Now that the money has arrived, we can throw all that dirtbag shamanism out the window, along with the unenvironmentally friendly disposable vape cartridges and depleted lithium/nickel cadmium batteries ’cause, hey, the money has arrived and any semblance of that hippie ethos could scare away consumers. If any dispensary owners are reading this…it’s understood a business has to make money to continue. But how about some of you old hippies try to bring it beyond consumerism and more back to the roots? After appraising the nerd factor percentage at the MJ BizCon in Vegas last week, it was obvious marijuana no longer resembles the generations of stoners that held down the fort long enough for JP Morgan to buy in. Reply
All deserving women, but had to believe Dr. Bonni Goldstein is not on it. She is one of the top MD’s in the world in the medical use of cannabis. She has treated over 5,000 patients over the last 20 years. Truly a pioneer in the cannabis world. Reply
Cara Christ? This list is a sham. “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” Albert Einstein Reply
CBE- Remove Cara Christ from this list. Your inclusion of Cara Christ – the Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, or AZDHS, and former Deputy Director – is a slap in the face to all members of the cannabis community and those highly qualified other women on the list, and reveals an utter lack of any serious inquiry on the qualifications for the list Christ has denied every single petition submitted to add new qualifying conditions to the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (“AMMA”), rejecting at least 28 petitions submitted over the past 4 years. She opposed adding PTSD as a new condition – denying our veterans and women who suffer from PTSD as a result of domestic violence and sexual abuse – from the right to safely access medicinal cannabis for their PTSD symptoms. Fortunately, someone who should be on the list but isn’t – Cannabis Nurse Heather (Heather Manus, RN, the Founder and President of the Arizona Cannabis Nurses Association), single-handedly took the AZDHS and Christ to court…and won! She is also the longest serving medical director for a medical cannabis dispensary and among the first certified cannabis nurses in the US. Christ testified against inclusion of PTSD even though she admitted under cross-examination that she has no expertise in cannabis therapeutics, and attempted to deny the benefits of using cannabis for PTSD reported in a highly regarded clinical study even though she claimed to have attended the Patients Out of Time conference where that study was presented! She has refused to use any of the millions of dollars contributed to the AMMA fund (90% of which comes from patients) to study the benefits of medical cannabis, and instead continues the pattern of providing no-bid contracts to lawyers to fight on behalf of the AZDHS to refuse to add new conditions to AMMA even though these same conditions are allowed in many other medical cannabis states. Her inclusion on the list is the functional equivalent of listing Donald Trump as a defender of immigrant rights. Shameful! — Ken Sobel, Principal, Senior Consultant & Attorney Genesis International Cannabis Solutions Reply
I can name several women who deserve the place of #75… Dr. Bonnie Goldstein, Tracy Ryan, Dr. Uma, Kris Morwood, Nurse Juhlzie Monteiro, Anndrea Herman… just to make a few. Reply
I can’t believe Jennifer Sanders from CNS Equity Partners and AURA Ventures isn’t on here. She has worked tirelessly and spoke on numerous panels this last year educating Cannabis business owners about how to create a national brand, protect themselves, enter into and manage cross-border opportunities, and use cutting-edge crypto technology to protect their businesses, to say the least. Reply