Podcast appearances and mentions of justin strekal

How's it growing folks?! Welcome to a special edition of Here Weed Go! These sort of episodes happen when the largest cannabis-legal state in the country, California, gets one step closer to possibly opening up the floodgates to interstate commerce for cannabis. If you've been living under a rock the past week, here's what happened… On January 27, California's marijuana regulatory body, the Department of Cannabis Control, decided to officially solicit an opinion from the state's attorney general about the opening of the California cannabis marketplace to allow for trade with other states.      “I think we have a pathway forward toward interstate commerce in cannabis,” Matthew Lee, the general counsel for the DCC, said in an interview with Politico. If that's true it could potentially be a game changer -- not just within the Golden State, where producers large and small have been struggling to break even since the state's recreational program came online in 2016 -- but for other Western states and potentially any state with a medical or recreational program. To help walk me through where California could be going, I spoke with Justin Strekal. Strekal is the former national political director for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, the nation's largest cannabis consumer advocacy organization and currently is the head of BOWL Pac, the political arm of Better Organizing to Win Legalization, a group working for marijuana legalization and justice for people harmed under criminalization. Our conversation kicks of with Strekal explaining what the letter from California's Department of Cannabis Control is arguing for and what it would mean for nearby states. MORE INFO For more on Strekal: https://www.instagram.com/justinstrekal/, https://twitter.com/justinstrekal For more on BOWL Pac: https://thebowlpac.org/ For more on NORML: https://norml.org/ For more Here Weed Go! podcast episodes:  https://omny.fm/shows/here-weed-go For the linktree to all Here Weed Go! social media: https://linktr.ee/hereweedgo Visit TucsonMarijuanaGuide.com for all of host Eddie Celaya's cannabis content. Subscribe to the weekly Here Weed Go! newsletter: http://tucne.ws/hereweedgo For host Eddie Celaya's cannabis and travel adventures: https://www.instagram.com/reportereddie/ Podcast is produced by Pascal Albright/Arizona Daily Star.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The cannabis industry brings in billions of dollars in legal revenue, with Big Cannabis companies leading the charge. However, cannabis offenders remain incarcerated and federal restrictions prevent them from legally benefitting from this thriving industry. BOWL PAC founder, Justin Strekal, and author of Bending the Arc: My Journey From Prison to Politics, Keeda J. Haynes, join host Roy Wood Jr. to discuss the complicated road to federal cannabis legalization. Beyond the Scenes is a podcast from The Daily Show. Check out more episodes wherever you get your podcasts or YouTube.com/TheDailyShowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, I sit down with Jordan Davidson and Justin Strekal. Jordan Davidson is the Communications and Legislative Affairs Officer at Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM). Justin Strekal is the founder of the BOWL PAC; you might recognize Justin as the former Political Director for NORML. Watch the video version of this podcast or read full show notes here: http://chillinois.net/2022/10/16/226-jordan-davidson-and-justin-strekal/

How's it growing folks?! Welcome back to Here Weed Go!, the pot-cast dedicated to bringing you the most pertinent info on the country's most potent plant: cannabis. I'm your host Eddie Celaya, cannabis reporter here in Tucson, Arizona. Well listeners, It's that time of year again. No, I'm not talking about harvest season. Or Hallo-weed. I'm talking about election season! In less than two weeks, five states around the country will have the opportunity to join the legal cannabis club. And here in Arizona, local elections could have potential consequences for how both the medical and recreational programs run and operate. To get a little higher and more enlightened about these election developments, I'm joined by Justin Strekal, former national director of politics for NORML (the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws) and Jon Udell, the current interim co-director of Arizona NORML. We talk about if party really matters when it comes to getting cannabis legislation passed at both the federal and state levels, where legalization is on the ballot this season, and what the Biden Administration's announcement to pardon past charges and consider cannabis's current scheduling status means for federal policy going forward. Our conversations kicks off with Strekal talking about his current work with BOWL Pac (Better Organizing to Win Legalization) a marijuana-centric political action committee. MORE INFO More on NORML: https://norml.org/ More on Arizona NORML, including the Voters Guide 2022: https://arizonanorml.org/ More on BOWL Pac: https://thebowlpac.org/ Access to Here Weed Go! Episodes, social media pages and content from host Eddie Celaya: https://linktr.ee/hereweedgo TucsonMarijuanaGuide.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The cannabis industry brings in billions of dollars in legal revenue, with Big Cannabis companies leading the charge. However, cannabis offenders remain incarcerated and federal restrictions prevent them from legally benefitting from this thriving industry. BOWL PAC founder, Justin Strekal, and author of Bending the Arc: My Journey From Prison to Politics, Keeda J. Haynes, join host Roy Wood Jr. to discuss the complicated road to federal cannabis legalization. More Beyond the Scenes: http://podcasts.iheartradio.com/5VF7TkWF?sid=soc See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The cannabis industry brings in billions of dollars in legal revenue, with Big Cannabis companies leading the charge. However, cannabis offenders remain incarcerated and federal restrictions prevent them from legally benefitting from this thriving industry. BOWL PAC founder, Justin Strekal, and author of Bending the Arc: My Journey From Prison to Politics, Keeda J. Haynes, join host Roy Wood Jr. to discuss the complicated road to federal cannabis legalization.   Watch the Original Segment:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCKkr2IIfVUSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we sit down to speak with Justin Strekal about his past in cannabis advocacy, what the future of cannabis might look like in Illinois, and in the United States. We also discuss Justin's future in cannabis advocacy. Link mentioned by Justin: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/stay-in-touch-with-useful-strategies Follow Justin on Twitter @JustinStrekal Sign up for the ChicagoNORML Lobbying Workshop at bit.ly/LobbyingWS

This week in Cannabis Legalization News.  We cover: Federal Cannabis News | MORE Act | Defunding the CSA | SAFE Banking.NORML director JUSTIN STREKAL wrote an op-ed in the Hill.  We discuss that & the entire new summary from this week in cannabis legalization. 

