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Karma Koala Podcast

KARMA KOALA PODCAST

The Karma Koala Podcast by Sean Hocking the founder and editor of Cannabis Law ReportThis podcast is one on one conversations , long-form and short-form covering all aspects of cannabis law, biz, compliance, issues, updates etc from around the world.Listen in - learn something new I speak with lawyers, politicians, CEO"s, founders, regulators about the new global push for regulating cannabis use.

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Episode 55: Karma Koala Podcast 262: Daron Hudson,...

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2025/07/14

Daron comes from a legacy background and whilst on the board of New York Housing Works https://www.housingworks.org/about-us an organisation born out of the AIDS crisis in New York City. Created as a community for inclusive care, social justice, and an end to homelessness.Daron was on the board at Housing Works when they applied for and received the state’s first CAURD license to build out a cannabis dispensary in Manhattan with a focus on smaller businesses and owned by BIPOC and

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Episode 54: Karma Koala Podcast 261: Prof. Tshepo...

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2025/07/07

I speak with Prof. Tshepo Madlingozi about South Africa’s “Cannabis For Personal Consumption In Private Act”Prof Madlingozi is full-time commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission and explains how the act although signed almost a year ago has not spun through the machinations of departmental politics and the promised regulations are currently sitting in the vortex.Will the commission be forced to litigate to speed the process up?We also talk about the experience of the

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Episode 53: Karma Koala Podcast 260: Jessica Hanson...

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2025/07/07

Jessica’s business sends legally compliant seeds throughout the US and she talks about the move towards democratizing homegrow.We dig into some of the details of what homegrow means in the US with regard to regulations and rules and return to the same word time after time, “Patchwork”Dig in with us and learn about homegrow and what the future could be with a little more commonsense and less interference from established players in the market.Learn More

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Episode 52: Karma Koala Podcast 259: Ryan Zaklin,...

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2025/07/04

In this episode we speak to Dr Z (Ryan Zaklin) a MD with a medical cannabis practice based in Massachusetts and ask what is medical cannabis in the US as it currently stand.How has it changed from the early California days and what does a patchwork or regulation and legislation around the country actually mean for medical professionals working with cannabis and cannabis products.An insightful look at where we are today.Learn more

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Episode 51: Karma Koala Podcast 258: Max Jackson Wise...

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2025/06/27

A great conversation with Max about water usage in the cannabis agri-sector., Not only does he highlight where we are going wrong and need to grow the knowledge base for solutions but he also highlights that we need to ensure that legislators & regulators understand cannabis in the context of all agricultural products in terms of water usage.We also digress somewhat to talk about Metrc whose drive for profits via compliance enforcement increasingly formulated for regulators from their

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Episode 50: Karma Koala Podcast 257: Jordan Ash –...

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2025/06/09

After our chat a couple of weeks back with Chelsea Haskins about the failure of the equity cannabis program in Sacramento I speak with lawyer Jordan Ash who has more than a few equity clients. The summation? The situation is dire statewide with regard to equity and not much can be done to improve things.Have a listen to what Jordan has to say..This is what he wrote on Linked In a few weeks backIt’s truly a tragedy how many hashtag#social hashtag#equity hashtag#cannabis operators who’d been

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Episode 49: Karma Koala Podcast 256: Dr Simon Howell...

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2025/06/02

Dr Howell sat on a panel this week on the topic of Global Cannabis Law & Regulation from the perspective of how South Africa as a country is trying to tackle the move from unregulated to regulated cannabis ( it is already legal to consume cannabis in a private space due to a court case that went to the highest court in the land) but in a country with 40% youth unemployment, crime on the rise and a poverty trap that many have yet to escape how does this play out with regard to

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Episode 48: Karma Koala Podcast 255: Nathaniel...

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2025/05/24

Nathanial has been in the cannabis industry for the past decade and you may recognize his name from his company Fincann who have helped businesses create relationships with financial institutions around the US.He writesAs CEO of FINCANN®, I have steered the company to be a trailblazer in providing comprehensive banking and financial solutions within the high-risk sectors, including cannabis and cryptocurrency. Our services extend beyond basic banking, encompassing everything from commercial

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Episode 47: Karma Koala Podcast 254: Chelsea Haskins...

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2025/05/19

The Cannabis Opportunity Reinvestment and Equity (CORE) program, created by the City of Sacramento, is dedicated to assisting individuals and communities who are facing barriers in starting cannabis businesses due to the historical disparate enforcement of cannabis crimes. The program supports community members seeking opportunity and growth by offering training, technical and financial assistance and other guidance.Our participants are ambitious entrepreneurs focused on a vision of change

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Episode 46: Karma Koala Podcast 253: Edvin Brnčić.....

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2025/05/15

In this latest episode of the Karma Koala podcast I talk with Edvin Brnčić about the next round of scams about to hit the cannabis industry.First we back track to Juicy Fields the almost a billion $ scam that got Edvin interested in the topic of cannabis scams initially and how the shadowy figures behind these scams used willing collaborators and facilitators connected to the “legal” cannabis industry including legal professionals, conference producers, hollywood types and others to tout

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Episode 45: Karma Koala Podcast 252: Victoria...

