Tag: #Activist

TSC Talks Guest Mike Robinson, GCRC Founder

 

TSC Talks guest Mike Robinson, Founder, GCRC, Global Cannabinoid Research Center, discusses his work developing a number of publications designed to harness and consolidate much of the multitude of cannabis content available all over the internet.

Mike’s Bio from https://mikesmedicines.com: “CONTACT MIKE: HIS BIO & OTHER PUBLICATIONS
To make contact: Email Mike 50kreasons@gmail.com Instagram @Cannabismymedicine

Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-robinson-~-cannabis-heals-256b3192/

Best Bet – Check him out at the Global Cannabinoid Research Center. If you or someone you know has a story of how cannabis has improved your life and you’d like to share it, please reach out to Mike at 50kreasons@gmail.com! https://globalcannabinoidrc.com/

Mike Robinson, the founder of the Global Cannabinoid Research
Center in Santa Barbara California, is a multiple Cancer survivor that’s used cannabis oils and CBD extensively as well for Severe epilepsy, Chronic Lyme Disease, PTSD, and in pain management. Over the last 6 years Mike has shared his journey and analytics on cannabinoid medicine research globally while assisting patients and helping to teach clinicians globally. Mike is the former Director of Consumer Affairs and Communications at The American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine. His post grad education, however is not in cannabis or cannabinoid medicine, rather it’s focus was International Relations and Diplomacy. Robinson has an extensive history of leading a large compassion program that provided countless disadvantaged cannabis patients with various alternative protocol treatments, is a published journalist and international cannabinoid research specialist, is a former registered Civil Rights lobbyist and non attorney that represented countless disabled children pro bono nationwide for over 2 decades. He’s a past board member of Big Brothers and Sisters, the founder of multiple non profits for disabled children, and is well known for adopting a severely disabled child, Genevieve, from the compassion program he once ran.”

Time Stamps:
Introducing GCRC Publications (3.58)
Why he felt the need to create publications (4:41)
Looking for writers (7:18)
Examining the wealth of info and putting it into publications (11:59)
Medical education course (14:37)
Discussing ADA lobbying (20:45)
His biological daughter’s birth during the time he was in a racing wreck (25:13)
Cannabis brings back his memory (29:15)
Evolution of his writing (35:47)
Send in your stuff even if it’s not perfect (37:45)

https://tsctalks.com

 

TSC Talks Guest Tiffany Watkins 2

TSC Talks guest Tiffany Watkins is a “Cannabis Enthusiast”, founder and CEO of Vanguard Media, and cannabis activist. She’s been an activist for 20+ years and has done a lot of work to bring awareness to health care and proper distribution of Medical Cannabis as well as paving the way for Recreational Cannabis.

She has marched the Capital (CA), to help bring a voice to those in need of the protection of the Compassionate Care Act. Additionally, she has attended and spoken at City Council meetings and delivered talks as a keynote when invited.

“I am Tiffany Watkins a.k.a. LadyCanna.

In three decades I have witnessed a lot of changes in this industry, but one thing remains the same; not everyone gets to have a voice. I have been treated with disrespect, talked down to in situations, and made to feel as if my contributions to the Cannabis community didn’t matter.
I knew this treatment was not only because I am a POC, but because I am a Woman. I also knew…I wasn’t alone.

Since the 1990’s it has been my focus to have equity and unity surrounding Cannabis. Working together, with every voice having validity, has been both our greatest asset and our biggest struggle.

Closing the gap between the sexes in the cannabis industry will take hard work from us all. I founded Vanguard Media with providing a platform to bridge that gap in mind. Women in the cannabis community deserve the spotlight…and we shall stand in it unapologetically. ”

Women in Weed- 3:14
Tiffany Watkins Bio (Activism and Fostering Education)- 5:55
Activism as a Women- 10:03
At the Capitol on Lobby Day- 10:58
Personal experience with Cannabis- 13:57
Interest in Holistic Medicine- 15:55
Stigma with Misinformation- 19:29
Vanguard Media- 21:26
“You Will Be Heard!”- 23:56
Learning the Virtual World Communication Challenges- 28:21
Legitimacy of Cannabis Business- 31:40

AI transcript link: https://otter.ai/s/K9ox4juPRwyGH0zjv6mZBw

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-watkins-9910a5176/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladycanna101
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ladycanna101/
VANGUARD MEDIA Links
Website: https://www.vanguardmediaonline.com/

TSC Talks Guest Bonnie Drake

TSC Talks Guest Bonnie Drake is a Green Nurse with an extensive medical history with a background in nursing herself. Nurse Bonnie is a Member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, and a CBD/HEMP Advocate/Evangelist who made it her life’s mission to help others. She was introduced to CBD  when her service dog started suffering from arthritis and Cardiomyopathy.  From the exceptional results, she wondered what else CBD can do and started to research for her own physical conditions. Which is when she ran into Mike Robinson and his compassion care program.

