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2019 and the Why
Emily Wood

Social Media and of Cannabis News Florida

Content A lot of people have
Marketing Manager, asked me why I am so pas- Happy
sionate about Cannabis
Trulieve and why I took the leap to New Year

start Cannabis News 2019!
Florida. Well here goes …
What benefits do you see for
patients throughout Florida I have been in and out of
within this space? the hospital for more than
I see patients gaining access to quali- 15 years with chronic
ty medicine and getting relief naturally blood clots in my legs. I
without the harsh side effects of phar- Emily Wood have had a number of sur-
maceuticals. geries that have kept me

What motivates you to be a part of the Cannabis Industry? off my feet for weeks (even months) at a time. But it all ended with the same
I truly believe we are curbing the opioid epidemic with medical cannabis thing to make me feel better. OPIOIDS.
and I am lucky enough to see it firsthand. I never imagined my life would be tolerable, if I didn’t have my pain meds to
keep me going each day. Was I addicted to them — no. But I could not function
What field are you in within the Cannabis space? because of the pain without them.
I am in the social media and digital marketing field. So one day I headed over to a Cannabis Law event to help my father out, man-

How can people in Florida benefit from the company you ning his booth and handing out newspapers. (And for that one in a million who
represent? doesn’t know who he is — he’s Charles Felix, Publisher, South Florida Hospital
They can find relief naturally with the largest selection of quality medical News & Healthcare Report.) While at that event I met several people in the CBD
cannabis products! Trulieve is unique because they test all products through business and they said I had to give it a try. Of course my first reaction was, “how
a third party lab and provide the lab results to patients. could I ever completely give up my pain medication.”) I wasn’t convinced. But I

How did you get started within the cannabis industry? went home that night and decided I really had nothing to lose. So I did and in
I was working on Capitol Hill in 2015 when the opioid epidemic became about 45 minutes, my “normal” pain had eased, similar to the way I felt when I
a nationwide state of emergency and in the same year I had a very close had taken an opioid — but without the opiate. Then the next day I told my dad
friend of mine die of an opioid overdose. From then on I was determined to to give it a try for his bad back and he also felt relief. So I can honestly say from
be a part of curbing the opioid epidemic. Fast forward to 2017, I became that point forward I worked with my doctor to get off all opioids and just use
familiar with Trulieve and saw a news story about patients "finding relief nat- CBD and Medical Cannabis. And for the past year and half, I have not taken cold
urally" and I was determined. I applied for a job and ever since I have been
with Trulieve. meds, pain meds, Tylenol or anything except CBD and Cannabis.
So when I say I am passionate about this business, it’s not just to produce a
Are you personally a MJ card holder? much need industry publication. It is to educate other
I am. Floridians on why I feel Cannabis saved my life and took
the opioids out of my hand.
Do you see Florida moving forward with recreational
Marijuana/Cannabis and how will that affect your busi- Here’s to an amazing 2019 of educating, informing and
ness?
It's going to be very interesting to see how this industry evolves in United
States and I know Trulieve, now and in the future, is committed to quality
and access.
Andrew Felix

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