Hempresent

Today on Hempresent were joined by James Eichner, co-founder, and CSO of Sana Packaging. James earned a BA in English from Colorado College and an MBA in Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, and Finance from the University of Colorado Boulder. James has worked with startups in the publishing industry and the music industry. He has also worked with nonprofits and consulted for startups in the social a...

Dr. David Allen, a retired cardiac surgeon and member of the International Cannabinoid Research Society, ICRS. He is a cannabinoid research scientist, speaking about the discovery of the endocannabinoid system, the ECS, and the significance and how it will change medicine. He and his team discovered the endocannabinoid system about 30 years ago, and they really didn’t understand the significance o...

Today on Hempresent we speak to William Dolphin and Michelle Nehart Phd. A husband-and-wife team with more than thirty-five years combined experience writing about cannabis, Michelle Newhart, Ph. D. and William Dolphin have contributed to more than two dozen books on the plant, patients, and policies. Newhart & Dolphin each have long professional histories as writers and editors for a variety...

Today on Hempresent Vivian is Joined by Jayda Suttie. Jayda who has terminal illness had her dream come true when she met popular daytime television host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres before an appearance at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. Eleven-year-old Jayda Suttie, who has a rare genetic disease called Vanishing White Matter, only learned that she would be meeting her hero about an hour before her s...

Today on Hempresent we are joined by Nick Sarwark, a Phoenix mayoral candidate. In 1942, Nicks grandfather, Roman “Slim” Sarwark, came to Phoenix with one lung, the change in his pocket, and a dream. A dream to build a life for his family. Phoenix is his family’s home. After finishing law school and starting his legal career, Nick came back home to Phoenix to fulfill that dream for his wife, Valer...

Today on Hempresent we are joined by Subcool, Aka “The Weed Nerd”. He has been growing cannabis since he was an early teenager and it has been his passion his entire life. After being arrested for growing a plant he decided to dedicate his life to the educating and teaching others how to cultivate Cannabis, Subcool's goal being to Overgrow the Planet. Now 40 years his mission continues with th...

Today on Hempresent we are joined by Jackie Woerlee a Dutch activist banned from the U.S. Jackie was born in Amsterdam and has lived there all her life except for the 10 years she lived in London working in the touring music business. She is deeply seated and involved in the local, national, and international Cannabis Liberation movement in many forms. She has been a medical cannabis patient for o...

Today on Hempresent we are joined by a cannabis advocate named Shelly Free, fighting against regulations in Oklahoma about a newly passed Cannabis Legalization Bill. Green the Vote, a pro-marijuana group, filed a lawsuit in Oklahoma County against the state, Gov. Mary Fallin and the Oklahoma State Health Department. The lawsuit claims those five members had closed-door meetings to discuss the rule...

Today on Hempresent Vivian is joined by Meagan Holt and Bonnie Fong. Meagan Holt depends upon cannabis to save her daughter’s life. Her daughter, Maddie, is diagnosed with Zellweger syndrome and suffers from seizures that have left Maddie blind, deaf, and terminally ill. The suit alleges Washington’s advertising restrictions unconstitutionally prevent Meagan and Maddie’s right to freely hear commu...

Today on Hempresent Vivian has a very special guest, Billy Hayes American writer, actor, and film director best known for his autobiographical book Midnight Express. Hayes was caught trying to smuggle four pounds of hashish out of Turkey on October 7, 1970. He was originally sentenced to four years and two months in a Turkish prison; with his release date weeks away, he learned that the authoritie...

Today on Hempresent Vivian is joined by Sarah Rose McDaniel, American model and investigative journalist. Sarah appeared in the music video for Mark Ronson and Kevin Parker's songs "Summer Breaking" and "Daffodils", and was the cover girl for Playboy magazine's first non-nude issue in March 2016. McDaniel was on the cover of Playboy's first non-nude issue for March 2016...

Today on Hempresent our host is joined by Tim Pate Oregon hemp broker, and SHF core. Since 2013 Tim has been a member of the Administrative Rules Committee for Industrial Hemp for the State of Oregon. 20 years on Mainstage at the Seattle Hempfest. 7 years on the TV show Cannabis Common Sense. 7 years with Hempstalk as Event Coordinator or Stage Manager. On the Board of Directors of C&S Buildin...

