Today Lex speaks with Ashley Picillo. She's an author and entrepreneur who co-wrote the book “Breaking the Grass Ceiling: Women, Weed & Business.” The book is a collection of true stories about women seeking their fortunes in the cannabis world. Ashley also runs her own cannabis consulting firm called Point7, so she has lots of insight for anybody trying to get in on the action.

https://www.pointsevengroup.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Grass-Ceiling-Women-Business/dp/1541096592

Women in Weed #1.

Betty Aldworth is the executive director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP). She talks about her experiences as a woman in the world of weed and activism, as well as the power and ambition of today's youth who are tackling the Western World's irrational attitudes towards cannabis and other drugs. If you want a first-hand look at how (and why) attitudes are changing, this episode is for you.

https://ssdp.org

https://twitter.com/bettyaldworth

Richie Ogulnick is one of the big proponents of Ibogaine, a psychedelic drug famous for battling addiction. He talks about his discovery of the iboga plant, his trip to Cameroon to learn more about it, and his years of teaching people about what he's learned.

Richie also founded the International Children's Awareness Network.

https://www.facebook.com/richard.ogulnick

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Julian Vayne, an author & occultist, talks about the history of drugs and magick. He also highlights some of the important idea from his new book on creating psychedelic ceremonies.

his book:

https://psychedelicpress.co.uk/products/getting-higher-psychedelic-julian-vayne

trailer for his book:

https://vimeo.com/210684370

his blog:

https://theblogofbaphomet.com/

"A holistic healer integrating therapy, yoga and spiritual awareness."

Lex chats with Migs of the American Veterans service organization about the work that they do and their recent decision to publicly call for the medical use of cannabis by veterans.

Twitter: @AmVETSHQ

"Join the Conversation"

http://amvets.org/

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Bodick discusses the near-death experience that initiated his journey as an author & explorer who writes about shamanism and plant medicines.

Jonathan Miller is a wideranging lawyer. He studied at Harvard and acted as the general counsel to the U.S. Hemp Farming and Business Roundtable. Miller also played the straight man on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, made it to the last table in the World Series of Poker and wrote the peer-reviewed article 'The Evolving Law and Regulation of Industrial Hemp in the United States'.

Julie Holland is a psychiatrist, author, medical monitor for MDMA and cannabis research, a harm reductionist, and forensic consultant. She wrote the book "Moody Bitches" (and a few others). This is a GREAT chat. Julie has a dynamic and passionate mind, and you don't want to miss this conversation.

Her Twitter handle is @BellevueDoc

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Today Lex speaks with Morris Beegle, a hemp entrepreneur, outspoken activist, and generally busy guy who has been involved in business, media, and events for years now.

Here are just a few places where you can find him on the web:

twitter: @morrisbeegle

http://nocohempexpo.com/category/news/

www.coloradohempcompany.com

www.treefreehemp.com

www.nocohempexpo.com

www.hempevents.org

www.letstalkhemp.com

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