Nabis with Co-Founder and Co-CEO Vince Ning today Founded in 2017 by Vince C. Ning and Jun S. Lee, Nabis has quickly established itself as the leading cannabis wholesale platform in California. Nabis supports the largest portfolio of brands in the world, exclusively supplying over 100 brands to over 99% of CA’s dispensaries. Vince and Jun bring years of experience in enterprise software combined with a deep passion and understanding of cannabis. They started out as delivery drivers, moving products to dispensaries to build Nabis from the ground up. Prior to starting Nabis, Vince began his career as an engineer at Microsoft before founding a software company called Scaphold, which was later acquired by Amazon. Jun started as an engineer at Facebook before founding an artificial intelligence company called Allganize. 

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Ask Growers with Communications Manager Tia Moskalenko today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on Cannabis Radio. Our next guest is a cannabis journalist and enthusiast who is a regular contributor to the likes of Benzinga, Insider, Green Entrepreneur. She has interviewed over 100 cannabis brands and growers and she also represents a publication designed to familiarize readers with top products, help them find the brands that fit their needs, and provide timely information about the craft culture of cannabis. AskGrowers is a legal cannabis product and marketing website, providing readers with regional grower and manufacturer profiles, top brands and products (everything from flowers to cookies), where to buy them, and informative customer reviews. AskGrowers keeps readers educated and informed about all available brands in their region and enables manufacturers to speak directly to consumers and tell their stories.

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Durée & Company with the president and CEO Durée Ross today on Blunt Business only on Cannabis Radio. Our next guest has since been setting the bar for excellence in PR, serving the corporate, agency, and nonprofit arenas for local, national, and international clients. An award-winning entrepreneur, she has been nationally recognized for her ability to develop winning strategies and successfully deliver creative campaigns for clients. Her firm’s work in the cannabis space has resulted in a growing list of clients, from processing facilities to consumer products sold in big-box retailers. Psychedelics (also known as hallucinogens) are a class of psychoactive substances that produce changes in perception, mood, and cognitive processes. According to market researcher Data Bridge, the psychedelic drugs market is projected to reach $6.85 billion by 2027.

Durée & Company with the president and CEO Durée Ross today on Blunt Business only on Cannabis Radio. Our next guest has since been setting the bar for excellence in PR, serving the corporate, agency, and nonprofit arenas for local, national, and international clients. An award-winning entrepreneur, she has been nationally recognized for her ability to develop winning strategies and successfully deliver creative campaigns for clients. Her firm’s work in the cannabis space has resulted in a growing list of clients, from processing facilities to consumer products sold in big-box retailers. Psychedelics (also known as hallucinogens) are a class of psychoactive substances that produce changes in perception, mood, and cognitive processes. According to market researcher Data Bridge, the psychedelic drugs market is projected to reach $6.85 billion by 2027.

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Artemis Holdings Group LLC with Founder and Board Chair of Council for Federal Cannabis Regulation Sheri Orlowitz today on Blunt Business only on Cannabis Radio. Our next guest is an experienced entrepreneur, venture capitalist, turn-around expert, board director, corporate leader, attorney, and former federal prosecutor. She represents an organization that will speak about, looks to “ensure that federal regulations are informed by and grounded in science, best business practices, sound public policy, and social justice principles.” As an emerging industry with sky-high revenue projections, lofty social-justice promises, and ground rules currently being written from scratch, no business in America prompts ready comparisons to Silicon Valley like legal cannabis. They speak about exponential growth fueled by the beginning of adult-use sales in East Coast states like New York and the potential of a legal national market, as the U.S. Senate for the first time seriously debates federal legalization while California and Oregon canna-businesses are being squeezed by high taxes, low margins, and oversupply as companies large and small rush to enter the fray.

