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Neighbours Advised to Report Cannabis Users to Police, £13.8 Million Cannabis Import Plot, UK Medical Cannabis Expansion & The Future of Cannabis Insurance in the USA Sep 28, 2026

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This week on High on Home Grown, we take a look at another collection of cannabis stories from around the UK and beyond, covering everything from neighbours complaining about cannabis smoke to a major cannabis importation case, the continued expansion of the UK medical cannabis market and potential changes to insurance for cannabis businesses.

Macky looks at a story from Wales Online about a neighbour smoking cannabis and what someone can actually do if cannabis smoke is affecting their home. We look at the legal position surrounding nuisance, what options residents may have and where the line sits between someone's cannabis use and it becoming a problem for their neighbours. My neighbour is smoking cannabis - lawyer explains what to do about it | Wales Online

Smee covers a major UK drugs case involving gang members jailed over a plot to import cannabis worth an estimated £13.8 million into the UK. We discuss the scale of the alleged operation, the court case and the sentences handed down. Gang members jailed over plot to import cannabis worth £13.8m into UK | LBC

Billy looks at the continued development of the UK's medical cannabis industry, with Canopy Growth entering the UK medical cannabis market through a new distribution deal. We discuss what the move could mean for the growing medical cannabis sector and the companies looking to establish themselves in the UK. Canopy enters UK medical cannabis market with distribution deal | MJBizDaily

John brings us a story from the United States looking at proposed legislation that could make it easier for cannabis businesses to obtain insurance coverage. We discuss why insurance remains such a complicated issue for the cannabis industry and what changes to the rules could mean for businesses operating legally within the sector. New Rules: This bill could help cannabis companies finally get insurance coverage | Tucson Weekly

And Dr. Margaret looks at a new study examining the potential health effects of cannabis edibles compared with smoking cannabis. The study has generated headlines around whether edibles should automatically be considered a safer alternative, so we take a closer look at what the research actually found and what it does, and doesn't, tell us. New Study Finds Weed Edibles Aren't Safer Than Smoking | Men's Journal

As always, we break down the stories, discuss the wider implications and give our thoughts on what's happening across the cannabis world.

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Winter Growing in a Shed, AI & Automated Grow Rooms, Bud Rot vs Potency, Finding Your Growing Style & Choosing Strains | Final Listener Mail Sep 25, 2026

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It’s a big one on High on Home Grown this week as we reach the final Listener Mail episode of the series! From next week, we’re heading back into the full Grow Guides, but not before answering one last batch of questions from the community.

Billy Bong is trying to keep his grow going through the winter in an unmodified shed, and asks how to deal with low temperatures, humidity and condensation without having to heat the entire building. We discuss winter growing, keeping the environment stable and the challenges of running tents in an outdoor structure.

He also has a suggestion for the strain name that came out of last week's show: Terpish Delight. We may have accidentally created a monster.

Lobby Lobster returns with another question about the growing world becoming increasingly automated. With AI-powered grow equipment, automatic watering, environmental controllers and smart systems becoming more common, are we making growing easier and reducing burnout, or are we slowly removing some of the hands-on enjoyment that makes the hobby so rewarding? We discuss where automation helps and where we might still want to get our hands dirty.

FreeNugz has the classic outdoor-grower's dilemma: when you're getting close to harvest and the trichomes are still developing, is the extra potency worth risking bud rot? We talk about the difficult decisions growers sometimes have to make when the weather turns against them and whether waiting for the "perfect" harvest is always the right move.

SKD asks a question that pretty much every grower eventually asks themselves: when do you finally feel like you've got this figured out? After experimenting with soil, coco, different plant sizes, SCROGs, training, nutrients and drying methods, how many grows does it take before you find your preferred style and settle into a repeatable routine?

We also get into the daunting world of choosing cannabis strains. With thousands of varieties, ridiculous names, endless seed banks and increasingly questionable AI-generated pictures, where does a newer grower even begin?

And finally, Phil Me Bowls gives us another one of those questions that could only have been invented while high, before we finish the Listener Mail series with some truly terrible dad jokes.

After all the questions, laughs, arguments and bizarre scenarios we've covered throughout this Listener Mail run, it's time to close the book on the series for now.

Next week, Grow Guides are back! 🌱

Thanks to everyone who has sent questions in, listened, watched, commented and been part of the community. The Listener Mail episodes have been a brilliant way of hearing directly from the people who make High on Home Grown what it is.

Now let's get back to growing.

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Jordan River Is Back! The US Seed Ban, Poker, Chess, UFC, 80s Movie Trauma, Coffee & Much More | High on Home Grown Sep 23, 2026

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This week on High on Home Grown, we welcome back a very good friend of the show, Jordan River, host of GrowCast!

