This week @alexhalperin and @donnyshell sit down with Christian leader and founder of xxxchurch.com, Craig Gross, about his new mission: getting Christians to embrace cannabis. The edibles enthusiast founded christiancannabis.com after having a life-changing experience with cannabis and now he wants Christians to feel free to try weed for themselves. Also, the Oregon senate passes an interstate commerce bill. Find out more about Craig Gross: https://craiggross.comChristian Cannabis: https://christiancannabis.comXXXChurch: https://www.xxxchurch.comOregon Senate Votes To Legalize Interstate Marijuana Imports And Exports: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/oregon-senate-votes-to-legalize-interstate-marijuana-imports-and-exports/Our sponsor this week is SoapBoxSample.SoapBoxSample helps businesses understand the unique attitudes and experiences of their cannabis customers. Visit Soapboxsample.com/cannabis to download your free “Green Rush survival kit”Join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/weedweek. We have thank-you gifts at every donation level. For just $2/month, you get a bonus episode of WeedWeek every month. For $25/month you get the bonus episodes, additional swag, plus an OTTO, the precision joint machine by Banana Bros ($129 value). Watch how the OTTO works here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zqq9m1Bf7U. Join now at www.Patreon.com/WeedWeek.Sign up for the WeedWeek newsletter, WeedWeek Canada, and WeedWeek California to get weekly info on the most interesting industry delivered to your inbox. www.weedweek.net/newsletterEmail us your comments, questions or suggestions at [email protected] to this podcast in iTunes so that you never miss an episode!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/weedweek/id1332937362?mt=2Follow us on Twitter and Instagram:twitter.com/weedweeknewstwitter.com/alexhalperintwitter.com/donnyshellinstagram.com/weedweeknews/

This week we bring you an episode recorded live at WeedWeek's Recharge event. Alex and Donnell interview Nicole Elliott, senior advisor on cannabis to Governor Newsom, in the office of business and economic development. She talks with us about her experience ushering in legal cannabis in San Francisco, the challenges of California regulation, social equity and Governor Newsom's vision for the future of cannabis in California. Follow Nicole on Twitter at https://twitter.com/nicolewheatonThe Vapor Room - https://vaporroom.comJoin our Patreon at www.patreon.com/weedweek. We have thank-you gifts at every donation level. For just $2/month, you get a bonus episode of WeedWeek every month. For $25/month you get the bonus episodes, additional swag, plus an OTTO, the precision joint machine by Banana Bros ($129 value). Watch how the OTTO works here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zqq9m1Bf7U. Join now at www.Patreon.com/WeedWeek.Sign up for the WeedWeek newsletter, WeedWeek Canada, and WeedWeek California to get weekly info on the most interesting industry delivered to your inbox. www.weedweek.net/newsletterEmail your comments, questions or suggestions to [email protected] to this podcast in iTunes so that you never miss an episode!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/weedweek/id1332937362?mt=2Follow us on Twitter and Instagram:twitter.com/weedweeknewstwitter.com/alexhalperintwitter.com/donnyshellinstagram.com/weedweeknews

This week Alex and Donnell sit down with interior designer Danny Gonzales to discuss emerging trends in dispensary branding, the future of canna-lounges, and the unique challenges of designing for dispensaries. Plus, is cannabis addictive? Danny Gonzales Worldwide: http://dannygonzales.comFollow Danny on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dannygonzalesAlex Halperin’s Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/28/marijuana-addictiveJoin our Patreon at www.patreon.com/weedweek. We have thank-you gifts at every donation level. For just $2/month, you get a bonus episode of WeedWeek every month. For $25/month you get the bonus episodes, additional swag, plus an OTTO, the precision joint machine by Banana Bros ($129 value). Watch how the OTTO works here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zqq9m1Bf7U. Join now at www.Patreon.com/WeedWeek.Sign up for the WeedWeek newsletter, WeedWeek Canada, and WeedWeek California to get weekly info on the most interesting industry delivered to your inbox. www.weedweek.net/newsletterEmail us your comments, questions or suggestions at [email protected] to this podcast in iTunes so that you never miss an episode!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/weedweek/id1332937362?mt=2Follow us on Twitter and Instagram:twitter.com/weedweeknewstwitter.com/alexhalperintwitter.com/donnyshellinstagram.com/weedweeknews

