Deciphering Intergenerational Experiences with Cannabis

LOCATION: Newman Ferrara, 1250 Broadway, 27th Floor, New York, NY, 10001

Please join the Cannabis Cultural Association as we present Deciphering Intergenerational Experiences with Cannabis. Our panel of speakers includes Deborah Felton and Molly Adams who will be speaking about their experiences growing up with Cannabis and their outlook on the future of Cannabis. Be sure to join the CCA community for light refreshments from 6:30-7:00 PM to socialize and network.

Agenda

6:30-7:00 Networking and Light Refreshments

7:00-7:15 Welcome and Announcements

7:15-8:00 Panel Discussion

8:00-8:15 Q&A

8:15-8:30 Closing Remarks

Deborah Felton

After working in corporate America for her entire adult life, Deborah is now the President and CEO of Green Rayne Enterprises – a consulting company in the cannabis space that provides information and services on starting and growing a cannabis business. Additionally, she and her daughter and partner Ambra, own and operate an experiential cannabis event planning business. They also have created a signature line of gluten-free “edible” cookies and desserts, which they sell through their events and independently. As a baby boomer, Deborah came of age during the Vietnam War era. It was a time of huge civil unrest and “drugs, sex & Woodstock.” Cannabis, along with hash and LSD was used to make a political statement against the establishment, but it was also recreational. We got high because we believed if everyone just smoked some weed it would lead to love, peace, and understanding. But we also smoked weed for fun. Deborah was a huge weed smoker and used cannabis for many years until the early 90’s when she gave it up because of the pressures from the anti-drug campaigns. Weed was seen as an evil drug, that made you stupid, and Deborah believed she needed to finally grow up and let it go. That was the thinking at the time. She attended NA meetings to free herself from the “awful drug that was ruining her life.” Fast-forward to 2014 and Deborah is re-introduced to cannabis by her daughter, but this time for pain management.

Molly Adams

Born the 11th of 12 children on a tobacco farm in the Bible Belt of North Carolina, where it was sinful and unladylike to smoke the very product that provided our needs, should have made me the least likely advocate for cannabis. Raised and educated in the segregated South during the Civil Rights era, exposed my revolutionary spirit. Experiencing hate and discrimination daily during your formative years, while getting an education, changes who you are. After graduating High School with 2 college scholarships, I chose a new path and relocated to Brooklyn NY. I discovered cannabis in the teahouses of Greenwich Village in the 1970’s where the pairing of herbal teas, holistic living and cannabis was more effective than I realized. Soon I became a working wife and mother, and it was not acceptable for me to smoke anything, again. So, for the next decade, I was addicted to alcohol and antidepressants. A diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis prompted my decision to return to holistic living, including cannabis. Today, I am Christian Baby Boomer with the time and desire to support a cause I believe and live.

Rhodes Pierre

Currently the host of the Cannabis Cultural Association’s Canna Brew, Rhodes Pierre is an Activist, Comedian, Entrepreneur, and Writer. Who has been a year and half long feature on the award-winning “The Young Jurks” of Wemfradio.com. He has worked as a Patient Advocate at Canna Care Docs in various locations throughout the United States. He is a free-lance brand ambassador and website developer of Haitian decent who enjoys entertaining, education and energizing all those he meets. He holds a degree in Communications from the Rhode Island College.

ABOUT THE CCA

The Cannabis Cultural Association strives to involve underrepresented communities in the legal cannabis/hemp industry, by providing informational workshops, cultural programs, and community events with an emphasis on issues disproportionately affecting communities of color: access to medical cannabis, adult use legalization, and criminal justice reform.

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