• What is Cannabis at a plant level, and what's the difference between Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis Indica, Cannabis Ruderalis (5 min)
• THC vs CBD vs CBG vs CBN... all the cannabinoids you've maybe heard of but still have questions about.
• The importance of soil quality and agriculture standards
• Different ways to extract CBD - which results in those labels of CBD such as "full spectrum", "broad spectrum", and "isolate"
• Industry talk - the FDA, the US Hemp Authority, and their role with access to and regulation of CBD

Elana Frankel  is the cofounder of Indigo and Haze,  the Editor in Chief of Women and Weed magazine, and is a cannabis columnist at Grit Daily.  

Topics we cover in this episode:

• How a sudden traumatic brain injury interrupted her career in high fashion and brought her to the doorsteps of cannabis and CBD as a means of healthful recovery
• How she started educating women about cannabis through Tupperware-esque parties with CBD
• The launch of her CBD brand and cannabis educational platform, Indigo & Haze
• How she gained national distribution for her one-of-a-kind magazine and book Women & Weed
• Her teachings around "Lit Yoga" - incorporating cannabis and movement for gaining deeper awareness and calm.
• Scratching the surface of cannabis and creativity (to be continued!)

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