Paul Armentano has over two decades of experience working professionally in cannabis policy. He is the Deputy Director of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, the...
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Month: October 2016
Chris Conrad
Chris Conrad is a court-qualified expert witness on cannabis (marijuana) who has testified more than 200 times in state, military and federal courts. He is also expert on industrial hemp, religious...
Natalie Darves
As a certified Master Gardener with more than 15 years of experience in outdoor cannabis cultivation, Natalie continues to disseminate her knowledge and philosophy of sustainable, closed-loop,...
Joey Ereñeta
Joey Ereñeta has been a cannabis cultivator and activist for nearly 30 years. He is a strong proponent of sustainable and regenerative cannabis cultivation, and has committed his life to building a...
Mel Frank
Mel Frank, the pen name of James J. Goodwin, was born in Lynn, MA, 1944. Goodwin served as a shipboard electronics technician in the US navy, 1963-1967. Upon completion of service, he moved to New...
John Geluardi
John Geluardi has worked as a journalist for 15 years. He has primarily covered politics and won numerous awards for his stories on subjects such as shoddy homicide investigations in the San...
Chad Gilmore
Chad got involved in 2002 when he came to work at the Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative (OCBC). Chad is on the Board of Directors for the OCBC, now known as The Patient ID Center. Chad manages the...
Kali Perkins, Esq.
Kali S. Perkins knew her passion and calling to practice Marijuana Defense at a young age. She worked hard to realize her dream and now enjoys her work, and successes, immensely. Kali earned her JD...
Jeff Jones
Jeff Jones has provided expertise in the medical cannabis field to Californians for more than two decades. Jeff’s horticulture knowledge, troubleshooting skills, and easy manner make learning the...
Kyle Kushman
Kyle Kushman is an internationally renowned marijuana cultivator whose collaborations have earned 13 Medical Cannabis Cups awards, including three US Cannabis Cups for Best Flowers. All awards were...
Dave McCullick
RIP A US Navy Veteran, Dave opened his first dispensary called D&M Compassion Center in 2005. In 2008, Dave opened Sonoma Patient Group in Santa Rosa and sold D&M Compassion Center. Dave...
Sandy Moriarty
Everyone knows about pot brownies, but not many know how to make them… and brownies are so old-school. Aunt Sandy has perfected more than 30 cannabis-infused recipes using her family’s favorite...
Michael “Big Mike” Parker
Rest in Peace, Big Mike! Big Mike is steeped in the legacy and tradition not just of Oaksterdam University, but the American cannabis cultivation movement lauding from the radical 1960s- 1970s...
Ed Rosenthal, Emeritus
Mr. Rosenthal is the pothead’s answer to Ann Landers, Judge Judy, Martha Stewart and the Burpee Garden Wizard all in one.” –NY Times January 2003. Ed Rosenthal is recognized worldwide as an...
Sarah Shrader
Sarah Shrader spent the last five years working as a community liaison in Northern California for Americans for Safe Access.This has given her the opportunity to work with dispensaries statewide,...
Lauren Vázquez, Esq.
Lauren Vázquez is the lawyer that legalized cannabis in California. She is a pioneering cannabis attorney and activist who has worked for nearly two decades to end prohibition and advance...
Mike Whitty
Professor Mike Whitty has taught at the OU in Ann Arbor, Michigan and in Oakland, California. Mike also teaches drug policy and advocacy at the University of Michigan and global trends at...
Luke S. Zimmerman, Esq.
Luke Zimmerman, Esq. LL.M is the founding and principal of The Law Office of Luke S. Zimmerman APC. Luke obtained his undergraduate degree in philosophy from the University of Oregon at Eugene and...