cannabis extracted at ultra low temps. Some of Full Spec’s products include badder, crumble and sugar. If you love concentrates, keep reading.

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Heather Lake

May 18, 2021
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High in the North Cascades at Heather Lake

My friend Keti and I recently set out to hike Lake Serene. After a few stops for coffee and gas, I plug in GPS and follow the map. Well, somehow the map takes us to a past hike and we find ourselves at the Heather Lake trailhead.

How? Seriously, did I not pay attention? Didn’t I pick the right location? At first I felt so mad at myself but everything happens for a reason. Lake Serene is a beast of a trail. We got a late start. Keti is slightly hungover. I guess this is the universe guiding our day!

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Emerald Jane’s

May 10, 2021
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Seeing Green at Emerald Jane’s

Remember the delicious Emerald Jane’s rosin I recently photographed on my Granite Falls cabin trip? Well after emailing those photos to their team, Emerald Jane’s extended an invite to their facility. You know what I did next? Scoop up that opportunity faster than a dab of their solventless!

I first learned about this indoor grow I worked for a company called Grassworks Digital. In fact, we toured their old facility in 2016. However, a lot has changed.

Emerald Jane’s specialize in small-batch, craft cannabis. I love to smoke their frosty flower, but it’s the solvent-free Cookies and Cream rosin which has me hooked. I cannot wait for a behind-the-scenes look at their new farm.

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Baker Hot Springs

May 7, 2021
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Please Mind the Mess at Baker Hot Springs

Lately I’ve done a lot of hot springs hunting. From Oregon to Idaho and now back to my home state of Washington, I love to check these scenic locations off my list. It’s why I couldn’t believe the mess at beautiful Baker Hot Springs.

My friend and talented photographer Keti tipped me off to this hot spot. After dodging endless potholes up a windy road and we arrived to the trailhead. So what did we see?

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Seedsman Seeds

May 3, 2021
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Grow Your Own with Seedsman Cannabis Seeds

I recently visited the home grow of my best friend’s Papa for Seedsman. Papa home grows for his Parkinson’s Disease. It’s one of many reasons access to quality genetics is so important.

Seedsman’s mission is to preserve cannabis genetics for future generations. They believe a diverse gene pool makes the plant less susceptible to disease and pests. It also provides a larger scope for research. Most important though, a wide array of strains means more access to medicine for the people who need it most.

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Kick Back with Caliper

April 14, 2021
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Kick Back with Caliper in an Idaho Hot Springs

Lately I’ve worked long days, late nights and weekends. It’s safe to say I’m slightly stressed. So when Caliper reached out to sample their CBD, I knew just what to do. Kick back and relax in an Idaho hot springs.

I’m always on-the-go, which is why these portable 20mg packets are convenient for travel. We drove seven hours east to a small town near the Sawtooth Mountains. Air temperatures in the teens and water temps over one hundred, I couldn’t wait to decompress with Mother Nature’s best — CBD and hot springs.

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    The year? 2016. I’d been in the legal industry nin The year? 2016. I’d been in the legal industry nine months, and this would mark my first full year in i502.

In February 2016, a Tinder date asked if people called me Cannabess. I said, “No, but they’re about to.” 

I started my account a few days later and found it easy to grow an audience. Sure, Instagram had restrictions on *garden* content, but the timeline was chronological and they didn’t have AI flagging photos. Nug shots were a huge part of my feed, and I remember the first time one broke 500 likes. Then High Times shared my photos and I realized there might be something here.

That April,  I’d go from working for a single farm, to working at a creative agency which allowed me to photograph one of the biggest grows in the state. I saw SO. MUCH. W33D. And social media loved it. I’d take pictures in the bloom rooms, holding massive bins, and tubs of pre-rolls. People weren’t used to seeing it. Repost pages would share my work and get thousands of likes.

I started to shoot more lifestyle content (which wasn’t really a thing then) and it opened even more doors. I smoked joints at the top of the mountains, next to lush waterfalls, basically anywhere I could. Friends and I would get dressed up to do editorials for fun. Then brands started to want lifestyle content as a way to break the stigma of the plant.

@LazyBeeGardens invited me to photograph their farm, and it was my first time seeing sun grown plants. The photos I shot here took my content to the next level and resulted in a repost from Tommy Chong. I couldn’t believe it.

2016 seems like just yesterday, but it also feels like a lifetime ago. I was only 29, getting ready to embark on the next decade, and a whole new chapter in life. I am forever thankful for the doors the industry opened and that part of my story. It’s wild to look back on and if the growth of the next decade is anything like the last, I can’t wait for what’s ahead. 🍁🙏🏼📸

Where were you in 2016?

