Podcasts about new england cannabis convention

The local cannabis industry is showing off all it has to offer at a massive trade show in Boston. WBZ's Kyle Bray is at the Hynes Convention Center with more.

The convention offers networking for cannabis-involved businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, educators, patients, advocates, and consumers. WBZ's Matt Shearer reports.

Benjamin Horner and Jerome "Jerry" Poynton were in Boston for the New England Cannabis Convention and joined us on the show to discuss a host of topics from Ben opening the first Marijuana dispensary in Flint Michigan, his magazine "The Michigan Marijuana Report", to Jerry's connections with John Sinclair, Herbert Huncke, Gregory Corso, etc.. We also play some cool tunes from The Dirtbombs and Mellow Bravo... Check out the Marijuana Report Magazine here: https://mimarijuanareport.com Music The Charms "So Pretty"(theme song) The Dirtbombs "Fire In The Western World" Mellow Bravo "Ridin" Recorded and mixed by Mike Nash at Voice Motel, Somerville MA on March 19, 2022 This show was sponsored by Baby Loves Tacos and Disorder Vintage. Support the podcast: patreon.com/twistedrico --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blowingsmoketr/support

A field that is one of my biggest passions in life that is also simultaneously EXPLODING in popularity over the last 10 years is that of Cannabis. The challenge within this boom, however, is that more & more corporate entities with a lack of understanding of what Cannabis truly is & what it's purpose in this world is are cashing in on this boom & driving out opportunities for the true Cannabis stewards to have a piece of the pie that is the Cannabis industry. Today's guest is one of my dear friends & brothers, someone who has a true passion for this plant & someone that is revolutionizing the Cannabis industry here in Boston. He is a world class Cannabis expert, having worked in the professional industry alongside myself for many years, is the Vice President of The Massachusetts cannabis association for delivery, is the New England Cannabis Convention 2021 Massachusetts Activist of the year & is the founder & owner of Rolling Releaf, which is a social equity certified, black owned Cannabis delivery operator in the Cannabis Industry here in Massachusetts. Trust me when I say that this episode holds a special place in my heart as this gentlemen & I have seen first hand what can happen when the Cannabis industry is taken over by people who do not hold this plant in high regard & therefore how important it is for people that DO in fact worship & respect this plant to stand up, fight for what they believe in & show the world what true Cannabis culture is all about.This episode was produced  at the Mass Music Radio Station in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Alex Mazin from Bud's Goods, a dispensary in Worcester and Abington took home that prestigious award at the 3rd edition of the New England Cannabis Convention's Cannabis Community Awards. What makes that dispensary so special? Listen to Alex Mazin explain his passion for the cause and the industry.

Green Nurses ARE the bridge between alternative and traditional medicine and have helped transform and provide legitimacy and respect for cannabis as medicine and other alternative options as well! We are grateful for collaboration and support on this content arc from Sherri Tutkus of GreenNurse Group. For our first episode in this series, we've compiled a retrospective from past Green Nurse podcast guests giving a brief narrative on why they became a green nurse. This episode includes Marissa Fratoni of Holistic Nurse Mama, Janna Champagne of Integrated Holistic Care, Sherri Tutkus of Green Nurse Group, and Dedee Culley of 2 Leaf Nurses. Marissa Fratoni: Nurse, blogger, freelance writer at Holistic Nurse Mama, and Registered Yoga Teacher at Central Mass Yoga And Wellness. She is a wealth of information and insight on cannabinoid therapeutics holistic medicine and integrative health. Marissa Fratoni’s Background Story: 7:38 Visiting Nursing: 8:34 How She Got Into Cannabis: 9:16 Another Perception of the Plant, Seeing Miraculous Changes: 9:58 Cannabis helps Detox from Addiction: 10:50 Full Podcast Episode with Marissa Fratoni: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-marissa-fratoni/ https://holisticnursemama.blog/ Janna Champagne- Founder at Integrated Holistic Care. Janna’s introduction to the cannabis industry began as a cannabis patient when she suffered a health collapse in 2012. She credits cannabis for helping to reduce her reliance on harmful pharmaceuticals, and for supporting her ability to regain optimal health status. Janna is also known for her daughter’s cannabis/Autism success story, which published on the cover story in a nationwide industry magazine in 2017. Cannabis Helped Her Daughter: 14:06 Cumulative Long-Term Impact of Pharmaceuticals: 14:53 The Mental Health Industry- Wild West: 16:53 Pharmaceuticals Side Effects: 18:29 Risk VS. Benefit: 19:45 Reversals of Dementia, Improved Behavior in Autism, Improved Function, and Quality of life: 20:06 Gut and Brain Connection: 20:42 Pharmaceutical Driven: 21:21 Full Podcast Episode with Janna Champagne: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-jenna-champagne/ https://jannachampagne.com/ Sherri Tuktus- Sherri Tutkus is the founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Nursing Director at Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. She earned her Bachelor's in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years’ practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients' homes and she regularly does pop up events, seminars and expos. Sherri is an international speaker and she has contributed to the writing of the first cannabis nursing textbook with her cannabis nurse colleagues that will be available in nursing schools across the country. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and founding member of The Cannabis Nurses Network and was nominated as one of two nurses for “Health Professional of the Year” for the 2020 New England Cannabis Convention. Sherri brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool. Background History- Pseudomembranous Colitis: 21:55 From Being a Nurse to Being a Patient: 24:00 Polypharmacy Journey: 25:34 Medical and Pharmaceutical Trauma: 27:04 Drain of Despair: 29:02 Cannabinoid Therapeutics Comes to the Rescue: 29:49 Full Podcast Episode with Sherri Tuktus: https://tsctalks.com/sherri-tutkus-2/ https://greennursegroup.com/ Dedee Culley: Has over 20 years of nursing experience and is the co-owner of 2 Leaf Nurses, which provides alternative & holistic health services from Springfield, Missouri. Culley loves home health for its opportunity to connect with patients and their environment. She is incredibly blessed and she was able to gather up courage and strength to pursue her passion in nursing while stepping out of the ordinary medicinal ways of these modern days and encourage others to be safe and successful at taking care of their bodies from the inside out with natural approaches. She has a loving attitude and an open mind to seek and research various holistic methods to reach a significantly positive result. She has also dealt with personal health issues within her family and has seen significant changes when she chooses to ask questions and be in the loop of the available options and their side effects. Background History: 30:22 First Time Questioning Medicine: 30:53 Don’t Apologize for Questioning: 34:27 Got Into Nursing: 35:06 Home Heath: 37:00 Full Podcast with Dedee Culley: https://tsctalks.com/podcast/show-notes/tsc-talks-guest-dedee-culley/ https://www.2leafnurses.com/

