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How’s it growing folks?! Probably among the most popular online apps and companies in the cannabis industry is Weedmaps , which was founded in California in 2008.  For the uninitiated, Weedmaps connects adult use and medical marijuana consumers with dispensary locations, doctors' offices, brands, and delivery services. Consumers can also place online orders to partnered dispensaries or delivery se...

How’s it growing folks?! My guest this episode is Matt Morgan , an innovator and maverick in the cannabis industry with numerous start-ups, dispensaries and other cannabis-infused accolades under his belt. Right now however, he finds himself focused on spreading the gospel of the Cannaverse – home to Cannaland , a potential meta-marketplace gamechanger on the blockchain for all things cannabis. Mo...

How’s it growing folks?! Welcome back to Here Weed Go! Most legal jurisdictions still have prohibitions about smoking or vaping cannabis products in public, and many hotel chains still discourage the practice. That can leave us traveling cannabis consumers in somewhat of a bind when it comes to finding someplace chill (and legal) to partake. In that vein, I’m continuing my MJBizCon series of inter...

How's it growing folks! Welcome back to Here Weed Go! This episode I’m focusing on what’s happening out in Germany. For those who might not be aware, back in 2016, the German federal government approved legislation for a restricted medical cannabis program. Patients obtain a medical prescription from a doctor and the government grants licenses to a few companies to help cultivate the plant. Fast f...

How's it growing folks!? Welcome to another great episode of Here Weed Go! This week, host Eddie Celaya sits down with former NFL running back Ricky Williams , winner of the 1998 Heisman Trophy, and now co-owner and face of his own budding cannabis brand Highsman (wink, wink). Williams sat down along with Highsman CEO Eric Hammond, to talk about how Williams was introduced to cannabis, what it's l...

How's it growing folks! Welcome to the very first episode of my Las Vegas series of Here Weed Go!   I'm out here attending the world's largest cannabis conference, MJBizCon 2022 .  To help get the week started, I interviewed Layke Martin , executive director of the Nevada Dispensary Association. We compare license structures between western states, look into the state's new experiment with cannabi...

How’s it growing folks?! It’s me, you’re Here Weed Go! host Eddie Celaya, and since I’m a glutton for punishment, election season and cannabis, I figured I’d throw together one more special episode, this one focusing exclusively on what just played out on Election Day 2022. Five state's voters considered legalizing recreational adult-use cannabis on their ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 9, with two -- Ma...

How's it growing folks? It's your host Eddie Celaya here to delivery a special episode. I can update you with some good (and bad) cannabis news: Maryland and Missouri voters voted to approve recreational adult-use cannabis programs in their respective states. Plus, five counties in Texas voted to effectively decriminalize cannabis use and halt most enforcement of prohibition within their borders....

How’s it growing folks?! Today’s episode deals with testing for cannabis impairment. In states across the country, folks are pulled over and charged for marijuana DUIs and denied jobs all based on blood, urine or hair follicle tests that aren’t designed to determine actual impairment. Luckily, that’s where Evan Darzi and Neil Garg come in. The duo are the masterminds behind a new cannabis technolo...

How’s it growing folks?! Welcome back to Here Weed Go! , the pot-cast dedicated to bringing you the most pertinent info on the country’s most potent plant: cannabis. I’m your host Eddie Celaya , cannabis reporter here in Tucson, Arizona. Well listeners, It’s that time of year again. No, I’m not talking about harvest season. Or Hallo-weed. I’m talking about election season! In less than two weeks,...

How's it growing folks?! After bringing in Ric Flair for last week’s episode , I’ve been back in the lab talking with some of the country’s premier experts in Cannabidiol (better known as CBD). To help explain the science behind the cannabinoid that is seemingly everywhere now-a-days, my first guest is Dr. John Streicher of the University of Arizona. Streicher is part of a team of pioneering resea...

How’s it growing folks?! I've got a special treat for you this week! Go into almost any dispensary in any state and you're bound to find some pre-rolls or gummies (or maybe even the dispensary chain itself) containing the name or likeness of a famed stoner like Willie Nelson, or NBA legend Shawn Kemp, or actor Seth Rogen. Perhaps one of the biggest names to get into the industry recently is former...

How’s it growing folks? On the latest episode of  Here Weed Go! , host and cannabis reporter Eddie Celaya is joined by two members of the  Halo Infusions and Extractions team. Founded and based here in Tucson, Halo is responsible for five different brands of cannabis-infused topicals and edibles (with a sixth, cannabis-for-canines focused brand in the works): Aunt Ellie's Baked Edibles, Canna Conf...

