Hempresent

Today on Hempresent Vivian McPeak is joined by Chris Conrad, Court-qualified cannabis expert witness and consultant.

"Chris Conrad is a well known author, consultant, public speaker, cannabis expert witness, museum curator and internationally respected authority on cannabis, industrial hemp, medical marijuana, cultivation, garden yields, processing, dosages, commercial intent, personal use and cannabis culture. He teaches at Oaksterdam University and the International Pharmacological Academy and has given numerous presentations for continuing legal education (CLE) and continuing medical education (CME) programs. As an expert witness, Chris has given testimony which has helped to shape California medical marijuana law."

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Today on Hempresent Vivian McPeak is joined by Douglas Hiatt, a return guest, for a legal update. Douglas Hiatt has spent the majority of his career serving as a public defender. Most recently with Northwest Defender Association in Seattle, and with the Skagit County Public Defender’s Office; developing an acute appreciation for the injustices of our legal system. Hiatt’s concern for downtrodden victims of drug war aggression compelled him to enjoin private practice with deepening resolve.

Douglas Hiatt Mission Statement

"I thought i had a simple mission when this all started. I had attended a continuing legal education seminar for volunteer attorneys for people with AIDS. I had to agree to take one free case in the next year to get the seminar for free. That one case turned out to involve an AIDS patient who was in jail for a misdemeanor amount of “medicine”. I could not believe that a dying person was being treated that way for using something his doctor approved of."

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Today on Hempresent Vivian McPeak is joined by Enedina Stanger, Utah pain patient in the news. Enedina Stanger stayed behind in the parking lot while her two young daughters were shopping with their father in South Weber, Utah. She suffers from the rare and potentially fatal genetic tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. She lit up a marijuana cigarette and rolled down the window of her van to let out the smoke when she was done. That's when somebody passing by called the police, claiming Enedina was smoking in front of her daughters, who by then had returned to the parking lot with their father, Mike Stanger.

Enedina was booked and released from the Weber County Jail and charged with third-degree felony child endangerment and misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance. The felony was later dropped and a judge ordered probation instead of jail time, but the incident has thrown the Utah homemaker's life into a whirlwind of frustrations.

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Today on Hempresent Vivian McPeak is joined by Bobby Black! Bobby Black

Bobby Black is the former Senior Editor of High Times Magazine. During his 21 years at the company, Bobby edited/starred in over 100 videos, created and ran the Miss High Times contest/pageants, served as producer/host of The Doobies music awards show and as competition coordinator for the Cannabis Cup. His monthly column “Almost Infamous” covered the cannabis counter-culture entertainment scene was the longest running in the magazine’s history. From 2004-2008, Bobby also hosted the weekly stoner rock program “Contact High” on Sirius Satellite radio.

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Discussing cannabis and satire as Vivian McPeak is joined by legendary American satirist and marijuana advocate Paul Krassner. Krassner was a child violin prodigy and was the youngest person ever to play Carnegie Hall, in 1939 at age six. Krassner is firmly secular, considering religion "organised superstition," though his parents were Jewish. Paul majored in journalism at Baruch College, the transitioned into performing as a comedian known as Paul Maul. Paul was active in politically edged humor and satire in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

He was a founder of the Youth International Pary (Yippies) in 1967 and a member of Ken Kessy's Merry Pranksters for prankster activism. In 1963, he created what Kurt Vonnegut described as "a miracle of compressed intelligence nearly as admirable for potent simplicity, in my opinion, as Einstein's e=mc2." Vonnegut said "With the Vietnam War going on, and with its critics discounted and scorned by the government and the mass media, Krassner put on sale a red, white and blue poster that said FUCK COMMUNISM. At the beginning of the 1960s, FUCK was believed to be so full of bad magic as to be unprintable... By having FUCK and COMMUNISM fight it out in a single sentence, Krassner wasn't merely being funny as heck. He was demonstrating how preposterous it was for so many people to be responding to both words with such cockamamie Pavlovian fear and alarm."

