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Pamela West: For The Love of Hemp

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Pamela West: The Marijuana Channel One Interview

Pamela West is a Canadian medical marijuana patient, artist and activist living and working in the legal cannabis industry in British Columbia. Currently employed as a hash maker, Ms. West is passionate about all things hemp, especially hemp food and hemp fashions.

Regular visitors to Marijuana Channel One will recognize Pam as one of the original hosts of The Wink In Week, a regular cannabis news podcast she did with MJBA founder David Rheins, where she was known as “TwicebakedinWa.” Pam is also a founding member of Women of Weed, and The MJBA Women’s Alliance, a frequent blogger who writes extensively about her cannabis lifestyle focusing on her love of eating and juicing raw cannabis, hemp cuisine and hemp fashions. We all wear clothes and we all eat food, but much of what we consume is toxic to the planet — and to us,” Pamela informs us.  

This special holiday episode on Marijuana Channel One finds the two co-hosts reunited on the weekend before Thanksgiving — or, ‘Danksgiving’ as Ms. West prefers – and the two use the opportunity to catch up on all things cannabis — from the state of the Canadian cannabis market, how it differs from US market place, and what 2022 portends.

Pam also gives us useful tips to incorporating cannabis into our annual Turkey Day celebration, and advises us to consider cooking with concentrates instead of using flower. 

So, what are you waiting for? Turn On, Tune In, and enjoy this special holiday episode, exclusively on Marijuana Channel One.

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The State of Cannabis Vape 2021: Sasha Aksenov, The Blinc Group

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NEW YORK: These are dynamic times for the cannabis vapor market.  While consumer demand is at an all-time high, and retail vape sales are poised for another record year, COVID-exacerbated supply chain challenges plague an industry dependent on Chinese manufacturing, just at the time when MSOs are looking to scale their production.

To add insult to injury, the USPS has just banned Hemp and CBD Vapes from the US Mails, and on Saturday Night Live, the Devil takes credit for the introduction of vapes as one of his best inventions.

Where is the cannabis vapor market headed in the coming year?

To find out the State of Cannabis Vape in 2021 Marijuana Channel One caught up with The Blinc Group Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Alexander ‘Sasha’ Aksenov, at MJBizCon 2021 in Las Vegas, where The Blinc Group had a large brand and staff presence to introduce its new patented HALO System, featuring ‘brand your carts on-the-fly from tip to base’ design that allows for flexible, affordable and scalable cart branding for cannabis producers/processors.

“Change has always been part of the cannabis vape industry since the beginning,” the veteran brand marketer explained. “The name of the game is knowing what’s coming, so that you can plan ahead.  Planning ahead is one of the foundational principles of The Blinc Group.”

Don’t miss this MJChannel One exclusive interview — a must-see video for all producers, processors and retailers, and anyone interested in understanding how the cannabis vapor market is disrupting the legal cannabis and hemp space.

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Alan Kwan, One Tech, Is Redefining FinTech for Legal Cannabis

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NEVADA: Australian technology entrepreneur Alan Kwan has quickly become a major player in the fast-growing United States digital payments market, and he and his partner now set their eyes on helping the cannabis sector. Their technology services company, One Tech Platform, owns the US patent for the use and application of fundamental steps governing the use of QR code technology by smartphones that makes it easier to extract and share information contained in QR codes.

QR codes contain 200X more information than traditional barcodes and One Tech is building systems that will make it cheaper and easier for merchants to set up businesses that run on their QR technology.   The One Tech platform addresses several concerns bankers may have – one of the largest is that its platform allows users to meet their obligations under the US Banking Services Act via an unbreakable audit trail. The company provides Federal and State regulators full transparency across business-to-business and business to consumer transactions.

 

MJNews caught up with Alan Kwan at the MJBizCon 2021 trade show in Las Vegas, where we had a chance to discuss the many challenges that the cannabis market faces, and how the industry is underbanked because of the resistance from traditional banks to provide basic business services to companies within this fast-growing sector.

MJNews: Good morning to another episode of Marijuana Channel One today we are streaming live from MJBizCon 2021 here in Las Vegas, Nevada, where the cannabis industry has taken a break from the pandemic and re-emerged to exchange information, build community and explore opportunity.  It’s my pleasure to meet with Alan Kwan who is one of the founders of One Tech, a new financial technology platform for the cannabis space.  Alan has a very interesting background so I’m looking forward to a great conversation.  Good morning, Alan.

