The true forefront in medicine today is a broad offensive where medical and research professionals are now pulling out all the stops in a never-ending war against broad-spectrum degenerative diseases like cancer or degenerative diseases of specific tissues, such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, which severely cripple a patient’s central nervous system (CNS). Unfortunately, there is very little in the way of truly therapeutic options for patients with degenerative CNS diseases.

In the case of Parkinson’s, dopamine-generating neurons in the midbrain (substantia nigra) progressively die off, resulting in a variety of motor control issues (dyskinesia) at first, with dementia, insomnia, and severe depression or emotional problems typically following in later stages. There is no currently known cure for Parkinson’s and the standard of care consists primarily of medications designed to manage and/or provide relief from the symptoms.

The main family of drugs used to offset Parkinson’s symptoms is Levodopa (L DOPA, which metabolizes into dopamine), but MAOIs (monoamine oxidase inhibitors) and dopamine agonists have seen a significant increase of use in recent years as a first choice, in order to prolong the start of L DOPA treatment. For you see, prolonged use of L DOPA typically results in dyskinesia that is equivalent to the long-term effects of Parkinson’s itself.

Because less than 10 percent of L-DOPA actually makes it through the blood-brain barrier, the vast majority of it is metabolized elsewhere in the body, resulting in numerous side effects like nausea and joint stiffness, in addition to the aforementioned Parkinson’s-like motor control problems. MAOIs, historically already in wide usage as a treatment for atypical depression, are pretty effective at delimiting the primary monoamine oxidase that degrades dopamine, MAO-B, and thus are able to somewhat offset the lack of dopamine that is being caused by neuronal loss.

As you can see, the only solutions for Parkinson’s patients which are currently available aren’t really solutions at all, and carry with them the looming inevitability of a lost battle against this degenerative disease. A truly disheartening reality for patients and their families. Long-term options for Parkinson’s patients and their families are severely limited as well and include invasive surgery, or palliative care designed merely to improve quality for end of life patients. Reasonable extrapolations from official Parkinson’s Disease Foundation data indicates that the number of people on earth currently suffering from the disease is likely close to, or over 10 million. Some 60,000 or more people in the U.S. alone are diagnosed with Parkinson’s each year, meaning the real number is likely much higher, after factoring in all the cases that go undiagnosed, and unreported.

Hence the undisputable potential value of the proprietary, scalable and ethical human parthenogenetic (asexual reproduction from unfertilized egg) stem cell (hpSC) technology currently being developed by International Stem Cell Corp. (OTCQB: ISCO). Because hpSCs are self-renewing multipotent cells, they represent an as-yet essentially untapped goldmine of therapeutic developments which could provide solutions for countless degenerative diseases, and do so across multiple tissue types. The company’s hpSC platform for chemically stimulating eggs to reproduce, which uses a series of different activation techniques in order to create sizeable batches of healthy adult cells that are HLA/immune-matched (human leukocyte antigen) either to the individual or to the general population, has led to an exciting novel therapeutic cellular product consisting of human parthenogenetic neural stem cells (hPNSCs).

Because hPNSCs have been shown to be able to actually differentiate into dopaminergic neurons, therapy using these injected cells represents a wholly-new approach to the problem of Parkinson’s, wherein the root cause of the disease is addressed directly. Moreover, transplanted hPNSCs have been shown to express powerful brain-protecting neurotrophic factors in pre-clinical animal model studies, meaning that not only does this product hold the potential to simply grow new dopamine-producing cells, it can also help shield the remaining healthy cells from degeneration and/or death. ISCO’s recent announcement that the company is now moving full steam ahead towards phase I/IIa human clinical trials in Australia, subsequent to a meeting with the Australian Therapeutics Goods Administration and signage of an LOI with the conducting facility, Royal Melbourne Hospital, is a major milestone for the company. A milestone that puts ISCO squarely in the pole position for developing the first true Parkinson’s therapy.

TGA approval for the phase I/IIa clinical trials is expected sometime this month, with enrollment commencing shortly after, and ISCO could have a real winner on its hands depending on whether the results jog with those generated by the preceding nine-month safety GLP study of 300 rodents, which showed zero tumor growth in any of the subjects receiving transplanted cells. ISCO seems to have overcome the two major stumbling blocks that have hindered other developers in this field: immune-related tissue rejection and tumor formation.

