Relax its Just Cannabis

Cannabis Legalization, Social Equity and Reform with Shaleen Title Founder and CEO of Parabola Center

Relax Its Just Cannabis Season 1 Episode 2

Shaleen Title, an Indian-American attorney and longtime drug policy activist who has been writing, passing, and implementing equitable cannabis laws for over 20 years, and the author of "Fair and Square: How to Effectively Incorporate Social Equity Into Cannabis Laws and Regulations." She is CEO and co-founder of the drug policy think tank Parabola Center, which creates model policies to protect people rather than corporate profits. She currently serves as Distinguished Cannabis Policy Practitioner in Residence at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law’s Drug Enforcement and Policy Center and as vice-chair of the Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition. She is a frequent keynote speaker and consultant on cannabis policy and has testified before governmental bodies around the world about restorative justice in marijuana laws, and in 2021 was an honoree on the Boston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list. Shaleen, one of the nations foremost experts on cannabis legalization, cannabis reform, social equity and economic inclusion joins Relax Its Just Cannabis to break down, in terms we all can understand, the major cannabis legislation including SAFE, the MORE Act, the SHIP Act and CAOA . In addition we discuss the cannabis regulator process as well as the importance of grass roots organization involvement in cannabis reform and holding regulators, politicians and policy makers accountable for  social and economic equity in the exploding cannabis market. 

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