Green Crush With Alan Park

If the Cannabis Act of Canada, born October 17, 2018 were a human baby, clearly the poor thing suffered in vitro from fetal alcohol syndrome. By its first Christmas, it's already a brain-dead beacon to the world of what NOT to do. Patrick Whyte of www.conspiracyculture.com drops by with news of his turning to Cannabis and how it's helped his life. For quite awhile, Patrick worked at "legal" dispensaries before Canada officially legalized. We catch up on many post-legalization bombs,...

It’s hard to talk about the Canadian cannabis scene, and not mention Licensed Producers. Like it or not, they are a huge player. We’ve had a guest from that world before, it’s time again. Aron Cadeau is a Canadian businessman sitting on top of CastleBlack.Com, selling Jamaican grown cannabis to the world. Like so many active types in this field, Aron comes at this effort honestly through its medicinal abilities that aided someone close to him. It is fascinating to have shepherded a...

Effective October 17, the new Canadian cannabis paradigm of "legal lies" portrays the notion that cannabis is all bad and only bad. You’re not really allowed to promote any positive benefits from cannabis. Our guest, Straight Cannabis reporter and author Amanda Siebert, promotes all kinds of positive benefits from cannabis. She knows its truth as a journalist and now with her new book - The Little Book Of Cannabis - Amanda reveals more of what the government ignores in order to craft...

High Canada magazine needs someone to run it, and Cy Williams has been doing that since the beginning. Only someone with a deep pool of knowledge could pull that off and Cy does it with flare, earning him a Lift & Co Canadian Cannabis Award nomination for Top Influencer 2018. From the perspective of an influencer in the industry, and as a true lover of this substance, Cy has always had a steady accurate take on the flow of the business. We discuss this and Check out the latest copy of...

Countdown to “Legalization”. It twists in my stomach, when I know how horrible it is. A poorly created architecture of nonsensical laws, all predicated upon a lie. Shouldn’t be surprised though – that’s exactly the same way we go to war. For the second time on this show, we are graced with the presence of the fighting Irish – in the form of Vera Twomey. Her daughter Ava no longer drastically suffers, courtesy of her mother’s ability to get cannabis into little Ava’s body. The premise is...

Never having the opportunity, I don’t know what it’s like to be in command of 75 tons of cannabis. Our guest, Brian O’Dea, does. He was caught with that much and paid a heavy price for it: in a maximum security federal penitentiary in California. Live and in the studio, Brian refreshes us with his perspective on cannabis scene now, of course and a lot of the wild stories and from his early days. One thing is clear: demons are at the governing helm. Official policies are non-watertight...

Always up for knowledge infusion, experts weigh in about the science of plant medicine, its social uses. its upcoming distribution and enforcement, its medicinal applications… And on and on, and this is all coming from one expert - Siobhan McCarthy. Initially using cannabis as her only workable pain relief, Siobhan was able to move beyond the tragedy of a car accident that snuffed out her competitive skating career. 20 years on, she is knowledgeable in multiple fields of this wonderful...

Across the globe across the map, Australia is laying down some crap. Return guest and crusher Jenny Hallam explains her legal predicament, a result of helping people eliminate pain, for near no cost. The saga this woman has gone through is nowhere near over, and she faces 18 years in prison for nothing more than revealing facts and helping people benefit from them. Please consider donating for legal fees to keep Jenny out of...

Paul Hartmann has too much science in his brain so we needed to help him pull some of it out. Enjoy the results, and use common sense to benefit from it. Emma Boniface was a 14-year-old with the idea of using cannabis for pain relief from scoliosis. Her failed attempts at multiple pharmaceuticals left her in a horrible condition. She’s now a 15-year-old cannabis advocate and her organization - Pot for Teens - was the topic of her speech this morning at an assembly held in a Canadian...

All the way up to this many episodes and back to the beginning of the purpose: to give a special thanks that I am still here. Our guest, Joanna Baker a.k.a. Puff Mama – was the first person outside of my immediate family, with whom I shared my terminal diagnosis. Knowing nothing of Cannabis I trusted her help in locating a supply of quality medicine. Purveyor of the ‘Comedy Underground’ on Toronto’s Queen St. East, Joanna has been running a successful room for comedy shows and cannabis...

