Author: Scott Cecil
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Podcast: Mendelson’s About-Face On A Gray Market Crackdown
For the inaugural episode of our podcast’s third season, host Scott Cecil is joined by The Outlaw Report’s editor-in-chief to unpack how a last-minute legislative proposal to crack down on D.C.’s unpermitted cannabis shops quickly crashed and burned. It started last month when D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson quietly announced an emergency bill that would have…
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District Hemp Owner Talks CBD in D.C. Amid COVID and People and Pets’ Needs
Last week’s episode of The Outlaw Report podcast was a conversation with Barbara Biddle, the owner of District Hemp Botanicals, located in the DuPont Circle neighborhood of Washington D.C. Biddle also owns two other hemp CBD boutiques in Virginia. We discussed the hemp industry in D.C., and how her business has been affected by the…
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Mexico’s Path To Cannabis Legalization, Explained
Last week’s episode of The Outlaw Report podcast was a conversation with Elias Lisbona Jassan, an attorney and drug policy reform advocate in Mexico City. He gave listeners a quick history of drug prohibition in Mexico and a deep dive into the current move towards legalization. Since that episode ran, it seems even more likely…