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How’s it growing folks? Welcome to the latest episode of Here Weed Go!

Today’s episode has a decidedly European flavor: my guest is a Michael Sassano, the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Somai Pharmaceuticals, a European pharmaceutical and biotech company centered on manufacturing in Lisbon, Portugal.

Sassano is a bit of a legend in the world of cannabis startups here stateside and was an early investor in the cannabis industry. He also started his own cultivation farm, Solaris Farms, that merged with a dispensary brand in Las Vegas, where he was during our conversation.

A wide ranging and engaging chat, we touch on how Sassano got into the cannabis space, what he see’s as the main difference between EU and US approaches to cannabis regulation and culture, and where the real future of cannabis lies – both in the United States and internationally.

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Welcome to the latest episode of Here Weed Go! Today, I talk with Alicia Deals one of the 26 winners of a social equity marijuana dispensary license here in Arizona.

A young black mother of three hailing from Phoenix, Alicia’s story and journey with cannabis and marijuana is full of triumph and heartache, includes a dash of the good ole American Dream, and just might be meant to be.

Our conversation picks up with Alicia talking about who she is, where she’s from, and what her family story means going forward in a venture that’s anything but a guarantee.

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How’s it growing folks? Welcome to the latest episode of Here Weed Go! the podcast dedicated to covering cannabis in all of it’s forms! I’m your host Eddie Celaya, cannabis writer here at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, Arizona.

This episode begins Here Weed Go!'s seasonal focus on election-related issues affecting cannabis, the cannabis industry and those who consume cannabis in one way or another.

Our topic this week is the nation's southern border with Mexico: Where once marijuana poured across the border by the ton, now the flow is barely measured in pounds. What’s responsible for that drop-off, and what have the consequences been?

To help give context to cannabis and it’s relationship with the southern border I’m welcoming my guest Curt Prendergast, the Opinion and Editorial Page editor here at the Daily Star.

Prendergast touches on the methods smugglers used to get marijuana and other illicit drugs into the country and the precipitous drop in marijuana trafficking since the implementation of medical and recreational marijuana programs here in the U.S.

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How’s it growing folks? Welcome back to Here Weed Go!’s first two-part episode ever! As I alluded to just now, this episode is the second part of a very special interview I did at Arte Bella of 4th Avenue with former 4-time NBA Champion and 3-point marksman Craig Hodges.

If you haven’t listened to the first part of our conversation, go do that, but if you'd like to listen to this episode first, here's a recap of last week: our conversation covered his first experiences with cannabis, how the NCAA and NBA treated marijuana use in the 80s, and his time with the Chicago Bulls, which resulted in his winning two titles – but also may have inadvertently led to Hodges being black-balled from the league after a visit to the White House with the team in 1992.

This second half of our talk picks up with Hodges delving into why he was using cannabis at the end of his career in contrast to his days as a young high school player and eventually touches on his coaching time with the Lakers as an assistant for Phil Jackson, his involvement with marijuana advocacy now and his answer to the eternal debate: Jordan or Kobe.

A big Jen Christiansen, owner/operator of Arte Bella on 4th Ave., for letting us record the episode on site, and to Downtown and D2 Dispensaries, for providing some of the iLava products mentioned in the episode.

Last, thanks to Here Weed Go! Apprentice Vic Verbalaitis for editing the episode together and dealing with the myriad of technical difficulties that arose during production.

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How’s it growing folks!? Welcome to a special, basketball-centric episode of Here Weed Go!, the podcast dedicated to all things cannabis! 

In today’s episode, we're joined by a special guest: four-time NBA champion and cannabis advocate Craig Hodges.

Hodges, the subject of an upcoming documentary about his life, advocacy, and social justice work, was one of the NBAs first true 3-point assassins, winning the leagues 3-point contest three years in a row, a feat matched only by Larry Bird.

He still boasts the single best round ever recorded in the contest, hitting 25 of a possible 30 shots.

For the first part of our discussion, I ask Hodges about his time growing up in Chicagoland and first being exposed to cannabis and basketball.

Eventually, we touch on his time at Long Beach State under legendary coach Tex Winter, the approach to cannabis in the late 70s and early 80s by the NCAA and NBA, and his now infamous trip with the Chicago Bulls to the White House after their second championship in 1992.

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This episode of Here Weed Go! smokes out the process of how proposed cannabis legislation becomes law in Arizona, and focuses in on a bill (House Bill 2050) currently working it’s way through the state legislature up in Phoenix.

To help clear the smoke around the topic, we're joined by attorney Jon Udell. Udell is at the Rose Law Group in Scottsdale, where he serves as the co-chair of the cannabis department, and he’s the political director for the Arizona Branch of the the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

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Welcome to the latest episode of Here Weed Go! This episode sees host Eddie Celaya joined by guests Matt Pinchera, CSO of Hana Dispensaries -- which sports locations in Green Valley and Phoenix, Arizona, respectively -- and Bryan McLaren, CEO of Zoned Properties, a firm offering commercial real estate services for the cannabis industry at the national level.

Together, they attempt to identify and navigate the different levels of red tape involved in finding suitable property for potential dispensary and cultivation sites. From avoiding schools and churches to adhering to changing local zoning ordinances, it's an eye-opening episode sure to make you appreciate your neighborhood dispensary even more.

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Here Weed Go! returns for another pot-astic episode! Host Eddie Celaya takes a deeper look at the growing movement to expunge marijuana-related convictions and is joined by Caroline Isaacs, the executive director of  Just Communities Arizona and Martin Hutchins, an attorney and the marijuana expungement litigation manager for the Arizona Justice Project.

Together, they shed some light on what expungement means in the context of cannabis charges, what obstacles people with marijuana-related charges face and where the nascent expungement movement is headed with recreational programs proliferating around the country.

If you'd like to learn more about expungement here in Arizona, you can visit the Arizona Marijuana Expungement Coalition's website here.

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With the latest episode of Here Weed Go!, host Eddie Celaya is joined by a trio of researchers from the University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center: Tally Largent-Milnes, John Streicher and John Vanderah.

The good doctors share their latest cannabinoid-based research and findings into terpenes, the so-called "Entourage Effect" and other cannabis compounds and what the possible implications are for those suffering from different kinds of pain.

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Tally Largent-Milnes, PhD, studies the role of the endogenous cannabinoid system in functional pain disorders including migraine. 

John Streicher, PhD, is exploring how cannabis terpenes affect pain.

Todd Vanderah, PhD, and interim director of the Pain and Addiction Center, has researched cannabinoids for more than two decades. 

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On the latest Here Weed Go! potcast, host Eddie Celaya explores just what, exactly, the rules and laws are surrounding commercial airline travel and cannabis: can you fly with it domestically? Internationally? What are the consequences if caught? The episode also touches briefly on the ongoing saga of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who is still being held  in Russia after allegedly being found in possession of cannabis-infused vape pens.

Attorney Jason Adelstone sheds light on what legal consequences Griner and others could face, and TSA spokesperson Patricia Mancha lets you know what the TSA is looking for.

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