TY Press Release!!!

[Michelle K Rainey]

Sep 18, 2007

Treating Yourself Magazine Issue #9 Hits News Stands

Press Release
Marketwire

TORONTO, ONTARIO- "Treating Yourself - The Alternative Medicine Journal," that provides medical marijuana users with information to assist them in responsible use announces the release of its ninth issue.

"I'm delighted with issue number nine. In just two years of publishing this journal and building http://www.treatingyourself.com the growth and quality of content and readers is phenomenal. It's something we're all incredibly proud of," said Publisher, Marco Renda.

Highlights in the latest issue include:

- A behind-the-scenes look as Willie Nelson parks his B100 biodiesel-powered tour bus to break ground at the super-sizing of Oregon's first commercial biodiesel plant.

- Meet "An Incredible Wo(Man)" Jason Ryde, AKA, "Barbie." Artist, Drag Queen and HIV positive for 20-years, this ultimate survivor continues to cope through the medicinal benefits of marijuana.

- An introduction to Iridology, a branch of alternative medicine that involves diagnosis of one's state of health by specific colors, marks, and signs that are seen in the iris of the eyes.

"This is - without a doubt - our best issue ever and the timing couldn't be better as it coincides with the appointment of Michelle Rainey as Director of Sales and Marketing for Treating Yourself," said Renda.

Rainey is licensed by Health Canada to use marijuana for medicinal purposes and is facing extradition to the United States. At 17, she was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and endured constant pain despite surgeries and cocktails of prescription drugs until she discovered the pain relieving properties of marijuana. Not only did it stop her nausea, but it soothed so many of her other symptoms that she was able to take herself off every prescribed medication she was taking. As a walking example of the benefits of medical marijuana, Michelle quit her successful banking career and helped found the British Columbia Marijuana Party and the BCMP Bookstore. In July 2005, despite the fact that Michelle is licensed to grow her own medicinal marijuana by Health Canada, she and two other Canadians were charged with conspiring to distribute marijuana and marijuana seeds and money-laundering and are facing possible life sentences in a US federal prison.

Marco Renda is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of "Treating Yourself -The Alternative Medicine Journal" and the founder of http://www.treatingyourself.com, the largest medical marijuana forum on the Internet receiving over four million hits per month and rated number one on Yahooka.com. Renda has suffered from Hepatitis C for 24 years and became licensed to use medicinal marijuana by Health Canada in 2003. Marco also suffers from arthritis, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

For more information, please contact

Treating Yourself.com Inc.
Marco Renda
(416) 620-1951
Email: marco.renda@treatingyourself.com
Website: http://www.treatingyourself.com

[bodhisattva]

My regular bookstore no longer carries ANY cannabis magazines. I thought that I read that one of the major chains carries TY. Could you please tell me which one?

Thanks

[Michelle K Rainey]

Chapters, Indigo. My local magazine store has TY in the Alternative Health section! Did you ask why they are not carrying TY?
xoMichy

[Marco Renda]

This release was just sent to Canadian news rooms as I couldn't afford to send it across the USA as well. We will do a NATIONAL RELEASE as soon as we have enough funds in the kitty. So if any members know of any email addy of news rooms in the USA please feel free to forward this to them

Take Care and Peace
Marco

[Tonya]

Boss...

Its going to the us wire service. I will send it to columbus based national media then others will hopefully pick it up.

[Storm Crow]

FoM picked it up! So I guess you're going to get US coverage after all!

[bodhisattva]

I did indeed ask. This store (that has over 1000 different magazines) has a new manager who refuses to sell "cannabis magazines or anything of the sort".

Oh well, they have lost a customer.

[farmboy]

Congrats on the new ish, you guys. Can't wait to peruse it. I have been reading other green orientated mags for years and there is no comparison. Great team Marco, your conceptual publication is not only first class, but also fast becoming a driving force to be reckoned with. KUDO'S! [Clapping]

[saeon-tsion]

When would the average U.S. subscriber be getting their copy of Issue #9 in the mailbox?

Also, what is the deadline for article submissions for Issue #10? I know it's somewhat close to the release of the previous issue, based on my experience with #9.....

Keep up the great work, Marco, Jef, Michelle and everyone on Team TY! I'm very much looking forward to seeing my first TY Mag articles and am excited to get my even more ambitious work for #10 finished soon! :-)

[Marco Renda]

When would the average U.S. subscriber be getting their copy of Issue #9 in the mailbox?

Also, what is the deadline for article submissions for Issue #10? I know it's somewhat close to the release of the previous issue, based on my experience with #9.....

Keep up the great work, Marco, Jef, Michelle and everyone on Team TY! I'm very much looking forward to seeing my first TY Mag articles and am excited to get my even more ambitious work for #10 finished soon! :-)

The distributor is sending them out this week~

Articles for issue #10 are due on October 1, 2007

Take Care and Peace
Marco

[Pain Pal]

Thanks team TY for the dedication and work that you all have done to bring TY into the Front lines on MMJ use and showing the importance of this healing plant to the world.I applaud you all and especially Marco for going for it and puting MMJ to the front lines for everyone to see and decide on for their selfs.
Congrats and Thanks again
John

[Hammer]

I'm in Wester New York, USA and fighting for mmj..

. your mag is a breath of Fresh Air...

Thanks for inviting me over Marco..

.. wife and me got a subscription.. she loves the cartoons...

Fight the Good Fight

Peace

Rev Jim aka Hammer

[TwistedSister]

Hello
i got my very first issue of the treating Youself mag. thia last weekend at A Happy Hippie Garthing!!!! I love it!! I am still reading it I have not finished it as of today!! there are soo many great things to read!! Thanks!!!!

LOVING everything about this site and the Magzine too!!! I thank god i have found this place!!!!

PEACE
TWISTED SISTER

[vaportrail]

Wow I was blown away with issue #9. TY is getting better and better. I enjoy it from cover to cover. Even the ads are tasteful. Keep up the good work.

[420eh]

wait till you get your hands on issue 10..

bring the wagon to the store...you'll need it as this issue home as its so thick and heavy

420eh

[Marco Renda]

wait till you get your hands on issue 10..

bring the wagon to the store...you'll need it as this issue home as its so thick and heavy

420eh

Stop teasing them it's not their fault that we had a screw up at the shipping department.

What folks are going to see is TY mag has surpassed all expectations of myself and the readers of TY.

Not sure how I am going to be able to produce every issue better than the previous 1...boy I have my work cut out for me!

Take Care and Peace
Marco

[Swampy]

lol it's only natural that you will make the next better Marco thats how it's been so far soon you will have to go with more often then just keep getting bigger until its phone book sized

[Jack Burton]

I cannot wait! I hate having to wait soooo long for this mag, but i guess the anticipation increases the joy when it does come out.

BTW somone delete that bs post from Harriet.

JB