Green Nurses ARE the bridge between alternative and traditional medicine and have helped transform and provide legitimacy and respect for cannabis as medicine and other alternative options as well! We are grateful for collaboration and support on this content arc from Sherri Tutkus of GreenNurse Group. For our first episode in this series, we've compiled a retrospective from past Green Nurse podcast guests giving a brief narrative on why they became a green nurse. This episode includes Marissa Fratoni of Holistic Nurse Mama, Janna Champagne of Integrated Holistic Care, Sherri Tutkus of Green Nurse Group, and Dedee Culley of 2 Leaf Nurses.Marissa Fratoni: Nurse, blogger, freelance writer at Holistic Nurse Mama, and Registered Yoga Teacher at Central Mass Yoga And Wellness. She is a wealth of information and insight on cannabinoid therapeutics holistic medicine and integrative health.Marissa Fratoni’s Background Story: 7:38Visiting Nursing: 8:34How She Got Into Cannabis: 9:16Another Perception of the Plant, Seeing Miraculous Changes: 9:58Cannabis helps Detox from Addiction: 10:50Full Podcast Episode with Marissa Fratoni: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-marissa-fratoni/https://holisticnursemama.blog/Janna Champagne- Founder at Integrated Holistic Care. Janna’s introduction to the cannabis industry began as a cannabis patient when she suffered a health collapse in 2012. She credits cannabis for helping to reduce her reliance on harmful pharmaceuticals, and for supporting her ability to regain optimal health status. Janna is also known for her daughter’s cannabis/Autism success story, which published on the cover story in a nationwide industry magazine in 2017.Cannabis Helped Her Daughter: 14:06Cumulative Long-Term Impact of Pharmaceuticals: 14:53The Mental Health Industry- Wild West: 16:53Pharmaceuticals Side Effects: 18:29Risk VS. Benefit: 19:45Reversals of Dementia, Improved Behavior in Autism, Improved Function, and Quality of life: 20:06 Gut and Brain Connection: 20:42Pharmaceutical Driven: 21:21Full Podcast Episode with Janna Champagne: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-jenna-champagne/https://jannachampagne.com/ Sherri Tuktus- Sherri Tutkus is the founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Nursing Director at Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. She earned her Bachelor's in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years’ practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients' homes and she regularly does pop up events, seminars and expos. Sherri is an international speaker and she has contributed to the writing of the first cannabis nursing textbook with her cannabis nurse colleagues that will be available in nursing schools across the country. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and founding member of The Cannabis Nurses Network and was nominated as one of two nurses for “Health Professional of the Year” for the 2020 New England Cannabis Convention. Sherri brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool.Background History- Pseudomembranous Colitis: 21:55From Being a Nurse to Being a Patient: 24:00Polypharmacy Journey: 25:34Medical and Pharmaceutical Trauma: 27:04Drain of Despair: 29:02Cannabinoid Therapeutics Comes to the Rescue: 29:49Full Podcast Episode with Sherri Tuktus: https://tsctalks.com/sherri-tutkus-2/https://greennursegroup.com/Dedee Culley: Has over 20 years of nursing experience and is the co-owner of 2 Leaf Nurses, which provides alternative & holistic health services from Springfield, Missouri. Culley loves home health for its opportunity to connect with patients and their environment. She is incredibly blessed and she was able to gather up courage and strength to pursue her passion in nursing while stepping out of the ordinary medicinal ways of these modern days and encourage others to be safe and successful at taking care of their bodies from the inside out with natural approaches. She has a loving attitude and an open mind to seek and research various holistic methods to reach a significantly positive result. She has also dealt with personal health issues within her family and has seen significant changes when she chooses to ask questions and be in the loop of the available options and their side effects.Background History: 30:22First Time Questioning Medicine: 30:53Don’t Apologize for Questioning: 34:27Got Into Nursing: 35:06Home Heath: 37:00Full Podcast with Dedee Culley: https://tsctalks.com/podcast/show-notes/tsc-talks-guest-dedee-culley/https://www.2leafnurses.com/

