Connecting the Colorado Medical Cannabis Industry
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We’re gettin her ready to roll!
There’s still folks out there who owe me content……get it to me please!
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Let’s Connect and showcase our industry.
We are Pioneering a new industry, making history.
Represent! Walk Proud!
We invite you to walk with us.
We want your feedback folks……give us a call.
Hiedi – 720-326-6577
Irvin – 954-536-9011
Randy – 720-840-5028
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PLEASE everybody vote in this poll!
It is on the right, scroll down.
When an elected official acts in direct defiance of the voters, they need to be held accountable for their actions.
With the Federal threat upon us, it is imperative officials in positions like these defend the voters and states rights!
I have had folks ask me “What’s your deal with Suthers?”
THIS….this exact story is my “deal” with the man. As long as I have resources and see where he’s going, Colorado Connect will pursue this man across the state to hold him accountable, and defend you folks.
That’s our job here. Present the truth, the credibility. Kill the lies, and end the prohibition.
Let’s Connect folks. Share this with all – encourage all to vote in the poll – and have your voice heard. they use these numbers all the time, and Colorado Springs is where Suthers feels most comfortable.
Let’s not let him be so comfortable……VOTE.
Greetings!
As discussed in an earlier post, Irvin and I had many discussions with many of you over the past week.
We have made six small videos outlining Irvin’s support of Colorado Connect, and why it is important we need your support too. They are all under 2 minutes….easy viewing.
We sincerely hope you will take the time to view, and provide feedback, or any concerns you may have. We value your opinion.
Irv Rosenfeld introduces Colorado Connect
We hope to hear from you soon!
Hey folks. This is a GREAT video on the endocannabinoid system. Please share it with all your patients and politicians.
It is imperative we educate as many folks as we can about the endocannabinoid system, as it was discovered only recently as far as medicine goes, and is not part of the educational curriculum in medical school.
I put Irvin on the plane back to Fort Lauderdale this morning. We had a very good week in many ways, and very frustrating in others.
Hours of discusssion were put into talking about Colorado’s medical cannabis industry, and some things we see that need repair, and quite honestly, business concerns.
After the financial horsewhipping you folks have taken over the past year, it is imperative your businesses run as smoothly and efficiently as possible, and that goes for paperwork and policy too.
Compliance, Compliance, Compliance!!
In addition, what message are you sending? By message, I mean, look around…….look at your exterior of your building. Is it painted nicely, and within neighborhood guidelines? Is it neat and clean, no garbage? Are the windows clean, even despite the bars?
Are you a medical facility? Or are you what I call a “weedslinger”?
I came up with that lil term back in December of 2010 when Irv and I were here for KushCon. We had walked into a few shops to check them out…..see what was happening. How was business?
Well……we were pretty taken aback by quite a few of the shops we had been in at that time, and are very happy to see that things have improved greatly. Those folks back then were simply “slingin weed” and had no clue about any medical application whatsoever, or care to expand their knowledge.
Colorado medical cannabis has improved greatly since then, and since regulation has been placed into action.
Thank heavens! It was pretty frightening.
Anyway folks….I have had Irvin in state 6 times now, with more planned in the future. We have a pretty good grasp on Colorado’s industry, and some suggestions, and ideas for you folks over the next few weeks.
Irvin and I made some videos too, and we will be posting those soon.
Please call us folks, we want your feedback. We’re here to help you.
Hiedi 720-326-6577
Irvin 954-536-9011
Randy 720-840-5028
Irvin Rosenfeld and I have been out in the field this week. We have done a couple booksignings, but the primary focus is getting Colorado Connect launched, and finding the right supporters for our charter issue.
What do I mean by “right supporters”?
Well….to be blunt, the credible ones. The ones who are in it for the right reasons. The ones who are trying to better the industry for the sake of the patient. The places where we feel comfortable walking in the door.
You see, we won’t send new patients to places we don’t feel comfortable. Our goal is to develop new patients, grow a larger industry in Colorado, and generate a larger support group. Educate the masses. If we can’t get them across the threshhold of you folks businesses, we will not see an increase in numbers, or support.
Another concern Irvin and I both have is this……many folks out there in this new industry have no idea how to market their business, and strategize for the future. We have had numerous discussions with many in the industry, and this is a common theme.
