COURTESY: THE GREEN SOLUTION
Forbes “Five Questions” Feature: Kyle and Eric Speidell of The Green Solution (19 locations in Colorado)
COURTESY: THE GREEN SOLUTION
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COURTESY: THE GREEN SOLUTION
PHOTO COURTESY: FRENCHY CANNOLI
I was just over in Germany for the Berlin Bar Convent and while I was there I led a panel on cannabis and beverages. Afterwards I spent some time wandering around the city parks. I had many opportunities to purchase some European hashish, but I didn’t do it this time and it’s too bad because European hashish is completely different than the most of the stuff that is called hashish in the United States. The last time I smoked some Middle Eastern hash, I was in Paris and it was about twenty years ago. The little “Temple Ball” felt to my hands like warm oil and fragrant cannabis flowers that were softly pressed (all by hand) until they combined to make a paste, which was then further rolled into a tiny ball. The source of this product was impeccable, it was not purchased in the park but came to me through locals who knew the trade well.
I’m very familiar with the STIIIZY vape-pen system since these marvelous contraptions have accompanied me back and forth (several times) across the country via air. Thus they pass the most important test of my many vape cartridges. That would be the leaking under pressure test. STIIIZY passes, every time.
DAVE TOMANOVICH
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Cannagars are my passion and the people who make them are equally as intriguing. I love to seek cannagars out in my quest to discover the art of ultra-high-end cannabis. Until a couple of years ago, no one had any idea what a cannagar was, or what valuable ingredients goes into one. That was then.
When Christopher Louie moved to Colorado from New York, the market had not been established yet. He saw the financial opportunity to do something brilliant and educational too. To smoke one a hand-made Xiaolin Cannagar is an emotional and philosophical experience. And while not everyone can say that they’ve enjoyed a Xiaolin Cannagar, they are available legally in Colorado.
DAVE TOMANOVICH
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I originally interviewed David Tran and James Zachodni for Forbes mere hours before they announced that Dope Media was acquired by High Times, allowing both highly regarded cannabis industry entrepreneurs to evolve into a new chapter of their professional lives. David and James are going forward into places not unknown in their former lives, drawing from decades of experience in nightlife, media, marketing, and event production.
PEDRO GARCIA
These are some really cool people in the cannabis space who I want to spend more time learning from. They get it.
‘Nuff Said… And thank you for spending time with me during Hall of Flowers.
PHOTO COURTESY: SHARON LETTS
From Mainstream Media to Marijuana
Writer & Producer Sharon Letts’ life is all about the plant
Sharon Letts’ life is all about the plant, but what does that mean? Well, to start with, Sharon Letts is a brilliant published author and journalist. She has worked in television and also is a determined poet. But what I find most intriguing about Sharon is her deep humility. She has faced many, many struggles and survived to live another day. May I please present, a cancer fighter and winner, Ms. Sharon Letts.
PHOTO COURTESY: SEAN KNUTSEN
Sean Knutsen is President and CEO of Boveda Inc., the leading producer of 2-way humidity control solutions for a variety of moisture-sensitive products.
I met Sean in Denver on my trip to discover people, places and things that had to do with the legal cannabis industry. What I found along the way was an intricate view into multiple levels of the plant. And even deeper than the plant herself, were the personalities who raise the bar with intriguing products that are needed, not just desired. Sean brings to market a practical solution to moisture problems in cannabis.
Warren Bobrow=WB: Tell me about yourself? Why cannabis? When did you decide to leave traditional business for a much different path in legal cannabis?
Warren Bobrow=WB: Where are you from?
Alicia Rose=AR: I grew up on a farm on the east coast. We raised foundation Morgan horses, and I three-day evented competitively until college.