Real Cannabis Entrepreneurs Conference Features Psilocybin/Magic Mushroom Development
The Real Cannabis Entrepreneur Conference was held this year and included a major feature on psychedelics, with panels and speakers on legalizing medical psilocybin or magic mushrooms.
Psychedelics like cannabis are considered healing plant medicines. So it's a natural fit.
The two-day conference featured many speakers discussing their experiences in business, but unlike other conferences, very few companies attended.
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Gary George, founder of the Real Cannabis Entrepreneur Conference, emceed the event with great showmanship, offering sales tips in between speaker introductions. He also explained his history as an underground heritage to legal operators.
Real Cannabis Entrepreneur Conference Founder Gary George
Gary also called for the legalization of home-grown marijuana.
“If you really care about patients, home-grown would be at the top of your list. We must push Jersey towards home-grown growth!” he exclaimed.
George praised Sativa crosser Lefty Grimes, who was at the table, for advocating for the legalization of home-growing.
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Among the speakers, Tara “Misu” Sargente of Blazin' Bakery described her experience starting a new manufacturing company, Green Alchemy. She explained that she started Blazin' Bakery herself to manufacture accessories for baking weed brownies and other edible foods. Green Alchemy will be her company in the licensed New Jersey cannabis market. Tara Mis also explained that she participated in crowdfunding to raise money and was successful.
Among the speakers, Spark Tank was a fun feature to watch someone pitch their company, similar to Shark Tank. Consultant David Cunic, a longtime speaker at the Real Cannabis Entrepreneur conference, and investor Ben Richardson provided feedback as sharks. Piff Cloud Vapor Company CEO Aaron Thurman said he is looking for investment to expand the company.
Additionally, I Bud You and the Tri-State High Society podcast's underground legacy to legal entrepreneur Mario Ramos was featured.
“I'm going to open a dispensary in New York. As a con bud, I'm going to open my heart!'' he said to applause.
Ramos' clinic is located near Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.
ConBud is a small company with an underground legacy of legitimate operators using franchise agreements to expand their operations.
This is a common way in which national corporate chains are built.
Tauhid Chappell was also present to promote the newly opened online New Jersey Cannabis Training Academy (NJ-CTA) to assist people seeking legal cannabis licenses.
Many of the cannabis entrepreneurs who attended the conference included ethnic minorities and women entrepreneurs who operate under license. So they're in a much better position than they were a year ago.
Others persevered. Some people are getting a second wind of good news during the complicated process of obtaining a New Jersey cannabis business license.
Psychedelic overview discussion held
A panel summary on psychedelic legalization was held with various prominent speakers pictured above.
The New Jersey State Legislature recently made progress in legalizing psilocybin for medical use. So it's a natural fit.
Renowned advocate and businessman Gaetano Lardieri moderated the panel discussion, along with attorneys Andrew Cooper, Dr. Maurice Hinson, and patient advocates Dr. Alex Blass and Dr. Dennis Lu.
“We've seen a movement from decriminalization to treatment,” Cooper said of New Jersey's bill legalizing medical psilocybin, or shrooms.
He believed that psychedelics as a medical therapy would advance faster than cannabis because there were no recreational concerns with adult use of cannabis.
“There's no question that cannabis changes lives. Psychedelics save lives,” Cooper declared.
Gaetano was optimistic that it would be legalized within the next two years.
Natural and synthetic psychedelics
“Can you put geeks, nerds, scientists, doctors, and thugs together in the same environment and have them discuss a product?” asked Hinson. He explained that cannabis and psychedelics bring these different groups together.
“Psychedelics…are actually getting to the root of the problem,” he asserted. “There is nothing on the market that can match the power of psychedelics.”
“The most basic risk is just having a bad trip. You're delusional. You're on too high a dose or you're in the wrong environment,” Hinson pointed out.
Hinson explained that many pharmaceutical pills cause many negative side effects.
Explaining New Jersey Medical's proposed psilocybin treatment
Dennis Lu of the New Jersey Psychedelic Therapy Association explained how the therapy at the psilocybin clinic works.
“It's becoming more and more medicalized,” she says. “There would be several conditions for people to qualify. If they have depression, anxiety, PSTD, OCD, addiction.”
Lu said your doctor should be able to write you a prescription.
“The service center consists of three parts. You have to come in for an inspection,” she explained.
Those with severe addictions or mental health issues are likely to be disqualified.
When someone comes in, they first go through a one-hour warm-up session. The administration time is 6 to 8 hours.
“In Oregon, that upper limit is 5 grams,” Lu said of the doses.
She said someone would be wearing an eye mask while lying down.
“A qualified facilitator will accompany you,” Lu said.
They will help you cope with a bad trip.
The third part is a psychedelic integration session where you process breakthroughs, insights, and mystical experiences to feel better in the long term.