AK: Good morning.

MJNews:  You’re Australian.  You have a background in banking, and you’ve got some really interesting investments in things like vision technology for the blind and cyber security, how did you get into the crazy cannabis financial technology space?

AK: Well, it all began with hard money lending and I’m very diversified in my investments: I run two public companies, and i also run a fund that invests in biotechnology, hence my. investment into the bionic eye in Australia.  I was in property development in the US and I sold out of those developments and. had some free cash and i was approached by some cannabis guys wanting to look at buying warehouses etc., so I was doing convertible notes, and it’s fairly easy to do loans here given its community-based law — you know, you can run promissory notes so essentially that’s how it started.   And that sort of piqued my interest.  These guys that are hugely successful in their field but unable to have the proper financial support.  So I looked at the legislation to try to understand the dichotomy.  I read the Cole memo and tried to see how I could participate and how I could solve this thing.

 

Serendipitously, we have a number of investments in QR Code technologies out of China,  and also I have a technology firm in Singapore that I’ve been director of for the last 20 years. We are ERP specialists, so we’ve been partners with SAP and we’ve been involved in the Monopoly ETF platform over there, so combining these skill sets I thought [made sense].  I was approached by a reverse ATM company, and so I flew over to Blackhawk Technology put in a hundred dollars and I thought ‘oh wow. it got stuck!’   How are you supposed to manage this hardware in thousands of dispensaries across the United States? And doing further study, I thought ‘oh well it’s probably not kosher to do workarounds.’

Prior to Covid, I was flying to Sacramento where I met with [California Cannabis Czar] Laurie Ajax.  At that time there was the vaping issue, and she was suggesting you should scan the QR Code, but a static QR Code doesn’t really mean anything unless it’s part of a providence chain,  So what the Singapore government has done with the popularity of QR Code-based wallets…  what they call SGQR so they will disseminate the original QR Code. So, our company bought the rights to a

QR Code scanning technology that precedes WeChat.  In China, 98 percent of the population pay by scanning QR Code, Alipay, wepay and that sort of thing. so I was able to meet the SAP scientists that developed that technology. I took the rights to the U.S., hoping that I could work with a federally-governed bank to solve this issue of banking.  And so I teamed up with a firm in California Umberg/Zipser and the founder of that, Tom Umberg, a California State Senator who was very much involved in trying to  shape that landscape, and be involved in safe banking.

I met with City Mayors and it’s really a workaround, I mean even the money that they take, so what One Tech can do is sort of a process where all the participants have to be involved and if the bureau or any agency was to disseminate that code then it would have to run across from manufacturing through laboratory tests etc.

And so that sort of information can then be embedded within the QR Code. It’s cheap to generate a QR Code.  It doesn’t cost anything: you don’t need infrastructure, or the sort of major costs involved — CapEx — in terms of running your business.

We met with the owner of Metrc, and were able to work with them to become an approved partner, so we can integrate with almost with every sort of [POS and traceability] software around. Aand that essentially means [compliance with] the [state] marijuana amendments,  as they look [ensuring] product does not cross state lines, and that you’re not selling to minors.  And you’re able to set from a banking point of view what would then be a suspicious activity report, so if there’s any discrepancy between your stock and what you’ve sold etc.   We all know that a lot of businesses have to do that in order to survive, but you know it’s almost tightening the screws and ensuring that there is no money laundering and you could only really achieve that if you have that providence chain.

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Greetings From New Jersey, Now The 15th State To Go Green

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By Stu Zakim

After a long rollercoaster rider, which saw the Cannabis legislation in New Jersey go through many iterations, this past Monday, it finally became legal.  The Garden State now stands in a unique position of being the epicenter of legal Adult Use and medical Cannabis on the East Coast.  The bigger question is can the current infrastructure manage what will surely be a significant increase in consumers purchasing legal Cannabis without minimizing the importance of keeping the state’s over 100 thousand medical patients fully supplied with the medicine they need to manage their lives in a healthier way than opiates.

Stu Zakim and NORML:’s Keith Stroup

In most of the states where the voters or legislators have approved laws that make Cannabis use legal, there has been a major hit on the medical patients.  New Jersey, in learning from the other states, have addressed a number of issues to avoid making the same mistakes.  They need to be applauded for their focus on the patients rather than the Adult use consumer as it’s all about how the plant makes life better for all.

