Diabetes Awareness Month

Diabetes Awareness Month

Written By Jamie Lynn Dodd

On a brisk early March morning in 2004, I sat in a cold room in a stiff hospital bed strung up to an IV after having what seemed like an endless amount of blood drawn, scared beyond reason at the feelings of everything being explained to me by the doctors and nurses which sound so foreign and unknown. I was told that my blood sugar was 9 times higher than what was considered normal; a number that should have been fatal. 

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Getting High: From Stigma to Empowerment, Misunderstanding to Mindfulness

Getting High: From Stigma to Empowerment, Misunderstanding to Mindfulness

Written By David Kooi

In my experience with cannabis, I have often avoided using the term "high" in favor of fostering a new conversation around cannabis— one that is grounded in purpose, wellness, and evidence-based understanding. My mission since entering the industry has always been to empower individuals to improve their lives through purposeful cannabis consumption, and to dispel the myths that have long plagued the cannabis plant​​​​.

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An Interview with Chip Paul

An Interview with Chip Paul

Written By Casey Renteria

“We had no money, we had to beg, borrow, and steal for everything we did. It was a pretty historic moment for us, and very grassroots in the way this movement came up. I’m very proud and humbled by that. I like to think God put me in that position, cannabis just stuck and this is where he wants me to be.” 

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