How’s it growing folks?! After a short break, Here Weed Go! is back, and is brought to you by our local sponsor, iLAVA ! With nearly two weeks of travel on the East Coast, host and cannabis reporter Eddie Celaya is focusing this episode on what’s going on across the pond in Jolly Ole England with a look at the first publicly traded cannabis pharmaceutical company in the UK: Kanabo . To do that, he...

How's it growing folks?! On this episode of Here Weed Go! , host Eddie Celaya is in New York City and he's talking about just how wide-spread this marijuana movement is in the land of the free. To help give some context to just how far the country has come in the last 10-15 years when it comes to pot, today's guest is Ricardo Baca. As the original marijuana editor for the Denver Post, Baca covered...

How’s it growing folks? Today I’m taking a look at the fastest growing seller in almost ever state’s cannabis market: edibles. To do that, I’m joined by Christine Smith, the founder and CEO of Grön , one of the largest producers of cannabis edibles in the Northwest.  In our chat, Smith, an architect by trade, details how she originally came to cannabis as a chocolatier and became a “recovering arc...

Welcome back to Here Weed Go! , where cannabis reporter and host Eddie Celaya is joined by Adams Lee, International Trade Attorney with the Seattle-based law firm Harris Bricken . Lee explains why prices for cannabis products have remained steady, or even fallen, in some states. He also shows how cannabis, seemingly inflation-proof at the consumer level (so far), is actually fraught with some of t...

How’s it growing folks?! Here Weed Go! is back! If you’ve ever bought anything from any dispensary anywhere, you’ll know that on every jar or piece of packaging comes an added notice letting you know the product's potency and other testing information, sometimes with a printed state seal. Well Robert Brodnick , co-owner and CEO of Titan Laboratories -- an Arizona Department of Health Services lice...

How's it growing folks?! On the latest Here Weed Go! my guest is Jen Christiansen, the owner and operator of Arte Bella on 4th Avenue , a unique "consumption lounge" space here in Tucson, Arizona. Christiansen explains how Arte Bella , which started as a mobile paint-n-puff operation after the passage of medical marijuana here in Arizona, grew into what is likely the first cannabis consumption lou...

How’s it growing folks? It’s another great episode of your favorite cannabis-centric podcast, Here Weed Go!  This episode is especially special because it means Here Weed Go! Is officially back and better than ever for Season 2! I’m kicking off this new run of 12 episodes with a guest who might have the first billion dollar idea in cannabis. Her name is Lilach Mazor Power and she’s the founder and...

How’s it growing folks? Welcome to the latest episode of Here Weed Go! Today’s episode has a decidedly European flavor: my guest is a Michael Sassano , the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Somai Pharmaceuticals , a European pharmaceutical and biotech company centered on manufacturing in Lisbon, Portugal. Sassano is a bit of a legend in the world of cannabis startups here stateside and was an early inv...

Welcome to the latest episode of Here Weed Go! Today, I talk with Alicia Deals one of the 26 winners of a social equity marijuana dispensary license here in Arizona. A young black mother of three hailing from Phoenix, Alicia’s story and journey with cannabis and marijuana is full of triumph and heartache, includes a dash of the good ole American Dream, and just might be meant to be. Our conversati...

How’s it growing folks? Welcome to the latest episode of Here Weed Go! the podcast dedicated to covering cannabis in all of it’s forms! I’m your host Eddie Celaya, cannabis writer here at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, Arizona. This episode begins Here Weed Go!'s seasonal focus on election-related issues affecting cannabis, the cannabis industry and those who consume cannabis in one way or anot...

How’s it growing folks? Welcome back to Here Weed Go!’s first two-part episode ever! As I alluded to just now, this episode is the second part of a very special interview I did at Arte Bella of 4th Avenue with former 4-time NBA Champion and 3-point marksman Craig Hodges. If you haven’t listened to the first part of our conversation, go do that, but if you'd like to listen to this episode first, he...

How’s it growing folks!? Welcome to a special, basketball-centric episode of Here Weed Go!, the podcast dedicated to all things cannabis!  In today’s episode, we're joined by a special guest: four-time NBA champion and cannabis advocate Craig Hodges. Hodges, the subject of an upcoming documentary about his life, advocacy, and social justice work, was one of the NBAs first true 3-point assassins, w...