Featured guests: Cannabis Now senior editor Ellen Holland and cannabis media relations consultant Jim Walsh. [podcast] LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • These could be the next cool wave, or are flavored hash oils already played out? • Imagining 1960s Alabama marijuana education, and putting yourself in the shoes of U.S.…
Featured guests: Cannabis Now senior editor Ellen Holland and media relations consultant Jim Walsh. Talking hash trends, cannabis in Trump’s America & more.
Wine has its sommeliers, cheese has its mongers and coffee has its cuppers. Could marijuana have its “Interpeners?”
Colorado marijuana regulations have changed, including a new purchase measure for flower, edibles and concentrates. Here’s a look at product equivalencies.
What Wine Spectator’s 100-Point Scale is for rating wine, the Trichome Institute intends to develop for rating cannabis quality.
Legalized recreational marijuana in California is estimated to deliver $1 billion in sales tax revenues annually to the state.
Guests: Outgoing Colorado Cannabis Chamber of Commerce president Tyler Henson and Cannabis Benchmarks editorial director Adam Koh. Talking weed prices, vice industries and more.
Guests: Outgoing Colorado Cannabis Chamber of Commerce president Tyler Henson and Cannabis Benchmarks editorial director Adam Koh. Talking weed prices, vice industries and more.
Featured guests: Chris Driessen, who’s president of Organa Bands, the parent company of OpenVape; and Marques Harris, co-founder of cultivation business District 8. [podcast] LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Juggling marijuana licenses in multiple states and countries, growing to be an international brand in cannabis. • Where the cannabis industry…
Featured guests: Chris Driessen, president of Organa Bands and OpenVape; and Marques Harris, co-founder of District 8. Talking NFL, global cannabis expansion & more.
Featured guests: Cannabrand marketing agency co-founder Olivia Mannix and Denver Post videographer and Cannabist Show producer Vince Chandler. [podcast] LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Multinational ad agencies are now working with cannabis industry clients. How is mainstream corporate America navigating the space? • Marijuana conferences, trade shows and expos like…
Featured guests: Cannabrand co-founder Olivia Mannix and Denver Post videographer Vince Chandler. Talking marijuana marketing, documenting history & more.
The public’s knowledge and education about marijuana has come a long way from the days of “Just Say No” and D.A.R.E. in the 1980s.
There are many tangible and intangible costs that come with cannabis businesses being tied to a cash-based system because of federal banking regulations.
A CEO of a mobile payment startup believes the cannabis industry could trigger an evolution of the unchanging banking industry.
Find out who in the marijuana industry claimed top honors at the 2016 Cannabist Awards. Celebrating leaders in tech, medical, education, hemp & more.
Featured guests: National Cannabis Industry Association deputy director Taylor West and Vicente Sederberg attorney/partner Brian Vicente. [podcast] LOTS TO TALK ABOUT AFTER ELECTION 2016 • What’s in store for legal cannabis under new president Donald J. Trump? Insiders give their views on the impact the President-Elect and his potential cabinet…
NCIA deputy director Taylor West and Vicente Sederberg attorney/partner Brian Vicente discuss the future of the U.S. marijuana industry after Election 2016.
Pot policy expert: “Now that they have this full adult-use legalization, the issues that we deal with at the federal level are going to be that much more important to them.”
Massachusetts’ vote is even more meaningful because it changed the existing narrative of what kinds of U.S. states are legalizing retail cannabis.
Arkansas was among four states that voted in favor of medical marijuana in the 2016 election. A few key factors tipped the scales in this Bible Belt state.
Featured guests: 420 Games and Power Plant cannabis gym founder Jim McAlpine, who also launched the New West Summit conference, and vaporizer developer Seibo Shen of VapeXhale. [podcast] LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Cannabis is about so much more than the THC: How terpene profiles of strains and concentrates are…
Featured guests: 420 Games and Power Plant cannabis gym founder Jim McAlpine, who also launched the New West Summit conference, and vaporizer developer Seibo Shen of VapeXhale. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Cannabis is about so much more than the THC: How terpene profiles of strains and concentrates are like…
There’s a movement in a Colorado county to repeal recreational marijuana regulations. One resident and industry member talks about what’s at stake.