Besides the celebration of the approval of the bill and Governor Murphy’s signing of it, the new bill will finally deal with the long term impacts of social injustice and equity that have affected communities of brown, black and Latino’s.  No longer can the police arrest someone if they smell of Cannabis or alcohol based on that fact; there are other long needed corrections to how the police deal with underage and Adult use Cannabis in place thanks to the concerted efforts of industry leaders like Leo Bridgewater, Ed Devereux, Scott Rudder, William Caruso, Susanna Short, Happy Munkey and others.

Curved Papers founder Michael O’Malley and Stu Zakim at the 2018 NYC Cannabis Parade

From a financial perspective, New Jersey is situated between two of the most populous areas in the I-95 corridor on Amtrak – NYC and Philadelphia – and should reap those rewards as it expands its medical program and moves towards awarding more licenses before moving on the Adult Use dispensaries.

As a communications strategist who has spent 8 years preparing for this moment on the East Coast, validates all the principals my friend David Rheins created with his forward thinking Marijuana Business Association (MJBA) and their many media properties (including MJNews Network and Marijuana Channel One used to help influence public opinion through educational programs long before others joined that space.

As the legalization process moves forward in NJ and hopefully NYC, please check MJNews for regular updates.  It’s going to be an exciting time and thanks for reading.

Kerri Accardi Is On A Mission To Educate The World About Cannabis

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NEW YORK: Kerri Accardi wants to educate the world about cannabis. She’s been on a personal and professional mission since 2014, when a close relative passed away after an agonizing battle with cancer, suffering the brutal effects associated with chemotherapy and radiation — a battle Accardi believes might have been won had legal cannabis been available.

Her mission to the Staten Island, NY native to the canna-friendly West Coast right at the time when legalization movement was gaining momentum, where she connected with the advocates, growers, caregivers and community leaders who were at the center of California, Oregon and Washington’s quasi-legal medical marijuana movement.

With an activist’s eye and a passion for the plant, Accardi and her team at 420MEDIA have now created A New Cannabis Channel (ANewCannabisChannel.com), an omni-channel media play debuting April 20, 2021 (4/20).  Initial programming will include three original series: “5th Quarter” hosted by NFL Super Bowl Champion and cannabis activist Marvin Washington; “Nurse Talk” hosted by Nurse Heather Manus Sobel, founder of the Cannabis Nurses Network; and “Faces of Cannabis” intimate conversations with cannabis industry thought leaders, and will be available on ROKU, Amazon Fire Stick, Android, and iOS.

 

An ad-supported platform, A New Cannabis Channel is offering permanent commercial placement with integrated marketing, in-video shopping, social media and PR packages for the three inaugural series.

 

Listen in as MJNews founder David Rheins and Kerri Accardi catch up in this MJChannelOne Exclusive Interview:

Emmy Award-Winning Executive Elizabeth Browde Joins A New Cannabis Channel As COO

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NEW JERSEY: Emmy award-winning media executive Elizabeth Browde is taking her talents to cannabis media, joining as COO of A New Cannabis Channel, a mainstream omni-channel scheduled to debut on 4/20/2021.

Ms. Browde, whose vast experience includes significant roles in platform start ups, television programming, celebrity global brands, brand building, TV commerce, will join CEO Kerri Accardi in the venture, designed to bring a variety of cannabis-infused edutainment programming to the canna-curious.

“Our focus is on educating the mainstream through compelling content, high-quality production, innovative advertising, and easy accessibility,” Accardi told MJNews. “We are on a mission to educate the world about cannabis.”

Scheduled for a soft launch on the stoner holiday 4/20, A New Cannabis Channel, will feature original programming with the leading voices in cannabis business, science, sports, medical, growing, and consumer culture.  Super Bowl Champion Marvin Washington will host “5th Quarter: What Happens After the Game.”; Nurse Heather Manus will host “Nurse Talk: Nurses Take on Medical Cannabis”; while “Faces of Cannabis” will feature thought-leaders in legal cannabis and hemp.

“This isn’t your stoner channel.” Browde tells David Rheins, “It is really about showing people the many uses of cannabis, and providing them with the information and tools they need to make decisions about how and when to use cannabis.