The chemically close-to-nature methodology whereby the company generates its hpSCs is likely a main reason its therapies have had such preclinical successes, and one need look no further than the results for the other candidates (such as those for metabolic liver and degenerative eye diseases) in ISCO’s therapeutic pipeline in order to get a good idea of where the Parkinson’s therapy is headed. A savvy observer will note that the probability of success for ISCO with its hPNSC phase I/IIa clinical trials is telegraphed readily by the demonstrated versatility of the platform in allowing for a robust pipeline of several promising indications. The hpSC platform looks solid and ISCO could have one or two disruptive commercial breakthroughs on its hands in the near future.

Unlike many preclinical biopharma developers, ISCO has a cash pipeline already in place to help fund the expensive work of drug trials, with two wholly-owned subsidiaries that benefit from the company’s hpSC platform: Lifeline Cell Technology and Lifeline Skin Care. Respectively engaged in the sale of human cell culture products/reagents, as well as cosmeceuticals based on a proprietary extract derived from hpSCs, these two profitable subsidiaries not only help feed the R&D machine that is ISCO, they represent promising long-term opportunities in and of themselves. Quarterly financial data out as of November 16 from ISCO shows that Lifeline Cell Technology sales were up handsomely in Q3 (ended September 30), climbing 22 percent compared to the same quarter last year, alongside a nine percent jump in the company’s total consolidated revenue over the same period. Having wound down its multiple preclinical studies during the first six months of 2015, ISCO has managed to slash its cash burn rate and the company is now eager to see the fruits of its labor emerge from human clinical trials of hPNSCs in Parkinson’s.

The ability to grow functional, immune-matched adult human stem cells without the need to fertilize an egg is as ground-breaking a revolution in medicine as it sounds. And ISCO is basically the tip of the spear here too, alongside a tiny handful of other companies, many of whom lack the crucial IP and pre-clinical success story to deliver on a platform solution that could eventually hit hard and fast across the gamut of degenerative and similar diseases.

To find out what the buzz is all about, visit www.internationalstemcell.com

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Star Mountain Resources, Inc. (OTC: SMRS) is a junior exploration and mining company that focuses on obtaining mining claims, mineral leases, mine production, and historic mines for future growth potential. Specifically, the company acquires these base and precious metal mines in North America. At the moment, Star Mountain Resources is recommencing mining activities at the Balmat zinc mine in upstate New York, which is expected to turn the company into an active mine producer (instead of an explorer) with an impressive revenue stream beginning at the end of next year. To achieve its maximum growth through acquisitions, the company balances its core values on a pyramid of responsibility that instills confidence from the community, employees, and shareholders.

Environmental stewardship lays the foundation upon which the company is built. Star Mountain Resources believes in implementing planning and processes that won’t negatively affect the environment. Planning begins with exploration, then construction, up through reclamation. During these processes, the company diligently looks at safe water treatments, sewage systems, energy consumption, and clean air solutions. These continuous programs ensure federal, state, and local regulations are met.

Second, Star Mountain Resources provides a safe environment for employees at each facility. The company and its employees have developed personal work habits and practices that do not put anyone at risk. Then, the third tier involves the maintenance of community ties. Since 2011, the company has volunteered in flood mitigation efforts in Weber County, Utah, which have saved farms, homes, crops, and more. Star Mountain Resources also stands by its promise to hire, outsource, and buy locally in their operation communities.

Star Mountain Resources states that “responsibility to us means much more than operating in a corporate ethical manner.” The company’s responsibility is made up of strong values that provide daily guidance. By sticking to these values, along with its plan of continuous acquisitions, Star Mountain Resources intends to be a leading mining producer.

For more information, visit www.starmountainresources.com

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Hemp, Inc., today announced a 58.3-percent increase in third-quarter sales for the period ended September 30, 2015, as compared to the second quarter.

“The industrial hemp industry is really booming. More states are beginning to realize it is more advantageous for them to legalize it. As you know, North Carolina, home to our industrial hemp commercial decortication facility, legalized hemp. Farmers in North Carolina now have the option to cultivate hemp crops with easy access to Hemp, Inc.’s (OTC PINK: HEMP) multipurpose industrial hemp commercial processing facility,” Hemp, Inc. CEO Bruce Perlowin stated in the news release.

Hemp, Inc. calls the legalization of industrial hemp in North Carolina a “game changer” for the company, directing it toward more advanced processing in the milling line. Perlowin said the company will continue to market its hemp-based cosmeceutical and nutraceutical product line and that “In terms of generating profit, our multipurpose industrial hemp processing facility in Spring Hope, North Carolina, by far outweighs any sales revenue generated from our product line, which is why we feel it best to shift focus.”

