Talking With Our Kids about Cannabis with Samantha Montanaro from Tokeativity

On this week’s episode of The Canna Mom Show Joyce and her co-host Amie Searles speak with Samantha Montanaro, the energetic and passionate co-founder and chief operating officer of Tokeativity in Portland, Oregon. Sam shares how she came to host regular events like The Oregon Cannabis Industry Meet Up and Puff Pass and Paint Portland and provided a private cannabis friendly space for dispensaries, farms and processors to host employee trainings, team building events and parties to celebrate their successes. Samantha is a multi-media artist, event coordinator, musician and, of course, mom who is passionate about community, cannabis and feminine empowerment.

The community Samantha built through Prism House became an epicenter for Oregon cannabis social culture. In 2017, Samantha expanded her regular repertoire of events by partnering up with Lisa Snyder to launch Tokeativity, the world wide cannabis community for women.

Joyce and Amie were lucky enough to meet Samantha last spring during her East Coast visit when she was in Massachusetts promoting the New England Tokeativity week. They share their insights into how to have the “cannabis conversation” and what it looks like to be a cool canna mom.

TIME STAMP NOTES:

3:15: Samantha Montanaro background and Portland, Oregon

6:40: Prism House and the Urban Farm

7:20: Beehive of activities at Tokeativity event

8:10: New Tokeativity event space

8:45: Witchy Women events

9:32: Plant that makes magic happen

10:40: Psychedelic Renaissance

13:00: Boston Witchy Women idea

14:05: Tokeativity Community

17:45: Talking with kids about cannabis, the Cannabis Conversation

21:00: Explaining the legal status of cannabis

24:30: Talking with kids about trying cannabis and crushing the cannabis stigma with transparency and honesty

26:24: Amie’s cannabis and cancer story

27:10: Cannabis and social justice

29:20: Vaping

30:42: Shaking the stigma

31:50: Power of vulnerability

36:00: Changing minds and squashing misinformation

37:32: Cannabis topical and good CBD products such as The Healing Rose

39:50: Topical and cannabinoids and the best way to apply and use

42:45: Bath balms and foot pain

43:35: Sam’s band, Mama Sam and the Jam!

47:00: Psychedelic Folk Pop

47:50: Preferred method of consumption

49:57: Cannabis infused beverages and cocktails