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CANNABIS Stop #2
SPOTLIGHT: in Our “Lift the
“Bill” Monroe, Banned” Tour
President, Presented by
Advocate, Inc Trulieve in
Naples, FL.
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MARCH 2019

Blockchain: The Nationwide

Solution to Cannabis Tracking

BY ADAM KEMPER, ESQ. have passed laws permitting medical
and/or adult use of cannabis require
What does cryptocurrency and some form of cannabis tracking so that
cannabis have in common? Besides regulators can monitor sales and usage
beginning with the letter “c,” neither is and ensure compliance within each
supported by traditional banks, both state’s regulatory framework.
have created emerging markets, both are Each state has different requirements
growing in popularity and intended to and there are a number of vendor
solve problems (but yet still misunder- options available. BioTrackTCH, Fran -
Dr. Kelly E. King
stood for their full potential and bene- well/Metrc, MJ Freeway and Kind
fits), and finally both are closely moni- Agrisoft are noted as the most popular
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ReleafMD and tored by the government. seed to sale tracking systems. With seed
While a medical marijuana commer-
to sale tracking, the idea is that every
Adam Kemper
Wellness Center, cial was prohibited from airing on Super plant grown is supposed to be recorded cannabis tracking systems from glitches
in a system which documents when it is
Bowl Sunday (which created some con-
troversy), there is no secret that cannabis processed, how it is processed, and when in the systems, to login issues, missing
Empowering is becoming more mainstream each day. it is sold to a customer or distributor. data, lags, etc. For example, growers
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Likewise, while Bitcoin made head- Therefore, a third party governmental have reported problems with the current
Patients with lines through its historical “bull run” in agent could review if a cannabis compa- traceability systems that have cost them
late 2017 and early 2018 and has been
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ny has complied with the state’s require-
more widely accepted in retail locations, ments and the company could benefit thousands of dollars in lost revenues.
Washington State reported lags, logging
Cannabis the underlying blockchain technology is from keeping accurate records of its har- issues, scrambling on shipping orders,
what everyone is talking about. vest yields and sales. etc., with its traceability system. Oregon
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Knowledge As of today, cannabis is still federally There have been numerous reports of has reported its fair share of issues with
illegal in the United States. States that issues with the current options for
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BY DANIEL CASCIATO

It was about a year ago when Dr. Kelly Hemp CBD vs. Marijuana CBD:
E. King founded ReLeafMD and Wellness
Center, a medical cannabis clinic located
in Brandon, Florida. ReleafMD can also Cutting Through the Confusion
recommend medical marijuana treat-
ment plans in California and New York,
although her primary focus has been cer- BY CAROL NEWMAN traces of CBD (around 3.5%)
tifying patients for medical cannabis in while marijuana-based CBD can
Florida. Dr. King first came to Florida in With its newfound fame, have up to 18 - 20% or more and
2004 as an officer in the Air Force sta- many medical marijuana is often balanced with THC to
tioned at Macdill Air Force Base in patients believe cannabidiol encourage a reaction known as
Tampa. (CBD) has the most medici- the “entourage effect”. This
She is now a disabled Air Force nal benefits of all cannabis occurs when both cannabinoids
Veteran and has been an Internist for compounds - but did you function synergistically to
over 17 years. Dr. King decided to transi- know there are actually two heighten the medicinal effects of
tion her practice from hospital medicine types of CBD on the mar- these products.
to medical cannabis because she saw a ket? One created from While not as potent, hemp-
need for alternatives to many of the cur- hemp, the other from mari- based CBD products are still use-
rent medications available to patients juana. ful and should be considered
such as narcotics, benzodiazepines, anti- Sounds confusing right? more of a health supplement.
inflammatories and anti-anxiety medica- Due to almost a century of The best part is that with no
tions. She wanted to be able to provide misinformation about can - THC content, these products can
access and safe treatment plans for na bis, the distinction between cannabis perties like THC known to produce be found in health food stores all over the
patients who desired to use medical and its two primary species - hemp and intoxicating effects. When it comes to country – legal in all 50 states. The differ-
cannabis for conditions such as seizures, marijuana - has become so unclear that hemp, the stalks and seeds are the tar- ences are perfectly natural and won’t
chronic pain and PTSD. some even consider the three to be one gets of this crop. In fact, for cannabis to cause any issues, so just think of hemp
“Over the years, I have treated many and the same. be considered hemp, it must have no CBD as more of a vitamin and bud-based
patients with a lot of medications. As an However, it’s the distinction between more than 0.3 percent THC. products as pharmaceutical grade.
internal medicine physician that is a lot CBD derived from marijuana flower and Although marijuana CBD oil and hemp
of what we do—prescribe pills,” says Dr. CBD from hemp plants that sets them oil are both low in THC, the difference in Courtesy of the KNOX Medical Research
King. “But medical cannabis has been an apart. Marijuana is harvested for its the amount of CBD these products con- Team. For more information, visit
buds, which contains psychoactive pro - tain is huge. Hemp oils contain lower www.knoxmedical.com.
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