
Flower Shortage in PA - Growing Pains or Structural Problems?
Featured, Interviews, PodcastA Panel of Industry Watchdogs Weighs in on Flower Shortage
Medical cannabis patients in Pennsylvania are experiencing a severe flower shortage at the state’s legal dispensaries. Many people are angry, many are quite vocal about who is to…

Helping Veterans Find Balance: An Interview with Ron Millward
Interviews, News, PodcastMedical cannabis is a huge issue with veterans, as it is often the most effective treatment for both pain and PTSD. So we’re proud to bring you profiles of veterans who are making waves in the cannabis industry by helping to make things better…

Mental Health and Medical Cannabis: Dispense Magazine Panel Podcast
Interviews, News, PodcastFor many people dealing with mental health issues, to explore using cannabis as a treatment, it seems overwhelming because of two stigmas. First is the stigma of their condition, and second the stigma still lingering with medical cannabis in…

Veteran Profile: Erik Asher, Mastering the Power of the Press
Featured, News, Podcast Fall 2019Erik Asher is a Desert Storm Veteran and a tremendous influencer in the medical marijuana community in and around Pittsburgh. His expertise with a live rosin press has earned him a large following on YouTube. He recently spoke to Dispense for…

The History of Medical Cannabis from Ancient Times to 1937 to Today: An Interview with Vireo Health's Dr. Paloma Lehfeldt
Featured, Health, PodcastThere’s a huge gap in people’s understanding of cannabis. Most patients want to know why it’s illegal, while most doctors want to know why they didn’t learn about it in medical school. So says Dr. Paloma Lehfeldt, Director of Medical…

Keeping a Focus on Patient Safety: An Interview with Acreage Holdings CMO Dr. Corey Burchman, MD
Featured, Health, PodcastMany cannabis growers can grow, cure and process the plant, but what does it take to make good medicine? How do you make sure it is completely safe?
In this episode, we’ll find out what it takes to make good and safe medicine with Dr.…

How To Run A Patient-Focused Dispensary: An Interview with Victor Guadagnino, Jr.
Featured, Interviews, PodcastIn this podcast, Dispense Publisher Sven Hosford and Editor-in-Chief Kristal Oknefski talk with Victor Guadagnino Jr., Manager and co-founder of Keystone Canna Remedies. He and his aunt Joan have created a model for how to run a Patient-focused…

The State of PA's Medical Cannabis Program - An Interview With Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman
Featured, News, PodcastLast week, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that he and his Lt. Governor are firmly in favor of the legalization of cannabis for adult use.
Lt. Governor John Fetterman is a loud voice for legalization, a voice he earned by listening…

Veteran Profile: Erik Asher
Featured, Interviews, PodcastMastering the Power of the Press
Medical cannabis is a huge issue with veterans, as it is often the most effective treatment for both pain and PTSD. So we’re proud to bring you profiles of veterans who are making waves in the cannabis industry…

Anxiety and what it takes to qualify: An Interview with Sara Makin
Health, Interviews, News, PodcastAs of July 20, 2019, the Pennsylvania Dept. of Health now includes anxiety to the list of qualifying conditions for patients to be able to use medical cannabis.
But what exactly does it mean to have anxiety? We all get anxious from time to…

Behind the Scenes at Prime Wellness
Interviews, Podcast, SponsoredThe legal Medical Cannabis produced in Pennsylvania is getting great reviews, and the medicine produced at Prime Wellness of PA is getting some of the highest marks. What does it take to create the best quality medicine and keep that quality…

An Interview with Soulful Cannabis
Featured, Health, Interviews, PodcastThe rapid growth of the cannabis industry in America today is causing concerns about the impact on our economy, our health, and our wallet. So who is out there working to keep the medical cannabis industry a healthy one?
Soulful Cannabis…

Restore and Reboot with Felicia Greenfield-Blau
Featured, Health, News, Podcast Spring 2019
A therapeutic model for a cannabis-based opioid reduction
Spring 2019 Cover Story
Rather than a gateway drug, cannabis is quickly becoming an exit drug as more patients use it along with well-established holistic therapies to reduce their…

Saving the Medical Program When Adult Use is Legal
News, PodcastIn this episode, we continue our discussion about what happens to the medical program when the recreational adult use of cannabis is legalized. We talk to PA State Senator Sharif Street, author of SB-350, an adult use bill currently being debated…


Cannabis: The Exit Drug. An interview with Felicia Greenfield-Blau
Featured, Health, Interviews, PodcastRather than a Gateway Drug, Cannabis is quickly becoming the Exit drug as more people like Felicia Greenfield-Blau encourage patients to use it along with well established holistic therapies. She’s part of a natural convergence of the holistic…


Protecting the Medical Program When Adult Use is Legal
Featured, Law, News, PodcastIn this episode, we continue our discussion about what happens to the medical program when the recreational adult use of cannabis is legalized. We talk to PA State Senator Sharif Street, author of SB-350, an adult use bill currently being debated…


Recreational vs. Medicinal: A Panel Discussion
Health, Interviews, Law, PodcastRight now, the Lt. Governor of PA is on a listening tour to every county in the state -- all 67 of them -- to hear what people think about legalizing the recreational adult use of cannabis. In this episode, we get to hear from his wife, the…