Today on Hempresent our host is joined by Tim Pate Oregon hemp broker, and SHF core. Since 2013 Tim as been a member of the Administrative Rules Committee for Industrial Hemp for the State of Oregon. 20 years on Mainstage at the Seattle Hempfest. 7 years on the TV show Cannabis Common Sense. 7 years with Hempstalk as Event Coordinator or Stage Manager. On the Board of Directors of C&S Building...

Cannabis as the cause of illness is our topic as Vivian McPeak speaks with Alternative Model, Cannabis Enthusiast and Activist Damsel W. Dank. Damsel suffered from arsenic poisoning from ingesting bad cannabis and she explains how she has handle treating the problem which Vivian knows all too well based on his own personal health. She takes us through how she first realized her issues and her miss...

Talking about cannabis program development, communication and implementation as Vivian McPeak speaks with Kris Morwood, the Director of Development of FOCUS (Foundation of Cannabis United Standards).FOCUS offers a range of services to assist with cannabis program development, communication and implementation, ongoing management and evaluation. FOCUS provides an impartial research, facilitation, tr...

Talking about Retail Commercialization and Social Consumption with Abi Roach, owner of the HotBox lounge in Toronto, Canada's longest running cannabis lounge. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jeff Ditchfield is cannabis activism’s answer to Robin Hood; for years he has altruistically put himself in a legal firing line to provide sick people with the medicine they need. In 2002 he founded the Bud Buddies UK Medicinal Cannabis Organisation and in doing so became a poster boy for medicinal cannabis in the UK. For half a decade the club operated as a members-only service which supplies edu...

Today on Hempresent Vivian is joined by Trey Reckling. Trey is originally from Savannah, Georgia and has 15 years experience in higher education. He has specialized in conflict resolution and helping prepare students for careers after they graduate. He founded the Academy of Cannabis Science and has been active in the cannabis community as a board member of the Washington Marijuana Association and...

Today on Hempresent our host Vivian Mcpeak is joined by Amanda Chicago Lewis, cannabis writer from Rolling Stone Magazine. Amanda reports and writes stories about cannabis, as it relates to policy, politics, science, economics, culture, race, public safety, and criminal justice. She has written about the impossible dream of a marijuana breathalyzer, the $50,000 bongs that weed moguls use to launde...

Today on Hempresent our host ios joined by Dale Schaefer. The cannabis industry is one of many facets. From the advocates and activists speaking up for cannabis, to the patients that desperately need it, to the recreational smoker, to the lawyers defending or prosecuting, to those serving jail sentences from using or selling cannabis, to illegal drug dealers, to legitimate investors and entreprene...

Today on Hempresent Vivian is joined by the curator of The Dublin Hemp Museum Brian Houlihan. The Museum located at The Hemp Company of Dublin is Ireland’s first ever cannabis museum! The Hemp Company of Dublin is a company that specializes in cannabis products and the museum is a complement to their storefront. Established in the early days of 1999, a time when Hemp meant drugs to most people, Th...

Today on Hempresent Vivian is joined by Vera Twomey the mother Ava Twomey the Irish Med Canna-Mom Ava is a seven-year-old, beautiful young girl from Ireland. At the age of four months old, she had her first grand mal seizure. It lasted for 45 minutes. Shortly after, she was diagnosed with a condition called Dravet syndrome, a debilitating form of epilepsy that doesn’t respond to conventional medic...

Today on Hempresent David Borden joins our host Vivian Mcpeak. David Borden is founder and Executive Director of StoptheDrugWar.org. Borden played the leading role in pioneering use of the Internet for education and organizing in drug policy reform after founding DRCNet in late 1993. Borden oversaw the organization's work on the Higher Education Act Reform Campaign, an effort to repeal a feder...

Today on Hempresent our host Vivian McPeak is joined by Brad Burge about the success of MAPS' Legalizing Psychedelic Therapy crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. Burge speaks about MAPS’ current psychedelic and marijuana research program, highlights the various accomplishments of MAPS’ crowdfunding efforts, and details the results and progress of MAPS’ clinical research into MDMA-assisted psych...

Today on Hempresent our host Vivian McPeak is joined by Danica Noble, the Coordinator for the NORML Women of Washington. She is Chair of the Antitrust, Consumer Protection, and Unfair Business Practices Section of the Washington State Bar Association. Ms. Noble graduated from Georgetown University Law Center and clerked in the US Virgin Islands. NORML Women of Washington is a women’s group dedicat...