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THE CANNAVIST’S 2020
watch
The team predicts the future.
Here’s who and what to watch out
for over the next 12 months.
George Martorano
George Martorano has turned from a life of crime to
a life of CBD. The former prisoner, who spent 32 years
incarcerated, is thought to be America’s longest serving
nonviolent offender. He took a course in how to run a
cannabis dispensary upon his release. He was convicted in
1988 and was sentenced to life without parole after he was
found guilty of running a $75 million a year narcotics ring.
He now runs the Hip Hemp Café in South Philadelphia and
plans to expand to open more locations on the East Coast.
Amir Englund
This scientist at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College
London has been publishing medical research relating to
cannabis since 2012. Specialising in mental health research,
most of Englund’s research stems from the relationship
between cannabis and psychosis, as well as other forms of
mental illness such as depression and anxiety. He has also
written papers about how cannabis can be made safer and
has called for wider education surrounding its compounds
in the UK.
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