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Cannabis Wise Guys – Inside the DEA Schedule III Marijuana Hearings
This week on Hash Church, we're joined by Cannabis Wise Guys, one of the few people who has been attending the DEA's Schedule III marijuana hearings in person.
What is actually happening behind closed doors? What arguments are being made? How could these hearings affect the future of cannabis in the United States? Our guest has been there to witness it firsthand and joins us to separate fact from speculation.
But that's only part of his story.
Cannabis Wise Guys (Max Jackson) didn't enter the cannabis industry through the traditional route. Beginning as a photographer documenting commercial cannabis cultivation across Alaska, California, and Oregon, he eventually found himself living on a Trinity County farm, helping manage over 13,000 flowering plants and a 10,000-plant vegetative facility.
From rebuilding failed irrigation systems and solving large-scale cultivation problems to becoming General Manager of a licensed California operation, Max learned cannabis from the ground up—through real-world experience, not theory.
Today, through Cannabis Wise Guys, he helps bridge the gap between:
Commercial cultivation
Investors
Operators
Regulators
Policy makers
His work has included:
Expert testimony before the Virginia Joint Committee on Retail Cannabis
Cultivation Committee leadership with the New Jersey Cannabusiness Association
Operational consulting throughout the legal cannabis industry
A forthcoming book, First, The Plant: Bridging Finance, Policy, and Operations in Commercial Cannabis
This week's discussion includes:
🌿 First-hand insights from the DEA Schedule III hearings
🌿 What federal rescheduling could actually mean for cannabis businesses
🌿 Lessons from managing large commercial cultivation facilities
🌿 Common mistakes made by consultants and investors
🌿 Bridging cultivation, policy, finance, and operations
🌿 Live Q&A with the Hash Church panel
Join Bubbleman and the Hash Church crew for another in-depth conversation exploring the future of cannabis from the people working on the front lines.
Sunday • 9:00 AM Pacific
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