Returning guest and resident cannabis expert Chad Hason joins us for another beer this week to discuss legalization 2.0, StigmaGrow, what he thinks will come next, and to offer Mark a reminder not to call him “your weed guy."

Last time Chad was on the show we discussed some of the unfair stigmas attached to cannabis and the history of the plant leading up to its legalization in Canada in October of 2017. While this first round of legalization two years ago opened up a market for Canadians to light up across the country it excluded a number of other cannabis based products for the first two years. Dubbed “legalization 2.0,” a new batch of legislation came into effect in October of 2019 allowing for the sales of concentrates, beverages, edibles and topical lotions in addition to the dried cannabis and oils already available. However Chad breaks the bad news to us that all producers have to submit their products for a 60 day approval process, so while these products became legal last month we won’t see the first of them available in retail stores until December 2019.

We take a bit of time to discuss why legalization 2.0 isn’t just for seasoned cannabis consumers who want to reach higher potencies, but also great for those who may have been standoffish about getting into cannabis post-legalization such as folks like Mark’s own parents. Mark speculates that much of the apprehension of older generations around cannabis as a medicine may boil down to pills vs plants and the health concerns they grew up with. Chad also explains what he thinks is next: decriminalized or legalized psychedelics, and in particular the developments in Colorado with psilocybin mushrooms.

Next time when Chad joins us for a beer we’ll be taking a deeper dive into extracts to discuss what they are, how they’re made, and the differences between them.

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