W420 Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
Former Harborside CEO Andrew Berman

Andrew Berman is the former CEO of Harborside, California’s largest dispensary.  He was also the mayor of Mill Valley twice.  Mr. Berman tells how changing markets are shaping the industry.  Public markets are driven out of Canada, cash flow dried up in some regions and the market got harder for some.  Andrew draws from his experience, his legal background and his venture capitalist experience to share his perspective on how the market is turning.  He also offers industry forecast outlook.

Women in Cannabis with Chase Roberts:
NORML Deputy Director, Ellen Komp

Ellen Komp is Deputy Director, California NORML (state chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). Ellen Komp is a longtime marijuana reform activist and author. She began in Los Angeles where she helped plan hemp rallies and volunteered for LA NORML and various initiative campaigns, including Prop. 215, which legalized medical marijuana in California in 1996. Ellen was an editor on Jack Herer’s book “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” and has published her own book, “Tokin’ Women: A 4000-Year Herstory.” She is currently deputy director of California NORML and she blogs at TokinWoman.blogspot.com.

Since its inception in 1970, NORML has been at the forefront in the world of cannabis and the call for legislative repeal.   Ellen walks us through the history of this once fringe, and now iconic organization.  When you listen to the changes and growth of NORML, you hear a piece of American history and how the cannabis industry grew from the underground to become a multi-billion dollar enterprise that funds government coffers in dozens of states.  Now that cannabis is respected and the focus of great medical research, legalization continues to grow.   As old restrictions are lifted, one might wonder if NORML will outlive its pioneering usefulness.  Quite the contrary, NORML continues the fight to move public toward legalizing legalizing the responsible use of marijuana by adults.  NORML still leads the way as it works for consumer access to high quality marijuana that is safe, convenient and affordable.  There is a long road ahead, but NORML not only knows how to travel the road, they helped pave it.
NORML.org

Medical Cannabinoids

Norbert Kaminski is a Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology at Michigan State University where he also serves as the Director of the Institute for Integrative Toxicology and the Interim Director of the Center for Research on Ingredient Safety.  He tells us about work on how inflammation occurs in the human body.  Inflammation in itself can be a helpful process that protects the body.  The problem comes when inflammation occurs inappropriately.  In such case it can lead to damage and destruction of our tissues.  His work is focused on using cannabinoids to try and temper that inflammatory response when its inappropriate.  Learn how marijuana once again leads the way to finding remedies for our ills.
PhmTox.msu.edu/people/faculty/kaminski/

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W420 Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
Cannabis Grower’s Handbook

Ed Rosenthal is a long-time social activist, marijuana advocate, teacher and author.   His most recent book is the Cannabis Grower’s Handbook.   This is his sixth book in a series of grow books.  Ed is both old school and new school in experience and expertise, and he shares is library of knowledge with us in an interview with W420.  Find out the latest in growing techniques from someone in the know as Ed, and interviewer Rich Walcoff, touch in this and other topic in the field of all things cannabis.
Cannabis Grower’s Handbook by Ed Rosenthal

Women in Cannabis with Chase Roberts:
Cannabis and Employment

Karson Humiston is the Founder & CEO of Vangst, the cannabis industry’s recruiting platform. Since launching in 2016, Vangst has
connected thousands of people with jobs at the leading cannabis businesses around the world. Karson was featured on the 2018
Forbes 30 under 30 list and Vangst was featured in Entrepreneur’s 100 Brilliant Companies of 2018. Prior to founding Vangst,
Karson founded On Track Adventures, a student travel organization based out of St. Lawrence University. Vangst is the cannabis industry’s leading professional network, matching pre-screened, experienced candidates with opportunities in cannabis around the globe.
Vangst.com