Welcome to A Plan For That, a podcast for progressive voters who believe in sensible solutions, big structural change, and continuing the push of America's center to the Left. Co-hosted each week by Erin and Vince, this show strives to contextualize all of the fast-paced developments in the push for the 2020 Election, and develop an action plan for beyond. Approachable for any audience, the hosts aren't former Congressional aides or members of the national cable media, but regular people who got involved in the process because they felt the call. Erin is our recently activated lightning bolt of energy that demands action. Vince, the experienced voice in political organization and activism. Together, along with weekly guests that include organizers, volunteers, candidates, and politicians, add their 2¢ on the crazy news cycle. Erin and Vince end each week offering organic mobilization opportunities to Dream Big, Fight Hard and elect an #ArmyOfProgressives. On this week's episode:

Justin Strekal, the Political Director at the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), joins host Jordan Wellington to take a deep dive into the MORE Act, or the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, which would remove marijuana as a scheduled drug, expunge past marijuana-related crimes, and provide funding for communities that […]

Dangers to Democracy. The changing politics of presidential power. The evolution of white nationalism. Plus, Bill Press takes a deep dive into the politics of pot.   A book about the time the GOP stood up to Nixon and what it says about Republicans today. Plus, how the Alt-Right is warping the American imagination.  And Bill Press interviews Justin Strekal (STRAY kel), political director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana .   Michael Koncewicz Historian and author  Michael Koncewicz tells a fascinating history of the Watergate era and reveals how Republican leaders today have little in common with those who resisted Richard Nixon.   Alexandra Minna Stern For her new book, historian Alexandra Minna Stern delves into the changing landscape of  white nationalism to offer an invaluable guide to a new breed of racism that threatens the most fundamental ideals of American democracy.   Justin Strekal Bill Press talking with Justin Strekal, political director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana on the rise of legalized marijuana,  who is buying in, and who is pushing back.  If you'd like to hear the entire interview, visit BillPressShow.com.   Jim Hightower Where can Trump find a Good Farm Policy?  

“We are now seeing 68% of Americans supporting the outright legalization and regulation across the board. Majorities of Democrats, majorities of Independents & since 2017, majorities of Republicans. "

Justin Strekal political director at Norml. ***** I mentioned last week that I would talk about the earthquake – earthquakes really – in UK politics. In particular that Nigel Farage’s new party, the Brexit Party won the European Parliament elections in the UK by a mile last month. They did win by a mile, but … Continue reading "CO112 Justin Strekal on Legalizing Marijuana"

Justin Strekal political director at Norml. ***** I mentioned last week that I would talk about the earthquake – earthquakes really – in UK politics. In particular that Nigel Farage’s new party, the Brexit Party won the European Parliament elections in the UK by a mile last month. They did win by a mile, but … Continue reading "CO112 Justin Strekal on Legalizing Marijuana"

Justin Strekal from National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS: 425-835-2766 or jasonrigden@jasonrigden.com GUEST LINKS: Homepage Twitter Instagram Facebook Washington NORML SHOW LINKS: Homepage Twitter Instagram CREDITS: Talk to Seattle is hosted and produced by Jason Rigden Our music was Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License  

Joining Dr. Kelly is Justin Strekal, the Political Director for NORML (The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) to discuss pending federal efforts to legalize cannabis and how the issue is playing out by candidates on both sides of the aisle in the upcoming midterm elections. We can all agree that one of the uniting political issues of our generation is that the majority of Americans now beleive that cannabis should be legalized, and that people should have access to cannabis for medical and recreational use without penalty or risk of jail. In today's show we will discuss candidate scorecards on cannabis in the upcomming midterm elections, explore impending law changes regarding federal scheduling, and more! If you care about ending federal cannabis prohibition, this show will offer tools to get involved in your community and take positive strides in this election!

Justin Strekal, Political Director for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws(NORML) shares the political vision for legalizing marijuana and gives a glimpse inside the life of a Washington lobbyist. NORML's Website NORML on Facebook Justin Strekal's email addressSupport the show (https://www.etsy.com/shop/SmallwoodMedia)

Jeff Sessions, head of the Department of Justice, reversed the “Cole Memo” that allowed states to pursue marijuana legalization without fear of the federal government stepping in and prosecuting the marijuana industry. Sessions is leaving it up to each state’s federal prosecutor to decide on how to proceed. This happened just as California moved to implement legal marijuana and Vermont voted to legalize marijuana. We speak with Justin Strekal, policy director for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), and Doug McVay, a long time advocate for drug law reform at the state and national level and editor of Drug War Facts, about what lies ahead for the movement to end marijuana prohibition. For more information, visit www.ClearingtheFOGRadio.org.