Ep.188: Wanda James & Joe Brezny

Joe Brezny of Nevada Question 2 joins us to discuss the initiative. He outlines how the current medical program is going and how that affects the coming potential adult use legislation. Joe shares the current polling numbers and the fact that it’s a little too close for comfort as we speak. THE Wanda James then joins […]

Ep.186: Dr. Mark Ware & Jeremy Jacob

Dr. Mark Ware, the Vice Chair of Canada’s Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation discusses the fact that adult-use cannabis legalization is a matter of “how; not if” in Canada. Dr. Ware takes questions from the Lift Cannabis Expo audience which cover everything from the endocannabinoid system to each of the potential distribution systems […]

Ep.184: Jesce Horton, Saints Cannabis, MCBA Part III

Jesce Horton returns and gives us an update on his new venture Saints cannabis as well as the latest on the MCBA. We go back to episode 78 to get some personal history and then Jesce and I find ourselves in Bryant Park in NYC having a straightforward conversation about race. We discuss the concept […]

Ep.179: Ari Huffnung, Vireo Health; Introview w/Nial DeMena Manna

Ari Hoffnung joins us as our first guest operating in New York. He takes us through where the medical program is in regards to license holders, patients and physicians. He discusses his unique history and how his background became the foreground for his participation in legal cannabis in New York. But first Nial Demena of […]

Ep.177: Jamie Lowell, MI Legalize & Nurse Heather

Nurse Heather returns as she’s just launched Nature Nurse which truly focuses on plant medicine including but not limited to cannabis.  She even gives us a great Hippocrates quote, so stay tuned for that specifically and just enjoy Nurse Heather being Nurse Heather generally. Jamie Lowell then takes us through a history of legal cannabis in […]

Ep.175: Pain Management in Pro Sports; Introview w/Amanda Reiman, DPA

Eben Britton, Charlie Adams, Nate Jackson, Riley Cote, former NFL and NHL athletes join a roundtable discussion with Heather Jackson of Realm of Caring and Dr. Marcel Bon Miller of the University of Pennsylvania on pain management. We talk about how marijuana is currently used by pro athletes despite the medicine being banned by all […]

Ep.173: Giadha Aguirre De Carcer, New Frontier; Introview w/Alison Draisin, Ettalew’s Edibles

Giadha Aguirre deCarcer a very impressive person indeed takes us through her journey and how she stumbled upon the need for her organization. She takes us through her diverse European background and her journey from finance to homeland security to cannabis which includes her first person account of 9/11. But first, Alison Draisin from Ettalew’s […]

Ep.172: Keith Stroup, NORML Introview w/David Brown, Lift

If you got into the cannabis industry after 1970 you haven’t been in for as long as Keith Stroup the co-founder of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws- NORML.  46 years hence, Keith sits down to discuss the roots of marijuana as a symbol of the anti Vietnam war movement. But first, David Brown […]

Ep.170: Bubbleman, Introview w/Landon Long, Infusion Factory

Plant expert & Hash Church Host Marcus Richardson talks about his history which is inextricably linked with the history of legal cannabis in Canada. He discusses early run-in’s with Jack Herer, Ron Hickey, Marc Emery He also talks about Hilary Black who you can find on Episode 150. Bubbleman takes us through Canadian licenses and […]

Ep.169: Henry Wykowski, Introview w/Jeannette Ward, MCBA

No taxation without representation is a refrain familiar to anyone who’s been in a history class in the united states of america. Henry Wykowski joins us to discuss his representation of various cannabis businesses on taxation, in this case- 280e. He takes us through his evolving interpretation of it’s language and discusses the meaning of […]