This week Alex and Donnell talk with hemp expert and consultant Joy Beckerman about discovering her passion for hemp at a Grateful Dead concert in 1990, the environmental and economic benefits of the plant and the complicated legality of hemp. Follow Joy on Twitter at https://twitter.com/hempace and check out the Hemp Ace website at http://www.hempace.comJoin our Patreon at www.patreon.com/weedweek. We have thank-you gifts at every donation level. For just $2/month, you get a bonus episode of WeedWeek every month. For $25/month you get the bonus episodes, additional swag, plus an OTTO, the precision joint machine by Banana Bros ($129 value). Watch how the OTTO works here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zqq9m1Bf7U. Join now at www.Patreon.com/WeedWeek.Sign up for the WeedWeek newsletter, WeedWeek Canada, and WeedWeek California to get weekly info on the most interesting industry delivered to your inbox. www.weedweek.net/newsletterEmail your comments, questions or suggestions to [email protected] to this podcast in iTunes so that you never miss an episode!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/weedweek/id1332937362?mt=2Follow us on Twitter and Instagram:twitter.com/weedweeknewstwitter.com/alexhalperintwitter.com/donnyshellinstagram.com/weedweeknews

This week we bring you an interview with Portland-based artist DJ Verbz. Donnell sat down with him in March to discuss his transition into working in cannabis and the terpene extraction lab he runs, as well as how weed changed West Coast rap, and Verbz' monthly live hip hop show, The Thesis. Plus, we talk about oversupply in Oregon and an intellectual property dispute over the term "Women of Weed."Follow Verbz on Twitter at https://twitter.com/verbz?lang=en and IG at https://www.instagram.com/verbzthedj/?hl=enFollow The Thesis on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thethesispdx/Follow Berner on IG: https://www.instagram.com/berner415/?hl=enFollow Cool Nutz on IG: https://www.instagram.com/coolnutz/?hl=enListen to the episode of Crate Diggers with Donnell as the guest: http://cratediggers.net/ep-36-donnell-alexander-2/Join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/weedweek. We have thank-you gifts at every donation level. For just $2/month, you get a bonus episode of WeedWeek every month. For $25/month you get the bonus episodes, additional swag, plus an OTTO, the precision joint machine by Banana Bros ($129 value). Watch how the OTTO works here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zqq9m1Bf7U. Join now at www.Patreon.com/WeedWeek.Sign up for the WeedWeek newsletter, WeedWeek Canada, and WeedWeek California to get weekly info on the most interesting industry delivered to your inbox. www.weedweek.net/newsletterEach week our writers bring you original reporting and analysis on the latest in the industry at https://www.weedweek.net/storiesLeave us a voicemail with any questions or comments on what you heard in today’s episode or something that you want to hear from us in future episodes by calling 424-258-0430. Please let us know in the message if we can play your voicemail on the podcast.Email us your comments, questions or suggestions at [email protected] to this podcast in iTunes so that you never miss an episode!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/weedweek/id1332937362?mt=2Follow us on Twitter and Instagram:twitter.com/weedweeknewstwitter.com/alexhalperintwitter.com/donnyshellinstagram.com/weedweeknews/