So….let’s talk marketing for a minute, and strategy.
Yes….I said strategy.
There is a strategy in everything you do in marketing, or at least there should be if you are marketing correctly. One of the biggest concerns we have seen is the desire to simply “battle by ad” over the current patient base. The younger generation of patients seems to be the target audience. “Seems to be” I say, as there really appears to be no marketing going on, just a lot of chestbeating. Before you say “that’s not me” have an honest look at what you are doing. As a matter of fact, dial me or Irvin up and talk about it…..
Expect me to be blunt here folks…..as I have been witnessing the birth and growth in Colorado personally, on the ground, for over 14 months now from the viewpoint of a patient. I talk to and interact with a lot of patients. The patients thirst for knowledge is incredible. They want to learn how to take care of themselves with this amazing plant. They don’t want to be called potheads and demoralized. They want respect for their decision to partake in an alternative therapy.
They deserve it too…..for without the patient we have no industry.
Funny…..been crowing about that for 2 years now in multiple states, and just NOW folks are catching on?
Which leads to another issue. Proactive vs Reactive.
This industry and community is stuck in “react mode” in my honest opinion. We react to things, as opposed to being proactive, where we act in a manner to take control of the situation rather than defend it.
We MUST have an offense too.
One thing I know about Colorado is this, folks here love their football. Tim Tebow made quite a splash this past season.
Did he accomplish all he did with just a defense? Hell no he didn’t. There was a lot of offensive strategy, and teamwork.
So, let’s just reflect, and see how we can apply that thought to medical cannabis in Colorado. This industry needs to turn into a super star football team, with not just defense, but one hell of an offense too.
How can we do that? Well…..let’s talk about it.
First….how about presentation?
Do you honestly think Irvin would have won his case against the Federal government if he had dressed in the ol tie dye to address courts or solicit support? If he had paraded around with scantily clad women would that have helped him establish a medical necessity?
Hell no he wouldn’t have……they’d have tossed him out on his kiester as another “pothead” just wanting to get stoned.
When we sit in law enforcement meetings and watch them bring forth the culture publications to discuss at the meeting, we actually have to defend you folks in these meetings. There are ads out there we absolutely cannot and will not defend folks. We have to shrug it off and say “they don’t get it”. Take a look at the past issues of what you have advertised in out there, and defend some of those ads to law enforcement yourself. Explain how medically oriented they are……
Need an example? Here….take a look at what Montana’s 62nd legislative session pulled the Saturday after I distributed the third issue of Montana Connect to the legislative body: Repeal hearing evidence first three minutes
That HURTS not just the advertiser who placed the ad, but EVERY other person in this industry folks. All the way down to the patients.
Especially the patients.
I said I was going to be blunt…….and any of you who know me, know I am not afraid to speak my mind.
With the threat of Federal intervention in Colorado upon us, it’s time to shit or get off the pot people….literally. You have fought so hard and paid so much money for how many years to do what? Show off? Or succeed and be respected.
I hope to never see in Colorado what happened in Montana on the house floor. I can tell you…it IS happening in law enforcement meetings.
Do you want to cling to culture? Or walk proud medically? You folks have an opportunity here to have the Federal patient on your side with this publication. NO OTHER publication has that, or the connections that come with that affiliation. The credibility and integrity that Irvin lends us is something to be respected, and honored. We wouldn’t be where we are today without the efforts of not only Irvin Rosenfeld, but my personal hero Robert Randall, Federal patient number 1 and forefather to medical cannabis in the nation, in my honest opinion.
That man would spin in his grave today if he could witness what is happening nationally with medical cannabis. I know in my heart he would be ever so pleased to see cannabis getting into the hands of so many needy patients, but he would be horrified by the representation. The discrediting of patients for the sake of culture and crowing would make him crazy.
How many of you have even heard the name Robert C Randall? He pioneered medical cannabis in the nation with his wife Alice O’Leary and was the first patient to receive medical cannabis from the federal government. Meet Bob and Alice here, as well as Dr Grinspoon and more info on Irvin.
I hope you folks are as inspired as I am. If you have read their books, Bob’s and Irvin’s, you will completely understand where I am coming from personally. Their fight and success must be not only protected, but heralded, and continued.
You folks have a chance to take part in that now, by supporting Colorado Connect.
