Cannabis industry

So supporting legalization doesn't mean supporting consumption everywhere, and really, that's where responsible regulation is going to become so important.

Because when we're talking about advancing the cannabis industry, we're talking about more than simply allowing people to purchase marijuana legally.

We're talking about building a legitimate, respected, and sustainable industry that the broader public can also accept as well.

So that means clear rules around public consumption, enforcement of age restrictions, product safety, impaired driving, and responsible business operations as well.

But that doesn't change my position on public consumption.

I will say this.

If the cannabis industry wants to be taken seriously by lawmakers, financial institutions, institutional investors, and the American public, then responsible regulation has to be part of this equation.

You cannot expect mainstream acceptance while ignoring legitimate concerns from communities.

I'm your host, Olivia Castaldi.

This season, we're taking the conversation from New York City to Denver and beyond to hear from the women building, leading, and changing the cannabis industry.

You'll hear the stories behind their businesses, the decisions that shape their careers, and their honest perspectives on where this industry is headed and the experiences that they have had.

Whether you work in cannabis or building something of your own or simply wanna learn from women moving this space forward, I'm glad you're here.

So so can you tell us who do you look up to the most in the space?

Yes.

In the cannabis industry, I would look up to Courtney Mathis the most.

She is the coolest canna mom I've ever met.

I felt that people in different places can have radically different views and different ways of living life.

I think that experience helped a lot, you know, making that jump to work in the cannabis industry.

There was some traditional behavior of transacting cannabis, but it was very loosely regulated.

First of all, the traditional players in logistics are not permitted to, uh, ship cannabis.

And so at the end of the day, it's just what business solution can you come up with and execute on.

And so that's been something that Jun and I have kind of constantly had to prove to investors time and time again, and a lot of support for the investors who came on earlier on before we even had a product and anything.

Yeah, I think because Jun and I come from the tech industry, Y Combinator-backed, I think people are also surprised at how much we know about, uh, the cannabis industry as well, and about operations that we've had to learn over time.

And you know, I think that speaks to just me and Jun just being engineers at heart.

If Democrats can flip three state Senate seats in the November election, Pennsylvania could see the legalization of recreational marijuana as soon as next year.

That's according to a group of legislators who spoke at a conference called Opportunities in the Cannabis Industry recently held in Philadelphia.

Mayor Rindy from our friends at WHYY reports.

Democratic House Speaker Joanna McClinton said voters in just a few counties will decide whether the state Senate continues to be led by Republicans who oppose marijuana legalization.

Here's the thing about home grow.

Originally, my first foray into the cannabis industry was out in Oakland, right? I was a patient of a place called Harborside Health Center.

Right.

I noticed one of the biggest parts of Harborside's business was the clone section.

And we are just biting at the heels to find out who's gonna win, who's gonna lose, and who's gonna change the policies that make a difference in our lives.

But we're gonna take a break from politics somewhat today to discuss the health of the cannabis market in here in Florida and across the country.

So let's take a deep breath and let's get into it.

Let's jump into the rotation.

You can even taste the metal in the vape pens that they were they were sourcing from China.

There's just so much wrong with the Florida market.

And then let's not even get started on the labor aspect of it, because there are plenty of people who work in the cannabis market in Florida who have issues with, you know, everything from getting hired to, you know, the way they they discriminate.

in the market to the working conditions that people experience.