Rec'd Episode 6: Law and Disorder
Weed people love to talk about the Gold Rush. As was the case with the Gold Rush, the Green Rush has seen an obscene amount of money poured into a volatile industry, and as was the case in the mid-1800s, the people profiting from the potential boom today aren’t the ones you might expect. There may be a lot of cash changing hands in this business but it isn’t the growers or manufacturers making bank. Weed people like to joke that the only people making money in the Green Rush are the lawyers. If you ask James Anthony, an Oakland-based cannabis lawyer and activist, he’ll tell you there’s some truth to that statement. Sharmi Shah, another cannabis lawyer operating out of San Jose, sees it differently, but they can both agree that legalization has been an uphill battle for industry pioneers. A complex web of regulation and taxation has made lawyers, accountants, and other ancillary service providers the real winners in this modern day dash for the almighty dollar.
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Hosts: Brandi Moody, weed, wine, and food consultant; Reena Karia, Design Director and CoFounder of The Grass Agency; and Christopher Trout, Creative Director and CoFounder of The Grass Agency.
Producer / Editor: Kyle Maack
Guests: Steve DeAngelo of Harborside; Lori Ajax of the Bureau Of Cannabis Control; Amber Senter of Supernova Women; Alphonso Blunt of Blunts and Moore; Jennifer Lujan of Eaze; Tracy Ryan of Cannakids; Matt Shotwell of Weed Country and many more.
Theme Music: Inferno by Raaginder