Listen in on this Marijuana Channel One exclusive, as MJNews Network’s David Rheins talks to Elizabeth about the role of media in the cannabis cultural revolution; women-run enterprises and how they are changing the canna-business; and the programming that will soon be coming to a screen near you.

Churved Chanukah Chontest Chickoff!

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Buy a Double Four Pack for the Festival of Lighting Up!

By Michael O’Malley

While you’re buying your gifts online this holiday season, please stop by curvedpapers.com and try a festive double four pack with our three new styles, RICE, RICE KING and HEMP KING paired with Curved® Papers and our 100% organic hemp NORML® Curved Papers for less than $10.

Curved® Papers make great stocking stuffers, and favorites in holiday gift guides every year. Each purchase with coupon code Churved Chanukah makes you eligible to win one of the new Curved Papers t-shirts and a whole box of Curved Papers, like they have in the store.

I always got a kick out of Chanukah. Though I am of Irish decent, I grew up in New York, and knew a lot of ethnic kids from immigrant families like myself in my neighborhood in Brooklyn. My first encounter with Jewish people came in the form of my family’s piano teacher, Mrs. Levy. She was so beautiful and played the piano beautifully, and was a great teacher.

It was the Sixties and all kinds of radical change was going on. The Pope came to New York on Yom Kippur. My sister as born that day. My father gave her a Jewish name, Miriam. It was part of what they called the Ecumenical Movement, and Vatican II. In the Catholic Church, they had the Priest facing the congregation, and said The Mass in English and sang folk songs. It only got weirder in the Seventies.

When we moved out of Brooklyn, my best friend was a guy named Ward. Turns out he’s half Jewish. Long story.

When I went to MIT, I started school on my 18th birthday, and in the first week, I was given the assignment to make up and solve what’s called a Fermi problem, in essence, figuring something out precisely using reason rather than measuring or counting. I thought of this problem, how many of the student at MIT are Jewish? There were not that many Irish kids. I was living with a lot of Jewish kids, and I became close to them, the Italian kids, the few Black kids and the other Irish kids. The Protestant kids, I had not been around as much, and they were different. There is such a tight relationship between Boston and New York. I could think of a million reasons why there would be this number of Jewish students or that number. My answer to the problem was very accurate in the end and I got my first good mark at ‘The Tute.’

I started smoking weed with a Jewish friend in the dorm during the holidays freshman year.

I lived up there a long time and during that time my sisters married guys from Jewish families. Someone asked my nephew what religion he was, and he said, “regular.”

When I moved home to New York again, I had a company called Kinetic Designs in Manhattan that did animations from CAD data, mainly for architects. We did jobs for all these great architects in the city, and then wound up doing it for all kinds of clients, including The Rolling Stones and other amazing people. I had a Guy named Guy working for me. He was from Israel. He was the same age as my brother James. They both had two sons during that time, and named them Aidan and Liam. Along with Michael, those are some old names that have appeared in both cultures for a long time. It was funny. Israel is still a leading marijuana country.

Running Curved Papers and sponsoring MJBA nationally with David Rheins, I have always enjoyed tagging along on his voyage year after year with the Jewish faith. He’s almost a New Yorker himself, after all. I guess 25 years at Rolling Stone and Spin should count for something. He’s up there on my lifelong list of favorite Jews, along with fellow left-handed, basketball-playing white guy and fellow Brooklynite, Bernie Sanders.

Michael O’Malley and Stu Zakim 2018 NYC Cannabis Parade

Let’s not forget real New Yorkers like Stu Zakim and Steve Bloom. Stu Zakim, New Jersey? Are you kidding me?

I digress, but I hope you’ll dash over to CurvedPapers.com/ChurvedChanukah and pick up a double four pack. All double four pack purchases through Christmas are qualified for the Grand Prize Drawing on Boxing Day, December 26th, also known as St. Stephens’s Day. Prizes will be awarded live on Zoom, and Curved Papers FB page, on Wednesday, December 28th, 2020 at 4:20pm EST, the third day of Kwanzaa. Be there or be square.

Enjoy the coming joint rolling season: Happy Hanukkah. Happy Holidaze 2020 to one and all!

And a happy New Year! There. I said it. Not too early. 2021 is gonna be a good year. But let’s do enjoy Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwaanza and all the vital festive traditions left in our crazy 2020 in the meantime.

