In the Weeds with Jimmy Young

The Cannabis Community Care and Research Network is rewriting 80 years of prohibition history for the cannabis industry. Marion McNabb and Randy McCaffrie are the co-founders who are at the forefront of curriculum development allowing their research and experience lead the way in educating the public on the use of cannabis. Both are in studio on In The Weeds with Jimmy Young, part 1 of 4.

Marc Shepard the co-founder of the NECANN, the largest cannabis business expo is celebrating it's 5th year in March at the Hynes in Boston, but the launch of the business has been slowed by red tape, and now invaders from the West want their market share in the first east coast state to legalize weed. That's why Marc is so passionate about this years event, now over three days. Part 4 of 4 of his talk on In The Weeds with Jimmy Young

Dealing with social media can be challenge for people in the cannabis business, Facebook and YouTube have shut down accounts without notice, for NECANN's Marc Shepard, promotion of his event has hit a wall in traditional media. Driving under the influence of cannabis, opiods, and the distractions of the phone, which is worse and how can you tell if someone is operating under the influence? The CBD boom, and the role it will play at NECANN's 5th convention in March. Marc Shepard joins Jimmy Young In The Weeds. Part 3 of 4

So how would like to visit 20 cannabis conventions a year? That's what NECANN's Marc Shepard does as he sells to the many exhibitors that come to New England every year. Massachusetts is a hot new market, and everybody wants a piece. What role does Big Pharma play in the future? That subject and more on part 2 of 4 episodes of In The Weeds with Jimmy Young

The New England Cannabis Convention is celebrating it's fifth year of exhibitions this March 22-24 at the Hynes Auditorium. Marc Shepard is one of the founders of the regions largest exhibition of vendors and speakers in the region. In Part 1 of 4, Marc talks about the history of the event, and gives a sneak preview for this year's on In the Weeds with Jimmy Young

Right now cannabis is still illegal according to the Federal Government, but there is tons of money heading to Washington DC to change that through a major lobbying effort. Holyoke MA Mayor Alex Morse was the only pubic elected official to vote for legalization in MA in 2016, now in his 4th term, he is urging other towns to end their moratoriums, open their minds to the science and research behind this relatively harmless drub. Part 3 of 3 on In The Weeds with Jimmy Young from the office of Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse.

Social justice programs for those convicted of past cannabis crimes in Massachusetts are still in their infancy, and Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse is one of the champions of that cause. After welcoming a cannabis grow facility into his town, he now wants to see the next wave in development in a new cannabis community. Part 2 of 3 episodes of the interview with Mayor Alex Morse on In The Weeds with Jimmy Young

At 22, he was the youngest elected public official in Massachusetts, now Brown University graduate is on his 4th term and about to celebrate his 30th birthday. In those 7+ years, he has improved schools, created jobs, and raised property values in this old New England mill town, his home town. Mayor Morse is embracing the cannabis industry in Holyoke in order to take advantage of local tax benefits. Part 1 of 3 with Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse on In The Weeds with Jimmy Young.

He's coached professional basketball in Europe, survived two bone marrow transplants, opened a yoga studio or two, and raised a few boys, so how does Dennis Ozer do it? A great attitude and knowledge of how best to battle cancer while using cannabis. On In The Weeds with Jimmy Young.

Marinol, Cannabis, chemo, all battle those Cancer cells inside the human body, which is most effective? Ask Dennis Ozer who has tried them all, and survived for over a decade after two bone marrow transplants. The successful businessman and basketball guru is in studio on In The Weeds with Jimmy Young.

HYP Studio owner Dennis Ozer is a survivor. Two bone marrow transplants over 12 years, and he's lived to tell his story on In The Weeds with Jimmy Young. Part 2 of 4.

Dennis Ozer from Needham Mass is living a charmed life. A successful businessman, former pro basketball coach, and two bone marrow transplants have kept him alive for over a decade now. What role has cannabis played in his journey? Find on In The Weeds with Jimmy Young

Seth Worby's cannabis creative group will design your web site, and maximize search to get you and your product or your service found. He's also been around the world looking for what works best, and what is the best strain, no matter your taste. In the Weeds with Jimmy Young Part 3

Seth Worby of the Cannabis Creative Group knows how to market a product, and now he's one of the experts in the cannabis business. So be found now, and listen to what he thinks the future holds in this emerging business on In The Weeds with Jimmy Young. Part 2

SEO stands for search engine optimization, and it can make or break your business. Seth Worby of the Cannabis Creative Group is one of the masters of making sure you cannabis business gets found. He also remembers when you didn't want to be found with cannabis, now he's on In The Weeds with Jimmy Young. Part 1

The NFL covered up their concussion history from their players and their fans until a medical examiner from Pittsburgh discovered CTE in the brain of Mike Webster a Hall of Fame center from the Steelers. Dr. Uma Dhanabalan talks about how cannabis might help keep players from getting hooked on opiods. The final episode of In the Weeds with Jimmy Young and Dr Uma Dhanabalan.