“In Oregon, a session costs about $1,600 to $3,400. Most service centers are required to offer a sliding scale. In New Jersey, most people won't have access to this.” Mr. Lu said.
That's why a thriving underground legacy shroom business and culture is well suited to provide access and meet market demand.
Lu explained that the therapy involves powerful doses to work deeply inward.
“Usually people try to access the core wound that is the root of the problem,” she said.
Major pharmaceutical companies are paying attention
Cooper pointed out that natural mushrooms cannot be patented.
“The big drug companies are there and they're paying attention to this. They're trying to find ways to protect and patent their products and spend as much money as possible to get it to market.” said Cooper. “They always have an economic incentive.”
He noted that companies are trying to make synthetic psilocybin.
“Big Pharma is going to cut their lanes. We're not going to stop them. But the Psilocybin service center will be available,” Gaetano argued.
“There are quite a few patents pending in this area,” Cooper said.
Lu said the psilocybin service center uses natural magic mushrooms grown by mushroom farmers.
Personal psychedelic treatment stories featured on panel
The next day, the second psychedelic panel was hosted by Jesse Marie Villers of Baked by the River Pharmacy in Lambertville. She also gave a speech as a successful example of underground legacies to legal cannabis operators.
From left to right: Jesse Marie Villars of Baked by the River, Estefania Valencia of Sanna Ohana, Tara Mis Sargente of Green Alchemy, Sheila Cabrera of Tia Planta, and John the Influencer. – “Dirty Dunk” Frank.
Panelists included Sanna Ohana and Tara Mis of Hud House Pharmacy, Estefany Valencia, Tia Planta grower Sheila Cabrera, and John “Dirty Dunk” Frank of Beast Coast Experience. It was.
“Cannabis has kind of paved the way,” Tara Mis said in terms of the politics of legalization.
She pointed out that there are other non-psychedelic mushrooms like lion's mane that can also be helpful.
“I support home-growing and bringing people of color into this market,” Cabrera explained. “I love mushrooms.
She added that she grows it herself.
Dirty Dunk said he educates people about cannabis consumption.
Villar said he trained pharmacy clerks and nurses.
Heal trauma with magic mushrooms
Dirty Dunk pointed out that psychedelics promote humility and forgiveness and are good for your health. He explained that he used them to help recover from opioid addiction.
Cabrera supported microdosing, taking small doses.
“I wanted to get in touch with my ancestors and feel how I could channel their power into my future,” she explained.
Cabrera said the large doses helped.
“I had a moment of surrender,” she said. “I just asked for the strength to overcome life's difficulties.”
Cabrera explained that she took large amounts of mushrooms as a macro, or dose, because it helped her recover during the pandemic.
Valencia said the dosage varies from person to person.
“It doesn't really depend on weight,” she pointed out. “Healing is very multidimensional.”
Valencia said that one's intentions are very important when traveling.
“It's like opening your own book. What you do with this information will determine where you go from there,” Valencia explained.
She said it's not a panacea.
“We're going to have to make that effort,” Valencia said. “Journaling is part of that. Meditation, breathing exercises, yoga, these are all things that support neurogenesis.”
“We all have childhood trauma,” she explained. “That reprogramming will happen afterwards.”
Valencia said daily healthy habits, such as meditation and expressing gratitude, are important.
The big psychedelic is here
“Enjoy this psychedelic era. It's fun, but it won't last. I'm going to be on a committee with all the lawyers in a few years,” Tara Mis said.
She pointed out that some underground legacy shroom brands may be selling questionable products.
“We were all in the Wild West before things were safe and regulated,” Tara Mis pointed out.
Description of Amanita shrooms
She explained that Amanita muscaria is a powerful mushroom that appears in films such as “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.”
“It has something to do with Santa Claus. That's why it's red and white,” Tara Mis said.
She pointed out that the close connection between Santa Claus and magic mushrooms and the shamans of the North Pole is surprising.
Amanita mushrooms are legal, so Taramis sells them. But none are as insightful as psilocybin shrooms. In her experience, they're fun.
“If it’s your first time, don’t go alone,” she said.
Mr Cabrera said it was easy to grow magic mushrooms at home and encouraged people to do so.
“As you see this industry start to evolve, it's going to happen quickly. Because we know it will happen,” she pointed out.
“Find a reliable source,” Dirty Dunk advised. “If you find the Psychonaut, get it and take it with you.”
“How this industry is shaped and whether this life-saving drug becomes more accessible to people really depends on how states legalize it,” Villar said. he said. “We're on the precipice of a new industry. And we need more advocates demanding accessibility…representation of heritage, representation of Indigenous people, the way this fungus has always been used. .”
“We need people to fight back (against Big Pharma),” she explained.
