The CannaBS Detector

BS Topics:

• Cura Cannabis sues 20 social media accounts for $10 Million in lost sales
• The darker side of cannabis parties and female exploitation in the industry
• Some of my personal experiences as a young woman in the industry
• Founder of Bay Area charity for children arrested for trying to have sex with 14-year-old girl
• Michigan gives 98 dispensaries 72 hours to liquidate and shut down UPDATE the dispensaries were able to get an injunction to give them a few more weeks to shut down

Links to Articles:

• Cura Cannabis Sues...
• Dan Bilzerian Tweet About DOPE Mag Reporter
• Founder of Bay Area charity for children arrested for trying to have sex with 14-year-old girl
• Update on the Michigan news - the dispensaries were able to get an injunction to give them a few more weeks to shut down -

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Epidolex CBD - Friend or Foe? You Decide.

Cancer Survivor ~ International Cannabinoid Cancer Research Institutes/Domestic Animal Research Ctr. Co-Founder/Director

We all knew the pharmaceutical industry would step into the world of Medicinal Cannabis and take over with a bang, but we did not expect it to happen with a whirlwind of professionals voicing concerns globally. Questions are looming about dosing, increased seizures in patients, a death in the trials to seizures, and even other epilepsy drugs that combined with this one can be life-threatening. Even the likes of Professor Raphael Mechoulam, the Israeli organic chemist and professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel who first isolated and identified THC in the 1960's and discovered the Endocannabinoid System 3 decades later, created panels and meeting from across the Atlantic to here in California this coming week, and will address this at the huge CannX conference he hosts every year in his country. Dr. David Bearman of the American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine has been invited to give his input there.

Liz Minda, cannabis advocate and nurse, the mother of Jadyn with Severe Intractable Epilepsy stated, "Epidiolex was the last pharmaceutical we tried and it failed for seizure cessation. Full spectrum cannabis oil stopped seizures and gave her a brighter cognitive and physical ability every day. The best Leap of Faith I have ever taken. Currently, for the last 12 months Jadyn is on CBD only, not Epidiolex!" I was part of her compassion crew that helped wean Jadyn from GW's CBD to the plant - and it's nowhere near the same. It seems that many are quite upset at the fact that Pharmaceutical CBD will be compared to Hemp derived and Cannabis Flower derived CBD products that do not cause the problems nor carry side effect warnings such as GW Pharmaceuticals has been forced to put on it's product by the F.D.A., take a look - you decide. Would you take this drug as a replacement for pharmaceuticals? Would you consider it a 'good representation' of the 'dangers' of Cannabis products? How many of us want these type of warnings blasted out on TV advertisements for the drug creating a new "Reefer Madness 2019" in which people that are considering cannabis as medicine will then change their mind. Approval of a drug, or a way to scare consumers away?

WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS (From FDA Website) Hepatocellular Injury: EPIDIOLEX can cause transaminase elevations. (LIVER DAMAGE) Concomitant use of valproate and higher doses of EPIDIOLEX increase the risk of transaminase elevations. See Full Prescribing Information for serum transaminase and bilirubin monitoring recommendations. (5.1) Somnolence and Sedation: Monitor for somnolence and sedation and advise patients not to drive or operate machinery until they have gained sufficient experience on EPIDIOLEX. (5.2) Suicidal Behavior and Ideation: Monitor patients for suicidal behavior and thoughts. (5.3) Hypersenstivity Reactions: Advise patients to seek immediate medical care.(5.4) Withdrawal of Antiepileptic Drugs: EPIDIOLEX should be gradually withdrawn to minimize the risk of increased seizure frequency and status epilepticus.

LET ME INTERRUPT: Status epilepticus (which kills nearly 50,000 people per year, Olympian "FloJo" died of seizures/status in her sleep) is caused by discontinuing a cannabis product? Since when does stopping a cannabis created product CAUSE the problem you're treating? Since when is CBD addictive? Never... but when does a pharmaceutical cause us problems? When are they addictive? Daily.

(5.5) ADVERSE REACTIONS: The most common adverse reactions (10% or more for EPIDIOLEX and greater than placebo) are: somnolence; decreased appetite; diarrhea; transaminase elevations; fatigue, malaise, and asthenia; rash; insomnia, sleep disorder, and poor quality sleep; and infections. (6.1). (ALL of the above will be 'disclaimed' in Television and print advertisements, and quickly the world will liken CBD itself to Big Pharma's version)

USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS: Pregnancy: Based on animal data, may cause fetal harm. I'm not sure how you're deciding on this one but for me this is quite obvious. It's not CBD that does these things to people, it's pharmaceuticals. It's not the plant that would ever cause these problems - it's pharmaceuticals. Leave it to that industry to dirty the name of a plant that saves and changes lives daily. We as a movement to legalize nature should not step back and watch, once again, as Big Pharma creates a cannabis medicine and it's scheduled way down the list like Marinol (Synthetic THC) which has been a Schedule 3 since 1985. Epidolex proposal is at Schedule 4.

