{"id":572,"date":"2025-11-10T19:35:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=572"},"modified":"2025-11-10T19:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:38:04","slug":"james-woods","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/?page_id=572","title":{"rendered":"James Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>A Tech Innovator and Herbal Freedom Advocate<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in 1984 in Southern California to a military family, James Woods relocated to Northern California\u2019s Silicon Valley during his middle school years. His passion for technology ignited early, landing him a role at a family friend\u2019s Managed Service Provider at just 13. Since then, James has carved an impressive career path, blending expertise in Technology, Business Development, Defense, and Financial Technology. Currently, he serves as Director of Advisory Council, Director of Information Technologies, and Director of Growth at BAE, while also thriving as an Engineering Manager at a leading FinTech company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2012, a defense-related injury tested James\u2019s resilience. Refusing to follow the path of colleagues who succumbed to prescription drug addiction, he rejected narcotics after his initial surgery. Instead, he embraced a holistic recovery through diet, physical therapy, exercise, and natural remedies like Kratom, CBD, and supplements. This approach enabled him to recover from two complex surgeries without the risks of addiction or side effects, fueling a lifelong commitment to herbal remedies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James\u2019s journey didn\u2019t stop at personal recovery. As a Business Development expert, he helped a friend launch a store and distribution network, only to uncover government corruption and attacks on herbal rights, particularly within financial systems. Since 2016, James has been a fierce activist, championing the freedom to use natural botanicals without government or corporate interference. His story is one of innovation, resilience, and an unwavering fight for personal and collective liberty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tech Innovator and Herbal Freedom Advocate Born in 1984 in Southern California to a military family, James Woods relocated to Northern California\u2019s Silicon Valley during his middle school years. His passion for technology ignited early, landing him a role at a family friend\u2019s Managed Service Provider at just 13. Since then, James has carved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-572","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=572"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":574,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/572\/revisions\/574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicalae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}