This week Alex and Donnell talk about weed and literature. We also speak with critically acclaimed author Gary Phillips about his new graphic novel BeBop Barbarians, how weed affected the music of late 20th-century South Central Los Angeles, Phillips' anthology The Obama Inheritance, and his new steps into Hollywood. GDPhillips.comBeBop Barbarians: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781941110591The Obama Inheritance: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781941110591The Cocaine Chronicles: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781617750298Doc Ellis & the LSD No-No: https://vimeo.com/18603661Join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/weedweek. We have thank-you gifts at every donation level. For just $2/month, you get a bonus episode of WeedWeek every month. For $25/month you get the bonus episodes, additional swag, plus an OTTO, the precision joint machine by Banana Bros ($129 value). Watch how the OTTO works here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zqq9m1Bf7U. Join now at www.Patreon.com/WeedWeek.Sign up for the WeedWeek newsletter, WeedWeek Canada, and WeedWeek California to get weekly info on the most interesting industry delivered to your inbox. www.weedweek.net/newsletterEach week our writers bring you original reporting and analysis on the latest in the industry at https://www.weedweek.net/storiesLeave us a voicemail with any questions or comments on what you heard in today’s episode or something that you want to hear from us in future episodes by calling 424-258-0430. Please let us know in the message if we can play your voicemail on the podcast.Email us your comments, questions or suggestions at [email protected] to this podcast in iTunes so that you never miss an episode!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/weedweek/id1332937362?mt=2Follow us on Twitter and Instagram:twitter.com/weedweeknewstwitter.com/alexhalperintwitter.com/donnyshellinstagram.com/weedweeknews

This week Alex and Donnell speak with Steve DeAngelo about his long history as a cannabis activist turned entrepreneur, and the integral role he played in merging big business and cannabis. Plus, Donny remembers Nipsey Hussle. Follow Steve DeAngelo on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/stevedeangeloCapitalism and Hip-Hop Mixtape Culture Cool | Donnell Alexander (referencing Nipsey Hussle's 2013 Crenshaw mixtape): https://www.academia.edu/26731302/Capitalism_and_Hip-Hop_Mixtape_Culture_CoolIf you love WeedWeek and want to support us, join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/weedweek. We have awesome thank-you gifts at every donation level. For just $2/month, you will get a bonus episode of WeedWeek every month. For $25/month you will get the bonus episodes, additional swag, plus an OTTO, the precision joint machine from Banana Bros (bananabros.com), a $129 value. Watch how the OTTO works here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zqq9m1Bf7U. Join now at www.Patreon.com/WeedWeek.Sign up for the WeedWeek newsletter, WeedWeek Canada, and WeedWeek California to get weekly info on the most interesting industry delivered to your inbox. www.weedweek.net/newsletterEach week our writers bring you original reporting and analysis on the latest in the industry at https://www.weedweek.net/storiesLeave us a voicemail with any questions or comments on what you heard in today’s episode or something that you want to hear from us in future episodes by calling 424-258-0430. Please let us know in the message if we can play your voicemail on the podcast.Email us your comments, questions or suggestions at [email protected] to this podcast in iTunes so that you never miss an episode!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/weedweek/id1332937362?mt=2Follow us on Twitter and Instagram:twitter.com/weedweeknewstwitter.com/alexhalperintwitter.com/donnyshellinstagram.com/weedweeknews

