Massachusetts was the first state on the East Coast to legalize the adult use and sale of cannabis in 2016. Now Governor Maura Healey has taken a historic step by offering pardons for thousands of past cannabis possession crimes. Not such good news from the Governor in Virginia as Glenn Youngkin vetos the latest legalization legislation that his legislature has passed and the natives are getting restless. Speaking of history, Rapper Fat Joe joins NORML at the White House with VP Kamala Harris t
When the Green Rush began about 10 years ago, those lawmakers who supported adult use legalization of cannabis thought the illegal trade world would disappear if consumers had access to legal product. Reality has set in, and the legacy market is thriving while the legal market strangled by regulations is barely surviving. The State of New York is the most prominent battleground state and their US Senator in Washington DC still is working hard to get reform done before the election in the fall. M
Mass General Hospital is considered one of the top healthcare facilities in the world, and the #1 in Massachusetts. A new research study was released that concludes that smoking is bad for you whether you consume cannabis or tobacco. Major media outlets sensationalize the results of this phone survey to over 340,000 regular smokers of all types while the industry counters with thousands of past research studies leading to more benign conclusions.
This is the entire interview with Angry Butterflys Brent Choi, and Stoke'd owner Lisa Bigioni. This Canadian Ag Agency has found a loophole in the marketing restrictions on the industry. These can be applied in the US if the dispensary can get cooperation from their business neighbors!
Chris Faraone is one of the most of the most passionate journalists in the Greater Boston , MA area who advocates for the fair and just treatment of people in the industry. This is the full interview with the editor of The Talking Joints Memo's editor Christopher Farone! There is still so much to learn, plus and update on what is going on in the Bay State Cannabis Report on Weed Talk News. https://talkingjointsmemo.com/tension-and-confusion-mount-over-hemp-derived-thc-products-in-mass/
What do US Senators Elizabeth Warren, John Fetterman, and Chuck Schumer have in common with former Heavyweight Boxing Champ Mike Tyson? They all want to knockout the DEA for their delays in changing the scheduling of cannabis under the CSA. A New York Dispensary, Emerald in Bushwick, was told to remove an iconic image of Biggie Smalls from its exterior or lose their license. Subsequent death threats against the owners helped calmer heads to prevail and the image is back.
Two stories broke in the hours after the release, Ukraine President Vlad Zelenskyy passed a medical cannabis bill into law, and Florida's legislature banned Delta 8 and its derivatives. Some of the most beautiful places on Earth are in the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. After a long delay, legalization of adult use of cannabis is now accepted in that U.S. Territory. Nothing but silence and rumors out of Washington DC about when the DEA will announce the changes in scheduling for the plant
At this point anyone with any political clout in the Federal Government is putting pressure on the DEA to reschedule or de-schedule cannabis. Now who will cave or get it done first? While skeptics try to change the direction of this latest push for reform of cannabis. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro wants adult use of this plant medicine legalized in his state so the Keystone state could be #25 soon. Coast to coast cannabis coverage from 10 states on Weed Talk News with Alaina Pinto.
Senators Elizabeth Warren & Kirsten Gillibrand from MA and NY pressure DEA to DEschedule cannabis not Reschedule, echoing many industry advocates. The National Football League uses their big game to gain attention for a one million dollar grant to study the use of THC cannabis and CBD as substitutes for opiods for pain relief for its players. While New York Governor Kathy Hochul puts her foot down about her state’s legalization roll out yet another lawsuit pops up against the Office of Cannabis Reform in NY. Did you know Elon Musk gets drug tested regularly, and randomly, since 2018 when he fired up a joint on the Joe Rogan show? Plus, Connecticut is selling THC infused beverages “legally” in Liquor stores thanks to a loophole in the law. Cannabis News from coast to coast and Canada on Weed Talk News with Alaina Pinto.
