Connecting with Nurse-Entrepreneur Kebra Smith-Bolden

It's another podcast takeover. Joyce and Amie step aside to let entrepreneur, engineer and advocate, Aja Atwood, introduce you to women who are invested in teaching us all how cannabis is both a human healer and a planet healer.

Today's guest is a powerhouse in the Connecticut cannabis world. Kebra Smith-Bolden is a pioneer in the emerging cannabis industry and has created a beautiful marriage between her love of nursing  and her passion for all things cannabis. 

As the founder and CEO of CannaHealthTM she is on a mission to serve lower-income and disadvantaged communities that have been hurt most by the criminalization of cannabis, but who can benefit enormously by its healing properties. As a registered nurse, Kebra has incorporated her expertise in health and wellness with her insatiable desire to understand the cannabis plant. She is a pioneer and an advocate and a fighter for the rights of patients in the emerging cannabis industry.

Kebra shares her personal motivations for working in the cannabis industry, and her passionate response to what she's learned through conscious cannabis use is a message we all need to hear.

Topics Discussed:

2:12: CannaHealthTM

2:21: Introduction Kebra Smith-Bolden

4:00: Franchising Model vs. Licensing Model

6:15: Beauticians, Nurses and Other Cannabis Licensees

7:25: Women Grow

9:45: Transitioning into Cannabis Industry

11:18: Legality of Cannabis in Connecticut

12:56: Certifiers, Growers (4) and Dispensaries (19)

14:15: Politics of Connecticut Cannabis

15:43: Cannabis Pioneer

16:24: Education By Need: Grandmother's Story

16:43: Healing Her Community

17:20: Restorative Justice

18:34: Medicinal Plants and Communities of Color

19:52: Community Trauma and Managing Symptoms

20:40: Elements of Medicating with Cannabis

22:00: Dealing with Doubters

23:20: Cannabis and Christianity

24:45: Kebra's Cannabis Story

25:16: Weed Schools!

26:48: Cannabis Research

27:41: Cannabis Nurse Association

29:10: Call Out to Elevate 

29:40: Cannabis to Supplement Work/Life Balance

32:18: Hemp Blunts

32:38: Cannabis Capsule Idea

33:05: Vapes in Connecticut and Beyond

34:08: Kebra's Cannabis Journey

34:28: What She Wished She'd Known in 2016

35:00: Best Message Ever!

36:52: How to Heal with Cannabis and Counseling 

38:12: The Importance of Action

38:35: Aja is an Innovator!

39:05: Back to Kebra: https://www.visitcannahealth.com