Episodes
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I make you aware of the upcoming Summer Sesh in Richmond, an opinion piece that suggests better testing will help the industry, are you up for Smokeless September, cannabis may help keep you young, some great tips for better harvest and a new study suggest THC and CBD interact differently than we thought. On Cultivar Corner it’s Happy Hour Harmony Haze.
Smokeless September
Tokyo stores go up in smoke
Summer Sesh in Richmond
THC & CBD interact differently
Herbal Dispatch Harmony Haze
Post harvest tips
More rigorous testing?
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I take a two part dive into the complexity and magic in terpenes, a look at the provinces taking the lead in cannabis change while the feds twiddle their thumbs, a renewed interest in cannabis seeds, the podcast makes number 2 on the Top 25 Canadian Cannabis potcasts for 2024. I stop for some concentrates on Cultivar Corner with Pura Vida Legacy Zombie Kush Cured resin JUMBO jar – tasty.
Interest in seeds
The scents of terpenes
Boxing glove gummies
Top 2024 Canadian Cannabis Podcasts
Pura Vida at OCS
Pure Vida Website
Province leading feds
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This episode we look at changing cannabis markets, the increase in cannabis drink consumption, how cannabis may help in the opioid crisis, how pot helped John Lennon keep his contacts in, and ask when was the last time you gave your dog a bong? On Cultivar Corner, we sample from Summerland’s JBuds Quantum Kiwi.
Changing cannabis markets
Cannabis help opioid problem
Give your dog a bong
John Lennon's contacts and pot
Cannabis drink compared to alcohol
Florida governor blames Canada
JBuds Craft Cannabis
Information on Quantum Kiwi
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I introduce you to Allison Benedict, the owner of Pause Consumption Lounge. She has plans for consumption lounges in our future plus a passion for cannabis. I look at a new program at the OCS where they are adding a second level of testing for cannabis, a cannabis extract recall and going for something cheap but effective with SuperToast Citrus Abduction hoagie on Cultivar Corner.
Additional cannabis testing
Allison Benedict - owner of Pause Consumption Lounge
Cannabis extracts recalled
Super Toast Hoagies Citrus Abduction
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I express some angst over the old cannabis still waiting for purchase, an Illicit product gets discovered on the highway, another US state legalizes and a long running cannabis buyers club gets a big fine. I look at a couple stories about innovation and some advice for growing at home. We still do visit Cultivar Corner for Lasqueti Cannabis and Gas Truffle.
Ohio gets started
Home grown advice
Victoria Buyers Clube gets fine
Lasqueti Cannabis
Cannabis industry thrives on innovation
New nanoemulsion tech
Pallets found in highway stop
Home grown solutions
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Some summer travel advice to leave your cannabis at home when heading to the border, our catalogs of available cannabis are up for review, does Germany hold a place in cannabis’ future, Uber eats tries to bite into the cannabis delivery pie, without delivering, and we ask if cannabis product samplings is producing any return on investments. Time for a delightful stop on Cultivar Corner for Royal Harvest Frosted Fruit Cake.
Be careful at the border
Changes coming to OCS
Future of cannabis?
Royal Harvest - Your grower's grower
Caught with stained paper
Uber eats and Leafly delivery?
Does sampling have ROI?
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With Alberta and BC getting along better over wine some would like to see the same for cannabis, the California state fair’s experiment with cannabis has been a big success, Victoria Cannabis Company gets closer to opening their Farmgate location and are women affected differently by THC? I stop at Cultivar Corner again for Amani Craft – Turbulence premium smalls.
Alberta BC Inter-trade
California state fair success
Amani Craft Turbulence smalls
Farmgate gets closer
Are women more sensitive to THC?
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I talk with Che Leblanc, from Rosebud Farms about this years Unicorn Music Festival and The Rosebud bowl, cannabis competition coming up in August, Snoop Dawg opens his first store in California, many would like to begin clinical trials but finding the right cannabis is proving difficult and one chain seeking to dominate is doing some layoffs, we stop on Cultivar Corner for BC Smalls Guava Trainwreck!
Snoop Dawg opens SWED
The Unicorn Music Festival
The Rosebud Bowl
Cannabis hard to find for clinical trials
BC Smalls Guava Trainwreck
SNDL lay offs
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We explore how some micro expansion could help others, some medical awareness for cannabis, a look at one state where hemp derived beverages are booming, the expanding footprint for cannabis consumption spaces across the country, and some of the myth in the white ash, black ash debate and lots of white ash on Cultivar Corner with a sense of peace – we sample Amani Craft Gastropop!
Expanding processing benefits all
Cardiovascular risk
More testing positive for cannabis
Amani Craft Gastropop
Minnesota beverage boom
Consumption spaces growing
White ash black ash
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In episode 163 a couple of stories on cannabis in other countries around the world, a deeper dive into CBN and it’s helpful sleep properties, a province steps up to legislate cannabis freshness, some positive growth news from a couple cannabis companies in Alberta, the industry responds to upcoming changes and would like a few more, another study finds seniors respond well to cannabis therapy, are the labels on your vape cartridge accurate?
Brazil yes/no on cannabis
Fines in Australia
What is CBN?
Manitoba legislates freshness
Companies show stability
Pure Sun Farms Kush God
Industry says change is good more needed
Doubt about oils
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