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Biography

Mitchell Colbert is a researcher, lobbyist, educator, and journalist who has written over 200 articles for over a dozen outlets including High Times, Leafly, and Cannabis Now. Mitchell is a co-author of multiple whitepapers focused on sustainability in the cannabis and hemp industries and The Budtender’s Guide, a companion textbook for the training course he helped create at Oaksterdam University. Since 2018, Mitchell has lobbied around the United States successfully legalizing the recycling of cannabis waste, specifically vape waste, in NY, CA, and CO. He currently is a member of the SB 54 Working Group in California, representing the cannabis and hemp industries in the implementation of a first-in-the-nation plastic packaging EPR law. In 2024, the ASTM International published his novel study on cannabis consumer packaging waste, offering a first look at the types and volume of consumer waste being created.

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Total articles 193

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  Struggling to sleep? This may be the answer

  By Mitchell Colbert, Rachelle Gordon, Cara Wietstock Verified

  Jan. 30, 2025

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  Venty vaporizer: a high-end weed vape worth the investment | GreenState

  By Mitchell Colbert, Rachelle Gordon, Cara Wietstock Verified

  Jan. 28, 2025

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  Cannabis legalization polls über high in Germany

  By Mitchell Colbert

  Jan. 21, 2025

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