The Dopist

Abi Roach, the owner and creator of the legendary Hot Box Cafe, speaks to host Zoe Brownstone and activist Marie Nicola about the case for safe consumption sites such as the Hot Box Cafe, the Project Claudia raids, home grows and more.
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The Dopist is a new weekly podcast helping you navigate and enjoy the cannabis landscape in Canada. Host Zoe Brownstone talks to the activists, artists and entrepreneurs shaping recreational cannabis. Follow @thedopist on Instagram, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Brought to you by Weedbox.

Produced by Noah Sniderman of Voicemagic

Deepak Anand, VP of business development and government relations for Cannabis Compliance Inc. joined the show, to provide a nation-wide perspective on how legalization has gone so far, and what the next steps in retail and product diversity mights look like.
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The Dopist is a new weekly podcast helping you navigate and enjoy the cannabis landscape in Canada. Host Zoe Brownstone talks to the activists, artists and entrepreneurs shaping recreational cannabis. Follow @thedopist on Instagram, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Brought to you by Weedbox.

Produced by Noah Sniderman of Voicemagic

Host Zoe Brownstone speaks to someone working in the cannabis grey market, to see how legalization has effected demand for illicit cannabis, and the business for those selling it. She also speaks to a listener for her review of the OCS.
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The Dopist is a new weekly podcast helping you navigate and enjoy the cannabis landscape in Canada. Host Zoe Brownstone talks to the activists, artists and entrepreneurs shaping recreational cannabis. Follow @thedopist on Instagram, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Brought to you by Weedbox.

Produced by Noah Sniderman of Voicemagic

Irie Selkirk of Marijuana Maven, and Co-Founder of The Green Tent joins the show to discuss CannaMoms and CannaBiz. She shares the story of The Green Tent, an organization that provides a meeting place for women in the Cannabis industry. She also discusses the judgement mother’s face as Cannabis consumers, and what changes she anticipates in the cannabis landscape post-legalization.
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The Dopist is a new weekly podcast helping you navigate and enjoy the cannabis landscape in Canada. Host Zoe Brownstone talks to the activists, artists and entrepreneurs shaping recreational cannabis. Follow @thedopist on Instagram, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Brought to you by Weedbox.

Produced by Noah Sniderman of Voicemagic

Tyler James, community outreach officer at the Campaign For Cannabis Amnesty, joins the show to discuss cannabis amnesty. He shares his thoughts on the Canadian government’s announcement that it intends to give pardons to those convicted of simple possession of marijuana.
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The Dopist is a new weekly podcast helping you navigate and enjoy the cannabis landscape in Canada. Host Zoe Brownstone talks to the activists, artists and entrepreneurs shaping recreational cannabis. Follow @thedopist on Instagram, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Brought to you by Weedbox.

Produced by Noah Sniderman of Voicemagic

On the pilot episode of The Dopist, host Zoe Brownstone celebrates the legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada, with a Cannabis Act 101 chat with lawyer and activist Jack Lloyd. They discuss Canada’s path to legalization, laws pertaining to consumers and workers, and Jack’s long-term vision for legalization (show notes below).
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The Dopist is a new weekly podcast helping you navigate and enjoy the cannabis landscape in Canada. Host Zoe Brownstone talks to the activists, artists and entrepreneurs shaping recreational cannabis. Follow @thedopist on Instagram, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Brought to you by Weedbox.

Produced by Noah Sniderman of Voicemagic
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Show notes:

Jack’s path to cannabis law [2:40]
* Jack worked in the cannabis industry, volunteering for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws in Canada, and editing at Green Candy Press - the largest publisher of books about cannabis
* He felt he could be more useful to the community as a lawyer rather than a political advocate and editor, and went to law school

Legalization in Canada [3:40]
* The commitment and resoluteness of the cannabis community has been the catalyst to dismantle 95 years of prohibition
* We stand on the shoulders of a great many activists, lawyers and cannabis community members, such as Marc Emery, Jodie Emery, Dana Larsen, Alan Young, Paul Lewin, Kirk Tousaw and other lawyers
* The Parker decision in the Ontario court of appeal is where legal cannabis was born

Legal consumption [6:10]
* Depending where you are in Canada, you are bound by certain rules in regards to where you can use cannabis
* In Ontario, you can use cannabis anywhere tobacco is lawfully used, following the smoke-free Ontario Act
* Recreational users can carry up to 30 grams of licit cannabis
* Medical users can carry 150 grams of medical cannabis, and purchase an additional 30 grams
* There’s no barrier to how much you can have at home
* You can grow four plants in your backyards, harvest them and share up to 30 grams with a consenting adult
* Previously, this would have been drug trafficking

Laws for OCS [11:20]
* The same function works on the Ontario Cannabis Store web site
* Anyone in your home 19 years of age or older may sign for a delivery

Legal concerns for consumers [13:05]
* It’s going to be difficult to determine licit cannabis from illicit cannabis
* If it can be proven that you have a high potency extract that was produced using an organic solvent, that will be deemed illicit - you might be charged with a form of drug trafficking, or production of a controlled substance
* You may produce your one carrier-free concentrates, using a device like a rosin press, or bake your own edibles using a fatty substance like butter or milk

Working in cannabis [16:30]
* The dominant narrative is that you can cross-over from the black or grey market to the legal market, and you’re encouraged to do so, but you may, or may not pass a security clearance to become licensed
* Budtenders working at unlicensed dispensaries faces the same jeopardy as prior to legalization
* In Ontario, if a dispensary plays ball and shuts down on October 16th, they have the opportunity to become licensed

U.S Border [20:35]
* In Jack’s experience, concerns over crossing into the U.S as a cannabis worker or investor are overblown
* The sheer act of having interacted with the cannabis plant at any time in your life could act as a barrier to entry to the United States, but this has been the same for the last 95 years

Future policy [22:30]
* In-person retail access in Ontario is only possible through illegal compassion clubs
* Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P.E.I and Newfoundland are ready to go, with Provincial...

Host Zoe Brownstone introduces you to The Dopist, a new podcast helping you navigate and enjoy the cannabis landscape in Canada.

Listen to Episode 1 in your favourite podcast app on October 17th.

Follow The Dopist on Instagram at @TheDopist, and slide into our DM’s to let us know what’s on your mind, or in your pipe.