Hempresent

Today on Hempresent our host is joined by Tim Pate Oregon hemp broker, and SHF core. Since 2013 Tim as been a member of the Administrative Rules Committee for Industrial Hemp for the State of Oregon. 20 years on Mainstage at the Seattle Hempfest. 7 years on the TV show Cannabis Common Sense. 7 years with Hempstalk as Event Coordinator or Stage Manager. On the Board of Directors of C&S Building Supply, inventors of Hemp MDF. He has built over 1,000 houses.. Tim has also been a judge in several high level Cannabis cups and competitions. Tim says quoute It's my medicine. I have had 21 surgeries, and it [cannabis] helps my chronic pain.

Cannabis as the cause of illness is our topic as Vivian McPeak speaks with Alternative Model, Cannabis Enthusiast and Activist Damsel W. Dank. Damsel suffered from arsenic poisoning from ingesting bad cannabis and she explains how she has handle treating the problem which Vivian knows all too well based on his own personal health. She takes us through how she first realized her issues and her mission to treat it.

Talking about cannabis program development, communication and implementation as Vivian McPeak speaks with Kris Morwood, the Director of Development of FOCUS (Foundation of Cannabis United Standards).FOCUS offers a range of services to assist with cannabis program development, communication and implementation, ongoing management and evaluation. FOCUS provides an impartial research, facilitation, training and program management resources for regulators, legislators, and non-governmental organizations. For cannabis businesses, FOCUS offers a complete quality management system to ensure product quality and safety, worker safety and continuous improvement. Our digital system brings the standards to life by linking standards requirements to operating procedures and worker training. Custom workflows automatically send reminders and track task completion. The management dashboard tracks open activity to completion.

Talking about Retail Commercialization and Social Consumption with Abi Roach, owner of the HotBox lounge in Toronto, Canada's longest running cannabis lounge.

Today on Hempresent Vivian is joined by Trey Reckling. Trey is originally from Savannah, Georgia and has 15 years experience in higher education. He has specialized in conflict resolution and helping prepare students for careers after they graduate. He founded the Academy of Cannabis Science and has been active in the cannabis community as a board member of the Washington Marijuana Association and Washington Cannabis Commission. In addition to other coursework at the SCC Cannabis Institute, he co-wrote the Medical Marijuana Consultant Course, the first program approved by the Washington Department of Health. He is pleased to be working with Seattle Central to develop a variety of courses to prepare the next generation of cannabis employees, informed consumers and industry leaders. Trey is a regularly featured author in the RX section of The Fresh Toast. Trey Reckling and his fiancée packed up their car in Savannah, Georgia and moved out to Seattle to join the cannabis green rush eighteen months ago. With a background in higher education (no pun intended), Reckling envisioned creating a class focused on the basics of cannabis science, handling, and law, targeted at the thousands of employees and owners in the burgeoning industry. His timing could not have been better. The Washington Department of Health recently began requiring that anybody who wanted to serve as medical marijuana consultants (talk with patients about medical marijuana choices) had to take a 20-hour educational class. When Reckling first arrived, and before the new law had passed, he started modestly, renting a classroom on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus for short sessions on “Introduction to Cannabis.” After six months he moved to Seattle Central College for a deeper partnership.