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2025/05/08

I recently noticed Victoria raise the topic on Linked In and nobody is really talking about the issues with regard to cannabis and psychedelics medical treatments and therapies in a public forum so I thought it more than worthwhile to hear her thoughts and especially so with regard to HIPAAEvery US citizen has HIPAA ingrained in their brain but those of us outside the US might be a little less aware (see information below)Victoria explains the intersections and protections individuals

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Episode 44: Karma Koala Podcast 251: Trenton Birch...

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2025/05/06

I’m currently working with Trenton on a conference to be held in Johannesburg end May 2025 as part of the annual SA Cannabis Expo.See information at the linkTrenton is a cannabis educator and consultant and has built a permanent campus in South Africa to educate people across all aspects of cannabis and hemp. As far as I’m aware he’s the only person on the planet who has done this.We talk about Cheeba Africa both the education and consultancy arms of the business and then a wider chat about

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Episode 43: Karma Koala Podcast 250: Dr Robin Hofmann...

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2025/04/24

A milestone the 250th episode of the Karma Koala podcast!I noticed that Dr Hofmann has published his new title with Routledge mid March so got in touch to talk about all the whys and wherefores of the book and dig into Germany’s experience of trying to legalize cannabis under European law. We also widen the discussion around European law & cannabis as well as other jurisdictions operation outside Brussels purview.I learnt more in 20 minutes conversation with Dr Hofmann that i have

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Episode 42: Karma Koala Podcast 249: Andrew Kavisilas...

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2025/04/16

In the run up the Australian federal election and the Nimbin Mardigrass (2-4 May 2025) we talk to Andrew Kavisilas who has been round the block with cannabis more than once in Australia.He’s grown under license as far back as the late 1990’s, he’s done the Nimbin cafe thing, he was involved the the Cannabis party before it was the Cannabis party but is now on the outside (we koalas like that) and a lot of other things in between.Nominally our chat was to be about driving, testing and

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Episode 41: Karma Koala Podcast 248: Heidi Whitman...

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2025/04/10

Melanie Wentzel author of Cannabis Queens suggested i get in touch with Heidi to talk about the organisation she’s created,EmpowHer, a global network of women working in the cannabis sector who are working together to counter the increasing suit led male domination of the sector.Women are ignored in a great deal of decision making in the industry and as Heidi point out are now in the ascendancy as purchasers and consumers in the sector.We cover a gamut of of topics and highlight just a few

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Episode 40: Karma Koala Podcast 247: Speaking with...

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2025/04/04

Stumbling around the latest legal publishing lists for my other legal information website that I publish Practicesource.com I was very pleasantly surprised to learn that Edward Elgar are to publish a standalone title on cannabis and intellectual property next month.Well researched and written cannabis legal titles are as rare as hen’s teeth and this will be the first title that I’m aware of that has taken a detailed look at the topic.A quick email to the publishers put me in touch with

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Episode 39: Karma Koala Podcast 246: Victoria...

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2025/03/31

As I do on the Karma Koala with all psychedelics lawyers I speak with Victoria, initially, how she came to the world of psychedelics law.She started as a narcotics prosecutor in Louisiana, so it’s been an interesting journey.We then talk about the details about what’s happening in New Mexico with regard to psychedelics legislation for medical treatment.. It’s slow but it is happening. Expect to wait to 2028 before treatments start.We also discuss how Victoria believes psychedelics will

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Episode 38: Karma Koala Podcast 245: T .. Aussie Bush...

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2025/03/26

I have to admit it my favourite smoke on the planet is good old fashioned orstraya bush weed.It's sweet it's earthy and it's soaked up that true blue aussie sunshine and always hits my sweetspot.In this episode the Koalas speak with T a grower somewhere in Australia on the wrong side of the law but on the right side of cannabis.He tells me why growing males and females together out there in the back and beyond is best for the plant and the best for the person using the plant.Good old Aussie

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Episode 37: Karma Koala Podcast 244: Tanner J Bean,...

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2025/03/24

Singularism are a psychedelic church using Psilocybin and based in Salt Lake City, Utah.When they opened their doors they made local authorities aware of who they were and how they practiced their religion.A year later there was a police raid.Tanner had been working with them prior to the raid and discusses with us what’s happened since as the case goes through the legal systemWe also also talk about Utah in general.Here’s a detailed story I published on the case about a month ago.Thanks to

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Episode 36: Karma Koala Podcast 243: Zack Kobrin...

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2025/03/21

They keep trying to knock it down but it won’t go away and just gets bigger and bigger.Quite simply people in the US like a soda so it is somewhat of a no- brainer that cannabis and hemp beverages are going to sell like hot cakes.I discuss with Zach who has over a decade of experience in the cannabis sector both in-house and in private practice about his chosen area of specialization.We dig into what’s happening, what the challenges are and the inexorable rise of the cannabis beverage.Soon

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