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About Jeffrey Friedland

Jeffrey Friedland is an emerging market pioneer -- his firm, Friedland Global Capital, was one of the first American investment banks to establish a presence in China -- and is now on the front lines of the cannabis industry as an investor and business owner. He is an author, speaker and thought leader on emerging markets, the global economy, and the cannabis industry.

In his book, Marijuana, the World's Most Misunderstood Plant, Mr. Friedland dives into the world of marijuana, discussing what we know and what we still hope to discover. The book is available in print and Kindle editions at Amazon, http://www.amazon.com/author/jeffreyfriedland.

Mr. Friedland was an owner of two retail marijuana stores in Colorado which were located in the mountain resort towns of Breckenridge and Crested Butte, and a marijuana cultivation facility south of Steamboat Springs, which were featured in CNN's eight-part, reality series, High Profits.

He is also CEO of privately-held INTIVA Inc., which has operating businesses and investments in the cannabis industry in California, Colorado, Israel, and Canada. He is also CEO of INTIVA’s subsidiary, INTIVA BioPharma which is researching and developing cannabinoid-based drugs for various medical disorders and conditions. (www.INTIVABioPharma.com)

He is a board member of Israel-based CannRX, a company focused on the development of cannabis-based pharmaceuticals in Israel.

Mr. Friedland is a member of the advisory board of OWC Pharmaceutical Research (Stock Symbol: OWCP). INTIVA Inc. made an early-stage investment in OWC Pharmaceutical Research during the summer of 2014. (OWC Pharmaceuticals has developed and completed clinical trials in Israel for a CBD-based creme for the treatment of psoriasis.)

Jeffrey Friedland is also the CEO of Friedland Capital, which was formed in 1982.

Mr. Friedland has been the chief executive officer and a director of a NASDAQ listed financial services company, a director and chairman of the audit committee of a New York Stock Exchange listed company, and chairman of a company listed on the EU-regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Mr. Friedland has been featured or quoted in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, the New York Times, Bloomberg Television, USA Today, Verslo Zinios (Lithuania), Vercernji (Croatia), International Business Times, the South China Morning Post, the Guam Daily Post, the Forward, the Jewish Week, Quartz, the Jakarta Globe, Israel Daily Television, NBC.com, Breitbart, and Forbes.

Jeffrey Friedland's personal website: www.jeffreyfriedland.com.