Cocktail Whisperer
Warren Bobrow=WB: Where are you from?
Charles Jones=CJ: I was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and moved to Charleston, West Virginia when I was 12. Math and science were my favorite topics in school. In high school, my extracurricular activities included playing chess (I won a national title in my senior year of high school) and attending classes in psychology and philosophy at a nearby university.
Warren Bobrow=WB: Tell me about Cannabolish. What do you do? What is your role?
Dr. Laura Haupert=DLH: Cannabolish is our brand of plant-based odor control products scientifically developed to remove the odors associated with cannabis smoke. Cannabolish doesn’t mask the odors that come from cannabis smoke, but rather neutralizes it using plant oils and water – no added fragrances, no harmful ingredients.
Warren Bobrow=WB: Where are you from? When you were a child, what was your ambition? Why did you take this path?
Chris Rebentisch=CR: I’m from Las Vegas, Nevada. When I was growing up I wanted to be a judge. I thought I would be good at handing down creative sentences. I actually ended up on the other side of the judge’s desk, however, due to my interest in and passion for the cannabis plant. I wasn’t any good at school; I didn’t learn the same way everyone else learned. And the education system I grew up in didn’t exactly equip teachers with the tools or a curriculum that helped children with different learning styles succeed. It wasn’t until my mid 20s when I found out how I learned the best and, by then, traditional education was behind me. And you need a traditional education to wear the robe and hold the gavel.
Warren Bobrow=WB: Please tell me about yourself?
Monique Ramirez= Mo: My name is Monique but my friends call me Mo. I live on a mountain just outside of Covelo in Mendocino County. I live off-grid in a home my partner Gus is building. I’m currently the Vice President of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance and the founder of the Covelo Cannabis Advocacy Group. I started CCAG back in 2017 during a very interesting time. Our county was about to adopt a new cannabis ordinance and our district didn’t have a supervisor, so essentially the people had no representation. I knew our community needed to come together and form a group so we could begin advocating for our needs. And here we are now several years later and it’s pretty amazing to see how many farms are still standing and navigating all of the crazy regulations and paperwork to get legal. It’s been really important to me that our County acknowledges the importance of small family farms, because we are the backbone of our communities. Our group is pretty amazing! It’s made up of nearly 30 legal farms. We meet every Friday in our local library commons space. We discuss many cannabis topics, ranging from county to state policy issues, planning for future meetings we need to attend, writing letters to the legislators and well just being a support for each other.
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Warren Bobrow=WB: Why cannabis? What brought you to this path?
Paul Botto=PB: I had a catastrophic leg injury where I nearly had my leg amputated and was in the hospital for over two weeks. When I came out of the hospital, I was immediately put on 48mg of Dilaudid, which is 2.5x the clinical definition of “opiate dependency.” I heard you could treat pain and wean yourself off of opiates much faster through cannabis. With five surgeries, 23 screws, and three plates stacked up against me, I set out to learn about its benefits and experiment on myself to get off that killer cocktail as soon as humanly possible. This happened nearly three years ago, when the market was even more nascent than it is now. I was so impressed with my own recovery experience with cannabis that I was determined to turn it into my next business. While I was raising capital for the new venture and building out a retail team, my business partner Larry Levy, who I worked with at my last company in supply chain data technology, called me and excitedly pitched his idea for us to go into business together. Coincidentally, he had the same idea to make the leap into the cannabis industry. After I told him what happened since we had last spoken, he yelled, “Brilliant! I mean, sorry about your leg, but it is an even better fit than I had hoped!”
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I’d never met Jamie Evans before a couple months ago. Jamie was speaking at a dinner known as Terpenes and Terroir. As it turns out, she had asked me to contribute to her forthcoming book on CBD from my publisher, Fair Winds Press, so I was quite excited to finally meet her in person. To enjoy a dinner with her guidance and wit became the metaphor for this interview. I’m happy to spread Jamie’s deep kindness of our healing plant. Thank you Jamie for smiling in my direction.
Cannabis, CBD and hemp are going mainstream. And brands, manufacturers and retailers are ready to partner with leading companies in the cannabis industry. Poised to bring these products to markets is Future State Brands, a newly launched company backed by a seasoned team with $25 million in funding behind them. Formerly PRØHBTD Global, Future State Brands is led by Drake Sutton-Shearer, a six-year veteran of the cannabis industry, along with a dream team of CPG executives, hailing from brands such as Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Patagonia, P&G and L’oreal.“I’m excited to move into this next phase of our journey with a crystal clear vision of our desired future state” said Sutton-Shearer. “Although brands is the vehicle to get us there, it cannot be achieved without an incredible team, accessible capital and most of all, an understanding of the customer we are building for”. Thanks to a cash infusion led by Dallas-based Cresco Capital, Future State Brands will be building out a growing portfolio of THC, Hemp and CBD brands. Its current lineup includes hemp beauty line Hempathy; functional beverage platform Ceeby Dee’s; art-centric infused wearables The Patch Co.; and music-driven flower brand Heavy Grass.