After her latest podcast featuring poteconomist Lory Kohn, Paticakes, illustrious Queen of Cannabis who reigns over Hemp Radio decreed, “Yes, we are definitely ready to start up the economy, ramp up the jobs and start ‘Made in the USA!'” If you were thinking it’s high time we unchain cannabis the commodity, too, you won’t want to miss this scintillating podcast presented in its entirety.

Launch a reasonably serious website, and people you never expected to hear from again track you down. You never know what could land in your inbox. Mates who played leading roles in past incarnations may surprise you, resurrecting long-lost mementos from the days of yore. Take, for example, “Marijuana Smoke,” the first song I ever wrote and recorded, circa 1968.

Something tells me I’m not the only human on earth with a keen interest in how much cannatax there really could be . . . or how deeply cannabis consciousness has permeated all walks of life. . . am I? It could be the presentation. The vastness of a longish online stream could be scaring some of you off.

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Had enough pot tax commentary from talking heads and disengaged authorities with no affection for the subject whatsoever? Is cannabis just a subject to be loved no more, no less, than the frog in a dissection?