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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 27: Karma Koala Podcast 234: Fiona Patten...

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2025/02/26

Along with my other hero of drug law reform in Australia, Michael Balderstone, Fiona has stood up for and shouted from the rooftops about sensible drug law reform with a emphasis on health and good policy for nigh on 3 decades.As you’ll see from her bio below she’s talked about and advocated for change much longer than most of us have even thought about it.She’s returned to the fray and brought her political knowledge, skills and expertise to try and gain a seat in the Australian Senate in

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Episode 26: Karma Koala Podcast 233: Karina Bashir,...

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2025/02/25

I ask Karina what brought her to psychedelics in terms of developing a legal practice.How she’s developing a practice that builds ESG, ethics and creating best practice in the world of psychedelics whether it be the corporate sector the public service or non profit sector.How to create the values of this new area with the pressures of other forces?As the psychedelics wave moves into new states what does the conversation look and like as discussions open about decriminalization and

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Episode 25: Karma Koala Podcast 232: Taylor Loyden –...

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2025/02/22

In our series of talking to psychedelics lawyers to try and get a deeper understanding of work they do.I talk to Taylor about how she came to being a psychedelics lawyer and what it means for her to be a psychedelics lawyer in her daily practice.Her chosen speciality is working with religious and spiritual organisations so they can operate legally in the US.We discuss the practicalities of creating systems and structures for clients that work within the US legal system.We also discuss how

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Episode 24: Karma Koala Podcast 231: Darren Gleeman...

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2025/02/21

Darren thinks the discussion is over on re-scheduling , time to be realistic and think of some sort of legalization process around in 2030. That means 230e remains and the bean counters will be very happy.Add to the mix Ricketts & Lankford and their thinking We chew over what the states may do in the meantimeAlso we explore the issue of money and cannabis & hemp politics from a state perspectiveDarren’s a New Yorker so I ask him his thoughts on the market at the moment and what’s

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Episode 23: Karma Koala Podcast 230: Paul Mavor...

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2025/02/18

Paul is pretty realistic about his chances of winning the seat but at the same time wants to raise awareness in the premier’s electorate about medicinal cannabis and hemp.We discuss all the usual topics and his hope for the cannabis party in both West Australia and the forthcoming Australian federal electio Paul Mavor (B Pharm MPS) is a registered Australian and UK pharmacist.His company Health House International, was granted the first medicinal cannabis import and export licence in

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Episode 22: Karma Koala Podcast 229: Evan Mills,...

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2025/02/16

A couple of weeks back I noticed a post on Linked In where Evan mentioned he’d just published a report that he’d worked on as private paper without funding.“Energy-intensive indoor cultivation drives the cannabis industry’s expanding carbon footprint”I was immediately more than intrigued and after noticing the flippancy of the very few comments on Linked In about his work and the almost complete lack of interest in what he had published, made me all the more determined to find out more

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Episode 21: Karma Koala Podcast 228: Sita Schubert...

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2025/02/14

Fantastic to connect with Sita and talk in detail about the German market.The main takeaway from discussing what’s happening in country at the moment is think like a local and if you act like a pharamceutical life could be a lot easier for you.We also discuss the rest of Europe and try to understand the current thinking in Brussels on cannabis, in shorthand there’s just too much else going on.Sita also touches on current developments with regard to medical in Ukraine, Portugal &

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Episode 20: Karma Koala Podcast 227: Dr Mark Darko –...

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2025/02/06

It was great to connect with Dr Mark Darko the CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Cannabis Industry after the news in the past week that the country’s regulated low THC, medicinal & industrial hemp markets will soon be open for business.Mark tells us how we got here, what they are waiting on from government and the conversations Ghana are looking to have in the region, throughout the continent and internationally.We discuss a range of topicsWhat the legislation allows forLicensingOwnership

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Episode 19: Karma Koala Podcast 226: Gibran...

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2025/02/02

Here at the Karma Koala podcast it’s great to hear from a CEO who doesn’t spout the same old cannabis business platitudes.First up, I have to thank Gibran for his patience as i was just heading into my second bout of dengue fever in two weeks and the brain was operating at limited capacity at 8.30pm on a Wednesday evening in late January.He soon had this koala engaged though and we discussed amongst many thingsHis move from F&B into cannabisThe role of manufactured scent and flavor

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Episode 18: Karma Koala Podcast 225: Avis Bulbulyan,...

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2025/01/31

On the recent annoucement of Adam Levin pleading guilty to SEC charges, see the story below, I thought it woud be a good time to get on a Zoom with California native, cannabis expert and consultant Avis Bulbulyan to get his thoughts on the High Times debacle.It also made for a perfect lead in to a wider conversation about opportunities in California at the moment, yes there are opportunities for some, investors especially who have the pick of distressed assets. That said if you are a

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Episode 17: Karma Koala Podcast 224: Sean Maloney...

