Imagine you’re 18 years old, riding along on a nice spring day on your new Honda CBR 600 sport bike. You downshift to make a sharp right hand turn and run head-on into a city bus. In an instant, your life has changed forever. This is what happened to my friend Titan a few years ago The bus was forced to swing out wide into his lane and since it was a blind corner, Titan never saw the bus coming.

While in a coma, the legal system rolled right over Titan. He received no compensation for this devastating accident other than the insurance that covered a portion of his medical bills. Paralyzed at the T5 vertebrae with
loss of function from his upper chest down, Titan survived but is confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. The injury, however, did not dim his amazing spirit or passion. Titan is an accomplished musician and an exceptional grower.

Why should Titan be denied any form of relief available to him? He faces challenges most of us couldn't even begin to imagine. If a natural plant can give him some comfort and a good night's sleep, who has the right to prevent him from using anything to get through the day? People that say medical marijuana is just an excuse should be forced to spend a month in Titan’s chair.

I first met Titan on the Internet in a marijuana forum when he responded to a several of my DIY threads, asking me to clarify a few points I'd made. He was eager to learn and very respectful, so it wasn't long before we became tight. Titan does everything that all growers do while only being able to move the top quarter of his body. The words “I can’t” are not in his vocabulary.

In the summer of 2009, MzJill and I attended the Seattle Hempfest. We invited many of our online fans to come hang out with us, and our booth was raging with old friends and new. In the middle of this commotion of melting bubble and swirling smoke Titan rolled up. After we hugged, he pulled out a jar of Pandora's Box, a strain he'd grown out from my seed. It was the best sample I'd see at Hempfest all weekend. I kind of adopted Titan as my little bro that weekend and we've been good friends ever since.

Titan and I agreed to swap some genetics and since we're both legal medical growers, it’s completely safe for us to trade clones with each other. He showed me pictures of a cutting he grew out that looked really fine. It was a Killer Queen (G-13 x Cinderella-99) female he'd received from a friend as a clone. Pests are always a worry so I put the two Killer Queen clones he gave me through a strict quarantine before transplanting and then later taking cuts from healthy fresh growth.

At week seven, I did a sniff test and wasn't all that impressed, mainly picking up a G-13 odor, which I'm not a big fan of. I didn't think it was a keeper. However, a week later I re-inspected to find a completely different smell. In that short seven-day period, the fruitiness of the Cinderella-99 seemed to come through. Just before harvest, the plants were literally "dripping with resin" - every surface was glistening with trichomes.

The smell's hard to pin down: it's somewhere between an exotic spiced tea, champagne and a pineapple-scented candle. Killer Queen is not creeper weed - one hit smacks you clearly between the eyes and sets you back in your seat.

Titan's coming for a visit soon and I can't wait to get his opinion of the buds I grew out from his clone. I'm also happy that we put a clone of this lady into our library because recently Titan lost his due to an outbreak of mites. We'll have a healthy clone waiting for him when he arrives.

Medical marijuana has many faces. I wanted to introduce you to one that has touched my life.

Subcool is the author of Dank. He and Mz. Jill operate TGA Genetics.

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