The Commissioner of Cannabis is Cool AF

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

When cannabis and capitalism collide, our community's best laid plans for an equitable industry all-too-often go up in smoke. Enter Shaleen Title, a longtime drug policy activist who in 2017 became one of five inaugural commissioners of Massachusetts's Cannabis Control Commission. Described as “the people’s weed watchdog” by Boston Magazine, Shaleen is widely recognized for her focus on social and racial justice and her efforts to make the cannabis industry more fair and inclusive. She's also an avid listener of Great Moments in Weed History who supports the podcast on Patreon—just saying... and she shares that among her personal great moments was being the first person to order legal cannabis delivery on the East Coast. Naturally Shaleen's weed and gummies were provided by a social equity company that represents everything she works for as an advocate, attorney and now head of the Parabola Center—a think-tank she co-founded to "support people not corporate profits" in the cannabis industry. Please join us for an engaging conversation on the bright green future of cannabis with someone helping to make it happen. SUPPORT "GREAT MOMENTS IN WEED HISTORY" ON PATREON Sign up for our Great Moments in Weed History Patreon for special bonuses and fun surprises, including exclusive access to our weekly video series "Moments in Weed" where we get blazed and talk about a cannabis current event.

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0:00.0	Hey, how's it going, folks? It's Abdullah and Bean. And welcome back for yet another episode of
0:06.1	great moments in weed history. This week, we have got a fantastic guest. She is a badass
0:12.9	boss brown lady of cannabis, Shalene Tidal. She's an attorney and a longtime drug policy activist.
0:20.4	She's the CEO and co-founder of the Drug Policy think tank, the Parabola Center.
0:25.6	In 2017, she was appointed by the Massachusetts governor, attorney general, and treasurer to serve as one of five inaugural commissioners on the Cannabis Control Commission, the CCC.
0:37.4	Not to be confused with their
0:38.9	communist counter.
0:40.9	I'm kidding.
0:42.6	Each according to their weed.
0:45.9	Come on, that's a pretty good pun.
0:48.1	That's pretty good.
0:48.7	And it's certainly one we have not done before on the show.
0:52.3	But I mean, the commissioner of cannabis.
0:55.6	I know.
0:56.1	That is pretty cool.
0:57.1	That is a very future job title for somebody.
1:00.5	And we could not ask for a better person to be in control of this shit.
1:05.8	Seriously, Shaline is not only a really savvy policy advocate.
1:13.6	She's also truly a cannabis person. She gets it.
1:19.0	She's on the level. We've had people on this show before that perhaps aren't sitting around smoking cannabis all day but are out there, you know, fighting the good fight. Representative Blumenauer
1:23.9	comes to mind. But Shaline Title is truly a badass of cannabis.
1:28.8	And in fact, she is also a founding board member of the Minority Cannabis Business Association,
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