Editorial Videos

Dr. Denise C. Vidot, an epidemiologist at the University of Miami and Founder of the International Cannabis & Psychedelic Research Collaborative, shares her research background, a small preview of her talk for the 2022 Cannabis Science Conference West titled “Co-Use of Cannabis and Psilocybin to Manage Mental Health Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Results from the International COVID-19 Cannabis Health Study,” and more.

Jeannette Horton discusses how, in the future, data will help companies with regulation.

AC Braddock discusses her work with the science of cannabis product development.

Dr. Bonni Goldstein talks about her success using cannabinoids, such as CBD and CBG, with her patients.

Tracy Ryan discusses how her life changed and her journey with CannaKids started.

Autumn Karcey talks about her start in the cannabis industry.

Josh Crossney talks about the 2019 Canna Boot Camp and his goals for next year.

Dr. Sue Sisley discusses her research using cannabis to treat pain and opioid addiction.

Dr. Rachel and Dr. Jessica Knox discuss their introduction into the cannabis industry.

Dr. David and Dr. Janice Knox discuss how they got started in the cannabis industry.

Dr. Ethan Russo discusses his research on cannabis therapeutics and psychiatry.

How Marvin Washington, retired NFL player, became involved in the cannabis industry.

Australia’s sweetheart and international icon Olivia Newton-John and Amazon-John Easterling talk about their start in the cannabis industry.

Katherine Stenerson, Principal Scientist, Research & Development at MilliporeSigma, discusses her work to improve cannabis testing workflows for potency, pesticide residues, and terpenes as well as the pain points with testing in those areas and how to overcome it.

Katherine Stenerson, Principal Scientist, Research & Development at MilliporeSigma, discusses the next steps in her cannabis research and other areas in the industry that excite her.

Aaron Hineman, Inorganic Product Line Leader at PerkinElmer, offers some insight into testing for heavy metals in cannabis and hemp such as why it’s important, how the state testing requirements vary, and what the future holds for testing in this area.

Aaron Hineman, Inorganic Product Line Leader at PerkinElmer, explains how an ICP-MS workflow can vary depending on the different products being testing. He also discusses the next steps in his research and other areas in the industry that excite him.

David Alonso, Applications Chemist at LECO Corporation, talks about his work creating more efficient sampling techniques and using GC and GCxGC-TOFMS for the efficient and comprehensive analysis of cannabis.

David Alonso, Applications Chemist at LECO Corporation, discusses the next steps in his cannabis research and other areas in the industry that excite him.

Dr. Markus Roggen, Founder of Complex Biotech Discovery Ventures, offers tips about the pre- and post-extraction processing steps that might effect production quality, quantity, and reproducibility.

Dr. Markus Roggen, Founder of Complex Biotech Discovery Ventures, discusses the next steps in his research to improve cannabis extraction and other areas in the industry that excite him.

Dr. Jack Henion, Cofounder and CSO, Advion, Inc., talks about his research to determine the potency and pesticides in cannabis and hemp products using a single quadrupole mass spectrometer equipped with diverse sample introduction methods.

Dr. Jack Henion, Cofounder and CSO, Advion, Inc., discusses the next steps in his cannabis research and other areas in the industry that excite him.

Josh Crossney, president and CEO of CSC Events, discusses some the latest trends he’s noticed in the cannabis industry as well as the challenges and misconceptions that still need to be overcome.

Josh Crossney, president and CEO of CSC Events, discusses some of the most interesting topics in cannabis, the push for more medical research in the U.S., and what he’s excited to see happen in the future.

Patricia Atkins of Spex CertiPrep discusses her work using pressurized fluid and dispersive solid extraction to maximize analytical cannabis extractions and sample clean-up.

Patricia Atkins of Spex CertiPrep discusses the next steps in her cannabis-related research and what excites her most in the field.

Andrew Fornadel of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments discusses his work using ICP-MS to test for metals in cannabis. 

Here, Andrew Fornadel of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments shares the next steps in his research testing for metals in cannabis and more. 

How do states create their regulations for independent testing laboratories? Here, Lori Dodson sheds some light on how the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission handled their regulations.