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Introducing the book in progress: Why Medical Transitioners?
Photo by Lisa Buchanon. Dr. Corva presenting at the Alliance May 12, 2016, at the Swedish Cultural Center, Seattle, WA. by Dominic Corva, Social Science Research Director Last Thursday, Dr. Corva gave...
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Including excluded voices
Screen shot of the twicebaked blog, taken Wednesday, May 18, 2016, by Dominic Corva by Dominic Corva, Social Science Research Director A suboptimal effect of writing a book about medical transitioners...
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Continuity, Discontinuity, and Contingency between Legal and Medical
July 2014 map by Steve Hyde, of then-pending Legal retailers and advertised Seattle Medical access points by Dominic Corva, Social Science Research Director Legal Cannabis Phase I, for our interview...
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Caution: Approaching Legislative Vehicles
State Medical Cannabis tax revenues July 2013- November 2014. Source: Washington Department of Revenue by Dominic Corva, Social Science Research Director This post addresses a section of the retail...
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Merit and the Second Wave Application Process
By February 2015, about 120 of lottery-allotted 334 retail stores had opened across the State. by Dominic Corva, Social Science Research Director This blog post skips the politics of 5052’s legislative...
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In a different voice, on the pending closure of Medical Cannabis in Washington
Dr. Corva at Seattle Hempfest 2014. by Dominic Corva, Social Science Research Director *************** The opinions expressed in this editorial analysis belong to Dr. Corva, and do not necessarily...
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Legal Cannabis and Class Warfare
Image from the Pew Research Center publication, http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/12/09/the-american-middle-class-is-losing-ground/st_2015-12-09_middle-class-01/ by Dominic Corva, Social Science...
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Contingency, Canopy and the Producer/Processor Application Process
by Dominic Corva, Social Science Research Director Last week I focused on how the retail application process, however planned, has had to be adjusted on the fly based on unexpected applicant...
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Cannabis, Culture, Medicine
Photo by Steve Hyde by Dominic Corva, Social Science Research Director It’s Friday, so I’m going to approach this meta-social issue a little differently. Not with an organized essay, in other words,...
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Legality, Medicality, and Good/Bad Actors
by Dominic Corva, Social Science Research Director The previous conceptual post really helped me find a way to engage with complex intersections without flying too far off the ground. Today’s post is...
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Tailoring Terpenes for Flavor and Effect
Aromatherapy was defined and coined in 1936 as the use of essential oils, applied topically, orally, or by inhalation to promote health, hygiene and psychological wellbeing. All kinds of aromatic...
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The Second Annual Original Terpestival
Kevin Jodrey rocking his CASP T shirt and Reverend Jeff Cannabis on last year’s panel. Photo by Steve Hyde. by Dominic Corva, Social Science Research Director The second iteration of our Original...
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Cannabis, Capitalism, Creative Destruction
Economic Historian Karl Polanyi by Dominic Corva, Social Science Research Director In “The Great Transformation” (1944) economic historian Karl Polanyi considered the rise of the international...
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A few words about our co-fundraising partner: Project CBD
Martin Lee and Dominic Corva on a tour post 2015 Emerald Cup . Photo by Shango Los. by Dominic Corva, Social Science Research Director I first met Martin Lee about 6 years ago, after disembarking from...
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Imagining Cannabis Communities
by Dominic Corva, Social Science Research Director Today’s post examines the meaning of “community” as it intersects with both “culture” and “cannabis.” Let’s start with anthropologist Benedict...
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Phase II of Legalization Begins at the End of Accessibility
Map of relative medical to I 502 storefronts as of January 2015, by Dr. Richard Morrill, Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of Washington. This map was made for Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles...
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Terpestival Gratitude
Rick Pfrommer, Dominic Corva and Michelle Sexton lead the Terpene Tournament award ceremony at the 2nd annual Terpestival on July 23, 2016. by Dominic Corva, Terpestival™ Producer and Social Science...
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The 2016 Original Terpestival™ Terpene Tournament™ Winners Hopland, CA
Beautiful Cannabis artwork on display from our vendor Cathy Lee Art of San Diego by Dr. Michelle Sexton, Co-Founder and Medical Research Director The Original Terpestival™ and Terpene Tournament™ has...
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WHERE DID ALL THE MEDICAL PRODUCT GO?
[Editor’s note: Danielle Rosellison is a longtime friend and cannabis industry organizer, as well as one of CASP’s interview subjects for our forthcoming book on Phase I of Washington State...
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The Salience of Dangerous Classes: a Prelude
Seattle Hempfest 2016 Hemposium panel moderated by Dr. Corva (front). From Left to right: Karl Keich, Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Dr. Jim MacRae, Allison Bigelow, John Novak. by Dominic Corva, Social Science...
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