Shanel Lindsay on Passion, Perseverance and Cannabis Cakes

Shanel Lindsay left her law firm job following an incident in 2009 when she had the epiphany that cannabis decriminalization was not enough and that she needed to fight for legalization. She is a force behind the 2016 Massachusetts legalization efforts, is an advocate for cannabis equity, and started her own Boston based company, Ardent, which has developed a couple of really great little decarboxylators.

Shanel Lindsay and Joyce are both alums of the Northeastern University School of Law, and Shanel was the first person who opened Joyce’s eyes to the potential of the cannabis industry when she was featured with a cover story in the NUSL alum magazine in 2016.

Shanel shares her story of transitioning from corporate law to cannabis entrepreneur, social equity in cannabis, and her advice to women - black women specifically - on the importance of capital and how to find investors.

And Joyce gives a shout out to a friend of the show Sherri Tutkus, founder of The Green Nurse, and shares her favorite thing this week - a cannabis romantic thriller, A Walk In the Park by Jill St. Thomas.

Topics Discussed

(2:32) Welcome and cannabis news!

(2:40) Arizona, New Jersey, South Dakota, Montana Adult Use

(2:50) Mississippi Medical and Oregon Everything

(2:43) Boston Public Radio (Joyce around minute 11:00)

(4:00) Shout out to The Green Nurse

(4:20) Nurse Mark

(5:08) Guest Introduction – Shanel Lindsay

(6:50) Origin Story in Sharon, MA

(8:10) 2001 Ancient Cannabis History

(8:41) 2009 Run In With Local Law Enforcement

(12:00) Epiphany That Decriminalization Not Legalization