Sherri Tutkus is the founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Nursing Director at Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. She earned her Bachelors in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years’ practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients homes and she regularly does pop up events, seminars and expos. Sherri is an international speaker and she has contributed to the writing of the first cannabis nursing textbook with her cannabis nurse colleagues that will be available in nursing schools across the country. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and founding member of The Cannabis Nurses Network and was nominated as one of two nurses for “Health Professional of the Year” for the 2020 New England Cannabis Convention. Sherri brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool. In this episode, Sherri shares from the annals of intensely personal experience detailing how her entire life went from one of a busy full time nurse, working in hospitals in Boston, single mother of three to becoming completely bedridden, dependent on others for care. She states, "I'm going to be a little bit transparent today. I think it'll be really helpful to talk from my own personal perspective in working with cannabinoid therapeutics and mental health in regards to my own mental health. So before I got sick in 2012 I had a history of migraines and ADHD-attention deficit disorder. Both of those were managed very well with medications, working full time as a nurse in the big teaching hospitals in Boston, three kids. I was highly functioning. When I took a hit from eating a bacteria while I was working I ended up in the intensive care unit, with a mega colon, an infectious disease, and it was really bad. So I got sick in 2012, took a hit to my gut. I went from high functioning to not functioning at all" From here Sherri lays out the journey back and how a fellow nurse at a particularly low point after she'd been put on 16 pharmaceuticals and was "circling the drain of despair", encouraged her to try cannabis as medicine. "I was on the other side of the bed, like in a really big bad way, all of a sudden I'm the patient and having to advocate for myself. So not only was it the physical issues that I had, but I also had to deal with the system, the system that I worked in, how is that going to affect my mental health and how are they going to take care of me? The trauma that I experienced from this illness is so overwhelming high functioning to not functioning, home- bed bound in the hospital- couldn't take care of my kids -could barely eat. I'm just gonna say it like it is explosive diarrhea, and nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, pooping your pants in public. So you can see how literally I can talk about anything. From running around the block naked to talking about poop and stuff that comes out your bum. I was so mortified, horrified that I had this gastrointestinal illness that was debilitating, complete loss of control, it was horrible. And then the issues with eating and being able to take in food. So that spiraled into, mental health issues, the developing anxiety and the depression. And over time, I wasn't getting better. I had agoraphobia, I was afraid to leave." And I'm going to tell you too, and this is the part of trauma that I'm really trying to help patients with now, when I'm working with them because I've been there. You know, I've been there. I call it medical trauma. And Pharmaceutical trauma. It was cannabinoid therapeutics that came into my life that really made the significant impactful change, that allowed everything that wasn't working to start working again and actually allowed me to start processing information from a different place because I was pulled out of the story of the sickness, the story or the trajectory of sickness. an illness. You know, it was the cannabinoids that actually opened the door that allowed everything that wasn't working to start working again." I was utilizing all of the other tools that existed. The traditional system, the holistic system, the functional integrative system, acupuncture, chiropractor, essential oils, homeopathy, you name it, and none of it worked. Why? Because my endocannabinoid system was completely 100% deficient. I was not making enough of my own internal endogenous cannabinoids to keep my system regulated including my brain" "And so what it took was it was one of my nursing colleagues who had just retired. She was one of my patients because I do energy healing work. I do Reiki and Reconnective Healing and she was one of my clients from energy healing. She had been trying to get in touch with me and she had just turned 70 and I kept blowing her off. So she came to my house with a big giant, big fat joint. And she walked into my bedroom and I looked at her and I go, are you kidding me? I mean, is this a joke? Seriously, you're bringing me weed? Like, how is this gonna help me?" There's much more within this episode as Sherri goes into a lot of detail on various aspects of cannabis as medicine and how it works to restore homeostasis, what this means for so many conceivably impossible to treat conditions, how this has profound implications, for ushering in a new paradigm of modern medicine, bridging the gaps between traditional and alternative medicine with results, research and centuries of "anecdotal experience" evidencing profound efficacy and facilitating personal autonomy and decreased dependence on a broken healthcare system. For Sherri, these brutal series of experiences were the launching pad for what is now her business, Green Nurse Group and has led to her work as Medical Director of Irie Bliss Wellness. She has the opportunity to help others on their journey with cannabis. She discusses the personal stigma she had to overcome as well as challenges within her own family who were not initially supportive of her foray into the cannabis industry among other potential roadblocks so many of us experience as we advocate for what we know to be true about cannabis. It is a life saving plant that has the power to transform one's entire state of being. Sherri and Green Nurse Group as well as many other Cannabis Nurses, Doctors who are slowly starting to embrace cannabis and other professionals with whom Sherri inspires sit at the crossroads of this exciting yet also frustrating time in traditional medicine as the systems we have depended on for so long to help keep us alive and having quality of life are not leading to overall improved quality of life for more than not. One final quote from Sherri and then be sure to check out her links: "I honestly see this (cannabis as medicine) being integrated into mainstream medicine, but it's going to happen in the community first. So in other words, as healthcare professionals, a lot of cannabis nurses, including myself, the traditional healthcare system has failed us in multiple ways. Not only were surgeries denied, medications were denied. I had to fight for my for surgical procedures, the mental health system-completely broken. Bottom line is that a lot of systems that we medical professionals, especially cannabis nurses have come from, we've come from broken systems, and so we want to make it better. And how do we make it better? We start in our communities by educating and then there's going to be a critical mass eventually. It's going to happen and I've already seen it ...now I'm getting phone calls from more doctors asking, "Hey, what's the green nurse?" " Sherri's Links: Green Nurse Group: https://www.greennursegroup.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenNurseSherri Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherri_tutkus/, https://www.instagram.com/greennursegroup/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Green_Nurses LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherri-tutkus-rn-bsn-912b7776/ Recent Articel: https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2019/10/10/the-system-is-a-big-fat-failure-access-to-cannabis.html Recent podcast appearance: http://www.theaddictionarypodcast.com/e/part-viii-of-cannachronicles-with-sherri-tutkus/

