Lezli Engelking An Arizona Cannabis Trailblazer
Lezli Engelking shares her insights on the necessity of cannabis business standards from her experience as a trailblazer in the Arizona cannabis industry. Lezli Engelking is a strategic self-starter who possesses two decades of professional experience across multiple industries including cannabis, government relations, pharmaceutical, mental health, non-profit and publishing. She combines her skills for interpersonal communication and her passion for data together as the founder of the Foundation of Cannabis Unified Standards (FOCUS). The emerging cannabis regulatory world is fortunate she has because we need more experts at identifying needs and delivering customized solutions and streamlining processes that ensure quality, safety, compliance, and increased revenue. Lezli understands how a passion for community outreach, coalition building, and public policy issues - and her willingness to take on a challenge - is how she is helping to build a safe, legal and standardized industry.
Thank you Mary Jane’s People for making today’s show possible.
Topics Discussed
(1:10) Welcome Back!
(2:20) Miss Grass
(3:53) College Station, TX - THANK YOU!
(4:20) Texas
(4:30) Sweet Jane Magazine
(5:00) Thank You Mary Jane’s People
(5:11) Lezli Engelking Introduction
(6:15) Arizona Cannabis
(9:34) Bloom Dispensary Phoenix
(11:54) Audiogram
(15:20) Biggest State Challenges
(17:00) Cannabis Not A Crop
(20:15) FOCUS
(22:30) Standards vs. Regulations
(26:20) Non-Profit Work
(32:00) Federal Government Solutions
(33:55) Thank You Mary Jane’s People
(35:00) Back with Lezli
(35:30) Cannabis and Family
(37:50) Changing Stigmas Through Listening
(40:47) Association of Food and Drug Officials
(42:20) Prioritizing Health and Safety
(43:30) Treating The Plant As One
(45:60) Connect with Lezli on Linked-In or at FOCUS
The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:
Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music