Michael Pelley

In 2018, Michael suffered a traumatic brain injury from a snowboarding accident in the midst of his last semester of college. The injury was so severe and the swelling in his brain so heavy that Michael could no longer complete his schoolwork. All the medications that doctors prescribed wouldn’t take away the pain of his migraines, light sensitivity, or inability to concentrate. There seemed to be no easy solutions, and the path to graduation was looking more and more grim as weeks passed. Desperate for answers, Michael reached out to friends and family for advice. When a close friend recommended a CBD tincture based on its success with his wife’s multiple sclerosis, a solution was born.

After the first dose, Michael felt almost immediate relief in both pain and swelling. After two days of treatment, his sensitivity to light was completely gone. After one week of consistent treatments, he was reading and writing papers again in his classes. And after just two weeks, Michael made a full recovery with no side effects or lingering conditions. The results were so shocking and so personal that Michael wanted to share his story and bring hope that people in his community and beyond could find relief from their own pain and suffering. It wasn’t the accident that ended up changing his life but the unlikely medicine that came to him in the wake of hopelessness.

James Pelley

In 2018, James was looking for his next big project in nature. As an avid conservationist, bee keeper, maple syrup producer, traditional bow hunter, and tree farmer, James sought to do something not only beneficial for his family farm but also for the residents in his community. Researching and reading about ideas for cash crops, James came upon new policies and information on hemp farming. This once traditional and now modern revolutionary idea sparked the potential for a new venture - hemp farming for therapeutic CBD. And hence, the birth of Powerline CBD.