As the industry continues to grow, Hemp, Inc. said it expects to generate millions of dollars per year pending the completion of its multipurpose industrial hemp processing plant that vertically integrates growing, decortification, milling, and more.

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Over the past 20 years, Fuling Global has grown from a small manufacturer of plastic household articles and baskets into one of China’s largest exporters of disposable serviceware. Today, the company operates precision manufacturing facilities in both the United States and China that specialize in the production of a wide variety of plastic serviceware products – including disposable cutlery, drinking straws, cups and plates. Fuling’s products are primarily sold to customers throughout the U.S. and Europe and include some of the world’s most recognizable brands, such as Wendy’s (NASDAQ: WEN), Burger King (NYSE: QSR), KFC (NYSE: YUM), Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and McKesson (NYSE: MCK).

According to market research firm The Freedonia Group, the U.S. foodservice disposables industry, of which Fuling is a part, accounted for roughly $18 billion in 2014, and steady growth is expected to continue in the years to come. By 2019, the report estimates that the industry will grow to $21.9 billion, spurred by rising demand in both the retail and hospitality segments. In order to better capitalize on this growth, Fuling completed an initial public offering of its ordinary shares and commenced trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market on November 4, 2015.

“Our IPO on NASDAQ is an important step toward becoming a significant player in the global plastic serviceware market,” Guilan Jiang, chairwoman of Fuling, stated in a news release. “We expect the increased publicity and name recognition that come with being a NASDAQ-listed company, combined with our access to new sources for capital, position us well for growth.”

Following its IPO, Fuling is in a strong position to build on its recent financial performance. In the third quarter of 2015, the company leveraged a significant drop in raw material costs in order to achieve a 17 percent year-over-year increase in net income. In European markets, Fuling recorded revenues in excess of $2 million for the period, an increase of 45 percent over the previous year. As it continues to focus on increasing its penetration in pivotal global markets and expanding its production capacity, Fuling will look to promote sustainable growth moving forward.

“We are encouraged by this quarter’s results, which show improved gross and operating margins, net income and sales volume,” stated Xinfu Hu, chief executive officer of Fuling.

With a roster of multinational customers and an expanding product line, Fuling is in a favorable position to increase its market share in the global disposable serviceware market. Look for the company to lean on the marketability of its IP portfolio – including nearly 30 patents focused on environmentally-friendly materials and technology – in order to fulfill its vision of becoming an international leader in the production of disposable cutlery, straws and other serviceware.

For more information, visit www.ir.fulingglobal.com

ContentChecked Holding today issued a press release announcing that one of its degreed nutritionists, Tara Zamani, provided valuable insight in a recent ValuePenguin article on employment as a dietician/nutritionist.

“Los Angeles is full of food gurus, raw foodies, vegans, vegetarians and nutrition-savvy individuals. I love working in L.A. as a nutritionist because many of my clients already have a good understanding of nutrition and are very open-minded when it comes to holistic health. L.A. is a hub for holistic nutrition, alternative medicine and many people here prefer to use natural remedies for healing, rather than traditional methods,” Zamani stated in the article. “Nutritionists are in demand, which makes it a great city for a new nutritionist to start a career. L.A. also offers many healthy restaurants, farmers’ markets, co-ops, health food stores and wellness centers, and guiding clients to choose healthier eating places is easy.”

ValuePenguin currently has an audience of approximately 350,000 monthly viewers, and the article published (http://www.valuepenguin.com/getting-job-as-dietitian) links back to ContentChecked’s website where readers can learn more about the company’s offerings.

Contributing nutritional expertise is an important part of ContentChecked’s efforts to raise awareness of its family of health apps and help Americans better manage their food allergies, migraines and overall health.

“Each ContentChecked employee is highly valued for their strong contributions and hard work that firmly roots our company in the marketplace,” says Kris Finstad, CEO of ContentChecked, the developer of MigraineChecked, SugarChecked and ContentChecked, a family of health apps for people with dietary restrictions and/or food preferences. “It’s always a pleasure to see the expertise of one of our team members being sought after and published in a well-recognized and read publication like ValuePenguin.”

