LIVE: My Family, On Something
Some seriously talented storytellers share anecdotes about those times when family and drugs collide.
Episode 18: The Creative Brain On Drugs
Does cannabis make creative people more creative? Members of the bands Tanks and the Bangas and Chicano Batman share how weed plays into their process, while a neuroscientist breaks down the mysteries of the creative brain.
Episode 17: Cannabis on the Menu
Chef Harold Sims, winner of Cooked With Cannabis, shares his story and doubles as our guide to the world of infused foods.
Episode 16: Pot Smuggling 2.0
Investigative journalist Chris Walker takes a deep dive into a massive smuggling ring that passed itself off as a legitimate cannabis business in Colorado.
Episode 15: At War with the War on Drugs
From opposite coasts, two stories about the tangled web of racism, policing and the war on drugs.
Episode 14: A Drug Test In The Delivery Room
When Gale had her first child recently, it set into motion a chain of events that highlight the ways legal cannabis can still clash with policies meant to protect children.
Episode 13: Opioids, Pot and Pain
There’s a crisis in this country of opioid addiction and overdose death, and it’s tied intimately with how we respond to pain.
Episode 12: The Medical Marijuana O.G.
Even though we’ve talked about how California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana in 1996, we were WRONG! It turns out an unlikely deep South state was technically the first state to legalize.
Episode 11: Willie Nelson: America’s Favorite Pot Smoker
Country music legend Willie Nelson is known for a lot of things, including his unabashed love for marijuana and his advocacy for legalization. Ann Marie sat down with Willie to talk about his decades of activism, and his hopes for the future.
Bonus: Got Cannabis Questions? Dial-A-Nurse
The Leaf 411 hotline, staffed by seen nurses, launched last fall — before the pandemic. Now, one of the nurses sees herself as a different kind of “essential worker.”