California’s Proposition 64, which could legalize the recreational use of marijuana, has big implications and has attracted big bucks.
Colorado municipalities can “opt-out” of retail marijuana, and Pueblo County could do just that with the passage of Question 200 in Election 2016.
Featured guests: Tradiv’s Jonathan Teeters and Cannabist account exec Shuang Han. We’re talking about minorities in the marijuana industry, cannabis advertising issues and more.
A former federal banking examiner just launched a company that he says could solve the payment problems that are part of cannabis industry banking issues.
Either way you look at it, the cannabis concentrate market is poised to expand in California through the state’s new medical marijuana rules and a potential recreational market.
Nearly three years into sales of recreational marijuana in Colorado, IRS Code 280E is still taking its toll on legal cannabis businesses, a tax expert says.
Featured guests: Trichome Institute president Max Montrose and No-on-200 campaign spokesperson Jim Parco. [podcast] LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • There is now a sommelier-like program that will standardize the grading of marijuana. • Everything you need to know about a proposal to repeal laws allowing Pueblo marijuana businesses — one…
Featured guests are Trichome Institute president Max Montrose and No-on-200 spokesperson Jim Parco. We’re talking about cannabis critiques and a proposal to repeal laws allowing marijuana businesses in Pueblo — one of Colorado’s biggest hotbeds for cultivation.
The IRS’ auditors have been paying closer attention to the cannabis industry as of late, and a tax attorney has some thoughts as to why this is occurring.
Cast your nomination for the biggest and brightest in the booming cannabis industry to be honored at the 2016 Cannabist Awards event in Las Vegas this November.
Featured guests: Cannabis Trainers founder Maureen McNamara and Orange County Register cannabis reporter Brooke Edwards Staggs. [podcast] LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Who’s funding the fight for legal marijuana in California, and who’s funding the opposition? • In Colorado: How much flower, edibles and concentrates can each customer buy? Plus…
Taxes and banking can cause big headaches in the marijuana industry. How aware are federal overseers in the IRS and Federal Reserve about the issues?
Guests are Cannabis Trainers founder Maureen McNamara and Orange County Register cannabis reporter Brooke E. Staggs. Talking California pot, budtenders.
Lindsey Bartlett, who frequently highlights Denver’s street art scene on Westword, talks about her favorite urban murals in the Mile-High City.
What’s the secret to growing the best weed? Mike Leibowitz, founder of Denver’s Veritas Fine Cannabis, shares details on what goes into his high-end brand.
Guests: Dr. Larry Wolk, Colorado’s top medical official, and Ron Kammerzell, who oversees the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division. Talking legalization.
Guests: Dr. Larry Wolk, Colorado’s top medical official, and Ron Kammerzell, who oversees the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division. Talking about the rules of legalization, underage stings on shops, teen use and more.
Mike Leibowitz, founder of marijuana cultivation firm Veritas Fine Cannabis, shares his views on why many successful cannabis entrepreneurs have real estate and finance backgrounds.
Stand-up comedian Josh Blue joins The Cannabist Show to talk about his passion and creative process for visual art and wood carvings.
This week’s guests are tax attorney James Thorburn and Tokken’s Lamine Zarrad. Discussing cannabis tax laws and marijuana banking, grading the federal government.
This week’s guests are Lamine Zarrad and James Thorburn. Discussing cannabis taxes and pot banking, grading the federal government.
Denver comedian Josh Blue joins The Cannabist Show to talk about how medical marijuana affects his cerebral palsy symptoms.
Kayvan Khalitbari, the lead proponent of Denver’s social pot use measure, joins The Cannabist Show to describe what the proposed initiative entails.
Christopher Mallory, Boulder County’s marijuana regulator, joins the Cannabist Show to discuss some of the unique regulations in the Colorado county.
Talkin’ Texas marijuana: Brad Bogus, the Cannabist’s general manager, joins The Cannabist Show to share his experiences of buying marijuana in Texas.
Featured guests: Veritas Fine Cannabis founder Mike Leibowitz and Westword weed and street art journalist Lindsey Bartlett. [podcast] LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • A no-automation marijuana grow. Watering, feeding and trimming all done only by hand. • The street art scene in Denver, covering momentary art. • Some parts of…