The United Nations annual report on drug use in the world, cites cannabis as the number one most used drug with over 220,000,000 users around the world! NORML reports that millions of convicted cannabis records have been expunged. California still trying to get their testing regulations under control. Coast to coast cannabis reports on Weed Talk News with Alaina Pinto. Reports from: LeVanna Vassau California Karen Black Arizona Brandon Jones Missouri Chistopher Smith New York Debi Facey Canada Marianne Cursetjee Oregon Thomas Howard Illinois Amie Carter Michigan Jimmy Young Massachusetts Doug Miller High on Wall Street Angie Seifert Connecticut Harry Bernstein Ohio
All quiet on the federal legalization front in Washington DC, Andrew Behringer has an update from our nation’s capital on Weed Talk News with Alaina Pinto. The DEA says, re-scheduling is not going to happen without their approval since it’s their call. Snoop Dog is headed to the summer Olympics in Paris for NBC. 2024 brings new laws for cannabis in long time legal states like Washington State, Skagit Organics Matthew Friendlander has that update. New York’s illegal sales continue despite legal attempts to shut them down. Home grow gets debated in New Jersey with some hope for medicinal patients, Jill Goldsberry has that story. Coast to coast cannabis coverage on Weed Talk News with Alaina Pinto, Pro Cannabis Media’s weekly recap of the historic fight to end cannabis prohibition.
Over the past year there’s been doom and gloom in the cannabis industry, but at MJBIz Con, the worlds largest cannabis conference, there is guarded optimism about the future of the cannabis industry. Hebl, California’s largest legal distribution company finally closes, were they victims of that state’s impossible regulations? LeVanna Vassau has that story. Multiple reports from MJBiz Con including A Dream Team of Michigan Advocates who pay tribute to one of their own thanks to the Michigan Weedsters! Weed Talk News is Coast to Coast Cannabis coverage anchored by Alaina Pinto.
On Weed Talk News this week, federal cannabis reform takes another step back in US House of Representatives in Washington DC this past week. While New York state might finally be ready to start the cannabis licensure process again after both sides reach a tentative agreement to settle their differences. Meanwhile, the Bay State of Massachusetts takes center stage on Weed Talk News this week with Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong opening up three "Dispensoria's", while Jim Belushi takes center stage at the Harvest Cup in Worcester. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine softens disappointment after his citizens pass the legalization of cannabis for all adults over 21 in that state. Also on Weed Talk News, Alaina Pinto is back anchoring, and tells us about the challenges of marketing in the cannabis world, while USA Today pulls the plug on a consumer contest for best dispensary. The state of Maine might finally be able to settle the internal riff between medical caregivers, licensees, and adult use rec thanks to a legendary advocate, Uncle Pete Tranchmontagne. All that and coast to coast reports on Weed Talk News.
From February 23, 2022, Jim Belushi has made you laugh, and now he's one of the most popular advocates for cannabis farmers in the industry. He joins the host of Calling All Growers with Liz Grow from GrowHouse Media, and the founder of Pro Cannabis Media Jimmy Young for a frank and open conversation about the challenges of growing cannabis in America.
On Fridays Veteran's day special on Pro Cannabis Media network, Iraq War veteran and cannabis advocate Stephen Mandile granted PCM Founder Jimmy Young a really live interview on the Green Rush, business of cannabis show that is really live on Fridays from 4-6pm EST. Stephen was suffering from opiods and PTSD and the barriers the VA hospital has for using cannabis as a medicinal product for years. He relives his story for the umpteenth time and shares what every citizen can do to make a difference in breaking down the stigma that continues to follow the plant
Even though PCM doesn't live stream PCM TV 24-7 on ROKU, Android or Apple TV+ streaming sites, the production group can still offer that for any interested sponsor with simulcasting to all social media platforms. Or maybe just a webinar or master class for your company.
Here's one from April 2020 right at the beginning of the pandemic, Curaleaf co-founder Joe Lusardi, and Canopy Growth founder Bruce Linton. MJBiz CEO Chris Walsh joins the show at the 52:00 minute mark.
All you hear about in Washington DC on Federal Cannabis reform remains closer to gloom than doom, but far short of euphoria for the movement. DEA, HHS, ABC, all alphabet soup government bureaucracy, is slowing down any movement outside of Congress as the industry clings to survival. Morgan Fox is the Political Director of NORML, and he gives us an exclusive update on the fight for fairness in the cannabis reform movement. New York state continues to muck up the roll out of their new legal market with the illegal market still dominating profits. There's another opening for CEO of Medmen, but they might not be able to pay anyone anything since their stock has been devalued to Zero! The nation's first infused beverage dispensary opens in Medford, Massachusetts at Theory Wellness, and PCM founder Jimmy Young checks it out. Plus state to state cannabis reports from coast to coast on Weed Talk News with Alaina Pinto!
