Jack

Jack Herer died in 2010, but his mantra still rings in my ears. “Hemp can save the planet.” That was Jack at his core. That was his everything and his everywhere. We talked about it all the time. More specifically, what Jack said again and again is that hemp is for food, fuel, fiber, and […]

Ep. 456: Lori Ajax

Lori Ajax, Chief of the California Bureau of Cannabis Control, joins us to give a big picture update of what has been happening in California over the past 6 months. For example, as of late, it has been a priority to transfer those in the elicit market over to the legal market. Besides these recent […]

Housing

As the congressman representing the 17th District of California, I’m proud of Silicon Valley and its accomplishments. Still, we have our challenges. We’ve created a community that has unintentionally pushed out all but those who work in tech. A community of software engineers is a boring place to raise a family. That’s why we don’t […]

Ep. 454: Catherine Sandvos, The Netherlands

Catherine Sandvos, of the Office of Medicinal Cannabis in the Netherlands, joins us to discuss the history and current state of Dutch cannabis regulations. Sandvos is pleased that other countries seem to be setting up their own regulations and production processes, as it relieves the Netherlands of the responsibility to provide for all of Europe. […]

Ep. 452: Kayvan Khalatbari

Kayvan Khalatbari joins us and shares how Denver progressed in leading cannabis legalization: “we knew that we had a lot of misconceptions and stigmas to overcome and it behooved us before the city and the state were regulating us very strictly, to self regulate, and to put on a good face for the industry. We […]

Ep. 451: US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi Gabbard joins us and shares her views on getting past partisan politics in the federal government: “We would have far more bipartisan and nonpartisan work being done if we set aside the politics and the political interests and actually said, “Hey, here’s a challenge that is common to people in my district and people […]

Ep. 449: US Congressman Denver Riggleman

Denver Riggleman joins us and shares his thoughts as to how to advance cannabis legislation by giving the states more power: “I think we need to get in front of this and I think we’re to a point now that we need to let the economy work, get the federal government out of the way, […]

Ep. 447: US Congressman Ro Khanna

Ro Khanna joins us and shares his perspective on advancing Cannabis legislature: “Make sure you’re picking one or two key bills to rally around, and then talk to legislators to get them onboard.”

Ep. 446: Paige Figi

Paige Figi joins us and shares her views on the shifting perspectives in the cannabis industry: “People are wanting that supply and complaining that there isn’t enough and trying to get it, it’s those big guys taking control and doing that. So, while we’re complaining about it, we’re also complaining about the solution. It all […]

Ep. 445: US Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton

Eleanor Holmes Norton joins us and shares her perspective on free speech and advancing the power of the people: “People are used to people like me defending all of us on the right side. But the lesson I’m trying to teach, such as it is, is that we can’t have free speech unless they do. […]