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The most challenging thing would probably be just staying up-to-date on everything, on the research, on the politics, on the legislation. It’s such a nascent industry still and there is so much that changes daily, so I think just staying educated. You really have to make an effort to do that.
The response from other people when I tell them I work in cannabis is either really curious: “What do you do? How is it? Oh my gosh, I’ve been thinking about, like, getting into it.” Mostly curiosity. I would say some, very few people tend to immediately kind of stop me there and be like, “Oh well, it’s not for me,” and that’s totally fine. It doesn’t have to be for everyone.
I think the stereotype of the stoner, this war on drugs that has been going on for decades, the propaganda against cannabis has been what has misled a lot of people. I think it’s a lack of education mostly that keeps them away from it. I think if they were open to it, perhaps they could find something that could enhance their quality of life.
My biggest hope would be for cannabis to be legalized nationwide so that those who are sitting in jails due to cannabis offences, that they would be let go, that they would be able to live their lives and not have to waste another minute over a plant.
Do I think cannabis should be legalized everywhere? Absolutely. I think it’s kind of ridiculous that we’re trying to stigmatize and control a plant that really works as medicine.