As part of our collaboration with Respect My Region and its inaugural North American Weed Tour, Illinoisan News Joint joined participated in its second North American Weed Tour podcast to talk about the Illinois cannabis industry.

Publisher of Illinois News Joint, J. L. Brown, joined podcast host Joseph Brabo, as well as Ben Pfeifer, who grows aeroponic cannabis for the southern Illinois cultivator Aeriz, to discuss the Illinois industry.

The episode can be watched here. To watch a previous North American Weed Tour episode in which Illinois News Joint introduces the North American Weed Tour to Illinois, click here.

The North American Weed Tour continues its tour through the Prairie State until December 15.

North American Weed Tour gives audiences a behind-the-scenes view into the legal cannabis industries across the United States and Canada.

Illinois News Joint represented Illinois by providing a close look at the Illinois cannabis industry with content and reviews of Illinois’ best products.

Respect My Region and its partners aim to provide a real-time day-to-day view of weed culture and the cannabis industry across North America.

Respect My Region, a privately owned and operated music, cannabis, and technology company with operations across North America, delves into the legal cannabis industry in Illinois and beyond with 80-plus podcast episodes, live streams, and more.

Along with the podcast episodes, Respect My Region will utilize Instagram Live Streams with the goal of showcasing products, retailers, farms, labs, kitchens, ancillary services, and technology that has proven to be successful and/or valuable to the industry as a whole.

“Following the enthusiastic support of the West Coast Weed Tour over the last three years, we want consumers to discover products and brands that are safe, premium in nature, and also affordable, if possible.” said Brabo, Co-owner of Respect My Region.

Since 2011, Respect My Region has provided a community-centric platform that connects real people to local culture. Respect My Region is currently servicing music and cannabis markets in the United States and Canada. Respect My Region offers custom content creation, marketing and management services, targeted advertising, influencer campaigns, event promotion, content distribution, and PR services.

“Our North American Weed Tour’s ‘soft launch’ began on June 1st and has already been met with high demand,” said Respect My Region CEO and founder, Mitch Pfeifer. “Numerous cannabis brands, retailers, and ancillary companies in California, Oklahoma, Washington D.C, Michigan, Canada, Arizona, New York, Washington State, Oregon, Nevada, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Illinois have already confirmed their participation with our podcast, the Instagram live stream, and a ton of interview-style featured articles.”

For more Illinois cannabis industry news and reviews, click here.