Legalization and Investing

Michael J. Regan & Colin-Ferrian join us from MJResearchCo which conducts investment analysis and valuation of the cannabis industry.  This is a company that provides rigorous investment analysis of the legal cannabis industry to professional allocators of capital, institutional investors and company executives. To date, many entrepreneurial businesses have trouble starting because of the difficultly raising capital. Because cannabis is a federally prohibited substance, business cannot secure business startup loan, they can cannot do many forms of banking after they start, they cannot do business across state lines and they face other limitations and obstacles that normal businesses do not encounter. This conversation explores how it has been in the industry with a look ahead at how that will change when legalization eventually comes for cannabis. This will be a game changer that brings more and investors and more industrialists who are already successful into the business.
MJResearchCo.com

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A Review of Vaping

Andrew Kline addresses the important of vaping.  After some surprising deaths and many injuries, a while ago, investigations into vaping ensued, legal questions arose and some states banned it altogether.  Many of the deaths and injuries resulted from the illicit market, but legitimate practices are understandably under scrutiny and reform.  Producer concern were for people to have the opportunity to purchase regulated, tested, reliable products, and to weed out the bad actors in the illegal market.  Research also shows that, when vaping cannabis, it must be done at a temperature that doesn’t change the molecular structure of the cannabinoids.  The critical issue of vaping drew the coordinated concern of research, law and production to immediately seek solutions.
TheCannabisIndustry.org

W420 Lifestyles with Rich Walcoff:
Rio Anderson (Lady Sativa Farms) & Johnny Casali (Huckleberry Hills Farms), legacy Humboldt County growers – 2 of the “Humboldt High 5”

A look back to the Emerald Cup event in Santa Rosa, California.  W420 Lifestyles correspondent, Rich Walcoff, was on the field at the event, where he met with Rio & John, legacy Humboldt County growers with decades of experience.  They share their stories from then to now from the convention floor amid the cannabis convergence.

Rio Anderson reviews how growers have gone from the shadows, to marketing and telling people about what they do.  It is our legacy growers who are bringing their endemic values into to modern market that they welcome.  These values include, living close to the Earth, family heritage and small farms with regenerative agriculture.  Our pioneers feel that it is part of their duty to share something that was unique and beautiful and to preserve it as we go from the underground and into the bright light of modernization.
Trychemistry.com/

Johnny Casali reveals how, as much as things have changed, they have also remained the same.  Still, Johnny bears grave testimony of how eight years of his life were spent behind bars, merely for cultivating cannabis.   From his experiences, Johnny reminds us of the importance of community, family and friends.  This supersedes the quest for profit and blind ambition.  Experienced, down home growers are the roots of this plant business, and it is they who are instilling the core of what we need to move forward.
YouTube.com/watch?v=Fn9BBIVFG-U

Cannabis in Cancer Research

Dr. Jordan Tishler of the Association of Cannabis Specialists brings us up to date in how cannabis is playing a role in cancer research. Breakthroughs in treatment are becoming greater and clinical trials are also covering diverse aspects of cannabis treatment.  This reveals how cannabis has been under utilized.  More work is needed to broaden outreach and acceptance of cannabis because it is under-utilized.  Dr. Tishler’s underscore’s why.
Cannabis-Specialists.org

CBD in England

Jibril Farah is a pharmacist based in London who discovered e of the benefits of cannabis for people who were in treatment.  He tells us about CBD products in England, which became legal in 2019.  Marijuana became permissible with a prescription.  However, England did not readily have marijuana dispensaries so consumers had to have their prescriptions sent to The Netherlands, from where it would be shipped.  This added import fees to the cost.   Doctors were also nervous about prescribing cannabis because of potential legal repercussions if any problems were to result from its use.  These stories show reflect upon the universal problems that arise as we are in the transition of legalization.
YouTube.com/channel/UCcqQJk7BAF_H8UIJ5SyWB6A

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Save the Brave
Raising Awareness for Vets

Major Scott Huesing USMC (Ret.) has driven his Harley Davidson across the country again this year for Save the Brave, raising awareness for Veteran Suicide.  He also the author of Echo in Ramadi.   Now he is riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle across the country (3,000 mi) again this year for Save the Brave (STB) to raise awareness for Veteran Suicide. Huesing serves as Executive Director for Save the Brave.  Along the way, Huesing will make several stops to ask supporters to donate to STB and ride along with him on his journey to raise awareness for veteran suicide – emphasizing that these are not statistics anymore, they are friends and sons and brothers that we all know. He’ll be joined by fellow veterans and riders from every state he passes through amid the heat of Summer. Their goal – $50,000.00.   Your host, Dan Perkins catches up with the Major along the way as he weighs in from the road!
SaveTheBrave.com

