ELAINE KEEVIN

ELAINE KEEVIN has been helping people her entire life. Spending years dedicated to her work as an EMT, she sustained a devastating injury to her leg while on the job — where a gurney malfunctioned, fell and completely demolished her knee, leaving a gruesome scar and a lifetime of pain. The agony of RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) led her down the pharmaceutical path, until she decided to ease her way out of an addiction to pills with Cannabis.

Elaine Keevin Excelsior Extracts | Cultivation Manager Research & Development Manager She learned to grow, and along with her partner and now husband Tommy a.k.a. ‘TOH’ or The Other Half, she roamed the online forum called overgrow.com PATIENT of the month teaching others, sharing information and spreading both knowledge and genetics far and wide under the moniker ‘Outkastt.’ As a caregiver, she was top notch - helping newbies, making connections and starting a real life meetup for growers and breeders called Nugs and Jugs. It was at one of these events that she and Tommy found out their grow house back home had been raided and they went on the run for five years.

Since coming home, Elaine and Tommy have put their lives back together, growing many different strains of Cannabis for patients and creating some of the strongest edibles ever made.

She’s even spoken before the Rhode Island Senate on the subject of Cannabis patient rights. A lifetime of helping others finally collided with her own needs after a recent 21 diagnosis of stage four lung cancer took her by complete surprise.

But Elaine isn’t complaining. If anything, she dislikes having to be helped by others. She’s staying strong through her treatments and worries only about the sadness and pain of her family. Recently, their kids arranged an amazing socially distanced wedding for Elaine and Tommy, and it was a beautiful day dedicated to their true love of each other. Cannabis played a major role in the nuptials, with live plants on proud display and plenty of joints consumed. “It’s been an I asked Elaine for her thoughts on honor and Cannabis, her diagnosis and her journey. privilege to a

“When I look back over my life, the one be a Cannabis thing that has always been a constant for me grower, and I’ve is laughter,” she said. always grown

“And the belief that everything works out this plant with exactly as it’s meant to be. I certainly didn’t reverence and plan on growing Cannabis, but that’s the way integrity.” it turned out. And what an adventure growing has been. I have absolutely no regrets.”

FINDING RELIEF

“This plant saved me from a pharmaceutical abyss. And it also allowed me to help so many others and have a positive and healing impact,” she said.

“I started growing Cannabis decades ago, in the good old bad days, when it was just us growers against pretty much everyone! It’s been an honor and privilege to be a Cannabis grower, and I’ve always grown this plant with reverence and integrity.”

Elaine said she raised her children around this plant while she was smoking and using a lot of Cannabis, and they are good and decent humans.

“I’ve met many incredible growers and formed lasting and meaningful relationships, because of this plant. I’ve smoked and grown some of the finest Cannabis on this planet. That’s a life well lived. That’s all I can ask for.”