#2016 #flashback #career #growth #photographer
    In 2015, I found my career at a crossroads. I was In 2015, I found my career at a crossroads. I was already in politics and living in LA, when I got a job offer in a budding industry.

Do I move to DC and pursue politics or do I move back to my home state of Washington and jump into pot?

Everyone told me to go to DC, but @wilrbyers was the only one who said to get into the industry. “It’s recession proof,” he said.

Over the years my mom would say things like, “Do you ever think about if you’d gotten into politics?”

But the whole experience really showed how everything happens when the time is right. The industry opened so many doors, was a pivotal point in my career, and eventually led me back to politics. 

How did you end up in the industry? 💁🏻‍♀️📸🌱 #cannabess

#reels #trending #TBT #career #careerchange
    Here’s why I’m not falling for this propaganda: - Here’s why I’m not falling for this propaganda:

- Politicians repeatedly promise to reschedule prior to elections. It’s a manipulative campaign tactic. But this plant doesn’t need to be rescheduled, which would mean it’s now regulated by the FDA and still controlled by the government, it needs to be descheduled because it should’ve never been illegal in the first place.

- The Rockefeller’s lobbied to make raw milk illegal because they owned the pasteurization technology.

- Botox paralyzes your lymphatic system and carries a black box warning label. Just like any muscles, when you don’t use them, you lose them. This applies to your face as well and people then need to inject more Botox to maintain the same effect. Wrinkles are natural. A frozen face is not.

- There is little evidence that a “chemical imbalance” causes depression and SSRIs can have debilitating withdrawal symptoms. They also have a slew of side-effects.

- If climate change is such a threat, why did Obama buy an $11 million mansion at sea level? Why are politicians who fear monger about the environment flying around in private jets to push this? The climate is always changing.

- S€x w0rk is the commodification of women’s bodies and is paid r@pe.

- Both Democrats and Republicans perpetuate war, debt and the erosion of freedom.

- Eating cultured animal cells grown with chemicals in a petri dish isn’t animal flesh, even if people try and say it’s “molecularly identical to conventional meat.”

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    Here’s why I’m not falling for this propaganda: - Here’s why I’m not falling for this propaganda:

- Politicians repeatedly promise to reschedule prior to elections. It’s a manipulative campaign tactic. But this plant doesn’t need to be rescheduled, which would mean it’s now regulated by the FDA and still controlled by the government, it needs to be descheduled because it should’ve never been illegal in the first place.

- The Rockefeller’s lobbied to make raw milk illegal because they owned the pasteurization technology.

- Botox paralyzes your lymphatic system and carries a black box warning label. Just like any muscles, when you don’t use them, you lose them. This applies to your face as well and people then need to inject more Botox to maintain the same effect. Wrinkles are natural. A frozen face is not.

- There is little evidence that a “chemical imbalance” causes depression and SSRIs can have debilitating withdrawal symptoms. They also have a slew of side-effects.

- If climate change is such a threat, why did Obama buy an $11 million mansion at sea level? Why are they flying around in private jets to push this? The climate is always changing.

- S€x w0rk is the commodification of women’s bodies and is paid r@pe.

- Both Democrats and Republicans perpetuate war, debt and the erosion of freedom.

- Eating cultured animal cells grown with chemicals in a petri dish isn’t animal flesh, even if people try and say it’s “molecularly identical to conventional meat.”

- Trans women are males living what they perceive to be a female experience. Women aren’t a feeling, outfit or identity. We go through a series of hormonal changes from birth until death. Those can’t be replicated through synthetic hormones or surgery. Being a woman is a birthright.

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    Your conspiracy theorist friend was right and you Your conspiracy theorist friend was right and you owe them an apology.

It’s kind of crazy to look back at COVID and realize all my predictions came true. The pandemic led to a massive increase in new government debt and an erosion of freedom. Masks didn’t work and vaccine mandates were next. The vaccine also didn’t work and had a slew of life-altering side effects. Medical segregation was wrong and should never have happened.

At the time, I remember being so distraught. I got put on a “Karen’s” page (most likely by women in weed) because I spoke out against mask mandates. Clients canceled contracts. I saw my income decline almost $10K a month. Thousands of people unfollowed me every time I spoke out. People emailed me to say they hope I got COVID and died. I lost best friends of decades and familial relationships will never be the same. And guess what? I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

In hindsight, the pandemic was the best thing that ever happened to me. It revealed peoples’ true authoritarian colors and opened the door for new, freedom-focused friendships. It led me from pot back to politics, where I am thriving. I look back at the pandemic and laugh because not only was I right, I also don’t have to worry about myocarditis.