Market Analysis

John Kagia joins us from New Frontier Data, a leading research organization, as we continue our Discovery, Engage & Compete series into the world of cannabis.  What can intelligence and analysis do in the cannabis market.  Mr. Kagia tells us how product development is changing in the cannabis market.  Reasearch shows that consumers are not just interested in raw materials, such as cannabis flour, for making marijuana-based baking and such.Now, more buyers are interested in finished, premade goods, so they don’t have to do the work.  Dispensaries are changing the product placement in their show rooms to put raw materials and the back, and new finish goods out in front.  This demand is expanding the product base lines and marketing approaches.  So, it seems, it is time to expand thinking in the marketplace.
NewFrontierData.com

W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
DJ Igor Beatz

DJ Igor Beatz is a long-standing DJ at BayLifeRadio.  IGOR’s mission is to bring people together through music. Igor is all about the cannabis higher life lifestyle that we like to discuss on this program. A product of Berkeley High, (he has lived in SF, Oakland, and all over the Bay Area), IGOR holds the record for staging and hosting the longest running showcase in California over 500 consecutive Tuesdays, and he once put 34 artists on stage in one night. Most rappers in the Bay Area have at some point been in studio or on stage with DJ Igor Beatz. Igor remains very relevant by working with rappers like Mr. Fab, Philthy Rich, and many rising Bay Area rappers and musicians as he strives to spotlight great upcoming talent (mostly from the Bay Area and SoCal) while paying homage to music pioneers like Snoop Dogg. With over 4,000 Instagram followers, Igor has recently begun work on a documentary film on the Oaktown Sound (about “beat mixers, rappers, chickenhawks, gatekeepers, young bucks, and old schoolers” – street cred lingo), and he discusses different strains of weed, Oakland and The East Bay, his new product, Uncle Igor’s Mud Water (made in Oakland, hand-brewed, Cannabis-flavored Tea), Tiny Stage Concerts, Baylife Entertainment, and the overall 420 Lifestyle of WEED on the daily, the medicine it provides, and the creative process where cannabis helps in collaboration.
Instagram:  @djigorbeatz – https://www.instagram.com/djigorbeatz/?hl=en    Twitter:  @djigorbeatz – https://twitter.com/djigorbeatz?lang=en
Website: Twitch.tv/bayliferadio

Pandemic Patterns

Charles Butler ​is a talk show host, based in Chicago, in the third largest market in America. His podcast program, ‘The Reality Check with Charles Butler’, addresses cultural issues and current topics of interest.  Now that the pandemic has spread around the world, we are seeing patterns in how is spread across the nation.  Consequently, cultural differences have apparently played a role in the susceptibility to this contagion.  African American communities tend to have a more social closeness in communal gatherings which are often more intimate than many European American activities.  Unfortunately, closeness in family gatherings and social affairs hastens the spread of the disease.  Statistics show that Africans Americans have be hard hit by the pandemic because of this and other reasons.  We focus on these issues as all Americans must continue to modify habits and not get over confident.
TheRealityCheckCharlesButler.com

The Problems of Legalization

Andrew Kline is the Director of Public Policy for the National Cannabis Industry Association.  Burgeoning freedom for cannabis created confusion in legal states over regulating, who is going to regulate and how to handle licensing.  At the same time, other new problems developed as the illegal marketing of cannabis continued even after legal sales were open.  Those who market illegally do not have to comply with to the same production standards and rules as the legal producers.  Neither do they have to pay for the licensing and the taxes imposed on the legal trade.  These issues and more are examined in this conversation now that the industry is forced address in them in afterthought because they were not considered before they arose.  While the cannabis market can follow some traditional business models, it has challenges that are found in no other industry.
TheCannabisIndustry.org

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Cannabis Industry Trends

Gary Allen is the CEO of New Frontier Data which helps cannabis businesses make the right decisions with data. This is an independent, technology-driven analytics company specializing in the global cannabis industry. With a mass and specific and varied data that they have compiled in the industry, New Frontier Data is in a unique position to analyze trends as they are happening. Without analytical data, trends can lie invisible until after they occurred. With analysis, however, they can become clear. So where are the trends now, and where do they appear to be going? Listen in and find out.
NewFrontierData.com

Cannabis Legislation Stalls
Breaking News!

