HIIMR in the News
Below you will find links to news articles realted to our research.
2021
July 22, 2021
Scientific American "Weed Shouldn’t Be Banned for Elite Athletes, Some Experts Say" with Whitney Ogle.
March 19, 2021
Forbes "Why New York Legalizing Recreational Cannabis Won’t Kill The Illicit Market" with Erick Eschker.
2020
October 27, 2020
Lost Coast Outpost "A New State Law Could Allow Small-Scale Outdoor Cannabis Farmers to Adopt the French Wine Concept of Terroir" with Dominic Corva.
September 22, 2020
Euronews "How weed farming is destroying the planet" with Professor Tony Silvaggio and Dr. Dominic Corva.
2019
May 13, 2019
Times-Standard "CBD is everywhere. Humboldt County’s cannabis industry hopes to navigate the boom." with Dr. Dominic Corva.
February 28, 2019
Times-Standard "Cannabis conundrum: Researchers struggling to get their hands on it" with Professor Tony Silvaggio and Dr. Dominic Corva.
February 27, 2019
KIEM TV (Eureka Redwood News) "Humboldt Hosts Panel Discussing Netflix Series Murder Mountain" with Professor Josh Meisel.
February 27, 2019
Times-Standard "Panel examining portrayals in ‘Murder Mountain’ draws large crowd to Cal Poly Humboldt"
February 24, 2019
Times-Standard "25th annual Social Justice Summit begins Feb. 25 at Humboldt" with Dr. Dominic Corva.
2018
April 20, 2018
CSU News "Cannabis Is Legal in California: What's Different?" with Professor Erick Eschker.
January 1, 2018
KCBS "Legalization and Medical Cannabis" with Dr. Sue Sisley, HIIMR Research Associate.
2017
June 15, 2017
WKAR "Cannabis Researcher Discusses Pros & Cons of Marijuana Edibles" with Professor Josh Meisel.
March 26, 2017
The Press Democrat "North Coast colleges wrestle with cannabis education" with Professor Josh Meisel.
February 27, 2017
Times-Standard "State seeks to add protections for marijuana farm workers" with Professor Fred Krissman.
February 24, 2017
KCBS Radio "Trump Administration Linking Cannabis to Opioid Use" with Professor Josh Meisel.
2016
November 17, 2016
San Francisco Chronicle "Small Growers in Emerald Triangle adjusting to legal pot" with Professor Josh Meisel.
August 19, 2016
KQED Radio "Humboldt’s Pot Economy Braces for Possible Legalization" with Professor Fred Krissman.
May 5, 2016
KRCR TV "Humboldt County Reacts to Recreational Marijuana Initiative" with Professor Josh Meisel.
2015
November 6, 2015
The Guardian "Dreaming of the billion-dollar high in California’s marijuana green rush" with Professor Erick Eschker.
August 1, 2015
KCBS Radio San Francisco "Marijuana Production and Environmental Damage - part 1" with Professor Josh Meisel.
August 1, 2015
KCBS Radio San Francisco "Marijuana Production and Environmental Damage - part 2" with Professor Josh Meisel.
2014
November 19, 2014
KCBS Radio San Francisco "Regulating purity and contaminants in cannabis products" with Professor Josh Meisel,.
November 12, 2014
KCBS Radio San Francisco "E-Cigarette Firm Eyes Emerging Cannabis Oil Market" with Professor Josh Meisel.
May 24, 2014
Times-Standard "Study: Students better off saying 'no' to pot jobs" with Professors Erick Eschker and Josh Meisel.
May 20, 2014
Lost Coast Outpost "Marijuana jobs aren't the best choice for college students, says Humboldt study" with Professors Erick Eschker and Josh Meisel.
February 20, 2014
Orange County Register "Two pot-legalizing plans still in mix for November ballot" with Professor Josh Meisel.
January 23, 2014
The Atlantic "How Colleges Are Preparing Students for a Country Where Pot Is Legal" with Professor Erick Eschker.
2013
December 11, 2013
Times-Standard "Clear view on legalizing pot: Field Poll finds majority support" with Professor Josh Meisel.
December 5, 2013
The North Coast Journal "Probing Pot: Humboldt's marijuana institute tends a new crop of research" with Professors Erick Eschker and Josh Meisel.
December 1, 2013
Times-Standard "Legalization measure raises economic questions" with Professors Erick Eschker and Beth Wilson.
October 31, 2013
The Nation "Is Pot Growing Bad for the Environment?" with Professor Tony Silvaggio.
October 9, 2013
East Bay Express "Greenwashing the War on Drugs" with Professors Josh Meisel and Tony Silvaggio.
August 27, 2013
CardHub.com "Ask the Experts: Should Uncle Sam Take a Toke to Fill His Coffers?" with Professor Erick Eschker.
July 25, 2013
Radio France International (in Portuguese) "Marijuana Cultivation in California Puts Ecosystem at Risk, Says Survey" with Professor Josh Meisel.
June 21, 2013
New York Times "Marijuana Crops in California Threaten Forests and Wildlife" with Professors Gregg Gold and Anthony Silvaggio.
June 20, 2013
Rolling Stone Magazine "The Dirty Little Secret of Grow Ops" with Professor Anthony Silvaggio.
June 3, 2013
Chronicle of Higher Education "Legalize it and they will analyze it" with Professors Erick Eschker and Josh Meisel.
April 23, 2013
KTAR.com "Medical Marijuana will create 1,500 jobs in Arizona" with Professor Beth Wilson.
2012
December 18, 2012
The Willits News "Once the leader, Calif. now looks to other states for legalization of pot"
November 26, 2012
Washington Post "Public University in--where else--Humboldt County forms marijuana research institute"