We previously had on Cynthia Brewer, the director of operations for Evio Labs Florida and this episode Robert Roundtree speaks with Chris Martinez, the co-founder and President of Evio Labs Florida. Since Cynthia first introduced The Marijuana Solution listeners to Evio Labs, a lot has happened. Evio has received ISO certification on its Davie lab, and the newly opened Gainesville lab and a bunch of other great things.

This is close to an hour of everything you need to know about third party testing in Florida. There are only a handful of dispensaries in Florida that provide third party lab results, and only one that has made it very easy from the beginning, and that’s Trulieve. Some companies actually do not test the products. With testing rules coming down the pipeline, Chris gives us some insight into the types of standards that we can expect in the Sunshine State.

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Emily Wood, Trulieve’s social media manager is the guest on the 79th episode of The Marijuana Solution. Emily joins the show to talk about the challenges that cannabis companies face on social media. With cannabis still being federally illegal, most social media platforms have strict rules for content that is allowed. Educating patients and engaging them online is not as easy as it would be for a company like Publix, or CVS. Emily does an excellent job navigating the social media waters for the states number one dispensary and her expertise has helped create the largest, most engaged page in the state of Florida.

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This episode, the organizers of the Florida Medical Cannabis Conference, Jill Giles and Dawn Yarnell give a sneak peak at what to expect for this year’s three day cannabis industry conference and expo.

This show was previously recorded, and since the recording it has been announced that Governor Ron Desantis will be speaking on the legislative panel

Conference Bio from the Website.

The Florida Medical Cannabis Conference is designed to provide unprecedented education, new cannabis experiences and networking opportunities under one roof. The Florida Medical Cannabis Conference features inspiring presentations with both 1:1 as well as, group sessions for patients and physicians in an open Exhibit Hall with the best the industry has to offer from dispensaries to various cannabis products. 

Now, with a growing body of research from across the world and much evidence on the positive benefits of “cannabis as medicine,” more physicians are showing greater interest in patient recommendations. We strategically select keynote speakers, innovators and expert panels to extend multiple layers of support to Florida’s growing patient registry (170k+).  Our mission is to ensure each presenter does not overlap information and provides content that will help your business grow and your patients find success with medical cannabis.

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Eric has been a pioneer of the Florida medical marijuana program since his days as a University of Miami student. This podcast gives a good background and idea about his passion for medical cannabis in Florida. Originally from Massachusetts, he’s now a Floridian. As the managing director of Florida for Care, he is here to tell us what the organization is looking to accomplish in 2019, and what they accomplished in 2018.

@strainslayer joins us to discuss the Florida medical marijuana program from the patients perspective. He is a patient advocate and educator that provides content on social media and his website StrainSlayer.com.

David is an Army Veteran that I met in Trulieve as a recipient of a Sunshine Compassion free medical marijuana recommendation. I wanted to bring him on to speak about his amazing story. He will also be helping launch The Veteran Solution Podcast featuring veterans issues and guests.

Talal Tshaidat is the Liberty Health Sciences Chief Sciences Officer. Liberty Health Sciences is a medical marijuana treatment center located in Gainesville Florida.

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture-Elect Nikki Fried joins The Marijuana Solution for a third appearance. She came on to discuss the heated topic of medical marijuana users and the 2nd amendment. There is so much confusion surrounding this issue. Can you be a Florida medical marijuana patient and apply for a concealed weapons permit? What about a Class G/D/K that security professionals carry? What happens when you go to renew your concealed carry permit after obtaining a Florida medical marijuana card? These are just some of the topics that get covered in a short podcast that is a preview to a longer video interview that will dig deeper into the details about these issues.

Some of the other topics covered on this episode are the Hemp Farm Bill and how it will affect Florida. Is the state of Florida even going to allow a hemp program, and what would it look like? Nikki also gives The Marijuana Solution listeners her top five priorities when assuming the role of Commissioner of Agriculture on January 9th.

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Victoria Walker joins Robert Roundtree for episode 71 to give a year end recap of Trulieve’s progress in Florida, and a sneak peak at what’s in store for 2019. Victoria is the Director of Marketing and Community Outreach, and she has played an instrumental role in Trulieve’s success going from startup to scale. We also ask Victoria what her personal favorite products are, you may be surprised.

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R Gage Amsler, author of The Strains of War, joins Robert Roundtree for the second appearance on The Marijuana Solution. While on tour in Afghanistan, with snow lightly covering the Hindu Kush region, Gage and his team spot a handful of beautiful cannabis plants that were chock full of seeds.

The genetics are now back in the US and being developed for release as free clones to veterans for home grown medicine. This is an hourlong podcast that every veteran an dcannabis enthusiast must listen to. We will continue to have Gage back on in the future. The pictures below are the ones that Gage speaks about during the podcast.

Gage and his team.

Gage seeds recovered from the Hindu Kush Valley and brought back to the United States.

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