Let's be Blunt with Montel

On this episode of Let’s be Blunt, Montel talks with writer, art curator and cannabis advocate, Mark Braunstein. Mark smokes canna daily to control pain and spasms due to a spinal cord injury that rendered him partially paralyzed. He has testified before committees of the Connecticut legislature seven times over 14 years, urging passage of bills to legalize medical canna. His sixth and most recent...

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel talks with Nick Satmary, the Director of Operations for Sanctuary Medicinals, a multi-state cannabis company operating in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Florida and New Jersey. Nick discusses the many facets of running a mutli-state cannabis company and his views on the industry overall. #cannabiseducation  #cannabis #cannabiscommunity #420 #420daily #canna...

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel talks with Alice Johnson, a former federal prisoner turned advocate who received worldwide attention when Kim Kardashian advocated for her release from a mandatory life sentence without parole for a first-time nonviolent drug case. After almost 22 years in federal prison, she was granted clemency in 2018 and later a full pardon by President Donald Trump in...

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel talks with Maur Stringer & Cynthia Mompoint, a husband and wife team taking the Massachusetts cannabis drink industry by storm. Maur was a victim of the drug wars, arrested at the age of 14, charged and sentenced as an adult. Cunthia is an experienced educator and businesswoman with a masters degree in educational leadership. She recently authored an inves...

On this episode of Let’s be Blunt, Montel speaks with Dr Paula-Noel Macfie, the founder of Backdoor Medicine, an organization dedicated to providing cannabis suppository education along with plant based nutrition and plant based medicine education. Dr Macfie earned her PHD in Philosophy with a concentration in Recovery of Indigenous Mind from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She was d...

Montel chats with KymB on this episode of Let’s Be Blunt. Kym is an avid cannabis and psilocybin advocate, community activist and influencer. She serves on the Advisory Board of the CWCBE and contributes to numerous local and national organizations. She has held roles such as NY Ambassador for Women Grow, VP at CannaGather, and as a High Times Judge. She has inspired many in their pursuit of fitne...

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel speaks with the Co-Founder and CEO of Jane Technologies Inc. After leaving active duty in 2011 as a U.S. Army veteran and Apache helicopter commander, he turned to cannabis to re-acclimate to civilian life. Because cannabis wasn’t legal at the time where he lived, he was forced to rely on the black market, where he couldn’t be sure about the quality of the...

Mendocino, Humboldt, and Trinity counties in Northern California make up the Emerald Triangle, an area known for its legacy farms and cultivars that many believe to be the origin of the US cannabis industry. On this episode of Let’s be Blunt, Montel talks with a second-generation Craft Cannabis Farmer who served eight years in prison for growing the plant he and his community have depended on for...

On this episode of Let’s be Blunt, Montel speaks with Haley Elizabeth Anderson and Mary Bailey about the recently released documentary, The Sentence of Michael Thompson. As canna legalization continues across America, so do canna arrests and convictions. Michael Thompson was sentenced to 40-60 years in prison for selling 3lbs of canna, and served a total of 26 years before Governor Whitmer granted...

Montel speaks with Len May on this episode of Let’s Be Blunt. Len is the author of “Making Cannabis Personal” , a guide on how genetics interact with cannabinoids to create truly unique experiences and the host of the “Everything is Personal” Podcast. He is the founder and CEO of Endo-Canna, a company committed to helping everyday people find the right cannabis product for their needs.  Support th...

Montel talks with Jointly founder David Kooi on this episode of Let’s Be Blunt. David is on a MISSION to change the conversation and stigma around canna to one that is about wellbeing and all the ways canna can enhance our lives. He graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in economics and statistics and earned his MBA from the Chicago Booth School of Business. He is the founder and CEO of...

The removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act is a proposed legal and administrative change in cannabis law at the federal level that can be undertaken by Congress, The Executive Branch or The United States Attorney General and has been proposed repeatedly since 1972. Schedule I is the most tightly restricted category reserved for drugs that have "no currently accepted m...

