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It is here NWM’s very first 420 issue dedicated to the prosperous Cannabis Industry. I know many of you many think that this issue will be about how to make cannabis brownies and news ways to get high. If this is what you have been thinking I am delighted in letting you know that the importance of this issue has to deal with educating our community on the benefits of cannabis and how it can help our health, environment, and even our economy. It is so important for people of color to claim their space in the cannabis industry so we can begin to build generational wealth for our families. I am so excited to have featured Founder of MIPR (Marijuana Investment & Private Retreat) Khadijah Adams on our first 420 cover. She is a phenomenal woman who is dedicated to letting the African American community know how we can position ourselves in this massive cash flowing industry. I hope you all enjoy this issue and I thank you for your continued support in making Natural Woman Magazine a household name.
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Mary J is Back Mary J is set to release her newest album the Strength of a Woman. The album is available for preorder and you can stream her smash single Love Yourself featuring Kanye West.
Tupac Hall of Fame The definitive hip-hop anti-hero, Tupac wrote lyrics that spark conversations about rap, race relations, and young black men in America today. Tupac is officially a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as of Friday (April 7) after he was posthumously inducted during the ceremony held at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. The event then turned into an honorary performance where Alicia Keys performed “Changes,” “I Ain’t Mad at Cha,” “Dear Mama” and “Ambitionz As a Ridah” then YG joined Snoop for a rendition of “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted.” Treach performed “Hail Mary” and T.I. paid his dues with “Keep Ya Head Up” while dressed in a bandana and leather vest.
Kendrick Lamar Drops DAMN. Kendrick Lamar drops his newest album titled DAMN. This album is one of the rawest hip hop albums of 2017. The album has sparked many debates in the hip hop community from women being more natural to police brutality.
Satisfy your sweet tooth
Consuming cannabis is a great solution for those who don’t want to smoke it or those who want to use it for medical use. Or perhaps you just want to make some weed brownies and get baked with your friends this weekend! Whatever the reason, we have 5 delicious recipes that will satisfy your taste buds.
Fireside S’mores
Serves 4 ½ cup peanut butter 1-2 tablespoons cannabutter 3-4 ounce bar dark chocolate 8 whole graham crackers Directions 1. In a small bowl combine the peanut butter with the cannabutter. Spread on four of the double graham crackers. 2. Top with chocolate and the marshmallows. Cover with another double graham cracker and wrap in foil. 3. Use tongs to place the foil packages in a hot oven, campfire or chiminea. Keep the packets near the heat for just 3-5 minutes. Carefully remove from the fire and unwrap. Contents will be hot and medicated. Yes!
Canna-Berry Sherbet
Ingredients 5 cups fresh blackberries 2 cups sugar 2 1/2 cups Cannabis Almond Milk 1 tablespoon lemon juice Method 1. Blend blackberries and sugar together in food processor until smooth. 2. Pour the pureed berries through strainer and into a bowl. Discard seeds. 3. Mix Cannabis Almond Milk into the blackberry puree. Stir in lemon juice. 4. Pour berry/milk mixture into an ice cream freezer container; freeze for 3 hours. 5. Let stand at room temperature for 5 minutes before serving. View original recipe at http://eatyourcannabis.com/ marijuana-sherbet-berry-ice-recipe/
Cannabis Caramel Sauce Ingredients De-carboxylated marijuana / hash/ keif Sugar in the raw Coconut milk Kitchen tools: Double boiler with a lid Grinder A whisk Add sugar in pot and cook on med. high until sugar starts to melt. Add grounded up weed and coconut milk. Stir until sauce is thick and smooth.
Just so Groovy Granola
Banana Split With Cannabis Chocolate Sauce Ingredients 1 banana, peeled, cut length ways 3 scoops vanilla ice-cream Chopped nuts Chocolate sauce Whipped cream Method Place banana slices on a plate. Top with scoops of ice-cream.Drizzle With cannabis-infused chocolate sauce. Squirt the cream and sprinkle the nuts. Serve your delicious Banana Split!
