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- Mar 24, 2016
- 2 min
Resist at your own risk
Building awareness and influence is scary, particularly when the message you are sharing is one in support of something controversial. In the 1990s we had the Internet, full of mystery and still quite scary to people, government officials and businesses concerned that nefarious hackers could take remote control of computers and wreak havoc on commerce and national security. But imagine that, knowing all you know today about the power that the internet has to educate, expose a
- Mar 21, 2016
- 2 min
It Isn't Illegal to Learn
It was at once something I never thought I’d see and something I’ve been working to see: 140 professionals in a room listening to cannabis and hemp industry innovators pitch their startups to a panel of judges representing the financial, medical and legal fields. Massachusetts' first #StartUpHigh event was a huge success, and proof of the existing attention to, and talent in, New England's budding cannabis and hemp industries. But 140 people interested in learning about emerg
- Mar 8, 2016
- 2 min
If one more person calls it 'the gateway drug'...
The top politicians in my homestate, Massachusetts, came out today with a statement against the legalization ballot question that we voters are expecting to see in November. Governor Charlie Baker, Attorney General Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh have long refused to be realistic or look at the data supporting legalization and disproving marijuana's harm, so I'm not at all surprised to read today of their continued opposition to legalizing marijuana. What's grinding