Dr. Uma Dhanabalan is one of the premier medical cannabis experts in the United States. She lives outside of Boston, and conducts public and private sessions with patients who come from far and away to hear her speak. In the 3rd episode of 4 of In The Weeds with Jimmy Young and Dr. Uma they talk about dosing or as Dr. Uma's explains, titration.

Dr. Uma Dhanabalan is one of 43 certified cannabis experts in the US. She lectures and speaks in front of political bodies, different countries, and hundreds of cannabis conventions. Now she's on In The Weeds with Jimmy Young. The 2nd of 4 episodes/podcasts.

Dr. Uma Dhanabalan is one of 43 certified cannabis experts in the US. She lectures and speaks in front of political bodies, different countries, and hundreds of cannabis conventions. Now she's on In The Weeds with Jimmy Young. The first of 4 episodes/podcasts.

Why does one person get wasted from an edible, and another person gets no effect? It's called the entourage effect and it explains why one person can handle their weed and there are others who can't. Chris Liska is a scientist and the manufacturing manager for ACS a medical marijuana dispensary in Bridgewater MA.

Chris Liska is the manufacturing manager at Alternative Compassion Services in Bridgewater. He turns cannabis into whatever he wants too. The entourage effect, why does one person handle their cannabis better than the other? Chris attempts to explain the chemistry behind the plant on In The Weeds with Jimmy Young from ACS in Bridgewater.

Leafly's GM in MA, Adam Cavanaugh continues to enlighten host Jimmy Young about the fledgling cannabis industry that hasn't even opened for operations yet.... Freedom Rally fall out continues, and Adam prepares for a big life event!

Leafly is the biggest brand in the cannabis business, and now they have a presence in Massachusetts. What makes Leafly so recognizable in the cannabis world? Adam Cavanaugh joins Jimmy Young on In The Weeds.

27 year old Eric Martin is retired from pro football after 3 concussions. The outside linebacker went to Nebraska as an under grad and played in the CFL and NFL. He earned a Super Bowl 49 ring with the NE Patriots in 2015\. Now advocating for cannabis reform, he says the plant saved his life and now wants to help others. In the Weeds host Jimmy Young sat down with Eric for a frank conversation at the Down The Road Beer Company's football watching party in September.

Massachusetts may not have an adult use shop open yet, but all the biggest names in the industry will be here when it happens. The #1 brand in cannabis is Leafly. It too has set up shop in the Bay State with a GM named Adam Cavanaugh. He joins In The Weeds with Jimmy Young to talk about their plans, and their new mobile App that sort of acts like another Washington state company, you might have heard of, Starbucks

Sensi Magazine's Richard Guerra has been to 10 Freedom Rally's in Boston, first as a BU student, and now an Associate Publisher for Sensi Magazine,. So what did he think of the annual celebration of the cannabis culture in the Bay State? Based in Denver Colorado now, how long did it take that city to accept the legality and the culture in the cannabis universe? These topics and more on this episode of In The Weeds with Jimmy Young.

Recorded live at the Sensi Magazine booth at the 29th Freedom Rally, In The Weeds host Jimmy Young is joined by the Green Nurse Group's Sherri Tutkus, who as a registered nurse, is uniquely qualified to discuss the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes among other uses. She has her own personal story that she discussed with Jimmy in this podcast.

As cannabis becomes a political issue, more and more candidates have to clarify their stance on the new legalization efforts and actions in the Bay State of Massachusetts. Donna Patalano is a democratic candidate for the Middlesex DA position and she explains her stance on cannabis as a candidate and as a parent.

On this episode of In The Weeds with Jimmy Young, he welcomes a democratic candidate for DA in Middlesex County in MA, Donna Patalano. The candidate is pro-cannabis and has some interesting ideas about how to change the social injustice's that are so apparent in the Bay State.

Bob Carp wrote the book on how to get into the cannabis industry. What are the challenges in the latest state to go legal, Massachusetts? Part of the Bay State's law is to give second chances to those who have been jailed for past cannabis offenses. Bob Carp calls that "window dressing."

On this next episode of In The Weeds with Jimmy Young, Robert Carp Attorney and author about how to get into the cannabis industry, voices his frustrations with town governments who seem to want to block the establishment of these businesses and turn their backs on the tax revenues that could be generated in their jurisdictions.

On this episode of In The Weeds with Jimmy Young, Robert Carp, attorney and author of the Marijuana Operations Guide, the #1 selling book on Amazon's how to get into the cannabis business category concludes his interview. Here he talks about the town by town battle for acceptance of starting a cannabis business. He voices his frustration with town government for not recognizing the tax and human benefits of this complicated weed.

On In The Weeds with Jimmy Young, author and attorney Robert Carp calls out the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission for "dropping the ball" as they miss their self imposed deadline for adult use or recreational sale of cannabis in the state. He also calls the "social action" elements of the new law "window dressing". Just more delays in the implementation of a new law legalizing the recreational use of cannabis in the Bay State.