For more information on the company, visit www.contentchecked.com

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QualityStocks today announced the availability of a new audio interview with Patrick Bertagna, CEO of GTX Corp (OTCQB: GTXO), an IoT platform and leading provider of personal location GPS wearable technology and wandering assistive technology. The interview can be heard at http://www.QualityStocks.net/interview-gtxo.php.

Interview host Stuart Smith starts off the interview by asking Bertagna for a description of the company’s business model, target markets and technology.

“We’re basically an IoT company (Internet of things) and we use GPS, cellular and blue tooth — low energy Bluetooth — as our transportation and communication protocols to basically enable people to find other people or high-value assets… tracking people with cognitive disorders is the ‘sweet spot’… currently there’s approximately 2% of people on earth that have some form of memory disorder — think Alzheimer’s, dementia, autism, traumatic brain injury — and most of these people have one thing in common: they wander. They can just wander off and disappear and if not found within 24-48 hours it could be very dangerous or even perilous,” Bertagna says.

He further explains that GTX’s solution to this danger is its award-winning, patented GPS Smart Sole, which is a non-intrusive, invisible tracking device inserted into the sole of a shoe so caregivers and/or family members can track the individual via a smartphone.

“That has become our flagship product; that’s what everybody knows us for. It’s not our only product — we’re not a one-trick pony — we certainly have other products and solutions, but that’s the one that’s garnering the most attention… We’ve got a really great product for a very big global market and it’s protected with IP… We sell the product but where we make our money is on the recurring revenues,” says Bertagna, also describing the company’s target market and extensive IP portfolio.

The interview also highlights GTX’s goals for the upcoming year, which include product launches, expanding its distribution channels, implementing corporate initiatives and the development of new technologies.

“We’ve put significant resources into product development, really gearing ourselves up for 2016… we’re currently selling in 20 countries… and we want to continue developing those relationships outside of the United States,” says the CEO, before providing greater insight into the company’s strategy for increasing its distribution reach.

Concluding the interview, Bertagna explains the company’s rapidly expanding presence in the European market and its strategic partnership with Telefonica, the world’s fifth largest wireless provider, which enables GTX to provide seamless connectivity to its overseas customers.

“That is a very significant relationship with us and it has enabled us to unleash our product throughout the whole European market,” he says.

For more information about GTX Corporation, visit www.gtxcorp.com

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MissionIR today announced the online availability of its interview with Mr. Edmund Ooi, Vice President and Director of Creative & Marketing for Moxian, Inc. (OTCQB: MOXC). The full audio interview is available at http://MOXC.MissionIR.com/interview.html.

Moxian is a social multi-media company building an application platform and merchant rewards system that enable small- and medium-sized businesses to better engage their customers and enhancing their marketing initiatives.

After providing a brief overview of the company, Mr. Ooi describes his own experience creating national marketing projects in Singapore, China, the Middle East and Los Angeles, which he currently applies in helping Moxian create product improvements and applications to a larger audience.

He then offers considerable information on other key members of the company’s management team and how their previous endeavors in international markets contribute to Moxian’s growth. Together, this roster of executives has positioned the company to achieve several milestones in 2015, including rapid market acceptance and strategic personnel additions.

“I think we have seen a great leap in our skillset and our ability to [offer] much stronger and more robust software,” Mr. Ooi says.

Moving forward, Mr. Ooi explains Moxian’s near and longer-term outlook, which includes expanding its merchant base; increasing advertising, transaction and sponsorships revenues; uplisting the company’s common stock; and increasing shareholder value.

Mr. Ooi concludes the interview with a recap of recent company news, including an $8.9 million private placement to facilitate Moxian’s continued corporate growth.

With its core real estate development and property management focus in the heart of the booming state of Texas, Cherubim Interests continues to benefit from what is argued by many analysts to be the nation’s best state economy. Even with slumping energy prices putting downward pressure on one of the state’s major sectors, the Texas economy continues to roar, posting 5.2% growth last year (more than double the national average), second only to North Dakota. However, unlike North Dakota, Texas is showing exceptional resilience in the face of lower lows in the energy market. This reflects the state’s sheer size, low unemployment and surprising economic diversity, with sectors like tech and transportation continuing to attract huge volumes of new residents.

With a business model that features targeting solutions like raw land acquisitions that have the potential for redevelopment, as well as a great deal of experience resident in the company’s management/directors when it comes to handling alternative, commercial, single and multifamily projects, CHIT is able to truly deliver on its broad-spectrum approach to real estate development. This broad-spectrum approach, which runs the gamut from initial discovery and due diligence, through construction and on into property management, has helped mature this relatively small company into what could eventually become one of the real estate industry’s major regional leaders.

