Alaina Pinto is back for this week's Cannabis Coast to Coast News, WPCM-TV's weekly show on the fight to end cannabis prohibition. Reports from Virginia and Joe Parsons; Curtis Emery in Massachusetts; Reggie Reefer from Cannabis.net 1v1 with Executive Producer Jimmy Young; Kerry Hinkle on the hemp efforts to delay the federal ban in November. Tina Tasaka in the Southwest.In the B Block, Dave Barton with the international Europe report; Debi Facey in Canada;; Crista Eggers from Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana; Jenny Germano in Colorado with the nations first CBD pharmacy. Brandon Jones is back in Missouri with big changes in their laws; Christopher Bright in Maryland; Matt Friedland in Washington state where home grow could finally be allowed; In the C Block, Kimmie Cannabis in Oklahoma; Ohio update with Christina Brisson; Alysha Bellamy in Minnesota; Jennifer Boozer Stewart in Alabama; Doug Miller's Hgih on Wall street.

In this week's full show of Cannabis Coast to Coast News, an exclusive interview with Tony Lange from Cannabis Business Times. His story this week shares the saga of what was an unreported death by an asthma attack in a cultivator facility in California. This was two years before Lorna McMurray died of the same fatal accident in a Massachusetts grow facility. Was there a cover-up in California? No records have surfaced, but the entire interview with Tony Lange is on wpcmtv.com on demand & released on YouTube on Thursday the 22nd. Executive Producer Jimmy Young talks 1v1 with Tony Lange. Plus Kerry Hinkle is in Washington, DC, working with Congress on getting the Federal hemp ban delayed and the story on Congressman Jim Baird's bill. Cole Preston with the story on Ashley's law in Illinois and how her family is dealing with not being able to cross state lines for access to the medicine she's used for 8 years with no seizures because the manufacturer has moved over state lines. This is the full show live streamed on Mondays at 11:00 AM EST.

In the B Block, Dave Barton in the UK, Debi Facey in Canada, and Joe Parsons discussed when Virginia might go legal for adults. Curtis Emery in Massachusetts and the fight for a ballot battle in the Bay State. Amie Carter in Michigan, where they have the lowest OZ price in the USA: $58.00!!! Kimmie Cannabis in Oklahoma; Dina Nagib interviews Attorney Kelly Hayes from San Diego on a big win for advocates.

In the C Block, Doug Miller looks at the impact of M&A activity in the industry; Alysha Bellamy is in Minnesota, where they've had a tragic week. Jenny Germano in Colorado on massive recalls of pesticides in the flower. Tina Tasaka's Tribal Lands report is the most complete news source for our Indigenous Tribes in the industry!

In this first 2026 edition of Cannabis Coast to Coast News with Alaina Pinto, we pay tribute to one of the great musical legends of the past 50 years as guitarist with the Grateful Dead , Bob Weir passes away at the age of 78.

14 news reports from the UK to Nevada; Plus an exclusive interview with Jamie Pearson, one of the most influential women in the cannabis industry as a principal with the New Holland Group. Jamie just won the International Cannabis Business Woman of the Year! Congress starts to make noise about changes in the process of rescheduling. Andrew Behringer in Washington, DC; Kerry Hinkle with the Hemp Report; Amie Carter in Michigan on the realities of a 24 percent tax increase. Cutis Emery in Massachusetts on the legal challenge of signatures collected to end the adult use market;

Plus the international report with Dave Barton in the UK and Debi Facey in Canada. Southwest reporter Tina Tasaka and more news in her Tribal News report. Alabama's leading hemp advocate, Jennifer Boozer Stewart, reports on the first licenses to be awarded in her state in 6 years. In the C Block we introduce our new Illinois correspondent Cole Preston, host of the podcast The Cole Memo, and Kimmie Cannabis in Oklahoma.