Morgan Fox updates us on the Schumer/Booker bill to end prohibition on cannabis!  Senators Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden and Cory Booker drafted a drafted a bill proposal today to end the long-standing prohibition on marijuana.  If passed, this will remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act.   Cannabis would then be regulated in much the same way as is tobacco.  This could be it!  That is, if it becomes a bill and gets passed, which remains to be seen.  Still, this is makes it a real possibility!
TheCannabisIndustry.com

W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
Roberto Steffano of Villa Paradiso Farms in Humbodt County, California

As a long established grower of cannabis, Rob Steffano of Villa Paradiso Farms in Humboldt County, California, compares the industry today to what it was like for founding growers. Villa Paradiso Farms is in the in the ‘Emerald Triangle’ a three-county area.  This is where it all began with the earliest legalization of cannabis. Learn what challenges pioneers had to overcame and gain insights into an industry that is just old enough to have a history.
VillaParadisoFarms.com

Changes in Consumer Needs & Buying

Dr. Jordan Tishler brings focus on the changes needs of the people, which bring changes in their buying. The cannabis industry was just recovering from a surprise downturn in the market when the pandemic hit.  Now we are seeing a slow resurgence in the economy.  Meanwhile, dispensaries have be adapting their business models to adjust to and marketing approaches have changed.  While all this was happening, the needs of the consumer is been changing and changes in their buying habits is shaping the market.  Dr. Tishler brings an interesting perspective from on the field observation.
Cannabis-Specialists.org

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Changing Roles for Dispensary Bud Tenders in the New Market

John Kagia works at New Frontier Data as the Chief Knowledge Officer.  In this segment we explore – what is the role of the bud tender in the dispensary? Now that distribution channels are changing with direct sales, alternate deliveries and the growing potential for online sales, how will dispensaries adapt to the change? Mr. Kagia from New Frontier Data addresses these questions from an analytical perspective based on lengthy and detailed research of the cannabis business. This kind of research is a trademark of New Frontier Data and they have emerged as the leading researchers of the cannabis business. Listen in on what anyone involved with the cannabis industry needs to know during these rapidly changes times.
NewFrontierData.com

Tilray Cannabis Outlook, a View Toward the Future

Irwin Simon is Chairman & CEO @ Aphria Inc., Executive Chairman of Whole Earth Brands, Inc., and, Presiding Director of MDC Partners Inc.   Tilray just became the largest marijuana company in the world.  Mr. Simon built success with forward looking projects.  As far back as 1993, his ventures in natural foods and alternatives were ahead of its time.  The world soon caught up.  Now, the cannabis industry, we see tremendous changes .  Mr. Simon looks ahead to share insights on where he believes the cannabis industry is going.
Tiray.com

Advice to Investors

Michael J. Regan has more than 20 years of investing experience as a generalist equity analyst for consumer durables & cyclicals, industrials, chemicals, aerospace, media, telecom, tech, and REITs.  His advice to new investors in cannabis.  Many fundamentals apply; good balance sheets, good management team and good business practices in general.  When looking at cannabis, specifically, Canadian and US companies prove to be in very different markets.  These differences are explained by Mr. Regan who goes on to detail and market changes uniquely effect the cannabis industry.
MJResearchCo.com

BigMike Launches New Growing Products

BigMike Straumietis is an iconic pioneer and founder in the cannabis-growing industry.  He became widely known as the source that teaches growers about hydroponic gardening.  He offers an array of successfully marketed growing products, and, he teaches growers in gardening techniques.   His leading company, Advanced Nutrients, is premiering a line of products this quarter, called, ‘BigMike’s Blend.’  This line includes pre-rolls, concentrates and vape pens, all developed with state of the art technology.  They are currently available in California, and when the field changes, globally.
AdvancedNutrients.com   Instagram.com/bigmike