Makes 15 1⁄3 cup servings 2 ½ cups quick oats ½ cup slivered almonds 4 tablespoons canna-coconut oil 1 teaspoon cinnamon ——— 8 tablespoons canna-coconut oil 1 cup coconut flakes 2⁄3 cup chopped dates 2⁄3 cup yellow raisins 1⁄3 cup chopped dried apricots ¼ cup brown sugar 2-4 tablespoons honey 1 teaspoon cinnamon Directions Heat oven to 325 degrees. 1. Combine the oats, almonds, canna-oil and cinnamon. Mix well and place on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes, until light golden brown. 2. In a large skillet, melt the canna-coconut oil. Add the coconut, dates, raisins and apricots, then sauté for 4-5 minutes. Add the brown sugar, honey and cinnamon, cook an additional 2-3 minutes while stirring occasionally. 3. Toss the sautéed fruit with the oatmeal and return to the baking sheet. Bake for an additional 12-15 minutes, stirring a couple of times. Allow to cool. Party on, Garth! Just so Groovy Granola Makes 15 1⁄3 cup servings 2 ½ cups quick oats ½ cup slivered almonds 4 tablespoons canna-coconut oil
Know the Difference The cannabis plant contains several cannabinoids. Cannabinoids (e.g., THC and CBD) are the chemical compounds secreted by cannabis flowers that provide relief to an array of symptoms including pain, nausea, anxiety, and inflammation. The most well known cannabinoid is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), but as more scientific research is conducted involving cannabis and its ability to be used as a medicine, more and more people are learning about other cannabinoids, especially cannabidiol (CBD). A brief description of THC via Wikipedia: Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), or more precisely its main isomer (−)-trans-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol ( (6aR,10aR)-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), is the principal psychoactive constituent (or cannabinoid) of the cannabis plant. First isolated in 1964 by Israeli scientists Raphael Mechoulam and Yechiel Gaoni at the Weizmann Institute of Science[8][9][10] it is a water-clear glassy solid when cold, which becomes viscous
and sticky if warmed. Cannabidiol — CBD— is a cannabis compound that has significant medical benefits, but does not make people feel “stoned” and can actually counteract the psychoactivity of THC. The fact that CBD-rich cannabis doesn’t get one high makes it an appealing treatment option for patients seeking anti-inflammatory, anti-pain, anti-anxiety, anti-psychotic, and/or anti-spasm effects without troubling lethargy or dysphoria. THC and CBD are only two of more than sixty cannabinoids in the plant. Many states have already deemed hemp-derived CBD oil a legal and safe product due to its harmless medicinal affects and overall separation from THC-based marijuana, but last week’s DEA decision does not make that distinction.
Benefits of Economic Benefits Hemp has been called a plant of “major economic importance,” as it grows like a weed, yet can be used in the production of food, personal care products, textiles, paper, and even plastic and construction materials.1 Health Benefits The hemp seed is bursting with Omega-6 and Omega-3, essential fatty acids that have heart health and anti inflammatory benefits. Hemp seeds are nutty in flavor and breathe life into salads, desserts, yogurts, cereals, and breads. Hemp seeds can be turned into butter, milk, protein powder, finishing oil, and soap. Enviornment Benefits Hemp plastic is a “material of the future” that could drastically cut down on the need for plastics and their devastating toll on the environment. In some cases, standard plastics may be reinforced with hemp, which may account for up to 80 percent of the plastic’s weight. Hemp can also be used to make 100 percent hemp plastic, which is recyclable and can be 100 percent biodegradable.
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Canada’s Legal Weed Trudeau released legislation that would make Canada the first industrialized nation to legalize marijuana. If it passes Parliament, which is widely expected, marijuana will be legally available across the vast nation by mid-2018. While recreational marijuana for adult use is legal in eight U.S. states, and a growing tolerance of weed has cushioned the legalization announcement’s impact, Canada’s announcement is a major milestone for the legalization movement and big questions remain unanswered. Here, a what you need to know about recreational weed in Canada, and what that might mean for Americans.
The Pot List: Celebrities in the Marijuana Business Given the fast-growing number of states legalizing medical marijuana (Pennsylvania became no. 24 just a few days ago), the demand for therapeutic hash is at an all-time high. According to a new report from ArcView Market Research, the legal cannabis market drew $5.4 billion in 2015 (a significant increase from $4.6 billion in 2014), and is expected to rake in $21.8 billion in total annual revenue by 2020. Naturally scores of kush-inclined capitalists are looking to profit off the Green Rush, with herb-loving celebrities among the multibillion-dollar industry’s biggest backers. Among the crop’s usual suspects are Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa, each of whom have partnered with a Colorado-based marijuana company in creating a personal line of pot products.
Snoop Dogg has invested in Leafs by Snoop a cannabis infused edibles line that includes fruit flavored chews, drops, and gummies call Doggy Treats.