Ah Warner: 25 Years On The Forefront Of Hemp & Cannabis Culture And Commerce

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By David Rheins

WASHINGTON:  “It’s been a crazy twenty-five years,” Cannabis Basics founder Ah Warner tells me via Zoom this Sunday afternoon.  “The word that I really relate to in this journey is tenacity. I am tenacious, and without that I would not be around.”

Tenacious is an understatement.  Since 1994, Ah has been a true pioneer on the forefront of hemp and cannabis culture and commerce.  Her Cannabis Creations, established in 1994, predates the legendary Dr. Bronner by 5 years, selling hemp products “back when people still thought hemp was marijuana – I guess some people still do,” she told me.

Inspired by Jack Herer’s seminal book “The Emperor Wears No Clothes: Hemp and the Marijuana Conspiracy”, which she calls the Bible of Hemp, Ah’s journey began with a love of all things hemp, migrated to a passion for medical marijuana, and then in 2012 when Washington State legalized adult-use, Ah felt the recreational market left inadequate place for her hemp-centric and low THC body products, so she went mainstream.  She now vends her Hemp Basics line all over the country; while her Cannabis Basics products, which contain small amounts of THC, are sold in grocery stores and specialty retail only in Washington State.

Cannabis Basics is allowed by law to sell on mainstream retail shelves due to the landmark CHABA (Cannabis Health and Beauty Aids) law that Ah Warner along with activist Keri Boiter and then State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles passed in Washington in 2015. When I asked her what had changed in the five years since that CHABA legislation was passed, Ah explained “The law that is five years old now still only exists here in Washington State. No other state has replicated this.  No other state has said ‘if you have a little bit of marijuana in your product, and it is non-intoxicating and a topical it can be sold in grocery stores.’   What that means for me is that I have two lines – one is hemp seed oil and CBD, called Hemp Basics that is sold all over the country. And then my CHABA line, Cannabis Basics, which has the marijuana in it, sold here in Washington State in grocery stores. Now people don’t have to go to pot shops to get full-spectrum topicals. And that has changed a lot for people, especially the older generation who don’t want to go into a pot shop for a topical.”

 

By taking her hemp and cannabis brands mainstream, Ah has unlocked a whole new marketplace.  It has been necessary to “pivot, pivot, pivot” Ah notes, as the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the shutdown of her core buyers — massage therapists, and boutique retailers, resulting in a 50% loss of business.

But, always the innovator, Ah discovered a need in the marketplace, and has created a new product line to address it.  She believing that in the age of COVID-19 everyone that wears a mask is a hero, but notes that wearing a mask poses it’s own challenges.  “Unfortunately, masks are uncomfortable and may cause irritation, redness, and inflammation around the nose and mouth,” she noted. “Many masks are made from synthetic materials and dyes, and when combined with sweat and hot breath, can clog pores and create havoc on our sensitive facial skin. This new phenomenon is called maskne.”

“I really wanted to create something that would be helpful and comforting to our frontline workers and dedicated mask wearers in these challenging and stressful times so I formulated the Masked Hero Face Rescue System, harnessing the best that cannabis has to offer. The product blends organic hempseed oil, hemp hydrosols and cannabis extractions and infusions, with many other powerful botanicals, like tea tree, neroli and witch hazel. This skin care system is a three-step process: a cleanser to bathe and detoxify, a toner to balance and tighten and lastly, a moisturizer to nourish, hydrate and protect your face.”

What’s next for the energetic entrepreneur?  Ah will be introducing a new online retail store (Ah’s Cannabis Couch) and a new YouTube channel.  To learn more, watch the entire video interview, presented exclusively on Marijuana Channel One, part of the MJNews Network.

‘I Can Still Do That Foundation’ & Tom Pacheco Premiere “Freida’s Secret Garden”

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Shot in Humboldt County, the video uses local talent and filmmakers to promote cannabis legalization

NEW YORK: The I Can Still Do That Foundation, a New York City-based non-profit whose mission is to connect people so they can share information and empower each generation to teach the others, launched “Freida’s Secret Garden “  a pro-pot music video based on a song by legendary Woodstock singer-songwriter Tom Pacheco.

