This week, author David Bienenstock joins Bruce, Ben, and Alyssa to talk about Alex Berenson's Reefer Madness Redux act. Also: The best science studies of 2018, and what Alyssa would name her cannabis store.

This week Bruce, Ben, and Alyssa are out on vacation, so we're presenting a special discussion on cannabis podcasting that took place last month at the Cannabis Media Summit in New York City. We'll be back next week: tanned, rested, and ready.

Bruce, Ben, and Alyssa cap the year by naming the Top 10 Stories of 2018, dipping into the year's weirdest and wackiest cannabis news, and offering very serious predictions for 2019.

Within four days, New York suddenly vaulted to the head of 2019's "Most Likely to Legalize" list. Also: Stupid smuggling tricks in Boston, and Alyssa's best/worst Christmas songs.

Congress passes the farm bill and legalizes hemp (but maybe not CBD). Also, Altria patents the vape pen, a landlord kicks a medical marijuana patient to the curb, a Massachusetts YMCA freaks out about legal cannabis, and Alyssa offers advice about tattoos.

Marlboro M, anyone? The tobacco company sniffs around a cannabis acquisition, and Quebec moves to raise the legal age from 18 to 21.

This week: Massachusetts sells a sh-ton of cannabis, South Korea OKs CBD oil, a postal worker gang pulls a weed heist, and Ben and Alyssa square off over proper FaceTime etiquette.

This week: Hundreds braved a cold rain to purchase the first legal cannabis east of the Mississippi. Also, we reveal the secret of Potsquatch, Canadians suffer more border problems, and Alyssa extolls the health-giving effects of bombing on stage.

This week Massachusetts gets ready to open its stores, Mother Jones confuses cocktail hipsters with epileptic children, and Alyssa reveals the best advice she's ever received.

Leafly teams up with The Red Badge Project to bring you "7 Veterans, 7 Stories," a short audiobook of writing from military veterans in the Red Badge Project.