Give and Toke: Cannabis Conversations

Pharmacists don’t usually sit at the centre of conversations about plant medicine, but maybe they should.Jen and Nick Ravenswood are a husband-and-wife team with deep roots in community pharmacy, and the founders of Rays Wellness, a medicinal cannabis dispensary built on patient care, education, and professional standards.Their journey into cannabis didn’t start with hype. It started with a prescription and a system that didn’t work the way it should. What followed was a hands-on effort to improve access, raise the bar on patient care, and bring a pharmacist-led perspective into a space that often moves faster than its foundations.With experience across prescribing, education, clinic support, and regulatory navigation, Jen and Nick offer a grounded view of where medicinal cannabis sits today and where it’s heading.This is a conversation about partnership, progress, and what happens when healthcare professionals step forward to shape the future, rather than wait for it.Visit www.rayswellness.com.auVisit www.giveandtoke.com.auFollow @giveandtoke on InstagramEmail [email protected]

Tanner Stewart is focused on one of the most challenging and consequential areas in health: how we understand and manage pain. Through Stewart Farms, he’s working to develop plant-powered alternatives that sit alongside conventional approaches, offering people more options in a space long dominated by pharmaceuticals.At the centre of that work is Arctic Heat, a topical wellness line designed with restraint, intention, and respect for both science and lived experience. Rather than chasing hype, Tanner speaks candidly about responsibility in wellness, the limits of what products can promise, and the importance of trust when people are seeking relief.In this episode:Thousands of Canadians supported each month (0:30)Prioritising integrity (4:20)Maintaining medicinal integrity (7:40)Cannabis, pain, PTSD and veterans (13:45)The safety profile of cannabis and opioid addiction (18:30)Taking on big pharma (24:15)Topicals 101 (31:40)Stewart Farms: From startup to scale (36:00)Hotbox Quiz (44:00)Pauls of Wisdom (49:00)Follow @tannerstewart.life on InstagramVisit www.giveandtoke.com.auFollow @giveandtoke on InstagramEmail [email protected]

Get $10 off accessories with the code ‘CATCHUP’ at giveandtoke.com.auThe Catch-Up is a collaboration between Give and Toke and AusCannaReviews with Paul and Christina coming together occasionally to explore what’s happening in Cannabis in Australia and around the world. In this episode:Unmissable talks: Gabriel Younes on aroma, and Chad Walkaden on Indigenous healthcare (2:30)The TGA Presentation: cautious optimism and takeaways (7:00)Community leading the way (12:00)Good vibes prevailing in a volatile time (14:30)Key takeaways - memories, challenged perspectives, finding common ground, breaking stigma (17:00)Improving UIC for patients (22:00)UIC is Cannabis School Camp (26:00)@AusCannaReviews on SubStack, Instagram and Twitter/XEmail [email protected] www.giveandtoke.com.auFollow @giveandtoke on InstagramEmail [email protected]

Justin Lee is the founder of Ay Papi, a California-based craft cannabis company focused on solventless, single-origin products made in collaboration with regenerative legacy cultivators.Before entering the cannabis industry, Justin worked in entertainment as an actor and producer, and competed as an MMA fighter. His path into cannabis was shaped by firsthand experience with injury, chronic pain, and recovery, which led him to explore cannabis not just recreationally, but as part of a broader, more intentional approach to health and wellbeing.Ay Papi operates without outside capital and rejects volume-driven models, tier systems, and artificial flavouring. Instead, the brand centres genetics, farming practices, and flavour as expressions of place, people, and process. In 2024, Ay Papi’s Whitethorn Rose Single Origin Live Rosin Infused Gummies received Gold and the Golden Bear at the California State Fair, recognised for doing the opposite of most edibles: allowing the cannabis itself to define the experience.Justin is also a certified Ganjier and a vocal advocate for solventless production, regenerative agriculture, and greater cannabis literacy. His work sits at the intersection of culture, craft, and responsibility, with a strong emphasis on honouring farmers, hashmakers, and the systems that make high-quality cannabis possible.In this episode:Justin Lee on being Annyong on Arrested Development (2:00)Abbott Elementary cannabis activation (6:30)Cannabis as medicine: overcoming concussion, ceasing opioids and bio-hacking (9:00)Self-care to Ay Papi (19:00)What does craft mean? (23:00)What does organic and regenerative mean? (27:00)Live Rosin (32:00)Quiz: Hellos around the World (39:30)Real time habit changes (41:30)Regulatory and industry changes needed in California (43:00)Will rescheduling happen? (45:00)Pauls of Wisdom (48:00)Follow @yoswaggylee on InstagramFollow @aypapico on InstagramVisit https://aypapi.co/Visit www.giveandtoke.com.auFollow @giveandtoke on InstagramEmail [email protected]

Julian Stefanou is the founding partner of West Coast Palms, an Australian medicinal cannabis producer and importer that sits at the intersection of cannabis culture and clinical medicine.With a national footprint across Australia and a growing international outlook, West Coast Palms is now expanding product availability into key global markets including the Netherlands, Thailand and Barcelona, reflecting a belief that cannabis is moving toward a more unified, international future.Julian operates in the space where “legalisation is inevitable” and culture must evolve alongside regulation. His work is grounded in building brands and supply chains that respect the plant’s history, while navigating the realities of modern medical frameworks, compliance and patient access.At his core, Julian represents a new generation of cannabis leaders who see culture not as a risk to medicine, but as an essential part of its future.In this episode:Who are West Coast Palms? (1:30)Improving the sentiment about Australian products (2:15)From “weed nerd” to founder (5:15)Improving the regulations (8:00)Understanding, balancing clinic and culture (9:15)Quiz: Around the Globe in Cannabis (13:00)West Coast Palms around the world (26:30)Mature cannabis industries - can medicinal and adult-use co-exist? (30:00)Traveling with Cannabis (34:30)West Coast Palms in the future (37:30)Pauls of Wisdom (38:30)Visit www.westcoastpalms.comVisit www.giveandtoke.com.auFollow @giveandtoke on InstagramEmail [email protected]