Together with the fast-growing cannabis company, Kin Slips is standing on its own path. This California-branded sublingual strip infused with cannabinoids and terpenes dissolves under the tongue after interacting with the saliva in the mouth, bypassing the enzymes and acids in the digestive tract, and releasing the active ingredients directly into the bloodstream. This simplified delivery method provides a quick-acting and undiluted product that Kin Slips has innovated to create the most effective and reliable way to consume cannabis.

This reliability has had a lasting and influential impact in the field of medical marijuana, as many elderly patients or patients with chronic diseases have turned to sublingual cannabinoid tablets to best control pain. Unlike other cannabis companies that are primarily used for recreational purposes, Kin Slips provides a pain relief product for many neglected in the cannabis community. In terms of entertainment, Kin Slips also provides reliable and high-quality high-quality products, especially suitable for those who are on the go or in a non-smoking environment.

Their latest product line and the world's first single-strain sublingual lozenge, Flowerful, embodies the company's creativity in cannabis, while paying tribute to the purity of the strains and plants. The limited edition series comes from a family farm in Southern California, and each variety is matched with illustrations by local artists to capture the spirit of the silhouette. For example, the wedding cake is composed of relaxing terpenes with catharsis and abstract colors of painter Bobbi Dodge.

Supporting the California community is critical to the brand’s spirit; they work with local organizations such as Sweetleaf Collective, Last Prisoner Project, and Floret Coalition to reach people with chronic illnesses, HIV/AIDS patients, veterans, and those who cannot afford medicinal cannabis. People donated more than 65,000 sublingual straps. We spoke with Josh Kirby and Andrew Lobo, CEO of Kin Slips, about the beauty under the tongue, their community-oriented practices, and medical innovation in the cannabis industry.

Why is it sublingual? What benefits do they provide that traditional intake or smoking does not?

Josh Kirby: There is a membrane called oral mucosa under your tongue. That membrane is really porous. You can think of it as a sponge; it has a bunch of small holes that make us more receptive to compounds than other parts of the body. When you use the sublingual strip, you can pass this active ingredient directly through that membrane and directly into your blood. The main benefit is that you can shorten the setup time. When you eat, it must pass through your entire digestive system. In short, this process usually takes 40 minutes. Take it under the tongue and you will feel the effect in about 10 minutes.

Another big advantage is that you have a more predictable experience because you receive a more predictable amount of product activation in your blood. Ultimately, this will lead to a purer experience and a more predictable experience under the language in a faster time. The problem we are trying to solve with Kin Slips is to provide people with a quick solution, they don't have to smoke, but they work in the same way.

How are strips made?

JK: The first step is to put natural plant-based ingredients into the strips and use a special mixer called a homogenizer to combine them in a very specific order, which is basically a powerful Stirrer can make objects thinner. Then, you end up with a huge bucket that looks like a smoothie. That part is called the slurry. This slurry is then pumped into a machine, and the slurry is spread on the substrate in a very precise thickness. We roll it into a huge roll and then cut it into 50,000 small rolls. This is indeed the best point for us to ensure that the batch quality is very high, while at the same time being able to produce enough products while reducing the waste generated during the production process.

Can you talk about your community work? What type of work is it, and how do you distinguish partnerships?

Andrew Lobo: We took the time to understand these organizations, and we did our best to understand who would benefit the most from donations of products in our language. We are money and product donors for events and causes related to the "Last Prisoner Project". We recognize that there are social equity issues in this industry. Some people have been wrongly imprisoned and wrongfully lost their lives for marijuana-related problems, so this is a cause we strongly support. We are also an AAPI company, and we are the supporters of many AAPI issues, especially in 2020, because there are many problems. In addition, we are a sponsor of The Floret Coalition, a coalition designed to support black, Latino, and Aboriginal charities.

I won’t say that there is a standard partner process, but it’s more about figuring out whether it’s really going to make an impact, not just a title.

Technology is also an integral part of the company. What do you think of this industry?

JK: Many of the things you see in the cannabis field are being promoted as new technologies-these are all from other industries that have been studying these things, such as the hop industry that has used 40 to 40 years of extraction technology for 50 years. As the cannabis industry matures, we begin to reach the point where a large number of these technologies can be adopted from other industries. A lot of what Kin Slips is doing is looking around other industries to see what really works. What measures are other industries implementing to solve their market problems? This is how we get to the zone in the first place. Everyone complains that food takes too long, they scare you, and they are very inconsistent. What options do we have without anyone else really trying to promote the options we can view and bring to the cannabis field? Stripes are meaningful because they solve all these problems.

Not in the United States, but in other parts of the world, the most popular way to take drugs such as Viagra is actually through a sublingual patch. So this is really a process where we find and understand what is effective and figure out how to achieve cannabis.

In the pharmaceutical industry, how does Kin Slips fill the gap in the medical marijuana market? What does this gap look like?

JK: In a market much larger than the medical market, the economic incentives to manufacture products for adult use of the market are much higher, and the medical market is really small. The focus of product development has always been to target a larger market, thereby diverting attention from the medical aspect. That party is looking for really specific cannabinoid preparations to treat really big things, or looking for a wider range of cannabinoid preparations to treat less specific things, but they need to be provided in a generally smoke-free, fast-acting and predictable way. Because obviously, when treating certain things, you want a reliable source of relief. This is where we see our ability to route the line between medicinal cannabis use and adult use.

The real benefit of Kin Slips is that we have created this very unique and very powerful delivery system. As we learn more about which cannabinoids and which terpenes and which combinations of the two can treat certain things, we can combine this This research serves as an open door and puts it in our products. We can put it into our system and use it as a solution, and I think this is how we will help many patients and many people who are looking for adult use, health, or something in between.

All images courtesy of Kin Slips

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