Posted on 07/07/2017 10:54:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
As canna-business strategist Elise McRoberts walked across an animal skin rug and into the living room of a Pacific Heights home for the recent San Francisco launch of Beboe, an upscale cannabis brand from Los Angeles, she assumed she would see the usual faces on the marijuana circuit — growers, dispensary owners and cannabis chefs.
Instead, the party was a cross-pollination of the worlds of high society, Silicon Valley, politics, fashion and design: industrial designer Yves Béhar, former Mayor Willie Brown, who carried decriminalization bills in the state assembly in the 1970s, philanthropists Katie and Todd Traina, boutique owner Emily Holt, salon-booking service founder Melody McCloskey, sustainable development designer Reed Woodson, venture capitalist Joshua Kauffman, yoga veteran Zander Gladish and social entrepreneur Gwendolyn Floyd, among others.
“I’m used to going to cannabis parties where I know everyone in the room,” McRoberts said, “but I only know one person here. It’s most stylish and fabulous setting for a pot party I’ve ever stepped into — the type of party I’ve always wanted.”
That was just the way Beboe co-founders Clement Kwan and celebrity tattoo artist Scott Campbell had planned it. Kwan, a UC Davis grad who went on to work in luxury fashion (Dolce & Gabbana, Yoox), grew marijuana to pay his way through college. Campbell’s grandmother, Be Boe, fed his cancer-stricken mother pot brownies to assist with nausea during treatment.
Now that cannabis is recreationally legal in eight states and the District of Columbia, the two men see a niche for products that carry an air of respectability.....
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“Even a single marijuana overdose can be fatal.”
BS. According t the CDC there hasn’t been a single death from overdose on pot last year or this year, or any year. Not one.
“All it takes is smoking 240 joints in a row. “
And by joint #42, you forget to smoke anymore!
Pothead: Someone who gives up on life’s needs in lieu of smoking pot. Casual user, no different than the casual drinker.
What is your ‘work’?
I’m a musician/songwriter/studio engineer with a small project studio. I produce anywhere from 1 to 2 albums every couple of years.
Here’s some of my work. I wrote it all, played all the instruments & contributed some of the background vocals & an incredible lady named Kimi Wade is singing the lead vocals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCy1AG9Q7Mk
“Pothead: Someone who gives up on life’s needs in lieu of smoking pot. Casual user, no different than the casual drinker.”
What label do you place on people who use cannabis medicinally on a daily basis who go to work, pay the bills, raise families, etc?
Who says there is such a label?
“Who says there is such a label?”
People who believe there is no medical use for cannabis.
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