Jordan has been on the show before, so this isn't your typical interview where we sit down and run through a list of cannabis questions. Instead, we catch up with an old friend and end up talking about just about everything!

We do, of course, discuss the upcoming US seed ban and what Jordan thinks it could mean for the American cannabis community, breeders and the wider industry. But from there the conversation heads in all sorts of directions.

We get into Texas Hold'em poker, chess, coffee, the trauma inflicted on us by 80s movies, and plenty of other random topics that somehow seemed perfectly sensible at the time.

Jordan also tells us about his new coffee brand, including his THC-infused coffee, and we talk about the idea of combining two of life's greatest pleasures: caffeine and cannabis!

This is less of a formal interview and more of a proper catch-up between friends. There’s cannabis, but there’s also poker, chess, coffee, movies, business, nostalgia, the changing US legal landscape and plenty of completely unexpected tangents.

If you've listened to Jordan's previous appearances on High on Home Grown, you'll know exactly what you're in for. If you haven't, this is a great introduction to one of our favourite conversations to have when the microphones are switched on.

A relaxed, funny and wide-ranging conversation with a good friend of the show. Grab a coffee, settle in and enjoy the ride!

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Britain’s Cannabis Law "Nobody Seems to Enforce", Cannabis Farms in Empty Shops, UK Medical Cannabis Review, New US Seed Law & Teen Cannabis Research | Cannabis News #228 Sep 21, 2026

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This week on High on Home Grown, we dive into another packed collection of cannabis stories from the UK, US and beyond, covering policing, cannabis farms, medical cannabis regulation, the new US federal seed legislation and fresh research into cannabis use among teenagers.

Macky: It's still illegal yet the police simply don't seem to care why the whole country stinks of weed: PETER HITCHENS

Smee: The empty shop on the high street might be a cannabis farm, and insurers are picking up the bill

Billy: UK Medical Cannabis Under Review: Where is the ACMD Report?

John: The New Federal Hemp & Cannabis Seed Law — Full Text (Effective Nov 12, 2026) | Grow Weed Easy

Margaret: Adolescent cannabis use disorder diagnoses rise after legalization

Macky looks at Peter Hitchens' latest piece asking why, despite cannabis remaining illegal in the UK, police seemingly aren't taking much notice of the increasingly obvious smell of cannabis across the country. We discuss the wider question of how Britain's cannabis laws are actually being enforced and the growing gap between legislation and what people see happening on the streets.

Smee looks at an interesting side effect of the UK's struggling high streets. Empty shops are increasingly being targeted for illegal cannabis farms, and insurers are reportedly being left to pick up the bill when these properties are damaged. We discuss the growing problem of commercial properties being converted into cannabis farms and who ultimately ends up paying for the damage.

Billy asks a question that has been hanging over the UK's medical cannabis industry for some time: where is the ACMD report? With the UK's medical cannabis system continuing to develop, we look at the ongoing review and what a long-awaited report could mean for patients, doctors and the wider industry.

John brings us the full text and implications of the new US federal hemp and cannabis seed law, which is due to take effect on 12 November 2026. With the legislation potentially having major consequences for cannabis seeds, breeders and the wider American cannabis industry, we discuss what the new rules actually say and what they could mean for growers and businesses.

Dr. Margaret brings us the latest research looking at adolescent cannabis use disorder diagnoses following legalization. The study reports an increase in diagnoses among adolescents, giving us another opportunity to look at what the research actually measured, what it can tell us about cannabis use and young people, and where the limitations of the findings lie.

From Britain's increasingly awkward relationship with cannabis law to empty high-street properties becoming grow sites, the future of medical cannabis regulation and a major change to US federal seed legislation, there's plenty for the panel to get stuck into this week.

Another week of cannabis news, research, law, regulation and plenty of discussion from the High on Home Grown panel.

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Ergonomic Growing, Saving Outdoor Plants From Bud Rot, Genetics vs Environment, SCROG Tips & Grower Beliefs We Changed | Listener Mail #15 Sep 18, 2026

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This week on High on Home Grown, we're back with another Listener Mail episode, answering questions from the community covering everything from making your grow more comfortable on your back to dealing with heavy rain outdoors, genetic variation between plants and the growing advice we've completely changed our minds about over the years.

SKD, the grower with the SCROG and the dodgy back, is back looking for more ways to make growing more ergonomic. We discuss ways of making the grow room easier on your body, whether raising plants can help, and whether automatic watering systems are actually worth the investment or just another gadget taking up space in the grow room.

