David Hodes has written for many cannabis publications, and organized or moderated sessions at national and international cannabis trade shows. He was voted the 2018 Journalist of the Year by Americans for Safe Access, the world’s largest medical cannabis advocacy organization.

David Hodes

Articles

A look at how extraction techniques are driving more product innovation and whether the rescheduling of cannabis will affect extraction.


Extraction Tech Inspires New Product Development

With the cannabis industry expanding, David Hodes looks into two areas of safety concerns with cannabis processing, which include new ways to understand health issues of cannabis workers and new consumer safety alerts about cannabis products with higher THC percentages.

Workplace and Product Safety Undergoing Deepening Scrutiny

As the legal recreational cannabis industry expands, regulators and safety watchdogs are taking a closer look at how the industry polices itself.


Cultivators Address New Health and Safety Issues for Plants and Workers

Searching for purer, minor cannabinoids is the goal of new extraction research as extractors dig deeper into the diversity of the plant.

Innovations in Extraction Targeting Specific Wellness Goals

This article features real-life stories from a cannabis patient as well as an on-the-ground cannabis nurse.

It All Started with a Dropped Coffee Cup

This installment discusses new methods of cannabis production and manufacturers' reactions to the rise of the demand for cannabis artisan extracted products.

Targeting Consistent THC Levels in Sustainable Manufacturing and Processing

 For years, Congress and various veterans' advocates have been working to get Veterans Affairs to drop the obstacles blocking medical cannabis use for veterans. Now real progress is at hand and we speak with Congressman Earl Blumenauer on the work he’s been doing as well as updates on the current state of legislation related to veteran access to medical cannabis.

Bipartisan Support Steps in to Help Veterans’ Access to Medical Cannabis

Here, Tracy Ryan discusses the journey her family has taken to find treatment for her daughter Sophie’s brain tumor, the unexpected discovery of natural killer cells with Dr. Anahid Jewett, and the formation of their company NKore BioTherapeutics.

A Mother’s Hope: Cannabinoids Helping Kill Cancer Cells

Here, we take a look at the top issues related to cannabis cultivation: what top environmental problems still face the cannabis industry, how to reduce emissions in grow facilities, the different effects of various strains on carbon emissions, and how the government is finally helping the industry do a deeper dive into understanding these issues.

New Data on the Environmental Impact of Cannabis Cultivation

Dr. Janice Knox discusses how she took a deep dive into medical cannabis, the formation of the famous Knox family of endocannabinologists.