Pro Cannabis Media Shows

Between them News 12's  Tara Rosenblum and PCM Founder Jimmy Young have 54 Emmy Awards and over 50 years of experience in TV newsrooms...(ok Tara has 53 Jimmy has 1-LOL) The news 12 documentary "The Cannabis Contest" showcases Tara's story telling skills. Professionally shot and edited, this doc is must see for anyone who wants a realistic view of the challenges for anyone in pursuit of a license to get into the cannabis industry legally. 

One of 122 live Cannabis Business Talk Shows- Green Rush LIve- Every Friday from 4-6PMEST - this is one with September 23, 2022- All Star guests from David Rabinovitz, to Jackie Bryant, -Carl Giannone: Co-Founder, Trade Roots,-Chris Walsh: CEO, MJBiz,-Jeff Finkle: CEO, The Arcview Group,-Michael Correia: Director of Government Relations, NCIA -Scott Moskol: Partner, Burns & Levinson LLP,
-Morgan Fox: Political Director, NORML, Aaron Goines; Weed Talk News with Alaina Pinto follows

Dave Briggs is the current afternoon anchor for Yahoo Business, but he's also worked at CNN, FOX, and TV7 Boston. Amani Toomer is a former NY Giant football, and Tike Barber was his teammate. This is a candid conversation about cannabis and one of 13 shows Dave has done for PCM./

From Aug 24, 2022

If you want to learn about growing cannabis on your own, for your business, or medicine, you don't want to miss this learning interview on Calling All Growers with Liz Grow. 

Calling all Growers asks guests to share some of their secrets to others. Once again Ed Rosenthal,  the man who wrote the most popular book on Growing Marijuana way back in 1985 joins Northeast legend Jon Napoli the Boston Gardiner.

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

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/

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! 

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. 

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

  On this week's Weed Talk News with Alaina Pinto, the A Block is a recap of 420 activities and state records for Massachusetts, and perhaps Missouri. 

The B Block features state reports from California, Ohio, Canada. 

The C Block has state reports from Washington, Oregon, Missouri, & PCM founder JImmy Young goes on a Bud Crawl in Boston. 

  April 22, 2024, the full Weed Talk News with Alaina Pinto. In the A Block,  PCM founder Jimmy Young talks with Morgan Fox, the Director of Government Relations for NORML. What's the latest on Legalization? Will the DEA ever reschedule or de-schedule Cannabis ? Plus Joe Parsons in Virginia has a story on a 420 festival in his state that had to cancel just days before the launch, but the show went on anyway! The B Block....AT 20:00- reports from Debi Facey in Canada, Amie Carter in MIchigan, LeV

 This is the complete 45:00 Weed Talk News with Alaina Pinto.  In the first A Block US Senators Schumer, Wyden and Booker reintroduce the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act they created in 2022. Is the timing right  for decriminalization now? Plus Federal Border and Customs officers in New Mexico are making regular stops of legally transported cannabis inside a legal state. State Reports from Coast to Coast

 Here's the complete interview from Weed Talk News this week. Morgan Fox is the Director of Government Relations for NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. PCM Founder Jimmy Young and Morgan Fox talk about the partisan quagmire that is Washington DC politics. What are the chances of any kind of federal reform before this session of Congress is over? Check out this great video