{"id":1247,"date":"2016-02-04T01:32:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T01:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2016-02-04T01:32:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T01:32:55","slug":"women-cash-in-on-the-cannabis-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/2016\/02\/04\/women-cash-in-on-the-cannabis-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"Women cash in on the Cannabis Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1248\" src=\"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WOMEN-IN-CANNABIS-CANNABIS-WOMEN-ENTREPRENEURS-e1435447340237.png\" alt=\"WOMEN-IN-CANNABIS-CANNABIS-WOMEN-ENTREPRENEURS-e1435447340237\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WOMEN-IN-CANNABIS-CANNABIS-WOMEN-ENTREPRENEURS-e1435447340237.png 600w, https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WOMEN-IN-CANNABIS-CANNABIS-WOMEN-ENTREPRENEURS-e1435447340237-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What is the cannabis industry supposed to be about?\u00a0 Getting stoned?\u00a0 High profits?\u00a0 The Green Rush?\u00a0 None of these things!\u00a0 The cannabis industry is supposed to be about compassion.\u00a0 Whether or not you stand for medical or adult use, it\u2019s supposed to be about healing the sick.\u00a0 Truly understanding the science behind cannabis comes with and understanding that adult use can prevent many illness that plague our society.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Overall, the change of cannabis laws is meant to be a compassionate move to humanity.\u00a0 Not to mention the fact that currently many cannabis users are considered to be criminals for a victimless crime.\u00a0 The true intention for the cannabis business is compassion. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Also, cannabis is one of the fastest growing and innovative new industries.\u00a0 The rate this business is growing is incredible, growing up to 74% in 2014! These feats could not be possible without the help of the acceptance of innovation and diversity that the cannabis industry possesses.\u00a0 The acceptance of diversity in this industry is shown by the growth of the group Women Grow, a networking group for the cannabis industry that focuses on influencing women to join the business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This organization is approximately a year old and now boasts over 33 chapters nationwide.\u00a0 I\u2019ve personally been to several Women Grow networking events and they are an amazing time with anyone who is anyone in the cannabis industry in attendance. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0So, look at these qualities: diversity, compassion, innovation.\u00a0 These are all qualities women traditionally possess.\u00a0 There is no better compassion than motherly love!\u00a0 Women themselves are a minority in business and their very presence proves diversity!\u00a0 Women make the cannabis industry better.\u00a0\u00a0 Similar to how they make the world better!\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/cflnorml.org\/norml-news\/articles\/8-frontpage\/108-women-make-the-cannabis-industry-better-2\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>By: Carlos Jose Angel Hermida, M.B.A.Deputy Director, Central Florida NORML\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"mantis__recommended__wordpress\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\">\n    MANTIS_RECOMMEND = {\n        property: '556c86bbbf60bd001d672ecb',\n        render: 'mantis__recommended__wordpress'\n    };\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\">\n\tvar z = document.createElement(\"script\");\n\tz.type = \"text\/javascript\";\n\tz.async = true;\n\tz.src = \"\/\/assets.mantisadnetwork.com\/recommend.min.js\";\n\tvar s = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];\n\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(z, s);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<link href=\"\/\/assets.mantisadnetwork.com\/recommend.3columns.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 What is the cannabis industry supposed to be about?\u00a0 Getting stoned?\u00a0 High profits?\u00a0 The Green Rush?\u00a0 None of these things!\u00a0 The cannabis industry is supposed to be about compassion.\u00a0 Whether or not you stand for medical or adult use, it\u2019s supposed to be about healing the sick.\u00a0 Truly understanding the science behind cannabis comes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,114,113,111,112],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WOMEN-IN-CANNABIS-CANNABIS-WOMEN-ENTREPRENEURS-e1435447340237.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}