
Interviews with thought-leaders across a wide range of topics in the cannabis industry including analytical methods, extraction, biopharma, legal issues, and more.

Cannabis Voices

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Medical cannabis patients and adult-use consumers alike are faced with an overwhelming amount of options when they first enter a dispensary. Across the industry, producers are looking for ways to simplify things for consumers. One company, Volunteer Botanicals, recently partnered with an investment group to create cannabidiol (CBD)-based tablets that also combine other cannabinoids and have the potential to create a unique consumer experience. In this interview, Jason Pickle, co-founder and chief sales officer for Volunteer Botanicals, sits down to discuss this recent product, the need for standardization throughout the cannabis industry, and more.

How the Cannabis Market Can Expand with Innovative Products Like CBD Instant Release Tablets

The COVID-19 pandemic affected all types of businesses, such as those found in the cannabis industry. Though it was hit hard from the virus, the cannabis industry suffered another blow in the form of the December 2020 COVID-19 stimulus package, which included a provision classifying all vape products as cigarettes, subjecting them to the same regulations as cigarettes. Here, U.S. Navy veteran Dana E. Shoched, president and chief executive officer of O2VAPE, discusses the impacts this legislation may have on the cannabis vaping industry.

The Cannabis Vaping Industry Faces New Struggles

Cannabis’s biggest antagonist is the stigma that surrounds it. Whole plant medicine has the potential to significantly benefit the pharmaceutical industry by complementing their efforts to bring patients relief from their ailments. Systems dynamics consultant/researcher, Ruth Fisher, PhD, explains how cannabis has the option to flourish but needs to stop having its efforts for growth and research hampered by opinions.

Whole Plant Medicine Is the Future

In this interview, Frank Knuettel, CEO of Terra Tech Corp. (now Unrivaled Brands Inc.), discusses the various challenges his company faces, their plans to expand into the largest West Coast multistate operator (MSO), and more.

An Insider’s Perspective: Challenges, Growth Plans, and Insight from a Multistate Operator

In this roundtable interview series, we speak to each of the organizers to learn more about them and what attends can expect from the practicum. Here in part II, they discuss how cannabis can be used stop opioid addiction and possible ways cannabis might interact with other prescription medications.

Medical Cannabis Insights, Part II: How Cannabis Helps Opioid Addiction and A Discussion on Interactions with Other Medications

In this roundtable interview series, we speak to each of the organizers of the CannMed Medical Practicum to learn more about them and what attends can expect from the practicum. Here in part I, they share some of the clinical applications for medical cannabis and dosing information.

Medical Cannabis Insights, Part I: CannMed Medical Practicum Organizers Discuss Clinical Applications and Dosing

Dr. Marion McNabb has been conducting surveys related to medical cannabis for about five years and her most recent endeavor is to gauge the knowledge, interest, and understanding of medical cannabis in healthcare professionals. In this interview, she discusses her latest study as well as her background and key insights into the medical cannabis industry.

Research Abounds: How Dr. Marion McNabb is Looking to Take the Medical Cannabis Industry to the Next Level

In this interview, Michael Salaman, co-founder and president of GrowGeneration, talks about the trends in cannabis during the COVID-19 pandemic and more.

Hydroponic and Organic Growing in Cannabis Cultivation

Professor Edvinas Orentas clears the air surrounding the stigma of synthetic cannabinoids.

The Power of  Synthetic Cannabinoids  and Why Big Pharma Prefers Them

In this interview, Josh Wurzer, President of SC Laboratories, delves into the analytical side of the cannabis industry and some of their cannabis paper product study research.