State of Cannabis News Hour, June 4, 2021

The State of Cannabis News Hour for Friday, May 14, 2021

We wrapped another episode of the Cannabis News Hour this morning, with a feisty cast and knockdown slate of cannabis news headlines from around the world.

Cannabis Experts on Stage

• Nichole West, Cannabis Business Specialist & UFCW Representative

• Gretchen Gailey, Washington insider and founder of Panoptic Strategies

• Steve Bloom, Publisher of CelebStoner.com, former editor of High Times

• Christopher Smith, Communications Strategist & Publisher of the American Cannabis Report

• Guy Rocourt, Co-founder and president of Papa & Barkley

• Susan Soares, Founder, The State of Cannabis

• Priscilla Agoncillo, Voted Top 25 Women in Cannabis Making History & CEO of Original Breeders League

• Jason Beck, Longest Continuous Retailer of Cannabis in the US

• Rico Lamitte, Founder of Canivision and a Dope Dad

• Stone Slade, Host and co-creator of new show "Hittin the High Road with Stone Slade" and Sensi Mag"

• Ben Gelt, Serial Entrepreneur & Cannabis Certification Council Chairman

• Brandon Dorsky, CEO @ Fruit Slabs & Attorney @ Hoban Law Group

• Karen Rappaport, Content Creator and Cannabis Connector

• John Makewitch, CAnnabis Attorney

HEADLINES

• Medical Marijuana Doctor Sad to See Telemedicine Go in Colorado

• Texas warms up a bit more to cannabis — just a bit

• Why Willie Nelson is America's Favorite Outlaw

• The surprising environmental costs of marijuana

• Free Marijuana for COVID Vaccine is a Popular Perk

• Extremely Powerful Marijuana Donut Alert - for national donut day

• S.F. Gives Green Light to Canna Lounges - SF Weekly

• How Mormons Learned to Love Weed - Just a Little

• Jay-Z’s Company TPCO Invests In First Black Women-Owned Cannabis Speakeasy In The U.S.

• Get paid to smoke weed? California company seeks intern to test cannabis, edibles for 3 months

• Biden DEA Pick Spoke Against Marijuana Decriminalization, But Booker Says She’ll End ‘Drug War Policies’

• Lawsuit Against Private Prison - held liable by man who was held on marijuana charges - Core Civic

• The Fashionification of Weed Has Begun: How Beauty/Fashion Getting into the Mix