The Cannabis Corner

In Episode #13, we talk with Isaac Roth, Head of Cannabis Marketing and Sales at Anresco Labs in San Francisco, CA. We talk about the upcoming recreational legality coming to California in 2018. Isaac discusses potential growing pains as testing and regulation may stagnate the flow of product initially. He believes it will eventually untangle into a healthy and lucrative system. The laboratory element to creating a product that is pure is crucial to all patients, and especially those with pulmonary illnesses. We then continue our discussion with Alex Soria, a graduate of the remarkable Oaksterdam University in Oakland, CA. Alex is now active on the front lines of Pennsylvania’s imminent acceptance of cannabis.This equates to easier access for patients who might benefit from specific strains. The PA area currently works in a 6 zone system that carefully monitors how many dispensaries are permitted in each locale. The template, perhaps, is a good way to begin as they aim to conform to demand while assuming control of the unknown.

In Episode 12, Hosts Joshua Braff and Farmer Adam Titelbaum speak with Oaksterdam University graduate Alex Soria. Oaksterdam, in Oakland, CA, is an education designed for the booming cannabis industry, covering everything from business aspects to cooking, to growing, to writing appropriate letters to local legislation. Alex is working to further the progression of cannabis as medicine in PA, where he is originally from. The notion of “smokeless’ cannabis is one of the snags found in Pennsylvania’s efforts to conform. Also, we continue our discussion with Marine Ryan Miller who heads up a support group for veterans at the Apothecarium in SF, CA. Ryan is also the founder of Operation EVAC (Educating Veterans About Cannabis). Scottie, also a Marine, tells us how his lymphoma stopped growing when he utilized CBD. Also discussed, CBD for PTSD and the great importance of family support and community outreach avenues for all veterans in need.

On Episode 11 we are joined by two marines to talk about Veterans' relief with cannabis, and we also reconvene with Sara Payan and Dr Patel about cancer.Marine Ryan Miller is the founder of Operation EVAC, Educating Veterans About Cannabis, and is a veterans' support group leader at the Apothecarium, a health-care driven dispensary that focuses on cannabis remedies from migraines to a slew of severe diseases. Ryan’s advocacy for veterans is dedicated to overall wellness for all soldiers and their ailments, including PTSD, depression, sleep issues, pain relief and migraines. Scottie, a Marine from Fort Collins CO, discusses ailments he accrued as a soldier and his experience with prescribed pharmaceuticals and their ensuing side effects. His regimen with cannabis as medicine has been a life changer. Sara Payan and Dr. Rachna Patel join us to discuss cancer, dosing and how cannabis as medicine has strong promise in early cancer studies, while further research stays distant. Sara is a stage three colon cancer survivor that utilized cannabis in important ways during her experience with the illness. She is the vice chair of the San Francisco State Legalization Task Force and the Director of Education at the Apothecarium in San Francisco. Dr. Rachna Patel is a physician out of Walnut Creek, CA. and an expert on new research and medical advances in cannabis as medicine.

Episode 10 brings back Sara Payan, the Director of Education at the Apothecarium in San Francisco, a health-care driven dispensary that focuses on cannabis remedies from migraines to a slew of severe diseases. Host Joshua Braff and Farmer Adam Titelbaum ask about drug testing in the workplace and how the stigma is lifting in Arkansas. Sara explains that most of her patients are first looking for non-euphoric remedies, emphasizing the usage of CBDs and CBGs. Also, Dr. Rachna Patel joins us again to discuss cancer and how cannabis classified still as a Schedule 1 drug impedes research with humans. We look at the remarkable findings of cancer studies with animals, and discuss the future of these studies for humans.