Whoopi Goldberg teamed up with Om Edibles founder Maya Elisabeth to create Whoopi & Maya a medical marijuana company that catersparticularly to women suffering from severe menstrual aches and pain.
Stephan Marley
The son of the great Bob Marley produced Marley Natural, a new brand of cannabis products and paraphernalia ranging from various marijuana strains, pipes, and hemp products.
Cliff Robinson
NBA player create Uncle Spliffy a “ Sports Cannabis� label specifically formulated for athlete. In addition to Uncle Spliffy Robinson is also set to open a weed grow operation in Oregon.
Wiz Khalifa
Partnered with Colorado-based RiverRock- a retail chain that markets both medical and recreational marijuana- in creating his very own line of cannabis products.
Betting on GREEN: Investing in the Cannabis Industry with Khadijah Adams Originally from Sugar Land, Texas, Khadijah Adams is a cannabis consultant, marijuana stocks investor, and the senior managing partner of MIPR Holdings, LLC dba Marijuana Investment & Private Retreat™ located in Aurora, Colorado. MIPR Holdings is a professional cannabis consulting company that specializes in business and investor relations services.
real estate loans from the garage of her home in Texas as a single mother raising four sons. She acquired clients like Countrywide Mortgage, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, American Title Company, Integrated Real Estate, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Mooser & Freibert, PLLC; and Mattingly & Ford, just to name a few.
In 2004, while still overseeing the operations of Certified Signing Services, she moved to Miami, Florida Khadijah has been a full-time entrepreneur since to attend Barry University where she majored in legal studies. In 2007, when the bubble burst in the real December 1997, and has worked in the coffee, electricity, real estate, and computer retail inestate industry and after losing everything she moved dustries. Her biggest success came when she back to Texas determined to recover from her losses founded and grew a million dollar nationwide and many life lessons learned. mobile notary service that specialized in signing
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In May 2008, she developed an interest in the computer retail industry by way of a former acquaintance; took her last $5,400 and co-founded The Computer Café -“Home of the $99 Laptops” and earned over $120K in the first three months of being in business and the rest was history. She continued to manage the operations for The Computer Café until Colorado legalized marijuana for recreational consumption in January 2014. Having been at the beginning of new companies, Khadijah understood “timing and positioning” and began making plans to move to Colorado to get positioned in the “Green Rush” of 2014. By March 2014, Khadijah had sold all of her worldly possessions except for her car, computer, cell phone and a few clothes and moved to Aurora, Colorado to take a position in the cannabis industry in hopes of creating generational wealth for her family. After discovering the truth about the cannabis and hemp plants, their medicinal benefits, and the real reason these plants were criminalized, Khadijah became very passionate about re-educating the communities most affected by the “War on Drugs” (communities of color) with the truth about cannabis, how and why these plants became illegal, and the economic benefits of positioning as either business owners or, as investors early-on. “It’s important to understand where we are today in history since history has been known to repeat itself. Compare the beginning of the alcohol industry to that of the marijuana industry. You’ll find that these two industries are more similar than other major industries; and I’m not talking about the “fad” of the dot.com industry. Alcohol was once prohibited (illegal) in America; and then individual states began to legalize alcohol for medicinal purposes one at a time, until finally the government ended alcohol
prohibition and legalized alcohol on a federal level. Once alcohol was federally legal, several families created generational wealth for their families. Take Joseph Kennedy for example. He invested in alcohol before alcohol was cool (that’s before federal legalization). He didn’t just invest in alcohol, but he invested in many of the companies that supported the industry of alcohol, so that when it became federally legal he became the 15th wealthiest man in America. The same thing is happening in the marijuana industry. States started legalizing medical marijuana since 1991, starting with California. Now here we are in 2017, and almost 30 states have legalized marijuana for medicinal or recreational consumption. Well according to statistics “people of color” namely African-Americans and Latinos were and still are the most people affected by the criminalization of the marijuana (cannabis) and hemp plants; and therefore in my opinion people of color should take advantage of the opportunity of positioning in this newly legalized industry early on; so when federal legalization occurs (marijuana prohibition ends), some of the families devastated by the so-called “War on Drugs”; can now benefit in some capacity. Possibly even help rejuvenate our communities and especially our families by creating generational wealth. Joseph Kennedy did it with alcohol, and now many people are doing it with marijuana. Why shouldn’t we?” – Khadijah Adams Still searching for an entrance into the industry, Khadijah wanted to own and operate a cultivation or a dispensary, but quickly realized that she and about 97% of Americans could not afford the high costs associated with the application and licensing process, so she began searching for strategic ways of positioning in the industry; and possibly helping others do the same. She was introduced to and took an interest in marijuana stocks. As a master networker, she