An industrial accident and a near fatal staph infection nearly killed him 30 years ago, then cannabis saved his life by ridding him of an opiod addiction that was worse than the pain he suffered while recuperating from his injuries. Then he became a cannabis reform advocate and got his state of Maine to allow organ donors and those in need of organs an opportunity to receive them despite their past use of cannabis something that had been practiced for decades. Now a successful caregiver in the state of Maine, Uncle Pete's Re-leaf is world renowned, and his patients swear by his organic approach to cannabinoid medicine. In The Weeds Live with Jimmy Young stopped by Uncle Pete's Grow facility in Sanford Maine.
Even though PCM doesn't live stream PCM TV 24-7 on ROKU, Android or Apple TV+ streaming sites, the production group can still offer that for any interested sponsor with simulcasting to all social media platforms. Or maybe just a webinar or master class for your company.
Here's one from April 2020 right at the beginning of the pandemic, Curaleaf co-founder Joe Lusardi, and Canopy Growth founder Bruce Linton. MJBiz CEO Chris Walsh joins the show at the 52:00 minute mark.
When Pro Cannabis Media founder Jimmy Young started Pro Cannabis Media in 2019, he wanted to take advantage of his 40 years in media as an Emmy Award winning sports talk show host, producer, and entrepreneur.
After close to one million views of their work on their YouTube channel alone, ProCannabis Media shows that you can take a professional approach to news production and storytelling without an agenda for embellishment. This gives the cannabis industry an opportunity to control their message with the public.
Jimmy Young is a 40 year veteran of radio, TV, and digital media. An Emmy Award winning talk show host in New England for over 25 years and has taught at the college level for the past 15 years.
After 4 major orthopedic surgeries over the past 24 years, and one more scheduled for January of 2024, Young suffers from chronic pain caused by osteo arthritis and has held a medical card in Massachusetts since 2013.
He is a champion of exposing the injustices in the cannabis world impacting those who were the most negatively impacted by the failed war on drugs.
Jimmy has mentored hundreds of young people during his professional career and during his first company Young Broadcasters of America from 2008-2013 in Massachusetts.
Our founder's mission was to create an army of multimedia journalists who will document the fight to end cannabis prohibition in our world. Through the production of PCM's Weed Talk News show that vision is accomplished weekly. Telling the news stories of the cannabis industry in their own words is the goal of their coverage of cannabis news from coast to coast. Telling the stories of the people in the cannabis industry who are passionate about this plant medicine sharing their passion for the cause of how cannabis can change your life, or even in many cases, save your life!
At Pro Cannabis Media , our founders' vision to document the fight to end cannabis prohibition is fulfilled every week when Weed Talk News is released on Friday afternoons with coverage from coast to coast featuring over a dozen journalists from 12 of the 23 legal adult use states.
We believe that everyone should have access to engaging, factual and informative content, and we strive to make that a reality every week.
Matthew Friedlander - Washington State
Pam Chmiel - New York
Jessilyn Dolan - Vermont
Angie Siefert - Connecticut
Jill Goldsberry - New Jersey
Andrew Behringer - Wash. DC/Maryland
Jimmy Young - Massachusetts
Lex Pelger - Europe
Debi Facey - Canada
Marianne Cursetjee - Oregon
LeVanna Vassau - California
Karen Black - Arizona
Doug Miller - Stocks
Brandon Jones - Missouri
Thomas Howard - Illinois
Amie Carter - Michigan
Claudia Post - Pennsylvania
Jimmy Young is an Emmy Award winning TV talk show host from New England who has over 40 years of experience in commercial television and radio. He is one of the rare professionals in the industry who has had success in front of the camera, and in sales management. He is currently the founder of Pro Cannabis Media, a group of like-minded content producers who has live streamed 24-7 news, information and educate the public about the cannabis industry over two years.
Over 35,000 views of this show within 72 hours of release in 2021!!!
This is an excerpt of the Green Rush Live business of cannabis talk show from July 16th, 2021.
A historic day that seems decades ago.
The history of Cannabis with the one and only David Rabinovitz is Co Host with
Morgan Fox now with NORML, then with NCIA.
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