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Today on Hempresent Vivian McPeak is joined by Paul Stanford, Founder of the THC Foundation. Paul Stanford directs a nonprofit organization comprising THCF Medical Clinics/Presto Quality Care, THCF Medical Gardens, the weekly TV show Cannabis Common Sense, online magazine Hemp News, and the online THCF Museum, featuring images of antique medical cannabis receptacles. The doctors and staff at THCF Medical Clinics/Presto Quality Care have helped more than 200,000 patients navigate their states’ cannabis laws and qualify for permits that allow them to legally possess, grow, and use medical marijuana.

The THC Foundation is made up of a network of medical clinics in 40 cities in stated including Oregon, Washington, California, Rhode Island, and Montana. Paul Stanford runs the Medical Gardens in Oregon, which provides medical marijuana patients with seeds and cuttings to grow their own cannabis. Paul Stanford is often a featured speaker at prominent cannabis-oriented conferences, forums, and festivals. He won the top three prizes at the 7th Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards in 2008. He earned these awards with the marijuana strains he grew organically at the outdoor THCF Medical Gardens. Paul recently spoke at Expogrow conference and trade event in Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain, and the annual Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Fest in Madison, Wisconsin, since 1989. Is most recent appearance was at the world’s largest annual pro-hemp gathering, the Seattle Hempfest.

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Today in Hempresent Vivian McPeak is joined by Mike McGinn. Michael McGinn is the former mayor of Seattle, as well as a lawyer, Greenwood neighborhood activist, and a former Sierra Club state chair. McGinn differentiated his campaign by his opposition to the proposed tunnel replacement to the Alaskan Way Viaduct. This opposition was said to be a "sea change in the power structure of Seattle." In November 2009 McGinn has the support of groups that were considered to be "political outsiders" such as environmentalists, biking advocates, musicians, advocates for the poor, nightclub owners, and younger voters which led him to win the election.

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Today on Hempresent Vivian McPeak is joined by Shilo Murphy director of the People's Harm Eduction Alliance. The People's Harm Reduction Alliance is one of the most daring and innovative needle exchanges in the country. The People's Harm Reduction Alliance work under the philosophy of harm reduction to fight the spread of infectious disease and educate the community about safer drug use. They offer safe disposal of used needles, access to new needles and clean supplies, referrals to other pertinent services such as detox and treatment options, and now free Hepatitis C testing and vein care, all in a non-judgmental environment. The People's Harm Reduction Alliance is peer-run, meaning we have active users in all levels of our organization. We are proud to remain non-profit and community-based.

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Today on Hempresent Vivian McPeak is joined by Nick Licata, Former Seattle City Council President. Licata left office in 2016 after serving four terms. His eduacation consists of a BA from Bowling Green State University and an MA in Sociology from University of Washington. During his time on the council, he chaired numerous committees, including Parks, Public Safety, Human Services, Housing, Arts and Culture. Licata is also a published author of a children's book. Nick Licata was Founder and board member of The Civic Foundation, a voluntary organization devoted to promoting neighborhood issues. He served as President of the 911 Media Arts Center board, Washington's only non-profit, educational organization supporting the creative use of media as a communication and art-making tool in a democratic society. Nick Licata also founded the Seattle Sun, a community newspaper published in the '70's and '80's..

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Today on Hempresent Vivian McPeak is joined by Nick DiCenzo from Cannabis Can. Cannabis Can is a non-profit organization that addresses the issue of homelessness in America with a completely new approach. They get out there and share hugs and a gentle reminders that we are all human with rights and responsibilities to our community regardless of circumstance and without judgement. Cannabis Can believes that working together towards a solution will allow the community to become more cohesive as a whole.

Cannabis Can endeavors to help provide the homeless regular access to restrooms, showers, and haircuts. They hope to make online drives accessible to the homeless for personal document retrieval and backups. They also hope to support a local drug rehabilitation program. Cannabis Can is freely giving away pre-rolled marijuana joints to anybody and everybody we meet on the streets in order raise awareness on homelessness!

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