{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fcb1d2b6e-371c-48c4-8fd9-7d50f655679c","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Episode 16 \u2013  How Cannabis Companies Can Help Fight Coronavirus (COVID-19)\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/cb1d2b6e-371c-48c4-8fd9-7d50f655679c\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 16 \u2013  How Cannabis Companies Can Help Fight Coronavirus (COVID-19)","description":"In this episode of Cannabis Tech Talks, Editor-in-Chief Charles Warner had the opportunity to speak with Yobie Benjamin, San Francisco-based investor and activist.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYobie explains how cannabis companies can help fight COVID-19. The largest cannabis companies in the U.S. and beyond all have real-time PCR machines, which are capable of detecting the RNA of the COVID-19 virus.\u00a0Yobie Benjamin is calling on the FDA to grant a CLIA waiver so that cannabis companies, and other companies and institutions, can pitch in on the fight against the virus.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTesting is critical for identifying infected individuals and separating them from the healthy. Unlike in South Korea, China, etc., the U.S. has failed thus far to scale up testing.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nHere\u2019s a brief video by Benjamin talking about the untapped potential of PCR machines: https://www.facebook.com/yobie/videos/10157642328171677/<br />\r\n<br />\r\nToday\u2019s Cannabis & Tech Talks is brought to you by Fluence by OSRAM. Fluence creates lighting solutions for controlled environment commercial crop production.\u00a0They apply the latest research in photobiology, evidence-based design, precise engineering, and advanced technology to foster a healthier and more sustainable world.\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTHE ULTIMATE CANNABIS CULTIVATION GUIDE -->\u00a0 https://flu.bio/ccg-ctt<br />\r\n<br />\r\nVisit www.fluence.science to learn more!","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/c5e52da6-57f6-4cf2-a5e0-fe2bd9a31953/cannatechtalks-icon-copy-184.jpg"}