On In The Weeds with Jimmy Young is Robert Carp, one of the foremost legal authorities on the legalization of cannabis in the United States. He has written the industry bible called The Marijuana Operations Guide that guides you through the financing, licensing, and taxation issues you will face in opening your cannabis business. He says because Canada is first in the legal distribution and growth market, they are damaging the US economy's fledgling industry start.

Robert Carp is a local attorney in the Boston, MA area who is a nationally respected author who wrote the #1 cannabis business book on Amazon called "The Marijuana Operations Guide". He joins In The Weeds with Jimmy Young on this episode to discuss his background, how he got into the business, and how you can get into the business of cannabis complete with business plans, tax and license information.

In Episode 28 and the final part of the podcast In The Weeds with Jimmy Young & Komani Jefferson, the conversation turns to the concept of the cannabis social club. The Cannabis Commission put their licensing duties on hold for another 6 months, but that didn't stop one from opening, privately in Worcester Massachusetts.

In Part 3 of #27 podcast of In The Weeds with Jimmy Young, cannabis lobbyist Komani Jefferson of the MA Recreational Consumer Council talks with Jimmy about the challenge the industry is having with banking and credit unions in the Bay State. Komani plugs his 7-10 event in Boston on July 10th that you can find out about on his website Massreccouncil.com.

In Part 2 of the 26th podcast of In The Weeds with Jimmy Young, the conversation this time is with Kamani Jefferson, the President of the Massa chusetts Recreational Consumer Council turns to the simple fact that weed is here to stay. Can this state make it work? When will people accept the culture of cannabis and move onto other issues to focus on. The State is trying to create a process that makes sense for the public, and cents for the small businessman, as well as the investors in the industry from in and out of state.

Episode 1 of 4 of this podcast of In The Weeds with Jimmy Young, Kamani Jefferson is the President of the Massachusetts Recreational consumer council. He is passionate about spreading the gospel about the benefits of cannabis in the Bay State. He is a lobbyist for this new industry and he travels the state talking to local and state politicians about why they should take advantage of all the benefits of what cannabis has to offer and disregard the 80 years of propaganda that corrupted the truth.

In this podcast, host Jimmy Young learns about hemp, topicals, and many other uses of the cannabis plant that is all the rage in wellness and pain management. Alex Brandon from Ralph's Organic Garden in Cambridge explains how the anti inflammatory component in cannabis (CBD) can be infused into an organic balm that can help manage the pain of arthritis.

In Podcast 7 Episode 23 of In The Weeds with Jimmy Young is Maggie Kinsella, the press secretary for MassCann.org, the Massachusetts affiliate for NORML. Just one of the topics talked about in this episode is the difference between Hemp and Cannabis, and which is the better choice for Massachusetts’ farmers. What about the future of the cannabis industry vs. the future of the hemp industry? Did you know that hemp is being used to extract hazardous metals from the contaminated soil in Chernobyl? They talk about Mike James who has asked the NFL to give him a medical exemption for his use of medical cannabis. Unfortunately, the league has already denied that request.

On In The Weeds with Jimmy Young is Maggie Kinsella, the press secretary of MASS CANN, the Massachusetts affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Maggie talks about the next steps in the bay state’s adult use of cannabis laws. How active is the agrarian community of Massachusetts in cannabis and hemp and what are the differences between these two products? What happened to the changes of the law after voters passed it? You will hear the frustrations from the host and the guest about the fight for acceptance of the new law. What about the fight for the right to bring cannabis to individual municipalities, why is there so much resistance for an industry that is designed to create needed funds in their communities?

In Podcast 7 Episode 21 In the latest edition of In The Weeds with Jimmy Young, Maggie Kinsella from the Massachusetts affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is in studio to talk about the next steps in the bay state’s adult use of cannabis laws. Maggie is the press secretary for that organization, and had insight on the players in the new cannabis industry. How did the Cannabis Commission do? What are still some of the obstacles in the commonwealth for the cannabis industry to over come?

The final episode of a 3 podcast series with Julia Wentworth GM of Garden Remedies of Newton, MA. with Jimmy Young

Julia Wentworth of Garden Remedies in Newton MA talks about running a medical marijuana facility and it's challenges with the new rules and regulations in Massachusetts

One of the 22 Medical Marijuana dispensaries is in Newton Mass called Garden Remedies. Julia Wentworth is the General Manager and she joins Jimmy Young in studio with the first of another 3 podcasts.

More lessons about CBD and it's interaction with THC with Dr. Tishler dosing and micro dosing.

More lessons from the world of weed with Dr. Jordan Tishler the premier medical expert on Cannabis in Massachusetts.

More with Dr. Jordan Tishler with Jimmy Young

Dr. Jordan Tishler is one of the premier doctors in the country who is a specialist on Cannabis. His company Inhalemd.com creates a personally tailored treatment plan for people who use Cannabis in the Massachusetts Medical program.