CANNABIS LAW & ALTERNATIVE WELLNESS:

A libertarian, I am keenly aware â€˜alternative wellness,â€™ including the medical benefits cannabis provided to many of clients suffering from addiction. Thus, when Article 12 passed in Massachusetts in 2011, thereby decriminalizing one ounce or less of cannabis, I caught an early glimpse of the legal future surrounding alternative health and wellness. As a result, I and a partner launched Canna Care Docs, a medical cannabis evaluation facility specializing in the administration and facilitation of â€˜making marijuana smokersâ€™ legally able to smoke, cultivate, and possess their medicine. We sold the company in December 2017, which at the time included 180 employees operating in 7 states.

While many of our clients benefitted from cannabis and utilized Canna Careâ€™s services to â€˜become legal,â€™ many clients were being punished by the judicial system for testing positive for THC, the primary component in marijuana. This predicament led me to develop another company, CBD Thera, in January 2016. CBD is a hemp extract that affords the medical benefits of cannabis but without the THC. As a result, users do not get â€˜high,â€™ and do not test positive for marijuana.

I continue to maintain an active presence in the alternative wellness community.