Sherri Tutkus is the founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Nursing Director at Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. She earned her Bachelors in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years’ practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients homes and she regularly does pop up events, seminars and expos. Sherri is an international speaker and she has contributed to the writing of the first cannabis nursing textbook with her cannabis nurse colleagues that will be available in nursing schools across the country. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and founding member of The Cannabis Nurses Network and was nominated as one of two nurses for “Health Professional of the Year” for the 2020 New England Cannabis Convention. Sherri brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool.In this episode, Sherri shares from the annals of intensely personal experience detailing how her entire life went from one of a busy full time nurse, working in hospitals in Boston, single mother of three to becoming completely bedridden, dependent on others for care. She states, "I'm going to be a little bit transparent today. I think it'll be really helpful to talk from my own personal perspective in working with cannabinoid therapeutics and mental health in regards to my own mental health. So before I got sick in 2012 I had a history of migraines and ADHD-attention deficit disorder. Both of those were managed very well with medications, working full time as a nurse in the big teaching hospitals in Boston, three kids. I was highly functioning. When I took a hit from eating a bacteria while I was working I ended up in the intensive care unit, with a mega colon, an infectious disease, and it was really bad. So I got sick in 2012, took a hit to my gut. I went from high functioning to not functioning at all"From here Sherri lays out the journey back and how a fellow nurse at a particularly low point after she'd been put on 16 pharmaceuticals and was "circling the drain of despair", encouraged her to try cannabis as medicine. "I was on the other side of the bed, like in a really big bad way, all of a sudden I'm the patient and having to advocate for myself. So not only was it the physical issues that I had, but I also had to deal with the system, the system that I worked in, how is that going to affect my mental health and how are they going to take care of me? The trauma that I experienced from this illness is so overwhelming high functioning to not functioning, home- bed bound in the hospital- couldn't take care of my kids -could barely eat. I'm just gonna say it like it is explosive diarrhea, and nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, pooping your pants in public. So you can see how literally I can talk about anything. From running around the block naked to talking about poop and stuff that comes out your bum. I was so mortified, horrified that I had this gastrointestinal illness that was debilitating, complete loss of control, it was horrible. And then the issues with eating and being able to take in food. So that spiraled into, mental health issues, the developing anxiety and the depression. And over time, I wasn't getting better. I had agoraphobia, I was afraid to leave."And I'm going to tell you too, and this is the part of trauma that I'm really trying to help patients with now, when I'm working with them because I've been there. You know, I've been there. I call it medical trauma. And Pharmaceutical trauma.It was cannabinoid therapeutics that came into my life that really made the significant impactful change, that allowed everything that wasn't working to start working again and actually allowed me to start processing information from a different place because I was pulled out of the story of the sickness, the story or the trajectory of sickness. an illness. You know, it was the cannabinoids that actually opened the door that allowed everything that wasn't working to start working again."I was utilizing all of the other tools that existed. The traditional system, the holistic system, the functional integrative system, acupuncture, chiropractor, essential oils, homeopathy, you name it, and none of it worked. Why? Because my endocannabinoid system was completely 100% deficient. I was not making enough of my own internal endogenous cannabinoids to keep my system regulated including my brain""And so what it took was it was one of my nursing colleagues who had just retired. She was one of my patients because I do energy healing work. I do Reiki and Reconnective Healing and she was one of my clients from energy healing. She had been trying to get in touch with me and she had just turned 70 and I kept blowing her off. So she came to my house with a big giant, big fat joint. And she walked into my bedroom and I looked at her and I go, are you kidding me? I mean, is this a joke? Seriously, you're bringing me weed? Like, how is this gonna help me?"There's much more within this episode as Sherri goes into a lot of detail on various aspects of cannabis as medicine and how it works to restore homeostasis, what this means for so many conceivably impossible to treat conditions, how this has profound implications, for ushering in a new paradigm of modern medicine, bridging the gaps between traditional and alternative medicine with results, research and centuries of "anecdotal experience" evidencing profound efficacy and facilitating personal autonomy and decreased dependence on a broken healthcare system. For Sherri, these brutal series of experiences were the launching pad for what is now her business, Green Nurse Group and has led to her work as Medical Director of Irie Bliss Wellness. She has the opportunity to help others on their journey with cannabis. She discusses the personal stigma she had to overcome as well as challenges within her own family who were not initially supportive of her foray into the cannabis industry among other potential roadblocks so many of us experience as we advocate for what we know to be true about cannabis. It is a life saving plant that has the power to transform one's entire state of being. Sherri and Green Nurse Group as well as many other Cannabis Nurses, Doctors who are slowly starting to embrace cannabis and other professionals with whom Sherri inspires sit at the crossroads of this exciting yet also frustrating time in traditional medicine as the systems we have depended on for so long to help keep us alive and having quality of life are not leading to overall improved quality of life for more than not. One final quote from Sherri and then be sure to check out her links: "I honestly see this (cannabis as medicine) being integrated into mainstream medicine, but it's going to happen in the community first. So in other words, as healthcare professionals, a lot of cannabis nurses, including myself, the traditional healthcare system has failed us in multiple ways. Not only were surgeries denied, medications were denied. I had to fight for my for surgical procedures, the mental health system-completely broken. Bottom line is that a lot of systems that we medical professionals, especially cannabis nurses have come from, we've come from broken systems, and so we want to make it better. And how do we make it better? We start in our communities by educating and then there's going to be a critical mass eventually. It's going to happen and I've already seen it ...now I'm getting phone calls from more doctors asking, "Hey, what's the green nurse?" "Sherri's Links:Green Nurse Group: https://www.greennursegroup.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenNurseSherriInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherri_tutkus/,https://www.instagram.com/greennursegroup/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Green_NursesLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherri-tutkus-rn-bsn-912b7776/Recent Articel: https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2019/10/10/the-system-is-a-big-fat-failure-access-to-cannabis.htmlRecent podcast appearance: http://www.theaddictionarypodcast.com/e/part-viii-of-cannachronicles-with-sherri-tutkus/

