The Cannabis Enigma
Doctors, patients, scientists, and families talk medical cannabis. Brands talk about product development. Experts break down the research. Cutting through the smoke to have intelligent conversations about cannabis, what it can treat, human stories, and the questions we’re all thinking about but never had anyone to ask. Hosted by Elana Kirsh Goldberg and Dr. Codi Peterson. Brought to you by The Cannigma and Americans for Safe Access.
Episodes
50 episodes
Perfecting cannabis with Michael Backes
A common issue that is present in the cannabis market is the inconsistency of products. As an agricultural crop, it can be tricky for suppliers to deliver the same product to consumers time and again, and this is one of the areas that Michae...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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43:47
Cannabis, food, and healing with Chef Jordan Wagman
Today on the show we welcome chef Jordan Wagman to talk about the work he is doing to incorporate cannabis into his amazing cooking as a way of advocating for its health benefits. Jordan starts by talking about how his early relationship wit...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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48:48
Telling cannabis stories with pictures with Anthony Travagliante
Welcome to another episode of the Cannabis Enigma! We’ve got something a little different for you today. We’ll be talking about how visual storytelling can be used in the cannabis space with Anthony Travagliante. Hear the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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33:31
Minorities in cannabis, with Steven Philpott Jr.
In light of Black History Month, we feel it is important and relevant to talk about how minorities in the United States and around the world have been disproportionately affected by drug policy and the war on drugs. Part of our conversation ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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59:39
Cannabis and women's health, with Dr. Melanie Bone
By now, we’ve all heard of the concept of using cannabis to treat ailments like cancer, ALS, Parkinson’s, seizures, HIV, AIDS, Crohn’s, and terminal illnesses, but fortunately, those aren’t necessarily what physicians are most commonly confront...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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37:11
Cannabis and traumatic brain injury, with Nikki Lawley
The decades-long War on Drugs campaign in America has been incredibly successful at spreading harmful rhetoric and shaping people’s perception of cannabis use. The resulting prejudice can often discourage folks from seeking out medical canna...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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26:42
New Year, New York, with Steve DeAngelo
Steve DeAngelo is the true definition of a cannabis advocate. From the first time he was introduced to the plant in the 1960’s he has dedicated his life’s work to its legalization. From his time as one of Washington, DC’s largest distributor...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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42:07
Cannabis in Israel, with Itai Rogel
Israel is world-renowned for the research and innovation that is taking place there, and unofficial data suggests that around 20% of the Israeli population uses cannabis. Despite this, being in possession of a prescription is the only way th...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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30:50
Behind the scenes on cannabis normalization with JM Pedini
Anyone who has ever tried to convince someone to change their mind over something they feel strongly about knows that it can be an impossible battle, and the only way to succeed is by taking the long view and embracing gradual change. The same ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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26:55
Data is knowledge, with Otha Smith III
Finding the correct dosage and combination of cannabinoid products for medical treatment is almost universally a long and expensive process of trial and error. And for the most part, patients are undertaking this journey alone and often with li...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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29:58
Season finale: Best of the Cannabis Enigma
The Cannabis Enigma Podcast is wrapping up its first season. After 39 interviews with frontline doctors, researchers, patients, caregivers, practitioners, and expert storytellers, we are taking a summer break as we prepare for season two.
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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34:48
ADD & cannabis, with Max Simon
Max Simon was a closeted cannabis user since his teen years. But it wasn’t until years later, when he got into the cannabis education business, that he understood the reason he had been so drawn to it all those years was because it was helping ...
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Episode 39
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35:26
Is Europe falling behind?
When it comes to regulating and producing medicalized cannabis products, different countries have a variety of approaches. The American field of medicalized cannabis has followed a very different path to Europe. In today’s episode, ...
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Episode 38
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34:38
The marijuana conspiracy
What happens when you lock 20 women in a hospital for nearly 100 days and make them smoke two joints each night? Well, if it were up to the Canadian researchers responsible for the experiment, we’d never know.Nearly half a century later,...
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Episode 37
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41:50
So you think you know about cannabis?
As both a regulated medicine and something people use for wellness and even recreation, the information gaps that exist for cannabis users are unprecedented.“Any other medication and you’re lawfully entitled to speak to a pharmacist,” ex...
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Episode 36
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46:29
What every budtender needs to hear
Cannabis is becoming more mainstream and available to nearly one in three Americans, yet most cannabis consumers aren’t educated enough to buy the right products for their needs. Apart from poor experiences, this can lead to unhealthy consumpti...
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Episode 35
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37:55
Can medical cannabis survive adult-use legalization?
Very few medical cannabis advocates are against the full legalization of the plant for all adults. But sometimes one unintended consequence of adult-use legalization is that the market no longer caters to medical patients.“Medical users,...
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Episode 34
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59:36
How Mara Gordon got her start
When Mara Gordon started using medical cannabis there wasn’t any lab testing — or any way to know how much of each cannabinoid or terpene was in a given strain . There was definitely no way of ensuring that you got the same effect from it consi...
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Episode 33
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23:53
The women of cannabis
A lot has changed for the cannabis industry in the last 10 years. Yet, one thing we can’t seem to shake is the negative stigma that follows it around. In this episode, we speak with a woman who once feared and dismissed cannabis, only to become...
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Episode 32
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37:19
Finding 'releaf': put data in your pipe and smoke it
Finding the right cannabis product can be a daunting task for anyone, let alone a new medical patient without any guidance.When you walk into a hardware store, pharmacy, or even a liquor store, if you don't know exactly what product will...
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Episode 31
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36:21
Can family farms compete in cannabis?
When Kevin Nafte and his wife moved from Northern California’s Emerald Triangle to Uruguay, they already knew that they wanted to empower small, family farms to compete in the global cannabis industry. They had seen it work in California, and w...
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Episode 30
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46:17
The right dose & strain, with Dr. Dustin Sulak
“Start low and go slow,” the widespread refrain for finding the right dose of cannabis, is actually only half the phrase, Dr. Dustin Sulak explains on The Cannabis Enigma podcast. “But [people] often leave off the rest of the sentence — it's st...
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Episode 29
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57:00
What Biden means for cannabis
In some ways, cannabis won the 2020 general elections. Legalization measures won with healthy majorities in five separate states. The
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Episode 28
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45:46