began to connect with industry leaders, and took on a few mentors; and then by November she began investing in a variety of marijuana related companies that sold shares of ownership in the over-the-counter (OTC) marketplace. After three months of learning the basics of investing in marijuana stocks, Khadijah earned her first profit and before long people started asking her to teach them the basics of investing in marijuana stocks. So to supply this demand, Khadijah decided to host educational investment workshops and to her surprise, accredited investors began attending these workshops, but they were not interested in learning about marijuana stocks, they wanted to hire her to connect them to industry leaders who offered private investment opportunities both discretely and discreetly. This new demand prompted Khadijah to form Marijuana Investment & Private Retreat (now known as MIPR Holdings, LLC), and she began hosting private weekend retreats for accredited investors only. Her weekend retreats cater to celebrities and other high net-worth individuals seeking entrance into the marijuana and industries. To date, Khadijah has hosted multiple private weekend retreats and has helped her clients connect to viable investment opportunities within the industry. “Part of what we do at MIPR Holdings is vet cannabis related companies to (a) make sure they are legitimate, (b) make sure they have a qualified management team at the helm because “everything rises and falls on leadership”, and then (c) make sure they have a quality product and that product is on demand (people want it). Once we have completed this process and all checks out; we like to share this information with the public.” – Khadijah Adams During her journey, Khadijah has developed some very unique business relationships and impressive connections throughout the industry. She sits on the Executive Committee of the Minority Business Council of the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) where she is also a member. She sits on the Advisory Board of the Cannabis Cultural Association and is a
member of the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), and the Cannabis Consumer Coalition (CCC). Khadijah and her team are on a mission to help 1,000 families position in the cannabis and Hemp industries as either business owners or as investors, this year. To help them accomplish this mission, MIPR Holdings is hosting educational workshops in Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Florida, Ohio, and in Texas beginning in April and ending on June 24, 2017, in Cincinnati, Ohio. One of the companies she’ll be sharing uses and distributes federally approved hemp and CBD nationwide and offer a host of CBD and hemp infused products. Cannabidiol is commonly referred to as CBD. It’s a cannabis compound that has substantial medicinal benefits, but does not make you “high”. CBD can actually counteract the “high” that you get from the compound called Tetrahydrocannabinol aka THC found in marijuana. Hemp is not marijuana; and marijuana is not hemp. Both have their own individual uses and benefits. For instance, marijuana is typically used for the medicinal or recreational psychoactive (“high”) or non-psychoactive effects and benefits depending on the cannabinoid content. She (female plant) has high concentrations of THC and is low in CBD. On the other hand, Hemp cannot get you “high” at all. It’s commonly used for industrial and environmental purposes and has benefited humans since before Christ. He (male cannabis sativa plant) is extremely low in THC, but high in CBD. Hemp is also one of the strongest, most durable, natural soft-fibers on earth. Hemp has over 50,000 uses. Some of the most common things hemp can be used to make are medicine, paper, fuel, oils, plastics, clothing, shoes, housing, plastic, rope, and even food. According to health experts, CBD offers medical benefits that can help with Acne, ADD and ADHD, Addiction, AIDS, ALS, Alzheimer’s Disease, Anorexia, Antibiotic Resistance, Anxiety, Atheroscle-
rosis, Arthritis, Asthma, Autism, Bipolar, Cancer, Digestive Issues, Depression, Diabetes, Endocrine Disorders, Epilepsy and Seizures, Fibromyalgia, Glaucoma, Heart Disease, Huntington’s Disease, Inflammation, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Kidney Disease, Liver Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Migraine, Mood Disorders, Motion Sickness, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Nausea, Neurodegeneration, Neuropathic Pain, Obesity, OCD, Osteoporosis/Bone Health, Parkinson’s Disease, Prion/Mad Cow disease, PTSD, Rheumatism, Schizophrenia, Sickle Cell Anemia, Skin Conditions, Sleep Disorders, Spinal Cord Injury, Stress, Stroke and TBI For more information about MIPR Holdings, go to: www.miprholdings.com or call 720-327-9522 To purchase tickets to attend the next “Opportunities to Invest in the Green Rush” in Cincinnati, Ohio go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opportunities-to-invest-in-the-green-rush-tickets-33600403712?aff=ehomesaved For more information about CBD oils, hemp oils and other products, go to: www.HealthyHempUSA.com
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