Catching up on some more Drug Testing Equipment news precedes our interview with Bruce Margolin, a Cannabis attorney with accolades from Los Angeles, California. The 15 year veteran shines some light on our rights surrounding the bud. Be sure to go to his website and download some helpful handy guides at brucemargolin.com Oh and there’s a new government in Ontario, so the former Ontario Premier’s ridiculous cannabis distribution system will also not be enjoying a further political career....

After a couple weeks off, we return with someone who understands the deep dark history of cannabis - our guest, Shane Pulak, chooses not to keep it a secret. A farmer from a family of farmers, Shane shares much about his indigenous-founded and run Blackfeet Nation cannabis company- to bring cannabis and its relief into his community, thereby leading it away from opioids and addiction. With the uptake in the medical awareness of cannabinoids and advancements, it’s fun to read about the...

Today we are joined by Henah Ji and Ken Proude of The Veterans Channel to discuss their Veteran docu-series about Medical Cannabis. With so many military members suffering from PTSD, Cannabis has proven to be of help where prescription drugs have left members suffering from side effects and addiction. The goal of our guests today is to educate Veterans in North America about the benefits of Cannabis through the stories of those that are using it first hand. Stay tuned to Green Crush for...

It’s like taking candy from a baby, but it’s always fun to knock down the brainwashing concept that a life filled with cannabis is a useless one. So it is this episode, speaking with a legendary promoter within the music industry. Over the last 50+ years, our guest John Hartmann has dealt with some of the most iconic and talented musicians ever captured on vinyl, like The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Canned Heat, Sonny and Cher, and the...

Our guests are professionals at Global Public Affairs. And we just met! Rod Elliot, Senior Vice President, and Alanna Sokic, a Research Analyst out of their Toronto division, have the attention of the ears of some politicians and provide guided expertise through Cannabis Connect for organizations navigating their way through Canada’s legalization and regulation processes. These folks know how to scramble to get a point of order together, to lobby governments, and to have it absorbed into...

It’s the Green Crush Conspiracy Queries episode number… Comedy! We spend hours and hours weekly talking about really heavy things. So now it’s time to do that with a comedian, a real one, who uses cannabis. Andy Kindler is generous with his insights, as we spend nearly 90 minutes learning and sharing about so many aspects of the Green. Enjoy. Catch Andy at Just for Laughs Montreal https://www.hahaha.com/en And tune in to his podcast “Thought Spiral” with J. Elvis Weinstein at...

After a long hard day, most people just want to get home and have a couple of cold, stiff, hard drinks. Our guest, Warren Bobrow, knows a lot about that, being a master mixologist. Over time, his focus turned more to infusing beverages with cannabis, and building his empire from that. An author of several books and a constant traveler, Warren, also known as the "Cocktail Whisperer" is a fascinating man to listen to. Plus, in Media Mulch, "critical mass of the critical ass" through the...

Cannabis is as much about art as anything else. Free-thinking people understand that it is a tool and can be helpful in creating a long lasting image. Our guest is the president of King Klone Brand and rock ‘n’ roll album art artist extraordinaire, Ernie Cefalu Ernie rolls out just some of his cognizant thoughtful and important stories of creativity in music, and advertising. Of course we do a quick crush of cannabis news, focussing on the criminality of the British government denying one...

Sometimes ‘regular’ people in your life don’t know about the laws that will eventually affect you and them personally. They believe everything is great because cannabis will soon be “legalized“, and so goes the government trope. Marijane Baker, a host and advocate on The 420 Radio Show, joins us to discuss what the future of cannabis will actually look like from both a legal and medicinal perspective. It’s conversations such as this - loaded with canna-aware talking points - that need to...

Off to a cranky start after some bastard cancer back spasms, I was able to regain my noble pursuit of the Truth, with Noble Extracts’, CEO Cam Noble. Plus, a beneficial surprise! We are also joined by Next Leaf Solutions’ ‘Alex the Chemist, which is a great name for an alchemist, which he most certainly is. Cam’s father suffering from prostate cancer drastically altered Cam’s original career plans, driving him instead to research cannabis for his health. Our spirited discussion detailed...