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2025/01/23

Thankyou to Sean for taking time to talk to us high up in the eucalyptus …Not only is Sean a in house legal counsel for an Australian medical cannabis company prior to this role he worked at the ASX in the early days of medical cannabis listings in Australia giving him an insight into the sector that few others have.We talk across a range of topics includingHow the ASX manages cannabis listings and compliance especially with regard to “Advisors Listings”How testing of medical product

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Episode 16: Karma Koala Podcast 223: Kirsten Velasco ...

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2025/01/23

A chance Linked in connection led us to this conversation with Kirsten.I was interested to learn what led her to authoring her Cannabis Basics Textbook and her thoughts on cannabis education generally in the US.We speak about cannabis education, community colleges, tertiary institutions, public libraries and education via associations and public speaking.Kirsten has now left the freezing plains of illinois for an all together sunnier climate in Spain, we also discuss what brought her there

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Episode 15: Karma Koala Podcast 222: Varin Marshall...

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2025/01/20

I speak to Varin about the parlous state of the Northern Ireland hemp industry.It has remained too long a cottage industry and without buy in from local government, Stormont and of course Westminster that's the way it's going to stay.It's the story I hear the planet over, a complete lack of investment to develop proper processing facilities for industrial hemp.Being part of the UK Northern Ireland has the same issues as England & Scotland a beyond useless labour government with zero

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Episode 14: Karma Koala Podcast 221: Peter Homberg –...

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2025/01/17

Karma Koala hasn’t spoken to Peter Homberg for a while so I thought I quick catch-up would be in hand as he and his team have moved to UK firm Gunnercooke (he will remain based in Berlin) and also, since the collapse of the coalition government late last year and an election forthcoming in February which many guess will be another coalition but this time led by conservatives … I ask what’s the outlook for cannabis.We discussPoliticsGermany aiming to avoid boom bust medical cannabis

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Episode 13: Karma Koala Podcast 220: Jason Meotti –...

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2025/01/15

On 23 October 2024 Dr Brian Walker announced via FBToday, I’m proud to announce Jason Meotti – Legalise Cannabis Party as our Western Australian Senate candidate.Jason has spent over two decades fighting for cannabis law reform, and now he’s ready to take that fight to Canberra.Karma Koala connected with Jason to find out what he’s standing on and what he hopes to achieve if he makes it to CanberraWe discuss amongst other thingsHis personal views on how to regulate cannabis and hempWhat the

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Episode 12: Karma Koala Podcast 219: Matt Brockmeier...

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2025/01/14

Thankyou to Matt for taking time out to discuss the new psychedelics program in Colorado and how it compares to Oregon’s program.We also discuss what being a psychedelics lawyer means in terms of the practicalities of day to day work and also what it means in terms of how as a lawyer he now operates.He also highlights how the Psychedelic Bar Association looks at the way way law is practised and how the body aims to use education to look at different ways of doing thingsIn short psychedelics

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Episode 11: Karma Koala Podcast 218: Bethany Niebauer...

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2025/01/09

Bethany has worked in the cannabis sector for the last decade and has amongst other things been the Manager of Regulatory Permitting, USA @Canopy Growth Corporation, the Chief Compliance Consultant at the American Cannabis Company Inc and also the President at the Industrial Hemp Research Foundation fromNov 2023 – Nov 2024. She has now launched her own mediation company and we discuss what she hopes to do with the business, why private mediation is better than the courts ( it’s cheaper

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Episode 10: Karma Koala Podcast 217: Adam Miezio –...

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2025/01/09

Karma Koala starts the year with a wide ranging conversation about psychedelics, writing & communication in the digital age.Recorded on the last day of 2024 I thought it might be interesting to talk to Adam about communicating psychedelic(s) ideas both from an academic and business standpoint as the Colorado program flaps its baby wings in January 2025.We cover a gamut of topics includingPsychedelics, content, writing and language in the digital age / spherePsychedelics and education in

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Episode 9: Karma Koala Podcast 216: Richard Strahlem...

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2025/01/09

n this episode, the last of the year, I speak with small cannabis producer from New Mexico, Richard Strahlem.Richard contacted me wishing to discuss the New Mexico statutory cannabis management body and the issues he and others have had with the body over the past couple of years. He co-signed the following open letter sent to the state’s governor along with over 100 other small cannabis producers and businesses in the middle of the year with the assistance from the state chamber of

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Episode 8: Karma Koala Podcast 215: Australia –...

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2024/12/22

For our final episode of the year it’s great to get Senator David Shoebridge on the show to talk about his recent bill and how it fared in the Senate and more importantly what was the substance of the bill and why it is important for cannabis law reform in Australia as we move into 2025 and into a forthcoming federal election.We cover a gamut of topics and only half of what we wanted to discuss, so David will be back in January to deep dive further.Here’s some quick bullets on what’s

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