We roll to print in February. We will be accepting ads through the end of the month. There are ad sizes for everyone, with rates to allow all to participate. The nonsense I hear of “You’re too expensive” I counter with “My monthly rate and content agreement are actually LESS expensive than the culture publications” and we provide enough content that it takes 2 months to fully absorb.
People collect magazines, and Colorado Connect is intended to be reference material, not a magazine to be cut up for coupons and discarded.
We will be reaching outside the market folks, bringing new folks into our industry. The culture publications do not have that same reach. Folks who are curious are not going to look to them to learn about the industry and walk into your door.
Do you want to continue fighting over the current patient base? Or maybe try to reach outside, and gather more. Build a stronger, more credible industry. Add more warriors to our fight, and help so many more people than we already do.
We shouldn’t have these folks coming to us in their last moments of desperation with their illnesses because they were too fearful to cross your doorstep. It is so much harder to help and treat them later on in disease……again….a need to be proactive.
There are many Coloradoans out there every day being diagnosed with a disease we can help treat. Colorado Connect is designed to reach those very patients at the beginning of their treatments, not as a desperate move in a last ditch effort.
Let’s be PROACTIVE folks. Reach out for new patients, support our elders in our history, and present and promote a credible image. We invite you to join us.
Irvin leaves state this Saturday the 28th.
We will be at a Patients Out of Time fundraiser at Casselmans from 5-8 tonight, January 25th. Patients Out of Time event
We will have insertion orders on hand if you choose to join our team, and you have opportunity to have Irvin handle your account. Irvin is still active in the financial advising industry as well, so be sure to get one of his cards.
We will also be at the Ganja Gala Friday night.
Thursday and Friday we will be in Colorado Springs doing what Colorado Connect does so well……advocacy work. Bob Crouse is a leukemia patient in the Springs who is under prosecution. It is very important to us that no more sick folks become criminals. We hope you will join us.
On Thursday, Irvin and I are guests on this show.
Please tune in your radio dials to 1060am in Denver and 1580am in Colorado Springs for the Consumer Crusader show with Tom Gallagher on the Colorado Radio Network which will be broadcasting a 2 hour program about medical marijuana in Colorado starting at 11am. Hear from us and please participate in the discussion, you can tune in and comment online @ http://www. consumeradvocateshow.com/ – Please tell your friends and ask others to listen in.
THURSDAY JAN 26
CONSUMER CRUSADER RADIO SHOW WITH TOM GALLAGHER @ 11AM 1060am Denver – 1580am Colorado Springs
We hope you will dial in to hear our message.
We look forward to seeing and talking with as many of you as we can over the next few days and weeks. We want your feedback. We are here to help you, please feel free to call.
Hiedi – 720-326-6577
Irvin – 954-536-9011
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Greetings
My name is Hiedi Handford. I am writing to you to introduce myself, my trade publication Colorado Connect, and one of the Federal patients involved in the Federal IND Compassionate use program for medical marijuana that has been in existence since 1977.
I am a Colorado native with a Montana upbringing. My family homesteaded Conifer back in the late 1800′s. I was born in Greeley in 1966. The Fields name runs deep in Weld County. I am proud of both of my heritages, as my Father raised me in Montana from 1977 to adulthood, yet always kept us connected to our roots in Colorado. Over the past 14 months I have spent a majority of my time in Colorado working between both states and performing advocacy in Montana and Colorado as well as on a National level. It has been a sheer pleasure getting reacquainted with this great state that runs so rich with my own heritage.
I am also a medical cannabis patient, and publisher of a trade publication for the medical cannabis industry. My publication is a professional publication citing science and fact with no exploitation of patients or women, or support of modern culture. When I became a cannabis patient, there was very little out there to learn from, and absolutely nothing professionally done and absent of culture and offensive material. I am proud to have published Montana Connect, and look forward to Colorado Connect showcasing and professionally representing the industry and history we are making in Colorado. I will be getting a copy of the charter issue to you, and look forward to your feedback.
There are some wonderful and amazing folks in this industry, and it will be my pleasure to introduce you to those we consider to be the finest in our industry. We have found those we consider to be the “best of the best” for our featured stories and charter advertisers.
We aim to set a standard.
We pledge to give you a professional, honest representation of medical cannabis in Colorado.