CHIT’s emphasis on the so-called Texaplex region of Texas, the central area between the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex up north, Houston in the southeast and Austin/San Antonio in the southwest, which contains over 75 percent of the state’s population, makes a great deal of economic sense for the company. For instance, in Austin, which has very little exposure to the energy sector, data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ beige book released back in July indicated that May job growth increased at an annual rate of 6.6%, with high-paying scientific and technical services jobs being noted in particular as a key driver of said growth.

Home to roughly 20 million or more people, the Texaplex is an ideal location for the company to apply its de-risked approach to the real estate market, and CHIT’s recent announcement that it is moving to acquire income-producing properties via the creation of a class of Convertible Preferred Stock has many analysts with their ear to the ground, eagerly awaiting the disclosure of the company’s initial target location. Many analysts are predicting Cherubim Interests will go with targets in the Texaplex region, selecting opportunities there from out of the wide array of locales the company has been vetting, in order to minimize outlays and maximize shareholder upside.

Adding to the de-risked nature of the company’s approach to real estate development is Cherubim’s second major growth vector, a leasable, proprietary controlled environment cultivation technology designed to give growers an edge in the burgeoning $2.7 billion legal cannabis market. Developed through the company’s BudCube Cultivation Systems USA subsidiary, the BudCube is an innovative, self-contained grow system for marijuana or any other type of plant, such as high-value organic produce, which strips away the substantial logistical barriers to entry that many growers face. Completely scalable, the BudCube system is perfect for either large-scale applications or micro grow ops, and CHIT is taking a very aggressive approach to the space, with plans to simply lease these turn-key cultivation systems to clients.

Armed with a real estate development capability, CHIT has the capacity to set up shop anywhere marijuana is made legal, and can really make a name for itself in this yet-nascent industry by helping growers avoid the high costs of building out new infrastructure. After all, why build when you can lease existing square footage and then just drop in hardware, simultaneously ensuring that key objectives are met, such as site security, high strain purity in the finished product and a lack of contamination from insects, molds or chemicals. The idea to strip the grow model down as far as the level of personal storage units is ingenious, putting an extreme amount of highly valuable flexibility into the hands of growers, even as more and more states continue to pass groundbreaking legislative reforms on cannabis production/consumption.

With a BudCube-based cultivation model, growers can be up and running, generating revenue from the first season’s crop, in the time it would otherwise take to set up new facilities, and get everything moved in. With an initial beta testing launch facility already in the offing up in Oregon, where recreational marijuana was recently approved ahead of schedule, BudCube could rapidly develop into a go-to controlled environment cultivation tech for the sector, and longer term this technology could provide a turn-key solution for controlled organic produce farming as well.

As states across the country continue to repeal marijuana prohibition put in place by what are now antiquated federal regulations, the opportunity for CHIT will only grow exponentially, and the company’s exceptional execution time should give it a decided edge in beating out competing solutions.

Learn more about Cherubim Interests by visiting www.cherubiminterests.com

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Despite the fact that the Colombian government has taken unprecedented steps in recent years to truly transform the country into a bilingual nation, with the English language being taught by law in all schools having led to consistently increasing rates of proficiency, the 46 million plus population still ranks third from last in Latin America, and 57th out of 70 countries in the most recent EF English Proficiency Index (EPI) compile. The country still has an EPI well below the regional average for Latin America and pales by comparison with top-ranked Argentina, or the second place holder and Caribbean’s largest economy, the Dominican Republic.

Needless to say, the Colombian government is pulling out all the stops in order to harness the substantial wealth of human capital at its fingertips, with sweeping new actions designed to shore up the nation’s EPI and take full advantage of increasingly ubiquitous internet penetration, which currently stands at around 52 percent. The country’s National Training Service, SENA (Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje), likenable to the United States Department of Education, is throwing a huge amount of capital and logistical capacity at the task of expanding its existing LMS (learning management system), with the goal of incorporating more advanced e-learning content and technologies.

