Shekia Scott, the former Director of Community Outreach and Equity Programming at the state's Cannabis Control Commission. Within this position, she focused on promoting the inclusion  of communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs, marijuana prohibition, arrests and incarceration in the adult-use  marijuana industry. Shekia developed and introduced MA’s  first-in-the-nation, statewide, Social Equity Program, providing  technical assistance, training and opportunity for entry into the  industry across four areas with additional program benefits. Additionally, she co-founded the Boston Police Camera Action Team which successfully introduced community influenced policy and outfitted BPD with body cameras. This lead to her service as Policy Director and Neighborhood Liaison for Boston City Councilor and the first African American woman President of the City Council, Andrea Campbell. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyoungjurks/support

Grant Smith with a panel of local experts Devin Alexander, Ed DeSousa, and Dr. Marion McNabb on Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission proposed regulation changes.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyoungjurks/support

NETA Parallel dispensary employee fired after discussing union organizing on a recent episode of The Young Jurks, an interview with that employee Jonathan Martins. We also discuss new proposed Mass CCC regulations that would lift medical cannabis caregiver limits. Email the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Comission to support lifting the caregiver to patient limit. This  is truly amazing news and it now becomes imperative that patients reach  out, starting July 20th 2020, to commission@cccmass.com in support of  this proposal.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyoungjurks/support

Interviews with attendees who participated in today's MassCann/NORML strawpoll on Bill Flynn, it was a landslide against the President.  Mike Crawford also gets Bill Flynn on the record, he threatens Crawford and continues to blame others.. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyoungjurks/support

US Senator Ed Markey discussing Green New Deal, OSHA not protecting legal cannabis workers in Massachusetts, Stop & Shop supermarkets ending hazard pay, cannabis legalization and much more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyoungjurks/support

NETA, New England Treatment Access cannabis dispensary employees speak on the ongoing mail-in Brookline, Massachusetts union election & troubling work conditions in Franklin, fires, aphids, mold, and COVID19. We find out that NETA Franklin has started to have fire drills since our most recent episode with Rob Cawley who stated that most employees hadn't been through a fire drill. As Cawley stated, "More fires than fire drills". Two of the employees speak on what went down during the latest fire at the Franklin location. They were both there.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyoungjurks/support

Mike Crawford interviews Isaias Lopez, store manager at Canna Provisions dispensary, Holyoke on their opening day.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyoungjurks/support

MassCann/NORML emergency over Director's ties to Straight Pride and anti-BLM statements, we interview a number of former directors and members of the organization about the controversy, Noni Goldman, Shannon Jones, Rachel Donlan, Kate Steinberg, and Hope Marian. We all agree in wanting MassCann to ban chairman of the board, Samson Racioppi and President Bill Flynn.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyoungjurks/support