In this episode, Jennifer Boozer shares her powerful story of coping with tragic personal loss which led to opiate addiction and her subsequent recovery from addiction to opiates using the help of CBD. She has turned tragedy into triumph with a thriving business that remains the number one CBD store in her state. Finally, she is excited to share the launch of her new CBD eCommerce platform, with web design and marketing using the DANC Method.
CBD Helped Jennifer Battle Opiate Addiction and Gain 5 Years Clean.
Jennifer Boozer is the owner of CannaBama, Alabama’s first and largest CBD super store in Alabama, based out of Mobile. CannaBama sells only vetted, quality CBD products & other hemp products in South Alabama and to all 50 states online. Jennifer enjoys educatingpeople about CBD from hemp and hosts a weekly live radio show & podcast called Sweet Home CannaBama on FM Talk 106.5.
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5 Years Clean From Opiates with the help of CBD
Overcoming stigma in the South and in church. “People won’t look me in the eyes.”
The challenge of having to change payment processors and merchants on a consistent basis
Alex Corren is the Founder and CEO of UnCanny Wellness, a company that believes CBD hemp extract is only one piece of the health and wellness puzzle. UnCanny is one of the first Hemp companies to develop a hemp-derived, broad-spectrum, water-soluble CBD powder. Furthermore, their unique extract formulation has many benefits over traditional oil-based extracts. For that reason, UnCanny aims to tackle the coffee market in early 2020. Founded in Boulder, CO in early 2016, UnCanny Wellness is committed to pushing the hemp-derived CBD industry forward by creating premium, innovative products for everyone to enjoy. In this episode of DANK Discussions, Alex tells us how he scaled his CBD brand by himself without giving up his company to investors.
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Entrepreneurial spirit – Building a successful CBD brand without funding.
Water-soluble CBD vs oil-based formulations – Is there a difference in efficacy?
How your CBD store can run 100% digitally in order to keep operations efficient and lean.
Dr. Steven Todd is a retired oral implantologist and dental anesthesiologist. Today, he is also the author of The Hemp Healthcare Initiative, a program that focuses on educating healthcare professionals and staff about the endocannabinoid system. Dr. Todd joins me on this episode to discuss how all healthcare providers and workers must be educated properly about the endocannabinoid system and it’s vast impact on the body’s overall health. Perhaps most importantly, he also offers a structured solution to counterbalance the kickbacks healthcare providers & physicians receive from pharmaceutical companies. This substantial monetary compensation will incentivize healthcare providers to suggest Cannabis to the patients they serve while allowing them to enter this growing hemp market. In conclusion, passionate about the health benefits and technology CBD, CBG, CBN and other cannabinoids provide, Dr. Steven Todd has opened his initiative to all healthcare providers, physicians, doctors & nurses.
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Paying incentives for healthcare providers for hemp-derived options to counter Big Pharma kickbacks
CBG & other cannabinoids are awakening CB2 Receptors that have been dormant for over 100 years
How internal self-regulation of our industry is the real answer to a cleaner, more ethical system
Damon Booth is the founder and CMO of Melabis. Melabis is a company based in Malta that is presenting the global cannabis industry to the forefront of emerging markets across the world. At Melabis, they are proud to be working alongside many governments worldwide. Their goal is to assist in providing high-quality cannabis that surpasses the highest regulations and standards. In the future, demand for cannabis will skyrocket when big brands enter the fray. Melabis is positioning itself to be able to meet that demand. On the tech side of the company, they are developing an app that will be used by doctors to track how their medical cannabis patients are doing and making sure they are on the correct customized dosage. Melabis and its team are working hard to increase the developments in global cannabis research by aiding cannabis cultivation and processing.
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Establishing communication with multiple governments across continents and working within the bureaucratic structure these governments often impose
Crowdsourcing medicinal cannabis data using apps to not only progress research in general, but also gain valuable insight into the way we use cannabis to better serve patients
How to provide supply for the inevitable worldwide demand for quality CBD when big brands look to enter the market
Shifra Klein is the Founder of Mitzva Wellness, the first-ever OU Kosher CBD company. After having her son diagnosed with severe autism at the age of two, Shifra took the time and patience to collect her own data and seek out research on Ultimately, cannabis, and specifically CBD, will be able to help her autistic son and her whole family find relief. Shifra joins me on this episode of DANK Discussions to tell us her powerful story.
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Overcoming the frustration of having doctors tell you “no” when you know cannabis will help your child
The ultimate pleasure of hearing a previously non-verbal child speak for the first time
Securing the strictest kosher license (Hashgacha) to be able to provide CBD for EVERYONE, including the orthodox Jewish community.
Michael Bostarr is the Chief of Staff at Kin Slips, a company that is introducing cannabis-infused sublingual strips to dispensary customers looking for a discreet way to consume cannabis. Michael joins me on DANK Discussions to teach us the effect strong relationships within a growing team have on the lasting power of Cannabis Startups.
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Medical cannabis use vs recreational cannabis use: Is there really a difference?
Why educating budtenders about your product is an important step in landing potential customers
How the stigma of “stoner culture” still permeates the perception of thriving, upright cannabis companies
