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Daniel Eastman, a 20-year cannabis smoker, said strains such as Indica are actually what got him active in local politics.
Inspired by his interest in the legalization of recreational marijuana and the growing popularity of podcasts, the 35-year-old launched a 香蕉视频直播減otcast香蕉视频直播� called in April 2018.
Eastman records the podcast in the bedroom of his Penticton home and has released 11 episodes to date.
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He said his episodes offer infotainment about the production and sale of cannabis, and provoke discussion on the positives, negatives, what the regulated industry is doing right and doing wrong.
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Eastman said he got a bit of notoriety during the last municipal election by asking candidates cannabis questions when very few others were asking them.
Since the election, Eastman said he continues to either attend council meetings in person or live stream them from home, and chat councillors up at the bar where he works.
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Eastman added he goes to council meetings to be the younger voice of reason.
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For example, Eastman said cannabis stores should not be written off as eyesores when he香蕉视频直播檚 seen some as pristine as Apple iPhone stores.
Eastman does, however, admit that he is very biased. For the sake of legitimacy, he has been trying to balance his bias by inviting guests such as the RCMP to appear on his podcast.
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Unfortunately, Eastman hasn香蕉视频直播檛 had as much luck booking guests as he would like.
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When it comes to the issues, Eastman said he thinks B.C. has kind of dropped the ball as far as legalization.
A hot button issue for him is the low number of brick and mortar cannabis stores that have opened in B.C. compared to other provinces.
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He ordered three different grams from three different companies to gauge how much waste is created through this process.
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Eastman said his podcast has been well-received by friends and truck drivers who like to download podcast episodes before a long haul.
Going forward, he said he wants to up his recording rate to an episode every week or two, get more guests, and expand into some live casting from locations around town.
karissa.gall@blackpress.ca
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