Canna Convos

In this episode of the Canna Convos Series, Joey Gilkerson joins us to discuss the growth of our location.

In one of our more technical episodes, we bring you, Tim Gunther. A compliance guru within an industry with a regulatory system that is brand new, ever-changing and difficult to navigate, Tim has helped the Peninsula team go from GOOD from GREAT over the last several years.

.Jacquie is a successful entrepreneur and creator of strategic and tactical brand resources for innovative business growth and founder of two cannabis industry companies: CannabizMD (CBMD) and Tea Pad. She’s a member of the nation’s first graduate program in medical cannabis at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.

Alec Bassen was born and raised in New York and eventually moved to Colorado to pursue the cannabis industry in 2013. He found a job in an extraction lab in Boulder Colorado and worked his way up to lead extractor.

By 2015, he was doing small consulting jobs while managing and designing a lab for a bakery, Loves Oven. Soon after Loves Oven, he got a job offer to build a lab on the East Coast in 2018 for Green Leaf Medical, which he took to move closer to New York to be closer to old friends and family.

In this unique pop-up podcast, we met with Theresa Svoboda from Vireo Health and various pro-cannabis veteran advocates from all over PA and MD on Veterans Day. From the tour of Vireo's grow facility to the shooting of this unique and extremely important podcast, Theresa was integral in putting this all together.

We are back again this time with Head of Vegetation and Genetics at Shore Natural Rx, a cultivation facility based out of Bishopville MD right here on the Eastern Shore.

Laura Barrett-Nutting, RN, BSN, MBA, is a wellness and certified cannabis nurse who brings over 20 years of experience helping patients cope with critical illness and chronic disease. Her enthusiasm for wellness and natural healing led her to explore the multiple medical cannabis/cannabinoid options available. Laura works with Maryland providers, patients, and caregivers to educate, inform, and collaborate to find the best alternatives for improving lives.

On our final episode of Season 1, former Patient Consultant now Patient Services Manager gives us insight into the true day to day life of a dispensary agent.

In this engaging and insightful conversation, Donnie explains exactly what it's like being a Patient Consultant at Peninsula Alternative Health. Anywhere from forming new bonds and helping individuals thrive, to missed lunch breaks, to patient passings, the job of a PC is not easy.

See what PAH plans on doing to help better serve their community as well as what is in store for season 2 of the podcast!

From growing up in Bethesda, MD and then graduating from the University of Miami in FL in 2011, to now currently residing in Annapolis, Mike is a co-founder of Chesapeake Alternatives which won processing and dispensary licenses in Maryland.  After Chesapeake Alternatives was acquired by GTI last year Mike started two new companies, Karuna Ventures and Cardozo Strategies, which operate in both the domestic and international cannabis markets.  Mike is also involved in political advocacy and legislative issues facing the industry at the the municipal, state, and federal levels.

Be sure to check out this episode as it encompasses the greater scope of the industry and not just our state! A lot of amazing information in this one we had to push it an extra 30 minutes!

We are back again! This time with our first ever duo, Carrie Kirk and Joshua Crossney.