This week Donnell and Alex discuss Donnell’s visit to Bakersfield and the most populous California county without legal cannabis. Then Donnell introduces Jeff Jarvis, former president of Kern County Citizens for Patients Rights, who takes us through the difficult journey toward—and away from—MED and REC in his Central town, including eyebrow-raising politics and an outsize movement figures.

Read about one prominent cannabis activist’s legal difficulties here: www.bakersfield.com/news/abbasi-att…944ba21009.html

And the counter-allegations of a Kern County Supervisor charged with conflict of interest:

www.turnto23.com/breaking-news-al…in-criminal-case