In this episode, my guest Sherri Tutkus, RN, BSN, Founder & CEO of Green Nurse Group, came on the podcast to share a powerful and inspiring mother son story that follows the timeline from receiving a diagnosis at birth of her son Nicholas with Branchio-Oculo-Facial Syndrome through current day. Sherri gives one of the most powerful illustrations over the course of the episode, of a mother's love, courage, compassion, resilience and tenacity that I've ever heard, and is a fantastic example of holding onto presumption of competence as a guiding light, against all odds.Sherri Tutkus is the founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Nursing Director at Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. She earned her Bachelors in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years’ practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients homes and she regularly does pop up events, seminars and expos. Sherri is an international speaker and she has contributed to the writing of the first cannabis nursing textbook with her cannabis nurse colleagues that will be available in nursing schools across the country. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and founding member of The Cannabis Nurses Network and was nominated as one of two nurses for “Health Professional of the Year” for the 2020 New England Cannabis Convention. Sherri brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool. In the first part of this podcast, Sherri discusses her own background and connection to cannabinoid medicine. The tools she learned in her own journey enabled Sherri to cope with frequent and ongoing surgeries, procedures, treatments for her son Nicholas and advocate vociferously on his behalf. "When I'm presenting to people, I use myself as a case study. Because basically, prior to me getting ill, I had a history of migraine headaches, ADHD, and anxiety, that was managed with traditional medicine. I was functioning, I was healthy, single mother of three, child with a disability that we're going to talk about, but knowing that I had migraine headaches and at ADHD symptoms should have been a clear indicator that I had an Endocannabinoid deficiency. So everything that we do or don't do in our lives as far as health and wellness affects this neurotransmitter signaling system called the endocannabinoid system, and that the job of that system is to bring balance."She goes on to explain, "By the end before I discovered cannabis. I was on over 16 pharmaceuticals. So, as I've learned over time, if you're taking more than 10 pharmaceuticals, there's 100% chance of having an adverse drug reaction. Polypharmacy. I fit into that polypharmacy category. I am not anti pharma. However, what is really essential for people to understand when they are being prescribed pharmaceuticals is to ask those critical questions and to look at what side effects there are to look at the blackbox warning Okay, how many people have died? You know, what are the side effects, what are the adverse effects, you need to have knowledge knowledge is power. The other thing that people People don't realize is that a lot of pharmaceuticals have a drug nutrient depletion" She goes on to explain, " I have have a history of Polycystic Ovarian disease which is very interesting. And that yeah, that is considered to be a clinical Endocannabinoid deficiency diagnoses as well. So I had issues with fertility all along. ... And then my third pregnancy... it's interesting, you know I gained all kinds of weight and wasn't happy and I started changing my lifestyle when the babies came. And all of a sudden my reproductive system started to auto regulate. I was using specific supplements and nutrition. I changed my diet, I became vegan, I did a raw diet, and all of a sudden, I'm a fertile Myrtle. And before we know it, I'm pregnant with my third" From here, Sherri goes on to discuss the birth of Nicholas and the immediate realization that he had multiple issues of which she was not aware of up until the moment of his birth. She explained to me in writing prior to the recording of this episode, the following, "All of my births were traumatic experiences however this pregnancy was the best and the easiest. I had an uneventful healthy pregnancy. I broke my water 6 weeks early and when my first boy was born he was not breathing and they had to resuscitate him and over the course of my first postpartum days I learned that my son had a rare genetic disorder called Branchio-Oculo Facial Syndrome."BOFS is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Each child of an individual with BOFS has a 50% change of inheriting the variant. Nick’s dad carried the gene and at the time of diagnoses the gene had not been identified.She discusses the realization of impact, "you have these craniofacial anomalies that required over 15 surgeries, but the things that they said about mental retardation was not true. The surgical stuff they were able to do . I engaged upon a journey with him that I would do anything for him. It was kind of like, I just got to do this. And so he became my full time job. "I asked Sherri the question, "How did you do it? How did you handle this huge weight of reality repeatedly?" She explained, "I got back to really the basics of self care and being present and grounded. I had already have a lot of those spiritual tools. My son opened up the door to the unseen worlds for me, which is a whole other show. But literally, I kind of felt like and I know it sounds crazy, but I'm sure other mothers can agree or associate or identify.... that I just felt a really strong connection with him and being able to understand what his needs were even before he could communicate."She goes on to add, "it gets back to what I can and cannot control you know, even if I can't control my emotions, even if I'm out of control, like hysterical or anxiety-ridden or sad, I still can have the ability to control what I'm doing and not doing in my life. And so what I knew to be true was in order for me to be the best version of myself, I needed to do everything that I could to take care of myself. And that included my mental health."She goes on to say, "But he's a true miracle. I gave him every opportunity. And he basically showed me through his own actions and his kindness and compassion and his grit and his ability. The kid had so much resilience and he wanted to heal, you know, he's not mentally retarded, he got set up with the Deaf Services as we found out later, he doesn't have sensory neural hearing loss, he has a bone conduction hearing loss. And so he basically told me one day Mom, I want to smile with the rest of the kids. And I was like, oh, of course you do. How do I make that happen? And boy, that was a scary journey. We literally embarked upon the journey of having my boy get a smile." "The amazing craniofacial team at Boston Children's Hospital did an experimental surgery that is called facial reanimation. And basically they didn't know. They said it would evolve over time, would the nerve take and would it connect and would it work? So here we are... I don't know here we are going. Through 16 hours of surgery 10 days in the hospital, not knowing if this is going to work or not. That was another faith based thing. Honestly, you know, it's all you have, and then literally one morning when I was waking him up for school, all of a sudden he sits up in bed. He smiles. So he's really he's come a long way. He's 14 years old now. When he was in sixth grade, he said, I want to go to public school. Oh my god, how is he going to be able to go to public school? So I was like, Okay, let's try to make it happen. And we embarked on the journey of integrating him into the public system."Bringing us to current day, Sherri explains, "You know, he is thriving. He's finishing up the eighth grade this year. And his freshman year, next year in high school, he will be in the public school. He still has an IEP, he's going to be in all honors and advanced honors classes is number one subject Spanish. And one of the other thing is that, you know, oftentimes as parents, we may feel sorry for our kid and you may feel bad. He doesn't feel sorry for himself. He doesn't feel bad." A final quote, "So what can I control? I try to control other people. And we can't control anyone. We can't. And that's the part that was the biggest lesson that I learned. And he taught me that, he taught me where my power lies and where it doesn't lie and how to choose and pick my battles and what's important and what's not important. And in the grand scheme of life, when you can pull back from that and see, what am I doing to be the best version of myself, so I can help my child thrive?"Sherri's links: Green Nurse Group: https://www.greennursegroup.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenNurseSherriInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherri_tutkus/, https://www.instagram.com/greennursegroup/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Green_NursesLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherri-tutkus-rn-bsn-912b7776/

