Featured guests: Tim Gordon, hemp operations chief at , and owner Brent Beckman.
LOTS TO TALK ABOUT
–Is the revival of hemp farming in the U.S. going to outpace the lucrative business of marijuana?
–How does a brand-new edibles business stand out in Colorado s crowded, infused marketplace?
–Find out what s happening with hemp growers who are pursuing organic certification, now that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has changed its rules.
–THC and CBD are well-known components of cannabis. But what are other cannabinoids worth knowing?
TOP MARIJUANA NEWS
Pot brownie brouhaha: A bill seeking to clarify Wyoming penalties for possession of marijuana edibles failed after it missed a legislative action deadline. The Wyoming Senate had passed a bill that called for making it a felony to possess more than three ounces of food or drink containing THC. But the House Judiciary Committee stripped out the felony language after hearing testimony that it s difficult to gauge how much THC is present. Without legislative clarification or a state Supreme Court ruling, district judges may come up with differing interpretations of the law.
Political pot gift: When Adams County resident Greg Duran canvassed his neighborhood in support of Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, a most interesting thing happened. As Duran approached a neighbor s house, — a house he d walked by many times but had never met its inhabitants — he smelled a familiar and unmistakable scent: patchouli oil. A woman answered the door. We talked about Bernie. She was leaning toward Hillary (Clinton), but I was able to have a door conversation specifically about why Bernie is a better choice for us, Duran said. Then talk shifted to medical marijuana. She grew her own … She grabbed a Ziploc bag and said, This is a gift for you being out there and having a real conversation with people’ — and Duran walked away with a gifted ounce of weed.
POT QUIZ
Test your current-events knowledge on NFL players using marijuana — recently and decades ago; unprecedented marijuana llaws in the southern hemisphere; and a Boulder firm that nurtures cannabis startups.