How possibly can our country's leadership sleep at night with the plant these drugs came from still schedule 1 while our citizens fight death defying illness and fight to gain access to a plant to become "Illegally Healed"?

Guest Bio and Social Media Links:

Mike Robinson, the Director of Communications for The American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine, is a Multiple Cancer survivor that's used cannabis oils extensively as well for Severe epilepsy, Chronic Lyme Disease, PTSD, and in pain management. Over the last 5 years Mike has shared his journey and analytics on cannabinoid medicine research globally while assisting patients and clinicians during his own journey. The co-founder and Director of the International Cannabinoid Cancer Research Institutes, joined by some of the top research doctors and experts across the globe, Robinson brings vision to the future of Cannabis as Medicine. As well, he's founded The Domestic Animal Research Center that focuses on Cannabinoid Medicine for all vertebrates, including livestock and zoo animals.

An extensive background includes being an effective leader of a large Cannabis compassion program providing to the disadvantaged that treated countless medicinal cannabis consumers with various alternative protocol treatments, Robinson is also a published journalist and research analyst. Historically a former Registered Ca. State Lobbyist 1997 and Pro-bono non-attorney representative for children with disabilities nationwide for over 2 decades, a former member of the Board of Directors for Big Brothers and Sisters, the founder and board member of multiple nonprofits that advocate/advocated for the rights of disabled children, and most important, the Dad of one of his former compassion patients that he's taken on as his own daughter.

https://www.mikesmedicines.com/medical-marijuana/the-cannabis-lovestory/

Mike Robinson Linkedin

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My producer, Barry Krauss, introduces himself and interviews me on why I made The CannaBS Detector Podcast.

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This Week's BS Links:

Watch out for fake Sanjay Gupta - Tree of Knowledge

United Cannabis corp gets sued - Sue and Be Sued -

This Week's Episode:

We are talking about some serious BS on this episode, folks. Let me tell you about Calaveras County, CA and the abrupt and logic-defying political reversal they made by deciding to enact a ban on all commercial cannabis activities after allowing the permitting of over 300 cultivators and accepting millions in taxes and fees. Why the sudden change of heart? 2 newly appointed anti-cannabis Board of Supervisors.

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Guest Bio:

George Grafer has over 5 years in commercial cannabis cultivation and is the principal owner of Kola Farms. George has successfully operated one of Calaveras County's largest cannabis operations and brought products to market. Additionally, Mr. Grafer also oversees the manufacturing of concentrates and marketing of cannabis products primarily to Northern California dispensaries. In addition to cannabis related products George and his wife Raquel have a wine label under the Kola Farms group brand-name. George is now expanding Kola Farms operations throughout Northern California including a hub with multiple facilities in Solano County.

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Kola Farms Instagram

Kola Farms Store

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My guest, Luke Zimmerman, of the Law Offices of Luke Zimmerman APC, filed the first state cannabis trademark on Jan 2, 2018, followed by many more applications since then. Luke is one of those hip, bearded, college professor type guys that knows exactly how to relate cannabis to IP law because he has been studying, watching and waiting for when these 2 paths collide, and they are colliding my friends. While editing and getting this week's episode ready, the first cannabis patent lawsuit was filed by United Cannabis Corporation. While this episode doesn't go too into detail about plant patents, we do go into detail about how and where IP law applies in the cannabis industry - from trademarking strain names(CULTIVARS), to why you want to do some due diligence on your lawyer before they file federal trademarks for you(hint - YOU CAN'T FILE FEDERAL TRADEMARKS FOR CANNABIS TOUCHING PRODUCTS), how apples, roses and cannabis have a lot in common patent-wise, and more!

Links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukeszimmerman/

https://www.wiscontext.org/rise-apple-clubs-and-trademark-varieties-fruit

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Oh man. I just opened a barrel of lawsuits with this conversation. I'm sincerely worried that this episode is going to add gas to the inevitable cannabis lawsuit fire of 2018...First, I want to give it up to my man, Ian Stewart for an awesome and incredibly illuminating interview! Ian is a Partner in Wilson Elser's Los Angeles office. He is chair of the Wilson Elser's Cannabis Law Practice Team. We met while serving as chairs for the C.L.A.B. LA chapter in 2017.

Ian didn't skip a beat when it came to answering my questions. Do you know why that is? It's because the questions I asked aren't new, and now they are a reality. The main catalyst for the impending wave of lawsuits: a little thing called LEGALIZATION. Legalization provides a uniquely challenging set of regulations to adhere to, making this industry a juicy target for litigious people/companies/firms. Shit is about to get ugly. I mean, even I was getting excited at the thought of suing a bunch of companies for misrepresentation so I can afford to chill on the beach for the rest of my life...

Topics:

Class action lawsuits

Competition lawsuits

Consumers suing technology

Consumers suing companies

Companies suing the local government

Companies suing companies

Companies suing labs

Labs suing labs

Legalization = Compliance = Lawsuits

Lessons:

1. Paper Up
2. Lawyer Up
3. Want to make big money in the cannabis industry? Become a lawyer!
4. In cannabis, it's: compliance and/or financial death

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