In this episode, my guest Sherri Tutkus, RN, BSN, Founder & CEO of Green Nurse Group, came on the podcast to share a powerful and inspiring mother son story that follows the timeline from receiving a diagnosis at birth of her son Nicholas with Branchio-Oculo-Facial Syndrome through current day. Sherri gives one of the most powerful illustrations over the course of the episode, of a mother's love, courage, compassion, resilience and tenacity that I've ever heard, and is a fantastic example of holding onto presumption of competence as a guiding light, against all odds. Sherri Tutkus is the founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Nursing Director at Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. She earned her Bachelors in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years’ practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients homes and she regularly does pop up events, seminars and expos. Sherri is an international speaker and she has contributed to the writing of the first cannabis nursing textbook with her cannabis nurse colleagues that will be available in nursing schools across the country. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and founding member of The Cannabis Nurses Network and was nominated as one of two nurses for “Health Professional of the Year” for the 2020 New England Cannabis Convention. Sherri brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool. In the first part of this podcast, Sherri discusses her own background and connection to cannabinoid medicine. The tools she learned in her own journey enabled Sherri to cope with frequent and ongoing surgeries, procedures, treatments for her son Nicholas and advocate vociferously on his behalf. "When I'm presenting to people, I use myself as a case study. Because basically, prior to me getting ill, I had a history of migraine headaches, ADHD, and anxiety, that was managed with traditional medicine. I was functioning, I was healthy, single mother of three, child with a disability that we're going to talk about, but knowing that I had migraine headaches and at ADHD symptoms should have been a clear indicator that I had an Endocannabinoid deficiency. So everything that we do or don't do in our lives as far as health and wellness affects this neurotransmitter signaling system called the endocannabinoid system, and that the job of that system is to bring balance." She goes on to explain, "By the end before I discovered cannabis. I was on over 16 pharmaceuticals. So, as I've learned over time, if you're taking more than 10 pharmaceuticals, there's 100% chance of having an adverse drug reaction. Polypharmacy. I fit into that polypharmacy category. I am not anti pharma. However, what is really essential for people to understand when they are being prescribed pharmaceuticals is to ask those critical questions and to look at what side effects there are to look at the blackbox warning Okay, how many people have died? You know, what are the side effects, what are the adverse effects, you need to have knowledge knowledge is power. The other thing that people People don't realize is that a lot of pharmaceuticals have a drug nutrient depletion" She goes on to explain, " I have have a history of Polycystic Ovarian disease which is very interesting. And that yeah, that is considered to be a clinical Endocannabinoid deficiency diagnoses as well. So I had issues with fertility all along. ... And then my third pregnancy... it's interesting, you know I gained all kinds of weight and wasn't happy and I started changing my lifestyle when the babies came. And all of a sudden my reproductive system started to auto regulate. I was using specific supplements and nutrition. I changed my diet, I became vegan, I did a raw diet, and all of a sudden, I'm a fertile Myrtle. And before we know it, I'm pregnant with my third" From here, Sherri goes on to discuss the birth of Nicholas and the immediate realization that he had multiple issues of which she was not aware of up until the moment of his birth. She explained to me in writing prior to the recording of this episode, the following, "All of my births were traumatic experiences however this pregnancy was the best and the easiest. I had an uneventful healthy pregnancy. I broke my water 6 weeks early and when my first boy was born he was not breathing and they had to resuscitate him and over the course of my first postpartum days I learned that my son had a rare genetic disorder called Branchio-Oculo Facial Syndrome." BOFS is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Each child of an individual with BOFS has a 50% change of inheriting the variant. Nick’s dad carried the gene and at the time of diagnoses the gene had not been identified. She discusses the realization of impact, "you have these craniofacial anomalies that required over 15 surgeries, but the things that they said about mental retardation was not true. The surgical stuff they were able to do . I engaged upon a journey with him that I would do anything for him. It was kind of like, I just got to do this. And so he became my full time job. " I asked Sherri the question, "How did you do it? How did you handle this huge weight of reality repeatedly?" She explained, "I got back to really the basics of self care and being present and grounded. I had already have a lot of those spiritual tools. My son opened up the door to the unseen worlds for me, which is a whole other show. But literally, I kind of felt like and I know it sounds crazy, but I'm sure other mothers can agree or associate or identify.... that I just felt a really strong connection with him and being able to understand what his needs were even before he could communicate." She goes on to add, "it gets back to what I can and cannot control you know, even if I can't control my emotions, even if I'm out of control, like hysterical or anxiety-ridden or sad, I still can have the ability to control what I'm doing and not doing in my life. And so what I knew to be true was in order for me to be the best version of myself, I needed to do everything that I could to take care of myself. And that included my mental health." She goes on to say, "But he's a true miracle. I gave him every opportunity. And he basically showed me through his own actions and his kindness and compassion and his grit and his ability. The kid had so much resilience and he wanted to heal, you know, he's not mentally retarded, he got set up with the Deaf Services as we found out later, he doesn't have sensory neural hearing loss, he has a bone conduction hearing loss. And so he basically told me one day Mom, I want to smile with the rest of the kids. And I was like, oh, of course you do. How do I make that happen? And boy, that was a scary journey. We literally embarked upon the journey of having my boy get a smile." "The amazing craniofacial team at Boston Children's Hospital did an experimental surgery that is called facial reanimation. And basically they didn't know. They said it would evolve over time, would the nerve take and would it connect and would it work? So here we are... I don't know here we are going. Through 16 hours of surgery 10 days in the hospital, not knowing if this is going to work or not. That was another faith based thing. Honestly, you know, it's all you have, and then literally one morning when I was waking him up for school, all of a sudden he sits up in bed. He smiles. So he's really he's come a long way. He's 14 years old now. When he was in sixth grade, he said, I want to go to public school. Oh my god, how is he going to be able to go to public school? So I was like, Okay, let's try to make it happen. And we embarked on the journey of integrating him into the public system." Bringing us to current day, Sherri explains, "You know, he is thriving. He's finishing up the eighth grade this year. And his freshman year, next year in high school, he will be in the public school. He still has an IEP, he's going to be in all honors and advanced honors classes is number one subject Spanish. And one of the other thing is that, you know, oftentimes as parents, we may feel sorry for our kid and you may feel bad. He doesn't feel sorry for himself. He doesn't feel bad." A final quote, "So what can I control? I try to control other people. And we can't control anyone. We can't. And that's the part that was the biggest lesson that I learned. And he taught me that, he taught me where my power lies and where it doesn't lie and how to choose and pick my battles and what's important and what's not important. And in the grand scheme of life, when you can pull back from that and see, what am I doing to be the best version of myself, so I can help my child thrive?" Sherri's links: Green Nurse Group: https://www.greennursegroup.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenNurseSherri Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherri_tutkus/, https://www.instagram.com/greennursegroup/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Green_Nurses LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherri-tutkus-rn-bsn-912b7776/

