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Shaleen Title, delivery equity advocates, & UFCW 1445 labor union weigh in on CDA dispensary mutiny The Young Jurks
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Mike Crawford, hosts a discussion on the dozen dispensaries that left the Commonwealth Dispensary Association (the CDA) this week over a delivery lawsuit that the CDA has since withdrawn.
Shaleen Title is an Indian-American drug policy activist and attorney who served from 2017 through 2020 as one of five commissioners on the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, the agency tasked with regulating legal and medical marijuana in the commonwealth. Described as “the people’s weed watchdog” in Boston Magazine’s 2019 Power List, she has won several awards for her advocacy work and her efforts to make the cannabis industry more fair and inclusive.
Fabricio DaSilva is the Vice President of UFCW 1445, a local labor union representing cannabis dispensary employees at NETA, SIRA, Mayflower, and more.
Aaron Goines is a graduate of Northeastern University, starting his entrepreneur career path with a decade of employment in the financial services industry, a Founder and Board Advisor to the Massachusetts Cannabis Association for Delivery and is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Emerald Turtle, a majority minority-owned cannabis venture.
Devin Alexander is the CEO/Co-Founder of Rolling Releaf.
Grant Smith, is a contributor with DigBoston, The Young Jurks and Midnight Mass, and President of MassCann.
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Mike Crawford, hosts a discussion on the dozen dispensaries that left the Commonwealth Dispensary Association (the CDA) this week over a delivery lawsuit that the CDA has since withdrawn.
Shaleen Title is an Indian-American drug policy activist and attorney who served from 2017 through 2020 as one of five commissioners on the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, the agency tasked with regulating legal and medical marijuana in the commonwealth. Described as “the people’s weed watchdog” in Boston Magazine’s 2019 Power List, she has won several awards for her advocacy work and her efforts to make the cannabis industry more fair and inclusive.
Fabricio DaSilva is the Vice President of UFCW 1445, a local labor union representing cannabis dispensary employees at NETA, SIRA, Mayflower, and more.
Aaron Goines is a graduate of Northeastern University, starting his entrepreneur career path with a decade of employment in the financial services industry, a Founder and Board Advisor to the Massachusetts Cannabis Association for Delivery and is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Emerald Turtle, a majority minority-owned cannabis venture.
Devin Alexander is the CEO/Co-Founder of Rolling Releaf.
Grant Smith, is a contributor with DigBoston, The Young Jurks and Midnight Mass, and President of MassCann.
Support us, subscribe on anchor.fm, Midnight Mass or our Patreon!
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theyoungjurks/support
57 min