Free Nugz has a much more immediate problem, with tall outdoor plants being hit by unexpected heavy rain and already showing the first signs of bud rot. We discuss what growers can realistically do when the weather turns against them, how to reduce the chances of losing an outdoor harvest, and what to look out for when you're trying to get big plants through the final stretch of the season.

Toploader has perhaps the most important question of the episode: Does anyone have Milky Amber's phone number? We're still waiting for the appropriate authorities to respond.

ChronicG asks why two plants from the exact same packet of seeds can sometimes finish looking, smelling and even behaving completely differently. We get into genetics vs environment, phenotype variation and how much influence the growing conditions can actually have on the final expression of a cannabis plant.

Finally, BudsAndBeans asks the panel to look back at their own growing journeys and reveal one thing they used to believe about growing cannabis that experience completely changed their mind about. Sometimes the best lessons aren't the things you learn from a book, but the things you learn after doing something wrong for five years!

Another episode of community questions, grow-room experience, practical advice, genetics, outdoor growing and the occasional question that absolutely should not have made it onto the podcast.

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AI Is Changing Cannabis Media, Growing & Cloning, and the Coming US Seed Ban with Ben Owens | High on Home Grown Interviews Sep 16, 2026

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This week on High on Home Grown, we’re joined by Ben Owens, a cannabis content creator, ghostwriter and business advisor who has worked behind the scenes across the cannabis media and business world.

We start by talking about one of the biggest changes happening in online media right now: AI. As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of creating articles, content and even entire websites, what does that mean for writers, publishers and the future of cannabis media? We get Ben’s perspective from someone who has experience working on both the content and business sides of the industry.

We also get back to what we really like talking about on High on Home Grown: growing cannabis. Ben talks us through his own growing methods, including how he approaches cloning and the techniques he uses to keep plants going from one generation to the next.

And, of course, we couldn't let Ben on the show without discussing the elephant in the room for the US cannabis seed industry: the upcoming seed ban. We talk about the potential impact on seed sellers, breeders and growers, how businesses are dealing with the uncertainty, and what the future could look like for the US seed market if the proposed changes come into effect.

It's another relaxed conversation covering growing, cloning, cannabis media, AI, business and the rapidly changing legal landscape in the USA.

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£1.3 Million Cannabis Factory Found in Abandoned BHS, Rental Property Grow Houses, US Hemp Ban, Medical Cannabis Research & More | Cannabis News 227 Sep 14, 2026

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In this week’s episode of High on Home Grown, we dive into the biggest cannabis stories from around the world, with two very different UK cannabis factory stories, a look at the future of medical cannabis research, concerns over a proposed US hemp ban, and some promising research into medical cannabis and endometriosis.

Macky starts things off with a rather unusual discovery in Slough, where Thames Valley Police uncovered a huge cannabis growing operation inside an abandoned former BHS store. Around 1,700 plants were found, with the crop estimated to have a potential yield of around 150kg and a street value of approximately £1.3 million. Two men involved in the operation have been jailed.

Smee brings us another UK cannabis factory story, this time involving the director of an estate agency who used rental properties to set up cannabis grows. Several properties were used as part of the operation before police eventually caught up with him, resulting in a prison sentence.

Billy looks towards the future of medical cannabis as Professor David Nutt prepares to explore the future of medical cannabis research at a symposium in London. We discuss where the science is heading and what questions researchers still need to answer as medical cannabis continues to gain attention.

John takes us across the Atlantic for a look at the potential impact of the proposed US hemp ban. A new report suggests that as much as 68% of the US hemp industry could be affected, raising serious questions about what the legislation could mean for businesses, consumers and the wider hemp market.

Finally, Margaret brings us some more encouraging medical cannabis research, with a study linking medical cannabis use to sustained improvements in endometriosis symptoms. We take a look at what the research found and what it could mean for people living with endometriosis.

So we've got abandoned department stores, estate agents running grow houses, the future of medical cannabis research, a potentially huge shake-up of the US hemp industry and some promising medical research.

Another busy week in the world of cannabis!

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Drying Cannabis in Extreme Heat, VPD at 6.5 KPa, Perpetual Grow Tents, High Snacks, Breeding Names & Island Survival | Listener Mail #14 Sep 11, 2026

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It’s another Listener Mail episode of High on Home Grown, and this week we’ve got questions covering everything from drying cannabis in extreme desert conditions to running a perpetual grow in two narrow tents, with plenty of completely unrelated nonsense thrown in for good measure!

