50. Home Grows and the Illicit Market with Cannabis Wire reporter Julia Barajas

This week Alex and Donnell sit down with Cannabis Wire reporter JuliaBarajas to talk about the illicit market, CA cities banning homegrows, reporting weed stories from Latin America, and how she doesn’ttell her grandma she's a weed reporter. Plus, more and more agingAmericans are using weed!This is our 50th episode! If you love WeedWeek and want to see us make 50 more episodes and more, join our Patreon athttps://www.patreon.com/weedweek. There are awesome gifts at every donation level. For just $2/month, you will get a bonus episode of WeedWeek every month. For $25/month you will get the bonus episodes, additional swag, plus an OTTO, the precision joint machine from Banana Bros (bananabros.com), a $129 value. Watch how the OTTO works here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zqq9m1Bf7UMore Aging Americans are Using Pot:https://www.apnews.com/5374f36871fd4ed68a0d873a323129b7Follow Julia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/julia_p_barajasCannabis Wire episodes discussed during the episode:https://cannabiswire.com/2019/02/04/a-california-conundrum-how-to-crack-down-on-illicit-sales-without-echoing-the-war-on-drugs/https://cannabiswire.com/2018/11/05/judge-california-city-that-banned-home-growing-has-gone-too-far/Podcast Recommendation from Julia:https://open.spotify.com/episode/4jjpj5gitMvHDQE1NbwlfmSign up for the WeedWeek newsletter, WeedWeek Canada, and WeedWeek California to get weekly info on the most interesting industry delivered to your inbox. www.weedweek.net/newsletterEach week our writers bring you original reporting and analysis on the latest in the industry at https://www.weedweek.net/storiesLeave us a voicemail with any questions or comments on what you heard in today’s episode or something that you want to hear from us in future episodes by calling 424-258-0430. Please let us know in the message if we can play your voicemail on the podcast.Email us your comments, questions or suggestions at [email protected] to this podcast in iTunes so that you never miss an episode!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/weedweek/id1332937362?mt=2Follow us on Twitter and Instagram:twitter.com/weedweeknewstwitter.com/alexhalperintwitter.com/donnyshellinstagram.com/weedweeknews