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt Montel speaks with Dustin Hoxworth, a lifelong canna enthusiast and the Founder and Editor-at-large of Fat Nugs Magazine and co-founder of Three Good Buds, an online canna community built around the love and appreciation of the plant and all it has to offer. Support the show For More Let's be BLUNT with Montel Instagram https://www.instagram.com/letsbebluntmontel/...

One of the stigmas holding back the acceptance of medical canna, especially within the medical community, is the lack of information in a format they are trained to receive, analyze and utilize it in. On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel talks with the CEO Cannaformatics, Dr Itzhak Kurek, about how they are working to change that paradigm. Dr Kurek has published 20 peer reviewed scientific pa...

On this episode of Let’s be Blunt, Montel talks with Michael Sassano, CEO of Somai Pharmaceuticals, a large-scale manufacturer of medical canna compounds based in Portugal. His experience as both a developer and banker in the United States and Europe provides a unique perspective towards navigating international rules and regulations for developing canna medicines. #portugal #cannabiscommunity #ca...

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel sits down with Michael Scott and Kevin Harrington at the grand opening of their first Joint Operations dispensary located in Rowley, MA, a portfolio company of their Cannaprenuer Partners venture. Michael Scott has raised over 35M in canna funding on the heels of a sucessful exit of a vertial operation in MA. KevinHarrington, one of the “original” sharks o...

According to a January 2022 article in Rolling Stone Magazine, the US has pulled ahead as the one of the most valuable cannabis markets in the world, with the latest  projections that it will be worth over 90 BILLION by 2026. However, female leadership in the industry has declined to record lows. On this episode of Let’s be Blunt, Montel talks with Annick Goldsmith, founder of the Black Market Gro...

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel talks with Lulu Tsui, Co-Founder and Chief Experience Officer at On The Revel, a company working to create curated educational and networking experiences for people breaking into the legal canna industry. At her company’s Revelry events and through the Dope People mentorship program, she’s working to help make the canna industry more inclusive, more collab...

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt,  Montel gives the keynote address at the Cannabis Science Conference West 2022. His keynote was inspired by his personal journey and the expertise he’s accumulated along the way as he talks about the work ahead for the industry and the future of the cannabis reform movement. Over the past two decades, Montel Williams has been among the cannabis reform movement’s...

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel talks with Matt Zorn, Esq, a partner at Yetter Coleman, LLP. Matt is recognized as an authority on issues relating to the federal Controlled Substance Act and issues relating to canna regulation, even being named to the Law360 2020 Cannabis Editorial Advisory Board. Matt routinely speaks and publishes on issues relating to legal issues involving controlled...

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel talks with Becca Williams about the advent of a new paradigm: canna and psilocybin microdosing as “Psychic Vitamins” to release trauma and support emotional healing. Becca is a registered nutritionist, educator, and emotions therapist who holds certificates in Canna Core Curriculum, Dosage Protocols & Methodologies, CBD Essentials, and Clinical Application...

On this episode of Let’s be Blunt, Montel talks with the owners of Joint Operations, a MA dispensary group that has recently opened their first location in Rowley, MA with a second location set to open in Menden, MA in October of 2022. Joint Operations is a veteran owned and operated company. Owner and operator Bill Duggan is a U.S. Army veteran and retired law enforcement officer. Bill was Awarde...

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel speaks with Valentia Valentine, owner of Synchronicity Holistic, an elevated dispensary catering to senior women. Valentia was a successful commercial real estate agent and mother, when a medical diagnosis forever changed her life. In 1989, after suffering from symptoms that were first thought to be a brain tumor, she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis....

On-Location Long Beach, California Traditional tobacco is a medicine, which can be used in a prescribed way to promote physical, spiritual, emotional, and community well-being. It may be used as an offering to the Creator or to another person, place, or being. A gift of traditional tobacco is a sign of respect and may be offered when asking for help, guidance, or protection and is sometimes used d...

On this episode of Let's Be Blunt, Montel talks with Dr. Jennifer Anderson, a pediatrician and ER doctor from Canada. Jennifer's son was diagnosed with intractable epilepsy. Daily life was a struggle for the family as her son would have continuous seizures. Out of pure desperation, Jennifer decided to try CBD. The results were astounding. The CBD significantly reduced the amount of daily seizures...