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COMING UP – THIS SATURDAY  July 3rd, 2021
SEASON 3 • EPISODE 13

New Consumer Studies

Giadha A. DeCarcer is the Founder and Executive Chair of New Frontier Data, which is the authority in cannabis market data analysis. New Frontier Data recently released the ‘2021 US Cannabis Consumer Evolution Report.’ This up to date research of consumer practices reveals new trends and attitudes in the US that only become clear through detailed analysis. Their research also reveals how legalization and the opening of legal markets changed consumer practices and their relationship with cannabis. Knowing these trends is vital to dispensaries, they are imperative to marketing campaigns and they impact the activity of growers. Hear a unique and current perspective that is not available anywhere else.

How to Launch a Great Cannabis Cultivation Business in Record Time

Ryan Douglas was a master grower at Tweed Inc. and he recently authored the book: From Seed to Success: How to Launch a Great Cannabis Cultivation Business in Record Time. Mr. Douglas explains what it means to be a master grower. In his new book, he opens up about the elements of success that are only gained through experience, and the must-know facts for new growers. Launching a cannabis cultivation facility is no different than starting any other commercially produced agricultural crop, but the excitement and potential for big profits can lead to lapses in judgment that prove devastating for many start-ups. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be this way. An entrepreneur does not need to be an expert grower to launch a thriving cultivation business, and most problems can be avoided through the application of basic business principles and good management practices. Get the inside view from the master whose proven record of success holds something for every business entrepreneur.

W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff
in the field Special Report:
‘The Cannabis Trail’ with its Founder

Brian Applegarth founded “The Cannabis Trail” and the International Cannabis Travel Association. The organization serves to promote the development of safe and responsible cannabis tourism, to unify the cannabis and tourism industries, and to advocate for an ever-evolving regulatory environment. Brian is also a board member of the 420 Archive and the California Travel Association. “The Cannabis Trail” is a heritage Northern California Corridor amidst “The Emerald Triangle” that is accessible from the San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding Northern California counties where the triumphant battle for legalized marijuana was waged and won. You are invited to listen in to America’s Cannabis Conversation Special Report to learn more about California, Oregon, Washington, and emerging 420-friendly domestic and international travel destinations which will reveal interesting tidbits, travel tips, and compelling tales from “The Cannabis Trail.”

Opioid Addiction Vaccine?

Therese A. Kosten, Ph.D. shares a wealth of experience with The Conversation. She is a professor of psychology at the University of Houston as well as: the Director of Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Neuroscience; Director of Michael C. Gibson Addiction Research Program; Principal Investigator of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. She follows up her amazing interview with us recently regarding the development and forthcoming trials of a vaccine to relieve opioid addiction. The effects of fentanyl and opioid addiction in general have become a widespread problem as of late, and discoveries show that cannabis may hold some positive alternatives for the problem. This new approach addresses the addiction – withdrawal symptom cycle in a unique way that could give users a never-before advantage toward freedom! Listen in..

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New Consumer Studies

Giadha A. DeCarcer is the Founder and Executive Chair of New Frontier Data, which is the authority in cannabis market data analysis.  New Frontier Data recently released the ‘2021 US Cannabis Consumer Evolution Report.’  This up to date research of consumer practices reveals new trends and attitudes in the US that only become clear through detailed analysis.  Their research also reveals how legalization and the opening of legal markets changed consumer practices and their relationship with cannabis.  Knowing these trends is vital to dispensaries, they are imperative to marketing campaigns and they impact the activity of growers.   Hear a unique and current perspective that is not available anywhere else.
NewFrontierData.com

