Steve DeAngelo — who is is nothing short of a cannabis industry icon, having co-founded Harborside, Steep Hill Labs, Arcview Group, and the NCIA — recently returned to the Ganjapreneur.com Podcast for an interview with our host TG Branfalt.

In this interview, Steve shares the experiences that led to his entry to the cannabis movement and eventually the professional cannabis space. From his earliest advocacy efforts, toking up in front of the White House at the annual 4th of July smoke-in, to the modern industry's launch following California's historic medical cannabis legalization, Steve shares the inspiration behind Harborside and explains how the birth of that now-iconic business led also to the founding of Steep Hill Labs (the nation's first cannabis testing lab), the National Cannabis Industry Association (the industry's first trade organization), and eventually the Arcview Group. He also shares stories of grappling with the reality of doing business in a post-prohibition landscape despite the thousands of individuals still locked away for cannabis crimes, and explains his plan for ending cannabis imprisonment on a global scale.

Topics covered in this podcast:

https://www.ganjapreneur.com/topic/activism/

https://www.ganjapreneur.com/topic/california/

https://www.ganjapreneur.com/topic/dispensaries/

https://www.ganjapreneur.com/topic/entrepreneurs/

https://www.ganjapreneur.com/topic/investing-in-cannabis/

https://www.ganjapreneur.com/topic/retail/

https://www.ganjapreneur.com/topic/testing/

For a full transcript:

https://www.ganjapreneur.com/steve-deangelo-evolution-of-the-cannabis-industry/

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