It’s no secret that my husband and I are longtime cannabis and hemp advocates. We’ve cheered as the majority of Americans have come around to supporting legalization, and applauded as cannabis law reform spreads from state to state.
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After working in the entertainment industry for over 25 years, Morris Beegle decided it was time for a change in career path. Inspired by the possibilities the hemp plant holds, as well as by the hemp industry’s rapidly changing landscape, he joined forces with Elizabeth Knight, who had a 20-year long sales and project management career, and together the two dove into creating alternative options to everyday products, such as hemp-based T-shirts and paper products.
After a battery of tests and misdiagnoses, I was finally diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease twelve years ago, and thus began a long battle with trial-and-error medical treatments. I changed my diet several times, even though my doctors didn’t seem confident it would change much (it didn’t), went to physical therapy for pain-related issues, and took so many different pharmaceuticals I can’t even begin to recall each and every one.