We will be introducing you to medical cannabis in Colorado in the charter issue, and in the second issue you will meet another piece of Colorado history that runs deep and strong in the Colorado history books. I cannot wait to publish that story, it knocks MY socks off!
In Colorado Connect you will meet the Pioneers in the medical cannabis industry in Colorado in every issue. Every issue will have a featured MMD, and we will take you beyond the locked doors you see from the street. You will meet the pioneers of medical cannabis, pioneers just like those who founded our great state, and fought against all odds to stake a claim and make an honest living. We will take you to the front lines of science and fact. Learn all about the endocannabinoid system, the medicine of cannabis. Meet patients and witness how their lives have changed.
In addition, meet Irvin Rosenfeld, Co-editor of Colorado Connect and longest surviving Federal Medical Cannabis patient in the nation. Irvin has been a stockbroker in Fort Lauderdale Florida for 25 years. Irvin has received medical cannabis from the Federal government for 29 years.
To learn more of Irvin’s story, please visit http://www.mymedicinethebook.com for a brief video introduction. Also, please feel free to google his name. There are thousands of stories.
Irvin and I will be visiting the Capitol this week to visit with the legislative body. There are many issues we would like to discuss with many of you, and we hope you will reach out to us. We will be in the Capitol Tuesday and Wednesday mornings of this week, and we have advocacy work to do for leukemia patient Bob Crouse in Colorado Springs this Friday January 27. We will be available to you by phone at all times. We will also be collecting more charter advertisers to showcase for you, as we hope to help bridge a gap in communication betwen the medical cannabis industry and it’s political body by being a professional representation and voice for the medical cannabis industry in Colorado.
We have Irvin’s integrity to protect when we represent this industry, so it is very important to us that the providors we feature and showcase in Colorado Connect be leaders in the industry on every level from compliance, care of plants, care of customers, and product quality and safety. Many patients in the medical cannabis industry are very sick folks, and we stress patient safety at all times.
It is our hope you will find Colorado Connect, Irvin, myself, and my staff a breath of fresh air to the medical cannabis industry in Colorado. We hope to open dialogue, and compel you to please, in any and all of your legislative effort, always remember the patients and their safety.
A big part of that safety is the MMD’s and licenced providers at every level that have been established to meet their needs. With the Federal threat underway, it is even more important now than ever before that you folks reach deep down inside and fight for the historical laws and regulation that have been established in Colorado.
You folks have made history!
Please do not let all of your hard work, or the blood sweat and tears of the MMD and all licensed providers who sacrifice so much every day to provide an alternative health care means to so many, fall prey to Federal prohibitive tactics. This unjust battle has been waged long enough against the sick and infirm, and Colorado is pioneering the way to change.
I am so very proud to be here to document the history being made. I sincerely hope you are very proud of the work lain before you, and that you will fight with all your power to maintain what has been accomplished.
Thank you for all of your hard work and effort. It does not go unrecognized.
Please feel free to contact myself or Irvin at the following:
Hiedi Handford 720-326-6577 CoConnectMe@gmail.com Irvin Rosenfeld 954-536-9011 Skipperirv@aol.com or irosenfeld@newbridgesecurities.com
Also, listed below is more information.
I encourage you to please visit http://www.medicalcannabis.com to meet the true pioneers of medical cannabis on a national level, and folks whom I personally consider to be the most credible in the nation when it comes to medical cannabis.
Patients Out of Time hosts a medical cannabis conference for medical professionals every two years. These conferences are offered both at the time of live conference and in online format as continuing education credits sanctioned and approved by the American Medical Association and American Nurses Association in medical cannabis education.
Our next conference is this April, please make it a point to attend if you can. I encourage you to look through the site, and be sure to see our list of supporters. I believe you will be amazed, and delightfully pleased to be presented with such a credible resource.
Thank you so much for your time. I look forward to more time with you, hopefully in the immediate future. Irvin will be leaving Colorado on the 28th of January, with plans to return in March. He will be available to you via phone and e-mail when not in state. I hope you will take advantage of the resource, and give either one of us a call. We will be more than happy to help in any way we can.
Let’s Connect!
Hiedi Handford
Founder/Director Colorado & Montana Connect Magazine
PO Box 797
Broomfield, CO 80038
720-326-6577
CoConnectMe@gmail.com
Http://CoConnect.Me
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