HOLIDAY SPECIAL: The Year in Weed! + Santa's a Psychedelic Mushroom Shaman

Celebrate 2021's weediest highlights with Abdullah and Bean's inebriated recounting of the year's most impactful cannabis news stories. PLUS: Our annual re-telling of the classic Chrstmas tale "Santa Claus is a Siberian Mushroom Shaman."

Recorded IRL in a "holiday hashish hot box," this episode also gave rise to a conspiracy-themed spin-off show called "The Green Pill," and introduced our new sponsors Human Meat and Vlad's Blintzes. 

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ARTICLES MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

Our round-up of 2021's biggest marijuana stories featured these articles and journalists::

LEAFLY REPORTS

Leafly Cannabis Harvest Report this year (by David Downs)

Leafly Jobs Report (by Bruce Barcott, Beau Whitney, and Janessa Bailey)

Leafly Seeds of Change Report (by Janessa Bailey)

Altria, Maker of Marlboro Cigarettes, Is Lobbying on Cannabis Sales in Virginia

By Nushin Rashidian and Alyson Martin in Cannabis Wire

How Mitch McConnell Accidentally Created An Unregulated THC Market

By Lester Black at 538.com

I needed answers. My hunt to find the backstory of the perfect pot pipe

By Adam Tshcorn - LA Weekly

Marijuana trade group drops lawsuit against state after backlash

by Dan Adams - Boston Globe

South Dakota Supreme Court Invalidates 2020 Marijuana Legalization Initiative As Activists Pursue 2022 Ballot

Kyle Jager - Marijuana Moment

VA Secretary ‘Looking At’ Medical Marijuana Policy Change Following ‘Profound’ Discussion With Veteran

Kyle Jager - Marijuana Moment

Conan O’Brien Celebrates Retirement By Smoking Weed With Seth Rogen On TV

Kyle Jager - Marijuana Moment

The Oligiarch and the Marijuana Fund

Mary Jane Gibson - Rolling Stone

Winemakers Collaborate With Weed Growers on New Cannabis Appellation System

Jackie Bryant - Wine Enthusiast

Celebrity Cannabis

by Lindsey Carmela Bartlett in Forbes

Steve Urkel

Justin Bieber

Seth Rogen 

Lil Kim

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DISCOVERS 17 PSYCHEDELIC COMPOUNDS

by Jimi Divine - LA Weekly