How to Launch a Great Cannabis Cultivation Business in Record Time

Ryan Douglas was a master grower at Tweed Inc. and he recently authored the book: From Seed to Success: How to Launch a Great Cannabis Cultivation Business in Record Time.  Mr. Douglas explains what it means to be a master grower.  In his new book, he opens up about the elements of success that are only gained through experience, and the must-know facts for new growers.  Launching a cannabis cultivation facility is no different than starting any other commercially produced agricultural crop, but the excitement and potential for big profits can lead to lapses in judgment that prove devastating for many start-ups.  Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be this way. An entrepreneur does not need to be an expert grower to launch a thriving cultivation business, and most problems can be avoided through the application of basic business principles and good management practices.  Get the inside view from the master whose proven record of success holds something for every business entrepreneur.
DouglasCultivation.com

W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
The Cannabis Trail!

Brian Applegarth founded the Cannabis Travel Association International, a fully registered 501c6 organization.  It serves to promote the development of safe and responsible cannabis tourism, unify the cannabis and tourism industries, and advocate for an enabling regulatory environment.   He is also a board member of the 420 Archive and the California Travel Association, Chairs the CalTravel Cannabis Committee and is a member of the Sonoma County Tourism Marketing Committee.  What’s more, he is also on the Board of Directors of The Cannabis Trail, which is the famous Northern California Corridor in Emerald Country where the battle for legalized marijuana was waged.  Here the conversation with Mr. Appelgarth and to catch the interesting tales of cannabis trails on – The Conversation
BrianApplegarth.com

Opioid Addiction Vaccine?

Therese A. Kosten, Ph.D. shares a wealth of experience with The Conversation.  She is a professor of psychology at the University of Houston as well as: the  Director of Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Neuroscience; Director of Michael C. Gibson Addiction Research Program; Principal Investigator of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.  She follows up with her amazing interview with us recently regarding the development and forthcoming trials of a vaccine to relieve opioid addiction.  The effects of fentanyl and opioid addiction in general has become a widespread problem as of late, and discoveries show that cannabis may hold some positive alternatives for the problem.  This new approach addresses the addiction – withdrawal symptom cycle in a unique way holds that could give users they a never-before advantage toward freedom!  Listen in.
UH.edu/class/psychology/about/people/therese-kosten/

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NEW!
How Consumer Intelligence Data Levels the Market Playing Field

John Kagia joins us from New Frontier Data where he works as the Chief Knowledge Officer.  The aspect of gathering consumer data has barely been broached in the cannabis industry because it is such a young industry.  Yet, doing so allows one to analyze the trends that have clearly formed.  Analyzing trends now is vital for this burgeoning industry that was already showing volatility before the advent of COVID.  New Frontier Data specializes in research and intelligence which put them at the forefront when they saw the need for gathering data here.  Equipped with years of data, they developed a unique understanding of where this past decade has brought us and how we can look ahead.   This is important to all aspects of the business because it allows one to respond to the market instead of just reacting to it.  Mr. Kagia shares this brilliant process with us, and he tells us what it can mean.
NewFrontierData.com

Senate Outlook on Changing Cannabis Law

Morgan Fox works with the National Cannabis Industry Association as the Director of Communication.  Our conversation today is about expressed intentions by members of the Senate to bring major changes to cannabis law.   This might be a de-scheduling bill of some sort to remove federal prohibition against cannabis.  We can expect to see hearings in the Senate in this term.   While hearings on this may come faster than some expected, legislation will quite some time to pass.   Leading this effort are House Democrats who passed the MORE Act and it is support many advocates in Congress.  Hear the latest progress and forecasts where we are going.
TheCannabisIndustry.com

Finding Your Doctor

Dr. Jordan Tishler is a Harvard educated practitioner with a lot of experience with using cannabis as an alternative therapy to treat certain ailments.   The conversation addresses pain management and how cannabis can be used.   Further, how do we as patients, who want to take control of our care, find a doctor who has the compassion to help us find whatever treatment is necessary?  What strain of cannabis might a doctor choose they need to treat somebody for pain?  Dr. Tishler gives us answers from the point of view of an experienced practitioner.  We come away with valuable information that some of us may need to know at one time or another.
Cannabis-Specialists.org

