Now that America’s beginning to legalize marijuana, companies are finally able to study the science of cannabis and develop new technologies for its cultivation and delivery methods. In this edition, Ryan sets out to find the latest developments in canna-technology including a trip to one of the most advanced greenhouses in California, a visit to a Denver lab that employs science to create some of the most potent extracts on earth, and sits in on the first ever human trials of a cannabis product that could one day guarantee a predictable high every single time.
In January 2014, Colorado became the first state in the U.S. to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, so what’s become of the state since then? Ryan heads to the Mile High city to examine the issues surrounding the growing pains of legalization from the past year. He visits the Willie Wonka of edibles and witnesses the effects of medicated chocolate bars on an elder couple, gets pulled over while investigating arrests for cannabis smuggling along state lines, and is put through the paces of a marijuana DUI traffic stop. Ryan visits the largest grow in Colorado to see how steep regulations have impacted their daily operations.
“Washington State: Weed Wonderland” Ryan visits Washington state, where we find an entire family who might go to jail for growing medical marijuana. We visit a Native American reservation to find out what’s happening with weed on the reservation. We meet up with a lesbian couple whose daughter’s life has been saved by CBD-rich cannabis, which lessens the impact of her harrowing seizures. And we talk to the first guy to smoke legal weed in Washington state - who calls himself “the Rosa Parks of pot” - and discuss why he got fired for smoking on the local news.