Katherine Rossmore: From Divorce Attorney to Cannabis Advocate

Are you interested in hearing great cannabis stories told by real cannabis moms? This is the show for you! Former family law attorney and mother of two, Joyce Gerber, talks with women from coast to coast who want to share their stories of how the evolving cannabis industry is changing parenting, and their lives, in this whole new world of weed.

Joyce met Katherine at a returning to work support group and on today’s show they discuss their transitions from divorce attorneys to cannabis business women, and how it feels to be working in the cannabis business as an older woman with grown children. Katherine also talks about how advocating for cannabis rights allowed her to step out of the cannabis closet in her community and how cannabis helps with her MS symptoms and why she is willing to face the judgement of her community to fight for cannabis normalization.

3:05: Family business, working with son on a business to business transport business

4:45: Bud work and experience in local medical dispensary

5:15: MS diagnosis and medical cannabis experience

7:35: Son finds mom’s medical cannabis before out of “green closet”

8:41: Business ventures and the process for obtaining provisional transport license

10:41: Women in cannabis

11:44: Women in cannabis banking

15:00: Young moms talking with kids openly and honestly about cannabis

16:40: Coming out of the “green closet”

17:00: Town meetings and local cannabis politics

18:18: Personalization of medicine and cannabis biology

19:35: Traditional medical deficits

20:35: Ancillary cannabis business

20:45: Business mom advice

21:10: Extreme regulations and transportation difficulties

26:15: CCC advocacy and legal regulations advocacy

27:45: Cambridge, MA rec dispensary discussion

31:20: Local host agreements34:00: Politics of cannabis