Potcast 153: The Cultural Evolution of the Cannabis Industry
Today’s potcast spotlights the power of resilience, the Anthropology of Pot, and how our current process of cannabis reform might be a form of revolution. Get ready to explore the cannabis industry patterns, behaviors and norms, as well as the global attitudes around cannabis as medicine with the bright and thoughtful Jessica Steinberg.
‘After the Show’ Notes
Connect with Jessica Steinberg:
@jsteinn , @entouragenetworkldn, @giveablegiggles, @theglobalc
Jessica Steinberg is currently pursuing a DPhil in Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford. Her research explores the process of policymaking through the lens of cannabis legalization and commercialization. She has been conducting ethnographic fieldwork since 2015 beginning with her joint honors degree in International Relations and Social Anthropology at the University of St. Andrews. She was awarded the Dean’s Scholarship for Academic Excellence, became a 2018 John Blundell Scholar and has been a recipient of numerous grants from St. Hildas College.
Jessica is the Founder and Managing Director of international cannabis consultancy firm, The Global C. She also is co-founder of entOURage Network, an empowerment platform for women to engage ad explore opportunities in the legal cannabis market. Jessica is Head of Community at Ohana CBD, a plant-based self care skincare company. She is one of the Cannabis Education Guild's in-house experts.
Jessica has been invited to speak globally, as a resource for YPO's Summit 420 in California and at various conferences in the UK. She was an official delegate at the UN's 61st and 62nd meetings of the Commission of Narcotic Drugs and an observer at the WHOs 40th and 41st ECDD Session for the review of cannabis, CBD, THC and extracts and resin.
Jessica is a contributing author for CannaTech, Benzinga, Garden Culture Magazine and other publications.
Beyond her academics, Jessica founded the 501(c)3 Giveable Giggles when she was 13 years old. She was named as one of Impact Squared's #100FacesofImpact based on her charity's work.
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