This week Alex and Donnell sit down with Cannabis Wire reporter JuliaBarajas to talk about the illicit market, CA cities banning homegrows, reporting weed stories from Latin America, and how she doesn’ttell her grandma she's a weed reporter. Plus, more and more agingAmericans are using weed!This is our 50th episode! If you love WeedWeek and want to see us make 50 more episodes and more, join our Patreon athttps://www.patreon.com/weedweek. There are awesome gifts at every donation level. For just $2/month, you will get a bonus episode of WeedWeek every month. For $25/month you will get the bonus episodes, additional swag, plus an OTTO, the precision joint machine from Banana Bros (bananabros.com), a $129 value. Watch how the OTTO works here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zqq9m1Bf7UMore Aging Americans are Using Pot:https://www.apnews.com/5374f36871fd4ed68a0d873a323129b7Follow Julia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/julia_p_barajasCannabis Wire episodes discussed during the episode:https://cannabiswire.com/2019/02/04/a-california-conundrum-how-to-crack-down-on-illicit-sales-without-echoing-the-war-on-drugs/https://cannabiswire.com/2018/11/05/judge-california-city-that-banned-home-growing-has-gone-too-far/Podcast Recommendation from Julia:https://open.spotify.com/episode/4jjpj5gitMvHDQE1NbwlfmSign up for the WeedWeek newsletter, WeedWeek Canada, and WeedWeek California to get weekly info on the most interesting industry delivered to your inbox. www.weedweek.net/newsletterEach week our writers bring you original reporting and analysis on the latest in the industry at https://www.weedweek.net/storiesLeave us a voicemail with any questions or comments on what you heard in today’s episode or something that you want to hear from us in future episodes by calling 424-258-0430. Please let us know in the message if we can play your voicemail on the podcast.Email us your comments, questions or suggestions at [email protected] to this podcast in iTunes so that you never miss an episode!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/weedweek/id1332937362?mt=2Follow us on Twitter and Instagram:twitter.com/weedweeknewstwitter.com/alexhalperintwitter.com/donnyshellinstagram.com/weedweeknews

This week Alex and Donnell sit down with educator and activist Tamara Pettigrew, a.k.a. @thecannabiscutie. We talk with Pettigrew about her work as a market leader for WomenGrow, being a cannabis educator and a mom in the traditionally Republican Orange County, and the potential role of cannabis in the NFL. Following Tamara Pettigrew on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecannabiscutie/WomenGrow: https://womengrow.com/California Is Growing So Much Marijuana It Could Crash the Market: https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/article/california-growing-too-much-cannabis-market/Sign up for the WeedWeek newsletter, WeedWeek Canada, and WeedWeek California to get weekly info on the most interesting industry delivered to your inbox. www.weedweek.net/newsletterEach week our writers bring you original reporting and analysis on the latest in the industry at https://www.weedweek.net/storiesLeave us a voicemail with any questions or comments on what you heard in today’s episode or something that you want to hear from us in future episodes by calling 424-258-0430. Please let us know in the message if we can play your voicemail on the podcast.Email us your comments, questions or suggestions at [email protected] to this podcast in iTunes so that you never miss an episode!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/weedweek/id1332937362?mt=2Follow us on Twitter and Instagram:twitter.com/weedweeknewstwitter.com/alexhalperintwitter.com/donnyshellinstagram.com/weedweeknews

New York-based reporter Jeremy Berke joins Alex and Donnell to discuss how Wall Street banks are wading into the green rush. Plus, a few words on data firm Headset’s partnership with mainstream data juggernaut Nielsen and the accounting giant Deloitte. Read more from Jeremy Berke: https://www.businessinsider.com/canadian-cannabis-companies-are-lobbying-tsx-to-allow-us-investment-2019-3https://www.businessinsider.com/citigroup-execs-consider-role-in-banking-cannabis-deals-2019-3Inside Nielsen And Deloitte's Joint Foray Into The Cannabis Industry - And Why It's A Big Deal: https://www.forbes.com/sites/javierhasse/2019/03/13/inside-nielsen-and-deloittes-joint-foray-into-the-cannabis-industry-and-why-its-a-big-deal/#163659f34f0bSign up for the WeedWeek newsletter, WeedWeek Canada, and WeedWeek California to get weekly info on the most interesting industry delivered to your inbox. www.weedweek.net/newsletterEach week our writers bring you original reporting and analysis on the latest in the industry at https://www.weedweek.net/storiesLeave us a voicemail with any questions or comments on what you heard in today’s episode or something that you want to hear from us in future episodes by calling 424-258-0430. Please let us know in the message if we can play your voicemail on the podcast.Email us your comments, questions or suggestions at [email protected] to this podcast in iTunes so that you never miss an episode!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/weedweek/id1332937362?mt=2Follow us on Twitter and Instagram:twitter.com/weedweeknewstwitter.com/alexhalperintwitter.com/donnyshellinstagram.com/weedweeknews