This week we speak with Sara Payan, a stage three cancer survivor who utilized cannabis in important ways during her successful battle. Sara is now the vice chair of the San Francisco State Legalization Task Force and the Director of Education at the Apothecarium in San Francisco, a health-care driven dispensary that focuses on cannabis remedies from migraines to a slew of severe diseases. Sara’s knowledge and language and ability to educate is invaluable for a patient looking for help in states that don’t recognize cannabis as medicine. We also continue our discussion with Stephanie Landa and learn how her charity Freedom Grow is helping inmates of nonviolent cannabis crimes pay for everyday items like toothbrushes and phone calls. Stephanie is eager to help those in need, and provides her contact information.

After five years of imprisonment for growing cannabis in California in 2002, Stephanie Landa joins us to discuss her charity Freedom Grow. Ms. Landa’s work assists prisoners of non-violent cannabis related crimes with pocket change for items like toothbrushes, shampoo and money for phone calls. We discuss the absurdity of a lifetime sentence for a cannabis crime in a zeitgeist so readily open to use it as medicine. Shouldn’t these cases be revisited? Couldn’t the non-violent lifer have a chance at redemption, perhaps through one of thousands of jobs in cannabis itself? How will this person ever find work with such a felony charge? Also, Farmer Adam interviews Jonathan Covert, a grower out of Denver CO. The two experts “talk the talk” regarding the intricacies of growing cannabis as a craft. This interview is for those listeners ready to approach the nitty gritty of breeding, seed cultivation, stacking, clones and the distinction and importance of male and female plants. Bring a pen and enjoy!

On this episode of The Cannabis Corner, Dr. Williams of Lansing, Michigan discusses his initial skepticism in regards to cannabis as medicine. He also suggests that quality research is the key to lifting the stigma from cannabis and its long association with harder drugs. Adam speaks of the hypocrisy of keeping cannabis a schedule 1 drug when it’s been shown to reduce seizures in children and adults alike. Why are we so dreadfully behind other countries in the acceptance of cannabis as medicine? Then, Magicalbutter.com Creator and Activist Garyn Angel talks to us about what it’s like to see some people gaining access to life-changing relief from cannabis, while others still suffer on many levels due to their zip code. Garyn also speaks of wellness from the perspective of keeping one’s self ahead of illness through a holistically balanced diet and the monitored usage of natural supplements.

On this episode Dr. Lucido discusses long term use and responds to a caller who weighs in on using some form of cannabis daily for 40 years. Also discussed is the endless and remarkable list of ailments relieved by cannabis. Is it all true? And Tim Gordon, CEO of CBDRx, continues his discussion about his family business that has focused on cannabis as medicine since the mid 80’s. Tim speaks of the future of cannabis as both a supplement for wellness and the effects of the medicine on certain diseases. Farmer Adam discusses whether Dr. Lucido has seen specific strains work well with specific ailments.

On this episode of The Cannabis Corner, Garyn Angel, the CEO of MagicalButter.com is interviewed. Garyn discusses how a friend with Crohn's disease inspired him to invent a machine that would administer the perfect dose of cannabis for edible use. The Magical Butter machine and other products from this line bring a "follow the bouncing ball" element to understanding cannabis as medicine and are selling extremely well around the world. Garyn speaks of the importance of a lifted stigma in all zip codes and how crucial it is to wellness that people approach medication and diet with both knowledge and skepticism. Also included is more with our interview with Joe Devlin, Sacramento’s Chief of Cannabis Policy and Enforcement. Joe discusses the impetus to tax and regulate the massive surge in cannabis use in California’s capital, and how the future of the city could lead to cafes instead of traditional bars.

More with our interview with Dr. Frank Lucido and how the very common migraine is one of the classic ailments remedied by cannabis use. Callers ask about “going too far” with edibles and whether cannabis can cause psychosis in some users. Joshua and Adam also interview Joe Devlin, Sacramento’s chief of cannabis policy and enforcement. Mr. Devlin explains how a major California city is going about fielding the enormous new wave of legal cannabis use. Also, why governmental policy and regulation is crucial for the future of the “growing" industry.