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Casey Kay TELL US ABOUT YOUR ROLE WITH THE APOTHECARIUM?
I am a Senior Cannabis Consultant — I answer questions from our guests and give consultations on products, dosing, strain choices and different methods of consumption. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THE COMPANY? I’ve
worked for The Apothecarium for about three years, but I first started coming to the dispensary five years ago and made a lot of friends on the team - which is how I started working here.
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I love letting the fresh terp profile linger, while my chest fills slowly. I do enjoy all different products however, from topicals to tinctures. WHAT HELPS TO SET THE APOTHECARIUM APART FROM OTHER DISPENSARIES? WHAT CAN A PATIENT EXPERIENCE HERE THAT THEY WON’T FIND ELSEWHERE? The Apothecarium
is all about relationships and education - because we have such a beautiful space and our staff are so highly trained - a lot of people feel comfortable coming in who may not feel comfortable at other dispensaries. WHAT SPARKED YOUR Every day I have the chance INTEREST IN CANNABIS? HOW DID YOU BECOME to help people and make a ACQUAINTED WITH USING difference in their lives. As CANNABIS AS MEDICINE? a consultant I can go from My first toke was many moons recommending a pre-roll to ago, a passion that never went someone who hasn’t smoked in away. I got my first years, to a member “EVERY DAY job in the Cannabis who is coming back I HAVE THE industry through a to ease discomfort CHANCE TO friend I’ve known from a serious HELP PEOPLE since middle school. medical ailment. AND MAKE A Having consumed DIFFERENCE IN CAN YOU TELL Cannabis for many years THEIR LIVES.” ME ABOUT YOUR recreationally, I looked MOST MEMORABLE back and realized it INTERACTION WITH A may have always been a way to PATIENT? My favorite is when self medicate. Today, I’m helping guests feel confident and people on the same journey. comfortable bringing in parents, grandparents, or even their DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE own adult children. It means TERPENE PROFILE OR a lot to me and the other staff CULTIVAR? I don’t think I could when guests feel good about choose a favorite cultivator or bringing their loved ones to The brand - I enjoy trying new products Apothecarium! too much! I need to know what I’m talking about with our guests, WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE right? Stay true to the plant and it’ll TO BECOME A BUDTENDER? be true to you. I look for growers Honestly, I was a Cannabis and companies who remain consultant before I had a title at a humble. Myrcene and linalool are dispensary. I would have friends, probably most prevalent in most of family and other acquaintances my strains at home. reaching out knowing that I took a lot of time to study different HOW DO YOU LIKE cannabinoids and how they work TO USE CANNABIS? I’m a flower with the body. For me, it’s natural girl through and through. My to now be doing this inside a preferred method of consumption is dispensary. from a clean, clear bong.
may 2020
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