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.”
Bonus: Edible For Your Thoughts? A Pandemic Check-In
How are you doing? We’re checking in with a dealer in NYC who says a cooped up city has been good for business. An anxious listener who says weed helps to untie the knot in her stomach. And another listener who says cannabis is helping him grieve a loved one.
Bonus: Pot For Panic In A Pandemic
During this pandemic, it’s okay to feel like your mental state is a bit more fragile than normal. Join Ann as she delves into the complicated feelings and the science of using weed to cope.
Bonus: Live From Boston
It was a night to remember: The On Something team headed to Massachusetts for our first-ever live episode. Ann traded notes on legalization with three reporters from the Boston Globe’s cannabis team.
Episode 10: Medical Marijuana’s Vanishing Act
There’s an unexpected side effect to Colorado’s billion-dollar recreational weed industry: medical marijuana counters are slowly shrinking. Why does that matter?
Episode 9: Legal Weed As Reparations?
The war on drugs is still alive and well, and the people most often caught in the crossfire are black and brown. Now that weed is legal in many states, most of the people making money off weed are white. We look at how legalization might benefit communities of color and repair harm caused by the war on drugs.
Episode 8: CBD: The Hype and the Reality
CBD is everywhere these days, but a decade ago it was largely unknown. Martin Lee, one of the founders of the California nonprofit Project CBD, helps us unpack how the CBD craze got started, what makes CBD promising and whether the hype is justified.
Episode 7: Weed Is Gay
Meet Buck Angel, trans porn star and recent cannabis entrepreneur. His story helps explain why marijuana legalization has special meaning to the LGBTQ community.
Episode 6: Neal & Paola: A Love Story
Two star-crossed lovers from different countries hit a major roadblock in their plans to spend their lives together after a brief encounter with weed becomes an issue.
Episode 5: Puff, Puff, Pray
What does it mean to have a spiritual experience with marijuana? We visit a cannabis church and talk with a psychedelic therapist, and explore how more Americans are seeking enlightenment in surprising new places.