“The time to end irrational prohibition of cannabis is now,’  Dan Schneider, Executive Director of the Foundation, announced. “With 33 States now recognizing the benefits of medical cannabis and another 11 States legalizing recreational cannabis, a majority of Americans are in favor of legalization and the end of the irrational and Draconian laws which have stifled research on the potential benefits of cannabis. These laws have had a disparate impact on people of color and restoration of civil rights to those who have been adversely affected is also required to promote equity. The patchwork of irrational and inconsistent federal and state laws must end and the federal law must allow these now legal business to access the federal banking system to that black market producers of questionable products can be replaced by healthy and tested, legal cannabis and CBD products.”

“We want to thank advisor Lelehnia DuBois and her friends in the Humboldt County for helping us make the new music video,” Schneider said. “You can see the new video here in a sneak peek. Please share it with friends. We are trying to help Tom get the recognition he deserves as a legendary singer/songwriter who has written songs for Bob Dylan, The Band, Jefferson Starship, and others. He has a music publishing catalogue of more than 500 songs; “Freida’s” is just one of many great ones.

Still Do That advisor, Curved Papers Founder Michael O’Malley, said, “This song and video bring together the West Coast and East Coast hippie vibes – from Humboldt County to Woodstock – that have given rise to the contemporary cannabis legalization movement. Call it Cannafest Destiny. The fun, the healing compassion and sensible restoration of marijuana’s rightful place in society are all captured humorously in Tom’s lyric and rocking rhythm.

David Rheins, founder of the Marijuana Business Association and Still Do That Advisor agreed: “Marijuana has gone mainstream, and the mainstream media is now getting hip to the power of the plant and the amazing possibilities that legalization brings.  Through the work of artists and activists like  Tom Pacheco,  we are raising cannabis consciousness, and dispelling the dangerous myths and harmful policies of prohibition.”

Still Do That Advisor Melissa Gibson, founder of Hemp and Humanity said, “This folksy and campy musical send-up to the authentic cannabis lifestyle pays homage to the plant, place and people who have championed it for generations. As marijuana use reaches a tipping point in mainstream acceptance, and the cannabis industry has attracted big business, Tom Pacheco take us back to the root(s) of this plant and its essential spirit of connecting humans with one another. What Frieda and her happy, hippy grandson Paul know, is that cannabis has the power to heal, clothe, feed, house, fuel and sustain human’s ability to live on this earth. And that’s worth singing about.”

Still Do That Advisor Lelehnia DuBois, cannabis community advocate and Sensi Magazine publisher, who co-produced the video and played the title role of Freida added, “I come from a culture of Frieda’s. It felt like she was my own mother. It was an honor to play the role”

According to Schneider, an entertainment lawyer by trade, the Foundation plans to produce a weekly TV news series called, “High Hopes”,  to educate people on the history, legal issues, health issues, science and finance surrounding the booming legal cannabis industry.  “We may even use Tom Pacheco’s song as a theme song for our TV series,” Schneider said. “We are currently looking for partners and sponsors for the series and are particularly interested in pro-cannabis celebrities to help demystify the stigma surrounding cannabis.”

MJBA Founder David Rheins Picks The Hottest Hemp, CBD, Vape & Culture+ Products Of 2019 At ASD Market Week | Culture+

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VIP Panel Will Include Founders of Elixinol, The Blinc Group, Curved Papers and Farmer Tom Hemp Co.

NEVADA: The Culture+ marketplace is exploding, with thousands of new legal hemp, CBD, vape and cannabis-culture products creating consumer excitement and marketplace disruption.

MJBA at ASD

MJBA’s founder and executive director David Rheins, a seasoned marketing executive who learned his chops playing senior roles for Rolling Stone, SPIN, Time Warner AOL, has scoured the country to find The Hottest Hemp, CBD & Culture+ Products of 2019, which he’ll present at the ASD Market Week | Culture+ convention in Las Vegas on Monday, March 18, 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM.

Screenshot 2018-12-10 16.46.33These are the products that every retailer must know about – from hemp-based fashions and CBD health and beauty aids, to the latest in vaporizer technology and glassware.

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Following the 45-minute presentation, moderator David Rheins will lead a VIP Panel Discussion with the brand marketers who are building the industries best and most innovative brands, including Elixinol co-founder David Newman, The Blinc Group CEO Sasha Aksenov, Farmer Tom Hemp Co. Founder Tom Lauerman, and Curved Papers Founder Michael O’Malley.

Hemp is projected to be a $22 Billion market by 2012. Get an advanced look at all the hottest products, trends and technologies driving the red-hot Culture+ market.

Registration for the show is available online.