The Entourage Effect and Why Physicians Make Better Medicine
Featured, Health, Interviews, PodcastThis podcast series is focused on what you and your doctor might talk about, and in this episode, we talk with just such a doctor. Dr. Stephen Dahmer is a practicing physician and also happens to be the Chief Medical Officer of Vireo Health.
During…


How Safe Are Your CBD Products?
Featured, Health, Interviews, News, Podcast Winter 2019An interview with Jahan Marcu and Jan Roberts
The International Research Center on Cannabis and Mental Health (IRCCMH), along with the Cannabis Chemistry Subdivision of the American Chemical Society, recently released a report about the safety…


Integrating Cannabis and Holistic Medicine
Health, Interviews, PodcastDispense Magazine Podcast
On Oct. 6, 2018, the Mind Body Spirit Healing Expo in Monroeville, PA was host to a panel discussion on Integrating Cannabis and Holistic Health. Featured were three luminaries of the medical cannabis industry in the…


Medical Marijuana and PTSD
Health, Interviews, PodcastSolevo Wellness, Pittsburgh’s first medical marijuana dispensary, and Dispense Magazine team up for this series of podcasts called Cannabis Conversations. Recorded live in front of an audience every month, these conversations discuss various…


Medical Marijuana and Pediatric Medicine - PART II
Health, Interviews, PodcastSolevo Wellness, Pittsburgh's first medical marijuana dispensary, and Dispense Magazine team up for this series of podcasts called Cannabis Conversations. Recorded live in front of an audience every month, these conversations discuss various…


Medical Marijuana and Pediatric Medicine - PART I
Health, Interviews, PodcastSolevo Wellness, Pittsburgh's first medical marijuana dispensary, and Dispense Magazine team up for this series of podcasts called Cannabis Conversations. Recorded live in front of an audience every month, these conversations discuss various…


Pain Management and Opioid Addiction - PART III
Health, Interviews, PodcastSolevo Wellness, Pittsburgh's first medical marijuana dispensary, and Dispense Magazine team up for this series of podcasts called Cannabis Conversations. Recorded live in front of an audience every month, these conversations discuss various…


Pain Management and Opioid Addiction - PART II
Health, Interviews, PodcastSolevo Wellness, Pittsburgh's first medical marijuana dispensary, and Dispense Magazine team up for this series of podcasts called Cannabis Conversations. Recorded live in front of an audience every month, these conversations discuss various…


Pain Management and Opioid Addiction - PART I
PodcastSolevo Wellness, Pittsburgh's first medical marijuana dispensary, and Dispense Magazine team up for this series of podcasts called Cannabis Conversations. Recorded live in front of an audience every month, these conversations discuss various…


Cannabis and Mental Health - PART II
Health, Interviews, PodcastAt a recent Dispense with the Nonsense event in Harmony PA, we recorded a panel discussion with a live audience on the topic of "Cannabis and Mental Health".
Cannabis and Mental Health Panelists included:
Dr. John Metcalf, Ph.D., MD, ABIM,…


Cannabis and Mental Health - PART I
Health, Interviews, PodcastAt a recent Dispense with the Nonsense event in Harmony PA, we recorded a panel discussion with a live audience on the topic of "Cannabis and Mental Health".
Cannabis and Mental Health Panelists included:
Dr. John Metcalf, Ph.D., MD, ABIM,…


Medical Marijuana for First-Time Users - PART III
Health, News, PodcastSolevo Wellness, Pittsburgh's first medical marijuana dispensary, and Dispense Magazine team up for a new series of podcasts called Cannabis Conversations. Recorded live in front of an audience every month, these conversations are with a medical…


Medical Marijuana for First-Time Users - PART II
Health, News, PodcastSolevo Wellness, Pittsburgh's first medical marijuana dispensary, and Dispense Magazine team up for a new series of podcasts called Cannabis Conversations. Recorded live in front of an audience every month, these conversations are with a medical…


Medical Marijuana for First-Time Users - PART I
Health, News, PodcastSolevo Wellness, Pittsburgh's first medical marijuana dispensary, and Dispense Magazine team up for a new series of podcasts called Cannabis Conversations. Recorded live in front of an audience every month, these conversations are with a medical…


Sara Makin on Trauma, PTSD and Cannabis
Health, PodcastTrauma, PTSD and Cannabis - with Sara Makin
Over 70 percent of Americans will experience a traumatic event in their lifetime, and 20 percent will develop some form of PTSD because of it. So says, Sara Makin, a mental health specialist with…


Dispense with Mandi Babkes and Joseph Onesta
Health, PodcastMandi Babkes and Joseph Onesta - Dispense With the Nonsense
This conversation with Mandi Babkes and Joseph Onesta was recorded live as part of a panel discussion at the Dispense with the Nonsense event held in Pittsburgh at Thrive on Health…



Dr. John Metcalf at Dispense with the Nonsense
Health, PodcastThis Dispense Magazine Podcast was Recorded LIVE at the Dispense with the Nonsense event held July 14 at Thrive on Health in Pittsburgh's Brookline neighborhood. This episode is all Dr. John Metcalf from the Panel Discussion on the topic "Integrating…