Hydrolife Canada February/March 2017

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HL: You started [cannabis company] Ross’ Gold in
2013. What opportunities do you see in Canada
for treating people with medical marijuana?
R: The number one reason why I want to do this is
so that we can help as many people as possible.
I know through my own experiences that it helps
me get out of a lot of, you know, not depressions,
but depressants, disappointments. And how I had
different expectations of what it would mean to
go to the Olympics, I had different goals. Life is
never how you think it’s going to be and I think
that from my experience using it and being able
to be positive throughout everything, I think
that is something that people struggle with on a
regular basis. Like normal day-to-day life; like
give me a break already, you know?! And I think
that cannabis is a healthy alternative to alcohol.
For a lot of those same reasons, you can easily
categorize things in your head like what your
priorities are. They come flying at you at 100
miles an hour and you know what you need to
do. Where as with alcohol, you’re like, ‘Well, I’m
drunk now, I can’t do anything.’ And then you
wake up in the morning, you feel like crap, you
don’t sleep, and you don’t eat right, and that just
leads to more and more unhealthy things.
HL: Even on a pharmaceutical level, you know?
Everyone is always so quick to go to the doctor
and get pharmaceuticals.
R: Absolutely, and being able to tell people like,
‘Look, it’s not only healthy to use cannabis, but
its family-oriented.’ You can have a family and
use cannabis. The idea might be shocking to
people that you would use cannabis and raise
a family but, I’m telling you, you totally can do
it and it helps tremendously in a million ways.
But you know, if you’re having a couple of beers
on the patio, okay, fine, whatever. But you know,
you can’t treat yourself with beer when you’re
stressed out because your kids are driving you
nuts. But you can go and have a little quick
puff somewhere and, you know, deal with the
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