Cocktail Whisperer
Tracey Mason is truly woman for all seasons. She is concise, crisp, intellectual and she thinks on her feet. Tracey knows the value of a firm handshake and an easy smile. Tracey is clear on the industry too. Her beverage quality is a game changer in the cannabis infused libation category. It possesses a certain depth of flavor.
Warren Bobrow=WB: Where are you from? Why cannabis? Did you go to business school? Who is your mentor?
Danny Davis= DD: I was born in Pomona, CA in 1976, the perfect time to appreciate the musical movement of nearby cities representing the origins of rap and hip-hop in the 80’s as I was coming of age. My childhood was focused on 3 things: wearing the newest Air Jordans, playing basketball and hiding my NWA cassette from my parents (I never realized at the time how much of my early life was influenced by “cannabis culture”). Marijuana was so taboo in my household that I remember my mom continually telling me if she ever caught me smoking it she’d take me to jail herself.
Warren Bobrow=WB: Please tell me about yourself? What do you do?
Fabiola Jimenez=FJ: Interestingly, I came from a very different, agricultural background than where I am today as a lawyer in the cannabis industry. I was raised in Eastern Washington in a small rural community in the Yakima Valley with parents that labored in the fields. At various times during my childhood, I even worked in those fields, so I understand a lot about farming and agriculture. That’s what gives me an authentic, deeper appreciation of hemp and marijuana as crops. Pair that with the fastest growing industry in the world, and I’ve found the perfect place to exhibit my passion for business with my expertise in cannabis law.
Cannabis Cares is a movement started to show the world a different side of cannabis, the successful side, the active side, the side that cares about people of cannabis, not just the plant. For ages cannabis has been seen as a villain in the community despite all the wonders it works for that same community that has criticized it. Now that cannabis business is developing and the world is learning more about CBD and cannabis, Devin and Nichole are pushing the needle. I Love Trees is helping to educate and eradicate the negative stigma wherever possible. Cannabis Cares hosted the second feed the people event, where cannabis, CBD, and related companies gathered in skid row, downtown Los Angeles, fed 2000 people and had clothes for 1800. Shirley and her company @beauty2thestreets came out and gave haircuts for the less fortunate and Lock and Vegas led the Fighters For the World Mc that day helping break the stigma as well. Some of the companies that sponsored this event were:
@itsilovetrees I Love Trees
@cannabistalk101 Cannabis Talk 101
@packwoods.official Packwoods
@dreamr.app Dreamr
@gpen G pen
@monarkglass Monark Glass
@thechiefingchef The Chiefing Chef
@spray420 Spray 420
Marta Spegman-Lopez Venture co-founded Abacus Verte, Inc. in January 2018, and serves as the Company’s CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors.
Warren Bobrow=WB: Why cannabis? What serves as your inspiration for your brand?
George Ragan: As a passionate consumer of this product, I am extremely interested in its production. I started writing music the same way. I would listen to it constantly and I began to wonder how to make music of my own. It was the same with cannabis.
We are living in stressful times, that much is clear. COVID-19 has our nation on lockdown and businesses and individuals alike are struggling with the ramifications of vast shortages and shuttered doors. Cannabis dispensaries, however, have been deemed an essential service and are in high demand – maybe even as much as Charmin and Purell.
A month or so ago I received a brand-new Klip grinder. Then it languished in my shelf of to be looked at items for a bit longer. Those well-chosen products that I’m considering for a possible reviews and I had almost forgotten about the one that has truly changed my smoking experience.
For the better!
Warren Bobrow=WB: Why cannabis? What was your (both) of your path to the plant?
Chelsea and Dustin Johnson=DJ and CJ: Our mother shattered her knee cap in the early 2000s and was prescribed increasing amounts of opiates for over 10 years. When the law passed here in Arizona we got her interested in cannabis as an alternative treatment, and she was able to get off all of the narcotics in just under 9 months as a result. It truly saved her life, and inspired us to do our part to help bring responsible cannabis to the mainstream consumer. We opened a retail dispensary & cultivation facility here in Arizona, and HUXTON was launched out of those operations.
It seems like a lifetime agowhen I visited Portland, Oregon for the opening of the pretty darned amazing, Oregrown flagship dispensary. I gathered up some samples for later and that later is right now. Like they used to write about drinking that bottle of wine tonight because there is no time like the present.