Cannabis Podcast: Unhidden Heady Vermont

In this episode of Unhidden, we talk with Matt Aaron from Crazy Calm CBD Coffee.

Many of the challenges inherent in running any kind of cannabis-based business in the current national patchwork quilt of legalization involve the fact that without federal legalization, financial management is an extremely difficult proposition.

From the challenge of obtaining basic banking services to the inability to raise capital - or even process payments - cannabis business are often desperately hamstrung by the inability to manage their finances in a safe and secure way.

Fortunately for Matt, he’d spent time in the cryptocurrency world, and saw the potential for electronic currencies like Bitcoin to help do an end run around this problem.

In this episode we chat with attorney Laura Subin, who runs both the Vermont Coalition To Regulate Marijuana as well as the Pennywise Foundation.

A fierce advocate for criminal justice reform, Laura has been working since 2014 for comprehensive cannabis legalization in Vermont which creates both a vibrant, locally-based cannabis economy as well as abundant participation opportunities for those most heavily impacted by prohibition and the War On Drugs.

Find her at regulatevermont.org and pennywisefoundation.org.

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As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

In this episode we chat with Susan Snowden, a professional costume designer, horticulturalist, herbalist, and creator of a CBD Salve Stick which won the topicals category in the first Headies, Heady Vermont's cannabis cup.

Susan created her salve in an effort to heal significant neuropathic pain from a near-total pelvic reconstruction.

Susan has a professional certificate in Cannabis Science and Medicine from The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont Department of Pharmacology, and co-founded the Vermont Cannabis Organization, a coalition of professionals committed to outreach and partnership in Vermont’s newly emerging cannabis industry.

As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.

This episode, sponsored by Vermont Hempicurean, is a conversation with 71 year old medical cannabis patient Becky Cassel about how she uses cannabis to manage her pain and sleep better.

As the global wave of cannabis legalization gains momentum, and transforms the lives of enthusiasts, explorers, healers, and entrepreneurs - not to mention veterans, pets, and CBD-loving Grandmothers - host Kathryn Blume explores the search for success, health, pleasure, and justice in an increasingly green - and slightly sticky - world.