Live from the 2019 New England Cannabis Convention held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston with Sherri Tutkus of the GreenNurse Group interviewing Mike Crawford on The Young Jurks show/podcast winning a journalism award. Subscribe > midnightmass.substack.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyoungjurks/support

The 5th annual New England Cannabis Convention is happening this weekend at the Hynes Convention Center. Co-Founder and CEO of NECANN, Jeff Lawrence, tells us what you can expect to see when you go.

Brit talks to Beth Waterfall about Women in Cannabis for Women's History Month. How many women are leading in the new US cannabis industry? Beth has advice for women thinking about transitioning into cannabis, and we tell our own stories of starting in cannabis journalism and marketing. Also, Brit tells the tale of Brownie Mary- a female MMJ pioneer. Beth is co-founder of Elevate NE, and the managing director of New England Cannabis Convention at the Hynes Convention Center, where Brit will be part of the Media Panel on 3/23/19.

The New England Cannabis Convention is celebrating it's fifth year of exhibitions this March 22-24 at the Hynes Auditorium. Marc Shepard is one of the founders of the regions largest exhibition of vendors and speakers in the region. In Part 1 of 4, Marc talks about the history of the event, and gives a sneak preview for this year's on In the Weeds with Jimmy Young

Stuart Zakim of the Marijuana Business Association out of NY joins Jimmy at the New England Cannabis Convention in Boston.

Elizabeth G. Dost is a registered nurse and senior health care executive with more than 20 years’ experience in the Boston area health care market. She is currently serving as a Senior Executive Health Care Consultant to Emerging Service Industries, most noticeably in Medical Cannabis.  Ms. Dost is a Cannabis Nurse and Nominating Committee member of the American Cannabis Nurse Association, Treasurer of the Society for Cannabis Clinicians’ newly formed east location, Clinical Director of the Massachusetts Patients Advocacy Alliance, and is the Chief Operating Officer of MJ&CO, a global cannabis company, while she also consults to private entities seeking to improve lives via the medical application of and safe access to Medical Cannabis. She is a registered participant of My Compassion and the Medical Cannabis Institute.  Beth has been a featured guest on radio, and nationally, as a presenter at Patients Out of Time, United Patients Group, Women Grow Boston and Phoenix, New England Cannabis Convention, annually for the Massachusetts Federation of Hospice and Palliative Care.  Ms. Dost lends her time for interviews to numerous media outlets including but not limited to DOPE Magazine, THC Tucson, and Hemp News for Patients Out of Time to name a few.  Ms. Dost was the Vice President and Executive Director of a non-profit, multi-site hospice company promoting a culture of compassion to all persons and their loved ones seeking end of life health care and support. Sound Health Options

Elizabeth G. Dost is a registered nurse and senior health care executive with more than 20 years’ experience in the Boston area health care market. She is currently serving as a Senior Executive Health Care Consultant to Emerging Service Industries, most noticeably in Medical Cannabis.  Ms. Dost is a Cannabis Nurse and Nominating Committee member of the American Cannabis Nurse Association, Treasurer of the Society for Cannabis Clinicians’ newly formed east location, Clinical Director of the Massachusetts Patients Advocacy Alliance, and is the Chief Operating Officer of MJ&CO, a global cannabis company, while she also consults to private entities seeking to improve lives via the medical application of and safe access to Medical Cannabis. She is a registered participant of My Compassion and the Medical Cannabis Institute.  Beth has been a featured guest on radio, and nationally, as a presenter at Patients Out of Time, United Patients Group, Women Grow Boston and Phoenix, New England Cannabis Convention, annually for the Massachusetts Federation of Hospice and Palliative Care.  Ms. Dost lends her time for interviews to numerous media outlets including but not limited to DOPE Magazine, THC Tucson, and Hemp News for Patients Out of Time to name a few.  Ms. Dost was the Vice President and Executive Director of a non-profit, multi-site hospice company promoting a culture of compassion to all persons and their loved ones seeking end of life health care and support. Sound Health Options