Desert MK brings us not one but two questions this week. First up, we tackle the nightmare of trying to dry cannabis when you're dealing with temperatures around 105°F (40°C) and single-digit humidity. With even air-conditioned rooms struggling to get below 75°F, Desert MK asks about the Lotus method, using a refrigerator and paper bags to dry the harvest, and whether there are other alternative drying and curing methods worth considering. Could this be the perfect excuse for another Grow Guide?

Then Desert MK has another question, this time about VPD. If all the charts say a VPD of 6.5 KPa should be disastrous, how are outdoor plants surviving and thriving in 105-110°F desert conditions? We get into the difference between what the calculators tell us and what plants actually experience, and why simply looking at one number doesn't always tell the whole story.

Phil Me Bowls gets us thinking about the munchies. Is there actually a connection between the type of cannabis high you're experiencing and the snacks you choose? Does a more cerebral high send you towards completely different food choices than a heavy body stone? Or are we just looking for an excuse to eat everything in the cupboard?

Lobby Lobster brings the chaos with a Shag, Marry, Avoid involving Putin, Trump and Kim Jong Un, before getting back to the important questions. Will we be bringing back another legendary strain list when the Grow Guides return, and if each panel member could breed their own strain and give it a name, what would they call it?

SMG is planning a perpetual grow using two narrow tents in a garage, with one tent for veg and one for flower. The question is whether it's possible to connect the two tents using ducting while running both environments from a single extractor fan, and what problems might arise when trying to maintain the right conditions in two separate growing spaces.

And finally, Free Nugz gives us another classic panel question: if we were intentionally stranded on a desert island with the other panel members and could bring just two items from home, what would we choose? Because apparently being stranded on an island with this lot wasn't already punishment enough.

As always, plenty of growing advice, questionable decisions, strange hypotheticals and panel debates in this week's Listener Mail!

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Chad Westport Is Back! Websites Taken Down, The Coming US Seed Ban, Selling Seeds, 80s Movies & More Sep 09, 2026

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Chad Westport is back on High on Home Grown! Chad has become a great friend of the show over the years, and whenever he comes on we know we're in for a proper session. This time around, there’s plenty to talk about as Chad gives us an update on what’s been happening with his websites, the difficulties he’s having selling his seeds, and the growing uncertainty surrounding the coming US seed ban and what that could mean for breeders, seed sellers and growers across America.

But, as usual with Chad, we don't spend the entire conversation talking about cannabis! We get sidetracked into 80s movies, TV shows, nostalgia and all sorts of other random stuff, before inevitably finding our way back to cannabis, breeding and the current state of the industry.

We also chat about what Chad has been working on, the challenges of trying to run a seed business in an increasingly complicated environment, and what the future might look like for his genetics and online projects.

If you've listened to Chad's previous appearances on the show, you'll already know what you're getting here. A relaxed conversation with a good mate of the show, plenty of laughs, plenty of cannabis chat, and probably a few tangents along the way!

Chad has previously joined us for everything from podcasting and YouTube to breeding projects and Westport University, so it was great to get him back on the show and catch up with him again.

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(Royal Mail Cannabis Theft, Which Cannabis Stocks to Invest in, Tilray Portugal Strain Reviews, Sabalenka’s US Open Weed Smell & Mental Health | Cannabis News #226) Sep 07, 2026

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This week on High on Home Grown, we’ve got another packed Cannabis News episode, but before we get into the usual stories, we start with some sad news as we remember Peezy from the 2 Be Blunt Podcast, who has sadly passed away. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and everyone who knew him. We’ve included the fundraiser below for anyone who would like to show their support.

Macky takes a look at the cannabis stocks that are currently benefiting from the ongoing rescheduling conversation in the US. Is rescheduling really going to be the boost investors are hoping for, or is the cannabis stock market still a bit of a gamble?

Smee brings us a proper UK crime story this week, as a Royal Mail worker has been jailed after exploiting his position to steal cannabis-filled parcels and make more than £1.2 million from the operation. He’s now been handed a six-year-nine-month prison sentence.

Billy is back with not one, but two strain reviews, this time looking at strains from Tilray Portugal. We’ll find out what he thinks of them and whether they manage to impress the panel.

Then John brings us one of the stranger sporting stories of the week. World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka actually stopped play during her US Open match against Kamilla Rakhimova after complaining about the smell of cannabis drifting onto the court. Apparently even the US Open isn't safe from the unmistakable smell of a cheeky one!

Finally, Margaret looks at new research linking more frequent cannabis use with fewer days of good mental health, particularly among men. As always, we’ll have a proper discussion about what the research actually tells us, and what it doesn't.

Plus, the usual High on Home Grown chat, opinions, laughs and plenty of debate along the way.

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