The latest salvo in Columbia’s economic war on the problem of underutilized human capital, is SENA’s embracing of leading English language learning-focused EdTech company Lingo Media Corporation’s (TSX-V: LM; OTCQB: LMDCF) full suite of digital education resources. Lingo Media being tapped for a multi-million dollar language learning software development contract should come as no surprise to investors who have been following the company’s exploits though and markets can likely expect even bigger news in the future along these lines as the company continues to put a growing emphasis on digital learning content. A 776 percent jump in Q2 revenue from digital learning year over year reported back in August roundly showcases how well LMDCF’s ongoing shift towards growing its digital portfolio has been, and should give those new to the table a very good idea of where the company is headed.

Lingo Media has a clearly established presence on both the digital e-learning and traditional publishing ends of the market as well. With a sizeable pre-school to post-secondary library of over 350 different program titles and individual components among its array of published educational text books and learning tools, LMDCF has a wide range of online and computer-based content already under its belt and the company even offers a comprehensive suite of sophisticated assessment tools to go along with its other materials. The company also boasts some of the easiest to use and most intuitive speech recognition-assisted learning software on the market today, with offerings like the virtual conversation tool in its Speaking Lab bundle that lets learners engage in simulated conversations, directly addressing one of the major stumbling blocks for new language learners: a lack of access to someone who speaks the language fluently, with whom to practice.

The company’s publishing division, Lingo Learning, has co-published a whopping 520 million plus units to date and maintains a considerable footprint in the $5 billion plus Chinese ESL market, co-publishing alongside People’s Education Press (PEP), which spends millions of RMB each year developing textbooks for special education in China. The co-published PEP Primary English and Starting Line series are currently used by over 60 percent of Chinese primary school students and LMDCF provides a huge selection of supplemental learning components to go along with these proven textbooks, to help accelerate the process of both teaching and learning English.

However, as recently noted by the Director of Research and Academic Partnerships for EF English Proficiency Index compiler and language training company, EF Education First, the Chinese government has taken a decided turn in recent years. Shifting away from so great an emphasis on English training in the country’s public education system is in many ways a symptom of China’s meteoric rise to the status of a leading global economic superpower. China now actually trails many regional nations like Singapore, which has the highest ranking EPI, and LMDCF has been sensitive to these winds of change for quite some time now – shifting its own focus in part more towards the e-learning market and doing so in regions that still possess premium growth potential, such as Latin America.

Far from scaling back in China, where the company recently pushed the PEP Primary English program out into multiple additional provinces, this shift is more about where new growth for LMDCF will come from. The company is aggressively hammering out new sales contracts throughout Latin America and currently has some white-hot marketing irons in the fire in both Mexico and Peru. These are exciting times for Lingo Media Corporation and the company’s advanced e-learning capabilities continue to garner more and more coverage from the investment community, with one of the most recent examples being a solid write-up on the SENA deal and the company’s extremely promising prospects moving forward, published by emerging public company research and global economic commentary outfit, Midas Letter.

President and CEO of LMDCF, Michael Kraft, got a warm reception at the QIS Capital-sponsored Small-Cap Conference in Vancouver recently, with attendees enamored by the potential of the company’s innovative online and print-based solutions.

To go behind the buzz, visit www.lingomedia.com

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The “Marijuana Legislation Company”, aka Freedom Leaf Inc., is a provider of cannabis centered multi-media news and entertainment. Operating from its print publication, Freedom Leaf Magazine, and website, www.freedomleaf.com, the company promotes the legalization of marijuana while aligning itself with the industry’s successes. To take an active role in this movement, Freedom Leaf intends to disperse its magazine to non-profit groups and the individual in hopes of increasing cannabis awareness.

One of the non-profits the company supports is NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Founded in 1970, this group’s mission is to move public opinion enough to legalize the responsible use of marijuana by adults. NORML is an advocate for safe, high-quality marijuana for consumers and therefore offsets anti-marijuana propaganda.

The other non-profit Freedom Leaf supports is SSDP, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, an international network of students devoted to finishing the war on drugs. The only international group of its kind, SSDP brings young people together in order to discuss drugs and drug policy in an honest environment. Since its creation in 1988, the non-profit has gained thousands of members from all over the world.

Freedom Leaf disperses its magazine to these two non-profits for free. Not only that, but the company now welcomes individuals to help disperse its publication on their own. People are allowed to buy the magazine in groups of 45 or 85 while just paying the shipping and processing fees. These clients can then sell the magazine to their communities for cannabis news and education.

The company states that its publications are “designed to empower a network of activists in the United States and around the world.” By granting other people with the same views access to market this magazine, Freedom Leaf is widening its coverage and demographic.

For more information, visit the company’s website at http://freedomleaf.com

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