© 2024 Iowa Public Radio
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Native Iowan One of Nation's First Pot Critics

Smokers High Life / flickr

We know movie and wine critics, but what about a career as a pot critic?

On this segment of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with Jake Browne, who grew up in Cedar Rapids. Browne now works in Colorado for the Denver Post, as one of the nation's first marijuana critics. Yes, that's right; he's paid to smoke cannabis and write about it.

"There's constantly new genetics and new breeding that's happening, so somebody has to be on top of it," says Browne. "There's a lot of different effects. You wouldn't want to start the day off with a cup of chamomile tea; you also don't want to go to sleep with a Redbull."

Tags
Newsbuzzmarijuana
Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River