Kari has her car back for this leg of Workationing, and the ladies made it through Vermont, across the Canadian border and into their Airbnb in the Pointe St. Charles area of Montreal. Approximately a third of the way through the gentrification process, this neighborhood is about as diverse as they come. Plus, Jock is in town – the Gringas first met him in Medellin, and he randomly happens to be staying in Montreal for business. Fancy cars intermingle with crackie looking homeless people in the Pointe St. Charles neighborhood of Montreal. All the signs are in French and the local corner store looks like it’s recently been looted. The opioid crisis is clearly not isolated to America, and the situation is looking a little crackie. Still, this all feels a lot safer than Medellin, Colombia. The situation in Montreal felt so safe, in fact, that the ladies split up for the first time since starting Workationing in January. Kari drove down to Boston for the New England Cannabis Convention and Marijuana Policy Project fundraiser, and Kelly stayed in Montreal to go to a queer dance. Fun and shenanigans were had by all. The ladies talk about finding and/or creating an intentional community of travelers to tour the world (and split costs!) with, and talk about how their friendships with other digital nomads are different than some of their older friendships. Life on the road is definitely a lot different than life back at home. Overall Montreal is a beautiful city with terrible weather, and the ladies are impatiently waiting for summer to arrive. In the meantime, Kari and Kelly have been sampling the local How was their border crossing, and how long did it take? How many parking tickets is too many in Canada? To follow along in real time, see video/pics of the process, get Workationing tips and travel hacks, check out www.workationing.com. Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/workationing And Twitter: www.twitter.com/workationing  

The New England Cannabis Conventions is the region's largest business and education and event for the Medical Marijuana, Cannabis, and Hemp Industries. Pat went and reports on the experience.

Host Eli Harrington shares a recap of the New England Cannabis Convention (NECANN) 2017 at their third annual Boston show, this year held April 22-23 at the Hynes Convention Center in the heart of Boston. Listen to Marc Shepard, NECANN President & Co-Founder discuss how he's built New England's largest cannabis trade show and gathering, why and how NECANN is growing exponentially and evolving as an event, and how legal changes in Massachusetts and Maine are shaping the future of New England. Also hear interviews with convention participants themselves, including a chemist who talks about cannabis brain drain into legal states and the University of Vermont's pharmacology course offerings. Also hear from Corey Kupiec, the Vermont representative from the New England Veterans' Alliance (NEVA), who talked about what their organization is doing and the impact of events like NECANN for helping to create regional partnerships.

Marc Shepard is an active member of NORML, MassCann, and the Patient Advocacy Alliance. He is also co-founder of the New England Cannabis Convention: an extensive and affordable cannabis industry business conference that is returning to Boston this April. In the latest episode of our podcast, our podcast host TG Branfalt and Marc discuss the upcoming recreational markets in Massachusetts and Maine, what is likely to happen to the states' medical markets as recreational laws come online, how lawmakers and entrepreneurs are preparing for the changes, and more! For a full transcript: https://www.ganjapreneur.com/marc-shepard-preparing-legalization-new-england/

Say no to reefer madness. The Young Jurks live Saturdays, 6pm ET on www.wemfradio.com/live welcome their number 1 caller as a guest to the show, Dan the Man, with other live in-studio guests, Ellen Brown and Janine Donovan. Later in the show, The Young Jurks speak to Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol's Political Director, Will Luzier about the announcement that Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and Mass Governor Charlie Baker have formed a campaign to oppose legalization in Mass. Discussing Boston Herald Op-Ed that asks for "safe space" for Walsh because he's a reformed Alcoholic after CRMLA and many of us on twitter memed the hypocrites for backing booze while opposing cannabis regulation. Discuss Howie Carr, Boston Globe and next week's New England Cannabis Convention at the Hynes Convention Center.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyoungjurks/support

Grassroots Marketing speaks with Laura Beohner is President of The Healing Rose, an Organic Cannabinoid Wellness Brand. She is the Founder and Director of MA Hemp Coalition. Plant Medicine & Cannabis Activist. Basketball & Softball Coach. Twin Mom. BoD for Elevate Northeast & NOSHA.Using 100% natural ingredients and 99% organic ingredients, The Healing Rose line uses the finest ingredients to create the most therapeutic CBD salves and topicals. Helping a range of different conditions and ailments, you can check them out at http://thehealingroseco.com/ The Healing Rose Company, based in Massachusetts, handcrafts hemp-derived CBD infused body care products in small batches using natural and organic ingredients. They combine organic herbs and essential oils with hemp-derived, 100% THC-Free Phytocannabinoid Rich Hemp Oil with only high-quality organic kinds of butter & oils. They've spent countless hours developing formulas through extensive research & development. Their body care products are made with care in Andover, MA. Massachusetts-based cannabis and hemp advocate, educator and entrepreneur Laura Beohner is president and co-founder of The Healing Rose Company, which offers handcrafted organic body care products using full-spectrum CBD hemp oil. Organic is important for Beohner, because so many beauty and wellness products come with unwanted side effects. “When you use all-organic ingredients, you don't get those pesticides and heavy metals that are on so many cosmetic ingredients,” she says.Laura has spoken about cannabis, topicals, marketing, branding, entrepreneurship, and product development in the cannabis and hemp industries at the Boston Freedom Rally, Women Grow Boston, Women Grow Connecticut, New England Cannabis Convention, East Coast Cannabis Conference, New England Cannabis Convention, CannaCon Boston, Cannabis & Migraine Symposium and more.Laura co-founded Massachusetts Hemp Coalition and serves on the board of directors at Northeast Sustainable Hemp Association and Elevate New England (@elevatenewengland). She is a girls' basketball coach.She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Studies from Northeastern University and graduated from the Northeastern Institute of Cannabis. She's been featured in Boston Business Journal, New England Public Radio, Sensi Magazine, Emerald Magazine, The Enterprise, Marijuana Venture and more.