CBD allowed Bonnie to become Opioid free within six months after ten years of “Prescribed Addiction,” allowed her to walk on fractured and dislocated great toe for three weeks without pain, and allowed her to endure a three-hour surgical procedure without anesthesia or nerve block. Overall, Bonnie says, “It gives me energy and helps me live my life helping others.” She is another Forest Bather enthusiast who has encountered the magnificent benefits that cannabis products provide. Her story will put you on the edge of your seat!

Here’s an image of her MRI:

Topics Discussed:

Intro to Bonnie-  00:49

Congenital Scoliosis– 5:18

Extensive Results on an MRI- 6:00

A Motivational Therapy Puppy- 6:19

Introduced to CBD for Dogs- 9:47

Immediate Reaction from CBD- 12:04

Research Time! 12:52

Melted the Pain With the First Dose- 13:08

A Heart Attack- 13:47

Motivation for Doing Compassion Care- 16:02

Patients Testimonials- 17:47

Interactions Between CBD and Medications- 22:38

Being Active- 24:49

From 68 to 40- 30:42

Your Skin is the Largest Organ on your Body- 34:44

“Dr. Slam the Door”- 35:29

Awakening in her Soul- 41:42

 

For more information about Bonnie Drake and how she uses her continuous knowledge to help others, follow the links:

https://cannabisevangelists.com/

https://puresciencelabs.news

https://www.hillsdale.net/news/20190220/local-woman-shares-benefits-of-products

TSC Talks Presents: Green Nurses Compilation- What is a Green Nurse?

TSC Talks Presents: Green Nurses Compilation- What is a Green Nurse?

Green Nurses are the bridge between alternative and traditional medicine and have helped transform and provide legitimacy and respect for cannabis as medicine and other alternative options as well! We are grateful for collaboration and support on this content arc from Sherri Tutkus of GreenNurse Group. For our first episode in this series, we’ve compiled a retrospective from past Green Nurse podcast guests giving a brief narrative on why they became a green nurse. This episode includes Marissa Fratoni of Holistic Nurse Mama, Janna Champagne of Integrated Holistic Care, Sherri Tutkus of Green Nurse Group, and Dedee Culley of 2 Leaf Nurses.

 

Marissa Fratoni: Nurse, blogger, freelance writer at Holistic Nurse Mama, and Registered Yoga Teacher at Central Mass Yoga And Wellness. She is a wealth of information and insight on cannabinoid therapeutics holistic medicine and integrative health.

Marissa Fratoni’s Background Story: 7:38

Visiting Nursing: 8:34

How She Got Into Cannabis: 9:16

Another Perception of the Plant, Seeing Miraculous Changes: 9:58

Cannabis helps Detox from Addiction: 10:50

Full Podcast Episode with Marissa Fratoni: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-marissa-fratoni/

https://holisticnursemama.blog/

 

Janna Champagne– Founder at Integrated Holistic Care. Janna’s introduction to the cannabis industry began as a cannabis patient when she suffered a health collapse in 2012. She credits cannabis for helping to reduce her reliance on harmful pharmaceuticals, and for supporting her ability to regain optimal health status. Janna is also known for her daughter’s cannabis/Autism success story, which published on the cover story in a nationwide industry magazine in 2017.

Cannabis Helped Her Daughter: 14:06

Cumulative Long-Term Impact of Pharmaceuticals: 14:53

The Mental Health Industry- Wild West: 16:53

Pharmaceuticals Side Effects: 18:29

Risk VS. Benefit: 19:45

Reversals of Dementia, Improved Behavior in Autism, Improved Function, and Quality of life: 20:06

Gut and Brain Connection: 20:42

Pharmaceutical Driven: 21:21

Full Podcast Episode with Janna Champagne: https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-guest-jenna-champagne/

https://jannachampagne.com

 

Sherri Tuktus– Sherri Tutkus is the founder and CEO of GreenNurse Group, Nursing Director at Irie Bliss Wellness and host of GreenNurse on the Go Radio Show. Sherri is a cannabis nurse, patient and advocate. She earned her Bachelor’s in Science and Nursing from Boston College. She is highly skilled Registered Nurse with 30 years’ practical experience in various departments within the hospital and home setting. She is utilizing her expert nursing skills as a medical center specialist, clinical nurse liaison and educator to bridge the gap between patients and the cannabis community. Sherri has been educating and implementing holistic integrative healing modalities within her practice for over 20 years. She educates on the endocannabinoid system and the safe utilization of cannabis at dispensaries, hospitals, clinics, patients’ homes and she regularly does pop up events, seminars and expos. Sherri is an international speaker and she has contributed to the writing of the first cannabis nursing textbook with her cannabis nurse colleagues that will be available in nursing schools across the country. Sherri is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and founding member of The Cannabis Nurses Network and was nominated as one of two nurses for “Health Professional of the Year” for the 2020 New England Cannabis Convention. Sherri brings passion and purpose to her work teaching bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing using cannabis as a tool.

