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Viridiana Edward - NurseMARK - Episode 47 nurseMARK
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Episode 47 - Viridiana Edwards
Viridiana (Vee)is a born and raised El Paso Texas native. At the age of 17 she joined the U.S. Army. In 2009, she received orders to deploy to Kandahar, Afghanistan. In June of 2015, Viridiana received a medical retirement from the U.S. Army after 10 years of service due to injuries that were sustained while serving in Afghanistan from 2009-2010.
Viridiana sought treatment for her injuries with The Department of Veterans Affairs. Unfortunately, she was prescribed pharmaceutical medications that ended up harming her instead of helping her. Following her husbands advice, Viridiana looked to CBD for help and found relief. Viridiana began making her own CBD products at home that helped her significantly. As a result, CannaVi Hemp was founded. Currently Viridiana is in the nations first M.S. in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics with The University of Maryland, Baltimore. Viridiana recently also designed a Texas resident medical cannabis study. The results from her study will be shared with The Foundation for Informed Texas and Texas Veterans for Medical Marijauana access and legislators in an effort empower them with educated and compassionate decisions regarding medical cannabis access in Texas.
Takeaways:
Vee’s personal story of finding cannabis as an effective alternative to pharmaceuticals after battlefield injury while serving our country in Afghanistan.
The current state of cannabis in Texas.
Vee’s current research project that will provide data that is crucial to helping legalize cannabis in Texas and other states.
How a personal journey has turned into a business helping others.
Links/Info:
Website: https://www.cannavihemp.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viridiana-edwards-b8443b82/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viridiana.edwards/
Episode 47 - Viridiana Edwards
Viridiana (Vee)is a born and raised El Paso Texas native. At the age of 17 she joined the U.S. Army. In 2009, she received orders to deploy to Kandahar, Afghanistan. In June of 2015, Viridiana received a medical retirement from the U.S. Army after 10 years of service due to injuries that were sustained while serving in Afghanistan from 2009-2010.
Viridiana sought treatment for her injuries with The Department of Veterans Affairs. Unfortunately, she was prescribed pharmaceutical medications that ended up harming her instead of helping her. Following her husbands advice, Viridiana looked to CBD for help and found relief. Viridiana began making her own CBD products at home that helped her significantly. As a result, CannaVi Hemp was founded. Currently Viridiana is in the nations first M.S. in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics with The University of Maryland, Baltimore. Viridiana recently also designed a Texas resident medical cannabis study. The results from her study will be shared with The Foundation for Informed Texas and Texas Veterans for Medical Marijauana access and legislators in an effort empower them with educated and compassionate decisions regarding medical cannabis access in Texas.
Takeaways:
Vee’s personal story of finding cannabis as an effective alternative to pharmaceuticals after battlefield injury while serving our country in Afghanistan.
The current state of cannabis in Texas.
Vee’s current research project that will provide data that is crucial to helping legalize cannabis in Texas and other states.
How a personal journey has turned into a business helping others.
Links/Info:
Website: https://www.cannavihemp.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viridiana-edwards-b8443b82/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viridiana.edwards/
54 min