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The COVID-19 pandemic revealed America’s crypto obsession with toilet paper.  Long before stores ran short on food staples, a black market of Charmin and Cottonelle was trading online.  Why America enthroned Number Two in its number one seat says a lot about American culture.    I [...]

I received sad news yesterday evening that my friend and tireless cannabis advocate, Mikel Weisser Executive Director of Arizona NORML, died from a heart attack. Survived by his wife, Beth, Mikel was pervasively known and loved inside the Arizona cannabis world and outside as well. [...]

There is a link between LSD and COVID-19. COVID-19 testing relies on polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a technique that Nobel Prize winning biologist Kary Mullis invented as a result of an LSD trip.   Polymerase chain reaction technique allows identification of pathogenic organisms that are difficult [...]

I am happy to share that I was cited in an article in  Cannabis Business Executive on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on cannabis business insurance. Almost equally as rewarding, the article published on 4/20.  Enjoy!

Happy 420.  Today's blog is a video message from me.  #420at420on420in420 https://1drv.ms/v/s!AgdAobdYmHmEvqkZBxl9csn7witS-g?e=Fpv9Sd

In June 2018, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first CBD drug, Epidiolex, manufactured by GW Pharmaceuticals.  The approval of a CBD drug, placed on Schedule V, was concerning to the burgeoning CBD industry, as it meant CBD would remain a controlled substance subject [...]

Who Wants To Play CBD Whack-a-Mole? Gary Michael Smith Esq. | © 2020 ***IN JANUARY 2020, I PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE ON CBD REGULATION IN GREEN ENTREPRENEUR. THE PUBLISHER’S FORMAT UNAVOIDABLY IMPOSES WORD LIMITATIONS. SO I FIGURED TO SHARE THE FULLER UNEDITED VERSION WITH YOU***  CBD was a hot ticket in 2019. [...]

Trump May Be Seeking To Unleash The Kraken Gary Michael Smith Esq. | © 2020 ****THIS BLOG POST ORIGINATED AS A POTENTIAL OP ED PIECE THAT I INTENDED TO SUBMIT TO A NATIONAL CANNABIS TRADE MAGAZINE. IT WAS AUTHORED IN FEBRUARY 2020. CORONAVIRUS HAS SINCE OVERTAKEN THE [...]

The Court of Appeals of Kentucky Says That Science Is Not Rational and Plant Medicine is Literally Evil Gary Michael Smith Esq. | ©2020 In my cannabis law practice, I make it a point to keep abreast of recent appellate court decisions. I recently came across a [...]

I am Gary Michael Smith. I am a cannabis lawyer in Phoenix, Arizona. To celebrate the once-in-a-century conjunction of 420, my organization, the Arizona Cannabis Bar Association, was to host a day of cannabis law education at a local public university. However, the pandemic changed our plans. My fellow [...]

It's 22 March 2020, and I am self-sequestered at home and doing my part to avoid contracting or spreading coronavirus. To keep busy, I figured to share with all of you an interesting thought about the parallels we are experiencing, as compared with past reaction [...]