Background History- Pseudomembranous Colitis: 21:55

From Being a Nurse to Being a Patient: 24:00

Polypharmacy Journey: 25:34

Medical and Pharmaceutical Trauma: 27:04

Drain of Despair: 29:02

Cannabinoid Therapeutics Comes to the Rescue: 29:49

Full Podcast Episode with Sherri Tuktus: https://tsctalks.com/sherri-tutkus-2/

https://greennursegroup.com/,  https://iriebliss.com/

 

Dedee Culley: Has over 20 years of nursing experience and is the co-owner of 2 Leaf Nurses, which provides alternative & holistic health services from Springfield, Missouri. Culley loves home health for its opportunity to connect with patients and their environment. She is incredibly blessed and she was able to gather up courage and strength to pursue her passion in nursing while stepping out of the ordinary medicinal ways of these modern days and encourage others to be safe and successful at taking care of their bodies from the inside out with natural approaches. She has a loving attitude and an open mind to seek and research various holistic methods to reach a significantly positive result. She has also dealt with personal health issues within her family and has seen significant changes when she chooses to ask questions and be in the loop of the available options and their side effects.

Background History: 30:22

First Time Questioning Medicine: 30:53

Don’t Apologize for Questioning: 34:27

Got Into Nursing: 35:06

Home Heath: 37:00

Full Podcast with Dedee Culley: https://tsctalks.com/podcast/show-notes/tsc-talks-guest-dedee-culley/

https://www.2leafnurses.com/

TSC Talks Guest Tiffany Watkins

TSC Talks guest Tiffany Watkins is a “Cannabis Enthusiast”. She’s been an activist for 20+ years and has done a lot of work to bring awareness to health care and proper distribution of Medical Cannabis as well as paving the way for Recreational Cannabis.

She has marched the Capital (CA), to help bring a voice to those in need of the protection of the Compassionate Care Act. Additionally, she has attended and spoken at City Council meetings and delivered talks as a keynote when invited.

She states, “Cannabis is my passion and I am driven to assist this industry in becoming the standard when it comes to treatment plans, revenue achievement, and sales models.
My intent is to continue helping, building and growing within the Cannabis industry. ”

We discussed her early years getting involved as an activist and what drew her to get involved in the industry; “what drew me in was during that time in the early 90s, we were really coming off the scare of the 80s with HIV and AIDS and there were plenty of my friends whose lives had been touched. They either had a family member or they were personally affected and at that time they were noticing that cannabis was very helpful in easing side effects from some of the very heavy medications that they were on to try to help with the HIV and sometimes full-blown aids. Cannabis helped stave the wasting away. They were using cannabis to increase appetite and lift the mood and just have a better quality of life. They were treated like criminals.”

We go on to discuss the timeline of her life and career, after early activism, exploring other options as there was not an opportunity to build a career in cannabis. Eventually, Tiffany delved into agriculture distribution which “just kind of steamrolled into me making a choice, leaving behind the mainstream and just going head headfirst back into cannabis.”

She talks about her work at Old Pal the home mantra and an ethos of the company is “it’s just weed”. It’s for the people and it’s accessible to everyone. And we spend some time discussing her new business called “Lady Canna”; “when I first developed the concept of Lady Canna, it was geared towards women. It was geared towards the forgotten voices. And as cannabis has really become more mainstream, it is very much so dominated by males….so that’s where it kind of was born. But where it’s ended up is being a platform for education, change of stigma, and overall approach to usage of cannabis”

“I think that that really is where is the fire burning underneath is that I just want everyone to understand we have another choice out there for help for relaxation for all a multitude of things that happen in our lives. We have another thing out there that can help us and we need to listen and stop making a villain out of it.”

Tiffany is full of wisdom, inspiration and demonstrates the kind of longevity and tenacity that will make Lady Canna a success. There’s much more in this episode to educate, inform and empower all who listen. Check out Tiffany’s links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-watkins-9910a5176/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladycanna101
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ladycanna101/
Old Pal: https://oldpal.com/