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What's Next for Cannabis in 2022-Part 2: What Federal Government Will Get Done to Help the Cannabis Industry in 2022. Cannabis CEOs aren't waiting around for the US government to legalize. Some are eyeing international markets for expansion. The CEOs say they expect narrow reform around banking ahead of legalization. If you really wanted to create an industry that’s dependent on gangs and cartels, make it all cash. It’s almost like the system that is there now is oriented towards promoting things that we don’t want,” said Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), speaking at The Hill’s Regulating Cannabis event. If you own or operate a cannabis-related business, don’t expect to jump on the refinancing bandwagon the next time home loan interest rates drop. In fact, your best bet is probably to purchase your home—and any other assets—outright, in cash. Because cannabis is still federally illegal, FDIC-insured banks are unlikely to consider income from a marijuana business in a mortgage application, which eliminates the possibility of homeownership for many cannabis business owners. If you can’t afford to buy a home without financing, you may need a cosigner, and you’ll probably pay higher rates and fees to offset your apparent risk. In that same vein, cannabis businesses can’t generally apply for standard business loans, removing a layer of financial protection that’s available to most entrepreneurs.

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What's Next for Cannabis in 2022-Part 1: New Disruptors in Cannabis: The Rise of Psychedelics and New Cannabinoids. Studies of MDMA, ketamine, psilocybin mushrooms, and other psychedelics have shown tremendous potential for therapeutic applications. In May 2021, Nature Medicine published the results of the most advanced trial of psychedelic therapy to date. In our Phase 3 trial of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, 88% of participants who received MDMA in conjunction with trauma-focused therapy experienced a clinically significant reduction in symptoms; 67% of participants no longer met the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis. Many participants reported MDMA-assisted therapy helped them address the root cause of their trauma for the first time. Using a process his lab developed in 2015, Chang Lu, the Fred W. Bull Professor of Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering, is helping his Virginia Commonwealth University collaborators study the epigenomic effects of psychedelics. Their findings give insight into how psychedelic substances like psilocybin, mescaline, LSD, and similar drugs may relieve symptoms of addiction, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The drugs appear to work faster and last longer than current medications — all with fewer side effects.

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Zoned Properties with Chief Executive Officer Bryan McLaren today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on Cannabis Radio. Mr. McLaren is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Zoned Properties, a strategic real estate development firm whose primary mission is to provide real estate and sustainability services for the regulated cannabis industry. McLaren has a strong professional background in the social, economic, and environmental development of complex business organizations. For more than a decade he has successfully implemented programs and projects for corporate and community organizations. McLaren holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Ethics Studies from the University of San Diego, a Masters of Sustainable Development from Northern Arizona University, an Executive Masters in Business Leadership from Arizona State University, and an MBA from Marylhurst University.

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Medical Marijuana, Inc. & Kannaway with CEO Blake Schroeder today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on Cannabis Radio. Our next guest has extensive business experience in the nutrition industry ranging from legal and regulatory insight to overseeing all aspects of global sales, product development, marketing, distribution, and operations. He now oversees the world’s first-ever cannabis-derived nutraceutical products, brands, and supply chain. Blake recently stepped into the role of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and President of MJNA replacing Stuart Titus. Before the appointment, he handled international market development, financial performance management, product development, rebranding efforts, and operational development of the Company as a whole. We have enjoyed speaking with Stuart over the years here on Cannabis Radio since our inception.

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Urban-Gro With Sam Andras SVP of Design Services today on Blunt Business with Jorge Hermida only on Cannabis Radio. Our next guest is the Executive Vice President of Professional Services, a fully integrated architecture, engineering, and cultivation systems integration company serving the commercial cannabis and food-focused Controlled Environment Agriculture sector. To date, he has been involved in the design of over 100 cultivation projects and 50 dispensary facilities in 21 states and three countries, totaling over 8 million square feet. Urban-gro Inc. recently closed on acquiring MJ12 Design Studio and parent company, 2WR+ Partners of which you are senior principal and partner. You now serve on the executive leadership team, heading Urban-gro's architecture, engineering, and design offering. We talk about Sam's entry into a fast-growing publicly traded cannabis company.

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