I’ve had only one person apologize for their treatment of me during the pandemic, and it truly meant more than I can put into words. It’s not too late to apologize to your conspiracy theorist friend. So put your ego aside, pick up the phone, and say sorry.

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    Sometimes you just need the little things in life, Sometimes you just need the little things in life, a sauna sesh with your best friend, a walk in the woods or laying in the grass on a warm spring day.

So here’s a throwback to a very fun cabin getaway with @immigrantstoner, who I’ve been missing very much these last few months! Hopefully we will have another sauna sesh again in the near future.

What’s something simple that helps you decompress? 🏔️🧖🏻‍♀️💨 #Cannabess

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#sauna #friendship #selfcare #reels
    Hello Instagram, it’s been awhile. Is anyone still Hello Instagram, it’s been awhile. Is anyone still here? If so, I’m dropping in to grace your feed with this throwback from my tour of @freddys.fuego!

This team does amazing work, so I absolutely loved getting a BTS of their operation. Their flower is always so frosty (I mean, look at that nug on the drying rack!) and I am especially fond of their pheno hunts. Even after a decade in the industry, I am always blown away by beautiful farms like Freddy’s.

Who here has 💨 their 🍁? If so, share your experience below and fingers crossed for another pheno hunt event in the near future! 🤞🏼🌿 #cannabess

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    This year I shot a lot of cannabis content but bar This year I shot a lot of cannabis content but barely posted any of it. Why?

I found myself burnt out, uninspired in the industry and honestly, sick of staring at a screen. My hormones were totally out of whack and as a result, my hair kept falling out. I’d neglected my health and hated how I looked in photos. So in July, at the guidance of my naturopath, I did a 30-day detox. I quit my favorite plant cold turkey. Then my detox just kind of extended to 113 days. Honestly, the only reason I even smoked again was for a photo shoot (which I never even posted).

So anyway, here’s a recap of 2024 content that never made the feed. Maybe I’ll post more in the upcoming year, or maybe my energy is just shifting from pot to politics, where I’ve seen an insane amount of growth the last 365 days. 

If you want to see what I’m doing outside of the industry, follow my personal page @BessByers where I am more active and who knows, maybe the break this year is the motivation I need for the next year? 🍁🤷🏻‍♀️📸 #Cannabess

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    So, my 30 day detox turned into 90, but I’m easing So, my 30 day detox turned into 90, but I’m easing back into the swing of things this weekend with one of my favorite infused beverages — @drinksungaze. 

However, I like to add a little something extra to my drinks. The muddled strawberries give me flashbacks to the unlimited strawberry lemonade I would down at a popular burger joint as a kid.

I recommend Sungaze to EVERYONE (especially the strawberry citrus) because they are so tasty and the perfect micro dose. No joke. Loved ones who don’t consume say these help them sleep better at night. Friends who want a healthier alternative to wine have replaced their afterwork glass with a can of Sungaze. When I find myself in social settings where people day drink, I’ll bring these and be the last one standing.

If you’re in Washington, these are a must-try and in case you’re wondering… No, this isn’t sponsored. They’re just that good. 🍓🍋🍁 #cannabess

#beverages #drinks #drink #recipe #kitchen #mocktail #reels
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    imcannabess Bess Byers @imcannabess ·
    11 Aug

    Republicans: “We don’t trust Big Pharma! We want alternative medicine!”

    *possible rescheduling of cannabis*

    Also Republicans: “Nooooooo! It’s the devil’s lettuce! Keep weed illegal! It causes crime! It’s bad!”

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    kylesherman Kyle Sherman @kylesherman ·
    11 Aug

    Imagine being so low T you think cannabis, a plant with incredible medicinal benefits, should be illegal.

    Daddy government, please tell us what we can and cannot use as medicine!

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    imcannabess Bess Byers @imcannabess ·
    11 Aug

    Sounds like a good reason to decriminalize, so people can grow their own and not be dependent on corrupt, corporate cannabis Chads who never grew prior to legalization.

    Cernovich @Cernovich

    Why are conservatives, including some Congressmen, taking money from big pot companies (who spray glyphosate) without proudly announcing this partnership?

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    imcannabess Bess Byers @imcannabess ·
    11 Aug

    We don’t need to reschedule cannabis @realDonaldTrump @RobertKennedyJr, we need to decriminalize it. Rescheduling only gives the power of this plant to Big Pharma. Government has no business regulating a flower people can grow at home.

    The Wall Street Journal @WSJ

    Exclusive: President Trump is considering reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, after pot companies have poured millions of dollars into Trump’s political groups https://on.wsj.com/4fvpfFF

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