This is part one of a two-part series on cannabis use and pregnancy. According to a survey published last year in the Journal of the American Medical Association, weed is now the “most commonly used illicit drug during pregnancy." While the danger of the drug to a fetus is still hotly debated, its potential to trigger the involvement of child welfare services is not. Emily Berger, a supervising attorney with the Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, explains why, post-cannabis legalization, she's seeing an increase in child welfare cases related to cannabis use, and why these cases are clogging up the system unnecessarily.

Read Hayley's article in Rolling Stone about pregnancy and weed, which inspired this series: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/weed-pregnancy-mother-family-marijuana-cannabis-755697

Connect with the Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers at https://www.ladlinc.org

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Recorded during the height of the Woolsey and Camp fires that raged across California, Hayley talks to a cannabis farmer, Jon, whose life was transformed by another California fire just one year prior. He lost everything he owned including his 40-acre weed farm in Redwood Valley. Most weed growers and businesses at large don't have insurance to cover their losses, so a fire can result in total devastation. Jon talks about how he and his family have recovered and what he's up to now.

To check out Jon's current venture, visit puriumcbd.com.

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Cooking with cannabis is no longer limited to weed butter (although we can still get down with some weed brownies!). There is a whole class of chefs that have begun working cannabis into their recipes as they would any other ingredient. For our Thanksgiving episode, Hayley talks with chef Unika Noiel, founder of Luvn Kitchn in Seattle, about being a mad scientist in the kitchen, introducing weed to the Thanksgiving table, and being threatened with jail time for cooking cannabis dinners.

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At first glance, veterans and cannabis advocacy might seem to be an unlikely pairing, but service members have become increasingly outspoken champions for weed. Hayley sits down with Steven Passmore, a veteran and cannabis entrepreneur, to talk about his decision to join the military, how cannabis saved him from alcoholism, and what it's like to be African-American in this industry. Also, a sneak peek at his new venture, The Legion Noire.

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Employment. According to some stats, cannabis job postings online have increased 693 percent from the end of 2016 to the end of 2017. Hayley talks with two experts in the field: Karson Humiston, founder of VAngst, which helps connect weed companies with potential employees; and Robert Chlala, a social equity researcher and policy organizer for UFCW Local 770, a leading union in the cannabis space in LA.

Following Karson Humiston on Twitter at https://twitter.com/khumiston

Find out more about Vangst at https://vangst.com

Robert Chlala on Twitter at https://twitter.com/robertchlala

Find out more about UFCW Local 770 at http://ufcw770.org or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/UFCW770

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Social equity. Cities throughout California and beyond are addressing decades of disproportionate policing against minority communities by implementing what are known as “social equity programs.” These are intended to level the playing field and begin to confront decades of damage done by the War on Drugs. Plus, Hayley talks with aspiring business owner Esteban Araya, who is applying for a license to sell cannabis in LA through its local social equity program.

LA Equity Program Aims to Undo Impacts of Drug War: https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/la-equity-program-aims-to-undo-impacts-of-drug-war

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Green & Gold is a weed podcast hosted by cannabis journalist Hayley Fox. We talk to pioneers in the weed business - from entrepreneurs to activists, scientists, weed doctors, growers, politicians, plus everyday consumers like you, to better understand the complicated world of cannabis.

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