The Cannabis Potcast

I talk with Rosanna Bertrand from Heady Dab Supply about a cannabis industry event they have planned in Vancouver on November 21st, a BC politician’s tweet shows little understanding of the cannabis industry, Alberta launches an ad campaign to fight illicit cannabis, and the Yukon is smoking a lot of weed. On Cultivar Corner, brought to you by Up IN Smoke, we’re off to Salmo to sample some Koots Canna direct delivery exclusive Neutronium!

Tweet causes concern

Yukoners like weed

Alberta's Bad Bud campaign

Bad Bud Bud

Cannabis quiz

Koots Canna at Up in Smoke - Nutronium coming soon

The Community Safety Unit made some stops along the green mile outside of Vernon which had a bit of spillover effect on Vernon retailers, THCA is today’s cannabinoid, Surrey is almost ready to open a cannabis store, On Cultivar Corner, brought to you by Up in Smoke, we stop at the concentrate bar for Green Amber’s Live Rosin Cherry Punch, more budtenders are unionized, and we look at some ways to improve your harvest. 

Community Safety Unit raids

Uptick after enforcement

THCA

Surrey almost ready

Green Amber Solventless Live Rosin Cherry Punch

Budtenders drive the experience

Direct delivery down

Improve the harvest

A couple stories on the impact of legalized cannabis on the criminal world, a look at another cannabinoid,  CBC or cannabichromene, we revisit the BC Cannabis Alliance page and encourage you to sign the petition to remove the 15% proprietary fee paid for direct delivery, a cannabis store fined for selling too cheap, and a look at Canadian imports to Australia’s medical cannabis market.  On Cultivar Corner, brought to you by Up in Smoke, we go back to Salt Spring Magic and their Pine Tar.  

Impact on crime

Vancouver island bust

CBC - cannabichromene

Salt Spring Magic Pine Tar

Up in Smoke Pine Tar

Unionized in Saskatoon

BC Cannabis Alliance

Fined for selling too cheap

Australian concerns over Canadian cannabis

I give you a link to a petition to remove the 15% charge for direct delivery products in BC, the Yukon is looking to provide a place for visitors to consume cannabis, Manitoba sets aside the idea of cannabis in convenience stores, illicit stores are still popping up across the country, a look at the cannabinoid CBN, and on Cultivar Corner, brought to you by Up In Smoke, it’s the taste of Black Patronus from Sweetgrass. 

BC Cannabis Alliance - sign the petition

Manitoba pauses plan

CBN

More illicit stores

Sweetgrass Black Patronus

Up In Smoke - Black Patronus

Number 49 Pizza

Yukon needs consumption spaces

We mark the 6th anniversary for legalized cannabis in Canada with a look at how that has changed the medical cannabis landscape, some recent rulings deny impairment from THC, why is it so hard to shut down the illicit sites running rampant online, a BC company releases a breathalyzer to detect cannabis use and the changing retail markets of Ontario and Quebec.  On Cultivar Corner, brought to you by Up in Smoke, I sample a direct delivery exclusive from Amani Craft – Specimen X premium smalls.

Six years later in medical cannabis 

A tale of two cannabis markets

Confusion over "impaired"

BC Company builds breathalyzer for THC

Why is it so hard to shut down illicit online sales

Amani Craft Specimen X premium smalls

I talk with Jamie Miller-Haywood about her conversation with some candidates running in our BC provincial election – turns out none of them had any idea there were problems in the cannabis space! A look at a new organization seeking better standards for cannabis testing, a new study looks to produce fruitier smelling cannabis, and I share my recent dry herb vaporizer upgrade – can you say Mighty?  On Cultivar Corner we’re trying something that currently has very limited access - Saltspring Magic- Magi’s Legacy – Moby Dick.

Better Standards for testing

Seeking fruitier smelling cannabis

Salt Spring Magic Moby Dick

Cannabis robberies and the cost for store owners, at least one US presidential candidate says yes to cannabis legalization, a big company turns to autoflower research, Manitoban’s hope 2025 will be the year they can actually grow cannabis at home, not surprising that we hear little about cannabis in any of our current provincial election campaigns, a city councilor suggests the provinces need to step up to create positive change. On Cultivar Corner, we welcome Up in Smoke as a sponsor and start with an exclusive limited drop of Organic Sweetgrass Cannabis Sherbadelic – we’ve got the details on episode 176 of The Cannabis Potcast. 

Kelowna store cleans up after break-in

Aurora looks at auto-flowers

Manitobans still waiting to grow weed

Harris says yes to legalization

Cannabis not on election agenda

Great ideas from city council member

It's up in Smoke!

Sweetgrass Limited Edition Sherbadelic

A look at cannabis sales over the last year, a glimpse at the big savings of 50 states with medical cannabis access, a movement to bring closure to the exploding number of illicit sites selling cannabis, we tease about upcoming changes as we approach six years of producing the podcast. An arbitrator finds no impairment at work from cannabis.  We introduce a new player in the cannabis space on Cultivar Corner.  Six One Charlie was built by veterans for veterans, and we sample their Dopeamine.

Healthcare savings to build

Arbitrator rules no impairment

Shut down illicit on-line

Cannabis sales levelling off

Six One Charlie Dopeamine

We take the harvest one step further and I share my temple ball creation, we get a reminder about CHS - Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome and things to watch for, more health concerns regarding cannabis and head/neck cancers, sales were up in BC last year and we’re going to the islands for Cultivar Corner, Salt Spring Magi and Timmy’s OG Shark.  

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome

Cannabis and Head and Neck

BC Sales increase

Closing to reset

Salt Spring Magi Timmy's OG Shark

I have a conversation with Beth Jasinski who recently started Canna Fitness to help women discover the benefits of adding cannabis to their fitness routine,  I share the details of my 2024 garden grow and we stop on Cultivar Corner to visit Stonegrove from Golden BC.  Their "Golden standard" GUMI is up for sampling. 

Canna Fitness

Stonegrove Cannabis

Autolicious Seeds