Dr. Ethan Russo returns to the podcast to help us make sense of the slew of studies and articles claiming cannabis can treat and/or prevent COVID-19 infection. Dr. Russo is a board-certified neurologist, a psychopharmacology researcher, an author, a lecturer, and a consultant. He is a CannMed 2022 Keynote Presenter, where he will present on Cannabis and Psychiatry. Although Dr. …
Standardizing Cannabis Testing Labs with Ini Afia
Ini Afia is the Chief Science Officer at Cannasafe, a licensed cannabis testing lab in southern California. He has also set up multiple labs with best-in-class methodology, processes, and technology throughout his career. And at Cannasafe he has the team towards greater credibility, consistency, and accountability for their clients, regulators, and consumers. Ini returns to the podcast to discuss the …
Cannabis as an Alternative to Common Pharmaceuticals with Bonni Goldstein, MD
Dr. Bonni Goldstein returns to the podcast to discuss examples where cannabis may be a safer and more effective therapeutic than traditional pharmaceutical drugs. Bonni is one of the country’s most respected and experienced medical cannabis physicians, having treated thousands of patients with medical cannabis. She is the owner and medical director of Canna-Centers Wellness & Education. She is Clinical …
Optimizing Outdoor Hemp Cultivation with Allison Justice, PhD
Allison Justice, PhD, is Co-owner and manages operations at The Hemp Mine, a 40-acre hemp farm that manufactures consumer-ready products. The Hemp Mine currently produces a wide array of different products ranging from smokeable flower to tinctures of different concentrations for both humans and animals. The Hemp Mine breeds, regional trials indoors and outdoors at scale in order to offer …
Helping the Homeless with Humanity Heroes
Amy Simpson and BigMike Straumietis talk about Humanity Heroes, a charity that is providing essential living supplies to the homeless community living on the streets and in shelters across America. BigMike, who you likely know as the CEO of Advanced Nutrients, founded Humanity Heroes with the idea that “if a company has the financial resources, then it has a social …
Identifying the Cancer-Killing Cannabinoids with Dedi Meiri, PhD
Dedi Meiri, PhD runs a lab at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology that investigates the anti-tumor effects of cannabinoids. More specifically, his team identifies which combination of cannabinoids can kill cancer cells. Most notably, his team identified three specific cannabinoids that kill leukemia cells and that formulation is currently being tested in a clinical trial in Israel. Dr. Meiri …
Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Challenges with Collin Palmer
Collin Palmer is the Chief Experience Officer at Vessel Life Science. He has been obsessed with growing cannabis since he started growing in his backyard at 15 years old. Since then he has consulted with many cannabis companies in a variety of areas including genetic selection, lab optimization, product development, branding, and more. Over the past several years he has …
Cannabis Law Updates with Michael Levinsohn
Michael Levinsohn is a criminal and civil defense attorney with 20 years of experience representing people in all areas of the cannabis industry, including patients, cultivators, retailers, and healthcare providers. We catch up on new developments in cannabis law since last we spoke, including Ryan’s Law, which requires California hospitals providing palliative care allow terminally ill patients to use cannabis …
Powdery Mildew Resistance and Susceptibility with David Joly, PhD
David Joly, PhD is Associate Professor at the University of Moncton, where his team investigates cannabis and cannabinoids. Dr. Joly has unique expertise in the field of plant cannabis genomics and their associated microbes, and his work has been cited more than 1000 times. Earlier this year, Dr. Joly published a paper titled “Genome-wide characterization of the MLO gene family in Cannabis sativa reveals …
Stopping Lab Result Forgeries with Evelyn Alvarez
Evelyn Alvarez is currently the Quality Assurance Director at Encore Labs. She has ten years of experience working on analytical instrumentation and in regulated lab environments including work on EPA and OSHA methods. She received a degree in Environmental Science with research experience on pesticides. Evelyn was recently quoted in a Refinery29 article that revealed an unfortunate element of the …