{"id":610,"date":"2012-08-25T07:03:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T07:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=19698"},"modified":"2012-08-25T07:03:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T07:03:21","slug":"former-nhl-hockey-player-starts-hemp-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/former-nhl-hockey-player-starts-hemp-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NHL Hockey Player Starts Hemp Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/former-nhl-hockey-player-starts-hemp-organization\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"269\" height=\"188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/riley-cote.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"riley cote\" title=\"riley cote\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19702\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/former-nhl-hockey-player-starts-hemp-organization\/attachment\/riley-cote\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19702\" title=\"riley cote\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/riley-cote-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>While it is common for professional athletes to turn to charitable work after they leave athletics, former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/coteri01.html\" target=\"_blank\">NHL player Riley Cote<\/a> is in uncharted waters.\u00a0 The ex-Philadelphia Flyer has decided to start organize a concert festival called <a href=\"http:\/\/hemphealsphilly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Hemp Heals&#8221;<\/a>.\u00a0 His view on hemp has been inspired by his sister and the healing she has found with hemp food products.\u00a0 Cote&#8217;s sister suffers from MS.\u00a0 The concert\/festival will be held today so anyone in the Philadelphia area is encouraged to attend.\u00a0 Hemp Heals aimed at promoting hemp awareness and education and will include high profile musical acts such as<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sublime_with_Rome\" target=\"_blank\"> Sublime with Rome<\/a> and longtime activists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cypresshill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cypress Hill<\/a>.\u00a0 Cote said he was not &#8220;a pothead&#8221; though did say he believed in the effectiveness of medical marijuana.\u00a0 However, he seems inclined to focus on the many benefits of hemp.\u00a0 Recently he said &#8220;People are foreign to it, but hemp is a superfood, like almonds.\u00a0 It&#8217;s full of protein and fiber. I&#8217;m promoting industrial hemp as an eco-friendly material for clothing and a healthy food option.&#8221; Cote currently coaches the minor league hockey team <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phantomshockey.com\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Adirondack Phantoms&#8221;<\/a> and looks as if his free time from coaching will be filled up with hemp activism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csnphilly.com\/hockey-philadelphia-flyers\/flyers-talk\/Former-Flyer-Riley-Cote-takes-on-another?blockID=747893&amp;feedID=695\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csnphilly.com\/hockey-philadelphia-flyers\/flyers-talk\/Former-Flyer-Riley-Cote-takes-on-another?blockID=747893&amp;feedID=695\" target=\"_blank\">For more on Riley Cote and this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"269\" height=\"188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/riley-cote.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"riley cote\" title=\"riley cote\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19702\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/former-nhl-hockey-player-starts-hemp-organization\/attachment\/riley-cote\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19702\" title=\"riley cote\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/riley-cote-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>While it is common for professional athletes to turn to charitable work after they leave athletics, former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/coteri01.html\" target=\"_blank\">NHL player Riley Cote<\/a> is in uncharted waters.\u00a0 The ex-Philadelphia Flyer has decided to start organize a concert festival called <a href=\"http:\/\/hemphealsphilly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Hemp Heals&#8221;<\/a>.\u00a0 His view on hemp has been inspired by his sister and the healing she has found with hemp food products.\u00a0 Cote&#8217;s sister suffers from MS.\u00a0 The concert\/festival will be held today so anyone in the Philadelphia area is encouraged to attend.\u00a0 Hemp Heals aimed at promoting hemp awareness and education and will include high profile musical acts such as<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sublime_with_Rome\" target=\"_blank\"> Sublime with Rome<\/a> and longtime activists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cypresshill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cypress Hill<\/a>.\u00a0 Cote said he was not &#8220;a pothead&#8221; though did say he believed in the effectiveness of medical marijuana.\u00a0 However, he seems inclined to focus on the many benefits of hemp.\u00a0 Recently he said &#8220;People are foreign to it, but hemp is a superfood, like almonds.\u00a0 It&#8217;s full of protein and fiber. I&#8217;m promoting industrial hemp as an eco-friendly material for clothing and a healthy food option.&#8221; Cote currently coaches the minor league hockey team <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phantomshockey.com\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Adirondack Phantoms&#8221;<\/a> and looks as if his free time from coaching will be filled up with hemp activism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csnphilly.com\/hockey-philadelphia-flyers\/flyers-talk\/Former-Flyer-Riley-Cote-takes-on-another?blockID=747893&amp;feedID=695\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csnphilly.com\/hockey-philadelphia-flyers\/flyers-talk\/Former-Flyer-Riley-Cote-takes-on-another?blockID=747893&amp;feedID=695\" target=\"_blank\">For more on Riley Cote and this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[383,384,55,385,9,386,51,387,388,389,1,3,390],"tags":[2961,2962,2635,2963,2964,2631,2965,2966,2967,2968],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}