The Future of Dispensaries

Michael J. Regan & Colin-Ferrian join us from MJResearchCo which conducts investment analysis and valuation of the cannabis industry.  Prior to the pandemic, the model used for building a dispensary was the Apple store.  Depending on the size of sophistication of these dispensaries, one could spend anywhere from one half million to a million dollars on construction.  However, in the pandemic, cannabis was determined to be an essential product in some areas, so buying methods and delivery systems of cannabis suddenly changed.  Home delivery quickly became a huge business in California and Colorado.   Other states may follow.  They may also develop online purchasing and drone delivery.   What does this mean for the brick and mortar store and conventional dispensaries?
MJResearchCo.com</

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COMING UP – THIS SATURDAY  June 19th, 2021
SEASON 3 • EPISODE 12

Consumer Evolution in the Cannabis Market

John Kagia works at New Frontier Data as the Chief Knowledge Officer. They have a new consumer survey that tells us about trends and attitudes in the US. This was to find how the consumer evolved over the past few years. They began with focus on the cannabis consumer based on their findings in 2018. Research went on to find why they are consuming and how legalization and the opening of legal markets changed their relationship with cannabis. This new research delved more deeply into the study of consumer practices and these updates were released last month in their ‘2021 US Cannabis Consumer Evolution Report.’ Listen in for their finding and what this information can mean to you.

Cannabis for Seniors

Dr. Beverly A. Potter is a psychologist specializing in career and workplace issues, like overcoming job burnout, self management and self-leadership, mediating disputes, giving directives as examples. ‘Doc Potter’ blends humanistic psychology and Eastern philosophies with principles of behavior psychology. The objective is to create a strategy for handling many challenges encountered in today’s workplace. Her book: Cannabis for Seniors is for seniors curious about cannabis and how they might use it to better their lives. It reviews research regarding the health effects of cannabis and the effectiveness of various strains for managing specific health conditions and improving quality of life. This work debunks myths and discusses concerns that seniors may have about cannabis use. ‘Doc Potter’ describes methods of using cannabis, explaining how smoking, eating, and topicals uses.
A must listen for all current and one-day seniors.

W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff
in the field Special Report:
Legalization Pioneer and Martyr Eddy Lepp

Eddy Lepp is on the ‘Mount Rushmore’ of legalization pioneers. If you are one of the many who enjoy recreational marijuana in 17 US states and medical marijuana in 37 American state, you owe a huge debt of gratitude to an iconic figure in the movement, Eddy Lepp.  Despite having a body that is now riddled with cancer, Mr. Lepp joined correspondent Rich Walcoff in what may be his last interview.   He tells the inevitable journey he went through that began with helping someone in need by providing them with medicinal marijuana.  This led to a vast grow in response to the need and demand of those around him.  This also led to his arrest and incarceration with a 10-year sentence.  Although he was offered no jail time in return for turning in his buddies, Eddy Lepp chose instead to serve almost 9 years of his sentence.   Nonetheless, conviction by the state could not match the convictions of a true pioneer who helped pave the way for the legalization we see today.  The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) called him a ‘marijuana martyr’.  Numerous law enforcement figures, including those on the prosecution side, lament the treatment that Mr. Lepp received.  In the end, his dedication and determination was one of the keys that turned the very long battle for legalization in a new direction, and one we can all appreciate today. Thank you for your service Eddy Lepp.

Equality in Cannabis Reform

Debra Furr-Holden, PhD is a professor at Michigan State University, a C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health, Associate Dean for Public Health Integration, and, Director of the Flint Center for Health Equity Solutions. She is also an epidemiologist and classically trained public health professional with expertise in health disparities and health equity, drug and alcohol dependence epidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, and prevention science. In with the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic, her work led to government task force appointments to address public health needs including the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities, the Greater Flint Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Inequity and New York City African American COVID-19 Task Force. Today, Dr. Furr-Holden talks to us about equality where it is needed now, in cannabis reform. This rapidly changing and expanding industry is providing more than just recreational interests, it is enabling treatment with medical marijuana when and where it is needed in parts of the nation. These are advantages that need to reach everyone.

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