CANNAHealthcare Magazine June / July 2017 | Page 51

51

Patients Come First. Always.

a better alternative. This was Jim's first time smoking marijuana ever in his life, and after taking a couple hits his shaking stopped. At first he thought it was just psychological and a placebo effect.

A few days later, he had to go to a hockey tournament called the chowder cup in Boston and didn’t bring anything with him other than his prescribed medication. By the time he got back to Texas he could barely walk into his house because he was shaking so bad, and after trying smoking again to see if it would help the shakes went away. They did. That was when Jim knew that he needed to start a company in the marijuana industry to help people, starting with his family as his main purpose because of their conditions and his own.

Jim spent years traveling between California and Colorado to learn about the marijuana industry, because he really had no idea what he was getting himself into in that area. After learning about different parts of the industry, he discovered THC free CBD oil extracted from industrial hemp, and seeing the amazing therapeutic effects first hand, he decided that that was the direction best suited for his vision.

CBD, also known as or cannabidiol oil or hemp oil, is the non -psychoactive component of the cannabis plant, but can also be derived from hemp. It is non-psychoactive, meaning it does not produce a mental high, and therefore is being more widely recognized as the medicinal part of the cannabis plant. It has long been known that cannabis has therapeutic effects in the treatment of many disorders, physical and mental. Because the human body has many cannabinoid receptors inside

it, including in the immune system, more studies than

ever are showing the positive effects of cannabinoid

oil on the immune system and the human body.