Tim Cullen is CEO and founder of the Colorado Harvest Company and Evergreen Apothecary, an expanding business in Denver that grows and sells marijuana. His most lucrative store averages 200 to 300 sales a day, with roughly 80 percent being for recreational purposes. The former high school biology teacher became interested in marijuana when he saw how it helped his father control the pain and nausea of Crohn's Disease, which Cullen himself developed later. He began growing marijuana in his basement in Colorado, where growing medical marijuana for personal use has been legal for 12 years. He now grows his plants in 55,000 square feet in four warehouses.
{"title":"Q & A with grower Tim Cullen [interview by Mary Winter].","authors":"Tim Cullen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tim Cullen is CEO and founder of the Colorado Harvest Company and Evergreen Apothecary, an expanding business in Denver that grows and sells marijuana. His most lucrative store averages 200 to 300 sales a day, with roughly 80 percent being for recreational purposes. The former high school biology teacher became interested in marijuana when he saw how it helped his father control the pain and nausea of Crohn's Disease, which Cullen himself developed later. He began growing marijuana in his basement in Colorado, where growing medical marijuana for personal use has been legal for 12 years. He now grows his plants in 55,000 square feet in four warehouses.</p>","PeriodicalId":80178,"journal":{"name":"State legislatures","volume":"41 3","pages":"25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33279594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hitting the open road: the debate over requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets revs up once again.","authors":"Doug Shinkle","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80178,"journal":{"name":"State legislatures","volume":"41 2","pages":"26-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33159292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Helping the helpers: new state laws support the millions of Americans who minister to aging relatives and form the backbone of the nation's long-term care system.","authors":"Julia C Martinez","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80178,"journal":{"name":"State legislatures","volume":"41 2","pages":"28-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33159291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Filling the gap: after years of spending cuts to mental health programs, lawmakers have begun to boost funding for the most effective approaches.","authors":"Suzanne Weiss","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80178,"journal":{"name":"State legislatures","volume":"41 1","pages":"32-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33159289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vaporized: with cigarette sales down and e-cigarettes hot, lawmakers find themselves in a bit of a revenue quagmire.","authors":"Mandy Rafool","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80178,"journal":{"name":"State legislatures","volume":"41 1","pages":"29-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33159288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What's hot for 2015: lawmakers have a slew of hot issues to juggle as sessions rev up around the country this month.","authors":"Julie Lays","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80178,"journal":{"name":"State legislatures","volume":"41 1","pages":"14-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33159290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chemical quandary: chemicals are essential to our way of life, but who's ensuring their safe use?","authors":"Doug Farquhar","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80178,"journal":{"name":"State legislatures","volume":"40 10","pages":"32-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32947356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Big data = big benefits: states are using large amounts of data to improve efficiency, fight fraud, and identify savings.","authors":"Joanne Bourquard, Cassandra Kirsch","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80178,"journal":{"name":"State legislatures","volume":"40 8","pages":"32-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32684617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dr. Mary Wakefield is the administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration. She came from the University of North Dakota, where she directed the Center for Rural Health. She has served as director of the Center for Health Policy, Research and Ethics at George Mason University and has worked with the World Health Organization's Global Programme on AIDS in Geneva, Switzerland. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. A native of North Dakota, Wakefield holds a doctoral degree in nursing from the University of Texas.
{"title":"Mary Wakefield: Health Resources and Services Administrator. Interview.","authors":"Mary Wakefield","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dr. Mary Wakefield is the administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration. She came from the University of North Dakota, where she directed the Center for Rural Health. She has served as director of the Center for Health Policy, Research and Ethics at George Mason University and has worked with the World Health Organization's Global Programme on AIDS in Geneva, Switzerland. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. A native of North Dakota, Wakefield holds a doctoral degree in nursing from the University of Texas.</p>","PeriodicalId":80178,"journal":{"name":"State legislatures","volume":"40 6","pages":"20-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32452684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}