Cannabis Coast Coast News With Alaina Pinto

About Cannabis Coast Coast News With Alaina Pinto

The industry's most complete weekly news roundup from the cannabis industry. The host is Alaina Pinto with correspondents throughout the world.

Publisher

Jimmy Young

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Sept 2024

Latest episode

13 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

79 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Jul 2026

   DEA Clairifies Hearings For Regulation on Med MJ; Trulieve & GTI Top 2 Best for TIME;

   In the A Block of Cannabis Coast to Coast News with Alaina Pinto this week, scuttlebutt was released from DEA hearings where they announced these were regulation hearings for Schedule 3, not legalization. DOJ thinks the prohibitionist groups have "pocket book interests." Trulieve and Green Thumb Industries were named top two businesses in cannabis by Time Magazine.Reports with:Tina Tasaka in Southwest & Tribal LandsAmie Carter in MichiganKimmie Cannabis in OklahomaJoe Parsons in Virginia

2. 

   22 Jun 2026

   DEA Bans Cannabis Groups from Rescheduling Hearing! Gun Rights upheld for consumers; World Cup Bong?

   Alaina Pinto is back in the anchor chair! Cannabis Coast to Coast News features an exclusive interview with the political director of NORML in Washington DC, Morgan Fox. Reaction to the DEA snub of pro-cannabis advocates on their rescheduling hearings next week. It's all prohibitionists who will be sharing their stories on why there is a need to block it. Plus, the US Supreme Court unanimously supports the right to bear arms for cannabis consumers. Virginia is days away from becoming the 25th legal adult use state for cannabis consumers. State reports from Coast-to-Coast to Europe plus a wild story about how FIFA sent a cease and desist order to a Toronto, Canada dispensary for selling a World Cup bong! Executive Producer Jimmy Young travels to the Flower Expo in Northampton, Massachusetts, to check on the strength of community in the Bay State's industry, now under attack from prohibitionist group SAM from out of state.

3. 

   15 Jun 2026

   Signature Fraud Exposed in MASS! Trulieve's Historic Public Offering on NYSE; World Cup & Weed?

   In the full version of this week's Cannabis Coast to Coast News, a professional signature collector was caught on video lying in a Walmart parking lot in Massachusetts. SAM backed the initiative exposed, but the group fired the guilty worker. Truilieve's Kim Rivers is basking in the historic glow of taking her company public on the NY Stock Exchange, the first cannabis company to do so. Federal rescheduling update and more lawsuits looking to delay or stop the move. State reports from 14 contributors.

Who has been a guest on Cannabis Coast Coast News With Alaina Pinto

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Josh Kesselman
• Steve Bloom
• Morgan Fox
• Jamie Pearson
• Aaron Smith

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

1,324,896

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

75

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

0

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