Cocktail Whisperer
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.
Photo courtesy of Warren Bobrow
Warren Bobrow is a mixing veteran who is author of six books on his own brand of mixology, one of them on infused cannabis drinks.
Warren is a Forbes collaborator on infused beverage and vices. He’s recently founded Klaus Apothicaire, an infused beverages store coming to market this year.
Warren Bobrow=WB: Please tell me about your company?
Dr. Oludare Odumosu= D.OO: Zelira Therapeutics Ltd is a leading global therapeutic medicinal cannabis company with access to the world’s largest and fastest-growing cannabis markets. Zelira owns a portfolio of proprietary revenue-generating products and a pipeline of formulations undergoing clinical development that are positioned to enter global markets from 2020. The company is focused on developing branded cannabis products for the treatment of a variety of medical conditions.
Warren Bobrow=WB: Tell me about your company?
Doug Chloupek=DC:Juva Life, though only officially formed in 2018, it is really the culmination of decades of work. I began my previous operations when California was still under Prop 215. Today, Juva Life is vertically integrated and consists of six divisions: Juva Cultivation, Juva Research, Juva Manufacturing, Juva Distribution, Juva Retail, and Juva Delivery. Each division plays a crucial role in our overall goal of helping people feel better.
Warren Bobrow=WB: What brought you to the cannabis business? Tell me about what you do? How do you see yourself in five years?
Gunner Winston=GW: My background is in finance and I first entered the cannabis space as an investor. I started my career doing investment banking at Morgan Stanley then ultimately ended up co-founding a hedge fund in New York where I spent over a decade building investment funds, growing teams and collaborating with and investing in many of the world’s most successful brands. I chose to retire in 2014 and had just moved to California, and given the pending adult use legalization cannabis became an obvious category for me to watch. Through this analysis dosist quickly caught my attention given its incredible mission to transcend the cannabis industry and empower people to naturally manage their health and happiness. With that, in 2017 I came in first as an investor and shortly after became CEO.
I first discovered mood33, a most revolutionary and tasty beverage through mutual friends who know about this marketplace of both CBD (Hemp) and THC infused liquids.
