Weedgalized in Colorado: True Tales from the High Country by Johnny Welsh

Author:Johnny Welsh
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-9963078-1-9
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2015-10-24T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

Weedia: Weed in the Media

In this chapter you will find everything from little tidbits of information to events visited and everything in between. Enjoy.

Cannabis Capital Summit

Hosted by Rockies Venture Club

Investors from around the globe came to Denver, Colorado, on May 29, 2014, for the first ever Cannabis Capital Summit. I could not believe all the ancillary businesses that were springing up left and right from this new industry. The hard part is making sure all the new laws, rules, and regulations are followed, even as they are changing almost weekly. The other large hurdle is the banking issue. Since banks are backed by the Federal Reserve, they cannot touch any cash from many of the businesses in this industry. Many are forced to operate the same way dispensaries do as cash only.

The 2014 Summit was full of expo booths on two levels ranging from hemp, raising capital, grow lights, greenhouses, food and beverages, health care, marketing, advertising, taking a company public, packaging, and software to name a few. Speakers and panel discussions were held on the lower level as well as pitches from companies to potential investors. The panel discussions were thorough and full of valuable information dealing with banking, investing, the future of legalization, and ancillary businesses. Networking breaks were scheduled throughout the day and were the busiest part of the conference. I met Ricardo Baca from The Cannabist, the “Rolling Papers” documentary crew, and a reality show crew from Stoner, Colorado, that was working on a pilot about one entrepreneur’s plan to rebuild the town of Stoner, Colorado, as the global center for all things cannabis.

The Cannabist

I had the pleasure of chatting with Ricardo Baca, the marijuana editor of The Denver Post’s The Cannabist, at the Cannabis Capital Summit, and interviewing him again a few months later at the offices of The Denver Post. The Cannabist identifies itself as a “place of ideas, people, art, food and news” about “the culture of cannabis.”22 It’s affiliated with The Denver Post. The site itself is a cannabis-related success story, from its origin as a relatively small experimental blog, to its current status as a comprehensive resource site for newsworthy stories about the marijuana not just in Colorado, but worldwide, with a writing staff that includes guest columnist Whoopi Goldberg. I highly recommend this site for a wealth of information and great writing on this topic. This site and the Facebook page www.Facebook.com/Cannabist both earn my “Author’s Choice” award.

We met at The Denver Post building in downtown Denver and talked on the rooftop of the building. To me, Ricardo is The Cannabist. He was the entertainment and music critic for The Denver Post before becoming its marijuana editor. When I ask him about his reputation as a journalist now that he writes about marijuana, Baca said that there has been no damage to his reputation. In fact, there has been an increase in readership.

The Cannabist displays most of its content online. There is definitely no shortage of stories. Baca recalls

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