The Young Jurks

Live episode of The Young Jurks  with guests, Grant Smith and Chauncy Spencer discussing Mass recreational licensing, the Mass cannabis control commission, and the fight for local cannabis economic empowerment over the existing big cannabis

Jimi Migz on City Council candidate Domingos DaRosa panning safe injection sites in Boston

The August 14th Cambridge City Ordinance hearing for cannabis economic empowerment, gets heated. Attorney for Registered dispensaries threatens to sue the city of Cambridge over delays in recreational licensing as the city continues to debate a 2 year moratorium on existing dispensaries from going rec to give economic empowerment applicants an actual opportunity. Richard Harding supporting economic empowerment calls the Simmons (dispensary backed) amendment, a slave amendment. With testimony from Shaleen Title, Grant (Smith) Ellis, and many other local supporters of economic empowerment.

Interview with Francine Weinandy of Agawam, Massachusetts. Weinandy and her husband, Tim are fighting a housing eviction due to their status as medical cannabis patients. What to do if you are facing eviction over medical cannabis? Listen to this episode!

Grant Smith of Mass Patients for Home Delivery calls in for a discussion of this week's cannabis regulation hearings in Massachusetts. On Wednesday night, the City of Cambridge will hold a Social Equity Ordinance hearing, while the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission will also be holding two public comment sessions on their newly proposed medical and recreational cannabis regulations.  We discuss what's at stake. 

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Interview with an Ohio mom and Registered Nurse, Tonya San, who is staying in Massachusetts to get the medicine that she needs to live. She credits cannabis from keeping her out of the hospice care her doctor once recommended. Cannabis Medicine saves patients like Tonya, medicine that isn’t coming from Massachusetts legal or medical dispensaries but directly from local and legal home-growers! Home grow medical cannabis saves lives! Joining her at the end of the interview is RN Sherri Tutkus of GreenNurse Group

The new landlord of 33 Park Street, Malden has decided to raise the rent as much as 50% according to tenants who are working with the city, Mayor and Citylife Vida Urbana to negotiate a compromise. We spoke to and recorded audio from Saturday’s Rally outside of the rental property. clvu.org for more info!

Interview with candidate for Boston City Council in Allston/Brighton Lee Nave Jr. discussing housing, cannabis social equity, mental healthcare,  transportation, safe injection sites and much more.

Jill Stein doesnt want to talk about Russia or her dinner with Vladimir Putin or that Lee Camp standing right next to her works for Russian Today.

The Young Jurks live from the Verilife medical and recreational cannabis dispensary in Wareham, Massachusetts with guests, Sandy Bernier (Irie Bliss Wellness) and Lakeville Selectmen, Mitzi Hollenbeck (Citrin Cooperman) discussing hemp/CBD, economic empowerment and more.